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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1898)
\ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : fete DAY , MARGIE 27 , 1898. I JiwrifflJNGWCRLD $ i Major General Potter's 50,000 Invaders of Cuba are presumed to bo training vigor ously for war. Just where Is Immaterial. U Is enough to know they are burnishing up for the fray. That they are storing air In their reservoirs 1 evidenced by the pro found nllcnco of the rank and flic ; tbo only exhaust or waste of ammunition comes from Uic tent or the commanding officer. That , however , Is needed to relieve the pressure of tbo crlgifl. The disposition manifested In some quarters to mock and derldu tbe move ment deserves public reprobation. Mr. Tot ter Li animated with lofty patriotism. Cours ing through Ills sky-bluo veins la rich , red , patriotic blood , heated to the boiling polnl by the nation's 'tragic ' grievance. What II Elliott sulks In the tent when liberty pleads for a sacrifice ? Who cares If GIddlnga' cars ere plugged wltb cotton when martial mush calls the notion's defenders to mount and away ? Lot the EUlkers sulk. With Pottei os pacemaker and Mott In charge of thi commlraary department , the outcome of thi fracas Is not to bo doubted for a moment Whatever fears the timid enter.aln should bi banished. Potter's braver are ready. Le the < battle begin. A't ' ono tlmo and another various estimate : "have " been made of the number of bicycle produced annually In the United Stairs an < of the total number now In use. General ! ; fluoh estimates are wild gucfsos and wan ; statements ridiculously extravagant hav been made. The output of American man ufacturcrn last year has repeatedly beei placed at u million and a million and ; Jialf , which la considerably beyond the trutli In fact , such estimates have usually tcci erroneous 'on the aldo of exaggeration. Th excuse for -this Is that It has long been th habit of blcyclo makers to overstate the pro portions of their business and to alway claim that they sold their cntlro outpul never carrying over any stocks to the follow Ing year. Recently It was declared 'tha ' moro than 9,000,000 bicycles uro In use I America. This would mean that moro tha LlO per cent of the entire population Is rldln 'Wheels , or about ono person In every clgh The absurdity of such estimates ! appai ent. A method of compiling figures eo o to make an estimate reasonably accurate ha liecn found 'by Secretary Wardrop of the Nc tlonal Board of Trade of Cycle Manufac turers. Before taking his present posltlo Mr , Wardrop wna the editor of a cycl trade paper , and the method ho follows ha been employed by him for years. Mr. Wa : ilron scoffs ot such estimates as that plai Ing the number of wheels In use at 0,000 000. According to him , that Is a grcati number ot bicycles than have ever bee made In the world. Mr. Wardrop stnti that the total American product of blcycli 1n the last six years. 1892-1897 Incluslv amounts to about 3,300,000 , and the Unite States has ibeen producing as many as a the rest of the world collectively. The ei tlmatcs ot each year , formed by Mr. Wa ilron by the method described , are : 189 150.000 ; 1893 , 200.000 ; 1S94. 300,000 ; 189 COO.OOO ; 189G , 1,200,000 ; 1897. 800,000. Pro : this It will bo acen that there was a falllr off lot * year , although the popular bell was thnt the production exceeded that 189C. In 189C , when the high water mai -was reached , Mr. Wardrop declares that tl United Btatro turned out moro than twl the E' ' bicycles os England and as many countries together. Regarding tl number ropean of wheels that will bo built th year. Mr. Wardrop thinks Itwill be over antlllon. and will -be equal to or In cxce of the hlgh-tldo llgurra of 1890. His reaso lor this opinion ore bascd on the Incrcasi popularity of the blcyclo for utilitarian usi as well as for recreation , and the fact thi a boom In sales will probably result fro tfco dron In prices which has brought bic clcs within the reach ot classes that bcfo could not consider them. There Is no pressing necessity for blcyc baggage cars In