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"
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STATL'K OF OEX.m I
WOrT n AT i,m,Kmm
fthanBlwi-Wak J1
w. uuiuivuaa Bioue.