i
HOW JOHNSON
TRAINS FOR MILL
Colored Champion Has Laid Qui
Strenuous Schedule.
BOXES TWELVE ROUNDS DAILY
Negro Encourages Rough Work From
Hi Sparring Partners Has Tom
Flanagan Helping Him, but "Jack
Johnson" Is His Trainer.
By TOMMY CLARK.
Jack Johnson's adherents are breath
ing easy now that the colored cham
pion has begun earnest training for his
mill with Jeffries at Ocenu Beach, near
San Francisco. Johnson has outlined
a schedule which he Intends to follow
strictly from now on until a week or
before the big flgbt. According to
the colored champion, It will be all
work at his camp. Johnson has de
clared that he has a real respect for
the routine training formalities and
that he will not prepare In the haphaz
ard fashion that bids fair to (Charac
terize Camp Jeffries nt Kowardennan.
Johnson Is a stickler for doing one
thing at a certain hour each day. Ou
the other band, Jeffries, while working
hard and faithfully, follows a plan that
allows l.ltu to do practically what ht
feels like. The wisdom of the daily
sameness of Johnson's plau or the
wide r:inge 'n Jeffries' work will not
be known until Independence day.
Johnson's program provides for a dal
ly rising ti::ie of 0 o'clock. He then
dons spiUe shoes mid runs or walks ttyi
miles over un roads its a starter, ac
companied ii.v two trainers. Then
come the miners, who work over the
negro while the morning meal Is be
ing prepared. At 7:30 o'clock break
fast will be served.
Ilavlug enjoyed his possum and bev
erage, which incidentally is not serv
ejn a bucket, Johnson tests the coun
ty's automobile speed laws. A spin
around San Francisco in a motorcar
is calculated to aid the digestion of the
day's Orst nienl. A visit to the gym
nasium Is billed for 10 o'clock. Here
the usual bag punching, Bhadow box
ing, medicine ball drill and other
stunts are enacted. A rest follows,
and then Johnson assaults the midday
efforts of his cooks.
Another rest Is taken after dinner,
followed by the real work of the day.
At 3 o'clock Johnson begins boxing.
The negro boxes twelve rounds dally.
These bouts are the real article with
out the posing of the vaudeville stage.
Rough work Is encouraged. Another
spin In the ever ready automobile, sup
per and an orchestral entertainment
JOHNSON FEEDING BIS MASCOT.
by the camp's talent completes the
routine. At 10 o'clock Johnson Is tuck
ed away In his little crib.
Tom Flanagan, the old trainer of
pedestrians, bicycle riders and titters,
Is conditioning 111 in. While Flanagan
YuTrsharge of uis road worK, tue color
ed champiou has made it clear tuat
"Jack JobUHon" will be his trainer.
Joe Itogers, the wrestler, Is helping
him train. Rogers,, who commonly is
known as the American Apollo, Is one
of the biggest men In the country. He
weighs close to 300 pounds and Is fair
ly active for his weight. Besides being
a good mat artist. Rogers can go a
few with the gloves, and Johnson be
lieves the big fellow will do blm a lot,
of good.
Kid Cotton, Joe Choynskl's protege,
and Monte Cutler, who has been Jack's
sparring partner In his theatrical work,
are his other sparring partners. All of
his training partners weigh over 190
pounds, and they are young, strong fel
low After Her.
"Darling." said the count, "I
have loved vou from the moment I
first feasted my eyes upon you."
"It is very kind of you to say so,"
replied the daughter of tho Ameri
can millionaire, "but I am compel
led to inform you that I wouldn't
give 10 cents to become a count
ess." "Well, please don't engage your
self to anybody else until I can com-
lcifte with my brother, who is a
rquis. We must get you into our
irmly somehow." Chicago Jleo
Uerald.
F 1
-"'-',7' "V"
mm
ord
THE NEEDY RR AWAY.
With a Word About the Man Juit
Around the Corner.
On a certain Sunday last fall 1
attended the morning service of a
village church in an eastern state.
At the close of the sermon a help
ful sermon the pastor reminded
his congregation of the barrel of
clothing regularly sent at this time
to the poor of a city some fifty
miles nway.
I was just a lit startled, because
I have been aceivtomcd to hear city
pastors remind their congregations
of barrels to bo sent to the poor of
villages. It had not occurred tome
that villages might be concerned
about the poor in cities. I knew, of
course, that cities whoso churches
are sending barrels to villages have
their own desperately poor always
with them, and I was in a position
to know that this village whoso
church was preparing a barrel also
had its proportion of sadly reduced
families.
