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Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

made by what horse and on what track
w. Il. Beam.
Ans.-Your question is indefinite, as there
are so many records for different distances.
The best record ever made by a horse in
harness, however, was probably that which
Star Pointer made in going 440 yards in
0:2S, a 1852 clip. This was made in the last
quarter in a race against time on the Terre
Haute track on September 2s. 1897. The
fastest mile ever covered was at Chilli
Gothic, o., October 4, 1894, when Flying Jip,
with a running mate, made by a record Of
1851,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
PALAvER OF THE PUGILISTS
Chance for Mccoy and r. to Put
Up a Remarkable Scientific
Glove Contest.

Whether the bout between Corbett and
Mccoy develops into a stage rehearsal re-
mains to be seen, but there is no question
that the affair will create a big amount Of
interest in sporting circles. Despite the
fact that some of the critics are inclined
to the belief that 1t is 10 be a cut and dried
ARRAY in which the decision is to be a
draw, they are all specializing on the chances
of the two men. II it proves to be on the
level. they agree that it will be the most
scientific battle ever fought in the ring.
II will be a great left-hand hitter up
against a great infghter. BY a great left
hard hitter is not meant a slugger. Corbett
was never that. He never hit hard, or
rarely does. as Sullivan hit or Pete Maher
hits. lie fights on a different system-that
OF hitting hard enough TO do some damage
without getting hit at all. That is the sys-
tenn he has displayed throughout his career,
at least. With few exceptions, not an ounce
of the weight OF his body backs up his
p%unch-he has always hit with only the
muscles OF his upper back and arm, That
is the plan he used with Sullivan and he
chopped the best mar the ring ever knew
down with these little safe snaps.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
CHESS.

The following game was recently COM
pleted in the state correspondence tourna-
ment between President Nelson Hald and
A. Powell. On his twenty-third move white
overlooked the fact that his sixteenth move
had left his rock exposed and he accord
inplv RESIGNED.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

oscEoLA, Neb, July 27.-To the Sporting
Editor OF The Bee: / have lust returned
from a fishing trip. during which / had
immense luck by making some very large
catches OF catfish, bass. wall-eyed pike and
pickerel, but / exhausted all the schemes l
knew OF In trying TO catch some large
buffalOes and suckers. 1 could see them in
the water, but they would not notice any
sort OF bait, so l take the pleasure in ask
Ing you II you can suggest any way they
can be caught by a hook ?-Roy Pheasant.
"Doughballs" are about the only bait that
buffalo and suckers will go for. Sometimes
a hungry or too curious specimen will strike
at some other bait. but these occasions are
few and far between.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

A newly compiled catalogue OF chess liter
ature has been received from E. B. Escott,
Sheboygan, Wis. who will furnish informa-
tion on any book on the subject desired.
The compilation includes works on openings,
endings, and problems, as well as period
icals, accounts of tournaments and treatises
of a general nature.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

Ringing horses in Germany is becoming
n regular business with some horsemen that
Is attended with considerable danger even
to natives. A few weeks ago a German
horse dealer started a Russian bred mare
in a race, and represented that she was
bred in Germany. He was caught, tried,
convicted, sentenced to one year in prison
at hard labor, and deprived Of his civil
rights for three years after completing his
prison sentence.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31
lie Didn't Know About II.

Cleveland Leader: by Jove," exclaimed
the bridegroom, as he sat down and tugged
away at mis- mustache, this is too bad"
They had just arrived at Niagara Falls
and the porter had bowed himself out after
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

RIVERTON, Ia, July 2S.-To the Sport
ing Editor of The Bee: What is the best
record ever made by a horse in harness,
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

j. b. Meikle and Tom Brennan were an
other pair OF Omaha sportsmen who spent
a day or two at onawa and had good luck.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

Arthur Hazelton brought a string OF
thirty-eight bass and crappy as a result OF
a days casting at Mobiles lake.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

During the last week Albert Edholm and
j. ID. Weaver spent a day at onawa and
captured a fine string of bass, some Of
them weighing in the neighborhood OF a
ton, II the tales Of the fishermen are to be
believed.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

W. w, Latta G. Son of Tekamah will cam
paign the 7-year-old pacing stallion, Ethan
II, 2:13R, by Ethan Wilkes. GAIT; dam Kate
dam of Vinette, 2:0sA), by Peavine, 513.
son of Rather, sol.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

Up to July IL there were some 225 new
ones added to the list of 2:3O performers.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

