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    THE OMAHA DAILY 13EE: SUNDAY, .1 1 2s E 2, 1901.
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ROCRKE HAS FAITH IN MEN
Btliem Hit Tttm !i Citable of Aicenrihif
?erceiti.f Column.
LUTE FREELAND GOES TO NEW ORLEANS
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Much U l.MiiTteil of I'ltclic-r Pn ne,
ri.rnn rlj ,r llmolil? n mid I'itts- I
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liurtf, Whn Comes to Join
uiiiirur-i tck.
If anyone should tell President William
Tlourkc of the Omaha Base Dall rlub that
his team of plaors is booked for a sojourn
of Indefinite length down at the bottom of
the Western league percentage column the
president would toll that one that he was
barking up the wrong tree. President
Itourke has the supremest confidence In the
capabilities of his players and attributes
the poor showing they have made thus far
v holly to bad luck.
The ice was In a measure broken last
vork when Omaha von three games In
tuceesslon. The two games won from Colo
rado Springs and the third from Dob
Molncs was the first string of victories
the locals have been able to corral this
bfcson. Prior to that time every victory
was sandwiched in between one or more
defeats.
"If it had not been for the hard run
of luck we had at the beginning of the
season," said the president, "Omaha would
be above the position we occupy now in
the percentage column. The team v.-as un-
dcnlably weakened by the absence from Its
ranks of both Lauzon and McAndrcws. Mc-
Andrews Is now back In the game and
Lauzon will be in a few days. The Injuries i
to there two players proved a big handicap
to us The accidents befell them Just at a I
time of the bcuson when it was Impossible i
to sign any good men and we had to get
along tho best we could.
"With McAndrcws back on third and Cal
houn returned to hU regular position on
first wo have as good an Infield as thero Is
In tho league. 1 will probably make a
change In the outfield unless Held gets his
hitting eye. There is no question that
Held is ore of the best men in the busi
ness. Last year and the year before he
hit .327 and .337 and 1 co on record right
tow with the atsertlon that be Is as pretty
a fielder as there Is In the league. Hut un
less he braces up In his hitting 1 will
have to put him on the bench for awhile
nnd switch Letcher around to center, play
ing Mobile Lauzon in right as soon as he
is able to get back into the game "
President Rourko mad quite a change
tr. h's pitching staff last weok and there
is no question that it will turn out to the
best advantage of the club. He released
Lute Prccland to the New Orleans club of
the Southern league, Frceland Joined the
Omaha ttam the latter part of last season,
lilgnlng us a pitcher, but was Injured in .
tho first game he pitched and consequently
was unablo to do anything other than
utility work. This season his arm hasn't
been In the best of shape, although he was
considered one of the best men on the
staff
Precland's long suit Is In his hitting per
formances. He is probably as good a hit
ter as there was among tho pitchers in the
Western lague. and it will not be surpris
ing if he carries away the honors with the
willow among the pitchers of tho Southern
league.
Some time ago Presidrnt Itourke entered
into negotiations with H. V. Payne, tho old
star who pitched for Brooklyn and Pitts
burg up until a year ago. While these ne
gotiations were in progress the president
received a letter from Abner Powell, man
ager of tho New Orleans club. Btatlng that
he was In distress because of bis need for a
pitcher. Itourke and Powell are old friends
and the Omaha president determined to
help the Southern league magnate out of
his difficulty If he possibly could. Wednes
day President Itourke received a telegram
of acceptance from Payne. That added an
othcr pltchrr to tho Omaha staff and made
it posslblo for the relcuso of one of the
pitchers. So President Itourke telegraphed
Powell that he would send him a good, re
liable pitcher, and Kreeland was sent along
to the balmy south.
Omaha's now pitcher. PHyne. was at one
tlmu considered one of the star twlrlers la
the National league. He pitched for Brook
lyn three seasons and officiated on the slab
for Plttuburg In '99. At the close of the
year his arm was in pretty bad shape, so
Payne concluded to stay out of the game,
and he rested up all last season.
President Itourke has been In correspond
ence with him for fohic time and last week
received a message from Payne, stating that
he had decided to join the Omaha club.
Payne writes that his arm is in splendid
rhapo and thero is little doubt that he will
proo a top-notcher In the Western league
this season. He is a southpaw. His home
is in ABhtabula, 0 where President Itourke
tolegraphed him the wherewith to make the
Journey to Omaha last Thursday.
