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The Advantage Chinaman Has In
Casa cf a Rejection.
Dr. Isaac T. Headland, u resident
)t Fcuiii for many years, throws a
new light on the new women of
China in the Travel Magazine.
Taking up the relations between
the -sexes and especially the Chi
nese method of getting a wife, the
writer repeats a conversation with
a voung Chinaman who had recent
ly become engaged to a Chinese
maiden with whom he had never
-spoken.
"We students have n very great
advantage over the old Chinese
method of finding a wife and get
ting engaged," said my Celestial
friend.
"What do you mean ?" I inquired.
"Well, you see by the old Chi
nese method a man can never 6ec
his wife until she is brought to his
homo unless he enn bribe the mid
dleman to allow him to stand on
tho street corner and 6ee her pass
by in a cart."
"And what advantage do you
have?"
"We see the girls in church," he
answered. "They also can see us.
Wo have sisters in the girls' school,
they have brothers in the college,
and when we go homo during vaca
tion we can learn all about each
other."
"This is an advantage."
"In my judgment," he continued,
"wo have a better method than even
you foreigners have."
"now is that?"
"Well, you see," he continued,
"after we have selected the lady we
want we can have a middleman go
and ask hor for us, while you have
to go and ask tho lady yourself."
"Hut,' I objected, "we can get
so much better acquainted by our
method."
"Yes, that's true," he admitted,
"but doesn't it make you awfully
angry if you ask a girl to marry
you and she refuses?"
It was necessary to admit that
there were advantages in the mid
dleman method which had never
occurred to me, and, while I was not
ready to acknowledge that hi3 new
found method was better than
mine, I could still 6cc that the force
which brought it about was bring
ing woman out of her seclusion and
placing her on a level with her
brother and her future I. isband.
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I HERE'S SAM LANGFORD'S
TIP ON BIG FIGHT. 1
5 Why not take a real live hunch
& on the big fight from a niau who ,J
1 knows? Let's get right on this
Jeffries-Johnson affair. The way
to do this is to peruse the ultl- ;
niatum of one Samuel Langford
who plays the role of general
reducer of fight championship
aspirations. Samuel recently is- 'j
sued a statement lu which he S
Y offered to light anybody lu the
world, with the sole exception ;
x of James J. Jeffries.
$ "That Mistab Jeff he ain't no ;
' man; he's just n big train, and
p ne s going to run over eiinj uouy
1 't tries to hoi' him back," said
T Langford when asked about tho
niatler.
4 "Hut how about Johnson?"
was the query to him.
"Honey, he's jest niah meal
ticket. If I can get that big
f moke lu front of me I'll knock
Z him clear out of the moving pie-
f tures. Yas, sub. I will. I know,
d 'cause I met him once."
j If there la any better line on
4 the matter than this It has yet
x to be dug up. Lnngford's un-
conscious tip on the big mill Is
x surely not biased. He can whip
4 Jack, but nothing doing with
I Jeff.
GOLF TOURNEYS FOR 1910.
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I'D FIGHT A BULL FOR $
$101,000, SAYS SHARKEY.
Turn KltnrL-ov'H jlatnrmtnnHnn
$ to chnllenge tiie winner of the
Jeffries-Job nsou fight has arous-
ed a good deal of Interest.
Tom Is cold gray serious. lie
jj has erected a gymnasium In his
& home, and, as a matter of fact,
he Is lu remurkably good condi-
L tlou despite he has been out of
V the ring for many years, and.
judging by his present condl
tlon, he docs not need much
& work to be lu good trim for au-
' other battle, in talking of the
4 coming tight Sharkey said re-
g cently: "Look at the money
there Is In the fight game now-
ndays! Think of it-$101,000 for
a scrap! Why, I'd fight a bull
for that!" And Tom would
I' when he was lu his prime. i
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COVALESKl'S GREAT FEAT.
thousand dollars to one that six
would not be thrown with a pair of
dice ten times in succession. Ilis
offer was taken np by a fellow club
man. The dice were brought, and
hib opponent actually threw six
nine times in succession. 1 he gam
bier then offered $470 to be free of
the bet. The other man declined,
had his tenth throw and failed to
get another six. Just to show how
very little the average man knows
about the doctrine of chances, a
well known mathematician has
pointed out the real odds about
this bet. The chances were no less
than C0,4CG,175 to 1 against six be
ing thrown ten time3 in succession.
Therefore the real bet should' have
been about $000,000 to a cent
against such a thing happening.
The Herring Line.
