Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 2, 1894, Page 20

HESPORTS OF EARLY WINTER . »u Hus Bomething to Eay Anent a New Game Law, THE BIG TROTTERS s 1t & Milo Track—Footbull Day in the Gate Clty—The Celebrated Petors Shells—Gos. #1p with the Ball Piayers and the Usunl Eporting Grist, IN OMAHA OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 22.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Your letter of recom- mendations and general invitation to all lovers of fish and wild fowl to share with you thelr opinfon concerning the best plan for the preservation of the same may meet with mariy answers of greater worth than mine, but let. me assure you that none of said advocates can be more earnest in the object to be ‘attained, which is the main thing, after all, ‘and none can more heartily endorse the ®pirit In which your article was written.. After carefully reading all the Nebraska statutes prior to 1889, relating to this mat- ter, I was particularly struck with the total absence of ways and means for the enforce- ment of the same. 1 would, therefore, recommend that the call for a meeting in- clude all lovers of the noble recreation, and that every effort be made to bring in the un- organized, as it Is only by winning over to . the good cause all legitimate sportsmen, and making them feel that they, too, have a Band in the work that we can hope to meet success and see the provisions of such laws lived up to. That from this gather- ng a capable committee be appointed to col Ject the statutes of all the different states in the union, which bear on this subject, and, it possible, select those which have proven the most capable of enforcement; in other words, that we profit by the experience of those who have gone before and adopt the laws most sultable for our local conditions, thus reducing the experimental,part of our new law to a minimum; that the aforesaid committeo contain ‘Some sporting members of the bar (and they are numerous), o that the document handed to the lawmakers at the capitol may be well up in legal qualifi- cations, and not rendered futile and vold at the first opportunity to punish an offender. We must have wardens, and wardens must be paid. No doubt a fund could be raised by the license system, but whether the most efficient way or if sufficient seems hard to determine. In a sparsely settled state like ours it looks as though it would be hard to collect and would keep an army of wardens busy hunting down license evaders instead of caring for the main issue. That It would lessen the number of guns (if such is desir- able), Is hardly probable, for he who has once tasted the sweets of the chase is, like the opium eater, doomed to an ever-increas- ing passion. The death penalty could not keep Englishmen from poaching, will the lack of $2 phase Americans? Those who are poor in purse are not always the meek in spirit, nor are they the men who have decimated our game; it was those who could afford to keep in touch with the out- lying farmers, and epend a week in early August slaughtering the newly fledged, or in the undisturbed solitudes, bagging more wild fowls in an outing than most people Xill in a lifetime. Why not extend the authority of the fish commission, so as to embrace the game department, and be known as“the flsh and game commission, whose dufies would be the propagation and preser- yation of fish and game in Nebraska. They 1o be in charge of a competent force of war- dens supported by the state government? 1 eyery man has the privilege of shooting without a license it is his own fault if he * does not exercise this right, and should not object to a general tax. But if the non- shooter is taxed he should not be debarred from bagging a little game in its season. Nowy could this monetary value of game be removed, and thelr sale strictly prohibited, there would be every reason to suppose that the arch ememy of game had at last been circumvented, but as we all know, prohi- bitlon. does not elways prohibit. For ex- emple, take the liquor question In Iowa, where in spite of the large majority who favored prohibition, the minority took to their skee as of yore; now i Nebraska, where but a small portion of the populace would re- celve benefit and the large number have to be content with domesticated fruit, I'm afraid the quantity of boiled owls and baked rooks consumed at our restaurants would be simply prodigious. Would also like to state in an humblo way that I do not think the law should be burdened with provisions, such as @rohibiting shooting ducks and geese before sunriso or after sunset. First, because it would be difficult to enforce. Second, the sun is very often obscured on days when people pursue that kind of game. Third (and most important), in clear weather ducks do not fly in the evening till long after sunset, and depart in the morning long before sunrise. In my opinion all such clauses would only tend to complicate mat- ters and render the whole abortive, 1 a uniform day could be established foir the opening of the fall season, say September 1 (quail excepted), and December 1 fixed as & uniform closing, the benefits which would accrue are undoubtedly great, and the disad- wvantages small; about the only game birds that can be kiiled before this time are upland plover (doves), and in the latter part of August yellow legs