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4-S THE OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: MAKCII 1915. HOW MUCH DID FIDS LOSE? Connie Mick Sayi $600,000, but Expert Menle Bayi Figure it Closer to $70,000. AKD MLXKE HAS PLENTY DATA By PRA5K O. MRTTKR. Connie Mack seem to hev slipped a mhle by making the statement that tht Federal league suffered a ajno.OCO oper ating losa In Wl The lengue, aa a whole, loat not more than lino.nno, according to the beat stattetlos available. The figure reems to be closer to $7..o00. Five Federal league cluba lost money and three showed an operating profit at the end of the reason. The net loaa of the Federal league for 1914 la said to havn been leas than that of the International league. The'pitcag Federal cleared 130,000 on the season. The Baltimore Feds made a profit of around $12,000 and the Indian apolis club, which won the pennant, Is raid to have cleared 111, 000 on the seaso The gross profit of those three clutwj Is 143.400- The Ft. IOUjs Feda were the heaviest losers In the new league. They dropped amund Pft,000. The attendance waa gno.) In the early part of the season, but when the team slumped the attendance fell off with a terrific bump. Furthermore, St Ijouis' ronter was pretty well cluttered up with high-priced talent. KtiMi City Loses, The Kansaa Oty Feds lost In the neigh torhood of $30,000 or $3,000. Kansas City never wss a very good base ball town and with the team In a rut the attend ance was small after the first month ex- 'pt at Sunday games. The Pittsburgh Kedn are said to have lost about $15,000 or I20,nflft on the year, while the Hrookb r, Kede, with a top-heavy payroll, loet about $:,000, may be CS.ono. The Buffalo Feda lost only about $11000, according to report. The Buffalo team probably would have broken ahead of the game for the season If they hadn't bumped Into some bad weather. Rain on the opening day at home rut about ,M off of the attendance. At an average price of 75 cents a head that meant that old Jupe I'luvius cheated the Huffeds out of at least $6,000 on the opening day. The extreme losses for the five cluba mentioned, total $112,000. Iduct from this the MI.O)1) profit of the other threw dubs and It shows ine net loss to have been only $71,000. Most folks have an exaggreatetl Idea of what It costs to orrrtte a hall club. Fome "wine ones" as.crt that "some of Ilia Federal cluba lost eifiO.On, just in operating expenses alone." alary Avcraae sUt.OOO. Assertions such aa tho above kind of piffle. There Isn't a lub In organised base ball or In the IVdcrul IcairiMj that Is not operating at an annual cost con siderably Iras than H50,tM. Ho how could a club lose IL50.0O0 on operating exensea? There waa much talk last season about men, who wera drawing down from $4,000 to $1X000 a year. But those were ex ceptional casea only. , Fur every player drawing' $4,000 or over; there were aeven or eight other fellows, who were drawing from tl.XO to $2,400. The average salary paid last year In all L3 e"l leagues -American, National and Federals probably v. as under $2,800. Hut let's make the amount $$,000. Thirty players at $3,000 each make th total salary list $UO,000. The traveling expenses do not exceed $30,000 for any club In any of the three leagues. The salaries for official, clerks, office lent, equipment and other Incidentals did not average more than $30,000 for any of tlio Federal league cluba, Boms of the club officials who have other Interests do not draw salaries. Ninety thousand dollars for salaries, plus $30,000 for traveling expense and ' fcJO.OOO for offloe salaries and expenses, make the total cost of operating a club $140,000. That's a high figure. Home Fed clubs carried only twenty-five men. That lopped $15,000 off of tha average salary list and about $6,000 off of the traveling expenses. In cases where the executive did not draw salaries tho offloe expense was reduced by $6,000 to $10,000. . Mow as to tha Income of tha Fed cluba Attendance) Good. ' t The average attendance . a tall the Fed gnmes last year waa 2,600 at the very least. Reports circulated by the enemies of the Federal league were to tho effect that at some of the weok day