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his uncovered, siRhtless eyes to heaven. an
II searching for the electric airship, or pei
haps for the spirit of his old companion.
His eyes, BY years of exposure to tho
glare Of northern ice. were naturally weak.
and had been protected by colored glasses.
In the lurch Of a desperate leap the specta-
oles had fallen into a deep crevasse, and
had been lost. Sun-blindness smote him
n three days. He could not see. He
hardly dared feel his way. If he could
only have died in a fair struggle! But to
be conquered 10 tameiy was more than his
spirit could bear. With unerrinp i~nstinct.
and with unparalleled endurance, be CON
tinued his sightlsss march for forty-siRht
hours.
But how could he ind the cache where
bis reserve food and spirits we're hidden?
He soon ate the little which he carried, ate
the alcohol Is belong did. and then ate his
coat. The matches had been exhausted
long ago.. The instruments and the tin
case containing the invaluable records and
observations had been scattered by the way,
Arctic regions death marches are trailed by
useless valuables. An unce of pemmlcan,
q gill of lime water are worth a mountain
OF diamonds. He had reserved the ill-fated
tutors watch, and a paper on which he had
written with q blind hand the hideous de-
talis OF his disaster in . ~laconio. heroic
style.
Now. once moro, he stood up to his full
height. This exertion took the remnant of
his strength. With a low moan he tried to
open his swollen lids with his hand, 30 that
~perohance he might see. 1t was q vain at
tempt. He fell back. and az he touched
the Ice, its cold smote him to tho heart,
With one hand thrown over his head. an
y warding off this retributive blow from
the siren Of the north. the memory of past
m,series fled from the heart of the hero,
sho IN their place sweet faces and the
sound OF pleasant instruments lursd him
to rest.
ITO RE CONTINUED.
reserved.
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OF running around the ball to take 1t before.
handed and enables him to cover his court
more perfectly. Huntington's back hand
IL almost perfection. and much can be
learned from watching I. s. Sears, V. G.
Hall and Ryerson.
There are almost az many different STYLES
Of service as there are players. and it is i'm
possible to determine just which is the
best. 1t should be rs swift az the player
can sustain through . long match, but il 10
of even more importance that 1t should DO
we'll placed. V. g. Hall, Hovey and TAYLOR
rut great speed in their serves, while Camp
bell, A. U. Wright and Knapp place a
slower ball with much skill and good judg-
msnt.
The lob ia a useful stroke and can often
be employed with great effect. II IL made
BY tossing the ball high in the air oyer the
II usually causes the latter to run to tho
back Of the court 10 make the return. and
gives the man who lobs . chance to run up
toward the net TO catch the return in The
best position for placing It.. Knapp aud
Huntington use this stroke with great judR-
ment.
Ths smash IL at best q dangerous stroke,
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CLARENCE HOBART. tho game, but It may
be OF interest to that portion Of the public
which does not attend the larger tourna-
msnts to know what strokes are individually
preferred by some of the men who are at
present the most export players in America.
i il therefore the purpose of this article
to describe the strokes o. briefly az posi-
bic. giving particular attention to the char
aoteristio methods of the players who were
prominent in the tournaments Of 1891.
In order of usefulness the forehand stroke
off the ground comes tirst. 1t is the most
important because in a majority of cases it
is used to make at least two-thirds of the
strokes in a game, and also because the
serve 10 almost always returned by this
stroke. It is made in many different ways.
but for convenience may be divided into
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the match between them 1T Newport year
before last, which Huntington won. Hoyey
At one time held tho lead by two sots to one
ana hvo games to three, and up to this
Lime had certainly outplayed his opponent.
Just at this critical point, however, tho
pletely, and after that i player OF less skill
than Mr.. Huntington would have had him
at bis mercy. Hovey's temperament Ia
probably answsrable for this failing, o.
neither he nor his friends attribute it 10
lack OF staying power.
". Percy Knapp docs not play a pretty
game. but y 10 nono tho less strong on that
account. While he never make gallery
stroke. II Is hard to find . single point in
tho game In which he 10 weak, except that
OF smashing, which can hardly be consid-
cred q defect. He ia very strong and able
TO outlast most OF the other mon. and this
advantage. combined with great determine
parently ~outclass him.
Edward /. Hall isl young player who
mas made his mark already and who seems
destined 10 advance still further. His
game strikes me az being az yet somewhat
undeveloped, and / look for Improvement
MS year. He serves, lobs and places we'll.
and his forehand stroke is good, but his
backhand is often weak, and be ID m
what slow In. getting after balls not coming
straight at him. As yet his brother plays
o a. strong q game as he does. Valen-
tine Hall has an extremely graceful style,
and isa good all-round player, 1t seems
TO- me. however. that his strokes lack force,
~fensive.
1t is the custom here, as IN England, to
classify the best players of each year. The
actual results of the tournament season Of
1881 will place the men who competed in
about the following order: Campbell. Ho-
Hall, p. s. Sears, 3. r. Chase, Lee and
Smith. Among those who have made bril-
liant records in former years ar Messrs. X.
y. Sears. H. W. Slooum, Jr., II. A. Taylor,
Brinley, Clark. G. A. Chase, Knapp, Mac
Mullen. Bsekman and Shaw.
1t is to be regretted more and more each
year That We have no substantial basis for
comparing our own and English cracks,
such as an international contest would
afford. II q team of six or eight, selected
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A Warntng--Don't Use Big Words.


