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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05

! fighter has to du is to Squat in Il. II
the meantime his opponent Is forced
20 walk across he ring TO his own cor
! 2er, thus losing possibly eight or ten
econds' rest. In the event OF fight
going forty-tive rounds II can readily
be seen that he would be taking 4
considerably longer rest than his op.
ponent all the time. besides forcing
him to walk much greater distance
A remarkable thing about Ketchell
Is that in nearly every one OF his bat
ties he gets home the first wallop and
shoots II In rith such force that his
man is either knocked out or Is so hurt
that he never fully recovers from the
blow during the fight. In the recent
bout right hand cross that landed on
Papke's Jaw in the first ten seconds Of
the first round changed the whole COM
plexion Of one Of the best ring battles
ever seen in any country 1t is just
that fighting fo-cefuuess that Ketchell
has always shown since he started 10
climb the ladder Of pugiIistic suprem.
acy.
The ambition OF Ketchelrs life is TO
get on match for the worlds cham
II need not be surprising to
see such a match made and the two
men in the ring together before the enl
Of this year. Ketchell's power.u!
frame could stand thirty pounds mo.e
Of substantial flesh to 4 nicely, lie
has the height to carry this additional
weight easily and without hlldrancc
His shoulders are enormous. much ca
The order of FitzsimIaons' In the cz.
blacGsmith's nalmy day His chest !.
broad and unusually deep. and his leg,
ire quite strong enough to carry aay
more weight that he might take on.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
A PRlzED RECORD.
The Original Muster Roll Of Captain
A. Iincoin's Company.

The Original Muster Roll Of Captain
A. Lineoln's Company.
None Of the records OF tho treasury
department Is more highly priced than
the original muster roll Of Captain A.
Lincoln's company" In the handwriting
Of that famous man himself. 1t was
a voluntary company organized by
Lincoln In 1882 to serve In the Black
Hawk war. Lincoln as an army off,
Ger was the same painstaking, careful
and orderly man thar he was later as
president. He kept the muster rolls
OF his company himself, and nowhere
can neater and more complete ac-
count be found. Although more than
seventy-fve years old now, the roll is
wonderfully well preserved. The paper
Is Of poor quality, but the handwriting
is still legible and distinct, not single
error having been made in the copy.
The record has been bound together
along the edges. and where 1t has been
folded constant handling has done con-
siderable damage to it.
The muster roll is in charge of the
auditor for the treasury. Quite a
fright was given to that official years
ago when it was announced that the
roll had disappeared. A thorough
search failed to reveal II, and 1t was
given up for lost. Later, however, it
was found in the desk formerly occu-
pied by clerk who had been dis
missed. The interesting document Is
headed: Muster Roll of Captain A.
Lincoln's Company of the Fourth Regi-
ment Of Mounted Volunteers, Com
manded by Brigadier General Samuel
Whitesides Mustered out Of service
of the United States at the mouth Of
Fox river May the 9th, 1892"
The roll shows that Abraham Lincoln
was the captain and that he was en-
rolled with the rest of the command on
April q at RichIand. Sangamon coun-
ty, iii. At the foot Is Lincoln's GER
tificate as to the correctness of the
muster roll at the time Of muster out
The only other handwriting on the
document is that of Nathaniel Buck
master, inspector and muster officer, /
certifying to the accuracy Of the roll OF
Incoln's company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05

terrible ravages and that can be fought
with as great success The people
have taken alarm, he continued, and
are banding together 10 make war
upon IL; and Detroit Is getting ready
10 do It's share The Mayor followed
up his proclamation by giving TO Mrs
w, A. MeGrow, the chairman OF the
committee oi women, huge floral
key 70 the city Next great mass
meeting was held IN the Detroit
Opera House In preparation Tor the
real tagging, the city was directed I.
some oil themembers OF the committee
with their associates were placed in
charge oi each station and subsia,on.
and on Tag Day everybody who came
within hailing distance was held up
for a contribution Apparently no.
body refused, and every man. woman
and child who vcntured out on the
street was tagged" IL the good of
the cause Something like $4,000
was turned over TO the taggers dur.
ing the day, and this means that visit.
ing nurses can carry comfort to some
OF the sick consumptiyes in their own
homes, and that start, at least, has
been made for sanatorium.
Interest in the International Con
gress on Tuberculosis is not confined
to physicians Every phase Of the
scientific study oi tuberculosis as il
affects human beings will be discus,
'ed by physicians, surgeons, and
specialists in every field. But equally
important places on the program have
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
THE TREE FROG.
ks Power of Changing Color For SELF
Protection.

