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_ I . r.l'IIJ : OMAhA : DAILY BBg : STJNIAY , APRIL > > 7 , 189. ! 11 1 1
TilE SPRING DUCK SIlIJOTl
'rho Editor , Brewer and LawYEr in the
Sandhi Mnrsbe
,
BLACKSTONE GETS A CRACK AT A WOLf
, -rlvRI : ; of the & II l'II10r-ltulmllluy ,
. Wurk nt tt" I'ak-AI Shlvil/
Wel-Tho S lrll : HI'hcllnl"
of ( 'UIII ' ,
. - - . VWlmTI.Y the
; I : : sllrlnp wili towl
eve In this
shouln , 1
usull rare Ilarllso :
ot t llhere,1 , game , Is
I1ir ; ' praclcaly over 1111
"
trIm every "Iuar-
I 4 ; \t ' : ; J te como only reports -
i : ' ot failure
- ports faiure
. - " - , .
: - on,1 llsllpolntmlnt
: r There was bUt lit -
tie wlte and hut
, . little feed , as I en-
I . \ tIeavord tl t ( forewI
, lelworcl
,
, . ' . * r tel weeks npo , all ,
$ tim result was all
al
I i. , I rt.4 . that COUld have :
. _ _ " k , theel rationally ox-
pected. There was hut trlOng Inl1uce-
mont for the wInged harMs to lay
¶ off here when on 10 the north , In fleasTh
: ureless gralllelr , slretch vast expanses of
I I .t water and Itcling feeding grounds. In- I
? , Flnclvel ) ' , or In aerial vIsion , the hllls lIe-
' - a tect this , 1111 It has only been fem sheer
c l " necessity of rest , or Indifference to fatted ,
lalds ' , that cal\'nshacl < , redhead or mallard
. has drOlII11 , down II whiom hallts for
brief larr'lnp.
These 3 e the facts which alwlYs present
thelselves to the true sportsman , the one
who ( goes forth to learn , ns the scholar goes
to school , and he his success what It may.
he never hectmes Irrecoverably regretful lie
I finds his anllal outIng just as glorious ) , just
; ; as beneficial , as If the birds swarm In lagoon
alll marsh as Illenlfll as the clcal1e swarm
. , , In July's burning sun. Tie never fails to flumiev
4 shooting Clouh to keep the blood In healthy
circulation , and gets what ganle he actual )
t wants , even though It relulres ( a little harder
I labor than common 1 Is not the true
sllortsmal who Is disappointed In tmes like
. . . - these but that class who only care to hoar .
the roar of their guns , and , to whom n cciii-
' , mlnlll/ wih nature Is a positive bore Un-
; less theIr murderous instincts can Le con-
' stanty allpea5e\ , When the Idling ceases
} their enjoyment Is nt an end. limit to the ,
I other class , an oullJ Is an outing nlways-
' - glorious , Ilcomllarble sport. The sky lever
- lumoks bluer , the grass greener or watcr
" y brlhlcr , than when once adrift In marsh or
h meadow. To him Is welcome every sIght
1 I anti every sound that comes from earth or ,
I air. Nothing can comlmre with his happl-
} : less , nothing ! Is hal so strring , half so t
, grand or exhihlrmruthmg. ; A trump ulcl1 with
the multifarIous perfumes of budding land
! \ all gurgling stream , the luslc ot bird and
. ' breeze , and the flutter of reviving life of all
1dllls , filling nil his senses , Is the very acme
. j ; J of mental and physical delght , tw Intenser
" . : pleasures oC life , ever spread before him with
a honefceut hand.0 Is a lover of nature i
' -thc true spOrtsliian ills tastes are In-
hcrlted nlli Inbred , 111 successful or un -
successful In the Laser aim of .I "trcton ,
he woul1 not exchange one day's sweet cor-
I lune with all outdoors for weeks and
j . months of the ordinary paslmes which cn-
gross mnankinul . Once a sportsman , always 3
a sportsman , and the whole twelve 10nths u
. contains no joy so supreme as the hour when u
he dens the picturesque raiment oC hla
I vocation amt sales forth upon his annual
outing.
outn/
i Soft and sllowery April Is now upon us ,
- and the shooting BeaSOI Is on the wane
- I . In the reedy marshes ont at Ilaimiliton's , at
i , I.uenbecl uIII time upper Plate , time musk
, , E . rat houses arc afloat In rising waters. whl : ,
the rats themselves are cutting high dldocs
' In sun and starlight , untrammeled by Ice or
snow , cleaving the warming waters In their
mad love chases , all whimperIng plaintvely
In the excess of vernal pleasures With m
raucous clnmor , thc wild fowl have up and
J sped away to their breeding haunts of the
farther north. Stragglers Ill/er / , of course ,
k anti yonder al old malard hen , In her liar
, monl'lng colors of ) elowlsh brown , cuts the
smooth surface above suhmerged tangle of
' fag anti , splaterdock , Into feathery wakes I ,
coasting the scdg shores In of
coastn ! ) quest laggarl
' comllanlons , poking Into thIs noolt craning
! Into that : , as If actually contemplating the
assumption of maternal CoreL A pall of
't Llle-wing teal rlso to Ight with a splash
I from out a fcrzy cove a you allVllCe , the
swarming hlackLlnls fill time swaying reeds
, or dart In erratic showers In this directon
' and that , fling the lazy all with their
r tinkling 10tes , and confusing both sight am\ \
iieariiig , whie nil about you , from drift of
i hay and leaves all weeds , wells UII the
t. : ' crackling croale of awakening frogs , and the
, : , r hreak In the reenlsh waters tel where bass
t l or plcleerel dlsllorts hla graceful sape. The
It sweet nnd grteful fragrance of thawIng sol
' , , , anti starting velelaton crowds the nostrUm ,
I - , ' ' and from every side rllgs the peon ot ru -
. " turning spring , the swash ot the wlnllshe,1
V , , water to the lilt ot melody from meadow .
L ' , lark amid bc'ohlnk. Nature Is fast recover
l t I , lug from time tousling Inll mUESY condilon
) ; " , given her hy the ( rougher play of wintry
. , 1t hlast The distant his are iuttluig on a mu
' Illng al
k ( , , 1 , emerall Ine , as viewed through hal-closOI I
fl ' \ ' eyes ; the yellow grass Is grelllg at the
lt , / ? , roots , and alon ! lake shore anol rippl lug ri
It < . : , froudous sprays are Ileellll ! torth the whole
catching I golden gleam from 10 bistro of
unclouded sun The tall , lallell stalls of
. -t , ' rico and ano era yet arrayed In gracefu ml
. . tracer , yet bending before the new life of
. the huddlng year
: I No sweeter Ilnys are there than these ef
, 1 early April , tIlled with their soft air and
mouthing IOllls , the dreary ray ot the
, ' k . \ hole landscallo blenml I mig wih the dawning
, , " colors of the bridal garments of another
, , sea&on ,
I got back from my spring hlnt I week
ago , after silelllng ten most enjoyable ' .Ia's
at llmiummlttoii'tt cosy hostelry In the Deuel :
' cOlnty 81111hls , ( ' harl ' letz and Wil
Sineral were wlh me alll , while the &hoot-
I , lug was time poorest ever Imown here , wo
t profited hy every momcnt spent there , anll
. returnel to time city bronacil and !
ciy hroilell vIgorous , and
nearly as \ vehi satisfied as If had
learly \\1 sntsfl'd wo hrought
a enrloa.1 of ducks nlolg1h us Insl'ad of a
few dozen Of course wo tool a Illman 10 i
, I.akeslle , anti over time .Ielghtul . ii , & M.
