THE 01M.AIIA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , AUG-TJST 1 , 1807. 19
Chicago * owed the need for * large crop
of trouhlo when the city fftthera pa-uied and
the mayor approved an ordinance taxing
bicycles one dollar a jeflr each The legal
department of the city declares the net Is
cont'tttutlcnil , the mayor najfl It Is a pro-
ttctlon for wlipolcrn , nnd the plan ? for the
tape have been drawn. Hut for all that , the
problem of collecting the tax la no nearer
solution If collectors are necessary , the ex
pense will cat up the return * , and tha pro-
poted fattening of the road fund will bo de
ferred Indefinitely. The Idea of giving the
police tha Job of distributing tags and col
lecting the tax evokes a robust protest from
a multitude otiuide \\heelilont. . who rightly
Inslit that the police foreo should be
atrlPlly HmltPil to Its legitimate duties , He-
sldcs thttw trouble" , wheelen living In mib-
urbni' towns thieaten to retaliate If Chicago
Impose * a tax on them when within the big
city's limits i
The i oil need of Chicago Is not the tags
nnd the tav. What \vantcd Is fome effectIve -
Ivo method of preventing pcorchlni ? , which
Is steadily populating local cemeteries There
Is an eUI that rails foi a vigorous applica
tion of the policeman club.
It U cRtltratcd that from 12000 to 1C 000
persons emplojed In Washington UHO their
wheolH In going to and rrtmnlng from busi
ness Nearly M.OOO .ire cmplojod In the do-
partincnto alone , and of those It Is safe to
gay that moio than one-quarter USD the
nhecl The sight In the morning IIOIIIH la
exhilarating , lloay-rherkeil t ) pew liters In
natty eoslumcs machlnlstfl employed at the
navy jard , department cleiUs , male and
female old and joung , ( , cliool girls nnd
school marmn. all dnsh to their work
mounted upon wheels. Pome sill along with
charming grace and c\cn abandon , while
others nervously grip the handles of tViclr
wheels and dismount when In doubt Many
sit an stialght as ramrods with hands behind
their harki , driving the wheels as though
they wore parts of themselves OtherH main
tain an unconscious , but ensj attitude , ap
parent ! } thinking over the vvoik of the day
A few bond to the low hindto bars and
speed along as though suffering from curva
ture of the- spine Darwin's theory l ap
parently reversed. Instead of the low
evolution through long ages of man from the
simian we ha\e the rapid development of
the simian from man This evolution Is con
fined to the lords of creation , for no lady has
over been seen on the streets of Washington
tiding a wheel with ram' horn handla bars.
Ono of the most wonderful piodncts of
cycling IB G.iaton Ulvlcrrc , the aged French
rider who hns won the greatest rend race
held In Em ope every jear , the 1'arls to
Hordeaux. 'Ihls race has made many a man
famous , and will bo remembered because of
the part It plaved In causing the death of
one of the greatest racing men the woild has
ever neen , the late Aitliur Llnton , who died
last jtar after contiactlng a cold In this
race. TlMero la probably the oldest active
racing man In the world , and his ability In-
crensrs with his ago. Ills age Is generally
conceded to be anjwhcro between 10 and 55
years , and the winning of this great race
lust > rar shows what will it-suit from careful
training , with pioptr attention to living.
Ono of the most unique organizations In
Cincinnati Is the Ministers' Wheel club.
They take runs every Monday.
Miss Mary Mungcr. thoS-jcar-nld daughter
of 11. S Mungcr of the Northlngton-l'rntt-
Munger Oln company of Birmingham , Ala. ,
10 tlu > smallest ojcllst In the United States
of which there Is any iccord The little
nirmlnghim cjcllst began riding when slip
was only 2 jears and 6 months old At 2
jears and 0 months she rode very well The
wheel flho now ildes was made especially for
her and Is Just fourteen Inches high. It
looks like a pla > thing , but conveys the little
rider , who accompanies her father about the
city , with fiso whciever she caics to go. Mr.
.Mungcr is having a wheel made for hla 10-
moiiths-old daughter , which he expects the
little girl to be riding when she Is 2 years
of age.
Ono healing In particular needs especial
care , as it Is frequently neglected by the
amateur , because ho falls to appreciate how
Important It Is. On the polo that supports
the handle-bais and Is supported by the
front wheel forks nro two bearings , the
lower one of which Is apt to be passed over
Both these bearings should be taken apart ,
the balls carefully washed In kerosene , and
the sockets very thoroughly wiped and
cleaned When this part of the wheel Is
again put together , the adjusting ought
really to bo- done by an experienced bicycle
mechanic For If the bearings are too
tightly fixed , your ildlng Is at once and for
all tlmo uncomfortable , and many a man
\ * umble to tell the reason. The handles
do not exactly turn hard , but the whole
wheel feels damped. Resides this , the
wear on the balls and sockets Is BO severe
under thcbo circumstances that In a com
paratively short tlmo the blcyclo haa to go
to the shop for repairs.
The gear case Is giaduilly but surely
working Itself Into favor. Hero In the west ,
with onr almost pcifcct loads and excep
tional v\cither conditions Its adoption will
not bo so general or. so speedy as In thi
less favored cast , but oven hero IU virtues
and desirability cannot be gainsaid. We
must admit , says the Cjcllng West , that the
eyes accustomed to the tmtramnipled beauty
of wheel linen , with their elegance unob-
rcuroil by concealing appurtenances , the
clumsy and cumbersome appearance of the
gear Is against It. Wo have characteris
tically stripped our wheels so bare of ac
cessories that only the soul of their con
struction has been retained. A pcoplo who
hiivo discarded even tool bags will have to
bo educated Info the acceptance of gear
cases , but let the custom once become a
fad and ten out of every dozen wheels In
the country will bo equipped with them.
