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' " The Omaha Sunday Bee I ( • - m i . 1 m m h \ N1NBTEENTTT YEAE , , , . . . OMAHA SUNDAY MOENING JANUAKY 19 SIXTEEN PAGES NUMBEK 212. | THE LOCAL WORLD OF SPORT A CnBo In Which Jack was Better Than Hta Mnstor I THE TWIN CITIES SUPERB GAUL IIIkIiIh or the Western Ansoclatlon IinirHt I rum Itnscbntl Circles The fcqunrcil Clrnlc , tlio Gun nnd i tlircl Miscellaneous Penciling ll'o ' Young lilrn A low mornings ngo Nathan Shelton and John W Potty , with tholr sons Nnt and Johnny , started put for the hunting grounds Hollovuo on n rnbblt hunt They wont in a dandy wagon behind Mr Sholton's magi nlflcont bnjs and their destination , 'Izsehuck's Island thrco mlles below the historic vllltio ( nbovo mentioned , was Lbciow qulto early In the morning The day wis qulto cold and they got chilled to the marrow before they reoched the end of their Journey They got there however , In good shnpo and engor for thu chase They were Informou bj the nn lives that the most successful way to hunt rabbits was to board a farm wagon and i Btandlng up drlvo through the low willows and grass mid shoot tt a cottontails as they 1 emerged from their hiding places All correct A wagon and adrtvorvvcro occurcd and ahasty break made for the tab bit patches lho boys were placed one on / each sldo of the wagon nnd the old profos J sloilill rabbit hunter * as Petty and bheltoii \ nro known to ho stood close bolilnd to glvo them the noccssnry Instructions mid to aliow them to big the lirst game as the hunt was roUlii up for their especial plcasuro Ever * - thing ship shape away the old farm wagon went and the hunting grounds were shortly reached buddonly tlid driver jelled Look outl lhoro i.oci ono , and there Is nnctthorl * BhootI shoot ! " And true enough the rab bits were darting away on all sides Hang I bang I popl pop I woat the boys guns and as many rabbits went somorsauit- ing over Into the dead grass and weeds never to hop again Out of the wagon the bovs tumbled , gathering up the game and on they went , nnd again the rabbits began to Jump and the guns to bang 1 or four long hours the sport continued nnd hi that tlmo the wagon bed was almost lillcd lho game was plenty and the bojg shot llko a couple of Uogardusesof Carvers , and occasionally the old vets would tumble over n cottontail bholton , sr , said that shoot tng rabbits from a wagon beat hunting tigers from an olopliaut's back in India all hollow Ono of the most amusing incidents of the hunt was the old warrior Petty shooting toner or n dozen times at nn old cotton wood Btump I off about twenty ll\o yards Ho took it for f' a rabbit 1 inully ho swore it must bo dond \ j and ho ran forward to discover that ho had i * / been shooting at a stump Was ho nindl I V. \ \ oil , ask him about it Anotbor hiuUiublo mjSj event was Shelton firing at a rabbit and • - Hbironklng ono of his propellers , and as it p hobbled off , bo Jumped from the wagon and took after declaring that ho would hive that rabbit if ho had to clmso it all winter And away bo rin , his coattails stundingout * straight bolilnd , the sand flying in all fllrcc- tions and his gum boots rattling among the [ dry stlekB like a pair of castanets liangl ! crack 1 bang I went his pumper at every other I bound but it was no use , and ho returned I empty banded , but with an abroviatad coat tall , a tattered pair of unmentionables and ono boot leg half torn olT The last soon ot 1 - - the demoralized rabbit ho was limping off I ever the sand hills at the rate of a mllu a nilnuto aim two boys made a vast deal of t I sport of pater famillas tolling them that ; I they couldn't shoot n Uttlo bit , and that they I better ' sbootors" and bad get nieger con I fine themselves to English sparrows in the I slrcots at Omaha Nattlo Shelton Is attend I ing the mllitarv acadomv , and when ho puts , I a gun to his shoulder ho means business , I whllo Johnny Petty Is ' a chip oft of the old I I block " which Is all that is nucossarv to say About i o'clock the party tired of the B sport , and roturnlng to the farmers cabin k i partook of a bountiful repast , then hooked B PJba up the bays and skipped tor homo and they Prdo Boy that the two old professors have haa / * the grippe over since A\ hat the Oinahas Moat Ncoil After careful deliberation upon the char acter of tbo mnlto up of next seasons Omana club , another very ossontlal olemcnt to the success of the tenm Is found wanting , and that is a tried and cxporlonccd hand to coach i the voung players ospoelally the pitchers 1 Of course the best man for this work would bo a catcher , as it is ho who has most of the coaching of ttio pitcher to attend to Omaha L howovcr has no back stop jet qualified for this work Erquaibart Moran and Uird nro all three comparatively now players tllom- , boIvls but Uttlo ncqunlntod with the strong and weak points of the sluggers of the wee , torn association buch a man will bo needed moro than over upon the local team the com t ing season , as two joung nnd green pitchers , in Hajs and McConr.cU , have already been signed , and tbcro is no tolling how many moro will bo tried before tbo sea son sets in for good Wally Andrews has the experience to ndapt him to such work , - but the dlfllcultv with Andrews is that ho Is Mte „ • . o Uttlo backward about going forward , is P undamonBtratlve , and apparontlj disinclined ! tollguro as a tutor for joung bloods And ' - . < - . then again , his position on ilrst base is such a ono that requires all his alertness and al [ lows him but Uttlo tlmo to caution , steady and direct the pltchor In this case it would bo a Rood idea for lho managomcat to en deavor to sign an old and experienced catcher ' 1 hey want onothor catcher , nnjway , and why not maku a gpcclul effort to got ono of > this description Hilly Uolboit of the old MotB , who is In Now York city still dlson ( , nged , would bo a great man for Omaha If ' they could get him at anvthlng llko a reason . able lluro ( It Is a well known foot to all , ' who have made the line points of the game a study , that in unefllciont backstop half of , the pltchor's Btrongth lies Holhcrt Is an old votcran , in hisduj ono of the qpst catch ers who ov or stood behind the plate , and yet a vcrj skillful man Ila would prove a tower of strength to both Hays und McConnell , . and lend much help to Clarka , Knell and 1 Tanning as well 'lliompnon ami Mnrtnn'a Gall , " St I'aul end Minneapolis hare taken the troubloto draw up