Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 8, 1895, Page 20

SPORTS FOR HAZY AUTUMN Ohatty Comment on Events Here, There and Everywhere, ON THE LAKE AND IN THE FIELD The with Gan the ¥ Meet and f All Colors and Kinds, 8o long as there will be a circus in town tomorrow, it wouldn't be half bad to know a little about the vocabulary of the canvas men and the artists of the sawdust arena While they have a Jargon of their own, they are pastmasters in the general slang of the ay. The boss canvasman i3 always “main guy,” all the rest are simply “gu Tho tents are “tops,” and the announcer at the entrance of the sideshow fs a “‘barker.” The men who peddle peanuts, barber pole candy, fans, concert tickets and so forth, are “butchers,” while the plckpocket, gamblers and shorichange men are ‘“crooks” and “grafters.” To beat a “turn” a uben” or a siclans ars ind-jammers,"” “razorbacke.” The show ground is aly the the dining tent the “camp” and the horses “stock.” Then there are number fess technical terms applied to the performers which, while really not slang, nevertheless add to the pleturesqueness of the circus folk vocabulary. Jasper.” The mu- the canvasmen C. W. Williams, the individual who Is forc- tng the big. long-winded trotting along at Galesburg, was one of the knowledg- ous trotting horsemen who would lend no aid toward defeating the anti-pooi selling bill passed by the last Illinols legislature. He was one of the wise guys who knew that the pool box was not concomitant to the suc- cess of the trotting turf and he promised to show a doubting world what he knew this campaign. Yet he has failed to keep his word, but, instead, has demonstrated how ut- terly impracticable is a trotting meeting without the alluremen's of this magic box By main strength he has been holding up the abnormal Galesburg burlesque and in sheer desperation, and mauger the terrors of the law, the ponlsellers were fnstalled last Mon- day. They ron one nd there was o jemblance of old time | grounds, but the next day the box was closed tighter than ever, and again is the Galesburg meet Ing tottering along at its origina! palsied gait Did Mr. Williams again conclude that the trotting turf could get along without the pool bhox, or did the authorities tip it off tha there was a road leading straight from the Galesburg track to the county fail? But how did the “game” get a foothold for a day even, that's the question? There has been mothing of u momentons character happened on the turf, either run ning or trotting, during the past week. The great frotting plow horse, Azote, made an attempt at Flectwood to reduce the world's record of 2:02%, but failed. e giant son of ‘Whips made his race ord of with such apparent ease that Mr. alisbury ac- cepted the club’s offer of §15,000 to send the big trotter against the world's best time. But the fates were against him. The con- ditions w ad and the horse’s regular driver was absent, Myron McHenry holding the reins. The best that he could do was to reach his own race limit 1%. This per- formance clearly demonstrated, however, in the esteem of prominent horsemen, that on a good day and track, and the horse on edge, Tie can probably touch the present champion- ship mark. Well, the great Labor day champlonship sprint ‘at Brocton, Mass., was run off a cording to the card. 'The meeting was suc- cessful in all detalls. The crowd was there and the 100-yard world’s record was broken. Kid Sullivan in his prognostications in last Sunday’s Bee showed himself to be quite a guesser. While he thought Mofris would win the big sprint, he felt that Donovan, the castern favorite, had a great chance. As to the lightweight 100-yard dash, the Kid's Innate modesty probably was the cause of his not mentioning himself as the top- sawyer. Ax it was, he said he would get a place. Well, he did, and first place at that. Donovan beat out the big field of profes- slonals In the championship 100-yards in th marvelous time of 9 beating the world's record one-fifth of a second. This is about as fast as human pedals can be ex- pected-to go. Morrls, the Kid's choice, was second, while Copple, the Nebraska man, was not mentioned. In’ the lightweight sprint Bullivan won handily in 10 1-5 and thereby chucked something like $500 in gold in his exchequer. ~ Rollins, the man the Kid most feared, and Engleman, made a dead heat, and in the final Sullivan beat Rollins for the medal in 10 2-5. Thus, so far as the “feet funners'" are c(ucerned, Omaha fs still right n it. It looks very much as if the English athletes, who are to go against our own od ones at Manhattan field in October, have dready got it up in their necks, Neither Bradin or Fry, two of their most formidable men, are with them, and across the herring gmn they are now asserting that the New ‘ork Athletic club has acted with anything but good taste