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The Lambertville record., 1910-11-01

vga. ,nfro0,teo by the Renshaw brothers. the
service line was brought one foot nearer the
center and the height OF the line was raised
again to three feet six inches. making the ad-
vantages of the different styles of play more
equal.
Eight years later the English National Lawn
Tennis association formed. Ever since then
1t has been the governing body for England and
the surrounding countre5 in which the game
has since spread. The courts Of all countries
have the dimensions. The following is the
official description of the American court The,
court is 78 feet long and 27 feet wide 1t is di-
vided the middle by net, the ends of
which are attached to two posts, standing three
feet outside of the court either side. The
height of the net is three feet six inches at the
post and three feet in the middle half way be-
tween the side lines and parallel with them Is
drawn the court line, dividing the space each
side of the net into two equal parts the right
and left courts. On each side of the net. at
distance of Fl feet from 1t are drawn the service
lines Two kinds of game played, singles"
and doubles" two partners on each side. The
choice of sides of the court and the right to
first decided by the toss OF coin. The
players stand on opposite sides of the net, the
player who first delivers the ball being called the
server and the other the striker-out. At the end
Of the first game the strikerout becomes the
server. and SO on alternately. The server deliv-
ers the ball, or service, from the right to the
left courts. 1t must drop between the service
line, half court line and side line of the court,
diagonally opposite to that which is being
served.
The system OF scoring is framed basis
of Is for each stroke won; but the third stroke
is called 40 instead Of As. II both players win
three strokes, the is called deuce" instead
of forty ALL" The winner of the next stroke
scores advantage" and If he also scores the fol-
lowing stroke, he wins the game. II the stroke
falls to the opposite side the score goes back to
deuce" Similarly the player who first scores
six games wins the set unless both should have
won five. when a player must win two consecu-
tive games to the set If he fails to do this
the score is once more called games all,' and
the same conditions prevail at every set. The
PLAYERS change sides at the end of every set
All championship matches have since 1886
been determined by the winning CT three sets out
Of Ave. but since 1897 the English system of
handicapping occasionally has been employed. but
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BANKERS KNEW THEIR MAN
In His Customary Condition, and No
Further Identification Was
Necessary.

One day q big city bank received
the following message from one of its
country correspondents: PAY $25 to
John Smith, who will call today" The
cashiers curiosity became suspicion
when cabman assisted into the bank
a drunken fare" who shouted that he
was John Smith and wanted some
money. Two clerks pushed, pulled
and piloted the boisterous individual
into a private room away from the
sight and hearing of regular depos.
itors. The cashier wired the country
bank:
Man claiming to be John Smith is
here. Highly intoxicated. Shall we
await identification ?"
The answer read: identification
complete. Pay the money. Success
Magazine.
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Professional Eaters

Many striking customs of their past are still
preserved by the Indians of the northwest, and
of these none is more interesting than peculiar
practise yet followed by the Sioux of the Devils
Lake reservation.
1t appears, on competent authority that from
time immemorial these Sioux have adhered to
an etiquette whereby it is the bounden duty of
the host to supply his guest with all the food he
may desire, and as rule the apportionment set
before the visiting Indian is in excess of the ca
pacity Of single
On the other hand by the same CUSTOM the
guest is obliged to eat all that is placed before
him, else he grossly insults his entertainer Now
1t was found that this practise would work
hardship but instead of dispensing with the GUS
tom the Indian method of reasoning was applied
and what is known as the professional eater was
brought to the front.
While the guest is supposed to eat all that is
placed before him, 1t serves the same purpose
II his neighbor assists in devouring the bount
full repast, the main object being to have the
plate clean when the meal shall be finished
1t Is not always practicable to depend upon
neighbor at table to assist in getting away with
q large dinner and in order to insure the final
consumption Of the allotted portion visiting Indi
ans call upon these professional eaters, whose
duty 1t Is to sit beside them through meal and
eat what the guest eats.
The professional eaters are never looked upon
IN the light of guests but more as travelling com.
panions with a particular duty to perform
These eaters receive from 81 to 50 and even
So for each meal where they assist It is stated
that one of the professional eaters was known
to have disposed of some seven pounds of beef
at a sitting-New York Herald.
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The Place of Honor.

