Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 April 1896 — Page 3

POWEB OF THE WILL.

GEEWSOME CHAPTER FROM THE T.tPK OF DR. ANNA KINGSFORD.

0ad a Mania For Killing Vivlsectionlsts by "Willing" Their Death, and Claimed

to Be Successful.

IThe possSbility of a. novel and. very terrifble exercise of the will power has

lately

been asserted, says the St. Louis C-lobe-jDemocrat.- Thiart. a. person endowed. with' the hypnotic (faculty may dbtiEuki1 alb solute control over the actions, thou'ght ani Intention1 of another lis, as every one tewsw-s, a. commonplace of recent sconce. It is now contended tlhat influence 'of -this kind may Te glv-

a still wider range, extending even ito life litself. In other wsrords, -it -is believed that a. person endowed with the particular temperament required, may by sheer exercise of the will, and without any physical contact whatever, cause the 'death, of a- selected victim, even though he 'be at the mouisat 'hunSlreds of miles away.

The central idea is, of course, a very old one. "It is 'possilble," says Paracelsus, "-that any spirit, without the 'held of any foody, may, though a fiery will a3one, and without a sword, stab and wound others. The will' is a most potent operator In medicine.- The Lm agination

another "may 'be alble to kill me

or save me. If We nightly esteemed' the (power of man's mind nothing on earth would 'be lirripoesible." The same theory was .acted upon (by the witches and wizards of a later day, who thought .that by pierdimg a wax doll with pins tr slowly melting it 'before afire they tfould compass the death of the person in whose .image It had ibeen made. Hitherto these ideas and practices have tt»een contemptuously dismissed a-s the worthless superstitious lum'ber of an unenlightened age. But a change of attitude in regard to them 'has suddenly taken place. It is openly contended that the mediaeval magicians were, however, blundering, on 'the track of a great scientific truth- Nay, more, one of the most highly cultivated and most widely known women of our own time has made it 'her 'boast that by the mere •concentration of her will she succeeded tin assassinating two European scientists of the first rank. These successes &he followed up by am attempt upon the* third—the graatTLouis Pasteur 'himself. But this time, as 'the story goes, she failed. The effort recoiled upon herself, and, though her intended victim :feJl till, it was she who died.

The woman in question wa3 Dr. lAjina Kingslford, the noted advocate of the medical education of her sex. Her character and career are amang the most interesting to be found in the records of the present century. Her maiden nam** was Anna Bonus. She married the Rev. Mr. KingSford, a Church of England clergyman, and, on being admitted into the Roman Catholic Church, took the name of Maria Johanna. The names by which she was Vnown to those*around her are thus varied. Her married life was an extraordinary one, even for these end of the century days. 'W-hile still betrothed she had bargained with her clerical lover tha!t. the marriage should not be permitted to interfere with the development df her gifts. To this he consented, and the contract, so made was fully carried out. He was tied to a parish in which his wi/fe suffered constantly from asthma, and he therefore acquiesced in aibsen'ces on her part, which shattered all possibility of constant companionship. He relieved her of all household duties and domestic cares by taking them upon himself. Finally, desirous that she should work out her own happiness in her awn way, he consented to her living for years "in the closest spiritual and intellectual companionship with Mr. Edward Mainland, a gentleman, whose ideas, beliefs and mystical imaginations strangely resembled her own. It is Mr. Maitland who, now that his strange companion is dead, has just given to the world in a most fascinating volume some appalling revelations of herr temperament, methods and aims in life:

Origin of Her Crusade.

To complete her medical studies and tak# her doctor's degree, Mrs. Kingsford went to Paris. It was impossible tit that, time to obtain the full professional qualifications in England. She was accompanied by Mr. Maitland and they lived together, osetnsibly as uncle and 'niece, i.n an "apartment" Jn the Rue JaCo'b. While in Paris she first came to know something in a practical way about vivisection, and it was her horror a't the suffering it involved that led her to make those murderous experiments in the supposed success of which she gloried. She herself has told how it eame about. Very shortly after her entry as a student of the Paris faculty she was one morning, while studying alone in the Uatural History Museum, suddenly disturbed by a frightful burst of screams of a character more distressing than words'can convey proceeding from some chamber on another side of the building. She called the porter in charge of the museum and asked him what it rndknt. He replied, with a grin. "I'-t is only the dogs being vivisected in Mr. Beclard's laboratory." She was horror stricken. "There swept over me." she wrote, "a wave o'f such exrerge fifftrutal anguish that my heart stood still under it. Tt *was not sorrow. nor was i't indignation merely, that I felt it was nearer despair than these.

And then and there, burying

my face in my hand's, with tears of agony, I prayed for strength and courage to labor effectually for the abolition of so vile a wrong, and to do at least what one heart and one voice might to root this curse of torture from the land."

