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The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
GEORGETOWN WINS RACE
FROM NEW YORK CREW
Blue and Gray Eight Three Lengths Ahead of Gotham
OarSH1en in Match Potomac Tech High
Beats Reserves in Preliminary Race.

With a steady even stroke, the George
town varsity crew triumphed over the
eight representing New York University
over the Henley course on the Potomac
yesterday, crossing the line at Aqueduct
Bridge with some three lengths to spare,
in the good time of 4;47.
In the preliminary, in which the
Georgetown second crew was matched
with Tech High School, the collegians
lost by a scant half length. after one
of the prettiest races ever witnessed over
the beautiful course
During the first race n high westerly
wind interfered somewhat with the work
Of the oarsmen, and rufficd the water to
the extent of making good-sized cOmbers,
but shortly after the race was finished
the wind died down, calming the water
and presenting almost ideal conditions for
the varsity contest. excepting the swift
ness Of the current.
New York won the toss, and chose the
course near the middle of the stream.
The visitors pushed off the float at
Georgetown boathouse at $50 o'clock, and
padded up the river above the start, just
a mile and $50 yards above the bridge,
where they laid in and waited for George
town and the power boats Black Arrow
and Mae, which carried the officials and
newspaper men.
The swiftness OF the current gave Start
er George Turner, Of Baltimore, consider
able trouble in getting the crews in line
for the start. but after more than thirty
minutes Of jockeyng, he got them in
line, and they drifted down to the start
ing point where the word to go was
given at 6:1S.
Catch Water Together.
Both crews caught the water at tho
same time and shot ahead as an arrow
from bow. The sun. which was hidden
behind a bank of clouds the greater part
Of the time, broke forth in all it's splen-
dor and made the dripping oars flash as
they were lifted and dipped into the
water.
1t could be discerned Immediately that
Georgetown was using the longer stroke
Of the two, and as the race progressed
this became more and more apparent. At
the mile mark Georgetown was half
length in the van, and it was thought
that the visitors were holding back with
the intention of making a squirt, but they
never recovered any Of the distance lost,
the Blue and Gray athletes swinging in
unison. with never a sign Of breaking the
rhythm of the stroke, and gradually in
creasing their lead, until at the finish
they were some three lengths to the good
New York held on gamely, and even
though t was apparent TO everybody that
they had run their race when opposite
the Washington Canoe club house, they
kept at it, and finished in fairly good
order
1t transpired that Powers. rowing No.
in the Georgetown shell broke the blade
Of his oar on a piece Of drftwOod off the
Three Sisters. The New Workers were
also little handicapped by the fact that
The visitors used a slightly different
stroke from the local collegians. and their
oars were six inches shorter than the long
sweeps used by Georgetown.
Coach Vail was more than pleased at
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
ATHLETICS ARE EASY
Nationals Win Another Vic
tory Over Philadelphia.
BILL BURNS rs A PUZZLE

Although Touched Up for seven Hits,
Californian H. SO Effective with
Men Bases shat Visitors Are
Beaten from Start-Cartcr Knocked
out of Box and ViclSers substituted.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
BANDITS TAKE TWO
Capture DOuble-header from
Brooklyn Unions.
RALLY DECIDES SECOND GAME

with Three Men ON Bases COnnvery
Cleans Up with "a Hard Drive for
Twenty Minutes i'm Third Inning
Because of Rain--The scores.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-10

Princeton. May 9.-Princeton Unlver-
sty's tennis team defeated Cornell here
by a score of 4 matches 10 l. The sixth
match was unfinished on account Of rain
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12
TILE FIGHT ZOE THE DOUBTFUL STATES.

