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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

Where OLD Hickory First Kept House.
President jackson bought bis property
along about the time that Thomas Jeffer-
son first took his seat as president Of the
United States. II was at the beginning Of
the century and the house which he hrst
built upon II, away back in 1904, is stin
standing It is a one-stOry and attic log
cabin, with red brick chimney at the end
and a roof Of rough shingles II was there
that jackson lived when Aaron Burr visited
him IN 1905; there was his home when he
fought the battle Of New Orleans in 1915,
and there he and his wife spent some OF the
happiest years Of their lives. ! walked
from the barn TO the old homestead over a
field carpeted with white clover, so thick
that my feet sank into it to the ankles and
as did 50 took in the great spring by
the way. This spring is not far from the
cabin. Surrounded by shelving rocks, it
lies in little hollow, shaded by trees. The
Psol is so big that an elephant could battle
in II without touching the sides, and a
stream flows from IT, / stopped over and
seooped up some water In my hand and
drank IT, just as I venture Old Hickory did
many a time when the last century was
young. It was delicious The water is as
cold as ice, as clear as crystal and as sweet
as the streams Of the Swiss mountains.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
Andrew JaoIs.on's Christianity.

Before describe the Hermitage proper,
by which mean the great house which
jackson built while he was president, and
in which he died, want to tell you about
the little brick church that Mrs. Jackson
put up while she was living in the old log
cabin. It still stands, and services were
held in IL this Sunday morning. I arrived
at the church some time before tho
preacher came. and walked through It
with Mr.. Harlan, one Of the members. 1t
is a little red brick structure. about thirty
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
where Andrew jackson DIED.

hhuEo" Dleu.
spent some time looking at the bed room
In which this, one of the very greatest of
our presidents, passed away. 1t is In the
same condition today as it was then. The
same pictures are on the walls. the same
hangings on the bed, and indeed the very
same bedding, even to the white counter
pane which covered him when he breathed
his last Imagine a room twenty feet
square with great mahogany four-poster
bed at one end of It, The bed has silk
hangngs about it, but they are so festooned
that they do not shut out the air. At the
left of the bed are three little steps and the
mattresses with the great feather tick on
top are so high that one must climb the
steps TO get into it. Those very steps were
used by OLD Hickory, and up them he
climbed when he entered that bed for the
last time. Lying on chair at the right
next the window is the silk dressing gown
with the ruffied shirt within it which jack
son used during his last days, and beyond
that is his bureau with the mirror above it
Just opposite the bed is fireplace with a
brass fender. and antique andirons so beau
tiful that almost any woman who reads this
would sell her soul TO possess them. There
are logs on the andirons ready 10 light and
over the mantel above the fireplace Is a
long, low mirror in a gold frame. Just
above the mirror and .ng the bed Is a
painting which forms tie life of the room,
Continued on Page sevenJ
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
Old style sin Effective.

Even with teams which have been taught
the new game almost entirely, 1t is a no.
ticeabie fact that when the ball is in pos
session, near the goal line, the old game
Of hard plunging through the center or
a plunge on the tackles is almost always
rescrted 10. Much was expected Of the
forward pass, and still but little has been
seen of it as yet. OF course, the teams all
may have this UP their sleeves and only
waiting for their final games. The for
ward pass requires great accuracy in
handling the ball and the only time It has
been tried in Omaha was a izEle for diff
ferent reasons On one occasion a Belle
vue man threw the ball right into the
hands OF a Creighton player. installing
him for one Of his own men. and a touch
down resulted for Creighton, showing the
care which is necessary for this new style
Of play.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

many were not but all were made well
come. Many came TO ask assistance, ana
some had requests Of the most eXtravag CANT
nature. remember one family, for IN
stance, who brought with them a son who
had displayed some mechanical ingenuity,
and to whom the general was asked TO give
an education. Indeed, we had all sorts Of
visitors at the Hermitage both before aud
after General Jacksons death. why. I
myself once entertained the notorious Jesse
James. I did not know who he was then,
and 1t was long afterward that heard Of
his terrible career"
How about the Lives Of General Jack
son? Are they true?"
Many Of them are full Of misstats-
ments."
rs that so Of Parton's LIfeT'
Yes Mr. Parton came to the Hermitage
when none of the family was present He
had many talks with the negro servants
and they told him Just what they thought
he would be most pleased to hear.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

