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The Washington times., 1909-05-14
BOTH CITIES STRUCK
BY MARATHON FEVER
Bv THOMAS E. BURKE.

Tho Marathon craze has struck Balti-
more and washington. and every even
| ing q number Of young men and boys
may be seen running upon the country
roads on the outskirts Of the two cities
From the number who are in training il
( is evident that many Games win be
| handed in before the entry list is crossed
| The intercIty race is bound TO be a sig
nal success End probably Will become
an annual affair.
II is an encoura ging sign to see Sc
many young men in training. They are
| gaining strength, seIf-control, and in
/ dependence and VIII receive permanent
and certain benefits, no matter what be
! the outcome OF the great race.
1 took a run down to Annapolis wed
nesday and had long chat with my
old friend ''Scotty'' McMasters, who
was trainer at Harvard when I was a
Wearer OF the crimson. ''ScCtty' was
enthusiastic over the inteTCity race and
told me that he would surely be on hand
to witness the contest Several Of the
middieS" showed a keen interest in
the Times-News rage.
Food For Athlete.
I have been asked a. number OF times
just what I considered proper food for
an athlete while training for q. long
distance race. Roast beef and mutton,
steaks and chops. preferably well done,
are good. Do not eat pork chops Eggs
are nutritious and potatoes Will never
harm anyone. Dry toast has always
been a favorite. although there is no
harm in adding a little butter.
II milk agrees with you drink IL and
If YOU have been used to coffee don't
cut ii out suddenly. Alfred Shrubb is
great coffee drinker. Fruit. cooked
or otherwise. is beneficial and should
be eaten in the morning.
Don't Be Too Serious
Don't take yourself too seriously IN
your daily runs and walks. Be cheer
fui as you plod over the roads and do
not think continually that you are train
ing for a race. Just feel gOOd-natured
about il and enjoy the scenery and you
will find you VIII do better work. Don [
keep your mind constantly on the race
as il is apt to cause worry and make
one peevish.
Again I must point out the advanJ-
age Of knowing how to Judge pace Map
out your own sclIedule and figure out
just where the five, ten and fifteen-miie
points viii be on the course from lali-
rel to Washington, and 1t should be
an easy matter to figure out at what
time YOU should arrive at these points.
I am going to advise the managers OF
the race to slOSt signs at the five, ten.
and fifteen-nIile stations and also give
notice in the papers. before the race,
Just where these points are located.
Remember the Bath.
When you finish your practice work
each day be sure that you take a dry
rub If a shower or tub bath is not
at hand a sponge bath viii answer the
purpose nicely. It would be better 10
have some one give you rub down af-
ter your bath. as IL requires some
The Washington times., 1909-05-14

d. T. Ellsworth. though he has not
run for the last year. is known for his
performance with the COrcorau Cadets
In the National Guard meet of 1907, ne
won first place in the 220-yard run and
was on the team that won the relay
race. He won recognition as a cross
country runner three years ago when
DE finished third In the aIl-Washington
cTcss-country race given under the aus
pices Of Carroll Institute
LippOld has figured in athletics for ten
years. Last summer at Los Angeles he
ou'Tan 2 field Of sixteen on the Rubadox
mountain driveway races and also ran
third AZ Long Beach in a five-mile free
for-all. He is Q graduate of Business
High school, OF this city.
The Washington times., 1909-05-14
Games Today.

Capital City League-Brentwood
VS.. G. p. O.
Departmental League - Commerce
and Labor VS. POstOffice and War
VS.. Commissioners.
Marquette LeagUe-Columbia VS..
TangIewood.
Sunday School League-Bethany
VS. St. Paul.
Independence Ieague-Aggies VS..
Ninth.
r. r. 7. NJ. c. A League-Shop-
men VS.. Car Department
Suburban League-WOOdbuTn VS..
BrightWooG.
The Washington times., 1909-05-14
WELSH SIGNS UP
TO BOX GOODMAN

