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New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
YACHTS IN CLOSE RACE.
VICTORY FOR THE QUEEN.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Handles the
aurora and Wins.

Close hauled on the starboard tack, with every
stitch of canvas drawing in a good southwest
breeze, J. Rogers MaxwelPs schooner yacht, the
Queen, with her owner at the wheel swept
across the finish line off Oyster Bay yesterday
afternoon the winner in her class in the annual
regatta of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht
Club. 1t was of the best races she has ever
sailed. Her opponent was NJ. f. rant
Ingoonar, steered by Charles Barr. and after
sailing twice around a fifteen and one-quarter
mile triangular course. fighting every foot Of the
way. the Queen won by minutes and Al sec
onds.
They had started at 1925 o'clock on the star
board tack. with the wind abeam, almost on even
terms but with the Ingomar in the weather
berth. The wind was north northeast and light.
After several lufflng matches as they crossed the
Sound their first leg of three and three
fourths miles, the Ingomar gybed around the
buoy off Greenwich Point. nearly two minutes
in the lead. In the reach from there TO the
eastern mark off Long Neck Point, the Queen
gained some. but lost it in the calm spots en-
countered between there and I4oyds Point.
fine breeze from the southwest sprang up at
this point. The Ingomar got it about five min
utes sooner than the Queen, and she rounded the
home mark completing the first round Of the
course. e minutes 26 seconds in the lead.
The second round was covered in faster time.
The Queen passed the Ingomar the second
leg bun they were both even again at the east
mark II in the windward work from here
that tine Queen showed her fine pointing. She
crossed the Plant schooner'S bow by a good
margin at 4:25. finishing after, minutes
Al seconds in the lead.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, sailing his 51-footer
the Aurora, defeated the Istalena by l minute
81 seconds, after good start and some close
racingtall around the course. The racing in the
other classes equally interesting The
Nicola sailed well that her opponent, the
Irolita. quit before completing the first round OF
the course
E. c. Benedict the commodore of the club
placed his steam yacht the Oneida at the dis
posal of the regatta committee Messrs. Victor
l. Cumnock and Walter c. Kerr. under whose
direction the races were sailed. The other steam
yachts at the start and finish were Cornelius
Nanderbilts North Star. ]. r. MaXwelrs Celt
the Gunilda and the Jessamine.
The summary follows:
SCEoONERS- r. %
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
CRESCENT NINE WINS.
Beats Engle7cood IN Amateur League
Baseball Game.

In an Amateur League championship base
ball game at Bay Ridge yesterday the nine of
the Crescent Athletic Club defeated the team of
the Englewood Field Club by the score of ) to 3.
The feature OF the game a home run.
pounded out by Sammie Reid, the former
Princeton player. The Crescents made two
runs in the first inning. and kept the lead
throughout the game The score follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
sHEEPsHEAD BAY ENTRIES MONDAY

FIRST flACE-For three-year- olds and upward
added Six and half furlongs course
Name VI Name VT
NtIi1SOrTn lle C1inette
Sister Frances lI3i
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

tIAIH HAtE-MAIDEN RACE no. 2: FOR two-year-
olcs which have executing Maiden
Race 10. J; $1,000 added Five and a half furionEs
IaturIty Course = N N-O"s''
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

s- - ] ; e s [ % I @ s = - & $ e % [ & S $g = . :SS s can.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
Bay Racing Summaries

I ST lightweight handicap;
Il fair. Won easily. Time. 1:l3
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

Ivanhoe improved his position gradually and 81
Fiimnap came from far back and finished strong Col
quarters on the rail in final drive. Herman tired.
9th RACE-For three-year-olds: 81. 600 edded: o.
" br. g.. by Orsini-Iux.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

SECOND RAcE-Selling; FOR three-yea and ur
ward: $1,000 added. One mile
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

Inc winners were tAe queen the Nicola, the Au-
rOra the Carlita, the Vaquero, the Sue the Pretty
Quick. the Howdy, the Huntress the Flicker the
Bat and the Tautog. Regatta committee-Victor
I. Cumnock and Walter G. Kerr.
The times taken at the end of the first round Of
the course were: The Ingomar. 2:48.2; the Queen
252:3S; the Nicola. 33S25 the Istalena s47:47: the
Aurora, 34s:22; the Winsome. 403:57. and the Gar
denia 4:15:42.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Vixen They Know II All.

