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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1898)
SENTIMENT OF THE REPUBL CAN PARTY. Tlie Republican party , in declarin for a single gold standard , does not r < fleet the sentiments of thousands upo thousands of American voters in th : and in other sections of the countr ; They realize , too , that the Republica party a party resplendent in illustr ous achievements in the past declare for the gold standard because the Eas era bankers and bond speculatoi threatened to withhold a corruptio fund from Ihe party if their demand for the single gold standard were m complied with. It was not a matter c choice with the "rank and file" of th party , but a matter of fund. The grea mass of the Republican party instim lively rebelled against the adoption o such a plank , but the money powei backed by the politicians , was to strong , and to-day the American peopl benold the sad spectacle of the one great Republican party , through it leaders , bending its knee to politics corruption and worshiping the Britis gold standard. Where are the Lir coins , Sewards and Sumners of the Re publican party ? All gone. Instead o 13ie statesmanship of Abraham Lfincol : we have Mark Hanna. Instead of th wisdom of William H. frsward , w have the low cunning and politics trickery of Thomas C. Platt. Instea < of the devotion and patriotism o Charles Sumner we have the ignoranc and dishonesty of Matthew S. Quaj But the corrupt leaders of the Republj can party cannot deliver the Republi can vote en masse over to the gel < standard. The sentiment in that part ; is almost as strong for silver as it is ii the Democratic party. The single goli standard has but few advocates , au < they are found principally amouj those who deal in-money. Will th < Democratic party take advantage o its opportunity ? Will it be true to tin principles of Jefferson and Jackson Will it forsake the principles which i has advocated since the foundation o : the Government ? Will it say to tin Populist , to the silver Republican , am to the Prohibitionist , we are for hones money ? the money of the Constitutioi both gold and silver at the ratio of ] ( to 1 , and we ask you to unite with u ; and aid in expelling this un-Aruericai system from our land ? If successful we will coin all the gold and silver pre sented to our mints into money o ; final redemption , and if you believe ii rising prices and steady employment u labor , aid us. Cheap Money Means Higher Prices. The way to have good times is to in crease the number of redemption units There will not be higher prices withoul cheaper money. Every final redemptior dollar that is coined cheapens money Coin both metals at the established ratio , and then let the Government re deem its obligations in either gold 01 silver at its option. The silver unit , if made a legal tender for all debts , will be as good as the gold unit. The Gov ernment , by the Constitution , has pow er to coin money and rejrulate the value thereof , and why not do it ? What can be the objection ? What valid reason can be assigned for not making silver final redemption money ? The goldbugs do not want it done for the reason that the people's burden would thereby be made lighter and gold less valuable. They demand the dearest money. Self- interest is stronger than humanity , and greed lakes the place of patriotism. By changing silver from credit to re- demptiqn money the basic principle of money is added to and the foundation of a sjifiieient volume of currency te aaiJ. Both metals would iien perform the 'saline fiiaciiCSS , tiCT strength ening the whole Monetary system ftntT making a permanent foundation for tlie issuance of one dollar in paper , if necessary , for each dollar in coin. In crease the supply of money , and pros perity , like a benediction , will bless mankind. . - > Tliey Can't Stop It. * " Tlie gold standard papers of the Lou isville Courier-Journal , Memphis Com mercial-Appeal and Richmond Times stripe are doing their utmost to dispar- jig e MJJ. IJjrvey's work t rajse & fun ( 'for the dissemination of wlieleSome Democratic literature between now and 3900. But that recognized leader of Democracy , William Jennings Bryan , has recognized the regularity and im portance of the movement by sending his own subscription , and now to clinch Mr. Bryan's approval Senator Jones , chairman of the Democratic National Committee , and also chairman of the Ways and Means Committee under which Mr. Harvey is doing this work , comes out and gives his hearty indorse ment to Mr. Harvey's methods. Cer tainly the movement could not be in jnore capable and worthy oharge.