Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 06, 1889, Part II, Page 16, Image 16

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Prices are absolutely cut in two , No attention is paid to former prices at all , everything goes. Read our prices below , then come to our j store , and you will learn
ior yourself that our Hundred Thousand Dollar Sale is a bonanza for the buyer.
Extension Tables This week $3.75
$15 Bureaus ; This week $7
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$7 Kitchen Safes . . . . . . - . This week S3.5O '
$4 Bedsteads This week $1.75
$4O Folding Beds ,7. This week $25
$60 Folding Beds This week $35
$18 Bed Lounges .This week $9.50
4Oc Matting This week 18c
50c Ingrains This week 25c
75c Ingrains This week 4Oc
$1.25 Brussels This week 70c
$1 Pillows This week 40c
$2 Comforts This week 9Oc.
$1O Lace Curtains ? This week $4
65c Chairs This week 3Oc
$4 Bookers This week $1.5O
$6 Billing Tables This week g.3
i > $6 Center Tables This week $3
$2.50 Center Tables This week 9Oc
$6 Hanging Lamps , This week $3
$2.SO Decorated Stand Lamps This week $1.25
$15 Book Cases This week $7.5O
$15 Polished Rocker , Oak nSlihOSa y. This week $7.5O
THE LIVELY WORLD OF SPORT
ARoamnoo ) ; tha Baao Ball Season
JuaL Glosocl.
NEBRASKA STATE LEAGUE.
U in pirn lluiMt Kulutcs His Ijvpoi'lonoo
on tlio Dliiiiiiind > lll\vaiikou'n
Oftll Sport In c Miscellany
ICtC. , 10 1C.
Tlio Western Association closed the season
"on Monday last. Financially , it was any
thing but a glittering success , but , us a
whole , about broke oven , There was some
satisfaction in this , but not htilllcieiit to in
fuse much additional enthusiasm within the
ranks of the Western circuit. U hen tha
glad springtime , with her blue birds and
O balmy winds , however , comes again , the old
lever will break out in a more virulent furm
than ever.
Of course , us everybody knows , Omaha
, \von the pennant at a Jog , St. Paul came in
second , Minneapolis third , Sioux City
fourth , Milwaukee llfth , Denver sixth , St.
Joe suvcnth , and Des Molnos last. Early in
the season tlm Apostles Jumped into 'the
lent ) , getting such u start that It looked for a
whllo nn If no ono cjuld ovcrhnul them.
Onmha , though , Ilnally struck her gait , mid
by it long btrulch of inagniilccnt playing
caught up with and passed them , and was
never hcndcd again. There Is no doubt that
the sale of Sawders mid Plckutt
materially crippled the St. Pauls , and Sioux
City lost her chance through sheer bad luck
in the wny of injurci ) players. St. Joe
lacked inamigemeiit and Denver ginger. Mil
waukee was n sere disappointment , wliilo
DCS Molnes ( tut no liguro at any btagu in the
game. St. Joe , DCS Molnos , Sioux City mid
St. Paul all lost money , whllo the other four
clubs mmlo u little , Minneapolis being Iho
only city that cleared anything to speak of ,
'J lie Views of Umpire llur.st.
