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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1894)
t / THE KICKERS OF THE PIGSKIN How the Qarao Ragoa Throughout the Whole Country. WlliSPER GS OF THE WHIRLING WHEEL Clint with tlm l lt J'lnyorn-l'lcia Irlnt JJcliots Vutctt , I'iclil inl htre m Our Spurting Knowl- Itox. Boys of 10 years are wearing long hair and talk knowingly about "puntu , " "flying wodgcs" and Iho like. They look forward lo Iho time when they shall play upon the high school team , then upon a college team and make a touch down that saves the day and bo carr.cd elf the Held on the muscular rina of n score of football lunatics. There are half a dozen preparatory schools which act as feeders to the various college learns. At Andover , and Philips , Uxcter , the enthusi asts even go o far as to carry on regular proselyting campaigns among the grammar schools In order lo secure Ihe promising young athletes fur their schools , and , of course , Harvard and Yale men know for mouths beforehand what footballlsts are com ing from Andover and Kxeter. You must not forget that there Is just as great rivalry between the freshmen teams ot the different colleges as there Is between Iho picked college teams. But not all of the great football players of today began playing when they were 10 years of ago. The grammar school Iralncd and academy trained boy often finds him self supplanted by a novice. A big hulking freshman from the country will walk down to the Held to walch the men play. He remarks that he believes he can play the game himself such Is the story of Heffclflngw. He makes a try In the prac tice' ' , and Ihe captain llnds lhal ho has en countered a genius for a man may have a genius for football as well as for anything else which scls Iho whole college Into a spasm ot joy. Football has now become as popular In the west as In the east. Every college has Its team and belongs to eomo college league , and as many ot the western Institutions are co-oJueatlonal , the victorious young nti.l.tea dj nol have lo go as far away as Ihelr eastern brothers for feminine praise of their prowess. The same rules apply In the west as In the east , but the game Is not played so roughly , or , at least , fewer accidents have resulted. In the unuller colleges where the men can not ulTord to train so finely as they do In the casl Iho players wear thick wool to boggan caps and keep their hair cut down to the length of tl'at ot an ordinary Individual. Because there Is no such rivalry between any of the western colleges as between Harvard , Yals and Princeton , the uport does not be come the all engrossing mania thai 11 Is in the eastern universities. The larger west ern colleges Imvo graduates of Harvard , Yale and Princeton to conch them , and not In frequently when a strong man Is developed In a western college ho Is Induced to go cast , and know ng the warm 'reception ho will receive , the opportunity Is seldom missed. The football player Is n broad shouldered , imooth faced , bright eyed , long haired young man , Is a good fellow to know ( If ho has not grown egotistical through his victories ) , and Is really our modern knight errant who fights for the honor of his alma mater Instead of his family name , and to win prnlte from my lady In laces as he stands before her In his ripped , mud-bespattered nnd sometimes blood-bespattcroct suit , bruised but triumph- int. And now he wears an armor the tame is the old knight. Ho has a mask for his nose ami mouth , pads for his " ears , caps for "his shoulders , pads for his stomach , shin protectors and bandages for his legs nnd urms to prevent him from being mauled ind bruised and killed. Yet , with all of those to protect him he sometimes loses his life. But more American college men die it causes traceable to lack of exercise than In football. The world Is bound to have its knights , anyway , and our footballlst la of bcter a sort than a blustering , threatening iwashbuckler or the Insipid creatures some times met at afternoon teas. Speaking ot the ' foot balllst's armor. It Is Interesting to note how rapidly foot ball has Icvcloped In this country. It Is only twenty rears since the Ilugby game was Introduced. Then the players were long trousers , the Ihlrt of the track athlete , with handker r- chiefs tied around their heads. both Harvard Of course , and Yale claim to have Intro o- duced foot hall. It would one never do for one of the universities to allow nen an honor com pletely to the othor. Ilev. U. S. Shalt , na pastor and Columbia at Jack onvllle. III. , declares that Yale played a game according to rtugby rules In 1872 , Columbia winning. In 1870 ho was studying In Germany. Ills chum was an Oxford man , who gloried explained and brought the Ilugby game. Young Shaft1 an oval leather ball across the water with him. Ho exhibited It to some Df his college mates In hlo room. They him about guyed It unmercifully , and said It might flo for ho the nursery , but not for men. But finally persuaded them to try a game. They liked It so well that Yale has been wedded to foot ball ever since. Harvard has another version of the Intro duction of the pigskin ball. "The Crimson" played two games of foot ball In Cambridge go igalnst McGIII university of Montreal In the spring ot ' 74. The first game , to according old-fashioned rules , was won by the Har vard men. In the irch second game , In which they claim the Hugby rules tor the first tlmo prevailed , both sides failed to score. In the fall of ' 71 the Harvards : played against an all-Canada team at Montreal , They were , peculiarly enough , for the most part undersized men. ostp. They found their op ponents wcro giants. Montreal society turned out with a great flutter of feathers to see the little Yankees humiliated. They poked ; fun at the little Yankees , nnd said to the llttlo Yankees : "What do you Ihlnk your > llttlo fellows can do against our big follows anyway ? " But that's the way the big Gauls u.cd . to scoff at the little Romans In Caesar's legions before a battle. The llttlo Yankeei used their heads , which Is the way of Yankees big and little. The big Canadians { started with a solid phalanx ( which was the term ot Ihe famous up-to- date flying wedge ) lo carry the ball Irre sistibly down the field. But the little Yan kees got them tangled up before they had gone a rod. Then Ihcro waa a shut down at the Canadian end of the field. Llttlo Blllee