In promulgating ~esoteric cogitations or
calculating superficial sentimentalit,es
and philosophical or psychological obser-
v~ations. beware of platitudlnous PONDER
osity. Let YOUR statements possess u clari-
fed co~nciseness. compactod comprehend
bleness. coalssoent consistency and a
concentrated cogency. Eschew all con
Rlomerations of tiatulent garrulity. jejune
babblement Ant asinine atfeotations. In
trying to impress upon .others the superior
ity of the Wisconsin Central lines. and why
you and 80 many others use this thorough
fare from st. Paul and Minneapolis and
Duluth and Ashland to Milwaukee,. Chicago
and points east aud south, it 10 not neces-
sary to use iawbreakers. Let your extern
p]oraneous ~descantings and unprecedented
expatiations have intelligibllity and vera
cicus vivacity, without rhodomontade or
thrasonical bombast. Sedulously avoid all
all polysyllabio profundity. psittaceous vac.
ulty, ventriloquial verbosity and vandilo-
quent vapidity. shun double entendrss
prurient j~ucosity and pestiferous profanity,
obscursnt or apparent. In other words,
talk plainly, naturally, sensibly, and truth
fully say the Wisconsin Central lines il the
route, and that ends it.
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opportunity Of meeting this f' ssme'
and of learning how best 70
cope with it. Again, = great
part OF the success of this plan of attack
lies in its tendency to rattle the opposing
player, in q tournament match. In practice
1t would not often have this effect. but in a
tournament, where the player in subjected
to considerable nervous strain, he ia liable
to lose his head n go all to pieces. But
moro than all this, it is Campbell's wonder-
full q~uickness. science and accurate eye
which enable him to do what no one else in
this country has ever succeeded in doing.
his back court play, as ! have before re-
marked, has improved Of late, but il will
bear further development. His good lobs.
we'll placed though slow service, unusual
endurance and great GOODNESS. together
with his net play, 90 to make up the game
which has ought him into such distinc-
ton.
Campbell 10 noted for pulling games out
Of the fire. once counted eight tourna-
ment matches which he had won after be-
ing within one point Of defeat. One of
these was against the writer of this article,
in Englewooa tournament Of 1888. 1t WAS
q two-out- of-three match, and / had won
the first set. and. needing but one point in
the second. had apparently made that on a
short volley of to one side. when it was
and allowed by the referee that
my racquet had struck tho ball before il
had passed the net. After that '.Ollis''
went ahead and captured the second set,
and the next day l had to default the third.
However, personally l have had satisfaction
by defeating him once i'll singles ana once
in doubles, when he had been within n
point of winning.
Aovey's and Huntington's games are
IN many respects, although Hovey
q 7 his best IL the more brilliant player,
Hovey's serve 10 far the swiftsr. and he
smashes more. while Huntington lobs
and his baokhand stroke il superior,
but the forshand strokes and ~voiisys OF
these men are nearly identical. Hovey can
play for . time ~ no other man whom !
have seen can play, but he IL generally I'M
Able 70 keep the pace through a closely CON
tested match. Huntington. on the other
hand. y 40 steady az a rock. and can be-
on to play in about the same form
throughout . contest. These qualities in
me Y mel were perfectly illustrated in
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TO MAKE MIN r doctor.
He was born at Berke-
ley plantation on James
river in Virginia in
1773. He was a very
bookish boy and was
brought up in all the
comfortable ease of q
Virginia plantation.
When he was eigh-
teen and the Indian
troubles became very
serious on the frontier,
the quiet young fellow.
stud, ing medicine, an
nounced that he meant
to give up his books
and on and tioht In
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after settling in Tennessee. James was
generally the cook for the camp.
lily always cherished a hope Of an educs-
ton, but in those days and that region
learning was not 80 easy to get at. His
father thought himself unable 10 crafty
the boy. and got him a place in q little
country shop. James went to work bravely
and dut,fully-but after showing his will
inRness to obey, he made a final appeal to
his father. This last was successful.
James was put to school, where he worked
ardently, and five years later he was grad
uated At the head of his GLASS from the
university of North Carolina. His father
had no reason to repent the sacrifices he
had made to educate him.
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born II 1sot
franklin had III
the advantaQoe
that could b. pro-
cured for him from
the beginning. He
was = fun-1oviuR
boy. and rather
fonder Of lArktu0
than oil. atudyine.
He was 8 very good
natured lad, and
extremely popular
with his fellows,
He was kept - The
best schools and
whenever he choeo
to apply himnetx
AyA -Mfl ThA.>-AA
