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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21
.STIRS The FANS
Philadelphians Wax Enthusias
tic Over Three Straight
from Chicago.
EXCITEMENT KEEPS HIGH
Mounted Police Compelled to Work
Hard to Keep Crowds from
Blocking Streets.

Philadelphia, Oct 21.-The news
from Chicago that the Athletics had
taken the first game from the C1Gs
on their own grounds, thus giving The
Philadelphia team it's third straight
victory in the series for the world s
championship, was received here with
wild enthusiasm by the fans.
The average Philadelphia baseball
rooter believes the battle for the
worlds title practically is over and
looks for the crafty Mack to send in
the equally crafty Bender next TO hold
down the National league champions
while his teammates bat out another
victory.
There are still many conservative
ones, however, who are not ready to
shout, and here and there a few bets
were made that the American league
champions will not make it four
straight.
No Letup in Excitement.
The series has the big city by the
ears. There appeared to be more ex-
element about the central sections of
the city than when the teams played
here. There was much anxiety early
in the day for fear the game would
not be played, but when the news came
from Chicago that the chances were
good for a contest there was much
JOY among the rooters.
In the vicinity of newspaper Offices
and other places where the game was
reported play by play traffic was great
ly interfered with and mounted police
had to be called to keep the streets
open for travel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21
SOCIALS READY TO
OPPOSE ST. AMBROSE
Coach Warren Announces Lineup foI
the Game Tomorrow in Dav-
export.

The lineup Of the Social football
team, which is to play ST. Ambrose
college in Davenport tomorrow after
noon was announced today by Coach
Wallace Warren. 1t is practically the
same team that has played together
thus far this season and the local boys
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

to heal, the head is cleared, breathing
becomes natural and easy, the throat
is no longer clogged, and every un-
pleasant symptom of the disease dis
appears. S. S. S. is the greatest of all
blood purifiers, and for this reason is
the most certain cure for Catarrh.
Book on Catarrh and medical advice
free to all who write.
TEE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Go,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21
oIdfield-Johnson Race Postponed,

New York, Oct. 21.-The proposed
automobile race between Barney
Oldfeld. the famous record-breaker,
and Jack Johnson, the negro cham
pion pugilist, at Sheepshead race
track, yesterday afternoon, was
postponed on account of heavy rain
until Saturday afternoon at 2:3O
o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

yer, Case, Black-Crow. Henry and
Regal. The Staver and Haynes are
expected to be represented by three
cars each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

OF COURSE you WANT TO HELP
BETHANY HOME. THEN HAVE
YOUR TAG FEE READY SATURDAY
WHEN THE LADIES GREET you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

Donahue, TT; Morrissy. rg; Peters, C;
Myers, lg; McDermott It; Fitzpatrick.
lie; Hines. Oh; Brown, RIB; Portel, 1hb;
Bailey, fb. The game Will be played
at the college campus in Davenport
and will commence at 8loclock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

the disease at It's
head, goes down
to the bottom of
the trouble and
makes acomp1ete
and lasting cure
by PURIFYING
the blood. Then
the in q a m c d
membranes begin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21
Children'S Clothing

One lot of boys suits, worth
up to $500 ........ S1.19
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-21

Chicago 0 0-5
htshule Davis Coombs Tinker Hoffman Home
Holman Chance Archer Zimmerman sneldt King Pfeser) Bases
Double playsZm-
to
pires-ODay Sheridan, Rigler Connolly
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