- Mobile fAla. ) News. Quotations on Value. "There is no such thing as intrinsic value. Qualities are intrinsic ; value is a relation between exchangeable com modities , and , in the eternal fitness of things , never can be invariable. Value is of the mind ; it is the estimation placed upon a salable article by those able and willing to buy it. 1 ha.vo seen water sell on the Sahara at 2 francs a bucketful. Was that its intrinsic val ue ? If so , what i ? its intrinsic value on Lake Superior ? John AV. Bookwalter. "An object , in fact , whether gold , sil ver , cotion or any other article , is said to have risen or fallen in value when it will command In exchange a larger or mailer cjWJsWf of other tilings in th gross than before. The expression purely relative. Nor can there be sue a thing as positive , absolute or re : value. " A. Potter. "The term 'intrinsic value' is used b many writers with a total disregard c the idea involved in the word vain An article may have estimable qual ties that are intrinsic , but no articl whatever can have intrinsic value. II 'value' is the mental estimation of ii qualities as modified by the limitatio of its quantity and the amount of sa < rifice necessary to obtain it. In othc words , value is subjective , not objee ive. In economic discussion , howevei value is treated as though it resided i the object , rather than in the mind , an while , for convenience , I may occasioi ally use it in that sense , it is importaii to bear in mind the distinction. " Joh P. Jones. The Quantitative Theory. It was admitted by the advocates o gold in the Omaha debate that the olde authorities , Adam Smith , Ricardo , Joh Stuart Mill and others , all held to th quantitative theory , but it was insiste that the later ones , excepting Ger Francis A. Walker , were all against ii This is reiterated by "Sound Money. It was observable , however , that tlie , named none of these modern authori ties excepting Edward Atkinson and J Laurence Laughlin , neither of whou will be remembered as an economist fil teen minutes after ( he is dead. Th truth is , that there is not a disinterest ed economist of any standing in th world now who de ies the "quantita tive theory. " There were iutelligen gold men in the audience who frankl ; admitted to the writer that their peopl made a mistake in denying tlie "quanti tative theory , " saying that the denia of so plain a proposition "was not ii accordance with good common sense. ' Millions for Mark's Crown. Dingley's protective tariff produce ! its first year a deficit of $98,248,108 , bu it putvmany millions in the pockets o : the men who subscribed to Mark Han na's fund to elect McKinley. PupprcssinR Scliley. Admiral Schley is a Democrat , am that is the reason the adminisrratioi has tried to suppress him , and has kep him from maintaining his place on thf naval roll. Free Coinage , Free Institutions. Free coinage is inalienably allied l < the free institutions of the country without it we pass to the vassalage ol the plutocracy. The Empress' Photos. One of the royalties whose pictures American tourists were rarely able tc add to their collections of photographs was the late Empress of Austria. The Emperor of Germany is possibly the easiest to obtain in any fashion thai may be desired , and the rest of the Eu ropean sovereigns , in somewhat less varied styles , are accessible enough , But the Empress of Austria had not been photographed for many years be fore her death. The picture of her thai was sold most frequently shows her iu evening dress holding a fan , and turn ed , with three-quarters of her face vis ible. Her hair falls low over her shoul ders and she wears a tiara of diamonds This photograph is tlie copy of a portrait trait painted more than a score of pears ago. Since that time she has never been photographed even for the members of her family. She was a beautiful woman at the time the portrait trait was painted. After that she faded greatly and little of her former beauty remained. It was her desire that her ? ubjectg' gl-SUld remember her as she ippeared then , ailu 2 tater Hkenesse.1 ? ever published. a i Ibeath Notice. Frail lleghia Deixner died recently ux Yerschetz , in South Hungary , at Ihe ige of 111 years. The death notice ead as follows : "Filled with grief , we uform all relatives and friends of the lecease of our beloved mother , rnother- n-law , grandmother , grejat-granduioth- ? r , great-great-grandmother and great- jreat-grcat-grandmothciy CollQV d by lie signatures of thrco sous , two daugli- thirty-flye grandchildren , ninety en , twelve of the iii and three of the fifth generation , n all 145 living persons directly sprung "rom her , besides those of