Seaman , the smallest Yankee of them all had just slid In between the big fallow's legs , and whllo they wcro squabbling , he had kicked a goal and stood with lit ] hands In pockets , an enfant terrible smllo upon his chubby face. Before the game was over little Blllca Seaman had demonstrated hat ho could get through almost any eort of r a hole. With British persistence the Canadians tried tholr phalanx again and again , and every tlmo little Diltea Seaman or some ether I llttlo Yankee would slip away with the ball and kick a goal. And after he had kicked a1 goal llttlo Blllee Seaman couldn't resist a ' llttlo smile , which was full of suggestion. Finally tha Kljnt Canadlaiu were completely ; demoralized , In 1S7C Harvard vanquished Yale at Itugby. ; In 1876 Yale turned the tables under the cap tainship of Eugene V. Baker. Waller Camp played in Ihls team , and was captain In 1877 , 1878 and 1879. And Yale has won continu ously ever sines with the one exception when Arthur Ciimmoek led Harvard to a glorious victory. Foot ball la an Intellectual as welt as a muscular game , as the public may be sur prised to know. To play It succesifully a man must have n cool head , The signaling , which most ot the uninitiated do not under stand , Is always done by means of numbers. Each man lias Ms number , and the spaces between them are numbered. The quarter back Khea the orders. Suppose Ihe right end Is numbered 12 and Ilia left half-back .la numbered 1 and the qimrter-hactt wunU the left half-back to RO around the right end. the quarter-back will say 7 12 13 or 5 12 13. or 50 12--13 , the first number Itting known ai a bluff and I counts for nollilnR so the enemy will not be able to learn the signals It takes con- ilderabln training , you will readily under- Itsnd. to rcipond Immediately lo these ilg- nMs which arn rattle ; ! with lightning rapidity from the quarter-back's lips , Naturally , the quarter-biik must hkve the beat head ot any man In the team. Ho la Ihe Held officer of tha team. There are a number of technical changes In the rulen of fool ball this year , with which all fool ball expert ! arcby thin tlmo familiar. There Is a. great treat In ttorc for Omaha lovers ot the great sport on Thanksgiving day , when the University of Nebraska tackles the University of Iowa on the Y. M. C. A grounds. With good weather thla city should turn out a crowd of at least 6,000 or 6,000 spectators. Duck hhiiotlng Among the Slout. PINB IUDGB IlESKKVATION , S. D. , Sept. 11. To the Sporting Udltor of The Ilee ! Allow me to preface this article with an acknowledgment to the sporting editor of The Bee for the kindly hints ho gave that were tit considerable value to us on this trip. It had been our desire for years to reach a place known In common par lance as the "hunter's paradise , " and al though wo have spent much means , time and effort , tl.o results until now were a disappointment and we Invariably went home disgusted. It Is with much pleasure I report thla trip , for n theme of this kind Is always Interesting to the sportsman , Having equipped ourselves with the neces sary accoutrements for a few days outing we boardoJ nn Klkhorn Valley passenger tea a point In the distant west. There we dis embarked and procuring transportation by team wo proceeded north In search of the lakes and marshes we were In quest of. The Dakota state line running east and west , marking the boundary between South Dakota and Nebraska Is only two and one-half miles north of the point whcro wo landed , quite contrary to what the average way represents , and to our surprise wo found ourselves within the I'lno Hldge reservation. It was of llttlo consequence where we were , for wo came prepared to stay and to find game If any was In the country. Latitude or longitude concerned us very little. We had no permit to be sure , but wo were Innocent Invaders and teen cultivated the friendship of Shark Klsh , Cloud Dog and other unprepossessing Hrules , whose names I cannot recall , for each effort has given me the lockjaw. We felt reasonably zafe In not being molested or ejected froifi that patch of country re served for sun dances , scalp lifting and other absorbing sports. Diligent Inquiry at Cody gave us some In formation , but It Is to Mr. Newbury , who owns a large ranch just this side of the state line , that wo are Indebted for many valuable pointers. Ills kindness and un selfish hospitality , characteristic ot all I frontiersmen < , is proverbial. During the late I Indian Insurrection , he was onoj of the settlers that did not decamp and It was be cause of his friendly Intercourse with them and knowledge of their language that In sured hla safety. No Indian comes to Ills house but Is given food and shelter. They may not be exactly welcome guests , for they appear anything but tidy and Inviting , but they are treated generously just the same. This gentleman directed us to the lakes and afforded us every assistance. This necessarily enhanced the pleasures of this trip very much. These marshes or lakes are located In a deep basin or depression of the earth's surface- , embracing perhaps ten square miles of territory. There Is but one outlet to these lakes and generally It Is dry. There are two lakes proper , separated by sand hills running north and south between which Is a draw or obliterated channel , formerly connecting the two lakes. Sur rounding these lakes are graduated hills , rome of which are quite lofty. This gives it a romantic appearance. These lakes receive their supply from springs and hunters must bo very cautious not to get In one of these boggy pools as It has no bottom. The North lake , containing an area ot perhaps three or four sections , is the most beautiful and picturesque of the two. It sweeps way to the west and northwest. Into pcols and shallow marshes. This marsh Is covered with wild rice , celery and food , auch as water fowl llvo and wax fat on. I am Informed by Mr. Newbury that seldom Is the solitude of those Immense marshes disturbed by the hunter. This was quite evident to me by the- Indifference with which some greeted our appearance. I re member as Wo slid our boat In the lake and by the way the southeast shore affords the most favorable landing , thousands upon thousands of ducks of all kinds rose In the air. As wo slonly and noiselessly paddled our boat toward tbo north marshes myriads of teal , mallards and red heads flitted hither and thither and at times would