that are taken
blowing gale that will pile the Noe
the road from Nebraska TO the
the shape OF declaration
in of
United Statesdusal
promoted by the election OF Mr.
that their rights would be sategud
Bryan This declaration by paper OF
Republican column the opinion OF the
orrOborated by important Demo
a Richmond Newseader which says
the BAL
yesterday position in leading
without single important news
Maryland probably cinches that State as hopeesy
Republican Notwithstanding remarkable oes, The Sun retains
following Virginia
apprehend Valley Virginia, where the
followed
believe Maryland by the Democrats will be Offset by
Republicans split and Mr. Bryan
than they have been
twelve years
declaration the Cincinnati Enquirer Dem) that
Bryan losing this remarkable statement;
Republican
failed to
bold the
eving politicians of
business suddenly those policies backed
a prosperity
three
months Republican alliance barrier Bryan
OF Republican, party
favorable conditions
radical Republican all
ire closed %
noto the
month fortnight a ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12
COUNTRY JOURNALS, ERRORS.


himself
The Maui the of talking and land law when
a
How lacking the spirit of these
of oursi How little they that
handing gamblers
motto
political they would doing
themselves a business
these journals attempting
yenw-og reason;
of politics
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12
PHILIPPINES WANT NAVAL BASE.

discussion of the a protect
base the Philippines recognizing the Hawaii
establishing Pearl Harbo onceng
sufiei he says:
The placing of Hawaii in protected condition the military
the
being played the Far East and it the
people their viii
to
the
the Philippines is in worthy of the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12
AN AGE OF MIRACLES.

performed this
his
Isbel listened aboard
Swinburne
United
be touch And
eless' wasa all
o
ship whzzng the city dropped
that it had left Francisco
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12
LADIES CONDUCTED SERVICES.

The services at the Oahu penitentiary
yesterday were in charge of a number
of ladies, Mrs. P. w. Rider giving a
brief account of her trip to New York
and her visits to several of the leading
missions in that city and Mrs. Weldon
leading in the other services, deliver
ing the address of the day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12


the Powers
opportunity cung medding in affairs
and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12

If the Togo Kisen Kah really
Pedro will
supply traffic line operation
possibility.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12

The HO Tribune Republican Journal
Kuhio majority, the Kuho get:
ting the benefit, the split ticket
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12

to explain that thew
the ships he sale away with.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-12

According the London Morning Posts
to
and preios
habit of adhe to theirre ligiousca esystem
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world that there
of
nevertheless.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
A Tart Retort.

A good story is told Of a prominent
society woman at Newport whose name
cannot for obvious reasons be given
here.
1t appears that an extremely wealthy
matron who has not always enjoyed
her present social pre-eminence was
making certain supercilious references
as to a young girl who had been pre-
sented by the lady first mentioned.
by the way" languidly asked the
wealthy matron, "who Is your friend
Miss Blank?
miss Blank is a charming GIRL" was
the smiling response, "well bred, as
you see, accomplished, entertaining"
ooh, yes, Of course" continued the
other, 'but, my dear Mrs. So-and-so,
you know what mean-who Is sheT
my dear woman" retorted the first
lady, II can no more tell you who Miss
Blank is than I could have informed
those who asked me who you were
when you first came to Newport
St Paul Pioneer Press.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
A suoARY AFRICAN FRUIT.

Consul Joseph 1. Britain of
Prague quotes an Austrian journal
which tells of plant recently dis
covered in Africa, belonging to the
family of leguminous plants, called
Parkid biglobosa, which produces a
fruit containing rs per cent. sac
charine and about 20 per cent. re-
ducing sugar, and when ripe about
80 to 40 per cent. saccharine. If
the percentage of sugar is correctly
stated, the plant would take first
rank among sugar producing plants.
The extraction of the sugar from the
fruit is said to be accompanied by no
difficulties.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
TARRING OF ROADS.

Road tarring is becoming a habit
in the automobile districts of Eng
land. The old method of applying
with hand brushes is now being
abandoned in favor of the use of an
apparatus which is nothing more
nor less than a giant air brush. The
tar is in large tank and two men
pump air into it while third goes
about the road with a pipe having
four outlets through which the air
throws the tar in fine spray. This
rapidly and thoroughly coats the
road; sand is then sprinkled and the
dust is laid for good.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
VAeARIEs OF SOUND.
Acoustic Phenomena That Are Pux-
zIng to Scientists.

