BVMHVl n ffiMRi THE OMAHA DAILY KE13 : SUNDAY , FMBKUAHY 0 , 1808 , 3 IRRIGATION IN NEBRASKA Ecmo Facts and Figures Concerning the Extent of the Industry , MANY MILES OF DITCH ARE BEING USED TlimiftninU Store Are tJniter AVnjof CoiintriirMoit Tnliil Cent of tlio Work Coinpnrod rvllli Totnl Vnlnc of ( lie Innd. LINCOLN , Feb. 5. ( SpocUl. ) U all the Irrigation cannta In Nebraska were ntretched out In a straight line they would reach from Omaha to lloston , and the canals now being constructed , If attached to the west end of the line would rwch from Omaha to Ogdcn. The projected ditches , permit * for which ap plications have been filed , If added to the canal would otrctch from Hcaton to San Francisco and then many miles north to ward Alaska. The Iticreaic In the value of the land now under Irrigation. If converted Into money and divided up among the people ple of Nebraska would give each man , woman and child $9 apiece , with an odd $760,000 over and above. SIosl of the canals now ! ei use or being constructed were estab lished by permits pacured under the old Irri gation law. The law was changed In 1893. but practically all of the water permits up tu the prcecnt time have been secured un der this law. The applications made under the new law since 1895 have mostly been compelled to wait until It could be asccr tallied that there would be water to spare after the ditches under the old permits had bccm put In. Thus the following showing of the Irrigation dltchou constructed or In course of construction , up to December SO , 1SU7. are all from permits secured under the old Inw : Miles In Miles concourse of Total County. structed. canstruc'n. Miles. - " 0 tW 2.1.1 12.20 G.H ! ) s.no 1.7.1 1S.W ni.no 4.W C7 S.-i 17.10 IBS S5 2.11 I. " . SM.M ) SS.79 5.ra 3.02 S3. SO n.75 2 23 112.13 13S.2. . i ra 4.ifi5 ! 21.13 . " 2 1 20 5.10 m.os 16 0) us co : t7 ro ai.oo 12.0) S3 5 j Grand total . .1.I30.3S 1.W7.9I 2,498.32 AMOUNT OF .MONEY INVESTED. In the thirty-nine counties 1,210,524 acrev of land have been placed under Inigatlon , nnd the estimated Increase In the value of the land on account of the Irrigation Is $9,732.192 , or nt the rate of $ S per acre. The cost cf the Irrigation work up to date IMS been $1,578,383.14 , and the estimated cast of the total mileage when the ditches now In coin-so of construction are completed , reaches $3.140.385,51. The largest amount expended In nny one county has been In Dawson , where up to date the 253.75 mller ! of dUclits. completed and In course of con struction , have cost $471,813.23. and almost as much more will ho ncciloJ to c-mplete the work. The number of acres In this county receiving water frr-m these ditches Is 257,720. and thr- estimated Increase In the value of the land Is $2,001,760. Next to Dawson - son the county having already expended the most money Is HHcbcock. where it has cost $160,290.79 to prepare ditches for the water ing cf 42,480 acres. It being estimated that the completion of all the works In this county will cost $225.027. In point of num ber of acres watered Dcuol county comes next to Dawson , having 166,333 acres of witered lands , the cost up to date being $45,844.25 , and the estimated cost to com plete all works. $358.015.35. A'Jams ' county comes for the smallest cost , Its one-half mile of ditch having been put In at an expense of $250 , watering seventy ncrcs of land nnd In creasing the value ot the watered lands $300 , or ever double the cost of the ditch. Taking Into ccnsldep.tlon the small mileage the most expensive works are In Franklin county , where the 5.fi3 miles of ditch will cost $23,803 , watering 315 ncrcs of land , the value of which Is Increased $2,760. Utidcr the law the applications filed with the Stnto Hoard of Irrigation between April 4 , ' 1S95 , and December 20 , 1897 , from 415 persons and companies who desire to appro priate the public waters of the state are distributed over fifty-two counties nnd foot up to the following totals : Miles of ditch , 2,770.95 ; estimated coJt , $6,573,351.55 ; num ber of acres to be watered , 3,159,797 ; esti mated IncrcnEO In the value of the land jyhen placed under Irrigation , $25,278.376. DKGCUIPTIO.V OF THE DISTRICTS , The act of 1895 authorized the establish ment of Irrigation districts so that n terri tory occupying a common watershed could vote bonds to establish a common ditch. Some of thu districts mentioned were formed for the purpose of purchasing the old dltchfs , so 'that whore necessary they could bo lengthened and strengthened so as to b'o more nccessablo and more valuable to the people within the confines of the district. The Irrl. gallon districts organized previous to De cember 30 , 1897 , were ns follows : Custor county , thrco : Douglas Grove , Lillian and Middle Loup ; bonda , voted , $157- 000 ; lands to bo covered , 53,000 acres. Oarllehl county , two : Forks and Willow Springs ; bonds voted , $39,800 ; lands to be covered , 15,000 acres. Keith county , one : Alfalfa ; bonds voted , $32,000 ; lands to be covered , 5,500 acres. Kotth and Done ! counties , one : Western ; bonds voted , $25,000 ; lands to bo covered , 14,000 ncnt ) . Lincoln county , thrco : Maxwell and IInuly Island , Gaslln and Suburban ; bonds voted , $133,000 ; lands to bo covered , 32,300 ncrrs. Lincoln and Dawson counties , one : Kin- coin and Dawxnn county Irrigation district ; bonds voted , $275,000 ; lands to bo covered , 32,000 ncriei. Sootts Illuff county , one ; Goring ; bond * voted , $115,000 ; lands to be covered , 20,000 acres. Scotts Illuff and Cheyenne counties , one : Kidney and Bladder Troubles Quickly Cured You May Have a Sample Bottle of th ; Great Discovery Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Sent Free by Mail. Men and women doctor their troubles go often without benefit , that they get dis couraged and skeptical. In most such cases Bortous mistakes are made In doctoring and In not knowing what our trouble Is or what makes us sick. Thu unmistakable