The proud father includes among
his boasts the following school es-
say of his young hopeful:
"a horse gets up by giving a sud-
den Jump to its front legs and then
gets on its hind legs.
"a COW drinks by putting its
mouth in the bucket and sucks the
water.
"a duck picks up the food by its
bill, then throws his head back.
maple leaves begin to bloom
about the LIST of May.
"a locomotive while going around
a corner bends very much to the in
side.
"a passenger train when about to
stop the wheels of the locomotive
stop revolving and slides along the
tracks.
"a locomotive has to be very
much heavier than the train to
overcome the weight of the train
against it. Because when a BODY
gets a-moving it has a tendency to
keep moving."-New York Post.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Truthful Bow,

''Thomas,' said Mr.. Smith as he
gazed into his sons eyes with a
soul searching look, shave you eaten
any of those peaches l put in the
cupboard?'
Father" said Tommy, II cannot
tell lie. l have not touched one. -
Mr.. Smith eyed him wrathfully
as he plunged his hand into the
pocket of his coat and drew forth
five discriminating stones, which had
each once been enshrined in the lus-
cious flesh of a peach, but which
were now staring in all their horrid
nakedness.
"Then how is it," said the parent,
chat found these peach stones in
your bedroom, and there is only one
peach left in the cupboard
Father" said Thomas as he ST.
lently but swiftly left the room and
placed chair in such a position
that Mr.. Smith would fall over it if
he followed too quickly, father,
that>is the one never touchedp-
Pearson's.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Not InfaIIibIe.

Harriet Martineau, the Englisl,
author, was shrewd and practical
and had what men are pleased to
call masculine intellect" But she
was not always correct in her de-
auctions, a fact illustrated by the
following anecdote, told in her
"Nlcmoirs," by Sir Charles Murray,
who was then the English consul
general in Egypt:
One afternoon we met at the
villa of my old friend, S. W. Lark
ing, on the banks of the Mahamou-
dieh canal. In the course of our
stroll through the garden we came
to a small gate, the pattern of
which was new to Miss Martineau,
who was walking in front.
She stopped and, looking at the
gate in an attitude of intense ad-
miration, exclaimed:
GLOW truly oriental! What won
derful taste these fasteners have
in design!"
She went on, and as Larking and
1 followed through the gate he
whispered to me, 81 got it out last
week from Birmingham"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
The Story Of a caxton.

Ii the Wesleyan Church Record
is a paper by Mr.. William Andrews
OF the Hull Royal institution on
"Curiosities of Book Collecting" in
which he tells the story of the un-
e"rthi"s of a Caxton at Thorneck
hall, Lincolnshire. The butler was
entrusted with the work of wedding
CT, - supcrhuous books. A per-
feet copy of Dame Juliana Berner's
"Boke of st. Adams" (14S6) was
thrown carc|essly aside and a little
l:tc::' sod to a peddler for nine
pence. lie thought he was lucky
man when he disposed of it to a
chemist in Gainsborough for 3 shil-
lines. 1t was soon sold to book
seller Tor g., who transferred it to
another in the same trade for f7.
Ii "as subsequently sold to Sir
T4o....:.as; Grenvillc for $50. At the
time Of this transaction Dibdin val
ued This book at i420, and in 1882
a perfect copy changed hands for
tO0U.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
An Elephants Teeth,

Whoever has looked inside an
elephants mouth has seen a strange
sight. Elephants have no front
teeth, and they never eat flesh or
any food that requires tearing
apart. Eight teeth are all they
have, two above and below on each
side, huge yellow molars as wide as
a mans hand and about two inches
thick. Over these hay or fodder is
Shifted by the quecrest, ugliest
t,-o~c "a the whole animal king
dom, tongue that is literally hung
at both ends, having no power or
movement except in the middle,
where it shifts back and forth from
side to side, arching up against the
roof OF the big mouth like an i'm
mense wrinkled pink serpent.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Queer Ideas Of Beauty.

