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Hurling Growing Popular In the
United States.
(T IS THE BASEBALL OF OLD EBTN.
{Lbont One Tboowuid Seven Hundred Club*
AmiunUy Strive Tor the Ch*mrIon«hlp
of All Ireland, nndTret Crowd. See the
Contest.—How the Sport If Played.
to their footosfi and other Gnello siunre.
The Irl.ii Aincrlonn Athletic olub Is raid
to have the lent tan. In the vicinity of
Sew York. The exhibition gamer: and an-
nual duunptonsblp matches nro generally
played In KIdgewood, N. J.
Kt. Louis has five clubs which play tho
Gaelic Raines, and California boa.to.eorae
very prollclent teams. Tho K.umet club
of f-an Francisco has among Its aotlve
members some athletes who were very
well known In Ireland as members of
champion learns before thoy emlgtatod to
this country. last year Philadelphia and
Boston, not to bo behindhand, organized
regular cluba, and t^ere nro teams playing
tho game throughout the country wber-
ever Irishmen bare congregated In nnm-
ber* large enough to support a club. There
Is also said to 1* a club In Buenos Ayrea.
Nearly nil the well known Irish athletes,
many of whom have made names for them-
' ... t »l .-atflW intfit ilA.tr
grratar Jiold hfro. Hurling 8* originally
plac'd in Ifolirnd was an exceedingly
fXic^Ii and dnngorouo game, and few were
tho ivjntMfct* In which several players did
not retire more or lww dangerously Injured.
The dintresHlng famine of 1847 which
overtook Ireland and tho dralnngo of
young blood In tho following ycura b7
emigration killed off the jjafttlmo for
inuny yoara. In 1884 however, the organ*
izatlon of the Gaelic Athletic association
rer.'-’wod Interest in the old sport, and
hnrling became more popular than ever.
Th< rules of tho gorno w*«re thoroughly ro*
vl»/-d and the brutal characteristics climi*
nat*yl. ThU was done by having four uin-
plr'« os w»i!l ns a reforco and allowing
th«>u» almost arbitrary powers In ennos of
rough or foul play to rollro tho offender.
'i jio wonderful hold the gamo han in
lrr land may bo gleaned front the fact that
J|700 clubs annually strive for the chain*
plmislilp of “All Ireland. M It may bo
tvoi.dercd how tlto Gaulle Athletic associa*
i |
Burling Is prohnbly tho most nnclent
.11 Hlo same now played- I to origin Is whom nave inaue »•“—
lirt- in myths. II la to Irelnnd what base- on this side of the water, have been
hall IB to America, nnd considering the clport hurh rs. The game lsone that ro-
are ..t number of Irishmen In the stats* It quires quickness of oyo and plenty of octly-
urprl .lug lh.it it hna not gained n ‘ on d good Judgment, and conrenuently
S'... . athletes havo found It a good medium b7
which to keep In training.
Many well known Irlahmen have been
stanch supporters of Gnello sports, and
hate liberally aided the Gaelic association
with thc.lt financial nnd mural support.
Among others may bo mentioned Michael
Davltt, Dr. Croko, nrohblshop of Cashel,
Tipperary, and the late Charles Stewart
Parnell . .
The game has a roseate future before it
In tho United States and will continue to
have so long ns It keeps all professionalism
from Its ranks. The fact that all the
players aro strictly amateurs Is one of tho
main reasons of great success of the game
in Ireland. Fpr butlness men and others
of sedentary habits it recommends itself,
because it furnishes raro facilities for kocp'
Inn In goodp hyslrnl condition without be
ing too severe an oxorciso. . It is too little
known. Once the public has gained an
in.lght Into thef; od polntsof the gamo
aan scarcoly full to beeomo popular.
LliO. KlIIklilSGTOS.
Dos. Irrigation rnyt
In disonssing the question as to whetli
er irrigation pays, Secretary Coburn of
the Kansas irrigation commission said
The nvorago value of product* on irri
gated lands ranged from $8.25 per acre
in Wyoming to $I» per aero in (,'allfor
ilia, making a general average through
out of $14.80. They also producod sta
tlstics to Bhow that tho averago first coat
of bringing wntor to tlio lauds was $8.15
per acre, tho value of tho water rights
thereafter becoming $20 per norej that
tho annual expenditure for maintenance
varied from 10 cents to over $5 per acre,
with an avorago of $1.07; that tho first
cost of tho systems was about $30,000,
000, with nu estimated value of $100,
000,000, and that tho value of tho irri
gated lands had increased from $80,
000,000 to $300,000,000.