evidences of kidney trouble are pain or dull ache lit tbo back , too frequent desire to pass water , scanty supply , smarting Irritation , Au kid ney disease advances tbo face looka sallower or palo , puffs or dark circles under the eyes , the feet ewcll and sometimes the heart aches badly. Should further evidence bo needed to IIml out the cause of sick ness , then oot urine aside for twenty-four hours ; If there U a sediment or settling It la also convincing proof that our kidneys and bladder need doctoring. ( A fact often overlooked Is that women Buffer as much from kidney and bladder trouble as men do. do.Dr. . Kilmer's Swamp Root Is tbo discov ery ot the eminent physician and scientist nd la not recommended for everything , but trill be found Juit what U needed In cise Farmers' Irlrgatlon district ; amount ot bond * voted and lands to be covered not yet reported , ( IOSSIP KIIO.U THU STATH MOt'SK. Apiillcntliiitx from Nrlirnnkn. School * for .S'iu-i | nl HIP lxtiiNltloti. | LINCOLN , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) The appll- catluifl from the schools of Nebraska for space In the educational exhibit at the ex- ( icnltlon arc now all In and on flic at the office of the ztato superintendent. School employing a total of 2,239 teachers have ap plied for fipacc. Tlirpo applications come from 2D3 rural districts , 178 graded ochoolu , 8 state Institutions , 5 private schools , 4 denominational ochools and 1 Chautauqua. The rural nchools employ 293 teachers ; graded schools , 1.C96 ; the state Institutions , IC'i , and. the private and denominational. 53. Although the applications for space can no longer be received. Interest In the edu cational exhibit la Increasing In all parts of the state , nnd a largo number of schools are sending representatives to Lincoln to get liolntera and pcreocal Instructions as to how to collect and arrange the exhibits. Today a delegation came down from Friend , con- s'stlng ot Superintendent Sams of the city schools , the oatlro corps of teachers and over fifty pupils. They spent the day In exam ining Into the plans of exhibits , and In vUltlng the state Institutions. The Frlccid schools will try for one ot the pennants at the exposition. Prof. Clark ot the Peru Normal school was at the elate house today on educational business. The Cuban HeHcf commission hag received a donation of $6.75 from the Epworth league of Loup City. The leagucra there held a debate on the Culon question , charged ad mission at the door , and gave the commis sion one-hiilf of the door receipts , The following notaries were commissioned today : Jrsslc II. IlnnicEs , Omaha ; S. L. Stlchter , llaetlngiV. ; . \V. Wood , Lincoln ; II. II. James , Wayne ; h. M. Graham , Stock- vllle ; James C. Manley , Lincoln ; J. C. Faught. Phillips ; W. 11. Wallace , Kxcter. Requisition papers have been Issued for H. Ilenoett Woodson , all-is E. H. Wilma. who Is under arrest at Milwaukee , and Is wanted In Omaha for forgery. The Hugh 'McCaffrey real estate company of Omaha filed articles of Incorporation today , with a capital stock of $100.000. The Incor- poratoto nre Hugh McCaffrey , Owen McCaf frey and W. M. liuahman. The Epworth League assembly Is to be held at Lincoln this year providing $1,500 Is raised to cover the expenses of fitting up | the grounds. The lornl committee of the j league hns already raised $750 , nnd at .1 , meeting of the Young Men's Hoard of Trade i last night the other $750 was pledged. In the suit wherein Mrs. Amanda Snyder nsked $15,000 damages against the city o : j Lincoln , the jury returned a verdict Into I last night , finding that the plaintiff was t I resident of Nebraska and not of Kansas ns 1 elated In her pctit'on , and that therefore : the proper place for her suit Is In the dir.- I trlct court of Ijincaster county. Mrn. Sny- I der was In Kansas sixteen diys last fall , bu : ' having retained her rooms In this city , UK ' jury decided that she was atlll a citizen of Nebraska. , A match' shoot occurred at the grounds of ' the Lincoln Gun club yesterday afternoon between George 1) ) . Slmpklns and George L Carter. 'The match for $25 a side was won by Mr. Carter In both the contest for live birds and for targets. He- got nineteen livi birds out of twenty-five to Mr. Slmpklns ten. nnd out of fifty targets he hit tort- ; against Mr. Slmpklu's twenty-seven. 'ii federal court today Judge Mungcr ren- , dcred a decision la the demurrer In the co/se of J. H. Mcoerve apilnst 1C. 1C. H-i > - ' 'cn. receiver of the Capitol National Lank The suit vnta originally begun by J. S. Bin- lev whei : he WDS state treasurer to compel the receiver to file the claim of the otitc against the tonic. Attoiney Ge-.cr-il Sr-iyth last year filed an amende , ! pctltlcii cubsti- tutinK the name of Meocrve for that of Bart- ley. The demurrer was to the effect that I the action could not to brought In the r.a.tic i of the state treasurer. Judge Mungcr sun- 1 tailed the demurrer. The attorney gener-il will Hie a new petition , bringing the Milt M the name of the stite of Nebraska. The receiver las In his hands about $35,000 to be turned over to the state when the claim la finally adjudicated , being a dividend on the original depojlt of state money In the t-'He hen the failure took place. Omaha people at the hotels : At the Lln- dcll C. M. Wllcox , 13. J. Anderson. Ed. W. Wrag , II. O. Frcderlrksan. F. L. Crone , F. L Lewis. At the Lincoln M. F. Kllng , W. C. Ilrooks , I. M. Campbell , W. D. Eck , M. A. Hall , John L. Webster , Mrs. W. C. Brooks. TO CMA.