in scoopiug in the wonderful Tommy Conneft and in scouring the length and breadth of the land of the free and the home of the brave for talent to do them battle. This s a ludicrous wail. The Londoners have gathered together the cream of not only England’s athleticism, but also that of Treland and Scotland, and surely New York has an unequivocal right to profit by the resources of our own glorlous country. To be sure Tommy Conneft Is an Irlshman, and has figured on both sides the drink. but America is the land of his adoption and We are almost as proud of him as we are of those to the manner born. But Tommy is evidently not the only man the Johnny Bulls are ‘leary of. In fact it would be difficult to name a single man of either the New York or Yale clubs the Britishers haye not a healthy respect for. The boys who back their ideas of th that on this side have had their fajth Ilr:'n:lr' Tunners very materially reinforced recently. Last Monday Couneff lowered a whole gob of records. "He cut the one mile down fo 4 minutes 15 3-5 seconds, a reduction of 4 1-5 seconds; the one mile and a quarter from §:49 to 5:38 4-5; the mile and a half from 8:53 3-5 to 6:46 2-5. At the same time great fhings were expected of Crum, and while he won the 100-yard dash by a fine burst of speed near the tape, his time was but ordi- nary, 10 1-5. Still he was not pressed, and we all know he can do the distance at the ©old championship form of 9 4-5. There were still other records fractured by the representative Americans on Monday. Mitehell, in the 66-pound welght exhibition, beat the world’s record, making a distance Of 85 feet 10% inches. M. J. Sweeney ac- complished a like feat in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6 feet 5 inches, an elghith of an inch better than his own best Jump, the record on this side. While this shows that the St. Xavier's club man Is doing better than merely holding his own, how about the news that comes across the water? The cable says that on the same day the Irishman, R. M. Ryan, who is to go against our high jumper, beat this even. He cleared 8 feet 41 inches. Here is the Johuny Bull's me ray of hope—the high jump. T had a call from my esteemed old friend, Duncan B. Harrison, on Wednesday morning last, and although Dunc was in a hurry to k his trunks, preparatory to leaving for he coast, we got wound up swapping remin- {scences of the good old days that are gone, and two hours and a half flew away on rosy feet before either was aware of the fact that time fugits like a house afire when one is contented and happy. Duncan is in front of the Pauline Hall Opera company and is one of the best known theatrical men in the world. He has made spent his hundreds of thousands and has experienced all the ups and downs of life. While ot exactly a mil- lionaire now the future looms up amidst the coloeurs de rose, and he is bound to get on top again. He is fashioning a colossal show of his own—but it will be on the road next season, so we will walt, as any an- mouncement now would be premature. Dun- can was John L. Sullivan's manager for sey- eral , the most successful one the @ig Fellow ever had, and together we weat Wver the great man's career from the night TIHE OMATIA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, he Tulled big Prof. Donaldson to sleep down | In Cincinnati fifteen years back, to three yonrs ago last night, when he fell before Corbett at New Orleans. Sullivan and Har- rison have boen on the onts for a lung series of years, but they met in a Doston cafe one duy last w Just ofter Duncan bad turned from Itrope, shook hands aco gory vaculty and wept on other's shoulders like real brothers, Dunean said John never looked better In his that_he was up straight as a string, and on a falr road to pea i prosperity. Well, here is more success than ever to both of you, old palr, At last my old business partner, Willlam K. Vanderbilt, has it the fever and is about to launch forth upon his carcer as a | turf man. In pursuance of his plan to start | a breeding and racing farm in France he | has just parchased from Pierre Lorillard | Ixteen thoroughbred mares, 1l of which | will be shipped from Rancoeas farm next | week. The buneh secured by Billy is from the richest producing lines of Engiand and America and cost Mr. Lorillard more than $76,000. What Mr. Vanderbilt paid for them is not known, but as I expect to hear from | him goon he will doubtless tell me; then 1| will tell you. It is his intention to breed | these inares to French stallions and do all his racing in Frauce. Arthur Valentine, the English lightweight | who bumped into New York a few days ago, vs that Peter Jackson, the Midnight Mars, Jittle better than a physical wreck, and that he will never ugain be able to witnstand the tigors of training for a fight. The fact that the East Indian has not