and rail. It would be hard to let the plover go, but it might be worth the price. As for all other aquatic birds, I see no reason why from September 1 to December 1 would not be quite the proper thing. Rail, {:Ilnw legs, etc., are at thelr best in Septem- r, and nearly all game by October, As for ducks, those breeding in the vicinity, teal, wood duck, etc., are strong of wing by the 1st, and in steady flight by the last of September. In the spriog, If not bothered after April 15, large will be the harvest of homebred teal in the fall; but why restrict the spring opening to March 157 Why not any time after February 1, to suit-the vary- ing seasons? The law concerning the illegal taking of fish is good as far as it goes, but a close meason should be allowed bass, pickerel and the planted fish for spawning, and the use of set and taut lines prohibited in the lakes. With some such amendments, and amplo :ravlllonu for the enforcement of the whole, onorable sportsmen would no longer be pestered with such lazy drones and dance house bartenders as now pilfer Cutoff lake of all that makes such a place worth having; wor would the sleek farmers of the Elkhorn wvalley, now plying thelr illegal vocation in undisturbed security, hang thelr seines along the public highways to dry. Many disappointments must be borne, and much opposition overcome before a practi- cal system can be evolved, bul the great aim should be to put this matter on some per- manent basis, that it may broaden and strengthen to meet accruivg conditions, and I believe a state commission invested with ample power supported by a strong force of wardens to enforce a law strong in penalty and swift and sure in its visitations of «Justice would save both fin and feather from the fate of the buffalo, Better a weak law rigidly enforced than a strong law weakly enforced. Yours in the good cause. FAX. While the sporting editor concurs heartily 4n most of the propositions advanced in the foregoing, he most respectfully balks at the opposition against wild fowl shooting before sunrise and after sunset. Cloudy days cut mo figure whatever. ~ Of course a gunner could not be held literally to the hour, but if he 1s a man of even ordinary Intelligence, he would certainly know about when to be &ln and when to leave off to save himself from liubility. Again, Fax's ideas about the morniug and evening flight of ducks s erroncous. Ducks do not get up in the mol 10g, lke geese, and leave their roosting grounds and return in the evening. In a majorlty of cases the ducks feed and roost on the same grounds, and in a large measure the flight, unless they be disturbed, in the mornipg, during the day, or at eventide, is © slmply and purely a matter of pleasure and exercise Of course, they are a restless class, paturally, and do a good deal of flying from place to place, but there Is nothing ,.I‘ r methodical In their morning and ht, Opb most any grounds new ar- evening seems to be the preferred time for their “coming In.” With geese it Is differ- ent. They leave the bars in the rivers, or their nocturnal resting places on pond or lake almost at a given hour In the morn- ing for thelr feeding grounds off in the flelds; return along about 11 o'clock, preen and dose and bask on the bars or water until 3 or half past in the afternoon, when they again take wing for the feeding grounds, and return from two to threg o four hours later for the night. So much for the b blln ?;‘ wild fowl, briefly touched upon. Now, shooting the birds before sunrise or ll(er sunset. There Is no more hurtful practice in végue among the lovers of this sport. That a shooting ground can be thoroughly | ‘“‘burned out” by this nefarfous practice is a | fact that has been demonstrated repeatedly on the best ducking groungs in the world, Again, the sportsman who cannot get all the sport and all the game he needs or wants in twelve hours, is deserving of neither. By all odds I would urge the embodiment of such a clause in any bill looking to the preservation, protection and propogation of the birds, that might be presented for the consideration of the legislature, Sound Ideas of an Amateur. OMAHA, Nov. 24.—To the Sporting Edi- tor of The Bee: Please give the following in Sunday’s Bee and oblige a large number of ambitious young ball players: The interest that has been taken in amateur baseball in the last few years I8 most marvelous, For two years Omaha did not have a professional team, and it was then the ball cranks were at a loss what to do with themselves. On Sunday afternoons you could find many of them on some prairle watching the youngsters play ball, and at Hascall's park a big crowd would assemble to see the Nonpareils whollop their adver- saries, Hascall's park was then the only place they could congregate and enjoy & good game of ball under the breezy trees; but you could fird playing on almost every unoccupled piece of gresnd big enough for the purpose. A ball game is something that many people never tire of. They can sit and watch a good game at any and all times. It is surely a great and exciting game under almost any auspices. The sport increases in Interest with every recurring year, and if it keeps this up many of our amateurs will be playing in the league teams pretty soon. The Young Men's Christian assoclation baseball team of this city Is no doubt the strongest