games the paid attendance was less than 1,000. That may bo true, it may not be true. But this fact must be borne in mind: Tho Feds at their Sunday games in tha weat drew soma big crowds. . Very often during tha season tho at tendance at tha Fed parka on Sunday was between 20.000 and 30.000. Split that seven ways, one for esch day la the week, and you will see that tha Sunday attendance alone made for an average of over 1,000 spectators per game. Each Fed club played about 194 games during the season. With S.M0 aa th- average dally attendance that means a total attendance of 3S.0M for each club. pllt lthe lui. The system of splitting tho receipts aa we understand It la the same In tha Fed eral league as it is tn the American and National league. Tho visiting club gets 25 cents for each paid admission and the home club gets 26 cents as well as tho extra amount for all admission ticket sold for a price above 50 cents. When a fan buys a 75-cent ticket that means that tho visiting club gets S3 cents of that amount and the home club gets 50 cents. It he boys a $1.26 box seat the visiting club get only 2$ cents and the home club gets $L i It the total attendance at the 154 games was 285.000 tho road attendance , was half, or 192.500. At $5 cents per head that meant that each Federal while on the road got $48,135. Each club played to an average of 151,50s spectators at home. The homo club "bit for each spectator certainly must have averaged at least Hi cents because there were many TO-cent. $1 and $1-25 tickets sold. Multiply 181, M0 by tt and the total Is over $70,000. Add tho $48.12$ share for road appear ances to tha $70,000 fur home appears noes and It makes the average Income of the Fed cluba for 1914 close to tuo.000. That income figure l extremely low for an average. Of course, all the Fed dubs did not get such aa Income Borne got more, otters less. The Chicago Feda, for lnsteae, took In about $180,030. Their expense were about $140,000. The St Louis Feda, on the other hand, probably didn't take In more than $100,000, while their operat ing expenses were about $140,000. It can be seen from the figures above that the total operating loss of the Fed eral league as a whole, with expense figured high and Income figured low, certainly did not exceed $100,000 at the outside. RITCHIE AND WELSH NEXT And Willie It the Confident Youth Who Predict Victory for Himself. DEPENDS ON A KNOCKOUT ir niioSTDK. NJCW TORK. March .-If Willie Ritchie Is as good a prrgnoetlrator as he Is a fighter, then we shall have a new or an c Id world s lightweight champion next Thursday evening. Take It from this Willie Ritchie persons that edIle Welsh will no longer held the domineer ing hand in tha 111-ponnd dhinlon after their meeting at the OJsraen on March t Ritchie Is In hope of emulating the Iste lamented Stanley Ketchel, who after relinquishing his middleweight title to Billy Pspke, retrieved It In their next battle. It will be recalled that Ritchie, up to July 7, last, waa the proud pos sessor of the lightweight championship. He evidently did not csre much for the diadem, however, for he permitted himself to be enticed to the otnor aide and "Jobbed" of the tile, as Ritchie himself expressed It. Tlw penill-ir part of It all Is that It took Ritchie nearly a year to convince himself that l.e was the victim of a well engineered plot. Whether or not Rlt'hle was "Jobbed," la not for us to aay; but we will say that It was His uncurbed pawtlon for an additional few thousand dollars that coat him the title. He voluntarily went to London, knowing that he might be "Jobbed," but waa willing to take a chance In order to enhance his bankroll. Howl tomes I .ate. Ritchie's hue and cry comes somewhat late, and ft will, avail him nothing, ex cept to get lilm into disfavor with peo ple, who now are friendly towarj lilm. Then again, RitHile may have emitted the "Jobbing" squeak In order to attract attention to his forthcoming bout with this same Welsh. But the fact remains that Ritchie Is to get another chance at hi title, the chance he has been Imploring Welsh to give him ever since, that fateful day last July. Now It Is up to Ritchie to make good. It may be said for Rltlrhle