come within twenty-five or thirty yards of us. I observed - served mallards , commonly regarded as a very shy and suspicious bird , remain sitting upon the water not over fifty yards distant , craning tholr necks and apparently scrutin izing us with absorbing Interest. Our party comprising only four , namely , Douns , Item- Ington , Hermbcn and myself , camp was pitched about one mile from the lakes , upon dry soil , nnd where we would gel plenty of pure salubrious nlr. Wo were conveyed by team to and from the lakes , thus entailing very llttlo work. Mr. Douns and I took command of the North lake- the first even- Ing's shoot , whllo Messrs. Kemlngton and llermsen the South lake. We steered for the north side and were wlso enough not to ( Ira a shot until \vo were located and well concealed. We had Just moored our boat when George pulled on three mallards ) , bag ging two the first shot , and the other with the second. As I picked up my gun throe more drifted In and J killed two of them with one shot and George the other. We 7 continued the slaughter until wo had knocked down borne thirty-live , and , feeling satisfied , wo returned to camp. The shooting In the south lake Is not so good as experience has demonstrated , hence Messrs. Remington nnd Hennsen were not so fortunate. The. second evening , having selected a more a favorable point , where the ducks craned , George ' and I bagged forty-lwo. Last even- Ing's shooting capped the climax , us four bagging conjointly eighty-five , Douns nnd Hermsen being credited with sixty , Ilem- Ington and myself with twenty-five. This I consider excellent for a two and one-half hours' shoot In early September , before the flight from the north commences. It Is noteworthy that this game breeds right here and I am Informed that mallard ducks re main here tha year round. I think this Is the Ideal hunting ground for one that ap preciates sport of this kind. The expense Is nominal and the benefit derived from an s outing of this kind in the way of health Is Inestimable. Hunters coming here must come prepared with everything for camping purposes. For eighty-five miles north there Is not a whlto sattlement. A few straggling cowboys are occasionally met , but Indians nro the sole occupants allowed permanently on the reservation. There are gome antelope hero , jack rabbits plentiful , but chickens and grouse this year are quite scarce. This Is supposed to bo due to the extreme drouth having kIKrd off the Insects upon which the young brood subsists , and consequently they perished. Wo observed a scarcity of Insect life , except thai most pestiferous of detestable - testable annlmals , fleas , and they simply devour one. Those contemplating a trip Into the reservation should procure a permit , then all possibility of trouble Is avoided. J. H. LOWREY. 1'lulil Trillin for .Nohriitkit. JI'COOK. Neb. , Nov. 6. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : In reply to the article In the Sunday Bee regarding the field trials In this state i , I would say ; I would like I j to tee a field trial club organized and would join same and do everything In my power to help make It a success. 1 have nothing to run this fall , but have a very fine Hod- erlpo bitch that I will breed to Gladstone Boy December 1 , The produce ot this union should make come good material for ' 90 derbies. I could not attend a meeting In Omaha at present , but should be glad to see ono held and a club organized. Hoping to hear further In regard to this subject through The Bee , I remain respectfully. W. C. LaTourette. FAIRMONT. Neb. , Nov. 4 , To the Sport ing Editor of Tlr * BeeIn : this Sunday Issue of The Omaha Bee I notice an article by Field Trial In regard to organizing a field trial club for Nebraska , If such a club Is organized you could gel a greal many mem bers from this part of the state , as there Is quite an amount of Interest taken In hunt ing dogs here. There are quite a number ot well bred English setten In this and ad joining towns , and their owners would lend their hearty support to a move In this dlrec ! ' lion. Yours respectfully. 0. F. Ashley , FREMONT. Nov. 7. To the Sporting Edl- tor of The Bee * Push the field trial pros- pert It Is what lSne Just sportsmen and fine dog owners want. You will receive every assistance and encouragement from this part of the state. Victor III. LINCOLN. Nov. B.To the Sporting Edi tor of Tbe liteIloth of the subjects so tftectually touched upon In Sunday's Bee , tbo preservation of our same ud the field trial enterprise , nre accorded the warmwt approval here. Sportsmen everywhere ate with you , nnd I hojie to see both mntters brought to a successful Issue. Hannnerlcss. I'roil rullor In thn Mountain * . OMAHA , Nov. 8. To the Sporting Kdltor of The Bee : I have Just returned from , my bear hunt. I started away with two friends about the Cth of last month and when wo pot to dhorldnn wo waited for .another to follow , but wo got tired of waiting nnd after four days started for the mountains with a ranchman named J. C. Barr. He owns 2,700 acres ten miles Kouth ot Sheridan , He Is an old butcher of fifty summers or more , but Is still as full of fun as Tom Majors' ft lends nre of sorrow. Ho was with us eight days and ho wouldn't accept n nickel In compensation. Ho furnished us with four mules and three saddle horses. We hunted two dayti without success , but succeeded In losing a mule. Finally Fred Mengedoht and Frank Heft concluded to go home. Fred had a stitch In his back and Frank was homesick. This left me to hunt alone. So , ulth a saddle and pack horse , I started out In the wilderness by myself. After four days' lonely wandering I fell In with a party of three other hunters and we forthwith began to make It warm for the bear and elks There WHS John Jacobs In this party , Joe Klcler , formerly of Omaha , and 1JII1 Llnton of .Montana. Wo killed two bear , thirteen elk , eight deer , 0110 mountain lion , one Canada lynx and n quantity of small fry. Wo did this about sixty miles from Sheridan , near the Big Horn basin. My comrades wcro all royal fellows nnd expert hunters , and they have my sincere thanks for their great kindness to me. They simply gave bo n bully time. FIIBD A. FULLER. Only n l > lfrcreiir of Opinion. NEBRASKA , CITY , Neb. , Nov. 7. To le Sporting Kdltor of The Bee : In a recent isue of your valuable paper we noticed an rtlcle stating that the Council Bluffs foot- iall team , was not