TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1904.
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SPORTING GOSSIP OF THE WEEK
0UU fighting.
Omaha baa a, little better than a look-in
for the pennant yet, despite the claim made
In Denver that the Grizzlies have the
flag nailed to the pole out at Broadway
park. On the first of September the scene
Shifted and the Denver tnsp ended. Prior
to that time It had been doing business on
hs home grounds at a rate that would
Blake a pirate blush for his trade. Omnha
.won two and Sioux C!ty one from the Gris
sllea on the gravel lots over by the County
hospital, and that wna all a visiting team
from the valley could do with the Grizzlies
during their August sojourn at home. Dps
Moines and St Joseph dropped games there
' aa fast as they .could be played. On Friday
the picnic wna over and the Grizzlies faced
proposition entirely different. Four
, fumes with Jimmy Ryan's team from the
Springs, which Is also a championship pos
sibility, ends the season at Denver and
Billy Hallman's bunch will have to travel
mighty fast to keep up their 71 per cent
rait at home with the Millionaires. .This
series over, and Denver Is away from home
for the rest of the season. But tho Gri
Slles have proven a very good road team,
the best in the league, and will always be
dangerous.
Omaha has the great advantage of play
ing nearly all' the rest of her scheduled
games at home. "On Friday the Omaha
schedule called for twenty-three games,
eighteen at home and five s broad (this dun
to the fact that the Bloux City scries have
been tranaferred to Omaha). Denver had
four games to play at the home grounds
and nineteen abroad. During the season
to the end of August Denver's home' per
centage was .710 and abroad .480; Omaha's
figures were .661 and .426, respectively. If
these records are taken as a basis for the
future performance of the teams the close
of the season will see them standing In
about;. this position:
' - Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Denver m w 67 .699
Omaha 143 79 64 .653
It Is only fair that Omaha be given
credit for the Improvement that has Ik en
shown In tbe work of the team and Its
pitching staff since the Fourth of July,
and for that reason the showing since Au
gust 1 Is not unreasonable. Compared on
this basis, the standing of the teams at
the close of the season will be (Denver
having the same advantage):
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Denver 142 85 67 .f99
Omaha 143 hi 61 .67.1
On thing must be taken Into considera
tion: Denver la to end Its season away
from home, a fact that will have a cer
tain moral effect on the players, and It Is
not likely that the Grizxlies will equal the
great record tTiey have made as a team
abroad during the season. While the slump
will be unconscious. It will doubtless be
i"o juai uib ung ana wunave lis enect
n the standing of the team. This is all
the mora likely to occur because the play
ers. will be on edge and striving to win
every game. Overeagerneas is responslb'e
for many costly blunders on a ball field.
Omaha will have the advantage of playing
at home, before friendly spectators, and
will be spurred to greater endeavors by
the hope of finishing first, and may even
exceed Its tine record of August, when
it won 80 per cent of the games played -at
home. '
It would be -unfair not to consider Colo
rado Springs In this dope making, and
hers la what the figures brinf out for the
Ryan family based on the season's record,
taking only the scheduled game into con
sideration: , ' , . Played. Won. Lost Pet.
Colorado Springs.. ..136 67 . .681
If the performance of the month of Au
gust be taken as 'the basis the finish of
the teams at the close of the season
will be: ' '. .
Played. Won. lost
Denver ... 142 85 67
Omaha 143 82 -61
Colorado Springs... 136 77 69
Pet.
.69
.672
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This doesn't admit that the possibility for
Omaha to finish first has vanished, while It
Is practically a cinch that the Bourkes will
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Viewed from any angle, the figures show
ing - the performances of the Western
league teams at home and abroad during
the season furnished excellent fan-food.
The advantage of the home, grounds Is
clearly established, and the terror of the
mountain trip to the valley teams Is made
more than ever apparent. It Is also shown
that the passage of the days wrought a
considerable change in the apparent mer
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its of the teams. Colorado Springs and
Denver had an sdvsntage In opening cn
the home grounds this season that has
served to keep them In the lead all ih
year, first plsce alternating between thfss
two teams. However, their supremacy is
not entirely due to this fact, for they have
proven the 7 most consistent performers
both at home and 011 the roid cf any cl
the teams. Arrll and May were the ban
ner home-team mcr.ths, as will be te?n
from these figures:
AT HOME APRIL AND MAT.