NEW YORK, May 14--Freddy Welch
mas been matched for a ten-rOund bout
with Jack Goodman.
The fight Will be held at the Falrmont
Athletic Club on May p, and the friends
of WeIcb feel confident that he VII
make his best showing Of the season.
The Washington times., 1909-05-14

will be assigned. The assignment 81
observers to the COnteSting cars Wiz
be made few minutes before the FIST
car is sent away.
Referee Caveriy was very earnest in
his talk with the drivers about speeding
He urged that each driver observe the
speed laws or the various towns and vii
lageS along the route, pointing out that
the section o. the Couatry through
which the contest Will be run is a ia
Vorlte touring ground for Washington
motorists, and infractiOns of the speed
laws would tent to get motorists gen
orally in bad favor
AS the Automobile Club of Maryland
VIII also have a reliability contest to-
the same as that Of the local contest.
drivers were warned not to confuse
Baltimore cars with the Washington
cars in the local contest The Baltimore
and Washington contestants will prob
ably meet in Frederick and Emmitts-
burg,
Concluding Tests.
After the automobiles check in at
the clubhouse Referee CaverIy and his
assistants viii carry out a series of
tests calculated TO Indicate the operat-
ing condition OF the cars They will
be made to jump a curb or spin the
wheels to show that the clutch Is hold
ing. the brakes win be tested: the
various tests of ignition tried. tie motor
examined with retarded spark and
open throttle, and vice versa, to see
whether il viii run under varying
ignition and carbuTetion conditions, etc.
The tests will he thorough.
The cars will taen be taken to the
car barn and puJ under guard over
night Sunday morning the technical
committee will go over each car to
note its condition and work out The
penalizations. When these formalities
have been observed the winning ars in
each class viii be announced. 1t is
expected a large number of motorists
VIII be at the clubhouse sunday after
noon to hear the results.
This is the third reliability contest
to be given by the Automobile Club of
Washington, and fl is expected to prove
one of the greatest motoring events in
the annals Of the sport in this city.
The route as laid out is 164S miles.
through pleasant country, over roads
that vary from good to bad. Numerous
water breaks mark many portions Of
the road, especially in the mountain
road beyond WaynesbOro.
The officials Of the contest are as
follows: Referee, Robert b. Caverly:
judges, Fulton r. Gordon, II. Chad
wick Hunter: clerk of the course, John
K Heyl; starters, Wallace W. Chiswell,
David Dunnegan. pilot, II. G. Chandlee.
Following are the entries and the
times set for the start and finish:
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
TELLS HOW TO MEASURE
WAVES OF THE OCEAN

WASHINGTON, Aug. PA puZzling
question to all sea-gOers, that of the
length and height of ocean waves and
how to measure them, is answered by the
navy photographic officer in a recent pub
lcation.
Determination of the length of the
waves at sea may be obtained by direct
comparison of the known length of the
observing vessel with the length from
crest to crest OF the waves which he Is
radinting; and when ships are sailing in
company, a good estimate of the legnth
Of waves may be made by comparing the
known length of the neighboring ship
with the distance from crest to crest Of
the successive waves.
Another method of measuring the length
of waves consists in towing a log line
astern of a vessel and noting the length
of the line when a buoy attached to the
after end floats on the next wave crest
abaft that on which the stern of the YES
sci momentarily floats.
Replying to a question regarding the
height Of ocean waves, the photographic
officer saws its measurements and estl-
mates from mariners and observers at sea
indicate that the average height of all
the waves, running in a gale in the open
ocean is about 20feet.
About 40 feet" 1t says, "It Is a common
estimate of height of the larger waves in
a severe gale on the North Atlantic and
this estimate is really not incompatible
with a recorded average of a little more
than 20 feet"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24

my roses. with the garden literally full OF
peonies. other earlier and later flowers being
confined TO the long wide borders each side the
wide central walk. except such large perennials
have volunteered among the peones, and
l.ecn allowed 10 grow until after they have
bloomed.
The showiest Of these are hollyhoeks in every
shade and color. ] cut these back when three
feet high, forcing them to branch, and give -four
times more flowers, without obstructing the
view. but perennial phloX In white. deep red.
and all intermediate shades now the admired
OF ell admirers. There many hundreds OF
these scattered in among the Peonies, shrubs
ard surroundings. ! cut back the tops after
Towering forcing them to flower again, thus
prolonging their bloom until frost.
Several large chumps OF Yucca are In full
flower. five to seven stalks each, towering
foliage.
Syringas volunteer from self-sown seeds.
have a bakers dozen Of very large plants, AMI
IS no two bloom just at the same ume have
not one TO spare. ! think II could have but
one Towering tree or shrubs IL would be Syringa
Grandiflora, with fits large pure white flowers,
With their large center Of yellow streamers.
perennial pess in white, dainty pink, magenta
and shades OF rose. render IL unnecessary 10
plant sweetpeas, as these bloom profusely the
entire season.
Earlier there were oceans OF sweet rockets
lntermingled with the peonies. next came the
annual peoples, after the perennial kinds, the
coreOpsis and such flowers as happen to Volun-
teer among the peonies. keeping up succession
Of bloom. surrounded with the different 'colors
Of clemetis and everblooming spireas, golden
GLOW, hydranseas to be followed BY the later
kinds
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24