even as much glanced at the wad of boodle Peter Maher has posted to fight him lends the color of trath td Valentine's story. He says the glant black's American friends, if they were o see him stripped, would not recog- nize him as the splendid athiete they knew here. Well, it the big brunette puncher 1s gone, it is oniy another case of stranded on the shores of good feilowship. To all appearances the big Aight 1s now al- most a sare go for Dallas Anyway, this week will tell the story bayond the p dventure of a doubt. Al along it has been asserted t Jovernor Culbertson wax not nearly as strenuously opposed. (o the mill as he would bave the reform element in the Lone Star state believe he was, and now that the law licensing just this sort of a pleasure is ope ve look out for the g up of the blg arena and a rush for seats. Next week, when there will be positive as. surity one way or the other, If it goes forth that the fight is to take place, T will give the red hots the benefit of my opinion as to the oulcome cf the events carded, As the telegraph will doubtl merning of the alt cf th tween the Defender and the Valkyrie, there is little call for any anjmadversion he. It the Atlantic breczes did the square thing by us we ought to be a winner, and t| all there is to it. s tell us this first race b The suspension of Cabanne, Titus and Mur- phy, the racing cyclers, for crookedness, should be a warning to othe ambitious riders. Thelr work was awfully raw and the promptness of Chairman G deon in laying them on the shelf is wor by of the commendation of every hone t whe Iman in the land. Their retirement should he made e~ nt, for any balf-way ection will (nly militate against” the efficicy of the ex:m;le that has been made of them. And to think [ the superlative gall of Cabanne, the ex Omahan. and Titus is partner in the diry work. They say that Murpby, who was “in and in” on the job, but who gave double cross, is a coward and a sneak is probab! all trre, but what are and Titus? They should remember adage about honor among thieve that it was not Murphy who gave In their rage and pique over Murphy's putting the jacks to them, they talked too much an ] thus was the plot revealed. onfess.d m the That e, the cld and also lem away. One of the most shame'ess plec:s of jobbery ever attempted on the trstting track was that by Jack Curry and Myron McHenry, drivers of Joe Patchen and John R. Gentry, at Bel mont park, Philadelphia, last Wednesday. It not only stamps these men as the rogues of the sulky, but gives color to the story that all the recent races between these two horses and Robert J were put-up jobs. So palpable was the fraud last Wednesday (hat the juiges declared “no heat” no less then three times, and eight heats had to be trctied bef-re Patchen could ba made to aceept a Caristmas present. Curry was threat:ned with mob vio- lence and McHen being considered by the judges. No lenfency should be showa these men. The harness turf is in bad enough odor already. The fact that Curry and Me- Henry drive such great horses as Gentry and Patchen should nct shield them frcm the most condign pun'shment. Their ac'lon was flagrant in the extreme, and impudent beyond cxpression. Rule them off for life would be a merited dose. This would be the prompt doom of drivers less prominent, and no par- tiality should be allowed to cperate here, It may not be generally noveriheless a fact, that America boasts of the championship chess player of the world, and chess players all over the country are Justifiably exultant. This is the first cham- pionship ~ America has had since back in 1858, when Paul Morphy, the New Orleans phenom, crossed the ocean and brought the honor back. Harry N. Pillsbury, of the Brooklyn Chess club, is the young American —ho Is not 23 years of age—who hay downed the greatest living masters, Lasker. Steinitz, Tarrasch and Tschigorin, and is now king<of the board. At the recent Hastings international chess congress, which was the greatest assemblage of chess players known in the history of the game, Pillsbury won the first prize, §1,000, by a score of fifteen out of twenty-on» games, losing three and drawing three. Tschigorin was second with fourteen won, three lost and four driwn; Lasker third with fourtcen won, four lost and three drawn. During the ciosing days of the congress the youthful Brooklyn man was the lon of the me:t. The London papers speak of him as the second Morphy, and he will undoubtediy be given a grand reception on his return’to our shores. known, but is The English cricketers, representatives of Oxtord and Cambridge, while still on their sea legs, didn't have much trouble in waxing the All'New Yorks in their initial collision last Wednesday. While the scora was close, 381 to 379 the Britons conclusively proved that Gowabus was far outclassed. Up In Toronto, however, the