a plajine schedule for the coming ball season and submlttod the sunio for Presldont McCormlok's ' revision * The waj in which it was rovlsod was to flro \1 it bodily Into the waste basket , with exple- tlvos moro forclbla than elegant Of all the lop Bided , Jug handled documents that anyone ono busovor at'oinptod to foist upon nn asso elation , this bt Paul Minneapolis produc tion was thb worst It was simply a mou stioslty It provided for the opening of the season in the northern cities , giving bt Paul nnd Minneapolis seventeen juntos oaoh uiwii the homo grounds In Api 11 au 1 the first two weeks of May with the strong teams from Sioux City and Mllunuueo while Omaha vas relegated to Denver to inaugurate the season , theneo to Kansas City Des Moines ami past bono on to bloux City , and then u back ufiiln boiuo tlmo in May to open the 1 season In this city with Dcs Moines entuillng " an cx.iouslvo railrp&d trip , and depriving homo patrons of tbo pteusuro of Booing nn ) baseball In tbo first part ot tbo season , when tholr nppititcs are whetted up to u razor s edge to indulge In the sport \ \ as such stupendous gall over hoard ot before ! JJ hompson and Morton should uo off some * where uad lav down and die It they tbink Tr to play our able and illustrious president for s f usuiker thoj'ro going to bo budlj fooled , P sure ' 1 tie schedule mooting will bo held TVvj > right bcra In Omaha , and Mossrs Thompson > and Morton can stack 'em blga ou it that Oinalm will got a few of the plums I Ami the Sporting lillo Is Corroot I The Western association Is the only prom Jury in the genoril uphctvnl Its circuit comprises well-populated , conveniently lo- cated cltlos , Its toims are strong and well balanced , and its clubs are fairly well off finnnclnllj It Is also exceptionally fortui nato in being wltnout the territory In which the present upheaval Is nt worn It Is , In fact , iho strongest minor lcaguo in the coun- try , nnd prcsonts miny advantages not on J Joj od by the American association it the latter as well as the Plavcrs'loaguo should go to the wall , the Western association will bo the only organization to stnnd between the National league and onoloiguo mo nopoly , and should demand and enforce Its right to equal representation on the board of arbitration , n right the combined minor leagues by united notion could nnd should have obtained lone ago " bo says the bportj ing I Life lb is not known whether the nbovo J mentioned excellent Journal got its clue from Inn Uee or not , but that Is Jmt what lm j Dei- has asserted a score of times nnd as froquontlv | urged upon the slow moving Wcstorn association moguls the nocosslty of demanding their rights , as suggested in the above ' L.ntcrtnlnlnK VlHilOrH Troni Ohlontrn Cash Clarkoadcscondintot Munchausen nnd ! au ardent sportsman , and bportlo LtlUIo Willlo Magnor , cscortod u couple of Chicago friends j over Into Iowa ono day last week on n rabbit hunt Clarke said ho know wharo . there was a patch where the rabbits were so thick that at the crack of a gun they'd Jump up In droves Mnenor verillod this by al ding , that ho was down there a week ago last Sunday and stood on n stump and killed fifty eight vvltn a sworl la a slncio hour ns they gillopod by html Well the party was iono nil day Ion , : , returning late that nleht frozen nnd halt starved , with a single , solitary - tary cottontail , blind In ono eye , a Uttlo con sumptlvo unlmal , so thin that you could boo throubhhlm And thlsonoof the Chicago inon ran in a feneo corner and bo rt to dc ith w ith a rail , It was so wean It couldn't get nwav Ihey say the next tune thev go out with Clnrko and Mnener that some ono will bo aceldcntally killed that s all How Will Thi > y Ian Out ? Fanning Unjs nnd McConnell Omiha's now pitchers will bo now to the Western association batters next season , and whether this fact will provo a dciriP'cnt or nn ad vantage of caurso remains to bo seen It may bo that the unfamiliar dollvcrj of these twlrlcrs will cause the sluggers no Uttlo vexation , Just as the now , ioung pitchers did in lho major bodies last season On the othei band , a lack of kdowlodgo ot the strong and weak points of the batsmen may provo an inaurmountublo stumbling block to the now pitchers Thoj will bo Just as much in the dark about the batters Individual strength as the batters will bo of tholr weak points and this is where an old tried catcher , uu fait in nil the wiles ot the big hitters , would bo luvalnublo to the Omaha tnam tbo coming season Tim Immunity or Do ; Thlcvos W E Na9on , of the Pacific Exoros3 com pany , advortlsos In today's 13ee for a valua ble setter stolen from him several weeks ngo Mr Nason bought the dog last August of Dick Morgan , at Akron , O , for ? bO She Is a valuable bird dog out ot Uoso Mandan by imp Cliff Gladstone , a full brother to Paul Mr Nason 13 exceedtngU anxious to rccov or her as she Is reall > a magnificent dog Ilor slstor , Kato Mandan V II S , was sold to loloilo parties last full for $27u Ho has bad the polieo on her track for some tlmo but County Attorney Mu honcv avers nothing ean bo uouo with the thieves if they are caught , and Mr Nason saj'R he would not venture to keep ano her valuable dog if such is the law Jack n Tcn-Thousaiitl-lJollnr Bute Munagor Solco of the Boston lcauguo club wired the Columbus directors asking them what they would take for the release ot Crooks lho prompt answer was ' $10 000 , " and then another message came from Seleo suylng that they would take the matter under consideration lho Columbus ' people did not expect to hoar anything further on the snbjoct , and they do not bo llovo now that any deal will bo made And yet two ycara ago Solcc was mad because , bo failed to soil Crooks for flO'J ' A Letter f rom the Senator In a letter 10 the Sporting Elltor , dated I Portland Oregon , January 14th , Senator Morgan says "Wo nro talking of a baseball league out here now , and $5 000 bus boon ' subscribed for the support of a team to rep rcsont this citj Wo hope to tot boattlo lacoma and Snokano Tails into the organization , which will bo styled the I Oregon and Washington league A young Omaha llnuncier has written mo to take 5 hold of the management and bo will put it in , iho capital , but the local enthusiasts declare , that wo do not need any assistance from , abroad " 1 am not sure I can get to Omaha in Fob ruory for the blcj clo race but vou bet Ill I try and got there If lean see mi wnycloar without neglecting my