Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 15, 1893, Page 10

FOOT BALL AND ITS PLAYERS Romething About the Auntoorats of the Oampus, the Oaptains of the Elovens. GREAT GENERALS OF THE GRIDIRON FIELD Hinkey the Sphinx and Trenchard the Bulldog - Waters of Harvard and Muckey of the Quikers—Tho Tenms and Thelr Chances. Just at this season of the year, in the col logo world at least, the mighticst of th mighty is the captain of the “eleven.” Itis | before him all others are silent. and his com ing is the sunshine and his going is the shadow of the day. Dr. McCosh mav be all right on the quoestions of church polity and ecclesinst ethics, but he isn'tin it with “Doggy” Trenchard on the campus, nor for that matter in college disciphne. For did not Trenchard stop with a word what the whole faculty 1 hurled useless edicts against for years—the midnight cane rush? All Trenchard said was it might interfere with Princeton’s prowess on the foot ball fiold; and the cano rush was abandoned for- ever. And Trenchard i= only one of the four autocrats whoso sayings and doings are chironieled nowadays in the college annals with more fidelity than over were the sa precepts of tho wisest old professor that over delivered a locture, “Silent” Hinkoy of Yale, jovial Waters of Harvard hardworking “King” Mackey of “Penusy” divide honois with the young man whose persis of design carned for him the wobriquetof “Doggedness’ 1n his preparatory days, which same has degencrated into Joggy,” now that he has attained the highest honor that his college can bestow upon him. These four generals of the grid 1ron are busy now preparing the campaign which will soon open. They have tackled small game, sueh as the elevens of athlotic clubs and the like, but the battles they marshalling and drilting for are the ones between themselve First Time for the Quakera. Penusylvania will have her first go in the great foot ball strugele this season. Heo sluggers were (ot considered worthy foes by the monarchs of the game till last fall, mauled the overlasting light out on.ind with such discriminating effect thut the Tiger haa to tackle the Bluo at New York ‘1 a badly dilapidated cond tion. Thisac i ntgained for *Penn the coveted honor, and this year the Quaker giants will have the pleasure of slugging and heing slugged by the other members of the hitherto trinity around which the foot ball world revolved Around the training tables are now clus- tored the men these cantaing will lead across the field when the trouble breaks out in carnest. At present they are develovin musc| ud wind, limb and hair. When the flosh is reduced to ached its utmost, the in the tricksand sigoals and the 4" business. This, after all, is not so importantin the training, as new re developed after each game, und ot infrequentiy durving a game, and theiv eficiency is not always known till they have failed. Tn person tho four young wmen in whose think-boxes the championship of the great inter-colleginte tussle is now being wrought out are quite interesting. 'Theiv ways are very different from those ot the ordinury young man, who goes in for ath- letics in a desultory sort of way and wouders why he neverattains to anything like promi- nence in tho world of svort. In u fow lines theso vreat generals of the game may be told of us follows Silent Frank Hinkey. Cavtain Frank Hinkey of the Yale eleven has plenty of time for reflective purposes, as ho is absolutely untroubled by conversational distractions. e is an interesting man, this tueiturn, stora-fuced, slightly built youth, Wwho will be one of tho most promineny men in this country for a fow months. Two yeara ago Audover sent down a pair of end- rushers whose fame had preceded them. Cox ynd Hinlkey were said to be coming stars, and thus o handicapped by being overweighted with a reputation at the start. Hinkey was like a rubber man. He couldn’s be hurt, and in a retiring and unobtrusive way he convinced others that he was dungerous to monkey with. During the ten weeks av the training table he nover spoke unless asked a_direct question, and when a reporter asked him after the magnificent Harvard victory, “What do you think about the game? ' Hinkey grew garrulous and veplied, “We won.” Last season he playea the same hard, steady game right through theseason without n lay-off tor repairs. It isnot 1ikely that the cares of the captainey will hurt Hinkey's individual play.” He is a born end-rush and plays his position naturvally. IHis repression of ull foeling and perfect control over him- self will give the men an_ example to stoady and calm them. A college foot ball ballad of lust season contained the following refer- ence to Hinkey, which touches his way of playing the gamo rather vividly A half-Dack went for Hinkoy's end; Ho went n little wiy; Insilence Hinkey climbed his neck And slummed i down o stay. The Yale captain was elected after a cnr ful discussion by the coaches and team, and was ffoally given the honor over Butter- worth, the other candidate. Both men are Juniors, for there was 10 oue i the coming senior class oligible to the captainc Hink- loy thercfore hus a chance of being captain for twao ye He is not an athlotic-looking man, for he is stooping and fragile at first sigh Ho is not a fast runner, but he turns up where the ball is in some miraculous way. His strongest points aro tackling, following the ball and interference. He woighs ubout 160 pounds. This year ie will play better than ever, a minimum and muscle teams will be Bulidog of the Tige: “Doggy" Trenchard, captain of Princeton’s foot ball'team, was prepared for colloge at Lawrenceville, There he played ond for two years, and under the telago of Goorgo, the famous Princeton centor of the 'S4 team, he mado a great