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THE ( TMATTA m : K : KtT-NOAV , NOVEMBER 8 , 181)0. ) a J rt - " i--Wv/l\WN\ \ Pieslilcr > t Klllott of tbo League of Ameri can Whccl'iicn makes the following an nouncement to all clubs applying for the national me't next season : "The location of next summer's inret v. Ill be decided by a mall vote , the voters being the members of the ' 07 national assembly , which will be hold at Albany on rehntary 10 At the last mi el Ing of tlm assembly It wns thought that better results could be obtained bv having the vote tnkcu by mall , during the month of January. The plan Is as follows All towni dcslilng to compclo for the ' 97 meeting should aa soon ns convenient flic vvllh Secretary Ilasselt n formal application selling forth hrltlly that the ' 97 meet Is desired In that place , and that If It should receive the award the proper arrangements will be nndo and carried o-it. Such appll ration Rhould be sent bv nome lespoimlble organisation In that town or It should bf signed by n sulllclent number of responsible clllzcna to Insure Its proper standing biforc the League of American Wheelmen member ship. About the middle of January an oin clnl liallot will be sent to each voter , who may fill out. sign nnd return It by mall to tbo tecntary , to be opened nnd counted by a special committee The result will be announced on 1'cbiuary C" Among the Carlisle foot ball plajcrs the Plcrco brothers attiact the most attention The brothers nro noted lor their unselfish ness , llomls Is the englncei at Carlisle , and It la snld of him that whenever he goea to town lo buy a necktie , n bat , or an > thing ho needs , he brings a duplicate for hl brother On Saturday last Krai Murph > gave II Plcrco a stiff punch , which was seen by Ilemls nnd those on the side line "Say. " oald ono of the spectators , "watch that big Indian go for Murphy for punching his brother. " 'Iho gume went on. nnd sure enough Hcmls went for Murph ) nnd when the elevens un tangled Murphy'was retired from the game Juat vvhal happened lo Murphy and how Pierce did It wns not plain to any one In or out of the game IJemls has a reputation for taking cnro of bis lltllo 199-pound brother , and Harvard and Pcnnsjlvanb plnjors .vould do well to remember this fact. Ilemls has anothri llttlo brother about 10 years of age , who weighs IS.'i pounds Next jcar ho will bo strong enough to plav with the team. The father of the Pierces was the most Indignant man on the field during the game against Yale , but ho was a \cry proud father Juat the same. The gimrs nccessniy to decide the He which exlsl between the Hut nnd second winners of the lludipcst tourney re In favor of the Russian master , gorln , his opponent. Charousck. being , apparently , enally disposed off. It Is a re- marlcablo fact that Tschlgorln , who has al ways beijn regarded as a plajcr of the first rank , never bcforo succeeded In winning a first prlzo In any International tournament he had entered. Ho came within , an ac.e of doing so , however In Iho Now York tourney of ISSs , wncn at the conclusion of the scheduled games ho was tied with Weiss The tie mutch ended In a draw. Kiidolph Charousck. who has auddcnl ) leaped to the front among chess pla > ers , la u native of Prague. Holiemla , nnd laM jcars of ago. When 5 jears old his parents emigrated ' to Hungary , and ho learned chess at col lcgo at Kafcchcn In IS'H Ho Is not a "book plajcr. " and his study of theory has undoubtedly given tbo keen edge to hla I naturalj ! sharp Intuitive qualities At the Nuremberg tournament ho scored 5'/j g lines against the prlzo winners , belli , ; only one point below Laskcr , whose score was C'/i- The Iludapest tournament Is his first record , ho having1 won agalnsl Plllsbur > , ' Tschlgorln , WJimwer , Maroczy. Non , Po- plcl and Albln , and drawn with Tarrasch. Walbrodt nnd Srhlcchtcr , and losl to Jan- ovvskl and Marco. While on the subject of kings and queens. It might be Interesting to state that Pllla- bury , the Ilrookljn wonder , will shortly Is.tno a challenge- Showaltcr to a match for the championship of the United States nnd $1,000 a side Showalter , who now holds thu title , evinces an eagerness for I juttt such a trial , and In advance proclaims ho will meet Plllsbury on a day's notice Within a short time Laskcr and Stclnltz will meet at Moscow to fight for the chain- I plonnhlp of the world As Is well known , | this will bo the second tlmo these men . have been matched On the former oc- rnslon Laaker beat Stelnltz with 10 to 5 , 1 four games being drawn Thcro are few pcoplo who bellevo that the veteran Stelnltz will como out victorious Ills ago Is against him. Stclnltz , however , does not think so Ho maintains thai ho Is In much better health at present than at the meet ing In 1894. that Laskor has not as yet reached his ( StelnlU's ) best form , and so forth. Tom Hutler should do well In Paris The short tracks and the Indoor tracks suit the llttlo fellow well , as will bo remem bered In hU recent races on tbo short tracks In Madison Square Garden and other places Ho la probablj nearer tbo Ideal French rac ing man than any ono on the American track , and his methods will appeal to the French as no other American would A quick starter , sensational sprinter and with good endurance and plucky movements , lie will make a hit , but whether ho will make any money Is another thing. Few French men have done that this year Kid McCoy 1 * expected In Now- York In a short time , and the first thing ho Is