SHORT STORIES OF THE DAY
Bix Barbara Sit in a Oaso Involving Owner
ship of Nebraska's ' Mammoth Steer ,
"DAVID HARUM , " A VOLUME OF CHESTNUTS
Mnjnr IlniTnril'fl Antidote for TronWc
I'renk ofnttire nr Docnnili
J'olnt of .lokc C'nnic ! > >
Aiuircclntlc Citizen.
A jury of six barbers deciding a cao
Involving tbo ownership of a big Nebraska
Moor !
This IR the anomaly that happened In
Justice Prltchard's court Wednesday after
noon. The names of eighteen men were
mibmlttcxl from which to draw the Jury of
nix. The attorneys for cither sldo exercised
their respective privileges of striking out
namca and when the list was completed ,
by mcro coincidence , the six barbers were
left. The personnel of this unique jury
was : Louis V. Ouye , Charles French , J. P.
GullUnn , J. K. Ryan , Daniel Curclo and M.
J. Loan.
Prolonged smiles passed over the nmllenco
\\hen the attorneys Inquired the occupa
tion of the jurors , for each ono answered :
"I am a barber. "
The attorneys could find no objection tea
a jury of barbers , although 11 was the first
they had ever encountered. The court
thought barbers ought to know as much 1
nboitt n steer as any other class with the
exception of farmers and stockmen , so the
trial proceeded. Whllo the Jurors main
tained nil the dignity required there were
six pairs of twinkling e > es , for they fully
appreciated the humor of the situation.
Alimony Kicueua n a pinuum uim
P. Angell and J. A. Hamilton were de
fendants. The suit was to determine the
right of ownership of Jumbo , the mammoth
Nebraska steer on exhibition ns n Midway ;
'
feature during the recent exposition. The
defendants had contracted with Lichens for
Jumbo for exhibition purposes. Lichens had
owned Jumbo from the tlmo ho was a com
mon calf nnd had watched him grow to the
proportions of a giant.
At the close of the exposition ho demanded
the return of his big steer. Messrs. An- | '
gell nnd Hamilton t > et forth that by the
terma of their contract they were legally
entitled to further use of Jumbo. All cfI I
forta to reach an amicable adjustment were I '
futllo and the aid of the courts wa * In
voked.
Jumbo's slzo rendered It Impcsslblo to
present him In court for Inspection , but
ho was minutely described nad the ton-orlal ,
Jurors eeemwl to take keen Interest In learn
ing all about the wonderful beast. Ordi
nary steers are supposed to weigh from
3,200 to 1,500 pounds , but Jumbo Is said to
Up 4,000. Ho Is long , broad , thick and tall , t
ins womiorrui we-lgnt lo not EO much duo
to fat as to general massive bullil. Ho la
one of the wonders of Nebraska live stock
possibilities.
The Jurons decided that the right of possession -
session was vested In Mr. Llebcos and the
vordlct was promptly rendered. It was remarked -
marked by a spectator In the court room
that the promptness in arrhlng at n ver
dict waa duo to the fact that the Jury , be
ing nblo to see from the same standpoint ,
could nnd no point upc which to wrangle ,
The novelty of a Jury composed exclusively
of members of one craft has never bsfore
been recorded In the courts of Douglas
county nnd It Is doubtful If such an In-
etanco over before occurred In the state of
Nebraska.
"I had heard so much about 'David Harum'
that I forced myself to read tbo book simply
to keep up with the swim. " said a man-
nbout-town , "and I must say that I consider
my tlmo wasted. The book , which has been
the rage with leaders of light literature for
several mouths , amounts to nothing as a
literary work , and will llvo but a abort time.
That's my humble opinion , and jou can take
It for what It la north. 'David Harum' Is
simply a dialect monologue , nnd nothing
remarkable In that line. It Is composed of
n lot of chestnuts dressed in a. slightly new
garb. The story giving the experience of
Haruin when he visited a swell friend in
Brooklyn is as old as the Erie canal itself.
