Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 7, 1902, Page 11

BALL COSSIP OF WEEK Faas 861 Ropeful' for Better Showing at Eod of Beason. | HOODOO STANDS . UNBROKEN | ot the nt Race Promises | Be Most Exelting Fin Ever Witnessed in the | Wentorn Leagwe, you wait. ha still has plenty of time to win iplice, and will make all the rest of nch hustle till the wire fs passed. hes been disappointed by the re- it Denver. Not a few of the faithful hoped for a better showing, but they Bdmitted that it was hoping against , #nd- the ‘outcome o0f the series was fny sehse.a surprise. Denver has the Omaha stumbling block all the , though why it.should be so is not nt. When a° thoroughly reliable cher like Frank Owen gets to giving out th bases on balls to’allow the Gri to win, g gAine, without meking any , Omafia people are ready to admit {hat hing W Wwrong somewhere, and. let it at that, Jt any, one doubts that Omaha Déuvét play ball at home, Me 1d Jook 6vpr the season’s record: No jch close’or flerce exhibitions have been $¢n’ at Broadway park as those in which ha was defeated. From Denver Omaha to Colorade Springs for a series of 1 Here there is more reason to joék for a victdry. On the merits of the ime, Colorado Springs ought to win from ha about .twice.in a lite time. Mr, mas Burds, ‘owner of the Millionafres, ines, to sts for‘ any umpire that will low his team fo be beaten, though, and feature is far from reaspuring. To be sure, Des Molnes managed to sneak a game when Burns wasn't looking, but its no olndlx that he will take his eye off ‘the in- digator while Omaha is in town, Kansas Olty and Milwaukee still have to make that mountain trip, and they may rest assured of the same welcome Omaha received. This will make some ,différence, you know. Omalia gets away from the moun- taind, it will be home for & fnish. Kan- sas City comes on Wednesday for three )gameés, and St. Joseph starts ite farewell performance on Saturday. Omaha has some postponed. - games with the McKibben buneh, and ought to have at least one double beader during the Saints’ stay In Omahg. After the Saints, beginning on fl!;qu:w of ‘next week, we get Peoria for © Hcheduled and ‘a codple of ‘ post- ed games, and maybe that will ‘help me. Milwaukee comes two weeks from today for three games and the windup. It Omahd should gét an even break at Colorado Springs; win two out of three from Kan- tas City, three out of four from St. Jo- seph, four out of five from Peorla, and two out of three from Milwaukee, it will Percentage of better than is golng to be pretty well seuson in ibe Wesicin icague. * ftatistics based on the Omaha feam’s per- :n—ao- during the last week need little ent. In fact, they are self-explaga- BATTING AVERAGES. ' Players. ' VAB-R. H. Ave Week. w6 41 8t o5 EEREREFE sakhihigs EsEEaseEISE SHVLER | BEEkihibE = » o858 iow 4 -] > 8 2 5 3 3 3 FE R R T 1 232 EE_- £ gL 8 0k oL P S P EPTEM B eRELSEE B entnol E2onBsgaaEsEe At No matter which team wins .{he pennant now, it will be no disgrace o the losers. Omahs, Kansa¥ City and Denver have been Boston, and Cheesbro and Leever for Pitts- burg. Omly 1,500 people saw this truly re- markable contest. ) All the circult bullders are just sow busy watching the movements of the Amer- fcan and National leagues. Ban John- son's plan to have a team in New York next season is no longer a gues About the only tHing left unsettled is who will run it. Some of the wise ones had Clark Grifmth tabbed for the place, but the poor showing Grifith has ‘made In his manage- ment of the Chlcago team during the sea- #on has in a measure put him out of the rinning. Another guess puts our own Van Brunt' down for the magnate. He 18 known to b6 very close to B. H. Harri- man, and the story runs that Harriman Is partial to dollars that come from game to those that come from a raflroad. This etory has it that Harrl- man is to finance and Van Brunt to man- age the team, the latter still to hold his interest in the Western. In retaliation the National league is to invade Washing- ton, putting Jimmy Manning back there to handle the team. Rach league Is busy raiding the other's p outbreak of rubberlegitis is expected. All rumors of peage are scouted, and éach of the magnates Is singing, ‘“War, war, war is a bountiful jade’" It ls quite likely, though, that some announcements will be made before the first of the year. Each of the leagues has to hold its annual meet- ing, and the discussions there may change the situation very materially. And it turns out that that bully boy White Wings Tebeau didn’t have a lead- pipe cinch on first place after all. O1d Smooth Eph Watkins wasn't in’ a word, but just sawin' wood