\ lip CITY"POLITICS. . , liiiMiIii 'It < | iiililliiii.s Organize wltli ( lint Kml In VI civ. LINCOLN , Feb. 5. ( Special Telegram. ) j About 100 prominent republicans , represent ing the better element of the party In this city , met at republican headquarters tonight and organized a now club to bo known as the "Hamilton club. " The object of the ! now organization 1 ? to clear up the corrup- I tlon that exists In the politics of this city ! and to place the party In better hands. It is also expected to have the club extend over the whole state. Seventy-eight charter members signed the constitution , paying $10 each aa admission fee. Many speeches were made condemning the mm who , In the name of republicanism , have got control of the municipal affairs , * and a determination was expressed to have n general houre cleanIng - Ing within the party in this county. The ofliccrs of the new club nro : C. II. Gere , president ; E. P. Holmes , lirst vice president ; J. P. Mnule , second vice president ; E. R. Sizer , secretary ; A , W. Field , treasurer. Executive committee : Charles 0. Whcdon , John P. Mnulc , A. W. Field , J. W. John son , G. M. Lamhcrtsan. Roscoe Pound and E. P. Holmes. A public meeting will be called some time next week for a full discus. slon of the present sad condition of muni cipal affairs. School SliuiilNVII. . WEST POINT. Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) J , W. Crabtrco , state inn.ector ; of the high schools on the State university accredited list , examine , ! the West Point High school last Friday , and was well pleased with Its condition and standing. The Merchants' carnival , to be presented next Thursday night , February 10 , In Kmjse'a hall , promUcn to bo the most novel enter tainment ever presented by local talent. Over fccty-four different btialnefs firms ore repro- eontcd , and the program abounds In original novoltlc3. Several farmers living In the vicinity of western 'Bismarck ' township received the fere- part of the week live pedigreed Hereford bulls. The fine animals wore divided among MesECfl. Wlechmsn , Clatanolf und Stlgge. \Vi-Nl Point Court \otc-H. WEST POINT. Neb. . Feb. 5. ( Special. ) Judge Evans on Monday opened a term of district court here. The case ngalnat Fritz Elsanger resulted In Elranger being found guilty , nnd the Judge Beiitenced him to sixty days' ImprlBoi.ment , with every fifth day to eutMlst on bread and water , and to pay all costs of iirosccutlon. The case against Bar- of kidney and bladder disorders or troubles duo to weak kidneys , such as catarrh of the bladder , gravel rheumatism and 1) ) rig tit's Disease , which Is tbo worst form of kidney trouble. It corrects Inability to hold * urine and smarting in iiosslng It , and promptly overcomes that unpleasant neces sity of being compelled to get up many times during the night. The mild and extraordinary effect of tula , great remedy Is soon re alized , U stands the highest for Its wonderful cures , Sold by druggists , prlco fifty cents and one dollar. So universally successful is Swamn-Itoot In quickly curing oven the most distressing cases , that to prove Its wouderful merit , you may have a sample tiottlo and a hook of valuable Information both sent absolutely free tiy mall , upon re ceipt of thrco two-cent etamps to cover cost of postage on the bottle. Mention The Omaha Sunday Bee and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co , , Blnghamton , N , Y , This generous offer appearing in this toper U a guarantee of genuineness. ncy Lampe was nollled because the complainIng - Ing witness bad lott the country , Lamoe la now free again. In the case of McKlrahan Against Scfinentchcln and Koch , tto jury was out all last Wednesday night and all Thurs day. About 5 o'clock last evening the Judge celled the Jury in and ascertained that a ver dict \vns Impossible to bo arrived at and dis charged the Jury. In the case of Baer against Lolsy , the Jury brought In a verdict of $2,300 for the plaintiff. In the case of James W. Shearer against Cumlng County , Shearer's attorney made explication for a continuance , which was granted upon certain affidavits. The wee of Cumlng County against Shearer will como up next week. Court will adjourn tonight until next Monday to clear rue docket. nt HASTINGS. Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) Mayor Evans has appointed a Cuban relief committee to secure food and clothing to send to the Cuban sufferers. The committee Is composed of Messrs. A. H. Cramer , W. M. Lowman and C. P. Slic-aff. Postmaster Halm bs placed Edward W. Bextcn in the postofflce as mailing clerk to succeed Adna McDonald. Judge Burton addressed the students of Ulastlngs college Thursday morning In the college chapel. He spoke for nearly an hour upon "The Indian Policy of the United States and that of Great Britain Contrasted. " There will be a big railroad men's meetIng - Ing tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at Gcr- mania hall.V. . H. Waterman of Lincoln will address the meeting. His subject will be "Mind Your Own Business. " The work on the two fourtcen-lnch wells nt the city water works Is completed , as they have been put down to a depth of SCO feet. The engine nnd nlr-llfting machines Imvo arrived nnd are being put in place. It will only be n few days until everything will bo In running , order and first-class shape at the water works. I.munition nl ll HASTINGS. Nob. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) A suit hns been brought by the city of Hast ings against Charles II. Dietrich to compel the defendant to pay paving taxes on lot 13 , block 18. The ro > son Mr. Dietrich has re fused to pay paving taxes on the lot Is because l\o notified the city council when the pavement was being put In that tlie brick used were Inferior to those the city had contracted for and ho demanded that the contractor be compelled to use the brick thnt the contract called for. Mr. Dietrich's de mands were not heeded and , therefore , he refuses to pay his paving taxes. Mrs. Hnttlo Chrlstenscn has filed suit in the district court , praying for a divorce from her husband , Christopher Ohrlstensen , who was sentenceJ to the penitentiary about n yo.r ngo on the charge of embezzlement from the Deerlng Harvesting company , Hoot IOIIKI-ri Si-n tr nerd. DAKOTA CITY , Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) Harry Rasdall , William Brown , William Phillips and n man giving his name as "Dutehy , " nil of Homer , were placed under arrest by Deputy United States 3iirahal Allan yesterday , and taken before United States Commissioner Sloan to answer to the charge of selling liquor to the Indians. Ilasdall gnvo bonds and continued his case. Brown wns adjudged not guilty and Phllllpn and "Dutehy" were given sixty days each In the Jail at Omaha. Rome Summers Is serving out a ton days' sentence In the county jail , Imposed upon him by County Judge Ryan on complaint .of C. Austin , charging him with stealing sev eral bushels of sweet potatoes last summer. Tim parties Interested are all residents of Walker's Island. Kiiii'moiinteN. . EMERSON , Ne.b. . , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) The Swedish Lutherans have organized n society here. Regular i-ervlces are conducted by Rev. Svvanburg of Oakl.