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THE OMAHA DAILY HKKi SUNDAY, MATUII 22. lOO.t. 11 (' BASE BALL MEN WAKING UP Days for the Fans Ara Coming Nearer and Plajon det Bmj. WESTERN LEAGUE OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING Ma nan ere Talk Aboit Their Trnma a4 F.atbaslaats Resin to llari Ice Before Their Favorite riayera. Qet a good lead. Watch hla arm. Bp ready, and ca down on tha first ball. It's hit and run from now on. All oyer tha country base ball players are getting Into condl.lon and bjso ball enthusiasts are on the top tension of expectancy, waiting for what will undoubt. dly prove the greatest year in the his tory of the national game. Right here at Omaha the Interest never was keener; none the less so because we have a little local mystery of our own, one that is bothprlnj Papa Bill as much as any of us. BUI knows who's going to catch, but neither he Dor any of tha other wise boys ran tell who's going to pitch. It's a cinch that Omaha will have some good pitchers if money ran buy them, and that Is about as far as aDy one can go In the matter just now. Other managers in the Western league are giving out their teams, and up to date none of them look very fierce. Den ver show up with about the same gang as last summer, barring Parke, the Umpire Eater. Tommy Delebanty la to be bosj of the bear pit this season, and if ta. sticks to his showing of last year, Omaha will have Just about the same sort of record with Denver. No trouble to br-it the Grizzlies In Omaha, but Impossible to touch them at Denver. Here's offering a big red apple against a doughnut that Pop Eyler doesn't win every garao he pitches against Omaha, this year. St. Joe Is to be ha nfl led by young Mr. Rohe, the false alarm who cavorted around third bass for the Joslea last year. That Is going to be a bad place for umpires, too, for, If memory serves, correctly, Mr. Rohe's chief clnira to distinction arises from his capiclty as a "kicker." At Des Moines they are work ing overtime, burning Incense before young Mr. Leary, the shortstop. They admit that Joe Dolan has some claim to the premier honors, but still hope to see Charley land first. Frank Shugart, who will start under the banner of Big Bill Wil son, over at Pee-o-ree, Is allowed third place by these prohibition fanatics, and the rest are nowhere. Hugh Duffy, Bill Ever Itt and Charley Nichols are following very much the lead of Bill Rourke, and are sim ply sawing wood and watting for the season to open before winning tho pennant. With these veteran managers at the head, at least four of the Western league teams will be equipped to put up first-class ball. Just what Bill Wilson will do as a manager can't even be guessed at. If he succeeds In keeping his collection of booze fighters sober enough to play he will have done a great work, and one that will entitle him to high standing in the list ot base ball Im pressarlos. One of the cheering announcements of the week was that Joe Cantlllon had de cided to talk no more. Eever since Joe went through Omaha laat fall at the head of hla barnstorming aggregation he has been as busy as a cranberry merchant, tell ing what he Intended to do. He began by signing all the atars ot the California league, and not one of them has reported at Milwaukee. Then he signed a lot. ot eastern stars and none of them have showed up to draw' pay . -checks with fha Havanor name at the bottom So It looks aa If Joe would have to start the racehi the Hlckey leagu. wlta v ratter ordinary bunch ot ball players, and none too strong In the support ef the Milwaukee public; It really looks as If Duffy la to have the bet ter of the argument In the Cream City next aeason. Just as he did laat. One big point In hla favor Is that A. W. Fteese has been removed from the position ot base ball ed itor of the Sentinel and this will Insure tho Western league at least an even break In the newa columna of the leading' Milwaukee paper This will help a great deal, tor last season the Western had to stand tor a lot ef unreasonable battering in the columns ot the Sentinel, In big league circles the gossip has been mainly over the probability of - Barney Dreyfuss and his syndicate buying out