Farmer Hodge was of the good, old.
fashioned school, and he always gave
feast to his hands at harvest time.
It was harvest time and the feast
was about to commence.
Giles was the oldest hand and the
hostess, with lbeaming cordiality, mo-
toned him to the seat by her right
hand. But Giles remained silently un.
responsive.
Come" said the hostess, don't be
bashful, Mr.. Giles"-he was just Giles
on ordinary occasions-"you've right
to the place of honor. you know"
Giles deliberated a moment, then
spoke.
Thank. you kindly, Mrs. Hodge,"
he said, "but If it's all the same to
you. I'd rather sit opposite this pud-
den'!"
The Lambertville record., 1910-11-01
Lightning Enters = Min.

MISUNDERSTANDING seldom gets
SO far down in the earth as to trouble
the miners but startling instance
occurred recently at the mines in
West Schuylkill. Pa, where it illum.
ined the murky shafts 1900 feet be.
low the surface. When a terrific
thunderstorm came UP the under.
ground workings were lighted UP and
made as bright as the sun at mid.
night; but no damage was done. al.
though number of mules, which have
not seen daylight for years, are be-
lieved to have been blinded by the
dazzling light.
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tionaI Lawn Tennis association was formed and
rules adopted, which have. however been modl
fed and altered from time to time, and since then
the national championships have always been
played at Newport R. l. number of English
players have frequently taken part IN these
championship games, with marked success at
first, which gradually diminished the Ameri.
can play developed along national lines. These
may be summed up under these heads: The screw
service, whereby the ball is made to curve In Its
downward flight like the "out drop" OF base
ball pitcher imparting a double and most baf-
fling motion: the practise of volleyng from
position so close to the net that these strokes
kill the ball; the development of the stop"
volley. whereby the ball is simply stopped with
a loosely held racket and falls over the net
dead" lobbing very high with slight cut that
gives the ball back twist. The American asso-
citation has recently modified one of the two i'm.
portant differences between the rules Of play in
England and America by limiting the rests to
which players were entitled between sets. to one
rest after the third set and no more The other
difference. the foot-fault rule, remains
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ChlIdIike Ignorance.

Laura Jean Libbey, discussing in
Brooklyn her successful appearance
on the stage, said:
II talk in my monologue about love.
marriage and the other interests of
the heart. On these subjects women.
especially young women, are strangely
ignorant.
sThey really make me think, you
know. Of the little girl who was asked
by her teacher:
What can you tell us about Solo
mon?'
Solomon replied the little girl.
was very fond of animals
And how, my dear said the teach.
er. do you make that out?'
Because, answered the little girl,
the Bible says he had 500 porcu-
pines.'"
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A Valuable laaN

Chicago.-Four millions of dollars
IN gold were carried in moving vans
through the streets OF Chicago quite
receptly. The bags Of money were
tumbled haphazard into the vans and
without the slightest mishap were
placed on deposit In the bank. Tha
bags were large and made rather
large pile.
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It the hopelessly classical
name OF "Sphairistike." Un.
der the auspices of the Ma
rylebone club rules were for
mulAed the following year
for what was then definitely
known as tennis. The hour
glass" court was retained,
with the net five feet high
at the posts and four feet
In the center, and the serv.
ice lines rs feet from the
net. The ball used was COW
cred, weighed IL ounces
and was 21a inches in diam
eter. The earliest form Of
tennis was replaced in 1876
by a rectangular court.
In 1879, when volleyiug
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Bad BLOOD

ssBefore I began using Cascarets I had
. bad complexion, pimples on my face,
and my food was not digested as it should
have been. Now am entirely we'll, and
the pimples have all disappeared from my
face. I can truthfully say that Cascarets
are just as advertised; I have taken only
two boxes of them"
Clarence R. Griffin, Sheridan, Ind.
Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
l0c, 25c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The genu-
Inc tablet stamped c c. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. 927
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without the use OF dla
ferential tables. Brief.
ly, a player Is benefited
by giving or owing
strokes or giving
bisques. A bisque Is
one point which can
be taken by the re.
ceiver OF the odds at
any time In the set. ex-
cept after a service Is
delivered or by the
server after a fault.
T h Q 6 am e. was
played in America
within a year OF its
adoption in England. at
Nahant. near Boston.
The next year a court
was laid out at New
port, R. l.. which has
since been the Ameri-
can headquarters of
the game, although it
has grown to such an
extent that, in addition
to the national cham
pionships there are
held every year 26
or more champion
ship contests by single
states or groups of
states The first open
championship g a m Q
W as h ED on t h Q
grounds OF the Staten
Island Cricket club In
1880. The next year
the United States Ma
The Lambertville record., 1910-11-01

