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EUGENE CITY GUARD. l,bCAarniLL, rrrieur. EUGENE CITT. OREGON. Alameda. C;il., boast of a ghost that rlilf n bicycle. Probably it "nri'lii'l" ntnilgbt from hades. A Gill lid IlSpl'l. florist llflN been of fered f lO.iMMj for a new ciirtiatlun lie linn developed. Thl must lie I lie pluk of perfection. Tlio wife of tho Governor of Callfor ii hi In out wlih n denunciation of bloom ers. 'I here SOflJl to lie one Build which doesn't en rv to bloom. Mr. Madison' hired girl ban a new imlr of shoes, says tin1 Grafton (N. I.( ICocord. Komeliody o ight to call Mr, Madison's attention to till. A theatrical contemporary announce, that '!! in ii'k Kingdom" was wrecked In New Jersey the other ilny. Tbn fra? iiii'iiIh ought to fiN-l quite at home there. A fashion paper say that "the most stylish Isiimct thU year will be a sort of poke." Tht? effect of the poke, a usual, will lie felt quite distinctly Id the pock-tliook. An envious Ht. I.otil contemporary nssir's tlmt "several Chicago families have Joined a colony III the Holy IjiiiiI. Init no one In Chicago knows where It h." Jeniwili'iiil And now they any that the Ventimo Ian Mile book bus la-en tampered with, mid that the faetN have Ix-cii distorted. We are not surprised; the Hcbomburgi line Itself wan crooked. A Chicago man clnlni to have Invent ed a device hy whleh prize lighting cao lie made perfectly liarmleHH. Cnrliett iiml I'lt.slinmon prnhalily are lining .this luvi litloll ou the quiet. AlKiiit the time when the European powers have got Africa evenly divided, cleared up the Oriental problem, re formed China and divided how to re gard the Monroe doctrine they may be able 10 lake a hand III protecting mis Hlouancft and ArinenlaiiM In Turkey. A New York newxpnper mention George Mimro, founder of the dime, novel, In the name breath with iNihto, Homer, Burn. Mlltou, Kent and I'(h, n "one of the loiiofnctora of the human race," Who did Munro ever benefact other Ilia 11 the vender of bowle knives. Winchester rule, sombreros and war paint? An Ohio man shut hluiHelf up In his (illlcc safe In order to avoid the solicita tion of a life Insurance agent. The latter wiin pal lent and reuialued In the dlllee ever an hour, and when he depart ed It was discovered Hint the mau In the M:ifo was unconscious. He In In a very rrltlcal condition and liable to die, and hi family are very Horry that the life liiHurance man didn't catch him for a big iollcy. We expect to ee till story In the repertoire of every enter. prlHlii( life Insurance mn ii. The New York Sun In km an extreme UIiiHl nil Ion to bring Into disrepute the method for "spelling reform" that are being urged by I 'link ami Wiigunlls. Hole 1 Ik all the Sun wan finked to sub scribe to and this rule Ih: "Change II mil ed to t whuu no pronounced; and, If a double coUHiiuaut precedi. drop one of the coiimoiiiiiiIk." An unadorned reftiHiil would have lllled all the re quirement of the ciiHe, but IliMtead the Nun lake thl paHNiige: "Ho pressed her to 111" Imihoiii and linked her to he 111 bride. Without a word h!ic suddenly bussed lilin ou the mouth." And de cline to aid the reform Ix-cnnse tlio rule would make the pattHiige rend: "He prcNt her to hi bosom and tiNkt her to lc hi bride. Wllliout a word she suddenly bust lil iii on the mouth." TIiIh In tillllng Willi a grout niovemeiit. The situation would not a line that would make IIiIh passage possible. In such a cane she would not bun hi iii ou the luoulli, but Invite lilin to do the bussing. Hut even If she bussed lilin, a miin who defer nuking her to be hi bride until he Iiiih pressed her to hi bottom do erveH to be hunt. One hundred yean ago In Frntikllu, Ma., Horace Mauu wa born. Ill life wa. too full of devotion to hu manity for him to be forgotten. "He nHhamed to die until you have won miiiii victory for humanity," he ald to hi graduating dun at Antloch Col lege. Till wa the keynote of bin own existence, and, actually by hi owu hard experience In the way of knowl edge, lio left the greatest Impress of hi time upon the en line of education. A student, lawyer, educator, abolltloultit and iMilitlclNii he remained always clone to hi charge, and while score tnry of the Massachusetts State Hoard if IMucullon he did perhap til fullest work. He mild of thl time, between June, 1SI7, and May. IMS wheu he tendered hi rclgiintloti to the board: "1 tailored lu ilil catiNo au average of not Iokx Hutu fifteen hour a day; from the lioglunlug to the end of thl period 1 never took a single day for relaxation, and mouth and month together paused without my withdrawing a Min gle evening to call uhui a friend." In