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TWENTIETH YEAK. OMAHA , SUNDAY [ OJiINTIISTG , JULY , 20 , ISOO-'mELYE PAGES. NDALBEU 82.
THE SPOUTS OF MIDSIBIM ,
Why Milwaukee Should ba Tired from the
Association.
THE GOSSIP OF THE WHEELMEN ,
Hnmllton'H Nerve I'l-cMlilcnt
I'rospcotH for Next Season
CCllllllUOHS NcjtCH.
The following cpUtlo from Pnul was re
ceived yesterday evening , nnd as it gives nn
iM > | ) ortuiiity for the statement of n few con
gealed facts , It In herewith produced for the
benefit of all base ball patron ? who are Ignor
ant of the exact status of affairs In the West-
cm association :
Mn.\viiKii : , WK.July 10-Bnw Hall Edi
tor of Tin : HIK : : An article In but Sunday's
Issue of your valuable Jounml. say * that It
Would be u ( rood tiling for the Western asso
ciation could she contrive In sonio w.iy to
drop Milwaukee from the circuit next season.
and otherwise spc'iiks In a deprecating and
derogatory way of our team and management ,
Is Omaha really so uncontrollably jealous of
Milwaukee tlils season thnt she must
attempt to belittle us In this
puerile way In retnltatlon for an Imaginary
olTcniie. You should tike your moillclno ns
\vodld last wagon , In larKoallopithlo doseJ.
It Is Kuaruntccd to reduce the swelling In nay
Itind of u head , even a block-head. Oumh.i
needn't worry about dropping Milwaukee , for
Milwaukee has long since made up her mind
to drop herself without nnv assistance. Mil
waukee doesn't belong to any two-penny
league-- she bus seen ball a grndo or two
higher and Intends to see it again. If.she vim
Kct Into the American association next year ,
or the National league or cvon the brother
hood , who will K t there , you fan rest assure 1
and without nny propulsory aid from Omaha
or any other western villain ) .
i'Al'T. C'll.VMl'IOV.
Mr. Champion In hit attempt at facetious
letter writing only exhibits the length of tils
uars , and gives away the fell intention of the
Milwaukee dub and iiiiininrement ,
as has been foreshadowed In
these columns before. Tim ] lii : :
reiterates more emphatically than ever th.it
Milwaukee should bo ousttil from tlio West
ern association next winter without explan
ation or delay , for she has not the Interests
and well htiing of this organization nt he.irt.
She should hnvc been kicked out this spring
in lieu of being allowed to put ntdellanco nil
the requirements of her by-laws and consti
tution , nnd dictating her own terms on which
she would play ball this season , by ntoo easy
mid n too lenient president of the association.
"When Milwaukee refusal to put up her
fniurantce check this spring , that she % voiild
jilay the season out , nml that , too , after every
other club In the association had remitted
theirs to President McCormieU , she should
have bi'Pii kicked out bodily , and her fran
chise handed over to other parties in Jlll-
wiukco who were willing to comply with nil
the obligations Imposed upon the
different clubs by the associ-
ntlon. Hut she wasn't ' , and Instead
McCormlck returned to each of the other six
dubs the checks they had forwarded him ,
and that law became n dead letter. All season -
" son this association has been playing bull
without four of being iionillxod for any in
fractions of her rules or regulations , nnd will
BO continue until the close of the season , If
nny club wishes to quit she can do so without
four or favor , can si'll out , Jump to any other
organization or throw up the pongo without
assessment or hindrance of any description.
There is no guarantee fund in the Western
association , which is the only association in
the country without sonio such protection.
What was Milwaukee's idea , is askcdf Sim
ply this , just ut the time of the formulating
of the Western association schedule and in
the midst of other work preparatory
to the opening of n moment
ous season , the Milwaukee manage
ment was negotiating with the American
association people , with the view of joining
forces with them. It was only by reason of a
shorter circuit attained by the admission of
Toledo , Itochcstor nnd Syracuse that Mil
waukee was not taken in. If Toledo had
failed in making the connection , Milwaukee
would linvo deserted the Western without so
much as a "tii-ta , " and , according to Mi1.
Champion , iihostands ready to Jump now at
the llrst favorable opportunity , but where she
win possibly jump to Is n question. Nowtlmt
, Is tlio solo canso why TUB BIE : advocates the
riddance of Milwaukee at the earliest oppor
tunity , oven to her forcible ejectment nt the
iiextnnnunl meeting of the association. That
Is also the reason why Tin ; Bin : would regret
to see the championship go to the llrcw-
crs this season. They Imvo no interests in
common with the balance of the organization ,
" nnd their strenuous olfort to capture thocov.
ctco ( lag Is only for the purpose of Impressing
other orfjani/allons with their strength nnd
Importance and improving their chances of
admission to some ono of them supposed to lie
a little higher up on the baseball grade than
the Western association.
Wliy Don't Wo U'in ?
It is hard lines to bring up the rear with
mich a team in Omaha has , hard lines , very
hard lines. Jn spite of her low rating1 , Iu
spltoof the fact that she hasn't bent a sin-
Klo club out In the series so far phyo 1
It is m.iiiitntiicil that in individual strength
( smalm Is aa strong as any of her rivals.
Them nro no very great pitchers In the
Western association , not ono , nnd surely
none who surpass D.ui Clarice , either In
twirling capacity or strategic work , or oven
equal him. And this Is said , too , In the
teeth of the dluaitrouj results that have
mnrkod his exertions thus far. There are
various circumstances. If it were worth whllo
to eniuiii'nito thuin , which would explain inn
measure-Omaha's long-continued Ill-riuccess.
While hundreds attribute It to the manage
ment of which they think thuro is cither
too little or too much , probably the latter-
others bliuno It upon tlio players they nro
IncapuWo , disgruntled , Indifferentor lazy.nnd
should bo gotten ri | of as ( tot as other men
can bo' secured. And thus it goes.
Lint It is hnrd lines , it must bo
ix'peatod to bo bringing up the tall end with
such a team , What flub boasts of a better
llwt Imsomiin than Andrews ! and Isn't Han-
rahun nniking things fairly Incandescent at
second I Cleveland , tobosnro , has beonvcrv
affron colored nt times , but bo's n lull
player , depend on tint. Walsh leads the
short-stops , by a decided marginof , tlw whole
association , In fact he Is playing the position
out of sight. In the Held there is Koariis.
"Willis and Cnnavnn , Holders , batters inul
bmo rinuioiM , ovcry one of them. Is there a
trio In the association you would trade thom
forl Then the catchers could anvonodo
better thiiu Hilly Moranis doliiir.nnd fs'nt Ur-
( luhnrt nil light when called uponlVcll ,
then , why don't they win ball I That's the
question , and sonio day I know not when or
whero-Tiir. HUB will answer it , and then get
out froir under.
lr nlduiil II nrn'H
J. W. Ilearii of Nc\v Orleans , ox-prosldont
of the Southern league , waj at the Murray a
couple of days last week , llo Is ono of the
writer's earliest baseball friends , and of
course when together conversation always
turns upon the national game.
"Yes , I know , " continued Ilcnrn , "It is
your business to bo as big n fan us over , but I
tell you , Snndy , I'm ' out of It for good. This
season has been the rye straw that tins broken
the dromedary's vertebra and both of my
hands are up. Thobrotherboodbai ! ! Itakono
notice of Unit outllt , do not consider it n legiti
mate baseball organization , Their existence
today U u Muff , and I tell you tlu > y are Jam
up against the wall. It makes no illfforciico
in that so-called league which dub wins. If
the homo tc.ua would draw better toniotrow
by winning today , you bet she will win , but
if It is In tlio intcroiits of the
visitors to cot there , get them they will. The
man who plays tlio brotherhood guinea In n
pool room is the premium tmckor of the day
mill ago. Atlhocndof the soison poor old
deluded Coialskov. Hravudo J'elloy and
joutiiiy Blowliurd ward , latoud to shako died
forthodminplonshlp. Oleaglntm Al John- \
so'i will ho ( lend Ion K before ttiatinomcntout
tiny rolls round. IHit It Is a Juat retribution '
on'tlio ball player. The iisivndcncy from the
sewer to the piUaco was too much foi' them.