Tin : HhK's base ball mm rode down from
Sioux City on Tuesday last with Umpire Tlm
Hurst , who was on his way urOmaha for
Die purpose of dr.uvilny the & 10J forfeit ho
had posted liero for n light between Jimmy
Lindsay and Jimmy Mcllalo. Conversation
naturally turned on base ball. Umplro
Hum proved himself well up on the situa
tion , mid In the .course of the talk retailed n
, good ilo-il of information Hint cannot fall in
making interesting reading ,
" 1 1'col much elated , " said ho , "over my
success us.in umpire In the UVutorn associa
tion. I came h ro u i 'rl'cct stranger
iiinong strangers , unit had much misgiv
ing nbout my capabilities of malting a
Milieus. I hud umpired In tlm nout'norn
league , and down thoio wo all hml pretty
much tlm saum understanding of base bull
hi .tho wild and wooly west. The hoys told
1110 IHQ night before I left Now Orleans that
In Denver. If the crowd didn't tiliu tliu uui-
plr ( > , they t < .ok him out In the mountains
ttomcwhuro mid either shot and scr.lpud him
or burnt him ut the .stake. It 15 mmc.ve < iary
for mo testate with what an ugiocablo sur
prise I met , not only In Denver , but all the
Western tisiocIuUnn clile . They arc truly
tlitf best iichavod base ball midioncesiu the
country , and put to slmmo thu vaunted
chivalry of the south. I oxpuricnrod llttlo
or no trouble with the players or news
paper report ois aflcr they came to know me ,
notwithstanding the stories thutomemiteit
from SI Paul and Minneapolis , that 1 xvns In
constant hot water with thu hitter class ,
Several times certain Pkuera undertook to
bnllyriigtno , but in a quiet , ecnUomanly ty.iy
1 Quickly euvo them to umloratund tluit i
meant business , and If necessary would moot
tluiji ) after the game , and it was not long
rro they nil learned to ivspoct me and I nude
friends ol the whola association ,
"Uut 1 tell you the umpire' * position Is an
unenviable one , mid the only way for such
un ofllclal to gel along U always
to do thu right thing. Homo umpiring and
partiality to certain players Is one of the or
dluurv umpire' * troatcU bhorlcouilnga , u d
I wasn't Jong in learning that unqualified
fuirnusn uiul honesty was my greatest safe
guard. From the Haltering encomiums I
have received from authoritative sources , I
feel canlident that I have m.ulo a good im
pression , which H as much to mo as my sal
ary , it not more. I know my voice Is not
exactly what it should bo-not strong mid
clear enough but in another.year 1 hope to
remedy this fault.
" I imvo been approached about going onto
the American association stall' next year ,
anil , of course , would * like to. as it Is un ad
vancement that cannot .bo denied ; but I
don't know wh.it my real chances ure.
"Wiuit do 1 think of tho" Western nssocia-
lieu ? Well , I have only praise for this body.
It certainly stands next to tliu American
association in point of imiiartanco. It , has
the best , players uml the most of them , and ,
in time , when the different managements
nro schooled up through experience to a
nicer appreciation of the requirements of
perfect SUUC034 , and in the ethics of the
sport , it will branch out on an equal
looting with the major organisation just men
tioned. Just now it seems to bo run on a serb
of a catch ds-cutch-can policy , but is round
ing to gracefully , and in time will be a thor
oughly balanced machine in all Its compo
nent parts. In tlio wst here , base ball seems
to bu looked upon too much ns a sort of n
slde-pastlmo , uml not < is n solid , legitimate
business enterprise , demanding the llncstof
executive and administrative ability in its
conduct. This feature , however , will Do
wholly eliminated when tno game go'.s on n
paying basis , and the stockholders rcali/o
that there is revenue in it proportionately to
any other respectable business. Just now
tlio minor leagues ure too much of a prepara
tory school for the older bodies , made Inevit
able bv tlio pernicious sales system , and the
arbitrary manner in which all tlio laws and
regulations governing thosn institutions are
conducted , The older bodies execute all this
work , mid , it scums , look too much to their
own und.s. Still there are able and honorable
men at the head ot base ball nrtalrs in this
country , and their legislation , everything
considered , may be Hie very best
thing fur tha minor leagues in tha
long run , The parent should handle
mid teach and guide the child , and not tlio
child the parent. The Western association ,
of till the minor organizations , has a future
Its llvo , growing , prosperous , hustling
cities niukos this nn absolute certainty , and
It will In time wield as much Influence and
power In ihu alt'alrs of tbo diamond as cither
the older bodioa. "
Milwaukee. ' * * Norve.
Milwaukee Is exhibiting u good deal of
gall lu demanding thut the November meetIng -
Ing of tha Western association ba held in
that city , and the writer assumes the res
ponsibility of informing her that she don't
stind any more chance of such a concession
being shown her than that snowllako that
so much 1ms boon said about , In faot , Mil
waukee Is the lust , city m the Western asso
ciation that should ask suoli a favor , consid
ering her present uttltudu , and the constant
contention kept up uy her sap headed secre
tary , one Qauin. It is un open
fcorot that Milwaukee would
Jump the Western association
at ttio first opportunity. She labor * uudcr
thu hallucination that her proper Hphcro Is In
the American association orNatlon.al league ,
and If they would lot down the baih nho
woul 1 how her heels to her old confreres
hero In the west too quick.
