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PLAN CIRCUIT
FOR SPRINTERS.
Professional Running Events to
Be Feature In East.
MEETS TO BE HELD WEEKLY,
At End of Season a Big Championship
Event Will Taka Place Promoter
In New York to Hold Several Mara
thon. now do you suppose a match rac
between Nat Cartmell, the former
crack sprinter of the University of
rcnnflylvntila, who receutly defeated
A. 11. Postlo In tbo first scries of races
for the world's professional sprinting
championship, and Lawaon Robertson
of the Irish American Athletic Club
of New York, would strike tho aver
age atnietic bug, or, still better, a
print In which Itobertson would meet
Postle, B. It. Day and George Pnlla
way, the American who has been cam
paignlng abroad, and Nat Cartmell 7
this proposition la not nearly as
improbable as It may appear to be, for
Just as soon as spring comes au offi
cial announcement of a professional
running circuit embracing practically
all tho good sized towns of Massnchu
etts and Connecticut will be made. A
wealthy New Hnglnnder who has long
been known as the backer of profes
sional athletic contests of different
kinds has - for some tlmo past been
convinced that the professional game
tan be made just as popular In this
country as It Is In England. Recently
be has had a man qualified to report
accurately on such matters touring the
New England states to learn Just how
far the public would support the ven-
ture. lie is so well satisfied that he
has already asked Postle, Day, Palla
way and other English purse chasers
to visit America next spring and sum
mer and has received acceptances from
all of them.
The meets will be held In different
cities each week, and at the end of
tho season it is planned to hold a
championship meeting. The latter will
not be do finitely scheduled until every
city in the country has bnd a chance
to put in a bid for it. Then it will
be awarded to the town offering the
runners the best luductmeuts. Pre-
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llmlnnry steps already have been takeu
toward organizing au association to
govern tho sport and keep It clcau,
Sport followers have long been look
lng forward to the organization of
such a movement Professional run
nlng in this country today, while it is
more flourishing than it has beeu at
any tlmo In the past six or. seven
years, Is more or less of a hit or miss
game, with everybody looking out for
himself 'und .'without any organlzn
tlon. A' circuit would assure many
who would turn professional, If they
' wcro guaranteed enough money,
chance to lick In and would really
be tho best thing that ever happened
for the A. A. U.
AtHnvitatlou Marathon Is to be hold
Feb. 14 Jim Crowley, the former
great amateur; purposes to "Jimmy
his way into, that run if it is possible
to do so. Tho cq will be limited to
six men, ana six invitations nlroad
have been 'sen I out. Some of them
however, will hot be accepted. Hans
Holmer, Henri SL Yves. John Svan
berg, Tom Longboat, Doraudo and one
other have boon asked to run, but it
is pretty certain the Frenchman will
ask to be excused for reasons know
only to himself and a few others.
Promoters in the east have been aft
er Crowley for a year or mote, and
now that ho has turned professional
there Is little doubt that he will be in
vited to run In the New York event.
The combine. If the race Feb. 11
proves to be a success, will put on
unother Marathon In March and will
wind up the season with another
Derby ut the Polo grounds. The date
for the Derby has not yet been decid
ed uHui,, but there will bo no dllllculty
In smiting ttie park. Another $10,000
purse 111 be bung up. and the field
will iucludo all the high filers.
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STUCK TO DISCIPLINE.
He Was Willing to Oblige, but Dared
to Do His Duty.
Seamen aro strict disciplinarians, and
a ship's crew seldom even dreams of
Interpreting a commander's orders oth
erwise than literally. Of the recog
nized rii;ld type was a certain English
captain.
One day while his ship wits In a cer
tain port this captain gave a dinner
to some town acquaintances, and as
the resources of the ship were not
great some of the sullors were deputed
to wait on the table to re-enforce the
Insufficient number of stewards.
As these men were not used to such
work, each one was told exactly what
service would fall to fain share.
The hour came, aud the dinner went
merrily on. Presently, however, one of
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the ladles wanted a piece of bread.