amateur team in Nebraska. In fact, they have proved themselves so, and will reorganize next scason and come out on the fleld stronger than ever, and the likelihood is that Omaha will have a city amateur league. The league as now contemplated, is to be composed of about six or elght teams. Manager Bondlear of the Orchards and Wilhelms says he will lend the scheme every assistance in his power. The teams that Jjoin this league will have to have uni forms, and if possible, it would be a nice thing to have each represent some local busi- ness firm. Mr. Bondlear in talking over the matter said that it would be a good idea to admit only those teams which have the back- ing of & business house, Mr. Griswold, sporting editor of The Bee, is very much in fayor of having a city amateur league, and says he will do all in his pofver to help the boys push it through. The merchants of this city could advertise themselves in a way which they would find out to be entirely satisfactory. Let them furnish thelr teams with uniforms, then name it after the firm. The Orchard and Wilhelm’s will reorganize next season and come out in fine shape. Mr. Orchard and Mr. Wilhelm were very fortunate when they succeeded In getting the team they did which represented them last scason, and if the city league can get together six or eight teams equal to this one, they will have a league that Omaha may well be proud of. In organizing it will be necessary to se- cure good grounds to play on, and if the league consists of six teams, it will require three dlamonds, and these could be so situ- ated as to be easy of access from the central part of the city, and by playing all the teams the same day it will compel each manager to have his own players and not depend upon material from other clubs, as has been done in the past. I would like to have the managers of teams desiring to or- ganize this league send in their names, and the name of the firm they expect to repre- sent, to The Bee, so that the work of or- ganization can progress as rapidly as possi- ble. W. B. K. Revolver hooting for Women. There are some secrets, or rather points in regard to shooting off a revolver that are worth while considering. Possibly, however, the tiger In the jungle and tME bear in the mountain, as targets do not allure you, but you will have the mis- guided midnight burglar to contemplate. It may be well jusi here to remark, in paren- thesls, that the efficacy of pistols in the jungles is open to doubt, but the burglar is always with us, and we ought to know the very best and most fin de slecle way of shooting him. The folowing hints are given on the authority of a gentleman who is an expert pistol shot: How to stand and how to hold the weapon is of greatest importance; the body must be balanced equally on each foot (even if your burglar escapes meanwhile) slightly facing the target, and the arm held perfectly straight out. The arm should never be bent. The hand grasps the revolver high on the butt, with the thumb well around to the in- side and straight, and the trigger finger en- tirely free. This throws the work of hold- ing the revolver wholly on the outer finger. The object of this position of the hand is to get the barfel in exact line with the arm when extended, thus bringing the target, the sights and eye in one line. This position also minimizes the effect of trembling and rotating the arm. The weapon belng properly aimed it should be held there, and the trigger very gently and steadily pressed. The mind should forget the possibility of an explosion, and the whole attention devoted to holding the sights of the revolver in exactly the proper position on the target. (If you are not quite steady, in attending to all these little detalls, the burglar will doubtless shoot you—but that is an incident!) Above all things should the shooter keep up a steady pressure with the trigger finger, and on no account yleld to the temptation to add just a little more force suddenly. The technical terms expressing these qualifica- tions are “good holder,” and ‘“good trigger pull.” The revolver Is pecullarly an American weapon. The Americans have made scores never approached by any other nation. Not only are they first, but they occupy every position between that and twentieth. The weapons in use are the quick-firing or self- cocking and single action. What the self- cocker gains In rapdity of action is more than lost by lack of accuracy. Still there are records where one has been ab'e to put five shots in a space one foot square at w distance of thirty-six feet in four-fifths of one sec- ond. Such work Is exceptional. There is a certain class of Individuals who cannot put three bricks in line on a table. Such, of course, can never learn to shoot, Further, the sight of a pistol may send the cold shivers down your baak. In this case also you will have something to overcome before you can become an expert shot. “I always expect them to go off whether they are loaded or not,” I overheard a young girl say recently. Speaking of pistols, “I am quite sure they can go off without regard to cartridges." DIANA. The Chiamplon of A1l Bykers. J. M. Irwin, who accompanied Zimmerman, the champlon bic¥eie rider, over a good part of the world, has been interviewed about plans for the future. He sald: “Yes, I ac- companied Zimmerman upon his travels. And I tell