Further , Milwaukee is Informed that Iho
November meeting will bo hold right hero
In Omahn , thu home of the president nf the
iissix'latlun. anil the most centrally loutcd
city in thu circuit ,
A Stnui It 'njinu X\t : Year.
Tltcro will bo a baom on In the t > prin # for
u Nebraska state league , Judging Jrom tbe
Interest manifested during th > i past season in
base hall by tlio olllcs of Kearney , Grand
Uluml , West Point , Fremont , Lincoln , Beat
rice mid other towns. Thu advisability of
such nn cntcrprUo has bsan frequently
pointed out by Tin. IJus during the past
( uimmor , mid all tha cities named hnva
thoroughly uUcu.sol it. Tuero can bo but
llttlo doubt but that such nn enterprise
would bo eminently successful , as it alters
the only refuge for Nebraska clubs nifnlnst
long tMivulu and great "xpoiiso In maintain
ing their tteiiH-profes-iloiml teams , All the
e tics named have bud more or less exper
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NOTE OUR TERMS
$10 worth of goods $ i a wqek or $4 a month.
$25 Worth of goods $1.50 a week or $6 a month.
50 worth of goods $2 a week or $ S a month.
$75 worth of goods , $2.50 a week or $10 n month ,
$100 worth of goods , $3 a week or $12 a month.
$200 worth of goods , $5 a week or $20 a month.
leneo in base bull affairs , and whllo ROIIIO
few of tlicm have managed to pull through
tlio season , nil of them liuvo been failure's
from u financial standpoint. Tlio llclil for
rivalry , which u state league would create ,
is another argument lit Its favor , ami ono
which should uot be overlooked.
AH El ( jltt ceil Carat Fnlci * .
1'eoplo interested in base ball affairs can
uialte up thoif minds tnat tbe much-talked
oC brotherhood scheme , Is a faho made out
of whole cloth , and can bo dismissed without
further apprehension. The national league
is in no possible danger. AH of the safe
guards that have been thrown around
the great national game have emanated
from the league. Iho tri-partltu agree
ment , its successor , the national agreement ,
the reserve rule and all other sound and
practical measure * which have assisted in
elevating the standard of the nportIn its
present high uosltion 011110 from this grand
old body. Sunday playing and liquor soiling
are not tolerated on league ground : ) , and in
casu of an uprising among disgruntled play-
era , wno are all paid about throe-fold more
than they are worth , the people will remem
ber tlicso things and stand by tlio league
which lias fostered the sport and made its
perpetuation possible. Ilotvovcr. it Is boldly
reiterated , the whole matter is a fulio of the
lirst water.
Kitliflitsi of illMattress. .
Sam Mathews , of Australia , and Arthur
Hothcry , of this city , will wrestle catch-as-
catch-can , boat three falls In live , at the
People's theater next Thursday night for
$100 a side , and the event promises to bo a
eood ono. Mathews comes with a good
record , according to Ins own say so. Ho is
of English tnrth , is thirty years of ago ,
stands 5 feet 0 } Inches In height , mid weighs
HO pou ml s. Ho has defeated. Groolf G serge ,
Andy Leonard , Anton Pierre , Jimmy Faul le
tter , Bonnie Jones , Johnny Clarke and maiiv
others. He wrestled u draw with Sorachl ,
the Jap , and has been beaten by Prof. Miller ,
Joe Acton ami Joe Hlgglns. Mathews Is also
very clover with his dukes , and will box all
comers at 144 pounds.
Arthur Hotlicry , as Is well known , Is nn
all-round athlete of tirst-class reputatln.
Ho lias nuvcr made wrestling a profession ,
but Is well able to keep anyone in Mathews'
class very busy.
TlilH iXfici'iinon.
There are several good match races booked
for the Westlawn track this afternoon , The
flm on the card is a match race bctwcon
O. W. PIcard's Dinah , and P. McAvoy's
Salaam , for ' 200 a side. The second , a
similar race , between L. II , Howe's Blazo-
wooil , and Lord Hootli'H Charley Brown , I'or
6300 a side. There will also bo a pony stake
race , half mile dash , entrance ? . and a Htako
race , free-for-all , half mile dash , oatrancc & > .
Apollo U If ul Notti' .