bustnoss here , ns I [ urn ns good as out of racing now and will 1 only go into it again when tackled in Port land Hut I would llko to have a goat Itoadlng the sold lor , who I can wnollop to a dead certainty Before closing I must con gratulate you on the sporting department of f lira Ueb , It is great I am doing some of f that work on the Evonlng Telegram hero " nilsocllnneoun Local Spins The middleweight competition opens at iho Athonouui club rooms ono week from to morrow night 1 ho Clipper anntinl for 1890 is at hand It Is as usual llllod with valuable sparling and I other information Wilbur r. Knapp , tbo bloyollst , figured as a second ot John Corbott in his reconi light with Dave Campbell The light was a draw 1 ho Gate City Athletic club has submlttod a proposition to Pat Killon of bt Paul to come down here and ineot Jack Davis , in n finish contest , for a purse of $ jOO The report Hint Jimmy Lindsay has con 1 traded to knock out Patsov Murruy of South Omaha in four rounds on a vvagarof $103 a side , Is denied by Lindsay himself Dunmtro and Parmolee are already rocolv ing many letters ot inquiry about tholr great national trap shoot to bo hold in this city next April 1 ho prospects all point to a very largely attended and successful uffair and a doeidod rovlval lu trap shooting may bo ex- pected to follow ' The entries of Charles Asblngnr ot Okla homo Cliy and II G Kennedy of Denver have been received foi the bix day blcj clo obase at the Coliseum next month These tuako nine entries so far received and Man nter Prince is confident of getting together the grandest array of wheal talent ever seen In u race In tbo west Jesse O ikes and Helen Baldwin recently rode a tlfiv milo race In the Mocbanto s Pa vllion Portland , Ore , for u puiso of f0 , and the Kiebard IC Vex worlds ' champion ! ship dlamoud medal Miss Oalios won by four miles and ever , and announces that after ono moro iaeo she will quit the busmoss forever She will Issue a ohnlloi to in the Now York Clipper to the world and It a racu cornea out of this it will bo her last Only when ono stops to consider the rapid progress made in developing speed , do wo realize what has boon accomplished Until lbft no borao over trotted a mila in J U In that voar the feat was accomplished for the first tlmo by Goldsmith Maidthen , seventeen j cars old Goldsmith Mai I rolled queen of turf for four j cars with this record It was unbeaten until lb7S , vvbon Itarus went a milo inJ13 < f During the past decade wo bars dropped to J OS'J , and tbo past jeur tins registered moro perforators insula ot 3 15 th in anj 1 oar previous lho future Is be joud tbo knowlehgo of man Hilly Bamlott ot Escanaba Mich , writes tbo sporting editor of lim Ueb requesting that bo assist him ia getting en a match with Jimmy Lindsay before tbo Goto City athlotia ciub , or any other HO pound man In this part of the country Uainlelt sajs bo will make any kind of a light with Lindsay that th lat ter t ( prefers or the club desires , for a s'lpuH latod numboi of rounds or to n finish for ( n purse of J50J Further that if expenses of traveling are guaranteed ho will como on to Omaha nnd lot the club sco what sort of a man , ho Is Ho also expresses n willingness to meet Chnrllo Daly hero nnd assures the writer that he will glvo the club such a run for their money ns will leave no possible cause for complaint nttor the fun Is ever Bvmlctt' lcttor is a strilghtforward bust0 ness llko document and ho cvldontly moans what hosajs And allll thoj como nftor Jlmm } Lindsay , nnd it looks ns it the boy must ere long have his l hands full Willi nn Daniels of lihino lander l , \ \ Is , wants to moot nnv mlddlo weight In the west , Lindsay preferred For Daniels benefit , however , it is stated hero that 1 Liudsay Is dot n mlddlo weight but j a lightweight , In a talk with Jimmy jestordny ho said ! Everybody round hero seems to think that I must fight some ono with a reputation that tnj V letoa rlos have nil been too uasy und that I oughtn't to mnko n mutch with nnjono w ho Is 1 not known to bo n top notchor Now I want It understood that I nm not in this business 1 for my health and it there s stuff In it I'd rather to against n dub than 11 Need ham i , a Mover or n MeAullfTo , and I'd bo a fool I if I wouldn't However , I stand ready to I moot anj nnd nil comers In mv class If I can ' see some monoi In It I dent think I ought { to be conslderc 1 a 100 lighter any longer , and rather than take the risks for any i such u bundle horcaftoi , Ill eo , out into the i strcot with a shovel and show the people that j I am not above work When I Ugnt , there must bo somothlng in it " Flush's Troni the Dinnioml Catcher Wostlako has been signed bv Mil vvaukee Cushman Omaha's terror in ' 33 has acaia signed , with lolodo Jlmmv Cannv m still rnmitns king of the Now England polo players George Proosser hns signed to play right field with the Houston fox , team Sacrnmonto is nftor lied Hlttman ind if Omaha wants him she must move quirk bpud Firrlsh will endeavor to revive nnd roorgunlzo the cit imataur lea uu in the spring Now that Vo ch h is boon slgno 1 to play first forClovoland , what Is to become of Uillv Klusinanl Dave Howe will take his Denver team to Hot Springs early in the season and throw urn in the mud Conway has slgnod with the Cowboss again nnd there Is much folieity among the denizens along the K iw Tom Nnlo [ of the Chicago lea"iio elub will bo ono of iho st ir catchers of the countrv before long Sporting Times Dan bhnnnon broke fniih with tno Omaha club nnd President McCormick has no further use foi thojouugmin Manager Leonaid is no ) otlatlne for the purchase of ivcams of the Loudon elub but thoprlco is too entirely nltitudtnous Wont the old Vets feel sore next summer when they cast their ccs ov er tbo Held nnd see what the young bloods tire doing in their old plucc3l Ked Hlttman the Cinclnnitl so end base man eliims that the Onnhas his otTerea him $301 a month for next season , but Hud is evidently Joking . By the silo of Long Hamilton andStoarns tno Kansis City club has recovered about ten thousand ot tbo nlmoleous sunk in tbo American assocla ion Jantzcn is the latest nciuisltion to the Mil waukco team In case the Hiewors win the i championship Jnutz Is to bo used as the polo 1 to float tno pennant from Old Tack Nelson who iho writer saw piny ball twenty jeirs ngo wiutstodo it some nero Ho should appli to the Buffalo broth 01 hood s old man a team Pitcher Darbv O'Bilen ot the Broo