the trill Wil I must enjoyahle one. Wo
arrived lt time Itnlol earl ) ' 01 the 10rning :
et the 1th , Major Mackey Inll Colonel
Smitten " . t\O of ilmmimmiitoum'mu asslslants , In big I
wagons , were awaiting us , and after u
. , ' 1 bounteous bt'akfast at the Hrlgs house wo
; . . . . Itlrtcl ( for time salllhls , Sutton haulng the :
hlgage ulII 1lckty time hunters ,
I , Is a long uny Iluwn to limo I lakes , a 111
cur journey was a tresomo and weary one ,
yet not without Is cxclements and luuteremu :
L tug Incidents , Ilain all huh was eo\'erlll
. ' ; ; / ' with sumuw aiiul under time
wih snlw alll warming rays at the
, . stilt forumued a glitterluig , blluuuhiumg
torlc.1 gllerlnJ Llllln ! oXIJalse ,
. I . which was exlremely hard upon the eye ,
hut Wtl hall plenty or good cigars antI I hlg : ,
' . buick jug full of cell , sparkling water , RII ; I
with our sight-seeing and
wih our songs and :
- stories the hluuw slipped ' , I
tlUl' slppell away on s1\'ere,1
I teet We passC1 ) several good sized lakes 01 I
: the u'ay but they were all frozen UI' , sell , '
a marble , a 111 \ C saw but two or three I
little blnohen o geese ant uluueksS 'O
resciucti u hat Is known al the
' rpathell \ shecil rime Ii
.s ' about 1030. ; Inll , as thIn Is the hal-wa point
between Lakeside Qn,1 , limmunhlton's , \ I ) hulk ' ' , I
UII for a rest and retreshlcnln , Our his it
wus Lrlpf. A thIck hunter Is always hal 11.
, patent and we were soon en route agah : ml.
\Ye were slowly crawling over one ot Ihe
numerous low rilges which cross anti r C-
" Cross the road to lIauniltouu' , when
Hamlon'n we tame
8uohlenly 111)011 a huge welt
upn IIe gray le Wol
. trotting leisurely talong the trail , going the
'
. same direction we were , probably making for
) his laIr In thc hIlls aCer a mmlgimt'mu muraull
. - against some ranchman's stock. , Hearing our
mr ; approach he deliberately stopped In the
middle ot the 10111 111 , halt turning , gazed
.Iolanty at lS a mOlent , but time next :
Instant , a the layer wa about to swlnl
bls big hallerless upon bin , he was of
acres the snow covered Illaln like a sCred
rabbit. Wlb n quotation frol the . Iethodlat
1)lnal , Hilly banded away at bll , and , ul-
? , ' UUIUKh . fully 110 yards away we saw Ibe
U
.now ny In his wake , a with Increasing
cclerly ho lengthened out his long , Flunt
form until nil wo could discern
\a a streak of [ gray against the background
ofbro white. lie quickly rcachclI a stretch d f
bro wn rlshes bordering some shallow lake's
hCI , anti the next second was burled trer
sigh I ,
There hal been n power r waIves ' ! ou I
here this winter , " observed Inckey , "and
tu , ' y have klcil lots of " i 0011 cnll ! '
" \"JU ) < ( I't I I one that they kill cattle ,
tbbre y.h ? " ' Illllre < the klQwlPlgo seeking
brewer , , . , as he relhlell Ids cigar.
"Yesl Indeed tlty will , cgar tOhto , either ,
'htY are I pc'wcrful as they are sneaking ,
ant seem to kill stock from sheer 11mlcr.
OiS InstInct and nothing else , as they adwi
dom u cat but I trifle out of the neck or hams ,
ant i seldom return to the sale carcass twice ,
hit go oft and kill a fresh anImal , cat a
Ilto Ilre , then on 10 another. Sometimes
they Hit as hIgh as hal a dozen hcad In I
Ilghl"
" how do they at It Iacke ' do
"low ) get , Mackey ; they
run thll down ? "
" nrdly ever They gel close Ilown to
the ground on their bellies mitt crawl slowly
alll l by dl' rees on an InslsptctnJ steer or
horH' , anti when chose cnough give I ruin
!
ull l n jlll' alt hamstr1ng the poor animal
OR , deftly as the iuklhlotl Burgeon could wIth
his Iwlfe Tilt' ) generally hlnt In Ilalrs.
utii i alter one hOB Ilmslrun ! his victim , the
other Ies ot his throat I takes them hit
n short time to get the Least down ant kill !
"
hll. I i
" 11aM thcre hecn any killed round here this
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winter ?
"YI'S , seHra\ GIS Illlolllh-Gus Is the
trapper Sanlly wrote tip n year ago In his
'hl onme of the ( 'anvashmack' series In The
lee-nl11 an l nglshlan name,1 , John Vrigiit
have killed several this winter , nnll coyotes
hOII/r , skunk , rat and , other vnrllnt limit I
) 'ou can't rest Gums amid John have heen
'rppln ' down In our country all winter
They've got n shack near hamilton's nml arc
shu oothn' . for the marl < et 10W , Amid , 1 sa ) ' .
Sa nmhy ' , " ' turll ! rOlml In the wngon anll
fcll me , " ioum't , you fail to have Gus toll
you 'hout khhhln' OLI 1.llp- "
"Out 1ln1y-whose Ohm I.llpy 1" I In-
terrt\'Jlel\
" " ' 11 , sir , 01 1.llpy Is , or was , ra'ther ,
the biggest gray wolf 11 all these hils-he's
heel here for years nn'l years and , there Is
not n tropfer or ranch man wihin a hUllred
mies m who has not wlstcil weeks anti months
tr yin' to kill him ; hut they couldn't c"me
it - hat Is , lot untIl the Ilst week In Feb
ruary , whel Gus nl,1 , John , after I weele's :
chase , got him corntrell over 01 the lue :
anll gave him hi ! quietus 10 I was a pow- :
el CuI big fellow , anti his hide , grizzly whie ,
Is I blue , anti I reckol I Is worth some i
mono ) ' to nnhOI ) ' who wants an extra good I
speclnen , GIS and John get $25 bounty for
o\'ery bIg wolf they kill , anti generally the
st ockuimen chip In and make imp chute n decent :
cent reward on time slle. Jut Gus'l 111 I
you nil aholt I when you co ever to his
shaclt some eveumi'ig"I '
I was now afternoon , and we hail crosse,1 , I
the last rllle oC hils S1'e one ere we reach 1
the valey of Goose lolt ? , whcre In March , ' ! ,
the lawyer nml I made the hlggest ki at can
vashack ever mole In time state cf Nebrauka.
The rays of the sun had been growing
warmcr anti , warmer , amI the gentle wln-s
Lalnler and halnlEr , as thc day advanced , ant - , I
when we finally struck the heath of the valey :
ILove mentonel , the Leautful had almost
entrely dlsappearel from the earth. Whlc
splolches , dotting the universal reenlsh Ii
hrown here anti , thcre alone remained , , ant 1
here t was every Inllcaton that a spell of anl
IghUII spring weather was upon us.
"ileihol ! there goes a skunl-thero's a
!
chalce for you 10 11stnguish yourself , Mr ,
Slleral , " and lacley pointed 10 the llII
animal as heas waddling away through the
short hulalo , grass.
But he was on my shle , anti I was ont firs it
a mid LefFver In hanl took after him. lie was
maltng for the selvae of tail rushes and
reets off two or three hundred yards , 011
hamlJerc with n big ulster I saw that h C
would reach them before I could get cbs
eough for a goad shot. So I stopped and
let l him have It at long rangc. Ho halted In-
stanty at thc report of my piece anl hl
beautul bushy tall , bristling out to its fulcst ; at t
dimensions , was hoisted over his stripoci 1 bact
I uhldii't ! O any farher , but turIng , made ;
my way back to the wagon Involved In an
atmosphere that Lore no suspclon : to new
mown hay or the d \cate fragrance of red
e hver.
covcr
But about skunls. Of all fur-Ilea
al fsmr-hjearlng animals I.
mals m , save the muskrat , they abound In the
lake h region of the sanlhls the most plenlful ,
aut arc a considerable source of revenue to I
the Irpf r.