-ind. A. Mciecnian , living north of tow.ii. Is the first fanner living near hero to experiment with alfalfa. Ho made thrco cuttings and the crop averaged four Ions to the acre. Parties from Norfolk tryliiR to make con- Lvcta for sugar ibcets for this season ore finding that the farmers arc strenuously ob jecting to the clause In which the irjgar company rays It will pay 50 cents a ton less hi case Hawaii Is annexed. S. E. Cobb of this place , chairman cf the executive committee of the N'crtb Nebraska Editorial association , has made elaborate ar rangements for entertaining that body , which meets hero this month. ( iriiml iNlnuilOIVM. . GRAND ISLAND. Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) Fifteen men were discharged at the local Union Pacific shops last night. Frank Knoffko , a snloon keeper or Repub lican City , was brought hero this morning by Deputy United States Marshal Barber and erralgned before United States Commissioner Bode on the charge of selling liquor without a license. Knoffke wa.s bound over under $1,500 bond , falling to secure \\tilch he has been taken to the Douglas county Jail to await trial at Omaha. A pleasant family reunion will take place tomorrow at the home of E. Sorensen of this city. Ills father , P. M. II. Sorenaon of Omaha , coming out to flpc-nd the day and celebrate his SOth birthday anniversary. ONIOII | Woodmen KiitcHiiin. OSCEOLA , Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Sijcclal. ) Thurs. c iy evening the Modern Wcodmen of America gave tho'r annual banquet to members and friends and their families. Each member of the order was permitted to invite two friends and the spacious court room wns taxed to Ha utmost capacity to accommodate all who availed themselves of the Invitation extended. A bountiful rcpaat liad been prepared and covers were laid for 350 diners. After the supper a fine musical nrsgram was rendered by the Stromsburg Mandolin club , followed by a highly leitcrcstlng and instructive talk on woodcraft by Hon. C. A. Atkinson of Lin coln. llcIiloitM WAKEFIELD , Nob. , Fob. 5. ( Special. ) The Golden Rod creamery at this place will begin taking cream about March 1. A movement In being made to hnve the school board call an election to vote bonds for thu putposo of erecting a new school 'building. ' Several republican papers have brought out the name of Hon. II. P. Shumway of thta place ns n candidate for the nomina tion for governor. MosErs. L , Dlltz and Almond Anderson Imvo 'purchased the Crane farm near hero for $5,000 , or $31.25 per arre. I'li-iiNiint Family Ill-union. AUBURN , Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. ) Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harmon of this city cele brated the eevonty-fifth anniversary of Mr. Harmon's birth yesterday with a public re ception and family reunion. From 3 to 5 o'clock In the afternoon Mr. and Mr . Hhr- mon , assisted by the other members of the family , held n public reception and mat their friends and neighbors at tlielr residence In this city. There arc living thirteen child ren and twenty graml-chlhlren , nil of whom were present nt this reunion. X MV Wooiliii of tin- World WESTON. Nob. , Fob. 5. ( Special. ) Joseph Wolfe of Omaha , deputy organizer , organized a camp of Woodmen of the World at this place this week olllcei'cd as follows : John Bugler , C. C. ; James Paser. A. L. ; John Brlch. II , j Louis Bllan , C. ; Arthur Mack , E. Kflll-MIV. ' lll-lllN. KENBSAW , Neb. . Fob. 5. ( Spo.'lal. ) Ton entertainment given by the Christian En deavor society here laet night was a success financially. This Is probably the only town In the state that has not had a oine of Klondike fever. sii.-rirr win t HIiii , BLAIR , Neb. , Fob. 5. ( Special Telegram. ) Sheriff Mcnlnko received two bloodhounds from Homoivllle , O. , tolay by express. Hereafter lie proposes to use them In track. ing thieves and criminals In Washington and the adjoining counties. i\ii m I HIT Wllkoii sii ( „ Omvfuril. LINCOLN. Fob , 6. ( Special Telegram. ) The Grablo bank at Crawford failed to opoa Its doors yesterday. The State Banking board eont Kzamolcr Wilson there last night and he now has the Institution in charge , Ui-arliiK Set for At o inlay. HASTINGS , Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special Tele gram. ) H. Herman , who was arreuted yesterday - terday for negotiating a fictitious draft , will have bis bearing Jlocday before County Judge Bowen , SCOTS' ' ROAR1N'V1NTE11 ' \ GAME j- ; - Curling Takes Firm Holih aft Omaha's Exiled Scotchmtji | COLD DAYS PUT IN Wl' STANE AND BESOM Uriel llcNcrliillan of llit i A < f tnic thai HulilH Mi-ii All Day on. the Ice Dexjilte of Ooll | ' or UuiiKcr. i VJ The game of curling wns so' ' entirely new to this locality on Its Introduction a few months ago that It was looked upon as a strange and curious thing , the terms and purposes of which were hidden from the understanding of the average American. The nttractlon ot It was acknowledged , how ever , when It was observed that men were willing to stand on the ICe all day , dinnerless - loss , without thought of hunger or