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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-15

out in search of some, carrying the candle
without the stand. l wandered through
several rooms. all closed and dismantled,
before L found a small lavatory opening
off a billiard room. The cat Tapped stead
lily and L filled glass to take back with
me. The candle flickered in sickly fash
ion that threatened to leave me there lost
in the wanderings of the many Railways,
and from somewhere there came Vio-
lent puff of wind. The cat stuck by
my feet with the hair on its back raised
menacingly. 1 don't like cats: there is
something psychic about them.
Hotchkiss was still asleep when l got
back to the big room. ! moved his boots
back from the fire and trimmed the candle.
Then, with sleep gone from me, l lay back
on my dvan and reflected on many things:
on my idiocy in coming; on Alison West,
and the fact that only a week before she
had been a guest in this very house; on
Richey and the constraint that had come
between us. From that l drifted back to
Alison, and TO the barrier my comparative
poverty would be-
The emptiness, the stiffness were oppres-
slve. Once l heard footsteps coming,
rhythmical steps that neither hurried nor
dragged and seemed to mount endless
SldlICaSeS Without coming any CLOSER. L
realized finally that l had not quite turned
off the tap, and that the lavatory which
l had circled to reach, must be quite close.
The cat lay by the fire its nose on its
folded paws, content in the warmth and
compsnioIship. 1 watched it idly. Now
and then the green wood Kissed in the
fire but the cat never batted an eye.
Through an unshuttered window the light
ming flashed. Suddenly the cat looked up.
1t lif ed its head and stared directly at
the gallery above. Then It blinked, and
stared again. l was amused. Not until
It had got on its feet, eyes riveted on the
balcony, tail waving at the tip, the hair
on its back bristling brush, did l glance
casually over my head,
From among the shadows a face gazed
down at me- face that seemed a fitting
tenant Of the ghosty room below. / saw
It as plainly as l might see my own face
In mirror. While ! stared mt 1t with
Mortified eyes, the appartion faded The
rail was there the Bokhara rug st Il swung
from il, but the gallery was empty
The cat threw back its head and walled.
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These clubs are based upon the public
school as the primary contributing influ-
ence. Contests first held under this
: orm of organization. Tho prize winners
In these exhibitions are made eligible to the
township contest; the winners here arc
carried forward to the representative
organization, the county Boys and Girls
club, whose winners are the delegates to
the state exhibition, held now with the
State Corn Growers association exhibit, in
January of each year and during the week
of what is known in Nebraska as The
Week of Organized Agriculture"
This occasion is planned to be a big state
meet OF boys and girls engaged in the
primary work of scientific and practical
agriculture. A banquet is served, and the
annual meeting embraces not only a grand
time socially. but becomes one Of the me-
morable events in the life history OF every
boy and girl who attends. There are us
ually from 1000 to 5000 boy and girls pres
ent on these occasions.
n At the present times there are twenty
right states that have taken hold of this
or similar form of organization of Junior
Agricultural clubs, under the auspices Of
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the various counties will compete. Full
statements OF plans will be given in an
nouncements for the state meeting.
There are now approximately fifty coun-
ties In Nebraska that have organized
under the home experiment department Of
Boys and Girls clubs. This new depart
ment in agricultural education, in which
the agricultural college and experiment sta
tions are taken to the home and farm by
means of a system of correspondence in
struction, is one OF the most practical eff
forts in agricultural training yet intro
duced
The organizing of this department of the
work in Nebraska has been placed in
the hands of A. e. Nelson and Miss Ger
trude Rowan of the Agricultural college.
who are reporting the most encouraging
support throughout the state in organizing
the public schools of the counties into
Boys and Girls clubs, under the home
experiment department
Al Omaha, in Douglas county, on April q,
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there has been introduced this year a new
department, a feature of extension work
which will be known as the home expert
ment department. The plan is to provide
for a number of boys and girls in each
county some definite work in which they
are to receive instruction and on which
they are to report progress each month.
Their work will form a substantial nucleus
Cor the general county organization, which
can include in addition thereto whatever
phases of work the county superintendent
of schools sees fit to introduce
1t is designed TO put the work upon an
educational basis, which will be helpful
alike to the school and to the home In
showing what can be accomplished by
carefully directed, continuous effort, The
plan is to send a pamphlet each month to
each member of this department. The in
structions. pamphlets and supplies are
furnished free to members. Each person
on becoming a member must agree to carry
out fully the directions and make the re-
quired reports.
be arranged to the county, state and ma
tional corn shows and the state fair for
work done in this department. For 1910 the
work planned for this department is az
follows: Acre corn contest ear to row
contest, husklng contest judging contest,
ing contest, in which all styles Of textile
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there was large convention of children
gathered by request Of the county school
superintendent representing the majority
Of the district schools of the county, and
a club was organized with about 800 MEM
bers who slgnified the greatest interest in
taking up this plan of study of agriculture
and household economies.
This organization of boys and girls agri-
cultural clubs offers a splendid oppor-
tunlty for the county fair in every state
where this plan OF organization is being
carried out, to make this department of
the fair, and arrange the classification in
the premium list to cover just such fea-
lures of exhibit as are provided for in the
course of study, listed in the several exhi-
bition contests OF state and other exhibitions
to which this class of exhibitors may be
eligible. II this is a good thing, and we
have every evidence that 1t is, and that II
is going to develop into much greater
proportions, then why not incorporate 1t into
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our local agricultural fairs and boost II
along when it most needs our support and
assistance?
Managers OF county fairs should take up
this matter at once and put little money
and spirit into the boy and girl, even II
1t must be done at tho sacrifice OF the
fast horse and the airship. The county
fair cannot be engaged in better work
than building men and women for the
higher ideals of life DO not have II said
in this relation, OF the managers of our
county fairs, that the material was abund-
ant but the laborers were few. We have
the boys and girls and they will be men
and women, just as we give them oppor-
tunities. The county fair in this work
now so we'll begun, may be a great stimulus
to activity and energy. Get an outline OF
the general classification for prizes from
the state organizers or state school superin-
tendent and arrange your county fair pre-
MUM lists accordingly.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-15
CHAPTER XIV
HIS wIFE's FATHER,

