Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 10 December 1898 — Page 3
CURTAIN RAISERS.
There Is a Dorothy Morton Ojtora company and Hubert W'llkie is in It. Ada Melrose is to tako out the old Minnie Palmer play, "My Sweetheart." "Uncle Dick," Sol Russell's new play, having proved a failure, is to be withdrawn.
Hall Caine has been engaged to make a now translation of "Catherine" for Annie Russell. "That noble actor, John L. Sullivan," ie Biff Hall's estimate of the eminont gentleman from Boston.
Charles Cnghlan has completed his new play, which ho will produce in New Vork in January The subject is tho French revolution
Olga Nethersole has a new play by Max O'Rell, which sho will produoe in this country. She has also securud "Tho Second Mrs. Tnnqucray."
Augusto van Biene, with his "Broken Melody," was a ghastly failure in the United States last year, yet in England this year his success is emphatic.
Charles Frohman has loaned Amelia Bingham to William H. Crauo for the latter's forthcoming production of Eugene W Presbrey's new modern comedy, "Worth a Million."
Eddie Bald gave the first production on any stage of "A Twig of Laurel," a four act play, by Warren Forbes, at Mahanoy City, Pa., last month. JLanslngRowan is his leading woman.
Sydney Rosenfeld has closed with Daniel Frohman for tho production of his English version of "Ira Wexsson Rosal," tho successful German play which Mr. Kosenfeld secured in Berlin. "Cyrano de Bergerac" has been translated into Russian by Mllo. SchepkoneCopernic, into German by Fulda, into Italian by Signorinu i-ambertin and into Portuguese by M. do Sinjoes.
THE BEEHIVE.
The strength of the colony determines the amount of brood therein. A board covering should never be placed ov#r and directly on the frames.
The ground in front of each hive should bo bunked up level with the entrance. The bqst material In tho smoker is dry, rotten wood that has become light and spongy
The first thing after hiving a swarm of bees in a frame hive is to adjust the frames.
Combs that aro new and bright are not near so liable to become infested with worms as those of a dark color.
Infertile queens will produco drones and nothing but drones. They aro not lit for breeding purposes and should bo destroyed.
When colonies aro throwing out young brooU, it may bo that worms have infected the corn'm and the bees aro cutting them out.
Art:'"' .1 qv-ens may bo reared in the colony whctl.L'i' it bo weak or strong, but natural cjueons are produced only in strong colonies.
Hives should be set perfectly level, espe cially from side to side, so that tho frames will hang plumb. If the frame is not in line, tho comb will not strike tho bottom of the frame.
TOWN TOPICS.
According to Worley's new directory. Dallas has within her walls 65,260 souls.— Dallas News.
Whenever anything unusual happensChina sandbags the emperor, England gets out a blue book and Chicago issues new city directory.—St. Ixiuis GIobe-Dem ocrat.
Boston has just, announced its indorse ment of the czar's disarmament scheme Boston doesn't propose to have its sum mers disturbed with any more phantom fleets.—Baltimore News.
It certainly will not lessen our own good pride to hear that the Alaskans call every Caucasian a "Boston.' Nor do we forget even that ten months ago Boston represented the United States to many intelligent Spaniards.—Boston Journal.
THANKSGIVING.
"Birds of a feather flock together," and Thanksgiving turkeys are all dressed ubout alike.—L. A. W. Bulletin.
There is no reason to doubt the country standing by tho president's Thanksgiving proclamation.—M hv a kee New s.
Everybody Is looking hopefully to Thanksgiving day as tho possible end of Indian outbreaks, miners' strikes und the football season.—St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat.
Two hearts can make a love affair, but It takes three, at least, to make a home, and one of thetn must be that of a baby. The young married couples that start out in life with the idea that children are nuisances, and that they do not want and will not have them, are the kind that you read about every day in the newspapers—in the divorce column. A home without children is not a home. God and Nature never intended that there should be a place called home that did not resound with the patter of childish footsteps.