had begun to wear off and he was tired or be-
ing poiite, he went I'm the house in temper,
stormed around and tolo Ter TO 90 eertu'n
She looked him in the face and said In me
incest sort of voice: ''You may be in the haDlt
OF talking to your mother and sister IN us'
style, but you mist not expect me 10 uAhv ~ -
when you ask politely 1 VIII 10 an
can TO help you" .roon.
He looked at her minute In amahenens
and then In the most irOnical way asked het -
she would "condescend" to do so-ano.so; Sne
dId not notice the sarcasm, but said IN her
usual tone that she would. That taugnt nm,
A lesson and whenever he was incllheu "
storm al her she quietly stopped whatever she
was doing and let him get command OF hllIsel.
and start over. To do that way one must
have perfect command Of ones own lemPet,
and remember that to keep the uppeLhanu ,ne
must not get mad. It's the one VINO Sho"S
temper who loses the point wished.
l have enjoyed the letters this summer noLe
than usual; they may not be any better Dut
after NE get used 10 certain folks we leeI
like they are old friends, and have Oeen
Rlad TO notice some that have been wrlIns NL
two or three years coming back 10 renew tneir
acuuaintances. / enjoy May Z. McNIan ~ ~
trv but there is a personal element IN leuer
that cannot get in any poetry, so please write
us a letter, May, and tell us what you are
doing. Ia .,d n
And am sure that nobody would tlnd L
warmer welcome than Country Contributor 1
know more than one scrapbook that - tue iiNNe'
nv far for many OF her beautiful letters. ., ,
I see NV finish in the waste basket
40 NOT end this so l will watt all sort OF Boon
csreiy MRS. FULLER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
DEEP DEPRESSION OVER
WEST POINT DISMISSALs

NEW YORK, Aug. H.-John H. Booker.
Jr., Richard W. Hooker, Earl W. Dun
more, Chauncey c. Devere, Gordon Left
eyre, Albert E. Crane and Jacob S. Fort
ner, the cadets who have just been dis
missed from West Point for having hazed
Cadet Sutton, are all quartered at the
Hotel Astor.
The young men refused TO discuss their
dismissal in any way, declaring that they
had been advised to keep silent. but II
is reported that they have discussed the
best method to follow in order to be re-
instated, and they have come to the con-
clusion that their only hope lies in Pres
ident Taft -~@
According to accounts from West Point,
the dismissal OF the seven cadets was met
with a sort of mute protest at the regu-
lar Fridal social hop. This dance is
usually attended by from 100 TO 200 ca
diets, but when the grand murcn started
scarcely 20 cadets took part.
The remainder OF the corps remained
away in the camp.
John H. Booker, Jr., of West Point.
Ca the first class cadet VINO would have
graduated next June and VINO received
notice of his dismissal while in a camp
of instruction at Fort Hancock, Sandy
Hook, was the last of the dismissed ca
diets to leave the academy. After HE
departure the cadet camp was subject to
considerable depression.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
A Helpful Letter

Dear Householde-s: VIII you let another mem
Der Join you1 I have been standing on the out
side ashamed TO ask 20 be let in, felt like
what I would say could be OF no benefit. We
joyable. A crowd OF us went up on the noun
tain to hunt berries and we surely found them
we talked laughed and picked berries. We
had our din=er with we spent the day
looking over natures work as well as working
ourselves.
have a few recipes that are very helpful Il
me and We all ought to help each other all
we can. I give them to you.
The finest fluid for dish washing that ever
tried Is 20 take one pound Of borax, one box
soda. one box ire, one bar OF soap, put into q
five-gallon jar and I'll up with cold water
Keep Il well stirred fer a few days then IL Is
ready TO use, II is a great help in washing
clothes.
Here is never falling eczema cure: Take
as much Wild rutsbone as you can hold between
your thumb and fingers (now are you all Ike
was when I heard Of the remedy. thought
IL might be a rat) boil the strength out Of the
weed: take the weeds out. add to the water
one tablespoonful Of tar and one OF lard boil
until IL makes a salve, apply TO the eczemu
about twice a day and you win be surprised Il
see how quick II will kill II out. l win send
in the near future IL see this in Our House
hold.
VIII say TO y. ]. that I take up onions when
they begin to fall over place a floor, and
not piled up. Here is a few choice names fOJ
the mothers to select from, Wilton, Wyolene,
Leo or Cleo. 1 prefer the last name.
Words can't express the benefit and pleasure
that / get reading the Household and Mrs.
Felton's letters.
As this is my first letter, will not let it be
too long. will step ont and listen to others.
With best wishes 10 all
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
An Ex-Rusiness Woman

