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VOLUME XXVIIINUMBER 45.
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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1898.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,449.
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COUNTRY,
SCIENTIFIC POINTERS.
CURRENT. NOTES OP DlSCOV-
ERY AND INVENTION.
Effects of a Dee's SUBS' The Aneaat
or Llqald Disposed by Has Daring
Bis. -Hataral Lire Varloas Notes of
N Ensllsh physi
,fc!ah relates an in1
stance of 4 lady
who Was. stung by
a bee -'At the flr3t
- h moment she feeem-
ca to pay very lit
tle attentioh to it,
but Verj' eooq ber
face became flushed
and spots appeared
all over her body.
Suddenly she developed a most severe
attack of asthma, finding great diffi
culty -in breathing, 'Another instance
is that of a young lady who was stung
on the back of the head by an ordinary
honey bee. In less than five minutes
her face began to swell and very
marked red and white spots appeared
ali over the surface of the body. The
swelling extended over the entire per
son, accompanied by severe pain.burn
ing and giddiness. The eyes were al
most closed and the countenance was
so distorted as to be unrecognizable.
Very free bathing in soda water, with
a little soda taken internally, and hot
applications to the feet and thorough
massage finally afforded relief, but it
was some hours before the patient re
covered from what was truly an alarm
ing condition. Violent attacks of
nervousness accompanied the trouble,
and the sense of suffocation was almost
intolerable. The young woman had
been stung a number of times before
without any apparent unpleasant re
sult. The physicians were of the opin
ion that the bee had been feeding upon
some extremely poisonous plant.which
became concentrated in the venom or
the sting. Be that as it may, the con
dition was such as to excite grave ap
prehension, the more so as it was sev
eral days before recovery was com
plete. The Match or the Future.
We are promised a revolution in
matches. There is a prospect of the
wooden match industry being appar
clabiy affected by a new invention for
manufacturing matches from paper, as
the best wood for this purpose is con
stantly growing scarcer and more
costly. The new matches are consid
erably cheaper than the wooden prod
uct, and weigh much less, which counts
for much In exportation. The sticks of
the matches consist of rolled paper im
mersed iu a solution of wax, stearine,
and similar substances. They are made
in one operation, being turned by ma
chinery into long, thin tubes; pieces of
the ordinary length of wood of wax
matches being cut off automatically Ly
the machine, after which they ire,
dipped in the ordinary way.
Electric Eel in London.
Once more an electric eel is in resi
dence in the insect house nt the Lon
don zoo and once more visitors, anxious
to test its powers, can be thoroughly
shocked at sixpence. Pretty well half
of the body of this extraordinary be
ing is occupied by organs which are
not only electric batteries, but accum
ulators as well, and the shock is suffi
ciently powerful to numb one's arm fo:
a minute or two, and to kill a good
sized fish on the spot. The two ends
of the fish seem to be in opposite elec
trical conditions, so that those who
wish to make experiment of its prop
erties should grasp both head and tail
simultaneously in order to obtain the
full benefit of the discharge.
Artesian TTella In Dakota.
The results of irrigation the past
season in South Dakota have been verv
gratifying and demonstrate that the
semi-arid portions of the state by this
means can be made as productive as
any part of the northwest. There are
two distinct methods of irrigation iu
this state canals which receive their
supplies of water from the spring
freshets and from the overflow of riv
ers, and canals whose water is obtained
from artesian wells. This season
about 10,000 acres were irrigated in the
country. Among the noted irrigated
farms of the northwest is the Carpen
ter. The farm contains SOD acres of
slightly rolling prairie land. The ar
tesian well has an eight-inch pipe down
to sand rock. There the diameter was
reduced and a six-inch pipe reaches
to the artesian basin, 1,000 feet below
the surface. The normal flow of the
well is 1,200 gallons a minute, suffi
cient to irrigate a tract of 1,200 acres,
ls & matter of precaution the well is
not permitted to flow its full capacity,
being reduced to a flow of 7S0 gallons
a minute. The well was put down
six years ago and cost 5?3,500. At pres
ent prices it would cost not more than
$3,000.
.. ZSarcIar. Proof Shatter.
