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ROUND > ABOUT ON WIIEEtS \
A Mulitu e of Devices to Dispense with
Leg Power.
IWENIOUS TOOLS FOR CYCLE MAKING
' 'h. \ 'hl'c'lICIJ 'he M'l ! l-Jt if1ee-
. tUI" 1"1 fliP lIulI.u.r-1rIcIM ( Itt
t hc' 'l'rlll'-III'II'IIII" In
ICU'II CI reIe.
I mullttlnous patents anl , numerom'
Imllr\'cmenls go for anything , the real , electric -
trio c'clng machines will soon be an accorn-
Illslle,1 ract. One electric lrlc'cle. "bui for
urblt ) . . comfort and everyl3Y buslnem
and , pleasure tie . " weighs , compl te . wltholt
motor or baterle ! . rorteven pounds , ; with
motor and haterlC" 160 pounts , The ma-
chine 1f teflgned for a maximum load of 1 (
potintis . rider and baggage. The battery cue
an,1 motor ore spring mounted . and the seat
Is of leather hammock style. Another elec-
tr/ : tricycle I" I peculiar In having the forward
wheel as the drl'lng , \ htel , The curt eat i
ohhlncl from two cabInets or batteries . each
21xSxg Inche whIch lixed shle
! , are Ixe on either & 1
of the driving wheel Their weIght I ! 100
pOlnl ! The carriage part of the vhlrle 11
a light structure , consisting or I slmpll
framework and a wide. comrortable ( seat and ,
two lJeumatlc ( tired , wheels hung In hJI
hlarlngs , gach wheel h. Illepenllenty jour-
naleI , , so that all extra friction on curves Is
ovoJe' ' The Peculiar feature of thl ! trl-
cycle Is that the front wheel being the Irlv-
hug wheel , and , carrying wIthin itself the en-
tt 10romotvt rorce. Is practically a me-
chanicl 101'SC , It can be detached
from ono vehicle and , hitched on to another
In ana titintite , and wilt work as welt In front
of a sleigh as when drawing a carrlaye , I
Is Claimed , that one hilling or the celia wilt
run th ( vehicle froI1 100 to llO mac -
cording to the conditIon of the roads on,1 , the
load carried Enough of the concentrated ,
batter ioluton may be curled for a 500-
tulle run. In ] nglalli a trIcycle propeled
by a tiny petroleum motor Is being use' ' ! Its
wl.lrht Is under ninety t pounds. The Ile-
troleum vapor Is Ignited by an electric sparlt.
In order to set the machIne In motion the
rider admits the petroleum hylrlng a tap
which at the same time turns on the electrIc
current In mounting a hilt the rhlro can
assist the speed by gearing UII the pedals
c and using the feet thins tldlnl , animal power
10 that of the motor ' 'he latest form of
electric bicycle Is now running In thc streets
of 1E1 York. ii weighs , wll Its electrical
equipment sixty-four pounls. , and , carries IGO
Pounds for twenty.rour hours at the rte of
thirty tithes an hour. The power Is derIved
from a storage battery placed under the ad-
' die , whIch Is connected with a small motor ,
geared to thl rear wheel. The current Is
controlled by plsh buttons near the han'le
bara . A powerful electrIc lamp ali on electric -
tric buzzer to warn pedestrians compIte
the cqulpment
HOCI IWJLI.El OV1lEIIS. .
! r , W11am ltocke1hIer . who owns th'
beautiful country establishment , Rockweed
hail , at Scarborough on the ludsou , Is a
lost enthusiastic bicyclist. says the New
Yorlt lerahl lie Is the owner of four or
five machines , one of them being an 01 ! burnIng -
Ing motor cycle. lie Is often seen spInnIng
through his pretty . ' park , and , w1 stop and
talk to wandering wheelmen about ble'cle
tours , t the noton strikes him. In order
to make wheeling easy for wheel men and
wlwel\omen , : lr. Hoekereler has lately constructed -
slructed a cinder path from the beginning
of his estate at Sc.\borough to Its end , near
Tarrytown , maklug one or the fittest bicycle
lJths for tourists In New York state.
Mr. Hocltefeler Is getting to be quite a
tourist Imimuscif ] . lie also likes to coast down
the his al his estate and has oren proved
himself to bE an expert rider In cases of
emergency. lie makes trips to Tarrytown
' on his bicycle nearly every day . visiting the
vast estate of hIs brother , John D" , and
also rides to Dobbs Perry to see how the new
iimiilionaires' club Is prgrsslng , as he has
an Intere In the enterprtse. ' , . " , . _ . .
One of : lr. Rockefeller's favorite runs lately
has been to the Robert Hoe property. 1 Is a
common occasion to see him rIding through
the woodland ' dells anti along the laple bow-
erl1 ( drlvewa's of the hoe grounds near the
rivur. lie oren dismounts In some shady
)
nook' and talks to the caretaker about the
beauties eli attractions or the place. I Is
sold that hc wl Ln the near future buy the
place , have time old hoe house razed to the
ground In,1 , In Its place erect a grand baronial
chateau , to bo presented 10 his dalhte
e ] mmn on the lay or her marrIage to David
hunter le\lllln of New York
Mr. Itockefehier's bicycle co tlmes are very
striking. Santo days he wears a lIght corded ,
knlcll rhoctrr snit , light colored Alpine hat
. light cloth leSllas and light tan colored shoes.
Other days hl' wears a suit ot same dark ma-
, terhai with stile lning ; dark . \plne ] hat or
cap , leathel' legglng' and low patent leather
shoes. When riding he sits erect on hIs ma-
chhoe.
' HEGAHDNG Tim IILOOMEIt.
. In the current Badminton Magazine Lady ,
JOlnI has a gooll word for cycling for
women. limit wih the so-called "rational"
dress hme has ' .
I , , shl no s'mpJth She says :
" 1 cannot see II whn \\1' knickerbockers
. 1 have any athvantage over the i'iiont wel cut
-.J . skirt , as the later Is moro comfortable anti
t . graceful and , In imo way interferes with one's
eomror or vrogrezs. There Is no doubt to
. , omo ! mln " / pleaslr ! and tclemmt In
donning the dress of our master anti In
mestJl lhem on f'lual term , which women
- uUloubteI ) ' do In blclng. but those wh'
l do this lose o Ileh In per onJI appearance
ami charm that they ought veIl be con'
tented to sacriIce the substance for the
. shalol , .N o woman looks wel In male at-
tire : If women dL'1 ' they wOll1 mint have
w/ltell for many centurl before they tfk I I
to \parlng trousers Every ! atempt at modI- ,
tying women's clothes to reenibie Ihne"of
men hal Ilen a slrI1 failure . A WOlln Is I
: not ma"o 10 wear tghHltng apparel : \h 1
she puts It al she at once becoles uGly and
. "
Iluhalen.
. \'Olt1C n clothe,1 lie len anll "unah m at , "
\ wIth their lures well bent over their ma-
' chines perspirIng at every 10r , their heir
. thawing itt time breeze ( for your mew wnman
btcyctlmt . hlw all ardent wonmeu. . doe lolhlng
" 1 , hy halve , ) . Ilrsent ( hlr Idllyshlll thinks ) as
: ugly and as rllculou3 a picture lS one can
iota iime.