their 1ms- ) ands and wives. She had lived under : he Emperors -tF&seph II. . Leopold II. , ind Francis I. , df the Holy Roman cni- > ire. and under JPrancis L , Ferdinand r. , and Francis 'Joseph L , Emperors of Austria. The Saloonkeeper in Ihe Jilbhilrkc. Champagne brings -$25 a bottle in Dawson. The regular price of'ii drink ) f whisky is oO edits , and the'saloon keeper claims that he is milking no ) refit at this price , when he has to pay i > 40 to $30 a gallon for it wholesale iccaus ; tlie miners takb such large Irinks. The saloonkeepers , however , ire not unable to take care of them selves. They adulterate their whisky 'reely with Yukon wJUcr , and they are ilways careful to have the balance on , heir side when the weigher puts the ' scales. Underneath customers' dust on the neath the scales is a piece of Brus sels carpet , and any particles of dust ; hat may accidentally fall in the opera- ion are hidden for harvest after the . losing hour. Gen. Miles' son , Sherman , accompan ied his father to forte Rico as a volun teer aid , serving without pay and without commission. He was offered a jommission by the Governor of Massa chusetts , but refused it. TREES WHICH DRAW LIGHTNINC Select Beeches for Shelter During i > tor in and Avoid Oaks. Alex. McAdSe has asked the wea he bureau to investigate the question wh ; some kinds of trees are more frequent ly struck by lightning than others Apart from the importance of this sul ject from other points of view , it dc mauds attention primarily as a matte of saving human life. As Mr. McAdl shows , many people , particularly farm ers and those who work in the field ! exposed to thunder storms , will worl until the storm is almost upon them and then run to the nearest tree fo shelter. If tha tree is an oak , and the chargec thunder clouds are moving -toward ! with high electric potential , the persoi or persons under the tree are in tin line of strain and all unconsciously an contributing to the establishment of i path for the lightning discharg < through themselves. On the othei hand , if the tree selected for sheltei happens to be a beech tree , there is some reason to believe that it will af ford safety as well as protection though the reason why is not at prcs ent made clear. It is known that the oak is relatively the most frequently and the beech the least frequently struck. Based on the somewhat loose colla tion of figures on the subject hereto fore available , it is estimated that ii ) the matter of relative attraction of lightning , if the beech is represented by 1 , the pine stands at 15 ; trees , col lectively , rank about 40 and oaks 54. The trees struck are not necessarily the highest or the most prominent. Oak trees have been struck' twice in the same place on successive days. Trees have been struck before rain began and split , and trees have been struck during rain and only scorched. It is suggested that the division o ! forestry and the division of vegetable pathology shall combine with the weather bureau in an exhaustive in vestigation of this subject , and that those familiar with forests in their re spective neighborhoods will tender their experience as to the relative fre quency of lightning strokes on differ ent kinds of trees. But before any state ment is made as to the danger of stand ing under certain trees ( luring thun der storms , the more general ques tions of the effect of lightning upon trees will have to be jrone into. Such a study will deserve the co-operaiion of statisticians , physicists and vegeta ble pathologists. St. Louis ( llobe- Democrat. A Ti er of the Sea. The shark is a creature gifted with great strength , a savage temper , dogged perseverance and exceptional power of jaw. The lion and tiger may mangle , the crocodile may lacerate , the bulldog may hold fast the shark alone of living creatures possesses the power of nip ping off a human limb at a clean bite. One ill service Nature has done the shark namely , that of placing a trian gular fin on its back which acts as a danger signal , and gives warning of his approach. Happily the shark has not been gifted with sufficient sagacity to be aware of this peculiarity , for if he had been so he would unquestionably abandon his habits of swimming close to the surface of the water , and would , in that case , be enabled to approach his victim unobserved. The shark is a slow swimmer , for its size and strength. Byron observes , "as darts the dolphin from the shark" ; but Byron was a poet and does not appear to have been a close observer of the habits of the in habitants of the water , or he would have known that a shark would have no more chance of catching a dolphin than a