you we had a lively time lugging about s0 many bicycles, trunks and satchels. As for Zimmerman retiring from the track, I take no stock in such a yarn. As long as [ he is Zimmerman he will race, and when he retires it will be when he feels his physical powers giving away. He is the cyclihg won- der of the age, and there is certainly no man on.earth who can beat him. Alleged wonders spring up every year, and they break a sorts of records under all sorts of condition Then they meet Zimmerman and then every- body sees what class they belong t “How much did Zimmerman make on his trip?” “That I cannot say, although he had the most flattering guaranties. I should say that he cleared between $20,000 and $26,000.” “How does cycling on the other side com- pare with the sport in this country?" “Well, all in all, cycling is further ad- | time THE OMAHA DAILY BER: SUNDAY, vanced there than ft is here. Great crowds turn out at the races, and the liveliest inter- est is manifested in the contests. Zimmer- man was treated splendidly wherever we went, and when we started in a race it was always Zimmerman first, with the others mply fighting for second, third and fourth pos, ucn! H. tracks there pre different from urs, 5 arg bullt more from a speg| tor's standpoint lhun those iy y“ The trycks are bullt of cefment, ang {he e fp c | B pabea are generally one-fifth of a cumfgrence, 80 arrafged that | o ¥ide ste T full view of thé spectators, | | Zimmerman, T am convinced, will not start | in the twenty-four-hour contest at the com- ing tournament, at Madison Square Garden. | 1t would be foolish for him to think of such a thing.” Will Pass Through Omaha. Within a few days Alix, Directly, Flying Jib, John R. Gentry, Azote, Phoebe Wilkes and the other flyers of the Salisbury-Me- Henry combination will pass through Omaha enroute to California. They are now at Washington park, Chicago, being prepared for the journey. In California they have en- gagements for a series of exhibitions in com- pany with Fantasy, Robert J. Nightingale and other horses owned by C. J. Hamlin of Buffalo. It is understood that these star per- formers will be shown on successive dates at Los Angeles, Fresno, San Jose, Oakland, | Sacramento and Stockton, putting in the | until the racing season sets in. The | Hamlin and McHenry stables are to be win- tered on the coast with a view of shaking up | the horses for an early start on the eastern campalgn next spring. Andy McDowell, who has driven the Salisbury horses with re- markable success this year, is not fond of harness racing on this side of the moun- taios, and he says he will not return next season. It is generally understood that Salisbury and McHenry have already come to an agreement by which the man from Free- port will do the driving for the Pleasanton turfman in 1895. With such horses as Alix, John R. Gentry, Directly, Phoebe Wilkes, Azote, Tmpetuous, Baronet and Expressive under their control, the combination will be about the most formidable ever seen on tho trotting turf. Salisbury is looked upon as the foremost manager and conditioner of harness horses, and McHenry is regarded as one of the ablest reinsmen of the day. It has been sald of him that he can place a | coup with all the cunning of a Turner or a | Hickok, and execute it with the nerve and skill of a James H. Goldsmith or a Dan Mace. C. J. Hamlin, it is sald, will ship the veteran pacer, Hal Pointer, 2:04%, to California along with Robert J. and the rest of his stars, and that after a winter on the slope Ed Geers will campaign the old cham- plon in the grand circuit next year. Hal Pointer's tender feet have kept him in retire- ment this year. Business Men to the Front. The meeting of business men in the rooms of the Commercial club last Tuesday evening was one of the best meetings of the kind held here within many a day. It was large and enthusiastic, a general feeling prevailing that the cause was a commendable one and worthy of every fostering care and encour- agement. It was for the purpose of can- vagsing the chances of getting the state fair here and the establishing of a first class mile race track. The concensus of opinion was that the thing could be done, should be done and will be done. Of this, however, there is considerable doubt. Thorough dis- cusslon by the leading spirits of the meeting developed the fact that the sum of $50,000, at the very lowest estimate, would have to be raised to secure either end of the propo- sition, the fair or the race track, and that both would require probably $25,000 more. Considering the importance of the scheme it should be an easy matter for the moneyed men of this city to ralse double this amount. They should realize that noth- ing could be proposed in the way of im- povements that would infuse in the veins of Nebraska's metropolis a renewal of life’s blood as tie accomplishment of the object in view. A first class mile race track, in the hands of competent management, would mean ufitold go:d for the city. The state fair in connection with this would be a still greater thing, and nothing should be left undone to bring the matter to a successful and speedy issue. The committee ap- pointed at Tuesday evening's meeting to ccnfer with the railroads and other influen- tial corporations will report at the club rooms next Tuesday evening, when the sec- ond meeting will be held. The Battle of the Pasteboards. The Omaha Whist club's tournament is rapidly approaching a finish, and it looks very much as If Meikle and Hanks and Con- nor and Zug or Wheeler and Small would be the lucky teams who will go to Sioux City in January to represent Omaha in the national tourney to be held there. The liveliest interest is maintained in the outcome, how- ever, who will be the winners. Wilbur and Allee still have a good chance, as they are about tied with the two last teams men- tioned above. The standing, ing's games: including Wednesday even- Played. Won. Lost. Wheeler and Small.. 