HavIng sell so much Lady Jlun loxt
gives her opinion as to whal lady bicyclists
shou"l Wear. In bicycling , RS In every other
' - ' . alu8pmclt. a woman's mireas . she 11Ids ,
- ,
' shoulll bo as quIet anti unpretentious as pos-
, I sible
1 "Tht skirt should be short enl well cut ,
tight al time waIst 111 wide at the bottom . to
! Ivt plenty of room for time action of the feet ;
C the jacket or shirt should bo tight and well
' fittIng . and thl' hat of such a nature as to
U I shade the face front the sun Many l people
prefer shoes 10 bools. J confels J think a
hoose . high Olng boot Is moore comfortable 1 ,
and gives gn'ater support to the ankle ; hut 1
that Is 1 small matter . and Ilst bo let to I
' Inlvhln,11 IxI'erlnc . I thIs "res or 8011
thing lIke I , Is wor I a WOI.1 bM a light
.
tmtneliiime . hta welt it Is
larhlne. Sli wel on I , never too high
ab , ve hel' handles 1 Ihln-asslllnr ] that
sue does lot present nudes evidence of e : r-
tlonho looks as graceful as Oi a imorse "
NUVELTIE g IN MANL'FAC'FUItINl .
The mallteure ! If bicycles on n large
scale has led to the
scle construction of
constrlcton a noun-
her If sltI.I machine tools of novel Iln- design -
sign , and 10 time adoption of BOnie new methods III .
ods If producing separate Parts of the wheel.
One of the largest cOll'anlu ' to wheel
field produces nothln but so.caltl jolntiess
nuns or fcihoes. The earliest safety ) . machInes s ,
had heavy , solid rIms ror the tires . which I
_ were BlbHqlc'nll' abamihont'I , ! In favor of
r'- " , ' lighter anti , stiffer rims 11 , ot tube In-
I d.ntett loimgltuIinaiiy to receive the
dpntl,1 lonlllinal ) rlcth'e tire
mIl wih time cuds brazed together 10 lake a
ring. The joiuutlesa rim ha really
Joh1l.s I rral om-
)
pose.1 of two Brl'al'ate rIngs which are ulti-
matll ) Bollrel together , the joint being
10nKltlllai Instead of trooner Users of
t luch rings claim Ihat they are more uniform
t II size than time older st'IL. and that the
Ultal of which they are composeJ Is of bet-
h'r qualiy , B I has lot been softened by
the heat of braslng. "he steel from which
they UP laI" cmel In the forum of square
- pl"IH. which are trhnlfd by a special machine -
chine into a clrcnlar formn. Each disk I then
.lam.l In a IhWerrul hmreaa weighing th'rly- '
Ih'o Ions Into , . ' .
1 pan'Bhpe,1 piece twenly.lwo
, Inches In II metr anti Inn In.hes deep .
with a turned our rim Next the
blol or urh pan Is p1lchld out , ln-
log a steel hoe having time canto I
cross section a the for at struc
tural Iron Clel Z.bams , These hoops are
then put into a special lath . and one of
the angles Is gradually turned over untIl
the hell ; has hen given a U stctlon . time
exact dlmenslols or the hoop de-
pending upon wholher I Is 10 he a
"tread " to receive the tire , or n "block"
Into which the spokes are fitted . When this
Ilraess Is con1letoll the hoops are trhnnell
on the edges . dipped Into acId to rlmove all
traces of grease anti , tinned . Then the tread
a n,1 block are put together to form a holow
riot ant It Is In this hart or the operation
that the necessity for accuracy II the work
IK most apparent Unleu the two parts are
or the requisite diameter within extremely I
narrow Imls of error the wheel wIll be
haly , formed and weak. In order to ovoid
such I effects . the whole of the m/chlntr
used has to work with great precision and
nothing Is left to the skIll of the workman ;
In tact , boys are general ) employed In run-
ning the machines When the tread has been
fItted Into the block the edges of the latter
overlap those of the forunr . anti tiuese over-
10lplng edges are worked II' by spliulng In a
lathe anti , are gradually turnell over time edges
or the tread The rim oa now rorl',1 conalsts
or two hops of stesi . bllh U.phaped , the con-
vexlty of each being In the lama direction.
I only remolnK 10 colder time two parts to-
gethpr to make the tmurned-over joint f ri ,
which Is done hy a slmplo nl.chlne. Some
idea I of the extent or the busines or the com-
pany < Is evident , front the fact that Its works
cover an area or two acres owl the buidings
have 31.000 square feet of leer Sp1co.
CAUTiON TO BICYCLE OWNEflS. 1
S An Inglsh : journal warns the pUblc that I
besides the casual bicycle thief their exist '
clever and organIzEd gangs which dt'vote , 'I
theleh'es eittireiy to wlwel stealm ; . The
familiar trick , played by 1 clvl.opolen ) ' ( llg
man , or coln ! with a supposed order from
the owner of a bIcycle , who Is then ! t bUMI-
ness , IImltn the caller to try time Pta-
chine , no lonser deceives any one . and the
Ingenllt ) . of the thieves has had to be turned ,
Ln other directions. lesular scouts lear
\ \ imre the cycles or young men In allrtnents
In different dltrlcts are kept , amid supply the
InformatIon to he t working gong of thlJvcs.
In one CHO 1 detective ( ounll documents
viably , indicating that time scant had joined a
club comprisIng scores of memlns , as 10
whoso private addresses he had Informed
hlmselr. This man'im pocketbook contaIned
all sorts of Intormaton recardlng the habis
of a circle of cyclists . which , or course. was
Intended , to be presenty turned , to account
These men have much more organization titan 1
Is generally susp ted. Inn hOlr aftr a
man loses a favrite machIne he would hardly
bl able to recognIze Lt , and certainly " 'oull
not be able to swear to I In its entirety . for
parts or one machine are instantly Itel on : '
portions of another. Instrnments and eh ml-
cals arc u'cII In remo\'lng marks ulHI "ar-
tmhshm s . and very clever experts contpletely
change the wbolE' character of the machine
stolen. There 19 fnrther n carlul ' detailed
system for getting rid of the stol n vroperty.
One somalI gang mallcs a specialty of provld-
11mg . In relation to purloined machines , prop-
erly printed bi heads , apparently coring .
from a thrum of good class , and gIving a regular -
ular record of each machlnc. In this way
the stolen articles cnn bo dlspoed of wih
ito pu at ty and facll I ) . .
THE mS'r PNEUMATIC TIRE . ,
Very few of the hundreds of thousands of i
cyclists who now enjoy the pastime or an up-
simoti witim pneumatic three ,
to-date safety shO wih pneumatc tres
have on Idea what a crule contrivance those
sml all cushIons on their wheels have been
evolved from. Pneumatc tires were Invented
In 1S89 by J. B. Iuniop , a horse doctor of
lieltast . Irelami. lie III a sn who roe a
tricycle and who by his Indulgence hall developed -
veloped a nervous trouble. Time veterinary
conclude that the bOY'1 disorder was due
solely to I tht jolng of the wheels , and plan-
ning to do away wIth time objection , so that
the lad might continue his exerctse he hit
upn the Idea of putting all cushions on the
" ' te1s.
WIth only such material I as he hail on hand 1
for use In doctoring equine invalids . he eat to ,
work. Using a broomstck as a mandrel , he
wrapped , It spIraly with lnen bandages. Next ,
he took some rubber sheets and solutone ,
them around the linemi. The ends , also , he
fastened with rubber solution . He Inserted a
fastene aoluton.
valve a utile better than a plug , and , putting
It on the wheels , started hIs son away on the
ftrst pneumatic tIres. I
Irst pneumatc trC.