cold. The canio has been played so constantly on the lagoon since thnt time that It has como to bo an object of nn Intelligent public In terest nnd people are beginning to under stand what Is meant by channel stones , crumpets ( flat pieces o ! Iron with spurs to brnco the fed ) and , the " "besoms so green , " with which the rink Is swept. The Omaha Curling club was organized about two months no nnd has grown tonn \ organization of about forty members. H has an abundant supply of stones and other equipment and Is In the habit of meeting for play on Saturday afternoons and often during the week If there has been "cauld , cnuld , frosty weather , " sullliicnt for their purpose. The membership Is made up en tirely of natives of the land of cnkea and curlers nnd for the most part of Gordon clansmen. All of them are enthusiastic nnd many experts , nnd all unite In the pralso oi the game as a promotvr of mental en joyment , bodily health and the best of good fellowship. The club has lately begun ne gotiations for a charter from the Hoyal Caledonian Curling club , with headquarters at Edinburgh , Scotland. The only member of that international body at present la the city is P. L. Forgan , vice president of the Omaha club , who has thd grip and pass word 01' the Caledonian club as well ns lour medals won nt different contests. DATA OF TUB GAME. The Caledonian Curling club Is nn ex- tonslvo organization with branches all over the world. In all .there nro not less th&n 500 societies which nro adlllated with the central body , fifty of which are In the prov ince of Ontario , Canada. In Scotland almcat every parish has Its club , which meets In occasional contests , nnd annually there Is n great game , scml-natlcoal in character , be tween teams north and south of the Hirer forth. An annual U published under the direction of thd club giving the rules of the game and lists of members , together with curling aongs nml other literature connected with the game. n As outlined In the rujethe game is played on e rink a few yan'a wide ' and for > : y- two yarJs long. The engine's arc round Blcncs , which weigh about fortj- pounds and are fitted with handles for their better pro pulsion. The stoniv ; are hurled along the Ice , and It Is the object of each player to cover the goal , or tee , or to He as close as posrlble. Frequently henay / consider that Ilia stcnc Is a "winner" > vhcn a rival mis sile "up the rink like Jehu roars" and ruins the results of his care and skill. About the tco arc circles to a raJlus , of ipvcn feet and a stone must lie within. thu outermost In order to hnve n chance of counting. One- slx'th of the distance from each 'tee ' Is marked a hog line , which denotes thu division bc - yond which stones exhibiting a pig-like lag- gaidntcs are cast aside js obstructions to the game. Curling inay'ho played by two participants , but ordinarily ' tiere are four on each side , two hurling' plther end for a total score of 21. Each side is In charge of a nklp , who keeps the score and gives ad vice , directing when to "soop It up , " by the vigorous application of a .broom In front of the approaching stone and warning the sweeper to declst when "It will be too soon here. " Thcie are a number of difficult plays In the game , the accomplishment of which go to distinguish n player ns a master and ( sometimes as "the king o' a' the core. " Among these "wlcklng" or "inrlnglns" takes the first rank. It Is adopted when an op- ponent'o winning stone Is hedged about by others. "This play , " wrote Sir Richard nroun , hart. , "tho prettiest and most scien tific point , In the game , Is to take the spot and leave yourself 'behind ' the rampart when to all appearance the winner was Impregna ble. Jt Is done by taking an Inner angle off p. slilo shot In such a manner ns to change and direct the course of your stone upon the olio to be projected. " Another difficult play is termed "rebutting. " On an occasion when on opponents stone Is PO securely protected that It is Impossible to dislodge it by ordi nary means the skip directs hn ! man to "put plenty of powder In your horn , " and the stone is sent along the rinks with tre mendous force , dlslolgng : ! everything In Its path and occasionally ending a "winner. " ALMOST AS OLD AS GOLF. Curling In Its present maturity Is the re sult of a long evolution. There Is a record of Its exhtenco for many hunJrcd years. In a description iby C.iraden of the Orkney Isles In 1C07 he says that one of the Islands supplies "plenty of excellent stones for the game called curling. " The game ban been so closely Interwoven with Scotch history since that time thmt It is as much a Scot tish pnstlmo as the "rough bur thistle" la the national emblem. In the old days be fore Eannochburn the ptones were misshapen pranlto blocks bored to let In the thumb of the primitive curler. Of-nlan , who flourished about the second century , Is even quoted aa cognizant of the ancient game , and the quo tation Is made half seriously. "Fly , son of Morven , fly , amid the circle of stones. Swarcn bends at the stone of might. " Sonic excellent curling verse has boon written by Scottish hards , principally liy Burns and the Ettrlok Shepherd. One spirited curling poni ; 11 written to the air of "Come Under My Plaldle. " and Is as follows : A' nlcht It wns freezln' . a' nlcht I was "Tale care. " quo' the.wife , "gudeman , o' your cough. " A fig for the sneczln' . hurrah for the free/ln' , . , For the day wo'ro topiny the bonsplel on the loch ! , , . . Then get up , my brnwi leddy , the hroakfaHt mak" rendy , For the * nun on the snow drift'sbeglnnln Glo me bannocks or brothnri I'm nff to the loehan 'r -IJ . . To mik' : the stnnos nee to the "T" o the rink. 11 c ,1 Then hurrah for the ciirjliasj frao. Glrvnn to Hurrah "for the Inil ho bosom nnd Ktnno. - Headv. nee ! Seep it Jtip-/Clap ! n guard ! Steady , nee ! on" > . , Oh. purling abuno a' J ) games stands nlane ! Tbo Ice it Is. splendid , U ranna be mended ; Llko n glass yo can ylpvi-'r In 't un1 Fhave nff your beard. 