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I In t1ice t1ny of evolution and rvo1Utt0fl
, : thlng8 cem to hapc thcme1vcs O that
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\ th9 % ' in the rear of the ptoeeston may thi0
: coniiolntlon prize U they look abOtit. Re.
cetatly-that I to say , vIt1iln the Inst flro
V yearA-tho owIIerH Of btcycIe looked upon
t , the here ns it buc1 nurnh r. On the
Rtreets And boulevarls he ' .aS regirt1e1 a
¶ p an Interloper , tolerated for 1iI PtBL and
ltIc4 for TiP ; present corulitlon , 1II value
, ' , unlc to zero , and In omo ectlons of this
grot country tie Was tiot onsdcrl ( worth
' Jils hay. lInt he lived on Bornohow , p1oddcd
hIA weary ay arnl the eer of the wheelo
Ing niultitude , and calmly bl1lcd 1113 tIme.
It baR rome. The overflowing meaurc of.
I iirblft' ohloqily. vliIch hn licen a steady let
i , for ) eats , no % ' ntfords the longed-ror consom
2 latIon. To iee a bicycle standing Uejectedly
hefore a wheel store bearing a four-olInr
price tag I tonipcnsatIon for equine trials
atid tribulations. TIme , as usual , humbles
pride and evens UI ) some things.
. An effort hi being made at Washington to
stftlnp every tIeyclo ( healer who handles any
second-hand vbcels u a junkinnii and coni-
pci him to ay a tax of 4O a year which Is
the license foe paitl by junk theaters. Four
retnller of bicycles have been arrested on
ari'Antti sworn Out by the prosecuting at-
and a hard kgnl fight Is In pros-
pent. The law Is very ecphIctt. It provides
that every one inak1n It. his business to
sell or buy second-hand persoxial iroperty ,
of no matter what kind. shall pay a fee of
$40 annually to the Iistrict of Columbia. If
the bI yIo men lese their case , every dealer
ho takes seconh-hanhl wheels In part uny-
moot for new macblocs wilt have to pny
the jtlnkman'Hfce or cease the practice , If
the law In sustaltieci It will apply with equal
force to dealers. ln.typewriter. sewing ma-
chines and other articles of hike nature. and
. for tills reason ( ho cycle inerchonts are on-
.
) , dravoring to enlist. the'atd of the trades-
. . mon In all such lines.
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.Thcse foreign riders who came to America
tinder the liehlcf that they hail strucic u civ-
hhized Kiondiko are Iowly rouraing to their
Bunny lands with , hqng iountenances and
many words of condemnation against those
who brought them over and i.old them a
"gold brick. " The American representa-
tIvet3 when they were in France predicted
to the impressionable Frenchmen that nil
( hat wasneedeti in America was their pres-
I
vhen the Yankees would fight for tin'
honor of pn5ng hcIcela to witness their
riding. Such was not the ca'o , however ; in
fact , it was a hard ob to get together sulil-
dent specie to pay the training aud travel-
( log expenses or the foreIgn stars whose
luster has been so badly dimmed , and now
as fiist as a member of this now famous in-
h ternatlonni team gets sumetent money to-
gether the first lncstmont is a steerage
passenger ticket by boniO of the slower
boats to PariB. , Those. who have already
rdached the sunny shore of bonny France
have been the center of nttructton among
bosu who did not come over , and the press
( of that country has been wild In its descrip-
ton ( of th treatmi nt accorded thetr repro-
seiflatlves. As , was to be expected , the en-
ro1rclng frateinlty oL .Ainerica. baa bQen
sQcrcblund .zo : J4nIctlops of a fw
unupuIoua promoters flctbo good Pamo
or. the ArnOrican sportsman has been attacked -
tacked , by all ocncrIicd. International sport
ha received a seve'ro shock by this ailair
anduuicis.ueh riders as Linton and Tay-
' 1or , both of ) h0fl. ! have been well treated
' in this country , counteract the eltect of the
report spicad by the other riders , foreign
, riders vlhl not treat inerieana with that
affection so much desired , nor will they
be apt. to.agaIucama to this country for the
sake of chasing , tbeAmcrlcaa dollar from
its lair.
I3roaily speaking , every wheel needs
truing up once or. twice In a season , and L
most machifle5 have by the 1st of August
been ridden enqugh for .the slOkC8 ) to be in :
11CCl of attention. 'Tim total strain on the
' hub and rIm of a kycic is little appre-
dated. It has beau esthuat that the ten. -
sion on each spoke Is nbout twenty-five
A lOUXUIB. This Is pulling oa the eyelet In thc t
hub ltangt , atid on a little wash r that 1
,
, counter sunk in the wood onthe outside 01
' thft rim next to the tire. In a wheel haying ,
. thIrty-six siOkes this means a total of 90C I
pOUnlS strain. Every tipi a wheel h I
stecred over a heAvy roadwa } or wrenched I
around a corner there Is an extra iull on L
the washers In tiiq rim and the tendency ht
for them to sik dcupr. The consequenc t
is that the SPOkeS work loose. In addition I
I to the stratii of regular riding at. this tImc It t
is 'to ba cnuuted the changeable weather
, Thu heat and moistur * of the last tow wcekf ;
.havo been playing hayoc with both W0O ( I
and steel and the men of the aimps say tha
iibout 60 lCV cent of the wheels they se . '
neeih truing up. Spokes when tight emit
musical note upon being thrummed , ant
rIders wIth jin1ment can tell by going ovei
their spokes anti twanging them when ther
Is need of adjustment. A word of cauttot ;
: regarding this i given by a New 'ori C
ilealer who has epont more than two do -
caties In the business. lie says th it rlden S
should not take It for granted that a whoc
Is out of true because every spoke t not o
equal tension. Moti have taken wheels ii
hIs 51101) . ho says. antI asked to have then
¶ . fixed btcIuso : they ( mmii that some one o : r
two Spokes were not as tight as thio others :
eiitl upon oxaititnation the wheel was fount ;
. to be perfectly true. This Is ( lUtt to thi
' fact that when a wheel Is itulit and truci
up the spokes are not of equal tension .