I jumped up and seized the fire tongs
The cats wall had reused Hotchkss. WAC
was wide-awake at once. He took IN my
offensive attitude, the tongs, tho dire elton
" my gaze and needed nothing more
As he picked up the candle and darted out
into the hail. ! followed him. lie made
directly for the staircase and part way
up he turned off 10 the right through a
small door, We we're IN the gallery itself
below US the fire cleaned cheerfully the
cat was not in sight. There was no sigu
OF my ghostly visitant. but AS we stood
there the Bokhara rug. without warning
slid over the railing and fell 10 the floor
below,
Man OF woman Hotohkisd inquired ir
bis most professional tone
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some responsible state educational influ-
ence; agricultural college, states school
superintendent, extension department state
university, State Farmers Institute associa-
ton, United States Department of Agricul-
ture, or other equally determined force that
means success. Nebraska leads in number
Of counties organized. having ffty-nine
and Is second to New York in membership,
having 1900.
New York was the first state to introduce
the Farm Boys and Girls clubs, which
now have an aggregate membership of 49,
900. The prize winning exhibits in the local
school and county contests of New York
are taken to the state exhibit held each
year at the College Of Agriculture. At the
1909 meeting there were $50 ten-ear exhibits
OF corn at their corn show, about one-third
Of which came from twenty eight boys and
girls clubs. There we're also exhibited about
$50 drawings on corn subjects. $50 essays
on How to Grow Corn" and 200 letters on
How We Celebrated Corn Day In Our
School," New York made It's first effort in
organization of boys and girls clubs in
1898, under the auspices of the college of
agriculture OF Cornell university New
York has had marked success In the growth
and development of its boys and girls
clubs.
New Feature.
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short Course in January.
For the annual state meeting of the Ne
oraska Boys and Girls clubs, to be held
at Lincoln, January 16 to co. 1911, there Will
be arranged a short course of one week in
cooking, sewing and home nursing at the
University of Nebraska, in the department
Of home economics. Arrangements will be
made by which girls may be sent as dele
gates from each county, according to the
plan arranged by the county superintend-
emit The delegates from each county will
be permitted to enter the short course and
receive free instruction during the week. 1t
is expected that a cooking contest will be
held in each county and that a cooking
team of two girls will be sent to the state
meeting, where they will compete with the
teams from the various counties, for which
trophies or premiums will be arranged.
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what was known as Boys and
Girls Agricultural clubs. These clubs
represented county organizations and we're
made available through the public scho A.
Of the county. The purpose was TO d. -
the attention OF the boys TO farm int,
ests. encourage them in the growing 7
crops, and the girls in the study and pra
uce OF household economies, domes,.
science. technically speaking.
In order TO stimulate interest in this work
there was big fall contest, planned to
take place at Lincoln. the capital Of the
state, where the produce OF the seasons
efforts were to be gathered together for
comparison. to be passed upon under iudg-
ment OF a board OF experts and prizes
awarded TO the best in competition. in all
lines OF production; the state Board Of
Agriculture and other allied interests CON
tributing toward the prize fund II re-
suited in establishing the wisdom Of the
movement ~ one destined for great
popularity with public sentiment The corn
growing spirit that it encouraged in the
BOY and the corn cooking ambition with the
girl have all influenced to very popular
form of organization in the state OF Boys
and Girls clubs.
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Clubs in Fifty Counties.