going to do on his arrival U to Issue a challenge to Dan Cicedon , ua > s Hcfrree McCoj Is anx ious to bo known as the champion mid dleweight boxer of the world. To get what ho wants ho thinks the best thing ho can do Is to issue a challenge' to Cue- don , and then If he wins ho feels the championship In oaslly hla Well , whatever they say about McCoy there Is no doubt ho has prctt ) good nerve Ills best friends never for cno moment claimed that there was anj championship timber In him , but perhaps ho has fooled them all along. There are fe < vv people who think for one mo ment that McCoy can whip Crcedon That U , pcoplo who have followed the boxing game. Cut-don Is ono of the Hhlftlcsl men In the country , and as gcod a two-hand boxer as has appeared on this side of the ocean In jcars. Ho la bigger and stronger than McCoy and can punch harder I don't BCD what chance McCoy lias at all. He thlnk.i a good deal of himself , but ho will need a great deal more than assurance to dvfnat Din Creedou. How ever. McCoy has need nerve , and ho will get along. Thu meeting between thane chl-tlmcrs , ; ck McAullffn and James Fleming Car roll , ban been pcatponcd , but It has not priivunled tint old boyn from getting to- Kfthnr They are training at 'Frisco , and MoAiillffu , who has been suffering from itomsth trouble for several da > s , asked the National club to postpone the date of lh Imtllo for two weeks , and Carroll's tonnont wfli uRki-d , aa a matter of course. Ho wrnt out to are the champion and Kricloiuly conrodod the extension , but rtflml Hint tin did no becanao ho did not wurit l lvi > liln opponent the chance to k.iy iflf-r tut wiui dofuuted that ho was out of cwi'lllloa. ThU rouuod McAullOV * Ire. and lifter roundly nbuElng each other the pair riinrhod In u good old-fashioned rough and tumble Dqht. The pugilists were bepn- ruled before any damage vvas done , hon- Aci ordlng to n correspondent at Itharn , Cornell will have a great crow ueU jear. f'apialn Splllmnn nnv that nfter the foot ball bcason | g over the quadrangular r.ico wlllngniu rmiHlilercil for both thf fush- men and vauity. Courtney nud the rrew- niPis hnve IIP > n considering the advisability of rhntiglt.g the itvlo of rowing snts Mr Unvls of Detroit brought on a new stvlo , wblrh sopins to hive many points of Im provement over the old kind without losing nny of the good points The old Bints ut-ed to bind. Mr Splllmnn snlil The new oneo slide in circular biipporta. The curve Is .short In the front nnd thn. goes down sharply to the level , then makes n moro gradual slope , but longer , to the rear posi tion. In a race at the pistol shot the men would hate the seat diawn up to the highest point en the support , the sharp curve down- 'vnrd would help to the evtent of the vvclghl of the nnrpmau. The gradual slope from the rear would make it possible for a much speedier return > r 'uxovery nfter reaching the lowest posi tion Thr sharp euive to Ihe fronl position would nvold tint shuck which vvns occasioned with the old guides Ilesldes the new scuta have rubber rollers nt the sldra which Keep the friction from binding to n minimum. The papei boils will not allow of thcbe kind of Hc-nts , bill Iho Kngllsh shell which u s purchased last jear. bill not tried , will tike thorn In r nsll > . Hefore , however , the nngllfdi boat Is changed It will be given another thoiough trial , then , vvhelhei this trial Is satisfactory or not , the new scats will be given n trial , so thai Iho best ur- rangemrnt can be used. A new scnl of the Detroll boat works' seals , with the ruivcd guides has already been received nnd Is at the boal lioiibe. The two Smiths Sollj from this side ami Wllllo froni the other will bump together tomoiiovv night before the National Sporting club In London U will doubtless be an Intelcsilng "cssloii foi they nio said lo be a pair of little ( rnckcrjnckB. In fact we know Sollv IK hot popcr , and across Iho lirlnk the } think equally well of dear little Wllllo. However , 1 cannot help but think Sollj Is all the mrnej all the wa > . He knows noth ing but light when Inside the ropes and It will tnko the elevcresl kind of n man lo steer clear of tbo avalanche of sledge hammer blows ho will put 01 : tap. Of all athletic games prol ably the greatest Is foot ball. In no other game or outdoor Kport Is so much skill and strategy developed , so ninth deception loquhcd , so much nerve nnd muscle nudcd It la a gam ) ; whldi develops both brain and bodj. foi though stieiigth Is Ilia pi line factoi In Its success ful pla.vlng , the battle does not alwa > s go to the strongest nuns. Discipline ami strategy and skill In iilllblng the stiengtb possessed to the best advantage have won a majority of games and will continue to do so as long us the game Is pluyd The captain of on eleven occupies a moat Im portant position In the content ho Is like the general of an army In battle He must know hla forces and must utilize them to the best advantage Ho must know bis op ponents and must study their weaknesses Man > a blood ) batlle has been won by the sudden massing of strength and precipitat ing It upon the enemy's weakest point , and many a hotly contested fool ball game has been decided In just such a way. Thai a fool ball general may accomplish such a thing he must have his men per fectly organised nnd Immediately responsive to his control , and also like the under generals In a battle , quick themselves to perceive weaknesses In their opponents ami seize the advantages their opportunities give them To