Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-20

on the board and work a pawn into the king
row, can you call for another queen or must
1T be for some piece lost.-lt. j. Miles, st.
James hotel, city.
Ans.-A piece lost.
To decide bet please answer in Sundays
BEE what general was in command of tho
union troops at Knoxville, Tenn, IN Decem-
Der, lS63!-Dan and Hugh, South Omaha.
Ans.-ln December, 1868, U. S. Grant was
in command of the armies of the Mississippi
Valley, the Cumberland and Tennessee
Did not Robert Bonner pay more for Maud
5. than the Terre Hautc syndicate paid for
Axtel!-B. A. Allison Creston, La.
Ans.-Bonner paid $l0O,0)O for Maud S.
AXtel sold for s. more
Chicago and Boston played Il game july I,
to decide a bet please state who won't
Chicago Boy Omaha.
Ans.-Boston, to 3. Chicago won on the
End, to 4.
WIN you inform one Interested in long
throwing the distance Crane threw base
ball!-Thrower, kearney.
Ans.-135 yds, l #.
Can you state whether George LaBlanche,
the Marine, who recently knocked Jach
Dempsey out, ever fought fight IN this
city II. l.. T., Omaha.
Ans.-He spared with Jack Havley IN the
old Exposition hall in the fall of So.
What did Chicago pay Des Moines for
Hutchinson and Brooklyn Omaha for LOyettel
S. S., Council Bluffs
Hutchinson and Lovett sold for the
same price, $500.
Whom do the authorities on puglism rate
as the most scientific man, Sullivan, Kilraln
or McCaffreyt yt-Fistiana.
Ans-McCaffery
In game of high five, one side is 81, tho
other 40. The latter gives z, and makes z,
before the opposing side makes any, but still
81 makes point wher the hand is played
out. Who winsi-High Five, BEE building.
Ans.-If 40 makes high, low, Jack that side
is out, but If 81 makes either of these three
points 81 wins. I he order is Ugh, low, Jack,
game and high five.
To settle dispute. kindly answer in Sun
days BEE the following query: In game
of double high five A and B are the oppo-
nents of and d. The count stands 30 to
4S in favor Of A and b, they only requiring
two TO Ego out" The hand is played and
G and ID make high, low and the two iiyes.
they having made the trump. A and Is
made jack, game. Who won!-Harry X.
Smith, Omaha.
Ans This question has been answered on
an average OF once a month in rHE BEE for
the past year. and B win.
Can YOU explain why wild ducks shot on
CutOf lake are always iishy aud hardly ut
for the table, while those shot in the Iowa
marshes are delicate aud toothsome with no
fishy tracet-Ducker, City.
Ans,-It is simply because the waters Of
Cut-off lake do not furnish the proper feed
for the birds, and they subsist on dead fish
and other refuse matter, In the Iowa
marshes and streams there is some wild rice,
plenty Of nut grass and frequently patches of
yallisndra sDralls, known to the hunter az
Wild celery. There is nothing like celery
about it, however. 1t is a thin, narrow,
grasslike blade, and is always found en-.
twlned with its nearest neighbor. The diving
ducks, such as the canyas-b.ck and blue bill.
dive down and dig up the root Of this plant,
which is white aud nutlike, aud wnen they
| come to the surface, blinded by the muddy
water, the other ducks, mallards, redhead and
widgeon, levy upon it. 1t is this root that
| gives the wia duck its finest flavor The
| commoner ducks that feed on the tops OF the
grass and other vegetation never approach
| the fine flavor of the canvasback, whosa
| fayorite food is this rare plant
Young Traniey-Tho distance from the
| home plate to second base is ~, feet and
| inches
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