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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01


time with about foot to spare.
held my breath, got good arm
grip with one hand, and then with the
other; and then. putting my weight on
1t slowly and timorously, afraid 1t
might give in some way, began to
haul myself up. At last got my
feet on the rock, and the rest was easy.
Turning on my face, could help my
arms in their task OF hauling by stick
ing my toes into cracks and on projec-
tions, as l had seen Jinks do. Half
way up | had terrible moment the
rope seemed to give little, and at
the same time | heard smothered
cry from links. v
Now was but ten feet from the top
now eight-now six-four-three feet
another haul and was almost there
one foot-safety! And then under
stood why Jinks was not in sight. He
lay at full length on his fact, his arms
locked round the tree he hau used as
pillow earlier in the day, the rope
knotted around one angle. The rope
some faint idea of what poor Jinks
had heightened 1t with his own body!
Any one who has ever attempted to
remain suspended by the arms for
more than a few seconds will have
osme faint idea OF what poor Jinks
must have suffered on that rack.
weigh one hundred and eighty pounds.
The pain he endured without a mur-
mur can be indicated by results. One
of his arms was out Of joint; that ac.
counted for the sudden give In the
rope and the smothered cry The flesh
on the ankle where the rope had been
tied was cruelty crushed and bruised
Except for seeing him lying there
suffering that l might live, l must have
tainted away in reaction from the ner-
vous strain. What | did do was per-
haps as weak, but | trust excusable,
fell on my face, beside jinks, with one
arm round his neck, and burst into
sobs. In q moment he was sitting up
his dark face shining with JOY, in spite
of his pain, that he had saved "misser'
from death.
l bound up his poor, crushed foot
pulled his arm back into place, and
with infinite difficulty helped hin
home. We arrived just before mid
night. We were nursed back to health
and strength, and so loud were my
praises of Jinks, he soon became the
hero of the town.
To make this state of things perma
nent, resolved to take Jinks to Seattle
on the steamer with me- When hi'
companions found that he was reall!
to go to the land where the guns arr
made" and on a magic ship" he wa!
Immediately raised in the estimation
of his mates to the position an Ame-i
can schoolboy would occupy II hi
owned a marble factory, had dozei
new baseballs every week, and wen
to the circus every night Of his life
But the best part OF 1t all was tina
through the aid of the missionary,
was enabled to make them all under
stand what really brave man he was
and what a heroic thing he had dom
in rlsking his life and enduring pail
that another might live.
Jinks carries a wonderful watch nov
he is sufficiently civilized to bellev
that it will not hurt him-and insid
the cover is the inscription, from
grateful man to brave one. youth
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
AIcohol's Derivation,

alcohol is really the Arabic al
kohl''-"aP' being the definite article,
as in algebra (the reduction) and
"alkali" (the soda ashes), and kohl
the black powder wherewith the east
ern beauties stained their eyelids.
But alcohol" came to be used for
any finely triturated or sublimated
powder, and then for sublimated liz.
uids. alcohol Of wine." being the
most interesting of these, 1t gradually
took the name entirely to itself.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
but l knew that II 1t should try to
move l must fall over the brink.