The discouragement of the Omaha fans is
not a marker to the deep clouds of gloom
which hover around the vicinity of Des
Moines. The folowlng is a special to the
Sporting News, which sizes up thu situation
in the Prohibition City:
The management Is being criticised pretty
thoroughly on the makeup of the outfield.
Brtsler and Naglo tire on the bench, both
pood fielders nnd good hitters. Warner has
been played regularly ever since the team
opened at home and has fnr from made
frood. His tickling has been no better than
ast year and ho is bnttinc llchter than i nv
other mnn on the team And then n morn
ing paper has stnrted to knock on Ltppert,
when every one ivho knows u base hit trom
a railroad train, knows that this namo Lip
perl's covering more ground out In icriter
BE A
W eterjr man. It rurrs wtiern rTorytUlaUe
UlU and Jiopa UdeaU. It reaUmn malLwnak '
crron of oah, pic. Stricture and Varicocele 1
. - ..... -., wi .i j vuick4 lujtui -rr.ft.
Ho Drucs to rslu tb stomach. No Electric
Baits to bllator and burn. Our Vrunm De
veloper i a local treatment applied directly to
llin ivnnt nt.A ,4 1 .....1 ...... 1. f
atrnacth and ilrrelopment whorerer appllod, I
Old iiiku with lost or faillnir raauhood, or the
rotwf and miridln nnU who are reaping the I
anlta of yoothfal error, ciciun or orr work ate I
quickly reatonled to liealtb and strosgth.
Onr maneloo appliance hat natonlthed the
f U IW. Hnndred of ladin phinlcUna I
m llie united state are now rernmroeadinc our
appliance in the aevereit caej whfre eTery other I
knows device ha failed. 1
aX"1!?, " '?,d W, ,u t from the first I
d5J.Ml,Uiii",,U,d d'i7!T.U l htof the
alaorder. It malea nodifference how rerer th 1
& flsssBaBBE
field than any one who ha playcd that
pcMiitioti for Dps Moines nince 'Cup' Holll-
uay k urn Trut. lie h.s runered from, m
lamp in battlnp. but if there is a man on
me lentn wiki nasn t, i cion t want a ceni.
Cete lis been secured from Minneapolis
and will help out Conwell in the catchtnp
department Cote raucht tor Sioux City
all last ceafion and was one of the hardest
worcinc men m the leatrue. He Is also a
good nicker. Minneapolis has two pood
men In Klelnow and MrConnell and can
easily spare Cote. Two new men have been
I MRnea for third base and If neither one
maxes pood, we will have to try acaln.
If the Infusion of the new timber puts the
necessary plnger Into the team and they
w"' ,a W cent of the games played,
the end of the season the club will have
,nore mone. tnan they can talts
The Ties Moines team nnd the Itourkcltes
art- the attraction down at the Vinton street
park this afternoon and tomorrow. Wednes
day Minneapolis puts In an appearance for
three sanies, followed by St. Paul. When
the Saints open their engagement here the
fans will have had the opportunity of see
ins all of the different clubs of the league
and then it will be apropos for the prog
nostlcators to get in their work and fore
cast the positions of the various teams In
the percentage columu at the wind-up.
No faster ball Is being played In any of
the leagues than that which is dished up
daily on the diamonds of the Western.
One day last week there was an occurrence
which probably has no precedent In base
ball history With eight teams as partici
pants the total score of the four games
was aim runs. Another thing which com
mends tht Western league to the patronage
of the people Is that the games are being
played with the utmost decorum. There
Is no scrapping or wrangling and the staC
of umpires which President Hlckev has
selected is doing Its duty In the most
pralsewoithy manner.
LOCAL CHESS PLAYERS LEAD
.-VrlirnsKn 1'nnii I'tmlif-rs Mnrl OfV
llrnx-ly In the In tcrMnte
.Mntrh tilth limn,
Iowa, Nebraska, 24. 1 the score in
tho interstate match Nebraska is forging
ahead In the match with Iowa. The latest
games finished arc It. E. Brega, Callaway,
against W. J. Jefferson, Grinncll. la., an
Evans' gambit, won by Mr. Brega (playing
white) In thirty-nine moves, and J. M.
Bruner, Omaha, against Charles H. Harmer.
Cedar P.aplds, la., a Ruy Lopez drawn In
twenty-nine moves, Mr. Bruner playing
white. Scores next week.
A. Powell. St. Edward, Neb., for the West,
defeated Rev. A. Taylor of Southlngton.
Conn., in a Trench defense, the former
playing white, rays the Brooklyn Eagle.