It was in these circumstances that lier anti-vivisection crusade had its beginning. That in the course of it she •hould have'recourse to abnormal methods is only what mig&t have been expected from a woman of her temperament and beliefs. Her mind was (filled with weird ideas. She was persuaded, for instance, that she was the reincarnation of (Anne Boleyn, who was the reIncarnation of Joan ofiArc. who was t'he reincarnation of sEmpress iFaustine.who Anally was the reincarnation of Mary Magdalene. She was a seer of visions and believed that in dream life she had become acquainted not only with many illustrious personages of history, but with the whole tribe of gods and goddesses belonging to the mythology of ancient Greece. And s'he was firmly convinced that she possessed strange jerson3l faculties f§r transcending those o'f ordinary men and women. tin waging war against the practitioners and advocates of vivisection she resolved to make full sense of the powers with which she thought herself endowed. Her (first selected victim was Claude (Bernard. This famous vivSsector had introduced the employment of a new kind of oven, in which living animals were slowly ba'ked to death. Upon him, as the foremost living representative of the science she Abhorred, Anna Kin-gsford resolved that her vials of wrath should (first "be •poured. Her pur

pose was strengthened 'by a. conversation she -had with the professor under whom she was studying. In response to her questions he declared that 'in his opinion the oven was useless and very unscientific. But he went on to contend that it was absurd, in matters of that kind, to allow sentiment or -morality or religion any weight. Self gratification was the main point, and against it purely emotional arguments were of mo value. By this mode of reasoning he succeeded In working his pupil into a perfect frenzy of 'indignation. She suddenly felt that no future was at hand when, through the teachings of a materialistic science, society at large would become one of demons, and seeing. In Claude (Bernard the foremost living instrument of what she believed to be a fell conspiracy against both t&e (hut»an and the divine, she Ifinally made up her mind .to crid the earth of such a. monster. ..

How She Did It.

How she proceeded forthwith to'do it, Mr. IMaitland has described. 'IShe no sooner 'found 'herself alone than she rose to her feet, and with the passionate energy invoked the wrath of God upon him, at the same moment hurling her whole spiritual being at him with all her might, as if with .intent t'hen and there to smite him with destruction. And so completely, ft seemed to her, had she gone out of herself -la the effort, that her physical system instantly collapsed, and she fell back powerless on her sofa, where ah^ lay awhile utterly exhausted and unable to move." •The strange thing is that the curse appeared 'to take instant effeot upon the man towardls 'Whom it was directed. This was established 'later by a minute comparison in dates. At the moment when it was pronounced Claude Bernard suddenly experienced the first symptoms of the,'.illness which was to bring ihtm to lhis grave in a lew weeks' time. He was at work In his laboratory in 'th'e (College de France, and apparently in his ordinary 'health. A'll at once he felt himself smitten, as he believed, witlh some poisonous efrluviaum emanating from t'he subject of 'his experiment. Whatever the malady was it became constantly worse, until i't manifested itself in the shape of severe internal inflammation, which speedily proved fatal. The doctors declared the complaint to be ©right'® disease, and it •may 'be 'noted, a.s a curious coincidence, that this was the diseanse whldh Bernard 'had chieifly induced in animals for the purpose of lhis investigations.

Satisfied for tihe time 'being with "her success in disposing of Bernard, Mrs. Klngsford Set tihe vivlsectons alone for a few years. (But in 1886 the old wrath against them again took possession of her. and s'he marked- down Paul IBert and iLtfuis Pasteur for her prey. Bert gave her more trou'ble than Be*»ard had done. 'For months she toiled to compass hks destruction by "willing" his death with all the energy of her extraordinary nature. At last 'her desire was fulfilled. On 'November 12th the death of Paul iBert was announced in* the Paris papers.

Anna Kingsford's diary bears witness to her exultation at the fact. "Ah," s'he writes, "but tfltas man 'has cost me more 'toil than his master, the fiend Claude .Bernard. For months I have been working to compass the death of Paul Bert, and have but just succeeded. But I "have succeeded the demonstration of the power is complete. The will can and,.does kill, but not always with the same rapidity. Claude Bernard died foudroye Paul Bert ihais wasted to death. Oh, how 'I 'have -longed for those words, Mort de M. Paul IBert.' And now—there tUtey actually are, gazing at, me, as it were, in the first column of the Figaro—complimenting, coq&ratulating, felicitating me. I have killed Paul Bert, as I killed ^Claude Bernard, as I will kill ILoui's Pasteur, and after 'him the while tribe of vivisectors, if I live long eniough. Courage i't is a magnificent power to have t'he one that transcends all vulgar methods of dealing out justice to tyrant©."'