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Scotch schoolmaster. The S%cotchman's
rule becoming intoIerable, the Tyler boys,
along with some others, determined to
strike for liberty. They seized the school
master unawares, tied him and left him
80. on the schoolho.se floor. while
they all went home very quietly.
After a while the schoolmaster
got free, and went tearing M to Judge
Tyler to report the iniquity of his boys.
The judge sat iudiciaily, hearing the
schoolmaster's complaint. The boys were
then summoned. who gave their side of the
story, proving the utmost tyranny on the
part Of the schoolmaster. and alleging that
they were bound to rebel against it, in the
interests of unalienable liberty. The
judge. after weighing the question care
fully. decided against the schoolmnster,
and wound up bv laundering at him: ''Sic
tyrannis!"
John, however, did not become insubor-
nate through his victory over the school.
master. and his bovhood was that of a gem
tlemanly, amiable boy, fond of his brothers
and sisters, and extraordinarily kind and
good-tempered to everybody about him.
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permitted to appear before the court to
argue a case before = jury. He was rather
small for his aRe, and amid shouts Of
laughter and regarding his appearance
more ~ a joke than ANYTHING else. he was
put on a table 80 that the jury might see
him." But the laugh was on the other side
when Martin won the case.
He was q very straightforward. well-con-
Quoted boy always, and his good reputation
al q boy helped him as a man.
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and : ~wsll.plscsd .vollsy IL generally equally
effective and much safer.
a net player 10 n who runs to tho net to
volley the ball at every opportunity, while
the back court player always remains near
the bsse line. and takes nearly everything
on the bound. 4 good example OF tho lat
teI y Richard Stevens, who has scarcely
aver been known TO voiley a ball. / think
that Stevens would have an even chance
against any player In the country II the
right 70 vollsy was abolished; yet there are
probably twelve men who can defeat
stevens now, which goes 70 show that solns
net play - necessary, On the other hand 4
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the Taylor family was
well-to-do, the first
home that Zachary re-
men bered was a log
cabin, five miles from
Louisville. Zachary
was an out-of-doOrs
boy-a hardy Young
ster, who delighted In
proving his hardihood.
He swan the Ken
tucky river from the
Kentucky to the In
diana shore, in the
month Of March. and
was AlWnya doing deeds
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farmers boy. and
whom he got into his
teens he was apron
ticed 10 a wool car
der. But he had al
ways been 4 reading
boy and ambitious to
do s~omsthingf for him
self.
An old lawyer named
Wood in the country
town where MiIlard
was employed noticed
this spirit in the boy.
He lent him money
to buy his time as an
apprentice. lent him
hOoka and uavo hiv,
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lima, in 1795. He WAS
u very delicate, sickly
boy. and unable to do
hard work of any kind.
He was ~passionatelv
fond of reading. and
was always teasing his
father to give him .
good education.
When he was IL wears
old. the Polk family
moved across the
mountains into Ten
nessee.
James, even at that
age. acted as teamster,
and on the & trips
made by hls father
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in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, where
his father owned n
II prosperous farm and
was also . merchant.
James was not obliged
to work on the farm.
and probably did little
manual labor. He was
sent to the schools the
region afforded, for his
father rightly dstsr-
mined to give his prom
iaing boy a good educa-
ton. At sixteen Jamsg
Uan xuaD onnnoh Upa
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he was from q small
child ~passionately
fond of reading, and
ct fourteen he be-
gan the study Of
law.
The times were
primitive, and many
things were per-
mitted to u boy in
those days that
seem very surpris-
ing now. At six
tanp Martip waa
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Ter, WAS a revolu-
tionary patriot, and
was speaker of she
house of burgesses
during the revoln-
ton, besides being
three times governor
and filling othe- i'm
portant public posts.
John was from the
first a refined and
~Rentlemanly boy.
more given to o
than to sports.
He had several
brothers, and all of
them went to school
to q very severe
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from the above named men. could have a
chance to play a similar picked team from
the British ranks / am confident that
America would nave no cause to be ashamed
of her representatives, and her eagle might
have a chance to flap its wings.
CLARENCE HOBART.
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PRESIDENTS
BY MOLLIE ELLIOTT sEAwELL,
WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE HELENA INDEPENDENT