veputation. His nickname of “Doggy " is far from being a term of re- proach. "o acquived it at Lawrenceville hecause of his increasing determination on the foot ball fleld. “*Doggedness” was the word that expressed the style of the man while playg. The students abbroviated it aud the “Doggy” was given him. When “Crenchard entered Princeton he tried for a place on the serub team. Heo distinguished himself on the second eleven, and many thougght that his work entitled him to play in the Yale game of 1801, e hus played on the "Varsity team but_one year, This and the fuct thut at the close of that year he was but a sophomore show what young “Crenchird 1 is against custom and only in cases of rave excellence to eloct any but & senior to the foot ball cavtainey at Prince- ton. Inall her history she has had but three captains from the junior class, 1wo of these, Ballard in IS ard E. A. Poe in 1880, won the champiouship. Thoy wero clected wnd thoy won, because they were bright, —muscular fellows. Physically, Trenchard 15 low, has broad slioulders. strong arms aud powerful calves. Every ounce of his 155 pounds is there for a pur- pose; solid und tough are tis muscles. His fuce indicates determination. He is a disci- plinarian, und can command obedience as well as ho cau give ordors. ly Capiuin Waters, B. G. Wators, captain of Harvard's foot ball eleven, in the past few years has won a groat reputation for himself, and last win ter the eleven showed their appreciation of Ius fine work by electing him their captain He is not yev 22 years of age, but he is nearly six feot tull and weighs over 180 pounds. In the fall of 1801 he played right tucklo on the 'varsity eleven, and covered thak position very creditubly. Last year ho nioved to guard, and with Lewis at center and Mackio at right guard Harvurd tad @ trio hard to beat. Hurvard was beaten in one of the closest gumes ever played between the two colleges, but the teaw played well und Waters' work was es- pecially good. Waters knows how to handle his men uud get the requisite amount of work out of them. He is very strict on the fleld, bubafer the practice at the Lraining tuble e is full of fun and enjoys a joke with the rest of the boys. Wuters is u vory coul wnd steady pisyer, 11 ST — i oped i it but he needs watching, as ho is apt to “go fine.” Heisone of the strongest men in Cambridge, and Dr. Sargent, in his Harvard exhibit in the Liberal Arts building at the World's fair, has his picture. When Yale Faces Harvard at Springfield in November e will find fosmen worthy of her steel Alwo Called Uinslopogas. Harry A, Mackey is 4 young Pennsylvi nian, 24 yoars old, 5 fest 10 inches tall, weighs, in the garb of nature, 180 pounds. Having chosen aw for his profession, he en- tered the Pennsylvania Law school, and, be- inz an enthusiastic lover of the athletics, sought to win a position on the Pensylvania base ball ihid foot ball teams. Last fall he declared that he wanted the place to be filled by the best man_ available, but that if any man wanted to prove himself botter than he that man must play “like a devil.”" The re sult was that he won his p e on the team He won more than this, for he he had so thoroughly the confidenice of his fellow players that thoy elected him t Aptain this year's team. On the field Mackey shows | zood headwork. He plays rather a hard than a skillful game, has great endurance His faults he will nd toughness and pluck. trv to remedy by thoughtful practice. In his early foot ball career he had some fame as a slugger, but now plays an entirely clean srame. being convinced that foot ball needs all a man's_ attention. Personally Mackey is 4 fine looking man-—one of the kind sure to be popular with the ladies. ‘is stately bearing has won for him the aicknamo “King" Mackey. He has blue oyes, fair complexton, regular features, tawny haiv and o figuro of unusual symmetry. On the street he dresses carefully, but not foppishly ; on the (oot ball field, however, he is far from being a dude. ‘Take him with his shock of tawny, rumpled hair, his nose- guard of biack rubber head to chin, his huge ear protectors flank- ing each side of his face, his suit covered with the glorious mud and gore of tweuty battlefields—for, like a true playerof the he never allows his suit to be renovated save by the winds and rain of his big shin guards aisfiguring his seo him thus arrayed and you understand how he gained his other nickname of **Umslopogas.” About Picking the Players. It would seem an easy matter among the several hundred youthfal giants who attend either of the popular seats of learning to choose the team necessary to support the vilege ¢laims in the game: but each collego wants the cnampionship, and following the logical rule laid down by the deacon when he built the “wonderful one-hoss shay,” it 18 necessary to make the weakest part as strong as the rest in order to have the whol of the temper and fineness essential to the great strain that will be put upon it durine the contest. So thecandidates are taken up and tried, cach being given a duc amount of work to develope his talent and siow his fitness, and from the results thus attained the materlal for the team is docided upon 1t is needless here to speak of the hours of consultation between the captains and the sachies, nor of the yurds and yards of stuff U has been written and printed, discuss- caching from for th ing the merits of the men, thew form on the field and how tong they will pr under fi All th since last Thanksgl pbably last | cupied attention | ing day, when the sea- | son of 1802 came to an end, and it was known | with reasonable cortainty just what posi- tions on the team would have to be filled ith new men for this season's campaign. Now the men arve