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STEAMER LUCANIA OF THE CUNARD FLEET. NEW BICYCLE INVENTIONS. Clittinless Fall-Besring, Compound Crank and Carrier Wheels Two inventors, an Englishman and an American, have recently applied for patents on ldcyt-le improvements which refer directly to tlie gearing. The Eng lishman furnishes a compound crank, retaining the chain. Tlie American in- The HtcaiiK'r I.urania, which triumphed in her nice arrows the Atlantic over her rival, the St. Paul of the Aineriraii line, is the pride of the great Cimurd fleet. Tin I.neania is a veritable leviathan, to use tin* familiar figure. She is (120 feet long and has a gross tonnage of 12.95O tons. She ivrfs launched ill the Clyde—that home of ship building and on her trial trip she run nt a speed of twenty-five and a half miles an hour. It is impossible for the human mind to begin to conceive the force liberated by such a tremendous muss of matter moving at such a speed. The engines which drove the I.neania across the Atlantic ahead of the St. Paul nre of 15,000 horse power. The ship’s average late of speed in her voyages to and from Europe is n little faster than that which she imide on her trial trips. As long ago as lS’d.'l the Lucama ran from Liverpool to New York in a days 7 hours and 23 minutes, making the record up to that time. This boat, like nil the big liners that do ferry work on the Atlantic, is sumptuously lilted lip within and is really a Heat ing palace. She is a sister ship to the < iinipania of the same line. BLOOD FORETELLS DISEASE. Early Symptom* May He Easily Recotrniz-<l Ender ths Microscope, The doctors of the future will proba- lily be the preventers rather than the healers of disease, says the New 1 ork World. The early symptoms of disease ctm now be observed so long before SHOWING APOI’I.EXV. the act uni sickness sets in that the mal ady may lie averted with almost abso lute certainly. The approach of almost till the most drmtded diseases, it has been found, can readily be delected by observing the condition of the blood. I It is believed that if men would have their blood examined by blood special ists as often as their demists examine their teeth the prevalence of disease of all kinds would be very greatly re duced. Al present there are very few blood experts practicing in the United I States, but the friends of tile new science claim that lids novel treat meat will ill time take the place of the common forms of medical treatment j of the day. A physician who Inis made several valuable discoveries concern ing tin* effect of consumption on the blood, said to a World reporter: "it is now possible for medical science to foretell the approach of the liiosl dreaded diseases many months or even years before the ordinary synip toms appear. This new science, it htviiis to me. will in time revolutionize the ordinary forms of medli-al treat-- incut of the day. It has been found recently that the blood not only of man "I have found flint when a long line or rift appears sharply dlvidlrg the blood corpuscles the patient is suffer ing from the incipient stages of a^sip- lexy. If this line be long and sharply defined a fatal stroke of paralysis may soon be expected, but when the line is not clearly defined there is no imme diate danger. This symptom can often be observed long before there is any indication of the dread disease. One of the most curious of these blood symptoms are the web feet ill the liq uor of the blood. which foretells paraly sis When these iip|>ear in large num bers it is a sure indication that the heart is not strong enough to pump tile blood as it should. In blood of this sort the red corpuscles often appear to lie entangled in a mass of web. These are likely to clog the muscular veins, or those of (lie heart. If the heart veins get clogged up paralysis follows, while if the veins of the brain are ob structed paralysis of the limits is to be expected. "Rheumatism of the heart is due to the presence of dirt or other ext raucous matter in the blood. This often results in the rupture of the blood vessels. When this extraneous matter accumu- CIIAINLESS BALI.