1 1 Wilbur and_Allee Melkle and Hawks Connor and Zug. Love and Gam Benn and Ludlow! Tilson and Stebbil Reed and Rinehart Jordan and Mussel; Slinger and Sheehan Scannell and Shipl, Baxter and Risk Funkhouser and W Heth and McCagu Marsh and Pease Palaver with the Ball Players. The St. Paul critics are too severe In crit- felzing Comiskey. He is better qualified to manage a team than Wilmot, and will no doubt place a team that will rank well in the Apostle City.—Milwaukee Eevening Wiscon- sin, The St. Paul cranks are lucky to be alive and criticism of any one comes with bad grace from them. John H. Gaffney, who was reported as “‘mysteriously missing,” has been located at Pittsburg. He had not communicated with his family since the close of the league sea- son. Kid Fear is wintering in this clty, as well as McVey. He is on the lookout for a job to tide him over until the robins come back, It is doubtful whether a single member of last season's team will be seen on the Omaha team for 1895. So far none of them have been signed or asked to sign. Win Camp is improving in health and is in hopes of being able to return to the dia- mond in the spring. wapRasaaaneaSe S omona cronnts X ests s enT Football Day In Omaha. The gods of the plgskin and canvas cer- tainly bestowed their most genial smiles upon the royal spcert Thanksgiving day, not only in this city, but all over the country. Gigantic crowds everwhere witnessed the same stirring scenes that were enacted at the local Young Men's Christlan assoclation park, and the general cry is that the game has got an enduring hold upon the public and wlill ccntinue to grow in popularity until it becomes a veritable craze. Thursday's battle in Omaha may very safely be rated as the only big success the sport has so far achleved here, and it was so decided and so overwhelming that the genlus with the ses- quipidalian curls need not entertain any fear for the future. Football day is des- tined to be the premlier epoch in the Gate City’'s yearly calandar, and shculd the same rivals meet agaln on the same grounds next November the assemblage would be some- thing that would make the park's fences bulge. Interstate Shoot at Norfolk. ‘The sportsmen of Norfolk are rapidly com- pleting preparations for & big interstate trap shoot to be held In that city, Thursday and Friday, December 27 and 28. Invitations have been sent to all the prorainent trap shots in this and the states of Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas, and the management is already assured of a good turnout from abroad. The tournament will be held on the falr grounds, and shooters will meet with a happy condi- tion of things looking to their convenience and comfort. A large number of live birds have been secured, and matches at these will pre- dominate, although there will be plenty of target events, Five hundred dollars @n purses will be bung up, along with a long dst DECEMBER 2, 1894. S—— #f special prizes. With good weather a sue- cess should be scored: Forest, Flela and Stream. Heretofore there « has been conslacrable complaint op acooupt of the express com- panies receiving game for ijl‘vmem b varl- ous poigts o Wyoping Juplefs were en- abled to viclate the game laws with im- punity and it was Impossible to detect them. The Unjon Pacific has decided not.to -m1;» any gafe fof these hunters this feasof Only jack rabbits will be received. It s sald, lowever, that the railroads in Colorado afe n:t so particalar about alding the au- thorities in the emforcement of the game laws, receiving all shipments offered. My old shooting pard, Simeral—was -out squirreling Thanksglving day. He went into the big timber north of Florence, and being a veritable Davy Crock- ett in the wcods, he soon had an’ old fox treed. The equinrel had encountered hunt- ers before, and he kept Billy maneuvering quite a while before he succeeded in getting in a shot. But that was sufficlent, or at least the lawyer thought so, for all he asks Is a single shot at any game he puts up. Sure enough the little tawny rascal let go| his hold in the crotch of the big oak and came tumbling down through the naked | branches. He plunked among the dead | leaves on his back, and Billy picked him up and with much satisfaction stowed him away in his shell pocket. Another half hour's careful hunt and a second squinrel was located, and in response to the voice of the lawyer's Lefever he also dropped from his aerfal perch and joined his comrade in Billy's pocket. Again the barrister started through the woods, and as he stealthily moved fn and cut’ among the brush he thoughtlessly rammed his hand into his shell pocket, hoping to warm his benumbed fingers in the soft fur of his game. Suddenly he | let out a yell that revived