To love noby. profoundly; 30 love at once with
the mind and with the heart; to dedicate to an.
other our sympathes, our reverence, and our
trust. is the highest and the deepest interest Of
existence-Quinlan
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Economy is the art of living as
though you are poor when you are
really not SO; whereas. II you are
really poor and live that way that's
stinginess.
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paying tennis steadily for
more than twenty years.
That Larned at the age
of two score years is yet
Americas best player. and
quite possibly the best
player In the world, is the
more notable when 1t Is
taken into consideration
that tennis. for all that it
looks easy" to the uniniti.
ated. is in literal truth one
OF the most strenuous
games in the whole cate.
CORY OF outdoor athletics.
Moreover. It is an all-around
game. Not only does 1t call
INTO play every muscle in
the body to an extent IN.
equaled by any other exer.
else, unless it be rowing
out 1t requires the nimblest
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1t would be his last
defense CT the post
of honor he has sue
cessfully held against
all comers for more
than half decade.
If Larned does decide
next year yoluntar-
fly to hand over the
championship to the
man who in the pre-
liminary cont e S t s
wins the right to
challenge him, he will
but BIZ following in
the footsteps of one
or two of his famous
predecessors who re-
tired unbeaten after
attaining the highest
position In the game.
That Larned should
think Of retiring is by
no means strange. In
deed, the wonder is
that he has been able
to defend his title
successfully against
the young blood that
has appeared in the
g a m g, for,be q 1T
known, the =redoubt-
able Larned is more
than forty years of
age and has been
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ative newcomers in the game-Who Will be
the champions of tomorrow. When William
A. Larned in the animal tournament at New
port this autumn won, for the sixth time
the coveted title of champion Of America
the prediction was made by his frieads that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
BIG POULTRY SHOW.
Topeka Event Will Be National In
Character.

The Topeka Poultry show which
will be held in the auditorium the
first week in January will be national
in extent and the biggest exposition of
the kind ever held in the city. For
the first time in the history of Kansas
national speciality clubs will hold their
meetings here.
The American Plymouth Rock club,
the greatest of all organizations of the
kind has scheduled its annual gather
ing to be held in Topeka while the
show is in progress, and the Silver
Wyandotte club of America likewise,
aside from the Kansas branch of the
American Poultry association and nu-
merous smaller organizations.
The premium list which is in the
hands of the printers offers special
inducements to exhibitors. Seventy
nine silver cups. valued at 1000 will
be awarded as special prizes.
1.-The forthcoming show, the first
held under the auspices of the Topeka
show association" said E. w. Ran
citation, will in some respects be
unique in the west. No show hereto
fore in Kansas, nor anywhere as far
west as Topeka, has combined the fol-
lowing down-to-date features: Uni
form cooping, comparison judging, an
entry fee as high as $1.00, full corps
of specially and general judges of the
widest reputation. institute lectures,
two national meetings of great spec
ialty clubs. The value of exhibiting at
such a show and of visiting it requires
no argument.
Special attention Is called to the
regular and special cash prizes and to
the very large numbers of cups offer
ed. Together they probably constitute
the most liberal attractions ever Of
fered in connection with a western
show.
MANY of the leading breeders of
the country will be present with their
birds. Exhibits are already definitely
promised from states and provinces
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
BEET SUGAR IS ENDORSED
Transmississippi Reconsiders Action
Before Adjournment.