clyns , formerly with the St Joos i * rapidly recov ering from un attack of typhoid fever whieh for a tlmo threatened his lif 1 The doctor says that the swolllng of Jiok Crooks head might bo reduce 1 if a coal truin 1 should bappon to run over it otherwise it must keep on enlarging until it DU3ts Hey , there 1 vou oiothertiood- millionaires I 1 rot out your crounds your grand stands md I i our fences Gentle Annie Is approaching and Trod like to sco the color of out ' Jack Crooks is In town suffering with a mild dose ot Charlie borso Jack should bo a Uttlo cautious ami not blow 'em oft too fro qunntly , a few months hnvounmado many a great player Dan Alexander who was with Dos Moines and Mllwuukeo lust year is spoken of In connection with ttio CUn eland league team My , what a berry that bay wis for the White Sox last summer The southern clubs should insist on the senson opening upon their grounds as the snow is apt to bo knee deep In bt Piul , Mln neapolls end Milwiukea as lute as April 19 when the season will bo inauturaled George Washington Bradley , who was w 1th Sioux Cltj last year , and who was a drummer boj at the bittlo ot Bunker Hill hns signed with the Sprincllold Mass , club and is spoken of ns captain of tbo same Dave Ho wo Is in bad odor with ttio G il voston people , on account of his effort to got 1 Frank Ward awaj from tnoin the festive I David is ola and ugly enough to know bettor than to monkey with players undoi con tract Tom Loftus , manager of the Cincinnati league team has wri'ten President MeCor- miclt for nn early April exhibition ante , Hope ho 11 get it for all the local fans are crazy to sco Bug Holllday nnd Billy Larlo again Iho score card business ought to bo n Uvo- ly ono on all tbo Western association grounds this season 1 hero will bo many now fuces , and It will bo difficult to iieop pace with the changes without the asslstanca the score turnlshos • Ued" Lhrot has at last alllxod his auto grapn to a Louisville contract and us a eon sequence Louisville is happy Ihej nro talk ingot playing ball at night down In the Falls City this summer , and using Hod s head us an illumlnatory ' Cvclono" Durvoa , whom Cincinnati ( bought of St Paul and who vvuutid iho o trill to sign with Cincinnati again , has como to his senses and now agrees to fall In the ranks a uin for $ JG00 fur the season Ho Isn't ' worth it , and wont get it The local correspondent of tno Sporting Lifo , sajs Inn Brr , the only O qaha piper which sustains a sporting department of any promtnoneo , Is ferninsi' iho players In their struggle for indopendonoo , " at which ho Is oxcoodlngly surprised Sorry lho vVestorn association umpires next season are to wear blue uniforms with brass ) buttons , and to como upon the Held without being thus arrayed will bo punlshubto by a fine The should also bo eompollod tn keep tholr noses an /aeos clean The Kansas City papers claim that not withstanding the sale of Long , Hamilton nnd ' Hunts tholr team Is still ted strong for the Western association , but that is only Kao sas City gull Just wait until the season opens j ou big headed cow nunchors , and vou will probably Und at least four.and maba llvo teams capable of giving you plenty of work to tukoa ball Visoor , the old Union Pacillo catcher , It seems , Is regretting his action in signing , with tno Pittsburg brotherhood team Ho olulms thoio was uollquo in the Brooklyu club to freeze him out and ho was only ob serving the low of self preservation when i ho Jumped the league i no whole umttor In a nutsboll , however , is that Via is only pay ing tbo way to Jump back again Herman Bailer , Omaha's old Ieftfloldcr , and with the Corn Huskers In'bS , has signed vvitn the Washington league elub llador is a good man despite his badluek lu the U ostsrn association As a base runner ho Is hard to boat bis hoad-llrat slides being something ) extraordinary Ho steals third with greater eas'j than most players uteal second , and homo as often as any plaor in the country , The Hamilton , Ont , club bas secured a good man in bjg Ed Cartwight His batting average with Kansas City in ' 83 was xii Holding 0C0 In ' 39 ho was sold to the y Joe club of the sauio league He had a ro unrkably good record while with this club and showed himself to be the best in the league Ho look part la 100 games , bad aoa itbatting average of37 and fielding ,901 Ho alio had the wonderful record of 100 as slsts from first base 1 1'itohors by tbo name , of Flanagan nro be coming ndrug on the mnrkot Edward of Lowell , was ollorod fJiTi per month bi Mnn > ngor Macullar of the Dcs Moines club , but ho savs ho must have moro money to plav In the Western association Mr Flanngan Is ov idontly suffering from ntumorslty of the cranium , nnd ho A bettor snatch Macullar 8 offer buldhondcd , a * the Western nssoclntlon is | the strongest bash ball organisation In tbo country today outsldo of tbo National lcaguo 11111 Hurst , the pugilistic umpire Is out for n place on oltbor the National or Plnj or ' league umpire staff Ho sajs , however that ho is not nun mod about the outcoino of his application , as the Western association Is fairly eriing lo sign him ngnlnouaron prettv ( , ooii sort of a fellow Tim , but no lachrymal svinutouis hive bon nothed In thoojos of nnv of the mngnates hercibo it and this Is the headquarters of the Western association You'vo heard the old stori about counting vnurchiekens haven tvoul The biorting News of St I ouls which has 1 been slurring the Western nssoclatlon , probably [ Jiiadvcrtontlydo s the ninondo lion orablo in nn editorial this week in re ponso to n compl lining letter from Dnvo Howe It sa > s Personally the editor of lln bport- lug 1 INows hns never knowingly nbusod thn Western 1 assoelotlon It was the west of which the W estcru nssoclatlon is part nnd parcel | that first recognize 1 the merit of 1 ho buortlng 2 Nowa ain\.whkli \ helped boom it on to t a successful issue bnturallv , therefore the t editor of The bporting News Iin3 n warm plnce 1 In his heart for the Western nssocin tldti t and It between the lines that body has boon abused through this pd | cr it has been through ' necldout rather Hun through nnv othorciuso In the future wo will try and watch the coniPis moroelos ° lv nnd see that In 1 these columns nothing Is said of the West orn 1 nssoclatlon except that which w ill broaden Its I aioas and 111 tko it us great if not Lre , iter than ] inv other bisoball association In Amcr len Wo extend our thanks to Mr