A new German safety shutter, which
Is Invulnerable to burglars, is made on
the principle of the roller sHutters, the
strips of hardened steel three-quarters
of an inch In diameter, placed over
rods or on pivots. The sides, the only
vulnerable part, are hidden in grooves,
and as the tubs revolve freely, the
burglar's tools can obtain no purchase
upon thtm, tbui reudering stroof 1
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rooms, et&, absolutely inaccessible.
Theater curtains constructed oa the
same plan would also prove inrslaablA
for the preservation of life ia cast of
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' ' fcondeVa klectrie Systear.
The American system of using loco
motives witn tie third rail Is .the nly
jv-rtm which ess be employed en the
Central tJnderfroutia. railway in ton
don. . This road;, wnlcn is now ap
proachi'ng completion, is eighty feet be
low the street level.. It runs under
Oxford street and Holburn, from the
bank of England to Shepnerd's Bush, a
distance of about six and one-half
miles. Att the electric plant wiii be
American. The power will be trans
mitted by an alternating current sys
tem, to be changed to a direct current
system at proper points. The motors
are to be small copies of the large elec
tric locomotives now used in the Bal
timore and Ohio railway tunnel.
lcft Ftowpfar, tho Kara. '
Admiral Makarof of the Russian
navy has invented-a species of ice plow
capable of breaking through ice from
twelve to even twenty inches thick.
The experiments have proved so satis
factory that the government has given
orders for the immediate construction
of two vessels of 10,000 horse power
each armed with these plows, by means
of which it is expected to keep not only
the River Neva, but also the various
Muscovite ports open to navigation
throughout the winter. The majority
of Russia's ports and naval arsenals
arc ice bound during more than four
months of the year.
tVhat a ataa Drinks.
The amount of liquid refreshment
taken by a man of 70 years would
equal 76,700 pints, and to hold this a
pail twelve feet high and -more than
2,500 times as large as an ordinary pail
would be required. The weight of the
liquid would be over forty-two tons.
(This Gigantic Pail Will Just Contain
a Life's Supply of Liquid Refresh
ment.) If it had been used In the torture of a
criminal by allowing one drop to fall
on his outstretched hand every min
ute day and night the supply would
have dropped from the days of Nero
up to the present time and would not
now be exhausted.
Speed of Telegraphy.
When the first electric telegraph wa3
established, the speed of transmission
was from four to five words a minute
with the five needle instruments; in
1819 the average rate for newspaper
messages was Eeventen words a min
ute; the present pace of the electric
telegraph between London and Dub
lin, where the Wheatstone instrument
is employed, reaches 463 words; and
thus what was regarded as miraculous
sixty years ago has multiplied a hundred-fold
in half a century.
Longevity or Animals.
It is said that the giant tortoise of
the Seychelles Islands is the longest
lived animal in the world. The known
age of one now living is 150 years, and
this dates from the time the creature
was full grown. How old it was at
the time of its capture no one is able
to conjecture. A fine specimen has
been presented to the Zoological So
ciety of London. It "weighs about a
quarter of a ton and is an exceedingly
lively animal.
Alnmtataaa for drain Backets.
Aluminium is being tried for grain
buckets by the India Wharf Brewing
company of Brooklyn. The buckets
are attached to an endless chain and
it is thought by making them of al
uminium that the decrease in weight
would result in a saving of power and
experience has proved the correctness
cf the conclusion.
Substitutes for IndU-Rnbber.
Combinations of linseed oil, peanut,
rape or mustard oil with sulphur form
rubber like substances which are said
to be largely used in the manufacture
of india rubber compounds. Pure, uu
vulcanized india rubber-will float.near
Iy submerged in water, while the oil
substitutes, being slightly heavier in
proportion to their bulk. sink.
A Dlcycle of Glass.
The newest bicycle is made entirely
of glass, even the ball bearings being
of this material, which is exceedingly
hard. It is claimed that the machine
can be used just as if it were made of
steel.
The Price of Kisses.
In Berlin a young German kissed
his sweetheart 3,750 times in two hours
and forty-eight minutes, and it didn't
cost him a cent.
Over in New Jersey a susceptible in
stalment collector stole a kiss from a
Mrs. Dias and was mulcted actually
mulcted in the sum of $37.50.