-HEARING GEAR. An Italian Solomon. SHOWING mil I MATISM or THE HEART. but of most animals gives unmistaka ble signs of the approach of disease. Important discoveries In this new science have lieen made recently in France and Germany. I believe that 1 may claim the credit of first dlseov ering the first germs of the dreaded consumption. "It is only necessary to see a drop or two of a man's bhssl under the micro scope In older to foretell disease with scientific accuracy. The earliest symptoms of apoplexy. paralysis, heart disease and ismsumptloti may Is* rec ognised very readily. It will, of course, lie readily understood that It is very much easier to treat any disease If it l>e discovered in Its earliest stages. Consumption can now be detected from the appearnnee of the blood a year or more before any cough sets In. The Czar's Nhynt-ss. SHOWING VO.N-l Ml’TIOX. — lt Is a curious satire upon life that the Czar, that dreaded, awful |H>rson- age, representative of |H>wers that are well-nigh superhuman, inheritor of tra ditions nt once the darkest and the most august in history, and absolute master of resources ot two great na lions for France is at this moment the limidhalden ot Husain should be a del lente, amiable young man, affllctisl with n nervous shyness In the presence of strangers, and dinging with an al most passionate tenderness to the womenfolk of his own family. At thia early stage tlx* blood will lie found to contain a number of small gray granules which float around lu A ]sirt of every man’s training fot the liquor of the blood. These often old age should is* a cultivation of the collect In round ¡mtclies and In time gnine of solitaire. develop Into red cell« and pervade the lung tissues, forming tubercles. The Wlien a man has had an operation familiar tubercull baccllll of consuni|>- performed, he thinks he Is authority on tJon In turn feeds upon these cells sickness of every kind. PRINCE OF DENMARK AND THE DUCHESS OF MECKLENBURG- E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, Who Kealened a I nivera’ty Presi dency bather than Hide Hi» Views. Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, recently resigned tlie presidency of Brown Uni versity nt Providence rather than stir-' render tile liberty of expressing tile opinions lie entertains ou a great pub-1 lie question. Dr. Andrews is one of tlie most ardent, aide ami conscientious advocates of (lie tree amk unlimited coinage of silver and lias promulgated ids views whenever tlie occasion offer ed. Tlie directors of tlie university CO.MPOfNIl (HANK WHEEL. vention is one of tlie forms of a ehain- less wheel which is a forerunner of the kind to is- placed on tlie market next season. Tlie Englishman claims that his In vention will enable a rider to attain a remarkable rate of speed, for tlie rea son that almost double tlie propelling power can lie obtained without liny in crease of exertion. With It he predicts that a racing man can easily Fide a mile a minute. Tlie American machine shows the sprocket-wheel connected with tlie smaller one on the hub of the rear wheel by a cog-wheel. Tlie middle or connecting wheel. which acts as a sub stitute for a chain, is held in place by a circular support fastened to the frame. The entire gear works are ball bearing and are inclosed within nn aluminum case. The New York Herald reports that a syndicate, composed of four New-York ers, has decided to use the bicycle as a carrier for men and supplies from “civilization to Klondyke.” The bicy cle will be used to transport supplies from Juneau to tlie gold fields by way of tlie Cliilkoot pa,ss, a distance of 700 miles. '1 he present method of carrying in 1 tills district is for one man to take a load of 200 pounds, his limit, carry it live miles and go back for more. The Klondyke bicycle is a four-wheel ma chine and designed to carry freight. It is built strongly and weighs about fifty pounds. It is diamond frame and steel fulling. Tlie frame is wound witli rawhide, shrunk on. so that tlie miners can handle tlie machine in cold weath SIIOWING I’A KAI.YSIS. er with comfort. From each side of the top bar two lates to a certain extent It produces a convulsion of pain in passing the heart, arms of steel project, cadi arm carry and tends to stop the action of that ing a smaller wlieel. about fourteen vigorous organ. Blood of this kind inches in diameter, which, when not in limy readily be diagnosed when seen use, can lie folded up inside the dia under the microscope. The blood of mond frame. Devices for packing large the huiiuiu system can readily beelean. quantities of material are attached to <il by electricity and other agents, and lie freed of all foreign matter. The time may not be far distant wlum peo ple will have their blood regularly ex amined and cleaned." The Duke of Ossone, while viceroy of Naples, delivered lminy quaint and clever Judgments. The case is feint ed where a young Spanish exquisite mimed Bertrand Solus, while lounging around in