Theoretically they Hhleulti be , but iracttcaii : :
tht'y cannot be. Workmanship tony ho eve
o tIne. but steel and wood cannot be ren -
4
dered Insensible to natural laws. There I S
nlways some shrinkage and expansioii al -
lowed for. Furthermore there are slight In
accuracies in drilling the holes In rIm 8
whtielt. In the aggregate make a tnarkcil dif -
ference. 'I'ht'refore , a brand.uow wheel mti V
be perfectly trtle and yet have some spoke S
vhIcIt , when 5flaIPCtt ) with the lIngers , ilk U
harp strings , do not sound in the same he , I
asthe othere. If a number are loose In thl S
however , It Is pretty certain that th a
wheel needs attention. The bct. way is I 0
test the wheel by spinning it anti hoidin .
. the ( humb itall so 01050 to the rim that It I I ,
does not turn evenly the nail eIil be ruibe U
by certain parts of it. It Is also pointed ou it
that a vbeeI may 1)0 trUtt anti yet bay
spokes in need of tightening , because a ! it
. hays become loose so evenly that the rh a
is not dIstorted.
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A bicycle frame heavily charged wit li
lightning nearly killed Charles Whtht c f
' Danbury , Conu. , one night last week.'Igb
I lives some distance from titO city an
usually rides borne front wprk over tb 0
hlitigefleid road.S'hhlo pedaling Uirough th 0
woods below Sugar hollow one evening b S
was overtaken by a heavy shower.
, There was a bitndlng flash of hightnln g
and a crash which seemed to Whgiit to ahak C
the etrIt. lie remembers that aoinethlii g
struck hIm a blow. but after that nil we _ s
blank to htni until the rain splashIng uio II
his fare awoke him , and lie found buss ! if
lying in the gutter by the roadside , soake ii
through and achtiig In every joint of hi Is
body ,
W'iltt remembers that as lie fell from lb Le
w heel a. bluish ball of fire exploded at the
po int where the handle-bars connect with
th e titeorlttg fork and that sparks of fire flew
fr om the spokeB. The wheel remained
h eavily charged for several hours.
A woman has lust beaten cii records In a
lo ng-distanca bicycle tide between Now York
a nti Hostoti. She will be enabled to mttkt ,
th e proud boast that she rode In less time
b etween those two cIties than any one before
h er. 11cr feat will also incite a number of
sI lly ImItators to risk health by similar feats
o f speech and endurance , which wIll liann
t hemselves and do good to nobody cisc.
N erve end endurance are good thIngs to pos-
5 095 , and WOtflCfl in these trying times arc
m aking spletidid use of them. flut they
n rc grave things to abuse , and that Is wbnt
t hese much-praisel beta , with their reward
o f ensuing notoriety , achieve n.e their main
r esult.
The Maine divIsion of the Ieague of
A merican W'hchInen ? has voted to pay the
s tltn of 2 ; to any person giving informatIon
t hat will heath to the conviction of any one
g uilty of maliciously Placing tacks or other
o bstructIons on bicycle paths for the purpose
o f puncturing tires or otherwIse dIsabling
w heels. The tliislot of the organization
i n other states shouhti follow the example of
t he state of Maine.
The spokes In a bicycle are always the
fi rst parts to be attacked by rust , nithoiig
a ll the joints suitor , because the moisture
fI ntis room to deposit itself. It is possible
f or riders to a considerable extent to prot
v ent trouble of this kind hy taking properv
c are ot the wheel afIo' cccii ride and by
u sIng judgment cbncernlng where they stow
t hem avay. Thegreat trOuble about b'eyelo '
s torago Is that v1at i gopd for the tires is
a pt to ho detrimental to the rest of the mab
c hine and vire versa. Tires should be kept
Ip I n a cool , dark cellar , but it is In just such
p laces that lurks the moisture which catises
r ust. roonithiat i1 cool and dark and aba
s olutel- ) dry would be best all around , but
t his Is not nlways convenient and rIders
h ave to make the best of what circumstaneus
a fford , using some discretion in knowledge t
o f thit facts. In taking care of a wheel It I
I s best first to clean off the wet and dry ,
mud and then remove a li dampness with
a dry rag or woc.l vaste. After that a going -
o ver of the nickel
parts with on oily rag
vjhl protect thim fairly. There are some
o ils claimed to be rust preventives and the
b est of these Is preferred to any of the ordi-
n ary sort. The true cure for rusty spokes
I s to have them
enamched black , the same
a s the frame. In England enameled spokes
a re Used almost universally. Formerly some
o f the American makers enameled the spokes
o f their product , but the practice has now
whohiy died out.
A Chicago man has patented a devIce to
o vercome in a men8ure the jar of the seat
i n passing obstructions of some size. It con-
s ists of two parts , one providing for a
iats of two parts , one providing for a
l ongItudinal Ipotlon of th seat and the other
r oe n vertical mothon , both motions being
r etarded by springs. Oe spring works up
a mi tiowu hiusddt 'pdsth th'otiier on a
l ongitudinal bar beneath the saddle. Another
Chicago inventor has ,
Invented a flexible or
yielding handle to prevent the vibration
of the handle bars
that is sometimes so cx-
eessivo as to numb the hands after a long
ride. TIm Invention consists of the utain L
part of an elastic metallic core and a flex- !
blo covering Inclosing it. -
Most rIders vhio use toe clips are bothered
a great deal by having them work loose and
shift to one eide or the other. A handy way
to prevent this as hit , upon by a rider who
stopped at a bicycle store a few days ago.
asked for a piece of leather. lIavIn
obtainei it. after some trouble , he cut out
ts'o small round piccvs with his knife and
then IunehJetl holes in the center of them
so tirnt they might be used for washers.