that he con fidently expects tn make good to the extent of knocking out Welsh, thus re gaining his championship. Willie Is so all-fired sure that he Is going to make Welsh bore his head Into the canvas next Thursday evening that If he falls to do so he will thereupon, and Without a moment's hesitation, retire from the ring forever. This Is a little speech that Is we f ted to tho sporting public by every -S-posed champion upon getting another opportun ity; and this may be another of Ritchie's Idle Jesta. Willie has something like $100,000 In cash, due to his handiwork In the ring, and it Is hardly likely that will give up such a remunerative profession even if Welsh hands him the trouncing of a llfotlme. But again we will say for Ritchie that ho is the confident youth. Willie reached here two days ago, and Immediately took up training quarters to complete his preparatory work for the Welah bout. The erstwhile champion is fairly "bub bling over with confidence" to use an old expresHlon. But It applies, aa will be gleaned from the following unsolicited speech by Ritchie to several sporting men yesterday: Willie la llopefol )oatk, "I confidently expert to regain my title when I clash with Welsh next Thursday." began wistful Willie. "I have fought Welsh twice and am thornua-hlv rnn. veraant with his Rtyle of fighting. His game Is to tap his opponent lightly and then run away. "This time 1 sm Knlna- tn start at full need and 1 am a-nlna tn Vma r-ta-ht after him until he I prone on his back, or until the rinal hell ends the battle. "Welsh could not aton me tn flftv years I'll give him, a hundred years and I have nothing to fear In carrying the fight to him. If I should be luck enourh to bring over ray right to a vital spot the nout wouia end then and there. One good wallop at Mm la all that I need tn ter minate this battle" Ritchie declared that tn wnnM preferred to tackle Walsh over tha tehv routes-twenty rounds but as that was impossible he snatched at the next beat thing a derlstonteas ten-round affair. Ritchie must knock out Welah. or win on a foul. In order to wm back his lost laur els. . ' Depends on Paaek. Continuing. Ritchie aald: "Men Ilk Rhugrue and Orlffltbs have actually out boxed Welsh lately, and thjs. to my mind, indicate that hs Is slipping. I 'Irmly believe I am a superior boxer to either Hhugrue or Griffiths, and I know I pack a harder punch. They landed on Welsh without much difficulty, and I ought to be able to do tha same. "The only thing I fear I that Welsh will try to make a running match out of the bout instead of a boxing contest. Freddie will be careful to avoid my wal lop, aa he ta well aware' that I tote a leep producer In either hand. Ritchie endeavored strenuously to coax Welah Into a twenty-round battle, but Frederick would hear nothlnsr it .. leas he was guaranteed a flat sum yf ,wi, A jjenver club offered $14,000, but Welah turned It down. Wh.n m..v.,. heard of thin he promptly made Welsh a proposition, which Freddie failed to consider. Ritchie said he would mak Welsh a present of the additional fto.OOO If the Briton defeated him. Willie also made the provision that tk tie aha ..i a be withheld If he whipped Welsh. Pol- -- s cnarapion mad a reply In the negative te thl proffer. Ritchie aald WeUh, according to the artlclee of agreement, win weigh In at 185 pound at 1 O'nlrvlr . afternoon. Welh I already at the .tip. wrmm, wnu Ritchie 1 hovering around the 187 pounds mark. H ex Poot to make the extra, two pound vaniah In a day. i ANOTHER BASE BALL CLUB PLACED ON THE MARKET Th rtlca club of ths New York State Jeagu la for sals. The owner say they haven't time to look after baee ball, but it la suspected that the real reason is that thy are tired ef acting na a clearing houa hetweea faa and playersthe fen putting In th ooia a the player taking It out BILL DpNOVAN WILL NOT BOUNCE CHARLEY MULLEN Manager Donovan ha denied that a deal ha been made to tranafer First Baseman Charley Mullen to Indianapolis. Mullsa will be Uktn on the training trip and It will be up te him to mak a show ing that will decide whether he Is to be rtiaed on th Tank team. s 1 an r t V ( KIj PAW), ' Tex., March , "To be or not to be, that Is