In the Plllsbury association twentieth cen
tury tournament thirteen of the twenty
flvo sections have all their games under
way and In one of these there remains but
a tingle game unfinished. Of the 023 games
to be contested In the preliminary round
over one-half, cr 28G, have already been
finished and the total number of encounters
not yet begun numbers only thtrty-three.
This Is exceptionally rapid work for a con
test of this kind and there seems to be
little doubt but that tho scml-flnals can be
started early In the fall.
Literature of the (inw.
Two new exchanges: The Guthrlan, Guth
rie Center. Ia and the Herald, Grand
Porks, N. D., are doing much for chess in
Iowa and North Dakota.
Dr. Van Nuys has sent In his resignation
as president of tho Ohio Chess association.
Mr. Van Noordcn will make an efficient
president, but It Is hard to find the equal of
Dr. Van Nuys.
Checkmate, No. fi, for Juno is at hand, its
twcntj'.four pages filled with .the good
things of chess. Mlron J. Hazeltlne, the
veteran chess editor of the New York Clip
per, leads off with an interesting bit of
history regarding the Morphy chess rooms.
Lasker s visit receives editorial attention
and scores are given of his games against
Delmar, Hymes. Hanham, Richardson and
Finn. W. A. Shinkman, the Grand Rapids
problemist, contributes some interesting
notes on a "few notions" of his. The edi
tor reviews Morgan's "Chess Digest" and
gives a great number of items of chess
news, besides a full complement of prob
lems, end games and scores of games.
How to take advantage of your opponent's
weak move is a point on which the "books"
are singularly silent. But CharleE S. Jacobs
is doing a good work in his Burltngton
Hawlteye column by taking up these mat
ters and presenting tbem as problems. I
quote:
In the Scotch gambit after
l-7'-K 4. 1-P-K 4.
:-Kt-K n s. i-Kt-Q u
J-I'-Q 4. S-P x r.
4- ll-Q 11 4. 4 It-It 4.
5 Kt-Kt S. D Kt-R S.
and suppose bluck defends the li P with
? Kt-K 4. White Is now to make his
seventh move. He can win a piece. How?
By C. B. Dyar, Newton, Muss. :
BLACK,
aaiiii
b n
mu m a
H H B
IMS
fa si m
WHITE.
White to play and mate in two moves.
Here is a brevity, based on a regulation
trap In the Ruy Lopez, which was recently
perpetrated by L. C. Molso of Kansas City,
MA IN
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Vacuum Organ
Developer
WILL KBSTORB OU
NO CURE
NO PAY
75,000 IN USE NOT ONE RETURNED
care or how lone ftnndluc. it l n nuro to riclJ
to our treatment u tho mu U to rire.
The blcwd i the llfo, the fertilizer of the hu
man Ixid) Our fntnimrtit force the blooii
iuto circulation where most needed, frlrinr
utrencth and dovelopmeat to went and lifelr
part.
The Yacnnm Orpau Dereloiwr wot first Id
trodaced in the standliic Brmies of Europo a
few ear ago by tho French frwrlaild. Do
Bonaet, unit itK rrmnrkable aucrot in tbee
cpnntriea led the Loral Appliance t'o. to accure
Uie eicluiUe control of iu (.ale on the WeHeru
Umtinnnti aud aince ita introduction Into thif
couutty ita rimnrkabo cures have aatnunded
the entire medical profession. It hat restored
thousands of caws pronovneed iurnroble by
S-ifhi,1? I.lirur.'" Ji,cK1 harnile.sly, and
without detention from busineas,
llemember there is no exposure, no C.O.D. or
any other scheme in our deallntr with the public
Write for free particular int eenlert in plain
envelope. LOCAL APPLIANCE COMPANY,
IS7 Thorp. Block, IndltatpaUi, Inalena
Mo., in the Western semi-finals of the P.
N. C. C. A. fourth tournament, and should
serve as a warning to the uninitiated abeut
to explore the mazes of that opening:
. HfY LOPEZ.
tVhltMoise. Hlark Htaly.
I- P-K 4. 1 P-K 4.
J Kt-K B !. 5-Kl-Q B 1.
J-II-Kt I -Kt-U .
4- Caftles. 4 Kt-P.
t-It-K R-Kt-Q J.
e-Kt-B 2. 6-Kt x .
7-Kt X P 7-Kt x K KU
f-lt x Kt, Kit. f W-K S.
5- Kt-Q t. -Catles.
10-Kt X H, tit. l(-K-n.
