Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 17, 1892, Page 13

MIDWINTER'S BREEZY SPORT. | Among the Gegse and Ducks on the Lugeu« beel Marshes, THE KNIGHTS OF THE SQUARED CIRCLE Bhooting Prospects—Billiard Tournament— The Kennel Club—Amateur $quibs— And an Entertaining Grist of Local Sporting Gossip, Duck shooting on the Lugenbeel marshes! 1 pad a week of it this fall along with Jacl Morrison and George Tzschuck of this city, and Colonel J. C. Hoffmay ¢ ot Council Bluffs, We left here on the morning of November 3, via the Fremont, Elkborn & Missouri Valley road, and afrer a pleasant journey of thirteen hours reached tne littlo railroad station, whonce we proceed by wagon to the aueking @rounds, just six miles distant, This part of the trip was mado after midnight, and not- withstanding it was over one of those exe- crable sandhill roads, it was not without its enjoyment. The night was warm and pleas- ent, the stars affording suficiont light to gve' us a vague idea of the tpography of the country, interesting from its very barrenness. I'he gloomy sand- hilis stretcned away for miles on our right, ‘while in front of us aod to tte left was one broad expanse of sterile plain, relieved ocea- sionally by scraggy mottes of timber, wild oherry, dwarf onk and sumach, Hans Newberry, our host and driver, is one of the olaest settlers of the region, and was, of course, possessed of an inexhaustible fund of information auent the interesting features of the country—its Indians, wolves, ducks, geese and chickens, and his conversa- tion kept us in the-liveliest condition of life to the journey’s end. It wus nearly 2 o'clock in the morning ‘when we pulled up at Newberry’s house, & rudely constructed, though comfortable, two roomed affair, the very ideal of a duck hunt- or's lodgings. A short distance from the house were haif dozen indian tepees, which we could discern looming up dimly against the background sky. They belonged to a party of ilinerant Sioux on their way from the agency to the station to trade, and had stopped over at Newberry’s place for the night, as is their custom on all such excur- sion: As much as we would have liked to, our host did not think iv advisa- ble to disturb them at that hour of the night, so we deferred satisfying our curlosity until a more favorable oppor- tunity. We were quickly in the house and after having our beds assigned to us, we opened up our trunks, lay out our hunting apparel and accoutrements for an early start in the morning, and retired, to dream of guacking mallards and honking geese, ‘e were up at an_abnormal hour, and gulpsu dowtl Mrs. Newberry’s relishable realfast long ere the sun had pianted his olden sandals on the summit of the hizhest luffs, that towered up misty and indistinct, o the north of the house. Everything was soon in readiness, was decided that Morrison, and Newberry’s son, & young man of twenty-two or three, sbould take one of the flat bottomed scows, and the Colonel and Tzschuck the other, bunt out our own stands, make our blinds and get 1o work, for already the whiz of wings cut- ting the'air high above was heard. Fifteen minutes brisk walk and the Lugenbeel marsh or lake lay before us, strotching down tow- ard the southwest, and reflecting upon its dbroad bosom the blue and white of the soft heavens. In frout of us was a narrow chan- mel cutting its tortuous way through the dark ‘een s, until it led into the main lake 1self, with its acres of cane and vice and thmr’ wiliow. The yellowish sandhills stood like a row of grim sentinels along, the morthern shores, while to .the southwest an etrancing picture closed by an abrupt curve loto the impenetrable reeds; yet, as wo slowly paadled and pushed along on the qui vive fora svitable place for a blind, the im- agination coatinued on, fancying ahundred tairy nooks and bayous, stately reaches aad romantic shades, There was a cool gray light over the limpid waters, which lay tike glass, The opposite uplands rose indistinctly, as if reared in the air, with dark pictures of float- ing fogs below them, The atmosphero iwus fresh, even to chilliness, vut sweet with the fragrance of aquatic vegetation. A broad turning to the northeast looked dismal, but into it we turned. A loon, near a'jutting point, was sending forth his weird cachena- tion, awakening a hundred quavering echoes, A fish hawk was sailing round and round nbovo tho water, while a drowsy twitter was beglnning to creep Jhrough the marsh. The larwest stars were still shining, though dimly, through the somber tiats of the sky. Finally we selected a place for our first blina, a darksome cul-de-sac among -the reeds, with open reaches of water before and upon both sidesof us. The decoys were uickly out, and the cumbersome scow labor- an-ly worked back among the resistent roeds, and guns in hand we crouched low,im- patient for the first flight. 1t seomed an age, but really we had but a brief time to wait _bofore Young Newberry, with baud lifted admonishingly, uttered that electrifving monosyllable *‘Mark!” And peeriog through the reeds Jaok and I w a big bunch of mallards bearing down from the north. “Quack! quack-quack quack!” sounded the pusher’s caller, and the birds began to decoy nicely, setting their wings and coming directly toward us. “Steady!” I whispered, as Jack made a move for a better position, and the next in- stant they had dropped their red-orange legs over the decoys, hovering in mid-air as if suspicious of something wrong. Fatal hesitancy. “Crack! crack! crack! erack!’ went our four parrels in roally too rapid succession, but as we heard a number of splashes in the ‘water, we were satisfied “You got three!” exclaimed Newberry, as be stepped from the seat from which he had been peering over the swaying reeds 1nto the open waters on our right, *but you oughter have hed a half dozen, anll they ar’ corking Dbirds, too!” “Mark!" It was a small flock of canvass backs and they came cutting through the ‘l:rlgnlanlng air like 80 many arrows from the oWw. hoot on your own side, Jack,” I contin- ned as I poked my gun out through the rice to take the three'on tha loft. We got u close shot with both barrels, but as in the first in- stance we knocked down bu¥ three. cried young Newberry, as the remnant of the flock dashed from sight over the fla; expanse, “‘What's that boy 1" eagerly inquired Jack, *‘canvasbacks did you say! Idon’t believe A “The change from robins, flickers and mead- ow larks to wild ducks, and canvasback at that, was & little too much for Morrison, and when assured again and again that that was what the last kills were, he would hear of no more shooting unul the birds were retrieved. Tho cousequence was we had to push the boat out from amoug the reeds and ather them, 1 kicked and s0 di the ‘pusher, but it didu't g0, and realizing that the speediest Wl{ o sottlo the matter was to recover the birds, wo proceeded to do s0 as expeditiously as possible, as small flocks of ducks were mow o be seen cleaving the air in almost every direction, ‘The lock that came over Morrison's face “when young Newoerry leaned over the low gunwales and graspiig o big drake by the