Her attempt on Pasteur followed, and with it her own life came to a close. She did hel- hes't-^-or her worst—to kill him also, and presently he was strickened with an" illness which compelled him to leave his laboratory in Paris and make a long stay on the Riviera. But this time she had overtaxed her strength. She was prostrated and suffered beyond all previous experience. For a time the two illnesses ran thus on parallel lines. Then Pasteur recovered and she died.

The question that springs from these remarkable facts is whether or not Mrs. Kingsford's claim to" posses this terrible power had any scientific foundation. Did she really cause or assist the taking off of these men or were their deaths merely coincidences? It is known that will power can. under certain conditions, be used to influence the thoughts and actions of another. Can it be also made to affect his very llfe? The answer of modern science to that question will be awaited with curiosity by all who take an interest in the problems of existence. As for Mrs. Klngsford serself, she never hesitated for a moment in the belief that she possessed this awful and mysterious power. Moreover, she believed it belonged to others besides herself, and at one time she had formed the idea of forming a kind of association^ for the furtherance of the anti-vivisection campaign on her own peculiar line. While staying at Ostend she proposed to Mme. Blavatsky, the notorious theosophist. a plan for uniting a number of oculists in a band for the purpose of exercising their will power on vfvisectors, with a view (1) to the abolition of the practice, and (2) to the destruction of the vivisectors themselves should they be found to be hopelessly impenitent. But even the robust mind of Mme. Blavatsky shrank from such a scheme. She protested against it as murder and refused to have anything to do with it. But her arguments produced no eft'edt upon Mrs. Kingsford, who went through with her task to the bitter end. She persuaded herself that hers was "the work of the destroying angel, the purger and deliverer, the smiter of monsters, ravenous beasts of prey, dragons and ogres."

But what does science say?

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A Large Band.

The largest British regimental band is that of the Royal artillery.'^t Woplwfeh, while the finest is generally allowed to be the band of the Coldstream guards. The Belgian Guides' regiment numbers more than 100.members. The great continental powers recognize the military band as an essential adjunct o-f every regiment. In Austria and Spain it is said that they frequently number as many as eighty performers, and foriy is a common number in Russia, Italy and Belgium. England is stjll the only country which has adopted a systematic government method of educating her military bandsmen and bandmasters.

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THE BEST FIGHTER.

WHAT MAKES THE BATTLE SHIP INDIANA IBBESISTIBLE.

A Combination oI Strength for Attack and Defense Which la Not Equalled la Any Other Ship.

Where 4s seen anything suggesting aggressive power—a regiment of Infantry on peaceful parade, a battery of light artillery dashing through a rattling drill of men and guns, a great coast defense gun in operation for the training of the soldiers who will serve it in time of war—the*e is a (natural wish to see all the -dread engines in a)c-

tion wit'h serious purpose. That feeling is evoked with almost fierce desire in a m%n possessed of any degree of imagination who sees the mighty American battleship Indiana. The dashing battery of light artillery, -the plunging troop of cavalry, the composed and steady ranks of infantry suggests latent

power the 'battleship—our greatest 'battleship "Indiana—is the most eloquent expression of power—Is power. It is not necessary to know that this terrific fighting thing is rated by naval experts as the most effective battleship afloat to be profoundly convinced of that fact that conviction would rush into the mind of any one without technical -information on -the subject as quickly as it would into the mind of the expert most deeply verse-d dn the »esoterios of naval architecture.

To ifigh-t, to fight with accuracy mathematical, with force irresistable, with power crushing, overwhelming, all other qualities and attributes 'h'ave been sacrificed, neglected. She (has not the speed of :her beautiful sisters and cruisers, and she does not need it, 'because there i's no foe upon a'll the waters of the earth she would even wish to run from she has no 'luxurious abiding places for her officers, because the space demanded 'by luxury is relinquished in her for some form of -fishting, force, either strength to resist or arms to -aggress.

Cleared for Action.

With the Indiana, cleared or action-, sails steadily, unswervingly, toward an enemy, with nearly (half a regiment of men trained to their several -tasks to do each his -allotted work -with the regularity of the machines they will direct, she will 'be prepared to strikle with every device of destruction science 'has put in, the hand of the sea warrior.

From her turrets with a roar of thunder will 'be hurled pondterous masses of steel, which -will crush through the armored sides of a ship miles -away -from •her superstructure of a crash of quick firing guns will batter 'and desolate any enemy less mighty than herself from her (fighting tops machine guns will dash a vicious hail to dismay and stampede the enemy's men, and from lower port ihoies will plunge the awful torpedoes, swimming silent and unseen beneath the waters, to'rush wit'h a volcanic fury of explosion -under doomed and helpless target.