Howe for the ndvlco tendered anil accept the samu In the kindly spirit 111 which it U civon Ones Ioiih nnit Ainunrs Will jou pleas ) Infouu mo tluough Sun dav's , lire the bast tlmo made bv the mnro Gcrtrudo Husseil , and was her dam a thur oughbred I Please , state Use Ansel's tlmo and P do Alto s C i Williams , Des Monies In Ans 2 2if } . Yes Ansel 2 10 , Palo Alto , 2 Uli- ABC and D nro , pl 1 Ing poker A has only ilvo chips left , ho oet3 them mid calls for ii' chow down , ' B * coos out ' nnd CnudDbct ton ' bettT on the side A hns the best hnnd Doi\s 110 tnko down nnj of the sldo bet of C und Dl W L II , 1120 Jackson street Ans Ho dee not The tea natter goes to the prrty holding the lioxt best bund , H Ilorico Smith Manager Chosipnako ICennols Malvorn la - Yoir letter has baon forwarded to 110 Ouuwj parti inquired about Agiin It is nnnouneed that no quen s be longing to this dopjvr nioiit are answered bv mall liiE Ubl 13 in rceei itof nuiuornus requests of this nature , but it has neither the turn nor ploasiia ( toiamplj All lcf.it ! mate questions willj-eceivo prompt attention in these columns Cm vou please furnish mo with tno nd dress * ot Georco and Iatsoy { lebeaul A Uoidor St Toe ' 1 Ans Address Georgp in care or tb" Ea quirer , Cincinnati Io not know Patsov s address I Can ibp nleaso stnt . hiw mitiv of lust soisons Cleveland leagiio tuim line resigned signed { rom the clubl How will the now team compiru v/lth that of last jear' A Leaguer city ' Ans 3ommcr , McKcaiiImmer Beatln qud Gilks * irUaSpia n .Joanvls hiirdlviups- to the Btindurd of'last years team but if they can land Teboau sstricklor un I B ikely , it would be fully as strong as eve Will you pie iso let ma know through Tin Urn what has become of Chailio Abbey who , llnlsho 1 the season of 18S9 with D is Moines Hns ho signed with nnv club for the coming seasonl Healer , Denison In Ans He is vet unsigned ind can bo nd dressed eaio of this oBlco Can vou publish the boat tlmo made by George Smith professional spiintor of Pitts burg Paforl > J ya Isl Sprinter , Council Bluffs Ans 14 3 5 seconds at Youngstown O , August J I8S0 John I W Sioux Fulls um Patch lost his lifo Jumping from , tbo Gonesco Falls , Hochcstor N Y , November U lbi ) lo deeido a bet state whether Mike Mo Cool ox ehamplon pugilist ofm noa is deid Also his record npd oblige Hammer Luno Smelting Works Omaha Ans-De id Ho defeated Bill Blake Tom Jennlng9 und Aaron Jones and wus defo itod I bj Joe Coburn und lorn Allen Ho had two 1 battles with Alien , the first at Feelers Island , , Juno 15 1S09 and was fairlv beaten in four rounds but McCool fneuds broke in the ! ring and stepped the light * lho referee too next day declared McCool tbo winner fhoj met again at Ldwardsvllio 111 , September 23 1871 when Allen won in seven rounds Ho died nt Now Orleans October 17. 1850 1 COVVmiUhllllla When a young woman powders her hair nnd wears a cap it win bo rather strange if [ there is not a bang somewhere in the vlclu IV Flornnco ( looking at some bonnets In a mil liner s window ) O ten aren't they iovolyf I Tennia ( looking across the street ) Yes , in deed ! Lspeciillv the ono with the side whiskers An unusual woJdlng ceremony occurod not iohl , ago In Dublin where a well-known artist was married to his second wife by a 1 clergyman who was his son by his ilrst wife It Is proposed to bring 111 n bill ut the next session of the British Parliament to put a : restraint on Improvident marriages the great proportion of such mnrrlagos being mnko by these under twenty UVo oars of ngo Pretty ( but unsuccessful ) Iiivnl And do vou really think ho loves vou 1 The Flanco - O yes.as love goes in those doironeratod days I even thought ho was going to kiss mo last night Iho Hlval Ho told Jack ho wanted to but couldn't The following was overboard brlvvoen a Columbia student nm\ \ highest girl ' O Will what lovolj lloiversI Ihov look us If they had Just been gathered Why there is 11 little tlo dow upon them " Wlll ( slifchtlv embar- rasscd ) Not u ecnt'I assure vou , not a cent i Johnny Hlnks "O , mo , I so v pa kisslnr you In the parlor Una , morning Mrs Binks Why , Johnnv/jrour pipa wouldn't do such a foolish tb lugl > Johnny , ' Oh , j es , I Know it vvus you , ! cause I thought it was the cook and I asjicd papa , and ho owned up it was you bud say , pa , stop pullln'mj ear Owl ' 1'vo boon robbed ' ' ! shouted a man in a Trumbull avunuo oar 1)10 ) other morning as ho felt for his ivallet , to pay for his faro sure you had your nurag when you got on tbo tar ) * queried afeiloir | asscngcr "N 0 p , Sure you had It when yqu left the house ! " ' No ' Where did you Joava It last uightl" "In my coat " And who got up ilrst this moruliigl' "My wife "Humphi I've been right there mvBOlfl I always threaten to fetu dlvoico , ana ; my wife elves It over to i ° " ' And what docs your pa say.Mary I" asked tbo yaung man who had requested his sweet : hcuit to sound her father on the subject ot ' hirprospect of receiving a favorable answer to a request for tbo bund of the ( laughter "Ho sais , " answered the maiden , that ho will never permit mo to marry u , young man who stays so lata avben ho comes hero " Well , " said the youth "It is just as well that we understand cawb other at this June turo that is vpur pa und ino " ' Under stand each other ! ' Yea for If , , ho had con slderod my proposal favorably nnd j ou bad , j married mo , ho would have been very inueh disappointed In me" UWby sol Why , in that case , I didn't intend to go home at all " Wntoli the box , buy } lie Ronulno Rod Gross CouffU Drops , 6 coats per box 1 1 HUNTING FOR A SITUATION , An OmRhft Reporter StrlkoB Out For a Job or W01 k. HE WASTHE FATHER OF A FAMILY Itut , In Most PlntcR , It Dliln't llnvo An I ITt ot Ivvo Sltiinllons on the lee Secured Ono Good Otnn Met ' Out of n lob Tustt how tnttny mon in Otnnh inroout of ti job nt the pro ont thno , it is ililll- etilt . , to issoit , but the statement that there nro sovornl inioinplovcd persons in the eltj who would work woto nn op- portunitj olloicd is a sifo on And , when 11 mnti is idle nnd the choi ubs tuo ill } 1 with * hiRilppo , whllo the wife of ono 8 bosoni is vtunlv.ttjlnu too\plnln to thocollectotsof rontiinilsundiy ether bills whj her Uogo loid has not loft cash enough in the oxchcquei to liqui date , the situation is oinbiinssing In thooxttomo A lopoitoi hns , for about three dn\s , ciiculiitod th"OUKh thooitj ' looking for work , " Ho didn't cmo wlmt ulnd of a