meck threw it, wet and dripping, into his lap, was a study Indeed. It was 8 magnificont specimen and 8s Jack stroked its clnnamon Dead, and turned it first on 1ts ushen back, thon on its white breast, admiring it with in- tensest pleasure, he kept ropeating: *Well, Pl declare, I'll declare!” All the ducks retrieved, ‘and once more back in our reedy hide, we hadn't long to * wait for a resumption of the excitement, A @ozen green wings came whizziug over the rice and were past us before we were fairly Jack and I both cut loos Too far,” laconically obsorved the pusher, nd as the flook pever as much as dropped he was probably correct. “Mark!” It was a pair of widgeon lhl{ were coming stralght up the ch thelt gray mottlod breasts fairly brashing he rippling water, Jack took the one in the lead, and I'the other, and at the crack of our guns thoy both dropped. Mine, howover, Was ouly wing-tipped and required shootin, over, only succumbing afvor 1our loads i been sent after him 1n bis frantio efforts to sllu the reods. Then It was mallard. blue- ill, teal, redhoad and wigeon, with an o slonal osnvas and merganzer, for two hours, 8 which exciting interval both Jaok snd I and it myself and l, | emptied no less than a hundrad shells each and possibly more, but only with indifferent success, for we soon discovered that we were vot loaded hoavily enougn, Two drachins and & haif of Aworican wood powder is not suflicient for the kind of shooting we were having. It is plenty powder for quall and suipe, but too light for geese or ducks, Day was now breaking. ‘Lhe ash color of the oast begau to clear into semi-transparent gray, then 1o kindle into pale yellow. The outiines of the lower bluffs began to creep out of the massed shadows. and a streak of distant mist to crawl nl(mr{’ the iake. I'ne barren flelds came out more boldiy, and the honking of the geese starting for the corn fields could be beard; the waters showed diffusing, though still sover colors; here a space of marble gray, there a polished green, Now the edges of the drifting clouds at the zenith are blushing into rose: one long feathory mass in the east glows into ruby, beams fntg gold. Sunriso on tne Ligon bool marsh—a%cene of wonderous, mystic beauty, Gommed hues, sapphire, emorald, topaz and amethyst glance upon the surface of the waters. Yellow lines run along the tops of the tallost bluffs. The east fairly gloams with royal crimsons and imperial purples,and at last through a vista of background hills, striking the breathink earth into gladdening light, pours the luster of the risen sun ! “Mark! geeso! geeso! ure the tarilling words that interrupts our trauce, but peer as hard and eagerly through the ghstening reeds as we might nothing awards the vision. *“*Honk! ahhonk-ahouk, honk-honk-honk!” is the melody that strikes our strained hearing, and we feel that no mistake has been made. The next moment we see them—n iong c cent shape line, with measured wing flaps is advancing over the low rice. With beating Hearts, thongh as still s imagos cut from stone, we crouch and wait. On they come right at us. ‘They would pass airectly over the blind. What a picture of rapturous en- chautmsnt to a truo sportsman! We could hardly curb our impatience, but the noble birds wers coming swiftly on, the sturdy oid leader, sounding rogularly his resound- ing nonk.” Now they begin to rise percepti- bly to clear the open wuter in front of the blind. We are on our feet like a flash! Igive the 0ld gander acting as pilot my first full in the side,but with a frightened ah-houk he be- gins to climb, then he gets ni d barrel, when he lets' go, and drops from admist his sturtied mates. A heavy splash on the water has already told mo that Jack has killed his bird, and a secona later mine too is floun- dering in the translucent waters. Wo “are boisterously elated over this bit of luck, and apprehensive of losing our birds we hurriedly push out from the blind, We wore not & momeat too soon. The old gander has righted himself, and with gray body half submerged is leaving a trail of white and frothy bubbles behind him, as he sirikes out for the rico, “Bang! bang! bang!” and still he con- tinues on. He has reached the selvedge of yellow cane, auother second and he will be wone. “‘Boom!"’ all four barrls speak in concert. The old Canada, with a spasmodic squawk, rolls gracefully over on his back, with logs kicking up like a_circus performer, and one bleody wing vainly beating the crimsoned water. It was a longer chase thau we had thought, but so long as we had got our birds we were more than satisfied. Tt required fully an hour for us to get once more nicely ensconced in our hide, and by that tire the morning flizht was about over. Still all through the day straggiing birds af- forded ample sport. During an unusually long quiot spell, Morrison and young New- berry had quite an iuteresting talk. Jack wanted to know all about the country, and Newberry was equally as desirous of telling him, “Kiyotes M said he, in response toan in- quiry; “yas, thar's plenty o' 'm, hereaways, -and you conldn’t make this trip in the even- ing ‘without seein’ one or more of the onery pesks sueakin’ 'long the hills yander. And thar's big wolves, too, furder down 'long the Niobrara, whar they make the rancher’s life 8 weary one. Thar's a sort of a big, whitish gray tha's as ferocious as all outdoors, and he’s death on horses "’ “You don't mean to say that they will kill a horse, do you, Newberry?’ asked Morri- son, with some incrodulity in his tones. les ‘zactly what I mean,” continued the oung man. ‘“They’ll git down on thar bel- 1es and crawl onto u horse afore he thinks o' danger, and when clus enough they’ll give a run an’ @ jump an’ hamstring him so auick he won't know what's hurt ‘m. The rest is easy work. He can’truu and in a jiffy they bave him down an’ then thar's a sorry mess fur vou.” “Did you ever kill onef” Jack persisted Oh yes, an’ the las’ one not more'u a year ago. I was bayin'down on the ’Brara, and thinkin’ as how T might fetch a goose bum, 1 took my Winchester 'long. Wal, to cut a long story short, ’long ’bout 4 o’clock I heerd ole Sibley’s houn’ moutbin’ down on the brench, an’ 1 grabbed my gun and run down that away. How ole Maje did yelp—see that mink thar; thar he goes lickety-split 'long that log: I'd a shot ’im if I'd had a gun, Mr. Morrison, no difference if he was in the recds—an’ jes as I rech the openin’, and drawed up, fur I knowed sumpin’ was comin’, what should jump out o' the shumakes but an unmassyful big white woll! [ fired, bur only wounded him, and he kem fur we—I say, Jack, 1'd jes’ as loal wet my lips with that licker gin’s not—whew! that's stuff, as theso saudhillers never dreomed of—and ho kem on, uronen- his greon eyes as farse as a anlsy capin durin’ the railroad riots—terribul times em war, Morrison—why I was at East Liberty when they stopped the express-— *‘But tho wolf, Newberry, the wolf!” im- patiently interrupted Jack. ‘Wal, he kept a cumin’ an’ a cumin,’ and war jes’ about to juimp, in fac’ he did jump, and while he war in the ar’ 1 fired nother shell right into bis eye, an’ he tumbled as