fall or falter Is to lose Ono must sometimes face an overwhelming force , as when alone one must stop the ball with llvo men Interfering for the runner. Courage and "ncrvo are thus requisite , as 1 well as skill. Discretion to plajers one- must have , for efforts must not bo wasted needlesslj' . Do not grapple and waste strength on Iho man opposite > ou if the plaj has passed It Is a game for men , and ono of the best qualities It develops la loy alty. There are those who claim the gamete to bo brutal , and this keeps many from attending the games. llrutal It sometimes i becomes , but biutallty Is not necessarily ' utteinlint upon the game , and , as a matter of fact should novel bo In evidence It Is granted that the sport Is often rough , but it has never been claimed to bo child's play. It Is a game of glvo and take , a struggle of brain and biawn , and endurance for supremacy. I elon'l wnnt any of It no self , nor Is a rlerk who works all day In some store n proper person to engigo In the game on Saturday afteinoon , but one- must condition one's telf lij a thorough eoursn of training , and then there is no danger Involved. There have been many Injured while engaged In the game , but In- qulr ) shows thai almost all of the nioie- serious Injuries sustained were In cases v.here the pin ) or bad no business to bo plajlng and hail not put himself in eondi- tlon And then no one seems to con- aider the gieot number of players engaged in llie-so contests U Is estimated thai full ) 70.000 persons wore active players In the games plajcd on ono day In England last November. roiiKvr , r i 1:1,1) AM > STKI\II. Ail \iiliiiiin Itiunlilf nith Itoil , DIIK mill ( 'un. To Ihose who can look back a matter of thirty or forty jcars the steady advance and Improvement of the modern fowling piece Is an interesting btudy. At that time the breech-loader was Juat making Its appear ance , and , oven In tturope , was run down by Iho old fogies , who declared that there must bo such an cacapo of gas at the movable breech joint that the penetration and killing distance must suffer when compared with the execution of the old sjatcm Many of the old-timers held on to the muzzle-loaders until their Individual day was closed , and then their sons and heirs had the old hard- shooting guns converted Into breech-loaders. Many of these old guns had the barrels eo thin at the mui/lc that It vvns a common sajlng that one could cut wads with them , and jet they carried prottj good charges The mtiZ7lc-loailer has passe.l away almost entirely and the breech-louder has been de veloped Into n repeater , and when was de scribed last jear a tiny four-pound 2S-bore gun killing as well ah an ordinary U-bore It was believed that thcro v.ai > not much moro to Impiove. Yet still the Ibt of innova tions grows The great question appears to be the merits of the single trigger gun , which , after jearj of experiment , now appears to bo Hearing practical perfection The ordlnarj gun with the two baud * side by Hide , and the two triggers , ono In front of the other , may fit a man accurately with the grip requlie-d for thu first trigger but when the hand U slid backward for the second trigger the fit Is chsnged Thta is eald to bo the reason why jo many men shoot better with cno barrel than with the other The single trigger gun U -designed to obv late this defect. The other great advantages are greater lapldltj In firing the two barrels and almost total Im munity fiom "Jarring off , " Ibis being the unexpected discharge of the second barrel by the dUchaige of the III at , or the discharge of both batrcls , bj the accidental dropping of the butt of the gun on the ground. A number of tests have been made with thu result that In nliootlng at clay pigeons n clear gain of from seven to eight yardj wag demonstrated with the ui > o of the sin- file trigger , and that with charges wlilch readily "Jarred off" on ordinary double- trigger gun the now single trigger remained firm and safe , It la now more than 100 jeara since a single trigger gun was first experimented with , The devising of median. Ism which would absolutely prevent the firing of both barrels at once has always been the mumbling block , A man named Tcmpleman of Illnnlngham , England , pat ented an Idea 107 yearn ago to prevent tula , but It wag not ustUfurtory , and of tbo tunny 1 tried nlnco nnly the ono of this year has been satisfactory. I No sooner wan this gun on Ihe market I than the old two-trigger gun uppeircd with I an Improvement which threatened to take the wind to some extent out of ltd sails. The two trlirgeru were arranged with the left one Immediately under and just behind the right , but with a guard which effectually prevents Iho pulling of both triggers at the amc time , jhla arrangement enables the two barrels tbo discharged wllhout mov ing Iho hand , and consequently without any change In the alignment of the gun , and there Is the additional advantage of Riving the choice of right or left barrel , the lack of which In the only drawback to the single trigger Idea II Is also contended that U Is Impossible to "Jar off" this gun , cllher with light or hcavj loads Itert Clnridgo still holds thn Dupont trophy nnd must now defend It against George Roll of Ulue Island , 111. The nnxt match will bo shot some time In January , 18')7. ) at Hfiltlmore. John L. Winston , the Wizard of the West hns posted n forfeit lo shoot a match with tbo winner of tbo Holl- Clarldgo match for the Dupont trophy. The Wl7ard mentis busltmss and is now