It Is related that at a dinner party of nabobs ,
at which Haruin was present , some one said ,
'
'Low bridge- , ' whereupon about 20 per cent
of the guests ducked their heads , thus show
ing that they had In their early days i
earned their bread and butter by working on i
1ho l > lo canal boats. The story Illustrated
the force of habit. Dut the writer of 'David
'
Harum' was pot the author of this story by
any means. I can tell you the same story
In another dresa. Two young men were
members of a suivejlng party In Idaho.
They carried the chain , and when the ono
In the rear came to the proper point ho
would yell to the one In advance , 'Stick ! '
and the head man would then stick a stake
In the ground nnd answer back , 'Stuck ! '
And thus the survey was staked out rallo
after mile. The survejlng party finally con
cluded Its Job , and the members separated.
Tbo two young men who curried the chain
nnd stuck the stakes went to San Francisco
nnd soon were Io6t In the shuttle. Ono day *
the young man who had carried the chain In
the rear was walking down Market street
and looking on the opposite ) sldo saw his old
' '
'pnrd , arrayed In a stylish suit of clothes
and a silk hnt and
carrying a cane. Ho
called his name In n loud volco several times ' ,
1 > ut no
answer or recognition came from the
fellow across the street. Til bet $10 to a
doughnut that I'll make that dude tumble. '
paid the Irritated chalnbcarer to his com
panion. 'Now watch. I'm going to yell
"Stick ! " and If that monkey doesn't bend
over and answer back , "Stuck ! " I'll eat 1
your hat. "Stick1 ! shouted the old chaln
bcarer. Instantly his former pard across
the street bent forward as If to stick a aur-
'
veyor's stake In the ground , and then ,
straightening up , called back. "Stuck ! " fin
you sco tnatix > w bridge' story of David
Harum la a chestnut , and I can prove It.
This Koea to prove that chestnuts are good
things. "
Tbo value of hard work as an antidote
for trouble Is Illustrated In a story told
of the late Major Guy Howard , recently
hilled while on duty In the Philippines.
Mr * . Howard 1 < J In receipt of a letter from
a New York newspaper man who accom
panied Major Howard on a crulso to Nlca-
Colored
r
Splotches.
Mr. II. L. Myers , 100
Mulberry Street , Newark , N. J. .
says : "I contracted a terrible blood
disease which broke out into sores
all over my body. I spent a hun
dred dollars with doctors but grew
worse instead of better , Many
blood remedies wore also used with
no effect , until I decided to try 8.S.8 ,
This remedy seemed to get at tha
Beat of the disease and cured me
completely and permanently. "
( Swift's Specific ) if the only cure for
Contagious Blood Poison : no other
remedy can reach this terrible disease.
Book on self-treatment mailed free by
Swift Spooiflo Company , Atlanta , G * .
ragua a few years ago and the communica
tion relates chiefly to a review ct that ex
pedition. Several men composed the party
nnd Major Honnrd WAS In command. An
accident occurro-1 at sea and for a few days
the fthlp was nt n etandstlll , with no land
visible on cither aide. The outlook was
gloomy. The chancai were that not n mem
ber of the party would bo rescued. The
men became frantic , but Major Howard re
mained as calm as though ho were on dry
land , surrounded by happy environments.
"I'll hn\o to find womethlng for you fel
lows to do , " said the gallant major , "for
there ID nothing BO fruitful ot nretched-
noes ns Idleness. I want every one of you
to do alt the work within your power , and
I want you to keep nt It until something
turnt up. "
"IJutbnt are wo going to do ? " in-
qnlroj one of the men , who could pea no
work In eight.
The major may have been somewhat puz
zled on this score , but ho didn't betray It
and within a few minutes his resourceful
mind hud dcvlcod assignments for every
tnnn on board. Ho made them clean the
ehlp from end to end and from lop to bottom
tom , nnd those for whom ho could find noth
ing else walked the decks. The employ
ment thus afforded acted as a tonic for the
spirits of the dccpondcnt men and they
became moro cheerful. Meanwhile skilled
hands ucrc repairing the veeecl and In a
short tlmo the party was rescued and all
Viou serene.