dead as—wal, I wont say bell, kase thav'd ve swarin’—but us dead as—wal,] dunno—wa-al, dead as the aevil, cnu?' way. That was shoot- in’, that was, and [ kin show you jes’ whar Istood when I du. it, to this day. = Cracky, look at that feeshhawi ! He jes’ riz from that pint over thar. How clus he flies! And as Newberry spoke ihe bird flew by, 80 close we caught the flash of his wild eye- ball. On he darted until he reached an old soraggy willow, on whose rotten limbs ne throned himself, standing high and proud on his yellow-pillared feet. We contiaued our shoot until the sun was well over the meridian, when we pushed out of our reedy retreat and started up the chan- nel for the house, whore we found & sumvtu- ous repast awaiting us. This over, we went out and mingled with ‘' the Indians, who yet loitored near, and with whom we sbent a full hour, talkiug to old Pioket Piu, ogling the pretty squaws aud pa) Tom:, examining the tepees, and otherwi nteresting oursel About 4 o'clock found us in ourblind again, and the experience of the morning was gone through with again. In the dusk of evening we again pulled for home. And what a joy- ous ride that was,drifting down the sbadowy chaunel, with & boat full of ducks, in the lovely November eventide. On we glided, the measused exertions of the musoular pusher sending us torough opening vistas, whose chauging shores coutinually offered new scenes. Large masses of tight and shade, cast by the dark- ening bluffs in the soft Light, lay along the water. Exguisite little master pieces gloamed out as we floated along, while tbe laugh of the loon and the hoot of the owl were sounds that belonged to the pluce and scene. Here a mossy muskrat castle; there a tiny, oozy diugle, a colonnade of canes; an arbor or mat- ted recds; & bank hung pool, likea peeping oye, where the gamey pickerel loved to dis- port; a half-whelmed trunk, with water sparkling round; an 1slet of riff-raff, or stretch of marsh where the cane stalks cut the breezes into plaintive sounds, and where the splatterdock curled their spotted dishes among the rushes and fuzzy cat-o'-nine-tails, Somotimes a playful breeze stooped to the surface, brushing 1t into darkening ripples, then fanned our brows with its delicate wings and melted away. Such was our pieasures, cach day repeated, for a week, and there must.be something wrong with the man, who could not, from their teachings, form newer and loftier ambi. tions and emerge a better and nobler being. Here the true sportsman, at least, could live; in this fresh, free wilderoess, this taugled realm of content, where honor is not meas— ured by success, where pretention does nat trample on meril, where genius is not a jest, B00duess not & seeming and devotion not & sham. Here where the light of day is un- darkened'by wrong, where solitude is the Pnnm of pure meditation and the solitude s eloquent of God. Here would I abide, listering to the marshe's calls to sel muoing, and all those teachings ti the insight, soften tho heart while they expand the soul. Saxoy Grisworp. - Fistic Facts Concernlug Old-Timers.} New Youx, Jan. 13.—To the Sporting i tor of Tue Bee: The vetoran sport, Johuny Gideon, who saw Frank Slavin fight twice, romarked that ho was & dangerous oustomer THE OMAHA DAILY BEE l for any man to tavkls, but thought a clever left-handed fighter might do him up. His pet, Tom Sayers, forte was with his left, but he had a very dangerous hit with his right, which he kept in resorve, nad when he had his man safe, after he had operated on him with his left-handers “and his favorite duke,” the right, which he called ‘‘the auc- tloneer,'” generally put his man to sleep, Young Duteh Sam, who was born in 1805, and was middle-weight champion, was a man about Mace's size. He was a handsome, black-eyed, fine built young fellow, with active pins and long arms, and retired from the ring unconquered. He beat all the vest men of his weight, and also defeated several good big men. Sam had the supple strength of the tiger and was a good natural fighter, He wus a first-class man at timing and mens- uring bis distance and often avoided danger- ous blows bydexterously bobbing his head to ono side. ~The heavy-weights who suc- cumbed to him all told the same story, which was that Saw's blows came too quivk for them. To appreciate Sam's milling talents properly one should read the life aud battles of Nod Neal ealled *The Streatham Youth.'’ Ned, although no taller or longer in the reach than Sawm, was much heavier and more mas- sivoly framed. Ned fought many game and strong fights with famous big men during the '20s, Among them Phit Samson, Jem Burn, White Headed Bob, three times and Tom Cannon (the great gun of Windsor). Noal was an (rish cockney and was so successtul in his pugilistic caveor that thore was some talk of matching bim with Jem Ward; the then champion, but unluckily for him as with John L. in later timaes, ho was matched with young Dutch Sam, the 147 pound champion. 'hie conditions of the contest was that Ned, ho was a 175-poand maa when in condition, was to reduce himself to 164 pounds (Bandi- £0's fixhting weight), and Sam was to be cateb weight, that is” any weight he cnose. On what occasion Sam weighed 156 pounds and wus said to have been us fine a looking young follow as ever stripped. It was a long fight, but the matchiess quickness and sci- ence of Sam prevaited. Ned was much mor titied at tiie unexpected result of his strus- gles, and attrivutea his defeat to his being overtrained. So his backers concluded to £ivo him wnother trial and have no restric- tions in regard to his woight. In tbe second battle Neal was said to be bang up to the murk and scaie tipped at 174 vounds, Sam undorstood his tactics better the second time and was again victorious, in less time than the ficst tattle. Neal was afterwards beaten by Tom Gaynor aftera gamo battle, and the latter was also vanquisted by Sim Consumption took him at 5. If Sam had been twenty years later ne might have been chamoion of Bnglafid, but no man of his cali- bre would have stood much chance with Tom Spring or Jem Ward, the then champion. The pubiic is getting tired of the vararies and love tapping, spirring and theatrical gammon of James Pompador Corbott, Fran- 18 Patri avin, Charies Wiadmill Mtensll and Joun Lushington Sullivan. The theatri- cal sparring match that was most approci- ated by the audienco was the one at Liver- pool botween Mitcholl and Slavin, when both men were “‘three sheets in the wind,” anl went at ivsavagely. Claret was spillad, and the curtain wes dropped with the [furious combataats pounding viciously. to tho great delight of the kids. It was said thut little Charlic had the best of it; probably big Trank was the grogiest. Black Pater seams to be the most modest and :ensitive pag of the lot. He wanted to fight out his draw with Corbett, und frankly admitted that he was fortunate in getting off with Godcard with a draw on account of his want of con-ition. Joe's backers asserted thay he had tho bast of it and would have won if the referae had not stopped it. The aged Tioton Slasher said ho lost his fight with Savers tbrough