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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
GEORGETOWN MEETS
c. v. j. TOMORROW
Local Rivals VIII Meet in
Basketball Game for
First Time.

Georgetown and George Washington
VIII meet tomorrow evening in their
first intercollegiate basketball game.
The game viii De- played at Carroll In
stitute. instead Of i'm the Washington
Light Infantry hall. as was previously
announced. The managers OF the two
teams believe the former hall affords
better opportunities for handling the
large crowd that is expected 10 attend
Both teams are new arrivals this wear
in the basketball field. and predictions
as to the outcome OF JOmuTTUW's game
cannot De easily made Both teams
have met Virginia. and GEORGETOWN S
score against the Southerners was more
decisive than George WashinstOn's <
HOweve=, the Blue and Gray qUiDI may
be- severely handicapped in this game by
the probable absence OF eN-Captaiu
Schumm. who spraiued his ankle IN
practice last Saturday and viii likely be
out OF the game FOR several weeks. Prof.
Joyce expects 10 have the injured mem
her well nOurished. however. I'm hopes
OF having the fast little forward IN some
kind OF condition for this crucial game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
MASONIC LODGE BANOUETS.

Representatives Julius Kahn and J.
Hampton Moore We're the principal
speakers last night at the thirty-eighth
annual reunion and banquet OF George
Q. Whiting Lodge. No. - = A \ NJ
at the hall Wisconsin avenue. George
town There were 10 MaSons present
b w MUrCh was the toastmaster. The
banquet hall was profuseIy decorated IN
the national cOlOrS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
HARVARD MILDLY
GAME UNSETTLED

BOSTON. Feb. 26.-When the surprise
felt at New Haven over the action Of
Harvard in scheduling football game
with Annapolis before making arrange
mems with Yale was called to the at
tcntiOn Of John BIgelOw, assistant man
ager OF the Harvard Football Associa-
ton, ne said that inasmuch as the Har-
ward Athletic Association had not yet
granted permission for the football as
ISOLATION TO arrange games with An
napClis, or any other team no games
had been as yet definitely scheduled.
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ern Association.
Talk as YOU will about the Boston
Americans. the team needs a cleaning
out At"ut six new men in that outfit
and 1t will get back TO the real Boston
standard.
I'ittsburg critics say that the salary
list OF the team In that city Is larger
world No wonder. Dreyfuss has some
thing Ike forty men under MS control
Joe Bean. OF Cambridge. has received
word from Joe CantillOn that Washing
ton will allow him 10 manage Jersey
City. Washington drafted Bean last
fall but will waive the draft.
Parent. the Boston American League
shortstop, wants his new contract 70 De
as liberal as the old. The management
Will not agree to it, taking the ground
that Parent played poor ball last sum
mer and should expect TO be cut.
Eugene De Montreville played against
Mig Perrlue in the American ASsO-
citation last season and he SAYS the lat
ter Will make a strong addition 20 the
Nationals. as he is fast ana accurate
IN every department Of the game.
il Is now reported that Terry Turner.
the Cleveland ShOrtStOp, played the best
part OF last season with bad knee
II would be difficult TO define the cotton
tops game had he been all right He
was certainly wonder
''AH this talk about Ritchey baking
at going to Boston is bOsh. says Fresi-
dent Pulliam. IF all ball players were
a. easy TO handle as Claude the life OF
the baseball manager would be "A bed
Of roses. 7 think that he has already
signed his contract, although u has not
been forwarded To me-
President Pulliam is firm believer
that the AbbatiCchiO- Flaherty- Ritchey
deal will work 10 a great betterment TO
both the Pittsburg and Boston clubs. He
said: L think that Il is the best deal
. for both parties that has been made this
winter. and / look for Boston TO make a
great showing next season.
Smith. the brawny pitcher for the Chi
cago American League Club, has glad
dened the heart Of Comiskey by sign
/ ing his contract COmiskey VIII take
/ big party with him to the City Of Mex
4 leo. where Chicago Will train.
/ The Boston American League Clul
still has hopes that il will be able I,
| secure the Detroit Outfielder. Mcintyre
( Mcintyre. who resides on Staten Island
! doesn't want 10 go back 20 Detroit &
: play. He thinks that the atmosphere o
I the Lake Region doesn't agree witt
him. He has improved greatly as
player in the last year or so and wOult
make a good man for any team in tn
outfield
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
ORDWAYS AND EASTERNS
TO PLAY AGAIN TONIGHT