A senator apropos of fame said
at a Washington luncheon:
"What is fame, after all? Kip
ling when he lived in Brattleboro
took a trip to Montpelier, and the
first evening ho came down to the
hotel dining room he overheard this
dialogue between two waiters:
r "First Waiter Do you know who
that is, George?
"Second Waiter No. Who is it?
"First Waiter That's the cele
brated Kipperin.
"Second Waiter What's he done ?
"First Waiter Hanged if I know.
Fish line, nin't it?" Washington
Star.
Mother's Task.
When mother gets breakfast she
must remember that father likes his
breakfast food without cream.
Johnny wants both cream and sug
ar, Susie doesn't like breakfast
food at nil and must have a substi
tute, Mary has to have grapefruit
and the rest of tho family want or
anges or apples. Xo two agree on
anything, but she must remember
what each one wants or the family
doubt her devotion. What is it, do
you suppose, that keeps tho mother
of a large family from going crazy?
Atchison Globe.
Gerlngs Entertain Omaha Medics.
The class of 1910 of Creighton
Medii-al college were Tuesday night
entertained by Henry H. Goring &
Co., at dinner iu the Rome hotel. W.
A. Delaney, president of the class,
occupied the chair, and Matthew Gor
ing was toastniaster. The speakers
were Dr. D. C. Ilryant, dean of the
college, whose subject was mcdicf.l
work in Japan, Dr. A. L Moorcliead,
viccdean, who spoke on the relation
of the pharmaceutical house to the
college, 1$. V. Dcrmott nnd E. (i.
Hamliardt. Following the dinner tho
company spent the evening at the
Orpheum.
The Goring brothers returned to
Plattsmouth this morning and Henry
will remain in this city for a few days
before going back to his work in Omaha
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our most heart
felt appreciation to the many kind
friends and neighbors and especially
to the boys at the repair shop for the
floral tribute, to the students of the
public school, both the high school
and the fourth ward school, to the A.
0. U. W. lodge, to the ladies of the
German Lutheran church and teach
ers and members of the Sunday school
and others for their kindness during
the sickness and the death of our
beloved wife and mother.
William Otterstoin
and Children.
George Statts, dispatch clerk at
the post ollioe, has recently bought the
property of Wash Smith and will move
into the place as soon as it has under
gone the necessary repairs. The house
is being rcpaperod and a number of
minor repairs made.
Why the Audience Laughed.
At a public entertainment recent
ly a coujurer had an experience
which was highly comical, though
quite disastrous from a professional
point of view. Having produced an
egg from a previously empty hag,
he announced that ho would follow
up this trick by bringing from tho
bag the hen that laid the egg. This
little arrangement he left to his
confederate to carry out. Ho pro
ceeded to draw the bird from tho
bag, but what was his surprise on
finding that the alleged hen was an
old rooster, which strutted about
tho stage with ru filed feathers and
offended dignity and set up as vig
orous a crowing as if it had just
awakened from its nocturnal slum
bers. The whole audience shrieked
with laughter, and tho unfortunate
conjurer made a bolt for the dress
ing room. London Mail.
Hit Manly Spirit.
A sturdy Scotchman had been
having a dispute with his wif.
which resulted in his taking refuge
under the bod. As she stood on
guard with a good sized stick in her
hand he called lustily from his re
treat: "Ye can lamb me and ye
cn-'i bate rue, but ye canna break ma
tiinnlv snirit. I'll na come oot."
This Year' Campaign Promiiea to Be
Busiest In Game's History.
The most gluttonous golfer can have
no plaint at the prodigious bill of fare
submitted for the season. From now
on there Is practically no cessation
until the snow flies In November.
Apart from sections farther afield the
metropolitan territory Is dotted all
over with tournaments and what not.
and the wonder U where are all the
players to Vouie from to substantially
support every meeting week lu and
week out.
The dates of the various Important
events are:
May ' to IK-Amateur metropolitan at
Morris county. N. J.
Muy 'S to 30-North California at San
Frunclsco.
June i to 4 New Jersey atate at Essex
County Country club.
June 14 to is Southern championship.
June 15 to ls-MaHBucluiHetts amateur nt
lirae Hurn.
Juno H anil IS National opens at Phila
delphia Cricket club.
June 1 to '& Colorado championship at
Denver.
June 29 and So MuKpachusAts open at
On k ley.
July 6 to 9 Connecticut tongue cliam
pionxhlp at New Haven.
July 13 to lli Wisconsin state at La
crosse Country club.
July 25 to 30 Western amateur at Mill
Ikadlia Country club, Minneapolis.
