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Newspaper Page TextSUNDAY, SEPT. 20 THE MORNING ASTOMAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. a W THIS CUP Prospects For Recovery of Fa mous Trophy Grow Brighter, CANDIDATES FOR THE TRIP, N Mtoh For Cup -In Either Eng land or Amrlea 8nd Plyr tu Australia In Novtmbtr National -jChamBlan Larntd Not to Oe. , lawn tcnnl 1 exciting more attaa- tlon thla year tfian It baa since tho all conquering I)olrtyi carried both lbs DavlM cup and tho national champion ahtp back to ICnglnml with thorn, and with tood reason. There are not nor hap 10 many absolutely flrtt etas player a In aomt recent year, but tho early tournament nave produced many men of cl, and tbera aoona more than fair chance that the Da rla cup ma be brought back from Australia If a team la aent With the certainty that there will be no elimination (mini matches for the Davla cup In either England or Ameri c thin year, Interest In tho champion' htp honora of the world haa it-ally narrowed down to tho proponed trip to Australia. On whether or not the com "Hte In charge of these matter for 3 United Btitn Liwo Teunl asso ciation can prevail upon two or thr good men to go to the antlpodua much wilt depend. Tho matchca In Ansd lla are not scheduled to take place on til November, and therefore there la plenty of time to make the neceaaary preparation. ' Tbo trouble thla year will be In pick lug a ton m with a fair chnnce of vie tory and gutting the men to go. Tbue far no 0110 baa really played tcnnla in thla country to warrant any confidence of aucccna. Tbo national champion, Vllllnm A. I.nrnod, haa said that be vl!l pnhlilvcly not make tbo trip to .'.UHtrnllrt, With the exception of the work xhowu at fkubrlgbt, William J. Clothier,. tho 19tHJ champion, baa not performed well enough to warrant bla selection, Tie haa lieon beaten by Ed win Lamed In the middle State, and a n. lojl(. of Waabtngton also ha taken him Into camp, There has undoubtedly been an effort on tho part of aome moving aplrtta to got Edwin r. Lamed Into euch abape that ho can qualify, but the young brother of the champion la not clasay enough for aucb an undertaking. He baa beaten Clothier and Little, and that la about all. Clothier wai away off bla game, and Little haa been out of the running all year, Larned haa been beaten aeveral tlmea by Mollenbauer In the Long Inland champlonahlp and by George F. Touchard In the Feline cup aerie. Karl Itbr will naturally come In for consideration, but the once fast Crea cent Athletic club man baa not done any klud of work thla year, and be would have to Improve a great dcat to .be justified In demanding consideration. Likewise Little has been going back atcftdHy, even though be defeated Wright In the recent Longwood tour nament III game against the nation al champion, W. A. Larned, was very poor. It Is likely that Beala Wright will be one of tho team, aa bo la al ways good w hen it comes to tho Inter notional matches, no matter bow care' less he may be in the first part of the year. lie understands International playing better than any other atar In the country, and he would very likely accept uu invitation to go. Frederick B. Alexander baa abown up strong tills year, no was going along splendidly when be sprained bis ankle, and there are many who think he can carry off the Newport honora if ho maintain hi recent form. Whether or not he could be Induced to go to Australia Is still a question. If be ac cepts It would mean that Beala Wright and Fred Alexander will be the team, a pair not to be despised. It la hardly likely that England could beat the pair with both of the Dohertya out of the game. Gore, Ritchie, Bar rett and one or two other from the British Isles would probably find their hands full with the singles If tbey went. In Australia, should America get through the elimination series with Great Britain, there would be Brookea. who la In all likelihood the best player of the day. Even Brookes might strike a anag if the two Americana were In top form, and certainly there is no other Australian who would be trou blesome. Thus the championship wonld resolve Itself into a question of how strong a doubles team could bo gathered. Harold Hnckett, the partner of Alex ander, has announced that he cannot go, ao that Wright would probably havo to team with Alexander, and Just how strong a combination tboy would make is problematical, a they have never been tried. - . Shrubb After Longboat Alfred Shrubb, the English profes sional distance runner, has challenged Tom Longboat, the Indian, who was touted by the Canadians as an almost sure winner of the Marathon race at the Olympic games lnf London, but who Btopped nt the twentieth mile, to run ton miles for the world's cham pionship. Shrubb ays