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rcrrnry 25, 1001. THE OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE. 7 SPORTING GOSSIP OF WEEK Comlnt of Bam Ball Ball Season S the Managers All Bur. WESTERN LEAGUE OUTLOOK BRIGHT Valley Clbs Arc Mains; ta the riayera mmd Fromlu to Be 1st Good Shape for the fray at the Start. Coming nearer. Warm sunshine, molting snow and cloud Iras skies, all portend the near approach of uprlnsr and the base ball aeaaon. All over the country the player! and managers are getting ready (or the preliminary practice which will aoon begin, and the real activity of the sport may fairly be mlil to have commenced. Western league managers are Just as busy as any of the rent, and the club owners are preparing with much vigor for the summer's cam paign. Rourke s troubles are nearly over, as Butch Frees'e came In and signed the contract he had so haughtily spurned dur ing one of the cold days In January. This takes a load of trouble off Fapa Bill's mind and assures the butcher regular em ployment during at least five months of the summer. Otherwise the team is In good condition so far as numbers are con cerned, and the preliminary chances for a good place In the race are as bright as ever at this time of the year. Carney of Sioux City Is having his troubles; one of his stars went to the outlaws, and it Is ow averted that Reddy Bhehan Is surely going to Jump. Newton reconsidered his bluff and signed, but the Bioux are in need of players. Ducky Holmes is skir mishing for men for his Lincoln team and experts to round out a team that will be among the pushers of the league. Tho C'antlllons are In luck over at Pes Moines, for Cleveland has turned back to them Pitcher Manske, and the hope to get other players to strengthen the gaps made In the Champions by the draft. During the week Mike Cantlllon made a charac teristically modest proposition to Rourke. offering to trade Herman Long for Harry Welsh. As Welsh is worth at present a carload of Longs, the answer of Bill Rourke can be easily guessed. Little is heard from Colorado, beyond the fact that Frank Belee will be asked to take the n. . -..........., 0 tk. T 1 . . V. I . irkl- nailiifiiTiiiviiv VI l HIV X UVU1U Itmill. AMIS would be a great card for the Pueblos, as Bclee's name would add much to the local strength of the team. Denver Is as silent as the tomb on base ball, but an outbreak there may be expected at any time. The schedule meeting of the Western league will soon be held at Des Moines, where the only other business to be trans acted will be to select an official scorer for the league, who will be charged with the duties of preparing the statistics for tho 'clubs. For this place Bandy Oriswold, sporting editor of the World-Herald Is a candidate. He is known to have the sup port of three cluhs, and oughht to have the fourth. In fact, the league would be doing a graceful thing to make his choice unanimous. As a matter of fact, Oriswold should have been made president last year, but now he la in a position where he can offer real service to the clubs In a way that Is sadly neglected. His knowledge of the game Is not excelled by that of any man in the country, and his ability to com pile the statistical tables is unquestioned. As a writer he has done as much for base ball as any newspaper writer could do, And a great deal more than many, and it would be but a slight recognition of his services to give him even this small recognition. The Western league could do no more graceful thing than to vote unanimously to make Mr. Oriswold official scorer for the leasue. The bowling endurance contest which played at the association alleys last Satur day night has been attracting considerable attention all over the country and the records have been regarded as remarkable. Marble and Cochran both did splendid work and a summary of the score Is given below. Several comparisons are made with the records made at Chicago, which look good to the Omaha bowlers, the Omaha men making a better total record for the lust fifty-five games bowled than the Chi cago team did for Us fifty-five games. Marble and Cochran bowled 100 games In thirteen hours and twenty minutes without leaving the alleys for a minute. Marble: Av. Stks. Sp'r's. Bpl'ts. E. First half 175 83 1U7 14 Second half... 1W li7 luO 14 Total . Cochran: 2U7 108 75 28 Fust nu If 177 becond half... a 89 Vi Total lm m lb 64 High double game (the 6Mth and 70th), Muiuie 241, Counan Lt7; high single kuaie, Cochran three successive, wa; Hi to loom games bowled without an error; tvooduury-uartsch total, aa games, 10,'iU; Maruie-iocumn total last do gamea, lo.iutt; weight. Marble ia pound, Cochran 1JJ lounus: tola! weinht iiuuwn In iuu Lames. iJ.iAV pounds, wna two linkers; sputs In ii .41 J mrru suL'ieiuive irames una ail made. Uxr'jls e-s-lu, Cochran 6-1. Marble e--lu. ten gai.ics lor men, jaaioie ail aver- Al,ociilttU