The young man who wrote Mrs. Howard
relative to the death of her husband said
the loseon ho learned from the major would ,
never bo forgotten by him nnd ho looks
upon that cruise , dark ns was the outlook
nt ono time , as a treasure spot In his \arled
experience. The writer Is well known In
eastern nowcpaper circles , but ns the letter
\vas not written for publication Mrs. Howard
withholds the nocnc.
Colonel J. tt. Slmpoon of Norfolk and L.
\V. Causa of Decorah , In. , were In the city
i recently nnd called ou A. M. Perry. They
| arc all three members of the same Grand
Aimy post and nt ono time all lived In Do-
corah. In talking over past experiences
they told several stories , nil of which were
readily given credence with the exception of
ono that caused listeners to smile and shako' ' j
their heads doubtfully. The three friends ,
however , stuck to their point , but admitted I
that they \cry seldom toll the atory , as it
never falls to seriously endanger their repu
tation as lovers and promulgators of truth.
The story was n description of a natural I I
phenomenon a cave near Decorah , varying ;
In width from three or four feet to fifteen '
or twenty , nnd about 200 feet long. In sum
mer the air In the cave Is BO cold that Ice
forms in a sheet several Inches thick on
the hottest days. In winter , however , the
cave Is eo worm that It will not freeze and
all signs of Ice disappear.
Mr. Cousc told of a man living some dis
tance from the cave who started to dig a
cistern. He had not Keno very decn when
| ] be struck a draft of cold air and being an
, ingenious man ho changed his plans and
{ ' made a refrigerator In place of a cistern.
I This he did by simply putting In an ordinary
dry goods box which in summer Is as cool
as a refrigerator need be , and In winter ,
strange as It may seem , Is warm and will
not freeze even though it be exposed to the
coldest weather.
Speaking of the natural Ice box reminded
ono of the others of a well which Is also
j j located near Decorah , hut at the same tlmo
I Is at a considerable distance from cither the
|
| i refrigerator or the cave. The water In the
well is so cold In summer that the surface
frequently freczosner and Ice forms on
the curb stones , buf U winter the water Is
too warm to bo used for drinking. No ex-
planatlon was afforded as to the cause o
this phenomenon , as no one felt capable of
solving the mystery of nature. Several
scientific men , however. Including Prof.
Agaralz , have made a study of It nnd have
written nrtlcleo concerning It.
An Omaha man , who was In British Co
lumbia recently , took a walk from Van-
j couver < to a neighboring town , distant about
eovcn miles , accompanied by an Englishman.
When they had walked about three miles
they came to a point where the road forked.
At the Junction was a signpost which read :
"To Gaffcnsburg , four miles. Take the road
to the right. If you can't read ask the
blacksmith across the way. " The two men
proceeded on their way to Gaffensburg , and
had gone about a mlle and a half when the
Kngllshmnn began laughing and said to the
Omaha man : "Oi say , mo friend , don't yo
j know that that elgn was bloody funny ? If a
man couldn't read how the devil would ho
! < now that he should ask the blacksmith
across the way ? " The point of the joke , as
usual , had come to the Englishman by
freight.
Judge B. S. Baker of the district court U
noted for versatility. Ho has been known to
receive n murder verdict , perform two mar-
rlago ceremonies and participate In a
"smoker" given by the Elks nnd get through
It all between 8 o'clock In the evening and
midnight. In fact the
, judge can take a
hand In almost anything that comes up , but
he encountered a proposition ono morning
last week that was too much for hie versa-
A subject of a foreign power appeared be
fore him to complete tbo process of naturall-
zatlon. Tbo oath was taken and the judge
said :
"Now yon ore an American citizen en-
titled to the protection and all tbo rights ol
this grand country. "
The man who had just cast aside his for
eign allegiance was grateful. Ho tried to
make the judge accept'money and when this
was declined and ho was told to settle ac
counts with the clerk he fished a black rub-
> er box from his vest pocket and In broken
Knglleh begged his honor to join him in a
social pinch of snuff.