right along, and the firet thing Mr. Colonel White Wings knéw he wa¢ out on the road to wind up the season and Watkins' Hooslers were at the top of the standing table. The closing serles between Indianapolis and Loulsytille at Indianapolis drew forth record breaking attendance, over 16,000 paying to see the Labor day games, while the total attendance for the four games was nearly 29,000 On the surface there doesn’t appear ‘any immediate danger that the mortgage on Watty's plant will be toreclosed this season. Denver has finally started a crusade against the fool with the megaphone who disturbs players and spectators alike with his idiotic performance. Omaha drove him to the woods long ago. He made his appearance here once this season, but re- ceived so little encouragement that he didn’t come back. Base ball as it is played nowadays. doesn’t depend on the amount of noise made by the players or the people, and most folks who go do so to watch the sport and do not care to have their ears assiiled by the inane drivel of a would-be wit, bellowed through a speaking trumpet. Raus mit the noisy guys. Let them go Ao the woods and roar, and let the ball game proceed unin- terrupted by their nolse. Many Points of Heal Interest About the Latest of So. clety's Fads. Lurk The introduction of a ping pong tourna- ment as a collateral feature of the Inter- state Tennis tourney, and the more recent establishment of public ping pong parlors,| in Omaha, serve to bring that game to the front as something more than a mere parlor pastime. In view of these local facts and the prevalence of the sport the coumtry over the question arises In a way not to be ignored whether or not ping pong Is to become a legitimate indoor eport. In view of the keen interest just mow expressed in“ping pong ' discussion of this would séem not untimely now. In the first p no game was ever 8o start as this one. Dubbed “‘ping pong,” its chances for out- Niving the frivolities implied by such a title were few indeed. The name seems redolent of irresponsibility, of frittering, of butterfly attentions and indifferent results. It seems to tmply In every letter and accent a game that is a mere vehicle for social meetings, one which is never to recelve even so much as half the attention of the participants. Such is the general sense of ping pong as derived from the name. This inter pretation, meanwhile, i§" widespread. In fact, everyone who does not play ping pong has some such idea of its merits. Consider then the comparatively small number of at the top of the heap from the beginning of the season. Milwaukee, through the great skill of ita leader, Hugh Dufty, who Ras mot only playéd wonderfully good ball Bimself, but has {nspired his men to do- the same, hus won his way from the very bot- fom to' the very top, aud while there s Jistle - hope~ of his remaining there, his wlotory would certainly be a popular ome. These “four teams have been practically meck and neck during the last two weeks, and the only changes that have been made in the standing table are due to the fact thyt e been playing each other. z‘mfl closes the season in Omaha and Kansas City in Denver, and &s the pennant. 18 ot likely to be set- tled until the last man is out in the last game of the schedule, the finish will be as Bot ae the most enthusiastic cramk could possibly wish. ‘One thing is certain, the ssértion made by Tom Hickey last spring thAt Vah' Brunt would name the pennant “Among the remarkable performances on he'batt 0814 during the season, the games ot 'Hoston betwéen Pittaburg and Boston on laét ‘Thursdsy 'will certabily shine. ightéon full Innings were played in a double headler, and oaly one run was: reg- ftered, being' wmade by Herman Long in the second inning of the first game. After that Bobtoli played sixtéen innings without getifig & man home, and Pittsburg never sucteeded in getting a man around. Twenty _BIts ang three errors were made in the two ambs; - Pittifger and Malarkey pitched for people who are famillar with the game, and it can be understood how extensive is the derogatory opinion as to this latest of “patrior” games. Those who have played ping pong realize the utter mistakenness of the notions named. - They may also admit the equal hopelessness of persuading anyone of the game’'s real merit save by enticing him to participation. The game does not sound well, and it looks a little better than it sounds, but not enough better to persuade anyone who s a seoffer. But once give the doubter a ball and a board and set him to work trylng to win points and he will throw up his hands and admit it all. As & matter of fact, ping pomng, when played right, fs a