settied on, subject, of | course, to the exigencies of the game and s us may be suggested by actual b the lucky ones who have to take chances on being the under man in the heap are the ex- the ‘second” cleven men and the u nts who look forward to the deatt or disability of some of those already chosen in order that they may suc to a place on the list. Defendants of the Unbeaten Bluc, Walter Camp, whose lightest word is law among foot ball men, writes hopefully of Yale, ulthough he regrets the nbsence of the huve Hoffelfinger and the speedy, quick- witted McClung, and neither of tnat great ir, “Pop” Bliss aud his_brother, Laurio, 1'bc on the team, How they won the gamo at New York last November is a mattor of ugg W the right proud Iistory now. Their places will be taken by Thorno sud Dyer this year, th substivutes of last season. The veterans in the rush line ave Captain Hinkey,Greenway, Hickok, Stillwan and McCrea. Hmlkey, of | course. has his time well taken up in watch- ing and criticizing the play of his team: he drives his. men on tho field harder than cither MeCormick or MeClung. Greenway shows some better form last year. M-Crea is hardly up to his old form; e is heavy and s0ft, buta little time wil' make him the strongest man in the game. Hickok is faster than ever, and there i3 talk of taking him from the guard aad making him a half-back. For the other tackle there are six candidates. and every one of them is u good one. Coch: ran.is playing left end and doing well. For quarter there are two candidates, and for back there i= Butterworth, a_veteran, and six or eighit men to choose from. Yale is scemiagly in_exeallent condition, though it is haraly probable that any such brilliant | work as that shown by the Blisses will be scen this season. Waters Looklug for Weighr. Haryard is having difiiculty in securing “beef” for the rush line. Lowis will play center, a little lighter than last year; but for the guards no choico has been made yet, as there are half a dozen 200 pound ecandi- and it is Just a trifie uncertain which of them will be arrayed in opposition to the Yale giants. Out of the number, though, Captains Waters hopes 1o picka pair that will aid in landing the Crimson wirnor on every field. For tackles and ends, Harvard is in better shape than_any of the teams, Marshall Newell, who has vlayed right tackle for three years, as good as any tnat, aver steppod on the ground, will be on his old position, and opposite him will doubtless ve Joe Upton, though he has been taticed of for end. Bob Emmons will be at left end again, und two mon are training for right, both of them good ones. Back of the lme ‘are Waters and Gray, the latter stronger than lust year and just as speedy. He will be the greatest half-back of the soi- son. Corbett at quarter and Brewer at full back are as good 4 pairus over filled those positions. Allin all, Harvard is in fine con- aition, and intends 1o make her ancient enemy from New Haven hustle hurder than ever before. Trenchard’s Trouble Back of the Line, Captain Trenchard hus some diMculty in choosing his team. He had a class of fifty to start with. but has now roduced that number to thirty-five, and the prospects of a furtiier reduction are excellent, T'renchard will pluy rieht ond, und Chureh, '97, will hikely play right tacklo. Last year's center wilt be there again —Hall, Wheeler and Bal- liet, and needs no recommendation. Lee at left tackle and the captain’s brother at left end make up the line. Back of the line is where the troublo comes in. Of last sea- son's quartette, Morse, Poe, Homans and King, only King remains. He will, of course, play his old position of full back. But who will be quarter und halves is not yet even suggested, There are quite a number of youngsters who are showiug up well and from them all sume will be pickea good enough, but Homans' punts and Poe's hard runs will be missed by those who loved to see a well directed kick or a swift sprint through the crowd. Trencliard has hopes though of producing a wachine that will roll the Blue in the mud on Manhattan field till the Tizer has had his fill of blood and the score is at loast 18 to 0. Fennsy's Old-Time Sluggers. Penns:Ivauia will have at least four new wen on the team, the changes belng at quarter . right guard, rhlgl tackle and full-bav i ptain Mackey has also devel- of half-bucks, so thut nhe will uot be fouud weak 1o that respect, His team is as good us the one that walloped Princeton last yearand got Pennsylvania a place in the big college league. Cornell Hus u Groen Team. Cornell will be lu the tield this season with practically u geeen eleven, as of lust year's excellent men but three ave left, Captain Barr playing at his old place, vight tackle; | Warner, left wackle; Youug, for two years left eud, now covering full-back. When these throe men have beeu named, the best players have boeu. Daly, usw at loft eud, is playing a splendid gawe. Hall, stroke of the Mr2-93 'vavsity crew, is playiug jan excellent gawoe us loft guard, but iy hundicappad through ignorauce of ‘the game. Ireeborn, a freshman, is playiog right end well. At right guard sud center we fiud the real weakness, snd one which is worrying every- body. Man after man is tried fu these posi- tions, but with the same result; they don't do good work, aud if the eleven is scored on this season it will be owing to weakuess in the center. Al quarter is Mason, a little THE OMAHA DAILY BEE fallow, but much inclined to fumble, and he may lose his place. When Osgood loft Cor nell it was foared that he could nevor be re- placed, and the genoral opinion was that Carnell wonld bo very weak backof the line. This was nugmented by the death of Wither bee, the bucking half-back, But such is not the'case. Thero