shooting In good form Stockton Heth and Judge Tunnpcllffo ore the Joint owners of an Imported Kngllbli setter that has few equals In this neck of the woods Ho has a great "nose , " Is rc- markablj staunch , very fast and perfectly tractable Stock ) grassed nine quail over him on election afternoon just bejond the city limits Dr Cirver. according to a western exchange - change , has just tried his hand at pigeon shooting Ho has evidently "worked" some one In fine shape Wo have seen men make scores with a lead pencil that they could never equal with u shotgun , and wo alwajs prefer to sco a hundred llvo birds killed stialg'.it nt this season of the year thin to rend about It In a piper which sells ad vertising space at a low figure A match between two well known shooters Is always 'witnessed by plenty of lesponslblo men , but an exhibition match at 200 pigeons In which 117 are marked as killed straight , nppeais lo us like a good sired fake nnd some one has a long head for free adver tising The "Cvll Splilt" still holds the cast Iron championship medal nnd wants to lend somebody n hundred dollars to shoot him a match for It. Prank Dell nnd Hill Slmeral were down at Fred Schiocder's election day , and the ) fairly eat Fled out of house and home. Quail , well I should say jcs They got thirteen , besides six squirrels and a rabbit. J A H. nillott of Kansas City , Mo , and Miss Annie Oakley of Uuffnlo Hill's Wild West hhot a friendly match at Kansis City on Octohor 21 at 2"i live birds Klllott killed 21 nnd Miss O.iklcy 22. Klllott shot In great form while Miss Oakley was but two blids behind the champion. Irvine Gardner , brfoie the 'tiap shooting so-.1.5on closed , demonstrated that he was In the first Might of crack shoH and ne\t mini- me- Colonel Parmelco vlll have to look clcso to hla laurels. Hi" quail shooters nro anxiously awaiting the first good snow storm , which will break down the tall weeds , corn and other vegeta ble Impedimenta and greatly Improve the facilities for gelling at Hob White. The birds have hern found unusually plentiful even close to the eltj , but the unprecedented growth of brushwood and the thousands of ncres of standing corn affords them such protection that a good bag is an exploit to be proud of. This cover. In places , is abso lutely Impenetrable by dog or man. and when once the birds flush and tnko to this they might as well be abandoned. There will bo llttlo good sport until the longed-for snow conicK and disappears. After this tlt gunners may count on great sport , provided of course , thai they have good dogs With out a dog of course It Is Impossible to do anything , nnd still no dog Is better than an untrained one. That Is , lo my v.ay of Ihltil'.ing , anyway. The following letter vvns written by Mr. C P. Hubbard , one of the dog authorities of the stole , and now with the H. & M railroad , In response to a solicitation from a friend for a good dog. It speaks for Itself : OMAHA. Oct. 29. Dear Friend : Your letter asking me to send jou a good quail dog Is at hand. I have searched diligently to IInil one , and. while there are plenty In Omaha and vicinity , they arc keeping 'em locked up In barns nights and there is too much ilsk in taking them In broad daj-- llght When It cornea down to bujlng one It U out of the question , unless > oti should conclude to sell out jour store and farm to raise the necessary funels. nnd oven then It would require considerable search to find a man who was sufllclently hard up to set a price on hU quail ilorf. I did not understand the reason for this condition of affairs until 1 frail Intel viewed n number of bloated dog holders , but the subject Is now clear to mo and I have become a firm believer In the free nnd unlimited coinage- dogs at the ratio of 1C to 1 (1G ( pups to a litter ) without wnltlng for tbo aid or consent of nil ) othei nation The rise of the price of dogs and their scaiclty Is undoubtedly the direct result of a conspiracy commencing with the cilmc of ' 73 , when the present game law wns passed , making it a misdemeanor to kill quail be tween January 1 and October 1 of each jear This , followed by the demonetisation of the common cur of commerce , has brought the blooded qunll dog to a premium and they are now practically out of circulation What wo want la n lepcnl of the game law. eo that qunll dogs will not bo worth nny moi\ > at one season of the jear than at any other Wo bellevo that good quail dog ; should cir culate on a parity with the common jailer cur , the pup of the people Wo demand the dog of our daddlra , a dog that would stay at home and not go gallivanting off into foreign countries. Wo demand a dog that will not icqulio a bond issue and a search warrant to keep him at homo. We demand a dog that Is Just as good on coons nnd woodcbucks as ho Is on quail and pialrlo chicken If It wasn't so lato. I'll bo hanged If I wouldn't get up a national party and run for president mself on this Issue. I am all wrought up on the subject. Whoop-eo' Down with tbo infernal dudes vvllh their slick-coaled , long-pedigreed polul- crs and soltcis Hurrah for free coinage of the common cur ! Yours truly , HUIJ. Although the past week was quite chilly and disagreeable , tbo fishermen were busy at all the. adjacent lakes , uml some % ery good catches of bass and cropplo were made. There are blicf periods during the winter months when the weather becomes tem porarily warm , when bass run up the Klk- hcrn and Platte rivers In veritable schools Where they ccme from or where they go