Tim league. Unit pays n , man , let liltn Vwti
KwltiKi u J Jenny , u ComUhey , urn Htwithvra ,
over ? - ! n mouth next HC.IIOII , should meet
with , nothing h'lt ' dliustcr mi > l miiforluno
fioin thu oN''tiliiL'to tlio cltw of the season.
'J'ho wood. < will bo swarming with ballplayers -
players begglnif to piny for their
board , anilhat the magnates should
do U to mnlto tip next season
what the pla.yer.1 htivo lost lor them tliU sc.i-
soti. They aw an ungrateful irang , the whole
o [ them , and It would take moruthnn UK )
yoke of oxen to dru mo Into the business
njrain. It Is simply n dlvo down Into your
socle at tlw IIOMJ of oacli season , ntul you
show tno maun wlio 1m uudo money out of
base t > , tll mid I'll allow you the greatoit at
traction fora dime museum there is hi tlio
world. "
Murcliin : ; on die lion-yard.
Tholi.xsub.ill gr.iveyard for ISJHsdosthiQl
to bo a fat ono liulccd , The two MS bjdiua still
contiimo tliclr atrifoivlthout asymptomof u
lreil < , liut ths minor org.inlMtioas u.miiot keep
up the bluff. Th'jlntomiitioiiiilimd Interstate
nsioi'litlonsliuvauliva-ly sti-.uiJo.l and goio
to piecon ou thu breakers formed by tlio
brotherhood , anil other * uro tn.mlfe.dlu > ;
slgiisol HlialclncsH. Tlio Western lusoclutlon ,
manger this fact that tlio o.istcrn press set'iu
toiiiinInutliitwo ; nro llv'nn ' on thu tnllU mid
honey of a baseball nur.idise , Is extremely
wobbly , mid llabio to explode like a plant
cr.icker at any moment. Los Molncs has ul-
rciuly elevated the protozoan , ami It will rc-
qulro n very material Ini [ > rovonn'nt in the
aUi'iulancohereto keep Oiniiha from follow
ing her example. St. Paul anil Sioux City
uro not t'Mictly national banks , and oven
Denver and Kansas City tire giving
cvhlenco of Itmituilu nml ennui.
So lot thoprlma mover-tot the brotherhood
ccnemt ) thonchuinotliiithis : xir.ictic.illy . killed
biue bill , or sent it on the warn ; , any w.iy , at
such a gait , that the wind-up ot tlw season
will sou it In all roudinois for Intemont , pro
fess to bo as happy as so iinny dams , you
don't have to believe It. Uut you may rest
assured tint His not the oppressive weather
or tlio mosquitoes trr.it is troubling tneso
people , for It isn't. They arc wondering how
It will feel to go buck to the irb.ii'o cart nnU
the hod , after theao yours of voluptuous
profllcufyna slaves of thootd national league.
Tht-y Will Com to It.
The orate rapidly nppronehliiK when the
minor league magnates will realize that they
cannot iitTord to pay Milco Kcllcy salaries in
small cities and towns. Clubs uro
disbanding at present at about the rate of
two a week , and it will only require a
month erse more to Jo away with the whole
minor outllt. The International and Inter
state have both fjono where tlio twinowood
bliitith ; tlio Attiintio is on its lust legs ; the
Tri-sUito has been ni/.wd to llvu clutn and
the Western Ii simply alive by sutTcraiico.
Des Mollies , It seems , after disbanding and
rolcasi ng ho r players , Ins discovered away
to t'onlldciiou a fo\v inoro nlmolcom out of tlio
public , and swears that , she will play tlio
season. Hut she won't. St. Paul has a aia
irottho builv-iu'ho and the L'ood lord alone
knows just what is in store for Omiiha ,
Denver and Sioux City. Johnny AV.ird's
broad bosom mu.'t hoive with elation and
pride when ho mists his eye over
the almost total wreck of the
great national pimo. What thu minor
leagues will bo coerced to do nnothur scuson ,
is cut down their salaries fully one-half ,
shorten their circuit and shorten tliclr
season , then therowlll bo money In thofruino
In eitiesthe size of those which imilcoui ) the
Western association.
A Trrutfco on lliolcntopq. :
The pitcher that can go in the bjx successfully -
fully tnoro than two or throatltnes In a week
in these piping times ot w.l hot , scientific
bull , is u r.ivity , inliiod , Itlsoftn tlio caw
that two guinea a waMds the limit. Clarka
thlnlw ho could go hi aiU do goo Jworlc every
day , if given the chiuoo , but Ol.ir.ta . U mil-
taken. Twog.itnoi n woolcnro about D.iU'a
size. While it is true that pitchetM today
inuit bacarod for like thorough bred rno3
horsea , It is dlrfoivnt with tlio other end of
tlio buttery. The moio a catcher is worked
the better Ills sun-ice. So long M hli hanU
hold out , ho's nil right , mid i-nch succiediujf
day appirontly does bettor work. . Tim is Iw-
iiiK e.xeiunllllod In the Omahas by thu
manner la which Manager Leonard Is work-
lilt ? Billy Morun. Ho hits caught in the lust
llftconor twenty ijatncs , and his work tod.iy .
is superior to that at any other tlina In the
soason. Itohas been remarkably lucky too ,
and has no swollen joints or braised palms ,
and is apparently gooil for the season and
perfectly wllliiio' to go 111. Billy is really a
gem.
I'ntsoy Ollver'n Siul Pate.
I'atsey Tebcau of the Cleveland Brothers
didn't full down and step upon himselfbutlho
other day hodldsomcthiiitfUuUsoonij otiu.il-
ly as preposterous. IIo was knoeIced senio-
less byn ball from his own bat. IIo was ufc
the bat in the second Inning , and at the third
strike the ball hit hU bat , and , Klanclaj up
with trrriik ; force , strack himon thobrlJgo
of thonoio , broakiiu : It ami laylny the flosli
back oa each slilo. llo wivs Icnockcd limpanil
senseless , mid in that condition was carried
olT the Held. Thi'i'e arc scores of ether
brotherhood playei-s in tlio same boat with
Hoodlum I'atsey , who instead of clubbing
themselves are gradually lacking themselves
to death. _
Iriiult's UlTcr to llnnill ton.
Oniahn has been negotiating for ton days
past for Hamilton , the promising Hrst base
man of tlio Bay City , Mich. , team , and last
night succeeded in getting from him his
terms by telegraph.
Hamilton Is n Cheeps of ( rail ,
Ho is young and fresh and should bo
packed in brine ,
Hero's tills unknown country youth's
terms i
KAVl'iTV , Mich. . July 10.--R. 0. llramlt.Soc-
ri'taryOiuiilia II , It. ( J. . Omaha , Nob. : I must
ImvolTiiO tor tlio balaneo of tliu sousoii , will
< i" > 0 Inad viuico. Wlrumo , U.K.
And Bi-audt'
OMAHA. N'ub.Jnly W.--1I. K. HniiilUon , Hay
City II. ll.Ttiain. ItiiyUlty.Mlch. ! Oinuliawli
elvoyoii Just iiiJ fortliobulanc-o of your 11 fo
Wlruua. K. O. IIitAMiT.
I'etcr dish inm'.s H\vrllioii'Is. !