The skunk Is a pretty animal In his gloss y
! )
! arment ai' black amid white , the proporlon yn
ot f whIch colors varies with the ae and cond I-
ten of the IndIvIdual. ! In many there Is Lut
llII l white fur ; In others broad streaks ex-
ten'l t ' the whole length of the L dy. The adul
animal moa'urES some hlng Ivzr twenty Inches
In i length , and the tail , which Is his crwning
! Iory , from seven to nine Inclue
Ia I I Is very bushy anti , when Ihe
anlnal Is moving looks much larg2r :
than It really Is. They live In holes In I
th t ! ground near sonic rushy lake shore , ant
subsist upon the young and eggs of all kinds
ef birds on gJphcrs , tender grass , r03cLu'Is
and sand cherries. Frequently they
mal < e Inroats against the ranchman's
henner-when h they are prev\1ont tti
cnough to own one-and create saIl :
havec h with both eggs and fowls. When iii 1-
molested they will remain for months and :
years wihout givIng any symptom of their
presnce hy thc emission of the ofensive !
lull I for which they are Infnmous. This fact
alone proves how lullcrous Is the belief that
the t urine of this nnlmal Is the source of Is I
dlsgustn ! fet'r. I this was so , thc whol le
cope of terrItory It frequents would be 1
rendered almost unlnhaLlable to creatures
of every other species.
Another qlarter oC a mile anti Goose bale ,
lke h a whIte sheet , spread before us. A fock
of plntals arose with their plaintve plpll ! mg
from the off nearer arm of Ice , as we al" !
preached , and hera over tIme sanlhls to the
south.
"There's time little Island , " exclaimed the
lawyer i , enlhuslaslcaly , pointng out to
CharlIe a small circular tuft of reeds and
Hal i II the lower central portion of thc Ic e-
hound h lale , " ( rein which I killed my fIr St
canvasLack- "
"A 11 had your little lion-fitch" ' curiously
quizzed the brewer , wih a wink at me.
"Tho very sameLut I say , Sandy , wi
YOU ever forget time first morning wo ) 1IIIeil
UII over there anll gazed out over those lovely
walers ? Wnsn't that a time for you-slxt-
three cnvasback In two hours' simootimi , g !
shootll
Wi It ever happen agaIn ? " !
Pleasant Illell was time retrospcctcn
open ell up by hilly's InterrogatIons , and I
would fain have Illered there In hmlessi oil
memory and dreamell over and over again
the haplI hours WI spwt together Ihere
Anolher half hour anti we IH I ell UII at
liamumiltoum's. RIII tOlnl1 Canvashack I.olge
) 'awnlng wide open to receIve us , everything
as neat and thly as the most serlilulous
house wlfo could mal < e It , from the snowy
linen on the beds to Polished Iluncheons In
tlo 1001
'fhls Is a palace ! " ejaculated , the Lrewer ,
as he stood In the center of the little sOli )
reel , divesting himself of overcoats Dnd
wraps , anti Inlleell I was , at least In the
lIght ot three pall of visual orans.
SANDY GltiSWOhD .
Slmo Ir"I'"I ' lehf' ' ' ,
The followIng appeared In last woe II's Issue
ot Hlchar(1 ( \ ox's I Polce Gazette , occoi U-
hauled wih time PortraIts ot a nUILer ot the t :
len lenlunell t :
A Iluestcn which often causes trouble In
arranging LxIng contests Is the mutual agreement -
ment 01 1 referee. There are lany mel
who ore willIng to dIbble In such a positon ' ,
says the 10sion Post , but there Is not a
better average Ihan ono out ot len who , ,
serve ni referee , that are In any way ac- !
IlualntclI wih time dnlcs ot the posiion ,
Most of them '
show utter Incompetency am ad
are II no way familiar wih the rules . anl
In time .1ys gOle by AI Smih and Jere
Iuummms muimmde excellent referees ,
Dlnn Ilde excclent ( and th lr
pf'spnce In a ring \ as e\'hlence that a con.
lest was to be on ls merIts , and that rults ;
must Le lived UII to fuly , There was no
chanee for any bulldozing or swaying the I
opinion of eiher SmIth or Dunn , when once
they hall reach Ill a conclusion.
So great was the Public confdence In AI
Smmmitim'mu integrity that Ilrlnclpals In
Sllh's Integriy a camutc tat
did not hesitate 10 mutually request his ser 'V.
ICCI ' as referee , evn when I wan known that
he hal wagcred mnomuey on the result. Of
course , any referee tan err , and no decimul oil
was ever given In a boxing Contest tim at
suIted ' .
Bulld e\'erybody.
The prt'sent rules of Loxlng leed renal : iug
badly , and there should Le Qn agreemelt I me-
tse'emt boxing club representatIves a to the (
estaLlshment ot a set ot rules , which should
be lived up to all ever the country. ' lie
lrHcnt marquis ot Qucensberry rules , for
professional contests , are Inadequate Rll dlfNi
fefnt . referees put different interpretations
upon Ihem
II I New YOI'I Johnny Eckhardt easIly leads
Ihe list ot competent referees , which Is , how.
evtr , very Ilnltrd , Frank Stevenson , Jimmy
Carrel and Char'ey \ lute If.aka felt referees.
Tin hurst , the present ofcIal of the Sea.
sid e Athlelc club , Is an unprejudiced , faIron
mlndc Inqn11 n ) capable reteret So Is
! nest John Icly. who de lllCI the Corbett.
: llehel fight In Jacksonville a year ago.
las tOi < : \1 also boast ot some excellent
re fertL Anlong them are Jllmy Colvie ,
Sptncer T Wiiams , Doc O'Connel and John
Ke llilmer. ( oh'le has ha,1 , nn experience
\Ith 11UlIsts over twenty-five years all Is I
reteree after time style at AI Smith.
Ihlallclphla has some acceptable men , who
have hal hutch experience as reterccs. The
most noted Jlnun ' Mcliale Jack , '
are Jinimy Iclale , I'olnrty ,
Illy Mcl.can and Jack Ic\onahl , In Ciii-
cage George SlIer 15 the star , antI ho Is a
geol one , anti , tall enough to decide any
on e's mooney ou a 11 , Prof. Duly ot New
Or leans fills the bIll lS n referee [ of fnIsh
LOlts , In time far west we have lank
Seelc ) ' , l'rof. John S. Tarnls , good oh1 Hand
Orlswel,1 , ot The Omaha lee anti Bat Master-
son ot lenver , This last quartet are \1)
are1)
emelent and know all the points ot the game.
Any boxer that waul I not accept eiher of
them Is looking for more than an evemm
10re
e\n
, thing , I .
In St I.ouls111 Green , " the Jesse
Jalnes of the profession , Is the most capable
man for refereeIng 1\ contest of any kind
: lnxwel lore Is the Lest referee of alateur
hoxlng In the country , anti IroC , Mike
l ) ommovan would make a good , all-aromuumil referee -
oree If he woulll nccellt offers made him.
IrO' ' ' ( hU' , Irll , time built l'I'hl
- ? ' - . . , OU can make
-r + ' 11 [
- i9
-Liri
your mind that
there will Le a
great crowll nt tlmt
t Mi 1- ' bal , park this after-
t11p noon , the weather
I' ' h 0 I n g favorable ]
There never h n s
; : : :
heeu more IntO'e&t
L&t. & lanlfcsted I n the ( ,
: ' . \ . game than ( Is I ob-
' servaLle 0 n a II i I
hands loday. 'fhls augurs great things for
the m chllplonshlp I I sea somi. The entre lcam
Is row here wih the exception oC Darby all :
luln i i , In I retalnhl/ I / ; whom hue t management
Is going to experience conslleraLle , tlcuLI ,
lS Kansas City amI Minneapolis claim them I
lu the ele\nth hour. 10wever , Ommiha's i
chances arc ! oed for ecurlng Darby ) , aimyway .
' )
The mIl Ilgncd will Le Ilvllc(1 Into two
teams this afternoon , the veterans opposed I
to t the 'Oung5ters , and Il will Le I flume 011- )
portunlty to get 1 line on the IIIa'llg
strength oC the outfIt.