it la ridiculous to believe that Longboat beat hi ten mile record In Boston last winter, and If the Indian has any idea of turning professional Shrubb will make a match with him at once to run ten miles for $1,000 or more as a side wager. Dlnosn Surprised 'Em. A pitcher who is surprising the base ball world is Bill Dlneen of tho St, Louis Americans The tag "all in" was, put on him long ago. At present he Is tho star pitcher of McAleer staff. ' ' ' GRAMMAR VERSUS LOVE. Pretty maiden, Tim's me nam, ; I'm a slmplo naval gnt. ! Ain't y glad whan I havo camsT Ain't ye and when I havs wont? Ain't I noUiln' to vert Oh, how Can I S'loin not nulhln' nohowf When 1 acan the starlit i Borrow stlokeih In ma crow. "Moon," 1 snys, "how I lv shot Yet i sunn what I havo saw' Iter and him Just gottin' doom, Mo not tiovvr nowlno nmaror." Can't yvt never cart for IT Art thou kveplnf oomothlng hldT Do I git tlio cool -by For soma dood I didn't dldT I dost lovo thou till I'm dlppyj ' TVei WUflt I wnvthlng wilppy.: ' Ot 1 think, think I, Ilk that, "If I dun did suicide Wouldnt ah com where I was at, . Baylnf, 'I woutdxt be thy bride? Or wnuldet she when I wts founded . Cofltate, 'Was beet he'drowndd?' " I'll tmt no more-I've spoke! , Yet how nice If thou butst wouldat Marry 1, a, simple bloke, Who'd support thee, for I ooutdetl Ain't I nowK neededT Ob, how ; ' Can I seem not nothln' nohowT -WelUoe Irwin In Bmlth' kUftslne. A Nw Vehicle. , Ia Mr, Bromley lor asked the caller. '.' " "He la not, eorr," I'at answered po litely. "Hliure he won't be In till 4 o'clock or mebbe after." ."Where's be gonoT' "He went to ride In his interim, orr." "HI whatr "His inreritn. 'Tls a tony name fer buggy, I'm tblnkln', Half an hour ago Mlahter Bromley says to me, Tat,' says lie, 'I'm Ixplclln' Mlshtcr Dobbs hero some time this afternoon, but I guesa ho won't bo after glttio' her yet awhile, so I'll go downtown In the Interim.' An' with that he druv off In hi buggy."-Llpplncott'a Magazine. Trying to Be Philosophic. "Do you think horse racing Is do-, moralizing?" 1 '"' " " "No," answered young Mr. Torklna. "Horse racing baa kept many hus bands home nights by preventing them from having cor fare to go anywhere else."-Washington Star. A Watchful WIN. , "William," she said, ."will you do eomothlng that I for your own good?" "What I Itr "I want you . to give up Hmoklng. Tou aro simply ruining your health -and my lace curtain." Tlt-Bita. A Pretty Good Sign. "What make you think tbl new hand U likely to rise rapidly over the other meu In the factory V . 1 "I noticed Inst night that bo worked nearly four second after the whistle b!ew.H-Cblcngo Record-Herald. Hi Day. "Every dog haa hi day," signed the rhinoceros, trying not to feel hurt at the laughter of the crowd. "It 1 true my hldo Is not very eel fitting, but just watt until tho fluffy effect come In agnln'-DctroIt Free Pre. A Little Dark Meat Without Dressing. Harper' Weekly. Let Him Try. "I fear no foe In shining armor,' sang the man at a concert. "Don't you, old chap?" grumbled the bachelor In tho front row. "Then you try to open a aardiue tin with a pocket kn!fe!"-Penny Illustrated. . Tho Gossip. "Ego always monopolizes the con versntlon talking about himself." ,, "les, but ho Isn't so bad as his wife. She ulwnys monopolizes the conversa tion talking about other people." De troit Free Press. Willing to Coneado It, "Don't you think she has a queenly figure?" "I never Baw a queen, but if they weigh 200 pounds and have double chins I gue. aba htvs." Cleveland Plain Dealer. '"' ' Just Enoouraglng It "The office should seek the man. yon know"..: ',, . .'.,., : .. ;v . , "That's all right." replied the avowed asnlrant "but I nave it a fair chance and it seemed: dlflWnt,"-Pht!adolphla Ledger.-..,-.: C'v,. " - An Excellent Cis.-t. "Dumley says he think h.e'11 go in for yachting this summer. more than half equipped already.' "Got the yacht, has her ' "No, the clothes." New Vort .Press. Parke-Your wife hm n t?6!;tem!o:is Influence over you, hasn't fl!:e ! Lane Simply wonderful.. Why. I've got so I positively enjoy llv!is lievoud my income. New York Lite, v Considerate. "I see you have counted up my bill wrongly 14 marks Instead of 13."; Walter Well, I thought you might he superstitious. Meggendorfer Blat- r. FISH SUPERSTITIONS. Queer Old Tim Notion, tome ef Whloh atlll Survive, Tho one flsh modlcbib of which mod em senco thoroughly approves la cod Href oil, and this, though in far lew auusoou form than formerly, Is swal lowed In ton every year. In old day a much wider use wa made of fish a cure for various evils, and some of these practices have sur vived to the present day. Some little time ago a boy died of epilepsy In a north Wale parish. The doctor, called In too late, Inquired If the deceased bad been given any medicine, "Oh, yes," wa the answer. "We caught a trout. drowned It in new milk and gave It to the boy."