Kogular run to filonwood this mornln ? ,
the start to bo made from the club rooms ut
i o'clock biiarp ,
Will Plxloy hai a now fortynineInch
Columbia , and hu rules it like a professional.
The apolloi are CDiitouiplntin a hill climb
Ing cqiitust.
Jack Kastmati and Goirgo Heard , of the
Kamolcrs , left for the Corn I'alauJ u-.vhuol
yesterday , They will return Tuesday.
It Is a noticeable fuct , but many wheelmen
who have nccn rldlns la profn < > somil ! races ,
are being reinstated to the amateur ranki.
Tiioro seems to bo more money lu uai Hour
riding than profiiiiianal , ii'iil ' If the Lniruo
ol Am ricau Whuolmon rnlm wore enforced
there would ba nnuiuberof niiiitours less ,
not only in this city , but all over the coun
try.
_
Sniilli Uiniilin l > 'lslioi ,
J'hc organUition of the Mu Ic flty Ath-
lotio club has brought out the looil aspirants
for iJstlo haiiorJ and alivady sovoraUiiateluM
are on the tapis , and In oao c no * articles
have been sitrne.l.
The club li.i secured commodious and
convenlcut tjjjrtorj , lias adopted the rule *
of the Calfornla Athletic club of San Fran
cisco , and la to bn csnduclod on high-toned
principles , uiul only fcontlomui of * tandlnir
can bccoino ineuiucvs or o\cn got admission
to entertainments.
In the tou-rouud contest between tsvo local
aspirants , fop which articles wore signed
Saturday evening , theiJStli lilt. , an oiulitocn
fout ring will bo used ami Marquis of Quoons-
bury rules will govern , the contest to take
place within six weeks. Johri Maher will act
as timekeeper , and Charles A. Payunk , tlio
woll-known Chicago pugilistlo truinqr , will
act us master of ceremonies , fieoivo II.
Thomas , of Kansas City , and William O.
Cranston , of South Omaha , will open the
cntortortainment with a live-round contest
and several other local amateurs will give
exhibitions.
A fight to n finish between .Tobn Maher.
formerly , of Now York , and Champion Mc-
Gulro , of South Omaha , will also take place
this winter under the auspices of the club.
I' ' lii-li ( > -j I'Yo-ii tliu Diamond.
Joe Walsh has returned to the city.
ling Ilolllday will also play in California
this winter.
Hyn will occupy first base for Minneapolis
next season.
Milwaukee thinks she has a great catcher
In young Karle.
"Orator" Schaefer recently attacked an
umpire at Toledo and was jailed.
Jnclr Crooks goes to California for the
winter. Dad Clarke IB already there.
Cincinnati Is still after Dad Clarke and
Columbus , too , wants the young man.
Peter Wcckbecicer. the Burlington , la. ,
catcher , has boon signed by Indianapolis.
IJuckoy Hemp , who was with Kvansvillo
this season , made u great record as a Holder.
Jack O'Connor , the old St. .loo cntcaor has
made a great record with Columbus this sea
son.
son.Tho
The Kansas City clnb lias signed long
John Ilcaly for next season ut a salary of
,
All players not incntloiictl in the reserved
ll.su will ho eligible- contract anywhere on
and after October 2U.
Tnero were mora homo runs made in the
Western association than any league or as
sociation in the country.
Nnt Hudson , of Minneapolis , made a tro-
mumlous batting avorairo during the last
throe weeks of the season.
The Daviin port battery , Hhlncs and Har
rington , didn'tcost CInclinati anything ex
cept , expenses for the club's agent , Ted Sulli
van.
van.Wlimot
Wlimot , as aoon as the base bill season Is
over , returns to Minneapolis where ho puts
In the winter as a clerk in the First National
bank.
Lu.iguo and American nssoslatlon umpires
received ut the rate of SIKI pur weak tlilH
season. Western association umpires got
but $40.
Hilly A Ivor a has , not yet Joined thu Kansas
City loam. HIH wltu lies In Cincinnati at tlio
Comtof dcathunil Alvord Is nearly heart-
roken.
Sumo Merion , of > the Minneapolis club , Is
scouring the country for now talent ior next
year. Sam will make a big bid for the Hag
next season ,
Cleveland madi.n great miHtalco when
Dnko was sold. Hho received $ > OQ for Ins
ruleaso but live timoa that amount wcnld not
buy him now.