If the Black Sox ran only put it on to Mil
waulteo today and tomorrow , all their pust
sins will bo condoned. Their friends hero
would r.itlier see thom knock dawn
Cushman'3 swollho.idi than nny
team In thu association , The
Hrowcivj , when they aw playing winning
ball are the mo.it arrogant and assumptive litho
the whole circuit. They become Iniprcssci
with the Idea that all the real lir.st-clasi t-il-
cutli confined to the Wisconsin aggregation
It is for this reason , and n few others uqunllj
If not nioiD potent , In the Western nssoclatlon
that they have tlio cordial dislike of oil the
ether teams.
Ifot l rniii thu Hat.
Frank llandol is on the coast.
Itellly of Columbus is playing a great thirt
base.
Tom Dolnii has been "put on" the lira tie
partmentla St , Louis.
The City Steams vs the Lincoln Gliuita nt
the hall park this nftenioon.
The Milwaukee grounds uro the roughcsl
in the whole "Western association.
Kzru Button has npiieared on earth again
nnd Is vainly ciidenvoring to play ball.
Milt \Vhltolicad Ugoiiin to rcsuino pitching
nnd will talto his turn In the box hereafter for
Denver.
Traftloyls doliijf the mostcatehhifr of nny
man In the "Western association. Moraii of
Omaha follo\\s next in cnler ,
Drickott , the Kansas City deserter , hns
fallen oil 100 jier cent in his play Ing ability ,
is to bo released by the I'lillaJolphh playow ,
The HlwJukeo club is ilrawlnn great
crowds mid nuking money , which cannot bo
said of another tuaui hi the association , however -
over ,
St. Paul Is Improving wonderfully * under
Mumjer WatWns' supervlsloa ami Is likely
to get out of tlw lint h ik Churll'j ' iVbboy Is
as need n man ni there 1 ? on the team.
Ono of the Den Molncs tiluyon recently
"borrowo'l" " the pet Unt ui Ous Alberts of
Milt/iiukUi. % uiul the h'.tter club ivetiiiilly etui i
ployed udottictlva to recover the i1'-0 ' of
timber. I
The Omnhai return on Wednesday next j
nnd on Thursday , Saturdiy and Sunday play i
tlio St. fmils. On the following TuMtlsir , '
V'ednesday nnd Thursday Jllnneapolls will
o lie re.
Tom Tovett Is certainly ono of the phe-
loimof the season. No pitchorls excelling
ils work "Wlioii ho left Umalm Ills arm was
end and it w.is thought that his pitching
lays were over.
Jlllly ICnrlc , when lie \vai with St , Pnul
wo yean ago , \VIH rated aa the comlint back-
itopof tlio profession. To < Uy hols c.ltchlng
nfctiorly for Taeoini of the NorthweJt
folnec pitchnr .T , J. Faniilng's rehmw f ro'.n
Denver ho hni disappcnrcJ and Ill's ' frloii'U
iitvo hi'.inl nothlnjr from him , There uro
ettriM at McUorinlt'k's olllco for him \vhlch
10 should luv'o , nnd his wlfo , who is at
JuHnlo seriously ill , is also anxious to learn
ilsnddtiMs. It was ix x > orted thatho hail
signed with Terre Haute.
The race h narrowing ilownto Mlnno.i-
> olU anil Milwaukee , with Kniwiu City In
ho stretch nnd Kaliiing fust , iMilwaiikeo Is
irob'ibly thostroinrest I'luh at present , tliolr
> itchers being in line form , while the whole
: lulj is playing Kiu.it bill. "While Minneapolis
s strong in battlnMiiullleldln ( > ? , slio itnotice-
ibly weak iiilo.innv jrlt , inwhicli the U reiv
ers are exceptionally Mrong.
llus K. McKolvy , with his wife niidfiunlly ,
iralved In Hr.iddoelc last night from his homo
n Oinalin. Is'eb. They uro now guosto at the
loino of Mm. ISlclCelvy's parents , Mr. nnd
VIrs. SqulroT. J. LonU. Kiis iswellretncni-
jcrcd in Hraddock , thouirhltis elKht years
since ho lott as a manly man. a food hall
) lnycr nnd tin all-round athlete. llo Is now
employed in tlio auditing roomsof the Pnrlllo
ospreuscomiimyct | Omaha , 13mddock (1'a. )
Dallv e a
Sport < ) .
The rillo toiirnanient Monday , Tuesday nnd
Wednesday , owing to thu blistering weather ,
WAS but poorly uttciidod.
W. O , Albright leaves for California next
wok. AVlillo en route ho will stop oft in the
mountains and try his hand ut casting thully
fora few it ays.
Edward Ilunlon defeated Gcorgo Hosmcr
oy half a length in n three-mile shell race on
the BIK Sioux liver , In. , last week for n
purse of $ .SK ! ) , which the winner got $ VJO.
They will bo at Lake Mnimva Sunday ,
August ! t , nail give an exhibition raco.
The editor of the Ilerahhvas away to sev
eral ottho largocitiesof > 'cbrdskn last week ,
and saw many tilings that appeared str.mgo
and wonuerful to his bucollo eyes. Iut the
most graceful and enchanting scene that mot
oar gaze was ti lady in Grand Island riding a.
barebacked nicydo. She. roclo as docs the
Indian maiden vide her pony , and wo fol
lowed her several miles uiiiinddown the hot
streets hoping to see the l.dr 'cyclerdlsniouiit
in soiiio hhnpo or other. Hut , alust wo dlil
not succeed. She may bo riding yet , for all
vo know , nndvo'ro awful glaJ wo'ro b.ick
in Scotia. Scotia Herald ,
ol'tlio U'liccl.
Today a. party will make the run to Dellc-
vue.
vue.The
The best English amateur 103-mllo record
is5h. Mm.OJis. .
A. II. Perrigo will nttend the L. A W.
meet at Niagara F.ilU August 27.
A meeting is called for Monday evening at
7M : o'clock sharp , sit club headquarters.
It isclainud that IJiiigloy of Minneapolis
has n record of 100 miles'in fin. liSin. 41 K > s.
Tlio evening runs are gottin ? quito popular
nnd the Aiwllos turn out in full force regu
larly.
Pixley lus ordered a new Columbia r.icar
for the races this fall , -which ho expects in a
few days.
Such n tournament will do tnoro to enlist
new men In the Interest of cycling than any
ether means.
Tlio run to Kile City last Sunday was en-
Jovol by many of the boys , despite the burn
ing rays of "Old Sol. "
Seth Rhodes Is getting back in Ills old form
again and is inakillg the boys hustle to stay
with him on the run ,
There are a lot of promising new riders in
the Held this summer and who innko the old
cluunploiu hustle to roUiln their honors.
Flescher and Pixley ran oao way of tlio
Council Bluffs course one evening last u-cck
lu iJ. > . ' .This is the best time so furyotmado.
The emulous rldors of both clubs are
doini : a , suspicious lot of training. Tlio
Omaha-Council Bluffs course is alive with
them every evening.
Captain lielndorf was seen riding on tno
back seat of atimdein oao evening last weak.
IIo talks of bayiiiR a tanduin. Better sticlt
to your ordinary , "Oscar , "
"VVlilttakcr's application to the League of
American Wheelmen liai been refused. This
organization , however , has mow than ono
professional within Its ranks ,
Iho called run for today is Phttsmouth ,
which h about twenty-two miles south or
this city , All the boys are reauojtotl to turn
out , as this is a very line run.
A big tournament is to bo held at the new
track between Minneapolis and St. Paul ,
August U , irmndlli , under the management
of that grizzled old fake , Tom 12ck.
The national racing board has amended
rule in of the racing raka , increasing tlio
limit of the driving wheels ot safety machine *
from thirty-two to thirty-six Inches.