this section , yet an outlli cf such a car built for the Long Island Ha j-oad company may be useful to keep In miller lor future emergencies. The sample c which was tested last week Is of the ordlna Tound top pattern. It Is fitted with special made blcyclo holders placed In a row , a f ( Inches apart , along each sldo of the ci while regular rows of hooka attached to t celling hold an equal number ot wheels , this manner 144 bicycles are convenient and safely stowed In a car only forty-nl feet long. No part ot the wheels touches t wall or celling and the wheel Is held ( Irmly that sudden stops or starts cann dislodge or bump It. A passageway la li In the center ot the car. ' Ono of the noticeable Improvements In 18 tlcyclo construction has been the strong ! enlng of fork crowrs. Tne arched patte of crown has coma to the front within couple of years and this season about 70 r cent ot the manufacturers are using arch crowns of ono or another design. Instead the square crown. Doth the arched and I equaro styles , however , are being ma stronger , either In the use ot heavy mater originally , or by the employment of cxi strong reinforcements. In the arched fc crowns a strikingly new departure that 1 Icon widely adopted Is tli.o double forks me of ono pleco of tapered tubing and lapbra : ito the lower end of the fork stem , so tl the stem and the forks consists of only t pieces. This style of fork Is used wlthi reinforcements and Is such a marked i vance that some mechanics are prophesyl the universal use of tapered tubing In I near future In all parts of the frame n a Joins away with brazed rclnforccmenti "It Is Injurious to drink strong stlmula when cycling , as , although they may app to recuperate onra system , the effect Is o temporary and the after results are a in then corresponding depression. The real r con why strong stimulants are Injuri when cycling Is that the liquid passes fi t'Jj body In perspiration , etc. , leaving boh U merely the gjeohol. By strong stlraula are meant , of course , spirits of all klr heavy wines and beers , etc. , " saya a. p elclan. Prom flgurcn Just given out at Berllr Bppcara that the Importation of cycles I Germany rose In 1S9T to 29,079 flnU ! wheels nnd 3,911 kilograms of parts , rep renting a total value of 6,510.000 mai . Moro than a third1 of this can he laid America's , door , Uncle Sara getting 2.GS3 marks of the lotal. England got 1,276 tnarUs and Prance 943.000 marks. Howei Germany cannot complain , as her expoi tlon reached a total of 7.924,000 marks. Germany , according to Consul Grneral Ma at Frankfort , tha American wheel la t mahlnz Its way from superior quality , ci tlncd with lower cost to the purchaser. ' principal retail bicycle dealers there h a trade association which Is moved by ( Bicycle Manufacturers' union to proi gainst the course of one dealer In Import and selling American wheels at from 1 ° to 135.70 each. "You do not dare to that an 'American wheel sold at ouch pr can be compared with a reliable Gerr make. " writes the Dealers' association , w ! threatens to proceed against the Individ dealer under the German Uw that forl dverllslns wares for what they are But the said dealer responds : "Nearly the bicycle dealers whom you represent 1 .American wheels bcwldes their Gen makes. How can you , therefore , at American bicycles ? I am buying my wh jncro I can get them best and chear These are all excellent American mi ( enumerating few ) that surpass the < man-mnde wheels In every respect. r ! . , . * c.yolf8 araollnt to 120 mi S8.56) . free at Hamburg , and why she I not sell them for 150 marks ( $35.70) ) ? H ver , In case you are representing the In sts of tbe German factories , which I n uppose. I teg to Inform you that no Gen factory U up to the mark , and that next : the Cleveland flrm will probably estab factory in Clerm or. with a yearly oul that will knock down. If thy wW > . th. ti ? r ! " < ° * iW ,8 * aal U.S must deny you the right to Interfere wltb my private business , as this undoubted ! ) "alls under the unfair competition act , youi itatcment that 'first class American ma > chines cannot bo had at