the busy part of the city, was ruti against by a porter currying a bun dle of wood on his shoulder. The porter Imd called out. "Make way. please!" several times, but with out effect lie had then tried to get by without collision, but his bundle caught In the young man’s velvet dress and tore it. Solus was highly Indignant, and had the porter arrested. The vice roy. wlm bad privately Investigated the matter, told the porter to pretend he was dumb, mid at the trial to reply by signs Io any question that might be put to him. When tlie case came on and Solus had made ills complaint, the viceroy turned to the porter mid asked him what he hail to say in reply. The por ter only shook Ills head and made signs witli his hands. "Wluit Judgment do you want me to give against a dumb man?" asked the viceroy. "Oh. your excellency," replied Solus, falling into the trap, “the man Is an im postor. 1 assure you lie is not dumb. Before he ran Into me 1 distinctly hoard him cry out. ’.Make way.’ " "Then." said the viceroy, stertuv, “if you heard him ask you to make w ay for him. why did you not? The fault of the accident was entirely with yourself, ami you must give tills poor man com pensation for the trouble you have giv en him In bringing him here.” son,” said he. "That is the remark of a coquette.” At dinner lie embarrassed her much | by repeating the remark as a piece ot : youthful precocity. Tlie betrothal of Prince Christian of Denmark and tlie Duchess of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, recently announced, is said to lie very pleasing to the German and Russian courts. The lady is set-ond cousin to the present czar and the prince W his tirst cousin. Botli are related by marriage to tin1 royal family of Great Brit ain. Christian is a stalwart young Dane, second only in stature to tlie giant l’rince George of Greece*. He is a superb horseman, an all-around sport, and a tine sol dier. His fiancee, tlie Duchess Alexandrine, is nine years younger than her royal lover. Her father, tlie reigning Grand Duke of Meeklenburg-Sehwerin, is one of tlie richest of tlie princes of Germany, and Alexandrine is his eldest daughter. She is a very liandsotue woman for a European princess and is said to be highly cultured. Foreign court papers, of course, have it that this match is a "genuine lave affair." Tlie Board of Directors Is composed of Agnes Hitt, national president, In Thia Magnificent Structure Stand» dianapolis. Ind.: Ida S. McBride, na at Madiso i Ohio. tional secretary, Indianapolis. Ind.: An No charitable institution in the land nie Wittenmyer, Sanatoga. Pa.; Char is more worthy of benefits or gifts ity Rusli Craig. Viroqua. Wls.; Emma E. HEN J A MIN ANDREWS. from a patriotic people than the Home It. Ixnvd, Salem. Mass.; Margaret Ray wete displeased with his conduct ami I t-"* founded and sup- Wicheus. Evanston, Ill.’, Pluma L. virtually demanded silence or resigna IKirted by the Na Cowles, secretary. Geneva, O. tion. He chose the hitter alternative, j tional Woman's Re Dr. Andrews is 53 years of age and lief Corps, at Madi He Missed the Pun. Is the son of a Baptist clergyman, who son. Ohio, for those There are no funnier people in the lived tit Montague, Mass., but preach whom cruel war world than those who never see a joke. ed in the town of North Sunderland. left without sup- Many good stories are told about them, The father's salary was $200 a year, j port or protection. and of these one of the best, as well as The son aided in the support of the One writing of It one of tlie latest, is furnished by the family by working Saturdays and holi Washington Post. days in a mill, lie also bent his ener one of tlie wonders Many years ago, when tlie Press Club gies and Ills back to the care of a gar —of the world. The was in existence, a British newspaper den patch near tlie family residence. ci. abe ii. ni KLEiGii |laif |uls never been man was at tlie club one evening. He He had a great fondness for reading j from his earliest youth. He was in told, and you will never realize what a had been in Washington for some time school when the civil war broke out. grand institution it is until you visit and was leaving the next day. Mr. Karl Decker made a speech to him. He enlisted and served until 18(14, It.” It is located at Madison. Ohio, on the “Mr. So-and-So,” said Mr. Decker, when, after having lieen severely wounded tit Petersburg, he returned to1 famous Western Reserve on the line “you have spent some time with us, We New England and finished his educa of the Lake Shore and Michigan South and