Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 14, 1896.
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N. B. OLDS, Agent
JjiRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
XORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
T.
C. PATTERSON,
7ETT H N EV-KT-LTS Jft,
Office First National Bank Bldg.,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
TpLCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
KORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platte National Bank
D
,R. N. F. DONAIJJSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pacfic K?iI"rv
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office oTer Streltz's Drug Store.
JjJ E.NORTHRUP,
DENTIST,
Room No. G, Ottenstein Building,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
GEO. NAU MAN'S
SIXTH STREET
MEAT MARKET.
Meats at -wholesale and re
tail. Fish and Game in
season. Sausage at all
times. Cash paid for Hides.
J. F. FILLION,
Plumber, Tinworker
General Repairer.
Special attention given to
U Mill.
WHEELS TO EENT
II
ftw H11I
A. F. STREITZ
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils,
PAINTBES' STJFIPLrES,
WINDOW GLASS, -:- MACHINE OILS,
ZDIa,m.a,rLta, Spectacles.
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Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts,
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LUMBER
AND GRAIN.
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N0ETH : PLATTE : PHARMACY,
Dr. N. McOABE, Prop., J. E. BUSH, Manager.
NOETB: PLATTE, - - UEBBASKA-.
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Goods, sell tliem at Reasonable
Figures, and W arrant 1G veryth i n g
Orders from the country and along the line of the Union
Pacific railway respectfully solicited.
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WINDOW GLSS, VARNISHES, GOLD LEAP, GOLD
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Summer Sehoo
At North Platte, Neb.,
July 6 to Aug. 15, 1
Six weeks of normal instruction.
We offer more for the money than
any summer school in Western
Nebraska.
Good board and rooms at $2.50
per week. Tuition S5 per term, or
51 per week, payable in advance.
A lBcture on some educationa
topic, by a popular lecturer, each
week.
For further information address
J. C. Orr, Principal, or Mrs. F. A.
Franklin, County Superintendent.
FOR SALE.
t Lot 5. block 66, having1 theron a
o-room house, city water and mod
era improvements.
Lots 5 and 6, block 55.
160 acres of farm land situated
in Baker precincts
For particulars call at this office
Jos. Hershey,
DEALER IN
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OF ALL KINDS,
Farm and Spring Wagons,
Buggies, Road Carts,
Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Street, between Fifth and Sixth
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Coal OH,
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Gas Tar,
And Crude Petroleum.
Leave orders at office
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iWanied - fln IdeaSS
j protect jonr ideas: thpr may bring you wealth.
writs johk WKDDEltBuRN & CO.. Patent Attor
w?i. Washington. D. Cfor their $1,800 prize offer
' and UBt Of two hundred InTentiona wanted.
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IRA L BAHE, Editor and Proprietor
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THE WINNERS OP 1896.
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President
WM. MoKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
G. A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor
JOHN H. MacCOLL.
For Lieutenant-Governor
ORLANDO TEFFT.
For Secretary of State
JOEL A. PIPER.
For Auditor Public Accounts
P.O. HEDLUND. . -For
State Treasurer
CHARLES E. CASEY.
For Supt. Public Instruction
HENRY R. CORBETT.
For Com. Lands and Buildings
HENRY C. RUSSELL.
For Attorney-General
ARTHUR S. CHURCHILL.
For Supreme J udge, Loug Term
ROBERT RYAN.
For Supreme Judge, Short Term
MOSES P. KINK A ID.
For Regent of State University '
W. G. WHITMORE.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET.
For Congress, Gth District
E. A. CADY.
For Senator, 30th District
J. S. HOAGLAND. -
For Representative, 54 District
J. H. ABBOTT.
COUNTY TICKET.
For County Attorney,
T. U. PATTERSON.
For Commissioner, Third District,
JAS.S. ROBBING.
If Maj. McKinley
had been
democratic
have done
allowed to name the
candidate lie could not
better for his own cause
than the
Chicago convention did for it Fri
day.