has us jet never been very satlsfactoilly detei mined. A C Claflln Dr Munroo nnd the Messrs Hoagland have returned from their three weeks' encampment In Cojoto lake. They made a splendid kill of mallards , and tl.e sporting editor makea acknowledgment for a half dozen big blids < if ( In- Hall I'liij ITM. Everbod ) la taking shots at Tcbeau nml O'Connor and advocating that they bo dis ciplined at the coming league meeting for their assault on Ucpnitor Prsco This la a matter lu which Die league has no juilb- dletlon Johnnlo O'llilcn , second baseman of the \Vnshlngtons' Is helping his brother , Dick , train fcr hla go with Scnldy Dill Qulun. which takes place before the Union Park Athletic club , New York , November 9. K. n Tuleott. who next to John II. Day U the most popular man who ever dabbled In base bull In New York , Is ono of the mcdt active among the speculators with money to bet on McKlnley , If "Eddy" Hurst gcln one-fourth of the amount he 1ms sued President Freodmim for he can take , i couple of yea is off for sport. The Now York black list may prove an expensive luxury. "Tho Ilcfrree" calls the champions "a lively lot of gold bricks. " What the sun godi will do to the cow punchcra next year will be , as Chlminle 1'adden would say , "u good and plenty. " Philadelphia fans are Buffering from an aberration of the nilud. They think they have clnltr.fi tin Oallahan Undo Anson put handcuffs on that joiing man last summer. "Sandy" Mrl.vrnott lina turned up In Washington. "Sand ) " could make an In- the ,30j mark In batting. Dclahanty was the Phillies' mainstay all attntnd. He made the most hlt.s , scored the meat HUM and stole moro b.iscs than any oilier member of the team. Manager Itnnlon says that under no cir cumstances . will Haltlmorc rclcano Jimmy Donnelly , both ho nnd Joe Qulmi will be retained ns [ utility men. Slnco ho Jolnoil Ihe Ucds In 18S9 ilolllday has failed to lead the team In baiting bill once In 1883 , when Tom Parrolt bad the honor. Frank Lane , who ued Colonel Freedman for $20,000 damages , would probably ex change his expectations for a $ JO bill. George Hosrlover Is resting up nt Indi anapolis. Ho sas ho will stick to Iho llooslcr capital. No Cincinnati for him. McMahon , the senior member of llaltl- nioro's pitching staff , will no doubt figure In a deal till. ? winter. John H. Day U mentioned as n possible successor to Sam Crane as president of the Atlantic association. President Young has awarded Outfielder Slohl of Ituffnlo to Iloston. Philadelphia claimed him also. Joe Sullivan signed Ills St. Lou In ' 97 con tract before ho returned to his Boston homo for the winter nurkott and Heeler beat out Hamilton an iiin-gctteia , and Iingo led Hamilton in base stealing. There were nftj--elght plajcrs In the league who had a batting average of . .100 or aver. SK of the Phillies' plajcrs finished above teresting contribution to the llteralure of the game by writing "Tho Autobiography of an Umpire. " TOI.I ) 01T OK COt'HT. AncfilnfrN anil | IK-ICIIM Conci-riilni ; l.l-IVIll l.lKlllN. A young lawjqr of Cleveland , O. , la cred ited with making a harmless bull at a banquet given by n local organisation nol many nights ago. Toasts were called for nnd to the ) oung lawcr fell the honor of suitably remembering the absent friends This la the way ho announced It : "Our absent friend how soon wo would fhovv th"in tbo depth of our regret at their absence If they were only heie with us to night ! " And the funniest thing about It was that nobody caught on to the bull until some tlmo afterward. "Tho late Colonel William II Mann. " BBS the Philadelphia Record , "wns fond of tell ing n good story at the expense of Charles Ilrooke , Iho well known cilmlnal lawor of New York. Colonel Mann ns district at torney vviw prosecuting a murder case 'n which Mr Ilrooke- was council for Iho de fence. Circumstantial evidence was strong against Iho prisoner The district allorney produced In evidence a pair of boots of Scotch make belonging to the prisoner , which. It was proven , fitted exactly the footprints left Jn the snow by the murderer near the see ne of the crime. In submitting Iho boots In evidence Mr Mann called at tention to the several odd features of their construction , and added thai ho had looked all over town for a pilr Ilko them , but without success. Mr Ilrooko asked that he be allowed to keep ono of the boots over night. HQ thdught he could find a pair Ilko them. The boot wns turned over lo him. ami til Iho opening of court next daj ho produced another pair of boots Identical In every way "with Iboso belonging to the prisoner The man , however , was llnallj convicted. After U was all over Mann said to ttrookcr 'Sec hero , 'Charlie ' , where did jou find those boots ? I called at nil the big shops In town , but couldn't find them. ' 'Neither could I , ' Bald llrookc. 'So 1 hnd them made over night.1" This Is n story once told n few confiden tial friends by a strapping six-foot , broad- shouldered statesman fiom ono of the south ern states : "I was making my first trip to Washing ton as a congressman. The weather in our section of the country was delightful , and so long as It remained so nlong my route I trnvclcd on horseback. One night I put up nt an old tavsrn near which they were hav ing a county fair , and found such a rush of business nt the hostelry that two of us were assigned to the bamo bed. My room-mate was a nice looking fellow , but not talkative i.o I was soon asleep. Later I awakened suddenly to see him dressed anil helping himself to my valuables. Springing between him and the door. I expressed surprise thai ho was a thief. The fellow was cool , sharp and had the airs of a gentleman. "What arc jou7" ho naked. " 'A lawyer and a congressman. ' " 'Heavens ! ' he chuckled , 'I guess I was lucky lo wake flrsl. ' "I bad lo laugh , dcspllo mjsclf , and asked If bo hnd any proposition to make. "I think I will retain jou for the de fense , ' ho said slowly. 