the Freedman-Brush combination In New-York. Something like this may be necessary,, tor Brush doesn't aeem to be at all Inclined to ( llv up to the letter of the Cincinnati peace ) agreement, not to speak ot Its spirit. Ban Johnson has secured bis grounds In New York City and has a big forcn of men at work getting the Held ready to play ball. When don he will have the finest base ball plant In the world. The Freedmanltes have thrown every possible obstacle into his' way, and these ar not a few, for Freed man la a power in New York, but Johnson saya he isn't worried now that he has the .lease signed up and IS willing to take his , I chances on having streets opened through hla park next summer. Another little ripple la shown by tha be havior of George Davis and Ed Delehanty. Davis Insists that he Is going to play with Muggby McGraw's outfit and brlebanty says he will play with Griffith's Uhm or not at all. And both of thorn Insist that they will collect the big salaries they were offered, play or no play. Harry I'ulllam and Ban Johnson have told this pair that they wtll play where they were assigned by the pease conference that . Is, Davis with Comlskey and Delehanty with Toai Uottus or they'll do no playing and wtll draw no pay. This situation is going to lead to another de elsloa on base ball players' contracts and the probabilities are that It will be In favor of the magnates and against the rubber legs. President Hlckey gave out his staff of umpires for the season laat week. The chief point in favor of them seems to ta that no one knows them. Denver gives them enthusiastic endorsement, but just wait till the Denver tesm loses a game on the home grounds.' The failure of the Hlckey-Sexton errand t the Pacific coast has been discounted and no one seem sto care to talk about It. It Is admitted out there that one side or the other will go broke on railroad fares early In the season, and everybody appears willing to wait and see. Another one, and a humdinger, according to all ef tha talk ot those who think they know. Is this new slab contortionist Papa Bill baa picked for a trial .rip with the toys. Aa a real vender of civ fes with all Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. (SZM THE raMILY CAN DY CATHARTIC toe BEST FOR Tarletlea of p"J t ! on l""1 rver, th-y nil declare. When h it at homo, op In Humphrey, the folks all call him Joe Oalaskl, but the nam If pretty hard to y. It til only Inat Thursday that he wss added to the lint ot trial trips that team I Using In making .Its number. Transporta tion was sent right out to him and he will Join the team on April 1. "People are beginning to realize that the team Is a permanent fixture." Papa BUI ssld tho other day, "and they give proof of their belief by taking reason tickets without a great deal of persuasion. Last year tickets for the season weren't going like hot cskes at this time ot the year. That Isn't ssylng that they are doing so now. but still the bleachers and grand stands won't he empty many gamps unless the people don't want to use their tickets. "The games that I had hoped to have with Ccmlskey's Chicago American league team on April 18 and 19 have fallen through, as the team will play iu Chicago those dates, but we will play against St. Joseph instesd and they will be good and Interesting games. And then I hr.ve added a game wUh Belovuu college for April 16. . AH ot these three games will be played on tha home grounds." AMCNG THE BUSY AMATEURS Omaha fa to Sea In won ted Activity on Tart of the Ball Player This eaon. ' The gentle breezes of a fe springlike days have started the base ball fever e-go-lng in the hrrts ot the students and col legians In Omaha. Preparations made I earlier for the season bore fruit with the first of the spring days and the High school lads, the Crelghton college boys and those of the Omaha Medics and the School for the Deaf were cut trying their mettle. With the exception of the boys at Orelgh ton this outdoor work was the first that has been done for the season. The Crelgh ton boys have hud the use of their cage and have profited by It Immensely and are way ( nnead or me otners in preparation. At the High school they are working on dope mostly as