Muiiusrcr Frank Bslee , of iho Omaha flub ,
will manage the iHoston club next , year
whether the Otnatia.toani bo- purchased by
Hoston or not.
Klmer Foster was recently Hiioa by n St.
Paul surgeon for J50 for services rendered
when Foster broke liU arm pitching for St.
Paul , Himo years ago.
Cooiio.v's Bcasan's play domonstrato.l un-
quoUloiabl.v that ho was Om-ilu's best all-
round player. Ho filled almoat ovcry | ml-
tlon , save the jiltulu'r'H.
Milwaukee ami Ashl.url are oViving a
series of live games lor thu ohnrnplonahib of
Wiiconiilu. So fur two gamoi have bucil
played , the Brewers winning bath.
It bus evcnuateil after all that the imr-
chaioof thuuntlro Omuha team by Hoston
was a o mard , but that thu Mo in K tiers can
have the c'lolca ol' the team there Is no mis
take.
liaiiHevCntoks , a brother of the redoubt-
nlilo Jack. U holng pokuii of a f the manager
of Sioux City's bill to tin for next noason ,
He U un old ball pUyu.- ana would ill ! iho
bill to a T ,
Holllday Is straiii ! In everything but base-
running , and his weakness thnro U duo to
luck of decision in lilfju-m-r u at.irt. In u
straight run ho is the fanuu man in the
Cincinnati team ,
Ouiutui will sco no more profcssloual ball
this season. The proposed series between
St. Louis and Kansas City , two of which
games .wcro to nave boon played here , lias
fallen through with.
.faok Crooks made his debut with Colum
bus at Hrooklyn Thursday and showed him
self to be : i good Holder and fast runner.
He also seems to possess considerable batting
skill. Sporting Life.
The Western association had its full qnoto
of old ball players this season. Sutton ,
JJradloy , Dolan , D.ilrymple , Howe , Mac.nllar.
Cllno , Pliclin , M.iskroy and Traftley all came
over In tlm May/lower. /
Tlio most errutio twirler in the Western
association the past season was Crowell , of
the Sioux City team. Ho would pitch a
phenomenal game ono day and the 113'Ct ' bo
knoonud all over the lot.
The Denver team this season lias made
practically $11,0)1) ) for its manngcrs , though
only JT.fiUO will be realized as clear profits ,
asSl.SUJ was paid out for releases and over
$1,000 for other purposes.
Among the crack ball players brought Into
prominence by Manager Frame Seleo might
DO mentioned McCarthy of tlio Browns ,
Slattcry of the New Yorlts , Foster of Min
neapolis , Irwin of the Washlngtons , Kobin-
son of the Athletics. Titoomb of the Torou-
tos , and Coonoy of the Omahas.
fJlobe Democrat : Tom Dolan has returned
from Denver. IIo played during thu season
with Dave Ilowo's Denver club. His work
In tlio Western league was Ilrst-class ; in
fact , ho played the game of his life. Ho
caught seventy-live games. Ho returned
homo before the season closed on account of
the arrival of a little boy at his Jiroside.
Tom is looking well ,
Brooklyn Is at last reasonably sure of the
American association pennant , but the St.
Louis Drowns nro not so hopelessly In the
rear but what the least falling off on the
part of the Bridegrooms will make them
prominent candidates again for llrst honors.
The Athletics have a linn grip on third
nl ace , with Baltimore fifth and Cincinnati
fourth. The season will close ono week from
Tuesday.
.foe Quinn , of Boston , at Washington was
given u neatly done up puckngo , which Joe
was told to tint in ills grip and not open
until ul'tor the train had left the dcost.
When Qiilnn opened it ho found an old , well
worn child's nlioc , upon which was labeled ;
"J'hls is n dead sure winner. Take it along ,
for the shoe was worn by a hunchback. "
The players say that the shoe must go to
every game.
Ol all now clubs that have entered in a
championship race , Omuha undoubtedly
ranks ut tlio top of thu list. The team that
represented this city the season just closed
was practically a nuw club. Now clubs have
made line records in Iho older organl/.at Ions
before this , hut none can ho recalled that
surpasses Omaha's achievement. Tlio team
was wholly an untried one , HO far as tlio
majority of its meintjcrs wcro concerned ,
yet they won tlio championship with com
parative case. This was greatly due to good
management , and the perfect harmony that
existed in the team tliroiigliout the season ,
nSnorts. .