Pliyed. Won. Lost. Pet.
Colorado Springs ... 14 11 . t .
Denver JO 1 ' 4 .10
Ies Moines M 11 t .650
Omaha 14 - 12 4 ..7W
Bioux City 11 i 6 64.'.
Bt. Joseph 14 - S41
ABROAD APRIL AND MAY!
t piiyed. Won. , Lost. Tct.
fnlnrartA ftnrtur ... It 7 . 7 .600
Denver 12 - 6 7 .417 (
Des Moines .... JO 6 10 .2.5
Omaha 1 f?
Sioux City 10 I 17 ).
St. Joseph ... 17 11 -31
It will be noted that within the first
month cf play Bloux City hnd established
herself" as absolutely 1 lfEt. Colorado
Springs had the misfortune to miss a num
ber of games on the home ground through
rain that would doubtless have been won.
and thus that team. might easily have been
on a par with Denver as to percentage of
home victories. On the road the Springs
teum went to the front In good style dur
ing the first month, while omana, aunougn
scoring third In the home series was a bad
fifth In tho reries arroad. June saw a
slight change In the conditions as Is shown
by these figures: , ,
AT HOME-JUNE. - '
Played. Won. Lost Pet. '
Colorado Springs ... 8 7 1 .87
Denver 10 6 4 .&0
Des Moines 14 9 6 -643
Omaha . IS 10 0 .fc'o
Sioux City 13 6 8 3S4
St. Joseph 12 7 8 .6S3
ABROAD JUNE.
' Plavnd. Won. LoaL Pet,
Colorado Springs ... 15 ,78 .467
Denver .. 15 8 7 .633
Des Moines 12 S 9 -2M
rinuhi 9 4 6
Sioux City 10 I . 7 ' 222
St. Joseph 12 4 8 .331
Denver had forged to the front as the
road team tnd Colorado Springs came
strong as the home team during June, Des
Moines falllug to last place In the race
away front home, while Omaha had
dropped from third to fourth aa home-
ground winner and climbed from fifth to
third as a winner abroad. Bloux City had
by this time cinched last place In the
general race, while Omaha and Des Moines
were having It out for third place, witn
St. Joseph struggling hard to keep In the
fighting. July taw a still further altera
tlon of values as regards the home and
abroad situation, the changes being some
what startling in their nature. Here are
the statistics:
AT HOME JtTLT.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Colorado Snrlnas ... 17 12 6 .706
Denver 20 11 I .650
Des Moines 13 T .402
Omaha 12 6 T .417
Sioux City ,..'... 13 7 , .4J2
St. Joseph '....10 1 . .200
ABROAD JULY.
Placed. Won. Lost Pet,
Colorado Springs. ...11 S .465
Denver 9 4
Des Moines... ....... .15 10 t .687
Omaha 18 10 8 .666
Sioux City IS 6 10 .SJ
St. Joseph. 17 T 10 .412
While the Colorado teams still held on
to the home ground, prestige during this
month, they dropped behind on the' road.
and even their 'percentage of wins on the
home grounds came down " a few. Des
Moines established tbe high mark for games
won abroad, taking two thirds of the games
played on foreign grounds. Omaha was
right In line behind, with more than half
of the games played away from- home on
the victory side. But on the home grounds
the valley teams made a. sorry showing,
not one of them winning half the games
played at ome. It was during July that
St. Joseph abandoned all pretensions to a
place In the first division and sank to a
certainty of fifth place, undisturbed be
cause of the fact that Sioux City refused
to be crowded out ot last. During August
Omaha began ' to develop championship
form, and came fast, both at home and
abroad. The Colorado teams continued to
play . near to true form, and tbe situation
was in marked contrast to that which
prevailed during the first two months of
the season. The figures tell the story:
AT HOMB-JAUOUST.
Played. Won. Lost. Pet.
Colorado Springs. ...21 13 8 .619
Denver 19 14 6 .736
Des Moines .ll , . 8
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Ptoux City- 14 $ t .7
8t Joseph 1 19 .414
ABROAD AUGUST
Plaved. Won. Lost. Pet.