yet, aa there are a good many new men who aro trying for the team and no one knows what their coming may mean to the team. Things look bright, far brighter than they ever were last season, for that tesm didn't make good, al though It did get more than halt of the games It played. The team has been placed under the management ot Miles Greenleaf, who will Incidentally do a few of the twirling stunts. The outlook for the man agement la very good, as the team will havo no expenses which cannot be met at tho beginning, with the exception of the suits, and these will be furnished by the athletic association. Claude Robertson of last year's team is captain and will play on the Initial bag without a doubt. Besides Greenleat for the twirling there will be Lowell. At the backstop both Falrbrother and Burnett are making a try for the work and It will probably be divided between them during the sesaon. At third "Spike" Kennard, -one ot the fastest kid players In the city, will put up his sign, while a large number ara out after second and shortstop. Among the most promising ot the candi dates for these places are Yoder, Devalon and Kroh, with a place almost certain for Yoder. He is only a freshman, but plays good, heady ball and Is pretty good with the stick. Where the real trouble lies In getting a team is in the gardens, where there are no good men showing up. it is hoped that with a few days' outdoor prac tice there will be a showing of some men for these' positions. The season " for ' the teams' opens with a game, with the Field club second teaman. April If While the. scbequle "-will hot be completed for. soma flays, It Is certain that it will include games with Lincoln, 81oux City, Des' Hpln.es, Bellevue, Crelghton, Lemars, Tabor an the second University of Nebraska teams. Cot ner may be played on April 23 at Omaha. The School for the Deaf closed Its basket ball season three weeks ago and elected P. E. Seely manager of tha base ball team for thla year. Suiti' have Just been re ceived by the team and they have started In practicing. Prospects for a better team than last year are very good. A few games have, been scheduled, but the manager ia trying to flll dates still for April 4, May 2, 9, 16 and June 6. A fe weeks ago' the base ball magnates of the Field club held their ante-season meeting and elected officers for the team. Will Tlppery was mado manager for both teams, Harry Knox captain of the first team and Gall Martin captain of tha sec ood. The season will commence on April il. the Omaha Field club playing Crelghton college. The grounds this year, under the superb rare of Groundkeeper Gibson, will be, aa before, tha best and fastest in the state Besides this a large and capacious grandstand Is being erected for the con venienca ot tha spectators, and it Is sate to say that there is not a mora complete bass ,ball grounds In Nebraska than belongs to the Field club.' The first team thia year wll be composed chiefly of the pick of the young bloods of last year's team, strength ened by the addition of many local stars who have Joined the club. . There Is no doubt that the Omuha Field club base ball team this year will be one of the fust est amateur teams In this neck of tho woods. To prove this fact there will prob ably be a mutch with, the University ot Nebraska In the middle ot April. The second team, under the leadership of Gail Martin, will probably give tbe first team a good rub for honors. It Is composed of tho younger members of tba club and will play an Interesting schedule with teams ot about the High school caliber. Their first game will be with the Omaha High school on April 11. Manager Tlppery hereby Issues a wide-open challenge to the world for base ball games and wishes all communications addressed to him, care ef the Aetna Insurance company, New York Life building. Omaha. Omaha will have between twenty and thirty other amateur and semi-amateur teams on the diamond this summer and many of them promise to put up an ex cellent article of ball. The Field club is planning to put one of tha best team It has ever had on the field and tbe Orig inals are planning- to play -with all of their old players that they have had for the laat five years