The situation struck me some
how as incongruous, illogical, out of
gear. Why should good people in
the cities distress themselves about
suffering in the villages and good
people in the villages distress them
selves about suffering in the cities
and both apparently feel little dis
tress about the suffering right at
their very doors both apparently
be more concerned about the dis
tress of a stranger whom they have
not seen than they are about the
suffering of a neighbor whom the'
know?
Are warm hearted, helpfully in
clined people more distressed by
suffering a thousand miles, fifty
miles, away than they are by Buffer
ing around the corner? I could not
seem to get an answer to this query
until I turned it on myself. Is it
true of me? Am I more distressed,
nm I more strongly appealed to, by
remote sulTering?
Well, it's unselfish and good for
us to think of others. Yes, but that
poor devil right around the corner!
Oh, he might not like it! He may
be proud, and, besides, he doea not
seem so badly off. At any rate, he
got himself where he is, and he will
be stronger and have more self re
spect to dig his own way out.
True enough! And that other
poor devil fifty miles nway?
Oh, that's different terribly pa
thetic case!
What makes it so different? Er
man J. Ridgway in Delineator.
His Punishment
Colley Cibber, known for some
years by the name of Master Colley,
made his first appearance on the
stage in a very subordinate situa
tion. After waiting impatiently for
the prompter's notice he by good
fortune obtained the honor of car
rying a message on the stage to one
of the principal actors of that day,
whom ho greatly disconcerted by his
awkwardness.
Betterton in anger inquired who
it was that had committed such a
blunder. Drones, the prompter, re
plied :
"Master Colley."
"Then fine him," rejoined Better
ton. "Why, sir, he has no salary!"
"No? Then put him down 10
shillings a week and fine him 5."
To this good natured adjustment
of rewards and punishments Cibber
owed the first money he received
from the dramatic treasury.
Florence Nightingale's Real Name.
The family name of Florence
Nightingale "was not originally
Nightingale, but Shore. Her fa
ther was a rich ShcMield. banker of
the name of Shore and connected
with an old family which hud been
in possession of land in the counties
of Derby and York since the fif
teenth century. Mr. Shore assumed
the name of Nightingale long after
the birth of his children and be
cause he inherited the fortune and
estates of his mother's uncle. There
were but two children in the family,
both girls. The eldest Mas named
Farthcnosse. because she was born
in Athens, and this name was sup
posed to indicate her father's pro
found admiration for the Parthe
non. The younger, Florence, was
also named after the city of her
birth.
The Turkey.
The turkey, rather than the
eagle, ie the real American bird.
Eagles are found all over the world,
but the turkey is a foreigner every
where elseexcept in America, his
native home. The wild turkey of
America is the progenitor of all the
turkeys in the world. In North
America, Mexico and Honduras the
turkey was found in great numbers
by the white men, but in South
America the bird is unknown. Sci
entists are agreed that the turkey
resides outside of his continent only
as an immigrant, and that his na
tive home must be sought some
where north of the isthmus of Pan
ama. Arironaut.
I T
1
CH TO TAKE
ON ZBYSGO,
Champion Wrestler and Pole to1 1
Meet In Finish Bout,
FOREIGNER GIANT IN STATURE
Weighs 270 Pounds and Is Five Feet
Eleven Inches Tall Has Defeated
Every Wrestler of Note Since His
Arrival In This Country.
What promises to be one of the
greatest wrestling contests ever held
In this country is now in order. Frank
Gotch, the world's champion, has
agreed to take on Zbysco, "the terrible
Pole," for a bout to a finish In Chicago
May 30. The contest between the pair
MAT AKTISTS WHO AI1K TO WREKTLK FOB
TITLE AND CHAMPION OOTCH IN ACTION.
Is attracting widespread attention and
should result in one of the best ever
staged The two wrestled in Buffalo
last fall, but (iotch was unable to earn
a victory over Zbysco.
Since that meeting the Pole has had
the championship bee buzzing in bis
bonnet. He has made a systematic
campaign In the west, beating all com
ers. Zbysco Is in excellent shape and
will take on a few preliminary bouts
before his meeting with Gotch.
