CRITICISING A CRITIC.
For th* Puriat Who Found
Flaw* In G ray'* “ Elogy.’
To look for and find in masterpiece*
littli* flaws. rval or Imagined. Is au oc-
011 put ion that must lia r* Its mysterious
Joys, otherwise, ns it brings no protit,
the task would uot command all the
time and labor that are devoted to it
aor would every such discovery be so
•xultlngly proclaimed. This condition
Is I wised, or, rather. Its repetition, by
the letter in which a correspondent
confessed that, having heard verbal
perfection ascribed to Gray'* "Elegy,
he was moved carefully to examine the
verses on the chanco of proving this
praise undeserved. And he did, he
thinks, having found no less than two
errors In the lines:
Point*
T h eir name, their years, spelt by the un-
lr t 'r r c il tv.use
T c place o f fam e and elegy supply.
Aiul many a holy text around ah* strews
T o teach the rustic m oralist to die.
"N am e" should be "name*.’ ' this au­
thority declares, for the reason that
the ston es-ban not one but several
names, and "many a holy text," being
singular, demands “teaches" Instead of
"teachr
Now, Just why Gray put the word
"name” In the singular and not In the
pin* al might be made tbe subject of in­
genious Inquiry, with any one of half a
doxen sufficient explanations as recom­
pense and all Inconclusive, but to see
force in the diversity o f village patro­
nymics—that requires more than Inge­
nuity; It demands perversity. As for
“ many n holy text,” that does Indeed,
the grammarians say. insist that a
verb in immediate sequence be slngu
lar. Even the grammarians admit,
however, with Innumerable writers of
both verse nud prose, that If the verb
be in a later clause tbe plural idea In
voiced In “ many” can properly be al­
lowed to govern.
Would our corre-
s|K)iident insist that when tbe estima­
ble W. Scott, quoted by Goold Brown
in debating this very question, wrote
In H aw ick twinkled m any a light.
Behind him soon they set in n igh t—
the “ they" should have been turned to
“ lt V The change would at least be
amusiug. That much can be said.
Critics o f this sort never w ill learn
that rules for linguistic usage are not
applied to but are deduced from w rit­
ers tike Gray and Scott, that what
such men do is right because they do
It and that no further Justlflcatlon is
needed.—New York Times.
COURSE OF A PITCHED BALL
FIELD NOTES
REPRESENTATIVE
W. C. HAWLEY
When you keep a boy interest­
ed
in football, baseball, tennis,
SHOULD BE RE-ELECT» TO CONGRESS
and the like, you l e s s e n the
Because n ability, experience chances that he will get interest­
and qualifications no opposing ed in things not so good for him.
candidate can compare favor­
The Youth’s Companion, since
its enlargement, gives generous
ably with him.
space to this matter o f athletic
Because to large abilities and e f­
training, and gets the b e s t
ficiency is added his known coach.>s in the country to write
honesty, manhood and charac­ for i t
ter.
How to practice to become a
first-rate
pitcher, how to train
Because, born in Oregon, he has
for
a
race,
how to learr the new­
known her people and needs
est strokes in swimming these
all his life, and has already se­
and a hundred other topics of the
cured millions of dollars for greatest interest to boys to girls
public improvements in the too, for that matter are touched
First District
upon in this imjxirtant depart­
(Please read statement in voters ment o f The Companion.
And this is only a small part
pamphlet giving his successful
o f the service which The Com­
work and his platform,)
panion renders in any h o m e
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mute, W. J. Culver, Chairman, of contact with a hundred inter­
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Why a Straight Fast One Jumps Side­
ways In the Air.
That a pitched baseball curves In the
direction in which the nose o f the ball
Is moving because o f tbe splD—upward
If the twist given by the pitcher is up­
ward. toward the right if the twist is
to the right, and so on—is a matter of
ex|*erience that Is quite comprehensi­
ble. hut how a bard pitched ball should
jump sidewise in a most irregular
maimer, although pitched straight
without spinning is certainly puzzling
In the Journal o f the Franklin Insti­
tute Professor W. S. Franklin o f Le-
high university expounds the phenome­
non as well us the philosophy o f tw ist­
ed balls. Multitudes o f “ fans" who
have always supposed that tbe baffling
qualities of a straight pitched ball
were due simply to Its swiftness never
sustiected this eccentricity. Professor
Franklin states the case In this way:
Consider a very smooth ball which is
moving through still water without
spinning. There is certainly no more
reason why the ball should Jump to
the right than to the le ft Therefore it
must continue to move straight fo r­
ward. That is good logic. But such a
ball is no more subject to logic than is
a sharp stick. Tb e fact is that the ball
does jump sidewise and in a most Ir­
regular manDer. This may be shown
by dropping a smooth marble in a Jar
o f still water. The marble goes nearly
straight for several inches and then
suddenly Jumps sidewise. Similarly a
smooth baseball jumps sidewise irreg­
ularly as It mores through the air if ;
the ball is not spinning.