dows are large and each has panes of Joke
glass. The entrance is in the center of the
building, and a wide hallway runs through
the middle of the house on both floors.
Before we enter / must show you the
lawn. IT is of the exact shape Of great
guitar with the body Of the guitar ending
at the front door. The stem of the guitar
IS the driveway which is bordered by mag
nihcent cedars set close together, Where
the body Of the guitar begins there are
flowers and trees OF many kinds rising out
Of lawn Of the greenest green. All the
trees and plants were set out by Old
Hickory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

up, had begun operations.
The open game presents new condition,
for the captain can take the ball under
the very shadow of his own goal posts
and By trying the quarterback run aud
the forward pass and the criss-cross work
the ball up the held with the chance al
ways in sight of getting a man lose for
n sensational run up the field for a touch
down. This without the hard game on
his players 20 which they were subjected
under the old rules. which was apt to
make them useless for the rest OF the
game. The system might be called specu-
lative, for the captain is always trying
for the main chance, and the returns are
more apt to be great than under the old
rules and also at smaller outlay Of
reserve force than the old rules entailed.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
Andrew Jackson's big Farm.

The country, however. would be the
ssame. 1t is n rich, rolling plain, spotted
with great oaks rising out of grassy mea-
dows, the fields bordered with wild flowers.
II IS a land of fat sheep, short-horned cat
tie and we'll bred trotting horses There
are several fine estates between Nashville
and the Hermitage and one of the best
was known to General jackson as his
clover bottom farm and II was a part of
his estate. II was, there that. the general
kept his fancy stock and the race track
upon which he speeded his horses. The
farm lies on the Stone river. and the racing
field is now planted to corn. 1t is as fiat
as floor with the exception Of the center,
where a great mound rises, forming
natural grandstand. There is room for a
mile track about this mound, and the gen.
eraI and his friends, seated upon it. could
watch the jockeys as they gallOped round.
Passing the race track drove over
bridge across Stone river, and then went
on for several miles before l reached the
house The lands on both sides of the
road once formed part OF the estate, al
though they have now been cut up into
farms Andrew Jackson's holdings com
prised about 1000 acres and his land was
some OF the finest in Tennessee. He was
evidently good farmer for I saw records
Of his accounts among the papers OF the
Hermitage. and l also went through the
great barn which he built while he was
yet president of the United States. II is
situated on n knoll some distance back from
the house, II is built OF logs and boards,
and although It has lasted for three-auar-
tiers Of a century, II is In a fairly good con-
, dition today. The building consists OF an
! immense loft, filled with hay, with stables
below It. The stables are made Of logs,
even to the partitions. There are twelve
box stalls for horses, each walled with
logs laid up crosswise like those Of a cabin
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

a harder proposition under the
new rules. The game must
then, because OF the inability
Of a player to make a sensa-
tionaI end run, dwindle down to
a kicking game, which is also
hard in the mud and rain. In
the Chicago-Minnesota game a
week ago kicking played an Inn
portant part and developed into
a contest between Marshall OF
Minnesota and Eckersall Of
Chicago, and because Marshall
was able to get his place kick
between the goal posts with the
ball all mud, he won the game
for his team. Stage made the
claim that with hard ground
70 play on the result would
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