The management has wlscly concluded to t
again have a "imutlies' day" thIs season , ami I
Thursdays hl\'e bcen designated ns time das S
01 which the balm' ones wi Le admItted free ,
In I man ) ' cities this year lalcs , wIll bo nil :
milel m free throughout the season , hut tor :
! oed and obvious reasons the local manage
ment l wi Le uuable to grout such extensl\'e
c ncesslons. They , 'er ) ' Irollerly , think that
ono day each creek Is enough , and that wi I
Lo theIr progrm throulh the season. or
curse the prescnce of the lales , alhls much
to the pleasure of a gemini of bal anti they
will Le especially catererl to at the Charles :
st'eet ! rollls , ever'thlng being done Cor
their eonvenlcnce and pleasure that the moan
aement can do.
The new uniforms ariVd Friday. The ) : '
come from Spaulding's , In Chicago , and : Irc
IS neat and natty us can be. White Caps ,
shirts and trcusers , whOm re,1 , belts , stockllgs
and trimmings. Kept In scrupulousl ) ' ncal
conditon , as Captain Walsh wi Insist upon ,
no prettIer or more picturesque dress could
Le scIected.
Messr Howe and 1eVIlo are preparing
for an extra demonstraton In honor of the
ollenlng of the championship season , which
takes t place "hursday , May 2 , with Quincy ,
A street pJrade Ly the two teams In uniform
and county amid city officials and prominent
cItizens , In carriages , all healed , by the Lar-
raeks band , will be the signal feature At
the grounds speches wi be expectcil from
l Ion. John ll Thurslon , Mayor Bemis , Co \ ' -
crnor Holcomb , amid others , the whole to b IC
Intcrspersed I with choice selections Ly the
Land , Promptly at 3:15 : , Montana Ward wi lb
cal play , and the race of 1895 Legln. wi
The team wi be kept on the hustc from
now on untIl the season opens , and there wi
Le plenty of chances offered for seeing tim a
boys In the ImLerlng UI process. On oI
days they wi r2POrt regularly , moring
and aferoon , at the park , and hut through
n systematic course oC training. Walsh Is a
Irm believer In preparation on time Ilehti-i ii
actual contests with Lot and ball , and can L
depended on to get the very Lest work Chic j ;
ara capable of ont of his men Next Sunday
St. Joe wIll Le here for three gaines , on the :
11h. 12th and 131h. Manager ! Gatewood Is
extremely ambitious to down the representa-
Lives or his native burg , but cal he do It : 1
That Is thc uiuestlorm . l olowJng St. Joe ,
Jimmy Manning's Cowboys wi be here ,
They como on the Ith , 20th and 21st , an lb
, Inl
Grarshopper ' Urich says wo'l get two oC m
'em. The Kansas Clys this season , so It
looks on Ilaper anyway are not nearly up 10 I
the standard of gmtc James' usual mob. II he
le
has a lot ef 'ummmimtarui ofs" this
"unhEII year , an itt
Omaha shaul , Le more than able ) 10 hold
her own wlh them On the 231 , 24th alli
2th the Lincoln Haymakers will loom
wil up ,
and If anybody thinks that the clever Thud < :
erlno hasn't ! ot a team , the quicker he iii : It-
abuses his mlnll of the Ilclusion the beth
It wIll be for him. I am never mueh heieI
tip , but It looks If
tp as Bnck has much more
than I ' 'Peep-In" this year. His tear Is
unquestonably very strong Thesc games
wi very lIkely constluti all of the ant 1-
season professional exhibition gaInes that wi ll
ares
be ' ofercd here , for on the ! 26th Captain I
Walsh antI his merry braves wi take a
lIttle swing around the circle themselves ,
goIng to St Joe , Kansas City and the vliiai "
anl vllag"
down on Salt creek for ;
return amos. The ) '
!
wi be aLsent unt the 1st Of May , geling
back home just In time to Ihrote the Yelow
Lays from IllInois on the Inaugural day
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The boys have all shown imp fairly such In
Itractice. 011 Hutch , the Grasshopper wel , : ut
and Whalen dhuitlaylmug especial clevernemt S.
Calltaln Walsh has knockell off fifteen pounds
of his winter surplusae and I Illa'lng his
position wlh all his old tIme Ingel' . Shag
!
Is I lIttle fellow , limit Ikc the drummer's
Lest girl , oh , ! lie
my runs like
le lke a deer alll ! (
fields and throws almlraLly. , But I Is hardly
fall to prcsur ! to comment on the Indlvllul
strenglh oC time team at this tme , Wal !
A sWlatbox has been put In at the cli ibm
house on limo grounls , much to time satista C-
ton ot all the pla'ers ) After their daly satsfac- : K-
erclso now , they all Indulge In I , then ( r C-
eel'e u vigorous ruLdown , which obviates the 10-
ohances of catching cold 100 per cent , Other
IlprIvcmcnts ! are being made In and about
the club house anll In lime
It cr111 Le
0 ! It.
of the model Instutons at its wi klll , I aI' Is
hoped that
Managers Hewe
and Al
C-
Vittho , Ihemselves , will not overlook -
look Its Ilmlllng bathing ( acllitl (55
faciites
at least once or twIce during the season. It
also offers a tnt opportunity for Score Ca : I
1m Miner to tale hln annual wasimump. Carl
waShl1 le
can sneak In some Sunday night after
saro ) nigh LIer the
gates Of the Jlrk have been closed ,
Time Walh fancily are scheIlulel for a got ) , i
monc-maklng game next Sunday. On go
day they wIll cotter Into their thlll fight vi : im
fht wlh
an OlhiOSitIon
associatIon '
oppositon associaton trar-Gatewood's I , t.
Joes. St
The
cranks arc nil
al crazy to see the
Omahos ! In actual battle amid Ihls
! hatle anl being one
of the bruit opportuucItie3 time ' vIii have
trst )
opportunltt. wi , a great
throng shoull swarm through the gate .5.
ManaKer lcVlte says he expects 6,000
PeoPle aim. ! as the Miauuourlan'mm contract
an- Misourian's cal Is
for halC the gross receipts harry caln
Lack home wIth a nIce little wad of stuff In
hh insIde Ilocket. stuf
There Is more than ormIIna
Interest '
ordinar
shown In the new player who have iso em n !
engaged to uphold Omaha's
Iphohl tame this season ,
but It wIll only require a few genuine
on\ I Cu Ii.
tests on tlo ( here grounds 10 delermlne
whether they are strong and fast enough to
travel In the cmpany of the assoclatic mm.
The Inal makeup at the tlam Is a Iroblem
that ValmiainValshm has not yet solved , a : nil
he wIll net Le able to until all the yoummgstu Ca
have had a tall and lnpnrtal . youngter .
With a Ito luck and barring acelder mta
accldlntl
hugh NI t'l Ioekfords should get close '
enough to make at least a clutch at the rag
In this , their InitIal seaon , In this asacci 1mm.
( ion , and I predict they will 1)0
ton In ) wi b right In Ill I
thickest ot the tray from start to flmmlm iii .
Th.re are n lot ot oM-tme crackers In Little
Ni ck's aggregation , and ll I respect te battIng ,
neldlng and base rUI 11 tespect t l ! long odls
the best b84'nce(1 ( leant In \ lot. ns
! reattsl weakness will b 01 the rubber
slab , but they claim ttt thIs deficIency will
be remedied before I 0 first chnmplonslllp
ame Is cabled. I tht k the teAI thaI beats
tim e old leagues gang out wIll be , anyway.
one , two , three , ;
In n little over three. weeks the eight
tCIS wi b started oft on what promIses
to Lo time greatest CI\lllonshlll nce In mill
the minor lcues. f Time pace trem the
st art will be a merry oie , and Omaha wi
make n load effort 10 , set It There are no
scHln , platers 11 the fieLd , , and It will he n
liv go ng. ely scamper form .PH ) , , first clang at the
I '
The Omnhogs shouli W "partcularly tromig
In base running this se4ton. II ShatTer .