injuring his hip in asudden twist trying to cateh his nimble antagouist. Tom did not venturs too near “Tipton until ho bezan 1o hlow of his steam. He afterwards admitted that he got a blow on the back from Tipton's right when bo was chusing nim, that he feit for many a year. Old Tipton had been turning night into aay for vears, aad coald havo drank J. L. under the table. The editor of Bell said: “Savers, in his contest with burlav Tom Paddock, abstained from the Larliquinado that he induleed in with Tipton and stoo. and fought with his ponderoas opponent with steadiness and precision.”” T. C. & Tit-1 e of the Ri They sav that Dick Moore, Paul welterweignt, showed up in_clegant fightine fig for his go with Baruoy Taylor av South Omaha Wodnosday night, The placky but scienceless king houss man was a marj. and was quickly thumped to sle»p 10 the se oud round. After tha fight, Moora issued a bold challenge to young Niland, who knocked him out a couple of months since, offering to stop him within ton rounds insido of three weeks for any resonuble s Muore hus soveral friends hero from Minneapolis who are anxious to back bim azanst Niland for from $0) to $1,000. Nilana is stil! in Chicago, bu bas ‘been advised of Moore's defi, Jimmy Lindsay has gone to Danver to take a clerkship in Charlie Fanning's contractors foundry. Jimmy annouaced befors his de- parture that he had washed his hunds of the ring, and henceforth would confine bis tal- ents toward building up a colossal fortuue for Colonel Fauning. 1It1s dollurs to dimes, hoiwever, the wires will shortly be singing the song of Lindsay’s first knock out in the Colorado metropolis. 4 Boxing appears to bo spreading. All sorts and conditions of men seem to bo inter- ested in the sport. Now the bank clorks of Now York aro to have a tournameut, and the bovs will coatest for the champioliship of tho trade. All this means training. Tho prosidonts of banks will be in favor of this schome. It is much better for younz men to train thau to spend their tim> in saloons, It improves thom mentally, morally and physi- cally, ST ‘The Coliseum engagement- of Slavin and Mitohell, champion blowkards of threo con- tineuts, which was booked for last Friday night, was caucelled owiog toa theatrical vonture which the precious pair have gone wto. Sherroy, the local colored middleweight, who i3 to agatn try convlusions shortiy with *Fighting”. Dobbs of Colorado Springs, is putting iu some groat licks runuing, jumping, skipping the rope and_pummeliag the bag these days. He seoms determined to reverse the result of his first collision with the foxy Robert. Dobbs is also training industriously, and will assuredly give his burly antagonist another good run for his money. The Black Pearl who suffered is first real sound thrashing at the hands of Boston Beuuey, a few months siuce, has nnothor fight on'his hands out in California. He moots Charley Turner, the Stockton colored pug, before the Occidental club one week from noxt Tuesday night Quite a big delogation of the fancy of this city will go up to Deadwood next month to see whether they can't get the job of taking cure of a little of Alf Kennedy ana Billy Meyer's money. On the night of the 16th Danny Daly, Omaha's gentlemanly littie foatherweight, will measure strenzth with Eddie Meyer, Billy's younger brother, for purse of 700, M. J. O'Flanagan, the Irsh bioycle cham- pion, came over in tho same steamer with Tommy Callaghan, tho feather weight, O'Flanaghan says ho is & corker and that if bo aud Dixon are matched he will lay his money on his countryman. Australian Billy Murpby, who was in tols city a year or so ago with ‘Austin Gibbons, is oxpected at F'risco on the next Australian steamer. The clubs out there are all auxious to match bim against Johuny Vaun Heest, the St Paul boy who conguered Danny Daly, but only after a most stubborn contest, If the pair are ever matched, Johuny is booked for a first class beating, Reddy Gallagher writes a well known sporting man that Billy Woods has just siipped up on & mateh with a *‘mug” with whom he expected ta, make some money. Be- fore the boxing match could come off the “‘hobo” skipped, and the Denver sports say if Woods wants Ini more matcnes there he will Dave to give the public the worth of their money, The Occidental club, San Franclsco, is talking of matching Patsey Cardiff, recent] defeated by big Joo McAuliffe, against Jac) Davis of this city for o §2,600 purse. Despite Jack's two defeats in Frisco he has many fricads and admirers out there yot and they seem more than willng to give him every ehanoe to redeom his fallen fortunes. The fistc reminisconces rumning in Tue Suxvay Bug over the sgoature of T. C. it will be found of much wore than ordimary it interest. Our New Yimkcorrespondent is an old English sporting maa-of the best ropute, and ho has an inexhaustible fund of interest: ine infermation about oid time fights and fighters, and more than, all, knows how to dish it up palatanly for;his readors. Pat_Allen, who vmthlxumckod out in three rounds at Germania UhlL, South Omaha, by Jack Davis, last spring, knooked out two light weights in the same riog_last Monday night i Jose Delgoda’s saloor, New Orieans, for a hundrod dolfar Wilflam. ' Pat agreed to fight both men at the simo time, and did it, and won his money hafidsomely. —&l [Fort Ronivsoy, NéW., Jan. 12.—~To the Sporting Editor of Tur B Last night Danny Daley and & pottion of his uggrega- tion gave us a sparring exhibition in the Post hall. The show was not proporly ad- vertised and resulted in a loss to Mr. Daley, for which'he has our sympathy. He deserves a gread deal of credit for giving as good a show as he did, undoer the ciroumstances. His gentlemanly behavior gained him a lot of friends here, and we will all bo pleased to hear of his besting Mr. Myer, D, P. T, Thae cops got onto the proposed Gardne Robinson mill out ou the island Thursd right and ontered an ostonple, Mr. Mundy 1 s Newank, N, J., To the Sport ing Editor of Tue Be: I have just had the ploasure of realing a clipping from your paper written by Mr. John Petty in regard to thospeed of wild ducks when flying. I have read the urtielo with a zosd doeal of in terest, but must differ frem Mr. Potty in re- gard to the flizht of soms of the ducks montioned, 1 am well aware of the speed of the canvas-back, rodherd and othars, as I have had quite a larze oxperience in gunning for these ducks on the great celery bels in the bead waters of the Cnesapeaks bay at the mouth of the Susquehanaa river. Tho fastest duck that lies over those waters is a littlo eoot with a broad oill, e suly eatled a ‘“‘greaser.” Without any exception he can lead the canvas-back fully a half-mile in two. ['have had him fly over mv head when lying in a sink box, and bafora I could raise upand place the gun to my shoulder, he would be out of guz shot, Mr. Potty, in speaking of shooting abead of the birds during their flight, if he tid not nold e1ght feet ahead of a groaser zoing side- ways by you at sixty yards, you would shoot betud him, Oae calm day 'in the spring of 1836 I lay in wy boat, adjoining the ice hussock in the