The golden rule with regard to all tires
hould be to pump them Just as hard as they
will go so as to bulge slightly when the
full weight of the rider Is In the saddle. A
tire which Is not full Inflated gives , per
haps , a morn luxurious feeling when riding ,
but the damage which Is done to the In
terior of the tire Is enormous. The slight
est Inequality In the purface of the ground
causes the weight of Ilio rider to noiia , h
out the half-Inflated tire so that the cdgo
of tlui rim comes Into contact with the road ;
the outer cover being turned out , the aliurji
edge of the rim naturally presses down upon
It. and In the com so of tlmo will wear It
out. Tin' valve Btcm , which protrudes
through a lioln In the rim , Is dragged by
the circumferential motion of tha wheel
against UP slJo , and the air tube , being more
or less free Inside , has a tendency to tear
itself away from the valve.
An Rngllsh cycle paper , commenting on
the c > clUt'a thirst , tu > a that notwithstand
ing the enormous percentage of cyclists
among the population of Rngland , his thirst-
even If bo ho a non-abstainer , Is essentially
a temperate thirst. A statistical summary
of a thousand cyclist * ' drinks shown that
nearly three-fourths were non-alcoholic bev
erages.
Under a broiling sun , with the temperature
at any old degree that the oldest Inhabitant
wants to record It , tires seemingly on the
point of melting , frames hot enough to blister
tender luliim and saddles approximating
hollers In the heat nermratlng them , a few
Irai than forty seasoned road riders begin
a double century run ono afternoon last week
at Wecluwken ,
The run was conducted under the auspices )
of the Manhattan Dlcyclo club , with Cbarlca
P. Staubucb , the captain of the club and a
road rider of much experience. In charge.
Three women decided to make the ruu for
200 miles and a medal ,
Of the three. Airs. Hdttle White , wife of
the captain of the New York County Wheel
I men , Is known by name to every century
rider of New York. She made the first cen
tury that left Now York this jear , going to
{ IMtchoguo and return , when the roads could
( scarcely be called respectable , and finishing
among the bunch that first maOe Its appear-
I ante at the end of the route. Though not
'particularly tall , Mrs. White Isery muscular
I and strong , and never has thought It a task
to accompany ordlnaiy club rum of about
fifty mttri. In fact , that has generally been
a pleasure , ami on century rides flip has en
couraged many a wtary wheelman not to glvo
uu , but to follow her pace to the end.
She rode a diamond frame wheel and was
the only woman who finished the double
century In twenty-two hours.
w nis roucirr ox TVIIKKI.S.
t' > rll t of rrimot > niul I'liuliiml Hn-
Jo > nn i\cltliinr : I'liHthiK * .
The wheelmen of England and France now
fight mock duels on blc > clrs. It Is not a
mete Imitation of the parry and thrust sport
to which the > oung men of IJurope art !
greatly addicted , but a genuine content with
foil ? , which calU for as much skill as the
comhatH which tike place on foot. No one
fleems to Know just who Inaugurated the
pastime , but It Is of muslnoom growth and
spreads like- the thl.Ulo.
flic lint qualification for the duelist of
thls-fiott la to be an expert blcjclls > t , relates
A coricspondent of thu I'lttsburg Dispatch.
Whoever attempts one of these combats on
wheels must be able to handle his machine
without the aiblstance of hla bauds and al
most mechanical ! ) One of the first prin
ciples of exercise with the foils Is to keep
constant watch of ont-'s opponent. The
slightest negligence of this sort may glvo a
fencer a ttemcmlous advantage. If ho la
obliged to detract his mind from the object
bo Is tiylng to attain , that of gaining a vic
tory over his opponent he gives that
opponent Just BO much advantage which ho
otherwise would not have. So what It really
amounts to Is that the man who wishes to
fight duels on his blcjclc must leave the
management of his wheel to his feet and
knees.
The combatants In a mock duel of this
nature are dressed In the ordinary outing
costume of the cyclist Their hands are
clothed in gauntlets , much like those worn
by the cavalrjmen These gloves are of a
light shade of brown and yellow , according
to the taste of thu wearer. The * stockings
worn are usually faced with a fine quality
of chamois skin The shoes are of the regu
lation bicycle fabhiou with rubber soles. On
the Innei side of the tiouscrs just above , the
point where the leggings and thu bottoms
of the trousers meet , Is a round pleco of rub
ber about an eighth of an Inch thick and
seven and one-half Inches In circumference.
Thu object of this lubber is to give the knee
of the rider a linn pressure upon the machine ,
just as the rubber soles of his shoes act an
a cafeguaid agaliut tils feet slipping on the
pedals.
Each duelist wears the regulation mask
through which the points may not pene
trate unless by accident the button at the
tml should bo detached. The ma&k differs
In no respect from the ordinary fencing
mask , except that over each eye there Is a
projc-ctlon of wlro , similar In form to a
small Inverted teacup. This gives absolute
freedom of vision and enables the rider to
move hh eyelids and glance from side to
side without feeling the slightest pressure
from the marfk Itself. The protecting mask
comes to a point just back of the ears. It
is a little greater In the extent of Its sur
face than the mask which the fencer ordi
narily uses , because It Is almost suic to be
the case that the duelist on wheels will
make a Inugo at his opponent which will
can so the button at the end of his foil to
strike his antagonist farther back on the
side of the head than would be the case If
ho were on foot.