situation it wus us long us thoio wns a Uttlo 1 niotioj 111 it Ho had boon ovoiys wheto , hud visited wholosnlo houses , ollleos , hotels , blntKsmlth shops , rill loud ofllecs saloons even , in Inot ovoii phieo J where a man could dream of got tltiff I a position IIo litis ictu illj ( , 'iown cioss ojed 111 his mad plunjjo foi employ - ploy me nt The want columns of the tlj.il v papeis woto consulted pnor to the scircli foi a situation None of thorn wcio vcij s itibf ict 13 , but woi k must bo had A gontkmati on o 1st Punam street needed a ro ichm 111 , uul to his olllco ropatrcd ! the uuphc tut IIo wi < r'tin , but ' the olllco bo\ aid lie would bq in side : of half in hour So tlio8oatchoi foi a ' position and a wc ilthy mans dnugh- toi | to clopo with sit down and wuttod It was almost like naitiiifj for the lettoi that j hud no poatigo stc-tnpon the uppot left j hand eoi noi , but llnallv ttio sup poacd , oinplo\ci of a coachman ailived "So jou w nit a lob us coachman , do " ' your ; Yes " , sir "Lvet hud anj o\perif > nco with hotsesi" ' Yes , sii , handled noises all , tnv . life , " and the angelic bookkoopoi dioppod a tciu ns ho made nuothoi luicro entij 011 the toeoid of 1 repot toi'b lifoThon Then jou think \ou would suit mc , do you • " ' Yes , sn " What v > igos would vou require ? " "W\Kes : \ ate no object in tnj present position , sir What are jou willing to 1 " ' pvy" "If you suited mo , I would give jou 1 $ " ( ) pei month and join board , but xho 1 fact is , young man , I employed a follow yesterday , > tvSorry.you.woro'nt niound L sooner Goodda"andoutintothocold * world , floated the news gatherei to an swer an ' ad" for 1 joung man to take chtu go of t oot of bookst Sony sit , but jou are too late I tn- plovod 1 man todav " Again was the 1 want column consulted Qp ichmcn and 1 bookkoopcrs were too plentiful , some thing else must bo ojwp'iimonted with Ah , hoioltisl A joung man wanted L who thoioughlj utidorstatids repair mg billiard and pool tables 'lho ropoitei took the olovatoi and I wont up 'lho man was in and admitted 1 h wing advoitieed that ho wanted a man 1 who could rcpaii billinid tables "Do jou thoroughly understand the i business , ! " ' quoiied ttio gentleman , aud I foi the second time the lccotdingsor- uph dropped a tear on the lcdgci as the i ioplv came Novoi did anything else in mv lifo " Well , 1 have paitlally promised the place , but como mound this afternoon 1 and I will see what I can do for jou " 'lho reporter wont around , " but the ether fellow had boon secured and I again wus the want column consulted A man in the meat business , not a thousand miles from Ilauscorn paik , hud paid the regular rate to doelnro that ho vvantod a butcher , but when the roportoi nnived ho found the place taken - Thci 0 was another fear or so shod in 1 the upper regions ever anothoi sin com mitted on uaith , fortho looker for woik positively assorted that since the dnvs of hiB happy boyhood ho had done noth ing bqt saw oil sii loin , chop up soup bones and mash tondoiloins , but it didn'tgo All Ills years of experience were of no avail because the piopuetor had said "I done got a man " Of couiso , thut-sottlcd it Then was the ? want column cast aside nnd adilfci- out method was omilojcd | Ah , an- othoi idea What would bo the matter with sti iking foi a position us a dry goot\s \ clot lit * Capital thought Auy- thing was hotter than doing nothing So a start was made Were \ou ovci in the biieinessi" ' "Stnio the time I wasluigo enough to do anything " "A10 you fatnlllnr with city trade , or hns your business boon chiefly in the country ' . "Ahvajs in the city " What lines are you most familial withr" ' Silks And at that statement , the stoker in the regions below oidcroJ moro coal l , . for the applicant knows no moro of silks ; than does uu oidinaij house cat Well , wo are full just now andlrado is dull , hut , if it opens up in the spring , we may bo able to do somotning foi jou Arojou going to lomtun in the city until April lr1" to which pointed question the huntoi foi something to do replied that ho probably would if nature could mauago to hold hot own on a diet of good nuio water with nn occasional snowball IIo then retired piomislng to look in ngninabout A111111 , it all vo Twomoio of the same kind of places ; were vesited with no fuither success and the place huntoi changed his vocu- tlon and went into thogroeory business 01 r.ulioi decided that lie liad boon there for along tlmo At the flist store hoontorddho UBked for a job as usual , bdt they needed no ono Nolthcrdid the ptopriotor know of anybody who did And th us it wont for a half dozen places The thing was getting monotonous by this tlmo and a ohango of noliny was decided upon Hitherto , fair clothing had been worn and ull requests for em ployment were put in n stuilghtforwnid manner without any doscrlptlou of cir curaBtnncos A cliango was made The comfortable overcoat was discarded and a rnggod undoicoat took the place SV S the presotitnblo garment ptovlouslj * wet n. Instond ot being ti man nlono in the world a fathoi seeking woik to pie vidoforaslck wife ntid three helpless J ohildion bognn a tour It was awful cold , too 'lho Ilrst plnco entered was cn ct wholesale gtocorv house 'lho pitiful tale was 1 elated and an olTor to do anj- thing from jiosting the books down to hustling ft eight was made Hut the gontlom inh mnnttcoi could not to bo approached lie appt eclated the re- potters j position so ho said , waasottj , j hut tlifj needed no otic , cotildu t possl- blj iiialio a pi ice , times were haul , would a quartet bo of anv ns.or . * IheolTerwas lUclliiod with thanks and tb the uo\t pluco mothoi whole sale gioce j hotibo the senbo wended his ' w iy Again was the slorv duplicated nnd oven mo 10 p ithotlcnllj was It related Uight here , a sort of sti lko was made boiau I < o the seuioi mumbci of the firm , nftnr listuning pationtlj , romaikcd . Well , wo have no woik foi jou , but , If , mnttcis are ns jou savou c m como here nnd wo 11 ttj and civo jou n couple 01 thieo weeks woik , and will assist vou lo something to oat if vou dosiio it Como ( down to 1110now morning at 9 o'clock and Ill uiraugo it for jou " And maj the weight of many venrs rest li htlv on that mans shouldorsl When ho 10ids this , he will understand win \ the poor mm never retuinid to hustle 1 pails of jollv md caddies ol to- b ' icco mound the wmohouso lho soettoti foiottiati in the liulioad jard was the not man to bo soon , und \ the tmuinor In which ho delivered him self of "Oi h ivc all the mln phvviit 01 want ' , " convinced his intotloeutoi that ho 1 would not "cboval" snow to anj alarming ' o\tcnt this vvlntoi , that " | lnt ahoud" would not bo iticluilod among ] his Instiuctions 111 spiingtimo and that Monv , go ilo the c u , " would not bo sung i bhim as ho wielded the splko maul ] 01 danced on the end of a claw bat In nn effort to pull a lcftactoij spike Generalh speaking , 11 job ot biako- ing is not hard to get when one is nn old 1 1 ill toad man , but , , two olTotts on the put of the mm with the familj , convinced 1 him that ti unircn at o not in pi ( cat demand nt this pi csont tlmo , al though 0110 supciiiiteudent icmarkod , ' Gill lgiiin tomonow " Walking up Tenth street , a pile of coal was noticed Ijlng on the w ilk It was a ton of eo il too good weight , for the ownei admitted it Ilo wanted it cm 1 ted up st urs and the roportoi asked hiin for the job How much do vou want for it ? " was his question , and when the loply Tiftv conls" reached linn ho voij piomptlv olfeied aquaitei , wlliili was declined , and lmallj ngiced to tctn- poii70 on lo cents , but the lopoitor wasn't stuck on can ving up coilnny- waj , ind ljc Hod to c-capc his pioposi- tion being accepted Aftoi getting naim , the scokor after something to do lltmlly concluded to dou his ovorcoit and visit the Union Pncihc shops foi a job as blacksmith It wns in vain tnnt he declared that he had worliou at the foigc all his lfo | and could make anything fioro a drawbai tea a ciank pin , no mon were needed lho stoiy of the family , oto , brought foith the suggestion that a man could get • wotk on the ice Straightway did ho go tojlopjyfor nn lee olllco , but , oii ° "tho"wijfvvascom-i' polled to pass a chop house * Iloie'wus a chance for woik , for In the window hung a placard , Waiter wanted " Kntering the soup foundry the reporter asked for the plcco "On " lid the "I , s proprietor , fotgot to take that down I got a waiter a week ago Wheio are jou fromr1" Chicago , " was the unblushing roplj Well , if you'io a good man , I guess , you can catch on all right , go up to No I Mijbo they'll give you omothing Sav , aioo/ou brokoi" ' 1 his titno the man out of a job told the truth , and replied promptlj , oh , so 1 promptly , Yes " Been to dinnoir' " Same old truth , "No " Well , sit down there and chow , " and in a she it tlmo a pair of white , ivings sunny sldo up , " a plate of potatoes - toes , iv cup of coffee and a lingo plate of bieadworoin sight and a quickly out ot sight After that the applicant went to "No _ ' " But there were too many ivnltors there already , and , once moro , the joung man sttutedfor an ice house 1 vvondoring as ho sulked if it wouldn't bo a good thing to apply for a job as a policeman or boiloi inspector or some thing of that sort Before asking for a place as ice man , the overcoat was again disposed of , and , clad very thinly , a nromlnont doalcr in ftozen aqua pura was approached and asked foi woik lho family story was again related and was successful , the gentleman at once omploylng the relater Thin noticing his garments , ho suddenly rnmntkod I Why , joung man , you n o not wrrmly enough clothed to woik on the liver Are those the onh guimcntsjou havor" ' Yes sir Well , you are not fixed to work out side Ill glvo you a job in the house Youi pay will bo $1 75 per day , and if ( you nro right hand v. ; ind ran eot ice , , posslblj , in three or foui d tya , Ill glvo { ou moro " 1 hanking him foi his kindness , the reporter vvlthdrow nnd immediately vvondod his way to a second ice man [ who said ho needed 110 man , but it the applicant really needed work ho would glvo hire a job Thanking him for a chance to tieozo to deuth while making allying , the roportoi made a stiaight line foi his overcoat and proceeded to a loading saloon whorq ho applied for a position as a mixologist None , " said the head dispenser of 'appolllnnris watei on the side , ' "wo dent need any ono 1 here nro twontj- flvo good baitondors out of work in the city now and wo couldn't afford to tnko a green man , dent ' you sooi1 Porter did you say ? Now , see heio , they dent employ any white mon foi that pcition , I dent care how good u man is , ho . couldn't hold his job Bcsldo that , thcro uro u dozen good pottois out of ) work now Havosoraothlngr NoJ Well 1 , good dn\ , and thoioughly convinced that the saloon business offered no Inducements , the hustloi foi u job rotuined to the olllco to got 0110 lu writing up his oxpoiionco As a muttoi of fact , at the present tlmo , situations aio senrco in the city ) Lahoiing men can a few of thorn ut lonst got work on the ice until the season clocos Olllco situations nro f very raio , the tiados , owing to the cold weather , nro comparatively utastunu- still But , when spiing opens , ludica- tions are that there will bo plenty of woik fo | idle linnds to do And ihu/ / ) ends a hunt foi a job , . Taults of digestion cause disordois of the liver , and the w hole sv stem bo- ncomes deuiugod Dr , J , II McLean's bticngthoning Cordlul nnd Blood Puti- rlio 1 pen foots the process of digestion > and assimilation , and thus inukes pure blood I I.DUCATIONAU H Kov Moses Colt Tlor \ , L.L D of Cornell H Is | very ill with In grlppo and his lecture ) H have 1 ] boon postponed for the present H 1'rof Ltbbov of Princeton hns Icon H elected n member of the executive committco M nt largo of tbo American soeletj of natural M tsts tsts1'rof 1'rof Mather ot Amherst hns ontlrolj roH covered from his illness nnd hns resume ! M his J ] classes In Greek ' 1 lie elm nt first u111 M rend Arlstophanu s ' Clouds " Mr U Hull 'Mi has bom elected prosH ! dent of the Alumni nssoclatlon of the Har- M vnrd school In Chicago This institution Is M the lending pre ] at itorj school for Harvard M In I the west M Thocatutogucot Princeton scmtnnr\ shows M n total of 1 2 studotits In nttotulanic , fortv of whom have nttonded Princeton eollreo Osborne IH ) , w ho pi lj oil sccon 1 b iso lu 11st H venr n nine , has left collic , " and will nut 1111 H his usual | x > sltlon next spring A western club hns been orgnnLul by H members of Harvard imivorsitj fur thopirH pose j of arousing llarvar I sentiment iimoiig H thu jnutig men ot the far west Olllceri liuvo I been elected ns follows : President 1 H H linlnj , l'l ' , vleo president , It , 1 leach , IU , seeletaiy and tieisuror , P H Shuver , sp'clal An iliiprcccdeiitod number of petitions to noisier