Low May of the State Fihh commission ,
and N. It. Simmons of the N'atlonul Fish
cominiRHiun , were in tlio city Friday.
W , S. HaniPs , of Lexington , Ky. , and
owner of the fmnoiii Mllhurn Htabluof boli-
tails , was in thu city u couple of diijs last
Jt in ( julto probable that the Hurdln-Mor-
gan bicyulu rnmbumtion will dinlund nftur
the nloso of their Frixcn tournament The
venture has been a losing ono from Ilia stall.
Jnclc Morrison received a barrel of Hue
bass , pikii and croppies from a Michigan
frloml Friday , but Hiiccccdud In placing nil of
them with friends , however , within an hour
after their arrival.
Duneun C , Itoss , one of the iiost known
nll-aromiil iitnlelcs in the world , has boon In
Itio city for tin ) past few iluyi : . Urn gueit of
his brother-in-law. C. McKlnslo , of tlm Union
Pat'iflo passenger di'p.irlinont.
The f'Titlmii'il mild wcntlior has very ma-
luri'illy Intorfcrod with the duck hlMJtlng ,
and but few birds are being kllluii. .Mal
lards have uomo in only in small bunchon
uiul t al are not nearly so numerous a * thu
llrit flight g4VO in-oinlso of ,
Kck's bicydo combination is il' ' > lug it rat
tling b'islnoas In England , Tlio lirltUherii
look upin Lottio Stanley , the btur of the out-
Ill , us a veritable wundur , and stand ready
U ) Uauk bur lu a short ur long race agaliibt
any femulo rider in thu woilJ.
The writer was out for un aftoruoou' *
05O Parlor Siiits This week $23.50
$75 Parlor Suits This week $40
$18 Plush Rockers This week $9.50
$8'Flush Parlor Chairs This week $3.50
$4 Springs This week $1.73
$4 Mattresses This week $1.73
$5O Base Burner This week $30
$4O Base Burner This week $23
$25 Heaters " . This week $1 $
$20 Heaters This week $12.50
$15 Heaters ' . This week $8.50
$10 Heaters This week $5
$40 Ranges This week $25
$18 Cook Stoves This week „ 9.3O
$5O Secretaries This week $3O
$4O Secretaries This week $22.50
$25 I allies' Writing Desks This week $15
$2O Ladies' Writing Desks.This week $12.50
$5 Pictures This week $2.5O
$1O Clocks This week § 5
$7.5O Toilet Sets This week 45
$2.50 Set Potts Irons This week $1.25
$1.75 Wash Boiler This week 98o
shoot up on Medicine creek , South Dakota ,
on Mumlay last , an 1 succcj.led . in ba.gmg
nineteen grouse , three ducks and a rattlo-
smike. The woat'mr ' w.is as hot us mid-July ,
everything was paruhud and dried up , and
game as scarce as hen's teeth ,
The Oinnhas ura at last anchored for the
winter. Manager Seleo is m Melrose , Mass. ,
Walsh , Cleveland mid Willis in this city ,
Coonoy in Cranston , H. I. , .Nagle lit MiHv.iu-
kee , ClarUo and Knell in California , StraiibS
In Covlngton , Ky. , Nichols in Kansas City ,
Canavan in Sprinxllcld , Mass. , and Mcssltl
in Troy , N. Y.
John U. McConniek , roeont snorting editor
and dramatic critic ot the New York Sun ,
now In advance of W. H. Crane , IB in
the city. Mr. McUormick is par
ticularly well known as an authority on mat
ters pugilistic , but , aside from this , Is ono of
the most versatile newspaper men in the
country , : v pleasant , genial gentleman under
all circumstances , and ono of the most popu
lar men in the profession.
Questions and / YnviT3. .
Will you please inform mo through Sun
day's sporting columns how long it took
Peter Jackson , the Australian naxrn , to whip
Joe MoAuliffol Also state NicAulKTe's Height
and weight and Pal KUIen's. Hammer
Lane , Council H hill's ,
Ans , Jackson disposed of McAulilfo In
twenty-four rounds , lasting ono hour and
forty-fix o minutes. MoAulilTo stands 0 foot
a,1/ inches in height and is t\venty-llvo years-
of ago. Kllloit is 0 1'eob yt inch , and twonty-
sevou years old.