bay. Heariug the whistling of wings and looking up, I saw mbout fifty canvas-bicks nearly over my head. Raisini my eight-bore, which was loaded with eizht drachms of the bist powder and one snd three-eichths ounces of No. 2 chilled shot, [ beld fully tweuty foet ahead of the leading bird, and knocksd two out of the center of the flock, firi both bavrels ia succession very quick. These aucks were fully 80 feet high. The blackhead, I tnink, is fully as swift a bira on the wing as the canvas-back, as I huve seen both of these ducks in flizht flying to and from their feed- ing gronnas hign up in the air, when the black-head would loave the canvas-back in the rear. I would lika to meot my friend, Mr. Petty in a duck shoot, as he is smd by You to he one of Lhe bestishots on wild fowl in the west. I thiuk, unless he holds his gun in advanceof that mentioned in his article, on the largo plump birds that feod upou the wild celery in tho headwaters of the Chesa- pea e oay, bicoming very strong ana very swift in theic flizht, ha,would gt left in bag- ging very many of them;,, A'year ago last spring I sat in & blind anchore t a short distansue from the shore near the main land in the Spasutia narrows, aad from 7.8) uatil 12 o'clock, { had lying on the bank bebind e, 101 dead ducks, all «illed on the wing in darting over my decoys, from one gun. Last wosk a friend and m /- selt killod in two days 18) The mjority of these birds woro kitled/*while darting at a spood equal to that of the canvas-back. Thoy were all black-heads, But for a swiit bird on the wing, making calculations oo account ' of the flicht of all others,and I nave seen £fism all,tho “greaser’! takes Lhe cake. Your< respectiully; 2 z y 1 J. S, Musoy, An Eastern Duck Shot. Mr. Mundy’s favor is very iuteresting, but, 1 mustinform him that out here wo have no “little coots with broad bills,” unless he means the broad-bill or blae bill themselves, dunot and kuow what a*‘zvenser’’ is.outside of our Mexican friends. When Mr. Potty said you mast hold at least eight feet in front of the leader of a flock of swiltl ing canvasback, e did not ma2an eigat fect literally, but sim- nlv mentioued thut distance to «ivé Some sort of an idea of the bird’s swiltness of wing. Again, if you held eight foet in front of the leadler and killed the bird sixth or seventh in tho rear, you would probably be holding fully twenty feot ahead of it. As Mr. Petry truth- fully said, the canvasback, the merganzor, blue and green wing teal and blue-bill, are tho fastest of the duck family that visit our waters, —SrorriNg Eo, Happy Prospects for Gunners, Owing to the immense snowfall in the mountains and on the plains this wintar the experienced sportsmaa is already predioting fine wild fowl shooting in tha spring. Tt is a woll established fact that tho birds always stop over in this ragion duriag their vernal migration in graater numbirs whan the rivers and lakes are flush with water and the low lands inundated,and with plenty of snow in the ter season there is an abundance of water in the spring. For tho past several seasons owing to a scarcity of water the biras nave oaly comein here in straggling flocks, and always curtailed their sojourn 10 an extent that has been highly exasperat- ing to_sportsmen. Under favorable condai- tions, however, there sro no better aucking grounds in the world thau right here in Ne- braska and the adjoining states, and these conditions are just what the gunners have been waiting and louging for, for several suc- cessive years past. Atlastthereare fine pros- pocts for o realization of their fond hopes, ‘The tromendous crops of the past year and the exuberant growth of vegetation is cer~ tan to furnish an abundaat supply of feed, and with plenty of water duriug Feoruary and Marcb, wild fow! huntors will certainiy have httle ground for complaint during the ap- proaching shooting season. A Freak of the Wild Goos As 1noredible as i may seem, a- few. wild geeso were killed out on the Platte during the past week, and it is safe to say, despite the artic weather, that many more are still lingering along their favorite bars. Eyery winter, excepting in casss of extreme hard ones, these hardy birds remain hera all through the inclement months, even up o the time when the balmty breath of spring loosens tho icy fetters’ which lock in olose embrace river, stroam " #ud lake, before they make up their minds to leave this apparently favored region. Aund ghen 1t is only to wing their way to the breeding grourds in the far north for tho brief season of nidification, when they are back ugain. Wby these mys- terious birds should hauut the oleak shores of the frozen Platte through the severest months of the year, wheli they might be dis- porting in the tepld waters of tte tropics and waxing fat in_bounteoud felds of growing grain, is a problom I shafl refer to the fin- ished ornithologist wnd’ naturalist for solu- tion. Here they musv: dépend upon some se- cret spring for their wd-er supply, and work like Trojans—if the expression s permissable —for a scanty meal Iufl} 0 barren and frozen cornflelds, when as tnated before, they could jnst as well be'réveling in plenty in sunnier and more com _lllbla climes, Prospective Billiard Tournament, A Dbilliard tournament, the fourtesn-inoh baik line, for the championship of the state, under the auspices of the Brunswick-Balke- Uollender company, will b eld in this city in the near future, probably oot later than the first week lo February. There will be four prizes, the first a baidsome gold mounted cue, emblematio of the champiovship, with a cash pu and the second, third and fourth, cash purses. The idea is to et to- gother the best talent in the stute, and by & series of games, arouse the latent billlard fives in this section of the country. Omaha will In all likelihood ba represented by Lieuten Arrowsmith, whom everybody Is particulurly anxious to see in & watch gawe, Frank Koniston and Harry Symes, with' probably oneor two others. The first game will be played on the magnificont new 5x10 rogulation Brunswick Baike table in Keulston's New York Life rooms, and then alternate with Folay’s, the Millard and Murray botel roows. Every offort will be mado to make the affair a suo- cess, and biliard players throughout the- SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1892 I'EEN PA( stato are urged to interest thomselves Entrios can be made to J. (. Sheiden, repro- senting the Brunswick-Balke-Collendor com pany, 407-400 bouth Tenth streot. ‘Thore will also be prizes for nighest run mad best average, The Local Base Hall Situation, Thore is precious littie in the way of news to bo retailed this week from the base ball flold, As yot no report has been received from the committee anpointed at the late Chicago meeting to make a canvas of the various cities and decide upon the most practicablo snd desirable circuit. So far as Omaba 1s coucerned, it is a well established fact, that she is deemod most importanc in the make-up of tho now league, but just what Omaha wtends to do herself in the matter is quite problematical. Just as soon, however, as defluite plans aro formulated