-".., Eel are auppoeed to pontes all kind of virtue. In the dark age of medi cine a powder made of eels' liver waa considered an staotute peclfle for deaf net and waa also employed In cane of ape or fever. A decoction of eel' fat la atlll used by Dutch peasants aa a remedy for falling hair. But the most valuable part of the eel, according to popular auperstltlon, 1 Its kin. Many an old farmer wears a belt of eelikln aa a preventive against rheumatism, and some believe that a garter made of the skin of this snake like fish worn next to- the human skin aa a preventive not only against rheu matism, but also agalnat sprain or Imllar Injuries. Another cure for rheumatism, which And favor with aalt water fishermen, is a red herring. The herring being tbe most plentiful of all the sea fish, a number of superstition have attached tbemnelve to it For luck through the ensuing year one must be sure to eat a herring on Now Teara day. Fishermen believe that each ahoal Is headed by a king herring, which is more than double as large a any of Its follower. They believe that when one of the "kings" come up in tbe net it should be thrown overboard; otherwise the next duy's fishing will be a failure. Pittsburg Garette-Tlme. THE HEADSMAN. Ho Used tho 8word and Not the Ax Prior to 1483. ' I am Inclined to think that prior to 1483 the word and not tbe ax wa usually employed as the weaoon for Judicial decapitation and that a block waa dispensed with, the victim receiv ing their doom "meekly kneeling upon their knees," and In this opinion I am fortified by tbe concurrence of an emi nent clerical historian. This learned writer agreed with me that the ax did not become the "regulation" lethal Im plement until after tbe rough and ready "heading" of Lord Hasting on the Tower green, when he waa summarily dispatched by order of the protector, Gloucester. In this Instance, according to the chroniclers, the victim's neck was stretched upon a piece of Umber then in use for tbe repair of the adjacent church of 8t Peter ad Vinculo, prob ably s "putlog," part of the scaffolding which, we read, "conveniently lay in the way." Contemporary accounts seem to Indicate that the execntloner straddled over the prone body, and from tbl position I infer that tbe de capitation was effected by the tool known aa an adx, tbe cutting edge of which hi at a right angle to and not in a plane with tbe haft I may add that tbe only contempo rary reference I have come across of the use or proposed use of an ax and block for Inflicting capital punishment prior to this tragedy Is in one of the Paston series of letter describing the peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack Cade's rebels (A. D. 1450), a generation before Lord Hastings was so clumsily hacked to death. London Note and Queries. TH Hair. A single hair, which can support a weight of two ounches, Is so elastic that It may be stretched to one-third of its entire length and then regain it for mer size and condition. Dr. Plncua has measured the growth of hair by cutting off circles about one Inch In diameter from the heads of healthy' men and so comparing tbe growth of the patches with that of the rest of tbe hair. He found that the growth rate generally became slower after cutting; that in some cases the hair on tbe patches grew at the same rate aa the rest; but that it never grew any faster. The ordinary length of the hair on the head ranges between twenty:two Inches and about forty-five inches, the bitter being considered unusually long. -London Standard. . , Beetle. The Bev. Theodore Wood, a" well known English authority on beetles, make an Interesting observation on a little beetle found frequently in the flowers of the primrose, but nowhere else, which la quii a mystery. It Is small, brown and flat, and Mr. Wood remarks of It: "How Its life is lived nobody knows, Where its eggs are laid, what the grubs feed upon, where the chrysalis be hidden, nobody knows. Nobody know ersa why the perfect beetle gets Into the primrose blossom." f::..' An Easy" Way.. "In order to succeed in life," said tbe experienced person, "you must not bo afraid to make enemies." v "Then," answered the tractable youth, "you would probably advise me to put in some time as a baseball umpire."