Americans didu't do a thing to All Canada but whale them by 140 runs, and this sort of evens up our cricket score. $.G. V. G Palaver with the Ball Cranks. Jack Crooks Is the king second baseman of the league this year. Neither Carrish or Eagan have yet caught on, but they are jewels, both of them Brooklyn has played more errorless games than any other city in the league. Clark of the Loulsvilles leads the league at the bat and Robinson of Baltimore in flelding. The Clevelands and Bostons split even in their serles, each team winning six games. “Walty" is getting a whole lot of ball play- ing out of the Giants. You can't keep a good man down. Telk about your “good eyes.” Mike Grif- fin has got his base only eighty-four times on balls this season. The Baltimores have the record for straight games this year, fourteen, and Brooklyn comes next with twelve. Truby is regarded the inferior of “Ace” Stewart at second by those who have seen the Chicagos In the east Manager Hugh Nicol is laid up over in Rockford with a broken arm, sustained prob- ably in pulling Jim Hart's leg. Deacon Whitehill of last year's Omaha's is doing great work for Detroit and is apt to be in the big league next summer. The Philadelphia papers claim that Charlie Rellly is too fat, and are crying for Manager Irwin to put him on a diet of serap iron. It is now Bloncy Purcell. He has inherited $20,000 by the death of one of his numerous grandfathers. I'll take a ‘horse’s neck,” Blopdy. John Tecumseh Brush will come pretty nearly making up his Cincinnati team next year of Western league and Western asscel- ation players. Last seen of Old Hutch and Russel Pace they were about half way across the Arizona desert headed for the slope. There's two great players for you. A Minneapolis paper is belng sued for criminal libel for saying that an umpire stole a game. Take notice, eolonel, and burn up all the files of the World-Herald. Dave Rowe of sweet scented memory 1s in the lnsurance business out in some little SEPTEMBER 8, 1895, e Our Reception Room always open to the Ladies seasorn. $18-—$20. See Page 12, LT U e 1 «Where will you take him, my pretty mai «Zo Browning-King's, sitv” she sayed— cept that you get your money back if you don’t like it. In former years $15 would have been our price—but now it's $8.50. —For a New Fall Suit or Fall Overcoat— Suits that tailors make for $25—or overcoats either—are made no better—hold their shape no better— are not a bit better than these. Generally its ridiculous to talk about a good suit for $8.50, but we were exceptionally fortunate in buying our cloth this year and we “made up this line especially to lead off the Other bargains in elegant suits at ${0—$12.50 —$15 Only makers of Really Fine Clothing on Earth. ROWNINC, KINCelo Southwest Corner of 15th and Douglas Streets, Omaha. Do we need say more?’—ex- Ours is the largest Children’s Department in the West See Page 12, —— Colorado town. There s a better place to put Dave in *han in the insurance business. Jimmy Manning holds the long distance jumping record of this world and the next. He took hig whole team the other day and made a jump of 700 miles from Kansas City to Detroit. Archie Cole is playing with the Burling- ton team. Archie was second in the hitting average on the Denver team. Rowe was first, having hit the team for about 'steen bundrad dollars, says the Rockford Register- Gazette, Martin McQuade, the old counterfeit who was tried by Cincinnati last season, quit the geme at Hazelton, Pa., the other day because the manager fined him $10. Mart says when it comes to taking a whole month's salary at a gob, it is about time to look for a job in tha brick yard. As the end of the base ball season draws near the wrangle about which teams shall play for the Temple cup becomes more bitter and exciting, but will be promptly settled no Qoubt when Mr. Temple gets back from his moose hunt up in Maine. The consensus of opinion is that he will designate the winners of first and second place as the contestants, and this means that the New Yorks will not be in it. There is no_question but what at the com- ing National league meeting the double um- pire system will be exhaustively discussed and according to my way of thinking wiil be adopted. The only drawback to the double header is the fact that this season Uncle Nick Young has been thoroughly un- able to dig up even six competent men. In view of this fact what will he do when he goes out with his little shovel to exhume twico this number? The argument will be that If six good men cannot be found, where is the dozen to come from. Still it will surely be two umpires per game in the leaguie in 1896, Comiskey will take his St. Paul team to California_ immedictely after the close of the Western leaguo season, and will locate at Oakland. Jimmy Manning will also take a band of players to the coast. John S. Barnes, who was manager of the Minneapolis team early in the season, has secured leases on all of the principal parks in Los Angeles and Ockland, as well as Central park, San Fran- cisco, 50 that he will virtually have a mo- nopoly in that way. Hoth Manning and Comliskey expects to make money there this winter.