The explanation lies In the fact that 1
a nifddly moving stream o f air splits |
when it flows past a ball with unstable
dividing lines or vortex sheets. The
unstable sheet w ill spurt now upward.
now downward. Tbe condition is the
4 acres inside corporate limits o f
1vljen the kail splits the air and Stayton only four blocks from business
Is shunted in a glancing manner past j gectlonf w e|| improved, all clear, no in-
flu* l>at
The only requisite for this !
j cumbrances, good buildings and or-
ha filing effect is power In the pitcher’s ;
! chard. Price $3500, terms.
FARM PROPERTY
FOR SALE CHEAP
arm
fit. Pleasant
The services conducted by Rev.
Large Sunday morning was well
attended.
Effie and Elmer Itay spent Sat­
urday and Sunday with their sis­
ter, Mrs. Don Wright o f Mill
City.
The Misses Downing, and little
brother. Clifford, were guests at
the Ed Smith home Sunday.
Grace Shank was the guest of
the P. H. Lambert home Sun.
J. H. Kloer lost a valuable
horse one day last week.
Irvine Ray spent Sunday with
his sister, Mrs. Linn Lambert.
G. H. Ray was a Stayton visit­
or Tuesday.
I
Mrs. Linn Lambert called to
see Mr*. Leslie Townes and little
daughter one day last week.
Harry Shank was an Albany
visitor Sunday.
Mrs. John Huber was a visitor
at the H. Montgomery home on
Saturday.
Probably.
Mrs. N ew lyw ed—I wonder w hy we
are growing tired o f each other? New-
ly w e d - I haven’t an Idea. Mrs. N.—
Yes. Maybe that is the reason.—Lon­
don Telegraph.
65 acre farm } mile from town and
| railroad, good bottom land, modern
| buildings, good fences, 30 acres under
I cultivation.
Price $75.00 per acre J
1 down bal. a yrs. 69 *.
Abstracts showing clear title and
warranty deeds will be furnished free
you with each o f the above tracts.
Public
A t my place, known as the old Pennebaker place, am
1-4 mile north o f Mehama on
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4
Tuesday,
October
27
Sale Commences at 10 A. M.
The following described, property:
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Farm Stock
One good farm wagon
One No. 12 plow
Marvin Long is on the sick list One brood mare
this week.
One shovel plow
One gelding, 8 yrs. old
One spike-tooth lever harrow
One
last
spring
colt
Mehama Mites
One cultivator
2 milch cows, one fresh next mo.
Rue Drager made a business
One hay rack
trip to Portland Wednesday and
one giving milk, fresh in spring
returned Thursday.
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,
One double set heavy harness
Mrs. Fred Horner and child- 1 heifers, one fresh in the spring
One set of light harness
ren of Mill City who have been
one
is
a
grade
Holstein
visiting with relativs in Mehama,
One De Laval cream separator
returned to their home Wcdnes-
3 spring calves
j day.
10 to 15 cords of stove wood
Lee Berry o f Lyons passed
through Mehama
Farm Machinery
Grindstone
Iron kettle
Mrs. Waterman and Mrs. Mer-
cer visited at the Hay s home One hack in good repair
Other small tools and articles
Mr. and Mrs. Long of Crab­
tree spent Sunday with their son
Marvin at the D. Townes home.
3 acres inside corporate limits • af
Strange Arabian Custom.
i Stayton, a 1 I under cultivation, fine
In a Tripoli cemetery the grave- ; large house
and other buildings. A
stones, with bowls or saucers sunken |
home fo r any one wishing to
In the cement, indicate that the one |
live in town. Price $3500, terms.
who lies buried there was a person o f
wealth and importance. These recep- 1 80 seres all under cultivation 1) miles
tael**«, however, are not for flowers, as , from Sublimity, Oregon, matadnm
out* might imagine, but to hold water road, good fences, modern buildings, a
for birds. The birds are said to bring thorough’ y up-to-date farm in every
good fortune so the drinking basins
Price $115 pt.r acre> terms,
are not provided wholly fo r love of '
200 acre stock farm, 65 acres under
them.
cultivation; 100 acres more can be read-
ily cleared and cultivated, 1 , 000,000 feet
Helping Her.
"You loved her very much T '
o f standing timber on place, running
"So much that when her first hus­ water, good buildings and fences.
band died I married her that 1 might
Price $45.00 per acre one-half down
share her grief and so lessen I t ”
bal. 3 yrs. 6 '/
“ And how did it work?”
140 acres highly improved,good build- q .ln ^ a v
“ Fine! I'm sorrier now for his death
than she is.’’ —Houston P o s t
ings and fences in Waldo Hills.
Price °
$65.00 per acre, terms.
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