II- 0-11 t! lt-Kt-Q J (a). -1S-Q
X K P. ck 1-K X Q.
i n-n e. mat.
(a) There Is now no saving move. If he
plays P-K Kt 3. White replies with Q-K fi,
threatening R-R ! BlRCk erred at his
f.eventh. when he should have played B-K
Brooklyn Eagle.
Thli trim f.rultlnn In i-lvon In TjlSKer S
Common Sense of Ches. and Black i
nupposed to be "too dead to bury after
iKt-Q 5. But, as was pointed out a few
rears ago by u contributor of the Literary
Digest, u? I remember it. Black need not
Castle, but may play C. . . P-Q B 3. and
"White Is a niece down, with no compen
sating attack. Can anyone show a win
utter V. ... P-Q B 8 If so, let s see 1L
OMAHA G1RLBEEAKS RECORD
SIUs Lonlsr Coerne Milken the Hxeep
tlotuilly Hlttli corp of Slid
nt Trunin.
Miss Louise Goerne. member of the
"Rounders" club, a recently formed bowl
ing organization composed of several young
women of the city, broke the city and
state record for women nt tenpins at
Clark's alleys Friday evening. She made
the remarkably fine score of "20. The
"Rounders" meet twice a week at Clark's
alleys, choose sides and bowl match games.
The members of the club arc Misses Louise
and Mayme Goerne. Tip Inman. Lou Pcgau,
Stella Bechcr and Mrs Julia Hahn.
Prize winners at Clark's nllcys the last
week were C. II. Mullln at fourback with
s score of 82; H. Beselln at ninepins with
a score of 10. and "Plumber" Read at ten
pins with a score of 260. At the Gate City
alleys W. P. Sheldon Is high for the ten
pin prize with a score of 206 and is also
the winner of the prize for the high score
at cocked hat with 4!' to his credit; H.
Beselln is high at flvcback with Kt.
At the Gate City alleys Misses Carrie
Lccders and Elsie Metz aro tied for the
women's prize at tenpins, each having c
sctlng of 147.
High Mores for the past week
are as follows: Gato City alloye:
W S. Sheldon. 21H: V.V. Schneider. SC.;
Wood Hartley. 216. 201: George Ostrom , 20..
H E. Muhaffey. 231. aup. 2 0; Jbii 'C?:
233. C. S. Seaman. LUC. 214, 221; N. W . Luw
horn. 20S: W. li. Stapenhorst. 231: Miss
Carrie Leader. 147: Jack Cuvanaugh. .0...
r B Brldenbecker, W3; D. V . Odell. M.
201, 203, 210. 205, 225. 234. Joe rtrphlxm. .11.
O. F. HarrUon, 201; D ,D. Sklnn.;r. . -.
Fred Klsaseer. 201. L'OS; F. -L. Could, .0o,
"Wfe, Miss 1-oulse Goerne. p20;
Dave Deceit, 213. L. E. Lucas. , JX).
PrtVr NleTsen. 212; H. C. Holt, sou; A Co e,
17 "10 "Ifi Th! 224 , 22S, 202; II Beselln. lit'.
W.' Jl.'s'tapenh'orst. L'OH: D. V McVen. 22..;
W T. Heft, 20-J; W. II . Wlgman. -.4.
"16 212. L'ir.. 28. 206; George Forgan. 2fl.
"Plumber" Read. 210. 224. 20.1. 214 231. 212,
212; R N Burgess, 202, D D. Skinner, 201.
201 22S. 204 H L. Fowler. 205, 205; Blllle
Ambruster. 202. '203 , 216. 202. S02. B. W
ChrWtle 228. 223. Dave Rubin, 26 J. C
KaufmnnnT 214. sno, 217. C It. drlfllths. an. ;
F. W. Schneider. 202. .220; Guv Fung.
W. A. Bowman. 215. 221 H. C. ost,
iVJ, .11, ! HUlliHi(,.u, .v
In the Wheeling World
Good road talk is cheap and iof little
value unless backed by money and action.
"The agitation, confined to words, Is
futile," says the Kanaits City Star. "The
pood people pet tofretlfer In conventions
and read papers and udopt resolutions
about pood roads and then drive home in
the mud. Everybody is in favor of line
turnpikes u.nd the children cry for them.
Nevertheless, in an agricultural paradise
like Missouri, thcr virtually no pavod
roads at ull. Up in rich, proud Iowa the
people huve talked of roads, roads, but
nary a macadam plko have they.