—Chicago Times-Herald. The Wome Race ¥air Week. Manager Mordis is making most elaborate preparations for the six-day women's bicycle race to be held at the Charles Street Bicycle park during fair week. There will be a number of handsome cash prizes hung up and the race will continue throughout the week, from Monday, the 16th, to Saturday the 21st, thres hours a night. Among those already entered for the long journey are Lottie Stanley of New York, onc: the champion of America, May Allen, the fast little Jersey City girl, Lulu Morton of Bos- ton, Jessle Oakley of San Francisco, Helen Baldwin of Newark, Minnie Farnsworth of Minneapolis, Alice Hastings, Lily Williams and a pair of unknowns from Omaha. Over 6,000 people witnessed the closing night's riding of the recent racing in Minneapolis, and the Tribune of that city devotes three columns, profusely illustrated, of the event. That th® race will be a big card here there is no doubt, for in the palmy days of the Coliseum no less than 31,000 people passed in at the doors d veek. Manager Ki of Athletes. Manager Homer O'Rourke Kirke has made all his arrangements for a big fistic and athletic entertainment to be given at Wash- ington hall, Tuesday evening, September 17. There will be some half dozen four-round settos, between such well known exponents of the art of self-defense as Ed and Arthur Rothery, Fred O'Neil and Billy Brown Aaron Sherroy and Paul Murray, Joe Mona ghan and Charlie Mitchell, and Manager Kirk and Billy Newman. Interspersing this card will be a bag punching contest, Omaha’s Sandow, Prof. Swoboda, in exhibitions of science’ and strength, Johony Murphy in his club swinging act, O'Neil and Toll on the mat, and numerous other lively and in- teresting divertisements. ager Kirk has spent many hundreds of dollars in his work of preparations, and it is pleasing to note that he has assembled together a galaxy of talent hard to beat, or even tie, and the old sport will prcbably receive a big boost on the occasion in question. The Jumpers at Union Park. The running meeting now in progress at Union park, Council Bluffs, under the auspc's of those well known thoroughbred gentlemen, R. D. Cunningham and J. M. Stewart of Kansas City, is proving the best meeting of the jumpers ever held in this section of the west. Last week the track record for both the mile and the six furlongs was broken, and the prospects are excellent for more phe- nomenal time this week. There are six cvents daily, apd thus far six horses have been the smallest field to be sent off. Clem Clevering is startiog, and all the thorough- bred people know what that means. Mossrs, Cunningham and Stewart will in all likeli- hood give a splendid big running meet at the new state fair grounds next season, and If they do a new era in this sport will surely be inaugurated here, as the men know no such word as fail On the Lake and in the Field. Trom the various reports of camping par- tles returning from the mountains, the fish- ing has been magnificent on all the favored streams in_Colorado, Wyomng and Idaho and is liable to continue clear up to the freezing time. On the lakes in this vicinity the late summer angling is not proving very atiractive, but will Ifkely improve during the present month. “Plumber” Read asserts that the reason he has paid no attention to John J. Har- din’s challenge and frequent demands for a return 100-bird match, that so far up to date he has not seen the color of any of Mr. Hardin's money. In this regard Mr. Read is eminently correct, no challenge should re- celve any attention unless backed by a re- spectable cash deposit, but as all local sports- men are well aware, Hardin generally means business when he talks shoot, and the hasty posting of an ample surety of his intentions can be confidently looked for. He is daft to get another whack at Mr. Read, and now that a way is pointed out to him he must respond speedily or henceforth keep quiet. A well known sportsman who returned re- cently from a fishing trip down in the Waubuncey country, states that the pot hurters and farmers' boys are killing great numbers of half grown mallard in that vi- cinity, both on Langdon lake and the Bigelow marshies. While this is all wrong, there is nothing to be done, as Towa’s wild fowl law opens the shooting season as early as August 1. Local gunners are not so ardent just now in the pursuit of chicken as they were before the law opened. It is pretty well understood that the birds are non est and there is a lull in the departure of hunting