Chairman Uavolof the racing board recent
ly suspended ( if teen members of the Denver
wheelmen for racing with professionals. A
n umber of Omaha riders would bo included
hi this suspension If they had their deserts ,
.At tlio last regular ineotin1 ' tha following
members were voted in : Charles Moars.
Herman Mucntcfcritif , ' , A. 11. Porngo and
Albert Hubbird. .Several applications were
handed In too late for action.
The hicyclo tournament for September
bids fair to bo the best thins of Its kind over
held in Nebraska. All , state nnd neighbor
ing clubs will bo Invited and priios will bo
awarded for club races , championships and
records ,
Council Bluffs U likely to rival her twin
sister in the curio business , A boy wonder
hns been found who , at the ago of fourteen ,
breaks records , rans dead heats nnd talks as
loud as any of the converts of Omaha's great
hippodromer ,
Mndanio I.ouiso Armaindo will ngaln ap
pear on the track. She will lido ablcvclo
against George Connors of England and J , J.
ICnglodruin of Chicago , who will run , go-as-
you-please , their combined scores to count
against her riding.
The Omalia\Vhcel club run to Ilellovuo today
and will visit the rlllo riinga. During these
hot dusty days the safety rider explodes
the time honored Idea that a peck of dirt la
all that Is allo\\od for each mortal's consump
tion. If you don't bcllovo It aslt Mittauer ,
Nebraska has but seventy-six league mem
bers against ono bundled In ISS'J. This is
not as It should bo , for the wheelmen are rap
idly increasing throughout the state. No-
bmsku's divlblononiws should do more to
interestlha now riders and retain the old
ones in the L. A\V. ranks ,
The comparative rat-inn abilities of "Willie
" \Vladle , the eastern crack , and Arthur Lums-
den of the west nro causing considerable com
ment , which will bo stopped only by these
. men meeting , Luinsden took the llrst'heador
ho over sustained Saturday week whllo prac
ticing. Ho was severely Bnalten up but no
bones were brolccr.
The race against time Saturday ever the
Council Bluffs course was won by Klnu Don-
man. The men were not allowed pacomaltcrs.
Den man's time was 15 : 'J J-5 ; l-'lou'lior soc-
oad. time 15 : 'l l-.l ; Wortz third , tlmo
15:50. : Thiimaki.s oao race for Fletcher and
ono for Ocnniun , Tlio iloi-Ulin ? race is to be
mn next Saturday evening nt 7 ; UO.
Uoail-chuaipion Van Wagoner has chal-
IcngoilSpoonorto u lX-nillo ( ) run , cither roail
or Indoor. If the latter , the Inick must bo
not smaller than six laps to the mile , with
cither Hut door or banked turns , but with
home-stretch not less than fifteen feet. Unco
to bo mn utter July JtO ; prize and date to bo
mutually agreed upon.
The combined rum of the different clubs
cacli week are very popular. They are pro
ductive of an Increased fraternal fccliu : ; as
well m lending a new zest to the enoyinenb |
ofthoso trlpi. 7ho drawing toA-tUer of clubs
1113.1113 n concentration of power which will
make Itself felt In the future iiud will reiult
In lasting good to wheelmen.
Thodlniculty of uJtidlMiipinir pneunntlc
tires IsbocmiiMgii prominent inattorla Knt-
lind , but the dUfti o will remo.ly iuelf. In
nyenror uvo tlmio tires Avlll l sp popahr
that men vho donotuse ( lioni will hiivo to
abst'iln from racing nltogother or el a con-
tlmlally lay themselves onon to dofe.it. On
all ordinary tracks thoi pneumatic * sncty (
rules the i-omt , and , bains' the fastest mii-
chinowlll bo rlddoti , PiwiiUzlag seems to
luivo little or no effect.
The captitn's nm card 'for Julv Includes
Ilhiir , l'liitt nwuth , llelcv | o and Missouri
Valley , while the evening runs take In 1'lor-
cneo , Florence Uko , t'liinnount iurk , iMaii-
awo. lukn nnd Council DlutTs. Sonio of tlio
oca ! rldew will have to pillsh up tliclr
Mfiiij ? nuchliiM if they whli the st-ito
'liaiiipionslilps to remain in Omaha. Siimo
cry fast road riders hnro toao ; to the front
n the last two yeaw and wo will have a
inxonttomlimcisoClliu best the state alTords
n September.
Mott Omaha drivers recognize tlio fact
hat wheelmen havoaomo right to the street ,
nit ono l.s occasionally mot with to whom the
appellatiaa of "road hog" would bJ llatterv.
Vu unlnialof this variety win driving on
trout In the suburbs where tlio track isnar-
ow and the road very roimh , and was mot
i.v u lady and escort , both on bicycles ; not-
vithstiindlng n rccpjost to allow hilt'of the
oad , ho Iteut straight nho.M nnd forced the
Idcn to dismount The horto tiled to DO
nero generous than his driver and deceived
n sound drubblnir Incoiiseiiuence. Somorad-
cal measure should bo adopted to teach such
ioplo conmionrospcct , nt least.
Dnray Corrooti an
iVeb. , July 19.-S porting Editor of
I'IIK llEK ! A rather ridiculous paragraph up-
loured in the wheel note ? of la t Sunday's
5in , scoilng the Omaha \Vluvl \ club for in
activity In the Interest ot wheeling and Cap-
aln Emerson for lack ol ginger , and reciting
horido to l rcniont as the only nm of tin-
) ortniiconiadothisBoahon. 1'or the benellt
) f those who do not know ( perbupnlio writer
of that nrtielo may bo ono of them , but I
.hi nk not ) I wish to state thnt the Pivmont
idowasnot achibrun.hut ua excursion , and
.hoso who wont by wheel did so from choice
mdnot bccauso itwas nn olllrlal call. The
nileagoof theclub Is largo considering the
jaa roadt during June , and FJlair , Cnltioun ,
Dollovuc , PappHlion , Crescent Gltyimd Olcn-
, vood aronmoair the many rides of the season.
: t would be veil for your informant to contlno
iltnself to facts in the future and remember
that those \vlio do most for tlio best interest
) f wheeling are not the ones whoso chief am-
jition runs to cheap notoriety , Imaginary
records nnd worthless meiials , Dtiuv.
ttnil
Plcaso state In Sunday's ' 15si : the exact ago
of John L. Sullivan. il. J. Smith , Ponder.
Ans. John L. was born In Ballon , Octo
ber 15 , isr.8.
\VI11 you inform mo thronai ; ! the columns of
Tin : 13ii : : what number of wild buffalo nro
Icnov.'ii to exist within the Unitel States at
the present time , and oblige } 2. Taylor ,
Onmha.
Ans. An CKpadltioti sent oat nycu'ao by
the government to Inquire into tlia exact con
dition ot the American bison , or buffalo , ar
rived at the conclusion , after the most euro-
f ill nnd exhaustive research , thnt there were
but sixty-live wild buffalo In cxlsteaco on
this continent , anil they were way up in the
remote mountain"pnrln of Wyoming. Since
the return of this expedition , however , a
small licrd of buftilo hn been soaa up ii the
extreme southwest border of Texas. It imy
well bo said , though , that .tho uolilo anltnalis
all but extinct.
Where is Newman ot Poorin vrho signed to
catch for the Brookl yn Nation alleaguo team
last fall I D.J. , city.
Ans. Hois now with the Omaha team at
Milwaukee , having been signed by Manager
Leonard on Thursday bst. IIo has been play
ing with Toronto ,
I. L. ICocli , ICearney , Nob. It was a draw
under any circumstances. The fact that Jill
could not have thrown higher than Jack -with
the two dice should settle tlio matter pcjrcmp-
torially withou t controversy.