Acoustic Phenomena That Are Pux-
zine to Scientists.
At twilight some time ago at life
saving station of the English coast
noises were heard that sounded like
signal shots from some distance at sea.
A boat was launched and sped with
all possible energy to the place from
which the sounds seemed to have come,
but it returned without having heard
or seen anything further Yet the sea-
man who had been left behind on guard
declared solemnly that In the mean
time he had heard near shore unmis-
taxable cries for help from drowning
persons. The bluejackets themselves
are most inclined to regard the whole
matter as supernatural and the voices
as spectral. Scientists say that 1t Is
possible, however. that such sounds
may be audible in remarkable distinct
ness where there is a high coast.
though they may come from a great
distance, especially when persons there
are placed accidentally so that behind
them rises wall which receives the
sound and throws 1t back.
On some coasts that are often visited
by foSS legend Of so called fog
shots" has acquired vogue. These are
said to have their origin. for some rea-
son not yet fathomed. within the mass
es of fog Acoustic phenomena are
found Of such a strange kind that the
investigation Of them may be said to
be still very far from conclusive The
most inexplicable secret lies perhaps
not in the occurrence of SOUNDS, the
origin Of which may be reached only
with great difficulty. but in their dis
appearance and in absolute silence
when audible noices should be expect
ed Many a ship has been wrecked be-
cause it's signals of distress. loud and
uninterrupted. have remained inaudi-
BILE. although only a very short dis
lance from the coast.
But, again. it happens that In such
an instance the very same signals be-
come audible at far greater distance,
where they provoke great excitement.
A remarkable example Of this was pro-
duced by the firing Of guns by the Eng
fish feet in the roadstead at Spithead
on Feb. 1. 1901. as token Of mourn
ing for Queen Victoria. This was not
heard at all by many persons close at
hand who were listening for ii, while
at places much farther away it was
heard plainly. The direction Of the
wind failed to explain this alteration
Of the waves Of sound.-Chicago News.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
NERVES THAT TIRE QUICKLY
Thoee Directing Sense OF Smell, and
Heat and Cold, Are the Most
Easily FatIgued.

The most easily tired nerves in the
body are the nerves of smell. They
can detect the faintest Whit Of per-
fume.
AS you pass a rose in the garden
the quantity of perfume that gets
into your nostrils must be many mil
lions of billions of times smaller
than the tiniest grain of sand. But
rub the strongest perfume to your
mustache, and in few seconds you
fail to notice it the nerve of smell is
so quickly fatigued.
The heat nerves and cold nerves,
which are quite distinct from the
nerves of ordinary sensation, also
stop working very quickly. A bath
that seems quite hot when you first
step into it very soon ceases to cause
any particular feeling of heat.
Nerves of hearing and sight can go
through an enormous amount of
work. For 16 hours day they work
hard, and are still willing to do
more.
The nerves of the heart are the
most untiring of ali. From the first
dawn of life until the last gasp they
work without stopping for one in
slant.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
PUMPKIN PIE.
Praise For This Culinary Triumph and
Gastronomic Delight.

Praise For This Culinary Triumph and
Gastronomic Delight.
American literature is replete with
the praise Of pie, and Harriet Beecher
Stowe says, 1.-The pie is an English
institution, which, planted in Amer
lean soil, forthwith ran rampant and
burst forth into an untold variety Of
genera and species" The average
American echoes, LET it run" He
has the same desire that possessed
Simple Simon of Mother Goose fame
when he met the pie man. But Moth
er Goose f1ourished before the pie
reached the acme Of its glory. The
most famous pie of which she wrote
was a meat pie, for she said:
Sing song of sixpence. pocket fun OF
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a
pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began
to sing.
Wasn't that dainty dish to set before a
king?
A pie containing live blackbirds
sounds like a fairy tale, but 1t Is not,
as Venetian publisher of a cookbook
printed In 1869 gave recipe for max
ing pies that the birds may be alive
in them and fly out when it is cut up"
The gay jewellers who sat down before
such dish may have thought that the
very pinnacle of culinary art had been
obtained, but the pumpkin affords gas
tronomic delights to every American
citizen beside which blackbird pies.
ortolan pies, lombard pies or battalia
pies are and Of right ought to be back
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
EASY FOR SHERLOCK.