the question." Whether Jess Willard will fight Jack Johnson for the world heavyweight title lr. Juarez, Mexico, on March S, scheduled, or on OBJECTS TO JHOOTING LAW Garrison, Neb., Man Would Allow Spring- Shooting, but with Re strictive Provisions. M0UENS HEAVY SLAUGHTERS A llfe-slred disgust with what he calls ot-hunters from towns and cities has txctted Jesse HI ford of Gnrrlsna. Neb., to make an objection to present laws on ,, me shooting. Dtford asks spring shoot ing, but he also suggests that otlirr re el rlctlona be applied to the shooting of ducks and geese. Ho says. In part: "In regard to the game laws on ducks and geese, I've a few remarks. I am not conceited enough to think I know a much aa some of the men that made those law. But I would bet a farm I know nsore of the circumstance and the In justice of those ruling than they do. What I th use of protecting the. birds In th spring and then let a bunch of ring-tailed sport slaughter them In the i fall? Did you ever live on a farm? Come out. I wish om of the fellow that think so much of that law would spend the open season on the farm. There would bn a howl you could hear clear to Wash. Ir.gton. Tou , never aee a duck In th country In th faU, unless It Is close te a river. "October and November, Is the busiest time of the year on a farm the world over. Bo If you can tell me how that law benefits anyone, but the. club house sports. 1 will treat, that' all. Do you suppose If th farmer were let alone they would ever exterminate the wild game? I should ay not March I the only time they hv leisure to hunt duck and geese, and If a man on an average gets two ducks every day he hunt he la the luckiest guy In th country. The game wasn't made alone for the country peo pleno, but they should have a square deal, and they are not getting it. Who la the cause of this ' stringent law? If you are not prejudiced you wfU own that the pot-hunter 'from the town and 'cities Is the whole and only reason. And no wonder they thlnff thl law I a good on. For If there are no duck to speak, of killed In the apring It make a better slaughter for them In the fall, and young birds at that. I will get around to what I am after pretty soon. Sure, it waa a good law that prohibited selling wnd game. But tU me why. Thl law Allow the killing of ..twenty-fry bird to -one man in a day. Now. there I where they fall down. No one family can uae mor than three ot four, and U ha to be a Urge one at that ,1 hav known a hunch of three fellow to hav killed mor than 400 duck In on .week. Now you see where the game la going. Why all thkv useless slaughter r These men that are making thee law had better probe a Uttl deeper. There waa a law paaaed Prohibiting seining. -which was well end good, but they were about four year be. hind time with that." What la the Use to lock the barn when the laat horse Is gone. Now, her Is tha point-, i "Why don't hey pas one? Mak lt"a penalty to own or use decoy and allow twenty days shooting In th apring and tD present open season' in th fU. if the use of decoys ar allowed I will ven ture to aay Inside the next fifteen or twenty year wild gees will be a curi osity tn thl stats. Look st th bountiful supply of geese we had ten year -ago. Wher are we nowt And I will bet Inside the next ten year decoy will be a thing long sine don away wlih. I could writs a volume on tht ubject. I dearly love to hunt, but I have never shot over a de coy In my Mf." JKSSB DIFOKD. Garrison, Nab, BUCKBURN RETURNS TO INDIANOLIS LINEUP Catcher Earl Blackburn, eent from Cin cinnati b) Indianapolis nd released by the latter club ta Lincoln, ha been re called by Manager Jack Hendricks and la depended upon to do much .of the catching for Indianapolis the coming aea- Principals in Johnson-Willard tMarch 17, the suggested' postponed d;.tr, or at all. At last report the black cham pion ww In Havana, Cuba, anxious to have the fight transferred there. Mean time, he may take on battling Jim John- BASE BALL NEARING CLIMAX Waring Factions Are in a Clinch and a Mutual Trace Must Be Declared DISSOLVE NATIONAL BOARD NT3W TORK, March . Somewhere on th distant horizon there is a cache al ready furnished for base ball. After the turbulent