by tho chief spirits in the move, a moeeting of the business men and lovers of the game will be called for the Millard hotel, and an effort mado to uscertain the most feasible course of procedure. With' the right kind of wen in attendance at this meoting, there is no doubt but what Omaba will again have her professional ball club, but if every cao- able man who is interested tn the mavter sees prover to shoulder outo his neighbor all the prelimin labor, she will not. So much 1s a foregone conclusion, This meeting will, in all likelihood, be called within the next two weeks, and it wouldn't be a bad idea for all those who desire to see the game restored here. to do a little hustling on the quiet, 1f nothing more than an interchange of oninions on the situation and prospacts. The condi- tions of tho proposed naw ieague couldn’t be more favoranle, for its basic principles are all of the most economic character, and onco put into exocution success is inevitable, The Omaha Kennel Club, ‘There was a good attendance at the mest- of the Omaba Koennel club Inst Tuesday evenlug. It was understood at first that the annual meoting for the election of ofcers was to have baen held last Tuesduy night,but On consulting the constitution of the club it was discoyored that on the first Tuesday in February that duty would devolve upon the members. A comumittee was appointed to revise the constitution if nocessary and to reporl ut the next meeting apy suggesuon that may occur to them. Another committeo was uppeinted to gather the proper data as to the best meuns of holding and con- ducting a successful bench show, some- thing this city has never had. Teue thero has been several ircesponsible exhibi- tions, ~ which advortised under the ‘misnomer, *“bench show,’ and the result was always dissatisfactory to exhib- itors. A banch show properly conducted under the rules of the American Kenuol club, such as the Omaha club will put on, if it puts on any, would bo a most attractive entertainment, and prove a big advertise- ment Lo the city, This, however, ~an only be accomplishea "by the co-operation of the merchants and business men of the city, who $0 far have manifested bnt littie interest in this most meritorious entsrprise. The Walkers, From Walkerville, Prof. Bill Clark of St. Louis, and who by the way was onaof Hanley's seconds in his memorable fight with ¥ell, threateus to 8w00p dowa on Omaha wesk after next with his pedestrian combination. The comvination includes about all the celebrated walkers and runners in the couuury, as the followlng list, with resords appendad, zoes to show: Dan Herty, 605 milos; Gus Guerrero, 550 miles; Poter Hegleman, 52 miles; H. O, Messior, 526 miles; W. Nolan, 478 miles; Thomas Cox, 473 miles; Orio Moore, 553 miles; W. A. Smatn, 500 miles; D. R. Hennett, 543 mil John Glick, 533 miles: John Hughas, 564 miles; George D. Noremao, 565 miles; Frank H. Hart, 565 milos; Georgo Cartwright, 546 miles: Poter Goldes, 533 miles; Thomas Howarth, 540 wiles; George Counors, 536 round players in the state, and a very hard hitter, Graver of Missour! Valley will play profes- sional ball this yoar--that is 1f he gots a chance. Snorty Shannot of Hastings, made more home runs last seasou than any two men in the state, In Hoffmaster and Bourke, Grand Islana will be wall fixed for twirlers 1 caso of a state league. Lou Keim, better known as ‘“The Ioo Wayo," is getting opulent up in Deadwood this wintor. Buck Adams has quit biowing them off and says he will make tielder< ride horses after them this year. Miles, an ex-Western association catcher, will bo found with Roher in Hastings when the gong sounds. George Yapp, the star pitcher of the Platts team, has ot all kinds of speed and plenty of English, Williams, the star pitcher of last season’s Cranes, is wintering in Chadron and will piteb there next summer, Perrine of Plattsmouth, is the hoaviest amateur 1n the atato, while Miller 1s ous of the speediest base runners, Billy Mud Motz, Nebraska City rirst baseman, has gono west on the hog train to shovel snow out in the mountaiu Daany Linnahan, the pionaor catchor of this section, is going to quit baso ball and go in the millinery bustaess up in Blair. $obby Black of Hot Springs is tho old-time professional. He was the recoiving end of lhln famous ooy battery —Black ana Bald win, Bowmar, of the Cranes, is already * sharp eving his plates and sandpaperiog his bat and will be ready as soon as the grass grows green, I, Mahoney, the floet-footed outfielder of the Nonpareils, has played with the same team eleven vears und will play left field this season. Shanahan’s new pitcher, Edinger, pitched the St. Louis Browns out with ten hits while with the Sioux Citys, and beat them 10 to 9. Charley Tew is one of the foxiest second basomen in the state, and Zeno Bailey of Blair, is one of the best outfielders in the business, Hard hitters seem to run in the Patterson family, Sam of Plattsmouth, lod that team while John of Fremont, had the highest average there, George Taylor of tho Beatrico team is a very valuable mza to a club, as he beats out slow throws and lines out his share. He also felds out of sight. Colorado is talking state league, with two teams in Deavor, one 1 Aspen, Loadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne and one other good city. Lucas, the man of many suits, plaved one gamo with the Los Angoles, Cal., toam, and got the dinky-aink and will finish the season picking oranges. Kid Miller of Nebraska City -is without doubt the spoediest pitcher in tins stats and is good for o gamo evory day, He is also a fine sprinter and infielder. Shanahan and Carrigan will scare base runuers to death around second base with the Noanmu. this year, as Shanahan plays short and Corrigan second. Gadwe, Nobraska, City's catcher, is one of the best in tho business. He says he is put- ting his wing through a course of training this winter and will surprise the gang next season. Snyder, who pitched for the Cranes last season, would make a valuable man for any team. Besides being a good man in the box he can play any position on the diamond, and for a pitcher he is an unusual hard slugger. If the list in last Sunday’s Bee is correct of the Beatrico team it will take a lot of hustling toget up a team to down them. They are the finest lot of players thai have over been gotton together in this state. Most, any of thom could hold their own in a profes- miles: Martin Horan, 500 miles; Ed Howley,” 490 miles: Old Sport Campana, aged 65 years, 510 miles; Norman Taylor, aged 61 years, 410 miles; J, 3. Hareiman, 520 miles. Whisperings of the Wheel. Y. Oyeling news 1s a scarce commodity this week. A tournnment witl be held at Springfield about the middle of September, Tho annual eloction approachss, vot no one has mentioned any preference for an offico. A. H. Overman of the Ovserman Wheel company, arives about in # buggy filled with ball bearings and Victor cushion tires. The annual road race of the 2:50 club of Chicago, which occurred New Years day over the Puilman course, was wou by the old war horse, Van Sicklen. His time was 1 hour aud 37 minutes. 