are at least séx men in training who would make available half-back material, and it may be confidently asserto that Cornell this season will by very stron back of the line. RRobbins and Dyer—the former o ‘varsity crew man, the latter a freshman —are the most promising candy dates for haif-backs. abl terost In the Game, Nassau, Dartmouth and others of the castern colleges have strong teams, and the prospects are that there will be such inter- est in the gamoe in tie east this season as was nover witnessed. Not alone are the col- leze ‘men intorestod in the sport, but the public is learning 1t, and there is & warked increase in attendance at the mgnor wames this season. Athletic club elevens are spring 12 up, too, and there is now u possibility of the game growing to the extent of its sup plementing bise ball as an out donr reeren tion for the public. with leagues formed of teams representing cities and playing a regular schedule of g imes for a pannant, as do the base ball teams. Modern usage has robbod the sport of much of i\s terrors, It is no longor necessary to kill a man or two to win, but, on the othe nand, more and more of “science’ i shown in the play each succoeding year. A though the big captains suill cling to the t dition of “beel" for tho rush line, thore is growing demand for specd, and » center rush who can do 100 yards in eleven seconds is now accounted a better man than the one who can lift a ton. Botween the two r quisites, however, foot ball has been the means of developing men who are giauts size and yet fleet of foot in a degree that is surprisini to one who been accustomed to associating great size with slow mova- ments. Of Omaha's interest in the game some thing has already been said by Tie Bee, and more will be given from timo to time. There is a very healthy sentiment m its favor here, and the peospect of the loeal team winning the High school champiouship of the state is enough to warrant the favor of the lover of sport for sport’s sake. aigsiod 2, WHEN THE BOARDERS ARE Puck. (1 out them grasses an' vinos, wosight with sech rubbishi Jernshy, go cl The parior stufr And pull down the curtings an' blin's lose In the The dear gracions knows, they I'en open enough s Au’feteli i the chalrs that's all over the wii, Well hev time to set down, now the boarders is gone. You best burn theun: p: azines up, The picters thit's in‘em ain’t it to be seen. An'if here ain't clgars in t by's gilt cu wehody's necktie hung ovor the sereor There's jos' sech acluttor, as suro a ye're ho That's [eft, ever [ n, time, when the Boarders 15 I've got to hev' Hiram' His mattress and b T e hie's I No hotter ' camped out we A-wantin I'm gl bed fixed up agen nkots is out in t the barn, whe'ro n' T oain't slop* s 1 ain't had but on L the hoarders is gone! v pl 1as o glo Let's have a good selves; Ul boat up a custard with some egzs that's left, An' T think An’ ono picce of pork, not But Hie'IUKilLa chicken--s We da'st hev a meal, now t e URIALITIES, dinner, for once, to our- there's ple on the buttery a vory big heft, put the pot on; *hoarders [ gone!, CON) It is no longer en regle to get marrfed in new clothes, as it lends 4 conspicuous air of stiffness 1o the weare She—-Papa has had bad luck suys that if you marey me now. you must take me jus I am. He—Ah! my angel, he does me injustice; 1 am not one of the selfish, inconsiderate, now-or-never kind. 1 can wait. David Bradley and Captain William S, Guyer. brothers-in-luw, who were married on the same day in Westport, Conn., in 1543, ebrated their golden wedding. recently, they and their wives all being present. It is announcod that Miss Isabel Poabody Ward of Chicago, who is a neice of M George Henry Peabody of New York city, engaged to be married to Mr. Willism Byrd Scudder of Cincinuati. Miss Ward is a vory pretty blonde and an exceedingly accom- plished young woman, Oneof the swell October weddings for whicn cards have just been issued will be that of Miss Aiico Spaulding of Boston and Mr. Henry Parsons King of the Calumet club, New York. Miss Spaulding, who is the uldng of . but an harming girl and lives with her the maguificent, Beacon street lately, and daughter of the late Mahlon Sp Boston, it not ouly a wealthy hei exceeding. mother in | residence, which has been the tamily mansion for muny years. *S0 you have got a wife!" said Chaffer to & newly married man. *1 don’t know—I don’t know,” replied the man, with evident hesitation. “Sometimes 1 think I've got her and sometimes 1 think she's got me. You see, I've only been marrvied a few months and I can't tell just yet how the combination 18 going to turn out.” “He will lead her to the altar,” 18 a favor- ite formula about a wedding, but nhow sel- dom a bridegroom leads bis bride to the altar. He uspally contrives to get there alone, or with one best man, and the bride's father or somebody else does the leading. The wedding of Miss Hester Kimball, daughter of Mrs, H. Kimball of Chicago and niece of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Dunlap, to Licutenant Jumes E. Nolan of the Fourth cavalry, U. S. A, will be quietly celebrated Wednesday, October 25, The wedding of Miss Helen daughter of Judge John Craig Dunlevy of Chicago, to Captain Edward Chumpe Carter, U. 8. A, of Virginia took place last week The bride was attired in heavy white duchesse satin made with a court train. The corsage was slightly low in the neck and finished with a fall of voint lace. Her point lace veil was fastened with a diamond Dunlevy, arrow. She wore an exquisite pearl neck- luce with a diumond pendant, S — MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, “The popular author-actor, Mr. Jamos A. Horne, will appear as Nuthan'| Berry, “The Brothers Byrne in “Eight Bells" are