This is the way the critics size up the ex-
champion TO answer the assertion that he
cannot hit hard. And as Kid Mccoy is
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

'In other words, the new plan is to count
one-quarter of a run for each base secured,
no matter which base 1t may be. If a man
makes a base hit and reaches first base, that
gives him one-quarter; II then he steals
second he is credited with another quarter,
making one-half; IL he can steal third his
club is credited with three-quarters of a
run. and they are entitled to it. With the
wonderful throwing and expert fielding
which can be seen in any league game nova
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

The Indian" tournament that was to
have been held on the grounds of the
Omaha Gun club this fall has been indeA-
nitely postponed. The prospects for a sue
cess were not bright and 1t is limited that
this event in the future will be a purely
amateur affair.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

c. j. Hamlin, the master OF Village Farm,
who believes that he has in The Abbott the
fastest trotter on the turf today, is said to
be willing to make a match for 50, 500 or
5000 a side for his horse against the chest
nut mare Elloree, 2:09k, both to go to
wagon. Elloree won the matinee champions.
ship last year at Cleveland, with a record to
wagon of 2:10, and The Abbott recently won
the race championship at Hartford in 2:12A;
but. as he did the last half in 1:O3R and the
last quarter in 30h seconds, he should be a
good match for Elloree at her best.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

In the following position by c. T. Milliken
of Sacramento, Cal, clubs are trumps, North
to lead and with South to make eight tricks:
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

The shoot of the Dupont club last week
was a nice affair. In the club event the
following scores were made: Townsend IS,
Johnson IS, Schneider IT, Goldsmith 10,
Bishop IS, Plover ~, banner 16, Snapper
II, Salisbury II, Parmelee 10, Hallowell IS.
The regular shoot will be held at the
grounds this afternoon.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-31

A suggestion is also made that some
championship trophy should be put up, and
it is meeting with favor. A "transmissis
sippi amateur championship at targets
would not be a bad idea. Amateurs from
any OF the states west of the Mississippi
might be invited to compete. A good field
could be secured, as 1t is certain that
shooters from Iowa, Kansas, South Da-
kota, Missouri, this state and perhaps some
others will be in attendance at the tourna-
ment. An emblem for the championship
could be put up-a medal or something OF
that sort.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
Boiieau,

Although the satireS of Boileau were
largely suggested by what had been effect
ed in that direction by the ancients-in-
deed the subjects of some were directly
taken from writings that have come down
to us-yet he managed to make them per-
fectly original. The outlines were Latin,
but the details entirely French His versi-
fication and general style were considered
extremely good. The following opinion of
III. Demogeot may be held to express the
estimate formed by the fairest judges.
After remarking that Boileau had appre-
hended and emphasized the most vital
character of the national taste-na1nely, a
raillery founded ON intelligent good sense,
and after declaring that the ancient French
spirit of Villon and Marot had been en-
nobled by the language of the classics, and
the elegant niceties of the age of Louis
XIV, SO that Boileau's real position was
that of bourgeois of Paris in the grand
gallery of Versailles, he adds: sHis critic
ism was clear, simple, accessible to all
negative rather than suggestive, reducing
the principles of art to those of common
sense. 1t was piquant, full of raillery and
delicate malice and enlivened by personali-
ties. In truth, it delivered it's precepts in
imperishable verses, brilliant alike from
imagery and pregnant meaning. and con-
densing what was desired to be said into
proverblike expressions, to be received
without remonstranoe and remembered
without difficulty. "-Gentleman' Maya
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
BOWsRY BEACH.
MIR. w. S. Jones and Party Start for the
klondyke.

Captain and Mrs. Geo. p Wood, late OF
Bowery Beach, have been spending tho
past few weeks in Portland as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hand. They
left last Friday for Boston where they
During Captain and Mrs. Wood's stay at
Bowery Beach, they made many friends,
all of whom will greatly miss them. Mrs.
VIM. =. Staples entertained several OF
these friends on the evening preceding
her uncle and aunt's departure.
Mr.. W. S. Jones, of Bowery Beach,
left Monday, March list, for the Klondike
region. He goes with party of six
under tbs leadership of Mr.. Robt. Nixon.
late member of the Mounted Police
OF the North West Territories. The re-
manning four members of the party are
MIR. Harry Nevens and Mr.. Victor
Brewster of Woodfords Corner; Mr.. Chas.
Morrill, of Harpswell and Mr.. W. H..
Phillips of South Portland. This party
will go by what is known as the Back
Door Route to the gold fields, going by
Canadian Pacific to Edmonton and thence
by overland route TO Fort Selkirk. ITO
miles from Dawson City. This is the
trail followed for many years by the Hud-
son Bay Trading Company and they have
numerous stations and trading posts
along the entire route. The party ex-
pect to reach their destination in about
so days. They carry complete outfit
and supplies for IS months. The six tons
Of baggage will be drawn either by west
ern cattle or by bronohos. The many
friends of the company wish them all
success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
Broad scotch and Slang.