"The fact is that the building of paved
highways Is a very simple thing, n plain
matter of money. The trouble is that the
people want the roods, but don't want, to
upend the money, and, hence, all the talk
comes to naught.
"In this problem that is to say, tho
problem of petting the money, not how to
build tho roads is found an Illustration
of the fact that the practical course of
administrative functions Is to pay for the
essentials rather than avoid what 1?
erroneously called the 'burdens of taxa
tion.' Reducing taxes to the smallest pos
sible sum involves, necessarily, paring
down the rasults of taxation. It Is like a
man saving money by living meanly. He
loses more by the denials be practices
than he pains by the cash lie accumulates."
Our government, allowed several trans
ports with returning volunteers to stop at
Yokohama and so hundreds of American
soldiers visited that city and Toklo. One of
them hired a bicycle and was taking a ride
about the btreets of Yokohama when he
ran down an elderly Japanese man. The
soldier rang his bell several times, but the
Japanese apparently paid no attention to
It and the American found himself promptly
arrested and tnken to court, where he was
fined 10 yen (15). He protested that he had
done everything possible to avert the
accident and asked why tho man made no
attempt to get nut of the way. Thu police
man then told him that the man was blind.
The soldier looked dazed for u minute, then
felt In his pocket and brought out u $10 bill.
"Here," he said. "It's the last I've got, but
he can have It," and he turned It over to
the blind man. The Japanese were deeply
touched und thaj same day a delegation of
policemen hunted up the soldier und gave
him back his tine.
The middle west us well ub the Mississippi
and Missouri valley cities aie given a cold
shake by the National Cycling association.
No city west of Cleveland and the fabled
Terre Haute is included in the grand cir
cuit of racing events for mid-summer
The events scheduled will cover sixty-three
days, extending from June G to Septem
ber S. A rider following this circuit from
start to finish would have to travol 4,000
miles and spend sixteen nights on the cars
and would not necessarily spend more than
KM0. The total prize list for the circuit win
reach J2:.,000.
The new rules of the association concern
ing championships Insure a higher class of
competition for these races and also guar
antee the public against any disappoint
ments when they go to see the star men.
The riders when they enter for the first
championship race are committed to com
pete throughout the entire circuit. Added
to this Is the fact that the "trust" has
declared ull its riders for the circuit, so
that meets scheduled now for next Augutt
are certain to have the full complement
of crack riders.
The advent of the Pan-American exposi
tion and the Introduction of European sta's
and European features In the races Is an
other factor that Is of Importance In the
outlook for u boom In the sport. It Is not
easy to estimate the extent that this de
parture may have, not only this year, but In
the future. The foreigners will be here, not
for the Buffalo meeting alone, but for the
National Cycling association circuit as
well.
Most significant of the many evidences of
a revival in wheeling is the turn of the
tide in the membership of the League cf
American Wheelmen. For over three years
the order has been declining steadily, and
last year the rate was so rapid that the
Issue of weekly bulletins of mcmbeishipil
was suspended. Now the league .s o:i the
upgrade again Many state cMlsions re
port steady pains. The testimony at the
League of American Wheelmen i-fll cs s
that backsliding members come in to re
new their lost membership with an earnest
cess that is almost enthusiastic Some of t
them admit that they had been diverted
from wheel riding for a time by golf or
something else and they make the confes
sion rather sheepishly, as if owning up to I
The success ot the bicycle sldepa'h move
ment, together with the unquestioned ben
efit and convenience of sldcpaths pallcu- ,
larly In and ubout cities of 100,000 lnhabl-
tants and upward to 200,000, will undoubt
edly give an impetus to the movement this
year. This may be anticipated wi:h grea er
tertalnty for the reason that the League
of American Wheelmen, as an otganlzatlon
Is now devoting much time to this and
other practical causes In the lntcrosts of
cyclists. The sidepath for cyclists is fully
as uecesary as tho bridle path to eques- I
trlans and the growing Interest of the j
wheel during the last few years has entitled ,
it to fully as much consideration at ihr
hands of legislative bodies as either the
road driver or equestrian is entitled to
Indeed, the wheelmen should tectlve even
a greater degree of consideration than the
last two named classes at the hands of '
rounty commissioners and municipal toun- )
sellers, for they only nsk a portion instead i
of a full measure of support and show
their good faith In many lnstan;e.- by goiug
down in their own pockets, individually and
collectively, for the benefits they are de- 1
slrous of acquiring.