bunuuy aliernuon, to suo Uiey we:e in good suape, oowied six games lor Iuu; rtaioie 1& average; Coch ran The organization oi the South Omaha Country club has progressed so far that the middle of the summer w)U And the new links In dally use. The last report showed an enrollment of U3 members, and with this splendid start the club will fill a long felt want of the citizens c! South Omaha. The plans have been drawn and the ground secured on which to locate the club houses and links. The club was actually started when, on January !. a subscription list was circulated for charter members. W. B. Check started the list and passed It around, meeting with hearty receptions at the stock yards and In the city. The first meeting was held three days afterward, with about seventy In attendance, A committee, composed of W. B. Tagg, A. L. Hunter and DOG MEDICINES We sell all klnda of Dog Medicines 4aa eluding those made by Sprett. Qrover and DenC Write for booklet and catalogue. SHERMAN & McCOWll DRUG CO. Ce. MMa Deaae, Oaaaba r-kmt r Hrr lafcrasss LINOS lsUfc.il koak.Fat.Aac4 Mi catenas Bk to (a aoat aiua saok's aaa. Psalra wants. tAJUMIX alWIt 14ft tS.SllkkasoSa.kfa W. C. Lambert, to decide upon the scope of the enterprise, and a committee consist ing of A. L. Powell. J. H. Bulla. Z. B L'dall, Scott King and C. M. Schlndel, was appointed to choose a site for the buildings. The permanent organization was effected February 1 and l,0uO shares of stock were Issued at $2B per share, with the Initiation fee at 1-5. The directors of the club are: W. B. Cheek. Al Powell. Dr. C. M. Schlndel. C. M. Sears, W. B. Tagg, A. L. Hunter, Scott King, Gail Hammlll and W. H. Mo Creary. And the officers of the club are: President, W. B. Cheek; vice president. Al Powell; secretary, W. A. Cox; treasurer, C. E. Bearr. The committee on land reported It had secured a tract of nearly sixty acres, which has been known as the M. Frenzer prop erty, about three-fourths of a mile south east of the present terminus of the Albright car line. It Is located on the Thirteenth street boulevard, on the route of the pro posed car line to Fort Crook. It extends from the high ground down and over the brink of the bluffs of the river, and Is so situated that the river valley. Lake Man awa and Council Bluffs can be seen. There are enough natural trees on the place to make a fine beginning toward parking the grounds. The club has secured the services of a man of long experience In caring for golfing linke, one who understands the growing of lawns and greens from an artistic standpoint. Under his supervision the links, it Is hoped, will be ready for use In the course of a few months. Plans for a club house provide for a neat building built In the style of a bungalow. It will be composed of two principal di visions, with a dancing pavilion between or lounging rooms. The dancing pavilion them. In one end will be the kitchens and dining rooms, and In the other the parlors will be 60 by 64 feet, and the entire plan covers a plot which Is 64 by 126 feet. There will be a porch sixteen feet nide Included within the above dimensions, so the di mensions of each of the principal divisions will properly be 32 by 37ti feet. Aside from the club house, there will also be provlson for stabling. It has been an nounced from the first that there was to be no bar In connection with the club house. With regard to the purchase of the eal estate, Dr. C. M. Schlndel has secured the land In his own right at a cost of about J3O0 per acre. He proposes that the club lease this property of him for a term of five years at the rate of 6 per cent net of his Investment each year. There will be a chance to purchase this property at any time during the Ave years, provided the advance shall not exceed $3 per acre. At the end of, the first five years a purchase can be made or the lease may be renewed under a new apprnlsement. and at the same rates undr the new valuation. It Is estimated that the cost of making the Improvements to the grounds as they are at present contemplated will be In the neighborhood of 14,000, Including the cost of the lease for one year. The Income by way of Initiation fees will be $3,S65, and the Income from dues at $1 per month would be tl.&S, or $5,701 In all. With this much capital In sight the members c.f the club feel much elated over the success of the undertaking. Plans are already lncubatlna- for the an. nual middle west tennis tournament, which win De neia at the Omaha Field club, as usual, this year, A committee consisting of Conrad Young, Will M. Wood and H. C. Kohn has been appointed and has taken up several matters in reference to the tournament The committee will be given more money by the directors of the Field club than was available last year, and more prizes will be given out and better entertainment planned for the visitors, If such a thing is possible. Tlie date has been selected and sent for aunroval in lh national association, which meets at the v aidorr-Astorla March 16, to award dates to the various tournaments. Letters hva already been received and Waidner and -omns nave given the club the assurance that unless they win the Western at Chi cago, which will take thorn to K'.