Protection.
The tree frog Is found throughout
the eastern United States, ranging west
to Kansas and Texas ana north into
Canada. II inhablts woods and or.
chards and Is found on trees, stone
walls, fences and houses. The eggs,
which are deposited early In May, are
attached singly or In small groups TO
grass or dead stems az the surface OF
the water Early IN July the young
have passed through the tadpole stage
and leave the water, They are green
at first, but soon turn 10 gray or gray
and green. The tree frog is largely
nocturnal In habits and feeds on In.
sects. II Is notable for Its many color
! changes arA varies from almost white
TO green or dark brown or various com.
hinations Of green and gray.
While the tree frog Is common
throughout the eastern United States.
its purring trim IL far more familiar
than the frog Itself, owing 10 It's retlr.
ing habits and powers OF resembling IN
color the object on which II rests.
The tree frog is thus one OF the best as
well as one Of the most familiar exam.
pies OF what is called protective cotora-
tion. resemblance In color between
any animal and Its surroundings that
renders 1t lnconspicuous and enables II
to elude the eyes OF animals.
Miss Mary Dickerson In THE Frog
Book" says: THE color varies greatly
at different times and In different con.
ditions. In bright light and high TEN.
perature II may be yellowish white |
with no markings. In a dark. moist |
or cool place It may be deep stone gray |
or brown. When the background OF
color Is green his characteristic mark.
ings may or may not appear The
changes Of color are not rapid, an hour
at least seeming necessary to create
any radical difference. But II is usual.
ly true that the given dress harrnonizes
so perfectly with the surroundings that
the tree frog is as invisible as though
he were Perseus In his charmed hel.
met"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
THE MUSIC HATER.



What puzzle music must be to
those unfortunate people, stricken with
spiritual ceclty, 70 whom the urt Ia no
mere than 80 much sound ana fury.
signlfylng nothIng' They know that
to others II constitutes a whole world
OF experience yet are themselves OK
cludcd from that world BY an In
superable barrier They must take Il
on faith. as the color blind must take
the rainbow and the sunset,
II they are honest with themselves
they VIII admit and lament this de.
feet OF sense, accepting the unavoIda.
bic, gazing wistrully at the walls that
separate them from realm OF whose
glorles they know from Trustworthy
report, but into which they may not
enter. Sometimes. says the Dial, they
are not honest with themselves. aver.
ring the very existence Of the realm
TO be fable and those who claim Its
franchise TO DO self deluded. finding
realities In what are but vain ImagIn.
lngs They allow music 10 be sound
more or less agreeable, but they stout.
ly deny, although In the face Of an
overwhelming mass OF testimony. that
II has any spiritual meaning.
The province OF music is the entire
emotional and spiritual life. and the IN.
tellect. although necessary phllosoph.
ical concept, IL no more 10 be caught by
Itself than those equally necessary NIB
stractions, the perfect pendulum aad
the economic man; Science comes near.
est to being pure when Ii takes the
mathematical form. but we cannot for.
get Kepler's spiritual exaltatlon ln con.
temptation OF his laws Ct planetary mo,
tlon. and we may also recall what Abt
Vqgler thought about the whole mat.
ter
The rest may reason and welcome.
Tls we musicians know,
What are the substantlals OF lIfcT"
Science Is certainly one OF them. but
there are at least three others art. eth.
les and religion aud II we allow that |
the one Is only here and there touched !
with emotion the other three are surely |
suffused with II through and through.
And the relation OF music TO all three |
of them as surely needs no argument III /
IS proof for music Is itself an art. II I
S u potent influence upon character.
md II Is OF the very essence OF relIgIou.
But. being as much more than sound I
IS poetry IL more than words printed !,
n black ink upon white paper. the /
character of music as an art Is beyond
'avll, and any likenlng Of Its effect 10 !,
hat OF food upon the palate Is supreme
y ridiculous There are many, indeed.
Who would 90 so far as to call II the
highest Of the arts, holding with Pater 4
hat every art constantly aspires to-
ward the condition OF music" which Is
the true type or measure OF perfected
.rt."
IL tne philosophers are right when
hey urge that sympathy Is the founda-
ion OF the moral life, what more re-
lains to be said in behalf of music as
n effective influence upon conduct?
he great composer beyond any other
rtist. takes us into his intimacy, i'm.
arts to US the contagIon of his spirit. 4
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05