memories of the days when the red warriors awcke the echoes of those primeval woods with their shrill war cries, and jerking his hand fren- ziedly out of his pocket he found the first squirrel he had brought to earth tenaciously fastened to his index finger. He wasn't as dead as Billy thought he was, and in his efforts to warm his fingers he got one of them into foxy's mouth, and foxy closed on it with a vengeance. ~The lawyer was startled, as you may imagine, and swinging his hand around over his head he slammed the squirrel against a convenient tree, and not only succeeded in making him relin- quish his hold on his finger, but knocked the eternal daylights out of him. That is why Lawyer Simeral wears a stall on his forefinger. BE. W. Hamiltcn of Pawlet, the celebrated dog trainer and canvasback killer, has United States Commissioner Dundy and the eport- ing editor's thanks for a bunch of nice fat Thanksgiving grouse, but all the same they never saw them. When duck shoot- ing last fall a number of express franks were left with Hamilton. Later on he was to ship in some game. These franks were in the name of N. P. Feil, business manager of The Bee. That tells the story. He got the gro and all that Dundy and the sporting editor gt was a report of the delightful dinner they made at the Feil mansion football day, the lawyer—Will The Peters Cartridge and Shotgun Ammu- nition company at Cineinnati, 0., is building up a world-wide reputation for the superior- ity of their shells, and the perfect way in which they are loaded. They shipped in many thousands to this western country this fall, a handsome supply being used by the Dundy - Hamilton - Heth - Griswold ducking party in the sand hills. That they gave more than satisfaction Is evidenced by the big kill made. Their quick shot shell is matchless, especially so when loaded at their factory. TLey load to order, using any powder in the American market, but this fall have had a big run on S. 8. powder. In California the Peters new shell is largely used, and in fact gunners are lavish in their encomiums for the Peters goods all over the country. Thay have the largest establishment in the United States and are doing the bulk of the business in the line of loaded shells. They may justly be regarded as the pioneer in the manufacture of:machine-loaded shot gun shells. It is certatuly the first to produce a thoroughly. practical and scientifically accur- ate machine, and to successfully organize and conduct this new branch of industry. It is also the only company west of the Alle- ghenies engaged in the manufacture of paper shells, having for this purpose one of the most extensive plants in the United States. Its output of empty and loaded shells amounts to many millions per annum. These goods are extensively used in this and other coun- tries, and everywhere with the highest satis- faction. This company has recently built one of the finest shot towers in the country, and is producing in large quantities a very su- perior quality of shot for its own consump- tion and for the general trade. Just now it is also engaged in erecting extensive buildings and constructing machinery for the manu- facture of metalic ammunition in all its branches, and the Peters metallic cartridges are now found In large quantities on the market all over the country. It is the purpose of this company td be the great headquarters in this country for all kinds of fixed ammunition, and the materials entering into the same. No concern can have better facilities for this business, or more able or ekillful men for its manage- ment. It enjoys today a most enviable repu- tation, and its unswerving aim to furnish the trade with the best and mose attractive goods that can possibly be made. It bespeaks the patronage of all who are in search of quality and want fair dealing. Last week In Minnesota a 2-year-old buf- falo was killed by Judge Larkin and another gentleman of Grand Forks. They were hunt- ing on Snake river, west of Warren. This is the first one killed in that part of the state for nearly twenty years. It is thought that the buffalo strayed from a herd, probably from the National park. The Bemis Park Gun club is making ar- rangements for a winter series of trap shoots on their grounds across the river. These events will be held on Saturdays whenever the weather is at all favorable, It Is sald that near Oshkosh, Wis., in the great marshes that have been for years one of the finest shooting grounds in the country the ducks have been very scarce. The native hunters have been shooting at night and gathering up the birds next morning. In some places nets are set in the feeding ground so that when the ducks dive for food they are entangled and drowned. While in camp a short time ago Mrs, Kate Bradley of Chicago had the pleasure of killing a fine bull moose. Her brother handed her a gun to hold while he returned to camp for a supply of shells. She had not waited long till the moose broke from cover and stopped with his broad side toward her, She brought him down with one shot. It would seam that hunters desiring to bag big game should go east instead of west. Last week, near Elizabethtown, N. Y., Mr. Edgar G. Jenner killed a 400-pound bear. It was the largest seen in that state for a number of years. At Belleville, Ont.; last week, a forest fire in the hills near there