playing very successfully throughout the country. Reginald de Koven's opera, “Robin Hood," is booked for production at the An Der Wein theater, Vienna, in October. Edward Terry has beon winning new suc- cesses in “Sweet Lavender” in Melbourno, He will be back in London by Christmus, A Swiss professor, Henri Dufour, adyo- cates the use of aluminum i place of wood in many instruments, especiully in violins, It i stated that the Bostonians are consid- ering the production of an opera called “Captain Cook,” by San Francisco authors. *“The Maid of Bath,” mustnow be added to the long list of London successes. The piece is bewutifully mounted aud well pluyed. Salvini will without doubt present tho dr uratic version of “Cavalleria Rusticana during his forthcoming engagement i Phila- delphia. _The prima donna who is to create a lead- iug role in Glibert and Sullivan’s new opera is Miss Nanoy Mclntosh, an American girl, sister of Burr Mclutosh. Washington, D. C, is to have a new musical organization, to be known the Nattonil Festival und Oratorio society., The chorus will number 1,000 voices, Several companies that started out early in the season have alveady collapsed. Among them are “We, Us and Company, +The Slaves of a City" and “Jerry.” George Grossmith, who 1s said to be mak- ing $4,000 & month as an entertainer, has de- clined an eagagement at the London Savoy for the new Gilbert and Sullivan opera. -.’\mour tne ‘‘novelties” of the season in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich will be a ve- vival of Mozart's comic opers, “La Finta Giardiniera,” which was composed 120 years ago. Max Bendix, Mr. Thomas' concert master, @na a great favorite in the New York musioal world, is winning his spurs as & con- ductor at the exposivion. His work has been unstintedly praised. Maunager Carucrogs has mauy uew and pleasiug uovelties iu preparation for this season, but it is doubtful if they surpass his presont one, “The Midway Plaisance.” It Qausos roars and soreams of laughter X THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE | The Prigin of the System and Its Marvel- ous Davelopment. EARLY STRUGGLES OF THZ FOUNDER Diffioulties Enconntorsd at ths O Successfally Ovéreome Advantages of the Sy fioat Mail teot and and om—Qaali- Clork - Grow of Did you ever dropa tant address into the slide of oneof tho little, red, iron byxes marked “U. S Mail," and soconveniently placed ab every other street corner? Yes, you have, no doubt, many a tim nd then forgotten all about ivor remembored only to count the days or hours that must clapse bafore an answer could bo expocted Or, perchance your thouzhts may havo followed it a little way on its long journey, for you know that the mail collector would take 1L to the postoMiee and you were quite sure that it would go out on tha next fast mail Although baaring such an important rola- tion to our business and social requirements, v limited is the general public knowledgo of the workings of the most intricate and wonderful system unler the control of Sim—that of the rallway mail Comparatively fow aro tho ple who know that the World's Fair city was the starting point of tho postal car. Such, however, is the fact Atthe northwest cornor of the grounds of the Chicago postodive, corner of Adams and Clavk streots, stands a bronzs bust upon o ing this in- tter bearing a dis- polished granite pedestal beg scription To the Memory of GrorGE B, ARMSTRONG, inder of the Raliway Mail rvice of the Unitod Staves. A Born In agh, Treland, Octob A D18 Dicd i Chicago May Ereeted by the Clerks in the Serviee, 1881, A ute to the Founder, At the unveiling of the memol bust ex- Vice President Schuyler Colfax delivered the address, from which the following extracts are quoted: G, B ARMSTRONG, *‘As a postal oficial Mr. Armstrong was acknowledged by all who knew him well, to be the ablest of “our century. He was - tensaly alive to sha‘wants of the people, full of encrgy in evetythiing he undertook, thor- oughly acquainted Avith the ‘postoffice de- partment and gendrally consulted on all 1m- portant postal questions. *‘With a nobility of “eharactor that im- pressed all who came in eontact witk him, he had a mind of great originality and force, and these characteristics. conjoined to his remarkable executive ability, fitted him ad- mirably for the grand work that he planned and that he fortunately lived to see so suc- cessfully earried into execution throughout our continental domain. “Many were the weary journeys he made to Washington during the olosing yenrs, of Pyesident Lincoln’s first term, and many the arguments he submitted for his new scheme before the postofice committees and postal oficials, his quenchless enthusiasm at last enlisting President Lancoln's admiration and support. 3 “When General Grant became president n 1860 the greatness and indispensible char- acter of the service was given by his admin- istration more complete and unreserved of- ficial recognition thau it had received since its birth, President Grant was early con- vinced of it great valuo and Mr. Armstrong viis summoned to Washington and justly ap- pointed general superintendent. 