The Eastern Athletic Club and the
Ordway basketball teams will meet in
what should be an interesting contest
this evening In the Washington Light
Infantry Armory. There will be dane
ing between the halves and after the
game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
NORTHWEST FIGHT
LASTS 81 ROUNDS

HELENA. Mont. Feb. 26.-After
thIrty-tWo rounds Of the fastest, clever
est, ana cleanest-cut fighting imagin-
able. Kid Scaler. of Spokane. was early
this morning given the decision over
KID Ogi esby. of Helena. in contest
scheduled 10 20 to a finish for the light
weight championship of the Northwest.
Scaler was beating his opponent. and
awaiting chance for a knockout, when
Oglesbv's seconds jumped into the ring,
and the referee awarded tho fight TO
Scaler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
Remainder Of Lineup Unchanged.

The rest Of the Georgetown lineup
Will be the same as that which defeated
Virginia. with Rice AT forward Simon
and Psllen AT guard. and CapJaiu-Clect
Downey AT center
As George Washington has never Vet
defeated Georgetown in an athletic con
test and is both teams are keyed mp
with the Importance Of this game, the
tuSSie tomorrow night should be one
well worth seeing George Washington S
confidently expects 10 break Georgetown S
winning streak. relying on team work
ard the accurate goal tossing OF Fred
Rice. who Is rated one OF the best for
wards in District basketball circles
George WaShiESton's lineup viii prac-
ticaly be the same as IT, previous
games
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
A GEORGIA OBITUARY.

He went a good gait
TIL Death came and endorsed him;
He passed in his cheeks,
And TIE good Lord indorsed EN-.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
TROTTING.

Harold Pierce, Of Haverford, Pa. a
prominent light harness driver, is now
driving double behind a pair of bays
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
UP-TO-DATE.

There. little girl. don't cry,
They have broken your doll, 1 know.
But the child o. bisQue is a hazardou!
RISK
And thing OF the Long Ago.
And Teddy Bear Is the proper buy.
There. little girl don't cry.
New York Evening Mail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26
BASEBALL.

Dr. ShlVely won his night for Topeka
and the town will remain in the West
ern Association.
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Asterisks indicate Sunday games.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26

Talk as you viii about the Boston
Americans. the team needs cleaning
out At"ut six new men in that outfit
and 1t will get back 10 the real Boston
standard
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26

cago American League Club. has glad
dened the heart Of Comiskey by sign
ing his contract COmiskey VIII take
a big party with him to the City Of Mex
leo. where Chicago will train.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-26

April .. 90: May I. ,
May 81. June 1. >
June -. u. %. 20
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RELIABLE

y Saturdays.
June -
July 4
Conflicting date,
Sept 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
a Plea Enr EnI;e4inr

No man who will look carefully into
the work of the army OF Of the navy
can fail to realize that a career in
either branch Of our military service
is one to which any man may give
himself with the fullest devotion and
with the highest ideals. Americans,
as a rule, know little about the actual
work of either Of these services, and
few realize that when q man enters
the service of the army or of the navy,
whether as officer or enlisted man, he
enters a great school, school in which
is taught not only the discipline of
self restraint, of cleanliness, Of devo-
ton to duty, but in which are taught
also the elements of an education. An
enlisted man who enters a regiment
Of the army, barely able to read and
write, comes out, if he be a man of
ambition and industry, at the end of
three years in possession of the funda-
mentals of an English education. His
officer stands to him not only in the
relation of military director, but in the
relation also of teacher and a friend.
There is no career open to an American
boy, unless it be that Of a teacher,
which offers a larger opportunity than
that of the army or navy officer to
minister to the service of men.-Presi-
dent III. S. Pritchett in Atlantic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
The Size Of the Sea Horse.