flerce little game In itself. Of eourse, it Is lable to the same abuses as any ether sport. Take tennis, for example. You can play teanis and you can play at it. A lot of young girls who are beginners make a slow; uncertafn, lst- less game, which any strong player would disdain to enter. But match two experts and what a glorious struggle you have. It is just the same in ping pong. The game can be spoiled or it can be played and the one paint in which it excels even temnis is that anyone can learn to play it well, while not all who so desire can master the larger game. The difference in activity and labor required accounts for this. As a matter of fact, ping pong is & minia- ture game of tennis and it is probable that it owes much of its popularity to the re- semblance. There is & great fascination ECZEM -~ Quickly & Permanenty CVRE BY USIiNG REMICK’S ECZEMA CURE. SR PURIFY THE BLOOD. iwsiic: Pi Tallats one box wil oure say erdidary owse of Bosemma, Fimples, s per box. RS A P ol v [PILES St b e Mot 2o 'FREE BOROZONE OFFER, ccoo.ron s o sorne Ci Omaha; C. A iway, Cousell Bluffs elcher, Omal THE OMAHA:' DAIEY BEE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1902, about batting elastic balls around with resillent racquets, and decadés of tennis have spread Lhe fever about this couhtry pretty tharoughly. Now that. It Appeary in @ reduced scale it does not laek adherenta, and enthusiastic ones. A good tribute was pald ping poog by Harl Farnsworth, the runner up In ‘singles in the recent interstate tennis tournament. When he was in Omaha some three weeks before the tournament, practicing for the western champlonship affalr, he was first Introduced to the table game. . At first he found, Aimselt mo match for his eppoment and played three sets without winning & game. Then his native skill and headwork began to count. He curbed his speed and began keeping the balls on the table more. As soon as he could do that, his placing made him invincible and he couwld win readily from all comers# Farnsworth played ten sets of ping pong that first day and pronounced it a good game, one that demanded skill and brains and quickneds and a good eye. Though the first bounce rule ls ironclad you can with practice work up a steam that is surprising, and fn a clever game you do a grist of chasing around your end of the table that assures & good perspiration and short bremths:for the short-winded before many games are gone by. Tennis players in the interstate also re- ceived the game warmly. When the ping pong tournament was opened on Tuesday night of tourney week it was found that omly four of the forty-four entries had ever played the game. The rest . éntered Into it with a vim, however, and some ex- citing contests were developed, the players necessarily dividing their time between trying to control and shorten their strokes and endeavoring to win games. Some of them started in with thelr coits on, but they soon found it more comfortable to remove them, for the games waxed warm. Finally, ping pong should be giyen fts due as & good game. It is & fad, of course, but almost all legitimate sports have lived through a season of faddom. At least, it Is far more than a contest in embroidery. Athletes enjoy it and every muscle fn the body can be exer¢'sed in_playing it. _Its popularity will be limited solely becausé of its limited range and its indoor tocation. . END OF THE BICYCLING FAD Collapse of the Trust Reminds One of Glorious Days of Wheel- ing in Om As the last chapter in the history of the meteoric rise and fall of a noble sport which was a fad comes the announcement of the collapse of the American Bicycle company, which has asked for a receiver in New- York City. This failuré is . death kiell to cycling as & power. Fof' the Jast five years such a result has been approach- ing, inevitably, but mot slowly. This has been recognized, and every influemce that could in any way effect a commercial mat- ter has been at one time or another en- listed in the effort to bolster up the waning popularity of bicycles. First vast capital tried it, but seeing that the tide was not to be stemmed, the wisest and strongest of this dropped out, leaving more reckless promoters to remain under the walls and bear the shock when they fell. Later wheelmen themselves made & des- perAte stand against the wave of calgmity. They argued that if they would themselyos keep cycling hot It would outlive the storm, and spring forth again fresh and strong. In this they were frantically supported by retall dealers and by manufacturers. But it was all of no avall, for the wheelmen found that when they attempted to or nize for concerted “boosting” there were not enough of them left to make a show. ing or a mark. And so it is today.’ There are a few enthuslastic cyclists remaining, but they members the proud enroliment of 1896 and thereabout Despite all the seemfugly plausible arguments why the bieycle could not die, its demise has come, and aftér a desperate striggle none of the causes de- pended upon for its rehabilitation and restoration into populap faver havée suc- ceeded. 5 u It is slmply that time and street:cars have demonstrated that the bicycle ‘was' not a necessity, but a fad, while the same ip- fluences, together with other means of loco- motion, have shown with equal finality that cycling was not really fug, after all, that it was work rather than pleasure. Posaibly no city in this country can furnish more striking illustrations of these truths of the passing of the wheel than Omaha. The Gate City was bitten early and bitten hard. The bicycle craze had a run here that was some- thi furious. No city of this size in the could ch it.. When in other places the “plungers” were just beginning to reai- 1ze what a bonanza the oycle wassto be and were commencing.to advertise extensively and risk capital fn the business Omaha was already owned by a swarm of the wheel- men. s From ‘87 ou till '96 this condition con- tinued and grew. Speeding was one of' thé early phases, and soon Omaha was a cycling racing center the year round. There ‘were tracks indoors and outdoors, of wood, can- vas and dirt. And the next feature was & swarm of Omaha racing products. From the strong ride of the city remark- eble stars were produged, and - with the advent of the #afety machine in “the early '90s the craZe’ was ohly doubled. ‘Women then took it up, and no one was any- body without a wheel. Whieelien, and especially | récing men, were the heroes of the day. -Crowds that have never since been assembled at athletic events here gathered night after night and Cay after day to watch the thrilli tests. Road races became of frequent oc currence, but every fiuish found dense Base ball, horse racing and all other sports paled into insiguificance before this p: for wheels, augd the retall dealers here coined money through it all. % Fully as dramatic was the diminuendo, though not s6 widely noticed, for peaple's minds were already on womething else. It may be said to have started here when: the craze was at its height, for that, very rap- ture was the debilitation of the sport. Once on the downslope, the falling away was rapld, though even then Iinsensible save to cycle dealers and professional riders. The drop did mot fall, it slid, but its speed was d now that the bottom is prac- nothing ean be more abso- lute than this disintegration of a g sport. Amclent Jest! New York Times: Diogenes peered out from hie tub as Alexander strolled by. “Look at the man In the barrel, that's rum,” was the impromptu regal mot. mg.” rejolned the philosopher, “it's ; mother takes in washing, though father is & big gun round here.” Quick came the retort; “Then you're a son of @ gun” The ecourtiers dutifully snickered, but the philosopher burled a final shot. “Right this time, 1 have but a sin Does It for a Livia ! Chicago Tribune: ~Elderly Woman—Mr. Gighams, 1 don't know about letting you come to see 'Mandy. I've heard folks say you don't move in good ocfety. ¢ The Young Man (startled and indignant) —Mrs. Jolifer, if & chap”that runms an ele- vator in a swell apartient house ten hours & day alu’t moving in good seclely I'd like to kndw What you call it! your majesty, ‘though barrel. form & lonesome lookilig clan when one re-’ D He is & tackle and b NEBRASKA FOOT BALL TEAM| Omahis May Got Two Games During the Osming Season. DATES FOR THE SCHEDWLE ARE FIXED r Engel Has Hin P and Coach Booth Captain Westover Are Ready to Start. i ns Well Omaha will prebably get two of the games to be_played by the University of Nebraska foot ball team this fall. This Is the latest information from Manager Charles Engel. It has all along been the intention to bring the Haskell Indian school game up to the Gate Chty, and now a vacant place in the schedule allows another. It will be with the team from Creighton university, which has asked for the November 22 date, the preceding Thanksglving day. This date had purposely been loft’ open by Manager Fingel. Northwestern univer- sity comes to Lincoln for the Thanksgiving game, and ‘& long’ period of unbroken preparation Tor this big contest was desired. | Knox coflegé 18 scheduled for November 15 at Lincoln, and this, 100, promises to be & stifft game. It was therefore decided to leave ' everything open from then till ‘Thanksgiving day:‘ To take on a game on fhe