these busy year til IuiIuciicom for edu cation were Improved upon the utat titc of the old Hay State; he Instltut ed the uornial cluml; he cMtiibllnhed ismnty ediiiMttoual iMiiventlou; he did much to abrogate (srMiral piiiilitliiiiciit lu m-hooln, and by bin hrtnre and writing! bo awakened an lntenut In education uch n never tn'fore had Ken HrotiNcd. (Huervmiis of aurh an iilvernarli' a thl of 1 lor nee Mauu ar not only et)inmeudable, as In kivplng with the Influence of the man's life, but lu thl particular cane the observ ance appeal to a young generation which U more mivptllile to the spirit of gratitude and quicker to reitpoud to Its benignity thau are mauy of larger f row Hi. "They miy that love I bllud," sighed the engaged girl. "If he wasn't," r' plltsl her envious friend, "some people would never have a ehauee to get Ula rled."-'hlcago ICveuliig Post THE WISE LITTLE SCHOLAR. Tbswlanit of niyschulurs Is s frotls littls msloes. Who Uk st llfn said Irsrnlng with s pair of mi.ti l.lllM KVM! Bti h sn sriDWitr ri-sdy, wttb s dm) uf loglo UUto, Aodailvi-s sll knotty (juration and problems ss lui-y rtw. Wt were tesrnlug, In sgni,h)r, of sitrfao tlvvsllous "Can you 1. 11 nis what relief msis sraf I IMtu Ilia imwww. I tip:lt only lunging bead and terbal best- "'" ..... But the wl t little scholar oouldn I let s (juration HM. "If yon pl.-Mi. lr," said alw jjrouly with prlu n-r rne(Ka wer imruuiK To think that Ih muld aiuwur wbua th other couldn't do It "A rll" t map l a map jron'e boon s awful tun s iiiirnliiR, And jou'rn awlul llrnl of it, and yon re so glad to Ki t th'oo It." Louimi Urure In HufTulo Commercuil. THE (i OLDEN HANI). The gold In there, that's onrtain, and I'm determined to make a trial for It." ."You're counting too much ou the word of an Indian. Old Za-tl U a noted liar like all them) gpuuii.li spfcukiug aborlKliie. " "Ah, Juck. Yon do him Injustice. He's a d cer liur thnu you guve him credit for. Don't you remember that be told os of the legend In his tribe that there was a treasure hidden Ly the an cient keeper of the mint on the first news of the coming of the ttpuuiard to Central America? Oh, yea. You re- member Unit of course Hut don t you remein her tliut he afterward trotted out that ridiculous yarn ubout tho mysteri ous golden bund thut guarded the liid- iiiu tilace and struck down the venture some seeker fur the wealth? It's ridicu lous to believe that tho ancients hud enough uuxhiinicul knowledge tocou trlve a machine thut could prevent one from K't'K ' ,'10 T"n ,0 0118 " out of order anyway. Old Zapetl simply invented the wives' tub) of tho golden bund berauso ho didn't want to go ou the trio thut might liieuu deuth or pri vation. I'm resolved to go if I have to start without you." This was a long speech for my old oomrado, Tom French. We wore in the iuterior of Central America when the foregoing convurnutiou took pluco. It was the eud of many a long debuto we bad bud on the subject of a search for a treasure. From love of adventure I had left a comfortable home in the states. Tom French and I hud met us rustlers ou the cattle rjuich in Montuua and we became tlrm friend. Wheu tho deurtb struik the cuttle ranch business, we took a herd across the country south of Texas, where they could feed on tho deep alfalfa. Then we drifted Into Slei ico and into the employ of a railroad company ill the capacity of surveyors. Fur want of capital the company sus pended operutious, and Tom and I found ourselves stranded In tho City of Mex ico. We had suved s o money, and when there cmiio a proeposition to join aomo pioneer who thought they saw a fortune In building up a cotiee piaiita tiou in the unexplored hinds far to the south in the state of Chiapus we accept id the offer. Life was pleasant in Mexico, though, and I would have willingly remained, but Turn was eager, us always, to grup the llrst opportunity thut seemed to pre sent Itself for new udveutnres. Tom hud but one object In life to muko a for tune quickly. Poor fellow, he had a heavy heart most of the time. Ho was In love, ill love w ilh a Heart lehs coquette, so far as I could learn, and hud lecn re Jivted. She could never huve been worthy of him, yet ho blindly believed thut the girl would marry him if ho could luy a fortune at her feet. As I remember his buoyancy and courage ill the face of oh stucles that would huve discouraged oth trs my sympathy brings tears to my yes; but this is anticipating my story. To reach tho highlands from tho east tru count it had required two weeks' bard toiliug up tho hills, cut by clefts and gullies and traversed by mountain streams. We had cleared away a tract and set out