Colorado Springs... .13 I I ..341
Denver 14 T 7 .500
Des Moines 1-2 ,10 11 .455
Omaha 11 9 9 .i00
Moux Cltv 17 1 14 .17
Bt Joseph 14 4 U .267
Omaha proved Itself far and away the
best team on the home grounds during the
month, and tied with Denver for lead away
from home. Another interesting point in
connection with the figures for the month
Is that Denver and Omaha played exactly
the Some number of games with the same
result. 21 won and U lost, a percentage or
victories for the month of .636. The only
difference In their record la that Omaha
played four more games away from home
than did Denver,-and still made as good
an average. , ,
During the week the Omaha team sue
cc-eucd in dumping four in, a row to Des
Moines, every one of which should have
been an cosy win for the Rourkes. This
unseemly conduit didn't Improve the
chances of the team in the pennant race
a bit,' particularly rs Denver was only
taking two a day. Weak hitting was again
the feature of the week's play, the sluggers
not being able to get into simultaneous
action In- any of the games. The team
avcrago has dropped five points in two
weeks. The Adding holds on at the same
old spot, but the week saw another bobble
by Bobby Carter and two by Johnny Gond
ing: Here are the statistics.
BATING AVERAGES.
- 1 AB. K. H. Ave. L.W.
Frerse m 16 42 .3X .299
1 Iowa Ed W2 SI 147 .299 .
Welolf y 61 133 .2X9 .4
Dolan 419 117 . 279 .274
Thomas 4M 72 122 .262
C'P.rter 460 ' 79 110 . 240 .243
Thlel -.160 27 36 .233 .224
Gonding 329 if 72 .219 :ni
Schirke 437 42 93 .213 .SH
gilirk 48 3 10 .m .2ti
hrown 131 11 24 .13 .lit
Pfeister W 7 11 .122 .131
Companion 66 6 Alii .118
Sanders 38 4 4 .105 .lis
Totals 3718 4S7 926 . 248 . 260
FIELDING AVERAGES.
O. A. E. T.C. Ave. L.W.
Gonding .. 613 10 13 633 . 979 . 9S1
Thlel 64 14 2 4 .973 .971
Thomas ..1186 62 86 1253 .972 . 971.
4ulc i 43 3 47 .967 luuO
Carter ...138 22 11 231 eit52 t .964
Brown .... 64 81 a li3 .948 ' .961
Howard .. 213 821 81 666 . .945 . 943
Sanders ... 8 18 8 83 .940 .936
Oldster ... 6 W 4 66 . .1
Compa'n . 2 ' 67 4 68 . 937 . 937
Welch 239 IS 17 2t9 .937 .934
Freese .... 206 i 19 264 .929 .929
Bchlpke .7; 132 267 37 426 .913 .912
Dolan 274 821 60 66S .908 .9us
Totals. .8094 14U 246 4762 .948 .948
The map makers are very busy just now
and changes of oeveral sorts are being
discussed. President Sexton, is In Titan,
working up Interest in bis Rocky Moun
tain league scheme, and President Ebbets
Is in Baltimore telling tho Orioles that he
big league neat year will have but twelve
clubs and that Baltimore will be one of
them. It's a cinch that there will be some
thing doing at the general conference of
magnates this fall.
The Sporting News announces the sale
of Del Howard to the Philadelphia Na
tionals, and a story from Detroit says that
Omaha's fine young second baseman has
been bought by the Tigers. BUI Rourke
hasn't opened bis head on the1 topic yet.
The new rules In regard yto the penalties
are more for making explicit the old rules
by grouping the penalties in five aud fif
teen yard classes. For tripping. Illegal
running on the Quarterback, holding or
using of hands or arms by the team on
the offense, and for Interfering with free
catch the offending side loses fifteen yards.
AU other penalties are for five yards, ex
cept for slugging. In which case the um
pire is empowered to disqualify the slugger.
Another of tho new rules provides that
tfle winner of the toss shall select the
goal, and the loser must take the klckotf,,
Instead of making It optional with the
winner to take his choice between ' the
klckotf or goal.