A few days ago the writer was fortunate
enough to witness a contest with foils be
tween two of the most expert riders In the
United Kingdom , whose names are with
held because they do not wish to become
known as having entered Into the Idea so
practically. IJotb riders were mounted on
American wheels , twenty-eight pounds each
The wheels weie of what Is called the new
folding pattern. That Is , the frame Is so con
structed that It is possible to fold the
wheels so that they come side by side , the
center of the frame working on a hinge.
It Is claimed that a wheel of this sort en
ables the rider to turn more quickly and
thus forms the best possible wheel for the
mock duelist.
Each man took up a position about fifteen
feet from hla antagonist. At a given signal
both mounted their steeds of steel and slonly
circled about one another just as we have
seen men fighting with knives seek an open
ing In which to make an attack. The left
hand gra p3 firmly the foil , held at an angle
of 45 degrees. Slowly the two circle about ,
until , suddenly , ono ilder dashes forward
as If from a catapult ; there Is a clash , clash
of steel and the first passes are over. The
circling movement Is continued by both men ,
who grow more" and more wary as the circle
narrows.
"Look out , " calls the director. "Gentle
men , no foul If jou please. " This makes
the duelists more wary , for -a foul by either
iiip.-ins the less of the honor of the conflict
" "Ware , " cries ono of the combitnnta , and
" thiiiHt Is alined < it his opponent's helmut
with a force that would seem sufTlclent to
force him from thn saddle Ho sustains the
liork gallantly , and the sparks fly fast and
furloua as the foils beat upon one another
Neither cyclist has lost his equilibrium for
a moment , The bicycles seem almost endowed
dewed with life. The riders evidently have
forgotten that they are not on steeds of flesh
and blood. Parry and thrust , clever defense ,
blows that Eeem powerful enough to cleave
the mask In twain all these- occur with
llKhtnliiR-Uke rapidity.
Then like a flrsh of light one cyclist whirls
and circles about the other and before the
latter can fairly place himself In a position
of detente the more active wheelman has
touched his antagonist over the heart with
the button that protects the point of hid
weapon. The cycllat who Is thus touched Is
forced to dismount his wheel , and his oppo
nent has scored a point. This la the method
that Is generally followed , and , as may be
seen from the description given , Is exciting
In the extreme.
oim M\.M > rmi >
Nixon Wntermnn In I. A. W Bulletin.
They say we men nro llckle , but I think the
average man
Would nlwnyx Jove a woman formed on Just
the proper plan.
The trouble Is we seldom tlnd amid their
runktt , HI.-IH !
A mate- for life that proves to bo quite
suited to our class.
Now tnke a girl vvho o heart Is soft and
xtrong umJ warm nnd true ,
And Klve her large , small eyes of crny nnd
black nnd brown nml bine.
And lonp , Bhort Imlr of p\ery shade from
raven'n vvlni ; to gold ,
With cheekn of every hue and tint nnd
every shape nnd mold.
Then let' thin clrl be short nnd toll nnd all
the way between ,
And likewise very plump nnd stout nnd also
frail and lean ,
And hnve her simple-minded with nn Inno-
cc-nt rewrve
Yet versed in worldly mattera , up to snuff
nnd full of nerve.
Then let her know Just how nnd when to
use , with nlce-st ean ? .
Whatever combination of her charms she
knows w 111 please
VfHh mich n clrl ' '
n lover's love tvou'd then
be true and strong ,
And never pyvcrve at least , not till another
came along.
1'oUlnir Fun til WhrelerN.
She Why does that piano sound first high
and then low when Miss Wilson plays 117
"Well , you see , aho Is learning to ride a
wheel and uses both pedals from force of
habit. "
"Ah , Mr. Brightly. " eald the pensive
maiden , "don't you ever fe l at times AS If
alt the world vere against you , and th
very stars looked cold and forbl. ! Mng ? "
"No , " ald Mr. Brlshtly , feelingly ; "no ,
Miss Marlon , I don't rIJa a bike , "
Walker 1 would ride a blcjcle , It I wcrn
only sure I would escape being called a
"wheelman. "
Wheeler I'd rather be n wheelman than n
footman.
"Tho bicycle has almMt lun the horse out
of business , and now It has begun on the
cow. "
"How's that ? "
" ' rubber-tire beefsteak
"Why , wasn't that -
wo had for breakfast ? "
"Yes , " remarked n Chicago girl , "ho rep
resents one of our oldest families. "
"Docs ! io date before- the fire ? "
"No not quite PO far back as that. But
he's one of the people who have ridden the
old style high wheels. "
The blcyclo stopped suddenly.
The old man went over the handlebar and
turned a complete somersault In the air.
Then he sat down on the pivemcnt hard.
"Now jou know how It feels to be whacked
there , " said the boy.
And with a merry laugh he disappeared
around the corner.
Some tandems are like marriage
And this truth we cannot shirk ;
The girl gets most attention ,
While the man does all the work.
of tin * Wheel.