When placed on the belt of the toe clip ,
between thia Pedal vhato and the original
metal washer they erinittcd of the nut on
the bolt being sot up very hard. because of
the yielding qtiallty of the leather. and after ,
the nut was tightened the leather held the
other washer firmly. This was a good scheme
and one that would provo entiraly eatiafac-
tory uu1cs the nut on the bolt worked I
loose becapso. oZ the strain and the jar on L
It. To prevent this nIittio powdered rosin
on the threads of the bolt is the thing. In
( net , If rosin wa ised 'on the threads at
lrst o that the nut was bound ha its place ;
for awhile , . It. would hecpino set and there
wpuld not he the troubro with loose toe ;
clips that Is now so lrovalent. Anothei .
point in connectioq with these useful aux-
ilinries is Ihiat many riders consider ii
worth while reversing the bplt in theh :
clips , so that after being fitted to the pedalt
the nut will be on the outside , Instead 01 r
the InsIde. of the podai plate , If the thrcad
of the mjt antI bolt are vehl cut , so that II L
is not necessary to use both a wrench neC I
a screwdriver to tighten the clips , thiB plar
vIIl 1)0 found a very useful one.
A devIce to lessen the effort of ateerin
Irovlthts for returnIng the steering henri tc ;
a ziormul or stroight ahead position aftei r
being turned. incidentally. It may be oi r
value for learners who are Inclined to wab
tile , antI for weary whineinien n ho Ish tc ;
take their hands oft the bars and t u )
straIght. J3y tb's ' devIce , when the steerini
head is turned , It Is slightly raised b3
means of a special gearIng , so that tht 3
scigit of tita rider forces the front whee
to tue normal when the guiding force h C
lessened.
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Sctinervfllo Journal.
iloforo sIn' got her bicycle he sometIme 5
tiseil to make
Thu beds umi snsh the dIshes and help hut r
mother imlee ,
She vould oven Hvoep the parlor , anti due it
( un bric-n.brac.
Aitil once site dlii the washing , though 1 t
almost broke her Itack.
I3iit now shie' got her bicycle , shedoesn' ' , t
do a thing
AbQut the house , but day nnd nIght she R
niwnys on the wing.
fho's done a dozfl centuries or more , I'v 0
heard hi said.
Vt'hiio her mother iloes the wnlttiig , sweet' ta
anti t1u8t , anti makes the bread.
She looks extremely natty in her hriet b i-
cycle skirt.
Bbs often tttlks with strangers , and she lie 8
been known to flirt.
11ev health was never better ; brown an 4
rosy lit her sklli ,
But her mother It ) ou hI notice , is loolcin LI , -
worn anti thin.
'l'piieglo Club Siit'p ,
Saturday the dolt wIll visit the packie : g
hOuBes , All visIting wheelmen arc In-vito 3.
Captain Ilarnes , 'who has bten on yace .
lion for the last. six weeks , vlhI retur U
Monday.
Members are eepechhly urged to be on U
runs this week , as many visitors will t :
wIth us ,
. Lome of the boys want a ce1rtury rUn. , ,
they &neatt & It one viii be iii r-
ranged for next month ,
AU n2enibers are requested to have the Ir
wheels decorated for the varade on the e : r-
position grounds MouthS ) ' evening. We 11
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decorated 'whee1 'it1I be admitted free.
Members in ciub uniforms 'will meet at the
building not later than 7 p. m.
That was it joi1y crowd that started for
Price' lake Tuesday evening. The roads
were very roui and the boys quit at
Florence.
Indications point to a rousing good time
at the reception Thtirsday evening. Re-
member , fellows , you'tc entitled to alt the
watrmeion you eele eat.
WWSPERNGS OFTHE WHEEL
Tomorrow will boWbeelmen's day at the
T ransmiBissipI nod International Expoel-
tltl ore nod all arrangements for their recep-
tl on and entertainment bare been completed
a nd It now remains in the hands of the
w eather gods to etiake the day a big success
o r an utter failure. With anything like
p leasant weather it cannot help but be the
s ucce3sfut tIny that the bicyclists have
sp lanned to make it. The mornlug hours
w ill be spent In receiving the out-of-town
v isitors b3' committees from the different
lo cal clubs , while the afternoon will be
ta ken up in looking through ( lie diffcreat
b uildings. At 7 p. en , the whieelmcn will
a ssemble It front of the band stand on the
G rand Plaza for ( he monster parade in
w hich there will be 500 wheelmen in line.