Bicycle nollccmcn are useful men in cases
of emergency and most of them prove their
cool-hcadednoss at such times. A case In
point was the timely act of one who last
week stopped n runaway horse dm en by
Tom Sharkey, the pugilist. The policeman ,
was on his wheel at the time, and had
stopped to rest with his hand against the
trunk of a tree. He was in motion so
quickly and Ftopped the horse in suib short
time that the remark of one bystander was i
the thought of all. "How fortunate." said
this one, "that you weru on your wheel
The remark suggested another from a sec
ond bystander to this effect "Don"t you
think a bicycle policeman should be always
on his bicycle?" "No. I do not." replied
the policeman. "It Is not necessary I
mRdc pretty quirk time Just now. but I
could have got away quicker If 1 had been
on the ground. When I pushed off from
that tree I was slow to get Into motion
If 1 vaulted Into the saddle frcm the ground
I would give the wheel enough start to go
me going quickly at once."
Now and then a bicycle collides with a
street car or Is run down by an automo
bile, and the fact Is reported In the news
papers; but. unless something of that na
ture occurs, the wheel attracts scarcely
more attention than the buggy. Why is
that the case? The notion prevails In some
quarters, says the New York Sun. that
wheels are not so numerous as they were
u few years ago. This Impression, how
ever, Is not sustained by facts. More wheels
are in use now than at any time In the
past. As a pastime, wheeling has probably '
declined. It has lost much of Its froth.
that is. the clement that rushes Into any
new sport because It's fashionable,' which
some years ago, for instance, filled the town
with roller skating rinks. The dudes and
the mashers and, as a Brooklyn police
captain once called them, the "wild-eyed
Idiots," who scorch on parade to the peril
or discomfort of everybody else on the.
highway, have lost their real. I'resent
day wheelmen- arc out for their health, but
tho majority of them are out for business.
Throughout the length and breadth of the
land tho bicycle is looked on as well-nigh
indispensable as a means of locomotion.
One of the accessories to the bicycle that
has never been popular In America, al
though It has been universally used In
England. Is the gear case. It has undoubt
edly much to commend it, but although
Yankee Ingenuity tpeodlly produced the
lightest, strongest, best appearing and most
effective gear caseo ever marketed, many of
which have succeeded home products among
English riders. American cyclists would
havo none of them. A good chain lubricant
and a thorough cleaning at the end of the
ride was moro to the American's taste, and
the probabilities seem that he will always
be of the same mind. Of course, with the
advent of the chalnlcss, the gear case went
out of business, so far bb tho requirements
of chainlesB-whcel riders were eoncernod.
But there aro tens of thousands of chain"
wheels in use today and not one In 100 are
fitted with a ease. "It simply demon
strates," sold a dealer the other day in
commenting upon the fact, "that some
things which go In England (like English
built wheels, for instance) won't go In the
United States. The American rider wants
an American-built wheel, with as few ac
cessories as possible, and it Is a notable
fact that the rest of the world is coming to
a similar conclusion, not excepting English
men themselves."
Consular reports on the English cyclo
trade show the condition of things there to
be In marked contrast to that which obtains
at this time in the United States. While
the cycle trade In America, despite the un
favorable spring, Is enjoying a degree of
activity that had ocarcoly been anticipated
at the opening of the year, that of England
has thus far been disappointing In the ex
treme. "Competition," says our govern
ment correspondent, "la largely responsi
ble," and the best part of this truth Is that
the strongest competition is coming from
American manufacturers. The splendid dis
play of light, strong, graceful and hand
somely finished bicycles mado at the Paris
exposition last year by the American Bicy
cle company is largely responsible for the
increased demand that has arisen In Europe
nnd In England itself for Yankee whoelB.
They were a revelation to foreign riders,
and the result has been a growth in the
cycle export trade of the United States that
has had much to do with the activity that
characterizes the American trade this year.
When it is remembered that only a few
years ago England was busily engaged in
teaching us how to build and sell wheels,
the change in conditions is all the marc
gratifying- Today an Engllsh-bullt wheel
In thlB country Is a curiosity, while In every
country where bicycles are ridden the
American wheel Is the standard of excel
lence, stylo and finish In cycle construction.
Eddie Bald has ridden his last race. The
saucer track will givo way to the bewilder
ing glare of the brans-finished cafe and the
shooting of the starter's pistol will be no
sweeter In Bald's ears than the clinking cf
the cash register bell. It Is Bald's Inten
tion to engage In business aud his Initial
appearance will be In the form of proprie
tor of a swell cafe.