but l knew that II 1t should try to
move l must fall over the brink.
My senses were abnormaily keeL-
heard the cry OF gull SO clearly that
thought 1t very close, but just then
the bird came into my range of vision
and | saw it was long distance away.
Jinks shouting from forty feet above
seemed right at my ear-by training
my eyes upward l could see the top of
his head-but as he was excited and
talked Aleutian, would not UNDER
stand him. Turning my eyes the other
way and looking toward where my feet
| should have been, could see a little
strip of sea, the horizon and the sails
Of ship. | remembe:eu | had seen a
ship before; tried to tnink when, but
could not. 1t bothered my sense of
location to see only the sails OF ship
when it was between me and the hori-
zon, but then | reflected that its hull
was in the zone | could not see.
I did not think of ways to extricate
myself, because in one mental flash
knew my only hope was in Jinks and
the rope, and l knew he had left 1t
tied to the tree where he had fastened
1t for me to climb over the rocky
wall at the end of the canyon. A little
bit of earth, loosened from above in
some way, struck me gently In the
face. What If large amount should
come down on me before Jinks could
get back with the rope?
But it won't-Tm quite sure 1t
won't-Jinks will be here in minute
now-and then-and then-l'll get out
Of this mess-the rope" and then
a horrible thought: Suppose the rope
is not long enough to reach!"
Hope is, in a way, the father of fear,
and fear came to me now-with the
nearness of relief | was cold |
didn't tremble; suppose I was tco
much afraid that If l did must fall
over the brink. But | was very much
frightened by my thought that perhaps
the rope would not be long enough to
reach me.
Although it seemed to me that had
been hanging long time on the edge
of the precipice, l realized that
thought so simply from the swiftness
and number of my impressions | tried
really to calculate the time, and final
ly decided 1t had been nearly twenty
minutes; but that estimate was exces-
sive.
AS the fright in measure subsided
my body ached in uprotest against the
strained position of the muscles; and
then suddenly forgot pain.
heard Jinks. Comm now, misser
got rope, get up minute now finish
ing off with long string of Aleutian
which, although incomprehensible, wa;
very comforting. could not see any.
thing of him, except once in while
the top of his head. 1t occurred tc
me, however, that there was really
nothing to prevent my turning my
head on one side. This | did, very
slowly and carefully, and at last, by
dint of much straining Of eyes, l wa;
able to see Jinks away above me, ant
in a curiously inverted and distorted
perspective, working madly to. get thu
rope untangled.
In a moment ''.e had finished ant
then had the impatient pleasure o
seeing the rope coming slowly dowr
the rock face, twisting and turning
like thin, long snake. 1t was suriou
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
WIT nUM1WR
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SAR GAS M

do the natives ever give ban
quets?" Sometimes" l suppose the
Eskimo beau drinks whale oil out Of
a ladys slipper?" Yes, and then
eats the slipper. r."-Baltimore Sun.
did the father of the bride give
her away?" Far from it. He told
the bridegroom that she had the dis
POSITION of an angel" Baltimore
American.
First Boston Child-"Do you be-
lieve in corporal punishment" Sec
ond Boston Child-"No; I can usually
make my parents do what wish by
moral suasion. Life.
81 told them people was wit
Cook" And didn't it git youse a
handout Nav; they're ON the
| Peary side of the controversy. It's
a hard world."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
"That young man looks very intel
ligent" Yes; he's a member OF our
magazine stqff." What are his du-
ties" He bitches well-known anec-
dotes to unknown celebrities. Lou
isville Courier-Journal.
How do you happen to be wear
ing such a nice straw hat?" asked
Virgins.
"Basy," answered Higgins. II have
no wife to lemon up my last years
lid."-Buffalo Express.
Hard Featured Woman-"So you
had money once, had you. May l ask
you how you made your first thousand
dollars?" Tuffold Knutt (wiping his
eye with his ccat sleeve)-"Ma'am,
drempt itn-Chicago Tribune.
what makes that parrot SO pro-
fane?" well, num-" answered the
sailor man, Il s'pose it's part my
fault. Every time | hear him speak
bad word 1t makes me so mad that
he gets chance to learn lot of new
ones" ."-Washingto Star.
"The ten commandments have
never been repealed, so far as
know" said Uncle Allen Sparks, "but
in these days of course, you can't ex
pect them to be enforced in commun
tiles where the public sentiment is
against them" Tribune.
Don't you find Judge Blank tire
some as a speaker mo, indeed
What makes you think he is so?" BE
cause he is such a severe judge
What has that got to do with hin
as q speaker" We'll, it makes hin
inclined to long sentences. ."-Balti
more American.
Town Marshal-"Ye can't get {
drink under any circumstances IL
this town" Stranger lingering rol
of bills)-"Then | suppose I'll have
to give it up" Town Marshal dover
ipg voice)-"Well, say-I'll make the
circumstances two dollars, just to &C
ccmmodate ye."-Puck.
"Why is there so much disconten
in the midst of plenty?" asked thu
demagogue. 81 don't know" an
swered the substantial citizen, "un
less it's because lot of people woult
rather stand around, the same as Pv'
been doing, and talk about thel
troubles instead of going to work.
Washington Star.
Although he overcharged me ter
ribly," says the returned traveller
"the cab driver who took me owe
Paris was most polite" All French
men are" we observe. 'Yes, but thi
one got off his box and helped me t.
find the necessary profanity in m,
French-English dictionary, so that
might say what | thought of him.
Life
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
AMERICA THREATENED WITH RACE OF GIANTS
IN NEAR FUTURE.
college Getting Bigger Every Year. So Show Statistics Of Five
Hundred Athletes in All Branches Of Sports at Yale