Is theS-lu-il-r ot Hearts a royal llush or
not ? I contend that Is si'iiyly ' a straight ,
flush. Please answer in Sunday's BKI : . F.
E , Alooro , Omaha.
Ans. Von uro correct. A royal flush would
bo the ace , King , mioon , jaeit and ten spot of
hearts , or any other denomination. Any
straight ( lush , however , is commonly , but
erroneously , called a royal.
Please give mo the direction * for plajing
tiehio ami high-rtvo with uwU. Jas/.co-
wiak & Son , Washington , Nolj.
Ans. Invest 10 cents in a copy of lloylo
on Games ; you can got it of any newsuoiilor ,
You are suppo-nnl to know everything , nntl
If you can annwcr tins imiuiry , plo.iso do so ,
1 wish to go on u hunting lour in Dakota or
woitorn Nebraska , and would like to know
if there is an.v party In Omaha contnmplat-
ing such H trip.- . H. Lowery , M. I ) . , No-
olu , la ,
Ans. Know of no such party Just nt pres
ent ; they are leaving Om ilm , however , on
Just such trips cvory wodk , and yon should
hiivonndiniuultyin Joining a congenial party.
Will you please Inform a couple of fans
when the Western association reserve list.s
will bo published , and whnn ran player he
lawfully signed ( - A Pair of Them , Lincoln ,
Neb.
Ans They have already been published.
On the ' 'iJtli of thm montli.
Canyon inform ma through Sunday's llnis
the number nf gamiM of Imcj bill Omalri
won and loilnn bjtli the Omaha grounds
and auro.ni during the seasun Just closuil !
I. W. F. . Mil IIHOII , NoU.
AnsOmaha piayod Ti ga'nes on the
homo grounds , winning th'nn ' all but 15 ; she
played IU abroad , winning : ) ' { mid losing 10 ,
which is a line Miowm ? all round.
Will yon please publish hoiv iniuy times
Omaha Hhut mil her oppineats this hiiiison ,
and now many times she got Hliut uut hcr-
self < -K II. HalstDii , Mllwaukoo.
AtixDuring the bCiton Dm ilia shutout
] > _ * Momm , Itjnvor and Sioux ( Jily txvico
and Mmnoapjlls , St. , ioa and Milwaukoj
oncj each. Omalia was Hliin out but once ,
and that was un thu homy t'roumU , and by
Minneapolis. It was one of the Illicit
gamot of t'lo nc.iion , Mnmuapolls knooldilg
out lior soiriF.v : Ijll.m the ninth
iTi.'iinly .Ni'M to I'iclil
Willianii ) ' pupular iniliiirgaiiii' . ScluntilU' ,
oxcilmg , sp.'oulalivo. l''or .sato in Omaha at
sporting g ,4'l ' , b , > uU ami fany ! btorm.
In Kn/laml I lie ! , | > ts arc divided Into
two lii-fl-t UIKIWH as th'J ( lenoral uiul Purtu-n.
lar liai'tiiis 'I'li.'sn two wore once wide
apart , tint lor jiurn thuy have boon drawing
closer together , limomuuh that u movement
i now on fuut to unite them.
Amhcrstopoaed with ioa fi-csliinen
Habbl Gntllicil will ndorn the clniir to
which ho hab boon called by Columbai col
lege.
PresidonLI'atton , in his opening addresg
at Princeton , stated that the now vcar was
begun with tlio largest class at matruMiIa-
tion in the history of the college - over two
hundred being IP the freshman class.
Yalo's under graduate membership IH 1OM ,
exactly 100 more than last year. The aca
demic Juniois have 1W men this yr-ar , JUKI the
sophmorcs 101. There arc 140 In the somov1
class , The scioutlllo school has ZOl stj
dents.
Brown nntvcraity began the now collcgo
year with its new president , Dr. 1C. B. An
drows. How.iswarnly welcomed im-l rc
spomled In a sliort and o..rnost
promising to give his whole soul to ins worl *
as president.
Tlio number of students attending tto
principal German unlvcTHitics iiinoiinls ( o
20,4'Jl. of whom 0,000 Htmly theology , O.Wfl
law , 8hSl : medicinu , and 7 , nl : philosophy iiml
mental sciences. It is of interest to Uuoiv
that . ' 111 of those are Kussiuns.