"Will you raco again'" was asked of Bald.
"I have quit the track for good," promptly
replied tha Buffalo boy, "My ntlre
mrnt is final and I will not appear on a
bicycle again in racing togs."
It Is not commonly known that many
bicycle riders cannot ride In chilly weather.
Johnnie Nelson, the gre-at middle distance
rider, Is one of the latter class. On a warm
day the clever youngster will go out and
rldo mile after mile at a 137 gait and one
day later, providing it Is cold, be will do
no ttetter than 1.45 and will finish iti bad
shape Eati Klser could not ride on a cold
day and was a beaten man before be started
on such a day It Is strange in Nelson's
case for he comes from a cold eoun'ry und
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VARICOCELE AND HYDROCELE
Positively Cured in Less Than Ten Days.
without the loss of a single hour's time. 1)N. MKilJEWS treatment for Varicocele gives
absolutely no pain and is the quickest form of curing this disease that has ever been dis
covered. The doctor has devoted 20 to the treatment of Varicocele, and it is
but justice to him to say. without fear of contradiction, that his treatment of Varicocele
LIAS XO EQUAL AXYWIIEKE. AX ABSOLUTE (THE IS (U'AKAXTEED.
NERVOUS
DEBILITY
In all its various forms. Dr.
Med rew's system for treating
this disease, gives renewed
energy, more vitality and
Lrreater ambitions.
26 YEARS EXPERIENCE. DR. MgGREW, SPECIALIST, AGE 52, 15 YEARS IN OMAHA
HOT SPRINGS TREATMENT
FOR BLOOD POISON AND ALL BLOOD DISEASES.
DK. JIKiliEW tan give you HOT SlMMXdS treatment for Wood Disease, (except the
water) and he (U'AliANTEES better KESULTS und better satisfaction, besides you can
take his treatment right at home, and no one will ever find out that you have this terri
ble disease. It is quite different when you go to the .Springs, for that trip alone is quite
sufficient to advertise just what your ailment is. Have you ever thought of this? All
external signs of this disease disappear at once under Dr. Mcdrew's treatment, and not
a spot or pimple will ever appear to expose the nature of your disease. This fact alone
is a priceless comfort and consolation to nn afflicted with this ailment. Dr. McGrew
GUARANTEES von a PERMANENT (TUE for life.
OVER 20,000 CASES
Have been cured of Loss of Vitality. Loss of lrain Uower. Poor Memory. Despondency.
Gleet, and all unnatural Discharges.
CHARGES LOW
TREATMENT BY MAIL.
OFFICE HOURS S a. m. to i p. m. Sundays. S a. m to S p. m. IV O. BOX 7GG.
Oitics Over 215 S, 14th
says ho was never affected thero. Hie
brothers all feel the cold also. Nelson has
four brothers in America and they aro all
bicycle riders of the first class and scratch
men In road races.
l.AIIOIl AXI IXDI'STIIV.
England's orders for American coal are
increasing.
China and Japan possess half the world's
coalfields.
The Women's Trades Union league of
Great Brltuin has 4,000 members.
Kemale compositors In PnrlB aro not
legally permitted to set type at night.
During April the Mergeuthuler I-inotype
company installed twenty-one new machine
plants und made additions to nineteen
plants using Its machines.
A movement hus been started In Georgia
to jxTpetuate the memory of Ell Whitney
by converting into a country club the scene
of his labors .near Augusta, where lie per
fected his cotton gin. An organization has
been perfected and u charter for the club
secured.
It has been demonstrated by actual test
thut it single towboat can trunsport ut one
trip trom I'lttsburg to New Orleans 2f H)
tons of coal loaded in bnrges The boat nnd
its tow. worked by a few men. thus carry
as much freight he 3.(Hi0 ears and 100 loco
motives, manned by six men.
Thirty-eight inventors have taken out a
hundred or more each of United States pat
ents slnco the beginning of the year 1KT2.
Mr. Edison leads all. with 741! patents; I'rot.
Elihu Thomson Is credited with 444 und Mr.
Westlnghouse and Sir Illram R. Maxim both
occupy high phwr on this roll of honor.
The quarterly bulletin, recently Issued, of
the New York bureau of labor statistics, re
ports 1.C79 unions In the state, with an ag
gregate membership of I4,4M working men
and women It is an increase of forty-four
additional labor organizations during the
last quarter.