co flee plants, with tho aid of tho good nutured, lazy Indians, aud Tom revived again the legend of the treasure further tip iu the mountain fust' uess as he had heard it from one and an other of the Indians iu their soft accents iu brukeu S.paultdi and Indian. The leg end was briefly that deep in tho center of a crater of a worn out volcano tho ancient Indians of thut country had ex cavuted a vault where they hud piled up countless bars of virgin gold. There was above this planted a bowlder, the only indication of tho hiding place. The pe culiarlty of tho crater was thut it was foursquare, half ainilo each way, and from tlie summit to the floor a distance of 600 feet. To reach tho floor there wan a hidden path, und thi was guarded by mynterious gulden hand. Tradition, the Indians said, mudo it ponniblo to lO' rate tlio mountain lu only one way Thut was by climbing the peaks in the burren region fur above us to tho south' eastward until one should be found from whose lofty crest there woro throe other peaks forming a straight line, Iu tho central moiiutafu was the treasure. Few burdens could be carried with us in that high, rare atmosphere, aud we were soon ou our way with old Zupotl shaking his head, an if iu prediction of disaster. Hardened as wo were by our out of door life, the strain wun terrible. We lost our way re)natedly and found ourselves confronted by vust crevices in our pathway up tho mountain side. Wide detours, costing us half a day aud sometimes a day of valuable time, were perforce made, only to ttud ourselves at the top of precipice that barred our progress. We had with Infinite trouble climbed two lofty mouutuins only to Und ourselves at tho summit out of range of the mountain top, an demand ed by tho legend, wheu I Anally n fused to go farthvt. It was suicidal. Half our provisions aud water were gone. Hut Tom pleaded for one more ehauee. "Do you see thut long rungo5" he cried, "It'siuoueof thoNO. Let's uiake one more attempt." Iu mistukeu pity for him I yielded. As we reached the summit, behold! There were three mouutuiu peaks iu a row. Tom sprung forward aud after au other struggle we were at the top of the central mountain. As we approuched the top it could be seen thut there had beeu volcuuic action In age pant, la petl's eyes were rolling iu every direc tiou, ou the look out for some miperua tural phenomenon. Suddenly bursting through dense fringe of bmhea we fouud ourselves ou the very edge of a vast crater. As with couiuiou impulse we looked to the center aud there was au Immense bowlder. "At last," cried Tom, "atlustl" Then he run bis eye along the vorge, scanning K loot ny foot. "The path," ke almost screamed, and he stumbled along at a pace that, exhausted as we were, we couiu scarce ln,int.iin. "Take care. Tom." I man aged to ejaculate, though I was nearly as wild as ha Hut Tom apparently heard nothing. He hud eyes and ears only for the ono gouL The path along tlie side oi me preci- nlna U'O r,, ,n 1,1 MAA. led nDWHtd frOIU tllO wide floor of the arena fur below us, but the top was concealed from our Intent 01,7a l, dense mass of shrubbery. Around the sides of the crater we half stumbled, half ran. When we rencnea the spot where we thought it possible to strike upon the opening, weniude dashes ... , . . , A , ... here ami mere 11110 11m greeuerj. wm man disaiinoiiitmeuts a cry from Tom told me the putb had been found. Za- petl by tht time was in a smie ui cm fear and futiuue. Again I warned Tom to exercise caution, but he plunged aheud, and I followed as siowiy as I could. The puth downward was not more than a foot lu widtu, and it re quired all my strength und dexterity to IfiMin fnv ffWitifll. Suddenly on rouudiug sharp angle iu the face of the preci pice I was confronted Dy a nui roc nve minute' climb farther down. It seemed to be set in the face of the cruter and to jut out, cutting ofi further progress in !,. ,lir.u iii,n Tlm rock was of a pe culiar reddish yellow color und, on loon- lug more lntoniiy, 11 seemeu iu mo upon itself the shupe of a monstrous baud. It flushed over me all at once this was tho golden hand of tho Iiidiuu's leueud. I culled to Tom, but be was fur below ma "Tom, tho rock!" I criod hoarsely, and my own voice sounded strunuolv in my eurs. But Tom hud al- reudy reached it. Suddenly a sercam of anguish I sliull uover forgot rose in tout awful stillness, und iu another inntuut I suw thut ponderous hand of golden stone B1UK lower, sun lower, rtuuiner khmui, wilder thuu before, and Tom's form could bo seen striving vainly to clutch ..... . . .1 1 . With HI, liuuds tlio smoom suriuce us n sunk downward with increasing rapid