For the boys, short courses in agriculture
will be offered. and judging contests con-
Quoted, in which the boys teams from
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Bright Girls Nebraska Are Wide Awake Club Worker

n 1905 there was organized in
Nebraska. under the direction
and supervision Of the state
school superintendent, IN CO.
operation with the agricultural
college and state university,
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4 New Feature.
In the Nebraska boys and girls clubs
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11

for whom $4,000 was paid, is at short.
Fred Parent may be the only veteran
in the outiield. Messenger being
youngster who looks best for another
place, with the third position assured
that other vet, Pat Dougherty.
Billy Sullivan, last years manager,
will be this years field captain. He is
now out of the game, being troubled
with blood poisoning suffered on the
training trip. Sullivan will of course,
do most OF the catching. with Fred
Payne as chief assistant
In the pitching box there are such
veterans as Ed Walsh, Frank Smith
and Doc White, than whom when right,
hardly a better trio can be asked for.
Lively youngsters Will complete the
staff.
But, with this rebuilt team. you can't
expect too much. II win take a year
for Duffy with his youngsters. There
fore White Sox fans would come near
being satisfied With a third place club.
Better can hardly he expected
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
ACTRESS HIGHLY PRAISED
Grace Van studdiford, Here Tomor.
row Night, Pleascs Milwaukee.

Concerning Grace Van qStuddiford.
who will be seen at the Calumet
theater tomorrow evening in The
Golden Butterfly" the Milwaukee
Evening Wisconsin says:
One year ago Milwaukee theater-
goers were given their first view of
THE Golden Butterfly" when the
Smith-De Koven opera was brought to
the Davidson theater by Grace Van
Studdiford in all its pristine bright
ness.
There was much IN the Offering to
make 1t popular with lovers of light
opera. Comedy lines galore We're fur
nlshed by Harry r., in proof that in
Vulnerable rcvues had not impaired his
taste for better things. The music OF
De Koven contained many haunting
melodies. woven into ensemble num-
bers and themed throughout the offer
ing with true artistry.
Time has proven that judgment was
not misplaced Miss Van Studdiford
came again to the theater Thursday
night for brief engagement of half
week in her offering. The test Of a
season held good. These who heard
the opera before, and who went, pre-
pared to listen to numbers with which
they had at least a speaking acquain-
lance. hailed them as old friends.
"The Golden Butterfly" is. indeed.
welcome relief in this day of pop
ular clap-trap and jingly hurdy-gur-
dy refrains. introduced without rhyme
or reason into books woefully lacking
in originality. Smiths one novel.
"The Second Fiddle" has been taken
as the theme OF the opera. and. about
Il and throughout IL. the music has
been woven. and shaped. into a har-
fnonlous whole. The comedy is just
as original as when first heard, the
story as logical as may be expected,
and the solos. duets. auartettes and
ensembles. arc as haunting rs when
first played.
It Is probably the music Of the opera
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
MExIcANs CUT OUT RACING.
Decide the Sport Is Too Tame and
Yankees Are Heavy Losers.