The Pole is a giant in stature. lie
really has every appearance of the pro
fessional strong man. lie has got
his knowledge of the wrestling game
in the last ten years. lie Is twenty
seven years old. weighs 270 pouuds in
wrestling togs and Is five feet elev
en Inches tall. Ills neck Is 22 Inches
round, his chest 55 Inches, waist 4:
Inches, upper arm 22 Inches, forearm
IS inches, wrist 13 Inches, biceps 31
inches and calf lOVji inches.
Zbysco'a real name Is Stanislaus
Cganlewlcz. and nuy one trying to pro
nounce that name twice In one day
will realize nt once that the1 wrestler
did a humane act when he adopted
Zbysco as his professional name, lie
Is without question the best wrestler
Europe has sent to these shores since
Ilnckenschmidt's time.
Zbysco's most Important mntehes
have been nt the Greco ltoman style,
but since the assurance from Gotch
that be may have a chance nt the
cntch-HS-catch-onn style the foreigner
has been dally familiarizing himself
with the fine points of the take-n-bold
anywhere style. Ills bulk and tremen
dous strentgh alone would tnnke him
a hard man to beat. lie adheres to a
strict physical culture dally program
and wastes none of his strength in dls
slpatlon of any kind. Ills endurance
has never been really tested, for he
has always won his bouts In fast time.
Since his arrival In the country a little
over a year ago Zbysco has met and
defeated every wrestler of note In the
United States. Now he believes he Is
capable of boating Frank Gotch,
Zbysco has never been defeated.
Gotch Is In excellent shape and has
been meeting all comers for the pnst
four months. He will prepare himself
for his coining match with Zbysco nt
Jim Jeffries' training camp nt Ben Lo
mond. The champion is confident that
he will defeat the Pole, but not until
after a bard struggle.
Beckley Out of, League Baseball.
"Old Eagle Eye" Jake Beckley bas
passed out of league baseball after a
continuous service of more than twenty-three
years. The veteran first base
man was given his unconditional re
lease by Danny Shay, manager of the
Kansas City American association
team.
Beckley took bis release philosophi
cally. He says be will remain in Kan
sas City and possibly play with a semi
professional team.
Beckley Is forty-eight years old. and
for twenty years, until 1900. he played
in the major leagues. Ills last year
was with the St. Louis National league
team In Wort. In 1007 he joined the
American association team nnd that
year led the league In batting, hitting
.338.
Jennings Wants Kleinow.
. Ilugliey Jennings, It Is said, wants
to get Jack Kleinow from New York.
Whnt Jennings wants to do with the
veteran Is not apparent. Still. Jack
ought to have a lot of good baseball
left nt that.
Arguing With Umpi a Waste of Time.
Ball plnyer who bother their heads
nlwnt the decision of umpires belong
to the "olld Ivory" class.
f3
r. .Ilt .... I.t M i
t
UMPIRES BELIEVE WHAT f
CLYDE MILAN SAYS.
Clyde Milan, the Washington
American's clever out fielder. Is
one of i he few players In whom
the uuiplris have Implicit confi
dence. This whs Illustrated In
the sixth liming of n recent
game with New York. Milan
was barely touched by a pitched
ball and r in down to first. The
New York players protested.
Lviuis called Milan back to the
plate, ami. thinking that Kvnns
was not P'ln:-' to allow his claim
of having boon hit. Milan start
ed to pick up bis bat.
"Did that ball hit you. Clyde?"
luqulred Umpire Cvnns.
"Y'es; It Just touched my
shirt." was the reply.
"Well. then, take your base."
ordered Kvans.
JEFF CAN'T COME BACK.
So Says Billy Delaney, His Old Man
ager.
IHlly Pclnney, tho veteran manager
and the man who made Jeffries the
heavyweight champion of the world.
does not believe that the big fellow
can come back. Although he tins not
seen Jeffries' lu his recent workouts.
he has watched his movements very
closely since the former champiou
started out on his theatrical tour, and
now Delaney has nbout come to the
conclusion thai Jeff has bitten off a
larger bunk than ho can chew.
"Those severe sweating spells are
bad for the big fellow, and. In my
opinion, they show signs of Internal
weakness." said Delaney. "Jeffries
never can come bnck and fight If he
stiffens up nnd sweats, falls to respond
to rubbing aud treatment, as they tell
me he docs. It's too much to think
that a man of his build can stay out
of the game for five years and then
expect to come on nnd regain his lost
speed. I may be mlstnkcn, but 1 have
had forty years of experience with the
best of them, and I can't see where
Jeff Is an exception.