I was quickly found t'oat tha rough.ond-
ready style ! cf fabric would not hell air , and
w on Inners\oath of pure rubber was triEd.
The valve was vllconlzCI tD this Inner tube
In such a way that In the event ot any trouble
with the valve an entire new air sheath was
the only remedy. Flat rims were In use at
the time , and the tires wtrl rastened to the
rim by a strip of muslin , which canto out
wIth time free edges from tie upper side of
the tirra. These ends were wrapped around
the rim and vulcanized to It. The linen COMpletely -
pletely covered the rim , effectually ecnceul-
Ins Its material
Tlre3 such aa these were used for a couple '
of years. They welhCI from twelve 10 lit-
leEI Ilun.ls a pair , and a puncture In one of
them was about aa serious I mater as bro
ken frame Is at time 11resent time.
Alit IN Tim HUBS.
John C. heater of Chicago has Invented a
11eumatc hub bicycle which he claims \\1' '
revolutonlz cycle constrlctLn , The Inven- I
lon consists In the insertion of a small pneu- 1
matI tuba In thE hub of the front and rear
wheel , so Ilrotectel as to give the lateral
rigidity or the ordinary hub , amid [ at the same
time afford the resilience tound In the regular
pnumatc trl The object of the Inventon
Is to do away with the question of plncture"
tires . and time inventor clulns to have tolveti
the problem. THe 110 tire of the machine I
deblgned wIth rubber centEr al1 two halow
galges , so as to b2 practically nonpunctur-
able . and yet give a cushion effect . which ,
together with that afforded In grete degree
by time pneumatic tubing at the imumb It Is asserted -
serted by the Inventor will cllual , If not
excci the resIlience of the best curhion tin.
The hub construction is of somali and light
liroportiolm . The machine , as constructe,1 , by
the Immvemmtor weighs twent-two al ! one-hal
pounds. Time hub tubing I In time form or a
le vreserver. 1 Is four InchEs In diameter
antI constructel of flve-tweiftim-hnch rubber.
I revolves with the wheel and Is protected
I ) ' n steel thimble from frlet.n with time
axel. I Is inflated b ) means of an ordinary
bull joint vdlve. iven ! : when the tube Is
detatEI , imowever time machine can be riddEn
wihout Injury. says the immvetmtor cHimer to
the tube Isel or to the mplale parts surrounding -
rounding The In\'entor \ has alle to make
the parts simple In construction and easiy
adjustable.
: lr. Reuter Is enthusiastc o\'e his Inven- '
ton , lie has put It to severe tests and It has
stoOI them all . . He has Invented several mechanical -
chanical devices but I particularly pleased
with tbhe.
LEAVE TIE BABES AT 10 1.
Every Sunday morning on the Coney Island
bicycle path one sees I long procession or
fathers and bIg brothers-curious never
molhers and big sisters-wih little ones
strapped o'cemrei ! on a seat . rastenC on the
frame just behind the handle b.lr says the 1
New York lrlss , Time young ones sit quIte
etLii . although they seem to enjoy the ride.
Time old hand who hall been riding ever
since bicycles were Invented always starts of
on a torrid \ denunciation of the man who
would take such a rIsk , "I began In the old
hlch-wheel dars anti I guess 1 know how to
take cart of mysel as wel aD /lmost an-
body , but 1"1 never trust msel to take ummy
little boy out on one or those arrangenments .
Not that they arcn't malle all rIght , but how
emit I to Icumo' that he won't lean the wrong
way at a critical moment ? See how many
accidents there are when the jider Is a cm-
petent man. Soma fool , Irlvcr runs Into you
or a walblng beginner bangs up agaInst you
all atanding . You are goIng dawn hill at a
pretty fast clip ant you los your pedal. You
mllt , let your machine go to smash and you
jun1 off when ) ' 01 arc riding alone. but whal
ore you going 10 do when you have your baby
btrappcd on ? He'd set killed aa sure as the
world . "
So strong Is this feeling among whellmen
that in 0 class paper devoted 10 their interest
and ful of advertsements of atachments of
the bicycle there was tbp bitterest kind of an
a
attack on people ] who would thus risk their
children's 1\'e. This In spite of the tact that
In that number were tour big display adver-
tsements of baby seals for bicycles Notwih-
standIng this Bcoldlnp the trIbe ncremses.
Who Is there who baa heard of on occident
to a chilI carried on a wheel by its father ?
Time opponents of the baby seals have logic
on their stile , . hit they haven't any facts as
evidence--that I. , they ha\"en't a
erllelce-that \ up to now.
A TRICK OF THE THADE.
"The prIces at bicycles , according to the '
manutacturers' lists . have not diminished
touch . " slll a New Yorker who Is up In the
secret , of the trade . "but riders In New
York are getluc w\eel a GOo deal cheaper
by meaus ot an Ingenious f'atem , recently
recenty
adoIIe ! by retail dealer , . You know each
dealer In bicycles sIena In agreement not to
sell a now machine below the figures marked
on the price list . Wel , In Oothlm this
Bgroement Is rigidly adhered to In its letter .
but knocked galley west when I comeI 10
Il ! inteittiomt. The scheme It simply this :
When a peron enters a bIcycle denier's \ eS'
tahlphllnt In tearch of 1 wheel he 19 shown
the collection . lie asks the prIces , Inll ho Is
told thai thlt make Is $100 , that one silo .
the other $120 . and r $00 H he demua at
$20.
the price al he Is pretty oPt 10. the dealer
tels him that If he will come In aglln next
day there may be a good sccond.hanll wheel
In nt a lower lirice. 'rho visitor 101e. and
thm'rm the dealer huts the bicycle that most
suited hIs fancy on time rent list and [ hires It
out by the hour . ' calls
01t h01r. When time Inqulrcr ( ais
aaln he Is shown the mme wheel that he
w ntl < the day before , hut the prIce It only
$6 : ; . Two or three Imours' mica as a hlrel :
,
wheel has tnaie It a Ncond-han,1 , article. :
This trck ! hap hn univerraliy played In
! Inh'enalyb'ell
New York , and J reckon dealers In WashIngton -
Ington and elsewhere will get on to It In
courle or time. "
SOME NOTED W'IIEELEItS.
As a means for rlluclng a'oirdtmpois , 81)'S
the New York lerald I , bicycling has proved
so elcJclons that women now take lxer-
cisI In that way jl8t as regularly ) ' ovary day
as they eat their breakfat , Miss Alce Hal-
knoll or'ashlnton , who was slch a hello
at Bar harbor last summer , Is a most s's-
tematc rider Every day she rides twenty
ml s Ir the roads arc In Iny0) ' pusahlt
Irs. W. T Vanlerblt , an,1 , Miss COlsuelo
Vanderhlt were amen , the frst to take 111
the ' 'bike , " nail , this autumn the ) ' have ha,1 ,
many a split since th ! summer gayeties have
In some degree IESSene\ [ Mrs Wiiam Jay ,
Mrs . \'andl.rhlls most Intmate rrleru ! . Is
also dc\'otCI to the sport , and Is one of time
best rulers 11 the country. Last sftri.ng , be
fore Mrs , Jay went out or town , clue went
every moring for an imotmr's ride on Hlver-
stile drive , or 1hrolrh the lark. ler coso
tlU\l Is olwaYh execedlngly simple but 'ory
emnarh her favorite gown behmmg a black serge ,
!
made with a Norfolk jacket , anI , a ser felt
hat time skirt at the gown full enough to
hammg gracernll' .