very well satisfied with he treatment they received at our hands. ' 'or that we are very sorry. But they did I iot stop there , they said we had run In | urposo than to beat them. The only man n the team that has a sign of whiskers Is ho llttlo end that played against the O. I. S. , October 13. In fact It was' the same earn excepting the left tackle , and Ihere , nstead ot a man weighing 17G , we played a Ittlo colored fellow weighing about 145 , and moreover we did not have a * professional 'pug , " as they boasted after the game. Another thing there was quite a number of ailles on the ground , and ono or two of heir men , especially the center , used Ian- ; uogo only fit for a barroom , and even then t would be disgraceful. Most of their men re gentlemen , but they made the mistake I f carrying with them a few of the other Ind. The average Is a scant 1&2 , not 175 s stated. If you can give us space for this on will confer a favor on yours for fair 'lay. ' Nebraska City High School Football The Frank Hump I rlckot Cup. J. C. Doylo'of the Omaha Cricket club was presented Friday evening with the 'rank Kemp sliver cup In honor of having made the highest general average during the ieason , 14.90. The Kemp cup Is a beautiful and valuable souvenir , solid silver , standing hlrtecn Indies high , and of unique design and exquisite finish. U lils | > < TliiK of tliu Wlinol. Captain Ed Walker of the Tourist Wheel- icn announces the following club runs for November. These runs will wind up the lub's riding season. The runs will be : aken provided the weather and roads per mit , otherwise they will be abandoned : No- ember 11 , Illulr , Neb. , fifty-two miles ; No- cmber 18. La Platte , Neb. , thirty miles ; November 25 , South Omalia and Council Ulufts , twenty miles. Start , 8 a. m. The uniform retail price for high grades n 1895 will be J100. The I'ope Manufic- ; urlng company , who built the famous "Col umbia , " has set the pace , and there Is but Ittle doubt other manufacturers will follow. O. A. Maxwell , the Winfleld , Kan , , crack class A man , has been relegated , to the "busy B" list by "Mister" Raymond. Sev eral doughty lowans were put without the pale also In the same breath. W. Wagner , Mt. Vernon ; Vf. A. Trueblood , Central City ; R , Grandle , Marlon , and J. Pltkln , Viola , are now classed as professionals , and ama teur racing men are warned not to compete with them under penalty of being expelled from the League of American Wheelmen , If Members ot that organization. The following claims for records were al- lowed during the past week : One-half mile , flying start , paced , 53 1-5 ; two-thirds , of a mile , paced , flying start , 1:11 : 4-5 , John I S. Johnson at Waltham , Mass , September 21-22 ; one-quarter mile , unpaced , standing start , 29 4-5 seconds , J. W. Campbell nt Spokane , Wash. , September 3 , 1801. The Dunlap tire people are making a cor- rugated tire for the 1895 season. Not satisfied with riding a ulcyclo at the most rapid gait ever recorded , a flying mlle In 1:35 : 2-5 , John S. Johnson recently elec trified the wheeling fraternity by smashing the gigantic Sanger's unpaced mile record 1-5 seconds. Johnson's time on the Tono- wanda boulevard for the mile unpaced was 1:47 : 1-5. Whllo the League of American Wheelmen racing board has not accepted Johnnie's record yet , and It Is doubtful whether they will or not , as his wonderful rides were made on a straightaway course , course or boulevard paved with brick and not upon a regular track , yet his records have been accepted as the fastest time ever made on a bicycleby any human being by the wheel press and the lay press through- oul this broad land. It Is to be regretted that his wonderful performance was chap eroned and engineered by so many of his stables mates and fellow employes. Wheel men who know the crowd at Buffalo who attended him know also of their faking pro pensities. The New York Sun ( In com menting upon his flying mile , says : "John ' son's performance takes rank as the fattest mile ever covered by any method of progres- on outside of railroading. The record tables show thai engine No. 999 of the Empire State express covered a mile over the New York Central railroad track , between Crlttcnden and Wende. N. Y. , on May 10 , 1893 , In 32 seconds. There were four heavy cars attached , and the entire train weighed 400.000 pounds. Johnson's latest achieve ment comes next , and It may be mentioned that he also holds the world's skating record for one mile , 2.45 % , made at Minneapolis , Minn , January 21 , 1893. "The mighty thoroughbred horse Salvator will have good cause to feel aggrieved If he ever learns the fact. Ills great record of Vt , made against time on the straight away track nt Monmouth Park , N. J. . Au gust 28 , 1S90 , with 110 pounds up , had Just one-tenth of a second clipped off of It by the flying bicyclist. In no other class of sport has the two minute mark been beaten under fair conditions. The pacing record for a mile Is 2.01Vi , made by Robert I. this sea son , while the trotting figures have been re duced to 2:03 : % by Allx at Galesburg , III. , recently. The fastest mile ever made , by an ath lete ( U 4:12 : % . The record Is held by W. h0. . George , the well known English runner. Snowshoe racingIs not a universal sport , but Us followers have shown considerable tpced at times. The world's record for liea mile In skeleton shoes Is 5:39 : % , made by J. F. Scholes at Montreal , Can. , February 22 , 1871. Some noted heel-and-toe experts have ' gone a mile In remarkable time. The world's record for this style la 6:23 : , made by W. Perkins at London , Eng. , June 1 , 1874. The swimming record for a mlle Is 26:08 : , made by Joey Nuttall in Hoi- ling worth Lake , England , August 19 , 1893. "It Is claimed that John S. Johnson has brought the bicycle record for the mile , unpaced. down under two minutes. He made the mile In 1:574-5. : This plows a regular furrow In the 2:07 : 1-5 , which Sanger & set for the mark , and which Johnson has beaten by nearly ten seconds. The weather was -very threatening , and the rain began to fall just as the squad I came out to pace. j Johnson for the mile. Johnson rode icea j I seventy-Inch geared wheel. The electric liming apparatus worked lo perfection , and tha little wind came up In slight puffs that were neither a help nor a hindrance to good riding. The time at the quarter was not caught , but at the half