N1n ARTIN VAN BUREN, WAS THE
EN/J son of a country tavern keeper at
AkA Undertook, Columbia county, New
York, where 10 was born in 1882.
lie was brought mp as q working boy and
did his share Of the work manfully. But
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-06-12
The Different Strokes Of the Game
Described at Length and
illustrated.
Characteristic Methods OF tho
Players Prominent in Tourna-
ments Of 1901.
Superior Net Play VIII Not Win Unless
1t II Backed Up by Good
Ground Strokes.
Written Ion TIE HELENA INDEPENDENT !

=
strokes at lawn tennis
have been described
again and aRsin.
Among others, Mr.. H.
w. 6looum, IT,. and Dr..
James Dwight, the
"fathsr Of American
t~snnis," high authori-
ties. have written inter-
esting and instructive
books on the subject.
Little can BE- written
that 10 new concerning
the technical points Of
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always more q man Of action than n
books. He was as all the other presidents
q very honest and truthful boy.
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The Boy Of Hilisbosough, y. u.
franklin Pierce was the son OF 1 revoln.s
tionary officer who owned q fine farm q;
Hillsborough, N. H., whore franklin 49,
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pared to enter Dickinson college. He vas
devoted to the country. and after his retire
ment from the presidency he ended his
days on his farm. Wheatlands, whore all
the latter part Of his life had been spent.
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Large line OF new glassware Just received at
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Tho BOY Of Orange County. Va.

Zachary Taylor was born in Orange
county. Virginia. in 1884, but when a baby
the family moved to Kentucky. Although
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counsel. Willard repaid him 81 beoomine
an accomplished young lawyer and N able
and upright man.
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The BOY Of Mercer,burrh. p.

The same may be said Of his SUCCESSOR II
the presidential chair, James Buchanan,
born in 1871. James's bOyhood va ananA
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The BOY of Berkeley, Va.

The Hoy Of Berkeley, Va
William Henry Harrison. the ninth presi-
dent and a famous Indian fighter. was SO
mild-mannered az a boy that it was decided
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of boyish bravado Of this kind. Later on
he developed = taste for books, but hs Was
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dams. The general opinion mons his
family and friends was that a good doctor
was being spoiled to make a very incompe-
tent fighter. It turned out the other way.
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Willard Fillmore was born in 4 loa aAbtn
in CayuRA county, New York, In 16OOs HoS
spent hts early bOyhOod IL hard WORT ~
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The BOY Of Mecklenberg County, N. G.
James X. Polk was the next country boy
to be elected president. He was born on q
farm in Mecklenbsrg county, North Caro-
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early life was that Of the typical Countfy
boy of good station md easy fortune.
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The Boy Of Csreepwav. Va.

John Tyler, the tenth president. was
born at Greenway plantation in James
City county in 1880, His father, Judge Ty-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-11-26
MANY Watches Lost.

While strolling the beach at AS
bury Park a New York newspaper
man found a small gold watch half
buried in the sand. A chain and
charms we're attached to the watch.
The finder, upon returning to the
city on the following day, caused an
advertisement to be inserted in the
Found" column of his favolite news
paper. He described in his adver-
tisement the locality where the
watch was found. Within twenty
four hours from the time that the
advertisement appeared in print the
finder of tho watch had five ~
sponses.
Strange to say, the writer of each
letter claimed, in apparent sincerity,
to have lost a gold watch in about
the same locality, and on the day
named, but not one of the five de.
scriptions of the lost watch applied
to the timepiece found by the news
paper writer. ut is curious that sc
many gold watches should have beer
lost in the same neighborhood and
on the same day" unused that honest
young man. II wonder who found
the others. New York Times.
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RAIL ROAD JOTTlNGS.

The Great Northern road has lnau'
gurated q daily passenger service be-
tween st. Paul and Spokane, Wash.
1t will take nearly 10000 tons of iron
to complete the new addition to the
PENNSYLVANIA Broad Street station, Phil
adelphia.
The removal of the roundhouse and
machine shops of the Missouri, Kansa7
and Texas railway from Alvarado to
Waco, Tex, is contemplated.
Assistant Superintendent A. W. Sar-
gent. of the Pullman Palace Car COM
Pennsylvania division, Jersey
City, has been appointed superintendent
at Jacksonville, Fla.
General Passenger Agent c. e. Lam
bert, of the West Shore road, has an
nourced the appointment OF N. L. Clafk
as general baggage agent to succeed
George w. Clymans, deceased.
The chief object of the Pennsylvania
in opening a European passenger agenc7
| at this time is to secur business Tor lts
road during the Worlds fair. 1t IS the
FIRST Of the American roads to take this
step.
The largest order said to have been
given in two years was that placed by
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
recently with the East Texas mills io'
200. coo ties, to be used on the nam lint
extension from Doggy Tank to Houston
THE West Shore has just had added tt
;ts rolling stock two elegant Wagner
sleeping cars, each containing twelve
sections. They are two of the mos
modern and finely constructed cars tina
have yet been turned over to this com
Danv.