The long looked for cjclo path between
Omaha and rlorenco has at last been com
pleted to the city limits , from where the
county commlrflloncrs will take up the work
and continue the path to Florence , a distance
of about one mile. When wo say that the
path Is complete wo mean as complete as It
over will bo until the wheelmen of Omaha
subscribe money enough to put a top lajor
of cinders upor It nnd have them rolled until
the surface Is perfectly smooth and hard. It
will then bo an Ideal cjclp path such as are
to he seen o every nand In almost all of the
large cities In this country. The city hfs
had graded ana rolled a path twelve feet
wide upon the east side of Thirtieth street
from Fort street to the city limits. At the
present time the path Is In excellent condi
tion , being as smooth and hard as a floor ,
and the street commissioners will make an
effort to keep It BO during the entire riding
season. Driving upon the path Is prohibited
a , line of $5 being the penalty attached foi
such offense. It might not be a bad Idea
for local wheelmen to glvo a blue ribbon or
benefit race meet In order to raise funds
enough to put a cinder surface upon the
path and thus make It one of the finest
paths In the west. Almost all of the local
racing men would ride at ouch n benefit free
gratis and there Is no reason why money
enough to surface the path could not be
secured In this way.
The local bicycle race-going public would
ho d'sappolnted ' Indeed If they were not
given an opportunlt ) to witness at least one
good six-day race each season. Since Jack
1'rlnco first introduced ul\-day blcjclo racing
In this city , some eleven years ago , they
have come to be almost annual affairs , and
each vcar with the exception of one , which
was In 1892-3 , has seen one. or more pulled
off In this city. Of course- short races arc ,
perhaps , more Interesting to many , but
there la something about the hard , steady
grind of a six-day race , with a good , fat > t
sprint now and then when Homebody trkQ
to gain a lap , that works the spectator up
to the highest pitch of enthusiasm , and the
person who attends ono night Is sure to go
another. The bicycle track at Charles
Street park Is now under the management
of B. II. Morgan , a prominent local wheel
man , who will open It on August 9 with a
six-day one hour per day race , and the entries -
trios of some of the. fastest profesalonals In
the wc t have already been received , among
them being thceo of Hlbbs and Ashley ,
Sioux City ; Barnett and McBrlde of Lin
coln , Ned Reading , the ooldler cyclist ; the
three Hall brothers , Charles , Virgil and
Dick ; Dad Holton , Ed Proulx , Messenger
Hey Brown , George Melrsteln and Louis
Flescner. Several other out-of-town riders
are In correspondence with the management
and will probably ecnd in their entries be
fore the end of the week. In addition to the
six-day race there will be a match race
each evening between several out-of-town
riders and some of the local short distance
riders. In these match races the rldero
will start from opposite sides of the track.
In , addition to the match races the manage
ment will offer medala to the amateurs re
ducing the records that are now held on this
track. Doing ono of the fastest tracks In
the west , homo very swift races will surely
be seen.
Ned Reading , the soldier blcjcllst , who
was transfened fiom Fort Omaha last fall
to Fort Keogh , Mont. , Is In the city , to
participate In the six-day race.
The Omaha ' 98 National Meet club will
leave for Philadelphia where they go to be
In attendance at the ' 97 national meet of the
Li-acuo of American Wheelmen , in a special
car this evening. While at Philadelphia they
will try and Impress the fact upon the minds
of the assembled multitude of wheelmen that
Omaha wants the meet In ' 98 , and that If
she gets It she will show visiting wheelmen
a tlmo at It the like of which they never
saw before. Unfortunately business mat
ters keep Chief Consul O'Brien from attend
ing this year's meet. In Mr. O'Brien's not
being able to attend the Omaha delegation
go without the division's head official , who Is
ono of their best workers , which will un
doubtedly handicap them somewhat. The
delegation will run up against some keen
competitors In the Indianapolis delegation ,
and It Is hoped that Omaha will make the
better showing.
II. C. Hartry has obtained the required
number of new members for the Nebraska
division and Is therefore now the proud pos
sessor of one of the new honor medals.
Chief Consul O'Brien has made arrange.-
montfi with n number of local repair shops
whereby the latter are to allow n discount of
from 10 to 25 per cent upon all repairs to
league members. The discount may be had
upon presentation of an L A. W. member
ship card. Mr. O'Brien will arrange to have
oilicial repair shops In every town through
out the state. This feature alone will eave
any wheelman more than the prlco of his
league membership In a jear.
John Davton Robblus , better known
throughout the state as the Pacemaker In
dian , came In on his wheel from the west
joaterday , to be In attendance at the ' 9S
Me t club's benefit race meet. Mr. Hobblna
Is spending the season In touring Nebraska
and Kanaas awheel.
As near as can be learned It Is the ex
position management's Intention to tear up
the old fair grounds half-mllo track within
the next two weeks , and as the 'OS Meet
club Is no nearer to having a track now
than It was two months ago the chances
are that Omaha will bo without a track
ehortly. The city authorities have ordered
the Charles Street park track torn up , as
the grand stand and fence on the north side
occupy part of Charles street , therefore this
track will have to be taken down shortly
after the six-day race , thus leaving Omaha
without any kind of a track. Some capital
ist would find that a good blcyclo track
located In the north part of town would he
a paying Investment ,
Prospccto now point to a very successful
state circuit In Nebraska. The circuit will
likely open at Lincoln about September 1 ,
and will continue about twenty days. There
la unusual Interest manifested by the towns
which deslro dates , and It Is safe to predict
that good prizes will bb hung up all over
the circuit. It U expected that the riders
who follow the Kansas circuit will arrange
to ride on the Nebraska circuit , and these ,
together with a large number of home rid
ers , will make some very fast company. The
Bee will announce the towns and dates for
the circuit at the earliest possible moment.