Next fall the linesman will have less
to do than formerly. He will again at
tend to all measuring of the' distances for
downs, but In penalising a aide he only
has charge of the ends. He must see that
they are offside on the kickoff, .and that
In going down the field under kicks that
there Is no tripping or no unnecessary
roughing of the fullback after he has got
ten the kickoff. Should a side at the kick-
off send the ball out of bounds twice in
succession the ball will be put in play
on the thirty-five yard line of the op
ponents Instead of on the twenty-five yard
Unei as has been the rule. .
All the other alterations are of minor
Importance. The referee and umpire shall
use some kind of whistle or horn, which
can be easily distinguished.
Should any deliberate attempt be made
to draw an opponent bffslde and the ball
is then snapped the scrimmage will not
be considered begun, and the ball must
again be put Into play. Frequent repeti
tions of violations against this rule will
be taken as attempts to delay the game
and penalties will be meted accordingly.
In case of frequent fouls by the defending
team near the goal line, should ths viola
tion be repeated the umpire shall conalder
such repetition as an attempt to delay and
the game shall be forfd.ed to the side
offended.
The . new rule, allowing the quarterback
to run with the ball in all parts of the held
will necessitate the checkering of the
whole .field, so the play will be on a
checkerboard plnstead of on a gridiron,
as in the past. ' .
Changes in the foot ball rules for the
current year are given In detail in the
Spalding Guide, which is just iIt the press,
and which contains more general informa
tion about foot ball and its records than
any similar publication ever Usucd. In
the long list of illustrations the Nebraska
tea.n comes in for a full page cut, together
1th Its season's showing, und Dellevue
breaka In for a cut of the team for tbe
first time in History. Walter Camp, the
expert, who edits the Guide, has this to
say about the changes in the rules:
The changes in the rules for 1904 in the
main allect most serlounlv tlia a-rimmi
development. Last year oetween the two
twemy-nve-yard lines in the middla t.t ti
field a team was restricted to seven men
In the line, but inside the twenty-flve-yard
line, that is, nearer the goal line, the old
formations were admissiole. In ua the
quarterback ouuld run only when In the
middle of the ?.eld. that is, between the
two tweuly-nve-yard Hues, and that meant
when only seven men were on the rush
lines or line of scrimmage. This year a
learn never ran have leas than six men
on the rush line, and if only six are on'
ths rush line then one of the men who
plays behind the line must be outside the
man. occupying the position on the end
of the line ot scrimmage. But it la ad
mUalble to run the quarterback at any
time and in any part of the Held, so long
as the above provision Is complied with,
and so long as Tie runs at least IK yards
ouuide of the spot where the ball was
put in play. ,
The chan a;, next In importance Is prob
ably that regarding scoring, tinder the
rules of 1904 a field kick goal. Instead of
scoring five points sa it has for many years.
win uuuiu uut iour. i nis will be true
whether the goal la made by a, drop kirk
or a place kick from the catch, or a kick
from placemeut la the scrunuiage.
The Omaha Driving association Is surely
handing out good stuff In a bunch these
days. Flvs hurn.se races and two running
tacti was the program yesterday afternoon
a Ad tomorrow the fun Is to be hotter than
ever. And the publlo Is not a whit behind
hand In showl-tr their appreciation of what
the club Is offering them, for they are
attending lha instlnees In great shape.
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For aome reason or the other the public,
has not shown much of an Interest In the
races till of late, and this has been sur
prising when the quality of the horses
running is taken Into consideration and
the number of horse lovers In the city.
The association worked hard to make the
races attractive and at last have succeeded.
The crowd which fills the grandstand every
matinee is a lump of Joy to the committee
and the Intense enthusiasm displayed shows
that It Is of the caliber tbe association
wants.
Michael Angelo and Eddie D., who were
pacing in class A at the last matinee, were
booked for class C pacing yesterday, and
this goes to show that better animals are
coming on the track. Bddle D. gives
promise of being a good horse In the fu
ture, but he requires careful handling and
lots more training before he can do any
thing. He has the speed and the. action,
but he Is too wild yet and breaks at every
opportunity. Of course this Is a defect
that can be wiped out by training and his
owners, Messrs. Deltrlch and Wallace, are
doing all they can to help him on tbe road
to fame. .