Can you Inform mo in Sunday's baseball
department what the attendance was last sea-
sou on Labor day nt the National league nnd
American associatioiil Did Patsy Tobcau ,
now vith the Cleveland brotherhood , ever
play oa thoOnnha te.nnJ Plotto pivo tljc
result of tlio world's championship games be
tween New York and Brooklyn lost season ,
T. U. T. , Lincoln.
Ans. The estimated attendance on Laboi
day last year at the lenguo anil association
parks was BJ , ! ! ' ) ' ) . Tobeau played third foi
Omaha the latter inrt of the season of 'SS. '
The Now Yorksm the world's series won the
second , ilfth , sixth , seventh , eijhth and ninth
games , which JBIVO them the championship
the series being the best six out of cloven
games. Brooklyn "won tlio llrat. third and
fourth games , and then fell down.
"Will you please furnish a little informatloj
In natural history byKlvlnj ? us the character
istics of our comiinn Nebraska covotoi
Student , Alliance , Neb.
Ana. The Nebraska coyote , cauls latnraus
isthosamo as the rest of the family from
the Saskatchewan to Texas. Length , nbou
55 inches ; tall , 13 inches to 15 inches. Indis
criminate feeders. Youn ? are born In April
Mayor Juno , according to Intltude ; five to
ten puppies to the Utter , Tlio animal is a
true wolf , although It barks much like a dog
Ncclcshortaiidthlclc.body . thickhead fox-llko
tail short and thick , and color a dirty
grayish yellow. la character , cxtrenielj
sneaking and cowardly.
The sporting editor has been favored with
a sample of the new smokeless powder uset
by the German army by Captain LylctUnltci
States ordnnnco inspector ) Springfield , Jl.iss
The composition of the powder Is surroundoi'
with much mystery and i'jfruiirdod ' jealously
by the German government. It is a palo yel
low hue , resembling grejtly the flukes o
shellac , nnd ismadonppaWntly In shoets.am .
subsequently fragmentized. The quantity ii
hand Is so small a half ounce vial that no
to.it can bo made , but it Ij certainly u valun
bio dlsvovery , and will bo In demand if It can
over bo obtained forhunttijg purposes.
Smith , Jones , Brown and Blade shoot n
ten birds each , $ l < ) outranc * , three monies , (50
25 nnd IS per cent , American Shooting us
soclation rules. Smith anil Jones both kil
their ton straight , llrown KUlsnluciiad lllacl
eight. How la tha puiMo divided t Ti ti )
Shot , Omaha. S.mf ?
Ans. Your question lJ so silly ItWRsTn
hardly worth the troubloto answer it. Smltl
and Jones of course cither divide or shoot oi
ttiotlo for tlrat ; Brown \vlns second am
Black third.
I am an old goosoandildckhuntw , and talc
much interest in everything pertaining to the
birds. I have been a close observer , but have
never yet bocn ubla to locate the breeding
places of wild fowl or iteterinlno where they
come from. Wo sea theduchs , the Handbill
wild gccso , herons nnd mcrBiuizers over :
spring and fall pursuing their unwoarici
way , but like the wind , \vo do not know
whence they come or whither they go , Caa
you state the whereabout * of their most general
oral breeding growuds ? Upldeu Eye.UUorouco
.Ans. There is no more KC. . eral breeding
place In the word for wild fowl than way u |
on Golovia Day , on the north shore of Nor
ton Sound. Ucc e , ducks , swans , crauo
and scaups bivod there In countless millions
They build thslr nests nad lay tliclr crgs ; h
the bluestem grass of the lowlands , an.
hatch their young without fear of
tion ,
Will you please puklUli in Sunday's
St. Paul's hlghrst pcrccatugo tlili season I
II. U. 13. , city ,
Ans. May4 St. Paul stood fourtli lu the
race with a ncrcentaso ol O'Ji ) ,
THE MM OF SKILLED LABOR ,
t h Viewed to Adrautigo In the Uiiion Fo
cifio Machine Shops.
EBUILDING WilECKH ) LOCOMOTIVES ,
The > Ieii AVlio Keep the Iron Horses
In Proper Condition for the
Knee Other tjoenl
News.
To the man who Is interested In the work-
ngs of the skilled laborer there Is no place In
, ho west in which ho will llud more real en
oyiueiitthiin the machine shopa of the Union
'iU'ille system , located on the bottoms in the
astern part of the city.
The term machine shops H freiuionlly np-
illeil totho entire plant , but this is an error ,
sthe inachlno slwps , jn-oporly spealtlng , uro
hose of the motive power department and In-
ludo nwc-hlno shops Is'os. I and ! ) , the erect-
ngdcpirtmcnt , the bjllor repair shoin , the
beet Iron nid : tin shops ami the tool room ,
riicso departments , like nil of the others , are
eparato and distinct , each having Its own
orcnnn and workmen. The whole Is u mler
ono general foreman , J. H. Manning , who
eventccti years ago started in a an appren
tice-boy , but by Industry nnd strict attention
to business has worked himself up to his
iresent Important position ,
Shop No. I , a low , r.mgy building , Is a ma
chine shop In every sense of thoword , nud as
, lie spectator stands in the doorway and looks
ibout the Interior , watching tlio
mgo lathes , the ponderous drills
ind the great pinning nviehlnos , Ids eye tires
of the sights of revolving wheel * , ( lying anus
ind axles.
This shop Is inchaiv'O of OttoQiifilcr , foreman -
man , who In 1803 stalled as u machinist , but
now directs the movements of 100 men uiul
aelpers.
The work performed consists largely in re
pairing engines and overhauling them after
Lhey luvo como In from their long trips , butte
to vary the monotony , the men ninno bridge
iilaUss. telegraph signals nnd turn down cast
ings that have como from the foundry , mid
car axles from the bhcksmitlishops ,
The power is furnished by a 150 horse power
engine.
Shop No. 2 is under the charge of William
Jlulcahy. who served his tlmo as an appren
tice boy , bccanionjoarneymu.il and was then
promoted , to foreman , which position helms
ably filled for u number of years , assisted by
two foremen , John Turtle ami Martin Ken
nedy , both of whom entered the shops us ap
prentice boys in the early' ' ( 0s.
The work of rebuilding a locomotive Is n
dinicult task , or at least it would look so , butte
to thcso men itls u matter that is regarded of
no moro importance than to the carpenter
who erects the most Inferior cottage. Now
locomotives have never hiMn built In these
shops , but these that have been through
wrecks have been taken In and when turned
oat were practically now.
The first engine that over-went through the
shoni was No. 111 ! . This oiiglno blew up at
Kollins inlbO'J , killing the engineer and lire-
mini , nud wrecking the machine until all that
was left were the wheels , and they were
brought to Omaha oa a coal car. These wont
into Iho shoptind thirty Jays later went out
under a new enciiic.
\Vlicii nn engine comcsofC the road to bo re
built she Is run into the shops and the strip-
psrs fall upon hor. The cab Is llrst removed
and then the platlnjr , the smoke stack , the
steam chest and all the machinery taken off ,
until nothing but the skeleton remains. This
Is carefully examined and If found to bo In
good condition the boiler Is run onto a scat-
fold and taken Into shop No ,
2 , where. the straining test Is
npplled. This consists in pumping
in hot water until the pressure is 100 pounds
to the Hcjiiaro inch. The shell Is nain exam
ined and if found sound and free from cracks
another lust is applied and hot water la
poured in uutll the pressure roaches 2JO
pounds to the sn'iaro inch. If the boiler can
stand this it is good for another term of
yean , uiul the process of rebuilding begins
imd continues for from two to three weeks.
Tlio lirst movement is to raise iho boiler on
nn iron frame work , the iic\v \ coating is put
on , now Hues are put Inwheels , cylinders ,
cranks and pistons are added , the brass boxes
uro put on and In a few days the old hulk lus
bcca transformed into a machine of strength
and beauty. The men In this department
have llnlshed their work and the engine Is
sent up to the car repair shops , where the
wood work is attached and the painting done ,
after which the cngiiio is ngniii ready to go
onto the road to dr.uv Its loads of human
freight between this city and thu west , or
haul the freight cars loaded with the products
of tlio plains or the mines.