There are tens of thousands of homes that are childless because of the ill-health of the wife and would-be mother. There are tens of thousands of other homes childless because the little ones have died almost as soon as they were born. In both cases Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a sovereign remedy. It acts directly on the delicate and important organs that make wifehood and motherhood possible. It makes Uiem well, strong, vigorous, virile, and elastic. It does away with the dangers of maternity. It banishes the usual discomforts of the expectant period and makes baby's advent easy and almost painless. It insures the little new comer's health and an ample supply of nourishment. The prospective mother prepares herself for maternity by taking the "Favorite Prescription and gives her child a fair start in life by giving it a strong and well developed body. Thousands of homes that were childless, to-day echo with babies' laughter, and bless this great medicine. Thousands of women who were weak, nervous, despondent invalids, are to-day happy healthy wives and mothers because of this medicine. Medicine dealers sell it.
Coustipation kills slowly—but it kills. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant In it:is cure it.
I BICYCLES IN MEXICO. ROADS IN PORTO RICO!
THE YOUNG DON SELLS HIS HORSE
AND RIDES A WHEEL
He la Still a Dnndy and Differs In Many Partli-ularH From the Amerl-', enn Cyclist—Why the Mexican Wo- 1 men l)o Not Hide.
One of the surest signs of progressive- I ness in Mexico is the advent of the bicycle. Although somewhat late in adopting tho wheel, the Mexicans are now taking to it with enthusiasm. In all the larger cities there are now hundreds of bicycles in use, and the number is increasing lapidly.
Just how startling is this change in the appearance of the streets of the staid old cities whose foundations were laid away back in the time of tho Aztecs no cue who has not lived there can realize. No longer are the young dons, sitting their glossy black horses, with silver mounted saddle and bridles, the chief attraction on the plazas for the big dark eyes which peer out from under mantillas. Rolling swiftly past the horsemen are Mexican dandies who have Eold their prancing steeds and bought bicycles.
And these young Mexican wheelmen lose little of their gorgeonsness by their change of mount. The American cyclist, in his striped sweater, shepherd plaid knickerbockers and checkerboard golf stockings, is attired with Quakerlike modesty when compared with the Mexican vaquero in his wheeling oostnme. The latter not only retains the picturesque garments which he used to affect on horseback, but he has them made in still more striking colors, adds a few more bright buttons, a little more gold and silver lace. He keeps his wide brimmed sugar loaf hat and decorates it still more lavishly.
The Mexican wheelman has not yet accepted the American knickerbocker. He gathers his wide bottomed trousers around the ankle with a strap and lets it go at that. He does not use drop handle bars therefore he does not hump over. He rides erect, as he used to on
THK MKXICAK BICTCUST.
his horse, head up, shoulders thrown baok and eyes alert for approving feminine glances. He smokes the inevitable cigarette—after he has become sufficiently expert to manage his wheel with one hand. He is no scorcher. He does not boast about his mileage record or intalge in century r»ne, but he oomeaeutin the cool of the evening and dfcles gracefully around the publio sqanre where the band is playing.
The Mexicans have also discovered the utility of the bicycle. It is nsed by delivery clerks, postmen and messenger boys. 1 should like to describe for you the wheeling costume of tho Mexican senorita, but the Moxican senorita does not ride a wheel. The only women cyclists in Mexico are Americans, and they are looked upon with as much curiosity as wo looked upon the original bloomer girls. The ancient customs whioh keep Mexican women behind the olosed lattice and restrict them from making a single unattended move prohibit them the use of the wheel. So long as the duenna exists and refuses to ride a wheel the senorita cannot.
There are no bicycle factories in Mexico. The wheels used there are nearly all of American make. The machines are *ant across the border in parts and assembled in Mexico, it being cheaper to import the parts than the finished bicycle because of the Mexican tariff laws.