Language has never been stationary
least of all the English. 1t has been i'm
proved, and it has been corrupted, and it
may be improved or it may be corrupted
again Modern Greek is not equal to the
ancient. What atrocious corruptions the
Latin underwent as it degenerated into
Italian, Spanish and French! Happily,
after it had become comparatively barbar-
Gus, men of high literary genius appeared,
under whom the process of corruption was
arrested, and in each of these three cases
the language was again nodded into rich
and powerful vehicle of thought. When
ever the language of a nation is becoming
barbarous the nation is becoming barbar-
Gus itself. And there are tendencies in
our day toward barbarism that need to be
watched.
The rage for the broad Scotch of Ian
Maclaren and for American slang and
London slang and slang of all sorts in
stories that aim at piquant writing can
hardly fail of leaving some mark in our
literature. Who is to regulate our speech9
Not parliament, not sovereign or senate
1t depends on the good taste and the care
fitness of the educated men and women
of a country. W. G. Blackie in
Homiletio Review.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
ODD TRICKS OF MEMORY.
| Forgetting Ones Name and Remembering
Another Persons Backward.

Some one has forcibly remarked that
proper names escape from the memory as
easily as creased pigs and illustrates the
remark with an anecdote concerning Joe
Jefferson, who never forgot his lines, but
has an imperfect recollection of names.
Jefferson had been introduced to General
Grant at time when that distinguished
soldier was the lion of the social world,
knd the popular actor was much impressed
with the personality of the hero A few
hours later as he went up in his hotel ele-
vator rugged looking man with a mill
tary bearing bowed pleasantly to him and
made an observation regarding the speed
of the elevator, when Jefferson said
~ beg your pardon. Your face is very
familiar, but l cannot recall your name"
Grant, =" was the laconic but perfectly
courteous reply.
II got off at the wrong floor, said JEFF
ferson, .'for fear 1 would ask him next if
he had been in the war"
Jefferson did worse than to forget the
names of other people-he sometimes for
got his own. He called at a postoffice in
small place and asked the clerk:
Amy mail for meY"
"What name?"
"Name? Good gracious! don't knowl
Let me think. Why, I am to play Rip
Van Wrinkle tonight at your hall"
'Joe Jefferson?' suggested the clerk.
Eyes, jefferson; certainly. Thanks"
And receiving his mail, the actor went
away happy.
A favorite trick of capricious memory
Is to substitute some other name for, the
one wanted, process due to assimilation.
A couple of ladies on Chicago street car
asked the conductor to leave them at Penn
sylvania avenue
"There's no such avenue in this suburb,
said the conductor.
But there certainly is, reiterated the
ladies. We have friends living there and
ought to know"
Perhaps you mean Keystone avenue
suggested a passenger, and they said that
was just what they did mean, but they
knew it had something to do with Penn
sylyania, which was impressed upon their
memories as the Keystone State
A good story is told of an excellent
| woman who had this fatal faculty for mis-
constituting names. Her daughter was ex-
pecting call from gentleman, and she
impressed upon her mother the fact that
his name was a very simple ono and easy
to enthusiastically. The mother re-
peated it until she was sure she could not
possibly forget it, and on the evening
when he called hurried forward to meet
him, saying graciously:
"How are you, M Dryoow?" Chicago
Times Herald.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
TOWN TOPICS,
20S Fifth Avenue, New York.