Mrs. Stanle ) ' Mortimnei' Is anothcr good
rider , and imas mule some marvelols rum'
She looks \artcularly well In her bicycle
cot'tme , generally of brown Irgl wIth
covert coat and brown felt hat. There is . of
course , a good deal of dIscussion as to the
best sort of bicycle costme , Bomers are
nol even censldered , but the length /nd
width or the skirt Rnd time cut of the jacket
form imil-abeorbing topics of convera'athon.
The serge gowns-hea\'y eargee-sre the ra-
vorlt09 for the present , onll a skirt a lte
on the plan of the old rashlonCI boil skirt
s ems best allallted to bicycling , Some women -
men look wel In Eton jackets , anti when
Eton jackets are becoming anti wail made
they certainly ] are delightfully trim little
ga rmncn ta .
! Beyelo boots are by many prererre,1 , to
s hocs afli legghlgl" but either Ii fahlonabll.
Indeed , In alt the details now Individual taste
largely governs , and , whie there mlst , a9 In
a rhdimig habit , be a look of ftness , It Is allowable -
lowablo to consult omewhat the becomIng"
ness of hat and gown.
VlltS1'lltIS 01 , ' TllIIVIIHEL.
'IISII'Juns _ _ ! : _ _ 1'lg "IIgl.
Just now the Interest of local wheelmen ,
as well as those throlghoilt the state and
especially league members , Is centered In
the election of olcers of Nebraska division
League or American ' 'heelmen , which takes
\1010 this month 1 promises to be ,
anD of time closest elections the Ne-
bra ka olvlslon his ever seen. All of the ,
candidates for ohhices . wIth the possible exception - ,
cepton of one 01' two are among time best
known nll most popular whcdmen In the :
state. Dalols were maied to each member
of the olvlMlon by the secretar-treasurer last
Friday and must be returned by the 15th of
the tunmetim when the result will be an- 1
nounced. A brIef sketch of each cand\late
will probably be of Interest to nmany and we
present It herewih :
Ray E. Edmlstol , nominee for chief consul ,
13 a resident of Lincolmi and has been Interested - I
ested In cycling for the past ten years. lie , I
wih his fatlmer Is In the Insurance business
at Lincoln , anll they together have one or
the best establsed businesses In time state.
Mr . Edmiston has been a member the CapItal -
tai City Cycling club since its organization.
Mr. H. : i Simmon , nominee for vice consul -
sul . Is a resident of Beatrice Neb.and Is In
the banking - business 'al th rpli ' lr : !
Simmons im 1 ! the only candidate for this office :
Mr. Van Horne of Lincoln having withdrawn
tie nome.
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\ : f. McCall . candidate for secr tary-
treasurer , Is a resident of Grnd Island Neb ,
and formery resided In Omaha Mr. McCal
Is quito well known throughout the state , haying -
Ing unt recently been quite a racing man
lie has bn Intere ted In cycling for a number -
ber of years. : lr. F' . I. Slofken , Omalma's
candidate for secretary-treasurer and wheat
at the presmmt time Is filling the ofilco ad-
mlrabl . 19 today one of the bet't known
whtlmen In the state. Mr. Sierken has been
l'ecretary of the Om/ha 'Vheel club for the
past two years , and has been interested In
cycling ever sInce a hay. lie was one of the
olcer ! of the old ambler and Metropolitan
clubs , which were organized during the daya i
of Jack PrInce anti the old Exposition building - ,
ing lie was also at one tme quito a epeeiy
racing man lIe will undoubtedly have the
pleasure of being hmhs own succei.or as secre-
tary-treasure' In 1896.
: I' , 1 B. lleumderaon . candidate for rellre-
scntatve , In another well known Omaha
wheelman , ho being pre ' : dent of the Asso-
elated Cycling clubs , and also a member or
the Young len's Crlstlan Assocaton Cyeler3
anti Tourist wheelmen. : lr. lendern : has
taken an active part In cycling for two years
past and a better man for the office of repre-
semmtative could not be found.
sentatvo
'V. W. Vance of Kearney , Neb. . Is 0"0 a
candidate for the olle of representative. Mr.
Vance at present holds this office , and has
fled the lull atmlr , ly. lie is ( / popular
dentist In Kearney and one of the most en-
thusiastc wheehnen In the state
Tim men who arc elected to hold offices In
time Nebra'ka division time coming year should
make It ono of their alms to enlarge the
leaKue me11bershlp In this htate. I is I at
Ilresent not misarly what It 9hou\I beVltli
the exception of one , each state whIch hnmo-
Ilotely surrounds rebrasla ; has a great deal
larger membership than We Imave , whIch Is
at present only a lte over 200 , whie the
states above mentoned have from 700 to IGOO
member" Think of it . Omaha wIth a wheel-
hng populalon at nearly . I not fully : , OOO.
has only about eighty-five league members
Surely somethIng Is lacking here. We will
ventlre to IJY that there Is no cIty In thl9 1
country with m large n wheeling population :
as Omaha that has so smal a league
memberhlp. The questol hell pre ents
Itself . what can we do to lucreae It ? and
the answer 11 hlr\ly this : Let ' each local
consul , each official oed each Individual mneun-
ber who resides In this city try to get a new
tmtemmmbor anti also let the officials make known
the benett of time league by endlng league
lterture. etc. . to all the wheehnen In the
Clt ) . or let them make this known throlgh I
the daily IJpers anll throuGh Omaha's cyclng
paper all of which will only bo too glad 10 ,
)
publish it. Let's put our l'houhler to the :
wheel 011 see If wo can't Iun Nebraska's
.
league I membenthlp up to 1.000 by 1897.
W. n. Barnum ami Waler Dlrlci ! attended -
tended the race m.et at Ikhorn ! on time 26th
of last 10nth amid succeded In each captor-
log a lirize Darlm winning the omme-fourthu
mile open . easily defeating "Mr. Carter or
llhnir. " lurdle\ and othen , whie Durdl.k
got the handicap . '
race I.rum's win
was a src.t surprise , as he has not
trained to amount to anything thIs season
s\son
ammti has never claimed 10 be much of a racIng -
Ing man \tiuii . on the oilmen hand some of
the men whol he defeat pose as Ne-
braska'mu most speedy class A Immemm With
proper training "hilly" would "throw dust
In many of theIr faces "
James Whicomb Riley has taken to the
blc'cle. Wo titay soon expect a poem In this
veIn :
Nos' this is what I like , -
A-scooUn' through the country a.straddlo
at I bike.
Oh , oln't It real . '
mock 1IIIasant a.dolsln' mud and
When the frt Is on time punkln and the
fodder's In the shock :
-flxchange .
Toledo wants the National League of AmerIcan -
lean Wheelnen meet In 1896. and anyone
who has ever VisIted Toledo can attest that
Toledoans know how 10 entertain The city
and surrounding points have taken a vItal
Interest In this matter , and the cyclists will
be entertaIned a never before If they coins
to Toledo to attend the next national meet.-
The Sprocket ( Toledo ) .
The thrle.lap track built by the Southern
Pacific Railroad company at Santa Monica
Cal , hu been completed The surface I 01
decomposed , granIte roll untIl I resembles
cement In hmardness The track and grountis
cost time railroad company sioooo.
The number or bicycles II use Is steadily
increasing whlo the number or "bikes" Is
gettng near the vanishing poitmt This Is as
It shell b. There Is room In this country
for 60.000,000 cycles but not for I single
"bike-Neis York Tribune .