Bryan was born in the year the
democratic party went to pieces;
he was nominated on Friday. On
November 3d he will be defeated
and every thereafter he . will be
snperstitious.
o
If the city of Lincoln is not
happy it should be set down as the
most ungrateful place in the coiin-
ry. Few cities have been honored
with two regularly nominated
presidential candidates.
After so soundly denouncing the
bankers and capitalists in the east
it must be a little embarrassing to
Brvan to have as his running1 mate
a man who is a .bank president,
director in a dozen corporations
and until recently a president of a
railroad.
o-i
No two conventions were ever in
greater contrast than that at St
Louis in June and that at Chicago
in July, says the Inter Ocean
That at St. Louis upheld the honor
and faith ot the nation; that in
Chicago not onlv. violated both, but
proved treacherous to its own
party.
In advocating the endoresment of
Bryan by the St Louis convention,
does Judge Neville hope to merit
ederal appointmnnt in case of
Bryans election? Tlie Judgre has
leld office by grace of both thedeni
ocratic and populist parties, and is
now ready to receive recognition
From the new political amalgama-
ion.
The New York Sun, New York
Herald, Philadelphia Times, Bos
ton Post, Louisville Courier-Jour
nal, Chicago Chronicle and scores
of other influential democratic jour
nals refuse to support the Chicago
nominee and platform. It begins
to look as though the Omaha
World-Herald will be about the
only daily paper who who will
espouse candidate Bryan and his
cause.
The Long Pine Journal very
truly says that in 1864, in midst of
deadliest and doubtless war, the
republican party declared for the
maintenance of the union, cost
what it might, and great victory
was achieved under Lincoln and
Grant. In 1868 we declared for loyal
reconstruction, and our nation is
here, with the flags in every state
and peace in all the land. In 1876
we declared for resumption of
specie payments, and every dollar
has since been good as gold. Now
in 1896, we have declared for honor,
for good faith and for the re
sumption of prosperity, and
shall win because we are right.
we
a
One of our citizens who lives only
to bless mankind, has thought out
an admirable plan by which this
hither drouth stricken region may
have an abundant rainfall and. the !
farmfr hp
it mnr 04- wri u .x.&:i i
1 fl T"1T1 i i1 Ofa lino a- I
eighteen inches precipitation which
is not enough for ibe period which .
it covers, -therefore, this pTiilan- a caveat is a notice given to the pat
thropic citizen recommended that ent office under tho caveator's claim
the farmers petition congress to so that he believes himself entitled to the
regulate the measure of length credit of an invention for which a pat
that one half incli shall be called an ent has not yet been applied for.
inch. In this way the fall of rain t
shall be doubled, the farmers shall ! The Princess Louise draws from the
be made happy, and contentment British treasury tho modest allowance
will reign. . of 6, 000 per year.
"IF l had been an American, says
Labouchere, 'I should have been a
protectionist; being an English
men, I am a free trader," This tells
the whole story in a few words.
The republican party is for protec
tion because it is the American
policy, and because a departure
from it implies the granting of an
advantage to foreigners at the ex
pense of our own labor and enter
prise,
& .
Look over the field and see if you
can find any free silver country on
the footstool where working men
are paid equal wages with those of
the United States. After nearly
four years of democratic misrule
they still get as good wages as the
workers of any other country
Facts and not theories or assertions
ought to weigh with the intelligent
voter when he is making up his
mind how to
can.
vote. York Republi-
The attention of the editor of the
Era is called to the statement of
Professor W. "Webb, of Tennes
see which is as follows: "Since
1834 we have been on a gold basis;
the act of 1873 was a legal recogni
tion of a state of affairs already
existing as a result of commercial
laws." Mr. Hooper said the same
when the bill of 1873 was under dis
cussion. Mr. Ivillev who was chair
man of the committee on coinage
when the "crime of 1873" was com
mitted in effect said the same. Mr.
Stewart, of Nevada, referring to
the same period, said, "Gold is the
universal standard of the world,"
and as the United States happens
to form a component part of this
old globe of ours it is evident Mr,
Stewart and the other gentlemen
quoted, referred to this country as
being on a gold standard long be
fore the act of 1873 was passed.