ity. I shut my eyes and listeuod. The sight wus too awlul to near. neu 1 opoued them, the rock that hod turned ou a pivot with poor Tom's weight wan upright aud was moving buck to its original pluce. Of that frightful fall in to tho crater I never dured to think. Old Zupetl und I bad woury days of toil iu our roturn to tho plantation, auu my me was uourly forfeited by a fever iu which I could hear Tom 'n lust despairing shriek and see him sliding to his awful deuth Brooklyn Kaglc. Ths Ottoman Emplr. In tho beginning of the thirteenth cen tury the anuuul revenue of the Byzautiue empire amouutod to 130,000,000. Yet ut thut time not ouly wus the eunteru ointiiro itreutly impoverished by the ravage of the crusades, but the chief cart of Asia Minor, with its flourishing cities, had beeu wrested from her by the arms of Isluui. Toduy the revouue of the Ottomun empire is less than ii 8,000, 000. The sileuee of desolutiuu now bnsids over vast regions which woro once thickly peopled, well cult ivutod, abound ing in flourishing cities und rejoicing iu au advanced civilization. Territories which formerly supported the capitals of ancient kingdoms Fergamoo, Sarins, Cyzicun, lrusium, Troy, fJicomodiu und many more havo been reduced under Islam to cheerless solitudes, brokon at iutervuls by Kurds or wandering Turko mans. According to Ubiciui, who spent 20 years iu the civil uduiiuintratiou of the porte und wrote iu defense of Turkey 40 years ago, the annual produce of corn in Asia Minor was then estimated ut 25, 000,000 Turkish kiles, w hich, he thinks, might easily bo increased tenfold "if the great productiveness of the soil were turned to account." "The same re mark," he adds, "applies to all other productions which serve for local cou suuiption or for exportutioii." Hut in stead of increasing during tho lust 40 years there has beeu uu ueeeloruted do crease. The devuy of every kind uf man ufacture has kept pace with tho decline of agriculture. Dlarbckir and Uroussu, once so famous for their velvets, sutius and silk stuffs, have beeu ruined. So huve Aleppo und Bagdad. Turkey abounds also iu mineral wealth. It pos senses copper mines which yifld U0 per cent of ore, whilo tho best British mines yield ouly ubout 10 per cent. Aud there is coal iu abundance within eusy access. tjuurteiiy Heview. LIKE A BARREL HEAD. A Vnlqua Theory ft to tlia Snap of tha Karth. J. A. Rauiage, a district preacher of Sevier county, lenn., in uow engaged iu interesting the upper portion of that county iu tho mysteries of u new theory as to the end of the world, said Dr. Ucholn, president of the Murphy college ut Sevierville. The theory is that the world is Hat liko a barrel head. Tho theorist claims thi.n is original with him mid tho Bible, but history says it was the starting point of our present orange shaped world. Ho says the plate of earth re vulvea a it pleases, und is governed solely and completely by its own sweet will, going hither aud coming thither, also vice versa, without regard for tho burdensome laws of gravity or respect for tho claims of the solars aud other objectionuble heuveuly bodies. Then the theorist goes into details. which will lie valuable to tho scientific world. He represents the world as be lug set, flat as it in, upon four props one at each corner, and the most inter enting plume of the prop feature Is thut they are mudo of locust mhh1! And tho theory still further continues with tho startling statement that these locust props will some time rut und do cay, and wheu they do so the world will full to some kind of space, striking it fvith a dull, sickening thud, aud burnt into fragments and molecules, atoms and such indivisible objects of physical matter. The Sevierville divine is actually preaching his astounding doctrine, and the upper corner of Sevier couuty is delving deep iu the mysteries of the uew theory. Kuoxvillo Scutiuc L Murn tna sm, A lady walked iuto a Boston book store iu search of F.lituheth Stuart liielps' "Burglars Iu l"aradise," Hut what she asked for was "Smugglers lu Heaven. Uostou Transcript. Wickedness may prosper fur awhile, but at the long iuu he that sets all kuave at work will pay them. L'Ks-trauge. V K K V indication points to a rendu t joii hi motion being brought about by ths ad reut of the bicy cle A cardinal fea ture In the derelop ment of wheeling Is the husbanding slid effective utilisation of every nnll of power, sad thl brought the value of bull l-earing" prom nctl, slid gene" . . l,s M t Ti'Tlt lOtl y iv i" s ofho,ewhoniakenuin;r--- bumau appliances ior i- - . . nlize what I'eop e sre begun"" l)ie they hU.;en. extent to wlncli me r . is being sppned is