the wheel passed over the line In 0:55 : 3-C seconds , and the third quarter was done In 1:20 : % . Johnson finished In splendid shape and rod" on forte a ihort distance before he went back lo the start for a try behind the quad. Through some misunderstanding they ( lowed after pacing the quarter mark in 23 seconds , and bout lhal tlm * the rain began to fell and Ihe wires wcro taken down. The irew record of G53-6 seconds for the halt unpnccd ntto Is a record breaker , and goes ahead of Tyler's G7 4-5 at Waltham. "Johnson U the first man In the world to break the trotting , pacing and running horse records , the flrsl man In the world to do the mile with flying start and with standing start In less than two minutes. No man over did a mlle In less than 1:50 : until John son did the trick , but he can also claim that he first did the mile under 1:40 : , and now he Is the only man who has done the mile unpacod In less than two minutes. " A party of nlnt weary Tourists straggled Into the city last Sunday evening , having bumped themselves successfully over the Glcnwood , la. road , n round trip of fifty mllea. The roads , wre abominable. The club will try Blair tyday , weather permitting. Messrs. Williamson. Carothers , Blxby lint- tcnlmucr and Nlcholi of the Oanympdes passed through Omaha , last Sunday morning on the club run to Plattsmouth. They re turned home via QlenWood. They reported the roads on the Nebraska sldo very good. The regular buslnntsmeeting of the Tour ists , booked for Wednesday evening , was postponed ns the necessary quorum failed to attend. The entertainment committee have been laboring during .tho past wt-ek with the managers of halls and orchestras , trying to obtain a reasonably ilow bid for the club dances to bo given Ihis'wlnter. The gentle men have succeeded In part and are anxious to report. A specltil meeting will lie called nt an early date. ' The blcyclo Is being uied extensively by the newspapers Inlargo cities , as a tapld means of obtaining election returns. A corps of mounted messengers were kept busy dur ing the * late election , bringing In the re turns to the Omaha press. An Indiana farmer has built a bicycle for his , own use , iwhlch weighs seventy-five pounds. The wheels once did duty as a part of a sulky plow and the frame Is fash ioned from n walking plow beam nnd the hounds of a farm1 wagon. London , Kng. , Is the birthplace of an Insurance company whoso aim In Ufa Is to Insure wheels and wheelmen. The company has a paid up capital of 15,000 sterling. On October 27 Iho supreme court of Min nesota sitting at St. Paul rendered a decision of much benefit to wheelmen. A cyclist was riding along over a country road and a horse and driver approached from the oppo site direction. The horse baw the bicycle , became unmanageable nnd ran away , demol ishing the buggy and Injuring the driver. The driver brought suit for heavy damages. The court In handing down his decision In favor of the defendant , said : "Bicycles are vehicles used 'extensively for convenience , pleasure nnd business , and the riding of them upon the public highways. In the ordi nary manner , as Is now done , Is neither un lawful nor prohibited. They can not be banished j , , because they are not ancient vehi cles , and were not ustd In the garden of Eden by Adam and Eve. " It Is very noticeable that In nine cases out of ten , where road hogs are plentiful , the horse displays more Intelligence than } Its driver. Johnnlo Johnson's phenomenal records made at Buffalo have bceiv placed In a class by themselves and are labeled "straight away road records , " paced nnd unpaced. Clint with tlm Hull I'lajriTS. The death of Mike Kelly , which occurred In Boston last Thursday , cast n gloom over the base ball world. He was ono of the best known players In the profession , a man of countless friends , and his sad end IB deplored and regretted on all hands. Tom Foley wants to be absoclatedwith Charley Comlskey In the ownership ot a club at St. Paul. Billy Sharslg Is likely to control Ihe base ball destinies ot Allentown next year. The presence of Uncle Anson In Texas next spring will bo a great help to the Lone Star leaguers. The Clilcagos will bo In the front rank during the revival there and will like wise share the usufruct. Manager W. II. Watklns Is wintering at Port Huron and will aid the projectors of a Michigan state league. Port Huron , Bay City , Flint , Battle Creek , Owosso and Jack son nre mentioned as likely cities. "Monk" Cllno , the old Sioux City fielder , now a fireman In Louisville , Ky. , was dangerously Injured by falling walls in a fire a few nights ago. , Grcmlnger Is the nanie of a Canton , 0. , youngster who has been signed to play third base for Cleveland. Perhaps "Chippy" Me- Garr will have to shave off that shoo brush of his and start out again ns a young blood. Cincinnati Times-Star. Well , "Chippy" can depend ! on one things any way. It he cannot find a job with any W the other clubs Omaha Is j | | willing to give him another show for his whlto alley. - ' ' "Sioux City doesn'tj deserve a place In the Western league , " remarked Billy Hart this morning. "Why , after we had won the pen nant our welcome homo was awfully chilly. The fans seemed to1 take our success for granted. " Hen Mulforrf. There Is one thing Sioux City doesn't deserve , end that Is any such unfavorable comments from Billy Hart , whom they made a favdrlte up there and paid him n\pre \ money than his services were worth. That Is , however , only another sample of the ball player's gratitude. Washington wants to trade Old Smear Kaso Hassamaer for Tommy Doud , and Der Poss Bresldcnt Is about half Inclined to take 'em up. From a fielding and base running point of view Washington management would get all the best of such a trade , but Von der A he's batting strenglh would be materially Increased. Hassamaer led Doud fifty-nine points In batting tha past season , but Doud's fielding was much the best , and ho had be sides nearly three times as many stolen bases to his credit as Hassamaer. With Sclbach , Abbey and Doud on the outfield the Senators would have one of the very best outfleldlng teams In Iho business. WADHAMS , Mich. , Nov. 2. To the SportIng - Ing Editor of The Bee : Your two kind favors are on hand and I certainly appreciated your advice. I tried to get McDougal , as you sug gested , but St. Louis outbid mo. However , I have written both Speor and Moran. Whal do