"I never snuff , sir ; much obliged to you , '
tbo Judge answered.
Mnko this your rule : When you drink a
jbnmpagno drink a good one. Cook's Im
perial Champagne Is the best.
Importance of Corn.
Washington Star : "Yes , " said Colonel
Stllwell , "everything Is progressing nicely
with the people In my part of tbo country , I
urn happy to nay > "
"It Is a line region , " raid the young girl.
"H Is. Ono of the most salubrious on
earth. U Is there that the great golden orb ,
as It swings on Its diurnal path across the
sky , pauses to send his tcnderest messages
across the sunbeams which bind him to the
earth , "
"You don't say sol" exclaimed the young
girl , "It's eometblng like wireless teleg
raphy. Isn't It ? "
The colonel looked a little anne > cd and
she hastily exclaimed : "It must bo per
fectly | o\ely there. "
"It Is , The only gold we ask for Is that
which Is colnod from tbo sunlight Into great
ears of yellow corn. That's what my neigh
bors nnd I used to pride ourselves on. "
"Corn Is a very useful article , " she said ,
with a dainty chirp.
"Of co' e It Is , People could not get
along without It. I remember one year one
of the most tenlble I ever experienced. My
sympathies were never before BO deeply
moved. There was a drouth , The eorn crop
was a failure. "
"It must have been dreadful. Still , you
could send elsewhere. "
"I could. So could tbo other compare
lively well-to-do people. Dut I was think
Ing of the poor , I tell you , If It hadn't been
fob the charity of a number of charitable
citizens , mytelf among them , I have no
doubt that a great many of thcwe unfortu
nate beings would have died ot tblrst. "
CRIME IS AT THE MINIMUM
Omaha Has a Remarkably Snull Feroontago
of Jail Population.
COMPARATIVE FIGURES ARE INTERESTING
Only Fort-One I.ncnl Primmer *
In tlir Dotmlnn County -In 11 Some
l"nctn Alton ! the .lull it ml
UN Initiate * ,
Omaha has a smaller percentage of Jail
Inmates than any other largo city In the
United States , to far as the records have
been Investigated , Out of the 150,000 Inhab
itants tbo Douglas county jail has , nt the
present time , sixty-one prisoners. Twenty
of these cannot bo charged to Omaha or
Douglas county , ' for they arc government
charges sent hero from other count ca.
Subtracting these there arc forty-one K-c.il
Inmates ,
Ilc-cognlzed authorities on prisons declare
this record IB without n parallel tu niy
other city cf Omaha's general Importance.
It Is doubtful If oven the college towns o. '
the effete east can make a better show-
Ing.
Ing.Tho
The most apparent solution for this an n-
uly Is that crime has been reduced to the
minimum , for It cannot bo charged that
offenders nro given more latitude here than
elsewhere or that Iccal officers nro lax In
the discharge of duty.
Flenrrn from Other Jnlln ,
Statistics show that the Jail at St. Joseph ,
Mo. , a town Just half the size of Omaha ,
usually confines from fifty to scvcnty-rho
nrlsoners. The Kansas Cltv iall rum from
100 to 150 , and thcio Is but slight dlftei-
enco In the slzo of the towns. Louisville ,
Ky. , has about 200. The St. Louis Jail sel
dom houses less than 350 Inmates , while
the number Is more likely to run up to COO.
Springfield , Mo. , with a population of only
20,000 , frequently has a jail population
equal to that of-Omaha , and that jail has
sheltered ninety men , women and bay *
They arc not all , however , residents cf the
town , for many government prisoners are
sent there from surrounding counties.
Evangelists have branded Omaha as a
wicked town and the general presumption
Is that wickedness eventually leads to jail.
Thus there Is a discrepancy somewhere , for
the official jail statistics are not In har
mony with the theory advanced by the
evangelists who have fiom time to time
within the last few months made pulpit
talks on Omaha's alleged sin. Lccal pas
tors , however , have not said that Omaha is
a bad town. Such statements usually come
from traveling ministers , who have had but
little If any opportunity to acquaint them
selves with actual conditions.