ICO marks' being at ntruth. " A Now York judge has ruled that a pcrsoi ivtio falls from his bicycle while learnln cannot recover damaged from his Instructor as ho Is hound , In the course ot huma events , to fall some time. Much depends I decisions llko these on the familiarity of th bunch wild the habits of the wheel. Frcnco lias Just completed a blcyclo ccnsu which shows 329,813 bicycles In use In tiia country , an Increase- 73,734 over the prc violin year. It Is possible to make such census In France , oa ttio bicycles ere taxe and registered. Between the air tube and the outer cove ot a new Scotch tire Is Inserted a band < highly tempered steel strips lacedtogotht and backed by cotton or other fabric. . German tire fcoa a cover composed of a strl of steel placed between two strips of leatht cemented together , acid provided at tbe edge with stcol wires byuiilcli the tire In a ( ached to the rim. An Improved pueumat tire Is composed of small separate elast sections , all Inflated by ono billing tube , bi any ono of wMch can be readily remov < and replaced by another , ns a number i surplus sections can be easily carried. In the spring tbe maiden's fancy serious turns to thoughts of blcyclo clothes. Clc < dark shades , such as black , navy blue ar very sombre green , are more used this yej than the tans , fawns , grays and mixtures last season. A blcyclo suit , If made ot llg ] colored material , must bo mndo by a swc tailor to look well. Then and then only looka trim and appropriate , but If the fen : nlno pedal pushers will stick to plain , co servatlve colors , ttioy can get natty , up-t date garments ready made , and these she the wear and. tear far less thaa light color' ' cycling suits. Few wheelmen have had the fortune coast as did William D. Dutton , a Nc Yorker , on the Florida coast. The beach Ormond Is ono of the finest In the world , ai from that place to the Inlet It affords Btretcof twenty miles of smooth , firm gi Ing. Daytonia Is six miles from Ormon and with a northwest wind at hU4 back M Dutton covered the entire distance wltho once putting his fcot on the pedals. It to < him twenty-three minutes to make the tr In this manner. He had no sail , as son might suppose. The wind , however , vr , quito strong , Cycle manufacturers have evidently con 3 to the belief that It does not pay to suppo a racing team for advertising purposes. Th Is the cause of the leading racing mec slowness In signing and the fact that t second-raters will cot likely bo paid to rl any particular make of wheel this year. An Incident of the expense Incidental the support of a racing team U shown by t figures of the Chicago tire firm which hlr Michael last year and which has support a team for a number ot years. In 1896 tl flrm made a deal with some wheel make to carry a team , and fifteen men were bin On an average they received $15 a week addition to their hotel bills and rallro oxptiees : , which averaged { 25 a week. Tbei fore , these fifteen men cost (525 a week carry , exclusive ot the additional ealari and bonuses paid to the stars of the tea which brought the sum total up to $700 week. Thirty weeks ot this made thole b $21.000 for the season. Tom Eck's famous teamIn the south di ing 1896 cost himself and Johnny Johns moro than $12,000 and proved a dead loss the managers. There were twenty-six n on tbo team at 915 a week , besides hot * and railroad fare , which made each mai average $35 a week. The follow tag tal nhows the expenses each week : 26 men at a salary ot $15 per week $ ! 