The popular mistaken idea as TO the
size Of the sea horse is a constant
source of amusement to the guards at
the aquarium. According to them,
visitors, after looking at the big sea
cow and peering into the tank where
the turtles lead placid life, next be-
gin to hunt around among the inhabit-
ants Of the big floor tanks to find the
sea horse. They reread all the placards
and carefully reinspect all the occu-
pants of the big tanks; then, failing to
discover any immense fish which close
ly resembles a horse, they turn TO a
guard as a last resort When they are
directed to one of the smaller tanks
upstairs and when they learn that this
supposed monster of the deep never
attains a size of more than ten inches
they are amazed enough. The speci-
mems of the sea horse at the aquarium
are much below the maximum size,
and when seen clinging by their Curl
Gus prehensile tails to the different OBJ
iects in the tank look more like little
chessmen than anything else. ~ New
York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
THEY HAD TEA AND MUFFINs.

In five weeks the tenor signed the
pledge, and in six the contralto stopped
bleaching her hair and came to choir
practice with her head tied up in veil
TO hide the inevitable discrepancies as
to color.
"She's a dear little thing" she con-
fided to the bass. ''Shes poor and takes
care of her mother
''I'll take care of them both,' the
bass declared ardently, ''if she will let
me-"
The tenor having made the same
statement, the contralto carried the
news to the soprano.
"They are both in love with you, my
DEAR" she whispered one Sunday morn
ing when the green curtain had been
drawn and the congregation had set
tied down comfortably to hear the SER
mon.
I'D rather not talk about such things
in church if you don't mind" the So
prano said gently, and the contralto
agreed hastily and gave her earnest at
tention to the preacher.
buL tell Iu0 OuC luluSs TIC ICnOI
said TO the contralto confidentially at
choir practice, ''how are we going to
ask her? Her mother walks home with
her after all the services, and she
hasn't asked us to call, and she won't
talk about secular things in church,
and there you are!"
'Is love a secular thing?" the con-
tralto questioned sentimentally.
"She says it is" the tenor stated,
"but think it is divine"
Things came to something of a eli
max when the sopranos mother was
taken sick
Now is your chance" said the CON-
tralto. all IN a Autter. as she leaned to-
ward the tenor.
But the bass was already begging the
privilege.
II had hoped you might let me-" the
tenor said as he stumbled over two
chairs to get II her.
"Why not both of you?" said the
soprano Its on your way home. and
you will be company for each other
the rest Of the way"
"Oh, the aggrayation Of her"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
TYPHOID AND OYSTERS.
Danger OF Infection From the BivaIVes
Overestimated.

M. Baylac. French Psychologist,
has just reported on an exhaustive
study of oysters, both from the ocean
md inclOsed seas, undertaken to de-
fermine whether there was any founda
ton for the idea that the bivalves We're
infected by the typhoid and other pois-
Onous germs and were the means OF
causing serious illness in people who
eat them. He concluded that the ty-
phoid micrObe by no means infected
the oyster. IN the rare cases where
the oyster absorbed the germ through
pollution of the oyster beds it eliminat
cd it again in a day or two when trans
ferred to pure sea water or when Se-
moved from the water altogether. He
found that with the liquor from fresh
oysters ne could inject forty-four cubic
centimeters before any toxic disturb
ance was manifested.
With the juice of oysters which had
been three days out OF water and
which had been exposed TO the air at
tenperature of - degrees distinct
signs of poisoning were produced by
the injection of six cubic centimeters.
Then he tried oysters which had been
kept two days at a temperature Of 60
degrees and then freshened in river
water slightly sailed. 4 dose Of four
cubic centimeters from the liquid of
these caused poisoning.
M. Baylac forms two general conclu-
sions-first, the danger of typhoid from
oysters is negligible unless they have
been taken recently from beds eX-
posed to direct infection; second. oys-
tiers are healthful in direct ratio to
their freshness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Rx Auto 70 South Pols.