There was none near her, and the fine
ly disciplined stewards seemed to be
quite blind to her need. She turned
her bead and spoke softly to the man
at her elbow.
"Bread, please," she said.
He looked regretfully at the bread
and then at ber. It was evident that
he would fain have helped her if it
bad been in his power. He saluted in
fine naval style.
'Can't do it, ma'am," said he. "I'm
told off for taters."
Couldn't Last Long.
A man who was already blessed with
one wife, probably In an effort to dou
ble his happiness, married another wo
man, and one of the witnesses to the
bigamous ceremony afterward admit
ted to the officiating clergyman that
he had known of the bridegroom's
legal inability to wed.
"But if you knew," said the clergy
man indignantly, "why didn't you tell
me?"
"Well, parson, It was like this." the
witness said. "One of the parties was
eighty-three and the other eighty-sev
en. I says to myself: 'Ob. gosh! It
can't last long. Let 'em marry and
durn the law!'"
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His Lamb.
Supping at tho Savoy, London's fash
ionable hotel, after the theater were a
man, his wife ntid a small party. Tho
wife, while a course of lamb chops
was being served, spied a friend in the
alcove overlooking the Thames and
went to speak to her a moment, the
two tables not being more than six or
seven yards apart.
While the wife stood talking an!
matcdly to her friend the waiter ut
her husband's table removed his lamb
chop before he had finished it. When
he noticed this he exclaimed in a loud
voice:
"Goodness! Where's my lamb?"
Ills wife heard him above the noise
of the restaurant, and, smiling at him
sweetly, she called, while her husband
reddened and the other diners giggled:
"Here I p.m. darling!"
Choerfulness.
I have fallen Into the hands of thieves.
What then? They have loft me t Ire
sun and moon, tire and water, a lov
ing wife and many friends to pity me
and some to relieve me. They have
not taken away my merry countenance
nor my cheerful spirit nor my good
conscience. Jeremy Taylor.
Discouraging.
She had organized a Sunday school
class from a lot of tough street gam
ins, and she was having a hard time of
it.
"Come, come," said the teacher, "do
you mean to tell mo that you cau't re
peat even one verse?"
"Naw," replied the small boy, "I
know one."
"Well, then; let me have it." said the
tencher sharply.
"And Judas went out and hanged
himself," repeated the unregenerate.
Ills teacher's lips wreathed themselves
In a cynlcnl smile as she said: "Very
good. And can you give me nnother?"
"Sure," he replied.
"Let mo have It, then," responded
his teacher.
Tho little reprobate said, "Go thou
and do likewise."
Eat and West.
At a convention of advertising men
In Louisville one of the delegates who
lives In the west told a story of hav
lng met a man from New York.
"Where nro you from?" Inquired the
New Yorker.
"Los Angeles," said the man from
California.
"Oh, I see!" exclaimed the Empire
State Inhabitant. "So you're from the
west. Well. I've been west some my
self. Now. last year I was out ms
far as Cleveland and stopped awhile
at Plttsturs. I was all around eut
west."
"Is Hint so?" said the man from l,o
Angeles, with a great show of Inter
est. "Well, I was up east myself not
so very long ago. 1 was In Denver
and Salt Luke City and nil around.
It's strange we dldu't meet"
Show Windows In Austria!
The Austrian shopkeeper takes rent
pride lu having his window dressAj In
an attractive maimer and the lass
perfectly clean at al 'nics, no putter
how small the shop or iw sftu the
city. Frequently the gre.V. part of
the stock of merchandise Is displayed
in the windows of the smaller shops.
It is much less difficult to make at
tractive displays than In American
stores, as windows open outward on
hinges. Even heavy plate glass win
dows ten to Bfteeu feet square are so
arranged and dressed from the street
lustead of from the Inside, as in Amor
lea. The large windows ore usually
arranged in the morning before man;
pedestrians are on the street. The wali
space between shops is frequently
rented by owners of adjoining stores
and arrauged to appear like windows,
giving tho appearance of being u large
shop. When one wishes to examine
an article displayed in a window the
proprietor or clerk goes to the street
with a key. unlocks the window an(
takes out the article, then locks bis
window again.