C omptroller John Wcstberg will be marshal
o f the evening and will leave eotnpleto
c harge of the parade. lie will have as hIs
a ides ( leo following well known wheelnien :
3 . 11. Butler , .1. L. Livesey , S. 11. Minds ,
F . W. Fitch anti -Il , IC. mlth , the latter
f rom Council Bluffs , Tue parade wIll move
pf romptly at 7 p. in. and the route to be
f ollowed vlhl be south around the Ilorticul-
tt ire buIlding , titenco north on East Mid-
% ay to viaduct , west on North Midway to
T wentieth , south through Administration
A rch , turning west around the Ui-anti Court ,
b ack to the Administration Arch , counterW
m arching to the Grand I'iaza , where the
p arado wili be disbanded.'heels will then
h o checked and the Midway will be taken
i n by the wheeclmon in a body. The follow-
lf l ug lilaces on the Midway will check wheels
f ree of charge : Gericiati Village , I'abst on
M idway , schlitz Pavilion , ChInese Village
a nti the Bohemian mu. The enp
t rance for bicycles will be on Sixteenth
s treet south of tIm viaduct , where
t he wagon gate Is located , and whecirnea
\v lie come vith two or more bicycles coupled
t ogether nail decorated in the 'ay of a
fl oat will be admitted free , while those with
s ingle whees , decorated , will he charged the
r egular price of admissIon. The credentIal
b adges vlll be given out at thus gate , and
w ithout these badges wheeelmen vlhi be tin-
a ble to obtain any of the concessions which
, iil be made by almost all of the Midway
a ttractions.'heehs will be admitted only
a t the one gate , and wheelnien who try to
t ake their maclilacs in at other gates will
b e refused admittance for them. Many of
t he out-of-town cyclists will arrive this
e vening , but the majority will come In on
t ho early trains tomorrow morning. Many
o f thorn wlli not only be hero Wheelmen'a
d ay , but will remain during the entire
week.
Thee following letter , which explains ltsef ,
h as been sent cut by President henry of
t he Young Mea's Christian Association
Wheel club :
To Visiting Wheelmen and All Whcelmen
o f Omaha-lie behalf ot the Triangle C'cie '
c lub of the Young Mcii's Christian assocla-
t ion , I extend to you a hearty invitation to
a ssociate with the club during the coming
week. Special runs and a reception to the
v isiting wheelmen have been nrranged.
Tr uesday evening the club goes on a blind
r un , start to be made from the associatlan
b uilding at 7:30 : p. m. The destination to
s uit the wishes of the visitIng wheelmen.
T hursday evening at 8:30 : p. m. a reception
t o the Denver wheelmon. An interesting
p rogram has been arranged , watermelon ,
a nd plenty of it , will be served to all who
a ttend. A short run will be had before the
r eception , starting at 7:30 : p. m. All wheels
' will be checked anti careti for at the build-
i ng , On Saturday , August 20 , a visit will
ho mudo to the packing houses at South
Omaha , leaving the buiidlng at 3 p. m. You
are very cordially Invited to attend on all
t hese occasions. I am , very respectfully ,
DR. E. C. hENRY.
PresIdent Triangle Cycle Club.
Everything polnt.s to a very auspicious
opening of the Nebraska state bicycle racIng
circuit. which will occur at York on Thursday -
day of ttliis week , and continues untli the
end of the present month. Vice Consul
I3ensoii has been most persistent in his
efforts to get up a. good circuit , and In the
face of consIderable opposItion on the part
of a. few wbeeiin'ie and ( lie non-support of
others , has succeeded admirably. The dr.-
cult wiil ho composed of eight. towns , as
toilows : York , August 18 ; Seward , 19 ;
ICearney , 22 ; Grand Island , 23 ; Minden , 21 ;
Ltiicoln , 26 ; BeatrIce , 29 , and Fairbury , 30.
There will be two open professional events
at each meet , and ono handicap , besides
several good amateur races. For the pro-
fessiooals there wlli b from $90 to t10 to
compeLo for at each meet , while the amateur
prizes , tlhl , of course , be smaller. The atate
ehatiiplonshlp for 1808 wIll be divided up
among the following towns : Kearney , toe
one-half and one mile ; Grand Isiand , the
otto-fourth and two mile , and Miuden the
n mile. heretofore there has never been
a ttve-miIe championship held in the state ,
but Consul Benson has decided to add one
this yeal. The foiiowing well known racIng
loon have already signified their intentIon
of following the circuit , and there ihi doubtless -
less ho many more join It later , besides ,
there vIlL be any iiumber of lessor lights.
Ed MclCcon , Greenville , 0. ; BIrney lJIr&l ,
Paul ; White , Rebenecheid and Laituer ,
Kaosas City ; II , C.'hlte , Cetlar Itapids ;
Jerry \Voodward , Detroit ; Iver Laweon , Citi-
cage ; W. 13. Vaughn , Santiago , Cal. ; Frank
Wing , Ottawa , Iii. ; II. C. Gadlto , George
Mclerstein and Fred Barnum of Onialta. .
Title list Includes nearly all of the repro-
scritative racing nice of the mid-west , and
the contests between thorn will undoubtedly
b fraught with much interest ,
The natIonal meet of the League of
American W'heelinen for 1598 is now a thing
of the past , and while there are chances that
there may be sonic changes In the percentage -
ago table of the leading professionals , yet
during ( Ito season It Is pretty certain that
Eddie Ihald , the champiofl of four consecutive -
tivo seasons , will add 'OS to his list , and
thus make it five. Tiio writer spent three
days of last week at the bIg meet , which
was hold at In iianapohis , and is ibis' more
convinced than ever that Dalti Is the great-
eeL bicycle racer this country has over
known. On Tuesday , the first day. he dId
not show up so well anti when questioned
itt the training quarters , after tic ; races , by
the writer. saul that lie dId not huvo any
excuse to offer for not getting to the front
In ( ho championships , other than that ho
lacked ambition , and did riot feel at li like
riding , but on the second day he ttiiuply
made monkeys ot thee oilier fast ones , his
wIn of the halt-mile championship being
accomplished with apparcntly the greatest
ease , and his ride front scratch In the first
trial heat of the great Mnerlcaie handicap
Ia whIch he finIshed first In world's record
tIme tas remarkable , lIe mowed down lila
field lIke they tvere standing still , and at
the finish siniply ran away from his corn-
petltora. lie was unable to get to the front
Ia the final , however , as Costello , the St.