parties. This has lent additional attractiveness to the trap and the shooters are all busily preparing for the closing competitive shoots of the season. The club's standing up to date is as follows: Hit, Miss, Bedford 8 Biogham Blake Brewer Brucker- Carmicheal Fogg Hall Heth Hughes . Johannes Kennedy Kenyon Loomis . MacFarlane Peters Read . Reynolds . Nason Montmorenc: Parmelee Smead Stubbs . Gray Cole Townsend Galbraith Gwin Smile; “Sportsmen who hive not been out after prairie chicken this ¥e&r can have no ldea of the way the birds have disappeared from tteir usual haunts,” writes a sportsman to The Bee. “In sections”Wifefe they were formerly fairly plentiful,” he continues, “there are ab- solutely none this year, and in others where they wore once In abundance they are not now to be found in sufficient quant ties to pay for the trouble of hunting them. On a recent trip into a section whers In former seasons the writer has had splendid shooting no birds of consequence were found—in fact only one covey and a very few scattering birds were all that we ran across. Well informed and ob- serving sportsmen in this section place no creflence, however, In the theory that the birds have died in any considerable numbers from the severe drouth of last season. Very few were to bo found last summer and on this account this theory was advanced by many but later in the fall, when the wea'her te came cool, the usual quantities of b'rds were to be seen. By the time winter set in they wero all gone and those who have observed the habits of the birds closely are of the opinion that they simply left for some seetion where there was feed, and that with the re- tury of the time for migratng they will again come back to their old haunts. Certain it is that at present there is no shooting at this time in many of the sections where it was formerly the best, but it is fair to presume, from the semi-migratory habits of the bird that they will not permanently abandon a se tion that is so admirably adapted for their breeding and living as the one I recently visited.” Ed Lytle and Ed Hastings of this city, A. Williams of Dodge and Grant Hutton an Banker Oxford of Bloomfield put in a couple of days recently in Knox county over Mr. Hutton's dogs. ~ While they were but moder- ately successful, Mr. Lytle fays that Mr. Hutton's black pointer and red setter are the best broken and staunchest chicken dogs he ever shot over. Pat Sheehan, the genial proprietor of the Sheehan house, Lake Washington, writes the sporting editor that it is yet a trifle early for the fall black bass fishing. He siys he ex- pects a good run about the middle of the present month. Questions and Answers, There are letters at the sporting depart- ment of this office for Lilly Williams, bicycle rider; Ed Hutchison, ball player, and Biily Lewis, pugilist. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Sept. 4.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please answer in Sun- day Bee as to the correct pronunciation of Choynski and oblige.—W. N. C. Ans.—Ko-in-skie. OMAHA, Sept. 4.—To the Sporting Editor of The Bee: Please answer In your Sunday paper the following questions: (i) In mak'ng up the flelding average of a pilcher do you glve him on error for a wild pitched ball If the runner advances a base; also if there is no one on base do you give h'm an 2) Do you give the catcher an error for a pas the runner advances a base? Scorer, (1) 1f a runncr advances, yes; if not, (2) The same. ALLIANCE, Neb., Sept. 3.—To the Sport- ing Editor of The Bee: A base runner on first base runs on a fly ball which is caught and returned to first base. The base runner returns to first base bcfore the bateman catches the ball and overruns said base. The baseman fails to touch the base runner, but allows him to return. Is the base runner out for overrunning the base? M. T. Grier b:is $5 that the base runner is out and F. A. Thole bets $5 the runner Is safe.—F. A. Thole, Ans.—If the runner gets back to first be- fore the basoman puts his foot on the bag he is safe, if not you lose your money. MANKATO, Minn., Sept. 4.—To the Sport- ing Editor of The Bee: Please give the proper names of both the big and small- mouth black bass and state whether you have caught both specles in Lake Washington or not. I claim that they both thrive here and are one and the same fish. Please answer by mail and in The Sunday Bee alto.—L. N. Pat- terson. Ans.—You don’t want much. No questions answered by mail. Smal'-mouthed blac's bass, Micropterus Dolomier; large-mouthed, Microp- terus Salmoides. Have taken both kinds at Washington, They are distinct species. ST, JOE, Mo., Sept. 3.—To the Sporting Bdtor of The Bee: There are five in a shooting match, thres moneys. Three tie for first and two for second. Who takes third money ?—Lefever. Ans.