II was not a mere chance that the poet
eouinned the god OF music with bow, nor ye'
a striving after picturesque effect A hoihel
would not have juggled SO Win "oroS a.'.
images. Apollo bore the bow on this OCCASION
because IL fell TO him to mete out retfipu'ioi'
but ne was the god of music because ne pore
the bow I cannot recall where, b1t L nave
seen somewhere another Of these beauehui
old Greek legends which presents Apollo Hsleh-
ing entrauced to the musical twaug OF ms BOW
string. which gave out sweet sounds even Whie
if sped the arrow its errand of death- hiSo
there comes to mind the passage IN the
"Odvsseyv which describes Ulyssess trial or ms
own bow after the suitors of Penelope hao
put it by in despair-when he drew the arrow
to its head and the string rang shrili and sweet
as the note of swallow as he let IL go n
version of an old legend given by Censorinus
saws that the use of the tense string OF ms DO"
for musical purposes was suggested 10 Apoho
by the twang made by the bowstrrng Oh his
huntress sister Diana.
Tales like these preserve a record which ante
dates history as commonly understood The
bow was the first stringed instrument OF music
that Is what these tales tell us-and note how
the old lesson is illustrated in the life OF to-day
There lives no boy brought up where the bow Is
n plavthing who has not made Apollo's discov-
ery for himself For all such boys it is COM
mon amusement to pluck at the bowstrins
and catch the faint musical tore which results
by putting the bow to the ear or between the
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
GUITAR OF THE YAQUIMA INDIANS.

I shall follow in the discussion and which I
shall believe to be successful in the degree that
1t excites the imagination and quickens the
perceptions of my readers without burdening
the faculty which historical study, as commonly
conducted, taxes most SeVerely-that is to say,
the faculty of memory. I shall care little for
dates and much for principles Names shall
not alright me, and l shall not attempt to
distinguish and divide
A hair 'tWiXt south and southeast side
when it comes to enumerating describing
the instruments which some centuries ago filled
the place in musical practice now occupied by
that instrument universal-the pianoforte. Yet
/ shall strive to point out why and how the
structural principles of those instruments in
fuenced the music which they were called upon
to utter and pointed the way to the art of
to-day.
1t is one of the cheering and aDlable features
of his storical study pursued in this manner that
it refuses to be kept in the dusty road tramped
by datemongers and takes into account the
Utteranccs of poets, the testimony of ancient
carvings and drawings well as the records
of prosy chroniclers. Many are the by-paths
which lead into the of scientific fact
varied and lovely are the vistas which they
open We are concerned in this portion of
study with the story which shall tell us how
the pianoforte into existence AS we
know it this instrument is practically product
of the nineteenth century; yet poetical tradi-
tioIs Which have come down to US from the
earliest civilizations are at with the con-
clusions CT scientific research in telling us what
the coplmOn origin of the instruments TO
which the pianoforte has borne relationship
since music began. Let me, before showing
this, classify these instruments. They are
known technically as "stringed' instruments,
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
TuE PIANOFORTE AND ITS MUSIC
Scientific Principles Primitive Prototypes the op OF the
Sauge Recame Mucal polio, the Ifrchr God,
and the Greek( God of Music.
Copyright, 1910. by II. E. Krchbiei.}

sorority; some are p'ucked or twanged with the
bare fingers some with bit of metal ivory or
wood, anciently called a plectrum The feature
which differentiates the pianoforte from lts
companions is the keyboard. This is a mechani-
cal contrivance by which the blow against the
strings is not only delivered, but by means of
which it can also be regulated so as to produce
eradations of power and a considerable range OF
expression It is to the first of these capacities
that the instrument owes it's name-the piano
forte (piGno forte it was first calieO is the
soft and loud" This is very rudimentary talk,
but it's significance will appear later.
IT, now were asked to give a brief but COM
prehensfve definition of the pianoforte, whose
origin, growth and present status are to occupy
our attention in the first large subdivision OF
this study, / should say that it is an instru-
ment of music the tones Of which are generated
by strings set in vibration by blows delivered by
hammers controlled by a keyboard, the mechan-
ism of which is SO adjusted that the force of
the blow and the dynamic intensity of the re-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HARP.