One ot the prettiest colts to be seen In
this section of the country. Is the filly ot
Minnie R., owned by 8. Maloney. Her dam
holds some mighty good, records, but from
present outlooks It seems that tbe filly
will outshine her. She Is a I-year-old.
On Labor day the association will give a
matinee at 1 o'clock sharp and will charge
an admission of 25 cents. This will be to
civer the expenses, as various new fea
tures In the racing "way will be introduced.
among them being a mule race, which Mr.
lnman guarantees to pull off If he has to
buy the mules himself. A number of South
Omaha men have declared their Intention
ot participating in the afternoon's races,
among them being Dick Estes, R. H. Den
nis, Harry and A. C. Jacobs and Ed and
John Bowes and M. Gallop. ' 8ome good
running races are scheduled to be pulled
off. V
The local horsemen who have been visit
ing In Denver last week say . that ' the
crowds there average 8,000 to 10,000 every
Saturday. Mr. Carr, the secretary of the
Driving association of this city. In com
paring Omaha with Denver, said: "We
have just as good sporting men In this
city as In Denver, Just as many of them
and our races are Just as sttractive. The
only reason that we do not get the same
number of visitors, I think. Is because the
people of Omaha are not aware of the fine
sport that goes on at the driving tracks."
Jim Ferry, tbe Denver horse. Is booked to
give an exhibition here some time In Oc
tober. The exact date will be made known
here later. ,
The closing of the Junior tournament In
tennis virtually brings tennis to an end in
the city. The fans, of course, will practice
till the chill winds make flannels out of the
question, bu there! will be no more con
tests. The year has been one of surprlsea
Youngsters have flourished into local cracks
ad local cracks have developed Into Inter
state Its. The unexpected has happened
time and again. Who dreamed of Fletcher
beating Frank Eberhardt, and who ex
pected the two Eberbardts to give the
Galesburg pair the walloping they did In
the doubles? Regarding tbe match be
tween Fletcher and Frank Eberhardt, there
are still many who firmly believe that
Frank Is the better player of the two. It
must be remembered that the wind handi
capped Eberhardt In his lobbing, which Is
the best part of his play, and tie was cer
tainly not playing in bis usual form. Apart
from the Individuality or the two players
the match was noteworthy as It brought
two distinct styles of play In competition.
Eberhardt had the sure, steady play, a
play full of lobs snd returns from ths
back courta, while Fletcher had the Gales
burg style of fast, snappy work at the
net. This latter style Is prettier from the
gallery point of view, and If a mt,n la sure
of his strokes is the most dangerous play.
But five sets of this kind of play are apt
to tire out the strongest muscles. This Is
the reason that the Eberhardts win most
of their matches. They Keep In the back
courts, letting the other fellow do. the
work, snd then' come In with a Jump. In
nearly every match they played In this
tournament tbey lost the first set snd
sometimes the second, but things usually
went different In the third.
The Omaha Bowling association will open
Its newlney tomorrow night t y a match
between the All Star team captained by
Emory and the Excelsior team captained
by M. R. Huntington, Tomorrow night
also tbe Omaha Bowling league will meet
and adopt a schedule for 1904 and 1906.
There will be ten teams In' the league this
year . instead of eight as formerly.
The day for the man with the gun has
arrived at la. From now on the feathered
swimmers will have Uo keep one peeper
open t'jt Um fellow pottering around In
eer is Good
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When the nerves need food, beer is the usual prescription. So
in insomnia; so in nervousness.
The doctor knows that malt and hops are nerve foodsand
tonics. And he knows that most people drink too Jittle
fluid to rid the system of waste.
He knows that pure beer is good for you. , v
That is why he says "Schlitz." He knows that Schlitz beer
is brewed in absolute cleanliness. It is even cooled in .
filtered air. Arid every bottle is sterilized.
Half the cost of our brewing is spent to insure absolute
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the rushes. All Indications point to a
good year. Ducks, ducks and ' ducks.
Everybody who is in the sport and who
has had an opportunity of observing the
lay of the land stys that they are more
than plentiful and these same ones are
making strenuous efforts to get their share
of the meat.