If that young German had had to pay
at the rate charged the New Jersey
collector he would have been out $140,
925. It would have been cheaper for
the Jerseyman to have bought a kiss in
a confectionery, where the best kisses
cost only thirty cents a pound. The
Jerseyman's sad experience is not an
isolated case. Not long ago a man in
Brooklyn was fined $100 for kissing a
woman. After a while, if this fool
ishness is kept np, the woman who
wants a kiss will have to give an in
demnity bond or make a deposit be
fore she gets what a Boston young
lady describes as a paroxysmal contact
between the labial appendages attached
to the superior and inferior maxil
laries, respectively, of a man and a
woman, or two women.
Baply r the Ttctls.
Mr. .Gagger I hear you Ijave mar
ried a widow, old man.
Mr. -Nagger The other way, nj
boy, tat other way.
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THEATRICAL GOSSI
INTERESTING NOTES ABO
STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE: - f
actor Stoddart oa the Passim of t-
Stock Companies The JtttMrle Cares&
hfSoisia Afctrsiafci S.asa iatercstliiat
Stag Whispers. f
HEN asked by
Chicago reporter if
he regretted tni
passing of the old
stock company;
plan of theatricals,
the veteran J. H.
Stoddart replied:
"No, i do not .1
do not believe it
would suit the
changed condi'
ichs of the drama in these days. When
you have to play half a dozen parts a
week it is nracticallv imnossible to
give them the finish andperfestle
that are demanded by thfe higher
Standard of tast to-day. The produc
tions cf to-day are staged in gorgeous
style, with a degree faf extravagance
and a minuteness of detail which wire
unknown twenty yeab ago. The pres
ent system of acting is the system"
which suits the day. I never have been
dne of those people who affect to
mourn over the decadence of art. We
have just as good actors to-day as ve
ever had, and the plays are the kind
which the people want. The old stock"
company, system undoubtedly gave a
man experience and ease of deport
ment. In this way an actor of mod
erate ability was enabled to play a
"part always cleverly and pleasingly,
though not brilliantly. I have seen
very many actors of real ability wtid,
just for the want of that ease and ex
perience which the stock system con
ferred, were never estimated at their
proper worth.
The Matinee Girl in the Dramatic
News throws some light on the me
teoric career of "actresses" who don't
stay on the stage. This is the way she
tells it: "Not long ago I met a ycung
lady who had come from the wilds of
the West to become a member of a
school of acting. She had brought
$300 with her, which she paid in ad
Vance when she joined the school;
then she bought a boir of make-up, and
felt like a full-fledged actress at once.
I met her one evening after a per
formance in which she had been al
lowed to appear. She had Walked
across the stage twice and had spoken
two lines loud enough for the leader
of the orchestra to hear, and when I
met her she was simply confused by
the first faint flush of success. She
knew she had a great future before
her, and she felt the fire of genius
burning; the entire world was hers to
conquer that is how she felt for one
beautiful, brief night. Now this fair
maiden from the West Is thinklng-of
returning to the bosom of her family,
with $300 worth Of experience and the
memory of the night she walked
across the stage and talked to her
self. She Will give her dear, good papa
a receipt for his $300, show him a pro
gram with her bame on it, and tell
the neighbors of the great success she
made in New York, and that she has
ohly gone home to rest yes, may
be." A remarkable feature of "Secret
Service" Is the fact that William Gil
lette has succeeded in totally avoiding
the use of those theatrical devices
known as "asides" and soliloquies. In
other words, there is no time during
the performance when an actor "is
made to speak to the audienco
thoughts which are supposed to be
passing through his brain, and which
he does not want others on the stage
to hear.
Alt Grant, comedian and mimic, was
bom in Liverpool,July,1868. At an early
age he was considered one of the best
dancers in England. He came to this
country when quite young and worked
five years for H. C. Dobson, learning
the banjo trade. He left Dobson to ac
cept a position as call boy for the Duff
Opera Co., and traveled with that com
pany one season. J. H. Ryley, recog
nizing his ability as a mimic, advised
him to do a specialty, and he traveled
one season, playing all the leading vau
deville houses. He then joined the or
iginal "Dazzier" Co. with Lydia Thomp
son, playing comedy parts with success,
and consequently joined Wm. Kenney.
ALP GRANT.
The team toured the country, introduc
ing an original Irish specialty. Joe
Madden became his next partner, and
they played the leading houses. Mr.