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DOVEY BLOCK
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SURETY BONDS. Get your bonds from the American Surety Co.
ACCIDENT INSURANCE. The risk of personal injury is 40
times as great as that of losing your property by fire. Secure
a policy of the London Gurantee and Acdlent Company and
be sure of an income white you are onable to work.
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Mac builds good clothes garments all neat,
Chicago's ready made agents cannot compete.
Examine his line and prices all through,
Look him up for a suit, saves money for you.
Reliable goods, all through his line,
Order a suit for the on coming spring time,
You find value for money here every time.
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February Bulletin
of Special Rates
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Only $25.00 from eastern and central Nebraska to Seattle, Portland,
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Bunching the Hits.
A legal Journal tells a story of an
Illinois attorney who argued to the
court one after another a series ot
very weak points, noue of which seem
itl to the court to have any merit uutil
the court finally said. "Mr. . do you
think there is anything In these
points?' To which the attorney re
plied. "Well, judge, perhaps there isu't
much in any one of them alone, but I
didn't know but your honor would kind
of bunch them."
Had Authority.
A case was being tried before th
late Lord Young. "Crabbe versus Crab
ble."
"1 may explain, my lud." said the
advocate, "that my client Crabbe Is a
nephew of our opponent Crabbie. but
a few years ago he dropped the T In
bis uame for the sake of euphony."
"Ah." replied Lord Young, "he has
Biblical authority for that-'lf thy "1"
offeud thee, pluck it out.'" Westmin
ster Gazette.
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PICKETT, Ticket Agent, Plattsmouth, Neb.
L. VV. Wakely, G. P. A., Omaha.
Juit -Iks Woman.
A llxhtuii phj-ku:i M.i.-i di'Ncrlbliig
wevk's urlve tli.it he but i'n;l
thri:gh Home ot the most i-l. lufeK-i'..J
dlstlLls of New U:ig!uud.
"I buw much tLut was memorable
aud heard much that was worth te
numbering ou this q'-let. biu-olc.- ei
cursion. "1 remember un elderly .)us;ice of
the peace hi a beautiful New ilu.'ii.'i
shire village near Luke Suuapee. I
stayed there ull night villi this line,
keen old man. He umuseil me auJ
Impressed me with his mordant humor.
"During ihe evonlug the question of
the unreasonableness of womankind
enme up for dlscusslou. 'Ah.' said the
old Justice, 'woman Is unreasonable,
very unreasonable Indeed, lu fact,
there Is no living creature so unreason
able as womuu. 1 remember that my
wife and I were tulking over our af
fairs one da;', and we agreed that it
had come to the point where we must
both economize.
"'Yes. my dear.' I said to my wife,
'we must both economize both'.'
" 'Very well. Henry.' she said with
a tired air of submission to uu un
pleasant condition. you shave yourself,
and I'll cut your balr.' "-Boston Post.
Hymnological Ineptitude.
The story of a minister who held a
religious meeting In a penitentiary and
aroused the ire of the inmates by an
nouncing as a hymn that one begin
ning "The dying thief rejoiced to see"
Is equaled by the tale of a loco
prcncljer whose church got In debt not
loug ago. A congregational meeting
was held for the purpose of extricating
It, and the chairman of the bonrd of
deacons, or whatever the financial body
was, got up and stated the situation
and ended by calling for a special col
lection to make up the deficit.
"I suggest that we sing a hymn," one
of the members of the church sug
gested. This Idea was carried out. and the
number of the song was announced. A
smile overspread many faces, however,
when they reached, the Hue, "When we
asunder part It gives us inward pain."
Nevertheless the "sundering" process
was most successful aud wasn't partic
ularly painful either. Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tailed Englishmen.