sheep would of overhauling a hare. A shark will keep up with a sail ing ship , but it is as much ns it can dote to folloAV in the wake of a fast steamer , and a torpedo boat would be able to give it points. Habit. ' My friend , " said the benevolent citi- fcen , "you ought to break away from your present mode of existence. " blister , " replied Meandering Mike you've sounded de keynote of me am bitions. l'in tired o' Ojs life. " "I'm glad to hear you .sjiso. . * ' "Yes , sir. I've been doin' me best to live on no meals a day fur de last thir ty-six hours , un' I'm williii' . wit' de lielp of anyt'ing from ten cents up. ter reform. " "I am afraid thai ii is habit that brought you to this , Beware of habit ! " "Looky 'ere , mister , You don't need to warn me. I'm UP soyfirt of habit a ° anybody dat travels. I kftow wet hub- it'll do fur R Ulan. I had : \ s'r'ioyid once } ilat got n job. ' ' "And he lost itV" "N * sir. He got in de Ua'bfi V worn- In" , 'an' now ho don't do uothin' day in ill' day out excep * go to work in c ) & niornin' , work all day an"go home hi. night ter git a little sleep so's he'll \ > e able to work nex' clay. It's dat way fight along , only on Sunday , an' den dey locks "hn mit'n do shop. " Chinese Imperial Ceremony. On the accession of a new Ernporor H' China ho goes in solemn state to the Temple of Heaven , in Pekin , and for mally announces to his imperial prede cessors the new titles : md dignities \vhifh he lias assumed. These ances- lors are then dutifully invited to the banquet of commemoration , where seats- are duly reserved for them. Besieged. "Those Perkins girls seem to be ular. " "Popular ? Their father has advc r ised for bids to build a barb-wire tro- Lha around the house. " Washington Star. "Whenever a girl begins to lecture a fouug man on financial economy , he ? an safely ask her to name the nappy lay. The Cause and the Cure. Wholesale grocers from nearly ever , eity in the United States recently me In the city of New York for the pui pose of forming an organizatioi through which to dictate to the retai giocers. Prices that wholesale grocer may chargearealready fixed for them b , great trusts in many articles , such a sugar , starch , canned goods , and crack ers. It is in response to this law tha the great trusts are being formed. Th' ' world has embarked upon a protraete < and indefinite period of falling prices lae goal sought is a gold standard .Tust what compensations a gold stand ard can offer for the ruin of the worl < it is difficult to understand , and as ye no one has attempted to explain. If J < 5old standard is ever attained it can b < appropriately written on that stand rrd : "The happiness and prosperity o the human race have been sacrificed ii order that I might exist. " If the whole sale grocers , the retail grocers , and tin consumers of groceries understood th < meaning of a gold standard , that i meant a contraction of the world' : money supply and a consequent fall o : prices to a point probably not inor < than one-fifth the present general level they would understand that industria competition could not survive th < strain , and that even the formation ol a trust could only afford temporary re lief to the members of the combina tion. Such a shrinkage of values anc fall of prices as must take place before a gold Standard is a reality will not onlj confiscate the property of all who arc now in debt , but in the end must sc concentrate the property of the world into the hands of the few , that the masses will be reduced to a dependent tenantry from whom rents and taxes can only be collected by means of a soldiery such as Li Hung Chang and the other Chinese viceroys have em ployed for centuries in the celestial em pire. Twenty-five years ago a prosper ous and progressive world , in which the sum of human happiness was yearly increasing , was interrupted by an attempt on the part of a combina tion of the world's creditors to restrict the world's money supply to gold alone for the purpose of giving to money a greater command over other things ; in other words , to give it a greater pur chasing power in order to compel debtors to pay money of greater value than they received , thus enriching cred itors unjustly at the expense of their debtors. It would doubtless be giving too much credit to the intelligence of the creditor combination to believe that they comprehended or anticipated the disaster that would befall the world as the result of the demonetization of sil ver. We think it more near the truth to say that they understood that enor mous and unjust gain would accrue to themselves and that they were not prompted by any desire to destroy mau- limd , but were actuated and impelled ; olely by an inordinate and uncontrolla ble desire for gain. The amount that t he world suffers through debtors hav- : ug to pay creditors in larger , fatter , md more valuable dollars than they i greed to , constitutes a small part of .he evils of a gold standard. A far greater evil is to be found in the fac-t ; hat , falling prices makes enterprise : he unerring road to bankruptcy , and Iocs not permit the enterprising , thrif- : y. and industrious to pay debts out of : he proceeds of current production. This condition compels tlie sacrifice of Capital invested in production to meet meh obligations as would not be con sidered imprudent on the part of any msiness man to incur , and which could > e easily met and still leave enterprise L legitimate profit under normal mar- cot conditions. The experience of the > ast twenty years has clearly demon- itrated that business cannot be success 'ully prosecuted under the laws of free lompctition while the general level of iricos is sinking. This knowledge ha * [ riven individuals and corporations laving large capital invested in com petition with them to form gigantic co- mrtnerships or trusts with sufficient tower to dictate , unconditionally , erins , and prices to their customers. 5y this process industrial competition s displaced by industrial despotism. Che trusts being outside of economic aw industrial despotisms no longer ubject to the liuv of competition can lictate terms to the trade in their par- icular lints and by increasing the bur- lens of llie people secure to themselves or the time being immunity from lo.-s m account of the fall of general prices. Chus the law of self-preservation has iriven the manufacturers and trailers > f the country having large capital in heir business into trusts to such an sxtent that the profits of the industry > f the whole country now flows into he pockets of a comparatively small mmber of men. In the formation of a rust only the great and powerful com- ictitors join together. After these lave combined they use the power of : heir united capital to crush and drive > ut of business all small operators uu- il the field becomes exclusively their > wn. In the smaller industries not re- luiriug large capital in few hands vhere trusts have not been formed and : ompetition has held sway , baukrupt- : y and ruin is the inevitable fate of arge and increasing numbers as time ) rogresses. The trust is able to secure ! or itself immunity from these condi- ioiis only for a short time. The bano- 11 ! effect of falling prices when lonir ontinued falls with crushing force ipon the laboring population. Those vho employ labor in production realize hat in order to avoid loss they mu.si : ut down wages and thus cheapen pro- luction in anticipation of the inevita ble lower prices they must meet in tL market. Thus the power to purchas and hence the consuming power of tli people is reduced until the labor of small portion will suffice to produce a the goods that can be sold , when th trusts will find themselves compelle to continue to reduce the price of thei products as time goes on. Hence th capital representing a trust has to I scaled down year by year. On the roa to the gold standard the individiu competitor falls first by the wayside t make room for the trust , but it is enl a matter of time when the trust itsel will be forced to sacrifice its oapit : through loss of profits. The only sa vation for the people is to understan the forces that are at work , and appl the remedy by restoring bimetallisi and providing for an adequate ii crease of legal tender money to key pace with increasing population an business and give stability to geneni prices. Silver Still Lives. Finding harmony an impossibility the Republicans again proclaim to th world that the currency issue is "dead damned and delivered , " that Bryan ha sunk into oblivion , and that in the cam paign of the future nothing will be sail or heard of the "silver craze" or "tin crime of ' 7o. " And so every few days we read ai obituary to silver , and again and agaii do they declare its death. Surely i must have more deaths than a cat , o : else these headline enthusiasts mus have strokes of inssnsibilitj'- and g < into fits more often than the mooi changes. Like Banquo's ghost , it wil not down. All this talk about silver being deac comes from those who acted the part o : party traitors , joined the Republicai Aid Society in 1S9G , and assisted in th < election of McKinley. That said , it is useless to add that such statements arc false. The masses of the people wen never more in earnest than now on tlu money question. They were never more aggressive