and then some. Beside this there are the Red Celts, C. N. Diets team, tha wholesale grocers, the retail clerks and many other orgsnttatlons tbst are buying uniforms aud ftmlog ready for the fray, ao that Omaha will always have a game going on somewhere. Qaestloas ss4 Anwrri. Sporting Editor of Tha Bee: Kindly FaVOItfTC CO I Ql all Jk AH Srankta THE BOWELS answer the following to deride a bet: On a bill or $4.60 A is to pay 11 more than B Is to psy. How much does each pay? A bets his share Is 2 SO and B's 11.80. B bets A pays 13.30 and B 11.30. Who wins? Answer A pays $2.80 and B $1.80. Of course, A wins. It Is as simple a propo sition ss could be found anywhere. ATLANTIC, la., March 21. To the Editor of The Upp: A frlpnd of mine bets that young Corbett won the bantamweight championship from MeOovern and I bet Corbett won the featherweight champion ship from McGovern. Would you kindly answer this through the columns ot your psper and oblige. ROY HEDGES. Answer" Corbett won the featherweight championship from Terry McGovern. ATHLETICS AT THE UNIVERSITY Base Ball and Track Event Oceapy the Attention o the Maaea lar Student. . Devotees of the national game were given an opportunity to sea the drat large prac tice last Tuesday at the University of Ne braska. Eddie Gordon had the gang at work on the Hold then, about forty strong. The weather made things a little' slow last week and some unpleasant things were salJ in the locker room Thursday about tba Weather bureau. The date which was open. May 7, has been taken by Lombard university or Galesburg, 111. This will make two games at that city, the other be ing with Knox college on May 6. Laat yea" the men were out two weeks earlier than this. Nevertheless inside practice) has been more effective than formerly and thla will In a measure offset tbe tardiness of begin ning outdoor work this year. Last Tues day, from 2 to B o'clock, tha old .gridiron presented a busy scene. Tha battery candi dates were given a chance to show what they could do and the fielders wero kept ort the Jump for flies. Batting was prac ticed and Coach Gordon expressed himself as very much encouraged by the skill with which 'setae' t)f the nr men "wielded the ciub. Wednesday afternoon the.men were out in forre again. In point of the number of old university men, tbe team will not be strong. There were but three men who had made the team before on the Bold at first practice. The strength of the team Is not to bo judged by this alone. Tbe new ma terlal is not so green as it might be. Most of the candidates have played before on the second team or high school teams, or some other. The new men showed up very well last Wednesday and showed tbe effects ot the cage work they have been doing under the direction of a competent coach. Cap tain Townsend says that by the middle of next week a squad of tweuty-flve. will be picked and from these positions on tho first and. Bccond teams will be filled. Infield practice will begin next week and things will be put In shape for team work. A new man came out last week to put in his bid for first base. It la Moore, who played first on the Grlnnell team last year Wilson also has a desire to loaf on first. For second base no one has shown up to declares his Intentions aa yet and perhaps Captain Townsend will occupy thla place if he is not used In the pitcher's box. For the position of shortstop Johnson, formerly ot the Fremont team, and teen are putting In some pretty good licks. RamBey Is also sh3wing good form at picking up "grinders.' On third, or rather around third base. Hood covers a great amount of space for so small a man, but when the ball comes his way he is "Johnny on the spot:" Tbore Is good crowd of outfielders. . Jim Bell, Shlmer or Gore would do welt in -any of ' the field positions, and Johnson Huffman and Moore have showed ud well also. Th results .of Coach Gordon's'; work are. quite apparent He has brlghtfned- prospect, for winning Meant considerably. He feels confident of a successful seftson and Imparts confidence in the men under him. Manager Bell now has the final acheduto made out. Nebraska will this year meet twenty-six teams In regular games, besides the practice game which . will be. played On tha home grounds twelve regular games will be played, the first of which will be the games with tbe Omaha league team on April 13-14. The- trip which has been planned will go through five Bfates. Iowa, Illllnols, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas. The trip wilt consume fifteen days. Twelve men will be taken, viz., the team, two subs and the manager. Practice games on ,the home grounds will be played with the fa.