George Sband Is jailor. His assistants
are John Llnd , George Jones and Geoigc
Horn. Separate quarters are kept for the
sexes. Women are under direction of the
matron , Mrs. McPherson. She also looks
after small boys.
Noted GoYcrnmeiit Prisoner.
There Is now but one prisoner classed as
desperate. He Is Frank Lee , brought hereby
by federal authorities from Broken Bow ,
where he Is accused of postofflce robbery.
He escaped from the Broken Bow jail , but
was captured In the S9utbern part of the
state. In resisting arrest ho received a
gunshot wound which has given him much
trouble. He Is not a stranger In the Omaha
bastllc , having been there a few years ago
on the charge of making counterfeit money.
He was convicted and sent to prison for
fourteen months. After he was released , the
Broken Bow postofflce robbery occurred and
was charged to Lee. He appears to have
a grudge against the world and prison keep
ers , court officials and arresting officers
especially.
Ono of the most unique characters ever
confined In the Omaha Jail was Jack Welsh ,
an aged mendicant known as the king of
vagrants. Many years of old Jack's life
have been spent In various Jails. He was
removed a few days ago to the county hos
pital , where ho will probably die within a
short while from an aggravated stomach
trouble. He doesn't feel right except when
In Jail and he did not take kindly to the
hospital proposition.
It Is related that In wintry weather he
has many times pressed nis grimy jace
against the bars while talking to visitors ,
and when they would express sympathy for
him on account of his Imprisonment , ho
would slyly ask : "How's the weather out
side ? " The answer would be , "Cold. " Then
old Jack would remark : "It's nice nnd
warm In here , " nnd ho meant what he said.
In cold weather he was never more happy
than when assured of a lengthy Jail sen
tence. His worst disappointment. It Is said ,
was when he could not make a case against
himself. The authorities say there was
never anything particularly vicious about
Jack Welsh. Nearly all of his jail sen
tences were for vagrancy , and that la how
he acquired the title. "King of vagrants. "
Another notel old-timer now behind the
bars Is John Jay , serving a term for drunk
enness. He is a familiar figure around the
county building , having been committed
many tlmca.
lint Vcvr Serloii * ChnrweiJ.
Of the forty-one local prisoners , sixteen
are serving short sentences for mis
demeanors , twenty-three are waiting trial
In the district court on moro serious of
fenses principally burglary and robbery ,
with a few assault cases. Two Insane per
sons who will probably soon be committed
to an asylum , complete the list of forty-one
prisoners. Of the twenty government prison
ers , none Is of special note except Lee , the
alleged postofflce robber.
Jailer Shann and his force keep the Jal
scrupulously clean. The floors nro scrubbed
until they shine line a JNCW
kitchen , nnd no untidiness Is permitted
about the cells. In the aggregate , this Is
one of the best kept Jails to bo found any
where.
If left to a popular vote , Omaha's jal
population would probably not go to church
on Sunday , unless It might be with the
hope of escaping custody en route. Ilii
the prisoners cannot evade divine service
for missionaries hold lengthy worship there
every Sunday afternoon. Prominent In thl
work nro Mesdames Jardlno and Shlnrock
nnd they .are frequently assisted by others
Young Montague , who is alleged to hnvo
killed his former friend "nd fellow work
man In a South Omaha packing house a
few weeks ago , la the only prisoner a
this tlmo charged with murder. Ho Is o
a retiring disposition and doesn't look UK
a "killer" or a "bad man" of any descrlp
tlon. The casual observer at the jail would
never point out Montnguo ns a murderer.