in their demands for tlu restoration of the nioiioy of the Cousti lutioii. They expect , by organized fight ing , to restore a government by the people ple and for the welfare of all the people ple , and get re-enacted the law author izing the coinage of both gold and sil ver , as formerly , into primary money , instead of the silly and unsuccessful experiment of coining gold alone. Gold Standard Problem. There are men who in the face of proven facts still maintain that gold is not appreciating in value. To such we would say , as Sir Richard Thompson , M. P. , did say in England , "let them try ind get some , not by borrowing , but as owners of it. " They will then see. This DUO patent fact being admitted , then ivhat honest man can defend gold monometallism ? If he doubts the fact hat money is appreciating , then he needs to study the proofs offered. One argument advanced against the estoration of silver to mint rights is : hat it will inflate values. Examine ; hat for a moment. If ail the annual reduction of the silver mines of the vorld were added to the present vol- inie of gold and silver , it would be only in increase of about 4 per cent. If cut- ing off that supply has not appreci- ited the value its purchasing power ) f gold , then how in Hie name of com- non sense could its restoration inflate o any injurious extent ? The fact is , the masters in the vretched scheme know the truth , and lelude ignorant people with vain argti- nonts to conceal the real question , vhioh is one of public justice. For the irst time in recorded history we see he unblushing attempt to give a uonopoly value to gold. If any man vill examine this subject with an open niiul ho will see the truth. It has been he invariable result , and to-day many f the strongest advocates of bimetal- ism were formerly on the other Telegraph Blunders. Two funny telegraph stories jsn irinted by the Pittsburg Dispatch or lie authority of a former employe ol ho Woteni Tnion Company. Itc was receiving a dispatch fion. Jbany. in which the sender was not vercareful in the matter of spacing is letters. Li\vtou took the adclro- ? " s follows : "Dr. A. Winy. room cat irent. Central Depot. New York. " The d 'spitch oaiue back with the. uirginal lopon that there was noiic'.i or ou at the address named. T'uo op mtor ; si Albany was called up. and xplanatiims followed , in consequCJier ! ' which the address was chsnci'l tc drawinjr-i'Jom-car nirent. ( Vnnvil Do- ot. " A still more absurd mistake v.-.i ? nee niado in the same offices when r. L'letrraiu was received for "Jamesy files. jio clerk , Brooklyn nasty yanl. " 'hisvis afterward amended to r-ad. .laHIPS AV. Oillcspio , dork. : vy Yard. " KlTcc't of Ir.me on tliu System. A medical scientist is nuthorit.v t'n. tie statement that children and old eople especially suffer from a lack cf me in th" system. Persons who halhl- aily drink soft wator. wink5hoy may njoy immunity from certain of the II1 < f life , expose themselves to otherpt raps - aps quite as much to bo : ivu ! Ul. l. lard \vater h'lps the teeth a d ; ! rr- ones by furnishing lime , whi'-h > . > c- ss.iry tu health , givtvth and < h > v- ! > if nt. ( .ild per > ons v.-lu drink but lltilo ) < e their teeth more quickly than thf > se rlu > take a reasonable nniuunt of driuk- nj ; water. Lime , or food products In fhieh it abounds , should be a parr of lie regular supply furnished , to the sy--- ? ni. One of ihe Jiiost valuable vc.getu- iles Tor this purpose is the yellow tur- Ip or rutabaga , \vhich should bp given i ) jrrov.iii-z children at least once : i reek. Properly prepared , it is very I'Hshablo. juid its fnoil vilue : lias never eon appreciated. Progress is the onward stride ol God. -Victor ITugo. THE KASEROFF ! DUTY. _ Insight Into thT Priv te We of tlia- Emperor. The imperial family have been leading - , unconstrained- : ing a delightfully Quiet life at Wilhelmshohe , rare enough event , and just what the Kaiser and his wife enjoy. Ilis Majesty has even been wearing civilian's dress , a thing he hardly ever does. JJe wore alternately a black serge suit and a knockabout pepper-and-salt jacket suit of rough , tweed , with a collar a la Prince of Wales , and a large navy plastron tie. The Kaiser sported a plain straw hat with black band generally , but occa sionally chose a small soft blade doth hat , and in this overy-day attire he was - frequently passed in Cassel unrecog nized , to his intense amusement. , Almost at break of day the German- ruler and his family were up and ? about. The Kaiser only allowed him self twenty minutes for his toilet. andL punctually at 7 all met for morning * coffee in the dining room , the Kaiserin