3 ‘There are 23,000 oyclists in the Uaited States who are members of the Usague of American Wheelmen. If each man would preach road improvement to the people in bis vicinity what a boautiful system of roadways we soon should have, Sioux City with her usual eatorprise has secured the Iowa meet for '92, which means a “big thing"” for cychists in lowa and Ne- braska. The Sioux City Cycling club have the engineering of the meet and their efforts to cntortain will be ably seconded by the business men of he city. Omaha will be reprosented by @ large and enthusiastio party. “Cyka" Lytle is preaching “cash prizes and anui-lcague” to the boys atthe club house these long cold wiater evenings. This is a mad way fora leagne member to talk, you ‘‘therz 1s method in his madness.”’ "Twould be ‘a good thing for racing men in general it cash prizes were given and cias races ran. Lot tho professionul compete side by side with the amateur and a new state of affairs would be inaugurated. We would have races then which the most chronic grumbier could find nro fault with. The en- vertainment committee witl very likely on- gage Brother Lytle to lecture before the club atthe initial social which occurs soon, or orhaps a debato may be arranged betweon Klm and Chief Consul Perrigo; either would ve very interesting and draw a crowded house. The cycling club which roceives the mos atteation now is the Midnight ciub. The club has no particalar home, as it is as well kuown and popular in Syracuse, N, Y., as 10 Denver, Col. The Midnignt club is a fad, inaugurated among the wheelwen of Denver and in a brief period has spread in popularity until Midnight clubs are being organized in nearly all of the large cities, The objoct of the elubis to promote uight cycling, riding aftor the day’s toil is over and when the moon 18 full. A full comrlement of oficers is elected at the organization of the club and are known by such appropriate naines as the chief owl, vice owi, recording owl, purveying owl, chief hooter and color bearer. Chicago bobs up this week with aclubof this descrip-.| tion, the oftficers of whom are all well known prominent eyclist. “William Twinkle,” the oyclist humorist, acts in the official capacity ot purveying owl and Billy Herriok, of Cen- tury Road ciub fame, is known as chief hooter. Omaha must be in the swim and no doubt before the gentle zephyrs of spring time blow the Omaha Midnight club will be a fixed star in the local firmament. Gosslp Among the Amatears, Buck Adams is wintering iu Beatrioce. Bailey may play in Blair. Ho is u hard hitter. ‘Picknor, of Fromont, is working in South Omuha (Gross, Fremont’s catcher, is winteriug in Owmaha. Plattsmouth will be stronger than ever next season. The Patterson brothers will a gain run the team at Platts, Stoney was the kid of the Black Hils league last season. Kimmel of Fremont will pitch in the Hills the coming season. Jones of Beatrice is the best throwing eatoher fu the state. ~ Hurly and Wigmao will be found in the Crane's outfield in 92, Kia Mobler has a half balk that would knook old Galvin in a fit, (atewood of Beatrice, is & man of whom any team can be proud of, Fiynn will play first base for the Norfolks, other reports notwithstanding. Dallas, the old-time cateher, i3 firing & locomotive on the Union Pacific, Suyder will pitch for the Cranes this year aud Kimmel for 'remont as nusual. Hubauks, of the giants, is getling too fat this winter and will give up base ball Abbolt, who caught for Hastings last séa son, hus become u full fledged barcister, Big Keim will be found up in the Black Hills league. They say Keim is king up there. Taylor of the Giauts, is one of the best all sional game. (atewood’s ghost dancers wlit make the pitchors around the state want to play under the bench. Harry ought to get good team work out of them, as te is well up in tho poincs of the gamo and has got the cream of the semi-professional talent. Tho team in- tact may play in the Black Hills, The following gentlemen should call a meeting of tho business men and ball cranks to organizo aud apvoint delegates to meet each other some fime in Februar Billy Rourke of Grand island,Shepard of Kearney, U. S. Roher of Hustings, Jake Olhman of Beatri Castone of Lincolu, Ed. Mantz of Fremont, Nebraska City, Plattsmouth, Co lumbus and Norfolk. Tiue Ber would like to hear how thev stand on the state league question. Address all communications to the base ball editor of Tne Bae, who will lend every possible assi: tnce o the entorp rise. Miscellancous Local Sports, A coon, weighing 25 pounds, was killed by a rabbit hunter just north of the water works Thursday afternoon. The late snows has made great rabbit shooting in the thickets and fields north of Florence, and in the river bottoms. Tow Fok six day eight-hour-a-day bicycle races beging at Battary D, Chicage, tomor- xx;w night. Thora are no entries from this city. Frank S. Parmoloe 1s in Chicago along with the majority of the crack shots of tha country, but it 13 safe to say the Omaha mas will hold his own in any of the shoots he sees vroper to entor this weolk. Ao amateur wrestling and boxing tourna- ment under the auspices of the Omaha Ath letic Club would arouse a healthy interest in athletic sports here, and at the same time furnish a fine entertainment. Managor Prince 1s still nogotiating for a match tug-of-war between the stalwart Swede and Danish teams. The ropresenta- tives of Sweden are ready and anxious and it is fair to presume that Denmark is only biding her own good time. Whew! what a pull these twenty giants would make. Sportsmen aro probably awars that the open season for quail closed on the first of the year. All dealers exposing these birds for £alo afrer the tirst of the month aro liable to a heavy fine. For the bunefit of the Omuha Run club it is stated here that two dealers had quail hanging out no longer ago than last Wednesday. Questlons and Answers, LINCOLN, Nob. Jan. 1.—To the Sporting Editor of Tur Be Ploase answer in Sun- DAY'S BEE the following questio n. which has been under discussion. 1t 1 oasino, viz.: L has 14 points, 8 has 10, noxt hiund S takes in big casino, while L makes bal- ance of points. It was understood in advance thatv cards and spades go out first, Who wins the game? Ploase oxplain and oblige, 2t points constitutod game. —Sam Wessol, Ans.—The count runs: Cards, spados, big and little easiuo and ncos. Cards ana spades makes L only 20, consequently S goes out with big_casino, ‘which comes next in tho count and he only needing two points to win, TERAMAH, Nob., Jun, 1.—To the Sporting : ase S0lve this prob- lom in high five: A hus 40 points, B has 43 oints; B buvs the trump for seven; B makes ow, game, right five; A makes high, jack, lefy five, which win: O. Barcows, Ans.—B, The off five comes last in the count. MODALE, In., Jan. 8.—To the Sporting Editor of Tie Brk: Will you plense send mo the rules to the game called the tug of warr—M, H, Cutler. An hey were published in Tue Suxnay Beg, Decomber 15, No questions in this department are pnswered by mall. OMAWA, Jan. 14—To the Sporting Editor of Tue Bek.