-mers' and merchants' team of Lincoln, Doane college. Young Men's Christian as sociation, Wesleyan university and the Lin coln High school. The field is being put In shape, as the bleachers which were erected for foot ball would bo in tbe way. The fence about -the field has been removed and the ground will be put ia its best shape possible. The boys who wish to enter tor place on the track team have registered and forty names have been handed In. The few uays of fair weather wero utilized for out door practice, and the prospect tor a win ning track team is gratifying. Most of last year'a men are back in. tbeir placea, and there are a number cf valuable ac quisitions from the cra-k team of the Lin coln High school of last year. Benedict, though a freshman In school, is a phenom. on the athletic field. He will do the pole vault stunt. Johnson, the colored boy, and Lehman sre also out. Captain Toblu of the track team will work with the shot and hammer, as will also Barge, Graves, Hinkle and Martin. With so competent a trainer as Dr. Clapp, there seems to be no reason why Nebraska should not carry off Its share of the honors.' If the team does not meet with success it will certainly not be the fault of the coacher or captain, as they are doing everything they can to bring . track athletics up to as high a standard ss foot ball. The schedule for the track team bis not been completed yet. Manager Walters stated Friday that meets with South Dakota at Sioux City, with Kansas university at Lawrence and the state meet at Crete have been cinched. Several other deals are In the air, but in any event, the trip will be well worth white for tho men to try for. The Sioux City meet will ba held on Decoration day. Fifteen men, Including the coach" and man ager, will be taken on the trip. The athletic board held Its regular meet ing last Monday. Members of the basket ball team were given jerseys bearing the "N" In recognition of the good work they dtd In the past season. ' The second base ball team was given the prlvtllge to use the field on three school days to make Friday games posalblle. The new sup plies for the base ball team have arrived and a good supply of balls and bats are on hand. Tba team is uow well equipped and Is confident of doing good work when it is turned loose. HIGH SCHOOL STARS CONTEST l ! Prepare tor Anaaal ( vasctl. . tloa aaJ for ( laslns; Basket Kail Op. Tbe classes of tba b.igb school art busy preparing themselves tor tba contest tbat they ara to hava neat Friday evening at Germaula ball. In connection with tbi rlsss contests which ara multifold In form there will be a basket ball contest between the first team of tha high arbool and that of Sioux City High school. More interest centers around this game than tbe other coutestt, rs It is the lasi one of the year and Sioux City already haa a closely played anc to its credit. The lineup cf tha two teams will be Identics! with that of the previous game aud th; home team feels that It has the best of chances to win with It. They have at least the advantage cf their own court an I tho presence of the home rooters, which they did not have In the other game. Tha basket ball team was unfortunate this year In being composed of new men entirely with the exception of Captain Cherrlngton, and so they have gone dovui lo defeat In their three principal games, two with Lincoln and" one with Sioux City. Despite this hard luck, the boys have stayed together and held the confidence of the school, and, with all of them back next year, will be heard from quite fre quently. There are six class contests, of which three are individual and three team events. The Individual events are the high dive. the hand walk anil wrestling contests. For each of these contests . first