you think of Merles as a hlttor ? Am afraid McVlcker and Flynn nre too light. w. H. w ATKINS Milwaukee fans arc asking , "Where are we at ? " The Evening Wisconsin declares : "Thero Is little Information to be had re garding the situation In Milwaukee. The men back of the Western league club announce that Ihey will build a new park on Ihe old Wrlghl street grounds , whllo Harry Quln says : 'Wo will have , the fastest kind of ball at Athlellc park. ' Both sides are determined to go ahead , and It looks now as If Mllwau- kcewlll have two clubs. The Western league and American association clubs In this city would do well to compromise In some manner. It Is certain that ono of them must go under , as the town will not support two clubs. " Omaha so 'tis said has been Invited to Join the Western league. Times-Star. foroM , I'iclil mill Mm nn. Frank Parmelee. G , W. Loomls , Mr. Money , of the B. 0. Powder company. London , England , and a party of eastern friends are shooting quail In Kansas. They went via ] Mr. Loomls' private car. Tom Davis has the sporting editor's ac knowledgements for recent favors In the wa ) of venison and bear steaks. The sporting editor has received a number ot sound communications on Ihe question ot a new game law , which will be forthcoming In good tlmo. Geese are said lo be qulle plentiful along Iho upper Platte , but so far as good shooting Is concerned the gunner might as well give up for 1894. Oiiotloim unil AiiMror * . LINCOLN. Neb. , Nov. 1. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you please tell me who. If any one. Is the winner In a game of. checkers played as follows : Ono of the players moves hla man Into'the ' double corner of hla opponent. He afterward loses all the rest of his ni ii , and when Ills turn to move comes he cannot move his nian , which Is situated In the double corner as aforesaid ( ami which Is Ina single man ) , on account of his opponent's man on his own king r'pw In the same double corner. Is the gamea , , blocked game , or has It been fairly won ? Please ( insurer la next Sunday's Bee and oblige. H. Mason. Ana. It Is a win. . FREMONT , Neb. , Oct. .29. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : 'Will you please answer the following question'In ' next Sunday's Bee and oblige : What la the height weight and measurements of A. A. Zimmerman as com pared with J Johnson , J. P. Bliss , Singer and | ZleglerT A Reader. Ant , Qlva It up. I § WAHOO , Neb. , Nov. 2. To the SportlnjrJ | DR. R.'r Grncliinto . . > JL , Dentist F MICHIGAN , CLASS IGlli & Farm St nor mm The liu'scst Dotitul Pnttstk'o In Oiimhn , built up bj first-olnss Uontlstry at popular prlcoa ; only tlio best of nmtorinls used ; all work warranted a * roprosonlcd. Our "I-'IVIJ DOLLAR" tooth have stood the test lor six yours , and are Iwlng worn by thousands. Our Thin Elastic Dental Plato llLs perfectly when all othcra fall. Tooth artistically arranged to defy dotootlon J natural nnd beautiful In appearanco. TEETH FILLED WITH GOLD AND SILVER WITHOUT PAIM USE Editor of The Bee : To settle a dispute regarding the proficiency respectively of Moron and Spcer as "base throwers" please state In next Sunday's Bee the fielding average of each. If that be a source ( if authentic knowledge to Judge from. C. 11. Gouchcr. Elmer Johnson , Ed Kllllan. Ans. The fielding and batting averages of the Weslern association \\lil appear In next Sunday's Bee. PLATTSMOUTH , Oct. 2 ! ) . To the Sport ing Editor of The Bee : Will you tell me In next Sunday's Bee If J. S. Johnson rode n mlle In 1 minute 35 2-5 seconds. Was It on level track or down hill. II. D. Johnson. Ans. ' Ho did , so It Is claimed. First quarter down hilt ; second quarter up hill , at about the same Incline ; the last half com paratively level , on a smooth brick pave ment. GRAND ISLAND. Neb. , Oct. 29. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Please give In Sunday's J3ce J. S. Johnson's best record for a mileon a bicycle and oblige. Please give date on which the record was made. Constant Header. Ana. 1:35 : 2-5 , at Buffalo , October 24. To the Sporting Editor of The flee : Please answer In Sunday's Bee to decide a bet , What Is the population of the ChineseEm - plro and -what of Japan ? Count. Ans. China , 400,000,000 ; Japan , 45,000,000. COUNCIL BLUFFS , la. , Nov. 2. To the Sporllng Editor of The Bee : Having hoard a good deal about the "missing word" craze in London not long ago. I desire to understand what It means. Not having been able to get a good explanation , I hope you will answer It In next Sunday's Bee. A Subscriber. Ans. H was simply publishing a familiar saying with ono word omitted , and giving a prize to the one who first supplied the "missing word. " ELKHOriN , Neb. , Oct. 29. To the- Sport ing Editor of The Bee : A , B , C and D playing draw ; A deals , B antes ; C , D and Mr. Dealer stay out. Owing to the fact that the blind was passed up A con tends that the play necessitates a "jack pot , " notwithstanding nothing was said at com mencement of play about playing J. P's. B Is of the opinion that it is optional with him whether ho shall withdraw his blind or Inaugurate a Jack pot. How about It ? Your answer In next Sunday's Bee will settle the question and place In circulation $10 that la now tied up pending decision. Stake Holder. Ans. Unless the players agreed that no Jack pots should be played , it was a natural jack pot. COLUMBUS , Neb. , Nov. 8. To the SportIng - Ing Editor ot The Bee : Plcaso state In Sunday's Bee how many points game birds and animals count In a club hunt and oblige. A Subscriber. Ans. Thft club holding the hunt can make Its own schedule of points. There Is no standard. OUEENWOOD. Neb. . Nov. 7. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Please answer through your sporting column the following : If the captains ot two ball nines agree to play a full nine ? Inning game to dccldo a bet. and they should bo unable on account of darkness or any other hindrance to play It out. has the umpire any right whatever to call It a game If ono sldo Is ahead , unless the full nine Innings are played out ? John Bird. Bird.Ans. Ans. Ho has not. OMAHA , Nov. 2. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you kindly Inform me through the medium of your excellent paper If the article about Ed Neal's skull and portions tions of his skeleton being In Salt Lake Is true ? P. P. Ans. I never dug him up. OMAHA , Nov. 2. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Is there anything In the rumor to the effect that there Is to bo a stop put to giving prizes for cards at private parties kj the local authorities on the same grounds that gambling was suppressed and "nlckel- In-the-slot" | machines wcro lakcn bul , etc ? Are nol these prizes given the same as a teacher gives her scholars for getting the most head marks , and can the giving o * prizes , bo construed so as to be called gam bllng ? A Subscriber. Ann. (1) ( ) Know of no such silliness. (2 ( Think not. OLENWOOD , la. , Nov. 1. To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Will you please inform mo through the columns of Sunday's Bee whore In Omaha , or In your state , I can gel a pointer dog broken. If In Omaha please give I street and number. George A. Davles. Ans. You will find Ed W. Hamilton o Pawlet , Deuel county , Nebraska , a competen man. Write to him. T. D. Aldrlch In Iloston aiobe. The new moon hung In the sky , ' The sun wns low In the west , i And my betrothed nnd I In the churchyard paused to rest ; Happy maid ami lover , Ureamlnir the old dream over. The light winds wandered by , And loblrm chirped from the nest. And.lo ! In the meadow sweet Was the grave of a lltlle child , With n crumbling stone at the feet , And the Ivy running wild. Tangled Ivy and clover Folding It over nnd over ; Close to my sweetheart's feet Was the little mound up-piled. . ' Strlrken with nameless fears , She Mil rank and clung to me , And her eyes were filled with tears For n farrow I did not see ; LlKhtly the winds wcro blowing , Softly her tears were Howlng , Tears for the unknown years. And a sorrow that was to be ! . i A Story About .loo .liflorann. George J. Obarmann , the Milwaukee brew er , tolls the following story : "I was In Washington last year for a few days , and | ono morning I fell In with Joseph Jefferson's son , Tom. Ho suggested thai we go to call on the president , and the suggestion suited mo to a T. We didn't have lone to wait at the whlto house. Mr. Cleveland received us very cordially , " 'And what are you doing now , Tom ? ' ho asked. " 'I'm making more money than ever bo- tfore , ' says Tom. 'I'm in a new line of busi ness toxether , and It brings me In largo profits. ' " 'What under.tho sun can It bo ? ' asked the president. " 'Why , wherever I go , ' says Tom , 'I snoop around the old second-hand shops and art stores and pick up old pictures for about $4 apiece , and then I sell 'em lo father for $400 apiece. ' "Mr. Cleveland laughed heartily. But he didn't believe the yarn at all. " 'Tom , ' aays he , 'you'll have to sit up very late at night andget up very early In the morning If ever you realty expect to get tha better of your father In a business deal ! ' ' Art I'lirnlturo. Indianapolis Journal : "That stove. " began the customer with deadly calmne&B , "you sold to me last week as an 'art tovc , ' I believe ? " "Yea. " admitted the dealer. "Isn'l U ? " "U doesn't know any more about art than a hoi ? does About Sunday. " "KJJT " What ? * 'I gay It doein' Know the first thing about art I haven't tried It on painting yet , but It can't draw worth a cent. ' M-S-HHHJ JHWW * HMf"I < ' 3H' SOKKrSHf I'- KM H A complete and beautiful line , all new designs at very low prices. In our art room and drapery department we show nice novelties for Christmas trado. FURNITURE CO. , 1115-1117 Farnam St. AX AXIOM. Eomervlllc Journal. Among the solid rock-ribbed truths , Of which tliL-re nre a few Within this world of sham nnd fraud ( Of course , we don't mean you ) , Is this ono , known to every one , Whose friends esteem him wise , That , If you nre a business man , It pays to advertise. What sense Is there In hooping shop With nil > our curtnlns down ? It pays to dress your windows up. And paralyze the town. It pays to have n great big sign To dazzle people's eyes , And better still don't miss this fact- It pays to advertise. So , If you would be prosperous , And rest In , your old age. Seek newspaper publicity , A column or a pnge Will bring Its cost back ten times o'er , Perhaps to your surprise , And ever -afterward you'll say It pays to advertise. A JAPAN'ESE GAME. The first rainy afternoon after the arrival of Miss Taylor , the new governess , the four little Poole children stood nt the windows of the school room. They were staring outside and almost If not quite pouting , becauseas Bertha said , "It Is a pity to have a whole good afternoon spoiled by rain. " Mlsa Taylor passing the door heard the re mark , also saw the disconsolate looks ; she came In under a smiling face which had the effect of a rainbow. I read the other day , " she said , "of a Japanese game called "Tho Five Senses Game. " Of course the children were at once. Inter ested and gathered around Miss Taylor. "May wo play U now ? " "I don't see why shouldn't , but It will depend a little upon whether the cook Is In a good humor or not. " What a funny Idea , " laughed Billy. "Then we can't play It , for she never Is. " "Which one of you Is her favorite ? " "Lily. " said three of the children , while Lily pointed to herself and said confidently , "Oh ( , yes , I am. " "Well , then Lily , I will send you down to the cook and on this slip of paper I will write tltl the names of certain articles that I want you tlle le bring me , just a trifle of each one , re member ; Bertha and Billy can help mo by making lltlle cornucopias of paper ; that's right , Bertha , very well done , turn up the end to keep In the contents. " cln The-n Miss Taylor wrote the list In a plain round hand , so that 8-year-old Lily would nof have to come1 trudging up two Mights of stairs tc Imvo anything explained. The list ran as follows : Salt , pepper sugar , tea , coffee , cinnamon , cloves , choco late , nutmeg , gnrllc. There wcro twelve cornucopias In all. Miss Taylor put ten ot them In a box singly packed together and sent Lily down to "beard the lioness In her den , " while she took the two that were left and went Into her own room She found some pcppennlnls In a drawer which she pounded and put In one cornucopia and sand In the other/ " It looks EO llko sugar that I am quite apt to make a mistake myself with my eye ; open. " Meantime Bertha and Billy had been anx lausly waiting for what waa to como next. Before Billy had a chance to get lldget Mlsa Taylor reappeared nnd placed her mys terlous packages on Ihu long school rooi : table which she had cleared of books. 