The nppellel Inble hews the slaldlng or
time tmation'a crack riders imp to time close or
tIme DlI\'er meet , Mlrph"s fine showhl 8t
Pleblo mioestm't figure II the tattle otherwise
I would show his ah'aneemnt , to a imoimmi
\ollt
almost even wih Cooper Time latter ] haa
been sllerlng from the effects or 1 severe
cold on hula western trill . which Pmrtly
trill. 11 I t ) ac-
counts for his poor shong In the races run
11 the far west "
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On WEllsday evening last the Omaha :
Wheel club gave another of its papilar
Boston baked beans , brown bread amid beer
smokers , which they dubbed time Six 1
smolter-Doston baked beans , brown hread
ali becr. There were about fifty members
amid , theIr rrlends preent , RII to say that time
assembled multtude njo'e,1 , themse'es Im-
mem' ly woul b9 puting.It imihidly. Music ,
speech maltng , storyteling , pool bIlliards
and cards were the order of the e\'enlnr.
Time com 01 tel In charge was Messrs.'ol -
lemilmatmp and lcCormlelt. They Intend giv-
hug 1 smoker each month during time winter
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Century riding just at present seems to he
qimite a fail among man ) or our local wheel-
men anti likewise a few or our wheell'om !
To make a century anywhere \ In the vlelnlt
at Omaha Is equal to riding 1lO mies most
anywhere In the east , anti If sonic of time
.aster century riders would core here and
rIde one they would fluid It a much harder
task than doing It In the cast on theIr level
roads. Out century rjding anywhere Is not
) rJlng
what It Is "cracltel ute / be Whie It Is
a great lest of endurance It e\'e no good
to cycling. A person starting out for a
century thInks of but little save to cover the
100 miles In I certain length of timmme . and
thereroro very rarely I ever enjoys the
beauteJ of the surrounding country as lie
has but little tme tl think of anything save
coverIng the distance In a hurry . and when
h. has finIshed his ride hue Is tired out , ready
to go to bed and shep for a week , where t
It were hut a short rIde he would be bene- : .
fted by It and not 'ha ' ready to droll down
exhausted whm he reached home.
Many of time Omaha Wheel club boys are
putting In a great deal of their spare timmie
! tmo
now hUQtng ducks ee e ( "nll'-ual , . and
zoine'lloetbagsmhavat , I rIH d idurinthm& ( I
past two weeks. T , wheel comes In very
handy to go huntng withm . Upon arising in (
the morning you dl , not have to stop and
hitch up your hone and then move toward
your hunting grotnd , at an cighit-immile an
hour gal , but you simply strap your gun
on your wheel , whistle ' to your dog and start
ofT at an eighteen twenty-mmmhie gal , reach-
tug your destination In about one.hal the
time -hat It would , , take _ you to drive to it. 1 1 ,
There Is talk or a foot ball gamete being I
played soon betwen the Omaha Guards and
the Omaha \Vlmeel'club ' . teamns - .
J.\IOI . \ J JXit'S'I'JIY.
The new bicycle orlters' natonal union
starts out with OQOO members.
The AmerIcan Federaton ot Labor has a
mcmberhlp of about 7QO,000.
The watch factory at Rigin , m. . wl here-
after work six days per week Insteall of five ,
ns tormerly. This mns an increase of $18-
000 In the monthly pay roll.
Honolulu Typographical union No. 37 Is the
only labor organization on the hawaiian
Islands.
General Grant , after his tour around time
M'orti : predicted that at no distant day China
and Japan woul take 6,000,000 bales of Aler-
lean cotton every year. Souther planters be-
leve time tme Is near aL hand
DurIng the past two weeks over 100 addi-
tonal freIght braltemen have been employcd 1
by the Pennsylvania lines west ot Pittsbmirg .
preparatory to the expected heavy tralc durIng -
tog the remainder of the year
\ceordlng to the ! : overnn1nt mineral sta-
tidies of the Unlel Kingdom , just issued for
189 I , the producton of. Ibm ore In Great
Briain la8t year amounted to 12,90 ! tomms i'ai-
ued at $2,320ilO , as against 13,689 tons , val-
11,1 , at $3.0i.851. In 1893. '
The Iron Age says the qlanty of fuel ! mice- :
cssary 10 produce Iron or steel lisa fallen In '
recent years from four to five tmes tie !
weight or the IIOdlct to only I Ito moro
than time weight of time steel 1I0Inced , whie
there has been hittle chane In time qunmmtity '
I I I\ ! quanty'
of ort required to make a ton or meta ] . 1
Time Buralo & Niagara Falls electric railway - 1
way has been formally oened and cars are
now runnll ; daly on a Ifeen.mluute
Gehedule 'he m0lmum seed ntolnable
Is forty fnles an hour The motor cars carry
four motors and have a seating capacity or
rorty-ruur passengers. Time trailers will Slat
fifty passengers
The capacity for making Iron 11 Ihls
ccuntry has now reached on oulurl of 200-
000 tons per week for the :29 furnaces In
blast. This Is i a jump of 50,000 tons as com-
pared vithu . the oUtplt or October. 1891. and
marts ] the permanent placing or the United
States In the lend of all other Iron pro-
dlelng countrIes.
1 Is the Inh > nton or the Carnegie Steel
conmpany Ilml d , to commence the erlcton
ot two more blast furnaces at Duquesime . ita. .
lS soon as time two now under way have been
linisimeti . or Ilerhops before they are ale
gether completed. In fact some excavating ;
for time two additonal furaees has already
been done , but It Is not likely that active
work on them wi be commenced before next
spring.
A new buiding material has been dis-
cvered , It Is saul to be practically fire-
pfoof anli to possess several polnl of excel-
lence which do not belong : to many of the
other varieties now used for time purpose.
The manutacturoJ article Is of a composite
character. Cork Is ' its chief Ingrelllnt , flue
subsidiary ones being 1II0ter of panic dextrin ,
sesquloxle ! ot Iron anti ! oxchlorlle at zinc.
Of these component paris a brick is ( now
being manuracturM In Paris for which great ,
thIngs are ciaimmmed . 1 has been used there to I
a large extent alrea'l' ' mind Is said to give
the greatest satsQct n.
, .
1.00IdnJ l or"'nrll to Couulilet .
1 has been noticed that for some time
pat Iher have been mysterious purchases
of old helmets of \ iuecas'airy regiments Bta-
tenet along the eastern frontier of Europe
I Is supposed these purchases are made on
account of Ibo German cavalry scouts . a. incase
case of hostilities . wirlnK the rench heI-
met. and with theli seat cloaks hiding their
unlformmt I would le easy for Ihem to recon-
netter positions qulot !
The Increase In She sales of Cook'9 Extra
Dry IUper\1 Chslpgne Is iometblng enor-
mOU8. l'untty and superiority wIll tell .
SATELLITES OF TiE DIAMOND ) \
The Finest Speolmens Known of the 'n-
rious Gems
RUBIES , SAPPHIRES , EMERALDS OPALS
hluii tn 'I''s ( 'I'IS'I . Ilrl'hc'UI
Inn Prllll" nf thc' 'l'r"le-\\'h'r'
th , ' ihi'Mt St.mu4 . \rc' l'iiiuuL
-\'hlt 'l'hey ' t'uMt .