A practical answer to "What do I get for
my dollar ? " so often r.sked by wheelmen who
are solicited to join the League of American
Wheelmen , can be found In the favors ex
tended league members at the national meet
to be held In Philadelphia next week.
The river excursion scheduled for Wednes
day evening li a case In point , the entire en
tertainment on that occasion being freeto
league members. Special League of Ameri
can Wheelmen boats will leave Arch street
wharf at fifteen minute Intervals , and visit
ors , after being afforded an opportunity of
Inspecting the entire water ( ( ont of the city ,
will bo taken to Washington park , on the
Delaware , xvhero a imMdo and specially ar
ranged entertainment li In cour.-e of prepa
ration by the management of that well known
reinrt Not only wilt , the 'membership ticket
bo recognized on the fhdclnl boats , but the
committee In charge Of the excursion l.as
made arrangements w'hSWby ' those who find
It convenient to go with the main body may
take pasiage dl'cct 'to Washington park
Transportation wll \irovllded for 20,000 , and
by special ariangemefit the visitors will not
bo compelled to return (6 the city at any
stated time , the league ticket securing pas-
K.IKO on any of the regular boats up to nild-
ulrht. 1- ,
Another practical answer to the stereo
typed question , "What tlo I get for my $1 ? "
will bo had the following evening , Thursday ,
on the occasion of thai "all-night smoker" at
the Arena. Then visitors will be afforded
an opportunity of enjovlng one of these
famous functions for which the wheelmen of
the Quaker City are famous. From O'.IO
P in , till rosy dawn there will be a "contin
uous performance. " athletic , musical nr.O
pugilistic , such as has never been witnessed.
The representative of ono of the big tobacco
companies has donitcd 100,000 cigarettes for
the occasion nnd another has placed an
equal number of pipes nnd a few bushels of
tobacco on the free list. This "smoker" will
bo ono of the events of the meat ,
. ( Copyrlsht. 1S87 , hy Cy Wnnrmn )
"Who mnile the rose on ( lie rose bush ? "
" ( Ted made thp red rose tree ,
And the lilies fair In the garden there , "
The little girl nnswciod me.
"Who made tha thorn on the rose bush ? "
The little pill boned her hend ,
\ \ 111 n troubled fiown , nnd e > es cnst down :
God made the rose , " she enld.
"Who made the rnnd nt the sen lde ? "
"God made the yuids of the ea ,
And the \vnters blue , nnd the I1sho < * . too , "
The little girl nnsvvered me.
"Who mndo the < 1mle < * by the seaside ? "
The little Rlrl raised her henil ;
With the faintest smile on her face the
while ,
"Well ! God made the sand , " she said.
Toi.n OUT or corirr.
Several jcara ago , In an action against a
rallrotd company to recover the \alue of a
mule which died while In the course of trans
portation , the evidence showed that a tramp
was found In the ear In which the- animal
sued for , and other mllles , were being car
ried , and that soon after being removed from
the car he said in the presence of the con
ductor "It's d n cold , and If It had not
been for lopping them mules over the hca'i
I would have froze to death" Subsequent ) '
the mule was found dead In the car , with
blood running from Its mouth and nose. The
court decided that the declaration of the
tramp was no part of the res gestae , and was
Inadmissible.
The judge was a rapid talker. In this In
stance It was \ery Important that every word
no spoke should be correctly recoided and he
so cautioned the stenographer.
Then the Judge began. As he warmed up
to his charpo ho was speaking at the rate of
2oO words a minute. Once he glanced toward
the stenographer. That worthy olllclal Deemed
to be half sleeping over hla work , and an-
pirentl writing very slowly.
, JJMri ; T7' "f0 01 Betting my words down
correctly ?
asked the 'Judgt.
, mAtr'm ' " ' . ? , atcn ° S "Ph " < rf seemed to wake-
up. With
llttlo
concern he replied-
" >
i "Tthnt ? Q" rlght > " " 'EC ' ; fire away. I am
about fifteen words ahead 'of ' you now ! "
Judge Puterbaugh 6f Peorla had a tem
per of his own , oven 'If hb could control It
In the court room , relates'lho Chicago Post.
One diy when , H. Mj WMd was trying a
case before him thcrd was a clash between
court and lawyer , a bharp exchange of com-
pllmelits and theu tht sky wcmed to cleai.
But Wead , who himself had been a Judge
was too rugged a man TO forget It easily !
Ho was a good lawjeri and a strong old fel
low a contemporary of
Browning and a host
of others. And that e-venlijg when court ad
journed ho stopped on. . the street to chat
with tome friends , as is tha rule In a
smaller town , and was standing there when
Judge Puterhaugh came along. x Wcad saw
Him , and , addressing Ms companions , flung
a bitter taunt at the passing Judge who
was no more than a private citizen now.
Puterbaugh whirled and struck out with
hla left hand and caught ilr. Wead right
on the chin ; and the lawyer went whirling
Into the iruddy gutter.
That was absolutely the end of the Inci
dent so far as the collision was concerned.
But It had a sequel which took away a good
deal of the venom of It. There was awag
gish custom In Peorla at the time to aw aid
a belt to the best fighting attorney. It was
a day when personal encounters were more
common than they are now. Leslie Robin-
eon had had the last flght , and had come
out first best , and the Jesting lawjcrs had
piesented him with the belt , which he had
hung up in hla office. Just before court con
vened the morning following the meeting
between Judge Puterbaugh and ex-Judge
Wead those aamo jesting lawjers went to
Robinson's office , took down the belt , car
ried It very solemnly to the court house
and deposited It on the desk by the side of
Judge Putcrbaugh's docket. The fighting
magistrate came In a moment later , KUV it
there and maybe smiled n little grimly.