If the strippers Had the skeleton too bnillv
worn , or should it not bo free from cracks , ( t
goot into thoboiiejT.rdof the shops , wherca
down men with heavy sledcns and wrenches
take It incharge , separate tlio parts , break and
cut them into convenient lengths and send
them over to the blacksmith shop , whore the
iron is hammered Into car axles and drawbars.
This comes only as a last resort , for when an
engine has gone out of date or served Its
tlmo on the main lines It is ieat up into the
mountains , where It makes short runs , haul
ing light load * fora tiuinberof years. Under
ordinary circumstances the life of an engine
in from twelve to llftcon years , hut by over
hauling them once a year this term Is length
ened out to some extent , and if they are for-
tun.ito enough to keep out of wrecks they
tmy run double this length of lime , though
there are but few Union Pacific engines that
hnro been in the service for moro than eigh
teen years.
Kaeh man working in the machine shops is
n machinist in some capacity or de
partment. To entitle thom to go
out Into the woild with this
professional attachment to their names re
quires work and study , and long years of ex
perience under awutcuful foreman.
A boy of fourteen years of ago enters the
shop to learn the trade , lie is known ns i
"Mil , " and iho llrst work he does is to carry
waterpickup Binall bits of iron anil svccp
the floor. After this ho is promoted and goes
onto a thread cutting inachlno , one that cuts
the threads on bolts anil burrs. Hero he
serves for several months , feedinirthoinucldno
and taking away the holts after they are cut
down. The next step Is to go on to a "facer , "
a mnchlno that planes oft the rough edges of
castings , and from this ho may go to a lathe
where ho becomes an assistant in turnlii | .
down axles , shafts anil hangings. This line
of work is continued several months and the
boy is gradually advanced , stop by step , unti
at the end of four years tie graduates us i
journeyman machinist and Is competent to
take chargoof nny of the machines , ur handle
any kind of work.
It may seem strange , but it is
n fnct that hoys who have grown up in the
Omaha shops uro regarded as butter work
nica than these who have como hero Iron
other shops , und in all instances are more
liable to hold their positions.
The most ponderous piece of machinery ii
the shops is the press used In putting oi
cnglno nnd car wheels. That wheels will no
blip and turn upon their bearings , it is ncces
s'iry they should tit closely upon the jounmls
anil to innko them ill , the axel Is put into ni
Iron frame , wlillo thu wheel is put lutx
another iron f runic , just to the right , tha axe
being placed against the hub of tlio wheel
Hydraulic power is applied und u ram , backoc
up by sixty-live tons of rrossuro pushes the
end of the axel into place. In removing
wheels from the iixcls , the same power U nj
piled , except the wheels uro pushed off instcat
of on ,
The work of repairing the air pumps Is it
chargoofVilllam \ llrown anil his gang o
men. IIo sees that all of the air brakes
Injectors , lubricators , rods and brakes ubon
the cars and en/iuos arc In proper shape , um
to do this U HHiistoilby ten men. Mr. Ilrowi
filtered the shops as an apprentice la ISIOnru
has-worked his way up until ho Li now tb
Jo iv inau of this department.
The boiler factory Is aii interesting depart
ment , partlculuily so ou account ol the fac
hut there Is more tiolso abonta boiler factory
haii any other phut ) on oarth. In thistle-
i.irtnieat , which Is In the old ivimdhousi' ,
Ifty men hbor dally , tliclr movements bolni ?
llroctod byVllltnni llnvv * , the fownmn. The
vorl < per formed consists principally in build-
n g new boilers nml repilrinuold : oaos. A lo-
'Oinotlvo ' holler Is not n tncroloy , as tliCBhrll
1 of steel pinto lint ( nn Inohtlilck , bent Into
hapoby ninnlii ! ; through u huge pros' , the
rawer for which is fnrnhhcil by a 150-liorso
KJweroiiduo. Thcso sheets of stool are llrst
riven to the drillers , who borothorlvethole ) ,
met then they are bent to Iho diameter re-
[ UliVil. attar \\lilclithov tire bolted together
ii tlw boiler Factory , wncii they are si'tupoa
lorMCS. Next tlu ; lines and 'tio.uls urn put
n and then they nro ronily to go
il ) to the iimchino shop * , where they ire lln-
slieilun nud mounted.
The lluoeloiner h run In coimcctlon with
ho bollir factory anil is a laive cvllnder ,
mown imliovpurl.iiieoas ii "rattle. "
Tin1 Hum ilia boiler , owing to tlw linio In
ho water , sojii ro.it and btioomo covered
vlth scales. This am ing drops off , fallto
ho flholl of the boiler ami intlmoworki
great Injury , and to prevent this the UUP * ' i
ire Uiicen out once each ah months , placed
a the rattle , which revolves nt a , lilglimto of
speed ami the lime removed. The removing
iroeess occupies from tour to six horns ,
The tlmv.irodepirtinoat , over whUMilt. It.
Jroivn presides , keeps ninety men constantly
om ploy ud -working sheet tin und iron Into
ur roofs , tanks , oil e.ins.cto. In this do-
inrtmeutnll of thnhoso for the air bnilws
iscil 011 the entire systoin are lilted nnd ro-
uiiivil , ' . ' ,000 per month being the number
mnillcd.
'VYIillo helni ? a foreman ami havIiiKbeenln
.ho employ oftlio nimpmy for tiventy-thivo
ruurs , In addition to all of this ,
Air , Drown is something of aa Inventor -
vontor , as ho is the patentee of
i miehino forprcsslng the Iron connectirns
onto the br.iko lioso. This little nuiohiiio
Iocs the work of ten THOU , nml recognizing Its
nihicncc , tlu company several yours uco
nilil liiiiiKKVJfor the pilvilego of usiiij it In
, hcshops. llesides this ho has invented a
rurnnco for heating , lira/Ing and welding
tubes. For this invention ho has never re
ceived tiny pay , thotighlt inconstantly In IHO
in the department where tlw engine lines are
tmndlcd
On the second floor , over shniiXo. I , A. L.
Simpson holds full sway and liM fourteen
men do nothing but luulco and keep In ronalr
the tools used by the workmen la tlio various
doiiartnieiits , This , however , Isno .small job
as every Instrument , from the smallest cold
chNol to the largest hammer , must pass
through his hands when out of repair ,
It Is hard to realize the amount of vorlc
that Is turned outof the mnchlne shops each
month , but to form some Ule.i ills only neces
sary to state that the vuluo of new
material produced during the month of
Juno \viis $ - > iOOand ( this was one oftho light
months. This material included that which
was worked into curs , lad locomotives fortho
Onmhailivislori , whllo half as much moro
wns furnished fortho other divisions of this
roud.
I > nlor
At Sm : F'ranclwo the city's bolls rhiR each
day at the bejjliiiiinB and ending of the eight-
hour day.
NlnoNew York smpenJor maniif.icturors
on Monday acceded to this domaiids of tlieir
striking cniloyes. [ )
A. Boston pinna companv , employing 000
persons , hai adopted the nine-hour a.iy with
out rcducliigwuxcs.
The demands of the employes of the street
i-aihvsiy in .lolict , ill. , for inoro puy and
shorter hours hnvo been granted.
During the strike the Columbus ( Ohio )
councils threaten to rescind the railway's
franchise and have the railway run by the
city.The
The threaten cil strike ot dock laborers at
Sydney , r .B. W. , has been averted by a
compromise between the masters and the
men.
men.The
The San Francisco Journeymen brewers
have decided thnt apprentices must bo bo-
tivconfifteen and oixatccn years and servo
two years withf'Ja ' week for the lint and § 11
the second year.