That act simply recognized by law
what had existed for many yean;
previous in tact.
Wm. J. Bryan was nominated
for president by. the Chicago con
vention Friday afternoon on the
fifth ballot. His nomination was
direct result of his eloquent
speech the da' before in support of
the platform. Ever' Nebraskati
nkes more or less pride in the
selection of a presidential nomi
nee from his own state, and in some
ocalities considerable demonstra
tion has, or will, be made over the
nomination. This reioicin."- is
confined principally, however, to
the tree silverites; the others who
take part do so through personal
rather than political consideration.
i t
ana wnne mucn eninusiasm is
shown, we have no fears but that
the electorial vote of the state will
be cast for McKmley. The silver
craze has reached its lenith; inves
tigation and stud' will result in
increased enthusiasm for sound
money and protection to American
industries and American workmen
as advocated by the platform and
nominee of the republican party.
Ben Wado on Davis.
When Ben Wado of Ohio was the
presiding officer of tho senate, ho used
occasionally to call some senator to take
tho chair and relievo himself by walk
ing np and down in tho lobby which
runs back of the senate chamber. Once
while thus walking he was overtaken
by a certain carpetbag senator from one
of the southern states, who occupied the
identical chair that Jefferson Davis had
used while a member of the senate.
Walking along by the side of Wado, lie
rubbed his back wearily and said:
"Wade, these senate chairs aro the most
uncomfortable things I ever saw. My
back is positively blistered from sitting
in mine." Wado looked at him for a
moment, aud, as he turned awny, mut
tered, "Davis left enough brains in tho
seat of that chair to blister tho backs of
two or three such men as you are. "
San Francisco Argonaut
When They Bcan to "Write.
It is astonishing the number of suc
cessful writers who were -well on in
years before they even thought of adopt
ing literature as a profession. Thomas
Hardy was 31 before he began to turn
his attention to story telling. George
Eliot was 40 before she wroto a line of
fiction, having no faith in her powers
as a story teller. Barry Cornwall was
35 before he thought of writing verse.
Jules Verne was 35 before he wrote his
first story. Rider Hacsard started at
2G; Mr. Barrie and Conan Doylo at 27;
Grant Allen at 29, and Sir Walter Be-
sant and Mr. G. Manville Fenu at 30.
George Meredith was nearly 33 when
he began to write stories in his own pe-.
culiar style. New York World.
The Waning Honeymoon.
He Why, we've got a cricket in the
house. Isn't it cheerful?
She Yes. And so intelligent Hear
him talking about the furniture. How
distinctly ho says, "Cheap, cheap!"
However, as she had been that day on
visit to her sister, whose husband
was getting 18 a week, while her own
dear new hnbby got but $14, perhaps
her discontent was excusable. Indian-
polis Journal.
An Indication.
If a chicken is served with dumplings,
that settles it. It is at least a year old.
No chicken can lay claim to having
died yonug if it is served on the table
with dumplings. Youth in a chicken is
5ciL?lr?JU M ifc is with a
girl. Atchison Globe.
POWDER FOR CANNON.
A Mixture That Will Burn Slowly Is Nec
essary For Big Ordnance, "
The great trouble with powder in
cannon was soon found to bo that it ex
erted all its force too suddenly, so that
all tho strain came on one end of the
gun. When gunpowder is set on fire, ic
turns suddenlj' into gas, and tho gas
needs about 800 times the space that
the solid powder occupied. Tho explo
sion of ordinary gunpowder is so sud
den that for a moment that part of tho
gun around the powder charge ho3 to
hold the big volume of gas squeezed
down under enormous pressure until the
shot can make a start to set out of tho
gun and make room for the gas. If,
therefore, jruunowder could bo made
which would burn a little slower, so
that it would not all bo burned until
.tho shot reached tho muzzle, tho gas
would bo more, gradually formed and
tho strain bo distributed all along the
gun. Such a powder was first made in
Germany and was first called cocoa pow
der. because it resembled in color and
general appearance p cako of chocolate.