Grant next joined Manchester's French
Folly Co., closing the olio in an origiBhl
monologue. Later he joined "Ths
Colonel" Co., creating the roll of Os
heart, the tough boy. Ward and Vokes
engaged him for "A Run on the Bank,"
and he created two new characters and
closed the performance In a specialty
that was one of the features of the
show. He was next secured by Haver
Iy and Biggar, in "A Trip to China
town," playing Havin Payne, for which
character he received great praise, and
his specialty was also a success. Sub
sequently he was seen for a season with
Sam Devere's Co. He is playing dates
this season at the continuous and other
houses. Mr. Grant is a brother ot
James (Jumbo) Grant
Paul Potter has written a play for
Beerbohm Tree about the Indian mu
tiny of the fifties, but has decided not ;
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to un for It Mr. Kipling's title, "The
XuWfco Wi," l!0amUt II Nt-
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ting Potter's dramatic version of "Tril
by" to music, and Calve has promised
to iing the title role.
"One of my childhood's dreams of
intense acting," says Fanny Dsven
porL "as well as my idol as a school
ttirli was Lucille Westerfl; I would
Have gone without eating td see her
act.' She was to me then the embodi
ment of power and warmth."
Il Is announced that when Julia Ar
thur returns' to New York, April 25,
she will present a new version of
"Camllle." She has decided to give,
during the same engagement; a new
three-act Italian comedy, ''fhfldele';"
by Roberto Bracco, which she has had
translated into English.
"When men reach ihe.age that Mr.
Jefferson has and that I have, they do
not work solely for. the love of the
art," says Denman Thompson. "We
have" had our day at that, and as the
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satllMiasin cools we "begin to find the
Effort of playing decidedly more bur
e
densome. Now, 1 don't suppose that
Mr. Jefferson would wish t6 keeil at It
on the basis of $40 & week just for" the
sake of art."
Siegfried Wagner is in Rome at Work
bn a comic opera, the book being on a
Story of the thirty YcarS' war. His
music is said to be not of the school ot
his father, but of that of Humperdinck
the composer of "Hansel und Gretch".
Julia Neilson is saJd to be contem
plating a starring tour in this country
next season in company with her hus-
DENMAN THOMPSON,
band, Fred Terry. Her success with
Jdhn Hare's company in America some
two years ago was marked, and should
she come again it Is likely to be re
peated. Of living actors and playwrights,
perhaps Mr. Beerbohm Tree, Mr. Cecil
Raleigh, Mr. Arthur Roberts, Mr.
Penley and Mr. Toole have uttered
more spontaneous mixed metaphors
than most men. Patriotic Mr. Beer
bohnreejssaldto , have, observed
upon a 'famous occasion that "the
British lion will never draw in its
horns or retire into its shell, whether
roaming the deserts of India, explor
ing the mines of Australia or scaling
the mountains of Canada."
Macready once remarked, in the
course of an after-dinner address, that
he congratulated himself most upon
having torn the mask off the traitor's
face and revealed his cloven foot;
Whereupon Phelps rose to second him
and warmly Urged that it was "high
time the odicu3, hydra-headed faction,
of which the gentleman referred to
formed the tail, should be soundly rap
ped over the knuckles."
Was it not Mr. Cecil Raleigh who re
marked at a meeting of the Playgoers'
club that he pursued the shadow until
the bubble burst and left its ashes in
his hand? He has also said that many
modern novels written with a purpose
might as well have been written with
a penknife for all the good they would
ever do to anybody.
Clyde Fitch has another play ready
for production. It will be presented in
Philadelphia in February by Herbert
Kelcey and by EfHe Shannon, and for
one of the roles Mrs. Sarah Cowell Le
Moyne has been engaged.
Marie Burroughs has decided not tc
join Robert Hilliard's "A New Yorker"
company, at Hoyt's. She may possibly
return to the stage in some other play,
however, before long.
The biggest "jump" made by a the
atrical company this season was from
Omaha to SanFrancisco. 1,864 miles.
This trip was made in October by the
"Under the Red Robe" company.
Pinero is now 42 years old. He was
a lawyer and an actor before he became
a dramatist. It is said that he was ten
months writing "The Princess and the
Butterfly."
Marie Corelli has dramatized her
"Barabbas," and Frank W. Sanger has
nearly concluded arrangements where
by James O'Neil may present the play
next season.
A Traaap and Ills Orphans.