e-THE SALE OF A SOUL. BY C. NJ. S. Mcclellan.
SIX MONTHS IN HADES. BY Caricc l. bingham.
s-THE SKIRTS OF CHANCE. By Captain Alfred
Thompson. 492&
fo-ANTHoNY KENT; BY Charles Stokes Wayne. :,
II-AN ECLIPSE OF VIRTUE. BY Champion BisseH.
I2-AN UNSPEAKABLE SIREN by John Giiliat.
I3-THAT DREADFUL WOMAN. BY Harold r. Vynncs
IA DEAL IN DENVER. By Giiner McKendree
Is-WHY? SAYS GLADYS. By David Christie Murray
Io-A VERY REMARKABLE GIRL. BY L. H. Bedford,
IA MARRIAGE FOR HATE. By Harold r. Vynne..
BOUT OF THE SULPHUR. By T. c. De Leon.
Io-THE WRONG MAN. BY Champion Bissell. .
so-THE HUNT FOR HAPPINESS. By Anita vivana
Charities.
sI-HEE STRANGE EXPERIMENT. BY Harold R. vynne,
con THE ALTAR OF PASSION. BY John Clliat
sS-sA MARTYR TO LOVE. BY Joanna E. Wood
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
The Wrong House.

A San Franciscan who has recently re.
turned from Honolulu relates that while
there he had occasion to inquire about two
ladies who, be understood, were stopping
at the Chaplin House, and accordingly used
the telephone. "Let me have the Chaplin
House. he said to central, and when the
connection was made he inquired if the
two ladies were there. "No," came the
answer ''But they were there last night,
weren't they?'' Eyes" was the hesitat-
ing reply, ''but we had to let them go this
morning" Had to let them CO." echoed
the San Franciscan, awhy, what sort of q
hotel are you runningS" This isn't a
hotel, 'replied the voice at the other end
.Isnt that the Chaplin House?" demand.
ed the mystified San Franciscan. mo, ~
was the reply, Sits the station house. ~
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
PORTLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Books Added Since January 1.

American Agriculturist Year Book
and Almanac, 1898, Ref
Audubon, Maria R., Audubon and
His Journals, 4434. 3
Balch, Thos., ed. Letters and Papers
Relating Chiefly to the Provincial
History of Pennsylvania, 1856. 1;
Organization, 1877. 81
tines, 1856. i
Cox, Sir 6. W., Mythology of the
Aryan Nations, 1921
Crozier, J. D., History of Intellec-
tual Development on the Lines of
Modern Evolution, s744.,
Curtis, Geo. Vim. AIRS Recte
Viyendi, 1919. 8:
G code, G. B., ed, Smithsonian
Institution, 1S46-lS96, Ref
Goold, Nathan, History Of Col.
Edmund Phinney's Eighteenth
Continental Regiment *5313.2
Griffiths, Arthur, Wellington; His
Comrades and Contemporaries, 1884. II
Gurney,gs Louise l., ed, James
Clarence Mangan; His Selected
Poems, 54l6.l
Hartshorne, Albert, Old English
Glasses, lei
Jenkins, C. IT,, Picture Ribbons, 39l6. 1,
Ring, Capt. c., Warrior Gap. 3is.2l
h1nS. oapUs W. ONssB OoAO'NoA -
stories iss.na' n s4s. ?;
MoCrady, Edward, History of
So. Carolina under the Proprie-
tary Government, 1856. /:
Mitchell, j. A., Gloria Victis, l3S. 4
Paget Stevens, John Hunter, 444. q
Parsons, G. L., ed, Register of
Officers and Members of the So
ciety of Colonial Wars in the
State of New Hampshire, 1915:
Peck, II. T., Personal equation, 1757.1-
Pellisier, G., Literary movements
in France During the Nine
tenth Century, 1885,!
Pratt, e. F., Phineas Pratt and
Some of His Descendants, *53l1.i
in the Army. 1852.
skeel, A, and Brearley, W. H.,
King Washington, 1l83
utes to the Memory Of, *531l3. Q
Thwing, G. F., American College
in American Life, 1928. 9
Wharton, e. and Goldman o., jr.,
DECORATION of Houses, 1886.
Books in raised type for the blind.
Cervantes. Saavedra. III. de, Don -.
Cooper, j. F. The Eliot, 1928
Cross, NJ. E., George Elliot),
Adam Bede, 3v., 46i2.'
CHM, Edwin, ed, Selections from
Ruskin. 46li.
Hardness, Albert, Caesars Com
mentaries, 4b27..
Hawthorne. Nathaniel, Twice
gTold Tales, v. /, 1895.
Irving, Washington, Alhambra,
2v., 1855.
Virginia, $685..
Shakespeare William, Hamlet, 46l8.'
Caesar, 4sls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
GOOD times HAVE come.