ThostrilM atlJoynoldsvlllo , Pa.hasbcen ,
declared rfl , and the men have returned to
vorlc at the old price list - 45 cents per ton ,
Tnero are still many men who uro umiblo to
llnd employment ,
The Journeymen stair builders of New
York have prevailed upon their employers to
pact them the eight-hour workday with 110
Increase of pay , Tlio concession is unani
mous and will affect 500 workmen.
ThcPaclfle Coast Labor union has de
nounced the administration for the letting of
the contract fortho United Slates cruiser tea
a llrni whose molders are on a strike. The
firm has imported foreigners.
A Stockton ( C'ul. ) car driver has sued the
company for L'iOO ( for mulling him work
over twelve hours n day In stilto of tlio law ,
which lilies the railroad J.10 for each offense ,
the line tofjo to the prosecutor.
Txvclvo hundred coal miners are on astrllw
nt the Spring lllll collieries in Xovu Scotia.
The man object to the .system of "docking" " n
whole boxof coal for short measure orstone ,
Evorvthinp at the colliery is at a stand-still ,
This Is the largest inlnuln Nova Scotia.
President ISbcrhnrdt of the Gliwsworlcers' '
union at Httstarjc visited the Bnrgo ofilco la
NowVorkyesterday and had a conference
with Chief Contract Labor Inspector Mill-
Holland about the iinporUtionof glass bio wem
froniKurope hr the inanufncturcra of Pitts-
burKiind vicinity. A plan van agreed upon
for the prevention of glnisworkoM coming to
this country under contract.
A strilto among the switchmen and other
employes of the Cincinnati , Hamilton &
Dayton road In Limn , O. , was ended on
Thursday night lust by tlio prompt uccotit-
nnco by the company of the turim asked by
the men , The switchmen's wanes are ad
vanced from $1.85 toSU.15 for night and from
M.S.Ho ss..US per day for day men ; llromen
lroml.U."i to $1.85 $ ; brake-men from JI.-IU to
? 1.50 , nudcoiiduotors from § i,13 to$2. i.
CO.V.V
A squinting wife may bo amiable , though
always looking cross.
Itwasnn Austin pirl wlio married nt ( If-
teen , so that she could have her ijoldcn wed
ding when it would do her some food.
Then never WAS iv goose so gray
Hutfomoold gander cnmo that way
Ana took her for hli miito
Tolstoi says mnrriago is a sin , Tet tlds
Ido i generally obtain , and via expect to see
n tremendous boom in the matrimonial mar
ket.
ket.Slio
Slio It will bo a pleasure for mo to share
your troubles and anxieties. lie-But I
huvcn'tnny. She Ob , you will hnvo when
wo are married.
Ills great fun to gclcnjjaged.lmta young
mairshould not bo deluded Into the iilea Unit
ho can Increase ) his amusement by gettlngcn-
gajjcd to moro than six girls nt onco.
"Vonnj , ' Wife Hut , ChnrlcH , you sahl before
wo were married that my slightest \vlsh
should bo gratllleJ , Young Husband \c.s ,
Maria , lut there's notldnjj sllylitabout u flu
bonnet.
Tommy Taw , what Is the difference be
tween "impelled" and ' comiX'llodl" Mr.
Figg Wiy-er It Iivas impelled to marry
your mother and now I urn compelled to llvo
with hit.
A New York woman who Is suing for said
voivo bcuiiu.su of failure to provide stated that
when her eight children wcro in need of shoo-
hcrhusliand sent her a basket of Hovers and
u lot of Ids oivri poetry ,
Kuto Field rises to remark in her Washing
ton : * 'For the world's most famous living
discoverer dldn'.tlt Uitm Henry Stanley | iilto
u while to discover Unit what lie needed was
" from Miss Field's
toinarryi" Coining Jour-
iinl the opinion may bo regarded as on expert
ono.
ono.Wifo
Wife You do not speak to mo as affection *
ately as you used to , George. I think you
have ceased to love mo. Husband There
you uro again 1 Ceased to love yon 1 Why , I
love you bettor than my life. Now shut up
und let mo rend my paper.
Iou Loxvrio and Miiiulo Manchester , 11
youthful couploof Medicine Lodge , Kan. ,
clopodtho other morning , nnd arc supposed
to be innrrleil by tlih tfino. They only mot
for the Ill-sit tlmo about three wcokingo , but
the young man was smitten oa lirst &lght.
nnd threatened Hoveral tlni'-a to kill hlirihdf 1C
tha girl did not murry him. Bo sliu wed to
save hlaj.
iinvc o T
All Eutliuixstlo Omahjm Oroates \ Boast *
tioa iu a. CauniHm Ciij ,
HIS PATRIOTISM WAS UNCOSKEDi
A Moiiat l" ' < mt-tli ol. ' duly lclplu-nlli t %
\viiluli tin ? ( ! u nni'lcNVcro I'uroed
d Widu-si und
IONS to L'nn i nl ,
Mr. . fnniM 0. Hnniilsoti , of
hoti-l'i c-xivutlve stntr , ILLS Just i
from a tliiYJ wcjlcs' ' trip t1ii\wjh
July I fdiuil liliu Ui Toronto , tlw iiuwn eily
ot OnUuloi , > f coin-aiiniLkld an untUi ) iitisenc-o
of iinyllitnirlrituvcr ! lit thorny of n. t"lo
ir.ition. Hut "Jim , " n * li LM i > c t known iti
innhii , Isn't , the sort of an iVniorli'an tolob
icli , i ilayna the lAmrtli of July p.iu uiino-
i-od nnttcr u-how , tlild
, n upon blrf romiU
orld It nuy llnd him.
And so Jim divided to K\YO \ the. CIUMCM , ! n
ttlotnstoof his true blue AiucrLc.ia lAnutti-
July la in.
On tlio alU-rnoiMiof the tbli'il ho scoured
10 toivn tind actually suocoMn , ! in
lulins1 siinio lU-e\voL'ls. \ IIo bought a
vutid ( Jititcii paclcap' * of small Iliw. Tiichors
nd te > iifivit tMiinun L'l-aclieirv , toju-'thor ' nlth
gross of devil snntchon , Tjii/iard JUIIIIKTH ,
'hlneso ( . ' .vi'lones , cla , etc. Hat lie ronldu'D
ml nn Aiiiorii'iin Hag : it u store iinywiit'm lu
10 cnllroclty. Ijllic-ull thorest t'f lilstruo
VtiKTlttiiilirothi'fslii ) xvas ket'iily ' Inipmsoil
vitli tlo fnct , tliar , a PaurllL of July without
! io ohl st.ira . and stlrlpcs oi.'ciiiyiiiK | a froub
oat \ \ ulil seeui lltuo ulso tlinii a lijtsa
uvki'ry.
A hapiiythoiiRlitstriicltlilin , There was iv
Juitoil Stitos , consul In 'J'o-fonto. ' L'ertalnly
lioiii was , Uuclo Sin und kceiM inch iinir *
iduiili LiyliiR iirouiiU jutjtty thicJc inidoi *
voiy sUyuud iu every cliino. Jim vWt ; il
lie Arneili'iui coiibulilo uiul fun nil oiircimn-
r.v's ropMientatlro : ik'ffept blr lof the
wjrfi'ct. iiieriiMii eaiileorJor who iviclvcil
li'ii In rival stylo.
"I'm hero on business , ' aid Jim. ' 'Hnvo
ou iwt iii ! extra jutxL ortwool the utar spun
; led banner ! "
" \'uu nuiy Just Mnlco your llfo on that , " re-
> 1 Ifd the co nstiL , and producctl n Ueiuiti f ut
ilk Ihij , ' six feet luiifc wlilch ho lint Just re
el veil from the depiiTtincnl at UitHliliijilon
o ivpUico nn old onti that Imd been shiftily
ts soiif ; of Amorlcaii freudoui , love , order
ind Invv under lCnglls.li sltios , and lo the tuna
of KiiRllali brec.e < foe many a lonu ye.ir.