( ( tI'llhl 1643 , lr George I' , fitmnz. )
Next In Importance to the dl.lulll comes
whlt ma ) b caled the group of corundum
Semite , cnbroclng the tru . rub ) ' amid sapphire
of various shades of color This mlnral Is
foun,1 , In almost al the colors of the rain-
boi' and its tt'aiuspareutt varieties rank
amnomug ' time choIcest 0111 most valuable of
Semite.
The name sOllllhlro Is general ) al1111ell In
jewelry to the blue variety , the red belmmg
ealell time rub ) ; the emelhl green , orlentll
( lera"l ; the leaf green chlor sapphire ; the
lnmrple ollental 1 ameth'st : 111 the ) 'eilo\ % ' .
oriental topaz , or yellow 8\phln' , The most
valuable of these IS the rub ) ' , thou h time
green anti , 1111110 varieties are the rarest , alI !
are bath rich and blautlul gems A color-
less v.rlety. called whie sapphIre , Is EomE
lmes mlstallel for the diamond.
As with the diamolll , time various forms
of corundum untt for gem use arc of much
value Immtlmmstrinliy. , The finest watch jewels ,
! lhonogrph points and wire drawing plates ,
are male , from smal 01 poorly colored mules
anti titpltlmires ( ' . while the ruder varieties of
eOlulllum and the t immitsa lye grnular : form
lnow n as emll ) which Is mlnled wIth tummig-
netc oxide of iron . arc wel Imown lS the
most Important of ahralng and polshing
mnateriais and are largel employ,1 , fOI' cut-
tng poses' wlmtei . emel ) ' paper , and 81nlol pur-
The kind most used , In jewelry arc the fol-
lowlnr :
MOST lHECIUS OJ ALL m.ms.
Hub ) the red variety when flume . Is
the most precious or alt gems : the choicest
Iubles , when of rour carmts' weight or more ,
being valued nt from five to ten timmmes the
lve tmes
price of dIamonds of time s'm ( size all
quality . or at from $8.000 to IGOOO for a
four carat stono. A ten carat gem reecnty
sold for nearly $50,000 , which would give us
a vahle or $700.000 an oumuce
Time chief leeall ) . for rlhles Is In Burma In
the vale ) ' of the Mogok , fifty mies from the
Irraaddy , al ! fomty-flve mies from Mandalay.
All the fnest stones have come from this
regIon , amid ! here alone are found rubies or
time peculiar Intense color known as Illgeon's
blood In Ceylon , In the 10tnnpura district
heaulul atones are found or
lghter sha,1es , , sometmes almost pink , oc-
casionaly wih 1 tnge or hmimrpie or the color
or current wine. These. however though
oren marvelously beautiful and brl ant , re
less prized than the BI'mlt
lecent ) . Slam has also yielded man films
ruble3 , which , however , tend to very dark
shades , moro of a garnet red , or Inclning
to brown Smal rubles have beau found In
Praukln cotmumy , North Carolina . In the Gov-
erment of Perm In hlsMla ! , and vale colored
ones In tontana.
The war of lSS6 gave England the control
of the long famous Burmese mumimmeic alHI or
the treasures of KIng Theblw , who had been
called ! the "King of Rubies , " and was reported -
ported to IIOleSs : dishes of rubies among hIs
crown jewels compassing anything known In
the world. This colecl'J was found to
have little marketable value , on account or
Its InferIor qtuaiity. 1 contolne,1 , rumbies . ,
emeralds , eat's eyes , etc. , of unusual size
but not very choIce. ' 'he whole suIte Is now
exhibited at the South Kensington mleUI ,
under an ordInal ) glass casa and with no
unuslal precatutions.
FINEST SAPI'IIIRES-W'IiEltE FOUND
Sapphire proper , the blue vallet ) of traU9'
Iarent corundummm rnlts next In volume to the
lrond , lne stones being sold at about the
smo prIce as diamonds of like lze. The
crystals of ruby , are usually small . rarely
over4uatfjumEtinchioflg : jhoao , of sapphire are
often . much larger ' , 'en--1 to three In'che3'
In length. The kind moat Ilrlzed Is a 'bright
medium shade Imown as "cor-lower. " the
tnt of the national fewer of German . and a
very rich , deeper shade known as the velvet
blue Time tastes of different countries vary.
London and Vienna prlferrlng time darker
fapphlre , ParIs and Marseilles being the
chief maltet for light colored stone9.
Soml varieties of sapphire have a semitransparent -
transparent or mniiky-blue : these are some-
what abundant In Australa : and somno both
sapphires and rubles , have time peculiar char-
acter known 09 a9tlrlpm , presenting a stu-
like Pattern of interesting lnes of light when
cut across time prism.
Cut sapphires are oren a flue even blue
If received In a setting , but when unmountc
are almost wimlte . except at the lower point :
In olher words , blue , If viewed from abo\'e.
Unscrupulous dealer Iomolme9 paInt or
enamel the inside or a "ettng and give the
stone a blue color of apparent value when
In reality It Is of little worth.
realy
The flume blue sapphires come from thl
Orient , chiefly rrom the Hatnapura district in
Ceylon , and ) train the Simia Pass of the
1Imalaas , wherl they were brought to lght
) 1882. Some found si'itlm
by the landslide of are wih
the rubles of Burmah and Slam ; a few have
been cut from lilterlol obtained In North
Carolina , amid quite a number of lght colored
stones are now yielded h ) the ! rvel bars
of the ullper : lssourl river near Helena ,
lont. These latter are varied In calor-pale
blues amid reds , light greens and blue
<
greetis , ) 'elow and colorless. Many of thorn
make bright ammd beautful gems , hut IOt
dark euolgh to havl the highest value aimmi alt
rather stmiall. When finely cut some of them
have a luster like hurlsbe < nuetal peculol'
to sapphires front this locality. I rom thmemn
a retmimmrkabhe uthece of jewelry hits been maths ,
consistiumg of a crescent two imucimes long , otis
end of whmicm ) ivas of red aappimhre tutu time
other Plume , graduating into eacim otlmer be-
tiveemm , thirought cii time interummothhate tlmmta.
fly artificIal higlut timey all citangemi to a
brliliammt red , Scums of tIme mmiore iteamutifumi
green ones lmave been cut into true Oriental
emmmoralds. thought time tints are usually ratimer
too light.
In sommie cases dat-Ic blue sapphires are
hightommed 1mm color by imeating : tithe is time cisc
witlm caine froimu Epahiiy in Frammee , amid etmcii
stones mire often oxposeti to fire by lapidaries
to remider tiiemn moore brilliant.
SOME FAMOUS RUBIES AND SAPI'hIIflllS.
Time tmatmie Ihraziliaui sapphire is apimliemt to
time blue vurimtty of tournmaiine , called In-
dicolite. Ammuong gems of thIs group that are
especiahiy mmDtti time following may be tumen-
tioned : Timreo rumbles anmommg time crowmm jewels
of Framuce , otto of timeimm weighing 210 carats ,
immmvlrtg fonumied part of tue don m'y of Catherine
( ii Medici omm imer marriage to lieumry Il. , anti
time two others imavlng been reset for Marie
Stuart. Tlmem'e is among time EnglIsh crowmm
jewels a celebrated stone kmuown as tue lllacic
Prince ruby , but , unfortumnately , it is not
trims ruby , hitut a red elmhumei.
Time sapphire mnerveiileuz , sixty-two citrate
in weight , auth knouvmt as time "wooden spoomi
sapphire. " because found by a Ceylonese
wooden spoon doitier , was lately In time hope
cohtectiOtm. It Is celebrateti as time stotme that
figures 1mm the "Tales of time Castle , " by
Madammt ule Gemmils , a renmarkahiiy vlolemut sap-
pimire , quite red by artificial light.