1t , , , j om tt ti < n I di it i It's n hlh } mark tyfa Tn > x * ' Shoo ; man has set upon ounimists' nenu'.ne calf skin school shoes-ami why not ? \V < > know thpy nro genuine calf nkln and that they are nil'we claim for them the ld''al winter and sprlnn shoe- heavy soles not clumsy hut a neat and dressy lace or button shoo the misses' sixes lli { . to U are ? lno-chlld'ri six.cs I ) to 11 , $ l.'jr niul we are positive , and so will you he when you see thi'in , that nowhere else can you gut such value for so little money. , Drexel Shoe Co. , 1410 FAUNA.U STREET An' see how they Kalther , comln' owrc the brown halther The mnlster nnd servants , the tenant nnd laird. There's brnw J. O. Palrlle , he's there late nml early , Better curlers than he or Hugh Conn eannn be. Wl' the Inds frno Kllwlnnln' they'll send the stnnes pplnnln' Wl' a whurr nnd n curr. till they sit roun' the "T. " SCirAUPUIl IlKPIi.iTS SI.OSSO.V. WUnril Win * n ProHy Onino of Unlit- I.ltio IIUltnrilN. N'E\V YOnK.Keb. 6. With the victory of the Amerlcnn championship gnmo nt clghteen-lnch balk line billiards almost within his grasp George Slosson wns de feated tonight l y Jake Schnefcr of Chicago by a score of 000 points to M-O points nt Madi son Square Garden concert hall. Score : Schaefer-0 , 2 , 0. 0. 11 , S3. 0 , 0 , 11 , U. 1 ! > . 0. 0 , 42 , 1 14. 66. 0 , 0. C , 3. 0 , 7. W. 10 , 11. 1 , 0. 1 , 0. 0. 1. 7 , 6 , 14 , 1 , 3 , 7. 2 , 1 , C , 3 , 1. 0 , 14 , 3 , 0 , 5 , 0. 0 , 0 1 , 0. 0 , t , 0 , 12 , I. 1 , 0 , 5S , 0. 4 , Si. 0 , 0. 0 , C , 1 , 11 , 11. S. 3 , 2 , 1 , 0 , 7S , 3. 0. 3 , 24-COO. Average. 7 11-27. Total , 000. Slosson-0 , 2 , 5 , 0 , 25 B. D , 1. 0 , 1 , 2. 1 , 2. in. 0 , 9 , 20 , 7 , 0 , 1. 4 , 0 , 6. 2 , 2 , 0 , 1C , 7 , 0. 28. 6 D , 9 , 12 , 16 , 7 , 0 , 0 8. 2.1 , 2 , 0. 21 , 1 , 20 , 8 , 4. 10 , 0 , 2 , 1 , 4 , 2 , 23 , 20. 9. 3 , 6 , 19 , fi. 2 , 7. Ifi , 3 , 0 , 19 , 1. 1 25 , 2 , 17 , S3. t2 1 , 0 , 1 , 0 , 3 , 0. 31-r.OG. Average , 7 9-20. Total , &M. AXSOX IM'TS A STOP TO IIHNUFITS. Siiyn tlu > Public OUK Him \otlilnur a nil Hi- IKol n I'liupor. CHICAGO. Feb. 6. "I refuse to accept anything In the shnpe of n gift. The public owes mo nothing. I nm not old , nnd nin no pauper. I can enrn my own living. Be sides that , I nm by no means out of base ball. " Such Is the declaration made by former Captain-Manager Adrian C. Anson today. 1'art of It came In the form of n letter to A. G. Spaldlng , and was read at the meetIng - Ing at the Chicago Athletic association to establish an Anson testimonial. Unions Anson can be Induced to reconsider , which I.H not likely , the matter is at an end. Ainntfiir llllllnril Toiiriinnicnt. All amaiteur handicap billiard tournament for the championship of Nebraska will be nn attraction at Feley's rooms on Douglas street this week. W. A. Travers , John A. Murphy nnd Fred Peyton will play ISO points eac'i , J. 1C. Ucrry and Arthur Hoff man , 123 points each , and Homer Kirk , 115 points. The llrst game will be Monday afternoon , with Murphy and Peyton as the contoHtnntn. Hoffman and Hcrry will play Monday night , and In addition Fred Pey ton will give an exhibition of fancy pool. Tlie winner of the tournament will re ceive a handsome gold medal , cmblenia.Mc of the Htato championship , and a fancy cue will go to fie second man. 'I'll ; ITS iiro ( n Caiiliiln. ritlNOKTOX , X. J. . Feb. 3-At n meeting of the men who participated In the Yale- Princeton foot ball game last November Addlfon W. Kelly of New York was elected captain of the Princeton eleven for the com ing year. This action was taken In view of the fact that John Jlalrd , who was * re < ; j2Jly elected to the position , owing to 111 health was compelled to resign. Iliirvnril lllNC Hull Scln'iliili' . CAMBRIDGE , Mass. , Feb. 3. The revised Fchcdti'e of games for the Harvard base ball team has been completed and the south ern tour has been so arranged that begin ning with the game with the University of North Carolina the team will have a ganu with some college nine .every week day th it It Is away from home. The Yale t'ntos an undecided. Tmiuuy It > tin ( u Mi > ot MrC"oy. SAN FRANCISCO , Feb. fi. Tommy Ryan of Sy Mouse , who Is here to meet Go.Tge . Green ( Youns ? Corbett ) on February 2. , , In a twenty-round contest , signed articles today at the Instance of the Natlon.il Athletic club for a twenty-round go i.vlth Kid Mc Coy for the middleweight championship and a purse of $7uOO. Moi'llnt ; < o AwHnl ( lnlni'.v Kriint'lilsc. ST. JOSEPH , Mo. , Feb. 5. There will be a meeting of the Western Association of Base Bull clubs at Burlington , la. , next Tuesday for the purpose of selecting , a member to flll the vacancy made by the withdrawal of Qulncy. The applicants are Sioux City , ItDok Island and Ottutmva. IliisUi-t Hull lit ll HASTINGS , Nob. , Feb. 5.-Speclal ( Tele gram. ) A hotly contested game of basket ball was played this afternoon nt the col lege athletic grounds. The Juniors defeated the Sophomores by a f ere of 3 to 4. There was a large attendance. CoiilliifH lloolvN ( o the ItniM * Trm'U. FRANKFORT. Ky. , Fob. S.