woiiderfu 1 T ilu. r be used iu street cm". "'..,.,. of thousands of dollar, in P'-r. " tribute much to the eaof 1 movement. One l,rn " " ,", " .,ii..j ! that wan lately built with a string when ".. leve road, so nearly devoid of frlctmn had It U n made. Ball bearingn will U- ned x tennlvely ill inucliiiiery. - plan,, have already . ,e,. u,rod,.ce Th:y . comi. ",-:"::::, ,od veia- and the r une 11 ins"'" ch-s will become general when the mj; o carriage shall have U-come a familiar object , ipon 'ir liiKh" .,. Stee bnlls tnnt ciiuii.h " . - 1.. r iiiaT be less than l.ism vm"""V"'r . -,, purchsned so chciply Hint bicycle nisi u- facturers leave lueir !""" ' - . . . -ei. .,.i,i,i,f of these little raciories. ,- - esseiitials to rapid movement Is not s 1 1. I- n liTHl OI1P. complex process, 11111 11 for the tiny sphens of hard metal must not yield to wear or pressure, n ,1 . I I. ...1 Inln in JllltOlllfltiC or special sieci m - - turning machine, from which the balls dron at the rate or eleven a iiiinuie. a . 1 . . 1 1 I .l In nil. they are Hardened nun puio-u ties' between large plates which by revo lution polish them down to absolute uni formity ia size anl perfect roundness of ngure. .... . a , , .1 1 . An tlm 1 he grnne 01 wueei ui, o,i" quality and workmanship of the bearing parts fullv an much as upon the perfection or the balls. All wheels sre not alike In tins Npccr. ior some 01 uie i-ump i v " are only "case hardened." making the machine liable to give way to wear in a comparatively short time. The nu.terial of the licst bearing parts in crucible test steel, known also si "tool sti-el,' 'l the foreman of a factory visited declared that the metal was it such a quality that It .... 1 , 1 . .,,, Iin. might ne nenrea in n siovr, mm nn. -Ing droiiiio 1 Into cold wnter he of hard lies HUlllCieiU I'U-IH Kllina. nil attempt something more than the mere AN EI.ECTH1C llltVCl.K. assembling of parts turn out their owu cups and other bearings, and many con struct the machinery with which they sre made. They also manufacture their own cranks, spiders, sp.ockets and hubs from drop forging, purchased from high class foundries, of which quite a uiimbcr exist In different parts of the country. The big "barrel hah" which is now in vogu has Ihi-ii called merely a freak of fashion, anil an opportunity for the in troduction of "something new" in the make-up of the new season', wheel pro duet. Hut there was ticttcr cause than this for it. use; one is that by the greater diameter the huh in itrengthcned and not so liable to liend under trying circum stances, while another is that the ball, may be iu better alignment, which con tribute, much to the easy-running power, of a ninchlne. The whole hah, including the rim, Is turned down from a cylinder of drop forging., the work being done In part by band, and in part automatical ly, line turning uiiichiue will cut from ninety-three to ninety-seven a day. All the cutting machinery of a bicycle factory Is lubricated by copious streams of lard oil. The machinists receive about $l!.o0 a day. A very few only of the bicycle factories of the country dra v their own tubing, and the establishments in which this car dinal part of a machine's structure In pro- -CL N0TKE TO-ti LISTS: K EE P-TOTHE -ftttTHT duced are not nmuerou though capital ists are preparing to add to the number shortly. Sonic of the licst known are In .Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Ohio. The metal from which tubing is made Is not produced In America yet, for a quality of ore of particular tituess, prepared with especial skill, is essential. The billets come nostly from Germany aud Sweden. The process of drawing is a wonderful one. A hollow cylinder, about three Indies thick and about three feet long, Is .tretched between powerful tongs by sheer mechanical force to a length of over Usj feet hy repeated bisection:! and farther stret.hing. The billet is cold when clasped by the tongs, Is'tter results being obtained in this way than by heat ing. The interior entice of the billet 1. mnde to remain the same a. that of the ,1 mulled tubing, while being drawn, by the Insertion of a mandrill. I'ntil re cently the short cylinder wa. made by rolling around a mandrill, bat now the core is punched out by powerful machin ery. The mill, keep the exact process secret. When ready for the ninrkst the tubing Is in length, of ten feet or more. The factories cut it up for use in lengths re quired, adjusting together in a frame by drilled drop forging, (though often by a cheiiier device), or by nn Ingenious Inte rior connection just devised; betiding to make the handle bars; or flattening to make the fork.. To facilitate the work of the frame rtinkcr and to Insure absolute uniformity in the adjustment, the tubing and drop forge connections are Joined in an iron Jig. aud while in this jacket holes are Til K t.ATH.T SOVS'LTT IX W UK I: IS. drill! into the tubing for the Introduction nf any pins. Then the frame i. ready for brs.ing. and for this i. mliji-cted to a bluc-grveu ga. flame, intensely hot. The frsui.. then pass Into the .and blast room, where the scales ou the frame, produced dyc'iug the process of braxing r$ reuioT- " . "...I .Mttll. d l.ya.ir.