Its method of manufacture; was kept se
cret, but other countries analyzed the
grains and scon learned to make it even
better than Germany. It is made partly
by changing tho proportions of tho in
gredients, making them about 7U pei
cent saltpeter, 3 per cent sulphur and
18 per cent charcoal, but mainly by
usimr an underburned charcoal, thus
giving tho powder its peculiar color.
Thus there arose a division of gunpow
der into quick and slow burning pow
ders. It was not alone necessary to niako a
powder which would burn more slowly,
but if possible to make one bum so that
more gas would be forming when the
shot got near the muzzle than was
forming when it started from the breech,
because there is more room behind the
shot when it uears tho muzzle, and it
therefore takes more gas to keep up the
same pressure against its base.
To accomplish this and to make the
grains lio so that there should be space;
evenly distributed among them to al
low the flame to reach every grain at
once, causing all of them to begin run
ning together, grains were made of reg
ular shaper, and each shape was tried
to see how nearly it gave the desired
results. Thus thcro have been used
round grains, square grains, sphcro
hexagonal grains, cylindrical grains
and prismatic grains. Of course it is
impossible to make a grain which will
have more aud more surface to burn tho
smaller it gets, so tho best result which
has thus far been obtained is only an
approach to it, and this is obtained
with a hexagonal prismatic grain about
1 inch high and 1. inches in diameter,
with a hole or several holes through it
-Lieutenant John M. Ellicott in St.
Nicholas.
Surgery In tho Middle Aces.
In the middle of the twelfth century
priests were tho only doctors. By an
edict of the council of Tours snrgery
was separated lrom medicine and tne
nracfice of the former forbidden to tho
clergy. The latter then employed their
barbers to perform surgical operations.
This arose from tho fact of the monks
having their heads shaved frequently
and observing the dexterity acquired by
tho barbers in the uso of edge tools.
The knights of tho razor, from cupping
and bleeding, passed on to tooth draw
ing and finally to other operations re
quiring skill and deftness, if not much
knowledge. They knew practically noth
ing of anatomy. It is said surgery was
denied to the clergy by a canon of tho
church which forbade them to shed
blood. This was considered the dark ago
of medicine, and somber indeed it
must have bren to the worthy citoyen
who, perhaps, placing himself in the
hands of his barber for relief, might, at
tho same time that he was getting rid
of a tumor, also part company with his
head. Exchange.
The Pull of a FIs!i.
w hat l want, who. -an angler, " is a
rigging of some ort to measure tho pull
of a fish. If a pound fish pulls 3 pounds
8 ounces, I want to know it, and if a 3
pound fish pulls only 3 pounds G ounces
I want to know that too. A joker wrote
to a sportsman's paper tho other day to
tell of an invention to measure tho sizo
of the fish that aro lost. That is where
this pull measure machine would bo
good too. It would havo to bo self regis
tering, of course.
"Everybody laughs when any ono
says ho lost a big one. I've lest fish of a
size I never dared tell of just becauso
of the 'bad namo a fellow gets for tell
ing of such things. I could tell of G and
7 pound trout iu Canochogola lako up
in tho Adirondack's, but what's tho use?
Why, say, I'vo seen a trout" Just
then he remembered himself and began
to talk about a grizzly king fly with a
yellow tail. Now York Sun.
Controlled by Watches.
Paul du Chaillu, tho African explor
er, tells how ho onco controlled a raco
of savage caunibals.while he was on tho
dark continent. He had a number of
Watcrbnry watches, whose ticking com
pletely nonplused tho savages aud
caused them to regard him as a spirit.
He made a practice of leaving ono of
these watches in a village where he had
stopped. After awhilo the watch, of
course, ran down and stopped, and tho
raunibals said that, the spirits had gone
to overtake their master. When Du
Chaillu returned to these villages, he
alwavs got tho watch that he had left
behind him and, unobserved, wound it
up again. The natives heard the ticking
continue, swore again that tho ex
plorer was a spirit and did their utmost
to please him.