An Ancient Egyptian Deed.
In modern doeds it is not usual to de
scribe tho personal nppearanco of sellor
and purchaAir. But in Egypt, in Cleo-
pntrn’s timo, B. C. 107, a conveyance
doscrlhcs both mlnutoly. Thus: ‘ ‘There
was sold by Pamouthos, aged about 48,
of tniddlu size, dark complexion nnd
baudsomo figure, bald, round face and
tlrnigbt nosed, and by Sommuthcs, aged
about 32, of mlddlo size, sallow com
plexion, round faced, flat nosed and of
qulot domcauor, children of, "etc. Thon
tho situation nf ground is doscribcd:
"It was bought by Nechutcs tho Less,
tho son of Asos, aged about 40, of mid-
dlo size, sallow complexion, cheerful
connteunnco, long face, straight nose,
with a scar upon tho middlo of his fore
head, for C01 pieces of brass,” etc.
Leprosy.
From reliable statistics wo draw tho
conclusions that leprosy is generally cold
traded between the ages of 16 and 26, or
Hint In n very largo lumber of patients
tho disease shows Itself at about 18; that
It develops very slowly, so that tho patient
doos not require much ineillonl nld before
I ho disease has run four yuan; that tho
majority of lepers dlo within fivoyoars of
their ndmiislun to tho hospital, nnd that
tho nrorngo length of iifoof a patlcntaftcr
ho lias developed leprosy Is nlno years.—
Pearson's Weekly.
r.*aiKNiKO the game.
tlco manage* to discover tho ohAmplon
club every year out of bo grevt a number.
It 1« done In thlB way: The local clubs in
each county pluy each other for tho county
chiunplonnhlp. From tho lBtof Fobruary
to April 20 every county la allvo with
mutchua. Only Nuoh blubs ns win tho
county championships nro ollglblo to enter
into competition for the All Irelnnd tour
nament, which occurs between April 25
nnd May 26. When the cnnU-Ht 1ms nnr
rowed ltaelf down to two cluba, thoy play
for tho great, honor of being considered
tb«' burnt team in Ireland. This content
1* wltnoased yearly by over 20,000 people.
The game la played by 43 contestants,
21 on each aide, although it can l>o playoil
with as law ns 14 men on n sldo. Tho
flcM .should be 200 yards long by 110 yards
wide, and tho ground should !ms marked
off ns In football. At each end of tlio
field stand two goal posts, surinountod by
a crossbar 10X foot above tho ground.
The object of tho gnmo is todrlvo tho ball
bet ween th<w* goal posts nnd umlfr tho
crowbar. If tho ball bo driven over tho
on .sbnror over tho goal lino within 21 foot
• if lthrr post, it. counts ono point,
Tho ball Is mndo of cork nnd woolbn
thr jnd, covered with lenthor, and Is not un
like a cricket bnll. It should weigh about
seven ounces. Tho hurley, or stick, usotl
for driving tho ball, is n piece of. wood
*!■ <il M f«N‘t. lung and Is curved at dim
eod nnd flattened so ns to afford a good
sttrfnco to strlko with. It should not
wvigh more tlmn 3,'» pounds. An expert
pkynr with ono of theso instruments can
pond tho hall n dlstnnco of 160 ynrds. It
can easily lx> Imagined how in thooxclto-
metit of n gamo n» Inexperienced or caro
led player may Inflict n dangerous wound
on oji opponent.
Tho positions of tho players nro some*
what Uko those taken by football players.
There nro goalkeepers, half books, right
po.nfc covers, left point covers, wing inon,
con tore nnd rutbers. Their tnctlos, too,
nr< often not unlike those employed In
football, many famous teams having put
In play tlio famous wodgo movement.
When a gamo begins, seven mon from
©nch team lino up tho center of tho Held
op; oelte ono another. Tho umpire holds
th< hull and throws It between the players
nnd thtin puts It Into play. The ball may
be hit with the hurley or kicked, nnd If
caught on the fly In the hand tho catcher
Is allowed a freo hit, or *?puck," as It is
called, nnd while taking It no opposing
player may Interfere with him. A player,
however, may not run with tho ball In his
hand. Whore any rulo of tho gnmo is
hr.ken tlm referee Is ompowored to allow
tho opposing side a freo puck. Any player
The ,iban wl^o paid $$c>iooj to
a tailo? for a fine Oyerc^at
doesn’tilike to admit? .|iat iwe
could have done as welltfar hind
7
Makes iim out a chutif.p, you
know.