proIrfsed musical instruments as TO enjoy tha,
sequence or combination which. when pIeaslng.7
ordered we call melody or harrnony-how wou.s
he go about IL? Most naturally by adding
strings to his bow; and a bow with more tha,
one string is already a rudimentary harp. As
Homer came to our support in the first instance
SO the ancient sculptor helps us now The oldes,
rock pictures which archaolOgists have found 1,
Egypt show US harps that retain enough q
the bow form plainly TO suggest their origin
The body of the instrument is still shaped Ike
a bow; the single string has received three
fellows; the gOurd of the N-kUngu has developed
into a sound-box of wood The instrument wa
carried on the left shoulder and it's strings wes
plucked with the fingers. The mural painting
and sculptures OF Egypt discover many vareties
of harps, some showing marvellous degree q
perfection, but even the largest and finest lacks
the pole which completes the triangular form q
the modern harp and is essential to its strength
and rigidity.
There is no relic Of the bow in the shapes o.
the harps and Tyres Of the Greeks and Romans
but instead suggestions Of the tortoiseshsH
which according to the familiar legend told b.
ApoIIodorus gave Mercury the idea exemplifed
in the classic Tyre. According to this story, the
god one day accidentally kicked tortoiseshel
stretched in the interior Of which there REMAINED
some cartilages after the flesh had been dried
out by the sun. These chords gave forth
sound and Mercury at once conceived the idea
of the Tyre. made the instrument in the form q
tortoiseshen and strung it with the dried
sinews of animals. This legend originates the
two principles of vibrating string and a resO-
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

large palm leaf. In the Washington specirn.,.
strips of the outer skin Of the midrib arc 80
loose and raised up on a vertical bridge 81
ends being left attached Around the ends a.,
the nidrib little bands of plated fbra ~
which the vibrating length Of the strings can -
adjusted. AS in the Angola instrument. a gou.s
forms the resonatOr. The huntingdon has bs
grown into an instrument capable of giving on.
eight tones; and. obviously. too. the instrume,.
was introduced in America by slaves who cam.
from Africa. This. at least, is the contento,
Of Professor Mason, of the National Museum.
The theory which finds the origin Of all nys,-
cal Instruments of the s.ringed tribe in the BON
of the savage has a triple cOmmendation; N.
Hellenic myths suggest it; reason approves II.
the practice of modern savages confirms IL SIM
pose primitive man 10 conceive the desire .,
add to the number Of tones possible to his in.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

teeth. The savage probably Clio the same thing
thousands of years ago; he certainly does ii
now pretty much all the world over. In the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington there is
a musical instrument which used to be de-
scribed In the catalogue a guitar of the
Yaqui Indians of Sonora, Mexico. IT Is nothing
else than a bow provided with a tuning peg
and while picking the string with his right
hand he varies the pitch of the tone by slipping
the left along the string. Travellers have found
half a dozen tribes in Africa whose principal
instrument of music differs but in little from the
bow. Some savages, indeed. use the same bow
in their musc-makng that they do in war and
the chase. The N-Kungo Of the Angola negroes
is springy piece of wood bent by a string OF
twisted fibre Near end another bit of
fibre is dashed around the bow, drawing the
string tighter and a hollow gourd Is fastened
to the wood to augment the sound Here We
have the primitive resonator, sound box
The performer holds his rude instrument up
right in his left arm, the gourd resting on his
left hip, his stomach. and while he twangs
the string with splnt of wood he slips the
fingers of his left hand along II to raise and
lower the :oEe. In the Crosby-Brown collection
Of musical instruments housed at the Metropol-
itan Museum Of Art in New York there is an
instrument from Brazil which has its counter
part in two specimens from the Gahoon River
Africa, preserved in the National Museum at
Washington. Il Is made from the midrin OF .
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

sultant tone are measurably at the command of
the player Also that it has sound board, or
resonance-box, to augment the tone after it's
crea ton
The beginning of such an instrument may be
sought for in the legends of antiquity, the some
what confusing records of medieval scholastics
and the rude inventions of the savages who
live to-day to tell us something about things
which antedate the civilization of which
time has been so boastful. Medieval records
are equidistant between the imaginative and
scientific periods. Now, imagination not only
bodies forth
The form of things unknown,
but also preserves record of things forgotten.
1 am, therefore, pleased first to invite it's aid.
The god of music of the ancient Greeks was
also their archer-god. Recall the description Of
Apollo's answer to the supplication of Chryses
in the first book of the "Iliad" The aged
priest implores the god to avenge the wrong
done by Agamemnon.
Hear me, thou bearer of the silver bow,
he prays; and thus the poet describes the gods
answer to the appeal:
Phnbus Apollo hardened. Down he came
Down from the summit of the Oympan mount
Wfathful in heart; his shoulder bore the bow
And hollow Quiver; there the arrows rang
Upon the shoulders of the angry god
AS on he moved. He came comes the night
And seated from the ships aloof, sent forth
An arrow; terrible heard the cIanS
OF that cespiendeIt bow.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