San Antonio, Texas. Nov. 26.-The
twenty-first annual session of the
Transmississippi Commercial congress
adjourned last night. Many of the del
egates left for q visit to Galveston.
The most stubborn fight of the con-
gress developed yesterday afternoon,
when ]. w. Gaines, of Texas, moved a
reconsideration of the vote by which the
resolution endorsing the beet and su-
gar industry of the United States was
defeated at the morning session. The
motion carried and a substitute endors-
ing the industry, offered by Senator
Porter, of Kansas was adopted
Among the resolutions adopted by the
congress are the following;
Urging the throwing open to individ-
ua1 patentees the coal lands of Alaska.
Withdrawn from the market by de-
cree of President Roosevelt in 1906
Urging a $500 900 bond issue by the
national government for improvement
of inland waterways and gulf ports.
Favoring extension of the reclamation
service to swamp and overflow lands.
Requesting congress to create a per-
manent bipartisan tariff commission.
Endorsing arbitration in all interna-
tional disputes and their settlement in
the peace court at The Hague.
Urging state and national legislation
in behalf of good roads and for the use
of convicts in building them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
NO MORE PULL"
Expedite Permits Are AbOl-
ished by Order of Loeb.
Influential Americans Must Be
Treated Like the Others.
TO TAKE THEIR TURN
At CustOmf Office When Bag
gage Is Being Examined.
Courtesy of the Port" Has
Caused Heavy Losses.

New York, Nov. 26.-No longer can
the influential American use his pull
to expedite the examination of his bag
gage on his return from Europe
Collector Loeb has issued an order
that no more expedite permits be is
sued to incoming travellers without the
sanction of the secretary of the treas
ury or the collector.
Only three classes of persons are ex-
empt from this order, namely: Diplo-
mats, persons bringing home their
dead and those i'll upon landing
Under the old system the returning
American with an acquaintance with
the men who board the vessel down
the bay could have signed to his dec
laration slip certain magic initials
which put them at the head of the
line of those waiting on the pier for
examination of their baggage.
THE courtesy of the port" was
what the expedition of the baggage
was called in the old days. Under its
operation Collector Loeb believes the
government lost thousands of dollars
in collectible dues The inspectors as
signed to examine expedited" bag
gage felt that the owner was friendly
with some Of those higher up and
the baggage accordingly received only
a perfunctory examination
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
new HYMN WRITTEN.
1t Is Set to the Music of the Sextette
From "Iucia"

Chicago, Nov. 26.-With the last
stanza rounded out and fitted to the
rhythm of a mastery operate melody
the sextet from Lucia "-Rev. Will
lam E. Barton, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church of Oak Park has
realized his ambition to become the
author of a hymn in praise of the
father, the brother and of sturdy man
hood.
DR.. Barton's new hymn will be sung
tomorrow for the first time at the
church in Oak Park
Following are the six stanzas of DR..
Barton's hymn:
We have thanked Thee for our
mothers,
And we thank Thee still again;
Now for fathers and for brothers
Lord, we thank Thee for good men!
For our fathers who begot US
And who paths of patience trod,
And whose righteous manhood taught
OF the fatherhood of God!
Bless our brothers and our neighbors,
In their tasks of hand and brain:
Strengthen all men for their labors,
Help them bear the load and strain.
Bless the men who face the dangers
OF the battle and the sea:
Guide the men who roam as strangers
Making paths where roads shall be.
Save the manhood of our nation;
Guide US with Thy staff and rod;
Make each coming generation
Know the fatherhood Of God.
For our sisters and our mothers
Oft we've prayed and pray again;
Now for fathers and for brothers,
Father, hear our prayer for meni
'I wanted music that was vigorous,
masculine, dramatic and possibly not
too pious." he said. 'At the same
time wanted something uplifting and
eminently worthy. In casting about
for such an air my thoughts went back
to a moment when stood on the steps
of the capitol in Washington and
heard the marine band play Donfzettt's
sextet from Lucia "
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
GYPSY QUEEN EXECUTED.
Monster Trick Elephant Fed 500
Grains of Cyanide.

