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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1910)
LIVELY TENNIS SEASON AHEAD Mora TGuraamenls ' Than Ever Scfieflylsd This Year. IXXXXXXXXXXXXX X WASHINGTON DOPE xxxxxxxxxxxxxx in Congress to discover what boeuine of the contributions made by the people ! some 30 odd years ago, ami the only tiling that is known, uppitrcnuy, is that the late Clark Mills was puiil a considerable sum for designing a sta- Altliouali the friends of waterways 1 1 tie vh'.i'li was never erected and (he m- a-sertinir i hat the iiron Cut u i n ansior winch seem to have vaniMieu iun the river and harbor bill, there is ' completely. no deiiyins the fact that eonsiderahle ! 'Ju uneaines prevails among members of the Hi vers and Harbors conunittcc of the House and the Commerce LANGUAGE LESSON. A TL h FOREIGN PLAYERS ARE JSS?Wr will veto the bill unless three or four paragraphs of the bill are eliminated in conference. These particular sections provide for projects, neither passed upon or recommended by the Hoard of Army Engineers, and which uudcr the circumstances, are giving the conferees some trouble. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress during its entire life has in sisted that no project should have consideration in a river and Harbor bill unless it has the approval and rec ommendation of the Engineer Corps of the Army and it has made its cam paign of education along these lines. It is thought by both Chairman Alex ander of the House Committee and Senator Nelson of the Commerce com mittee that an agreement can be reach ed on the items in question and that the bill will go to the President in such a way that it will be entirely satisfactory to him. In this connfrlion, it is thought that Senator P.urton will not make any further fight on the bill with the pro jects eliminated to which he called attention in his two day's speech in the Senate in antagonism of the "piece meal" appropriations as he characterized some features of (he measure. One thing is certain that the bill in its entirety is the most scientifi cally drawn bill which has ever passed the Coiigrccs of the United States I providing the sinews for improving English and Australian Cracks Will Compete In Tourneys Pacifie Coast Experts to Play In East Westerners to Cut Big Figure This Season. Even the most pessimistic of lawn tennis players and there are always a few at this time of the year-are willing to joiu with the optimists in agreeing that the 1910 seasou ou the American courts promises to be the most representative that this country nas ever experienced. The signs of mterla) progress are writ so large that he who runs may read. Funda mentally the remarkable increase in the championship and tournament schedule list affords the lest Indica tion as to the growth of the sport Then there is the promise of a visit from famous foreign players, an ex cellent prospect as to the Davis Inter national cup team, drawing from the top classmen, nnd the stimulation of another skirmish by the brilliant Cali fornia wiolders of the racket upon eastern courts, indeed, the program that the e'lielals of the United States national association have mapped out is a most iiisi.ii iii- one. Carried to completion with a eal that niiiy he expected, the standard of the Amu'i' an came Is surely destined 4 V. M A 1 ' I 5 5. . ... j y . 5 the rivers, country. harbors and canals of this W1LL1AU A. LAItNED, FIVE TIME NATION AL CHAMPION. to reach a lofty place, which will broaden the scope of. lawn tenuis in a manner hitherto unknown in this coun try. To begin with, tunt wonderful pair of Californinns. Maurice F, MeLough lln and Melville II. Long, are to visit the east this season to play through all of the Important tournaments right up to the uatlonal championship at jsewport. mey learneu me ways or ateru stars Inst year, and they believe they can take the houors back to the I'acitic const. The Californinns undoubtedly hnve hard work before them. Anthony F. Wilding, the great Australian, is to play iu this country. Possibly the English cup tenm of challengers may be nt Newport also, for it Is pretty cer tain at preseut that the team uauied by Euglnnd will cross the Atlantic ocean again to try the ties for the blue ribbon of the courts. So William A. Lamed, tha national champion In singles, and Frederick B. Alexander nnd Harold II. IJackett. the doubles holders, seem to be Id for the trial of their lives. It Is predicted that Larned Ib due for a defeat this year. The hope Is thnt one of the younger Americans may save the title from the foreign Invasion. The figure westerners are to cut In national lawn tuunis promises to set a new standard for the game. Since their achievement In arranging the Clny court championship of the Uuited States nfter the hottest controversy ever known In the sport they declure the tournament will surpass that at Newport In every respect. The tour nament will 1)0 held on the courts of the Kansas City club. Probably a match will be arranged with the tin tlonn' winner nt Newport to demon strate the merits of the clny court nnd fannies. Congress has taken the initial steps toward regulating the use of wireless telegraphy out fits by amateurs It was proposed to license all machines and to place u great many restric tions upon their use. Hut a party of boys from New York came over to Washington and appeared before tin senate committee iu their own behalf and created such favorable impression that the committee materially modi fied the