—Third money is divided between first and second in the proportion of first and sec- ond money. 1f no rucner, o Al At It Was in Jersey. Willie Yardstick and Charlie Ribboncoun- ter were proceading from the station to the place where they had engaged summer board, relates Harper's Bazar. Said Willie to the stage driver: “Driver, ah you evah troubled by—er— mosquitoes In this wegion?" Tho stage driver looked at him scornfully for a moment (it was In Jersey), and then answered: “Not much, young man. We're too small game for 'em. They come up out of Jones swamp and put their heads on one side and look at us like & turkey gobbler examining a grasshopper, but they seldom peck at us. Wilile and Charlie smiled feebly. “They're a nuisance, though,” went on the driver—“standing 'round In the way, and tramping down fences and the Ifke o that One night just after dark they picked the wheels oft'n this here stage.’ “Wha—what did you do?" asked Charlie. “Put them hosses on & keen run, and come into town with that stage fiying out behind like the linen duster of a man run- ning to catch a passenger train.” ed ball (in making up average) if | .LER WAS SAVED He is Now with the Federal Troops Quar~ tered at Fort McHenry, COLLECTIONS OF THE FAMOUS B ATTLE The Bugler's Life Awnign the Slaughtered Soldiers, Now doing duty as bugler in battery D, U. 8. A., at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Is John Martin, who was the bugler of General George A. Custer when that gallant officer and his devoted band were slain by Sitting Bull's murderous Sioux in the Big Horn valley nineteen years ago. Martin was sent back with a message by General Custer just before the fight began, and In that way his life was saved. He joined the command in the Black Hills in 1§74, relates the Baltimore Amerl- can, and of his subsequent experiences says: “In the spring of 1876, after wintering at Fort Rice, a large detachment from the Seventh regiment, U. S. I, was sent word to prepare for an_expedition against the Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull, in Montana, who wero exceedingly troublesome and vicious toward the seftlers and troops. Our troops started from Fort Abraham Lincoln on May 17,1876, and well do I remomber the day and the brave appearance (he boys all bore as they departed from headquarters. The ent're disiance, 1 judge, was betwecn 500 and 600 miles, and we were from May 17 until the latter part of June on the march. IN CAMP ON THE YELLOWSTONE. “Our first halt—that is, for any length of time—was at the intersection of the Powder and Yellowstona rivers, where we remained several days, until the government supp'y boat put in an appearance. When we had been given our rations we resumed our march, and did not stop until we had come to the junction of the Tonguo and Yellowstone, where we again awaited the arrival of the supply General Terry, with the companies of the Sixth and Seventeenth Infantry, boarded the boat, and our cavairy was left fo resume the tramp alone. General Custer tock com- mand of the troops at General Terry's de- parture, and through his orders we were dis rected to repair at once to Rosebud valley, with strict instructions to each man to be supplied with rations for fifteen days and 100 rounds of ammunition. This was a signil of future trouble to all of us, but I know that every man was prepared for the worst and went out of camp on the memorable 22d day of June determined to fight to the last. “The regimental band which had accom- panied us thus far was left at the Tongue river to return to the fort, and the scene was indeed an affecting one when Generals Terry and Custer held their final interview, and when, after General Terry had issued his in- structions to General Custer, the band payed the favorite tune of General Custer, “Garry- owen,” and rturned to Fort Lincoln. The Seventh set out for the valley, and on the evening of the 24th, after a long march of thirty miles, we pitched camp and bad just settled down to rest when we were ordered to break camp and march till daybreak, and then we halted again. That danger was im- minent could be easily understo:d by (he commander's order that every man should stand by his horse, and eat a light breakfast and drink a cup of coffee. The men scarcely had time to swallow their mesl when “For- ward” rang out, and once more we were on the trail of the wild and wily Sloux. ORDERS TO MARCH FORWARD., “About five miles out from the morning camp, June 25, the officers’ call was sounded and General Custer gave orders for the day. The regiment was to be divided into three columus, In which order they were o pro- ceed. The Indians were now about ten miles ahiead, and we were to endeavor to overtake them. The division of the regimont was arranged in this order: Five companies under General Custer to take the right flank; three companiey under Major Marcus