20 men , board ( $10) ) , railroad fare ( $10) ) , total. $25 John S. Johnson , salary , per week Jimmy Michael , salary , per week Tom Eck ( manager ) , salary , per week. . Hotel bills and faro ot tbe three men. . . . : This made a total ot $1,290 per week , $12.900 for the ten weeks that Eck and Jol son supported tbe team. Tbey were to colvo a stated sum for every record mi by the men not only from a wheel mak but from a tire and chain maker as w When It came time to settle and John * and Michael had secured all tbe records fr the quarter to ten miles , the fir ma refui to pay the monsy agreed upon , and Eck i Johnson had learned a lesson that bn them both. They were to get $5,000 fron foreign chain maker and $10,000 from a wh and tire maker , but received nothing. A Denver shoe store recently employee young man for clerk who had been In the cycle business so long that ho was an ent : elast. A young woman called at the it for a pair qf shoes. "I want a pair of shoes , " eho remarl demurely. "What Bear ? " h Inquired , bowing. "Sir ? " "I meant what size. " ; "About two and a half. " "What model cr. what last ? " ' I "A O last. I think. " "Do you Ilka tha high- sad the h lipels ? " "Just medium. " Ho got tho-shoo sha scorned ! to want , i after fitting It carefully remarked aba mlndcdly : "You can wear loose bloomers with t fmmo and it will never puncture. Keej ar i well greased and" . The woman called for another clerk. IrO I The League ot American Wheelmen , UBm siring to procure photographs ot tad cc > m try roads for use In Its agitation of nd good roads movement , has offered $125 e its In prizes , as follows : ( Flrot prize , $50 ; li , oiid prize$25 ; third prize , $15 ; fourth pi $10 , and five pnlzos ot $5 each. Prizes be awarded on single pictures. Any one take part In this competition and send li It many photographs as ho pleases , but ito more than ono prlzii will be awarded to ed one person. The competition will ren eks. open until June 1 , 1S9S , and every pel ks.at ableto use a camera , ! and who knows v at A bad country road U llko when he sect 110 should assist the good work and enter )00 ) competition. Photographs should be ar , to Otto Dornor , c > 41rman national com lain tee for highway Improvement , League in American Wheelmen , postofflce box 153 , ' on waukee. Wls. Iso ni of the Wheel. nine ne The following , which appeared In the ' . . , ver Republican ot March 22 , explain * iti be F Sat "The foundation for Trannmlsalsalppl ng position club waa laid at the Denver W .37 club laat eveningTha Idea of folnj tay Omaha In a body bad occurred to var : cs . members of tha lut * and last evening w Ich 1 out any ceremony the first step to mail Jal practical waa taken by tba drawing u Ida a list of tha club members who Intani ot. go to the Omaha exposition. In a s all tlma there were twenty signature * , ive outline of tbe plan Is to have all leave tan Omaha * In a tody about the middle ) ot J jse Members of tha Denver Wheel Club Tfr els mlsslaslppl Exposition club will be ui ist. terod in theln movements , even If th ; kes BO to Omaha In a body , for matten er- ba * o arranged that each on * can re [ "he homo when ha pleaiae. " Chief Cc rks O'Brien received * letter early In tha i uld from one of tha officer * of tha Denver W > w- club announcing tfre toot that the club sp er- ot above had been formed , and that b < ust tba time for starting to Omaha arrived tan expected to hare at least fifty member ear their Exposition club. Tbey expect to t tin tbelr wheels In order that they may put hort evening niM tot * the country U Id * near rlclnlty t < > . Tfce Wfceefcw iDf CRy sra lM ftmtaf t * > JliJ * flVtat'itvi ! r ? , " ? course , these wheelmen will expect the local wheel clubs and wheelmen to help enter tain them and In view of this fact the As sociated Cycling clubs and the officers of the Nebraska Division League of Alnerlenn Wheelmen should take steps at once to en- tortaln them. A club should be organized for this purpose or committees appointed from the different clubs to look after the vlMtom. Hundreds ot wheelmen will visit the exposition from other towns In Mis souri , Colorado , Iowa , Nebraska , Kniutas and the other mid-western states , and local wheelmen should be prepared to entertain them royally. Smokers could be given , club runs called to Fort Crook , Florence , Coun cil Bluffs end other places ot Interest , for the benefit ot the visitors. The Associated Cycling clubo did not dlscuos this matter at their lart regular meeting but should by all means take It up at the April meeting , as the opening time for the exposition will bo upon us before we fully realize It and if anything Is to bo done In the way of or ganizing a body