nator simultaneously, and Is obviously Of a late:
date than the myth which made Apollo
The lord Of the unerring bow,
The god Of life, and poetry. and light.
But we ought now TO look away from all tire
ancient instruments whose strings were twanget
or plucked. whether with the unarmed fingers
or with plektra Of various kinds, and seek "a:
the earliest form of instrument embOdyins
the principle Of a struck string. The Oldest J.
lustrations OF this manner of producing musical
sounds that have been discovered are Assyrian
Among the bass-reIef sculptures taken from tns
tuInuH which mark the places where Nineyeh
Nimroud, khorsabad and KUijundschik once
stood (they are now safely housed In the British
Museum, to the great glory OF the Engiiss
people) Is one representing portion Of
triUmphal procession in honor OF Saos- -du-khin
an Assyrian king whose reign began 66T years
before Christ. IN this group there is what
have yentured to look upon as Assyrian
dulcirler player. The instrument, apparently
sound-box with strings stretched across the toy
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
THE N-KuNGo OF ANGOLA NEGROES.
THE SOW DEVELOPING INTO A HARP.

because their tones are generated by the vibra-
tions of tense strings. chords Now:
Ihsiramcnfs OF the riol family yield tones
Ghen their strings gre rubbed;
7ko&e of the hGrp family schen they are
tscangcd, plgckCd or picked;
Those Of the duicinscr family tchen they are
siTucE.
All these Instruments are tnterrelated. and at
ore tim. another in it's long history the in
struEient which call the piano for short (but
which ought always to be called the pianoforte,
fer reasocc which shall appear presently has
embedded the fundamental principle of each.
T!ore arc differences, however which determine
furthr- divisions Thus, some stringed instru-
r2nnts ic:d many more tones than they have
EtIinga through the mediumshp of finger
board which enables 4 player to shorten the
vibrating segment of each string by pressure
upon il with the fngers-"s:opping," it is
called .y the musicians; have fewer tones
than strings, the latter being doubled,
trcbl=d, in unison fer the sake Of greater
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

TN this and number Of articles which are
\ to follow / shall undertake study of the
development of the pianoforte, the music
composed for it and the performers who have
brought that music home to the understanding
and enjoyment of the people who have lved
since the instrument acquired the predominant
influence which it occupies III modern culture.
Trusting in the graciousness. genteness ana
serious nindedness of those who shall read my
writings 1 give fair warning at the outset that
earnest purpose lies at the bottom OF my
undertaking: 1 am more desirous to INSTRUCT
that to entertain, though I would not asseT,
that in this instance instruction and entertain
ment need be divorced Nevertheless, 1t was
this desire that determined the method which
New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

Contiased ON eighth page.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
HENRY J. JONES

The republicans of Elko county
will give the democrats a lively
fight this fall on the Legislative
ticket. Henry J. Jones, one of
the wheel horses of the party for
years, has entered the race for
state senator. Mr.. Jones has a
wide acquaintance in the county
and is sure to receive the endorse
ment of his party at the September
primaries.
He held the office of postmaster
of Elko for several years and quit
the service of Uncle Sam to attend
to his private affairs. He has
large interests in the county and is
one of its most prosperous and
active citizens. He has the ability
necessary to make an efficient
member Of the state senate. His
party record is straight and this
should commend him to republican
voters at the primary election.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01

eminent can not help wondering
why eight automobiles should be
required by the president in sddi-
tion to $4,000 a year travelling
expenses and the yachts Sylph and
Mayflower, with their heavy annual
upkeep.
Times certainly have changed
since Thomas jefferson rode up to
the white house, tied his horse to
the fence, and entered upon the
duties of president of the United
States. From the point of view
of the taxpayer they can hardly be
said to have changed for the
better.-EXchange.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
DELAYING PRISON WORK