'Would you mind telling us what the gam Is. Miss Taylor , " Inquired Billy. I would decidedly until Lily's return , 1m hero she comes , Well done , little lady , nn the cook did not blto you nor put you In he pudding to make It extra sweet ? " ' "No , " panted Lily. "She- only said 'an sliuro If yez take all that stuff , yez'll hav to send fur every doctor In town bcfon night. ' " They all laughed nt Lily's funny brogue and Miss Taylor BOOH had the little cunii coplas In line on the table. She then too ! a large whlto silk handkerchief from he pocket , and said : "Bertha being the oldest lady presen shall have the honor of being bllndfoldei first. " and proceeded to bind the handkcr chief tightly on Bertha's blue eyes. "Now. Bertha. " she explained , "Bitty will take a pinch from any of iheso cornucopias he pleases and place It on your tongue and you are to tastd It and tell mo what It Is. " "Of course , I can do thai , " said Ilertlm , "In that all the game ? " "Don't be too sure ; wait till you see the . result. " I "But , Miss Taylor , please have Billy wain his hands first ; they are never clean. " Billy was so anxious to drop a piece of garlic on Bertha's tongue that he obediently | le't the room when told to do so , and re \ turned with clean bands. "Put out your tongue , Bertha , " and out It came ; a piece ot garlic was laid on It and "What Is It you have In your mouth ? " tald Miss Taylor anxiously , for she knew the game would start all wrong If Bertha should guess right and one really could not tee how gsrllo could bo mistaken for sugar or salt. "It ta le like mackerel , " said Bertha , for- octlrely about the list and xiio ul nco removed the disagreeable morsel from or toncue. The others all laughed heartily and Billy ook his turn right gleefully , saying "I can ell onions from flsh every day in the week , ntn sure of that. " "You arc always sure of everything , you now Billy. " said Bertha , n llttlo spitefully , or she still had the nasty taste In her mouth ind a largo glass of Ice water seemed only o have made It worse. Miss Taylor suggested In nn aside to Jortha to try Billy on sand and Bertha put generous pinch on his tongue. Ho took u good tasteof It and spit It out ulckly. "If you must give a fellow salt , why not iavc nice table salt Instead of this horrid ock stuff that Is BO gritty ! " " "Did the salt make you thirsty , Billy , " nqulrcd Miss Taylor. "Awfully , I could drink n gallon of ICQ vater. Why do you laugh llko thai you : now It was salt ' , now don't tell mo that * tun was sugar. Bertha would never have Ivon mo anything so sweet aa thai , ! ' almost ngrlly. "My dear little boy , thla Is a game nnd .vo . laugh when wo play " games , you know , said Miss Taylor , gently but reprovingly. 'Sugar would undoubtedly hnvo been th nedlclnc you required Jiibt now , but you ee Bertha made a mistake and gave you" "Salt , I know , " Interrupted Billy. "It Is the kind of salt that llttlo birds havi n the floors of their cages and that you le In at tlm seashore , " and then the laugh tvas on Hilly and ho good-naturedly joined n It. "Now , llttlo messenger Lily , It Is your urn and Brother Ned Khali put whatever lie pleases on your pink tonguo. " Neddy with eyes as big ns saucers took pleco of cinnamon nnd dropped It In Llly'a pen mouth. "Oh , It's codec and I love It and I never Imvo any only Sunday mornings just a Ipplty sip from mamma's cup. " "If you had It oftencr you might possibly know ' It better when you tasted It , but per- 'iaps not , as their tasting without seeing Is a great mistake. You see how necessary ono fcenso Is lo another. It Is your turn , Master Ned. " Ned bravely stood the ordeal ot being 'made blind , " ns he expressed It , and Lily whispered to Miss Taylor , "I must glvo him sugar ; ho Is so fond of It. " "All right , dear , you may , " and Miss Taylor smiled npprjHXlngly on the llttlo girl , Ned gave a big suck nnd a happy einlla iroko over his dear llttlo face as ho said , "Sugar more" "Bravo , Neddy , " the first ono to guess right , " and the llttlo hero was rewarded by another dose from the same cornucopia. The children tried each other over and over again 'and as often as not made mis takes. Miss Taylor explained lo them how closely allied the senses are and what a dllfcrcnco It makes when ono scnso comes to the help of another. Little Ned sat on her knee nnd learned the names of the five senses , repeating them after her , telling them elton on his four chubby llttlo fingers , and ana thumb sight , smell , taste , hearing nnd feeling. IIOSB MURDOCIC. IXinfant I II. KOTKti. The grave diggers of England are out for an eight-hour day. The United States has 8,000,000 home owners. Our woolen mills employ 219,000 persons. An Inventor has dovlspd a child's swine which will work the well pump as the child Ewlngs. Elephants' skins are tanned to make carpets. They never wear out , but nro ex- penulve. The total value of the United Stales mineral products Inst year was $609,021,070 , being the smallest slnco 1889. When the Irrigation works now under way in Arizona are completed 1,000,000 acres of arid land will be made fertile. A Pcorla shoemaker ha Invented a workIng - Ing shoo with a wooden ( poplar ) solo one Inch thick. It Is very durable , comfortable and comparatively light. The south produced $80,607.092 worth ot lumber In ISM. To make this output 5,781 mills were operated and 71,650 hands em ployed. The product In 1880 was worth ? 38- 110,000. It inoro than doubled In ton years. An electric brake for trolley cars , to taka the place of tha handbrake , has been In vented by Elmer A. Sperry of Cleveland nnd ho claims that It will stop Iho car In bhorter tlmo , besides avoiding danger of wearing the wheel fiat. The south contains over 200,000,000 acres of forest land over half of the woodland nroa of the United Stales. Eho has almost every variety , so far a * quality- concarnod. There nro nearly 0,000 saw mills In opera tion , employing over 73,000 hands , Tha out put of the planing mills In 1899 was over $22,000,000. Heporti just ma do to the Michigan ctato auditor give an Interesting Idea of tbo In Ihe copper minis of the upptr peninsula. There ure but nine working mines and lltcso have paid In dividends fcomMliInK ever fGO.OOO.OCO , Ihe Calumet and Hfcla leading with about half the tntnl pay- meiita. It Is a siirprtaing feet thnt about SO per cout of the utucU cf those mines of wealth lj hilcl lit Iloitou.