So far the warm weather has given the
quack-quacks a few days' extra lease
of life, aa those who have done any shoot
ing found that the birds spoiled before
they could be brought back to town. But
nevertheless a few could not stand, the
temptation of seeing the dear things pad
dling about without taking a shot at
them. Burt . Dixon who wass monkeying
around Geneva way, on sick leave, saw
them and telegraphed for' his gun. The
sick leave was rro'.onged snd some twenty
snipe and a few odd ducks never will
teep-teep or quack-quack again., Harry
Root left yesterday for Cody, Neb., where
It Is said the birds are more than usually
thick.
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Trap shooting will go on the same as
ever. Broken Bow, Neb., Intends holding
a two-day shoot on September 7 and 8 and
again on September 29 and 30. The Denver
Post trophy will be. contested for Jn Sep
tember 7. The Manning (la.) Gun club Is
trying to get up a shoot about September
15, but the exact date has not yet been
arranged. Arrangements are being made
for the formation of parties to take part
In the gun shoot at El Paso, Tex., on No
vember IS and quite a large number of
Omahans are expected to attend.
Automobile Kews Items.'
T. M. Brownell of Omaha Is Just bact
from a two weeks' trip through the state.
H. Vance Lane entertained a party of
mends with a epln In -his Winton touring
car Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Z. Moore of Glenwood,
la., left their home last week In their
Rambler touring car for a trip to Denver,
via Sloux City.
Allan B. Wilson of Nebraska City and
Dr. K. B. Tubbs of Emerson, la., are the
two latest enthusiasts in the automoblllng
line. Bach bought a Rambler last week.
H. E. Fredrlcason is in receipt of a letter
from Mr. Morross, Barney Oidneld's mana
ger, in which, he states that "Barney" Is
better than a dosen dead ones, and will
keep his appointment for the races sched
uled at Nashville, Tenn., September 10. The
Green Dragon waa badly damaged, but
has already been sent to the factory lor
repairs, and Kredrlckson is now trying to.
get possession of It as soon aa it is again
In, commission, and hopes to have it here
for some late fall matinees. By the terms
of the contract with the Peerless people
they are to have possession of the machino
for the New York automobile show next
January.
L I Whitman and chauffeur, who are
touring from San Francisco ta New York
City In a Franklin machine and who Jt
will be remembered arrived in Omaha the
first afternoon of the race meet here, have
broken all previous records of time on this
trip. Tbey made Chicago from. Omaha in
two and a half days, and are now well on
their way Into New York City.. The entire
time spent en tlie trip will Dareiy exceeil
thirty days. The trip Is being made to
test the practicability of the air-cooled
motor or tne f ranKiin macnine uuaer ino
most extreme conditions.
One of the most delightful runs reported
this season was made last Sunday morning
to Missouri Valley, la. Mr. J. Clarke Colt,
at tbe wheel of his Rambler touring car,
had with him Herbert Allee, W. Clark and
George Colt. Mr. Fredrlckson drove his
Winton touring car and In his party were
Mrs. ream Kon, miss isrown ana Air.
Paul. The tourlata were met about five
miles out of MiKsouri Valley by Mr. and
Mrs. Cramer and a Jolly lot of young peo
ple In their Winton, and Mr. Edgcomb and
friends In hla Winton.- A procession was
formed end the four large cars mude a
triumphal entry into the pretty little burg.
The visitors were entertained by Mr. tind
Mrs. Cramer and Dr. and Mrs. Colt A
very pleasant feature of the occasion was
a run made in the afternoon to the beau
tiful country residence of Clement Duer,
five miles from Missouri Valley. The run
wins made back to Omaha by moonlight In
about two hours.
Extersnlaatlaa- More Aslnuli,
Another wild animal has been almost ex
terminated by fur hunters. It is the beau
tiful satan ape of New Guinea, which once
was so plentiful In the forests there that
travelers told hpw almost every tree bore
Its load of handsome monkeys.
The benuty of the satan ape was its
doom. Its wonderful shining fur, composed
of Immensely long silken hair, became pop
ular for furs about twelve years ago, and
at once fur hunters penetrated the wild
hme of the monkeys to supply the mar
kets of Europe.