New York, Nov. est took 500 grains
Of cyanide of potassium, the most dead
ly poison known. to kill Gypsy Queen, a
trick elephant, executed for the muir
der of her keeper, Robert Schiel, on Oc-
tober 20. Less than one grain is or
dinarily fatal to man and the first con-
vulsive symptoms supervene almost be-
fore the victim can set down the glass
from which he swallows. Gypsy Queen
swayed backward and forward, Tapping
ner big ears, for 10 minutes, before she
showed the least uneasiness. It was
A minutes before she was pronounced
dead.
The poison was given in three pail
fuls of bran mash, in which had been
sprinkled 100 capsules, each of five
grains Of cyanide. She had been starv-
ed for "a hours, and ate greedily.
The Queen was born in Africa 81 years
ago, and was one of the largest ele-
plants in captivity. OF recent years her
temper grew sullen. Last October she
seized an unaccustomed keeper and then
trod him into pulp. To prove her
docility, the regular trainer took her
out today before her execution and led
her through her PAGES She seemed
willing enough to perform and submit
ted to be caressed before she was led
in to her death.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26

as far away as New York, Massachu-
sets, and Ontario. No Western show
was more widely advertised. This
publicity will give added value to ev-
cry prize awarded.
Topeka is recognized as one of the
poultry centers of the country. There are
in Topeka more members of the American
Poultry association than In any other
city in the country with one exception.
1t is also the home of more licensed poul-
try judges than any other city. This city
has always been recognized as q great
poultry show town and it has in par
ticular been a great place for the sale
of birds during show week.
THE Topeka Show association is a
stock company. the members of the asso-
citation being the owners of one or more
shares of stock of the par value of $500
each"
OFFICERS of the Topeka Poultry associa-
ton are: Gen. J. W. F. Hughes, presi-
president; A. c. Rasar. second vice presi-
dent E. W. Rankin, secretary-treasurer.
Judges of the various departments are
Chas. H. Rhodes, White, Partridge. and
Silver Laced Wyandottes; Lester Tornp-
kins, Rose and Single Comb Rhode Island
Rocks; G. S. Byers. waite Bu f.nU and d
Black Orpingtons; E. G. Branch. Black
and White M5orcas Buc c1e Is co 6iTTl.
bian Rocks, Silver Penciled Rocks, Red
Gaps; Bronze: White Holland, Buff and
Bourbon Red Turkeys, Black Wyandottes.
Black Javas. and Indian Runner Ducks (;
Russell F. Palmer. Buff and Partridge
Cochins, Buff, Golden and Columbian
Wyandottes, Partridge Plymouth Rocks,
and all varieties of game and ornamental
bantams; Arthur c. Smith, secretary of
the American Barred Rock club, will
judge the Barred Plymouth Rocks; E. G.
Roberts, White Plymouth Rocks, all the
Leghorns. Anconas, Polish Hamburgs,
Geese, Brakmas, Cornish, Houdans
Andalusians, Exhibition Games. Frizzles
and Silkies, Dorkings, and the Muscovey,
Rouen, and Cali ducks. other varieties
will be divided between Roberts. Palmer
and Branch Pigeons will be judged by
Robt- Joos; dressed poultry and eggs by
F. c, Hare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-11-26
HILL WAS NOT RICH.
Dead Lawyers Estate Will Not Elk
coed $4,000 in Value.

Chicago. Nov. ga dispatch from
New York says:
Since the death of former United
States Senator David B. Hill many es-
Inmates or conjectures of the aggregate
value of his estate have been made. Mr..
Hill was a man of such secretive meth
DDS, so taciturn with respect to his per-
sonal affairs that there never was a
hint in anything he said which would
convey any idea as to his professional
earnings.
But the common impression was that
he had accumulated a large fortune,
that accumulation beginning Immediate
ly following his retirement from the
United States senate. when he devoted
himself to the practice Of law.
Many times the question has been
asked of lawyers what, in their opinion
Mr.. Hills estate would be found to be
in money value. No estimate was low
er than 100000, not including the beau
tiful home named Wolfert's Roost Some
of the estimates have fixed the gross
value of the estate as high as 100000
Every one of these estimates was an
error. The intimate friends who have
been permitted to see the figures that
tell of the immediate estimate Of his
wealth have learned that his personal
estate is not in excess of $4,000 and
may be less than that. What Wolfert's
Roost will fetch at executors sale no
one can tell. Not until the death of
Mr. Hill has 1t been known to any, eX-
cepting two or three of his friends, that
he paid only $23 600 for this property.
But the present estimate is that the
entire estate, personal and real VIII not
Weld more than $4,000.