have made many friends. w have become attached to you. You are tion at Brown University. Then he ern Railroad. There twenty going away to-morrow, and we may taught in various academies and earn are now acres of land, five A never see you again, but in order that ed money enough to further educate; you may always have something by himself in Germany. He lias been pres- j having been pur- chased last year. ' which to remember us, on behalf of the idem of Brown eight years. There are fine nSf Press Cluli I present you tills ring.” And then lie struck the call bell on SENATOR FROM TENNESSEE. lawns, with How- tlie reading table near him. The Eng Thoi. B. Turley Who Succeeds the ers in abundance. lishmen looked a trifle bewildered for Late Isham G. Harris. besides gardens a bit. then he reached out his hand, Thomas B. Turley, appointed United and orchards. The thanked the club and pocketed tlie bell. *3?, - And bless his simple English heart States Senator from Tennessee in place main building was of the late Isham G. Harris, is a well- erected ami fur- p^-MA i.. cowles . next morning lie told another newspa known lawyer of Memphis. He has Dished by tlie Ohio per man how kind the Press Club had never held office of an»- kind. He is a Legislature at a cost of $35.000. It is been to litan and what a lovely presenta member of tlie law firm of Turley & known as the "Ohio cottage,” and is a tion speecli Mr. Decker had made. "Mr. Decker must have been awfully Wright. In 1870 lie was married to model of perfection. It was dedicated Miss Irene Rayner, the daughter of the on July 17. 1890, with elaborate cere ; nervous, you know,” he said, “though late Eli Rayner of Shelby County. Mr. monies, and turned over to the Wom ! he didn’t show it, for he said: ‘I present Turley is 52 years old. He was not yet an's Relief Corps. The two original you this ring,’ and don’t ye know, it out of school when the war came, but buildings were used for a seminary. Of wasn't a ring at all. it was a bell.” he promptly enUkted in the Maynard these one is now fitted up for a hospi Rifles. Company 1. One Hundred and tal. The Home is maintained by a per Mad Cats Worse than Mad Dogs. According to the returns just publish Fifty-fourth Tennessee regiment of the capita tax assessed on every member Confederate army. He fought at Shi of thei W. R. C.. and by contributions ed liy tlie Pasteur institute at Paris, loh. and was wounded there, and he from friends, either cash or supplies. fully 10 per cent of tlie patients treated was also wounded at Peach Tree Also a percentage of pensions received there owe their injuries to the bites of Creek, before Atlanta. He was cap tured in tlie bailie of Nashville and taken to Camp Chase in Ohio and held there until March. 18(>5, when lie was exchanged and returned to tlie South.; At tlie close of tlie war Mr. Turley en tered the University df Virginia and? NATIONAL W. R. C. HOME. TIIK KI.ONDYKK BICYCLE. tlie handle bars and rear forks, and the machine, it is estimated, will carry 5(M> pounds. Tlie plan Is to load it witli half the miner’s equipment, drag it on four wheels ten miles or so. Then the rider will fold up the side wheels, ride it back as a bicycle and bring ou the rest of tlie load. A sample machine has already lieen made and patents have been applied for. Another device for arctic comfort, which the syndicate will control, is a portable house of thin boards and fell, which can be folded up in small com pass. and which, when erected, will be perfectly air-tight. Webster Her Coachman. NATIONAL W. R. C. HOME AT MADISON, OHIO. by inmates is required of them, to be applied to tlie support of tlie Home. There are at present sixty-four in mates, some of them with remarkable war records as army nurses. The old est is nearly 90, and is iu excellent health. Seventeen others are octogen arians. Mrs. Clare H. Burleigh, the present superintendent of the Home, lias ex hibited marked ability and tact in car ing for aged persons. Bright, cheerful, affectionate, with gifts of speech and song, she lias won all liearts, and holds the reins of love and kindness gently, but firmly. She Is a descendant of patriots, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution by right of three ancestors—a great great-grandfather. and two great grandfathers who fought at Bunker Hill. Her brother. Mr. George Hoyt, was a recruiting officer for John Brown’s company. He later attained a briga dier-general's rank in the Union army, and after the war was appointed at torney-general of Kansas. At the time of her hnsbnnd'a