been assigned 70 the men and wonea
who are taking some part In tho pre.
ventiye work ,ha, u being carried ii
along social. economic. or industrial
lines There will also be a section 81
special interest 20 yctefinarins, and
ihal will discuss tuberculosis in IN.
'mals and ils relation 10 man.
President Roosevelt has accepted ihs
presidency Of the Congress. and Tie
Governors Of the States will serve Al
yieepresidentS DR. Edward l.. Tm.
dcau. Of Saranac Lake. is the honor,
AIRY president DR., Trudcau has had
tuberculosis himself ior many years.
and over thirty years ago. when IL
frs, became apparent that he had the
disease, instead OF composing himself
20 die, he wen, up to the Adirondaeks.
The ont door treatment was just be-.
ginning 10 be advocated by German
specialists, and Dr.. Trudeau tried /.
on himself lie passed on the gopel
Of the method to others. and the great
in this country in recent
years. for the out door treatment 81
tuberculosis. Is generally attributed 70
his initiative II has been his inspira.
iioual influence in this direction that
has won for him the aifectionate title
Of the Father Of the Open Air Treat.
mcnt In America"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
oriain of "Robin Adair. y

Those who have leaning to the sen.
timental side of history will accept the
version that the hero Of the ballad was
young and handsome Irish surgeon,
who, finding his way into London soci.
ETY. about the middle Of the eighteenth
century, was fortunate enough to Sc
cure the affections Of Lady Caroline
Keppel, daughter Of William, second
earl Of Albemarle, and his wife, Lady
Anne LennOx, daughter Of Charles,
first duke Of Richmond. The match
was naturally looked on with disfavor
by the family Of the young lady, and
1t was during a period Of temporary
separation that Lady Caroline Is said
to have written the words OF robin
Adair' and set them to the old Irish
tune Of eileen Aroon," which she had
learned from her lover At length,
however, love. trinmphed, and the pair
were united on Feb. Y, 1853. within
A few days Adair was appointed In
spector general Of the military hos
pitfalls and, subsequently becoming
fayorite of the king, was made sur
geon general, kings sergeant surgeon
and surgeon Of Chelsea hospital He
died in 1870, leaving an only son, who
entered the diplomatic service and be-
came the Right Hon. Sir Robert Adah,
G. c. B.-London Notes and Queries.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
What Gluten Is.

What Is gluten? Well. spend ten
minutes and find out--not all about It,
but something about II. Obtain q
heaping tablespoonful OF white -four.
Add little water to II In a saucer and
dough 1t into compact bail. Turn
Oh the tap In the sink and let the wa.
ter drip from your hands as you roll
the ball between your palms. The ball
will grow less and less, and the water
will be white with starch cells held In
suspension In ten minutes, more or
less. the water will run clean and
clear and you appear to have a nodule
Of yellow. firm. vegetable gum. which
you are tempted to call pure" gluten.
Become gum chewer for once and
keep achieving for couple of hours.
At the end of this time the quantity
Of gluten is less than when you took
1t from the hydrant What has hap
pcned? You have simply mechanically
crushed and broken the gummy mass,
exposing the ininltesimally fine starch
cells to the moisture of the mouth and
the washing out Of the raw insolube
starch has continued, just an extension
Of the sink washing process. with
greater mechanical elaboration to ex-
pose the entangled starch cell. Now
take the piece of gluten to an analytic
chemist when his report comes in
you read starch Is or IS or maybe 20
per cent, gluten IS. 50 or so per cent?
and begin to appreciate for the first
time what real gluten is. Scientific
American.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-07-05
CAREER Of kETCHELL
Lad Who Recently Won Middle.
weight Title a Model Fighter.
HOPES TO MEET BURNS.
Montana Whirlwind Who clapped Lid
on Papke's Championship Aspira-
tons Says His One Ambition Is to
Fight Tommy For Worlds Honors.
BY THOMAS +. CLARK.