Tatinff Two Wcolrs Off.
Teacher How many .weeks in the
year, 'iommv ximkms.'
Tommy Only 50 this year.
Teacher You know very' well
that
hero are 52. -Tommy
No'in: not this year. Pa
says he's going to take two weeks off. -Roxbury
Gazette.
All Abont L.ove.
"Say, I'm in love," confided tho faro
dealer to tho lookout during a lull in
the play.
"Why, you don't know what love
is," laughed tho lookout.
"Don't you believe it, " retorted the
dealer. "Love is a game that Cupid
deals. He has a crooked, layout, and the
bank wins every bet If you copper a
case in his game it's sure to win ; if yon
play a case open it loo.?es, and you're in
big luck if you don't get whipsawed in
every turn. If a man calls the turn it's
a l to 10 shot ho drocs. de.ad."
WEDDING- IN NORWAY
AN HONORED GUEST TELLS OF ITS
AMUSING FEATURES.
The Spirit of Revelry Runs High, and the
Festivities I-ast Until Everybody Is Tired
Oat Drinking; tho Health oC the Newlj
Wedded Pair.
A country wedding in Norway is an
interesting sight to behold, and, besides
being amusing, I should think, is quite
unique in its way. It is not so much
tho actnal church ceremony, although
that is strange enough in its simplicity,
as tho after proceedings which find such
charms for the stranger.
When I was traveling in thojieigh
borhood of the great Justedal glacier,
wa3 invited to join in some wedding
festivities, and the privilege of being
the honored guest is one I shall not soon
forget.
i was rauier oeniua my time, and
when I reached tho village the good
people were returning from tho church
The first thing I caught sight of was a
troop of gayly dressed men and women
collected in the street and marching
along to the tunes of an antique fiddle.
Some were dancing, some were singing.
and the older inhabitants, who had
reached the age when such frivolities
no longer charm, wero puffing away a
their curious, long, wooden pipes, the old
women enjoying the fames of smoke,
anything, more than tho men.
The younger girls were most gorgeous
ly arrayed in snow white caps and mass
lve ornaments of gold. Their dresses
were gay with every color of the rain
bow. All the musical accompaniment
was supplied by one old fiddler, bu
those simplo folk enjoyed the erratic
squeaking every bit as much as if it had
been tho finest orchestra iu the world
under the charge of some celebrated con
ductor.
Tho new made wife, covered with
blushes, looked sweetly picturesque in
her bright ml skirt and snow white
bodice, and her jewelry tinkled liko
fairy cymbals as sho walked or rather
gently swayed along.
Her most conspicuous ornament was
the bridal crown, which it is tho arqbi-
tion of every village girl to wear. It is
the property of tho whole parish and'is
generally under the charge of the priest,
who hands it over just before the cere
mony. High above the maiden's head
it stood, looking most imposing, as the
sun glistened on tho many jewels which
wero set around if.
I joined the merry throng, the men
raising their caps an'd the women cour-
tesying low when they caught sight of
me. Then I followed the party up some
narrow steps to . tho first floor of a big
thatched barn belonging to tho father
of tho bride. An old oak chair was
dragged forward to receive my portly
person, and I sat me there and wonder
ed greatly what on earth was coming
uext.
The villagers ranged themselves round
tho long, low room, on one side the
girls, opposite them the young men, the
matrons at tho top and the elders at
the bottom. Then tho bride retired, of
course accompanied by her husband,
and changed her ceremonious garments
for lighter attire. I thought her wise
when I saw what followed.
When tho pair returned and during
tneir absence there was silence m tho
barn a lingo bowl was offered to me
filled with the national beverage. I
coked at it aghast. Was I to drink it
all? They intimated I was to wish them
health. I touched it with my lips. Then
the bride bent her pretty head and took
a sip. That one taste was enough for
me. But there was more to come.
They signed that I was to go oh
drinking. I shut my eyes and did so.
Between every two drafts tho brido
bowed her head and courtesicd beforo
me. At last it seemed I might leave off.