But ho said not a word , and never again
was his championship referred to.
Colonel Robert Ingcrsoll wzs one of the
leadeis of the Peorla bar In days gone by ,
but was not above trying cases In a Juptlca
court. One time , while defending a inaei In
ono of those minor tribunals , along about
1SC5 , the justice fined him $5 for contempt ,
but did not attempt to add a jail sentence.
Instead ho put It in the form of a judgment
against Ingcrsoll , and Issued an execution
for the amount of the fine and costs. Con
stable Gulll was sent to levy on some of
Ingersoll's property.
"What do you want ? " awked the skeptic as
the constable came In.
"I'm going to seize property enough to
satisfy this execution , Bob , " said Gulll.
"Not a seize , " cried the lawyer. "You
gc-t out of hero "
Gulll caught up a couple of law books nnd
started for the doer. Ingcrsoll hit him with
a chair , and recaptured the property. In-
gereoll was arrested for assault and battery ,
and had a jury trial. He conducted hU own
defense , In spite of the adage that "A lawyer
who tries his own case has n fool for a
client , " and made one of the prettiest fights
over seen. He was Immensely popular , In
spite of hin skeptic ways , and the jury did
hate to convict him. Indeed , he was to
excellent a fighter , and cver > ctio so admlrej
a strong man , that the general public was
at least not against him.
It waii a mean , cold night In winter when
the case went to the jury. The room as
signed to the Jury had no flro , and was open
as a barn , The twelve good men and true
shivered over It a while , nd then sent In
word they could not agrcej The Justice re
flected It would bo a cm el thing to keep them
there all night , or halt the- night , and after
they had repeated theln declaration that they
could not agree the justice discharged them
and set down the case for trial on another
day. . i
But rlnht at the threshold of the second
trial Ingeraoll objected ( that ho had been
tried ; that the Jury had iboen discharged
without having been out t'a-ircasonable lengll !
of tlmo" which may be a pretty sound point
and that he could not bo tried again He
and the opposing attorneys fought over that
for half a day , and then .tho whole case was
dlsmlfaed forever ,
Except Ingerooll all the actors in these
llttlo dramau or&
Burning , Itching fVtln" rticeajes Instantly
relieved by De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve ,
unequalled for cuts , brumes , burns. It heals
without leavliiE a scar ,
I'art IMiii-il li > > | lu > llaln.
People do not realize the Important part
the elements play In the affairs of life. The
heavy rain which came up suddenly ono
afternoon recently lightened the load of
flowers consigned to a wjitery grave with
every outgoing steamer by ono large bunch
of carnations , and ono bridegroom sailed
away mlnua the critical gaze of on more
of the pretty ibrldo's frlenda , and one un
happy woman dreosed In a handsome gown ,
warranted to be utterly ruined by rain , eat
In the Park Place downtown elevated sta
tion and waited and waited until she knew
the ateamer had ealled away , and still It
rained. Ami then , picking up her flowers ,
she went homo In the Vain after all. It ls
not of momentous Importance , the neclng
of friends off for Europe , but at the wo
man said a ebe sat and waited : "I haven't
seen her for two years , probably I shan't
see her for two yeara more , and I uhould
have lilted to see that man. "
AN AMERICAN GIRL IN CAIRO
Spirited Sketches of Places , People and
Things in Egypt's Metropolis.
QUAINT FEATURES OF EVERYDAY LIFE
T ) r of Ilnrci mill Illxiillmn , Hc-
cent nml Itrinolc , Vlxltilo nil ( Iio
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iif n Tricolor.
CAIRO , Egypt , July 6. Cairo Is an end
less feast ( or the eyes , even It ono goes no
farther than Shcphe rd's tcirace. i\or > -
thlng gocfl by , from the icd-coated Tommy
Atkins to the splemlld otllccr in full uniform
and white helmet ; magnificent dragomen , In
golden embroidery , belonging to some princely
famlly.i ; with tied block monk on his donkey ;
beautiful bronzed runners , like some gny-
plumaged birds , who fly before tlio car
riages of the nobility , calling out and hitting
every ono out of the. way with their long
canes ; solemn , white-bearded , whlto-turbaned
Arabs , who stand In dignified silence to let
the croud ini'li by ; and In and out , In the
thick of the crowd , a woman drives tour or
YOUNG AMERICA IN CAIRO.
five turkeys with n stick , and they get In
extricably mixed upwith the legs of the
heavily necklaced donkeys , or those of the
runners , or the soldiers , and at last a veiled
woman , with her naked baby on her
shoulders , conies to the rescue and helps the
old woman to get them together again. All
the while , overhead , In the thick trees which
overhand thci terrace , some very fat magpies
walk about , talk to each other and lead queer ,
prying lives , regaidlers of everything that
coos' on below.
TUG FASHIONABLE SUBURB.
After a while we got tired of this endless
crowd and confusion and mo/ed over to the
Ohezlreh Palace hotel and hero we have had
an entirely different set of pictures. It Is on
an island , opposite Boulak ; > ou drive out
ihrouch denselv shaded roads and cross the-
long brldgo over the Nile , In fifteen minutes ,
or joucan take a trolley ( jes , a trolley In
Cairo ) , to a point on the rhei where a llttlo
steamboat ferries > ou over In thiee minutes
to the foot of the marble stairs leading Into
the hotel gardens. And 0 ! What a garden ;
what endless delight It la to wander through
It or to sit In Its cool , green retreats with
the Nile and all the lateen sails in view !