Natives of southern Arabia believe
that Christians wear hats only to hide
their horns. Formerly the contineu
of Europe clung to the conviction tha
the Englishman's nether garments con
cealcd a tail. So late as the rclgu ol
Edward VI., according to P.nle. "an
Englyshmnn cannot travaylo In anoth
er land by way of marchaudyse or
any other honest occupylngo, but It is
most contumeliously thrown Into bis
tethe that all Ecglyshmen have tails."
The belief probably arose from the
legend of the "Kentish Longtnlls."
The people of either Canterbury ot
Strood (for the legend varies) mocked
at P.ecket as he rode by ou au ass
and cut off the ass' tall. Wherefore
they and their descendants wore cursed
with ttUIs thenceforth. At least so
said Jesters of other countries, and the
slander eventuall" reacted upon Etig
land lu general. Another version sub
stllutes St. Augustine and Dorsetshire
Cold as a Cure.
Cold of a certain Intensity produces
not only hunger, but. as It has been
proved, health as well. Itaoul I'lctet
the famous Swiss chemist, was mak
ing experiments on a degree of cold
considerably lower tliau any whie'.
occurs naturally, and he found t!);M
at temperatures between 110 and l.'.u
below zero no covering of any kind
would keep cold out. or, more exactly,
would keep warmth In. There Is noth
ing surprising about that. The stir
prise Is In the result. M I'lctet is n
gentleman who lifts suQereil great l,
from Indigestion. After au oxposurr
of several minutes to the cold w hid.
he had produced lie experienced a sen
sutlon of hunger which lie tins do
scribed as ravenous. When tie bml
enten he experienced none of the tor
tures of his ailment, and w lieu lie Imtl
alternately frozen and eaten three or
four times he found himself entirely
cured. London Telegraph.
Tho Gallant Ctbmsn.
Nothing perhaps produces quite so
much wit from u oalunau as a sciweof
being underpaid, which lu most cases
means that he lias been justly paid. A
lady who had beeu guilty of t!i - l.ir.d
of Justice experienced tho i.siia! str.-it
of discomfort when her driver sti iil;. :it
ened the palm Into which she I. ad J.st
dropped her shilling and looke I ut bei
speechlessly. She was weakly about
to add another sixpence when the cab
by's sense of humor prevailed, lb
transferred the shilling to his pocket
and smilei! sweetly down at his em
barrassed lure. "Course, missy." he
remarked, "there was the pleasure o'
drlvln' you!1' London Chronicle.
Arundel Castle.
The most singular circumstance
about Arundel cnstle Is that Its owner,
by mere right of ownership. Is Karl of
Arundel In the peerage of England. It
Is believed that there Is no similar ex
ample of a peerage held on such condl
Hons. Apparently there would be no
legal obstacle, were the house of How
ard to fall upon evil days and the cns
tle be sold to some millionaire, to pre
vent the inllllonnlro taking his seat In
the house of lords as Earl of Arundel.
London Standard
A Reflection on Him.
"Quarreled on their wedding day'
Dreadful: And what about?"
"The bride's girl friends cried too vo
ciferously to suit the bridegroom."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
To be vnln of one's rank or place is
to show that one Is below IL-Stauls-laus.
WHAT IT MEANS
TO TRAIN,
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Try Exercises You Did lien :
Youth and You'll S:
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TASK THAT COflFPMS JEFF.
Big Fellow Will Have to Give Up Life
of Ease and Pleasure For Hard, Hard
Vork Experts Say if He Can Train
He Can Come Back.
"Can Jeff come back?" This much
mooted question will bo decided when
the big Californlan faces Jack John
son In the ring lu San Francisco on
Independence day, when the pair will
try hard to muss each other up for the
consideration of $101,000 and the un
disputed title of the world's heavy
weight championship. Ills ability to
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como DacK win ue uuciueu men, tuuf
not until then, despite opinions ol
many fight experts. Opinions have
been exploited and various arguments
have been expounded by these experts
to back up; their claims. One expert,
and a man who ought to know, recent
ly said:
"I do not believe Jeffries will ever
come back. lie has yet to show that
he can, and If be does he will mako
history. But any man who can train
can fight. The fighting in itself Is the
lerst part of the game. It's In the
training that a man's mettle is tried.