While Mexico is not exactly a wheelman's paradise, there are plenty of good roads to be found in the country. In the City of Mexico there are many miles of broad, smooth boulevards, and these make bicycling very popular in the capital. Several interesting tours in the vicinity of the City of Moxico are available for the cyclists. The most remarkable of these is the trip up the mountain, 22 miles-, to the monastery, the oldest institution of tho kind in Mexioo. The road is a steady climb, twisting in a snakelike course up the mountain and passing through two old brigand villages. The going to the monsatery is hard work, bur the coming back is exhilarating in the extreme. It is a ooast all the way home, and no break exists that can hold the wheel under perfeot control. The Mexicans cnt a small sapling or a branch of a larger tree, and tying it to the seat post use it as a drag,
C. T. Baxtbb.
GENERAL STONE'S INVESTIGATION OF THE ISLAND'S HIGHWAYS.
Their Condition Generally VeryPobr. Helievea Electric Road* Will Take tlie Place of
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*Roadi».
ImmeiiMc Opening" Kor Capital.
General Roy Stone, United States' volunteers, formerly director of the office of good roads inquiry of the department of agriculture, recently returned from Porto Rico, where, in addition fighting with his regiment, he investigated thoroughly the condition of rnads on the island. General Stone found tho means of communication betweeu the interior and the coast and between the towns generally to be very poor. A railroad runs partly around the island, but is badly planned, poorly supported and miserably managed. The roads in the interior are constantly muddy, so much so that passage is always almost impossible, the oxen sinking to their knees and the wagons to their axles. This renders the transportation of the products of the island from the interior to the seaports a very difficult and expensive undertaking and hampeis to a great extent the commerce of the island. Coffee is brought from the plantations in the interior on the heads of tho men and women or on pack Abshiro, 3:80^,
Italian of the same class. He is cheer ful, industrious and economical, and his labor is very cheap, about one-fourth that of an American laborer. This is explained by the fact that food and clothing cost but very little on the is land. Tho laborer lives on the fruit of the banana tree, which also furnishes partly his clothing and honsinu. He' needs little furniture and little clothes. "The educated natives are a high class of people, cultivated, polite and compare avorably with the higher classes in the States. The lower classes are capaule and williug to learn. They are all very friendly, and almost every one on tl:e island is attempting to learn English. They are especially desirous of having American schools established or having the English language taught in the schools. With cheap labor and free access to American markets, railroad facilities and plantations owned and operated by Americans, I fail to see anything but a brilliant future for the island. The sugar, coffee and tobacco, the banana and cocoanut plantations, eleotric railroads and paper making aro all good enterprises in which capital can be profitably invested. There is little doubt that in a few years Pcrto Rico will be the wintei resort of America.
Its climate is equal to that of Florida or Cuba in the winter time its atmosphere more healthful and its scenery far more varied and interesting. In addition to all the tropical luxury of vegetation Porto Rico has high mountains, beautiful valleys, splendid waterfalls and beautiful views. As the electric roads open up communication with the interior it will be possible for the tourist to visit all the show places of the island at his ease, and with American hotel a or boarding houses soattered over the island he can always get good aooommodations. Within a year there will be a number of fine hotels at San Juan and Ponce, and preparations made for the influx of winter tourists."
In conclusion General Stone said that owing to the density of the population of Porto Rico and the cheapness of living it would be a long time before wages reached the American scale, but as the demand for Porto Rican products increased the demand for labor there would Advance the price of it, and gradually, as the laborer became accustomed to the comforts of the American laborer, he would need more and receive more. He believes that matters in Cuba will be unsettled for several years at least, during which time he thinks the conservative American capitalists will invest their money in Porto Rico rather than in Cuba. General Stone will make a report on the result of his inquiry to the secretary of war.—New York Sun.
THE HORSE SHOW
Much Better, 2:07Jtf, is reported to hava list 200 pounds in flesh since her campaign began about five months ago.
It is said that Peter the Great Is the first winner of the Kentucky Futurity destitute of the blood of Georgo Wilkes.
Although Bumps, 2:04^, did not win a race this season, he earned $3,000, more than his entrance money. He was a first class second.
Hon. Fred C. Saylos, owner of Alix, 2:03?.,', has given $200,000 to tho city of his residence. Pawtucket. R. I., for a library building.
A full brother of Lesa Wilkes, 2:09, by Guy Wilkes, owned at Ferncliff stock farm. Providence, has been named Lioutenaut Hobson.