But, no ; I had to go througli it all I
again with the bridegroom until the
bowl was empty. Aud when that time
came I" was heartily glad, for the drink
was strong, and a liking for it is most
surely one that could only be acquired
by long acquaintance.
And now the husband led his bride
into tho middle of tho room and trip
ped ono of those graceful pas deux pecul
iar to tho country.
At last, hot and flushed, they stopped
and stcod beforo me. A tiny silver cup
was held out, and I was asked to drink
their health again, this time in cognac.
I did so without daring tor think of the
morrow.
This was tho signal for tho dancing
to commenco in earnest Only four peo
ple two men and two women wero al
lowed to dance at ono time, but as soon
as they stopped, exhausted, others slipped
in and took their places, and the old
fiddler scraped away until I thought his
arm must break.
Presently there was a lull. Two wom
en, dressed in gauzy, wavy dresses, step
ped into tho middle. They were the vil
lage dancers. Then followed a marvel
ous exhibition of high kicking. It was
a veritable triumph in the terpsicho
rean art, for every few steps they touch
ed tho ceiling with their shoes, and the
louder tho click of their shoes the loud
er came the applause. And so the night
hours slipped away unheeded. Dance fol
lowed danco and song followed song,
until at last they could keep awake no
longer, and, with a kiss to the bride
and the bridegroom, one and all depart
ed. Hartford Times.
The Value of a Cap.
One of the most comforting things a
fisherman or hunter can carry with him
is a cup to drink from. Some men get
along with their hands, or by leaning
over a stream or spring and drinking
direct from tho water, bnt there is no
comforty and thcro is a possibility: of
lizards-iu this. One likes to stand erect
and drink comfortably when on the
march. Ifc is more satisfactory. . When
one. forgets. his cup, ho makes one from
the large leaves of a tree or bush, or
from paper, or uses the top' of his hat
New York Son.
oT -Jl! ?ftr t? T,,n i-l
VUUl UUU1 CBO lull. Ji. uuunn,uu,
Co . nhiftfTfrn. and rret a Frea sainle box
of Dr. King.s New Life Pills. A trial.;
wjll convince you of their merits. These
pills aro easy in action and are particu-
larly effective in the cure of consitpa-
tion and sick head ache. For Malaria
and liver troubles they have been proved
invaluable They are guaranteed to be
pertectly free from every doletertious
substance and .to bo purely vegetable.
Thev do not weaken by their action, but
vv " w " '
hv mvinf tonn tc, stomaeh and- bowels
areat1v invigorate the system. Regular
sizo 25c per box. Sold by A.F. Streitz
druggist.
TRYING TO GET EVEN.
Cleck and Watch Makers Get Into tko
Bicycle Trade.
Clock and watch makers who found
their regular business falling off on ac
count of tho bicycle craze aro now mak
ing up for it in tho manufacture and
sale of cyclometers. Competition is ex
ceedingly lively among the rival mak
ers, to the great benefit of the rider.
Three or four years ago there were
only a few makes of cyclometers, and
they were very heavy and costly. Now
cyclometers are made as small as a sil
ver quarter, weigh almost nothing and
can bo purchased at a trifling cost.
Many dealers add a cyclometer to the
equipment of the bicycle as an induce
ment to the purchaser, and as a result
bicycles without cyclometers are tho ex
ception. Cycling has brought many blessings
in its train, and one of the greatest of
theso is the neat little register which
records accurately the distance traversed
by the cyclist It is practically a 10,000
milo tapeline in a compact and conven
ient form. It is a great satisfaction for
the rider to see . the miles roll up on the
dial as he spins along. Tho present cy
clometers are very simple in construc
tion, and as a rulo perform their duty
without error, but too much must not
bo expected of what is merely a me
chanical contrivance. A rider can hardly
expect his cyclometer to measure tho
distance between two points accurately
if he wabbles from ono side of the road
to tho other. In this way a beginner's
cyclometer might record a mile while
he has been pursuing his sinuous course
for only half that distance.