Galveston, Texas, April 11.-MeXico
has formally stamped horse racing as
conducted by Yankees a failure. by the
government canceling the concessions
granted to Matt VIM, Jerry Dickinson
and associates to build and maintain
tracks at Mexico City, Monterey, Chi
huahua, Jalisco and Juarez.
In withdrawing its permit the gov
eminent claims a forfeiture of the $751;
900 deposited by the American promot-
ers as guarantee they would fulfill
their part OF the contract. But the
Americans claim they. are losers to
the tune of more than $2500O0. not
counting the profits they might have
earned had the track at Juarez been
a success. The builders claim tho
track one of the best on this con-
tinent and one of the best maintain
ed. but they say the Mexican sport
ing blood can never be elevated be-
yond bull and cock fights and that
the only way they could ever be in
duced to patronize races would be To
slaughter few horses after every
race.
The first few races packed the
grandstand, but the MeXicans decided
horse racing too tame for any inter-
est. and the attendance dropped to
next to nothing. Noting the way the
Juarez track was being hammered,
the Americans refused to build the
other tracks, and the government gave
the sport a death blow by declaring
the deal off.
The race track owners had to pay
heavy tax on their earnings and on
every horse, and the government want
ed to regulate the tax on the racing
stock according to the value of the
animals. The heaviest patronage of
the Juarez track came from the Am
orleans i'm Texas until Texas mer-
chants and ministers organized Wig
orous campaign against patronizing
the track across the Rio Grande on
the ground that 1t was a gambling
hell.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
ufHR SAYS HARRINGTON
WOULD NOT HAVE CHANCE
n.c,arss Japanese Jiu Jitsu is
the Most Brutal Of All
Athletic Sports.
JACKETS ARE NOT SIMILAR

"a Cornish style wrestler would
"a M more chance against n Jiu
,,,s, wrestler than the ordinary man.
'.nsrilled In the science OF either
me- Is the comment made by Joe
a,ohr the Calumet Cornish champion
when discussing the changes of Tim
harrington of Butte against Professor
1,o of seattle in the proposed match.
1,ehr talks entertainingly of the Jap
orese lin Jitsu, he having seen Pro-
fessor Ito at work upon his recent
,,sit 10 the west. Mr.. Ziehr is of the
oninlon that the only man who would
stand a chance against Ito is one like
Farmer Burns who has an abnormal
" developed neck.
Familiarity with the jackets icaG"
Seattle sports to believe that a Cor
rish wrestler like Harrington world
no able to down Ito, Us jackets also
are used in the japanese style. Ziehr,
however. does not believe this know!-
edge of the Jackets would help c
Cornish expert.
ON the first place." said Zlehr,
"there Is considerable difference in
the style of jacket. While n Cor
nish wrestler is accustomed to a short
Loose Jacket which merely offers {
means to gain n hold, the Japanese
Jacket reaches almost to the knees
and is accompanied by short pair
trousers The jacket lis padded at the
shoulders and is not as easily grasped
a. the Cornish jacket but this is not
ALL The science of Jiu Jitsu does not
commence until the men are on the
mat. while in Cornish wrestling the
men break holds as soon as one of the
men touches the mat"
According to Ziehr, Jiu Jitsu is the
most brutal of all sports. 1t does not
compare with the American and Eu-
ropean wrestling in any sense of the
word. In the match witnessed by
Ziehr, Itos opponent was a man nam -
ed Brown of Seattle, who had all the
best Of the argument until he threw
Ito to the mat. Then. according To the
rules, the men continued, and finally
the American was actually choked
into submission. In many respects Jiu
Jitsu compares with rough and-tum-
bic fighting, according TO Ziehr, ex-
cept that the men are not allowed t.
punch or bite.
Ziehr and the other Cornish wrest-
lers of this section are waiting eager
ly for the result of the match between
Harrington and Professor Ito. AS the
Cornish style wrestler is a former res
ident of Calumet, he has many friends
here who would like to see him win
from the little Jap at the latter's own
game.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11