It is said that Dr. H. W. I.ohb of Philadelphia will transfer his allegiance to the running turf and dispose of all his trotting and pacing stock.
Bow Bells, 2:19J*, will stay in Kentucky again next year. He is one of tho most popular sires ever kept in tho blue grass and his fame grows steadily.
Frank Frazier, ex-owner of Chehalls, 2:04 \i, is quoted as saying that ho believes Rubinstein can step down to tho half faster than any other pacer living.
La Garda, 2:24J^, who has been credited to Jack Daw, is now said to bo by Jay Hawker, 2:14%, and the only one of the latter horse's get that has ever taken the word.
It cost between I'iOO and $600 to send Direotina (3), 2:16i, by Direct, 2:05^, dam Stermvinder.dam of Directum, 2:05^, through by express from Dublin, Cal., to New York city.
animals, at a cost of $2 per hundred- Abshire, by Vatican, has been purchased weight. This cost hinders the success-
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of the interior. Tobacco is more easily handled, so that its production is not so much affected. General Stone said: "i am convinced that Porto Rico will nover have a complete system of wagon roads such as some of the states have. Roads aro enormously expensive in that island, the celebrated military road cost-
ing in tho neighborhood of $100,000 per
Tho 2-year-old chestnut gelding, Billy by Haxall, dam Sally
by Captain Tuttle of Orange county from
ful cultivation of the large coffee plan-! White of Richmond, Ky. Tho price tations. It is equally detrimental to the
rePort°d
Is $1,700.
interests of the sugar planters, many of ^le challenge cups of the Cloveland whom have plantations in the valley-
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., in retirement since. mile. Thounurmous rainfall distributed
throughout all seasons is ruinous to any road unless thoroughly well drained and constructed on a hard foundation. I believe, however, that tho place of the wagon roads will be more than filled by electric roads, of which I am certain there will soon be a network over the island. Steam railways would be too expensive to construct or to operate, there being no coal on the island, while there is an abundance of water power. The rivers rise in the mountains in the interior and have an average fall of 2, GOO feet in their short race to the sea, and there is Always abundance of water pouring over high falls. Power for electric roads could be obtained from these falls at little expense, the roads could be easily graded and the rain would not affect an electric road as it does a wagon road. These roads would open communication between the interior and the coast and place the coffee, sugar and tobacco of the plantations within easy access of the seaboard. "I regard the possibilities for the investment of American capital in Porto Rico as something immense. Porto Rico is destined to outstrip Cuba in the next few years. In addition to having a more stable government its climate is better, its people more peaceable and better workmen and its toil fully as fertile. The Porto Rican laborer resembles the
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awarded.
That for trotters goes to \V. M. Cummer's Temper, by Elyria, whose best mile was 2:18 J-ij*, that for pacers goes to H. K. Dovereux's Ripper, who stepped in 2:10
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Captain B. II. Tuthill of Now York, owner of Dan Q, I.ottio Loraine, etc., has been buying quite heavily of kite. His most recent purchase was tho Lord Russell trotter Dick Russell, who took A rec-
four years ag0 and ha9 bocn
PERT PERSONALS.
Professor Eliot Norton ought really to take something for it. Philadelphia North American.
Dewey has been made an LL. D. and is now in shape to doctor 6omo of those sick Spanish laws.—San Francisco Chroniclo.
General Blanco is said to bo "greatly moved by recent events in Cuba." That's what they were for.—Sioux City Journal.
Yvetto Guilbert is having a fight with a Paris critic named Sarcoy. His name alone denotes why Yvetto is In the scrap. —Lewiston Journal.
If General Shafter is "every inch a soldier," as his friends say, there is more soldier in him than most any other man in the army. 'ashvillo Banner.
The people should quit abusing Colonel Mary Lease. Instead of running up dry goods bills she is engaged in running up a bank account. Charley Lease's lot in life is not so cold.—Atchison Globe. So pretty Miss Clemnions is now Mrs. Gould1. The marriage lias cost them a million, I'm told. She made a remark that's quite lovely, if true— "1 don't care a dollar for Gold—without U." —Pall Mall Gnzette.