-nr.rt they will be on hand at Omaha. Snow and raters nave also written thev will cnm and will bring other arood nia.v.ra with them from Cincinnati and Minneapolis. The aaie asiced lor Is the week of August 20, which is the same week as last vr n..-. ing the winter Beals Wright was in the cuy and expressed surprise at the excel lence of the Field club COUrta Th. nam mittee is figuring on having Mr. Wright ouna a large canvas covering for th. courts, which will be used to cover the courts at night or In case of rain, an th. tournament will not be delayed. The Sioux iiy ciuo naa asked Tor the week before the Omaha date, and that will probably send a great many players down from that burg, ma ii am last year. More clavera win .n. ter more of the tournaments this year to get a ranking. I he confession of the Iowa haaa hall players that they are all Ineligible to play on ine college team, because they have participated in summer base ball for uav has caused considerable discussion about the rules regarding professionalism. Chan ceuor Andrews of the University of Ka. braska Is one of the prominent college iicn niiu nuuiu cnange the rules to per mlt college athletes to clav summer hull He has declared In public addresses that It is no worse for an athlete to use his athletic skill to earn money by playing base ball than by pitching hay. He holds the real test ought to be whether or not the athlete Is a genuine student and not whether he has ever received a dollar two lor pucning a game for a country team. There are a larare numher r ... di versity and college men who favor a change In the rules to allow men to clav iinim.p base ball and at the same time a more stringent rule to prevent th men for their work on college teams, and to restrict players to those who are college, not because they want to play the team, but because they are after education. In An alumnus of Cornell university, writing to tne college paper, cites two Inmunp-a showing the injustice of the rule. Th. flr.t example supposes a professional" base ball piayer to enter college and register In the fall term as a bona fide student. He would be debarred from participation in athletics because of his past history. The second instance Is of a young man without m..na who Is working his way through college! lie nnds during the summer vacation he can make better wagea on a summer base ball tram than at any other work if h. usea hla athletlo skill during the summer to neip mm pay nls college expenses he Is Darrea irom playing on the college team. even tnougu he receives no money for The alumnus declares the rule works Injustice In both cases. The editor of the college paper takes ceptlen to the Position of ths slumn... 1L ex on the first proposition. He writes In reply ro practice would endanger the life of amateur athletics more than the admis sion of professional players to the ranks of college teams. (By professional we mean " uo nave maae lenir living Dartiril.atina' In athl.tt ...n . r -. tuu m uu have bwn regularly connected wttn pro- Tha fnnfliimntDl nKtut - - . wwrfv vt B a L II- letla wvi.ii . lh.rHh. I - I.... ... .u. . j M iui ins ama teur in competition with a man of greater vaiiruuv a,uu ucvnopineui WOUIU De DlaCeu i ! uhjubi uiaauvaillage, ana would ha to give up the front ranks of ainate Imrl I e t,m ..p. . f a .,,.....! , . 1 uva ur ' , , . r'" "--""-. PUjiriiur, rill only would such a condition aiilW nimu,n Not tion amng amateurs, but it would soon Irad to a practice of Inducing professionals t , . .nl.r r. ,1 1- j ... s.th.. ...;.( . athletics for the sole purpose of taking p. . ill aininiv. i uii ins is. The other suggestion from the alumnus meets with the hearty approval of the college daily. The editorial continues: . There Is another side to the oestlon of Professionalism in coilt-ge base ball, how ever, which deserves serious consideration. It is the subject of summer base ball, the discussion over which revolves ltsfl Into he question as to the validity of the Hrown conference rule prohibiting any col lege man who plays base ball for financial remuneration during the summer from be ing represented on an amateur team. This rule Is, in ttie first place, utterly Impracticable, and. furthermore. It Is un just. Experience has shown the college world that the en'orcement or tne summer base ball rule Is Impossible and that It has developed an atmosphere in base ball cir cles which is a dangerous influence to amateur athletics. That It is unjust has been adequately shown In the above com munication. We can see no moral wrong In the playing of base ball for