He shuffled down Chestnut street
yesterday afternoon, a genuine speci
men of the "Weary Willie" type. At
Eleventh street he approached a young
man who was standing on the corner
and asked for money to buy a meal.
The victim evidently thought the
money would be spent for drink, for
he refused to give any, but instead of
fered to buy the tramp a meal. The
dusty traveler then confessed that he
did want to buy a drink, not for
his own sake, but that he might get
dinner for the orphans. Considerably
mystified the "angel" tried to question
the tramp, but was told that if he
wished to learn any more he would
have to buy the drinks. A saloon was
repaired to and after the thirsty trav
eler had moistened his throat he went
to the cheese bowl and took a handful.
His other hand was plunged Into the
pocket of his ragged overcoat and two
large gray rats were produced and laid
on the bar. The animals were as disreputable-looking
as their master and
were soon hungrily feasting on the
cheese. The tramp then told how he
had tamed the rats while he was "do
ing time" out west, and after they had
eaten would display some tricks he
had taught them. The tramp's affection
seemed to be reciprocated, for, after
going through some tricks, the rats
crawled over bis head and shoulders
and actually seemed to kiss him.
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BASE BALL GOSSIP,
NEWS NOTES, COMMENT AND
PERSONAL CHAf."
Oretideat Kbbelts or the Drooklya flab
Wilt at All Tines Bear the Olira
BraaeH of Prac'6 fh Yofest
Magaato Sen's iatertUw'j.
Owner of the lirooalyai tlahi
RESIDENT E B
betts, of the Brook
lyn Club, is quoted
as saying: "As far
a3 the policy of our
club in major"
league matters is
concerned, wo will
antagonize nobody.
We want to be on
the friend Hpst
terms with the'
New York club, and anybody Identified
with our concera whosaya a word
against that club or its oBcUIs will be
sharply called to task. Of course, we
Wish to keep up the rivalry that has
always existed between the New Yorks
and Bttiokiyns 6xi the diamond, but I
believethe w,6 representative clubs ot
Greater New" York should stand togeth
er for .mutual protection and for" the
good of the game. The players who
compose the Brooklyn team will be
compelled to live iip to every letter of
their contracts. They will be forced to
'deliver the goods' for which they are
liberally paid. If any of them break
ihraies and kick over the traces they
will be severely disciplined.- They will
all be treated with consideration and
fairness as. long as they work in the
interests of the ciub and the patrons
of the game, but if they tr' any mon
key business, such as has gone on in
the past seasons, they will be rounded
pp with a sharp turn. In short, the
Brooklyn club will be shaken up In a
healthy manner, and the patrons who
have generously supported us in the
past, in spite of poor ball playing, will
receive something for their money."
Manager Hanlon, of the Baltimore
team, is quoted as expressing his views
on the St. Louis club muddle as fol
lows: "I do not think that Brush
bought the St. Louis team on his own
account. It seems to me more probable
that he bought it for other parties. I
do not know of any rule in the nation
al agreement that prohibits the owner
ship by one man of more than one ma
jor league1 team, and yet I do not be
lieve that the National League and
American Association" would permit
such a thing. Should Brush continue'
to own both teams I have no dodbt the
games between the two clubs would be
honestly played, but public opinion
would look askance at a series between
the two teams, if that series had any
bearing on the championship contest.
Mr. Brush has been conspicuous in hi3
work for the good of the game, and I
do not believe he would be a party to
any transactions that would have any
tendency to cast public doubt on its
honesty. I believe that the national
game should be above reproach, an-i
that no two teams In the major -league
should be controlled by the same per
sonal influence."
Charles H. Ebbetts, one of the young
est base ball magnates in the National
League, has been identified with the
sporting, social and political life of
Brooklyn for the past fifteen years. He
was born in New York on Oct. 29, 1808.
and had a public school education. His
first business venture was as an archi
tect, but he found the confining work
uncongenial and scon entered a pub
lishing house. In the spring of 18S3
he became identified with the Brook
lyn base ball club, and has been its
secretary ever since. He has alway3
been a lover of sports, being one of the
founders of the old Nassait Athletic
club, which flourished at Washington
Park during the eighties. He is a con
sistent cyclist, and has for a number
of years been a prominent member of
the Good Roads Association, at present
occupying an executive office in that
organization. It is probably as a
bowler that Mr. Ebbetts has become
60 widely known in Brooklyn. He is
a member of the Prospect club, the
Carleton club, and captain of the Com
monwealth Council team of the Royal
Arcanum League. The other organi
zations which claim Mr. Ebbetts as a
member include the Park club, and
many secret" societies. Since he took
up his residence In Brooklyn Mr. Eb
betts has lived in the Twenty-second
ward. He is a delegate to the Demo-
MANAGER EBBETTS.