The honorable discharge of Lieutenant Colonel John Jacob Astor from tho army will force that gentleman to rely entirely for support, upon his income from $100,000,000 worth of real estate and personal property. Detroit Free Press
Kipling's extremely vigorous poems on international affairs mako it certain that ho will never be laureate. He can put too much savage meaning into rhymes to warrant his appointment as official poet and consumer of royal canary.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE BRITISH LION.
In the event of war between England and Russia sympathy should be with China.— Milwaukee Sentinel.
Knglalid will probably give the czar't peace nroposition her most distinguished consideration a little later on.—Baltimore Muws.
England wants the whole hog in Africa and knows that tho best way to avert war is to mako immense preparations for it.— Buffalo Express.
It is true that the British lion's tail has stood a great deal of twisting in the past, but Franco must bear in mind that the circumstances were very different.—Washington Star.
At this distance it seems that both France and Russia are doubtful of theii joint strength whon they moasuro themselves by the British standard. There it no doubt but that the navy and those English jackies are held in mortal dread, and well they may be, for if any European nation Is beaten on tho sea goodby colonial possessions—Cincinnati Commercial.
SPANISH WRECKS.
As the navy department views it, those Spanish wrecks are as hopeless as theii mother country. Philadelphia Nortb American.
Tho orders wore to capture or destroy the Spanish ileeis. Tho destroy end of the combination seems to have been effectual —Ridgewood (N. J.) News.
Tho navy department is discovering that it is much easier to make wrecks oui of Spanish vessels than to make good ves sels out of Spanish wrecks.—Omaha Bee
CONUNDRUMS.
How many putts are there in a pint] One p. What is the lineat ship in the world) Friendship.
What kind of essunco does a young suan like when he pops tho question)1 AoquioBoonco.
Why was Moses the most wicked man that ever lived!' Ueeuuse he broke all ten oomiuandnuints at once.—Exchange.
WILLIAM THE SUDDEN.
Something very serious In tho political line is K«i"K on in Turkey The Emperor William is kissing the Arab babies. —Baltimore American.
JCmpcror William's journoy to the Holy Land under the auspices of tho blood wel sultan of Turkey is not far romote from a burlesque on Christianity.—Boston Journal.
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AN OPEN LETTER
To MOTHERS.
WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS OUR RIGHT TO THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND "PITCHER'S CASTORIA." AS OUR TRADEMARK.
I, DR. SAMUEL PITCHER, of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the originator of "CASTORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear on every the fac- simile signature of C&vffi&c&s wrapper. This is the original "CASTORIA" which has been used in the homes of the Mothers of America for over thirty years.
LOOK CAREFULLY at the wrapper and see that it fo the kind you have always bought on the and has the signature of wrapper. No one has authority from me to use my name except The Centaur Company, of which Chas. H. Fletcher is President• March 24,1898.
Do Not Be Deceived.
Do not endanger the life of your child by accepting a cheap substitute which some druggist may offer you (because he makes a few more pennies on it), the ingredients of which
even he
does not know.
"The Kind You Have Always Bought"
BEARS THE SIGNATURE OF
Insist on Having
The Kind That Never Tailed Yoi»,
THF CENTAUR COMPANY, T7 MUM RAY STRICT, N W YORK CITY.
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Have Yon Seen Onr Fall and Winter Line?
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Dewey Captured Hanilla
While "Nick'' captures the thirsty at
This is a Capital place, with everything new and Up-to-date. No. 126 North Greon Street
Suits go now for $10.00
An immense line of trousers—$1.50,
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Bates House Glotljing Parler.
110 W. Washington St., Indianapolis. Tnd.
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To bring your watch whon it goes on & if flee or your Jewelry whon itg**t8 broken. When a watrh loaves our hamta !t'n as good as the day it oamu out ot the tertory. Whon we Kot through with apiece of Jewolry itts strongest part ta the mended plac».
Mainsprings, 75 Cents. Cleaning 75 Cents. Crystals 15 and 25 Cents.
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Druggist and Jeweler.
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