The American citizen of the future is to be giant according
the statistics of the athletic instructors while his sister to
be sturdy assie.
Born medical director of the Yale gymnasium made pub
statistics the university For the
comparisons football baseball
teams the suGent athletes generally
measured
general compared with the taken in
the 1908 generally higher than had been
The college has inch and onehaf in
27 pounds weight and has 70 cubic
capacity than his prototype of five before
list bears out the assertion, commonly made during re-
becoming greater phys
cay any of men have been.
Dr. Borns Measurements
comparative given out by DR.. Born
Height 190S 699 in; 1908, 6S.4 in.
Weight, 1908, 1905 lbs; 1903 149 lbs.
Lung capacity, 19OS 314 in; 1903, 272 GU. in.
Shoulders, 1908 II in; 1903 16.5 in
Neck 1908, Is in. 1903, AL in.
Chest, 1905 3S3 in. 1903, 35 in.
Inspiration, 1908, 401. in; 1903, 1878 in
Waist 1908, 81. 6in.; 1903, 29.7 in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01

oaly we rowed across the bay,
The tide was calm, and the wind was
fair.
We drifted in past the jagged rocks
To the lighthouse, and anchored there.
In the lonely brightness of sea and sky
II seemed like some far enchanted Isle,
Where the footsteps Of man had never
been,
And good spirits kept watch the while.
Along the sands and the upward path.
To the lighthouse door we made our
way;
There In the slantlng shadow sat
Three children, at happy play.
There was no one else. on the islands
space
No other mortal, from sea to sea;
The winds and the waves and the skies
were all
And the sunburnt children three.
Unstartled, fearless, a lovely group!
Brown cheeks, brown eyes, and brown
tangled Gurls-
They ceased from their playing to stare
Mt us,
A boy and two pretty girls.
We were friends as soon as we smiled and
talked
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
a TROUBLE MAN.

Prophesyin' trouble
Always was his way
When Joy was Just a-waitin'
With hat OF and "hoorayw
Even in the brightest sunshine
He saw the rainy day!
Prophesyin' trouble
Always thorny bed.
But his time came for to leave us.
An twas then the people said,
"He knew rot he was livin.
An" he doesn't know he's dead!"
Frank J.. Stanton, In the Atlanta Con.
stitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
THE LIGHTHOUSE CHILDREN.

We were children, too. For . Ions
sweet hour
We sat on the sands. and played with
them,
Father and sister had rowed to town.,
But Ben would take care OF them, Ben
was brave.
And mother is with u.s." the pointing
hand
Showed a lonely mounded grave.
oh, strong, pure faith! She had given
them life,
And loved and left them; yet near, SC
near,
Was the yearning strength of the moth
er's heart,
That her children could not fear.
The wild waste seemed like a hallowed
spot,
And we fingered on till the sun went
down.
Nor pushed from shore till we saw, al
last,
The boat coming back from town.
And often l think OF that golden day,
The lighthouse rising against the sky
The lonely grave, and the small brown
hands
That waved us n last good-by!
BY Madeline Bridges.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-12-01
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Plttsburg.
BUSINESS CHRDv.

+. NEFF
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real, Estate Agent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
EXPECTED
JOHNSON'S DEFEAT

CHICAGO, May z1.--"Nothing that
Jack Johnson can do in or out OF the
ring makes the slightest difference 10
me-" said James J. Joffries when he
heard the result of the OBrien and
Johnson fight. I win be ready to talk
fight to Johnson when have finished
my present engags ment some time in
July
Then I will be ready to fight within
I'VE months after the date OF signing.
If Johnson will meet me then and talk
business well and good; bat / do not
think he wants to meet me in the ring.
The matter is entirely in his hands
when July comes"
Jeffries heard the result OF the o'Brien
and Johnson fight in his dressing-room
at theater.
The result OF the fight is no sur
prise to me, although / expected Johr.-
son would do better" he said "O'Brien
is a hashy man in a six-round fight
and could keep almost any one of for
that length Of time. Johnson. with his
superior height and weight, should be
did"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
ROOSEVELT FAILS
TO KILL BUFFALO
Kermit, However, Brings
Animal Down After Faith
er'S Futile Shot.