Aug. 15 lo lv TiansmlsHlsslpl at Den
ver. Auk. 31 to Sept. 2 Western opens at
Beverly Country club. ChlcnKo.
Sept. 12 to 17 National amateur at
Hrookllne (Mass.) Country club.
May 2fi to 2S-Mlddle Atlantic at Wil
mington. Del.
June i3 to 25 Apawamls, Rye, N. Y.
June 25 Connecticut versus Massachu
setts at New Haven.
Auk. 10 to 15 First president's cup at
Ekwanok.
Sept. at and 29 Seniors at Apawamla.
N. Y.
Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 Isley cup at Myopia.
May 23 to SS 1'hllnilelphla championship
at the Cricket club.
May 31 to June 4 Metropolitan cham
pionship at Montclalr, N. J.
June U ami 7 Urlscom cup at Hunting
don valley.
Juno 8 and 9 Eastern championship at
Huntingdon valley.
Oct. 10 to 15 National championship at
Honicwood C. C. Flossnioor, ill.
FOREIGN EVENTS.
April 19 Troon foursome, Harry Varden
and J. 11. Taylor versus James lirald and
Alec Herd, thlrty-slx holes.
May 2 to 7 Women's championship at
West want Ho.
May 'M to June 4 Amateur champion
ship ut lloylnke.
May 30 lo 31 French open championship
nt La limine.
Juno 13 to 17 Scottish women's cham
pionship nt Nairn.
Juno 20 to 22 Hrltlsh open championship
at St. Andrews.
July 0 to 8 Professional tournament at
Prestwlck.
July 20 SoutlK'tn sertlnn of News of the
World tournament at Stoke Poses.
Oct. 4 to 8-News of the World cup at
Hurled Ball Six Timet Between Play
ers but Foot Aparf.
Sporting writers In the past have
turned out some wonderful yarns of
baseball feats, but the palm must be
presented to the Clnclnuutl man who
Is responsible for the following story:
Talk about your pitchers having con
trol of the ball, here's a little stunt
that Harry Coruleskl, the big Pole,
pulled off during practice the other
morning that Is surely going some In
handling the pill. Several jkmIs were
arguing as to who bud the most con
trol. Til tell you what I'll do." said "Co
vey." "If two of you chaps will stand
up In front of Tom Clarke with your
heads a foot apart I'll throw the ball
Into his hands between your heads six
times running."
Harry Gaspar had confidence In Har
ry's accurate aim and agreed to be one
of the two to stand up und let "Covey"
see how near he could come without
hitting him.
Others were not so confident until
Mike Kouiikk volunteered. So Gas
par and Konnlck stood up over an
Imaginary plate, leaned forward until
their foreheads were but a foot apart,
and "Covey" sot himself to the task.
He wound up for the throw and let the
ball go. Gaspar and 'Konnlck didn't
have to move, for the ball shot be
tween their heads as true as a well
aimed bullet. The other five balls
went in the same place, and Gaspar
and Kounlck, In spite of their confi
dence In the young Pole, heaved a
sigh of relief when the stunt was over.
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Long, Sharp Spikes Not Needed.
Billy Hamilton, one of the greatest
stealers that ever wore n spiked shoe,
claims that long, sharp spikes are a
needless menace. Hamilton never
wore anything but short, dull ones,
and he was the most dreaded base
runner of his time.
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BASEBALL TIPS
V. ('. Wcscolt left this morning for
Auburn from where he will proootd
by auto to Hrownsville to attend tho
district convention of tho Mcthodht
church which is being hold in that
city.
Miller lluggins. formerly of the
Kotls, Is showing his 11)07 form about
second base for the St. I.ouls Nation
als.
Larry Lajolo of the Cleveland Amer
ican Is proving to be an excellent
f.rst baseman. The position Is new to
the clovor and hard hitting player. .
l he l hii'iigo club's now catcher,
Leslie NitiiMinalior, did groat work for
Lincoln last year und was one of tho
leading catchers of the Western league.
Manager Jennings of Detroit has I
about decided to carry ten pitchers. '
They are Mullln. Iionovan, Summers.
Wlllett, Ij'liveit. Works, Klilian. Per
null, I'.rowiiiiig and Stroud.
The e;Te't of a two years' course in
tho Clarke school of baselitill Is shown
In the case of ((won Wilson, the Pi
rates' right Holder, who hits developed
from a row "btisli leaguer" Into a fin
ished artist.
It Is rumored that Prod Touney, the
Now York .Nationals' first baseman.
will soon retire from tho game to be
come a baseball reporter. In that
event Mcrkif will be the regular Ini
tial first sucker.
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