-an.oia.r--.--- rK.'irii ready for bs asnenil.lr room. k, of A large propornon 01 of which the np'-ke. need ut be btDi. nZ"lJt ...ehcehssone or mo e cabinet works where wood ,1m. ; B,. obtained. A s.iiare piece of a. a .oned wl. of requlni.e length and thick nens. Is bent Into circular form In hot J,, nt. 111 r""',1 - , f :.. iik. hr.v ..rip. of w. sre laid, and Wu the dovetail Joint, sre glued fast. Th g ain of the inner strip 1. at. right an ile. to the ..Pi-r and lower strip. l n " ... : ,h the tolnt. The holes for ik,.: are drilled at the jtoU try. The very essential ruWa-r t res s e formed from flat material In a mold. I nto Is true of the thin Inner tubes as el as If the tough outer casing. It i. declar ed tluit the use of .ingle tula; l -water for the present season than for previous ""'he only bicycle patents now In force rP those covering specialties. Approxl . ,.. 1 ...y, M.nb.o nf wheels arc at I present produced In the United State.. ' L . ... f..a- of I'.e great establish ments, where nearly loO.tns) mounts are placed on the market annually, t bem ad ves manufacture nearly every part which goes Into the construction of the 1.1... . it, tin. mst msloritr of fac- lUlieoiiK'. " - . I torien purchase nearly every part from I ,0111c sia'cial source, machining the drop ! forging, sad fitting snd mushing the partly prepared material. Ten tlfoiisand I dollars, a machine dealer informed the , writer, would equip such a factory, while a bicycle dealer stated that f'l.l") would siiHice for a gosi .tart, vin- inui.-i chunk' Is needed. With the steady and tremendous de mand for wheels, and the prices at which they continue to lie listed, the Incentive to a launch Into the business of bicycle making Is showing its results in the mar velous increase In the number of fac tories, snd In the enpjacity of those that are established. Als.iit l.OOO.OU) wheels will be placed upon the market and prob ably sold thin summer, representing nn outlay by wheelmen of over JoO.tHSi.isiO. How soon the revolution in price, will come In n matter of much speculation among riders. A representative or um t....rr .t,ii..H thut It, H-niild not he Inside of two years. Tht cost to the manufac turer i. believed by many, on groumi. satisfactory to themselves, to be between OtUlttLI.A HOLDER. $10 and $20. Those handsome catalogues and a vigorous policy iu advertisement add quite an Increment, and allowance must la? mnde for the guarantee. The wholesale dealer the houses representing the factory in different section, of the country comes In fir a good share, while the retail dealer make, only -3 to 35 per cent. Another effect of the bicycle's advent is the appearance of rublier tires on car riages. The most important, of course, i. the effective impulse given to the good road movement. Wheeling Etiquette. Wheeling etiquette is not yet In a very advanced stage, although a few rules have been laid down. A gentleman should never mount until the lady with whom he is riding Is set tled In her saddle. Then he may mount and follow her. When practicable th?y should ride abreast, the lady always on the right side. Wheu a unrrow road ninkes this Impossible, the lady should go ahead so that her escort may know at once should any danger menace her. At the conclusion of a ride, the gentle man should first dismount, that he may relieve his companion of her wheel as soon as she has Jumped from it. Hut a gentleman should never assist a lady to mount. Such a thing would lie very dis tasteful to the independent spirit of a wheelwoman. While chnperons are not considered nccossury by high-spirited American girls, It Is certainly good form for a young lady to lie accompanied by a more elderly mem ber of her sex. In cycling, as in everything else, leap year entertainment, have crept In. In tnndem riding a lady always sits In front, but now; faddist, would have u reverse this order of things. That usage, of course, will be discontinued after leap year, when normal condition, will once more be in vogue. Bicycle Flirtation. Scorching I do not care for your so ciety. Nervous