money dur ing tne summer, as long as tne piaer n ti rs college as an amateur, receives no re muneration for his work as an athlete during the college term, and Is not detained irom his college worx oecause vi ms oui slde participation In athletics. He has neither contaminated himself by playing base hall in the summer nor has he so Increased his powers aa a player that ha will affect competition when he returns to college, to the detriment of ama teur sport. The committee of the Middle West Ten nis association has announced the official ranking of the leading tennis experts for the season of 1905. Walter T. Hayes of Toledo, Ia leads in singles, with "Fletcher and Sanderson of Galesburg, 111., in doubles. The committee has taken the Omaha tournament as the standard and ranked only those who took part in it. A number of prominent players are not Included, who played in one or more of the follow ing tournaments: Iowa State. Tri-State Missouri Valley Championship and various others, but who did not participate In enough tournaments during the year to base their playing and award them a place. Among these are Vernon, James and Shel don of Kansas City, Lee of Grand Rapids, John T. Bailey of Kansas, Monnett of Iowa, Wheeler of South Dakota, Howell of Bioux City, Kohn of Omaha and others. The list la as follows: BINGLKS. 1 Walter T. Hayes, Toledo. Ia, 2 Charles 8. feters, Chicago. Arthur C. Snow, Chicago. 4 Kalph B. Fletcher, Ualesburg. 6 Stewart W. Oilman, Sioux City, la. 6 F. K. Sanderson, Ualesburg, 111. 7 Conrad H. Young, Omaha, Neb. W. F. Blatherwick, Rock Valley, la. 9 U. W. Matteson, Omaha. 10 C. K. Holbrook, Onawa, la. DOUBLLS. 1 Fletchef and Sanderson, Galesburg, 111. 2 tJnow and feters, Chicago. Hayes and Blatherwick, Iowa. 4 Caidwell and Young, Omaha. 6 Uliman and Baker, bioux City. . It looks as If even rowing would be more Important than usual In college ath letics next spring. Besides the two tils events the Poughkeepsla regatta and the Yale-Harvard races at New London Im pel tant meetings have been arranged In tho American Henley at Philadelphia on May i. the Orneh-Harvaru 'vateity ra e at Cambridge on the same Jay, and tho Cor nell Junior regatta at Ithaca on Decoration (iay. In addition, there are many dual regattas planned. The American Henley promises to eclipse all Its predecessors. Crews are already assured from Harvard, Tale, Pennsylvania and Cornell. Invita tions have been Issued to Byracuse and Georgetown, and It Is believed that on or both will accept. The stewards are making great plans to secure the en trance f the Annoolls crew, snd If suc cessful this will be the first time that th middles have ever rowed away from home. It Is expected that Tale and Annapolis will hold a dual race on this date. Tale de sires to compete at the American Henley, yet wishes to row at Annapolis also. The stewards, therefore, think that if they can Induce the authorities to let the navy crew go to Philadelphia, they will please both sides. It Is argued that the middles will rot be taken from their studies more than twenty-four hours. In order to meet any expense the middles might be under, a funl will be raised to pay the expenses of the crew If this Is necessary. No fear of any suspension of Intercol legiate aquatics Is disturbing Cnptnln Flllev and Coach Wrav at Harvard, and both are looking forward eagerly to the beginning of the rowing season, as a e-enaral thins- rnwins- at Harvard Is largely dependent on the weather conditions, and ordlmrily'lf the crews get on the river In March the coach Is well satisfied. Altos-ether the outlook Is very bright. Coach Wray already has a very good line on tho men on account of the long season on the river last year, and It probably will not take him long to pick a crew. Fllley will Undoubtedly be used for stroke, and it is safe io say that no experiments In this nr.aitlnn will be allowed to delay the pick ing of an eight to within a few weeks of the race, as It has for each year for aome flnvn back. Wrav lntenda to begin gTading the men aoon after the beginning of the aeaaon and to get hla final eight together early. Although final arrangements have not been made, the race with Tale rrobably will be rowed on June 28. This will make a season of over twenty weeks. With the nntnhee of einerleneed men and the ac quaintance which Wray already has with each mar,'i rowing, it looka aa thobgn Wray had an excellent chance to turn out a winning 'varsity crew from Cam bridge, something that has not been done since 1"90. The plans for class and club rowing are also familiar to those of last ear. The regular class crews will have l raoa earlv in May. and then graded crews from the Weld and Newell clubs will be chosen and entered In the several big regattas. Robinson will continue at v.. ti'.M oluh. and Stevenson, who has ,w.ii and coached In New Zeland. Detroit, and on the Pacific coast, has taken Vail s