next Saturday, November 22, would be 16 have one fust five days preceding the fair with Northwestern, and it seemed un- wise to assume the risk of crippling the team’ wifh so short a time for recuperation. Eyer since Cpach ¥ilick contracted to coach the Creighton boys this year he has béen ‘tryifg for & game with Nebrhska. He 18 good triends with Booth and Engel, know- ing them well through last year's foot ball experience, when he was coaching the H: kell Indians. At first Nebraska refused to give him a game on the ground of no open ate, but it has finally been decided to let the Saturday preceding Thanksgiving and to play the game here. Last year Omaba had one Nebraska game, that withy, Missouri, and tyrned out grandly to witness the contest. It is expected that the two games will be patronized still more strongly. Manager Engel himself is an Omaha produet, and is the. chief factor among the rulers of foot ball at the uni- versity that bposts for Omaha. His influ- ence has resulted In the Haskell Indian dato being a practical certalnty, and he has been working up this Creighton matter with Coach Ellick. The Nebraska schedule for 1902 fs through |And through ‘& matter of peculiar. pride to Manager Engel. It contains ‘more home dates than any schedule the Cornhuskers ever had. In. fact they are all coming to | Nebraska this year. Engel has seven games |at home, a remarkable number for any Nor does this chept the team out of nt trips. There are just three games away from home and everyone of those Involves a fine journey. One is to Mingeapolis, where the Gophers will be met. Agothior takes the the téam to Denver, whare the University of Colorado team fs the op- position, The third is to St. Joseph, where the Cornbuskers will:meet the Tigers from Columbla, Mo. * @0 Nebraska will not have a single game im & dinky town this year. Of the seven so- | called home games five will be played at | Lincoln and ‘two in Omaha. Lincoln gets | Knox, Northwestern, Grinnell, Doane and Kansas: It took a lot of dickering to get some of these games at home. With Kan- sas it was u flat case of Nebraska's turn to go there: But the Cornhuskers' now find thémselves able to take a ‘position toward thelr #ivals in the transmissouri country siich as the schools of the Big Nine adopt toward Nebraska: Kansas simply had to come to Lincoln or do without a game, and Kansas is coming. ‘With Missouri it was much the same. Return games have here- tofore been played at Columbia, where the university 1s located. If was Nebraska's tuin to go down ‘there, the Tigers having ¢ofng heré “last fall. Manager Hngel told Midager Hetherfugton that there were two | g0dd reasons why Nebraska should not come down to Columbia, because of the hard trip | and becauge it was a losing affalr always. Hetherfngton 'admitted the truth of both and offered to see what could be done in St. | Joseph. This is, of course, a corking good town and should getsout a great crowd. Hetherington made satisfactory arrange- ments there and the contracts are signed. A big success may mean that hereafter all Nebraska's games with Missouri away from holie will be played iw St. Joseph. Meanwhile tomorrow, or Monday, Septem- bet'§, ‘Dractice begitis on Unlversity fleld in earpest. Coach Booth will arrive on Monday or Tuesday and s expected to spend Mon- day .in Omaha. In the three weeks that ave elapsed siuce. Captain Westover was in Omalia he has learned much of interest con- cerhing the team, in€luding more informa- tlon as to material. Westover now writes »s follows: < “I flnd myself'now with several more men on the string. ‘First, there are two old ones whom 1 ha&d not ‘expected back. They are Kingsbury, . the tackle and fullback, and Johnson, the colored end. . King says he will not ‘play; altliough he is to be I sthool, but 1 kitow be will get the feyér as.soon as the Johnson s su ¢ fhree new ones tg tout. One is from Omahs, Bjlly Engiehardt, captain of the Omaha High school team last year: I am'Informéd thiat he bas abandoned his plans of golng to the Untyersity of Michigan nd will come to'the University of. Ne- braska. He will try for the team. Another is Jobnson, a man who weighs 190 pounds. played three years | on the Grand Island (Neb.) Baptist High school team in ‘99 and ‘00, He has been in Texas during the summer, but writes that e will be in the university this fall to try for the tears. He weighs 175 pounds. “Thorpe is a certainty. He and I have been practicing punting for two weeks past und Orley has lost nome of his old speed, strength or form, famous three years back. It is remarkable the way he has kept in shape while so long out of the game. He is doing