Next October a new antarctic eX-
petition will start from England. The
ship will carry in addition 10 the usual
supplies for such an expedition an
automobile especially prepared for ice
and snow travelling Lieutenant E. H.
Shackleton, who has had antarctic eX-
perience, will try for the south pole
with this substitute for dog sledges.
1T Is a pretty bold venture, for the ship
must return 10 New Zealand after land
ing him TO avoid being frozen IN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Hardening Tool Steel.

Hardening an ordinary drill in sui
phuric acid, states the English Ne
chanic, makes an edge that will cut
tempered steel or facilitate cutting
hard rock. The acid should be poured
into a fat bottomed vessel to depth
Of about one-eighth of an inch. The
point of the drill is heated to dull
cherry red and dipped in the acid to
that depth. This makes the point ex-
tremely hard, while the remainder re-
mains soft. If the point breaks, re-
harden, but with a little less acid in
the vessel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Behind the
Choir Curtain
By VIRGINIA BLAIR.

s Copyrighted, 1907, by P. c. Eastment- s
GNNNvNNNNNNNNNN
There had been an immense amount
of irreverence in the choir before the
new soprano came. The tenor and
the contralto and the bass and the oid
soprano had fiirted from the opening
anthem TO the benediction, and as they
were hidden from the congregation by
a green baize curtain there had been
no scandal, although certain members
Of the session had complained of weird
sounds that had seemed to echo from
the organ loft and die in the steeple.
With the advent of the new soprano,
however, came different state of az
fairs. Both the tenor and the bass
fell in love with her at sight and the
contralto, being forty and fat and fair,
submitted comfortably to the new
singers conquest and smiled on her in
way unprecedented in choir history,
where the green eyed monster is sup
posed TO rage rampant.
line new SODEduO was IOI l1ISNC1ChSs
and hence it came about that romance
was succeeded by religion, and the
tenor and the bass paid strict atten-
ton TO the responses and to the SER
mon and bent their heads during pray
erS, although so earnest were the So
prano's meditations that the bass was
constrained now and then to glance at
her and after intercepting the tenor's
ardent observation would again seem
wrapped in his devotions.
At the time of the opening prayer
the sun came through the rose win
dow A white dove spread his wings
against the stained glass background.
and as the soprano stood up for her
solo he seemed to hover over her head,
and her shining hair made golden
halo.
"Oh, she's too good to be true" the
bass told the tenor as they went home
together one Sunday in May.
'She is perfect" the tenor declared
fervently. I'VE are a lot of sinners,
and she has come among us like lit
tie saint to make us ashamed of our
selves"
It was discovered after three weeks
that the bass had given up smoking
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
AN AID TO MARINERS.
Principle Of the cyroscope Employed
to Steer Ships.

to Steer Ships.
The mariners compass occasionally
fails of its purpose IN these days OF
iron ships and cargOes of a magnetic
nature. This is especially the case in
warships. where the huge masses of
iron and steel in guns and gun turrets
etc, are very liable to affect the read
ing of the compass.
1t is the usual practice to make ali
possible corrections, but gun turrets
have TO he moved around and the cor
rections cannot always be relied upon.
Again. the shock due to the firing of
big guns is extremely bad for the
compass.
DR.. H. Anschutz-Kampfe has Invent
ed new form of steering stan0 ard
dependent for its operation upon the
principle of the gyroscOpe. This APP
paratus has been subjected TO ex-
baustive tests on a battleship, where,
amid the firing of big guns, the move
ment of the turrets and such other
disturbing influences as would effect
ually have disposed of an ordinary
compass, II behaved with remarkable
precision and came out of the trials
quite uninjured.
The apparatus consists essentially of
an electrically operated gyroscope car
Tying an indicating needle and pivoted
within a divided arc or rose similar TO
that of the ordinary mariners com
pass The instrument. of course. does
not necessarily point north and south,
but it tends continually to point in
any direction in which it is set, and
thus to indicate any change of direc-
ton of the ship.
II is not proposed TO displace the
mariners compass by means of this
instrument for its readings would
tend TO become inaccurate after long
spells of use without resetting by some
standard. 1t viii be useful rather as
81 supplement to the compass.
Although both instruments have
their faults. they are not of the same
nature, and the projections Of one
cover the imperfections of the other
Chambers Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Whoopina Couch Germ Found.