The fashionable drive la around this island ;
every afternoon the band plays in the ad
joining casino and all Cairo dilvca out to
take tea in the gaiJcns.
On the other side of the road Is the
KhedUal Sporting club , with Its polo
gtounds , race track , tennis and golf fields.
The Interior of the hotel Is superb ; It Is
what n Khedlvo would plan , and It was built
to entertain and astonish Louis Napoleon and
Eugenie at the- opening of the Suez canal.
The great central hall , where everybody
gathers In the evening after dinner to take
are a rnnss of color , and queer flRureg flit
In and out. There la A very largo contingent
of Interettlng English people whom e Are
never tired of watching. They all belong to
different sets , never mix with each other , and
present different phases of English soolal
life. Wo have Lady Douglas , who wears her
hair cut short and drerocs like a man , with
the exception of the skirt. Sh > can take
the reins over four homes with admirable
coolii'ws Then there Is Dorothy , matcbloncsa
of Atlesbury , and her beautiful daughter ,
MlM W.vntor. They and a lot of others make
up o-ic set. These all drc&j beautifully , have
wonderful turnouts , and are very Jolly : but
they act as If they were alone In the hotel.
Then there U another rich set , composed
of commoners. They have a ilnhat > e > ah ,
moro bortiia and dog carts , and they never
mix with any one else. Besides these , them
are military sets , diplomatic sets , nnd the
passing ciowd from India or elsewhere. That
much-nlked-of couple , Sir Charlca and Lady
Hereford are among the notables here. Ho
Is one.of . the handsomest men In England ,
and gets himself up as Englishmen do when
they travel , In the most picturesque fashion.
Ho wears a soft-crowned hat , around which
Is twisted a scarf of many colors , highly be
coming , especially when his lordship Is
awheel.
His lady wife rides n tricycle and wears a
most extraordinary garment , with no eleeves
and long flow Ing skirts ; her usual tostumo
at all times Is a princess robe , &ho"wears A
green velvet one for dinner , low-nccUenl and
elaborately trimmed with gold lace , und one
of blue silk by day , w Ith three different
kinds of lace on It , us If she had had diffi
culty In matching It. She la longed to her
eyes , has her hair dyed , and Is altogether
ono of the most remarkable personalities
among the many strange ones we scv > . The
other night we had the archbishop of Mon
treal and his wife on one side at dinner ,
Larl Brownlovv and his countess on tht other
Dhuleep Singh on the third bide , and Mrs.
"Mr > Sraltl1' " on tue
Then , too , wo have some of our own coun
try women whoso movements In the great
world have brought them into notoriety. Mlaa
Collins that was , now a countess , is here
with her husband ; she Is suffering from the
effects of a sunstroke. Dally on the stroke
of 12 she Is brought out In her chatso a
porteurs , to bo taken In the cool shade of
the gardens. A maid foIViws with a pet
dog , a valet conies next with extra rugs , and
last a dragoman In case of , well , wo never
were quite able to decldo why ho was as
signed a place In the procession , but then
It takes so many men to attend to' people
here.
HOW A CAIRO STREET LOOKS.
I had one adventure In the streets of
Cairo which Impressed mevery much. It
was a night of great rejoicing , the middle
of Ramadan , a feast day ; the- streets well
lighted up and full of people , everybody cat-
Ing and buying food at the uhops. There Is
something very queer about these people ;
they never can bo made to get out of the way
of canlages. To begin with , a great many
are stone blind , and have to bo led about ,
and every other man has only one eye , the
result of ophthalmia. All the children go
about with sore eyes. Then , another thing
Is they have their veils and turbans so
twisted about their heads that they don't
seem to hear ; and so your driver has to
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WHRRD wn TAKE AFTHRNOON TEA.
coffee , U screened off from tin * dining room
by an exquisite Moorish screen of carved
wood , pierced with numerous doors , and It
must bo at least fifty feet In length. The
hall Iteelf is all of ulillo marble In the
rear Is a wonderful fitalicaao of carved
marble , which divides and traffics and turns
upward with Its wealth of falry-lll < e fluted
and twisted columns until It reaches the tre
mendous height of the celling. All this
height and breadth and magnificence has to
bo paid for by endlessly long journeys down
coirldora to one's bedroom , and sometimes
the effect Is not so charming , I had been
listening to tUorleu of eastern tyranny and
cruelty , of strange disappearances of political
characters , cien In this very house , when It
wai a royal residence , and , having to go to
my room In the dark , I was conscious of two
jurbinod figures which seemed to bo following
me noleeleisly. I hastened my steps and
reached my door at last In a breathless state ,
but they were close behind mo , and theu ono
of them , In low , whispered tones , Informed
mo that they had come for my wash.
SOMIJ OP TUB CRI.BimiTIBS.
On Home nights , when dan CM are given In
the adjoining caalno , the society people from
Cairo come out and dine hero In their ball
dresses. We swarm there with Hngllih ofll-
ceru In bhort red jackets , and Egyptian olll-
clals In fez capa. The small llovver decked
tables In the Immense dining room are liter
ally ablaze with jewels. Sometimes It Is a
fancy ball , and then the gay BCCMC Is fan
tastic beyond words , and hall and garden
keep shouting and ( screeching "Alloa , inenc ,
meno ! Alloa , nlloa , alloa , mono , me no ,
mene' ' " which rises to a shriek. Well , wo
ran down t > onicthlng. There wero- horrible
scream * , a crowd and a rush. Our driver
and dragoman got Into a battle of words with
the crowd I looked down and saw pcoplo
stooping over something. I jumped out and
rushed round to the back of the carriage. It
was all very dark , hut I eaw a woman trying
to lift a form , apparently a boy , from the
ground , I don't know that ha wan much
hurt ; the wheels and not touched him , but
all wan wild confualon , I had a stiver dollar
i In my hand to glvo the woman , and was
trjlng to get It to her. The sight of the.