The auditors of the United Mine Workers
of America went over the accounts of the
organization last week and found that a
much larger nmount had been spent this
year than during the corresponding period
of last year for maintaining strikes and
continuing relief to destitute miners. There
has already been expended this year on
strikes alone IlOu.000.
The printing press feeders are up against
It. The Coming Nation describes a new in
vention of n rotary sheet feeder with a
speed of D.000 net per hour. It Is entirely
automatic, feeds separate sheets nnd will
take unythtng from French folio to nine
point cardboard. As u Job contrivance it is
u wonder nnd will wipe out many press
workers in larse olliccs.
Glasgow's penny electric tramcars, owned
by the corporation, has begun to run within
the week. The are overhead trolley cars
und double-deckers. Glasgow owns its own
telephones und has thus reduced the an
nual rental of a house telephone to some
thing like J2j. Glusgow lights its own
streets with electricity und gas and sells
light cheuply to Its citizens.
Reports from across the water Indicate
that the industrial depression In Europe
continues ta spread. Upward of 100,000
workers are on strike or locked out In Rus
sia nnd tho Krupps have added D.ooo men
to the already large army of unemployed
In Germany. Strikes are ruglng In France
and Belgium and the outlook, if the press
reports be true, Is far from reassuring.
OCT OF THIS OHIIINAKY.
Bcglnlning next .Tnnuary subscribers in
Paris will get telephones for JGO a year in
stead of ;o.
State Senator Wulfekuhlor of Leaven
worth. Kan , owns a ranch of fiG.Ouo acres
in Wallace and Sherman counties, that
state. Inclosed with nearly 100 miles of wire
fence.
It is not generally known that Russia
has In the Grodno and A'olln districts two
colonies of Boers following practically the
sume modes of life us those In the Trans
vaal. They were founded In WM.
Arbitration Is displacing lawyers for the
settlement of disputes among the cattle
men of Greenwood county. Kansas. A
committee of three men has Just disposed
of a JCO.OUO case without u fee for u coun
stllor. During his speech In introducing the
British army proposals of the g-overnment
Mr. Brodrick gave some curious facts nbnut
lighting families. He stated thut tho fami
lies with thrre sons serving In tho army
numbered no fewer than 300; four sons. 17i.
live sons, 142, six sons. 72; seven sons, 20,
eight sons, 2; nine sons. 1; ten sons, 1
William Allen, a workman In a natcr.t
fuel factory In Sunderlund, has been given ,
u gold medal as the bravest man In Eng.
land during the year 1!K). On March 15
of that year a fellow workman was over- I
powered by fumes In an empty still Two i
rescuers also sucoumbed Nevertheless
Allen insisted on being lowered into the
still and eventually saved all three.
Down in St Louis they have a baby
show, and triplets from the Slack famlli 1
In Topeku, Kan., were advertised to appear.
On the appointed day they ull came down
with the measles, and Ruby. Garnet and
Opal Slack could not take their place in
the necklace with the rest of the Cornelian
Jewels
Howurd Gould U planning to build at
Sands Point, L, I., on a bluff overlooking
Long Island sound, one of the largest coun
try houses in the United States In archi
tecture it will be uninuc in this country
The archltet t has designed a house that
will be. It. general nutside appearance, like
Ki'kenry rattle In lniund though "n the
Itmidf it wi have all the convenience und
ilt jui- ics of a modtrn mat.ti r.
St., Bat. Farnam an1 Dmglas Strests,
til
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STRICTURED
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Why Weak Men Are Restored by the Ma?ic St. James Treatment
Applied Locally and Directly to the Affected Parts.
answer the
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Prostate Giand. and are easily treated by
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IN 15 DAYS 1
TO IhTtlTATU THE MGMpAKE. NO
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Jn V?lKmi ls prepared in
not take internal , j i hi. ou i"'"rvong very narrow, smooth,
medicine to stop the , n'leud whoy biai." which are in
flow of blood. , y'r, 'a into the watr pussage at night,
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VARICOCELE
Varicocele Is an accumulation of slug
gish blood In the veins of the scrotum, due
solely t" imperfert circulation, and hus Its
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only temporary, and no mechanical device
vet discovered has cured a single case,
Gran-Solvent heals the IYostnte and re
stores healthv clrrulatlon. Varicocele dls
uppeurs nnd the sluggish accumulation Is
replaced by pure, healthy red blood
1 UUUSailUP Ul ill. II ohiluiv-u, nruft, ' u.
lng and despondent wcro cured and re
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sioreo oy ine oi jumrn innnm iu
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