Sagle antI Miles thc tfnl has mlllel a trio
of "gool1 things" In tht3 'flume. These three
wih Ulrich , Walsh auth'lmalen , every one
of whol can circle the ( bags wihout rcferrlng
10 a lagram , make time cro\11 one that Is
lik ely to give opposing catchel's I whole
lot oC worry
Grasshopper Ulrich a 111 Chol ) ' 1mmicker-
hoekcr Shalcr foate < In frol l"miibadelphmia
Thursday evening togged out like a brace
of on-te1 [ seng anti dance Icn , Shat In [
dovc-colored tOil coat Ind umoitby tweed suit ,
alHI th < Grasshopper In al upper Chestnut
slreet dolman of the very latest sh1le antI cuI.
10th are beckhumg fne anti feeling Incr uHI
ha\e IH'llenll' not been exposc to the rigors
of tIme Imst winter , wih its atendalt melU
oC snow balls. They wl make a prll of [
ols , on fa\orles ,
Jlmmlo Cann\an , time 011 Omaha ral1uate ,
ule u n a Pin yeui his last game with the Clncllll I
le nin. 1"101 now on Jimmie ! wIll , l1no as I
memLer ef Innager Watkins' Indianapols ;
a ggregatlomi. Jlnmle arrived here night he-
tee last frai his home In Iassachusels ,
snys larry WeilII of the Cincinnat In- :
sub imirer. 10 was acconlallcd L ) his wIfe
M lllaeral < lns hal n short talk with : m
him ! alil persunlle 1 him thnt I was better to
go to Illlalapols , Where ho woull get to
play regularl , than to stay with the ( Helh ,
wheT he woull Le utl ) . man. Cnna\'an ;
t'lught so , tee , anll a ltl for his release
I I was grntell , IHI he wi join the 100sl.rs I
tnln ) ' . No player that ever wore the rel I
altl whie of the Clntlnnal club was ever
more mi m 11011ular than Cammac'aiu . le I I has Illae.1 rI I
In i this city elf numb on fer the Ilast live years ,
10 h wi leave a must of Crlenls h hlHI him u
who wil II Ish him wIl In his new place ,
It I Is safe to suy that Cauavan will Le right
UI' oii'timo Jets oC the top-nolch ) secolHI base
man In the \\'estern league. 'rhe SECOIHI base
mal that beats Jlnlnle will crry off the
im otiors . AiamuzucrVmitklimmu made 1 ten-strike
In i securing him.
Charle Shatter wl bo Omaha's star :
coacher this seasen. lIe Is I bIrd , as all the
local l eraimles CJn well testIfy. Urich say
Charle has a \okano of seething sarcasm ,
V ittmlC rem tI&mi anl mnligatawiny nale < up In I
his h manly chest , but that It wi helch forth :
In i true eruptive sl'le the moment the drum :
talIs ,
Time accompan'lng cut was mscamle from an : m
mnle
Intnntaneols I photo mnle of old lutch when
he l first went to Lat Jrllay aferoon , I I t
Is I lifelIke amid reflects much credit on the
a rtist.
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The lalen Bro& are represented Ly a
) by'I. .
streng team malI up exclusIvely of their
employes , IHI they : chalcno any team ( In I
the city to meet them for a series of game : I.
Today they play the JC'llson Jars anti nexl : :
.
Sunday I Icar ( romp Fort Omaha. The isoi -
cannel oC the team : I.\ , first ; O'Connor : ,
second ; f'yCe , Ihlrd ; , : lcCormack , short ; Time :
son , pitch ; Swanson , catch ; SonneLorn , right L ;
Jchnson , left , and Foster , middle. Swanson ,
the catcher , Is I crackerjack all Hanlon of
the Jllmores wants - , to give him I trial
The Wilcox & Draper shoe house wi bc
represented on "le < lamoll this year Ly the
strongest ( cain of colored players ever ci - -
! anlzcl In the west , us wi be seen hy lhe
foiloiving list : Joe Miller , pich ; Vasco Graham -
ham , catch ; D. LewIs , first : George luhanks : mS ,
seconl ; Gccro Wool , short ; Banner Keen ,
third ; WIlliam Ialc , left ; Danger TOlberl :
mniddbe'alter ; Parvis , right , and George
Taylor , substitute.
On hut 1Iko anti In Iho Iiot,1.
I there Is any one who Is getting moro
ucks than J. C. Green and George Morris
just at present aronnd Omaha they are al
right. They got eleven yesterday and In the
three 01 fonr ( lays they have been out have
haggell aLolt torty. They manae to aId Ii )
out In the mernlng and , come hack at nlht t ,
generally with about'n dozen or so. ! r .
Grcen Is G1 years old , but can show lots of
the young bloods how to wade 011 put out
decoys , handle n boat or anything pertaining
to Imuntluig. Ho Is nlso a geol shot.
Charlie Denlorf anti Fred I Fuller made a
fine Lag of geese anti ducks np the river amm
few days ago-torty In al-twenty-sc\en
lucl < s anti thirteen geese.
Judge Chapman , Clerk oC the Courts Dee r-
lng antI Byre Clarke of Plalslonth , an,1 ,
Dr. J. n , Hungate of Wahoo , left for Ihc
ducltng grounds norlh of Irwin 'fhnrsday
afcrnoon , to be gone several weeks.
AssocIated , Press Agent Garnet Porter anl :
Night City EdItor Huger Constantno Crave in
of The flea put In 1 moring at Cut-Of recent -
cent ) ' , bagging four birds , I brace of mu 1-
lards and a brace ot redheads.
\Ith I ho TrUlbl' tutu l'iicera .
Omnha anti Council Burs are to winess :
several first-class racing sessions this year ,
that ( at the state tall undouLtelly Lelng the I
utmost Important The Council Burs horsemen -
men are making preparatons for 1 hit running -
ning meeting at Union park In June and
also a trotting ant pacIng session Inter In the
SUln ) : ,
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The telowln ! dates , which have been
elallt1 by western cites , wi Lo found
worlh flng Ly local horscmen :
Benvle , MIon. , June 12-1
Inlcptndencl' , 10. , JUlO 17-22
(3hlto h , Wh" , June 25-28.
Hr.1 Oak , Jlne 25-2 ,
Janesvlle , Wls" , June 27-30 ,
I.erar , la" , July 1,5
Granol Haplls , Mlch" , July 1-5
Shorts'isu. " , July 2-4
Torr" laute , fnd" , July 2-1
llnnepols , July 1-9 : , )
( liendive . : ont. , JnlYj 4G ,
Ia Crosse , \Is" , .uly -13. .
Jlnesvlle , \VIs. , .JuIyG'2O ,
1'rHporl. Ill. , JllyijO
Jolel , Ill. , July 2i ! . ugust I ,
WUlklsha , WIs" , August G-9
Otlmwa , la. , August 18-2
Indepenlence , , la" , Auust 1924.
Hochesler Allan. , /tuoiist 2G,31 ,
Galeshurgugus ( 2 3J
I.a Crosse \Vis. , eMemLcr $ 2-7.
liarmillume , Mmmi. , ( -pt , 9-14.
St. JOHph , Mo. , , Itember ) 9-14.