The trustees of Do 1'auw univor&ilv hnvo
elected Dr. J. P. 1) , .John president to il'lvlia
vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr.
Alexander Martin. Thi.s iiiMtitutlonvill in
n few years receive the bulit of the bequest
of Washington C , Do Pauw , umouiil < iiK to
. ' ,01)0,000. )
By a law passed by the last session < > l lim
Kentucky lugbluturo tlio tourhcrs in Iho
common schools nro required to give l.'istrno-
tlon to the pupils In the elements 01 civil
government. The constitutions ol Ilia
United States and Kentucky nro to be fjivcu
special uttuutlon ,
School gardens , i. e. , gardens for pr.tct 'Ml
instruction In roaring trees , vcgatnhluH and
fruit , are being added to nearly nil tlio publiO
and private schools oC Austria. Ulieio iiro
nuw already 7.7VJ such In cxlstcnco ill the
Austrian inonarchy ulono , Hungary lut. in.
eluded. They also comnrme boun cu > mu
seums and appliunccs lor bee keeping
According to u decree published bv Iho
minister ol' education , no clergyman c.in In
Italy bo an inspector or director of n htato
school. This M based upon n recent law to
iho Direct that the local control of M'hooia
should bo in thu hands of heads ol faiinticv ,
who would naturally take u ticnp interest in
their well uro. Of courno , the Itailui ) . ' olijoct
Is to cut the hchouls IOQ.-.J from clci.c.i moj
Bight and influoncu.
( ) { 3
The report of the British royal cil.om !
tlonul eom mission assumes that If the oL'T , * ,
of nlcmonlury education bu the llttiiii * ,
) iupilin : general for thono duties which > J" . °
will most probably bo called on to perfolcli
nmtriictlon in sclenca is only second in flc-
paitanco to instruction In reading , wn'nto
and unthmotic. 'i'lio soundtiehs of this \ > ' , $ ,
Is illustrated l < y tlio tact , alsu declared in U0
report , that Iho preponderance of 'Jl1' ' "
the toai-hers siH"
umong uxumlnud Is that no
Ject U buttur eale\iiatel to iiwultcn the lull"10
e t end itiiulligcnco of the pupils tliun ate-
once. JO
In BO/HO / iiuartui'H the queHtinn of eo lulil
e.xioiihim | is once more ) uudur diiCln * > hUtl-
\Vnile thmo is no coiiHtralut to proven ! ast j.
dent at lin.v of the great iinivcrriitius fiii , .
living nn any tcalo of oxpeiiHO ho may choc' ,
to adopt , In those whose xtudonls are clasp
iiKioi-iatnd in dormitory life ihero IN a sai
aril of expeimo to whlcli u young man mi
cijnformor hu will bu apt to loose cast. An
ab might have bcun oticclcd , this htunila l
is n.'ieli to liifli , and the bontt of pooulu in
moilerati ! cireiimstancoi nro obliged to hvnut
n cu-,1 whith is sorluuuly uuideiiHouio lotliclc
lathers.
Aecnnling to tlm nniiii.il report of tin )
United Stales coinmUHionor of eijucutlon
great progress lir.s been imiilu In the publlo
Huhoulh of llmnoiith in the decudo ending in
issr. ' 1 he public ucliool h.vbieinH of the ' -JuUi-
orn status , lie sayt > , liayu boon undergo n
iinprecfdcnted dnvoiopment , uml un , now
praclleally all ostablliilicd on it porn miarit
bahiH. I'oloruil L'hlldivin are npimrHoii' ' ! iui
cjijuiil Mian. ' of tlm ucliool lumU , nnUisB ID itjo
fitutoof DelnWfiro , and their suliooii nreirept
open an long ami under us woll-p.il'l tca < iinru
at ; thoai. uf iho white oliildron , The funilx
for I he i.upport of these sonoolsurofunimhcd
manil\ , > the white InliubltaiiU ,
Funr nf the bbhop * of Iho Church of Kng *
land uru aboyo eighty ; twolvu are rioovo
sovunty. Th6 St , Jumus1 Ua/.utto ailvucat-oa
coitipuUory rutiromont al u fixed u e ,