-Tho Brons- ton peal room bill passed the senate today and was sent to the house. The bill not only makes pool selllnci n felony except on race courses but excludes foreign books even from there. i , oviit. PICOPHKTY. J ( ru jKl . > for I'OKNOMHloii of Vnliinltle I'livi'lopr Miu-lilncM The participants to the suit of the Car penter Pnper Comprny agalnut the Western Envelope Company spent an uneasy night In the effort to get the contested property out of the city and In the serving of re straining orders for the prevention thereof. DIP property consists of a considerable quantity of 'machinery for the manufacture of envelopes and IKS been the object of a prolonged litigation. The machines were originally bought by the Western Envelope company under a chattel mortgage for $3,700 , which was held by the Carpenter Paper company. Payments bccatno duo anu * It Is claimed were not met , for which cause the Carpenter Paper com pany brought a replevin suit to regain pos session of the property. The Western En velope company obtained a writ preventing the plaintiffs from foreclosing , and as > the coirpany was observed to bo packing the ma. ehlncry preparatory to shipment another order w .s obtained by the Carpenter Paper company restraining the defendants from in any way making ) over or transferring the property to ether parties. The next move on the part of the defendants was to offer In court the amount of the mortgage with Interest , praying for a release of the goods. This was gp'.nted and permission was given to Frank R. Nollmnn cf Ccntralia , 111. , to load the goods on cars. This was at tempted shortly after midnight this morning and a gang of twenty 'men .wore put to work. In tills extremity the Carpenter Paper company was not found without u weapon and an order was served by At torney Hurbanks annulling the order of re lease and leaving the property still tied up. The matter will be brought up In Judge Scott's court tomorrow. HIMI ) I'd It l > ASSI\i A IIAI ) HIM , Urw. ( "IIITiiril Worked n Cunci-lril War rant on n CJroi'ory Store ClrrU. The capture was made In South Omaha yo.iterday of a woman named Clifford , who Is charged wltfi passing a canceled otate war rant for $10 upon the Munro Grocery com pany about a week ago. The woman was Identified by the cltvk upon whom the bill had been i. asscd , anil who was able to give the description that resulted in her capture. Mrs. Clifford's husband was arrested In he- connaciy , and will bo held pending an In vestigation. The Cliffords are strangers in this vicinity , and eay they Imvo recently ssni'j from Ixmlsvllle , Ky. , anil mere latterly from Chicago , Mrs. Clifford claims to bo In DON'T LET PREJUDICE KILL YOU There should foe no prejudice against genuine physicians who employ business methods in their practice Legitimate advertising in med icines protects the people against shams and humbugs. There Is a vaM difference between "ad vertising doctors" nnd physicians who ad vertise. Under the hend of "ndvortlslnB doctors" nro Included nil thnt clnss of un principled nnd unscrupulous men usually uneducated nnd Ignorant who prey upon the sick and untortuimte. Their wny lire only too well known to need ilracrlptton. They nre , aa n nile , often transient , travel ing from place to place , Irresponsive nnd unprincipled , Tncy promise miracles , nnd by their plausibility and cunning extort large sums of money from fhc poorer classes nnd those who can lenst afford to bo robbed. There nre physicians who ndvcrtlso , genuIne - Ine physicians nnd specialists , wiio have fulfilled nil the regular requlrmcntn of medical study and practice , who hnvo passed through the usual course of medical coltejro nnd hospital study , nnd who have devoted their lives to certain lines oC prac tice confining themselves to these special lines , Tnelr experience and their study 1ms Riven them1 special and pre-eminent skill In them , and they choose the dally papers us n means of letting the public know their specialties nnd their success. As consci entious physicians , and as honorable men , they believe In advertising. . .Tho legitimate advertising of genuine and skillful physicians und specialists Is the most effective safeguard the publlo has against medical frauds nnd hmnbUHS. Standing In contrnst with 'the ndvertls- ments of physlclnns nnd specialists , who give their names , their credentials , their record , w"ho " offer fair nnd plain evidence of their responsibility , their tralnln ? , their skill , the advertising of fakirs and medical adventurers Is almost n printed confession of their lack of responsibility and their bogus character. Hy their very contrast may the public judge between the genuine and the pretended. Dr. Shepard and his associates believe that If every physician put his name and credentials In ( he papers , stating where he graduated , how long 'he studied , where and how he practiced , and to whom lie can refer as to having cured , there would be less humbug In the practice of medi cine , fewer malpractice cinos. : Again we saw : don't let prejudice kl'l ' you. Broken-down Women and the Home Treatment. MRS. Jl'LlV PARKS , I'ROSSKR. XKI1. . WHITING TO DR SHKPAlin OF HICK RESTORATION TO HKALTH UY THE MAIL , TREATMENT SAYS. MRS. JULIA PARKS , Prosper , Neb. . . "I wish to state here that my case Dee to be a hopeless one owing to female weak ness and a complete breaking down of the whole nervous system. I also cinlracttd a bad catarrhal disorder that seemed to Collier Ms Poison on tinSlomncli , killing all digestion and nourishment of the body. The doctors said I had ulcers and i some went so far as to call It cancer of the J stomach. Anyhow , I was a great sufferer , and through starvation nnd pain became re duced to a skeleton. Abjut this time I began reading about the liclp women were getting from the S'.iepard Home Treatment. I decided to put myself upon a course at once. I had been under different doctors' en M' for 15 years , but thought I'd try again. The reu't ' Is that I am better t'hnn ' I've been for 30 years. I've discharged my hired gin nnd am doing my own work. In health , strength' ' and comfort I'm all right nnd am entirely cured of my nervous disease , dys pepsia and local trouble. " Way Down in Indiana. W. II. Cason , La Fayette , Ind. , In the tbe theatrical business. She was placed In the county Jail on the charge of jxisslng counterfeit money , and her husband , James Clifford , Is In the city Jail at South Omaha. The womnti entered the store of the Munro Grocery company at noon when the clerk wns left alone nnd was engage. ! with several cus tomers. She hurriedly made some small pur chases and left , receiving $ U.40 In change. The bill bad been Issued by the state of Tcn- res2C9 and had been canceled a number of yearn ago. The live holes made by the can