—Please publish in Sunday's Hee o synopsia of thoe records of Mitchell and 8luvin, —Kibosh Aus, (1) Mitchell’s fiast battle was with Bob Cunninghum, Jan, 14, 1575, whom he de- feated 1n firly minutes. He then defeated one Smithers, bare kuuckles in seventeen minutes ; fought a draw with Billy Koanedy; defeated the Belgian Giant in four rounds; fougkt two draws and one win with Juck Burke; best Mike Cleary in four rounds. Aftor this battle Mitchell came into prominence speod- ily ana was matched to box the great and only Johu L. Sulivan at Madison Square Guraen on May 22, 1853, Duriog the rounds Mitchell managed to get in an accidental blow on Sullivan, which floored the latter, but Sullivan’s heavy welght and powerful blows proved that ho was Cnarley's master, Police Captain Williams stopped the bout 1n the third round wheu Mitchell was almost knocked out. Fought Billy Sheriff, tho Prussian, a six vound draw; defeated Joo | Deuning in four rounds; boxed & draw with Jake Kilrain: bested Billy Edwards in threo rounds ,was bested by Dominick McCaffrey. The contost was decided at Madison Square Garden, Ootober 13, 1854 fought, and McCaffrey, while he possessed science, showed that be was inferlor Mitchell, But the referes thought otherwise und decided in favor of McCaffrey. Boxed a draw with Patsy Cardiff at Minnespo! Mitcheil's last real battle was with Stave Gallagher, better known as “Reddy." Th fought at Uleveland 1n the month of August, 1889, and Mitehell won. On Maroh 10, 1888, Mitchell fought Joho L. Suilivan, the cham- plon pugilist of the world, for £500 n side. The pattlo was fought at Chantilly, Franoce. After fighting thirty-nine rounds the contest ended in a draw. Tho fight lasted throe hours and eleven minutes. (2) Cannot give you Slavin's record, but it is a mixed one, GRAND TSLAND, Jan. 129—-To the Sportin Editor of Tuk Lk, - Plaase nform mo through the sporting column of Tre BEK the follow. lng; [Ina gamo of dinw poler, with “Joker" and l!llvlnu stralghts,” which 1s the better hind, five nces or w stridght flush?—Max G, Ans. There is no such thing 8s five aoces or fives of any denomination, oven with the Joker in uso. ‘The joker simply makes the fourth of @ kind, and four aces with the {oker count no more than four aces alone, A “straight flush" beats fours, whether made up with or without the joker, SOUTH OMAMA, Jun. 14.<To the Sporting Ed- ftor of T Bk a0 Answer the followin, questions in Bunday's BEE: In playiog hig five A and B, O and D aro partners, (1) A and B's vricks aro in A's possession, with the fuco turnod up, and C and D's tricks aro fn D's possession with the faoe turned down. Hayn't Oor Da rlzht to look at A and B's wricks ns long as they are faced up? () Doe A and B ha ny right to look at C_and D' tricks us long na thoy ure faced down? @) In cutting tho cards.can your opponent cut them moro than otive, providing the ono - doaling does not shuffle them any more? () And ln cutting dops It matter from which piie he aeals from? (% Can the dealer after dealing around the enrds hold all the cards in his hund ho has loft. say thore is only two trumps in the whole numbor held in your hund, can the it misdenl?—F. R, G. Avs—(1) How would you provent them! (2) The last trick taken in only. (8) He can cut the cards as he pleass (4) You must deal from tho under pile, () You can compel him to discard all but his regutar band, six cards, Yonk, Neb., Jun. 13, ftor of Tk BER:—Plen your paper nnd oblige. A and B nre playing bail pool. A cailed the 14 ball. In shooting the cue ball after striking tho 14 bail, strikes the 0 ball, and the 0 ball Is pocketed as well the I4. but the 9 ball goes in first. 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SNYDER, MoVicker’s Theatre Bldg., Chicago, Il Refore. Weight!: Bust Wal. Hips. 4l inches Any one do 80 by adt Paby’s cheek is like a peach, Isit Madame Ruppert's bleach? No! but baby's mama’s cheelc Volames to its praise doth speak! Call for Mme. Ruppert’s book, *‘How to be Besutl- ful” of Mrs. J. Benson. 216 &, 15th S Cmah: Le Duc's Periodical Pills. The French remedy ucts directly upon the generative orguns and cures supprossion of the menses. $2or throe for 85 and can be_mailed. Should notbe used duringpre anoy. Jobbers, draggists and the public supplied by Goodman Drug Co., Omaku RV N. M. RUDDY, THE ONLY PRACTICAL OPTICIAN 210 South 15th Si., Farnam St. Thentor. EYES TESTED FREE Glasses Fittod to remedy all defocts of sye sight. Bteol spectacles of guaranteed quallty 8land up. Solid Goll Spectacles anl Eyeglasses, $4 and apwi Occulist’s proscriptions for glassos filied corrcetly sume day us rocoived ARTIFIOIAL HUMAN EYES INSERTED A GENUINE MI/ LRADICATOR: CROBE KILLER ts KIDD'S GERM o3 all dosonyes booanso 1t kiily the microbe or gera, Put upand retailud in 82,53 and 8o sizes, tho latter 14 gallons. Sont anywhoro pro- pald on' recolpt of price or ). Woldae antoo to cure. Tho publlo trade and jobbers s glied by tho Kinsler Drux_Company, O'nhn; ¢ elchor, Howard Meyorand K. P. S yko Omaha; 'A. D. Foster and H. J. Blits. Conncil 1y CONSUMPTION. Thave & positive remody for the above diseaso; by its o thousands of oases of the worst kind and of long stauding havo been curod. Indeed 8o stron Inita eficacy, that I will fond TWO BOTTLES ¥RER, with a VALUABLE TREATISE on this diseass to any suf. foror who will soud mo their xpressand P, O, addross, Cuy 183 Peur A Gonorrhoen, Gieetand focurernes cured in 2 days by the French Remody entit- led the KING. 1t dissolves agalnst and i3 abe sorbed Into the inflamed parts. Will refund money ifit does not eure, or causes strioture Gentlomen, here 18 a rellable article. $) puckage, of 2 for 85 per mall propald. MoCor mick & Lund, Omuha. ermanently Bn-lorln. Easily, Quiokly, ‘Weakioss, Nei neas, Debility. and all tho train of evila from early errorsor Intor oxcesses the results of overwork, sickness, worry, etc. Full strength, development, 'and 4no givon o every organ and portion ot 'the body. Bimple, natural methods. Jmmediate lmprovement seen, | tmpossivie 2,000 refercueo nnations 804 proofs mailed (sealed) froe. Addrews ERIE MEDICAL ©O., BUFFALO, N. Y. . C. WEST'S NERVE AND BRAIN TRE MENT, n apocific for Hysterin, Dizziness, Fits, N ralgln, Hendnoho, Norvous Prostration eaused by cobol'or tobacco, Wakefulness, Meatal Deprossion, Boftening of tho lirain, causing 1uyanity, misery, decay, death, Promature 01d_ Age, Barrenne wer in olther sex, Impotency, Loucorrlic knossos, Involuntary 1.0sses, Spor- ed exertion of th Indulgenos. A month's tre 81,6 for 85 by mall. We Guarantes six b cure. Kach order for 6 boxos, with §5 will sond writ- ten guarantes to refund 1f not cured. (GuarAntoes iasuod only by A, Schroter, Irugglst, 010 agents, 5. E. cor. 16th and Farnam sta., Omahn, Nob, JAPANESE PILLE CURE ow and Complote Trestmont. consisting of rles, Olntn also in Box o Positly ternal, ing , Itohing, Chronie, b oF iles. This Remedy has ' never boon ¥ por box, 6 for 85; sent by mull 3 this torrihle Alkoawe when n writ 0 with i boxes, to Bond stamp for ywi L0 fall TO WEAK MEN rarly decay, wasting weakness, lost 1 will sond 'a valuablo troatise (s full particulars for home cure, A splondid medieal wor A