A. Reno to take the left flank; three companies under Colonel Benteen to assume the cen- ter, with orders to sweep everything before them, and the twelfth company, under Cap- tain McDougal, to bring up the rear in 1 was in General Custer's de- , and acted as bugler of the guard “The first attack by the soldiers was by Major Reno's forces, who reached the upper end of Sitting Bull’s village about 10 a. m. June 25, and were driven back, losing two officers, several scouts and about thirty men. General Custer was entirely ignorant of the mishap to Major Reno, and, the lower end of the villags being not far distant from General Custer's stand, he sent out a dis- patch for help to both Colonel Benteen and Major Reno, anticipating a warm struggle between his men and Sitting Bull's warriors, I was chosen to deliver the message, and had to ride about 500 or 600 yards back to Colonel Benteen's troops, and from there I proceeded to Major Reno. The messages to the officers were identical, and were signed by General Custer's adjytant, Cook. They read, as follows: *‘Come on. Big village. packs. “‘P, S~Bring packs.’ THE ASSIGNMENT THAT SAVED LIFE, “It was this assignment that saved my Ife,” continued Bugler Martin, “for, as all know, no one who took part in the fight survived it. As to the ride to Major Reno I remember that I met him on the retreat and T remained with his forces, not daring to hazard a trip across the country alone. In the meanwhile General Custer was making his way to the upper end of the Indian vil- lage. “Benteen's men were also going “in that direction, when they came upon the retreate ing lines of Major Reno's tronps, and the two bodies of soldlers remained together. General Custer had gone to the village and the Indians who had defeated Major Reno's detachment hastened o the upper end of the village and the combined forces of the upper and lower parts of the village were much stronger than those of General Custer and they hemmed in the United States soldiers on all sides and had them com- pletely at their mercy. Of the battle T knew nothing, being away with Adjutant Cook's messages and remaining with the companies of Major Reno and Colonel Benteen untii General Terry camo to our camp and after several days' search found the bodies of most of the slaughtered oldicrs. 1 recall the seene very clearly, when several others and myself found the remains of General Custer, whose clothing had nearly all been torn from his body. He had two ugly builet wounds, one through his chest and the other in the left temple. We discovered him lying bes tween two dead gray horses, tue head of the general resting on the stomach of one of the animals, Sp Be quick. Bring COOK. HIS —_— LISM AND IRON Strange Story (: n Vision Out by a Lawsuit. The Germania Iron Mining company has commenced suit in a California court against Aurelia Robertson, administrator of the estate of Louls Chynoweth of San Jose, to recover 22,400 alleged to be due as a balance for 1,900 shares of stock. The mine is situe ated in Ashland county, Wisconsin. Behind the action is a strange story. Mrs, Mary Hayes Chynoweth, wife of the dee ceased, clalms to be a medium, and has done a great deal of good among the poor with her money. Some years ago, while residing in Wisconsin, Mrs. Chiynoweth had a vision, in which, it is said, she was told to go to a cer- tain place and’ large quantities of iron oro would be found. This was done and the Ger- mania mine was discovered. On being devel- oped the mine paid enormous profits, and the Chynoweth and Hayes families were made immensely rich. The family removed to the Pacific coast and finally purchased the Eden- vale property, consisting of about 600 acres. The palatial residence at that place was con- structed and beautiful gardens were made. The furnishing of the house is beyond de- scription. Instead of the walls being tinted or papered, they are lined with satin. Mrs. Chynoweth. claims to have super- natural healing powers, and would take peo- ple out to her palace and treat them for months, and it is sald some remarkable cures have been wrought. The woman would never take any money for her services, saying her wealth was given her to do good with. Tho mine has ceased paying and Mrs, Chynoweth is in financial difficulties. Reesnily she gave a trust deed of Edenvale to New York cape italists, RITU ORE, Brought Needle in Her Brain, the clinic of Prof. Von Bardelee ben, in Berlin, the other day a curie ous surgical operation was performeds A 20-year-old seamstress named Wile belmina Stange had a darning needls almost three inches long removed from her brain, where It must have been imbedded since babyhood. The poor girl all her life d often suffered headaches, sometims vated by spasms. How the needlo ever got there nobody knows. The patient has already been discharged from the charite. In