Consul General Richard Guent1er,
at Frankfort, has reported to the bu-
reau of manufactures that DR.. Helm
rich Albrecht q German professor Of
pathological anatomy, has discovered
the bacillus which causes whOOping
cough. It is identical with the germ
which has long been known by med
ical experts as the influenza bacillus.
Professor Albrecht has prepared a
serum from the whooping cough bacil-
lus which when injected into rabbits
causes a severe Inflammation of the
heart
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
FRESH FLOWERS all the time
at Taylor's greenhouse.
Rricles made al Elour.

In England much interest has been
shown of late by the army and navy
authorities in new method of pre-
serving flour by means of compress
sion. With hydraulic pressure appara-
tus the flour is sGueezed into the form
of bricks. and experiments are report
ed to have shown that the pressure de-
stroys all forms Of larva life, thus pre-
serving the -four from the ravages of
insects, while it is equally secure from
mold. Three hundred pounds of COM
pressed -four occupy the same space as
100 pounds of -four in the ordinary
state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Simultaneous IGNITION Of Coal.

TO prevent Spontaneous ignition Of
large masses of coal the most impor-
tant precautiOn is TO avoid breakage
during storing. for the exposure Of
fresh surfaces of coal just at the time
when it is being put under conditions
in which the heat generated by the
action of the oxygen in the air cannot
escape Is one Of the chief factors lead
ing to the danger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17

Phlllpps house

Phillpps house
aucaster longer
rnestly call your
rhr fact that all &C.
''ut ln. must be settled on or
t'r+ Man 1st for after that time
al accounts will go into the hands
of an attorney with fee attached
for collection
1tf Yours, JOHN DECHow.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Anobidexteritv Craze,

A learned man of London in attack
ing the recurring ambidexterity craze
says that this accomplishment is quite
common among idiots and that 1t is
quite natural that well balanced per-
sons should use one limb more than
the other
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
FOR SALEtCHEAP: Two second
hand horse powers.
26tf.
Calf Like q Kanaaroo.

More like a jack rabbit or kanga-
roo is a calf recently born in a western
state. It's front legs are quite little
shorter than it's hind ones, and it has
no tail at all. Instead of moving and
frisking about like its playmates, the
odd looking creature covers the ground
by leaps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Trees for Snow Breaks.

Trees are now being used for snow
breaks to take the place of snow
sheds and fences which border all the
railroad lines crossing the Rocky
mountains on the north. More than
100 miles of these trees have already
been planted in a section of one OF
the transcontinental lines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
Cannot Make Conner.

The story that Sir William Ramsay
has discovered a means of making cop
per artifcially is officially denied. He
has only said that there is a remote
possibility of making copper synthetic
ally.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
In Praise Of MARRIAGE.

Celibacy does not pay. A good mar
riage is the supreme human felicity;
a tolerable marriage is as much as
the majority of people deserve; but
even a bad marriage is better than
no marriage at ll.-Bookfellow, Sgd
ney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
an Effective Chimney Brace.

One of the simplest and strongest
chimney braces consists Of two pieces
Of angle iron "a and 81. drilled to re-
ceive the steel rods C and D.. These
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17
When Will This Happen?

We are going to write scathlng
article about the outlandish shapes OF
women's hats just as soon as we learn
why a man buys high-crowned SOFT
hat and then punches it full OF dents.
-Blacksburg Is. c. Chronicle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17

FARMS FOR SALE. 1 have two
good farms situated in Grant county
that will sell on reasonable terms.
stiff Jos. FL. BENNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-17

can be fastened to the house in any
substantial manner and should be
threaded for nuts TO hold the angle
irons against the chimney.-Popular
Mechanics.