1906. by Frank G. Carpenter)
Tenn. Nov. 15.-(spe-
NJ ciaI Correspondence TO The Bee.)
Il have just returned from
tt visit to the Hermitage, the home
60 Of Andrew Jackson. It lies within
twelve miles of Nashville, and the read TO
It is the same over which Old Hickory
passed in his coach or on horseback on his
way to and from town. The country is
gently rolling and the road goes up and
down hill. A pike now covers the whole
distance and an electric trolley line follows
II for several miles. AS I rode along l
thought Of Old Hickory and the changes
he would notice could he but make the
journey today which he so often made in
the past. His old stage coach, the romans
of which saw at the Hermitage, would
be strangely out of place now, and It's spir-
tied horses would have been frightened at
the trolley or the automobiles. which fire.
quently go whizzing by.
President jackson would not know the
Nashville of today, with It's factories and
foundries and its great railroads reaching
out to all the world. He would wonder at
the telephone poles at the roadside and
the wires thereon, and his gray hair would
be sitter than even in establishment when
told that they carried the voice Of man,
The woven-wire fences would interest him
as a farmer whose stock had to be kept in
with worm-laid lines OF split rails, and he
would stop again and again to examine the
steam threshers and other agricultural ma.
chinery lying near the barns by the road,
eide.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

Entering the Hermitage. one Is in han
so large that a wagon lead Of hay could be
driven through it without touching the
sides. At the right against the wall stands
a beautiful old mahogany sofa, and at the
left mahogany hat tree, the hooks Of
which are great spikes of brass. The hall
IS decorated with q wall paper which was
ordered by General Jackson from Paris
when he was president, and which was
shipped here by way Of New Orleans up
the Mississippi and Cumberland rivers. 1t
represents the Travels Of Telemachus in
Search Of Ulysses" and especially of his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
Nov RuIes Stand Test.

Early in the season, when the rules were
little understood and while the general
public was cropping around in the dark,
as we'll as most OF the foot ball talent,
for some key which would solve the mys-
terry Of the new situation, many were
heard to say the new rules would not do,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

and there was plenty Of adverse criticism.
Some said there would be nothing to the
new game except monstrous interchange
Of punts after team had used two downs
in futile attempt TO gain ten yards,
which was thought to be impossible.
The wiseacres set back to growl and
grumble, aud TO watch the gradual de-
terioratlon of the great college game In
accordance with their predictions with
the season over half gone and many of
the big games of the schedules played, the
seers who did the knocking are being
gradually forced to admit they were
wrong for it is apparent they missed
their guess and were way off in their
predictions Instead of the old game ex-
cept for the few punts, as they predicted,
the new game is open and has been de-
veloping as its trainers said II would,
along open, active and ground gaining
lines by trick plays. which are more
apparent to the public than the old style,
which consisted chiefly OF gruelliug
plunges through the center. when tho
spectators could not see who was carry
ing the bail, and thus the interest was
to large extent lost, and the principal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

SSlilpldiHL dIteT a Dig game,
which one could hear on the
cars returning from the
grounds was that you could see
nothing but a mass of legs and
could not tell who was doing
anything.
The game as It is played by
the colleges which have been
making the best showing Is
along the reform lines and the
old game has been retained
more as a menace 70 the oppos-
ing eleven than as the real
ground gamers OF the team. It
was often too hard under the old
rules to gain five yards when
the teams were evenly matched,
and under the same conditions a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

which was played in Omaha, as we'll as
others which have been played around
the country. show the rules as modified
are a coed thing, and only last week
President Elliot OF Harvard put the seal
of his approval upon the new game, after
witnessing the contest between Harvard
and the indians. This was a holly con-
tested game, ending in favor Of Harvard
by the score Of 5 to o, and yet, this coll
lege president, who has gained the repu-
tation of being the most sceptical of all,
said it looked all right to him as now
PLAYED.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18
College Foot Ball Under the Revised Rules Wins

have been different, for. he said, ne had his
men skilled for the new game and was not
prepared to play on a muddy field, which
required more Of the old style Of play.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

gain of ten yards would be practically out
Of the question. SIN, the old game is not
to be lost. A team without a good series
of line plays and players which were good
under the old rules is handicapped. 1t Is
not possible for a team to try to make
a long end run on every play, for the OPP
position would be watching for that play,
and so the old game has had to be re-
tained 10 vary the moves, for II the defense
is framed for a quarterback run or for
forward pass around the end, a team with
a hard plunging fullback can pick up
many a yard AS long as one team knows
the other has a fairly we'll developed at
tack along the lines mentioned, the de-
fendve team must keep on its guard
against those plays with a good secondary
defense, and this makes the long end runs
easier and gives a chance for more spec
tacular plays in the game which are, OF
course, more interesting 70 the spectators.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18