atretch ot war time hna been trod the national disturbance will lodge Itself Into that cache and the game w'll be better off for the experience. When it is nil over and the hatchet has been buried and the pipe of peace smoked many tUingi connected with the pastime will have been regulated and It founda tion will be more substantial, legally ri d commercially, and, a a result sportively and substantially. What the furnishings of that cache com prise la the question of the hour. Kvery one realise that base ball la gradually being led toward a climax of some kind ( It ean't keep going along the jagged trull that it has been following. There Is bound to be a cross-roads some place. But . just how far away that cross-road i Is no one can aay. Th Federal league has shown enough thus far to convince even the roost pessi mistic .that It 1 In the game to stlc. It ha built concrete and ateel stands. It has signed players to steel-rtveted con tracts for two and three years, many of these contracts being personally guaran teed. And it 1 not to be Imagined that men who have gunk thousands ot dollar In toe enterprise are going to withdraw as long as they .believe that by loading their gun with a few thousand more there may be a chance to realise some thing on their Investment . Every time more money la Interested In the league H s-.aiut th league has established a new line ot trenches and hag replenished Hs ammunition magaslne. . B. tn Fight 1 liar. ' ' Apparently Organised Base. Ball I just as determined to keep up th fight Or ganised .Base Ball is not vonly- backed up , by some money, but it 1 also in the In trenched position of being an established organisation, i Therefore, Itseem a, If th warring factions ar in a clinch.. They are deadlocked. . ' r Such being the .case, it Is only a ques tion of time before there wlU be a mutual truce declared. ' Neither.' side' will lose prrstlgo or scratch It dignity by .tiaklrur. tho overtures, and when that time eomos Organised Base Ball and the Fedo'ril league will enter the cache arm In arm and thenceforward the game' of base' ball will realise -an abundance of prosperity that It ha never before known. ' 'Once the threshold la 'crossed It will mean a dissolution of the present Na tional commission regardless of the text of the decision to be handed down soma time by Judge K." M. tsuidle. A working Stgreement will be entcted Into by the National, American and ' Federal leagued as Individual 'organisations. - AH Managers Now Follow McGraw Lead,' Coach for Pitchers Everybody eem to.be doing now what Johnny McQnaw. started doing a number of year ago-mplpy,lng. a veteran coach to train the young pituhers. .. ,- MeGtreWs.old teammate, Wlbet Rob inson, waa looking .for. a, job sums year ago. He applied to . McQraw. Robinson waa too .old and. too bulky, to play. Mo Orew was just about to turn down Robin son when he thought about th coaching Idea. Robinson was a great catcher In fl old day and he always had accomplished great result In handling youag' pjtchern, "You're .hired." McQraw said to Robin son. "Your title la coach. Your job will b to develop my young pitchers. Rob inson mad good. He labored long and patlantly with "Rub" Marquard but h got result. '"Jeff" Teereau w as wlhl na. Zulu tfirrior when he was turned etor to Kobinsun for "treatment" Muddle ron, or some other heavyweight now in i.'uba, and Gunboat Smith end Jim Coffey are ready to hop on a train for E3 Paso, Tex., to fight Willard in Johnson's place. NO SUPPORT TO FLIPPERS Why Do Sport Lovers Show Less Interest in Basket Ball Than Other Sports? ARE NO STARS IIKE TY COBB Will someone please step forward and tell why baaket ball Isn't more popular with the rank and file of sport lovers? It ta a mystery why there la such little publio Interest In a game that provides as many thrill as foot ball, call for n ore skill and practically a much en durance as prize fighting, and which Is almost aa fast and furious ss hockey. Weaklings cannot play baaket ball. It is a game that call for all . there I In th best-conditioned athlete. It 1 a game where nlmbleneas of foot, alertness of t rain, quickness of the eye and thorough bred gameness are essential. It