Dear Miss Thomas: Your Chat about Sara
and the other two girls made me right home
sick 1 used to be a business woman in At
lanta and know all about the struggle to make
In emergencies.
I am now happy in my country home. II the
test were to be put TO me / would refuse TO
give up my JOe-John and take up the burden
alone. still 1 can read sara's experience with
the neal estate man and put myself right In her
place. 1 bought a house ION the extortion
plan" Somehow I never could get my af-
fairs arranged right Taxes. repairs, church
pledges and all sorts Of obligations met me in
variably in a bunch and kept me hustling.
ed the ride-and-tie system. but never
could. I would not take anything for my bus
mess training for ] shudder to think what
sort Of help-meet conditions I would make
Ny Joe-John says am a lilly yet, tiger lily,
that he has tanned.
This has been hot summer. and have done
all the things you have recommended 10 help
me keep cool aud serene. Those who have fail
ed 10 buy or make a fre-less cooker have miss
old packing trunk, and IL has saved me many
ounce OF Precipitation I have a e-burner
oil stove and Il keeps me from having to
make a fire in the wood stove when there IL
only a kettle Of water to heat.
Lucille, some OF the happiest women know
are stepmothers. The one great trouble lies In
the children being preJudiced against them by
meddlesome neighbOrs and kinfOlks. The good
book tells US that II is not good for man to
be alone and sympathize with set Of moth
erless children. When your brother-in-law
thinks he has found the right woman to go
into his lonely home. don't you put a straw
in his or her way. She may not be the one
YOU would have selected, but don't all see
MABEL FoRTsoN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
Sound and Sense

HarDerg Weekly.
None surely will deny that many forces are
ranged against treating letters as an art IN tne
nresent day The commercialization OF Hterh-
ture. the ubiquity of the leIninlns nv
newspapers and magazines OF all widely inter-
estInR matter the endeavor to reach as VIDE an
audience as possible at the eIpshs Sc % hosse,er
the publisher, and even the author. All tn ne
ends tend to keep before the writer's nina the
taste OF the general. The purely literal sense,
the delight IN words as words for their intrinsic
beauty is a phase OF art almost entlrely IN
allowance And yet how t5s fts girl Of five
Of dreams. II shall lie stin in my bed and
think beautiful words but an t aSd an enes
have loved words in themselves. and nave
earned delight fitting them into sounding
n Is difficult to separate and weigh claims:
Coleridge wrote a magical stanza made ali OF
words with no idea behind 1t. wordsworth
somewhat too careless Of the garb or his IDEAS,
frequently became, dull and drenry. Matthew
Arnold's wonderful, meditative poems are GER
tainiy at highest level when the language Is
sks what he sees is. so have his thoughts
ia nrofound and valuable thought. but as a
line OF poetry IL does not move MS as does,
''In Xanadu did Kubla Khan"
or even.
Emerson had fund of profound and poetic
thoughts but because he failed of procuring the
fittest and most splendid garb Tor mem, ne
Is often negligible poet Whitman with
wonderful poetic endowment, leaned too much
upon the staff Of the all-sufflcient idea; indeed
at times he relied upon the baldest mention OF
objects and trusted to the assOciational train or
his readers thoughts. Swinburne is often ac-
cused OF oyerdressing, and so we come back TO
the old theory that there must be some under
living relation Of words and thoughts, and that
II behoOves the literary artist to divide his at
tentfon equally between them. The thoughts
one expresses are vitality important, and the
manner of their garmenting ultimately deter
mines the society into which they shall CO.
And still another word to the young aspirant
Whether Sou devote yourself TO sense or to sound
you are partially doomed. In literature ana In
life you win. perforce, be thrown with those
who think your attempts are pitiful. The aver
age magazines and newspapers, and that queer
anomaly we call current literature, as well as
all the current readers. are after your 1acts,
the sense OF your utterance. And the readers
who sit down in comfortable places while they
read. and the literary folk Of the world and
the great periodicals, Judge you by the beauty
OF your words, 'how aptlie they be linked and
how orderlie they follow one another so. at all
costs please yourself Find out what thoughts
you believe and what words you like and take
endless delight in them, for whether You SHAH
ever persuade others to like mind and for how
long is an open question to the last; but one
thing Is certain, you must delight In your own
thoughts and your own words In order to make
them carry.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
PROHIBITION BILL
HELD UP BY Conner