proposed drastic legislation In the meantime the boys met Mr. Elliott Woods, Superintendent of the Capitol who promptly won their heart.1' and by the display of an appreciative interest in their work convinvced them that he was their friend. Later when they learned that Mr. Woods is to be on the Commission to regulate "Wire less" they were satisfied. Since then Mr. Woods has been experimenting with the object of developing a svs tern which will enable amateur opcr ator.s to keep up their work without interfering with Commercrd ajid Offiei ial messages. He has prepared a de sign which will accomplish this and will at the same time give the boys a radius of operation of ten miles or more. The plan is so simple and tin cost of changes in existing systems so cheap that every boy who d 'sires to carry on wireless communication with his school friends and neighbors will have no difficulty is so arranging his apparatus as to avoid interfering with important dispatches. Mr. Wooi will shortly be ready to distribute his plans nnd instructions and any amateur wireless operator will then be nble to secure free of charge all nece sary information for his guidance. The Verb "to Si.-ike" Illustrates the Difficulties of English. The verb "to strike" is likely to provoke more or less bother among tersons seeking to acquire tho Eng- ish language. It may have any one of several meanings. . "To strike" means to hit, beat, assault. It is this moaning of the term that iu brought to mind by thi spectacle of a blackened eye. Often it may be avoided by moving on when the policeman Bays bo. "To strike" means a mere at tempt to hit, as when a lmtter, ac cording to reports on the sporting page, "fans the air," therefore a miss. This suggests a contradic tion; but, no matter there are oth ers in the language. "To strike" means to leave a job because of dissatisfaction with con ditions. This sort of strike is never a miss, for it hits something every time. "To strike" when qualified by the words "it rich" is to discover while prospecting a deposit of pro cious metal or an ore bearing vein From this use the term has beet adapted to express tho achievement of sudden wealth in any field. To make "a strike in bowling, how ever, is different. gain, "to strike" is to make a pontic touch directed toward a friendly pocket book. Here tho Btriko is in the effort and not in the result.. Chances are there will be no result. A few lines might be devoted to pare," "pear" and "pair," identical in sound, but in nothing else except spelling by the foolificd method. Nrictlv, "pare is a verb meaning to denude of tegumental covering, but "applies mostly to fruit; also po tatoes. You may pare an apple, which is to skin it, but you may not pare an elephant, although it is pos sible to skin it if you have the ele phant. Tear is a pomological prod uct that grows on a tree. If the tree had but two pears there would be a pair. A married couple some times constitute a pair. A pair, m Fhort, is made up of two of a kind, By remembering these simple facts the student will be enabled to avoid confusion. Philadelphia Ledger. The Tomato. The tomato, wholesome, tooth some, capable for such variety of euiuie use as it is, was not iounu out by man until comparatively re cent times. It is a native of west em South America, whence it was introduced and cultivated in Eu rope during the sixteenth century, At first its wrinkled fruits were rc garded with suspicion, and it was grown to be looked at as a curiosity more than anything else. Cultivn tion smoothed out the wrinkles and developed the tomato so that in tho eighteenth century both yellow and red varieties were known. There are many old people living today who relate that in their childhood the tomato was known as the "love apple" and was poisonous if eaten too much of. Why a Boiled Lobster Is Red. . In all crustaceans, as, indeed, in almost everything in nature, there is a certain per cent of iron. Upon boiling the lobster is oxidized. The effect is largely due also to the per centage of muriatic acid which ex ists naturally in the shell. The chemical chang which takes place here is almost similar to that which occurs in the burning of a brick. In boiling a lobster its coat ceases to be a living substance, and to a certain extent it takes a new char acter. It is as a brick would be aft er burning. This effect can also bo produced by the sun, but necessari- not so ra'iid, as the heat of that uminarv, although more intense, is not concentrated sufficiently to pro duce the result. The sun also exer cises a bleaching influence which consumes the oxide almost as fast as it is formed, leaving the shell white or nearly pure lime. Compact Quarters. It was the tiniest of tiny flats. "Yes, sir," said tho maid, "the stork arrived with a fine baby boy." "Urent Josephns!" exclaimed Mr. latte, who had been away on a trip. that means more room. lave you hung the broom in the air shaft?" "Yes, sir." "And trimmed the leaves of the rubber plant down to one-half their normal size?" "Yes, sir." "Then take the pet dog to the ancier's and have his tail cut off. We must economize room some way. thank goodness it wasn t twins!" Chicago News. Johnson Swiftest Twirler. Walter Johnson, the star pitcher of the Wnshlncton Americans. Is the run dlest tw irler in basely II todny. Visitors to Washington invariably note with surprise the line of demark ati n on the Washington monument which shows where the original struc ture stopped on nearly a half century and where the new structure began under (leneral Casey some .'