Under the old game the attack was far
more wearing on the offense than on the
defense, and for this reason the coaches
have been willing to try to develop the open
game rather than the close game. When
the twenty-one men were piled into a
heap after a line smash Il is evident all
the offense had the worst OF the deal The
man with the ball vas pretty apt to be at
the bottom with his arms around the ball
and several OF his teammates were close
to him with their arms around him and
were also al the bottom of the heap, trying
70 drag him along. Once or twice may
not have made much difference, but when
that performance was repeated scores Of
times it began 20 tell on the offense, and
many a good team has lost a game after
having IT'S men worn out by these CRUEL
ling attacks, SO it could not successfully
defened its goal after the other team, which
had not been on the defensive and resting
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

Weather conditions affect the players IN
the game more under the new rules than
under the old. There team could plunge
along a yard or two at time in mud ankle
deep AID still keep gaining the required
five Yeards. with ten yards TO gain II Y
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

IAHA has had one big intercol-
legiate game Of foot ball, and
one more Is scheduled for
Thanksgiving day, when DOane
meets Creighton. The game
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-18

CONTINUED on Page sevenJ
North Park union., 1906-11-02
Not a Legal Paper.

The New Era, according to the
1897 Colorado Session Laws, chap
ter SO, is not legal newspaper.
The law says weekly newspaper
must have been continuously and
uninterruptedly published in said
county during period of twenty
six consecutive weeks prior to the
first publication of said notice or
legal advertiseent."
The New Era was started last
March. but its issues purporting to
be printed on July 26, August 5rd
and 10th, respectively. were all
printed, at least. mailed in the Wal
den postoffice August 10th. This
makes that paper the same, as if it
had never been. because of the in
terruption in its regular publication.
T. c. Ramey, the present county
Treasurer, and Public Trustee, Is
not excusable on the plea of ienor-
ance of the law, and he has proven
his incompetency by placing the
Public Trustee Sale Notice Of Jo-
hanna Snyder against D. e. AM
drews. involving the Pearl Hotel
property, the sale being advertised
to take place at the Fort Collins
Court House, November 10th, is,
thus, made absolutely null and. void.
Vote for .. @. Brooks.
North Park union., 1906-11-02
Communicated.

Conditions are such, and the timo is here for
voters OF tho Park to show their hand. The
parties who betrayed us are again asking our
support Shall We give it7 II ihere is a drop
OF independent blood In a Park voter, party
Notwithstanding, he will rcpudiato Drake aud
Wollaver and vote for their opponents, Dr. p. j
McHuxh and Hon. Adolf Donath.
This 10 not Democratic-Re epublicnn war in
Colorado this fall. 1t Is battle for rights
against a concerted determination on the part
Of self appointed political bosses in both par
tics 10 hold coatrol, for ends so vile they cry
out to decency and decent people are calling for
help. action and Independence, Irrespective Of
party. Everything 10 up to the voter. who can
right every wrong by tho proper use of his bal
lot. Drake and Woliavcr havc botl, lined up
with that dirty mess fixed up 10 Denver by
Spcer and Evans. Their records show they b.
long TO TINT mess, soul and body. We, of tho
Park, have double reason for turning them
down at the polls.
Never in our history. have ws had such op-
portunity and cause for proving our political
strength. BY uniting on Ken, NO shall show our
appreciation for recognition BY a Convention.
and by big vote for AcHugh and Donath, We
show ~ have our intorests consulted, and
when they arc ruthlessly turned down by
Bcnsdict. No can consoiidate to protect ths,n,
ahd bv repeating our majority for Adams, that
ws dspsors The outsasss hsapsd upon him apd
all tho poopls BY steelinx his seat. f
We have talked Consolidation, for political
aetion. for years. Now Ii our chance 70 show
our hand. a..
Respesetfully sbuitted to the voters IN zen.
~ y IN. suxpPEY
North Park union., 1906-11-02
News to You.