NAIROBI, British East Africa, May
21.-ColoneI Roosevelt's first day Of
hunting on the Heatley ranch. at Comiti
to which his party journeyed yesterday
from George McNillan's ia Ju ranch,
brought him zone and a half buffaloes.
He killed one buffalo himself and he and
Kermit together killed a second.
the fact that ne did not get two
clear kills to his credit greatly chagrined
the former President and the members
of The party twitteG him gOod-naturedly-
Roosevelt had a splendid shot at the
second buffalo, and though the bullet
reached the big fellow, 1t failed TO brinS
him down. The buffalo made a mad
break for the underbrush and would IN
doubtedly have gotten away had not
Kermit dropped him with a well-direct-
ed shot.
Heatley ranch which is on little
stream called the NairObi river, is sim
ply alive with buffaloes and the party
is hopeful of adding a number of fine
specimens to the already bulky collec-
ton.
The two buffaIoes killed todayS are
much larger than those killed on Sir Al
fred Pease's ranch. The party will re-
main at the Heatley ranch until next
Monday when Colonel Roosevelt, Ker-
NIT, and Selous will return to Nairobi,
for a few days preparatory to starting
on the Selous expedition after elephants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
Dainty Kitchen Sink.

The kitchen sink can be kept as clean
and dainty as tea cup-snd why should il
not beS
A splc-and-span housewife insists that
her sink shall be IS clean as the chins
WaShJd in It.
The problem IS simple: merely rinse the
sink thoroughly with warm water and Gold
Dust. after each dfsh-Washing Make this
suds in the dish-pan. aud thus remove the
last particle Of grease from that much
used utenSil.
Gold Dust has the peculiar quality OF dis
solving and cutting" grease. 1t is, there
fore. valuable. not only for keeping the
sink ana pans sweet and clean. but for
keeping the sink trap" and pipes clear.
These viii never become clogged with
grease IL Gold Dust and plenty OF hot water
be used for washing the sink each morning
and evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
DABENY RlDICULES
THE BIG COLLEGES

CINCINNATI. Ohio, May 21-'sThey
are a fine lot of old maids. aren't
they?'
1t was with an expressive accent that
President c. w. Dabeny, of the Gin
cinnati University, made this declara-
ton concerning the action of the con-
ference Of nineteen big New England col
eges last week in Boston, where a reso-
luton was passed condemning organized
cheering at college games and Sports
IS 'unsportsmanlike and unworthy" on
the ground that it was intended to dis
concert the players of the opposing
team
Next thing they will be passing reso-
buttons condemning pink lemonade and
whistling and college colOrs," declared
Dabeny
What are you going to do with the
college boy If you bottle up his enthu-
siasm and refuse to let him holler? THIS
Is a first-class way to go about trying
10 kill off the college spirit"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
STEWARDS PROLONG
GOTHAM RACE MEET
Belmont Park Will Hold
Extra Day Session for
the Platers.

NEW YORK, May 21.-In or6er, as
the association says, to give the poorer
owners a chance to annex a purse OF
two, but in reality. as the attendance
has been surprisingly large. the West
chester Racing Association, which con-
trolls Belmont Park. has decided to have
an extra day of racing next week, and
there will be six events pulled off az
the big Queens track Monday.
All with be overnight events and 49,
600 will be hung up in purses. With the
gate at 50, II viii need only 900 per-
sons in the stand to pay for the purses
and as sincerthe racing season opened
the crowds have averaged $500 TO s.
600. 1t is likely that the association viii
clean UP tidy sum for a rainy day by
caring for the poor"
incidentally the men with selling
platers In their barns. are willing to-
day, they say. to take a chance with
a small bet that the Keene, Whiti.e y.
Hildreth, Madden and Wilson horses
will annex most of the first money
while the selling platers that the races
are supposedly held for. Will be num-
bered among the ALSO rams
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
STABLE BOYS RISK
COIN ON SIR MARTIN

NEW YORK. May 21.-News from
London that the experts there have
warmed up 10 the chances of Sir Mar
tin. the Ogden colt, Of Louis Winans.
and that he is likely to be the post
favorite for the English Derby next
Wednesday has pleased small cOterie
of stable boys and turf followers about
Sheepshead Bay.
They expect 10 be on easy street" af-
ter the race IS run If the American
bred colt wins. Early this year, when
SIR Martin was from % To 1 to 10 to /
IN the future betting, these men and
boys raised a trife more than 500
among them and sent II TO Holland and
London. where II was scattered about
among the future bOokmakers.
Most of the money got on at better
than Is 10 1, and all Of IL brought bet
ter than u TO I, and there is great
interest in Sir Martins chances at the
Bay
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
PAPKE AND KETCHEL
MAY MEET JULY 8
May Substitute Bout for the
Proposed Mcfarland
Nelson Mill.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 2L-That Billy
PaplIe is anxious 10 light Stanley
Ketchel was, shown today when he
agreed to all of Jimmy Coffroth's terms
for the match.
If Battling Nelson does not change his
plans about delaying the match with
Packey Mcfarland, which is scheduled
for July 5. the Papke-KetcheI go may
be substituted on that day.
Coffroth is now endeavoring to get the
financial end fixed up with Willus Britt,
Ketchel's manager, who is now in New
York.
Dick Hyland, who is to fight Battling
Nelson next week. has been training
faithfully and expects 10 knock out Mel
son by playing for Bats stomach TT
a mistake TO hit Bat about the head, -
he said. 81 am going TO try for his
body"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
HAMMER THROWING
MAY BE DROPPED