eratic national committee and repre
sented his district in the state legisla
ture in 1895. He was defeated the
following year, but last election he
was successful in his candidacy for
councilman. Mr. Ebbetts was mar
ried in 1887 and ha3 three daughters
and one son. He has a handsome home
at 328 First street, Brooklyn.
F-ank C. Bancroft, business mana
ger of the Cincinnati club, said in a
recent interview: "I believe that OM
Hoss Radbourn was the first pitcher in
the league to carry a handicap. When
Radbourn was at his best he was al
most certain to win every game in
which be participated. Rad at that
time had a peculiar way of stepping
around the pitcher's box before deliv
ering the ball. The magnates legis
lated against him, but it did not de
stroy Radbourn's effectiveness, so the
pitching distance was increase.-;. And
every few years the magnates have
been taking a shy at the distance." At
times Banny Is quite a romancer, and
the above appears to be one
of his clever veins of ima-
JSAMT
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lUatioa, for the rules 4o Hq
Z rv
Wlth what he says. Rule S, of thi Na
tional League, for each season front
1881 to iSSi, inclusive, the number of
years that Radburh was a member of
the organization, except in iS90, When"
he was with the Players' League, Says
that the pitcher's distance shall be
fifty feet from tho center of the home
base. In 18S7 the first penalty was
placed on the pitcher when section 2.
of rule f5; says: "The pitcher shall
take hi3 position facing the batsman,
with both feet squarely on the ground,
the' right foot on the rear line of tfte
'box.' his left foot In advance of the
right, and to the left of am imaginary
line from his right foot to the center
I of the home base," etc. When this
penalty was added it was done as a
slap at RadbuVa' for the latter was on
the decline then.
, Right out of the heart of the Maine
forest came Lonis F. Soc&slexis, the
Penobscot. He was tall and straight
as his native pines, Jtnd his eyes were
aa clear and bright as (h stars la the
sky. He was clean-limbed, aglte and
healthy, and was a superb specimen of
the race of Stbletas he sprang from.
Thus we find him as h roamed o'er
his native heath", where his cliildbood
days were spent In wending his never
weary footsteps through the winding
pathways of his island home, hunting,
fishing, and in other ways as are only
familiar to the native American. Lit
tle is1 known of his early life, except
that he, like tn'o1 average run of small
boys. Included base jilt;Jn his .cata
logue of amusements. Just when he
began to play the game is a mystery
cvgfi io himself, for he says ho was
then not much more than three feet
high, and now he stretches his man
hood into six feet of the atmosphere.
He Was born Oct. 24. 1873. at Oldtdwn.
Penobscot county, Me., he ontered civ
ilization through ths gateway of St.
Mary's College, and his progress was
very rapid until now he is a well edu
cated Indian. From St. Mary's he
LOUIS SOCKALEXIS.
went to Holy Cross College at Wor
cester, Mas3., and it was while pluying
with the latters team, several seasons
ago, that Jesse Burkett, of the Cltfve
lands, who was then coaching the Holy
Cross team, recommended Sockalexls
to Manager Tebeau, of the Cleveland
team.
The Philadelphia Ball club, limited,
was, on Jan. 6, given a verdict of $39,
0S9 by a jury at that city, in an action
to recover damages for the change of
grade at Broad and Huntington streets.
The case was heard before Judge Au
denreid, and this is the third time
damages have been awarded the club
against the city of Philadelphia. A road
jury first gave the club a verdict of
over ?25,000. This was appealed, and
on the second trial a jury placed the
damages at $29,000. The city again ap
pealed and the decision was reversed
by the Supreme Court, necessitating the
trial which has just closed. The action
for damages grew out of the building
of the "hump" on Broad street, the club
claiming damages for the expense they
were put to by having to erect a new
wall nlong Broad street, in having ha-1
their carriage gate and entrance at
Broad and Huntingdon streets closed,
and other items.