'That means ) ou will get jour own back and all I have. Just my luck ' "Ho bad mo in a good humor , and gradu ally I drew bis htory from him and believed It I was not as skeptical then as I have been made by a wider experience. I agnod to call It off , gave him some good advice , took hick my property and wo returned to bed. What'do jou suppose became of him' ' " "Hither hung or In the penitentiary , " an swered a cynical listener. "No , gentlemen , he's In congress himself now , " "There's no moro fun In the practice of law , " obbe'rvcd the judge to the Chicago Record man. "Thirty years ago , when wo used to Impeach all the w Uncles on the other sldo and have two or- three lights every noon rccc s , It was worth while to be In the piofcssion. "I read in my old homo paper ) catcrday that Ulll Traynor was dead. Theio was a character. Did I ever tell jou the story aboul him' "Hill once sal on a Jury In ono of my first casas. It was an assault and battery case. The trouble came up over the attempt lo build a fence across a highway. There were two defendants and four prosecuting wit nesses. The trial wns hold at the homo of the Justice of the peace , n clapboanled llttlo house right out In a , cornfield. Wo couldn't find twelvju men In Iho to'vnshlp. so wo agreed on a Jury of six. The Justice's wife stood In ( hed'oorwaj ' during the trial and dictated all the rulings "They didn't make * the caao against us my partner and I appeared for the defense but wo knew the Jurymen wanted their fees and they wouldn't got any If the defendants vvon So wevero nol very hopeful "Tho six Jurjmen went out Into the coin- field to deliberate. They were gone about two hours , and then brought in a verdict of guilt ) and fjnpd each of the defendants $3 ami costs Ttio Jury was about to bo dis charged , ftlie.ii my partner jumped nnd said to one of tbo jurymen 'Say , who nut you ? 1 don't lomc'inbor seeing ) ou before * Then thn foreman , ppoko up and Bald "That's all right. Dill Traynor couldn't wait. Ho wont on homo and wo got Joe hero to take his place. ' "That's a fact. Dili had put In a mibstlluto on the jury after they got oul In the corn field. ' 1 ho justice said It was all right , any way , so long na there was a majority of the jury present , but I got up and threatened to silo him on hla bond , so ho gel scared and sel nsldo the verdict and discharged our clients. "After I came on the bench Hill Traynor WPS up bcforo mo for stealing a ateer , and I made the Instructions to the jury rather favorable to him and ho was acquitted. You see , I had a friendly feeling for htm be cause ho had helped mo to win ono of my first cases. " Mother Goose waa born In the year 1GCC , In the colony of Massachusetts bay. Her maiden name waa Kllzabcth Foster. Hho married Isaac GOOBO In the year 109.1 , and a few years later became a member of the Old South church , Hoston The first edition of her melodies ( which were originally uniig to her grandchildren ) wan published In 1104- ton In 1716 by her aon-lii-law , Thomas Fleet. Mother Goone died In 1757. WITH THE LONG-HAIRED BOYS How nml Where the Pigskin Will Ua KSoko Thanksgiving. THE BIG GAME OUT AT UNIVERSITY PARK Tin * liiirnl Uo > CIIN Tin * Knot Unit Cilliliiln Cuit < it tin * ( lumen of llu > Illir Colli-Kcs nml Aluoh llrrc/j lion li , President Clcvolnml having designated and set apart Thurtiilay , the liGth tiny of the present inontli , to be kept ami observed na a day of Thanksgiving , iiiucli Interest center * upon the leading foot bill teams of the country. Oil this dny the Rrcatost foot hull leanm will face each other on the gridiron and the championship of the easl ascll ns the wcsl will bo determined by the results. Pcnns > l- \anla having shown herself easy prc > foi Lafayette , thcro Is no doubt but what she will be fully as easy for Harvard. Under the leadership of Itert Wnteri , ns co.ich , Harvard has tle\ eloped n team whoso chances for success nro better than they ha\o been for many ) onrs , and the Knmo presented to I'cnnsy last jcar should be wiped out by a scoie that would e\en in.iko them look upon the results of the panic with Lnf.ictto with pride. IInr\nrd , K'vliiK ' the Indiana the enl ) whttowaah they lm\e had this ) enr .mil securing the only touchdown that was made just se\on in I nil tea after the- game began , Is a good Indication that she will push to the front If the occasion requires It After once scoring her plavlng wns entirely on th < dcfensl\c. Meanwhile I'ennsy Is smarting under her defcnt from Lafajette , n collcgi supposed to bo In a different class from the Hlg Four , and ha\liu ; not more than 30 ( students on her rolls I'cnnsy has trlei ! c\ery means In her power to wipe out tin defeat at Philadelphia , and oven goes so far as to offer Lafajelto nearly all the gate receipts If she can only have another chance to ictrlc\o herself. The money was tempting , as It would him amounted to nearly $13000 , but It wns of secondary Importance In the minds of tin Lafactte men , and the ) llntly refused. She has had glory enough for 'KG. The moat Important game of the