" \Vi'lll , want lo borrow it to shnlco In the
'aeca of tlicso aulijcots oC Julinnio Hull to-
nori-oiv , " sild .1 ini.
"ToUoib , and don't ' , let'em bluff you , " sulil
the consul.
'Vt'lieiiJim readied the hotel that eveiiinp.
ils nuns full of Ihvwoilcs jind lli r , an old
irofeisorvlio tuiglit IIL u nmdle.il college
icar by remarked :
"Itiiiay boalL ilslfb for you to shoot olt
.hose-Chinese li rcwo rl < s , youuy : mm , but excuse -
cuso inolf I rcitinik that you better Steep
lasoutcf
surprise at this was. sliti ply ovcr-
) i vei-lii | { . itwas Jlrst tlaio lie nnd cvcc
loaul tte Ung o-l Ills country IiiMillcd. Ilia
> looil bejiiu to tioll so linvd that tlio bt am
from it blurred Ida sight , lluforu he coulil
reply anotli < 'rold-tlni.oJolimiiu Hull eilijcCl up
mil exclaimed :
"Thui's so younp : chtip that's so. > To
American ling will bo allowel to 111 rt bjCoro
our noses toiuornir above nil days I"
Jim b-ea-ine - wild , twtlio kept his wlUliicsa
under Ills vest , and thouylit. ho wouldn't
inak a mouUoy of hiinsclX by lina-k In L' d < nva
tlio pray licndcd coekucya. Kcctilui ; l U
inoutli slnit ,11m passed on un to liU ruuut nnd
tlopu-iltcil liis ] irecl ( > U3 ijuruoti buhniil loclc
nnd key , and then revisited tlio Aiauricoii
consul.
" .Scohcro , " Bnid lie. "Will I 3)0 apt lo
biinu wir ordiognicoon oiiroonntiry If ] car-
vv out tav little iirogrraimno oC celubrutiiiirtlio
"
Fourthi1" '
" 'Jhcy don't like It a hit thcso Unp-lisli-
nien , " replied the consul , "bu b let 1110 U'H ' you
Iliis tiling , that , if you waiitU ) felolnnto tlio
Fourthof .Inly tomorrow , cclebratw it , u nil If
ono thread of Unit Hug Is touched lay im l iiff-
lishinaii , the Insult will bo roswrtctl b > y tlio
Aincrican Kovoninioiit. "
'J'liooil ( of clay Tvasjust snuflliif ; out. tlio
still's Fourth of .fuly mom Ing when .llm
awolie , lltfw to- the top of tlio hotel with his
llafr. cannon rndlliucriif.UcN ainil eoimuu'iiccd
buslnesi. HI3 first move win 'to quioily
run un the stars , and striies. | npnu a
llno-tnll ling st.nlt vvhlcli lia found un the
lioU'l. As shu sprond out to the Ureivo Jim
touched oil a gluiit llrocmckiT. Next ho
yelled " ' .t'lirco cheers for the star * ami
stripes , "
UixjiilienrlnKtho firsb report some sleepy
IioliL-einuu hiul caiipht tliolilca tlioro vo.3 un
cxplosbii und lire , und up itcid turneil In a
Uro alarm.
Thut li < l settle It. Iwiiek ftrnral .Jim's
celebration beyond bis vviltloat aii'icliiations.
It wis not until tiulftlio jiooplo in tlio city
'
liad rudiod in tnlhastrictatliat tlio catiso o'f
thujiliiriu bccjimo Iciunvn. J\ml when tlioy
looked up ami iilsuovuiud tlio AiuorUiui Hug
well , tliei'o wiis a roguhir puiic.
Hut J im did n t lo t tlicsir iirodlnicncnt worry
him for a niliLiito but kit ou honmingoiY Ilia
Ki-uiitlli-ccraclters sine ! yelling "tlirco c-heuw
lor America" with oce.Lslonully u stauxa ot
"Tlie llMi , U'hlto stiul Ultio. "
AVhy didn't they coinouji nnd stop him }
JimliiKi been too cute loitlioiu. . ILo lind
locked tlio trapdoor rifter KettuiKUpon thq
roof. Before lie hnd finished tliu culvlirullon
It liadbeon reported out tlirougla lln crowd
that lie was a very lnlhicntia.1 ! cltly.cn of
Ainuilca aniJ ono who h.icL . iwworwlth the
Ainciba.li consul. Ko , byttio tleuu IIIH Jiro-
works \vcro ull gene Uiu crowd u had
doiiuiltltnlr Idea of doing him nny ri
nni3 nllo\vcd lihntogi ) his ivayUioicu
of uolli Ingvorio than their scowls.
Onothlii ( { isverj'Buru ! Jliiijciwolliu iiij (
llsb of that city such : t tnst of .American iu
dcpemloncu usthuy will remember luar ; after
the yoiniKust has Jl veil to ncoijuec S'
aucccjccl by a form of Kovurmnvut a o'outiter
piiL'tof tlial towUich J iinclalias unlliusliistlo
allct'liiiice.
I'KF.'l'XflSltX'I Ml III * I'M ,
\ "simplo" dlgn.-a c-igarotto.
Siv.ilcing . about "circular letters , "O Is one ,
[ thuueor tluL w.itoroil stllkcun bo wlno
coLortd.
All plain sailing Navigating n pralrl ( >
schoonur ,
Furuvery ocnt umim ha.s hohtis t\ro \ cents' '
worth of dealro.
Slio : "Wli.it a strong face he lim.1" Hoi
"Ves ; that coiuoa from oxewLso. EIo haj
bwnivuvclnii'on It fo r matiy your. ! , "
( irlnuiKQ"Wull. . tlicro's ' ona't.hliiif suro. no
innni'ould make 11. foid of nn ; . ICuvMIttNo ' ;
tliat't ' n fiiut , He'd bo tlii'owlni ; his lima
nivny. "
'I'lio unhaiiilc3t.mari of tlio ila-y Is tlio ona
wlio goes otT OIIJL viicutlon uiidretuniH lo llnd
tli a tii Id fiicndj do not Iciwv liyh-in beau
\Vlnii n itinn hns tbo reputwlloii of being
plain spoken It is n inllil way ol putting It
Hint he nov M'Beasu'iythln.fr ' ; ifoodlo speak o4
111. OtIlUW ,
An eastern man lias wntlon a book oi
nearly two liund red | iaicn ; on 14Tha ] Jlhposa.j
oC Household WajsU'.s. " The bust i\i..v \ to dls
IIOKO of them can bo tulil in u kw words )
"J'ut your sum uround them. "
Kirat , Kurituckian JIow- did Colonel HtntU
tcr net , his military title , do you kite \v ! Hei >
onilKcntucWan YCSJ when li wus ayountf
luaiiho used to tlnll helm in a q.uurfy.
"Lniid , Kol" Bhouted tlio lookout.Just
listen that " said . " ' 'DM
to , Ahy. any ono
V < T BOO a. line that , wasn't ' ti land boot"
" Why , certainly. " suid I nulln.o. "You can.
co Huvctul leot or ViUt'sr iuoso riglit OA
board. "
Silesman-I aiippo'so you \v331tillowmo \ t
jollHrokc' , IIpp A ; Col l : > rliiclpd J"'ni 800101
ivhat afraid oT their credit , 3Mr , VulJssco.
HiileHinuii Hut jou know they falhd iiUout |
rear ago and xuttlcd at toi rtuts. I'TJII
Utliat sot Then they mutt , live i
Bvll Uicui all you can ,