death iu 1894 he was a distinguished lawyer aud judge of Masaacbusetta, and Judge advocate of the G. A. R. Mrs. Pluina L. Cowles, the secretary of the Home lxxird. is also a Daughter . of tlie Revolution and wife of Mr. Ed- ' win R. Cowles, a member of the One j Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer In fantry and a leading church worker I and business man of Geneva. She was appointed by the Governor of Ohio, with six others, a member of the Ohio Cottage Building Committee, and has N'en connected with thr ~^*o<eim ut When Mrs. Sherwood, the author, who is best known ns "M. E. W. S.,” THOMAS B. TUBI.EV. was a young girl, she visited Daniel Webster, at Marshfield. with her fath er and mother. Mrs. Webster met them became a student of law. In 1870 he1 in her carriage, and the little girl was removed to Memphis and that city has allowed to sit next Mr. Webster on the been his home ever since. driver’s box. Site was elated indeed Pumice Stone in America. when her father put her up there and Heretofore our supply of pumice whispered In her ear: “Remember this, my daughter, you stone has come almost exclusively from are to drive live miles with Daniel Web Italy. Now an American product is forcing its way Into the market. This ster ns your coachman!" The “coachman" began at once to material lias lieen found of excellent quality in Western Nebraska, and in a make himself agreeable. "So tills is your tirst visit to the sea. pulverized form. There are seven dif ferent deposits, these comprising In all Miss Wilson?" said he. This was an additional Joy. No one about 40<> acres. According to a report had ever called her "Miss Wilson." It made by Prof. R. G. Salisbury of the made a landmark In life. 1'hen he point University of Chicago, there are ap ed out Seth Peterson, wlm was walking proximately 800,000 tons in sight. The along the road, and who stopped to tnke deposits, with adjoining lands, have some orders from his fellow fisherman. lieen acquired by the Chicago Pumice "You will eat. to-day. some Hsh which Company. They, however, desired also Seth and 1 caught this morning." said a lump pumice stone. After much Mr. Webster. search such a deposit was found in Mary was terrifled nt the responsibili Utah. 245 miles south of Salt Lake City. ties of conversation, but she made a This property comprises 120 acres, and lucky lift by asking what kinds of flsh it is virtually an entire mountain of the were easiest to catch. He launched material of all degrees of purity.—Man I off on Ills favorite topic, and talked of uficturer. the gamy bass, the reluctant cod and their fellows. » New View of the Matter. "I ^suppose,” sahFthe little girl, “you Mamma—"How hot you are. Tommy; enjoy the flsh which are the hardest your clothes are wet through, I de-1 ¿lare!” to catch, don’t you. Mr. Webster?" He looked round at her and laughed. Tommy—“Can’t help It, ma. The hwit “You are beginning young. Mlsa Wll- makes me cry all over.’’—Pick-Me-Up of the Home ever since. cats afflicted with hydrophobia. These wounds are considered by the medical officers in attendance to present a greater degree of danger than the bites of mad dogs, not because there is any difference in the virus, but because. In the first place, the teeth of ents, being more pointed than those of dogs. Inflict a deeper wound, and also because a mad dog usually fastens his fangs Into the arm. the hand or the leg, while a cat invariably Jumps for the face of the person it attacks. The nerve cen ters are far more exposed in the face than in either the arms or legs, and hence the virus enters into the circu lation more rapidly by means of a bite in the face than through one elsewhere in the lsidy. It may lie added that the returns of the Pasteur institute for the last year show that 1 per cent of the patients who have submitted thejn- selves to treatment have been bitten by mad cows. Japan'! National Flower. Tlie blossom of the cherry tree Is the national flower of Japan. Picnics in Japan are called “going to see the flow ers.” In June, millions of the people go out to sing and sport tinder tlie cherry trees. The Japanese cultlvab all over the country the sakura or cherry tree, which they value only for the beauty and sweet perfume of Its flowers. From an entire tree one could not pick enough ripe cherries to make a pie; but the blossoms are massed to- g< «ar on the loughs like clouds, and the blooms are often as large as a rose. If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, yon will not hare anything to laugh at when you are old.