glance from comer of left eye Are my gaiters buttoned? Pown hill with both feet off the pedal. I am considered a little fast. Turning first one way and then the other What ure your intentions? A wrecked wheel and a girl In tear. You have made a mash. Judge. Uiding straight shead with confident air Thi. ia my own wheel; I never rent. Determined effort to view the hack of the nick 1. my hind wheel ou straight? Kong skirt concealing the feet Yes, thank you; the folk, in Chicago are all well. Notca of the Wheel. It is reported that ten tatidoms have been sold in lMKl for every one .old in A one-legged bicyclist in eastern Maine ! ri.linir Sftv .. m .1.. t I 'w m uu,. ui n lour across ur vuuuuy. The value of the wheel, .tolen in Eng land last year. a. reported by the police amounted to Jiln.issl. ' A bicycle thief in Australia was sen tenced recently to three years at hard labor for stealing a wheel. Someone has Invented a .idd0. and a pneumatic one at that, that is located in the seat of the kutckerbockcrs. A bicycle Is a good deal like a baby A man Is opposed to It on general principles until he haa one of hi. own. A cyclist In Bedfordshire. England, haa had hi. machinp .hurt...! i . . lightning, while he escaped unhurt It is now a misdemeanor to throw upon any road In .New York State gla.s.t.ck. Kt"p,uUUDC,llUljr ,o ln'u" LIKE A STORY BOOK. Bo-war Frank TbornUl.h K.t.rn. U His rlrs Horns. Frank Thoruleigb left lii borne in Hamilton, Mich., U year, ago becana Ji. father had married . widow. He -M,,d as a cabin boy on a boat to Buf S inhere be fell to with Canadian dealer, with whom be remained S II the old gentlemau d M. . abort time ago, leuving rruu .... 150 000. Thoruleigb visited h i old home lust week and wa. Just in time to save his father', home from being seized on a mortgago. ..., Hi stepsister, whom he bad IcTt a. a little girl, bud grown np into beauti ful young woman. Tbey have Just been niurrieu. loquacity and Old Age. In France a census of centenarian has jtmt been taken, and the tabulation show, two hundred and thirteen per son In thet country who are over a i. a x.arm nf L'o. Of tli! number ..i .ii-.-Ii are men. or b's. than one-third. An amiinlng """"!" thl ha been going ii iouo... - to the effect that the reason for thl surprising comparative longevnj 01 women I. their pronoiies to talk and gosnlp at every conceivable opportu nity. Constant chattering, It I aald. lend to the active circulation of tho blood, and thus renew the tissue 01 the body dully and reuder. the frame particularly strong. In nil u.trillllHncSS. however, have .....r,,t Trench tlllVslclllU taken lip this matter, and they havo come to the conclusion that the reason so umu, more women have attained a greater length of life than men I liccnuse they have passed through b turmoil and trouble, and have bud a more calm and lens linpiiMnloned existence. One case In point I that or an oiu m.iy died receutly iu the Haute Caroline, having lived l.V) years. She Is supiMtsed to have been the oldest woman of mod ern times, and all her life wa spent peacefully In a hamlet In this district. The closing decade or tier uie sue n. fi on irnnt'a milk and cheese. In the Inst few year of her existence her iuiv luwnnm attenuated to an extraor dinary degree and her skin came to re semble parchment. The French centenarians are, an a rule, of the lowest this of society and extremely poor. The Callant I'aul Jones. none Admiral Meade made a stiocch aliout Puul Jones at a dinner given In hi honor at riilludclphln on Mommy evening. Admiral Meade ald that I'uul Jones represented the Ideal naval commander more uenrly than any other ninn In history. He summed up his service for the Amerlcnns as fol lows: "Haul Jones fought twenty-three battles at sea and was never once van quished. In his various raids on the English const he spread the most In tense alarm In Great Britain. Hy hi A WAIt.Nl.NO. reprisal on the English const he com pelled the British troops In America to deslHt fro'll their atrocious system of pillage nnd burning, and compelled the king's government to exchange a pris oners of wnr the Americans they bad captured nnd cruelly Immured lu loath tome and (llthy prisons, fronting them as 'traitors, pirates nnd felons.' " Their Difference. "The most telling testimony aa to the difference between tho French and the Etisllsli nature that I ever witnessed. said a womau, "wag in Dresden. We were dining with an American woman iu honor of her dunchter' lust an- uuunced engagement, and among tho guests were a Ireuehmuu and au Eug lishmnu. Wheu tho fruit wns served the Frenchman took some, but didn't sn much as taste it The Englishman, it so Happened, did the same. The hostess uppureutly did not notice this, however aud partaking heurtilv of the frnit her self she presently observed, with true .ameucan iruukuoss, 'How dolicious those grapes are, don't you thiuk so, monsieur V The uutouched fruit was as pwiu us daylight ou the Frenchman's plate, but Without a oniver ho ronliod courteously, 'Truly, madam, they are the moat delicious I have ever tiwted Tho hostess then turned to John Bull aud suid, 'Don't you agree with us. 