Green hay . Wls" , Septeunber 3G ,
Des Moines , Eeptember 3-7 ,
Oshkosh , W18. , SeptemLer 9.13 ,
l'criagmsVIa. . , St'Iltemilier 10.13
Sandwich 1" , Seutellber 10-13. _
Ireaton , Mlnn" , Fillmore county fair , Sep-
tcmbr 17,20 , ) )
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The CapItal Cly , Driving club ot Des
Moines has formulated b new program which
should attract the attentIon \ Of all wester
stables. The following guaranteed
slabll folowln ! guarlntccd urse
)
entries tp which close AprIl I : 1"01 2 :1 : ,
2:14 : , 2:16 : , 2:21 : and 2:25 : cla8e , pacing ; tor
2:12 : , 2:1G : : , 2:20 : , 2:24 : and 2:28 : classes , trot ,
( lag ; 2-year-olds , 3:00 : Iass , trotting ; 3-year-
olds 2:30 : class , trotting ; 2-year-olds , 2 : : 40
class , pacing ; 3-ycr-olds , 2:28 : class , pacing ;
a free-fer-all pacing handicap and frce-for-
freeferalacing a - mr-
sib trotting Inndlcap , They have a total
value of $20,000 and will bo decide1
\luo and1 cc'ldl aL L lea
MoInes IIJtem r 10 to 1
Time dtnth ot lhnIph'm'hlkea 1(2:06 ( : % ) last
week aCer nn illness of twelve hours , re- m
mons one of time greatest trotting Ilalols ;
on the lurt anll one of time 10st Ilrom\lng
candidates for u two'llnule clp , The al-
lelt which tbls valuable stallion luccumbw
. , .
.
, . .
I to was Innammaton of the bowelsts n !
, .
2y ear-old WIlkes
Halph
urchas
n-oh1 Wikes was IJUrchasc by I
Colonel Thayer for $35,00 and his lstlnltl
I "Allie ' tore Li H Itj , $150,000. lie stood I
nl time head ot time gr t Wilkes tlll'J beln
the fastest ot them all , ftalph'a ! I
I
chEstnut anti was foaled In 1889 beIng G' '
, ) 'lors old Ias by Hell "lkcs , the I
grM eater son ot George 'likcs. lila dar was
M 13y Ia's , by Iambrlno Patchen , the great.
cst t sire' of brood , ! .
slrt Lrol micros lie usuade a wonder-
tul i record last ' , IAI
rccort ) 'tar 1e won the CharIer
Oak stakes 01 Harttorll .1ust 29" of $ iOOO ,
lover n fell oC eleven startcr ! making the last
uii ibo In 2:10 : , the fastest mite ever trottl
tor time ( harler Oak slRkel. His defeat last
'ear In time Transylvania slake was duo
more to the Incompctency of thus starting
startng
jUd"e than time horse os he was scorIng for
In hour anti twenty nuInmmtts .
Strathmore , one Of the few remaining sons
of lamblelonlan 10 , Ile,1 , last wtck. lie was
foal ell In 1860 anti , leaves a grand list "t
Ierformlnl sons and dalghtcrs to keep fresh
his memer ) ' .
Bob KnleLs was nt time Merchant's hotel n
COlllc , of clays this ( weI1 < .
. \ KnlMs Cl ) . , Mo. , last week humid noble
sah1 he Intellcil to drive time horses oC his
staLl ! In al their races this ) ' 0:1
Shal1clant Onwall 2:18t : , Eghcrtle 2:1G :
an,1 , I ventle 2:29" : ; ha\ ' ! arrived at their
new hOle at W'uubasiu . 11\
The Omahn nrl\ln h'ark association must
! et to work 01 their track nt onct anti keelS
,1 , It until I11shel1 If time ) ' expect 10 get I In
ol'thln" like rcspcctnhle cOlllton for the
st ate fall rlces. I Is a Ilro\crL that a good
trlck will bring good horEes
\ A. Paxton , In a few days , wi transllort
his i strhmig of hcrBes to Galesburg , II" , for
lc rohuaratton. hilly will Illlolhlelly have one
of f the very "cst slahlcs to he found In th'
whole country this scn50n. The ) wi mal (
the t entIre big crcuit , clear thou n to Nash-
tl r lvlng. ifle. AL I"ulager wIll rio Air. Paxtoim's
Clntol Irlis has return"ll from [ He,1 , Oak ,
10. I , where he welt to look after that groll
CelowIamlo , who Is flow In the halls
olllorrls Joints amid recelvllg his re/ubr jog
worl < Ilal ) Ionrcc Salisbury wi nssUl1
chargl' ot : Ir. llriggtu' grclt imorso as soon
os ho come east i'i1'.i his California atrimig ,
:11 wil I take " hIm t ii rough I he Irml circuit I
If I "Iamlo stays rigimt Salisbury wi month
hll h dowl 10 2:07 : or better .
ThE irlvlng blanc < people would , score a ten-
strl < " IIY eIIIIo'hl/ George Swlh'rt or Sfme
other geOI man m to alec I iou iucetl hat us charge
oC f their affairs on the I reunls , 'hcre Is ito
tme t to be boat , gvrr hour Let ween \
al11 Scpltlh r Is very Precious , all shaull L
b in proveti.
Nat Drown , elI of the leading local tlrC
len i , has shlppel lulS aluus f , 2:0 : % , anti
Mary , 2:20'4 : , out to Denver todlck Tihtien.
Allly leDowcl has renewed 'ils contract
with Salisbury.
As HoLert J. has hecn kept In race form
lurlng u his slay In California , :11 Is now 7
years old , It CII scarcely he cXIectell that
the t lIttle geldllg wIll he able to carry ever-
Ihlng t before him as ho 111 last seasOn.
Champlols ! do not last nowadays as they dil
whel Flora Tel111e alli GelrlHllth fa"l were
en time turf , arid I Is even predlcled that
New 1 iix will York moot Tlmcs. her match Ihls year , sa's thl
Ell Geers J. A. Dustn , Jo'm ' Dcecrson ]
anl Orrin Ilcltk have eimgzugetl stalls at the
elgalel
Terre \aute. limmi. , tracl Dusln Is expcttell
tst wih nrcctll on April I , whie Dclt-
orson anti , Geers will shhl together a 11 arc i
not expected before May 1.
AN UNm.ULICY I'OsStiAi.
: UI.UL { ( SI.\
The Sad Sur.t ii I'tustmni Twice C"utht
II" -k I mimic Tril
A now track has appeared upon the snow
In I 1) ' lelghhorhool , here on the \udsol
within the past few 'ears. I Is a strne
track , nnl suggests sOle small deCormed
hUlan hand. I time Ilwarfs or porsols0
read of In ehllhood were 10 walt aLroad In
winter Ihey might leave such an Imprint behind -
hind them ns this.
This track , which we selilom see later thal
December , Is made by the possum , This :
animal Is evidently mmdl I plying II I the hunt
anl , Is Its northward.
exteldlug Is range Tel\
years ago they were rarely fould here , ami
10W they are very common. I hear that
they are very abundant amid troublesome 01
parts of Long Islall , Time hlnl Coot of the
possum has a sert of thumL that opposes :
the other toes , amid I Is lie hlllrint ot Ihls
member that looles so strange. Time under
side .f time fool Is lS uuaketi as time human
halll , arll this arlls to time novel look of the i
track In time simon'
Late In the fall my hired man set a tral' I
In I hole In hopes of catching 1 skunk , hut
Insteal , lie caught a \ossum hy one of Is
fore feet. TIme thingas
feel poor was badly crippled
anti he kept I In 1 barrel for a couple of
weeks ald ! el I to try and make amends
for the Injury he had lane it. Then he gay
It Its frecdom , th0nh the injured too ! hp'l 1
heale,1 , but Ite ,
Soon nrer he sat his trp ( II the same hole ,
and to his alnoyance calght time posslm ;
agaIn , this tme by one of the hind feet. II
brought the Ilulet , UUcolllalnllg , : creature
to me by Its Prehensile tall , and asleell me
who shoull he done wIth or for I I con -
COl-
eluded to male I hospial for It In one corner -
ner cf my stumby. I made a nest for It hehlnd
a pie of magazines and fed and nursel I I
for several wEelts. I never lade a sounl ;
or showel the least uneasiness or sign of
suffering that I WS aware of In all that
dune. 1) ' day It shout curled up In its nest
I disturbed , I .111 not "play possum , " that
Is , did not fcln sleep or dcath , but epened
its mouth and grlnnell up at you In I sot
of comical idiotic way At night It hohhbl
about time sllly ) and atc the meat antI calm
I hal placed for it. Somelles hy day I I
woull come out of the corner arid cat foo,1 ,
under the louuge , eatng very much arer
time mnnner of a pig , , Ihougl nol so greediy ,
Illeed all Its motels were very slow lke
these of the skunk.