15 had been a favorite idea of Mr. Armstrong’s to have a fast mail service placed upon the trunk line from New York to San Francisco, shorten- ing the mail scnedule across the continent at least two days. But while he was elab- orating the details of what he intended should be the crowning feature of his sys- tem, death overtook .illm and his labors were brought to a sudaen close.” He left three sons, who are well known citizens of Chicago—Harold and J. J. Arm- stron—the latter is tamiliarly called *“Doc" by the boys in the service—avd deeply inter- ested in tho progressof the work bequeathed them by their father. The other son, Georgo B. Armstrong, is much admired iu ary and musical cireles, having been for fifteen years musical critic of the Chicago Inter Ocean, and is now editor of the Indi cator. Karly History. The early history of the rallway mail service of the Uuited States is tull of inter- est, and u brief outline will here be given, Previous to the year 1864 all the mail from New York city for the northwest was tied up in packugoes and came direct to Chicago. All mail belonging to Indiana and Ohio came right through those intermediate states and landed in Chicago, where it was sorted and redirected o the minor offices, and perhaps from one to two weeks later reached the final destination, In the origi nal method of making up the mails & post bilt was put in the package made up for each postofiice and a duplicate bill sent to the general postoffice at Washington, he bills were supposed to be compared and checked up there. -But that work was never done. The job was too immense. Mr, George B. Armstroug was at that time assistant postmasier st Chicago. His com- prohonsive and ° progressive mind soon enablea him to discover the unnecessary in- convenience and delay of such a mode of de- livery, and he set his fertile brain to solve the problem of a eomplete, practicable and rapid railway mail service. When he had focused his plaus,he wrote to the post- master general,,who only laughed at his ideas as chimericg).\But the managers of the Northwestern rafifoad looked upon the Armstrong system with favorable eyes and signified lhuy' wilfingness to assist him by fitting out a bagguge car according to his di- rections, he, however, bearing part of the expense. And upon phe Northwestern rail- road, between Chicago and Clinton, Ia., August, 1804, knd first traveling postoftice in the United States made its trial trip under the charge of 1. Bradley. Notwith- standing all the predictions to the contravy, the great innovation proved to be a brilliant uccess. In October, 1804, another mail coach was run on the lil botween New York city and Wasningtou. Then following in their order came the Chicogo, Burlington & Quincy, the Chicago, Rock Islaud & Pa- ciffe, the Illinois Central and the Chicago, Alton & St. Louis railroads, Marvelous Growth. In twenty-nine years the ilway wmail rvice has becowe a complete network all overthe United States aud assumed such vast proportions that thousands of wen work day and night with busy brain aud hands to keep Leace of all the lines, however minute, that go Lo make up the routes over which mall must travel. The city of Washiogton 15 the headquarters of the system, which is divided into eleven divisions, the following cities being headquarte of the different divisions: Boston, first; New York, second ; Washiogton, thira; Atlants, Ga., fourth; Cinciuna®i, fifsh; Ohicago, sixth; St. Leuts, soventh; San Francisco, eighth: Cleveland, ninth; St. Paul, terth; Fort Worth, Tex., elovonth F'rom Washington n bulletin s issuod daily covering all changes made in " careying the mal in differ ent parts of the United tntes governed by the bulletin_ from the capital Tho headquarters of each division issu weekly bulletin to the subordinate branch of their own territory. fying The work of classi the changes s called “making o And the, “schome” makers are 1d brainy & set of men as one woula re to meet. No sleepy, half done task is admissiblo with them, for thew important work demands positive accuracy provided with “‘postal mans" of each stat and can tell by referring to them in the space of three minutes what length of time it will take fora letter to pass from a give point in the United States to another. Upon the postal maps every postoMice s located with its connecting lines of road and stage routes. The latter are kKnown as “star routes” and are marked on the maps n various colors which denote the number of vimes por week tho mail is dedivered by stage at those points. A red_line shows one delivery per week, yellow 2, blue 3, black standinig for six or seven Lewis L. ‘Troy is tho general superintend cutat Chicagd. He is assisted by a number of schomo makers, chicf clorks and superin tendents of mail routes, besides 064 men and 392 postal and departmént mail cars The Clerks, The railway mail clerks are those who have in charge the working and delivery of the wails on the traveling vostofices. When & man wishes to bocome u candidate for the position of postal clerk he must pass exami nation before the civil servico committoe, which meets four times per year. Aa appli cant is expected to make' a proty good showing after six months of study and 1v 15 a common thing for a mail clerk th know th names of the postoffices in from five to twelve states, and as they average from 2,000 to 3,000 per state (New York having the largest number), it will be seen that t task is no oasy onc, for he must also know the connecting railrond lines and the latest time tables, Ho commits to memory by writing tho names of each postofice on one side of a small card and 1ts railroad lines and “star routes™ on the other side. I same kind of cards are used 1 his examination and tho clerk works them s if he stood before his se in the car. A record is kept of the num ber of cards handled and the errors made. The average determines the bplicant’s pro- ficiency. Should the uinution prove favorable the candidate is selocted as o cer- tified substitute pending a vacancy and re- ports accordingly to the division superin- tendent, holding himself in readiness to fili a4 vacancy at a moment's notice, When a new beginner finds himself on a mail conch for the first time he may think he knows considerable. But he has much yettlearn. He must do the most of the hard work, such s handling