In 1S92 the government figures showed
that 17&.000 skins bad been shipped In that
one year. Within two years sq many mos-
keys had been killed that only 67,000 skins
were exported In 189. In. many places i he
forests are absolutely lifeless now, and it
Is calculated that there will be no satan
spes left at all in a few years.
The white heron, although It still exists
In great numbers In certain parts of South
America, Is doomed, like the monkey, for
1100.000 worth of skins are exported an
nually from Argentine alone, while Ven
esuela sends out about $'J0,0u0 each year. It
has been estimated that in the worst years
of plume hunting In Florida the annual
laughter of these grand birds amounted
to ll.bOQ.OOO.
Tbe beautiful bumming bird Is another
Victim of the feather hunter, and It Is only
a question of time before this tiny creature
for You
Phone 918, Jos. Schltt Brew't.g Co.,
7:9 S. Gth St., Omaha, Hob.
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will cease to daxsle the traveler even In tho
deepest forest, for there Is no place rhere
It can escape the hunter. In London alone
the weekly sales of the ruby and emerald
skins of the wonderful bird amount to
50,000. Washington Post
Woodmen of the World Special Train
to St Louis.
The Woodmen of the World have ar
ranged with the Wabash to run a special
train, leaving Omaha Union station at 8:43
a. m., Council Bluffs i a. m., Sunday, Sep.
fumber- 11. A very low round-trip rats,
tS.GO from Omaha, S4.25 from Council
Bluffs, with correspondingly low rates from
all stations.
Everyone Invited to Join special train.
Insist upon your, ticket reading via Wa
bash; ths only line with Its own station at
main entrance of World's fair grounds,
thus saving time, extra car fare and an
noyance. For all Information call at Wa
bash city office, 1601 Farnam street or ad
dress HARRY E. MCORES. O. A. P. D.
Wabash Railroad. Omaha, Neb.
OIT OF THE ORDINARY.
An American's invention for stopping a
runaway horse Is a check rein, which shuts
off the animal's air supply.
Sleepers of mahogany are used on the
Mexican Central railway, and some of the
bridges are of white marble.
. An unusual wedding ceremony took place
In the Church of St. Eusebe, at Montreal,
last week, when Mrs. J. Charron, who has
been a widow for several years, and her
two daughters, Lennla and Alexina Char
ron, were married respectively to Denis
Laudry, Leon Maxtel and Marclne Therrien.
E. J. Vawter of California has the most
extensive garden for the raising of carna
tions of any man In the United S'atea It
is a hobby with him, and on his farm at
Santa Monica there are In bloom a whole
summer twenty-five acres of fragrant car
nations, and from 12,0w) to 20,000 blooms are
cut daily.
Abraham Lincoln was unusually fond of
gingerbread, "Stonewall" Jackson delighted
fn buckwheat cakes, Ralp Waldo Emerson
reveled in plum pie. Dr. O. W. Holmes
prized peaches above all other fruit,
Charles Sumner had a "weakness" for
chocolate creams, Andrew Jackson raved
over Ice cream and George Washington was
noted for his fondness for hickory nuts.
A correspondent of the London Globe
vouches for the truth of the follow lug
anecdote: Scene Coleman-at, one swelter
ing afternoon. Philosopher, in corduroys,
seated on the edge of tils burrow mopping
his manly brow, to a pal: "Wot I es Is
this, the bloke wot first InventeJ work
ought' to be bally well dug up and made
to finish it."
Mr. and Mrs. John Ireland of Imeria, O.,
celebrated recently the 7oth annlveisary of
tiit birth of Mrs. Ireland. Mr. and Mrs.
Ireland have reared a family of six boys,
whose total weight Is 1,39 pounds, the av
erage weight being 2ZI pounds. All of them
are over six feet tall, Ellery being six feet
six Inches and weighing 310 pounds. If tha
six brothers were to be stood on top of one
another they would reach a combined
height of very nearly thirty-eight feet.
There is an opening for a man on tho
Monsoii railroad, a line eight miles long,
running from a ilate quarry In Piscataquis
county, Maine, to Monson Junction, 'ill.
place was made vacant by ti e recent deaUl
of W. L. Estabrooke. und as yet no one
has been found who Ir, regarded as compe
tent to fill tne nineteen different positions
held by the deceased. The new employs
must be general manager, superintendent,
general ticket agent, general freight a sent,
Koneral baiTKage atrent. lost freight avc-nt
claim agent, purchasing agent, roadmas
ter, superintendent of bridges, train dis
patcher, station agent telegraph operator,
conductor, engineer, baggage master,
brakuman, express messenger, mall clerk.