President W. H. Watkins cf tho
Pittsburg club said in a recent Inter
view: "The spring exhibition games
with the Clevelands have been mostly
arranged to try our new players. I
think that Manager Tebeau of the
Cleveland team has the same idea in
this respect that I have, so that there
will be few of cur old hands playing in
the games. You see the sooner we find
cut what our new men are likely to do
the better it will be for them and for
us. If they do not seem to be able to
hold their own in the major league,
then the sooner they get a chance to
join a minor league the better for
them. And the sooner we find cut that
they are for the minor leagues for the
time being the better it will be for us
financially. I have great faith in the
games that have been arranged, and I
will be greatly disappointed if they do
not result in lots cf gocd for both
clubs."
Manager Ewing, cf the Cincinnati
team, said recently: "If Chicago has
started a deal for Miller, our right
fielder, I have heard nothing about i
I won't say what the Cincinnati club
will do in case a trade i3 offered, be
cause I do not know. It is my im
pression at this time that all the men
under contract and reservation to the
club will be kept at least until after the
training season at San Antonio. How
ever, it Is tco early to discuss a deal
when no deal is offered. It will depend
entirely on what the other club offers
whether we will take it or not. We
are very well satisfied with the team
as it stands. There 13, no telling what
we miEht do if the proper trade is of
fered us."
President Young is net very much
enamored with the three-trip schedule
idea, and would gladly hail the system
that was In vogue last year. Uncle
Nick doesn't like so many up-to-date
.notions as are constantly being sprang
on him .
What will Pittsburg do with Second
Baseman Eagan? is the question that
has been freely asked ever since the
smoketown people took htm from the
Brooklyns.
"Ritehey of the Cinclnnatis Is on tile
markot." ExcQonge. What has be
come o! the sixteenth amendawnt,
iiaVlEiSa-V
W If
'fillip1!?
lUfaed by Father Abraham? ,
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CANADA.
What
i Sew UoUis; at 1st ths
Dosslatoau
A Cincinnati Klondike party passed
through Wianipeg, Manitoba, a few
days since, or their way to the gold
fields. Two or three ladies accompa
nied them, and as they passed through
the streets of that Western Canadian,
city, they were the objects of consider
able attention, in their costHmcs of
leather leggings and buckskin suits,
the same as were worn by tho gentle
men of the parly.
A new route to the Klondike is said
to have seta discovered by way of
Priuce Albert, la the western territories
ot Canada. It will be a competitor tot
the Edmonton ronte.
The demand for good trala dogs is
keeping up at Battleford, ia Western
Canada. Bstweea the police, tho
acrthwest government and Mr. P. K.
Lindsay of Victoria, B. C, every avail
able dog of the requisite quality baa
found ready sale, and everywhere you
can see soaae.af the yos brutes sit
ting the wont-el.it. lavtae CrU of
the owners to trala them with the ex
pectation of sale.
Custom returns for the past si
months, ending December 31, show am
Ini-rease in the total trade of over
$25,009,000.
The City of Toronto asks from tho
street railway company 10 per cent of
ihc gross revenue of the company for
the past year. As the revenue was
over $1,000,000, the city will receive a.
very fair rental.
The " Jrairplaycirrr iw
Mound, has wound up its season's op
erations by the shipment of 9.000
pounds of batter in December.
J. A. Kinsella, superintendent of gov
ernment creameries, has sold to a Win
nipeg and Vancouver produce company
100,000 pounds of northwest butter,
the pries' being in the neighborhood
of $20,000. The butter will be dis
tributed between the coast cities and
the Kootenay. This fra aiade sev
eral large shipments to the Klondike
last season.
F. A. D. Bourke of Battleford, recent
ly sold a butcher there a fat cow that
dressed 1,005 pounds. She beat the
previous record of that district by 10O
pounds.
The Klondike fever will give a spe
cial Impetus to horse breeding on the
foothill ranches. Their present stock
for sale will be all taken up at good
figures for transport by the Edmonton
route.
Alex. Wood, Sonrls, lately sold a five
months' old calf which weighed, when
dressed, 400 pounds. This shows what
can be done In the way of fattening
cattle 'when It is given proper atten
tion. The only herd of buffalo In Western
Canada today are those in the neigh
borhood of Winnipeg, the property of
Lord Strathcona and those in
the neighborhood of Mount Royal.