the heavy mail sicks and avtending to the “cateher.” In fact he is a sort of a porter, and us one of the head elerks lnughingly 'vomarked to mo, A1 ho stunds the rackec e will make a good clerk.” Work in the Car, By recent ovder of the government all visitors are excluded from the postal cars. But I was 80 fortunate as to receive permis sion to inspect the model mail car in the government building at the World's fair, where all the mail to and from the grounds ndled, On the day of my visit Mr, C. R.Scott, with several assistants, was the ntleman - charge of the car stal from all over the United States are Iternately detailed to work the mail, ch remaining a certain period of time. To ateh them at work and hear them expl atthe same time is to gain a practic lLimited knowledge of the system. Beside tho track, at stations where the Fast M does not stop, a statiofury crane is erected which has 1wo arms containing a spring and extending toward the track. ‘They hold in place the station’s suck of mail, and as the trawn dashes past ut the rate of forty to fifty miles an hour the iron ¢ adjusted on the side of the mail from its moorings the bag of 1 nd holds it safe in 1ts huge clutches, while at the same time a clerk pushes out of the open door the sack of bundles, papers and letters comprising the iucoming mail. Delays iu taking the mail are sometimes caused by the wen forgettng to readjust the catcher when the train roverses its di tion. The aificelly could be evercome by an automatic catcher, which could be changed the moment the whistle of the locomotive in dicated another station. Such a catcher is a late invention. But it is feared by postal | men that the mechanism placed in the small arm is too intricate to stand tho heasy jar incident upon capturing the mail bag, owing to the strong current credted by the rapidly- moving train, which 1s very powerful con- sidering the weight of perhaps 75,000 tons. The contents of a sack of mail is of course mixed, and the fArst thing to be done is to ‘state” the mail, placing the letters in pigeon-holos, over which are the names of the states. It 1s often done by a beginne The more expert work is that of separating, «distributing and assorting letters and papers according to the railroad time tables, so t! the destination may be reached at the earli- est possible moment. *“Working the mail” it is called, and is done by two schemes, the “general” or state scheme and the “stand- point scheme,” ‘The former embraces all tho postoffices and railroad lines in the state, while in the standpoint scheme the mail is *‘massed” on the main lines rooning out of important citios or junctions and then left for the men to work by the state scheme. Postal clorks say that the mail on their regular routes be comes familiar to them, the correspondence being for the most part between the same parties. They are thus compolled to see similar addressos over and over again til the lotters grow to have friendly faces ‘They become exverts in reading all kinds of chirography. Ofttimes the mistake in a ramo or the address on a lotter is very fuuny, and in some instances quite inde- cipherable. During my visit to the mail v 1 reck- lessly remarked that I thought ‘“‘stating” the mail a very simplo thing and 1 belioved I'could do it. I was answered by being pr sented with a letter and the question **Where would you put this?" “Pride goeth before a fall.” That writ- H ing was Greek to me. But the expert read tho name and address without a moment's hesitation, It was bound for Texas. Checked Up, When a clerk ties up a package of lotters he places in it slip of papor on which is written his name, the date and run. Should a mistako be mado, it is discovered by the next one who handles the bundle. Tho error 15 charged up to the offender asu *ixie,” all of which are forwarded to head- quarters, where they are checked up against each clerk #s s0 many stumb- ling blocks in the way of his future advancement. He receives a notice of them every fifteen days and is exp to profit theroby. ked Mr. Scott if a man could 'become so expert in handling mail as to be able to detect money inclosed, *'No, said he, *‘none but a thief.” “We prompui discourage any curiosity ina new baginner and choke it at birth.” Postmuster General Bissell. iu a report concerning tho amount of mail distributed, that *for the year euding June 30 last, 075,820 pieces of mail were distributed, the errors numbering 1,347,850, Ratio 7.144." That number of correctly delivered pieces, inratio to thoerrors, is the highest record yot shown in the service, The salary of a postal clerk, to commence with, scems small re- muneration for the exacting duties. But there is a wide field for rapid advancemeut, both in position and pay. During working hours the tax on his m2mory is constant and unremitting, but time must be had for study and partial rest, so that the rulesare six days on his run and off six days. 