And because Jeffries has proved to a
degree his willingness and ability to
train his admirers are convinced he
will be there when be meets Johnson.
Would that I could disillusion them.
"True it Is that only a game mau
can train. I do not charge Jeffries
with cowardice or lack of gameness,
for he is anything but a coward and
Is game to the core. And of course be
has the stamina to train.
"This question of training must not
be overlooked by pugilistic fans. Train
ing does not mean one, two or three
minutes' rope skipping before the foot
lights, then, by way of amusing an
dtence. a round of punching a bag
tho friendly setto of a 'drilled' sched
uled sparring companion. Training
prolonged work not born of or becom
ing to the calcium's rays. Can Jeffries,
who retired to a life of luxurious ease
for six years, during which time bis
vital organs became accustomed to the
new conditions, train strenuously? Can
he take off the fat that still clings to
his ribs and Pt;il be there when he
meets Johnson? Can he make steel
from the soft sinews that now nre his'
Can ho do thee things and still be
there? We shall see.
"Training as tho toyman views It Is
n pleasant pastime, but to Je.Trles or
a man lu his condition It mcn. ago
nies. Hut when the big fellow bark
ened to public clamor l- came forth
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ii. in i uu iu:uil aim Liauicm-hN ii
put comfort, ease and luxury nsIdV"
and buckle on tho armor ami attempt,
to claim for the white race the cham
pionship title. He must battle for the:
honor. The true lal time has come, lie
must train. -Only those who have
trained can begin to appreciate what
it means to give up stimulants, rich
foods, late hours, Idleness and boon
companions for plain food, early hours
and hard, hard work.
"When Jeffries came back from the
quiet life he weighed nearly 'JSO
pounds. lie will not fight at this
weight. He is clumsy at his hi st. To
reduce his weight to n lighting condi
tion will require hard work, and a
palm must be handed tho big fellow
for his game uttempt. By abstaining
from his accustomed habits of lazy
life and refraining from Indulging his
appetite Jeffries has reduced his
weight. It Is nt present 230 pounds.
But nil pugilists have a dlsllko for the
scales, and 1 believe Jeffries Is no ex
ception. True, he has indulged in
many training turns, such as skipping
tho rope and bag punching, dumbbells,
road work and wrestling, though I
hardly think he has reduced his weV
enough yet. At present this is only"
tli3 preliminary. Jeffries has not com
menced real training, nor will he for
some time. It Is said his 'prelimi
nary' work is preparing his body for
the real training thnt Is yet to come
the training that means ho must
eschew the good things of life, cut out
every Indulgence and cat only that
which is allowed by a hard hearted
trainer, to go to bed and get up at
command and do a stipulated amount
of work every twelve hours.
"Come with me and try it for your
self. Step !'!o a room and try tho
exercises j ,i did when a youth.
Touch your t:)os with your flngr-s
without bending your knees, Mr. Pat
ty, or go on a Jog for a mile. See
how quickly your lungs will fill up
and your heart throbs. Then you'll
know. Training requires a genuine
gameness. Many a tighter has been
forced to work by his trainer. Ridi
cule nnd threats nre employed. Coax
ing Is of no avail, h Isn't because
the lighter. doesn't want to be In&Jjripe.
but because he doesn't want to train.
Pome actually would rather take a
thrashing than go through the agony
Imposed by l raining.
"It Is because Jeffries Is vlillr.g to
train that his friends are conlHleiit
that he will return to tho ring In his
e!d form. They base their conclusions
upon the well established fact nliv
i-ninu U uuu lc n i11(in Cn )rill
ne can tight, nnd In Jeffs cne they
iwu jr no can train be can 'como
bock.' "
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