Is a game for the red-blooded lover of athletic con tests, yet they give It the go-by. Why is It T , Bssket ball I very pretty game to watch, especially when the gam I be tween two evenly matched team. And at time It become a tough game - 'But withal It ia clean. . Baaket ball is a great winter favorite In email college towns. Th attendance at the games is always good. But If two college ; team staged a gam In some foreign city of a metropolitan nature It wouhuVt draw even at 50 oenta a head. In New York .City, and every -other town where boxing bout are allowed, the "fan" will pay from S3 to 110 to watch h pair of low-brow pug a lam or attempt to slam eeoh . other for . thirty minute, but those same fellow wouldn't pay 60 cent to e a crowd, ot college boy perform In a game, that give aj many thrill In five minute a prise fighting doe In sixty. In1erea ta Lacking;. Of cburse.'In'aU' th cities where ther are .Young Men's Christian associations and similar institutions' there are baaket ball games between pleked teams of those Institutions. '-But the interest In th game between ploked teams of those In stitution. But ,th interest In the game rrly extends beyond 'the membership of the 'organisation,-To 'draw crowds even to .those, ajame the promoter uully hav .to promise a dance after the game a, an additional lure: ' .- Probably . the reason 1 that' baaket ball is not-mor popular Is because so little publicity is given -to the stars of the game, i Baaket ban. a a game, ha been given a lot. of publicity' In year gone by, but lilt) attention has . been paid to th individual tax of the gam. Base pall 1 popular because uoh men aa Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins. ..Tri Speaker. Larry j0i end Joe Jaclaion hav been flaunted before the public eye eo mueh that , It developed, a , desire to see those men perform. The Individual prowess of Charley Brick (.y, . Eddie- Mahan. Tack Jiardwlck. .Harry U Qove and Johnny Maulbetsch, heralded In th papers, acted as the lure for foot ball.folka) : But who, outside of the little college towns, over heard of a baaket ball star of a man or men' who rank In skill In their game as highly as do the Cobba la base ball and the Brtckley In foot ball or tne rackey MoFariand In th gemeT ring . Chess Champ to Show Ih.Oihaha oh Friday nsanni Frank Marshall, national ches cham pion, will be in Omaha. March It, and will tak on all comer, both during th afternoon' and evening. . It will exhibit at .h Omaha. Chess and Checker ojub. Marshall I said to. be quit a aensatl) piayer a he makes his move rather mor awiftly than th ordinary player c . n4 thu aee pimples, boils, but fr ell hi. .peed never mak.a. brJ0"! trUct,?n error i judgment. Th Omaha Ches. and wnm? - oattmUon Checker club request that any ches j Th rarnaritable manner ta Which sharp who should wish to combat th ft. " " ,h (uwu blood purifier, dears charn bring hi own men and beard, t avtA la a, inset .Interesting study. The Hypodermic Needle :By r. . ITtRTLl.VG IJU'OHMATIOV. 'Twill b a rotten year In base ball, 5fe money wll ve make, The maara nnd nthletes all will seffer And my very heart doth ejnoVe, Thsi ejnoth anr merry Banny Joha on, And tn his lines so Mee, . We think we've heard that said before, Oh, Banny, tell'ns something new. Banny Is expected to return from the west soon and we .presume he will make the usual announcement that the Feds v 111 not last after July 4. But Ran ahould make year the 4th Is Sunday. It July S this Fred Clarke say that Han Wagner I ure to play this year aa an inflelder. Fred. had better be careful or Governor Tener will fine him for divulging secrets. Probably Fred thought somebody had an Idea Hans would be water boy this year. Marly O'Toole, the well-known citrus, hss gone back to the minor. What ha happened to the $22,600 not specified In the news dlspatcho? Jack Curley wires from Havana that Jack Johnson "acts friendly." What a relief; we feared he might declare war on this country. The Athlete's Ditty. Freedom Is not what we thought would be, we sii are against what they call iiDerxy, Democracy Is the rule for the knave, So w all wanta be like a regular slave. Having been squeezed dry by