The amiability of Moorish wom-
en- strikes me greatly, writes an
Englishwoman in Morocco in the
National Review. visited some
the other day, and they were full
of kindly interest. They liked my
fair hair, they liked my clothes.
One old crone suggested how lovely
l would be were l to paint nv
cheeks a brilliant red, stain my un-
der lids coal black, adding three
black vertical lines on my forehead
and one in the middle of my chin;
also stain my teeth with walnut
juice, my hands with henna! I
therefore rubbed my cheeks with
my handkerchief till they turned
crimson. That amused them high
ly, and they laughed and said I
needed no paint, but did need hen
ma and backing! Another woman
gazed at my waist and groaned, ex-
claiming she would be i'll had she a
waist as small as mine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
HUNTING THE WALRUs.
The Guards Of the Herd Are Shot, tho
Rest Killed With Axes.

Nest NIIl0O WITH AN98,
Whalers begun to turn their at.
tention to walrus catching about
the year 1868. During the first part
of every season there is but little
opportunity to capture whales, they
being within the limits of the icy
barrier. AS result much of the
whalers' time during July and Au.
gust was devoted to capturing wal.
ruscs.
Men would be landed on the Alas.
ka shore in June and left to watch
for the animals to haul up on the
3each at certain points. According
to the government reports, the wal.
rus must either come ashore or get
on the ice to sleep. When a herd
is we'll ashore one or two old bulls
are generally left on watch.
The best shot among the hunters
now creeps up and by successful
rifle shot or two kills the guard.
Owing to their very effective hear
ing the noise made by the rifle does
not wake them. The gun is then put
aside and each hunter, armed with
a sharp ak, approaches the sleeping
animals and cuts the spines Of as
many of them as possible before the
others become alarmed and stam-
pede for the water and escape.
The white hunters rarely make
use of anything but the two long,
curved tusks with which the animal
is equipped and which average
about five pounds to the pair. If
time permits, however, the flesh is
boiled and the oil saved. To many
Of the Eskimos, especially on the
arctic shore, the walrus is almost a
necessity Of life, and the devasta-
ton wrought among the herds by
the whalers has been and is vet the
cause Of fearful suffering and death
to many of the natives.
The flesh is food for men and
dogs. The oil also is used for food
and for lighting and heating the
houses. The skin when tanned and
oiled makes durable cover for the
large skin boats. The intestincs
make waterproof clothing, window
covers and floats. The tusks are
used for lance or spear points or are
carved into a great variety of useful
and ornamental objects, and the
bones are used to make heads for
spears and for other purposes.
In addition to hunting the wal
rus themselves the whalers also pur-
chase from the Eskimos the tusks,
or ivory, that they have secured
New York Sun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Amateur Doctors,

There was an ominous stiffness in
the house as the great physician en-
tered and made his way to his pa
TENTS room. Hastily he made his
examination, his eyes showing the
deep sympathy he felt.
madam" he said, 81 am indeed
sorry to see you in such condition
as this. What has happened? Have
you been run over by a motor car ?"
With infinite difficulty and OBJ
vious pain the patient reused her
self, and the white lips slowly
moved.
. ''No, DOCTOR" she moaned, 'sbut I
tainted in church and was brought
to by some friends who have been
studying first aid to the injured"
Then the great physician took
out his notebook and entered the
case in the every serious" column
London Telegraph.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
HOW THEY DINED.
Msthods Of the English at Table In
tho Seventeenth Century.