A vote against J. M. McCreefy
will show your disapproval against
his spite work in throwing a man in
Jail, whose trial resulted in acquittal,
instead Of allowing him to furnish
bonds, as the law permits.
Those voting for Ben Lindsey
for Governor. but who do not want
to vote for the Democratic nomi-
nee for Congress, must scratch out
Tew's name; then. they should put
a cross opposite Robert w. Bony-
nge for Congressman.
Lawson's story in the November
Everybody's illustrates how H. n.
Rogers and their kind express con-
tempt and defiance of the people by
saying that with one-tenth of . the
profits from a single Wall Street
deal they can buy up bunch of
State Elections.
1t is charged that there are some
Hebron voters who desire to vote
against Drake and Wollaver. but
that VIM. Mari carries their vote in
his vest pocket, compelling them to
vote the other way. We hope the
election returns, from that precinct,
will demonstrate different.
McClure's magazine for Novem-
ber tells how Clark, of Montana,
spent half a million dollars to get
in the United States Senate, and it
is said Simon Guggenheim will du-
plicate the offer with Colorado S
next Legislature. Do you wonder
at Drake and Wollaver wanting to
be reelected.
We have been informed that the
North Park Dictators and Political
Bosses of the Republican party.
have made arrangements for a lot
of free whiskey, in every North
Park precinct, on election day, for
the purpose of buying up Wollayer,
Drake and McCreery votes. Now,
for the sake of your most Sacred
Honor, refuse to sell your vote for
a drink of whiskey.
Drake and Wollaver unseated
Ward in Boulder, helping, it is said,
to steal the Governorship from
Alva Adams. They passed a sheep
bill that levies tribute on Larimer
county sheep; voted for Corpora
tion bills, exacting tribute from the
people, and broke their pledge as
made to help North Park become a
county. tells why the people will
defeat them on election day.
North Park union., 1906-11-02
Your vo.. FOR sh.dfs.

Voters Throughout. North Park and in fact all
Larimer county, arc being importuncd each day
to cnst their votes for Sheriff McCreery for
various reasons. The principal reason is that
Jim has made good officer and this is tho
last time he will come up"
In this respect, the UNION. without dcsiring
to appear sacrilegious, would suggest that IL for
no other reason. the North Parkers have cause
sufficient to have real Thanksgiving. We can
see no good argument for giving McCreery
Just ono more VOTE
Larimcr county has not adopted Mr.. Nc.
Croery, though from the way he has fed on the
political pap for good many years. it would
at first appear SO. Tho present incumbent of
the shoriff's office is. strictly speaking, so fnr
eone. that he will never really he satisfied un.
less the people repudiAto his mania for office
seeking at the polls. It is time TO do it now
Why. pray tell, do we continue To keep ono man
on easy street" all his life. i-.
Probably Mr.. McCrecry has "boeu gooi Off
cer" Not too careful, wc might suggest in
keeping his office expenses low. He has made
several lpnE trips-some of which have resulted
In only problematical good and others whcra
the people pay tho bill apparently for pleasure
trip. There are plenty OF such cases that are
matter of record
lho UNION ASKS the voters oil North Park to
consider the coming election carefully. Mr.. s.
r. Garrison. we'll known farmnr, Of Loveland,
is seeking tho office on the Democratic ticket.
Mr. Garrison does not pose sleuth and he
has NO long string Of desperate captures" To
rofer back to. His record is clean and he will
fill tho office ns efficiently as Mr.. McCseery hns
ever done in the several years he has been in
Larimer county public life.
We ought not NO on forever voting for one
man to fill this md that office always. Mr..
McCrecry is n clever md persistent politician
and has pulled the wires successfully to SECURE
the nomination. Let go to the polls and
place our ballots there for s. II. Garritson for
sheriff. In this way We will dispose OF the as
prations OF n county gang" that have partici.
pated in sucking the political teat with chronic
persistcncy. Mr.. Garrison will do the right
thins-dont let my person tell you he won't.