celing cunch had been carefully covered over with piper of a similar material , and the warrant presented the ci-ciearance of a good | 10 bill. HliTlrlo I.ililillliK- lliirtliiKton. H.VRTINOTON , Neb. , Feb. 5. ( Special. } Last night the contract for a $3,000 electric light plant was let to E. C. Largess. Opera , tlons will ho commenced at once. ShiM-p for Oiiinliiu DUNCAN , Neb. , Feb. 5 , ( Special. ) Otto Kohler will ship part of his sheep to th- : Dinaha market Sunday evening. Coilt Cni'H with llio .Mini. John Carlson of 19H Webster street re ported last night that he had befriended a young man who had proved untrue to the shoe busings ut 71 South Side Square , "I1 nin free to say fiom my own personal experience nnd Of My Onn I'ornonut Ktintvlrduo thnt the SMepnrd home treatment will not only cure catarrh- Its worst and most offensive chronic form but thnt It will root the disease so thoroughly out of the sys tem us to make the cutv permanent. " 1 wns allllcted with the nhomlnnlile mnl- ndy for years , until my head and throat were In n most frightful condition nnd till my stomneh Boenu-d ruined nnd till my whole system seemed ( InliiK l'oiiiilr | IdIn 1'lccrx under Its fearful rot nnd poison. "T.int wan my condition when 1 wrote fern n SlH'p.ird symptom blank und began the home treatment. Seeing thnt I was rapid ly mending nnd stfi'ng ; < henlng under It , ( continued the course till I felt that I was really cured and thnt the catarrh was real ly gone elcnn out of my system. " Announcement In hrliifilng the notice of the public to my Static Klretrlo Mnchliip , 1 do not want It to be muleistrod that I use HI itrlclty as a euro-nil. It should only bo considered that the different forms of .s'atl-1 electricity as nilinlnlslerod by me , nrn us a rule curatlvo In chronic rheumatism , wasted muscle and nerve , nervous twllrhlngs , shaking palsy , paralysis , contracted musi-Io , general weak ness , ni'Uralphis In all forms , pi\lns , heart failure , lumbago , nervous headache , numb ness and coldness of p.irts , neurasthenia , weakness from l.i lirlppp , and many other physical ailments. C. S. SHKPAKU. M. O. WltlTK KOH TIIUM. imllcntH ni'i * ivolootitc lo onr ruinous CoiiNiiltnllon IlliinU * , Hint envoi' nil ilirouliNOMSO | | . Write for Ilioin unit KO | n I'roiami cnroful opin ion from plij Nlolium ivho ( rout liuii- ilriMlx of I-I < > Nor > month. Bronchial Catarrh Might Have Passed Into Consumption MRS , 13. M. 10RSKINK , ! WI2 CHAULKS STREET. WHOSK UCS11AND IS CITY SALESMAN FOR S. F. . . OILMAN , . . \VHOLKSALK FLOUR : "As far hack as I can remember 1 was never able to take. .1 full bro.ith of air Into my lungs , and was never free from a sonsp of heaviness and obstruction In my chost. I frequently coughed and spat up matter streaked with blood. My father's family was consumptive. My limns were always sore , and my breath so short tout 1 couldn't sweep n lloor , nor use my arms to Unead bread. I was miserably thin anil poorly nourished. . . "As soon as I liathPd my lungs In 1ho Medicated Vapors administered by I3r. Ship- nnl and took the constitutional remedies that the doctor proscribed , I Rained right along , even from my flr.-it treatment. H Is a gjod while since I llnlshcd t.ie course , and I am safe In saying that my health and strength are all I can desire. I was never so well and strong before. In my life , " C. S. Slini'.MII ) , M. I ) . , | | ronaultlng ami AHHooliitoH. j [ physicians. ROOMS 311. 312 & 313 NRW YORK LIFE BUILDING , OMAHA , NEU. Ofllco hours D to 12 a. in. ; 2 to 5 p. m , Kvenlngs Wednesdays and Saturdays only , 6 , to 8. Sundays , 10 to 12. 1 trust. The latter appealed to Carlson fir aid , and ho sheltered him In his homo and lent the stranger an overcoat when he expressed a desire to po down town. The young man never camn back. i YoloriuiN' ) loiiiiiiiiiitNNOolntlon. . A meeting of the association will be held tomorrow evening at the usual place to con sider matters of Importance * regarding the erection of the proxi < ed toldlors' monument In the Forest Lawn cemetery. A full at tendance Is requested , Holilic'il of Fourteen DollurH , Bartholomew Quesnoy , u miner from Weir City , Kan. , was assaulted nnd robbed of $ U lust nlKht on the railroad tracks a short distance Hou'.h of the city , FOllRCAS'l' KOIl TOIJAV'S \VK.1T1IKII. I'lirdy Clouily mill Wiirmor , \orlliorlj U'luilN. WASHINGTON , Feb. G. Forecast for Sun day ; For Nebraska Partly cloudy weather ; wanner In eastern portion ; Houthorly winds. For Iowa Fair , followed by Increasing cloudiness ; warmer , wnuthorly winds. For South Dakota Threatening weather ; colder In western portion ; variable winds. For Missouri Fair ; warmer ; variable winds , becoming .southerly. For Kansas Fair ; warmer ; oouthrly winds. We wo now showing In our now piano room u cliolcc si'U'ttlon of Hnby Cirnml 1'Innos In the nulnc roKcwocul Sun Doinlnp ) ninlio any quiirtur HIIWIH ] oalc and fancy walnut oases of Mich wull known niake.s as tln > Knalio , Kiniball anil Kranleh nnd Hat-It the nitiAleal ] K.Klc ) ] ) of Omaha and vlulnlly are thus affordi-il an oiipoi'tuiilly of wk-citlnj ; from much thu latwsl stork of Orand jilnnos ever shown In th ? w < lstVo nhow buHldus tlicso ever llfty tipriKht iiianos and Invite you to call. A. HOSPE , Music and Ar ! . 1513 Douglas It Isn't no bad If you nro obliged to lmv ( ! iirlllirlal teeth for we furnish a rt Ililn elastic plalc that look like your natural Uvth no omt else can fur nish thcso i > laIrs These thin elastic plates nro different from nny otlier.s they are llKht yet strong feel com- forlable and the action IK jK-rffct while your most Intimate friends would never guess they were not natural teeth We put a guarantee upon these teeth that relieves you of any chances-all this for $10-Wo make the ordinary kind for ? riM-better ( ) ones for $7.fiU-Yoii'vo probably paid $10 for the same thing- Lady attendant. BAILEY , 13 Yean 3d Floor I'axton THIr , Bxpurleuce , 10IU und Fur u BUL.