The skin of the POSSUI Is sall to be fell
so thal a dog will 10t touch thol , A do/
Is always SUSllclous , of nn animal that shows
10 ( ear anti makes no attempt to get out of i
Its Way 'rhls fetdness of the POSSUI ! Is 10t
apparelt ) 10 my aortae
After I whlo my patent hogan to Ii ;
Irouhlcsome hy clmhlnl upon the hook
shelve and Inspecting the books , so I cor , .
cluded to discharge 111 from the 10SIJlal :
One night I carrlell him to tie open door
hy his tail , put him lu\1 upon time door
si , and toll him to go forth. lie hesltatel i ,
luokll hack into the warm 1001 , then out
Ilto the winter night , then thouht ot his
maimed feet , und ot trails In holes where
unsuspectng possums live , anl ceull not
reach a uleclsicim "Come , " I said , "I lave
done al I cal for you ; go forth and bhlr
for yourself " Slowly , Ilie a very 011 man ,
ho clmLed down out of tie 1001 , anll dii 1-
appeared In the Ilarkness. : I have no Iioult
he regalnet his treelcl : wih I sight. I Is :
hIghly prohahlo that If a trap I set In his
way again tbat he will ( lt his toot In It :
Innecelty as lmefore' .
One day In : arch one of my nelghhors
brought to me a handful of young POSUIS ; ,
very oung , sixteen of thorn , lIke newly-hor
iii ice. 'rho motler lall been plckc,1 , UII m dea,1 ,
CI the railroad , hilled , ns so oHen hdppens )
to cons , taxes , muskrats , alll woodehucks ,
hy time night express 'fhe young were In I
her pouem ! , each clInging to its teat , de3t\ The , .
young tire carried mini nur.clI hy the mothers
In this curious pocket Inl they arc tour
or five weeks old , or time size ef large mice ,
After this she frEquenty carries thel ahoul ,
clinging ; 10 various ( arts of liar body , sOle
wll their taIls wrapped around hers
Jn.
.
J.NIJS1'Itt.l I I. . .Nfl't.S. .
Lancaster , Mo . has a wOlan uurimlertaker.
We use 7,000,000 mies ot threa(1 ( armmiualil r.
I Uncle Sam has 200,000 stationary electrIc ,
uuiOtori.
moto. .
Cmieago's annual meat exports exceell $ lOC , .
00,000 ,
New York makes SOOOOOOO wort ( of
clcthlng I year.
will annualY ylehl cnough Of this suLslance
to produce 1,100,000 feel ef gus.
The yearly loss In wages In Great lrlaln
throuh Ill health Is $ 55O00,0O0 ,
Two Ihousand latents hr.\o been taken out
In thl country on tie lanufacture at Ilapcr
lcne.
1.lgband \ power are now transmlttl trom
San Antonio 10 San lernardlno , Cal. , I di 8-
tance cf thirty mies ,
, l'It6burg Is perturbed over the tact that
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the nrm of Spang , ChaHant & Co whIch was i
the first 10 Use natural gas for fuel , has gonc : I
back to the use of coal , ! I
The largest rusll-nuikitig machine In time
nal-mnklng tht
h'n hteui States Is at lverQtt'mish. . it was
nma d2 ity flept a Geuupoluut , Ii. 1. , audI
ve Igims Inelve Mid ? ttic.limult tons.
T hu electrIcians at ( lratz , Austria , clalnui to
har e Iiiventetl mmmi arrangemumeuut uI' WhIch ii
ne wspapers calm b' lirintetl by telegriuphm In auiy
nu mber of Places at hiu same ( line.
I n Friumuce , a very gocub gas Is muinube fromuc
time fatty milaterlal comitmilnemi I mm time soapsumula ,
aft er washing w ooleuus anti % 'turmIS. Time wmislm
iva ter cf a vcohemm uuulll cu Itim 20,000 siuiuutiles
Mexico in lS2 hmiiti twenty.sevmi cotton
fac tories , tising 56.600 bales of cotton. There
mire lion' , accnrtihmmg to a report Juist mmmtimie. Lid
tex tIle factories with a caluital of $ t7,1tI2'SC ' ,
eiui ploying 21,961 Persomus.
Llimert , limo cemmter of tIme Freuucb cc ooieii
tumn numfmuctumrc' . Is so s'ell off that It hiss abel-
Ishm ed mic'mcrly all Its town tac.es , amid now iso-
tit ions flue govermumuenut for leave to ( be uiWmtl'
csI tiu tIme octroi , ( he dumty on hirovisbomma cii-
ter lmig town.
A mien immillatboim of gall is imiatle Of P I h'atts
of copper a mmml six of munt tuuuommy. wt tim a I I I t It'
mmma gnesi immiu ii lid mirbouia t e of I I umso ntithu'd
iri m lie it Is iiiel tOll. it is saId tlma t I t sure.
se rves its color , Is mum almumest imct Iutuitfltioml
of golul amid tlmmut It costs omuly a aimililmug a
hso imntl t o lii ako It.
' i'imo gohtl lien t 11mg intl utat ry is I im reu te ii od
ivi thi cxi mci lou by t lie S urn mc ltrtsem'ss , tf Pm'o
pa ring gold leaf. This consists of ulepoaltimig
a t hi I ii coat I mug uf g Ii um inmt a copper ha
mimu d thmeim uiisaolvlmmg time base by sumtmmmmlehoii
(0 ( iserchulorltho of iromi. It Is abmuteti ( hunt time
le af uuumus' Ill' lids mne'anss be' umumuilo of time
tim hckness of 1-4,000.000th pmurt of aim immehu.
IMPERIAL
H AIR EG'ENRATOL
b'rfrcii' ( rei'tOtei , rich. Imuetromma
color , mflm'iics tttt ? itmimr iteahimmy , uunb ma
S . rietimi t4tt' , uatute. stuit , or Tumm leisim
. . . , ' I mu tim , ' ii , , nut utrr.'et i u. I t Is its mmct- :
i " , , , r Uini flu' nottmue dra umot Immterm'em s
1' , $ ' ' u'muim cum Imuig utimi i'ruuumtimig ,
. , # , coLomw :
$ " I . iliarle. a. h.igimt cltt'etuitit
, . , 4 . ' ; 2. 1) , ek intiivnm. % 0 001,1 mum ant ! , ' .
. . . , - u , att'tiluuuum 1mrovmi. 7 .tHiu blhttmmtt' ,
4. t'mi'uituiimt. l'i'tt' , ' .m au
A saunmbe l'u , It' tf'einu , ' Fmn I. ' ' a colou lug ( or
iim e cimct'lea , will lie sent en rt'e.'mpt , tf 2-'ent
t it iuip.
hMi'imcuAI Cil1Atic'Al. ll'G. CO. ,
29j : [ 1ftliventit \ , Now 'iorlc.
IN OUAhIA :
SHERMAN & MCCONNELL ,
1513 Doc1e Srcet.
Dining Room
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Cliiiia Closets , $14.50 up
Elegant ASScl'timueuit of SliIciordt : : ,
Extemusiouc 'fables arid Chiali's
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DWEY & U 'I
Furniture Co. ,
1 15.1117 Fariiaiii Street , .
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& SEALES
Chronic ,
Hervon ) ,
( 'tl iN1' ISY i1 l ! . . ( nnnubtmtInui % ire a
We euro Catarrh , all disc trios of tim a
timr
Nose , , Throat , Chest , Stomach , Live : r ,
Blood , Siciti and Kidney Diseases , F
rnahWa1cmcoasos , , 'Lost Nstnhood , an
ALL PRV.i.TE DISEA'ES OF I , .