A few other murder cases are on th
court dockets , but the defendants nro ou
on bond. Of course the jull population Isn' .
a complete Index to all the crlmn that In I '
committed , for there ore many bonds on
file , but It Is always the better class that
gives bond , and the number of bond cases
In Omaha does not change the figures made
herein comparing Omaha with other cities ,
for the ball defendants elsewhere are doubt
less proportionately as plentiful as they arc
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Cycling In Omaha continues to sink deeper
and deeper Into the sloagh of despond. No
ono seems to care n continental how far It
sinks and no effort nt rescue Is visible. En-
husiasts of former dajs appear Indifferent
or unwilling to make a spurt ngalast the
nflucnce of approaching winter. Perhaps
\hcellng will bloom In the spring. That
remains to bo seen. There Is good rearon
or the hopes entertained of a revival. The
exposition blockade of the north boulevard
or two years has been one of the main
causes for the slump in wheeling. Before
the exposition the boulevard waa the most
popular highway for a spin. There were
no hills to climb , no ragged pavements tear
ar the nerves. A ride over that splendid
road , and on to Florence and back , was
a genuine pleasure. With the vanishing of
.ho White City and the reopening of the
joulevard there Is reason to expect a return
of the wheeling throngs which lent life and
gayety to the great driveway In former
, cars.
Racing Board Manager Gerlach of the
League of American Wheetaien knows a
good thing when ho holds It and Is enthu
siastically la favor of the league continuing
control of racing. Hear his mellow song : i
"Nothing has transpired to glvo cause to
.he many clalrre being made that the League
of American Wheelmen would rcUnulsh the
government oC cycle racing. The League of
American Wheelmen , through Its racing
beard , as stated In Its rules , acts as a gov- j
eralnc tody , establishes rules for the con
duct and government of track races , exercises
its powers to prevent fraud or Impositions
upon the public and to enforce the mutual
obligations of promoters and the racing men.
"The purpose of the League of American
Wheelmen In the sport Is solely for the de
velopment and welfare of the sport. Under
the government riders may become cham
pions In a country , nnd by reason of Its
adulation with the National Cyclists' asso
ciation may become recognized champions of
the world. Manifestly It has no financial In
terest In racing. Hundreds of Its members
hvao devoted unstintedly tlmo and efforts
In the hope of perpetuating cycle racing ns
a clean and fooncet sport. Not mauy years
ngo professional riders were maintained anJ
employed by manufacturers to advertlbe their
wnre.3.
"Tho reduction In the price of bicycles
made it Impossible for the manufacturers to
continue this form of advertisement. There
upon the profesulonal riders were obliged to1
rely upon their winnings and dependent upon
their own success , Under these conditions
many riders were obliged to adopt methods
the honesty of which was questionable In
order to make It possible for them to con-
tlnue. Becoming dl&rattsfled with the safeguards -
guards placed upon racing by the League
of American Wheelmen to conserve the re-
tpect of the public , a number of riders saw (
nt to orgunlzo for the purprse tf conducting
races not under the goveir.nioat cstabllshel
by the League of American Wheelmen.
"t hniifivn thn vast majority of member * .
nnd particularly the officials , who best un
derstand the situation , v\ll unquestionably
favor the continued control of racing by the
League of American Wh"elmen. "
The glowing Interest In the subject of
good roads Is now ono of considerable sig
nificance owing to the class of men who are
working up the agitation. The enactment
of good road lav.s In the eastern states was
secured through the combined olforts of the
farmers and the wheelmen. In New Jersey
the movcmunt HUB Initiated by the farmers ,
who Eought Iho nld cf the wheelmen nnd
found their assistance of Incalculable ) value- .
This nas not unexpected , for the wheelmen
have always been conslbtcnt advocates of
highway Improvement , and the "Oospel of
( Jood Iloads" formed thn chief plinlt In their
platfoim when the League of American
Wheelmen nas organized. It has been
charged that the motive of the wheelmen
\vas \ a BcllUh ono and. In the curly days of
cycling when every wheelman vvna n road
rider and rode n high wheel , there may '
have been nome ground for the chaige. but
no foundation fcr M-ch n belief exists to- i
day. Sinto the adoption of the safety machine - j
chine an u business vehicle by all sorts and j
conditions of men , not ono city wheelman
In ten Is EPOII upon n country road moro
than n few tlmcH each year and thn wheel-
nicn'a Interest In good roiuls IB merely n
business proposition , the adoption of which
would benefit him only In proportion as It
would benefit any other member of the com
munity.