AN OLD TIME 6CRIMHAOE.
iren fouling an opponent may Im retired,
and In huch a can' no substitute may take
hh place. It Is tho strict enforcement of
th< mica nnd iH'nnltlcs that kc\ ps tho
genu from all rmighiM and brutal
playing. If tho liull gvX's .out Of bounds
over tlm *tdn lines, the umpire pul* u In
ph\\ again by throw lug it in from tbo
at which It went out.
ho gamo Is usually played for an hour,
eac , i side playing for half an hour each
way. In easo of a tie nt tho end of an
hour's plnv the tic U generally played off by
pt> cugb'g Utegamo for a certain length of
tin o mutually agrood njxui by the respect
ive captains. The thatn wins which score*
thi -rreatcr number jDf goals. A goal counts
for t.«-re than tuiy number of points, which
only count If tin* Doore bo a Ue, orno goals
hs' e linn scored. When the ball Is ilrlvcn
behind the gA*al line, It is put Into play
»g: n by the gvMdkeopor, who lias a freo
pu> k. Taam work counts for a great deal
in ’he suevtss A^f a club, although there Is
plenty of room u r Individual play, tho nut
suct'cssful n-auis being those which hav
■ua>le a feature of straU'glc teaiuplav, such
. -tsaing the Kill from one to another.
'! l»v gmac llr>t found favor In Atnerl
In Chicago, where there ore Uo%v It pre
pe;.tu» ciuhs Wlonglug to the llUru
Ur« nch of the Gaelic Athletic ossochitlo
which support hurling toams. Tho Ne
Yo.k branchi)V ‘"ken uptlio sp^ut during
She lt*»i two yiwre, ami the several well
bOv.’-U olul's hare addl'd a CCJpSjgf hurlerei
Look Out For Sewer Gas.
A rough test for tho oscapo of sewer gas
may bo mndo ns follows: Pourn half ounco
of peppermint oil Into tho sower plpo In tho
cellar—that Is, into tho trap—nnd close
tho drain. If the aiiudl of tlm oil can ho
detected coming from tho basins, tduks or
closets In tho other parts of tho house, It
may bo fairly assumed that sower gas es
capes likewise.
Cheese.
“In buying chcoso for an ordinary famt>
ly of six,” 6nys Mrs. lloror, “buy either a
pineapple or ao Kdnin. Thoy will koop
all winter If necessary. Then buy a pot
of Roquefort and a tumbler of clubhouso
choose. Keep thorn In a oool, dry place,
and tln v will Invt until umiI. In this way
you may lmvo a variety nt a little ex*
panto.Now York L’ost.
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& »Y00NS GIRL’S FORTUNE.
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.
Rotblng appeals ao strcugly to a mother’s
aflectlou M ht*r «lnu^hi«'r Just hu«Minc into
womanhood. FdUowSc U an in>:anc«: ^Oar
daughter, Blsnc»»c, now 15 years of axe, had
been terribly aOUctcd with imtousxmms, and
had lost tiie entiro tm of her right arm. 8ho
was (n ttwhii poodWon that wwhad to keep
her fre: x school and aNandon her muaic lea*
•otxs. In fixet, we teare-t 8L VlU» dance, and
•re npsitiro hut for an Invaluable remedy ahe
would have had that terrible artletton. We
ba*l employed pliyrlcUr.*, btit $ho received no
rat of lost August abo
ad altliough $he has
takes
only three
waixbs l d pounds: her n<
* *'* dance uro entirely p
vino she
ail
of «. V
attends a-h-.d re.v i.trly, at .l sindlio'vfhh
\ : l and »aw. the ho., ueotctnl oimrlcte use
of her arm. her appiUtO ta spteBdKl. and no
raooty a.u; 1 pcoatrv for our daughterthk health
ur. klilea .Ncrvloe baa breuakt her
when my hoHhcr reoommraded the remedy
I li.i.l DO faith In pntoul Xu«dlelneaL and would
to him, but aa a loot T\-*a»rt h« rent us
a bottle. »o l-ogau gxvlug it to Hlacche. and the
***. Immediate."-Mia. R. K.
BaUoch, UrighVHv N. Y.
Dr. Ml.ea iWMtttn Nenrlne la sold bj all
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by rr. Mile* Mollool CO. Klkhort. lx».L. on
rior-lptOf p:U« $1 r bolUe, *xx tvttii* lor 55.
pre* pp-rwul. it is I'caxuuly Ove fiwax
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Adruxa.
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