very good kicking ajready. “There 1s only ome plece of bad news. That is about Cortelyou, the end from Omaha. He s not certain now that he will be back In geHool, but we are trylng hard to fix it and get bim back. “The coming week's work will be pre- liminary entirely, The mem will be kept at falling on the ball, tackling the dummy, tak- ing quick starts with ‘the ball and punting. Then there will be individual coaching for positions. Prospects for the scrub team are great. I shall certalnly have at least two scrub elevens out. Dundee’s Foot Ball Team, Dundee is already in the fleld with its foot ball team. The club was reorganized| thé last week, with E. W. Ingram as cap- tain nd L. L. Baum as mansger. The per. sonsel of the team will be much the same this year as last, most of the players re- maining In the Mueup. One £ood man, how- ever, is lost, as Harte will leave for his coltege course shortly. People in Dunidee are already- exhibiting copgidersble interest in the team, and as soon-as the dally practice commences. the fleld *wilk ‘doubtiess, as last year, be. the will be booked from September 30 om, it being desireéd to take that leng to put the team in shape and working erder. QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE. Down in Georgia the other day, in the good city of Macon, they were telling of experiences during the earthquake dis- turbances of 1886. This was given by an old town official: “The council was in session that night and when the quake shook tlie city hall from basement to attic the councilmen ran out, thinking the house would. topple over. The minutes of the meeting, as can be geen by the records, conclude with the following sentence: ‘On motion of the city hall the counmcil adjourned.’ " The Chicago Journal has discovered and given to the world the following “saluta- tory” of an Arkansas editor: ‘“‘Our aim— Tell the truth, though the heavens take a tumble. Our paper—Of the people, for the people and paid for by the people. Our religion—Orthodox, with a firm belief in hell for delinquent subscribers. Our motto ~Take all in sight and rustle for more. Our policy—To love our friends and brim- stone our enemies. If thine enemy smite thee on the cheek swipe him with haste and dexterity at the butt of his most con- venient ear. What we advocate—One coun- try, one flag and one wite—at a time. Our object—To live in pomp and splendor.” It is sald that an Oregon editor recently announced that for just one issue he would tell the truth, the whole truth, naked and unvarnished. That is, the truth was to be naked and unvi hed. Here s one item from that issu “Married—Miss Sylvia Smith to Mr. James Carnahan, last Saturday at the Bap- tist parsonage. The bride Is a very or- dinary girl about town, who doesn’t know any more than a rabbit about cooking and never helped her poor old mother thres days In her lifé. She is not a beauty, by a long shot, and has a gait like a fat duck. The groom is known as an up-to-date loater and has been living off his mother all his life and don't ount to anything, nohow. They will have a tough time of ,it and we withhold congratulations, for we don't believe any good can come from such, a marriage.’” Dr. Klein, one of the experts of the Local Government board of London, has been in- vestigating ples on behalf of the depart- ment. “From au ordinary ham and beel shop, on two different occasions,” he says in the report just presented to Parliament, “two_elghtpenny ples and two tuppenny pies were bought and analyzed. None con- talned bacillus coil, or other coll-like mi- crobes, and nome contained the spores of any pathogenic anaerobe, But all contained the spore¥ of anaerobic mnon-pathogenic bacillus bactyrieus. Also all contained the spores of bacillus mesentericus vulgatus, and staphylococcus albus of at least two different kinds; both of them non-liquetying and non-pathogenic.” And this is not the worst for “there was isolated from one of the tuppenny ples & bacillus which, in mor- phological respects resembled the xcosis or pseudo-diphtheria bacillus.” The Island of Juan Fernandez, lying 600 miles west of Valparaiso (made famous by the story of “Robinson Crusoe’’) promises goon to develop industrial interests, accord- ing to a report from E. E. Mansfield, United States consul at Valparalso. The- island belongs to Chile, and the gov- ernment is arranging to make it a part of one of the provinces and establish a local clvil government. The {sland is about ff teen miles long by eight miles wide. Ther: is & good harber on ome side where large ships can anchor with safety. ¢ A large canning factory has been_estab- lished on Juan Fernandes and the