place counts five points, second plaee, three points, and third place, one point. In the team con tests the senior and Junior classes will meet and the sophomore and freshman, tbe winners to contest for first place, which counts five points. In the preliminary con tests first place will count three poluts. The candidates for the Individual con tests are about selected and the different classes will be represented as follows, with perhaps a few slight changes: Seniors Much Wallaee. captain: Ernest Kelly, hand walk; Albert Pjilrbrother, high dive: Roy fathers, wrestling- match. Juniors R. C- Hunter, captain: Harry Coachman, hand. walk; H. O. Coiinsman, high dive; Holland Shields wrestling match. - - Bopohomores Clnronco Walsh, captain: Dick Patterson, hand walk; Robert rlwltx ler, high dive; C. O. Grossman, wrestling match. Freshman Frank Tomsett, captain: Cy rus Bowman, hand walk and wrestling match; Frank Tomsett, high dive. HUNTERS AFTER WATER F0W1 IIIrIi Water Prevents Bi Units, bnt the Birds. Are Here In . Unite Flocks. All week long the hunters have been slipping away from tholr homes and wives on the excuse that they needed a few days' vacation and have been lying out along the banks of the rivers and on the sand bars of the Platte, waiting for. the ducks they never shot. But they, have all come back with fabulous tales of tbe ducks they killed and ate' and of those that fell out of the reach of ttielr dogs, but those they brought home for the family and friends have been very, very few. The trouble has not been that the ducks were few or that they were such poor shma that they couldn't hit them when they had the opportunity, but the rivers are too high' and only a few of the lakes have opened up. The waters on the rivers, which are all opened up, are too extensive to give the hunters an oppor tunity to reach the ducks. Within a week or ten days, when the high water has cub-, sided somewhat, the bags that the sports men wtll bring buck will be marvelous, tor all of the early reports of ducks and geese a-plenty on Nebraska streams wero not overrated, according to .all of the Omaha men who have been out after them. With the lakes open and the livers low, they will not be difficult to get. at, and several hun dred local hunters are preparing for out ings. of a week or ten days out on the weet-- ern ranches 'of the Platte, . the Loup and the Elkhorn and up In 'the sand hills. . Omaha sportsmen are "not the 'only ' ones that are expecting to do some hunting this spring, either. One local wholesale house that sells most of Its goods to state people ' has sold two carloads' of ' shells for spring ( and would like to have more to sell. They ! don't, have a. decoy duck in the house and declare that a folding d.ecby can't, be houghL, In Omaha from a single1 dealer.' '1 think," , one ot the' firm' said, "(hat there must ho1 j more decoys than ducks on Nebraska : streams and lakes. But I know that isn't 1 true, for I was out three days last week and saw lota of ducks,-but only got close enough to five to shoot them." ..-The Geneva Gun club will give an open tournament and trap shoot at Geneva on March 25 and 26 and a party ot Omaha men, among whom are W. B. Townsend, Charles A- Lewis and Henry McDonald, are pre paring to be 11 attendance for the purpose of carrying away a few of tbe honors. OIT OF TIIK UHUIXARV. The nrorKMrlion of pollcpmen to population is 1 to 307 In Paris, 1 to In London and 1 to' 4B In New York. The fines and forfeitures Imposed upon and collected from the enlisted iwn of the army were vastly increased during the yeur subsequent to the abolishment of the can teen. , The hisheHt point to which a man has ever climbed is 23,10 feet to the summit of the Andean peak Aconcagua. The feat v as accomplished by two men sent out by the Koyal Geographical society. , There are 2.