The old English had three meals
day, of which the chief meal was
taken when the work of the day was
finished. The first meal was at 8
o'clock. dinner was about 3 o'clock,
and supper was taken just before
bedtime. The Normans dined at
the old English breakfast time or a
little later and supped at Z p. m.
In Tudor times the higher classes
dincd at II and supped at 5 o'clock,
but the merchants seldom took
their meals before IL and 6 o'clock.
The chief meals, dinner and sup
per, were taken in the hall both by
the old English and the Normans,
for the parlor did not come into use
until the reign Of Elizabeth. Break
fast did not become a regular meal
until quite lately, and DR.. Murray
in the Oxford Dictionary gave 1913
as the date of the earliest quota
ton in Which the word occurred.
The meal did not Become recog-
nized until late in the seventeenth
century, for Pepys habitually took
his draft Of half a pint of Rhenish
wine or dram of strong waters in
place of morning meal. Dinner
was always the great meal of the
day, and from the accession of Hen
ry Nv. to the death of Queen Eliza
beth the dinners were as sumptuous
and extravagant as any of those
now served.
Carving was then fine art. Each
guest brought his own knife and
spoon, for the small fork was not
introduced into England until
Thomas Coryate of Odcombe pub
lished his "Crudities" in 1911.
Pepys took his spoon and fork with
him to the lord mayors feast in
1868. The absence of forks led to
much stress being laid upon the act
of washing the hands both before
and after meals and to the rule
that the left hand alone should be
dipped into the common dish, the
right hand being occupied with the
knife.
The perfect dinner at the best
time of English cookery consisted
of three courses, each complete in
itself, and terminated by a suhtlety
OF device, the whole being rounded
off with hippocras, after which the
guests retired into another room,
where pastry, sweetmeats and fruit
were served with the choicer wines.
The English were essentially meat
eaters, and it was not until the
time of the Commonwealth that
pudding attained its extraordinary
popularity. Indeed the first men
ton Of pudding in the menus of
the buckfeast at st. Bartholomew
hospital did not occur until ITO,
and in 1912 is an item Of S shillings
for ice.-London Times.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
BoNAPARTE At JAFFA.
His Orders Regarding the Poisoning Of
Stricken Soldiers.

SsricEcn Sooier5.
P"of"rso; !fors:c Of Montpcllic,
IL 'turc on. the respect tina
ncr, "hould have for hu
man life told the story of Dcsgc
n"t+"S which. though well known
=. "~.... telling again, us it is tolc
by Dcsgcncttes himself.
When the French we're about t.
evacnatc Ja!ra the question arose
"na. "as 10 be done with the
u .rickcn soldiers in the hos.
pital. Dcsscnettes says: "Shortly
before tic raising Of the siegc-that
is 70 say, OH the 27th-General
/ --.~,~...c sent for me very early
in me morning to come to his tent
~nc4c nc was alone with his CHIEF
of the staff. After a short preamble
as ~ our sanitary condition he said
4" ~" If were you I should end
at once the suffcrings of those
stricken with plague and should end
the dangers which they threaten us
by giving them opium
answered simply, MY duty is
to preserve life Then the general
developed his idea with the greatest
GOODNESS, saying that he was advis.
ing for others what in like circum.
stances he would ask for himself.
ole pointed out to me that he
was, before amy one else, charged
with the conservation of the army,
and consequently it was his duty to
prevent Our abandoned sick from
falling alive under the scimiters of
the Turks. 4 do not SEEK he went
on, 'to overcome your rcpugnance,
but l believe l shall find some who
will better appreciate my inten-
tions.'" Dcsgencttes goes on to
say that opium was, as a matter of
fact, given to some thirty patients.
II happened, however, that GER
tain number rejected it by vomit-
inc, were relieved, got well and told
what hal happened. The story has
been told in various ways, and the
fact Of the poisoning of the sick
s"ldiers has been accepted by the
enemies of Napoleon and denied by
thc defenders of his memory. Des-
gcncttes' narrative bears the stamp
of trutil.-British Medical Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
False.

He was country cousin on visit
to London, and as he sat in the
theater he observed that a long
silken tress was hanging down the
back of the lady in front of him.
"Excuse me, MISS" he said, lean
ing over, ''but your hair is coming
down."
She turned upon him face acid
enough to make several gallons of
homemade lemonade.
"My hair" she asked icily.
But the country visitor was not
so verdant as his native fields.
II beg your pardon" he said,
with all humility, II thought it was
your hair"
Fortunately the band struck up
just then and drowned the fair
maiden's reply.-London Answers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Proof Positive.

Mrs. Perry thoughtfully regarded
the package the maid had Just
brought in and then remarked to
her husband that she had meant to
buy a mauve broche.
"What did you get?" he asked.
"Pink louisine."
Her hu1band could not quite con-
ceal a significant smile, and Mrs.
Perry went on hurriedly: 81 know
what you Ore thinking, Joe-that I
don't know my own mind. But I
can prove that 1 do.
"Did you ever know me to go to a
grocery and bring away a can of
peaches instead of a bar Of soap +?
Certainly not!" she concluded tri-
umphantly.-Youth's Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
THE TOAD.
tie Eyes and It's Venom and tn,
Changing Of Its Skin.