You can afford to indulge yourself or your
family in the luxury of good weekly news
paper and quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for SIS per year.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
SPEAK OUT.
The search.Light of Publicity Is Pleasing
Portland People.

Publicity is what the people want
Let the public speak on the subject.
There has been too much claim-too
little proof.
Claims made by strangers are not proof.
Claims endorsed by strangers are not
proof.
There is only one kind Of proof for a
Portland citizen.
The experience Of people we know.
When friends and neighbors endorse.
Make public statements of their case.
There can be no question about such
evidence.
This is the proof we have.
Which backs every box Of DOAN'S
KIDNEY PILLS.
No other kidney pills, no other kidney
remedy
Can produce such proof.
Here is one case of the many we have:
Mr.. G.. W. Jones, of A Melbourne St.,
says: "It is matter of interest to many
others to know what to take for back
ache or kidney complaint. I have found
it out and I am pleased to make it
known For years I was a sufferer.
Many day after work I went home to
get a place to lie down after an after
moons suffering. When / was at work
1 had freq uently to stand at bench for
considerable length Of time with my
body stopped over enough to bring q
strain on my back. This was terribly
irksoIne and if I caught cold it was ex-
ceedingly painful, for colds always settled
in my kidneys. 1 got Doan's Kidney
Pills at II. II. Hay g. Sons drug store
on Middle ST. After taking them a while
the backache left and it has not returned
They also regulate the secretions of the
kidneys which had previously been too
frequent. Amy medicine that brings
such results deserves recommending and
is worthy of confidence"
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers, price so cents. Mailed by Fos-
er-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y, sole
agents for the United States
Remember the name DOAN'S and take
no substitute.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
An Explanation.

Handout Harry-No, lady, amt no
common tramp, I'm an author, an some of
the things what I rote has been excepted
by the best magazines All asks is help
for few years till my work is published.
I'm a victim of the pay on publication
pIan.-New York Truth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
Badly Overworked.

"When Jones married that $4,000 wild
ow, he thought he could quit work. -
"Well, hasn't he?'
"Not much. He has broken down bis
constitution trying to get money out OF
her. "-Ohicago Record.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
An Exception to the Rule.

eve should always be willing to lend
hand" said the mission evangelist.
'sThat's just how come to be barred
out of the poker games, !" was the COM
ment of the better days young man near
the stoye.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
CAUCUS.
FALMOUTH.

The Republicans of Falmouth are requested
to meet at the Town Office In said town on Sat
urday. March s. 1885, at go p. M, for the pur-
pose OF selecting, candidates for the several
town Offices to be supported at the coming
municipal election, and TO revise the town COM
mittee for 1898. Per Order.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
CAPE ELIZABETH.

The citizens Of Cape Elizabeth are requested
to meet II caucus at Grange Hall in said town
on Tuesday the eighth day of March, 1895. at
two O'Clock p. M, to nominate candidates for
town offices for the ensuing year. Per Order.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-03-03
Samaritan Association.

The annual meeting of the Samaritan Associ-
alton for the election of officers and the trans
action of such business that may legally come
BFacRe st.
March the third at three O'Clock.
Per order,
MRS. F. o. BAILEY, Pres
FL ARRIEr E. HARRINGTON, Sec. feb24dtd
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-10-06

The fact that several dollars spent for the
right medicine has effected a cure where q
skilled and expensive physician aided by
the latest and most ingenious instrument Of
science, had failed, q a matter Of much
importance.
Important, because II opens to downcast
sufferers new, inexpensive and sure
avenue to the restoration Of health and the
full enjoyment Of the pleasures Of life.
Such was the experience Of Mrs. Ada
n. Herr, Of 439 North Charlotte Street,
Lancaster, Pa.
From weak, nervous, despondine per-
son, she was made strong, active woman
and cheerful, helpful vile.
Her story Is interesting.
Nrs. Herr suffered terribly from female
disorders. Her nerves became unstrung,
cramps griped her and caused the most
intense pain.
So weak and physically temoralized
was she, that the slightest labor wearied
her and household duties were burden.
The most alarming symptoms Of her
malady were the frequent fainting spells
that afflicted her.
IN the midst Of her work, or In con-
versation, dizziness would come upon her
and she would fall PROSTATE In swoon.
She consulted reputable physician. He
diagnosed her case and prescribed the usual
remedies.
Instead Of improving, she continued to
grow worse the ailmcnt that was robbing
her life Of the joys Of young womanhood
became more pronounced.