donating Wlngo and Ferritt for the good, of the league, the Cardinal will probably draw In exchange Larry McLean or some other similar Irrigation plant' to "mAtaten Jo Shugru I losing his eyesight, but none of these other pugs seem to have the same affliction, when 'a dollar ap pear within a five-mile horlon,.,': ' , ., , Hnce. the. Olbbons-MoOoorty. fight Vou now know that there la a town a well as congressman and river named Hudson. The National and American leguee, it Is said,: are to, donate S5O.0O9 as a war fund for the International loop. Conver sation or stage money T ' We hear that gentle ipring is Kere," The time for the loonderfut find, But we vont believe till somebody up' And hitt Joh McQraw from behind. Vaughn wins exciting billiard matoh, say headline. Whaddaye mean, excit ing? .:-,: ,.: Jim Gllroore remarked th other day that he wa surprised to hear Ban John son's latest prognoatloatlaw regarding th Spring Time-Hemomber Is Blood Cloanlng Timo Entire Sysfea ii Clsgged Great llcrd: cf Gores Gciest ths EIs:d ts (kun Ptaplcs, Bc.lv Csrbnclcj, Eczcna sd Other Skia' Dhssses. 8. 8. 8. Glrea You Backbone, Kenro Strength with Pin, Invigorated Wood. . If you feel thlek headed. less a weary. tire easily and feel utterly usud up your mood need a bath. It I astonishing how quickly you brace up aiir using . a. a. Artec tne long night of winter have slowed you down. made your blood sluggish, and filled your system with th eranipe, ach and acid of thick. atagnant Mood you actually require the influence of b. B. 8. Ecsema. rash, pimp! as. tetter, holla, and all Impuritlea In th blood are quickly washed out by th remarkable action of 8, S. 8. It 1 In th nature of a bath for your blood. It ia not a ' dope.1 not a "physic," there is not a drop of harmful mineral drug. It I a far better friend to your nerves than any "nervine" you can us because It is Just as pur a th grul you would feed to an Invalid. The blood takes kladlr to 8. 8. 8.. It doesn't bother your atomach, but It doe give you strenrta. I Rheumatism, ewtarrh. malaria, brctv I chit!, typhoid and all such painful or J dangerous maladies , cannot remain In a system wasnaa ana ueajuraa vj in r- Thar la scarcely a drug atom or gen eral store any where but what keep 8. 8. 8. In atockv It la prepared In one of th world' best and largest laborato ries and ha matntalnad th health of a host of people who use It every apring and fan because It give them a feeling of renewed trngth, put th look of health In th eye and print th flash, with tha ruddy glow of health. Th human body, Ilk th habitation f man, la closed all -winter and become logged with stagnant lmmirltlaa. ! th. ,uf,n atur attempt te overhaul the gmrrri: duration of the Fed We thought Jim ha been In baee ball lung enough never to be eurprlsed. Eddie Sentry says his Illinois boxing bill will eliminate all crooked ruling. Be fore Or after the fight? t iMaybe Eddie' bill bar professional boxers from boxing, that might do It. Willie Ritchie, we believe, has a goo chance to trim Freddie Welsh Thursday. Willie is an expert tangolst. Although In Cleveland th surprise would be so Rreat If the Indians, deceased Naps, would win a pennant, a few thou sand fan would drop dead. , soeielr Item. The night police reporter has a new derby, latest six-Cylinder 1915 model. Ho also ha a cute little cigarette - holder which I th pride of Douglas street. Western league aport writers are In corwention today In Lincoln. Can you beat It? A convention on a Sunday In Lincoln! Reading about the motor boat show In Chicago prompted the following. Tout don't have to read It: King Solomon In council asked th wis men If they knew. But gravely they all shook their heads, 'twee the boat that they could do. We have sought among the record nd ashed all those of note, " But sorrowful we must confess, we can't start a motor boat. L'BNVOI. Oh, the day is ejolckly pa ml ear , When we'll hear that Tyros Cobb la playing in his old-time form, 'Has hasted some boob em the knob Sore Throat nnd Chest, Quickly relieved by Dr. Bell' Pine-Tar- . Honey. It ease the throat Booth the lungs, loosen phlegm. . Only arc All druggist. 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