day will take place on .Manhattan Klcld , New York uid the opposing tennis will bo Yale am Princeton Yale's poor showing against thr Carllalo Indians has caused a feeling ol alarm at New Haven , and It Is expected ti ha\o n reinforcement of coaches during tin remaining weeks mid e\ery effort will b' ' made to bring It up to Its usual standard. Captain Murphy's excuse for the pom showing ngatnst the Indians Is that four of the regular men were absent , and It I. to bo hoped that this Is true , although Yale know It was to be n hard game mil It l supposed she would ha\o plajcd her besi men. Impirtlal spectators say that Yale's team Is weaker than ever before , but of coursr thcro will be a great Impimoment befop Iho game with Princeton.Vlth Prlncoto1. things look decidedly bright , and her chances for \lctory over Yale look better than thev have for many joars Putting up .1 much better showing than the latter against tin red men. It seems ns though she will haw a good clnnce to repeat the victory of ' 84 unless Yale's phenomenal luck remains tin broken. Toot ball cranks nro getting anxious for the great annual foot ball contest which will bo played hero Thanksgiving day be tween the state universities of Nebraska and Iowa Iowa has taken n wonderful brncr from last jear , and under the tutelage of Coach Hull Is making taphl strides to the front She defeated Kansas last \.eek quit- handily , but ns jet IIPS plajcd no lean1 which Nebraska lirn so that It Is hard to got a line on the two teams. This week she plays Missouri , while Nebraska plajn Kansas , and after these two games ono m.i ) mcro readily judge which lias the more likely team. Nebraska has shown weakness in two contests this season , as the Doane game was won In the Drat half by two luck } kicks , while she was unable to scorr at all In the second half until the la.st ten minutes. In her game with Weslcyan college of Lincoln , an absolutely green team her gnat swinging plHs did not a\all her much , as the \Ycsle > an tackles stopped them tlmo and again with no gain. They ore developing remarkable team-work . but what they seem to lark more than any other one thing is a running back Tlu-lr plunging awlnglijg ctjlo Is sure to gain them jard.s but they don't seem to block well for an tnd inn , and In fact ha\e no runner who Ks capable of making n brilliant run. Shedd , the right half , could not bo beaten for the stle of play which they nro de- \eloping , but his running mutes are hardl ) fast enough to help him around the ends Northwcstetn ban remarkable backs ; the ) not only plunge the line like demons , but also make the most brilliant kinds of end runs. In the recent Chicago-Northwestern game n thirty jard run was n common thing for Potter , while Captain Vnndcusen nlso did his share. The final line-up of the two team ? has not been decided upon jrt , but the peoploaie all making prepcratlons for mak ing Thanksgiving day n gala foot ball da ) for Omaha Already tall > ho parties are being arranged for by the different college alumni organisations , and It looks as If the old University | > aik will be tasked to the limit. The captains of the leading collcgo foot ball clevemi are Senter , Michigan ; \Vrlght- Ington , Haivnrd , T > lcr. Amherst ; Ponton , University of Virginia ; Cockran , Princeton , \Vharion Pennsylvania ; MoCormack , Dart mouth ; Hairlson. Minnesota ; Tlioipo , Ne braska ; Ilumlll , Kansas ; Muiphy , Yale , Ulcliards , Wisconsin. The Ui.lv erslty of Nebraska foot ball team goes to Ann Arbor this month for a game with the University of Michigan. This will glvo us seine line on the comparative sticngth of the eastern and western teams , although Nebraska will bo at n great dis advantage , on account of the distance and the game she will play on the load there Michigan plajed jestcrday with the Uni versity of Minnesota at Minneapolis. The Dtitto team comes cast and plays at St Paul Kansas City. Lincoln and Denver Last year Denver beat the Montanans , but Mils ) ear they will have to hustle , as the Dutto buys are making extra preparation ! ! to redeem thcmselve.s. y The foot ball teams of the various or ganisations should bo getting together , us the Hcauon Is short. What an Interesting match n Thurston lUflo-Omnha Guard gamu would bo ? The University club will have a splendid team , for its next game , iu Joffcila , Polcar , Trnnk Crawford and Thomas have all declared their Intention of getting Into condition to once again enter the arena The collcgo foot ball captain Is the busiest man on eaitli while ho holds olllce Ho has .over been known to smile on or off the grid iron Ho Is ns Holenin as an undertaker and ho believes the fate of the universe rials on his shoulders. The railroad ticket uellcr , the butler , the undertaker , the church tex en ami the Lollcgo foot ball captain aio IIvo Individuals who have never allowed n umllo to creep cither Into their dally lives or a : ihotograph Aak a foot ball player for thirty iccomls of his tlmo and ho will look at you In disgust Ho will not have oven tlmo to tell you ho Is a busy man. You ran get a woul frcm President Clov eland the bishop of New York , Cardinal Satolll , Chauncfy M Depew , Januu Gordon Dennett or Steve Urodle , but a college foot ball captain nix oh , excuse ine novur1 And 'twas over thus , from childhood's happy hour. It h a conRervallvo estimate- Bay that when the season Is over the games played by tint llvo leading foot ball colleges , Harvard , Yale , Princeton Pennsylvania aud Cornell , will represent a total outlay of S125.000. With that amount almost any manager with ordinary business training and shrewd * nws could star a comedian or a tragedian , or oven a prlnia donna , for forty works , and at the end of the OO.IEOII still have (5,000 loft out of the original amount. Such men an tin * rrohmana , Drady. Hola-scu and others rarely expend moro than $120,000 on any ono com pany which they put on the road , and In a majority of the caut-a the mini falls far short u ! that figure. I'amiy Davenport U ualil to have spent something Ilko $100,000 In singing nnd brlngt In it out "Olsniiiiidn ; " Marie \V.