place at the Newell club. If present plana do not miscarry the University of Chicago will shortly be seen on the water. The late President Harper was always greatly Interested In rowing, and wanted Chicago to have a crew. At last this looks to be a possibility. What la known aa the "Midway Ditch" la to be flooded shortly, and this will, provide a course a mils In length suitable for rowing. With Wisconsin already rowing and Chi cago and Minnesota ' planning to do like wise, a western college regatta ought soon to be a reality. i The athletlo agreement between Tale, Harvard and Princeton to bar from their 'varsity teams freshmen and students In the graduate and professional schools has become a reality. Taken as a whole the agreement is a most important movement In the direction of belter athletic con ditions in the east, aa It ia reasonable to suppose that the example will be followed shortly la other places, and the trio in Question are likely to force It eventually In quarters where It Is not adopted will ingly by refusing to compete with them otherwise. Gate money at Columbia is to be abol lshed, professional coaching will be done away with and there will be no more train ing quarters for athletlo teams. These are some of the recommendations made to President Nicholas Murray Butler by an alumni committee be appointed to oon slder plans to better athletlo conditions at the university. The committee was ap pointed, but the bulk of the active work done haa been by the alum at committee, which apparently baa been given the fullest power. This committee la made of nine men, with Gustavua T. Kirby, 'OS, mines, at Its bead. A number of prominent Colum bian athlete have spoaea before this com mittee, and from their advice and sugges tions a code of rules has been framed up. Some of the results cf the work of the committee, which has met In secret, be came public last week. With the removal of gate receipts all sports are to be put upon A basis of subscription, aided as well by the establishment of an endowment fund for sports. Without large sums of money It will be Impossible to hire coaches and to maintain training quarters on an expensive scale such aa the foot ball team does. However, teams will be permitted to have training tables and these are to be mnrintalned t the university commons under direct supervision of the university. In fact, the university Is to assume con trol over all sports. The Wisconsin Bute Bowling association has defied the American bowling congress. Secretary Frey positively declares that the American bowling congress rules are not to be lived up to by the state organisation. One of the most cherished rules of the American bowling congress Is that requir ing all entries to tournaments to belong to some city organization affiliated with the congross. The State association In Its an nouncement declares that the rule will not be adhered to by the Wisconsin organiza tion, but that any bowler who wishes may be entered for any of the prizes offered, only providing that he Is a resident of the state. This rule regarding the Individual mem berships was one which was strongly con tested at the national congress here a year ago and It la possible the American congress will rule out Wisconsin associa tion rlubs unless they repudiate the action of the Oshkosh officials who are managing the state tournament. The Intercollegiate Association of Ama teur Athletes of America Is making plans for the first dual meeting between track and field champions of the eastern and western universities. This proposed set of games has been talked of for two years, but did not take definite shape until last spring, when representatives of the two associations met In Philadelphia and agreed to hold such a meeting, leaving the de tailed plans to be worked out this winter. Thero Is now no doubt that the champions of the two sections will meet this year, the most likely date bring June . There Is an unusual amount of Interest being manifested In these games, especially In the western schools. The west. In fact, makes no secret of Its belief that It aan beat the east In track athletics or anv other kind of college sport. The eastern men are almost as keen for a trial, for they have been worsted so often at tho University of Pennsylvania relay carnival the only place the two sections have been accustomed to meet of late that they are anxious to redeem themselves. In what city the cast and west will meet Is also yet to be decided. It Is settled, however, that the games will alternate between the east and west annually, with the likelihood that the first meeting tvH be held In the east. Philadelphia and Chicago have been mentioned as the most suitable places for holding a meet of such Importance, as both of these cities have the finest fields obtainable. In their ectlon. and are the most easily reached. The events and the number of competitors In