NEW HAVEN. May H.-The hammer
throw must go. The event has been pro-
nounced unfit for college sport by Yale
and Harvard and by a number Of other
colleges.
1t would create no surprise in college
circles If a vote Of the intercollegiate
Association were passed before another
year shutting the event out. but in view
of the fact that there are star athletes
Who came to college expecting to be
able To enjoy three years Of hammer
throw competition, II Is felt by their
friends that il would be unfair to drop
the event without warning
Yale and Harvard are agreed that they
do not wish 1T longer. They regard il as
unsafe, and they point TO the long list OF
accidents and narrow escapes from
them the past two years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21

Athletes in training for the intereit7
Marathon TO be run June l. are plan
ming TO make trial runs over the course
between Washington and Laurel. Md.
The first runners who viii make this
trip viii be the seven Y NJ c. A en-
trants- These men are training now for
shorter events in order to enter spring
meets. As soon as these are over they
viii gradually increase their daily run
and VIII. within a few weeks, so over
the fun course.
NY men may not be able to run the
fun distance, said Director Beckett
today, but we will at least walk il
and get line on the going Most OF
them are anxious to see what they are
up against AID are anxious for the
run. They dc their practising on the
Speedway and are rounding into excel
lent FORM"
Beckett is still confident that MS
string is booked 20 land the team
trophy. It is nov assured that the
Washington Grove Athletic Association
viii be represented by at least three
men. Who VIII make up the team is not
yet known. but some of the association
best are training daily.
In Hard Training.
Talbot and White. two BloomingdaIe
men, are training in the Soldiers Home
grounds. and are tearing off from five
this club should stand good chance
for the team prize. and it is probable
that another viii be entered in order
70 make up a team.
Runners this morning beWailed the
rain and cold weather. but they know
that a few days rest at this stage VIII
not seriously interfere with the train
ing, and may have a good effect on men
who have been overtaxing themselves
by doing too much for the first few
weeks of their work.
Runners are counseled to follow
Burke'S instructions to the letter. His
schedules covered the full period of
race, and no better guide could be
furnished
DoyIe's Athletic Club, of Baltimore.
viii be represented by a single man
Frank Rennert. He said:
Full of Confidence.
''If feel on the day of the race as !
do now, III make some Of those other
fellows hustle. whether they are BaIti-
KnoTeans or from Washington"
Rennert was in q twelve-mile Mara
thOn month ago at Atlantic City. He
happened 10 be there and saw the an
nouncement OF the event, open TO anna
teurs. and started with field Of six
inside the athletic grounds at the City
BY the Sea He mad no previous prep
aration, and lasted only nine or ten
miles. He enjoyed the experience how
ever. and when the announcement was
made Of The Tfmes-News event he i'm
mediately jumped into the thing right
He has been doing road woTk-firSt
walking and later, running-in Clifton
PARK He intends TO shift his scene of
acton now in the direction of Emory
Grove. where there are hills steeD as
any 70 be found in the course of the
Marathon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-05-21
PAPKE AND KETCHEL
WILL MEET JULY 8
Manager Britt Accepts
Terms of Promoter Cot
froth for Big Mill,

SAN FRANCISCO. May a--Promoter
Coffroth announced today that Stanley
Ketchel and Billy Papke will meet at
Colma on July ;.
The match was made by wire. Last
night Cofsroth telegraphed Willis Britt,
manager for Ketchel, that he would
give the men a percentage, with guar
antee for Ketchel. win, lose, or draw.
and today he got a telegram in return
from Britt accepting, on behalf OF the
Michigan fighter.
The men will meet at the middle
weight limit, and the articles win be
drawn just as soon as Papke comes
here from Los Angeles