The ijoung men who formed the League
of American Wheelmen twenty years ugo
nro now tbo subutantlal buslursH and proI I
fcsslonal men of their respective communl- j
tlrs , and their connection with the organ- i
izatlon Is maintained chiefly for the purI I
poae of aiding the movement ( or better I
roads. Many of them seldom ride a wheel
and their work for good roads is simply In
the line of Improvement , which Is neither
more nor less creditable to them than to the
member of an agricultural or other organ
ization.
An American touring in Belgium writes :
"Tho roads and tracks might have been bet
ter , a good deal better , but what rankles
In my mind la the offlclal who dictates
to jou In out-of-the-way Belgium. I never
came across a moro thoroughly unpleasant
jack In office. At one little town where I
called for letters , the clerk refused to ac
cept my visiting card as a proof of my
Identity and Insisted on the production of
an envelope addressed to me. But neither
my friend nor I had any envelopes. This
man was at last convinced by the production
cf my bicycle- passport and my friend's badge
of membership In the .League of American
Wheelmen served him In the eame way.
In another town Tournai we went to the
postofllco to send off some boxes of sweets
to our children. Instantly the fingers of
the Belgian official began clutching at the
string and the precious package was forth
with torn open before the crowd of gaping
Belgians in front of the counter. Were ve
suspected of dynamite treason ? No , not at
all. The official suspected an Inscription on
the box , which wo hastened to admit before
harm was done but off the wrappings must
como all the same. As to the railway of
ficials , they could hardly have worried us
moro If our bicycles had been Callings. "
A veteran rider observes : "The principal
preventive of the side slip Is common sense.
There Is no bicycle which can be relied
on to stand up under certain circumstances ;
therefore the rider must conduct his cycling
with due regard to the conditions. In win
ter , when the roads nro expected to bo
slippery , the -wheelman Is naturally more
on his cuard. Ono docs not want to ride
fast on slippery roads and thus the danger
Is robbed of half Ita terrors ! At a slow-
pace side-slipping Is neither probable nor
of much Importance to any /airly skillful
and active rider , unless thcro Is traffic about.
If you have to face a combination of traffic
and grease , dismount ; riding Is madness.
It may not look well to be walking with
a bicycle , but the contempt of the Ignorant
and foolish is much more easily endured than
I the verdict of a coroncr'e Jury. Never attempt -
( tempt to cross wet tracks at an angle. "
'Almost ever since cycles have been used
It has been generally thought that the steel
tubes of which they are built crystallize by
vibration , BO that after a machine has been
running for a year or two the tendency Is
for breakages to occur , particularly In the
, steering head. From what a writer In
J i "Tho Scottish Cyclist" says , It appears that
! | the crystallization theory Is only true In
a slight degree and if generally advanced
to cover deficiency In the quality of tbo
'tubing nml faults In the manufacture or
design. If the steel of cycles crystallized
to the extent that many people ouppo&e , how
much moro must n metal railway nglno be
thus affected ? Compare , for Instance , the
vibration In an express engine weighing
fifty tons or more Its
, steel tires running on
nteol rails , with a bicycle , weighing with
Its load never more than 200 pounds , and
Insulated by Its pneumatic tires.
The near relationship between the bl-
rycle and the nutnmab'lo ' IB shown by noth
ing more emphatically than by the designs
for bearings and vnrloua parts which , hav
ing failed to "take" with cycle makers , nra
now being b'lought forward nnd urged for
adoption In connection with tha motor ve
hicles , In Bome cases these IdcaH nro gooil
ones which were not piactlcablo for use on
bicycles because of weight or hulk or ox-
pcnt > e , but are available on the machines
where these matters are not sush Important
factors.