afforded the hunters a chance to score on bear and deer. They came down Into the settlements and were easily killed. The hunting has been reported geod there this year. Mr, J. F. Clark of Detroit, while out duck hunting last week, found a young seal. He fired at it, but it escaped. The residents of Gross Isle have seen It several times, How it came in the river is a mystery, Mr. John M. Lown of Penn Yan, N. Y., while out hunting recently, found an albino woodchuck. Will Simeral bagged twenty-six quall, two chicken and four rabbits out on the Elk- horn on Sunday last. The article published in last Sunday's Bee over the signature of W. P. McFarlane on the desirability of fleld trials for Omaha did not come from the enthusiastic sports- man by that name who is at the head of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley tele- graphio corps, but some other McFarlane. Whether there is really another individual by this name or not or whether Mr. McFarlane's name was used without authority Is something I will not pretend to answer. In any event, there was nothing about the article that any sportsman noed complain of. John J. Hardin Is in from his ranch above Paxton. Two weeks ago, while driving cattle 10 the range, he killed two black tall deer | years with No, 1 shot. John says the ducks have all gone, and the geese, too, for that matter, although a belated flock ie seen now and then, Ques Answers, LINCOLN, Nov. 26.—To the Sporting Edi- tor of The Bee: Please publish In next Sunday’s Bee address of person with whom It I8 Snessary (O copmg/catg rr-r-rllmg stand- ard bred registering.—A. A. It Ans.—S, D. Bruce, 251 Brondwtd, WOOD RIVER, Neb., Nov. 26 To ||a Sporting Editor of The Bee: Will you please | be so kind as to answer in your next Sun- day's Bee, if an American horse ever won the Derby in England, and how long ago?— John Wilkinson, Ans.—P. Lorillard's Troquols in 1881, NORFOLK, Noy. 26.—To the Sporting Edi- tor of The Bee: Please give age and birth- place of Peter Jackzon, also nationality of Corbett and Peter Maher and oblige.—A Con- stant Reader. Ans.—Jackzon Is a West Indlan and 31 old. Corbett Is an_ Irlsh-American, and Maher a bona fide product of the auld dirt. 2123 N. 24TH ST., Nov. ing Bditor of The Bee: To setile a finan- cial difference which exists over the following points in a gamo of single high five 21 points up, will you kindly decide who wins? Both contestants, 20; B bids 2 and makes trumps, and makes it, playing high and saving jack. A plays low before B. makes his points. Who wins?—Alfred Fawkner. Ans.—B. COUNCIL BLU Sporting Editor of The Bee by a hand In horse measure; a hand in Inches?—Arthur L. Ans.—F LEXINGTON, 1 Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please g the measurements of J. J. Corbett and R Fitzsimmons to decide a bet. Please answe in Sunday’s Bee.—John Walsh, Ans.—These measurements were published in The Bee of three or four Sundays ago. FREMONT, Nov. o the Sporting Editor of The Bee: My setter bilch is troubled with sore throal; she drools and coughs, has difficulty in swallowing and in moving her tongue; please give a remedy in Sunday’s Bee.—Nesmuck. Ans.—Rub throat with c apply hot poultices. Give and half of chlorate of potash every three hours. One ounce dissolved in cup of water about the right thing. Be sure there is nothing lodged in her throat. LOUISVILLE, Nov. o Editor of The Bee: To decide you please answer in Sunday's Be or not the populist party polled vote in 3 than they did in '94?—A scriber. An 28.—To the Sport- Nov. To the What s meant how much is —To the mphorated ofl, also her tablespoonful the Sporting a bet will > whether gain of 600,000 There was no The populists made s compared with al election in KAMAH, Neb., Nov. 27.- ditor of The Bee: A society wishes to elect three trustees. The constitution pro- vides that “all elections shall be by ballot and a majority of all the votes given shall be necessary to a choice. A motion is car- ried that the thres trustees be voted for on the same ballot. Thirty-eight voters vote for threo names e and the sccretary an’ nounces 114 vot ast, twenty being the highest number received by any one candi- date. Is there an election? O is it lilegal to vote for three at a time under such a con- stitutional provision?—W. H. Kornes. Ans.—Each candidate must have a majority of all the votes cas To the Sport- JES' "FORE CHR. fes Home Journal. William, sister calls me s me Willle MAS. ene Field in calls me Wil Mother me Bil Mighty 11 ain't a girl-rut Without them sas curls an I oy! 1 appl but the fellers call ruther be a boy things that's ¢ an' go swim- fn the Hate to take bellyache! Most all the ain't no flies on me. But jes’ 'fore Christmas I'm as good as 1 kin be! the castor-ile they glve f'r time the hull year roun’ there Got a yaller dog named Sport—sick 'im on the cat; Fust thing she knows she doesn't where sh at! Got a clipper-sled, out to slide ‘Long comes the grocery cart an’ hook a ride! But, sometimes, when the grocery man is worrited and_cross, He reaches at me with his whip and lar- rups up his h then I laff a teched me!” But fes' 'fore Christmas I'm as gocd as T kin be! Gran'ma says she hopes that when I git to be a_man T'll be a missionerer like her oldes' brother an, As wuz et up by the cannil'ls that lives n Ceylon’s isle, Where cvery prospeck pleases