They are'about to be removed to tho
National Park at Banff, in the Rocky
.Mountains. The removal of these huge
animals a distance of over a "thousand"
miles by rail is an immense undertak
ing, and as these animals arc not alto
gether tame, it will be attended with
more or less danger.
"Mrs. Strucket aiiccts the antique in
her house decorations " "Yes, she
told irc the other day she was heart
broken because she couldn't get the
shades of her ancestors for her parlor
windows." Truth.
N.
MEDILL ANO.MUD.
Tho Old War-Hone or Journalism Dis
covers th Virtue of a Now
Medicinal Variety.
There are only a few of them left.
Since Chas. A. Dana's death, "Joo" Me
di!I, tho old war.horoo of tho Chicago
Tritjune, is tho cbicf surviving representa
tive of tho old tchool of virile, nggrotbivo
editorial giants.
To have mud thrown nt thom va part
of tho profession at all time?, but to Hud
Lcalth in mud is rather a modern innova
tion. That is what "Joe" Mcdill has been
doing of late, and he feels that if his old
friend Dana had fonnd the sa-.re source of
vitality in time ho might be abiding with
us still.
Mr. Medill is an investigator aad when
the stories of the miraculous Magno-Mud
at IndianaMineral Springs began to spread
over the country, the great editor became
interested and eventually decided to try
this inv.Hteriou-s substance oa hL;o7n rheu
matic limbs, and weigh its vahio. He wm
nccompnuied by his private physicinn, Dr.
Toros Sarkuiaii, a young Armenian sci
entist of high attainment-). The great ed
itor was mud-mnmmifled daily for s-etcral
weeks and gained visibly in weight,strcngth
and vitality. The chief evidence of his re
cuperation" was a i-eries of editorial sledge
hammer blows, which made tho opposition
tremble.
The final result of tho exporfcnont was
aa sniualified success. "Joe" Medill went
back to Chicago in September, and wroto
an editorial about Magno-Mud with his
own band. Next, ho sent his son-in-In.
It. S. McCormick, down for a tittle of tho
mud-treatment. In November he went
down again, and since tho new bath bouo
is completed he expects to ba a regular
vi.-itor lour times a year.
This mud-treatment in which Mr. Mcdill
found so much virtue, is peculiar", yet log
ical. After all, every form of life springs
from the earth, which is the great deitroy
cr and nvimilator of dead and effete mat
ter. All life in fed at the breast of Mother
Earth. At the Indiana Mineral Springs U
a beautiful little natural amphitheatre,tbs
slopes being grown with magnificent oats.
At the foot of the converging hill, a bis
Lithia spring gushes forth at the rate of
:;,00J barrels a day and floods tho toit.
which consists of a ricb.black porous loam,
fed by the deciduous foliage of the oak
trees, This peculiar soil saturated with
mineral salts for ages, is as solnb'e as
tugar, and being devoid of clay is net
sticky in the least. It is not, therofore, in
any scooo related to the conventional mud
of the road-way, of the Chicago street or
to the variety which clings to your h?els.
The mud is applied to tho patient on a
cot, the subject being entirely cncaod ia
the substance, steamed toa propcrtempar
ature. It then acts as a poultice, stimu
lates the skin, superficial blood vessels ami
nerve", opens the pores and lithiates tho
blood, dissolving all nric acid depo;ifs.
No.hingcan be simpler or more rational.
Mr. Medill at the time of his last visit
shared the benefits of the Magno-Mud CV.ra
with several other shining lights (rpm
Chicago. His professional collesgue. Wat.
Penn Nixon. late of the Intcr-Octan, now
Collector of the Port of Chicago is another
mud-devotee. So is Ex-Gov. John 1. Alt
geld, which shows that mud is more pow
erful than politics, becaufe it unites in a
common purpose two men. who are, polit
ically not exactly LeJ-fellows-.
"Kathleen Moorfay is an enigma to
me." "How so?" "Ever since her
father has become rich and they've
been admitted to society I have never
heard her claim to be descended from
Irish kings." Cleveland Leader.
Laura When Bob proposed last
night did you know what was coming?
Lucretla No; I didn't know papa was
within hearing, neither did Bob, poor
Bob! Yonkers Statesman.
He who robs under the shelter of the
law is the most daring and cowardly
thief of the dar.
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