Changing Of It's Skin.
showing slowly through the long
grass is small, rough skinned crea-
turc, almost the color of the earth
that shows at the roots of the
trees" writes a nature observer. cit
is, toad just emerged, somewhat
tardily, from his winter hiding
place "a hole about as big as him
self) and only now awake to ex-
ternal influences. Lcthargic and
sleepy though he is, he is. quite suf-
ficiently alert to know that l am
looking at him and. wondering to
see how his skin has lost all its color
from the long absence of the light.
It is hardly possible to trace any
shade of olive green and dusky yell
low or ashen gray and brown upon
the warty surface of his back. And
the darker markings which some
times form irregular bands over the
back and legs are merged into the
general dizziness ana dustiness of
the soil which has covered him for
so long. AS a rule, toads and frogs
and other alternating animals are
seen in the open as soon as the first
warm days Of spring restore their
lowered temperature.
'"Some people wonder what
Shakespeare meant by the precious
jewel in it's head The brilliant
eyes with their yellow rings, like a
gold setting to the onyx, are as
gems laid upon its head. Wonder
full eyes they are in their range of
vision and able to see meal worms
placed to the rear far quicker than
when some distance ahead. The
venom Of the toad, which is an
acrid, milky fluid concealed in the
glands at the back Of the head, has
been many times described by nat
uralists as harmless unless it
touches some abrasion of the skin,
when it causes local irritation. But
though not particularly virulent
when swallowed by another animal,
yet injected into wound it is very
active and causes liberation and all
the symptoms of irritant poisoning.
A dog which has once seized toad
and tasted this bitter fluid and
burnt his tongue will never attack
one again. Snakes will starve rath-
er than swallow a toad.
During the warm weather the
skin is sloughcd, and the ponderous
toad shakes off the thin film that
covers him and energies in new
skin, fresh and bright. So also do
the frogs change their skins in the
course Of the summer, assisting-in
the process themselves. The old
cuticlc divides down the center of
the back and the two halves grad
ually fold and recede farther and
farther from the center. BY con-
tinued twitching the folds are
brought down the Sides, and then
the hinder legs, first one and then
the other, are brought forward UNI
der the arm, which presses down
upon it and thus draws off the old
skin inside out"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Had som.thina EI...

An old darby in Richmond once
experienced considerable difficulty
in securing the sum due him from q
prominent business man whose sta
BILE the negro had whitewashed.
One afternoon as the old darby
came painfully up the walk toward
the house the master thereof called
to him from the porch:
"What's the matter, Nose? Got
the gout?"
ono, sah," came in respectful
tones from Nose, ttI's got de bill
tor dat whitewashin'."- Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
No Benefit.

A well known actor, lying on his
deathbed, according to the physi-
clans, was approached by i brother
Thespian, who said: "Blank, old
man, you are long for this world
yet: We are going to get up q bene-
fit The dying man Of tragedy
lifted himself up by his left elbow
and, shaking his long index finger
OF the right hand in the visitors
face, Kissed: Benefit! Benefit!
Benefit! Oh, Shakespeare! Now
indeed do I know that death is at
hand. My time is come. A bene-
fit! Goodby, old boy. See that I
am decently buried. But no bene-
fitw-New York Press.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
Figures Won't lie.

Benny came home from school
one day with ''177e" pinned across
his shirt front.
"What does that mean, Benjy?"
his mother asked.
"You don't know no more n
teacher" he grumbled. t"That's
just what she wanted to know"
"But what does it mean, SOM"
repeated his mother.
fThose figures" answered the lit
tie man proudly, %stand for the
Declaration Of Appendicitis p
Gppincott's.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-09-12
The Blind Mana Lauah.

A blind man was sitting with q
number of persons. When they
laughed he would laugh also. Some
one asked him, "What have you
seen that you should laugh so
heartily?" The blind man said, 'I
am only echoing your laugh" eve
are laughing at you," some one said.
"Then 1 am laughing at myself"
the man replied.-From the Chi
nese.