each event are yet to be agreed upon. In the west there are fifteen events on the program, two more than In the east. The extra events which the western colleges have are the discus throw and the relay race. , ' A point for argument Is the number of competitors for each event. The first sug gestion that there be but one representa tive from each section, this being the champion for a particular event, has not met with favor, 'for such a meeting would lack Interest. What Arould appeal much more to the spectator would be a meeting between the first three or four men In each event. This would Insure a lively Interest at all times and would be pro ductive of stirring contests. Tf three men are permitted to represent each section, first, second and third places will be counted In figuring out the championship. In addition to deciding the relative su periority of the east and west In track athletics, this meet would also give some one Institution the distinction of being the national Intercollegiate champion, through the meeting Is not being anranred to de termine this. In reckoning only of first places, the east has a decidedly better chance for victory than the west, and If second and third men are to be counted also, the prospects of the easterners will be enchanced further. Indications point to the coming conven tion of the American bowling congress, which Is to be held at Louisville next month, as being the most successful ven ture of the kind that haa taken place In recent years. It Is being found an easv matter by the Louisville authorities to finance the big event and liberal contribu tions are belrg received by the executive committee. Conservative estimates place the sum that should be raised to meet the current expenses of the tournament at ?5.Cv. nd of this amount (vy has been donated. Puslness men of Louisville rec ognise the nrtvlsshllltv of holdlnc the con vention In the Kentucky metropolis and are doing i41 In their power to promote the scheme and to aid tJ-e bowlers In bringing the meet to a successful termination. The entire south hns been circularized with the Idea of drawing various merchants to Iiulsvllle during the congress to make the soring purchases, and It Is pointed out that low railroad rates will prevsil at that time. A warm contest Is expected among a number of cities who wish to hold tho 1S07 tourney. Philadelphia, St. Louis and Cincinnati are mentioned as likely can didates, and there Is a possibility that New Tork will make a bid for the dates. P. orla has also loomed up as a factor In the contest for next year's meeting, and the busy Illinois town has many supporters. Highest Railway Bridge A notable engineering work Is now being executed in France, and Involves the con struction of a viaduct crossing th. air.,.i. valley near Vaurlat. This structure, known aa tne Fades viaduct, when completed will be the highest railway brlds-a In th. n.i,i the level of the rails being 434 feet T Inches above the bed of the stream. There are two granite masonary tower piers which are rounded on solid rock and rise to height of S03 feet. 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The present divorce rate Is one to every seven marriages; in liM tt was one to every eight marriages. Foon Chuck., a naturalised Chinaman In Mexico, la estimated to be worth over 11,000,000 In gold. He went to Mezioo from California twenty years ago with less than txi and went to work aa cook tor the rail way construction company. He now owns three truck (arms and raises all vegetables used in his line of hotels. He also owns a farm of 11,1X0 acres In ths state of Tamaulpaa. He employs 100 Mexicans and twenty-live Chinese coolies. An extraordinary miser was "Father Aeby, who died the other day in Berne, Switzerland. He has been referred to by newspaper correspondents as "the most miserable miser in all Europe." Ulnoe be was to years of age, when he inherited a large fortune, he had lived on charity and and an expenditure of S cents a day. He died at the age of 70 and his body was so emaciated that it resembled a mummy. He It It securities valued t60,OCO, SlbO.OOu in gold and silver coin concealed about his house, and no relatives. A peculiar suit is on trial In Bueyrus. O. Wiliam Holmes and A. J. Wisinan are parties to the suit, which hinges on ths number of cubio Inches In a bushel. Wis inan sold a lot of corn In crib to Holmes and figured 1.S44 cubio Inches to the bushel, which is the number given by a textbook In common use. Holmes maintains there are Lloe cubic inchea In a regulation bushel, and aa authority cltea Ray s arith metic, which was the cornerstone of all country school educations. Elevator men and school teachers have been subpoenaed as witnesses. While in Moscow aome time ago a cor respondent of the London Times had hla podcet picked of a watch and all the money he carried. The timepiece waa quite valu able and the newspaper