J wire received bv lho fncultj at the opening [ of the term nt Cornell 1 lie Infill cum was au excuse Hint had to be rospictud , although it was banded in foi nil kinds of uclnjs J hov upponle I to the de in who wus suffering from the malady himself and few were rolused A new frnternitj tins been established ut Cornell < It Is culled the Alpha /etu un 1 Is J Intended solely for the benefit of nelsons born ' in tbo western hemisphere und who speak \ either Spanish or Portuccso lho , frnternitj is established on thu smtio central plan as the oilier block lettui sock tics , lho Cornell chapter his nt 1 resent delay members 1 lo teach Is to select from the mnss of en vironment that surrounds the leaniei siicli onh < us will stimuluto the ideas aud thoiilits ( ] th 11 ttio teacher desires tno child to con j struct and to dinctiho attention to these , sijs the Public behool Journal lo so hilug environment , nnd mind together th it the knowledge | nccaod nt tint time shall bo sic quired 1 , is tbo art of touching " Mnnj tcichcrsiiro biveutivo nnd discover methods 1 ot teiehitig which , like machinery lu I the phjslcil world , lcich cuds with the least I outlay Of power Ibis misconception ot ] the ' now education ' Is not so llkulj o do harm as It once did still it is worth while to cull attention to it , lho tlmo has passed when anytl mg now passes cuiront unilor the 1 tiumo now odueution , " says the Publio behool ] Journal lho peoulu as well as teachers 1 are beginning to realize thnt tliero uro 1 principles with piactlccs bused uon thorn ' lho annual reports of the State ccllego and btute iirfcuitural ) experiment station of New \orkuro now in lho hands of ttio printer j Ihov contain the retorts of Dr Pitton , the ( , iolotlst wiio is now ouori- meiiting on the soils of the state with lotor- oncc 1 to tillage , of Prof Halstcud , the botanist , who trcits s ) cclally of diseases of thu crnnbcrii , of Prof Smith , the entono logist who tells of his investigation of In sect pests of Prof ISclson the biologist , who fcives 111 intcresilue ueeouut of his ex- pertinents in the cultivation of thoovstcr , and the rearing of ojstor Bocd in artlhclai ponds und 01 the lor set chemist Mr A oor- hcos who has Just Mulshed an Important scries of experiments upon early totnti toesTho The reeont denth of Ur Vinton , librarian of Pniicotofl college has deprived the uni versity of one of its most clllcieiil oillecrs Dr Vinton wus ut ono ttmn in the service of the Boston publio library , While thcru ho arranged the enllro Holes IIbran , compris ing JO 000 volumes He was eight years Ut Washington as first assistant In tbo library . loticougress ' nnd went to Princeton an 1S73- .s as library of the Chancellor Groan library During bis administration hero the number of volumes in tbo co11plo , library increased from .28 000 to 08 5J0 lho librnrv is tit present in charge of Dr Vinton's two as- siblanls' ' Miss Joliuo und Miss Martin Ills successor will not bo appohitod until the meeting of the board ol ttustcos inleb ruarj I'EW'I lllllM DHOPS The family stovoi Ipo was never meant fo * a pipe of peace Lvcrprcon trees are the dudes of the forest J'hey inaka the spruccst boi ghs A Safe Hot Stub What do you think of pencil ) Quill He is very sharp he il mnka his mark ' When I drink much I cant work and so I let it nlono" 'lho drinking ! " No the working Honesty may bo the best pollev but a good muny people somehow full to keep tnelr premiums paid up Mrs Tangle lhls Russian Influenza Is very contagious , is It not ) Funglocs , even a deteettvo could catch it BroDson See hero , Cadlov did vou tell • Smitbors I vvus the meanest white muu that ovorlivodt Cadleyt No , I didn't draw the color line The poet snj s that " 'Tis lov 0 which makes tbo world go round " It also makes lho young man % o round qulto frequently bunday nights 'Iho American funny man can never know how highly appreciated his paragraphs are until he bees ttruui embalmed in ono of Max O'Rcll's lectures Now Yorker , discussing worlds ' folrt Well , there s no grass growing In tbo strocts of New York , anyhow I Clncaeoan Very true , you dent leave jour pavements down long onouth for it to take root , Purposclj misunderstood HrowiiBoy Hol lo Joncsy glad CO see you back Joneavt 1 hanks , old boy Did nnyono miss mo while I was gene ) Hrownsoy Miss you ? Uadl I didn't know auybody shot at you And what do vou do , Johnnie , with all the pennies that are tlvou voul" ' O , I snva 'cm up " Ihat'srleht And what do you expect to , do with all the money vou save ! " ' O when I gets enough Ill go and bo a scu- ator fiom Ohio " Palmer : Its mlfhty funny , but there are no less than six pe6plo with whom I have been talking within a weak who are now dead Curtlelgh 1 haven't the least doubt of It I'm sorry I cant stop to listen to jou to lay , but the fact Is I'm not prepared Smith That was a very Interesting lcct- uro of yours on tbo Catacombs Did vou write it whllo you were In Homo or after you returned houiol bpoutor O , no , I wrote It before I wont Wanted to gel il oft my mind , jou know so that when 1 got ubroad I d have nothing to do but enjoy myself "Yo have mo sjmpatby Mrs Sullivan ' Phwat fur , Mr O Hriunl" Your bo reavomont Its In marnln' ' costume je air , I see " Sure an' Its In alvenin' costoom O'lm In Its 1110 night out Mo missus vvu afthor dlscardin' her wudos an' It vvum't lho loikes o' mo to refuse sleh a eannlnt , consid * enu' the missus sursajdid In obtjlnln' ' a now husbln' a weurlu' of 'em " Pather ( to editor ) I would Jlk' jou to give m > son a chunco In your printing ofllco I dltor What can the boy del lather Well , at first ho couldn't do anything mora tbau edit your paper aad take general ehareo of the mechanical department but later on , when ho lourus sense , hell ba handy to have around to wash window , keep lamp chimneys clcau and sift usbei . . * TIiousiuhU ( it * Dollars are sjicnt every year bv the pcoplo of this state for worthless medicines for the euro 01 throat and lung diseases , when wo know that If the } would onlj Invest f 1 hi SANTA ABIL , the novvCallfornlu dUcovory for coni sumption and kindred complaints , they would In this pleasant remedy find relief , It Is recommended by ministers , phvalcluup and public speakers ot the Golden fatuto , bold and Guaranteed by Goodman Drug Co ttl a bottle 'llireofor 60 Tno most stubborn cases of catarrh will sicedilysuecum to OAUPOHNIA OAl'H * oUHU bix mouths treatment for II , lif mall | 110.