() odd years! ago. The Washington monument fund originally a voluntary contri bution proposition, is sJid to have formed the start of several consider able fortunes in the Georgetown sec tion of the National capitol. Anyway there was a big scandal connected with the handling of that fund and this scan dal was not country wide but world wide. The Washington monument as existed up until 1875 was the'stock joke of the cartoonist of London, Paris Berlin and Vienna but at last the Fed eral Government took hold of the shaft and completed it to the satis faction of every one and to the elimina tion of all scandal. Now comes a story to the effect that years ago there was collected in the city many thousands of dollars lor a i.mcoin memorial, ine monev was paid to a commission of which the late Francis E. Spinner was treasurer. Some how or other the great wave of patriot ism which started this fund receded and nothing has been heard of the Lincoln memorial. When was discovered that there is something like SI .")()() due to the fund from in terest on bonds of the District of Columbia in which the late Treasurer of the United States investedii part of the funds of the association All of a sudden effort is to be made i stab' new uinereni ou'i ui wreuu. Once in a little crossroads store in Georgia an old darky came 6ham bling in. "Hello, Uncle Mose!" the propri etor greeted him. "1 hoar you got converted at last at the camp meet ing and have given up drinking am! other bad habits. "Yos, sah; Ah done seed de error ob niah ways an turn roun an headed fer do narrcr path," Uncle Moso declared fervently. "Well, you deserve a great deal of credit for that. Uncle Mose," the merchant said approvingly. "Yes, sah; tank ye, sah" Undo Slose exclaimed delightedly, "dat's jes what Ah thought, an Ah 'lowed Ah u come in hvah an git you a to gib mo credit for some bacon an meal." Brooklyn Eagle. Too Well Known. Titus Titmouse was infuriate but the editor of the Wind shut him up in two seconds. "Is this the newspaper office?1 inquired Mr. litmouse. "It is," responded tho man at tho desk. "Didn't this paper say I was liur?" nnd he began prancing. "It did not." "Didn't it bay I was a scoun drel?" "It did not." "Well, some paper said it." "Possibly it was our contempo rary down the street," suggested the editor as he tucked up a paper weight. "This paper never prints The White Pine. The white pine is distinctively a northern tree. Tho native distri bution of the tree was from New foundland on the east to Lake Win nipeg on the west and thence to the southern boundaries of Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Jer sey and Connecticut. The white line belt also followed the Appa- ;ichian range as far to the south as Georgia. The best growth of the tree was in Maine and the Brit ish territory east of the state, along the St. Lawrence river, in New Hampshire, Vermont, northern New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and central Pennsylva nia. Turned the Laugh. "Who is there," cried the impas sioned orator, "who will lift a voice against the truth of my state ment?" Just then a donkey on the out skirts of the crowd gave vent to one of the piercing "heehaws" of the tribe. 1 ho laugh was on the orator for a moment; but, assum ing an air of triumph, he lifted his voice above the din to say: "I knew nobody but a jackass would trv it." Tho Kind. You llavo Always Bought, ami which lias been in uso for over CO jcti, has borno tho signature of - n;"' has boon made tinder hi per- -frV soifl supervision slneo Its infancy. stcJcyt Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations nnd "Just-as-ood" rtre but Experiments that trlllo with and endanger tho health of Infants and Children Expcrlenco against Experiment. What is CASTORIA. " Castoria is a harmless substitute, for Castor Oil, Pare goric, lrojs and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphino nor other Narcotic substance. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Fevcrihhnoss. It cures Diarrhea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation nnd Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates tho Stomach nnd Ilowcls, giving1 healthy and natural sleep. Tho Children's l'auaecar-Tho 'Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. err, Niw von crrv. COOPS My goods are always fresh from the oven and ready for service. Pastries of the delectable class prepared in a proper way, and as to the pies, cakes and different breads I offer a trial order will mean that the house wife will do away with this part of her daily duties with the coming of the hot summer days. Special orders such as wedding cakes, etc., given prompt attention. A nice line of confectionery and cigars also in stock. Call in and become acquainted. JAMES V. KASPER, Successor to V. T. KUNCI B A WANT AD GETS RESULTS a. z z z z z z z z z z z I z z ? ? ? ? f ? t ? ? T ? ? t t ? ? f ? T Special Sale! We find' after an exceptionally good business on Lace Curtains this spring, we have several num bers with just a few pairs left. COMMENCING MAY 12 we will give vouthe following prices on what is left. No pairs broken. 4 Pair Lace Curtains sold at $7.50, Special $3.98 6 4 4 2 4 6 5 4 3 " " " " $6.00, " $3.98 " " " " $3.00, " $1.89 " " " " $4.50, " $2.48 " " " " $9.00, " $4.98 " " " " $7.50, " $3.98 " " " " $5.00, " $2.98 " " " " $7.50, " $3.98 " " " . " $7.50, " $3.98 " " " " $8.00, " $4.98 JS. G. Dovey & Son f ? ? ? ? ? T ? ? Y ? Y ? Y ? Y Y Y Y r Y T Y ? Y t ? f Y Y ? ? Y Y Y ? ?