'No,' growled the Briton, 'I don't. never eat tho stuff. ' " New York Sun. t'reative Force. "Elfe lies before us," says Goethe, "as a huge tiuarrv lies Itesfiifn il..k n cliitect; he deserves not the name of an architect except when, out of this fortuitous mans, he can combine, with the greatest economy nnd fitness and u.ir.iuiiny, some rorrn. th0 paftern of wuicn originated lu hs H,Ml An things without us niv l ... ..1.1 things In us-nre mere elements; but ueep witnri us lies the crentlvo force which out of these can produce what they were meant tn ho n,i leaves us neither sleep nor rest until, - ve y or another, without us i m us, that same has been produced The Coinage Question. The Washington Km 0 -.... r.,ii,io,-n n somewhat numerous class In the follow. ing imagined dialogue: "H'.rnm," said Mrs, Corntansel,"vh:ci kind o' money do you favor?" "Well. 'Mntidy," milled the old gen tleman, "tor tell ye the truth, I klndm nnte ter express any opinion. I've seen a lot o' fellers sit down nu' worry 'bout nmkln a chiee. nn' the fus' thing they knew they dldu't bev none of ueither I.IUI1. Londnn M.l... - . .. i ne city of London put upon the market In . -. . Dronse Vtulura a, ... Memo,, flne N.,,' , Two new equestrian 1 those of Gen. Wl,,,, , und Hen. John M. Cors That of Gen. m, by II. J. Fllieou. of w will receive I I'.lom ... """W , tk t I Mil as-i-. - - "i if--V STATU! ok OKX. Ulctj complete. The casting , the Gorham Mann factual e hi lOTiueiue, . i.( ,j j. was shipped to Wiui,tli;t0Bla ' lilece. weighing 7.3KI rest upon a pedestal nr in i euusyivania avenue, W. .. .... . "ut i Liit rcituiu niii'i'I. I ha depicted 'HaueiK k the Sup,1 uit-iiii.-u ou me uiorninj of duy at Gettysburg, it ... day thut the gallant a.,l,iu J rely wounded whll m,u.. I M II I ..i "ii ITuniui triioii. The eiitiestrlan stains at. . M. Corse, which 1. in.,!,,' of the Iowa soldiers' montnum, jioiiie. was cast by th, lh. Ifrouze Uoiiiptiiiy. The Kohl Smith, whow m,.,l of Gen. Kherinan recently tt tne complacency of Eastern , tor. A second castlne U for Burlington, Iowa, the bin? of Gen. Corse, to cost ftm rj was raised by voluntary coDirfr j Gen. Corse 1 known to trnv4 a the "hero of Altoom Pw'm wa left ou guard hy ghirwi J a f ce of only 1,."iOi) tuen. J thl small garrison he im-oVi polled a Confederate illrUioi which bad suddenly attaoknlh tiou. Sherman's famous iljwl. the fort, for I ,-.m coming," t played during thin etip? Uorse was severely wounW, tlnued to repulse the enemj. Bi personally compllinented bj Ri and Grunt for his dlstitifni'W't . a I.- n,.lvff-l ice auu w as nreieu-u uuj-( MAKE WHISTLES FOR THESE NnlM.Prnilliriri Mm facturcd from a Willow T. Every boy may hare t wW one that will make uoIscphoisl the mow! exacting young! whistle nmy be ui(1,! tmi Blip Cllt frtllll " WIIIOW inr. vi,iutia nrn made the same -i, ...... a aioooth limb or wl .l.wtir1 nnd cut o(T. Themoiiu- trimmed right, n notch to cut k for the escape of tlie bn-atki' cut lu the bark nt the right 1---fromthe cud nnd thcu the lark ' ened with snllv.'i nml te i!,k! on the knee and pounded wltt' handle to )oosen the lrk rm wood. A twist of the tart j the wood ami then a diP HOW THE WHISTLE WCfl; out of the wood. . i.i.i lu iiniMhed. Jin"."! most pleasant memories nr py days tie siicm . . creek bottoms ninklillloM ' Tr .rtn Dmtfc Tt Iscnrious to note how con : some of the old lawn. York are iu regard ,,M J'i graved for use longer calculated to do them r tice. Thiawas '"i". r. looking over-book rerffltjj. page advertisement of thai -hostelry, the Fifth A- peared. At t he to '" Bliown inenoiei r. n to be an all but deserted pl J Btageconch wns going ! "P .1 nue. and .several can , ( Bight, together with MpflBP, 4 .:.tlt ii- nni.r It is a ... it mnst have been - back in the early sixti with stages on B? -t like vory ancient historf ilail and Exptej"; ri . - u uii f o air. ir n(I According to 4 on 'precions atom's. tm ' their diamonds to J',WB';llf.Ill.l their worth, but W " ' electric light for live w,uB '1 thetnupinthehamlDJerB4 closet On oiniu si !. forth a rlJOBP" -X STATL'K OF OEX.m I WOrT n AT i,m,Kmm fthanBlwi-Wak J1 w. uuiuivuaa Bioue.