Pedro Alvarado, the Mexican multimil
lionaire miner who a few years ago was
working In a mine for & cents a day,
has ornered a truln of five Pullman cars.
In which he will make a tour of Mexico.
He will be accompanied by a bodyguard
of armed men. Alvarado has just built
at Paral the finest residence In Mexico.
More than a year ago he offered to pay
tho publlo dobt of the republic, saying he
had obtained his vast wealth from the
ground and therefore that he ought to
donate that much of It to the government.
This offer was declined by Minister -of
Finance Llmantour. The only time that
Alvarado, has been outside of the Par ml
mining district was two years ago when he
ciiartered a special train and took his
family with him to the city of Chihuvhua
to have a gold filing placed in one of his
teeth.
, LABOR AKD I.VDt STHY.
There sre many signs of a great com
mercial development in the western Islands
of Alaska.
The demand of the motor 'engineers of
the New York subway is foe 33. W each
working dsy of nine hours.
The number of tbe commissioned organ
isers for the American Federation ot La
bor now la the field reporting active work
is 1,173.
It Is estimated that the garment workers
of New York City lost about I2.0U0 Ouu in
wages In the recent strike sgulnst the
open shop.
The promoters of the Irish Industrial x
hlbltton of lrtyare Kettlng on. They have
raised loa0u0 of the albo.OuO they aim at
before beginning the building. ,
To manufacture tobacco grown In Canada
a factory Is about to be opened In Win
nipeg. Experts say that tne Canadian
tobacco is hardly distinguishable from the
Havana product
The tobacco monoply yielded the Austrian
government the enormous net profit of f-7,-Ouu.OuO
In Idol. Of the 40.446 persona employ ed
to.'&i were females; the number of factories
was thirty. Tbe average wages of th.
male employes were only 32. bu a week, of
the female IXUt
During the twelve months ending June, i
'4U H7f. F.La tons if Irnn atiri at..! (.rwl ...i -
were exported from the I'nll.d States, as
against -jL:.4W tons during the. twelve
iion I lis ending June, lli3. On the other
band. Imports, which reached 1,723.261 tons
In Ui. year ending June, 10, dropped to
famous,
602,250 tons In the twelve months ending
June, 1904.
In a new turbine . carrier, designed by a
young Cornell graduate and soon to be
tested on tho Hudson liver, ,the power
from the enfiines is translerred to the pro
pelling shaft by gearinii located nt the
middle of the shaft insiend of being ap
plied at the end, as In piwions designs.
The shaft, gearing and propellers are In
closed In a tube extending iwo-thlrds the
length of the keel and cquldisiant from
bow r.nd stern, the tube being halted to
the keel.
Contractors snd builders of large struc
tures are showing much interest In tbe in
vention of Anton V. liassman of E.khnn,
Ind., who is a tailor by trade, and who has
spent much of his leisure time In the
study of chemicals. He has discovered a
chemical combination by which, he asserts,
concrete can be made Impervious to water.
Tests had been made with samples ' of
this concrete, and it Is said the water
rolls from the. sides as though from a
greased surface, or stands urn 11 evapor
ated on the horlsontal planes of the sam
ples. Ths cost of the cuemicals la trilling
The value of surplus products of Mis
souri shipped out of the slate last . year
amount to fl77,6jO,947. These are the figures
given out by the state labor commission.
The aggregate value of the surplus ship
ments of wheat In 1903 amounted to $8,733,
338. The value of the surplus egg shipments
was 38,721,419, showing the wheat shipped
to have brought the state but $16,919 more
mor.ev than waa reAllsed from the ear
harvest. The value of both - wheat and
flour shipped during the year was 319,892,.
u;e, wnne mat oi eggs ana poultry com
bined was 318,990,314, a difference of onlf
$'J02,312 In favor of the wheat and flouV
combined. .
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bottled at the springs. Gladstone Bros
1308-1310 Douglas- street
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