I..ouis man's handicap of 250 yards , was too
great to overcoats , but Paid maclu a ame
ride and finished rell up in front. In this
race ( hulke and Mcieratoin , the two Omaha
boys , wore both entered , the hatter -
ter on the 175-yard mark and
the former at 125 yards. They
were unable to qualify. but both made game
rides , and a splendid effort. They did net
sticceeth in settIng Into the money at the
meet at all , but the riding of both lnale a
good imprebaiou among the other ratIng
men Itresent. Owen Kimball's win of the
two'miie championship the fIrst day was a
b1 surprise , for which the other last men
ar e unable to account , but it was certainly
hi s day , and ho won the race easily. Major
Ta ylor showed up well the first day , but.
fa iled to even qualify on Thursday. 'l'iug-
ge r flill' Martin , who rod ' his maiden race
in this cIt. ) ' and who was formerly attached
to the Second infantry at Fort Omaha , was
in the thick of the fray and finiabed welt
Up in a number of the races. In the bIg
ha ndicap he ran fourth from the CO-yard
m ark , anti that. after a bad spill In his heat
In the morning , In which ho was badly cut
u p and bruted. To look at him one would
na turally lave thought h was knocked out
fo r goad , but lie showed himself to be
g ame to the core and got an even ltundretl
do llars for his fourth place in the handi-
ca p. Arthur ( lardiner's fall ; tut him out of
th e big handicap. 110 secineti to ho rIding
In poor luck , and was unable to ilck any of
( l ie ilrst iduma in the races , although lie'
w on most of his trial heats , Tommie
C ooper rode' In something like his ISDG form ,
b ut i unable to get hotter than seconds.
T he writer was told by some of the old-
ti mers , rho have attended all of ( lie an-
ti onal meets that this ws one of the beat
e ver held , although thcro were not nearly
so many visitors present as was expected.
T he only reason for lack of attendance of-
fe red was the war , which has taken.tmany
y oung men out of the country , who were
le ague membero , end almost always attended
( ho national insets.
( tueMilons siliti Aiiirer.
COUNCIL 13LUFIH , Aug. 6.-To thio
Sd porting Editor of Thin lice : \S'hnt lIcense
d oes a traveling show have to pay in
O malta'-P. hester.
Alto-Tim lowest license is $0 a nIght.
I t runs ni , to 250. No answers by mail.
T hanks for the stamp.
OMAhA , Aug. 7.-To thto Sporting Editor
o f The lice : In Sunday's lice a subscriber
a sks It there are any salt water rivers , to
W hich answer no. The Colorado river
In Texas is a salty stream-li , L. Seward.
OMAhA , Aug. 8.-To the Spurting Editor
o f The 13cc ; Suppose a fellow and his girl
g o out for a good time Saturday evenIng.
T hey get on a car mini the fellow finds lie
fo rgot his money. In it 0 , K. for the girl
t o pay the fare , or let him go home after
h Um money ? This has happened twice. I
p aid once and let him go borne once.-
K itty.
Ans.-Kitty , that haddybuck Is working
y ou. You want to send him home for his
d ough or you miss your good timC , CeO ?
T hat excuse Is setting too numerous and
y ou don't vant to stamul for it any mere.
I t , however , the boy blows his money on
y ou down to the last nick , be a good fellow
aa nti go down into your-well , your pocket-
a nd pay the tare. I've been there.
C'ONU1iIAId'ViIS , -
Alexander Gregg lleliovihle of St. LouIs ,
w ho recently burled his seventh wife , has
m arried ngatn , this time a girl of 15. He
i s 57 years old.
Despite the circumstantial story credited
t o the woman herself , that Lieutenant 1mb-
s on nnd Miss Lella Cook of Oswego are en-
g aged to ho married , the gentleman says he
li ne not the honor of Miss Cook's acquaint-
n ace.
ace.Miss
Miss Fanny Stewart , daughter of the late
Jli udge John A. Stewart of Trenton , N. J. ,
li fts started for China to bc married to Rev.
G ouverneur itlosher , a missionary in that
c ountry. The ceremony will take place as
C eon as the woman arrives.
The girl who Is preparing to get. mar-
n ed doesn't want to waste her time leant-
l ag to make angel cake , By studying howe
t o bake beans nod broil beefsteak success-
f ully she can do more to insure happIness
a fter the first two weeks of married life.
It is evident that they don't do their
c ourtIng in Kentucky on the annie plan
t hat It is tiono elsewhere. A LouIsvIlle
y outh has aimed hIs former fiancee for the
cost. of the engagement ring and lmo hat
r etaliated by suing him for the expense cf
f uel mid light.
The slmphest and perhaps the most mm-
pressive marrIage ceremony is that. In use
amOng the Cherokee Indians. The man
and woman Join hands over a running
s tream , which Is symbolic of the desire
t hat theIr lives should thereafter flow on in
t he santo channel ,
A unIque series of weddings took place in
t hio Catholic church at Adclong. Australia ,
rccontly , when the Misses hoffman ( three )
were married to three brothers named
Quinn. Two of the brothers who were
married were twins and also two of the
sisters. One other brother of the QuInn
family is already married to a sister of the
If off mans.
The PrInce the Lenoir do flouts. of Cvnhl-
back is looking. through an agent in thIs
country , for a wife who wIll pay over to
hint $1,000,000 wheic time ceremony is per-
formed. The prince is only 26 years of
ago and does not require that. the woman be
older than 45 , but because of sonic disagreement -
greement aim to commissions between hIm
and his agent , he Is not having ( he offers
he had autIciptcd.