for entcrtnlmnent purpcaes It should be attended to before the big aliow opens. G. A Walgreen , editor of the Cycling Wcsl of Denver , writes to The Bee that arrange ments have been practically completed foi the public appearance of tbo Welsh iblcycU wonder , Jimmy Michael , this spring , am suggests that If Omaha people care to sc < him rldo ho could doubtless be Induced U stop oft at Omaha upon h'a return trip 1 sufficient Induco.Tent was offered him. Thl : would bo a rare Urcat for patrons ot tin sport In this city , but of course would cca a big. sum of money and the question natu wily arises , Who Is willing to take the rial ot guaranteeing Mtchiel the sum ot inonc- needed to Induce him to appear In Omaha Don't all pc-ak at once ? W. P. Sager , who left last week for Den ver , has been signed by the National Cycl Track association will report for duty I' Boston on April 12. Sagcr and hts lander mate , Swnnborough , also of Denver , will b the star tandem team of the association , an If Sagcr shows up well In his spring train Ing bo will bo given a chance at mlddt distance work. They will also be uacd n pacemakers In the middle distance contest of the team , which comprises six star rldci and twenty-four pacemakers. Local bicycle dealers report trade in hi cycles and bicycle sundries better this sprln than over , and many ot them predict tha this will bo the banner year Id the blcycl business. Most of the trade seemo to be I meJlum and low-priced wheels rcoglng I price from $25 to $50 , but few 475 end $1" wheels are bolng sold. At the regular monthly meeting of th Associated Cycling clubs of Omaha the pla of hoMIng a road racoon Decoration day ws discussed , and it waa practically decided t hold such a race , but nothing definite In tli \vay of appointing committees won done , ni tlcn upon this being deferred until the Apr meeting. The matter of a course on v.hic to hold the race was dlacusocd and the DoJg street and Center street macadam roads wei suggested , the delegates being about equal ! divided. The former , on which the two pn vlous road races have been held , will doub less bo selected If the county corarnlajlonei will repair It before May 30. It Is held t some that this course Is too far out , and th ; Center street would bo much easier of 0' ' cess for the spectators , but In view of U fact that It the race was held on tlilu cour the finish will beat the west entrance i Hanscom park , a place much fr quentcd by teams , especially on Decor tlcra day , It would bo more or le dangerous for the riders. A point greatly favor of the old Dodge street course Is t fact that spectators by stationing thomselv on the top of the hill near tbo flnUh c commend a view of over two miles of t course and ttiua have the riders la vli much longer than would be possible If t race were hold upon the Center street coun On account of the poor condition of treads roads last Sunday the regular called run the Tourist Wheelmen to Calhoira was poi pooed and the club members who had c sombled to make It took a spin over t Center street macadam road. Oaptola Hart announced that Calhoun will continue to the called run until It Is made and thercft 11 the club will try It again this morning. T etart will bo made from the club rooms North Sixteenth ftreet et 9 a. m. sha weattec permitting. Question * and 'AnnTrors. AMBS , March 10. To the Sporting Edl ! of The Bee : 1. Did Peter Maher and Ja Kllraln ever have a fight In the ring ? If please state what time they fought a where ? 2. Has Kllraln had a fight with ar ono else elncsj h fought Sullivan ? 3. Hi many contests has Kllraln had ? A Reader Ans. 1. No. 2. Yce , he fought w Slavln In Baltimore. 3. About twenty-fl recorded , i OMAHA , March 25. To the Sporting Ed , ! ot The Bee : "Which , presidential candldi carried New York In the last election ? - 1C L. le An . McKlnley carried 'both state a * , city. 11. Charles A. Miller , 706 Felix street , 11.in given lest Sund in Joseph The decision waa inm COLUMBUS , March 23. To the Sportl ed Editor of The Bee : 1. How many rout jd did Peter Jackson and Jim Corbott fight kea a draw In San Francisco ? 