MONTGOMERY. Ala. Aug. M.-The
drastic prohibition bill drawn by Repre-
sentative Fuller, OF Bibb, and which has
passed both houses of the legislature.
has struck a snag in the office of Cover
nor Conner and 1t is believed tonight thar
1t will delay the legislature in its scheme
to adjourn Monday evening.
On reliable authority 1t is said that the
governor has found a number of defects
in the DILL and that he will return 1t to the
legislature Monday with amendments. 1t
Is not believed that the governor will
seek to Incorporate the clause aimed at
newspaper advertising.
Rather, 1t is said. the opposition of the
governor is directed against clerical err
rors and it may be that he has found
that some of the clauses are unconstitu-
tional.
The most important business transacted
by the legislature today was the passage
by the senate of a house bill providing
for uniform jury system. 1t provides
for a jury commission in each county
to be appointed by the governor.
Night sessions were abandoned tonight
as many of the members went to their
homes to spend Sunday.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
WOMAN AND BABY
FOUND DEAD IN POND

FITZGERALD. Ca, Aug. 2O.-A most
gruesome discovery was made Thursday
afternoon at Lumpkins Ferry just over
the line in Telfair county, when the bodies
of Mrs. Josh Vickery and her baby were
found in pond near home. The woman
had been choked to death and her baby,
only eight months old. had its skull
crushed.
Mrs. Vickery has been missing from
her home since Tuesday When her hus-
band went home from work Tuesday at
ternoon and did not find his wife there
he thought nothing of 1t, presuming she
had gone to visit friends or neighbors.
When she did not return he became anx-
ious and notified neighbors.
A searching party was formed and kept
up the search all day Wednesday until
late yesterday when they ran across the
woman's hat and shoes and some cloth
ing of the baby. This find led to the
pond situated near home. Soon they
found the bodies in the water.
A negro, Henry Taylor, is suspected
of the crime, and had previously stated
he had seen the woman going down the
road.
When the party came to look for the
negro he had fled, but a posse OF 100 men
kept up the hunt for him all last night
and this morning. He was caught on the
Ben Hill county side of Ocmulgee river.
at Lumpkins Ferry
The sheriffs OF Telfair and Wilcox coun-
ties had been on the trail and the sher-
IF of Wilcox caught the negro and start
ed to bring him to this city for safe keep
ing. But he was so closely pursued by the
posse that he has since turned back and
is supposed he is trying to get his man
to Telfair county jail.
Mrs. Vickery was young and had
been married only two years. Her hus-
band is distracted from the occurrence.
There is little doubt that the negro will
never reach Jail. The negro is an ex-
convict, having just completed a chain
gang sentence in this county.
1t is reported here that a posse over
took the sheriff OF Wilcox en- route to Nc
Rae with the negro, oxerpowered him and
his deputies and took charge Of the ne
gro. II IS believed he will be lynched.
Sheriff Robertson late Thursday ar
ternoon arrested A. B.. Carter, another
tenant on the Graham, plantation. Both
Mcleod and Carter are in jan at Doug
las, and it is reported that there are
small groups of men gathering about
Hokesboro this morning which looks
significant. .ro.
Company OF the First regiment is
being held in readiness here to assist
the sheriff to bring the negro Taylor
into the city should they be called on.
Reports Of the negro being lynched
cannot be confirmed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-24
For the Flower Lovers

thought 10 have written about our birds o,e,
this. but already - many lovely flowers have
come and gone. leaving others in their wake
Just - pretty. that the bird story must vafl
have learned that duplicates OF the prettieSi
plants and shrubs give a better effect than >
greater variety. group % four or ff,.
Eulsiia Japonica are better than wonld be four
o. five different grasses. that an entire row Of
Hemerucelis flaws viii be more pleasing than 4
row % mixed kinds. the double lowered with
sariegated foliage being lovely as a specimen
plant On the lawn
NJ large Persian and white lilies. two each.
we're in full flower with Judas and Snowdrop
tres. white fringe, Exochordia Grsndiflora. two
large shrub hoaeysuckles and several splreas
some Of which bloom sill summer. and the dou
be and fragrant syringas, also the earliest Of