Otimor bitme sapphires are : Otme of 132
citrate iii the mineral gallery of time Jardhum
d93 l'hatmteb at Paris ; one large rose-cmmt stone
in the Britishu mmimmscum ; a very large hear.
shaped oume , two inches long , aim time top of
time Gsrmnamt Imperial crown ; a similar one
on time AustrImu crowmm , arid aimotimer on omme or
time htussiaum crowns at Moscow. Tlmeso ilate
back to a Perloti betweemm time tentim nail
eievemmth cs.'ttumrhea , anml mumaumy imave eommme to
these various mnomuarcims as crusade piummder
or tribute ,
There are two yoilouv sappluires of especial
note , eacim nearly two Inches bug , Omme of
theom torrums time to of a itusshan crown In time
iCremmmiin Ut Moscow ; tue otimer iii an oblotmg ,
nearly two IncItes In greatest length , bemsuti-
fully set wimiu a border of large brllliants : It
is antong time Austrian jewels , anti useti to lie
worn omm a black velvet moulT by the jewel-
loving Enuprees Maria Theresa ii hen sleigh
riding.
riding.TilE
TilE FINEST GREEN SAh'PhilRE ,
The facet green sapphire in the world Is a
traumsparent emoduio of mmatural crystal in time
cabinet of Clarence $ , hletmmemmt of Phhlatlol-
pimla. It Is front Fniunlehirm , Mason couaty.
North Carolina , amiti would cut into a mmma-
umlilcent deep greemt em of timirty corals.
Time purple or violet sapphire is fornied by
a mInute Interiaminathan of red ruby and
biuo sapphire , This intermixture of different
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colors ii' the same crystal Is frequent in
corundum. In the Tiffmuumy-Morgami coliectlout
In the Amenicatu Muusetima of Natural history
In Nei' York , there Is a large specimmmeim frommu
Nortiu Caroiitta conmposeti of tmmany altenmmtute
layers of Imimue anti yellow. him London mu fine
large rmtmy , valued mit $90,000 , was sllgimtiy
reduced in uelgimt Lu ) cutting to Improve its
briiliammcy , whiereupout it developed a ldmmo
tint , rcstuitimmg hum a ios of muttotmt $70,000 to
time mieaier ,
Somime celebrated lmiropeaum jewels have been
vreservetl iii tluelr original Cast indian work-
ummanshlp , not facetted but sinmItly polished ,
anti sonmstlmnes perforated , Time pentlant sap-
mdmires in the 'otlve croiu'mis of the ( itmarrazar
treasitre of the seremith century , mmciv at time
Citmmiy immtmsemmmmm iii Paris , atuti those of time
l'ala il Oru 1mm Ilme chmmurcim of Sant' Artmbrosio
at MIlan , of the elgimtii centumry are of this
kind.
II1STOI1IC i'ILESER\'Ei ) itUhilfiS ,
A very imurge and remarkable perforateti
rub ) ' of sinmiiur ii orkimmanaimiit , mmoa' lii time
ltoSsessiomt of a noble latiy In Ireland iua cvi-
deftly hiath a bug and evemmtfmmi imlalor ) ' . It
is Over nit imicim anti a imaif itm lemmgtlm and
neatiy mm Inch while , anti ut'ighte 131) carets.
ljlioit It are shapely citgravstl , 1mm Armthtic
eitarnrtcrmm , time naitmos of fommr Successive
rulers of great mutmte in East lmumiian imtstory ,
viz : Akbar , his son Jaiianghr , hula eon Shah
Jehtmumm. amid his son Aumnimmmgzebe , covering
together nbout tii first twtm-titirds of time
seventeenth century. Tiul was lmoumgimt semite
years ago imm Teheran , amid ha iloimiutles one
of the jewels imefare referred to as carried
front India to l'ersla Itt 1739 It ) ' Nadir Simith.
ammil scattereti amitl lost after lmi death. Aim-
other rtib3' , larger thuan thtls omme , of which
a itmotlel anti Imnimresslouts still exist. hind time
sammmo tour names engraved upon it , lout time
stone itas been recuit-mu piece of historical
vammdahiemmm that is tmutpnrdonable , his ltrescmmt
whereabouts are tmmicertmuln.
mtotimer ruby engraved with time namam , of
Auruimgzeite Is s.uhtl to imas's been amimong time
j eiveis of hi is semi , a iud a ml I a mum a miti thu a t has
bi'etm cut sluice also luami time eumgravetl muamnee
of Jaiuanglr mutth Simaim Jehisum.
Time lcamb.i at Mecca , sIti to imai'c' been
built by Ahraimamn , emmcioee's a sacreui bItch
atomic se'emm iutchues long , cailni a ' 'itimby
( mum heaven , " bmt iii reality believed to be a
tummteorite.
ThE EMEI1ALT ) AND ITS V.LUE.
Next to time diamumooti amiti rumimy tue emmmerultl
has alwmys been imeld hum the highest esteemmm.
Its lecuitarhy rich ammil delicate color huas a
citarmum that is ever mmciv , amid its cool greemm
thmut is said by mumany mutmtiiors to be m'estftml
to time eye.
fiummeraitle are usually emit hum sinmplr formims
t ii itn ( I im : immommils timid time cot-mm mmd tu tim getums , Time
forun htreferreil is ithat is called the table-
cut-a mmqttare or oblong , witim a large flat
face anti beveled edges , time lower surfmure
being cut itt 101mg mmarrow facets liaraulel to tIme
sides. Fine gems comtmnmammd time Itric of ilmie
( liunoniC ( , and time Ithrase , "A itawieas
emumeraith. " Is classic.
Tue imimmimemise euneralmis reported by amiciemit
writers , as carved iimto stmmttmcs , etc. , were
Il'tlitly oIlier green stones confomunded mummitor
the smmme umtmmmme.
Fimmo eumueraimle imave alusays been rare anti
luiglmly catecuumed , Time emmmer.mid is time softest
of time Itrecioima stones , apd , aimhmommghm not hum
so great demmmimnd from 1875 to 1800 , it ivits
mmever cheap. W'itli its recetut returmi to imigli
favor forttutuately mmciv flnd have beau timade ,
and immammy flute eumueraltia soul , Those of rlcim
color cut ott cabocimon are especially up-
Preciated at presemut.
ItAhtil COLLECTIONS OF ltIEitALDS ,
Time anciemmt Mexicamma ammti I'cruuvlamms had
uuiamty Iluto emtmeralds wimicim attracted time at-
temmtlotm of theIr Spanisim commquerers. Thmey
ivere imeid in great esteemiu ity time imalive
cimiefs mind were exqtmlsitoly wrought. Those
of Mexico caine frommu liogota ; timose of l'eru
were obtaimmed in Bogota or In time Atmmcammma
desert , or else In Ecummiior , where time umamne or
Esuuieraida is still imormue by a village ammil
river on accomunt of time former ahummmdanco of
time genus in time vicinity , None , imowever , are
riots' brought from eithmer of these regiamme.