an’ is vi But gran'ma she had never been to see a wild west show, Or read the life uv Daniel Boone, or else 1 guess she'd know That Buffalo Bill enough f'r me— Excep’ jes' 'fore Christmas, when I'm good as 1'kin be! know an’ when us boys goes we all An' "holler: “Oh, you never only man an' cowboys is good Then ol' Sport he hangs around, so sollum like an’ still— His eyes they seem a-sayin': matter, little Bill?" The cat she sneaks down off her perch, a-wonderin' what's become Uv them two enemies uf hern that use ter make things hum! But I'm 8o perlite and stick so earnest like to biz, That mother sez our Willie is!" But father, havin' been a boy hisself, sus- picions me, When, jes' 'fore Christmas, I'm as good as 1 kin be! “What's er o father: “How Improved For Christma; dies, cake: Wuz made, they say not f'r haughty bo So wash ver and brush yer hai mind yer p's and q's, An’ don't bust out yer pantaloons, an’ don't wear out yer shoes; Say yessum {o the ladie , With Its lots an’ lots uy can- proper kids, and , and and yessir to the any don't pass yer again; But, thinkin' uv the things you'd like to see upon that tree, Jes, tore, Christmas be as good as you e r——— PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS. Teacher—Now, Johnnie, remember that was Atlas that supported the world, want to try your power of imagination. do you suppose supported Atlas? His wite, I guess, Visitor—Have you any more studies this term? Boy—Yes'm; I'm studying yellocution. Little Dot—Mamma read in a paper that a deaf man out west was stung by a swarm of bees and now he can hear as well as ever. Little Dick—I don't see how bee stings could make a deaf man hear, but I should think they'd make a dumb man speak. A teacher of a Virginia district school re- cently asked one of her little colored pupils to g0 to the blackboard and write a sentenco thereon coptaining the word “de 3Lt George Washington Jacksoh went promptly to the tront of the room. and wrote in a large, scrawl- ing hand these words: “De wind blowed so hard dat it put out de light.” A little girl in the suburbs was overheard talking to her doll the other evening. *You naughty child,” she sald in a tone of grave reproof, ‘“you've been sayin' ‘darn!’ When you go to heaven, dolly, you'll go to the other place!” A little girl In Gorham, Me., on first discoy- ering the electric lights, and seeing the moon at the same time, propounded this conundrum “Mamma, does God know that we have got electric lights?”” “Yes,” repjlied the mother, “He must koow it, because He knows every- thing.”” ‘““Then, mamma, why don't He take in_the moon? The light and joy of a pleasant Detroit home s & G-year-old boy of bright face and happy teperament. A day or 80 ago a gen- tleman visiting the family engaged the little tot in conversation, and one of the numerous questions he was called up to answer was: “Are you married?" ‘‘Yes," replied the ger tleman; and he added playfully, “Are you “No,” came the quick response, ‘‘but I've been vacelnated.” it but I Who Johnnie— e The woman fonist had tackled the rene old bachelor. He squirmed cccasion- y, but he retained his serenity. “Have you ever done anything for the emancipation of women, I'd like to kno she said, coming down the home stretch. ‘“Indeed, I have, he smiled, “I have remained a THE OMAHA BEE, ("""yifice 1t is an 1) Wind That Blows Nobody Good,?s Is a saying that has often been proven true, and its truth will be demonstrated to more thau one intevesto] person on Saturday, Dec. 1st, At 2 p. m., when we commence to offer our entire stock at auction. Poople will not buy diamonds and silver now unless they ean do so at a bargain. We are obliged to have money. Every article warranted as ropresonted. JOHN BAUMER, 214 S. 156th St. J. D. LEWIS, Auctioneer. N. B.—A handsome present given away at elose of each sale., JEWELER, PALMER GOXisa TRIUMPH 1! SO IS HIS QUEER PEOPLE “In this gorgeous-covered book are depicted wonderfu things about the Queer People sure to delight the Little Peo'i)le." —The Chautaquan. A IMAGINE MICE AT SCHOCOL STUDYING “How to Dodge the Cat” Bears, Foxes, Wolves, and Porcupines racing through the Woods on Bicycles. Rabbits galy loping around on enow-shoes. Elephants walks ing upright, wearing stove-pipe hats. Rats dancing a horn-pipe. Fairies making mamé moth puddings, and a thousand more such fane tastic antics,—and you get some conception of PALMER COX QUEER PEOPLE. THE STRIKING GENIUS OF PALMER CDX 3 a unique, humorous artist was recognized upon the issue of his first BROWNIES BOOK, but it is more fully displayed in H e QUEER PEOPL Emm because of their far greater and richer variety, comprising Animals, Wild gnd Tame Birds, Fowls, Fairies, Giants, Goblins, Merrymen, va archs, cte., ete. His inimitable faculty of telling jolly stories in merry, pnghng verses, and then with matchless genius illustrating them in the most captivating mnnnfl conceivable, is certainly Marvellous and AFFORDS ENDLESS DELIGHT -rise YOUNG The world has known no Genius as a Juvenile Artist to compare with Palmer Coga He commands the highest copyright of any Juvenils Artist or Author living. e syewERT TR B T | WITTIEST, PRETTIEST DON T F'ORGET IT. YOU GET THE BENEFIT of the price by the 25,000 lots in this distribution, which is running far beyond our expectations. 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