A man who boasts of being a great ob-
aerver fcays that ono thing which the tihort
bicycle bklrt has douo la that of making
women moro careful about the neatncEa of
their footgear. Ho comments that while
dainty Hhoea are n ruling passion \\itli some
women there are many others who , n | .
though fashionable and fastidious In most
thlngu , are blovenly about their foot
wear. The blejcle skirt has taught BO many
of these the habit of being particular In thin
respect not only on a wheel but at all
times.
The alleged lucky horuriihoe found In tbo
road has lout Its standing an a fetich ivlth
one rider who was formerly In the habit
of picking up burn objects , taking them
home and preserving them. This IB be-
cau/o the last horseshoe he discovered he
picked up with his tire and bo blames the
buperstltlous habit for teaching the tire the
trick. He bad not bad a pucture In ( our
years nnd this record wns broken by ono
of his beloved omens.
Every bicycle rider should remember that
muscles at a tension draw upon the vital
powers , whether they are aiding motion
or not. Thus an unneesarlly tight grasp
on the haudlebars , steadily maintained , con
tributes not a little to the sum total of drain
upon the strength In riding.
Three or four years ago most of the best
bicycles to be found
ou the continent were
of English make. But now the English
cycles abroad am few anfl fnr hotwepn. Thn
makers seem to have allowed the trade to
slip through their fingers and the American
makers have been clever enough to grasp
the situation.
"If you Intend cycling through the win
ter months It would be well to bavo your
spokes thoroughly examined , " says a vet
eran. "Sometimes the fitting of the heads
through the steel rim Is loosened ; water
enters mid the tires get damp and rot sets
In. A llttlo touch of enamel about the spoke
heads would be serviceable In resisting wet.
Tlrei rarely wear out ; they succumb to rot.
From painful experience I have found that If
damp gets In betvven rubber nnd Canvas
they will Eot dry in a tight , Inflated tiro. "
An Incident In bicycle stealing Is re
counted by the Irish Cyclist. A rider named
Smith left his blcjclo outside a shop. He
emerged Just In tlmo to see a man named
Munro rifling away with It. Ho took the
machine nearest by to go in ipursult , and
this was a tandem. Ono of the riders saw
Smith take It , nnd , Nelzing another man's
wheel , a single , went after Smith. The
owner of the last
mentioned wheel saw no
other bicycles handy on which to glvo chase ,
nnd Jumped Into a cab. Smith , on the tan
dem , finally caught Munro , and the others ,
coming up In turn , got their bicycles and a
satisfactory explanation. Munro was sen
tenced to two months. Evidently his pride
was more wounded by the street episode
than by the sentence , for he said that no
single man on a tandem would have caught
him had he not been riding In long trousers.
WOW THIS CRASRR STARTED.
Reclnnlna : nml Kml of n Doom in
Hiiicrnlda nt Unjoin.
Mr. Charles B. Hart , minister of the
United States at Bogota , writes to the State
department an Interesting story of a recent
emerald crnzo In that city , which Is the
center of the emerald buslncj-3. The Muzo
mine , In Its vicinity , has produced so many
of the stones that they hnvo been a drug In
the ronikct. Although the operators of the
mlno have insisted that no emeralds hove
boon found for ten years past , crude emeralds
' and cut stones , set and unset , could bo had
In abundance and at exceedingly low prices.
Suddenly , on the 10th of July last. Bogota
awoke to tha fact that It had an emerald
craze. The stores where they nro sold were
besieged with purchasers and the streets
were filled with men and women offering
them for sale. Sales were made right and
loft at prices never heard of before. The
craze continued for five days , during which
people poured Into Bogota from the outside
districts with emeralds for ealo. Whllo It
lasted they sold on a gold basis at three
times their value in the market before the
excitement. Then the craze disappeared as
suddenly as it had begun. When It ended
purchasers found themselves with emeralds
that would not bring anything Jlko the price
paid for them and others were atocked with
Imitations as souvenirs of their folly. The
only explanation of the crnzo Is that a Bogota
dealer viho had been
to Paris on his return
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had boon ruling In the market and this
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