\lnu rlglit'n must elaborate prodticllon never co.it ber or her "angel" moro thnn $35,1)00 ) , Do Wolf Hopper , Francis Wilson , Frank Dinlelii or nny of the comic opera comiillans can clntho themsclvea In purple nnd line raiment and their chorui In bespangled splendor with } 15,000 to sun with. And > et to singe fltnl produce "for rmn tlmo only" the grand fool ball wpecHcular between Ynlo nnd Princeton on Manhattan Held , In New York , tbo sum of $00 000 la required. Of course thin amount Ineliides the expenses Incurred by both te.ims In their series of games with the smnller col leges , but those- colleges are merely , in the theatrical sense , "the dogs" on which the mar elevens try their play , nnd the amount Invested In them really comes under the head of legitimate expense * To the old "gradi" who were undcrgr.idu- ites twenty-live , or oven twenty , ) cnrs ago , when a $100 outlay wns considered fabu lous contribution to college sports , there Is something almost sinfully lavish jn thin modern method of llgurlng In thousand1 * where they figured In pennies. And > et It la not an extravagance brought on by competi tion. If necessary either loam eould go on the field fUlte | > ns well lilted nnd trained lo face Us adversary on h.ilf the amount now- expended b ) Its malingers. Nowadays each mnn on the 'varslly hns , bchldcs his regular fool ball armor , Includ ing sweater , cap , nosegiinrd , * dinguard. ! moleskin trousers. staves and Jacket , n thick woollen blanket of the best nnke. IhlH Is no smalt Item In Itself and , coupled with the constantly Increasing weak nose ami shins , all demanding protection of some kind , mnkctj a very perceptible cavity In thr surplus. Probibly $1,000 Is spent by both college rach ) car In these fixtures nlone Another thousand Is easily gotten rid of In raring for the scrub and Iho substitutes , and the ' amount Invested In fool balls alone Is novel less than $300. Of course , Iho biggest Item H the Iralnlng table Nothing but the very best food li used. All the meats nnd vegetables are bough1 of the most expensive films In either New York , Philadelphia or Hoston Each team has a professional rhef one well ver i > d In the art of c-ooklng wholesome food In the most wholesome way. The rigid dieting which prevailed a few ) cars ago Is no longer practiced ( Jood , nutritious food ' th.it will make strength and courage Is , erved every < \iy' \ with n botllo of ale fur dinner , and sweets and pastr ) are the onlj things bancd. Besides the chef , the fooi ball manager cmplos from two to four wallers anil from four to six rubbers whose duty It Is In rub carh mnn down with alee hoi or whisky after each practice Thr training table. Including the waiters nn < l rubbers , costs fiom $12,000 to $15000 a season. Next to the table1 , the traveling expenses are the most formidable ) Item In thrsc d.ijs It would never occur to a mnn igri to send bis men around the coiintiv In an j thins less than a parlor ear. and n I private ono is not at nil an cxtraordln.irv luxury. If there Is n big game In whlili a college * dees not take part Us men are benl lo vvllncss It. regardless of the e\ pensc1. The ) nlwas Htop at the best ho tels. and each man has a big double room lo himself The Iralncr receives nilwhere from $1 100 lo $2,000 a ) cnr , nnd Iho rubbeis prob.il ) ! > gel $8 or $10 a week With the expense * coupled with the necessary Incidentals surh as coach hho and hnmiuots and n rcgiilarlv chartered phjHlelan 16 accompany the team wherever It goes the task of rcdmlng the surplus Is accomplished without miirh dif Utility A I.ITTI.P. V11ITOH. Hi-ten 8 Perkins In the Indtpcndcnt. " There'll ft busy llttlo fellow , Who eamo to town last nlghti . When all tbo world wan fail nntocp , The elilldren'8 ejen Kliut tight. I cannot lell ) ou how ho came , Tor well the seerct'M hid ; Hut t think upon a ninonhriim bright , Way clown the eurtli ho slid. Ho In ought the MSSCH | Mnplo Each a lovely party gown : It VVIIM lulllliint red and \illow , With a ilatdi or two of brown. And In1 iniHt have hail u Midas touch , Tor. If the truth Is told , The blrohrs all , fiom top to toe , He dtoHsrd In cloth of gold. Then ho took n glittering Icli'lo From underneath tlio eaves , Ami with It , on my window , Oievv surh shining silver leaves , Such fair and Htatcly palace's , Sueb towrii and temple * grntld , Their Ilko I'm sure vvim never aeon Outsldo of Fallbind. Who Is this busy little man , Whose coming bring * I's Joy ? For I'mer ) sure IIO'H welcomed Hy every girl and boy : Tbo little stars all saw him , Though they will nol lull u soul ; Hut I've he-aid bis railing raid le.ul : ! thus ! J. Frost , ESIJ , North Pole. A figure of sudden Importance In coloted clrclra In New York City Is Mnrlo Miller , a roinrlj nogio woman of 45 , who , b ) tin trims of tlie wilt of her late mlstre s , Mrs Hleks-lxird. 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