2. la that 1 a only flght they had ? J. C. Lnnktreo lei Ans. 1. Sixty-one rounds , on May 1891. 2. Yes. PORT MBADE , 8. D. , March 23. To Snorting Editor ot The Bco : In what c i ? > tlon must a man be in to bo given decision of "knocked out ? " Lloyd Ep ire Troop B , Eighth Cavalry , , Ans. A man Is knocked out when ho it ed from his opponent's blow and as ai result that blow cannot continue the flght will ten seconds after he falls. OMAHA , March 24. To the Sporting Edl ot The Bee : Will you filvo the corr pronunciation and doflnltlon'ot ' "Quo Vadh Subscriber. Ans. "Quo Vadls" is a Latin express Bh meaning "Whither gocat tbou ? " and \ , used most frequently in Rome when a n mot a friend going Into a saloon. "Quo" nd pronounced kwq and tbe a In vadls has mt sound of a in father , according to the La pronunciation , and of the a in age , acco mt Ing to the English. It's a case of cither it eycther ; take your choice. BENSON. March 20. To the Sport Editor of The Bco : In a four-handed gn the score stands 60 to 47. The sldo hav lem - 47 bids seven and makes high. Jack m- both fives ; the sldo having 50 makes low t the game. Who wins the game ? Henry Bo " > * . man. ec- man.Ans. . According to the generally acccp ze , rule tbo fifty sldo goes out , low and ga dll counting before the fives. : an SOUTH OMAHA. March 21. To the Spi as Ing Editor of The Bee ; Is the United Sta not Indebted to England , or England to my United States ? A bets United States o eUn England and D bets England owes the Unl son States. Please state how much the lnJ < bat edncss Is. A Constant Reader. it , Ans. If your question Is of any Indebt th ness between the governments ot Engli eat and the United States , neither A nor B wl lit- Nations do not borrow from each other , i litot ot the so-called national debt does not repres 111- a loan from nations , but from Indlvldu When a nation wants to raise money It sues bonds , which are placed for sale on financial market of the world and are E lan- to parties who pay tba most for th elf : There ii no question that a portion of ex- bonds of $996,141,962 , representing our ioel debtedness , are held by people In England well as in other countries. So also , a porj to of England's $3,300,006,000 bond * are helc ous this country. The entirely of both these th- tlonal debts are represented by these boi thIt which are held probably by Individuals In Of tbe civilized countries of the world. I I to jmpostlnlo to tell , however , the amounti ICTt bonds ot tha Unlt fl states held In Engl or ot bonds ot England In this country. amounts fluctuate dilly , because bonds frequently unloaded In commercial tn me. action * between tha two countries la 1- chang * for commodities fet- fetdo do KUMAIU , Weitland. New Zealan will Chamberlain' * Cough Remedy has ha urn steady Increasing tale with ui , and pe i ul who have purchased it apeak very blghl e k it. From our own experience it U wltl leol doubt tha faett cough medicine erer In ken duoed InNew Zealan. When any pei tore aaki for * coug hmlxtur * and hai any di bey about Chamberlain' ! Cought Remedy , i In have that confidence that tt wll cut ln cough or cold , thftt w * bar * M hMltatlc-i ake guaranteeing lt.-iW. J. Mcllroy A Co. the i ef Mr. WUliMK * Ulc U at Bemly , Hi , u r4U rctr.oC SHARING ANCESTRAL TREES 1 At Progress Americans Aid. Making in Tracing LOOKING BACKWARD { il.NE GENERATIONS Dcvcl | iincntN of Suinc I'amllr Itivcu- tlKiitloiin INMllurrm I.utt In the Mulil ot the Kill vvutli Ctfu'iury. U { a not generally known , nrltca Thomai P , Hughes In the Independent , ttiat thi average American family Is usually able ti trace. Its llueage further back than thi average English family. We dlstlngulsl somewhat between anccatry so-called am line-age or pedigree. For example , when he majesty , the quoco of England , spoke o .lanu-s II , In the presence of Macauluy , thi historian , as "my ancestor , " ho replied "Your predecessor , may It please you majesty. " For unless Uic lineage of n ; ancestor Is clearly defined with datea It I not ot any great service cs a fact In hlstorj But a reference to Uebrett'u "Peerage , " o to Burke's "Landed Gentry , " will prove tha while English families among ttio uoblllt usually boast ot an ancestry , tbe pcdlgrc cc llr.cago Is by no means established. Thl Is especially the case with newly create peers. For example , the present Vlscouti Wolsely claltna to bu of ancient descent , bi oven Burke , who la unuaually accommortatlti in such matters , cannot trace his lordahlp pedigree bcjond that ot the third son of Captain Wolocly , who was created a barcix of Ireland In 1744. And the earliest anccstt of Lord Ilobcrts of Candctiar can bo trace no further than Thomas Roberts of ttio ell of Waterford , who died In 1775. And tl compilers of the "English Peerage" cou' ' not supply Lord Lawrence with a pedlgn further bock thaft 17C4. Taking the fir twenty names in Burko'n "Landed Oontrj wo find ttuc'e are only seven families \vj can truce n distinct pedigree to the sovei tecnth century. And yet among our old American famlll It Is quite common for the Uncage to 1 tiaced step by Ptep , with datc-s of birth marilagcij and deaths , for nine Kctieratlou For Instance , the Thatchers are in the tiln generation from ThixiKW Thatcher , the fir pastor of the South church In Bcnton. Tl Tildcns are In the eighth generation fro Nathaniel Tlldcn , who emigrated to Amerl In 1C34. The Itaeago of the New Englai Lawrence family claims to bo traced sti by atep to llobcrt Lawrence , who w Itnlghted nt the sleso of Acre by King HLc ard Coeur tie Lion. LINEAGES OF PECULIAR INTEREST. In studying the lineages of American far lllca they are not those of aristocratic orig which are of peculiar Interest , but the which are- bound up with the history of tl new world. For example , the Cushmai have a pedigree traced" to Robert Cushnm who was o weaver In Canterbury , nnslati and who \\us the great advocate- colnnizi f ton. ! Ho with Carver antl Martin organlzi the expedition tn , the "Mayflower" ni 'Speedwell , " returned to , England and adv cated Immigration and wrote a book In vlni cation of colonial entbrpVjso. The Alders a descended from John * ANlon. of the "Ma flower , " a day laborer' In that aristocrat ship , but nevertheless o ancestor to boa of. The Plersons go straight down to t first president of Yal . The Bartlotts are 10 a direct line from Dr. liartlctt , the surge' ' who came to America with Lord IIowo. T Hicks have a pcJIgrep tijbo proud of. . Th . ( 10 first American micesVor , fciimo from Loud 3ft In the good ship "Firtiine , " and they II t- eally descended from the , sumo ancestor the present English chancellor Of the e chequer. Sir Michael Hipts-Bcach' ' Sir El Hicks , the common ouegitor of these Amo can and English famine's , was knighted WE WILL SELL 150 MORE FOR $5O " This is the same wheel it. that sold last season for $100 OUR bon 11. PENNANT n- nho FOR Us of In is a world beater. Other Inor or dealers will ask you $50 ct to $60 for the same grade _ wheel. on an as LEADER $25. SPECIAL $19 he .In Riding School. Repairing. d' | Second-Hand wheels choap. ng ne OMAHA BSCVCLE Co i ? nd nd Gor. 16th and Chicago Sts , EOT. IIF.YDEN , MBr , ed no ti ties es he cs ed d- dnd nd is. is.nd nd c e int a > Isho Is. 1898 STEARNS and 6ENDRI ho to.ur ildto. ROAD WHEELS In- Inas as Ion In Those arc not 1607 models with b ol , I , aato cunstruc'.ion ' , but are thoroug of up-to.dato in every point , with ch < nd of equipment. 'be ire 1897 GENDRONS - - - $35 , ex- mi- ALLIANCE WHEELS - $19 , This la a Rood practical wheel t will give good service guaranteed. I a For 81.00 wo will got your wheel pie clean it. of out Wo carry a full line of Sowing : ro- chines. chines.WE ion WE RENT WHEELS. jbt wea la NEBRASKA CYCLE ISth and Hartley ; MICKBU Mgr. _ Edward tlio Black Prlnco on the Held ot 1'otctlers , September 19 , 1336. The remote ancestor ot the Wlllards was a taron ot the Cinque Ports In the time ot Hlchard II. Daniel Webster said that tha study of un- cestry Is an Incumbent duty , because wo should look upon the present generation ta connecting links between the eventful past and the unknown future. The preservation of pedigree is not , therefore , a mere pastlmo