"This statement coming from me
may not bo takeu seriously by men
who know that Jeff and I have split
up, but nevertheless I am giving my
candid opinion of the big fellow.
Whey I had him he was, like a bull,
nnd he never stiffened up. His perspl
ration was natural, and his excess
weight always came off slowly, but
surely. He never worried while In
training camp. He was a hard man to
manage, but what I said generally
went, although I used to have many
a tough old time trying to make him
do as I wanted.
"I have not seen Jeff in training, and
I don't want to. We have parted for
ever."
WELSH FEELS CONFIDENT.
Britain Believes He Will Have No
Trouble Defeating McFarland.
Freddie Welsh. England's light
weight champion, is so confident of de
feating I'ackey McFarland of Chlcngo
at the National Sporting club of Lou
don the night of May 30 that he has
announced his Intention of meeting
young Josephs, the British welter
weight champion, in a bout for the
Intter's title. As a matter of fact
Welsh has already laid claim to the
welterweight title for the reason that
he whipped Josephs In eleven rounds
at Mountain Ash, In Wales, last July
Josephs was not the welterweight
chnmvlon nt that time. and. besides.
Welsh won on a foul. Since then Jo
sephs has beaten the recognized tltje
holder, while Welsh has secured clear
right to be called lightweight cham
pion, baring received Lord Lonsdale's
belt.
FUTURE SPORT EVENTS
Syracuse crews will go to Pougn
keepsle, N. Y., June 0.
The nnuuai New York shoot will be
held In Syracuse, N. Y., June 7 to 10.
An agreement has been entered Into
between the Amnteur Bowing associa
tion of England and the Russian Bow
ing association.
Cincinnati will have a regatta, in
cluding motorboat races, on tho Ohio
river this summer. Frizes of 12.000
will be given for the motor races.
Nat Butler, the old bicycle racer, will
make bis first appearance as a pro
fessional aviator at the big meet to be
held at Atlantic City from June SO to
July 10.
The Harlem regatta committee of
New York city bas appointed a com
mittee to arrange the handicaps for a
senior single sculls handicap event
over a one and one-quarter mile course
for the May 30 regatta. The scullers
will be given a time handicap.
FORTUNES WILL BE BET ON
BIQ MILL.
As a betting proposition the
forthcoming fight between .lira
Jeffries nnd Jack Johnson will J?
probably be without equal In the i
history of the sporting world, f
Counting the wagers that, are
being made In this country, as. Jj
well as the hundreds of thou-J
Rands of dollars that will ba J
staked on the outcome In other t
qunrters of tho globe, it Is" esti-
mnted that between $1,000,000 l
and $5,000,000 nil told will $
j change hands.
A it rr A nr
AU 1 U1VIU151LL5
1
I?
The Line Selected to Meet the Needs
of Every Man
No Matter What Car You Want I Have it!
V
?
V
?
X
Marmon 32 - -
Halladay 40 - -
F-A-L-Car 35 -Abbott-Detroit
30
Halladay 30 - -
Halladay 24-28 -
Halladay 24-28 -
Halladay 24-28 -
Empire 20 - -
Empire 20 - -
I
X
i
X
I
X
X
X
i
x
x
X
X
X
X
X
x
x
X
X
X
X
X
Patterson
X
?
i
X
Ind. Phone 299
Fox's Wit.
The following is ono of tho many
stories told nbout Charles James
Fox, tho English statesman and or
ator: Mr. Hare, envoy to tho court of
Poland, occupied rooms in the
statesman's "diggings." Ho was a
great personal friend and indeed a
man of very similar tastes. They
were each the objects of continual
inquiry on tho part of tradesmen
and others. One day Fox, looking
out of the upper window, descried
two men watching the house and
waiting. With a genial smilo he
shouted, 'Tray, gentlemen, will you
tell me, are vou Fox hunting or
Hare hunting today?"
The bailiCTs were so tickled that
they went away.
Treasure Trove.
Treasure trove is the description
given to valuables, such as coin,
gold or silver plate or bullion, found
hidden in the ground or some pri
vate place, the owner being un
known. According to the Koraan
law, such treasure, if found by a
man on his own land, belonged to
the finder, but if found on tho land
of another was divided between the
finder and the landowner. Accord
ing to English law treasure trove
belongs to the state, and conceal
ment by the finder is an indictable
olTcnse. punishable by fine and im
prisonment. If, however, the treas
ure is not actually covered by earth
it belongs to the. finder, ... -
Why Two Ears Ars Necessary.