'Fho employes " of the railway mail sorvice | must conform Lo as strict a discipliue as that of the rogular army, and the time and skill necessary to acquire acomplete knowledge of tho system frees it from poltitical manipula- tions, henoe it is the best known example | | of civil service reform. Giace Hizgs e A Viconnese instrument maker, lgnatz Lutz, has invented two new iustruments which he calls “claviatur-ztner” and “clavi- atur-larp.” Thelr poculiarity consists iu | the application of & planoforte keyboard toa zither and to & harp. Cure indigestion aud biliousness with De Witt's Little Early Kisers. Bobbie —1I should think you would have goue to aca, pop, when you were a boy They are | | DR GRANTCUT e e P AN A RSN - s UL, O TAKEN IN. ] course 1 expect 1t to bo believed. Then when you tell it again eithor Charitable and Gallant Congressman's | [08Ve out the regular army or clse loave Discovery. A good story is told by the Washing ton Post of & certain vongrossman who came to that city the first time oMeially | at the opening of the present session. One night during the recent vainy | son the representative was walking f along the avenue in the vicinity of Sixth | out that part about having to go six miles for whisky." e Mother—Dr. Wines has beeu complaining of your couduct on his front stoop, Sou 1t was all his own fault! me an awlul Yickin' in school. Mother ~Well, that shouldn't have made you revengeful Son 11 only added to Wines—and other Lickors He gave his door street at a very late hour. It was raining hard, the cable cars had stopped for the night, and there were fow people on the | streets. The congressman was hurrying { to his hotel, tightly grasping an um i brella, which was pulled down over his shoulders, As he neared Sixth street | he noticed an elderly little woman nd - ing on the corner, heavily bundled u {and holding u wornont parasol over her head. As he approached the woman she said plate Beautifu! Women MVE. M. RENA mplexion Spocialists ro- thing detrimental to the COMPLEXION, She guarantees hor system of Boauly “Mister, will you pleaso tell me how to got to Georgotown? I'ma stranger in the city and want to go to my house, ™ HGeorgetown,” exclaimed the con- gressman: “why my good woman, you are two or thy miles from there and the cars have stoppod running. Yo had better take a cab.” I | son's |, | Ihe fauons ( moves ove Hls it so far as that?" inquired the | culture to remove | poor woman. “Then Il have w walk, | BIRTH MARKS MOLES WARTS for [ have no money," and she sighed | SUPERFLUOUS HAIR. FRECKLES TAN heavily as she drew hor thin shawl mor MOTH PATCHES, LIVER SPOTS )iy over e shouldus. BLACK HEADS, RING WORNS, HOZEMA. ET( The lawmaker's heart was touched. —— He probably thought of one of his own Hor skl i ¥ nily in a‘similar predicament. Diving bt el B )| wrinkles and lines and in rounding out tho faco | into his trousers’ pocket, he said: WEAL IS RRsISL YO, maaRt Tlare 18 into youthfnl loviiness has $2. Now you walk over to the depotan "=’;'f;;|i':j;"“;‘;:*::n_“*‘:;\\":';l;" bALo T hire a caly ko o your son' . u i > )0 BUCCO8S- UG UL 1 to your son' | yijy trented bymail by sending 8 cents postagre with this ad, und will the madame’s valuable hook, tBeauty Culture, Free, He pressed the money into the woman's byt wot hand and hurried on his way, whil she murmured, “God bless you, kind L L Three nights samo hour, the about tho congressman was aftorward sume again walking along the avenune. 1t was " N P aelear, cool night, and being engrossed | Fashionable Hair Dressing and Manicuring in a deep study, he did not know any- body was near him until the figure of S Vi stood in his th, 1 ha hear ) " ;:l(:.x:::;: sod in his path, and he heard MNMIZ. M. RIEM A, “Pléase, sir eorgeto- Glancing at the features of the speaker, the congressinan at once recognizod the can you tell me the way . Barker Block, Omah B5 A Full SIET woman he had bofriended a few nights L before, and as he cast a frowning glance | QI TISI3T\H at by he saic “Good Lord, woman, haven't you found your son yot? Well, you just wait | for some other idiot to come along. 1've been there once,” s Saved the Setter. **He jumped that high,” said Dr. W. H. Daly, a Pittsburger, holding his hand as high us the upper corner of his beard, “with the snake hanging to his ear. I cut the piece ont where the fung: had stuck, and all the time of the opera- tion the snake stood his ground, coiled up in the grass within a few feet, and, sounding his rattle viciously, as though he was indignant at us for interforing with his business. Die? No. We had to haul him six miles to an Indian hay- ing camp to get any whisky and then w didn't get it 1 gave a quarter of a tea- spoonful of aqua wmmonia every hour in a glass of water, and he is as good a set- ter dog now as he over was.” _ The doc- tor has just returned from i hunting A U7 W Buley Srd Floor, Paxton oo a 16th and Farnam Steast. Llevator on 16l Strc Lolephons 1035 BRING THIS WD YOU R, WILLLAMISON TREATMENT ONLY trip on the Yankton Indian reservation, FORR GHIHRRH$ID.UII and was narrating somo of his terest- Forss months maedicines and Instraments Froc SPEGIALIS (Consultitu o) 19 iy epasied 1n o traatmo s ing experiences 10 a friend as he walked along Smithficld street. *Who com- posed the party?” he was asked. “Gen- eral Miles and General Barlow, and Fredoric Remington, the artist, and a few others, most of them rogular arm W\ s .hm 5 Pilvat 1 officers.” Do you want that snake story | oot e A believed?" asked his friend after a few | porsonaiy, Hrea e uY Wati Address with st be et i 1IRS. 16 Palace Offce Building OF OMAHA, ABSOLUTELY i FIRE PROOF. “Believed? or moments' consideration. Why, man, it's as true as gospel. for particulars, whioh wilt i envelope. PO, Box Gad, OfMea, L Omishit | [ INCANDESCENT . 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Ford, Agent. ti, Manufacturers’ Agent. ! MORE,( CHANGE Istand Aurlit. ONAIIA COA | W E E 1L EVANS, Poople's Tuvestment Co, I DENVER INVESTMENT HGND 0O, FIFTH FLOOR, ARMY HEADQUARTERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTE. ] SIXTH FLOOR. i Ll ORIAL HOOMS, MISSOURI VALLEY GRAIN 00, {H F l(l'\‘l{“ls'll.‘ ROC HAMILITON LOAN & FRUSL €0, U, F. BEINDORFE, Arohitect CREW-LE K CuU., Lubricatly | MANUFAOTURERS AND CONSUMER'S A5 s GOVERN T rriN{gl SOCIATION, SEVENTH FLOOR. ROYAL ARCANUM LODGE KOOM», | A few more elegant office rooms may be led by :plyin Bingo—-What put that idea into your | head’ Hobbio—Because you &re such a good whaler i R. W. Baker, Superintendent, office on counting rcen Hoor