The Carson News states that
another attempt is being made to
delay the work of building the
new state penitentiary in the
hopes Of having the next legis-
lature change the location to a
new county. A meeting of the
board was he'd yesterday and
State Engineer Emmett Boyle filed
the complete plans and specifica-
tions for the building Of the prison
and at the same time made a re-
quest that the plans be rejected,
stating that he believed that the
plans as submitted would mean a
cost of $5O0,OO0 to build the place
and that plans of cheaper build
ing could be submitted.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
TIMES INDEED HAVE CHANGED

A special dispatch from Boston.
published recently, is of interest
to every American citizen.
TIL summer begira from the
white house to Beverly revealed
the surprising fact that the presi-
Vent and his family have eight
automobiles.
The Massachusetts, tax-gatherer
demanded license fees. The state
attorney general ruled that no fees
could be collected from the Tafts,
because the automobiles belong to
the government. The license de-
partment decided that no licenses
could be issued without fees.
Gov. Draper solved the pro blem
by paying the license fees for the
eight Taft automobiles out Of the
contingent fund provided for the
governor Of Massachusetts,.
Ordinary Americans who do not
gov,rn but bear the cost Of gov
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01

A story IS told of an Englishman
who had occasion for a doctor while
staying in Picking.
"Sing Loo, greatest DOCTOR said
his servant; The savee my lifee
once"
Really quer led the English
man. .,
eyes; me tellible awful was
the reply; "me callee in another
doctor. He givee me medicine;
me velly, velly bad. Me callee in
another doctor. He come and give
me medicine, make me velly, velly
Bladder. Me callee in Sing Loo.
He no, come. He save my life" e..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the
ear. There is only one way to cure
deafness, and that is by consti.
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is infamed,
you have a rumbling sound or i'm.
perfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an
infamed condition of the mucous
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars for any case of Deafness (caused
by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. F. J. CHENEY &
o., Toledo, y.
Sold by druggists, 75c. Take
Halls family pills for constipation.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
PETER S. MILLER

Peter S. Miller, one of the pro-
minent young business men Of Elko
county, tells the republican voters
tolay that he is candidate
for member of the assembly. He
wants the endorsement of his party
at the September primary.
Peter Miller is one of the most
popular young men in Elko county.
He made hopeless contest for
county treasurer two years ago
and made an excellent run. If
there is republican in Elko
county that deserves well of his
party, it is Peter S. Miller. Mr..
Miller has the ability, integrity
and experience necessary to make
the people Of Elko county a capa-
bic member of the assembly. If
given the endorsement of his party
in September, he will make his de-
mocratic opponent hustle to come
out ahead at the November round
up. The only thing we know
against him is that he trains with
the republican party. However,
this will not weigh against him at
the primary. The republicans of
Elko county should give him
their thoughtful consideration.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1910-08-01
MISS eta WOOvERTON

About 9:3O o'clock this morn
ing, Miss Eta Woolverton,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B. w.
Woolverton, passed away at the
Redwood hospital. Miss Woolver-
ton has been failing for some time
and last week she was brought
from Starr valley by her father
and taken to the hospital. Here
she had the best of care and
medical attention, but typhoid
fever had taken such firm hold
on her system hat science and
care were powerless to stay its
course.
II Miss Woolverton was born in
Ruby VALLEY on June 6, 1892. She
was loved and respected by large
circle of friends. Beside thee
friends, a father, mother, two
sisters, a brother and grand
parents mourn her early death.
One of the bright lights of their
home is dimmed forever. They
have the sincere sympathy of this
community in their bereavement.
The date of the funeral cannot
be fixed until word is received
from Mrs. Woolverton's sister who
lives in California.