(f) vnrleties of postage stamps In circulation today, all of which have to be identified by the potma ters. There have upward or different varieties Is- sjed since stamps came into use. The work on ancient and modern coins which the king of Italy is about to have published at his own expense win. it is said, coet the king S140.UU0. The cuius In .the valuame collection owned by the King num ber 60,000 pieces. The deaths from pneumonia per lO.rtiO of population In 1MV) were 4.4J; in lt7, J0.'J4; in 12.6K; In lxy, 18.H4; In 190U. 18.78 an ag gregate Increase of 34S. per cent of pneu monia, us compared with an aggregate de crease of Si.5 per cent of eonnj mptlcm. As evidence of the superstitious folly which Btlll prevails In the twentieth cen tury, a landlord In Cansel, Germany, has appealed to the municipal counc il to permit nimi to cnaiite tnu numner oi nis nome from 13 to ll1. a under the unlucky num ber hounes aro not so easily rented. Nearly 600 divorcee to be exact. 4!2. with one county e Urn a ted were granted In Con necticut last year l he most common cause or excuse set forth waa desertion. Next came cruelty, then Intemperance and lastly Infidelity. Many of the divorces were regarded aa the result of collusion, but Just how many cannot be stated. Georgo J. Gould's marble and bronze court and electric fountain at Georgian court In lakewood have excited the emula tion of royalty. The king nf Slam has re quested the firm which fumfsheil them to give an estimate on similar work five times as large fur tho court yard of his palace. The pntbable figures will be about iVi,(uO. The bolometer, an electric device for the measurement of heat of exceedingly feeble Intensity, is so delicate In construction that it cau delect the one-mllikuith . part of a degree, measure the heat radiated by a man s race at the distance of a mile or more and register almost Imperceptible amounts of heat sent to our earth by the sun. Tortillas, the Mexican substitute f.ir wheat bread ,are marie from selected corn The kernels are boiled soft In lime-water and after being thoroughly washed are rubbed between the hands to remove the outer husk. They are then ground, while wet, to a soft mas with stones or a peanut-butter mill, patted Into thin cakes baked on a dry griddle and eaten while still hot. RUPTURE Every Trua Wearer Interested. Exbtains- Itself at Sight. r TRU0JS f1Tn4rtrrrifi,i tn.itwnaik m i mrtntlima t atrrOlisM MH.ITB fttrfcTV. 4ttHT HA UK. 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Y HOME ;jP iff l sl iui HKALTH BTKEMUTIC How any man may quickly cure himself after years of suffering from sexual weak ness, lost vitality, night losses, varicocele, etc., and enlarge small, weak organs to full size and vigor. Simply send your name and address to lr. Knapp Medical Co., 2c06 Hull Bldg., Detroit, Mich, and they will gladly send the free receipt with full directions, so that any man may easily cure himself at home. This is certainly a moet generous offer, and the following ex tracts taken from their d41y mall ahow what men think of their generoajty: "Dear Sirs I'lease acoept my sincere thanks for yours- of recent date. 1 have given your treatment a thorough test and the benefit has been extraordinary, it baa We five written contracts to cure Diseases and Disor ders of Men. or re fund money paid. Many cases taken S5.00 per month. VARICOCELE, HYDROCELE curat la I 4yi. without cutting, pal a or loss ot IIbm. Lotfil gu&rtnteo lo euro ou or mooor rvfuudad. V YDUII IC cur"1 "' nd tho polooa loon. C I filial w ouMr rlranard (ruin Ibo oyotaia. earn ovory o.an anS amptotn utaappcirs cootplouir ou forov.r. No UKEAKINO fiL'T" ot tho 410 ooo on tho akin or faca. Treatment contains no Sanirroua drug or Injurious mcdlclBos. UCllf 6 CM 'ton Kiraaar or VICTIMS TO llC&fi Mt.il KkllVOI'S KKIUUTY OR EX HAlBlluN. WASTING WEAKNESS, with SAKLY bfcVAY In YOlKli aud MIDI'I.K AtiED. lack ul lui, vtgur ana strength, vlth ergauo Impaired and waa. Curao tuarontaad. CTDIPTIIHC car ad with a now homo treat wlnlUIUIlwa smbu No pain, ae dotoaUua from baalnaoa. 