fishing industries are attracting the attention of capitalists, There are quantities of lob- sters, crabs and ercellent food fishes in the waters, besides fur seals, There is. plenty of fresh water on the island; land can be acquired by settlers without cost; fruit and vegetables grow wild and are easily cultl- vated. The mechanical genius of a Bath Beach (Me.) hotel man ¢aused many of the hotel guests to delight in the delusion that they had witnessed a real summer resort sea- serpent. Every one at the Fort Lowry ho- tel is authority for the statement that, re- garding the appearance of the monster at least, there could be no possibility of doubt. It wiis about 9:30 o’clock when the men and women guests were chatting merrily on the hotel piasza that the monster, beaming like colored fire, Tose from the waves about a dozen yards from the end of the Bath Beach pier. A phosphorescent. fire, green and ghastly, glistened from its scales as it slowly made its way toward the guests. Seme crowded to ‘get & closer view and some of the women screamed in awe. The monster darted in and out of the water, changing its course, and leaping clear of the water as it made for the open bay. a phosphorescent porpolse,” said Nathan B. Appel, & guest of the hotel and who is sup- posed to be an authority on fish. The whole town was excited over it. Fur- ther investigation revealed beyond & doubt that Mr. Platz, & couple of fellow-conspira- tors, & carpenter, & fish-shaped log, some Juminous paint and phosphoric ofl, two or three hundred yards of small rope, & block and pulley and a boat at anchor out of sight in the bay were the incidentals to the ap- pearance of the mysterious creature. st diadad oy LABOR AND INDUSTRY. ly the Pressed Steel Car com- . ted gut an average of 103 cars per BayTor @ total value of $3,550,000. One of the results for Enj land of the Boer war is that the W‘&:)l of the worl Deople. fell off nearly $5.000,000 last yeay compared with the pl’.\"oudl 0:18. Sl t is being made to col 8 e ting maneable tron foundries of the country, with capital from 15,000,000 to lew York capltallsts afe promoting a N;"Jl trust to take in all t 0 actories, handle manufactories and grin: stone factories in this country and Canada, the plants o be operated under one man: agement. A combine of all the peanut factories in virginia is under way. Representatives of New York capitalists have inspected and will soon repurt upon the condition of the seventeen cleaning plants in the l;‘lr(-.. o oduction of iron ore in nee ctTlrll:n!pdr prl:l‘lpllly in three districts—that of the northeast, or the Meurtheet-Moselle, s ihe ‘most important, productng 4,500,000 tons of the 5,500,000 tons of iron ore mined fn France annually; that of the Pyrenees, Droducing 0,00 {ons, and that of Nor: Biendy, 150,000 tone. The mfink‘ "HOF uor 'in m‘:‘lfi(‘l qundkfl\e for ninet: ine Vears their cloister, factory and rounds, includ. {hg the mountains where the wild plants ok uired for the liqeur wre gathered, to- gether with the l!&‘lg and goodwill. The rental is said to be mfl;‘.M4 i § report on the manufacture of Lo e res [ the United States during the census year 1900 fix. the aumber turned out at 3046, of which 2714 were butlt in ot aty-olght independent _establishments ARA"H: U twenty'six railroad shops. “Fhe Jdependent concerns emplo: e G415, 73. and pay $10.88a" for Vages. i Vanferbilt, the millionaire in- veor eeps half & dosen mechanical draughtsmen busy on drawings of his in- ventions. When in New York City Mr. Vanderbilt !rnd' most of his time with these draughtsmen in his office on the seventeenth floor of & business block on B iway, where may be seen models and nufacture the Char- | drawings of fire boxes, coal cars and other devices which he has Invented. The Standard Oil company has made considerable cut In its last quarterly di dend, payable in Septeml It announces payment at the rate of § place of rendesvous for many spectators each evening. Games are desired with any teams, the average weight of the members 1n ' which 1s 160 pobnds o.. tberéabouts. Dates 10 TlaTias Tess eeareer. B £ cent In { b the March guarier And § per declared last August. NOW ARNO the ce that Men mmm You should conelder thgroughly the factors of ekill experience, roliabliity ete., of a doctor or special st before entrusting to him your health, the fect and lasting overy of which meanc sc much to your future life and happiness Every man who is afflicted owes it to himself and his posterity to get cured safely and positively, without leaving any blight or weaknéss jn his system. You do not want to be mutilated and maimed for life trying to be cured of varicocele, stricture