The modern Sherlock climbed
through the kitchen window.
"Ahw exclaimed Sherlock, sur
veying the surroundings, 81 find that
his wife is away"
"And how long has she been
away?" asked his assistant.
''Thirty, days, exactly"
"How in the world can you tell ?"
"By the unwashed dishes and
saucers. There are 80 of each in all,
which shows that he has used thre,
each day for 80 days and left them
for her to wash when she comes
home. l guess 1 know something
about married men keeping bach
e]ors' hail."
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
Pompeii and HercuIan.um.

Pompeii was buried in ashes and was
easily disinterred, while Herculaneum
received the full force of the crimson
lava, which hardened rapidly to the
consistency Of marble and must be
quarried In order to reach the city be-
meath. Owing to this difficulty only a
small amount Of excavating has been
done in Herculaneum as compared
with that which has taken place at
Pompeii. In addition, another town
sprang up on the lava above Hercu-
laneum, which would have been en-
dangered by the undermining neces-
sary to exploration with pick and
shovel.-New York American.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
LIES ABOUT THE FEET. !.
a Shoe Clerks Comments on HE Cue.
temers Peouiisritiss.&

a Shoe Clerks Comments on HE cuss
temerS Peoufizritiss.%
IT don't see why people always lie
about their feet" said the shoe clerk as
his customer departed after giving him
q bad half hour. II don't mean on the
size Of their foot, for it's only natural
to wish to have, or, rather, to make
other people think you have, small feet
But why great. burly man with his
feet hubby with 'bunions should insist
that his shoes never trouble him and
that he never has any trouble In get
ting a at Is beyond me- Why, If put
an ordinary shoe on such a man he
would cuss with pain, and he knows It.
He knows also that I have to hunt
around until find some freak shoe
that will fit his misshapen old foot, but
all the time he declares that he never
has bunions or corns like most people.
Women who seem to be sensible
enough In all other ways come in here
and declare that they do not know
what corn Is, when they vince with
pain every time touch their little toe
When they are forced to declare that
the shoe hurts in one spot or another
they insist 1t is because their feet have
shape peculiarly their own. Some
times they will admit they have lit
tie calloused place. but corn, oh, dear,
no! Sometimes in thin, lightweight
shoe can fairly see the corns bunch
ing out under the leather, but have to
say automatically that the fit Is not
good or that the customer has a pc
culiarly sensitive foot or some other
nonsense, If I want to keep their
trade."-New York Press.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
PEGGYS ADVICE.
Why u Suddenly Changed From Ex-
celIent to Worthless.