The announeornent of the engagement of
Mrs. George Law to the muabaraiah of
Kapurthala recalls memories of ( ho World's
fair , to which the mahiarajab was a dis-
ttnguished visitor. Ills hIghness was not
the most exalted personage who visIted
the exposItIon , but lie was thoroughly demo-
cratlo and lie achieved thin proud record , no-
cording to ( ho Chicago ChronIcle. of being
able to stow away moro little neck chains
and PIleener beer than any other man who
every set foot In ( ho Midway.
Then hluinbolt ( Ken. ) Herald editorially
remarks : "Mr. F. sA. McCarty ( ( list's us )
anti MIss Nannle Fishier ( that's more of
us ) were united In marriage \\'ednesday.
July 27 , at 10 am. . Time ceremony was followed -
lowed by a sumptuous r'pnst , whIch we
have only a faInt recollection of. 'Jorno
way. events seemed to crowd on each
other then. And Goti has given us the
best. earthly thing withiti 1-Its gift. The
joy In a sweet. vi1o Is too great to ho
described-too sacred to ho spoken of. "
'J'nieit Aiotig Cii the l'liilipplni's ,
Those who liars relatives and friends In
the several expeditIons to the Philhlpplnp
islands will lie pleased to know ( lint a good
supply of Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera anti
Diarrhoea Remedy has hen taken along
anti more will he imroeurerl froni the agency
In hong Kong as required. The great suo-
cess of tbi8 remedy In the treatment of
bowel complaints has made it. standard over
time gieater part. of the civilized world.
DurIng the epIdemic of cholera in Honolulu
it proved more succebaful tItan any other
treatment. For sale by all druggists ,
\'ery smart and pretty are the toilets of
rose-colored , del-blue or dove-gray mohair
sicliionno trimmed with grathrntod rows of
Irish guipure insertion , with a tiny frilling
of tulle at each edge. The full bodice fronts
have this garniture hut On In crossing
diagonal lines that form dIamond abapos
and in the center of the -velvet collar Is a
single row of the rich lace finished with
lbs tulle fri'ling. '
Level Clark of Lenmuarlc , N. 1' . , who is
02 years old , hate eeu tInt soldiers march t
tight. under ( lie stars and stripes tour dIffer-
eat tImes , first In 1S12 , then In 1s4t ; , in
1BGI. and a few weeks ago , 'when lie wn (
to Syracuse to see the boys of ! to camp ,
1 IUNT1G TIlE \Y1l1T1 \ ShEEP
Big Otinie of Alaska l3aggetl by a White for
the First Tino.
HUNTER'S ' NARROW EC/IPE FROM DEATh
Trip to Couk't. Inlet antI Ad-s'nttircs
Iii s'.nrcll of SIte' hare anti \ % ' ,
.titIiitit1 of the ? Ciirthveiit-
I'm totlittnhiis ,
CANTON , N. Y. , Aug. 10.-There Is tirob-
ably no man in America who has ; munteJ
over mere ground or pursued more duffetent
kinds of big game than Mr. Silas N. Malter.
ncr , Whose home is in this little Adirondack
town , thought most of hIs time 'is spent in
following the trails of ( lie northwest. 1.iitl.
torner is a leuntanmnti of the old school who
tins followed the chase for more tlan
tweimty.IlVe years purely for love of it.
lie tin. just returned front a trip to oot's
Inlet , Alaskaund&rtaken a year ago in
search of time white shcp of that conuiry ,
vhtch no white titan bath ever before sue-
ceeded In bagging.
It was eluring a trip through Oroiomm ( limit
Malterner hicanil of the famous Alaskan vhite
sheep. Coining to him through the Indiana -
diana , tIme stories at first appeared ( em have
tint little foundation and nine persons out of
ten woUld leave pasved them over as
legendary , an extitaple of the fertile "big
talk" of the northern red men , Not so
with Malterner ; the prospCct , vague though
It. was , of being the first white maim to secure -
cure a specimen of so rare an ammimual imp-
pealed to hits love of adventure. Two
facts rewarded his inquirIes aneong
the Indians anti the few whites
who had heard something concerning time
subject. The first was that the white shmnep
were to ho found only inthe mountaIn fastnesses -
nesses of Alaska , In the neighborhood of
Cook's liiiet , a region so dimeult of access
that. even the natives thentacives seldom
humited thorn. The second feet was that ,
although seen by a government officIal
( Prof. Dalls ) , during lila trip to Cook's
Inlet , not a single specitmien of the aiiitual
had been obtained for mounting , nor mild
any of the existing natural histories contain
a comprehensive account of this peculiar
variety of mountain climber.
Resolved to obtain One or more of time
sheep , or to prose their existence but another -
other of the many Indian fables , Maiterner
hastened to Sitka iirelaratory to pushing
further north into the mountains of Alaska.
Fortune favored hInt at time outset , for In
Sltka lie found I'rot. Ii. L , Dycho of the
Kansas State university , who had heard of
the white sheep , and had gone to Alaska
to obtain , if possible , a speelmeit for his eel-
lection. Joining forces , the two proceeded
northward to Cook's Inlet. The success
which attended their efforts Is tolil by Mr.
Malterner in the followIng story , the notes
of wbich he made while on the trIp :
L.it'iit 11mg lhP ' % % 'liIt e Sheep.
On thme tenth day after our departure from
Sltka , on the steamship Dora , we reached
Tyonic , 760 mIles north , and situated upon
.
.