Stanley Ketcheil, the new middle.
weight champion. is now the central
figure In pugillsm. Every fight enthu.
siast is talking about him; every one
wants to know things about him.
Many Of the middle and heavy weight
pugilists are hunting the cyclone Gel
lars in fear Of him. The Montana cow
boy Is surely one of the greatest fight
ers we have had in years.
Unlike the average fighter. Ketchell
was recruited from the byways. His
father, FL. B. Ketchell, is one of. the
prosperous furniture manufacturers in
Grand Rapids, Mich. Seven years ago,
then the Idol Of his school chums,
headstrong and willful. a lad Of four
teen, Ketehell rebelled against the
strietness of oyerrigorous intellectual
training and determined to take his
own affairs In his own hands. He ran
away from school, drifted west to
Montana In pursuit of his youthful am
bition Of becoming COW puncher and
acted in this capacity for three years,
until he learned to ride.
One day, urged to appear In the
squared circle, Ketchell fought and
vanquished man nearly twice his
size, thereby taking the first step to-
ward permanently adopting the profes-
sion In which he now appears, the
greatest drawing card in the country,
II opinion may be colored by the inter-
est In his recent fight with Papke. Last
summer KetcheIl was taken as an
easy mark by Joe Thomas, then can
didate for championship honors. Thom-
as was given surprise. KetcheIl won
all the way and had Thomas on the
verge of knockout several times dur
ing the bout Naturally Thomas had
his excuses. 1t was said he was over
conhdeHt and was careless. Another
meeting was arranged. Thomas was
beaten again Then came Mike
c'Twin') Sullivan, wonder in clever
ness. One punch was enough for Mi
chael. Brother Jack Sullivan, a much |
heavier man. tried TO get even for his !
brother. Johnny took severe licking
for twenty rounds. Then Ketchell |
tried that rough and tough youngster
Billy Papke. He gave the illinois |
Thunderbolt'' the worst trouncing of |
his career.
That Ketchell is tricky fighter was
shown In his contest with Papke. He /
seems to know every little stunt that
gives one man an advantage over an
other in the prize ring. One of his
tricks is that Of being in his own cor
ner at the conclusion of round. which
was learned and perfected during the
long and trying fights on the Pacific /
coast By getting signal from his
seconds when the round is about end
ed or within fifteen or twenty seconds
Of its conclusion Ketchell works his
way into his own corner. The Sec
Dnds have the chair all ready to be
showed under the ropes and all the
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COMING CONGRESS

Continued from page u
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II you will make inquiry |, viii be
revelation TO you how many sue.
cumb TO kidney or bladder troubles
in one form or another II the pa,icn,
IS not beyond medical aid, Foley's
Kidney Cure will cure. II never dis.
appoints, T. +. Laurin. Owl Drug
Store.
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Don't take cold, but If you do. don't
fail to take Kemp's Balsam to prevent
serious consequences. Nothing else Is 50
valuable in treating coughs and colds.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
FRENCH CREWS ABSENT.
VIII Not BE Represented at the
Olympic Regatta.

America and France are the only coun-
tries not to be represented In the Olympic
games regatta which is scheduled 10 take
place on the Thames aLHenlev. England
on July 9 The arrangements Of the
British Olympic Council was that Canada.
Belgium, Holland. Germany. and the
United Kingdom have until June 30 10
send IN their entries. so the makeup Of
he crew that will represent England will
not be known until then Rumor has il
now that the British eight will be a pick
OF the top-notch scailers available. OF
course. the Belgians, who from their two
victories for the Grand Challenge Cup
are expected 20 be the most dangerous
contenders. will be the same as for the
last two years. That England will make
a great EFFORT 70 take the measure of the
Belgians there is no doubt
Some Of the entries from other conn
tries have been made known. There is A
crew from the Norsk Foroning for Por
dract Christiania, Norway. and one from
the Federation Hongroise des Societies
d d'Averon, Budapest Hungary. There are
two entries from Italy-the Aniene Club
Of Rome and the Lario Club OF Como.
The Federation Hongroise OF Budapest
has an entry in the fours and so has the
Lario Club Of Como. This latter club has
a nomination in the pair in Giuseppi SIM
gaghe and Anibalo Bonetta. The CONT
mental entries in the souls are Ernest
Keller, Federation HOngrOise Societies
d'Averon; Charles Levitzkut Hongroise
Societies d dAverOn; Giuo Ciabatti. Arro
Club, Pisa, and Giovanni Brumalti
Aniene Club Rome
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
PLANNING FOR REGATTA.
Committee TO Raise Funds for Mid
die Atlantic Races Labor Day.