celIent to Worthless.
II was the era of the first Quincy
baby, and the attention Of the entire
Quincy family. consisting solely of
mother and father, was directed to
the proper upbringing of the infant
Books on babyhood were bought and
digested. Suitable magazines were
subscribed for. Friends and mothers
were consulted on every point. But
to the wonder of the solicitous, Mrs.
Quincy declared that the advice that
did the most good was that which ap-
peared in the morning paper. signed
with the fetching name Peggy" But
the time came when even that was
discarded.
aren't you going to read me the
little lesson from the Journal for to-
day" asked Mr.. Quincy at the break
fast table.
II shall never read that stuff to any
one any more" said the mother firmly.
why notf Only day before yes
terday you were saying what excellent
recommendations Peggy made about
crying children. Why do you desert
herr
"I'ii tell you, Tom," she said. Il had
meant not to say word about It, be-
cause It IL 80 humiliating. but now
you've spoken-well. might as well
confess. The paper yesterday said
something I didn't quite understand,
and, as i was downtown, / thought
I'd just run into the ONCE and ask
Peggy what she meant. So 1 did.
The Office boy smiled when / asked
for Peggy, but be took me up lot
Of dirty stairs and then pointed to a
door. / knocked, and a voice answer
ed, Come I'm"
"Well2" queried her husband.
We'll. there isn't any Peggy! Not a
woman at all. but a perfectly horrid.
grinning man. smoking a cigar! He
writes that advice-a man! What do
you think of that. Tom?''
Mrs. Quincy paused In her indigna-
ton.
II thought you found the advice
good, as rule" he objected.
"Tom Quincy. how could man In a
newspaper Office write good advice to
mothers7 I am surprised! You men
think you know everything:"-Youth's
Companion.
THE NEWS by carrier 45c a month.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
ALWAYS CONVERSATIONS.

"What time this morning did you
get y" she asked, sharply.
GAS 1 got in the hall, the day
broke" he answered, humbly.
"Well, you don't seem able to
come in without breaking some
thing" she said, reprovingly, ''but
l am glad it was the day that broke
and not my handsome new lamp"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
GOVERNMENT REPORTS
Methods Employed BY Department
in Getting a Line on To-
bacco Crop.

The great Improvement recently
noted in the accuracy and RELIABLE
ity of the crop reports of the Bureau
of Statistics Of the Department of
Agriculture, especially with reference
to leaf tobacco, lends special inter-
est to a statement about to be issued
by the Department outlining the
I,ethods employed in securing and
co apiling the data upon which the
final official figures are based.
The data used in the preparation
of the monthly reports are obtained
through a special field service and
corps of State statistical agents and
a large body of voluntary CORES
pondents covering counties, town
ships and individual firms.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
THE ONLY SAFE WAY.

The great editor looked up impa-
tiently.
'Boy," he said, "what is that rust
ling In the waste basket-a mouse %
The boy, after examining the bas-
ket, answered:
'No, sir; it's one O. them poems O
passion throbbin'."
well, pour some water on it and
then drop it out of the window y
said the editor. ''This building isn't
insured"
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26

presided over by the statistician.
The personnel Of the Board is chang
ed each month. The meetings are
held in the office of the statistician.
which is kept locked during the ses-
sions. no one being allowed to enter
or leave the room or the Bureau, and
all telephones being disconnected.
Board Assemblies.
When the Board has assembled, the
reports, which have been placed In
the safe Of the Secretary, are deliv
reed by him, opened and tabulated,
and the figures by States, from the
several classes of correspondents
and agents relating to all crops, are
tabulated In convenient parallel col
umns. The Board is thus provided
with several separate estimates.
made independently by the respective
classes of correspondents, and these
are carefully compared and discuss
ed by the Board and the final figures
for each State decided upon.-Liv-
ingSton.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
About Due.

A country woman residing near the
town Of Sligo, thinking her husband
was rather late in coming home on
Saturday with his pay, went to the
police Office to inquire II he was there.
'Is Pat hereT she asked.
"No." replied the constable, ''but sit
down We're expecting him every min
ute."-London Opinion.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
Exquisite Harmony.

Piper-The varra pest music never
heard whatever was doun at jamie
Maclauchlan's. There wass fufteen o.
Us pipers in the wee back parleF, all
playin' different chunes. I thocht I
was noatin' In heeven.-Punch.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26
Hire an Expert.

If you want thing well done, don't
do it yourself in spite Of what the
proverb says. If you really want 1t
well done hire an expert. If you try
to do 1t yourself you are pretty sure
to botch it.-Somerville Journal
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1908-10-26

Summer Boarder-The boys are eat
ing your green apples.
The Farmer-That's all right. Let
them eat all they want. It'll keep 'em
away from the table for the next two
or three days, and I'll charge their
daddies for the apples besides.