for the curious ; It is the honorable occupation of the historian. The earliest Greek records were those of pedigree and the hlotorlcs of Acusll.ins of Arugis and of Hecataeus of Melltus were called "geneal ogies. " Even the patriarch Job said : "In quireI pray tbee , of the former nijo and prepare thyself to the starch of their fathers , for we are but of yesterday. " Josephus re garded genealogical utudy asof the greatest Importance , fcr In giving an account ot his personal history he boasts : " 1 have traced my pedigree , " nnd every Hebrew U proud of his pedigree. A LONG PEDIGREE. This rcmlndo us of a story of the late Uev. Joseph Wolff , the father of Sir Henry Drununond Wolff. Wolff was an Oriental traveler , , who , was regarded oomcwhat na an adventurer. He was ordained as an Epis copal clergyman In Trenton , N. J. , by the father of the present bishop of Albany. On bis fotuiii to England be aspired to tup hand of the daughter ot Lord Or font and It la eald that when the traveling converted Jew went to his lordship to claim his daugh ter , by whom ho had been already accepted , the proud blood of "a Walpole" became somewhat heated. Lord Orford exclaimed : "Aro you aware , sir , that mine Is an an cient family , dating from the tlmo of the Conquest , oml you are a mere upstart T" With the calm dignity of an Oriental Joseph Wolff took from hU pocket a roll on which waa Inscribed his Uncage. "Now , my lord , " ho continued , "you tell mo that tlio Walpolt-s came over with William the Conqueror. 1/ook at this roll. It is my pedigree. U tracca my descent otep by etcp to David , king of lurael. " The argument was un answerable and Lord Ortord consented to the marriage. The Increased Interest of the American pcoplo lu tracing their pedigree Is much to bo commended , for In ages to ccmo the ar rival of the Virginian colonists , the emigra tion of the Dutch nnd Puritan settlers , as well as the landing of the Quaker and Hu guenot refugees , will form as memorable epochs In the history of the great republic as tbo Saxon and Norman conquests ot Great Urltnln now do In the history of EiiKland. A few centurlca licnco Amcrloins will ex perience as much plcanure In tracing back their pedlgreo to those periods as the old Kmtlteh families now do to the tlmo ot the Norman conquest. Innprliillnn for llnrlrniift' * Monnmonf. The family ot General llnrtrnntl 1ms sent the following protect against the proposed Inscriptions on the monument to bo erected to him In IlarrUburg. 1'a. : " \Vo rcR'ird < ho proposed Inscriptions as objectionable for sovor.ll reasons : First , tlio Inscription pro posed for the north side , 'Hero of Fort Stcd- rr.nn , ' Is theatrical , and not nt nil in keeping with the simplicity of .tho general. Sec ondly , the Intorlptlon on the south side , 'Commander of the Third division. Ninth army , ' U partial , and will undoubtedly provoke - voko criticism from comrad s of other or ganizations which tl-o general commnndcd. Thirdly , the two Inscriptions together are misleading , and urein to Imply th.it the serv- ICIM of the geneiul were conflnol to ono bat- < 1 and the lenn of sorvlco nt ono of the later organizations ot the wir. Qood tasio \voiil.l illctato that th ? Inscription on the IH-iHs'.nl of the stattio ot n man eminent enough to bo so hontired t'houM not attempt to give a history , partial or moro or lr a complete , of hU tlfu , but should , In UN sim ple a manner as possible , atato who h uas and tbo epoch In which ho lived. Our do- slro la that the pedestal should contain tha Elmplo name : John Frederick Ilnrtrnnft. Tlio Bee has arranged to supply it's renders with a Bet of PORTFOLIOS which answer many important questions they have been asking themselves and their friends for some time past. The Bee prints the news con cerning CUBA , the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS and the AMERICAN NAVY , but where is the reader that would not like to know more ? How did the MAINE look be fore she was blown up how after ? How many other vessels have we like the Maine , or larger and better ? 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