The nineteenth annual occurrence Of the
Middle States Regatta, to be held under
the auspices of the Potomac River Re
gatta Association. us year promises to
eclipse all previous records made by any
oarsmen's association in this country.
All Of the Eastern clubs, large and
small, have already shown a great inter
est I'm the approaching contest on Labor
Day, and the occasion bids fair to be
success. Coach Mueller. Of the Potomac
Club. is busily engaged in preparing his
junior crew for the Peoples Regatta at
Philadelphia. July T. and from this crew
and those remaining from last year s
champions he expects to form a senior
eight for the Middle States Regatta that
Will undoubtedly make them all hustle.
In order to raise the expense money
which the Potomacs will necessarily need.
President John Hadley Doyle has ap-
pointed the following committee OF citi-
zens TO canvass the city for contributions:
William Crounse, c. d. Davis. William
Mckinney G. W. Evans, Joe DAILY. F. f.
Smith. F. NJ Halstead, ]. J. Nolan. d. S.
Bliss, ]. W. Freeman, F. R. Underwood.
Charles G. Warden, and c. II. Merritt.
An excursion 20 Marshall Hall has also
been planned for july 9, and several at
tractive features have been added to the
pT0gTamme.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
ASK $4,000 FOR MARQUARD.
Detroit May Not Consent 10 Buy
indianapolis Pitching Phenom.


Detroit. June 27.-Although II has been
announced that the release Of Pitcher Ed
Siever by Detroit TO Indianapolis is part
Of deal by which the Tigers will secure
"Rube' Marquard. II is rumored that in
the end Detroit may not take Marouard
There are many reasons why the Tigers
hesitate in regard to this phenon. In
the first place. the American Association
is pretty soft spot for any left-hander
to drop into In the second place, Mar
guard is bad fielder and with a hustIlng
club of major leaguers against him bunt-
ing he would be worried But the third
reason is probably the best one. President
Navin declines to state what they want
for Marquard. but il is learned from
American Association sources that an un-
heard-of pnce has been placed on him.
Ten thousand dollars for a major leapue
ball player OF the purest caliber IS going
some. But Owner Watkins. Of Indian
apolis, figures he will get more than that
for this boy pitcher-far more.
II is known that he now has an offer
Of $4,000 for this twirler, who two years
ago was a sand-lot pitcher-and a poor
one-in the city of Cleveland. He has
been offered $1,000 and expects even
higher figure.
Ty Cobb was obtained for STO0. Pitcher
Summers for about 1880. Other stars
have been secured for far less. When
Cleveland paid $500 for Pitcher "Heinle"
Berger from Columbus. people thought
Cleveland was money mad paying. that
much for a minor leaguer And Heinie
was almost as big a sensation as Mar
guard in the association.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-28
TURNER'S PLAN FIELD GAMES
Meet at Brightwood Park July IS
Promises Much Sport.
Eleven Events on PrOErnmme-GOId,
Silver, and Bronze Medals for
Winners OF All Events.

The Columbia Turnverein field meet. at
Brightwood Driving Park Saturday. July
is. will be one OF the most interesting
that has thus far been held in this VI
cinity. Most Of the events are new to
the athletes OF this section. The turner's
contemplate making this a yearly event.
and each year d new feature will be added
to the events.
The meet is TO be held under the aus
pices Of the A. A L., which rules will
be strictly adhered 10. The scheduled
events are relay race. running. broad.
and high jump, l00-yard dash. sixteen
pound shot-put. pole vault. horizontal and
parallel bars, vaulting hos Sc and hop
step-and-jump. all being Of great interest
10 the contestants. as we'll as the specta-
tors The track events consist Of a 100
yard dash and a relay race
The field events will no doubt also be
close. especially the pole vault. as Ster-
rett and Thrall. OF the Gurley Athletic
Club. will enter. and Ward. Of the Cen
tral Y. NJ. G. A. Baltimore. who pushed
his fellow-contestants in the South At
lanuc games rather hard The broad and
high jump and the shot-put should bring
"A large field. as there is some splendid
material In this section
The Columbia Turnverein will have
seven entered In the hop-step- jump.
the apparatus events and scattered in
the other events They have t-us far
never gone into any field meets
The regular gold silver. and bronze
medals will be awarded 10 the first. sec
ond. and third men in each event. and
medals will be given 10 each individual
man on the winning relay team. as well
as a silver cup 10 the team.
Entries will close July y. az noon. with
F. F. Mann. secretary. Columbia Turn
verein, Seventh and L streets northwest.