THE HOME OF TIlE WHITE ShEEP.
the Turnagalnanm of Cook's inlet. Hero
we embarked in a fishing sloop for JCnik
station , a solitary trading post 125 miles
southeast from Tyonlc and hying near the -
base of the mountains Iii which , we were -
Informed , the sheep were to be found ,
RemaIning ( or two days at Knlk , we procured -
cured the services of an Indian guide , miami -
taking such provisions as were requirdo for -
tim expedItion , embarked in hIs canoe for
our destination , the plain lying at the base
of the KnIk mountnins ,
Fiftosa miles from time stotion put in
shore that we mIght pitch our tent for time
milght , and on the following morning begin
the tramp across thin plala to thin mountains
beyond , Through my glass time elevation
appeared plainly before me , a range of sent-
her mountains , covered wIth pntchea of
show anti ice , seamed with fissures , roche
ridges and belts of tinber ,
It sas 4 o'clock iii tIme afternoon , when ,
having tramped for hours thirouh the tall
grass of the level plain , over ziresslvo
rocks and treacherous
depressions , we
reached thmo tImber hiqe which ran parallel
with the base of tIme mountain as tar as the
eye could reach , We were completely used
up by the exertions of time day rind at
Dychmo's suggestion that we go into camp I
threw down my fifteen-pound pack wIth a .
sIgh of relIef. Not so our Indlaim guide.
lIe volnted out to us that yet another two-
hour tramp was necessary to lmrlng us to a
lOInt whence the feeding ground of the
sheep might ho easily reached In the manna-
lug , It being our purpose to gain a posItion
as tar up the mountain as possIble , so that ,
at daybreak , comilti begin the hunt without -
out miles of walking and climbing ho-
fore us.
Making our way through the belt. of
timber , wo continued climbIng upward , the
slope becoming more aimd more precipitous
until It hay at aim angle of 45 elegrec's. The
Indian's two hours stretched themselves
Into double that number and it was close t
upon darkness when ave reached a small
plateau. less ( lion fifteen feet square , but
vhiclm afforded anfliclent room for a sheep. ,
fog place ,
2i rut V iemt of I Ii I. ( tin rry.
As we rounded time rocks which fiankeil
tile edge of thmia shelf a clatter fur up tin I
mountain drew out' attentIon. Looking In
the direction front which the noise canie I
saw a score of wbite animals running alon
the rocky rIdges 1,000 feet above our heads
they svcro tIme amnoua sheep of the Knit :
mountains , she gared for a moment upon ,
us In alarm , then , taking to their legs , p
vanished among time distant boulders ,
Exhausted by the day's tramp , I blep L
soundly until immoraing to awake stIff with
the' cold , for times mInd Itiereed my blank-c t
hllco a knife , nail the first light reycaled thim
mountaIn side , 500 feet. above , covered by i I
thin layer of snow which lied fallen durini I
the night , Arousing my companions , I se t
about making preparations for ascending p I ,
the eliot where we bath seen the sheep ni 1
the previous evening Ihspatc'htiig a hast V
breakfast , we started on a tIreomo ciimnl Li
of 3,000 feet , which brought us ithIu sigh t
of the quarry , but so far away were the I J
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stIll that it was 9 o'clock before we reached
a rocky ledge' from which the Indian said
we would irobabli' have time chance of getS
( lag a shot at theni.
\'ishilng to hunt alone' , I asked Dychie aimm %
the gttldo to go on before and I wouhti make
for a poInt , some forty rods to my right ,
where' it secreted to mao a shot cotild be
obtained. Five tatnutes later I heard the
report of tue htmdlati'a gun : this was followed
by half a dozen more , antI , looking over the
cliff , along tIme dangerous edge of which I
\ as climbing , I could scm' n sheep rollitig
hmenihlong down ( be steep declivIty.
halt an hour later I came upon a herd of
the aiiinmals grazing among the rocks 1.000
feet below. In order to get a better vIew
and satIsfy may curiosity I unawung my gloss
and lying flat on the ground watched ( ho
animals for five or ten mintites. Then I
started on oiiCO more , following time narrow
imatht along the face of thin clIff. This , may
first experience in time hmummtlug grounds of
the Alaskan sheep , was the most dangoroua
I had ever encountered. So steep and
slippery wait the ltatlm I followed ( lint It
became necessary to remove may shoes , anti
I n ninny places where the cliff fell Iii a sheer
descent of 3,000 feet at may very elbow I
crawled along on hands aiiti knees , dragging
may rule after me , To add to the danger
of time situation time rocks which I was forced
to clutch for support crumbled beneath my
hands. At ( hues a bank of fog would sweep
down fronm time mountain top , completely
enveloping nic ; thou emothing was to be
done hut to exercise ilatlenoc , for with one's
eyes blinded by the ilense mist a step might
be in thin right direction , or , what was inane
probable , over a precipice.
lint wimen the shadows lifted a vle' was
slowly matenIaIIzot1 which would have made
aiiy ontiiualastic lover of nature wild wIth
ndrnirntion-and what a nature thIs ! Its
beauty amid glory deriveti front icy crags , a
limmmitless stretch of country , and the faa-
tatIc effects of the rollIng inlets , as they
seemeil to touch now here , now there , time
towering peaks , ngalmm sinking into time
glooniy depths below , To time north , about
seventy-five miles distant , lay the Alaskan
range , sparkling in a coating of Ice null
snow. To the south rolled the great rock
ridges , over which I hail clImbed , Inter-
sperseci with patches of green and whIte ,
. .t. Slalrbri'tmdtli Ettemipe.
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My enthusiasm was somewhat dampened
by the constant watchfulness I was obliged
to exercIse with regard to falling rocks ,
which clattered about on all sIdes. At one
point in ( lie pathm I heard a tremendous
crashing just above , amid , glancing up , saw
a small boulder the size of a bushel basket
comIng directly toward nie with the speed
of an express train. I had only time to
thrust time butt of my gun Into time snow ,
amid , holding to tIme barrel wIth one hand ,
bend ray hod ) ' as far as Possible In the
opposite direction. So close came the rock
that it shot ( brought the space between the
rifle amid myself , whizzing as It passed 111cc
a ininle bullet ,
fter an hour of this licrilous scrainlllng
and cllimebing I reached the sunminit of the
niountaln and the sIght of nine sheep quietly
feeding about half a. mile below renewed
iii- strength and zeal in their pursuIt. With
the aid of my glass I naw they were slowly
workIng toward me. MovIng in my turn
slowly so as to meet timem , I soon crouched
behind a poInt of rock and awaited theIr
approach.