Sound trave.s by waves radiating
from a central point of disturbance,
just as waves radiate when a stone
is dropped into still water. So far
as the hearing of each individual is
concerned these waves move in a
direct lino from the cause of the
sound to his ear, the impact being
the greatest in the ear nearest to
the sour . c. This being the case, a
person who has totally lost the sense
of hearing in one ear, although he
may imagine that the defect is of
little cons'(!iciH o, cannot locate the
direction of a sourd to save his life,
ev?n when the center of disturbance
13 quite rear him.
LATEST MEASUREMENTS OF
JIM JEFFRIES. I
The measurements takeu of
Jim Jeffries made receutly by
"Fanner" Iiunis are as follows:
Asc 35
weiKiit i
Helfc-llt fei iu
x Neck g f
Jj Chest, nnrrunl 45 "?
' Chest, exiaiultil (yii J?
Waist 3a Z
T TlilKh a i
T Calf 17 A
Z AnKlo w f
f Hlceps jo SJ
w Forpiirm , is A
jr Wrist fc!4
ART STUDIO and CRAFT SHOP
Inalrurtion In nlnt color, nrt leather, brinV
iri rnm.fir. tlcmiR (ltrmMHOtl A rind OD 1
Doitumiv lolnsrn art. When vou one know
it, toil can aarn a (real deal ot nmner in your
boina Hmi of inilrurtioii 1 tnachar who apeni
maiir ati in an centcia in the aatt. and In
Atlioa Haria Winn or frea particular.
Mrs. H HEX COTTON, 607 Bet Bids.. Omaha. Ntk.
?
?
?
?
?
?
t
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
?
t
f
t
t
f
t
?
T
?
?
A n i i n n
$2,650
$2,500
$1,750
$1,500
$1,500
$1,250
$1,150
11,100
$850
$800
& Thomas
PLATTSMOUTH
NEBRASKA.
UILLU IHt HAILS.
The Way a Runaway Locomotive Was
Conquered.
One dark night when a conductor
was taking throe passenger cars
through to a town called Sunbury
ho noticed the headlight of a loco
motive in his rear. Ho instantly
informed the engineer of tho fact,
and both began to spcculato what it
meant. The train was running at n
high speed, but tho headlight in tho
rear was steadily gaining on them.
As no lights were displayed in tho
rear of tho headlight, they conclud
ed that it must bo an empty engine.
Tho road twists in and out among
the mountains and skirts tho banks
of the Susquehanna river in such a
way as to permit any ono looking
back to observe what is going on in
the rear for a considerable distance.
Tho conductor ordered tho engi
neer to put on more steam, so tho
latter pulled the throttle wide open.
Then followed a wild chase. Pur
sued and pursuer tore along at tho
highest speed. Everybody on tho
cars believed that the engineer of
the pursuing cngino was either
drunk or crazy.
Finally a "bright idea occurred to
tho passenger engineer, lie recall
ed the fact that a locomotive can
make but little progress on greasy
rails.' Accordingly the contents of
two largo cans of lard oil were pour
ed on tho track from the rear of
the last passenger coach. Tho idea
proved a good one. Soon the head-
light of the pursuing engine grew
dim in the distance, and when it
was safe to do so the train stopped
and backed up to solve the mystery.
An odd sight was revealed.
One of the finest engines on tho
road had broken away from tho
train shed at Williamsport and
started down tho track on a voyage,
of destruction. The oil poured, fjh.
the track had baffled all the de
structive ability that the locomotivo
possessed. There it stood, pufiing
and snorting and pawing like a wild
steer, the driving wheels buzzing
around on the greased track like a
flywheel in a machine shop, but
moving hardly an inch.
Not a 6ign of engineer was found,
and the fireman of the pursued
train mounted the engine and shut
her off. She was towed into Sun
bury, and there a dispatch was
found ordering the crew to a side
track out of. the way of tho run
away. Harper's Weekly.
Luxury.
Though luxury is something
which only fools go in for, the in
cidental crumbs thereof are what
feed the multitude. It is proof that
Providence doesn't wish the multi
tude to go hungry when fools with
a knack for making money keep on
Icint; born. If all men were wiso
and luxury therefore a thing un
known we might still be fed after a
fashion, but tho sum total of happi
ness would be less. Nobody would
be happier, except those few who
have been permitted by trial to dis
cover what a poor thing luxury is,
while the rest of us, having nobody
to envy, would be miserable.
Tuck.