\v1i ML'N Mtl1 vic-riais TO lIt'ot ; ti
Drt.uimuy or Llmmuumauton'tittttnmui W'suleuiesa , I m
coiuntmmuy Losee. . witmm iuliy 1e./ unm ) oUl ;
imnml mfdtila uge'm itmeg of vhr , , 'i"r mind oUlmt. .
cnetl preumimutuiely bus emhirouchifrtg uli age. j' ' II
yield readily to our new iueatrnvnt for hos of
vital iosvm' . Call or tutitirel witim tamnp
clreulara , free book anti r'c'eipta.
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Dr. Searles aild Searl33 , iii
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BAILEY ,
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i'axton hllocic.
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lietI 'r'ttl . . . , . . 7 5) l'tmra ( loll i'IIui , , Iii
' .t'Itimu l'latu . . . . . . . 10 ( hI I Gull ( rj wit I -fl c. I t
1'tlmulesus lxtrac'mm OUts 1lridie 'l'eutbm-autim .1 JI
Teeth Out In NornLn ,
NOW TeetJi Sams Da
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ENIIYROYAL P6LLS
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tC\'sonJ5rui'4I'4 ' It4 iA 0.14 wei&iIIt
. _ . : : ' .1l'1t.ici. . , &itt whit itua uitboa 'l'eIe
. , , ' oulmer. Rfii , ZaQ.rtia . , , iuOs. ,
- itt 4'i ai ( ittattt.ai. Al ! Jtttgt.tI , it 1tL4 'itt.
.y I. itin'4 ! f.r 1irttCttiil , , ttmnoiial , iii
V. [ "hemmer fur i.udIa"a1liqr , Iy , t'iurn
11 Mimi. 3tt ( mull ) a.tmno.t.ui. Xt , J'qf ,
rImct.mttrCLewmcutCi..Mad.n ! Imuu.
1,1 L , iii L.Aii V5I5tIU _ LilsUti. , I a.
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$ .S , . Infants'
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' \ Outfits
LIU.IPJ'flAM %
< : , Ladies'
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Send mmcmie ! mmiii get tfltlC to Order
lilmustrated lcscrlptic'e LIsts I'rce ,
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I , . ? . 5hiit SIC5 ( 'a. IS uc.m.u. , si. , t ilirmuco.
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13REA1FAST - SUPPER.
EPPS'S
G RATEFULCOMFORTINGj j
COCOA
BOILING- WATER OR MIL1.
PATRONIZE
HOME INDUSTRIES
Ib ' puirchasi.g goods uccae at time following
Ny cbraslca factories. If you cannot find what
y ou want , communicate with the manufac-
t urers mis to what dealers Immumitile thmu'ir goods :
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BE1S ! OMAll BAG CO.
M munufacturcrr of all ktnia ot cotton & burlau
t ags , Cotton floor iacka & home a specbicbty
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Manufacturers of Preston' . Cnlirornta Fiake
lckbe brmmimti aP ! rilalng mbour & yeast , Do jots
u se I'rcstons beit flour ?
It IC I WI. ? ? I is , ' 1
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OhHABItEV1tMASSOClAiiQN ,
Cc ar laud shipment. made In our own rerrmgcrato ,
c ars , Iflue Itibbon , iilte idporI , 'fenna Expo1t.
ti mid Fanilly Export , delivered to all part. of cty ! :
cI ICh'I.l ( Z l I".I cI'OCI IdS.
FROST & JIARIUS.
C arriage & Wagon Makers. Carrmsge. . bugglet.
us imacton .c wagon. always on imanel & mambo tm
use rder , 1313-mi llarncy-st. , Omaha ,
Co i"I"Ii' , Si.ICJS , 11.1 IIN ( PU JFII1C ,
COIISOLIDATED COFFEE CO. ,
Coffee itomusters Spice Grinders , Manufacturers
G erman linking I'owder anti German Dry IIo : '
Y east , 1414 and 1416 miam'mmey-at. , Onimmima , Neb ,
I"LI ( ( tic.
s , F. CILIAN ) ,
Manufacturer of GoW Medal Flour ,
C. 10. Black , Manager , Omahm
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O1AI1AUPI1OLSTERIG CO ,
Monutmmetureri of patior furniture , lounges , dIn.
mS m utt tatica & foidung beds. 25th ave. , Boyd ( a
S ammier streets.
xci ! : .l.S'i ) C.tI. .
SOUI'II ' O1M1A ICEAHI ) COAL CO.
I ) ctaesIe & steam coal. We 1mve the boal Of.
m ice mou Farnrmm-s ( . Telephuono : Oltmca 373. yard
i ; ce .1. , , '
floe gen'l manager ,
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IiUN IP'OiCIC'c ,
11DUSTItIALIRON { \ ° ( ) RK
Manufacturing & repairing 05 cmli kmida of ma.
c iimnem'y , engInti , tS'tmmpa , elevators , prInting
cu u tmeisni. hangers , ihatttng & coupiing , 1406.5
awmrd at. , Omaha ,
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PHOENIX FOUNDRY CO. .1
tire hytiranta , water & gums pipe , .pecbah , ; boihe
f m-cots iS fillings , itreet IVy car wheels. Arcimb.
tccmural Iron work. . Oltico 301 . 16th-at , , Omaha. .
PAXTON &VIERLING IRON ° ORS ! (
Wl'r , of . &ucimmtecturai Iron Work. General
i'oUrmtIry , Machine end liack.mnlth ! Vork. Ca.
gtfleOuI & Contractors for Fmreu'roor UulbtIlngs ,
0111cc antI Wurka. U. 1' . fly. & So. 17th tree
Omiumitma ,
.1g. i xiii' I (71' IJIIIVi'i ( Ill it' .itI.S rs.
- 'It1E MECE1 ( CilRllCAL _ _ IAc
Manufacturer. a' flutd extracts , chain , .yrupa ,
& wine. , compresad trlturnies , imypocbermbc tab.
h.'ts , mummy & acienttlic metlmciml noc'sltioa. Ommuima.
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L.CDOUP ,
Manufacturer Mmmtbressos , hprlng lbetia ; Jobber
ieutimcu. anti l'ilhawi , North 15th antI Nicholas
St. . . ttnalmmt.
'JuI'O.1'.I iiiii , .
'I'IIE ONPAEL ( ! MACIllJ ) , YEIIM1C1LA
tintl NtAMibe factory , H. U. cot. ltthm coil Vebter , ,
Suect'sEtra me mime ( Jerumtntn.Immmerlcai. Ask for
ourgoodLmeyethotaL
XIJiI'i' lI'.u'i'Jll ( , l"jltflt'UIt I'JU ! ' .
DISTRICT TELEGRi'
'rime only perfect protection to property , Esumm.
Ins it. Ifeiti hung On sortie , iteducca Insurance
lutCi. 1301 Dougmas.it.
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iY GQD3CO. )
Msuium'iucttmrer , & jolt.er. of the celeltrated Slack.
chin brmmnd shirts , pant. , overall. & duck cloth.
meg. 1101-3-5 hiitmney-st. Factory laat Omumima.
IVI'Z-V1NS ( CO.
Manufacturers of amen' , & boys' clothing. panti , ,
shIrt. & overall. . 102-212 8 , 11th-at.
I'.IJ < 1JfittVi.i ,
Ti ! E OMAhA PAPER BOX 00 ,
MaumUbacturera of all kinds papr homes , shell
buses m.untle case. . . rnaliing tubes , etc. wed.
dli's cake & limutey cauutly boxes , dwgmIat 4 Jewehr
lsoe. 2205.10 Jone.at , , Omnalus ,
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Izclusve % custom simbrt tailor. . , ( ,
html l"atnam street. Tehepimone 003. '
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IIEHRYBOLLN , O3IAIIANEB , , , I
l'aCtsry In L.outavtlbe. Ca. . Co Quality of bric *
jmiarantee4 to be a. goc4 us tummy mnau'mfacIurs
. .uuamdu ui ( thIs sat. , alenrj Uctula ,
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