1mm half an hour time herd conic within
rule shot anti I could see that there were a
ram , six ewes nnd two lambs. I hail resolved -
solved to bag a roam for mmiymmelt and Dycho
had expressed a desire to obtaIn a lamb and
ewe for his collectIon. Thin distance between -
tween the sheep amid myself seemed to lie -
only about 100 yards ; so I felt reasonably
certain of knockIng over three or four before
they could get omit of range. 1)rawlng a
careful sight on the ram I fired ; without
waItIng to note the result I tlire % % ' a fresh
cartridge iiito the barrel nut ! drew beau on
a fat owe liefore the report of my first shot
lmad eemsetI to echo among the dIetan crags.
A third followed time second as quitkly as -
I could work time lever of my rllle.
Looking over ( ho rock I saw time herd
comnitig towarti me on the run. Time owe I
antI lamb imad fallen , but the old ram , oh-
though aIpzmnt'ntly badly wounded , was -
chamberiiig over the rocks , shaking his
huge horns and swaying unsteadily from
stile to aide , Fearing to lnso him I shot
again , when lie lurched forward nail went
down time steep descent , roiling ever and
over in lila struggle to regain a footing.
Itavirig brought. down my gnat. , I mentally
congratulateil myself that may worst troubles
were over , but the mistake was soon aim-
vcreiit. This excitement of tIme hutit puss-
ting , I awoico to the consciousness of a stint ; .
inK paIn In my feet , which wet-a bleedIng
from a dozen cuts , for I lied been obliged
to ro-nove lay aboca In order to follow the
sheep wltlm any degree of safety.
liecoverl II& time Guam ,
Making my way htnIntuhly over the Shari I
and ragged rocks , I 81141 down 100 or mnor )
yards to the imiace where hay the bodies o ,
( liii ewe and iamb , amid putting imslde the rUb
made a careful examination of may booty I
vlahuing to see In what respect the animahi 3
for which I bad travcied so giani' mnhhem
rhifferpil from others of theIr kind. I fount
that thitm white sheep ot Alaska bear a atrlk
lag resemblance to time lug liortied sheep o
the Itochiemi , except that thi hair is of 1
pure white , of a tine sille ) ' texture , mind fron i
six to eight Inches in length. Leaving thi 3
aolnmtmhit 1 went In search of ( ho ohil rain ant 1
found him 100 feet further down thin mnoun .
tam side , During hiis struggles ho list I
wedgeil himself between two rocks aumil Ia : f
' , vithm his feet. in ( lie air , hinting been hio C
through ( ho shoulder and neck. it diii ito t
require a second glance to assure mo thut I
lund secured a splendid specimen , Thin oh I
fellow must liavo been the lender of timi a
berth. 110 was much larger than the ewe - ,
'n'elghmlng about ISO pounds. In titery 'a : t
except as to time hair lie resembled tb a
mountain sheep , oven in the size mind shiapi a
of hia horns , ( ho color of time eyes and tim a
general shape and contour of limbs am I
body.
My worlc was finished , the day wauied , nut cl
it was little to my miami to be caught aba e
Iii the gsthenimmg uuight of that hdcak ani
desolate region. I soon loft the sheep jus t
mis they were , to make may way back t 0
camp with mmli possIble speed. ltegalnin , II
the spot whore I lied loft toy shots , I rc III.
hthaced them and began time dIfficult an ml
tortuous returui to time plateau , where st U
lied massed the previous imight. Arrl'irmg a t
the conip I found Prof. Dycho and ( ho In .
titan eating theIr supper of biscuit , colic 0
nd the meat of ewe , sshieh the guid S
bad brought down , lIe had secured the ow 0
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I. j a C 4. I dienimersea , tSSsmnmelI9sa ,
i' Otusi..4 Iriltatlesa of nireratetl !
"I . . .t I1 q a a u m.mbrss. . .
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anti a ram. s'iiiIo Dychio html brought down
a gowl-smzeil Ianmtm at mhiich he proudly
POinted. I allowed thmeni time gratification
of their primlo umitli may liuuigL'r was satisfied ,
finding time nicat of the owe of as fine a
flavor us I hind over tasteth. After histenltig
to a description of their hunt , whIch closely
resembled may own , I asked them to go
with inn at daybreak and hinhp secure the
bodies of time three hecp I lied left on the
umiountaln auth.
itcturniimg on time following uimorahag I re-
timoetl time lilies of time imhiet'p antI takIng aim
touch of the meat us wo could carry , we
retraced otmr steps to ( lie camp. Carefully
packing the beads iiii skins we lott no ( line
Iii rotuniiing to our first camp on the shore
of thio Kulk river , whence we emnhnrkeih Ia
( lie indian's cation for the trailing station
llftcen ummiIes hiciow. A ( ow clays spent at
the post , hunting arid fishIng in tue neigh-
borhooth , conchimileti my sojourn u ( Cook's
Inlet , and , laden with my booty , I returned
by steamer to Silks. ,
'rmvctity years of my life have been passed
in htuntimig nail traveling through thu weal ,
tip time Mackenzie river anil Ibroughi the
Yukon district , hut I tie not liesltiite to say
that never in piy experience hiavem I come
111)011 ) a here dangerous locality to thio
imunte : or a more dIfficult Place of fleeces
than 11w rallying grounds of the white becp
of Cook's iulot ,
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