that appeals most strongly to the man
i'm front. Don't Forget Me-" Ilma's
opening number, has been seized as the
theme. and upon it many Of the en-
sembles have been based. Through
out the entire evening the waltz re-
frain makes itself heard time ana
again in ensemble numbers particular
~. In wandering Musicians" sung
by Franz and his grotesque band, ana
Great Musician" given with spirit
by the baron, De Koven has allowed
his fancy to wander into unique by
duce a laugh in themselves have re-
suited. The Butterfly and the Clo-
YER" while not so strong in its mu-
steal appeal, is the feature number of
the entire offering. due to the elabor-
ate effects in color and staging which
are introduced. "The Elf King and
The Haunted Casll." both i'm the spir
it of Gypsy Jan" of Fortune Teller
days. are novel in their rendition,
while perhaps most striking of ali, is
the bit of ensemble work off stage
which opens the closing number OF the
second act.
Miss Van Studdiford sings as
charmingly as ever. Don't Forget
Me" won her rounds of applause
Thursday night. Her duet with Franz
was eliminated. but other numbers
were given with spirit and vive.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
NEW SIGNAL CODE.

Griffith has been drilling his men
every chance during their stay at
Hot Springs. Ark, I'm his new signal
code. Now the men, 1t seems, can
almost talk together In this signal
language so good have they mastered
the code as arranged by Griffith.
Every move, almost, player makes
on the field. is done by signal from
the foxy one, who sits on the bench
or some other handy place where the
men can get a good view of him.
Watch the next game you see. Per-
haps when some heavy hitter gets up
to the plate you'll see the infeld
shift their positions and the outheld
take a few steps to the right or left
Perhaps II may be that the fielders
themselves have the batter sized up
and know about where he will hit. but
in many cases IL Is the result of sig
nal from Griffith. Watch and see how
well IL works.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
AT LEFT, MANAGER HUGH DUFF
FY-AT RIFHT, CAPTAIN BILLY
SULLIVAN.

From manager to bat boy nearly, the
Chicago American league team will be
a new outfit this season. Changes are
numerous in both in and outfields,
while the task of managing has been
assigned to Hughey Duffy. "a man
whose career i'm the minors has been
marked by success.
Ever since the American league was
organized the Chicago club has been
known as "the hitless wonders" I'm
der the management of that shrewd
leader Fielder Jones, the White Sox
were there or whereabouts at all times.
and the game of inside ball that the
club played had them all guessing.
The baseball world was given an awful
jolt i'm 1906 when an aggregation of
this class won the pennant i'm the Am
erican and best the Chicago Nationals
I'm the worlds series A great pitching
staff and strong defense given gener-
ally made the White Sox the hardest
team in the world to score upon and
one run won many games for them.
But last season there was a change
Fielder Jones quit the game and Billy
Sullivan took his place, although the
job was not of his own seeking. The
1909 White SoX were never pennant
contcnders. This was new condition.
In an effort to make a change this sea-
son Hughey Duffy was secured as
manager from Providence, while Chas.
Comiskey, the owner, spent slathcrs of
coin for new players.
Accordingly, the 1910 team will be
practically new But one infielder.
Billy Purtell. at third holds his job.
Gandil. secured from the coast, plays
first; Zeider second, and Blackburn.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-11
Ed ADAMSON THROWS BILLY
SCHOBER In DULUTH MATCH

The Duluth Herald of Saturday
says:
In perhaps the greatest wrestling
match ever witnessed in this city, the
famous Ed Adamson, king OF the little
men of the mat, last night took two
straight falls from Billy Schober Of
Broad Ripples, Ind, pinning the soul
ders Of the little Hoosier TO the can
vas the first fall i'm 36:07 with a
scissors and half-nelson, and complet-
ing the downfall of the doughty little
German in 24:40 for the second fall
accomplishing this by half-nclson
and crotch hold.
Adamsons work last night bore out
all the things that have been said of
MN IN advance of his coming. He
mas everything that any wrestler ever
had' He is as cool and collected as a
'nree-time widow accepting her fourth
proposal He moves with the sure
ness and quickness of a panther.
Every move is study and no false
moves marked the work of the vet
eran last evening.
Little Schober made himself solid
WIN the audience by his clever an
a. 'lmes' brilliant work. The audience
oneered the game little Indiana boy
.or nVe minutes at the conclusion of
,"e match Throughout the two falls
ne went right after Adamson and at
uhes had the veteran in what APP
peared to be bad holds.
Du' Adamson had deceiving way
VI suddenly twisting out OF a hold.
ana the little Hoosier Would shake
MS mead as If mystined and puzzled
a. the tactics of the Chicago wonder;
M NJ nc would then tear right in after