1 It I ft AH k. Kidney and BladAor Trouble. Weak hate, burning t'rlu. Preo,uni ot Urinating. Urine High Colored, or with milky eei.la.eol ou Handing t'oaoultatloa Free. Treatment by Mall, Call aelolreea. Cor. latle at Do as la e. DR. SEALES & SLALES. Omaha. Nsb. TWENTIETH CENTURY FARMER Onlr Oat Dollar a Year, stubborn, deeply-rooted poisons and humors that are destroy ing the purity of the blood and blocking the avenues of health and life. A course of S. S. S. now vi put 'our system in perfect order and fortify you against the debilitating diseases and aggravating skin troubles that are sure to come if your phys ical welfare has been necrlected. S. S. S. is not only the 8. AM) VIGOR FOR MEN. completely braced me up. I am just aa vigorous aa when a boy. and you cannot realize how happy I am. "Dear 81r Your method worked beauti fully. Results were exactly what I needed. Strength aud vigor hava completely r tiirned and enlargement Is entirely satis factory." "Dear Blra Tours waa received and I had no trouble In making use of the receipt aa directed, and can truthfully say It la a boon to weak men. I am greatly Improved in size, strength and vigor. All correspondence Is strictly confidential, mailed In plain, sealed envelope. Tbe re ceipt la free fur the asking; and they want every man to have It. MAID RYE Absolutely Port Quaker Hill ji It ptrfictWtiltkir. Itlclu. Belle, (lUciwuif tUor, perfect! is vi ibss lult!' pun; It It prilu. tj all win iiti lie. It. rar ea'a of tha laiiMar I Off . m Ian, cirii in. iruft I ..:V Itoret. mm S.K1RSCH&C0. tniftleul. Uquar Oteien, KAMSaSC'ITV.MO. QUAKER 8 1 i a be a l foTiiir immm A . . fTVT Jl-V" : 'Sc.? C . ..ii .. h llv..- ji r an. w .7 i.-- -a Bfff Bowling Alleys COMPRISE THE FIVE? BEST ALLEYS . WEST OF CHICAGO. i 1312 FarnamSt. 'Phone 2376 CLARK'S Bowling Alleys . Biggest-Brightest-Best. 1313-15 Harney Strest. How to Cure Blood Poison. By a aeeret niw way Trial treatment and eaaay free to all (tend for it thin ry lay. If there be any man or woman who has blood poison, whether transmitted by parents or ac quired by contact, they ahould write H-of. Fowler of New London, Conn., for a free trial treatment of bis very remarkable new discovery that bas caught like wildfire even going; ao fur aa to restore tho oonee of the nose and earawhen they bad lotted away by tbe terrible poison. It ia no mer t ury, or iodide of potash, nothing to rub on and no simple liquid, tablet or pill but. an herbaline com pound entirely different from anything heretofore known. In mai;io-ilire fashion it cure blood poison in tbe primary, sucundivy or tertiarv stiige, copper colored epot-, welling of the glands, snree cn tho parts, pimples, sore throat, swollen groins, aches, old sores, ulcers, mucous patchea In tbe mouth, loosening of the teeth, hair or eyebrow) falling out and all the other aignaor blood potaon, Il removes every blemirh In a few daya and cure) permanently in a few weeks not only the blood paiaon itself but restores the atomacb, liver, kid neys and heart to their normal condition thus again opening to you the gates of society, tuax r.fcge and parenthood. r-o not put It off; do not experiment. Satisfy yourself tnal what tbe profosesor aaye is true hi tending nen.e aqd kildreia today to- Prof. V. C Fowler, Kr r,n, Nw London, Conn., and h will se.:i ' once itealed and free from all murk r , 'rial trrutmenl of hut discov ery ibu"'..t' ., i.ee, together wth a valuable tieatuto "All . lm.t Wood Poison and its L'uru." Tie axka for uo money, elmpjy the privilege of convincing you that what be haa cUarovered will cure you, ao loiae no time In sending your .ad drees. t Do ao today and you wiil root, be cured. . Cured While You Sleep In Fifteen Days Any auiitrrr tram H I it M'TI It Fi '! It uiprlng, arfffU'ele, Proatatlua and r-mlnal Weakfitha ta Invited to rut out Ilia t-oupun yeluw, write Ins name FREE TREATISE COUPON. ST. JAMES MfcDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2 St. James Mid., f INCIW ATI. O. Fleaae send me a copr nf yuur ll)ukirat-d Work Spoil the Male Kriuol SraleQi, 01 ure;: l.alfd, PUKI'Alll. fHF.IC ot all IHAKI,I.M Name U Addrraa tjQ2eBM?233flB y.rT.wryffia; and ad1reaa plainly, mall It to Kt. Ja-nea Medltal Aaan., 113 Ml. Jalnre Bldg., Cincinnati, (1., and they will aent tlielr llluatraleo Trtfatlar. allowing the porta ot (he male ayel m Involved J"" g fee m Iu urethral ailrm-nla. I'lt KIA I U. I ItbC NT. J iMKS Vli:iU Al. ANfcot I -l lov Hal kt. Jamrt Hid-., II(ITI. It. VARICOCELE A aI, Piktuloaa, Permanent Cure CCaSeTj IXS. 3f yfrs' eipt fence No money accepted until Patient Is well. CONSULTATION aud Val uable Book Fhii, I f mull or at ollioe. DR. CM. CUE, 91 i Walnut St., IUims City, Mo. &31