and kindred bles in a few days by surgical ures. We make no misleading statements of_unbusinessiike propositions to the afficted In order to secure thelr pat- ronage. The many years of our suc- cessful practice in Omaha prove that our methods of treatment are SAFE and CERTAIN Call at our offices or write, and It for treatment we your guarantee a Safe and Positive Cure In the' shortest possible time without injurfous after-affects Our charges will be as low as possible for con- sclentlous, skiliful and successful serv- foes, Consult us before consenting to any surgical procedure upon important blood vessels and organs. DISEASES OF MEN STRICTURE. WL0h Wihcascs And_ wenKnessos VARICOCELE, NERVO-SEXUAL DEBILITY, BLOOD POISON (Syphilis) RUPTURE AND KIDNEY DISEASES, Newspaper Records Show. an- of men A We will spare you the pénalties as- soclated with Nervous Debility, Weak- ering Drains, Self-Abuse, Wasting of Ovpans, Premature Decline, Loss of Memoi ergy and Ambition, Nerv- ousness, Pimp Paipitation of the Heart, Shortness of Breath, Apprehen- sion of Calamity, the Chagrin and Mortification of Weaklings, the Fright of Contemplated Matrimony.. We will render you robus rong mentally physically and se Painful and Frequent Call bl g ‘cure, and how we cure them to stay cured when others fal trentment wi car yow. References—Best d Leading Busin Men of the eity. Consultation at of- fice or by letter free and strietly confidentinl. Ofice Hours, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays—10 a. m. to 1 p. m. STATE ELECTRO-MEDICALINSTITUTE 1308 FARNAM ST., 2275t it OMAHA, and 14th Sts. 0 Longest established. Thoroughly reliable. Aathorized by the laws of the state. LAZINESS is a Qisease which has its origin in a torpid liver and- constipated bowels. Prickly Ash Bitters cares insiness by cleamsing the liver, strengthening the agut;u ‘and regulating the bowels. It makes good blood, creates appetite, energy and cheerfulness. PRICE, $1.00 PER BOTTLE. AT DRUG STORES. m"ammn;n | Yellowstone Park 70 September 1 to 11. Ticket includes transportation over the Burlington and Northern Pacific to Gardiner, Mont;, through Yellowstone Park and hotel ex- penses in the park for five and one-half days. and return; stage transportation Stopovers allowed in both directions within transit limits. Burlington Station 10th and Mason 8ts. Tolsphone 128 Ticket Office, Butlingfon 1502 Farnam $t, Telephone 250, Boon every sign comphulr and forever, [ of the A oure that 1 tor life. BLOOD DISEASES curea 1230 o G0 asrs CHARGES LOW. Dr. Searles & Searles, Omaha, Neb. =} Mcgskw Treats all forms of DISEASES AND DISORDERS OF Men Only 27 Years Experience 17" Ponre’ in Omaha His remarkalbe suc- cess Las never been equaled andevery day brings many fatterin Sanorts of he §ood o s doing. of the. Telle be has given Hot Springs Treatmant for Syphilis And ull Blood Poisons. NO “BREAKING O on tno sk or tace and sl exvernal signs of {hediseaso disappesr at onck. ny of theworst forms of D 'bISEle way be permanent! ccured in less th b S SRR be oured THAN 5 DAYS. No pato—po cutting ; v cides ‘curea of nerv. ous debllity, loss of vitallty and all unumatural weaknesses of men. Strictire, Gleet, Kidney and Bladder ses, Hydrocele, cured permanently. UICK CURES-LOW CHARGES. tment by mail. P, O. Box 7. Office Q Trei 8. Mth atreet. Bétween Farnam and glas Bts., OMAHA, NEB. Inall DISEASES snd DISORDERS of MEN. 12 yoarsin Omaha. SYPHILIS cured by the QUICK- EST, safest method that has yet been dis- and symptem dlsappears o “BREAKING on the skin or face. susranteed to be.permanent cured in 6 DAYS with- out cutting, pain; ork, cure man in LI Trea by Madl 110 5. 14h St NGLISH - INCORFORATED $100,000.00. ASY MONEY $10 makes $100 by our wure and safe vfl? of turf (nvestment. Entirely ewFlan, ¥YREE. Write for it quick. THE DOUGLASS DALY 09, Turt Commissioners, u2 Clark Strest, CHICAGO, Bera\embor. 1899, when the same rate was mptled by Statistics comptled by alone have nlous coneeption of ia W lar Fh‘;'lummlr boarder industry. i Carroll D. Wright of taking summer the rather startling sum Hampshire alone in | |l appearances, steadily | nce. Not_ sentimental results followed Governor Rollins in- f the inatitution .of eek.’ The annual visit of 5o | of the sons and daughters of the | trom = over the country has rewved | lieetion o agreeable New 1 5 has boomed Farmers Attention! A forty acte tarm lorado will produce as whea! red acre ire of crops has never bean known ful Ban Luis V ol imducemsnts in which from §10 (e §20 per acre. illustrated printed mattel sent PREI seme today 4nd ses what Colorado has islug e pacriptive and Write for summer climate ap’