Cortez scull Imomo two large cases of emneraitla ,
wlitcim ii'ero lost omm a ship retturnimig to Sham.
lie also brought with hmimum mnagniticent
emeralds , for somno of which lie was olTereti
eulormtmotms sumns. In omio of time cases , it
is sahml , were 40,000 cat-ate , Sonic
of tlmemut hail been cult lit time imiost exquisite
muianumer by th Moxicami workmen-one
carved in tIme tot-ni of a flower , another of e
lisit with eyes of gold , anotiue - of a bell with
n'4peri'.for the tQngue , aurl ' fommrtim into a
't1ip"11tra"olden !
Spaniards sonmotimes confused itime ricim green
jadelte is'ith emerald.
In the Tetmmple of the Stmn at Cumzco in Peru
there is reported to itave been a ahilOfimhici
huiiage of time sun , wIth disk and rays of gold
set thick with enieraiils ; timhs fell to Pizarro ,
ivhmo , it is said , gaummhled it away in a shutgle
mmighmt. 'fImo royal coliectlorm at Mairhl ( con-
taimis uumagnhflcent crystals of emuieruld , somne
of them of time thmioct ivater anti of large size ,
evtdemmtiy trommi sommme of thmesmi mmiv vorld's
localities ,
I'iUNCIPAL SOURCES OF EMEI1ALDS.
The principal source of eimierahtls is at time
Mtmso tmmimue , mmear Bogota , Cohumimitia , S. A.
They are also fouuud at T.mkawaja , Sibrla
anti at Moummut Zabara in tipper Egypt. This
last imlace was tint primtchpal source kumowim to
time amtchemmts , but It unit been bug torgottemm
whmemm a Fremmch traveler , M. Cahiiiatmtl , ills-
covered time old workitmgs a few years ago.
Souiis of time ancient emeraitlt , were doubtless
obtained from a locality at Iiabacimthal in
time Tyrci , as ivehi as from Mount Zabara in
Egypt. Light colored emeralds in consIderable -
able qumantity have lately baen foututi at Emit-
mnavhhle , New South \'aies , amuti lit Alexantler
county , Nom'th Cat-cumin , but time latter ,
timommguu eiegammt slteclmomftls of crystals , are
not clear emmoutgit for cutting ,
A Bogota spcimnen lit time cabhumrt of tIme
duke of Ieyommmlmhro is remnarkably tine ; it is
a perfected hexagonal cmystmmi tao iumcluem'
high amid about tlmo same iii diammcter , anti
weighs eighteen amth three-quarter otummces.
A yet choicer crystal , costing 500 , html ommiy
ommo-timirmh time weight , was In thm celebrateil
Iloimo collectIon.
Sommmtm of time Siberian emnerahils In time im-
penal mimumsettmn at St. I'eterelmmurg sue mimuclu
larger bitt less flute : cue in fommrteemi anti one-
half Imucimos iong anti twelve lumcheL' broad , anti
welgh shxtecit mmmii thiree'-qmiarters pomnids.
Nortlm Caroliuta iuas ) 'Itimetl ! a fete very fine
crystals , time best of which are in time lienment
cohiecitomu lii h'imiiadelpitla.
Time dial holds its hilacC amtmong time gems
by virtue of its siumgtmhar itt'atmty , aitimouugIm In
general no ( 'tulle lint imartler timamm qtmartz is
tie ranked. Timers are mmmamiy varieties , ranging
froimu tlmoae that imavo little or mme color , whthchm
are called comimnuan , cr ec'mmmi-opais , to the cx-
( humisitely hteamutifumi vreciotis ottal of jewelry.
Aumuotmg time Ilimer varietIes may be mmoteml the
tohioivlmmg :
First-Noble opal , wimlclm is wimitislm In gen-
eruui aspect , aimmi transimmcemut but closely shot
through with small anti imriihiant gleummos of all
the colors of time raimmbow. Title is time hilnul
mimcsL prized for settlmmg. Whmemu time colors
ocottr 1mm mnlmmute specks tiles a niosaic it is
called par-opal ,
Second-Flame opal , which is traumaparezmt
anti almumoat colorless , hut has broati ihaumme-
like smurfaces of various tints.
'rhiril-Firo opal , or girasni : thIs is some-
wlust like time last , limit time germeral color of
time glassy nmass is yellosv to reti , is'ltii cohoremi
reilectiotus of mnmuumy tints Iii the sante way.
Fourth-Recently the Ammiutrallan mmiitmes
have ylelult'ul imrliliamut mmrechnus opal svimosi'
gemmerai color is rich hums to grean ; annie-
tluues wimc'n lucid ump to the ulghmt they shuow
a ) 'eilow or re'liiaiu ' color. 'i'hhs is the utmaln
distitmgumislming lmolmmt imetweoum thmeni anti time
finest hungarian oiahut.
The ilumest quality of umoblo allah is omined
at Iubreck hum hiuumgary. but tim Qtte'nshimnd ,
New Somutim W'ales , aini Idaho nimumea , in
\Vaslmhmmgtotm state , are now formumitimuble rivals
both aa to qmi.mlity and yIeld. him our uit'fl country -
try witiuimi a tow yeats vast. lrommmhe'hng iocaii-
ties of fine o7aI have been dIscovered at ccv-
eriml polilts lit the far mmorihweer , itt limo lava
bemle of time Owhybeo miistrlct in idaimo , amid
in W'ashmimmgtoum state near time Itialmo himme.
Ttmeo iave been workeul to se.ea extant , amid
fine nmatonial obtaimueti , ammul a sloSh gem hmas
sold for $1,000 ,
Allusion should be mails to a very b.cauti.
ful style of work icnowrm as opal cameo , wimhchm
consIsts In carvtimg a head or otimer device Iii
a thin seam of opal amid cuttimig away around
IL to tIme static on whicim It rests , thuis bniumg.
iitm out the iienml lii relief on a different colored -
ored buuckgroumnd , in time Qtmecimslammil opals
thui effect can be itrothumeeti with great itcatity ,
time mi.irk bronmi rock contrastimmg very ole.
gammtly ivltlm time ralseml device in bnilhinuit blue
or green opal filled with its gleamuis of fire.
The famumous uneckiace of opals timat belonged
first to the Emuuiir Jes'luhiliio aumtl lastly to
the Ill-fitted Emmgemmie wmus recemutly solti In
time I.'mmitcqh Stmmte , Time great central opal ,
known as time tttmrmmlng Troy , like the rest of
time gemmms imu this coliaretie , imroved to ho
moore vimlimabie for its iuistor' than for its
beamuty. , ( IEOI1UE 1' . KiNG ,
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Stuil , l1miis or I'iiuig lit.
Ietroht iree l'rcea : Life ismm't wontlu liv-
lmmg for time muiere ihilmig of it.
A wonuamm caum rarely conceal huer trume self
frommu another iu nitmimu ,
( 'ommmnuon semmso is time iiatpy mmtcsllimmui of
all timmi senses ,
Alt emtgagemimemtt wIthout kisses is taxa-
tinmi withmumut reimrcsi'ntatlomm.
A sotmiuti mumhmumh lIt a soiiil imouly Iii not as
attractive to somime People as it soummtl butly
iii soumith clothue ,
A womimamm ciii Io her Imoitil shout as
cushy as ehu c.umm hmer heart.
No uncut's braimm can drii'e otimer bodies out-
ies It dm'ti'e its own boil ) ' .
A imati mmmamm's exnmmmltie oftomm does mmmoro gooti
( hum a good mumaum's hirecdtmt.
A Imerltiexcd % vommtaui can ask mrmore (11155-
thens iii a mu I n mm I e I luau slut cit a remmiemimbe r
the mulmswera to 1mm a lifetime ,
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