made a good deal of noise about his misadventure. In a day or two. Just as he waa leaving for home, a young officer of the Imperial en tourage restored the missing articles. The czar, hearing of the robbery, had directed the governor of Moscow to recover ths correspondents property at ail hazards. The governor sent for half a dozen known criminals and informed them that unless they found the watch and money he would send them to Siberia. The threat was suf ficient. A traveler's tale haa It that Nang Hr iu, a Siamese city, boms of the royal fa it , is a sort of municipal harem. Ita popu tion is composed of women and children alone. It Is In the center of Bangkok, has rlgh walls around It, and In its population of 9.000 there is not a single man. though the king occasionally pays a visit. There are shops, markets, temples, theaters, streets and avenues, parks, lakes, trees and flower gardens, a ball ot Justioe, Judges, executioner, police, generals and soldiers, all the positions, official and otherwise, being Ailed by women. The only man In all sUata who can eater the city la the king. ILiii aassBMgaaaaaafM'W aMMnaaWsMHaW asBsssttMaT BsMskaaBBW mL satWaBslssTJaw DEPEND HEALTH tne nnesc or tonics to tne enure system, o. o. o. goes down into the blood and removes any and all poisons, supplies the healthful properties it needs and completely and permanently cures blood diseases ot any kind. So thorough is its action that hereditary taints are removed and weak, diseased blood made strong and healthy so that disease cannot remain, and future poster ity is born with an untainted blood suonlv. CANADIAN AGENTS. (See also the Trans: Carpenter letter on Canadian lands In 20 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT TWENTY SECTIONS "oF THE BEST WHEJT UNDS In the great whest prevlnee ef SASKATCHEWAN Western Canada They are SELECT SECTIONS 8 EL ECTED PERSONALLY the kind that will average 36 bushels of No. 1 Hard Wheat to the acre, X want to get tenant farmers producing wheat on this land at once, VnilD PllAlintT to nvest comes In the buying of the sections at S3) an I UUIt uIlAiiLC which I contract to lease from you for ten years a wis wiiniiwi. at a Mt annual rental of IO Per Cent of the Purchase Price In ten years you get your money back In Income and will be the owner atill of one of the richest square miles In the world, equipped with houses, barns, fencea, etc., and all under plow. - How It Yon Invest In tea years you take out You have then 040 (or 820) acres will be wortii f 940 an acre) Net Gain... 7 ' Per safety-put yeurmeoey late land. Per big profits-well, yeu ean't expect te Se much better than 10 per eeal guaranteed. All transactions are made through the Union Bank of Canada, which re '''Xf". Purcha moneys, delivers the papara and forwards rentals. Two persons or more may unite to buy one of these sections, but there are only 20 of them. Hy experience with similar offers show that the Investment fiubllc sick of erratic stocks, hazardous mining projects, wild cat schemes and ow Interest bonds will take these choice sections about as fast as I can explain the proposition. BACK to the land for untainted wealtn. E. Warren Stees, Farmer. Caron, Saskatchewan, Canada A fine room with a vault heat ' light water janitor service in a fire proof office building for $18.00 The Beejuijdin THE MOST VITAL FORCE OF LIFE AIID HAPPINESS Oentlemen: 8. 8. S. ha been used la my family for years, and I have a golden opinion of It. Will have no other blood medlolne in the house I do not believe there it s remedy made that can compare with 8. 8. 8. aa a blood purifier, alterative and tonlo. It purlftea and en rtohei the blood and glree tone and strength to all tUe members. In other words, It builds up the general health while driving ont poisons and Imparities. I am a great admirer of 8. 8. S. beoause I know It to be all yon claim for It MRS. HATTIE HOYLE. 83 Garfield Avenue, Salem, Ohio. ' this Issue.) THE LAST WEST." Read Carpenter's Letters About West ern Canada Published Every dun day In .This Paper They're Eye Openers. ' Three thousand mllea of new railway are under way In that rich farming- country. Ninety million bushels of wheat from 4,000,000 acres In 1908. The world's best small grain country. Good markets, good climate. Bit tracte of lands for money-makers. Tree homesteads for all who want them. The last chance to get free or cheap land In America's humid belt. One hundred and twenty thousand new settlers In 190645,000 Americana. Sixty thousand Americans coming this year. Don't be too late. For free copies ot a handsome magazine. Interesting literature and all aorta of In formation about western Canada, Its fertile lands and ita growing cities, write to U. B. Bureau of Resources. New Tork Life Bldg., Minneapolis, Minn. Figures 44 ACIES 1ZS ACBES 9 6,400 6.4O0 , .912,800 , . 12,800 of land that . $25,600 . 25,iOO 912,800 912.800