pouring out for her husband and sons- like any other hausfrau. After break fast the Kaiser rode with his sons , or took a long walk till luncheon ; then his- Majesty superintended the swimming or riding lessons of the younger boys , frequently standing in the center of the riding school with a long whip , a la' circus manager < to assist in tnkipg the jumps. In the afternoon the Kaiser . and his wife went arm-in-arm round the farm , where her Majesty fed the chickens and pigeons with the assistance - ance of princesschen , inspected the dairies and tasted the butter. The young princes looked for eggs , helped' to gather fruit and enjoyed their holi- VT days like any farmer's sons home from' * school. Dinner was at G ; before and after the meal the Kaiser retired to liis study ; for an hour or two to settle the affairs of the fa/therland , while the Kaiserin drove her pony carriage , with her smali daughter at her side , into Cassel , whera she did shopping. Every evening wa devoted to music. The Kaiserin. who is a very fair pianist though not the magnificent performer the women'3 papers say she is played Wagner and ; Bach to her husband , and accompanied her eldest son , who is becoming an excellent - cellent violinist. At 10 o'clock the eldest - est boys retired , and by 11 o'clock all the lights were extinguished in Schlosa Wilhelmshohe. London Society. MOTOR VEHICLES. One Style Intended for Gentlemen witli Bibulous Tendencies. A recent parade of about 100 moton cars in London exhibited all the latest ! and best devices in the line of horseless vehicles , and many new designs- brought over from the continent wero- seen for the first time on English' ' roads. Lighter modes of construction were especially practicable , and some of the turnouts stand comparison wltbj first-class victorias and broughams * One car in particular , which has earnefl for itself the sobriquet of the "drunk- ard's car , " by reason of its adaptation for alcoholists , attracted not a little at- tention. It is steered by a bath chair- handle , which is kept slightly pressed down when running , but if the pressure - sure is relieved or the handle is" turneci in wide and erratic fashion , it runs off the pressing pin , and the motor automatically - matically stops. The motor bicycle was also represent * sd in the procession- neat little machine - chine , hardly distinguishable from the ordinary safety bicycle , except by the addition of a tiny petroleum engine attached - tached to the handle bars , which la [ oined up by an endless band to- the front wheel , so that it is both a front Iriver and steerer. In ordinarj' use the pedals can be used as boot rests , but : he petroleum can be switched off , and ; he machine driven by pedal and chain' ; he ordinary way at the rider's pleas- ire , and the motive power restored vhen a steep hill has to be overcome. jomplete , this motor bicycle weighs ibout sixty-five pounds. Baltimore The Drift of a Derelict. If a derelict is full of lumber she Is ike a rock. If water-logged , these si- ent freebooters cannot be sunk unless > roken in such a manner that the car- fo is released. Fire has been found ef- ective in destroying derelicts. It wall > . uccessful in all but four cases In forty- 7 ive. One of the failures was with the Tannie B. "Wolston , an American. chooner , one of the most remarkable [ erelicts of which we have record. She t-as abandoned Oct. 15 , 1S91 , between he capes of Virginia and Ilatteras. She [ rifted about half-way across the At- antic ( the hydrographic office recelvetl lumerous reports of her ) , her course eering to the south , until she wa i .bout opposite Madeira. There she zig- agged until Februarv , 1893. Then she irifted south until May of that year. "rom May until early in 1894 she was [ rifting toward the Bah'amas. Feb. i' ' he was about north of Nassau. On the tilot chart for June , 1S94 , she is located ! n the eastern border of the Gulf treamand southeast of Cape Hattera ? . n June , 1894 , she had been a derelict 50 days , and had drifted over 7.000 jiles , the longest track of the kind'on ecord , to find herself within a fejv niles , comparatively speaking , of the oiut at which shf was abandoned. St. Nicholas. Ijenrned the Vows by Heart' . A recent marriage service was lore attractive because the bride and room , instead of saying their vowsj larrot-like , after the minister , learnstJ hem and uttered them to each othep imply and naturally. It is said that sunlight is of less t to a growing crop of wild oata than lie electric light. A scientist has discovered that thirst ' > - . rives 99 per cent , of mankind to drink , / * cience is a wonderful thing. - J \