-Washington Star. When tho Adenine Move. Mrs. K., while telling her children about Adam and Eve and the beauties of the garden of Eden, was Interrupted by one of tbe tiny tots saying, -"Oh, mamma, ' when those Adamses move away let us get that placo to live in." -Delineator. A WILD RACE. When tho Flrtt Pony Exprett Wai Narlng Saoramento, Cornelius Colo, ex,-enaor from Call fornla, tell In bis .memoirs how tbe first "pony expres" reached gacra men to, Cel., long before the flrtt trans continental railroad wa surveyed: "Those who were there to witnes It will never forget the arrival of the. first of these express messengers at Sacramento. It was an occasion of great rejoicing, snd everybody, big and little, old and young, turned out to see tbe fun. All business for tbe time wa appended. Even tbe court ad journed for the event A large num-1 ber of tbe citizens of all classes, grave i and gay, mounted on fast horses, rode out some mile on the line to meet tbe i Incoming wonder. I The waiting waa not long. Tbe lit- j tie rider upon bis blooded charger, un der whip and apur, came down upon them like a meteor, but made sot the lightest halt to greet bis many visit or. Then began a race of all that waiting throng over the atretch beck to tbe city, tbe like of which haa never been seen. It may have been rivaled in peed and confusion by some of tbe cavalry disasters during tbe war that presently followed, but tbe peaceful people of Sacramento, I am sure, never beheld anything of the kind before or afterward. "The whole cavalcade, shouting and cheering, some waving banners and bareheaded, riding at tho top of their speed, dashing down 3 street, might have been taken, had It occurred on tbe plain, for a bond of wild Co manches, but tbo little mall carrier paid no attention to tbem and kept in the lead." s ? A ROMANCE IN TIN. One Man's Fortune From tho Price of s Pair of 8hoe. Some years ago a man who bad started in business In Tasmania found that be could not meet his engage ments and was compelled to call a meeting of his creditors. Among his assets were a number of Mount Blrscboff tin mine shares, which were regarded as worthless. It was tbe first tin mine discovered in Tasmania, and the output was not as heavy as tbe prospectus declared It would be. Tho shares dropped In value, and when the debtor offered them to his creditors the bitter refused to touch them. Among the creditors was a poor shoemaker who had supplied the man with a pair of shoes. He offered to take tbe shares In payment of hi debt No one raised any . objection, and he took tbe shares, saying, "They may turn out well some day." J'TflJM4 Joper man agement, the mine developed Into a valuable property. It wa a veritable mountain of tin, and the shares sprang up to an astonishing point Eventually the metal was "cornered" by a French syndicate, and, the shares reaching a fabulous price, the once indigent shoemaker sold out and real- bed a fortune. The money was wisely .invested, and now he is In the enjoyment of an in come of several thousands a year de rived from the payment for a pair of shoes valued at $3. London Telegraph. Abeoluto Obesity. There Is a member of the faculty of a certain university who, to use the words of a colleague, "is as rotund physically as be Is profound metaphys ically." One day tbe professor chanced to come upon his children, of whom he has a number, all of whom were, to his astonishment, engaged In an earnest discussion of the meaning of the word "absolute." "Dad," queried one of the youngsters, "can a man be absolutely good?" "No," replied the father. , "Dad," put In another . youngster, "can a man be absolutely bad?" "No." "Papa," ventured the third child, a girl, "can a man be absolutely fat?" Whereupon father fled Incontinently. Philadelphia Ledger. Making Hubby Appreciative. , A doctor tells of a note he received from a woman saying that her hus band, who was about to make him a professional call, found constant fault with the dinner she prepared for him. She appealed to the physician for aid. The doctor examined his patient, who had a slight attack of Indigestion, and told him to cut out lunches, to eat nothing but a slice of toast and a cup of tea. The scheme worked excellent ly. Of course hubby returns home in the evening, eats everything in eight and votes his wife's cooking even bet ter than mother used to make. Bos ton Record. , Property Right. Private property, in the shape in which we know it today, was chiefly formed by the gradual disentanglement of the separate rights of individuals from the blended rights of a communi ty. There is every reason for believ ing that property once belonged not to Individuals or even the Isolated fam ilies, but to the patriarchal society as a whole. In other words, property was at first communistic rather than personal. New York American. Needed Airing. , , "What's the matter with you?" de manded Borem hotly. "I've got a right to air my opinions, haven't I?" "Oh, of course," replied Brightly. "They're so stale and musty they cer tainly, need something of that sort" Philadelphia Press. Practice not your art ani 'twill soon depart German Proverb. 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