I money was too much for that crowd of greedy
| heggara. In a ralnuto every ono grabbed for
I my dollar ; hands reached at my hands ;
' black hands over handy grabbed at mo
j and held mo , and I felt as If I were go
ing to bo torn to pieces ; I held on and
j stopped down and got at the woman ; her
uklcny hand grabbed at the coin , such a
clutch ! The dragoman and the driver ex
tracted me and rushed mo buck to tbo
carriage ; they fought their way througu ( ho
mob , whipped up their lior.u and we got
Rwayt But U "was a horrible contact with a
hcrrlble ciowd , which would have gladly
killed me for that dollar. There la one re
deeming feature In this terrible crowd , and
that Is their teeth , It U a pleasure to watch
their mouths open and eee the splendid teeth ;
eo white. Although the crowd In the eueelH
la to noUy ono getu a very different 1m-
prw ton of thla people under other elrcum *
Dtaneei. Tha native wrvantn re o vrll
trained. rae t bontsst and hardworking ; our
dear chambermaid at Shephcrd'e WM nar.uj
CMnmti ; a long , thin man In a long hlt
gown. He won so gentle , o devoted , M
thoughtful , we never locked trunk * or door * ,
U would be considered an Intuit to them , anil
no one ever lo > r < > an > thing , I wlin I oauM
bring about eight auch Arabs home with me.
THK KNGMS1I AU.MY.
Wf hnve been much entertained hy lh
English army of occupation ; wo lure met a
number of joung KnglMh officer * They ar
moat Intcrtfltlng , not o much In ihcm Uca
M from the Huilyird Kipling point of V ! IT.
They are so joung , so handsome , i hojlsh.
and thliik thcn-flelveo auch rakea Their nlco
red jackets , their stialght backn nnd RO ) !
legs , their blue ejts and red checks , their
ptcndld form and Rood riding le'ltlit ; us
utterly They play polo over In the Khcdlral
club ground" , and then come over to our Ira
tables In the hotel gardens , nnd iMitottala
IM with their hope * and ambltloni ; When a
new regiment comes they have a lively M ur ,
a * It hns to stand night nttaeki and Mirpnrtct
from the other regiments , and are gcncrallr
Kipt awake all night.
There are field daja when quite * erlou
exercises are annnged , and there U room on
the wide plain for extensive evolutions. AV *
vvltncKseil a nhani nttack of dervishes , th
ttklng of an I > ngll < th camp , Ita recapture and
the driving out of the dervishes ; their final
capture , after nn exciting chase. In which In
fantry , cavalry , field batteries and smnUoltw *
powder carried out a most realistic ccno.
Ilio dervishes , mndo prisoners , arc drawn up
and shot , djlng bravely and detlnntly , with
most extraordinary contortions , nnd then
jump up again to dince wildly about , vvhlla
all the eroud laughs nnd cheero It was all
very well done , nnd scveral olllrcrs who P.ad
been In the Soudan spoke of Itory nppror-
Ingly. The stage fitting was line , the Im
mense plain , tbo heavy filngo of piltui ,
which had scieciied the different approaches ,
the setting RUU throwing Into high relief th
brilliant uniforms nnd well set up men , who
acted their pails so g > lj and so nctlvuly ,
nnd who may soon be doing this In dead
caincst , so mnnv never live to tome back.
A imuo AT SHOUT HANOI :
While we were looking on nt the flnnlo of
this scone , the khedlve's brother , who Is a.
most beautiful joung nun and rldcu n rcil
Aiablan home , such a wio as Schrjer paints ,
turned around suddenly and addressed a
short , squire , qulet-lonklng man who slooil
near us. sn.vlng to him"Well , Slntln 1'aflha.
thUt must make jou rathci homesick. " I
started at tlio name and turned round , and I
am nfiald I nliii .t stated my cjrs out gazing
nt thla Inoffensive looking gentleman who
stood so near me. I could snacely graap
the fact that this was ths man who baa
done such wonderful things , the man to
whom General Gordon's head was brought ,
who was Imprlfi icd no long and thientcnod
with death so often hy tlio imddhlsta , nnd
whoso hiihsequont escape nnd long montht
of wandering In the African Jungle had kept
all the civilized world In pilnful suspense.
Ills manner was so quiet and retiring , acid It
gave me the most curious fi-ellng to look at
hlfl absolute ! } cxpiffjlonless fnco and try
to reillre what th man had been through.
Ho Is tanned a deep brown and Ins scarcely
any lines In hla face ; In fait , there wast
nothing about him In any way to glvo you
an Idea that he had not lived n vague , un
eventful life like- all the rest of us I rushed
across the field nnd gathered up the scattered
members of my party to tell them hovr
closely I had been standing to n hero , and
I got them all ns thoroughly excited as I vvoa
myself , and they felt as I did , when they also
came to stand near him , that It wns an In
teresting experience , nnd was more peculiarly
so as we stood watching this mimic wnrfara
which had been once so real to him.
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