Cyclometers aro made for wheols of a
given diameter, and if a 26 inch cyclom
eter bo fitted to a 28 inch wheel the
figures will not be accurate enough to
bo valuable. For the same reason if the
front tire be soft an appreciable error
in the measurement will cccnr, because
of the lessened diameter of the bicyclo
wheel. If the tiro sinks in a quarter of
an inch under the weight of the rider,
the error in a mile ride would amount
to 14 yards. Thus the accuracy of a cy
clometer measurement varies percepti
bly, according to tho hardness of tho
tire. However, the average bicycle rider
is not an engineer or surveyor, and the
popularity of the cyclometer is in no
way endangered because of this slight
variation from the truth, a failing'to
which thq cyclometer is often driven by
the scorcher eager for a hugo mileago
record.
So long r,s the variation is on tho cy
clist's sido the cyclometer's future is
safe. At any rate, the demand for the
device is lively, and the makers are re
trenching their losses incurred by tho
encroachment of the bicycle upon tho
watch trade. New Orleans Times
Democrat The Appellate Court.
Appellate courts can know nothing of
the real trial as it did occur, yet they
are not deterred lrom granting now
trials and practically co-operating with
unscrupulous attorneys for the escape of
men guilty of the most wicked murders.
Appellate courts too frequently seem to
think that superior knowledge of tho
law is shown not by affirming the ac
tion of the trial court, but by standing
in antagonism to it and by criticising
its action.
It is like the case of the bold, open
critic, who frequently gets credit for su
perior knowledge by the audacity of
hia criticism, when, in fact, he knows
nothing of the subject. Appellato courts
are veiy often made up of men wanting
in kuowledge of the most elementary
principles of the criminal law, for they
lave never either studied or practiced
it With this want of knowledge of the
very law they are seeking to administer,
they try the case not on its merits, to
determine tho guilt or innocence of the
man, but they try it by gome technical
rule which has really no relation to-the
guilt or innocence of the accused,
North American Review.
The Rnlers of England.
Kings have governed England for
60S years, queens fcr 120 and protectors
for 1 1 years'. The average reign of tho
kings has been 23 ., years, of the queens
30 years, tho average reign of all the
sovereigns being between 23 and 24
years. The average reign of the kings
of the Angevin dynasty 30 years is
greater than that of any other reigning
family, although tho average reign of
tho house of Brunswick very nearly ap
proaches it. The average of the Yorkist
kings 8 years is the least of all.
Four sovereigns of England have been
of the Norman dynasty, and reigned 88
years; eight were Angevinsor Plautag
enets and reigned 245 years ; three were
of the house of Lancaster and reigned
62 years; three of that of York and
reigned 24 years ; fivo were Tudors and
reigned 00 years, and there have been
six sovereigns of the house of Brunsr
wick, which has
years.
existed now for 181
Enterprising:.
Irate Business Man (whito with an
ger at being .disturbed) Yon book
agents make me so angry with your
confounded nerve and impudence that I
cannot find words to express my indig
nation. Book Agent (jumping with enthu
siasm) Then, sir, you aro in luck. I
have here the very thing you need a
dictionary of tho English language,
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Take it, and you will never be at a loss
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Bits. Intrusive.
"This is such a, quiet neighborhood.
Don't you ever- sit out on your front
steps?" .
There is an- amateur photog
across" the street "; Chicago
raphcr
Record.
Ho Whistled.
He Nice dog! Have you taught him
any new tricks since I was hero hist?
She (sweetly) Oh, yes; ho will fetch
your hat if you whistle! Boston Globe.
Mr. Peppers Soggests.
t L ' 1 tl
"How the wind howls tonight.
said
the melancholy boarder.
"I shouldn.'fc wnnder if it had the
toothache," suggested Mr. Asbury Pep-
"Toothache?"
,.y Have ou uevcr heard of tho
f h gale?Cincinnati Eh-
Tet.lIi UA lJ1 b
uirer.
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-" " tw
tho rainbow of promise
rainbow of promise translated1
out of seeing into hearing. Mrs. L. M.
Child.