She lies low, as a tiger crouches for its spring. There is little of her hull exposed as a target, yet what little there is above t'he water line of the Indiana -which could be snot away might -be shattered*and torn from 'her .sides to sink in the sea, and still -leave (her terrible .batteries, her chief aggressive forces uninjured. With -all of her superstrucure and her hull above the water -line forward and aft of -the two greatest turrets wrecked -a-n,d battered iflto uselessness, this fighting thing would still be not only unconquered, but unconquerable and resistless. (She would still have in dreadful action above this confusion of wreck, not'one, but six turrets not two, but twelve guns a warrior w'hose helmet was crushed, and whose curiass was rent, but whose shield was whole, and whose stout arm and sword •yas unscathed.

That is why, when you look upom the Indiana^you need not be equipped with the profound knowledge of technical terms burdening the breasts of the board of ordnance to feel that here is a supreme fighter a defender unconquerable, an aggressor irresistible.

One forward, one aft. are the greatest turrets, each containing two of those most terrible instruments of war, the thirteen-inch rifle. They do not contain them all, they hold the breech of- the guns and so much of -therft as -holds their charge and projectiles, but the long Ifine steel muzzles project far out over the decks. In the 'turrets,, too. are the mechanism which operates the guns and the men who serye them. It is as silent *as the tomb in one of those turrets, and black as nig*h't until some one turns a current of electricity into a lamp then you look about as startled to see at your feet a dark 'hole leading down into some unknown depth, where the ammunition -is safely stored. It is time to prepare for work, and the ten men at each gun stand tense and alert for the gun captain's orders. A signal is given to the magazine and up from that mysterious depth shoots "carriage" in whose h-ollow lies a long mass of steel and powder, weighing 1,700 pounds. At an order one man turns a wheel—a child could turn it—and the 5,000-pound gun is slightly depressed at its breech another man turns a crank and the breech block is unlocked, slips from fts resting place, and swings open. Now you may look through the long", polished bore of the rifle and see a disk of -blue s'kv. The open breech is opposite the carriage with t'he projectile, but how is that mass otf steel to be forced into the chamber? A third man 'touches a lever and a rammer is lowered, its end snuggles up«to the ead o? the charge, and. as a telescope extends the rammer extends, pushes the charge into place by steady, hydraulic power, and automatically goes back out of the way.

The .breech block Is swung back, screwed in and locked'. The gun captain's, hand touches a lever, his eye is upon t&e enemy, which he sees through the Opening for the gun, a-nd the mighty turret turns smoothly until tibe lever is reversed, and then stops without shock or jar. Another signal and the gun' is depressed more or raised. T,he gun captain Jcncws (science has supplied him with simple, instruments for determini/ng "these t'h' ng-3) the exact distance of the enemy, 'h-is rate of s'peed and course, and -thus he adjusts his aim. There is a quick jerk of a cord in his hand, ad the air

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rent by the

shrieking flight of steel, which, with a horrid craah, will iburst throkeh an armor afloat. Before the long flight of the -projectile has ended the breeCh bJock of the gun will be swung back, a stream of water turned into the chamber, and compajot spunges will be cleaning away the choking deposit made by the exploded powder. So adapted to every -purpose is every bit of ma-chinery so canefully trained and cool beaded are •the ba re-skinned men in the turrets, that^all that 'has been there described

read: tihe paragraph. And

not one, tout four 13-inch, thunderera and eight 8-4iw3h! trifles are ail 'being operated at th'e eame time (by the men who axe proud to affinm in their -way 'their love •for tihe flag floating above them^...,

Above the Tnrretts. tfjfi

On the superstructure higher than t'he turrets, swingling as .easily as a sportsman swings Ms gun, slxteesn 6-pounders rapid: firing gun® are being directed up. down, right or left, where they will cause the most destruction, create the molt panic, toy their accurately aimed, maddening rain of tearing, splintering projectiles. Higher yet ar% 1-pounders plunging their vicious fire onto the decks af near 'by ships, and higher yet the -machine guns *we darting- long, slender eh-atfts of steel! encased In lead at any (human target to siglhit. Even this ds not all. The' mamtaee and amy sailors mot employed at 'the other guns alt any open&irg th^ot can find, ore ready with rifles in hand, to add (to the greater attadk their missies of dearth*

Bewieem decks, on long iron racks. Me long-point^ siheJls of polfcihed1 metal. They look jHke some quaint models of sea craft, and iso they are, with their awn- screw) propellers and-rudders. They are -the torpedos. From the racks -they are carried an era-die cars to their tubes (there are six of tihem), from which -they plunge Into tihe sea their orwn machinery carrying them the course they are set to (fCUo-w their ilmpr^jt against the ibotitom of a ship shocking in to life £2ie force that is meant only If or -death.

In a duel witih any ship afloat the Indiana would probaJbly receive very little damage, even in her superstructure, from the enemy, but she cannot seleot the kind of battle her officers might prefer. She may be called upon to go into action with! a fleet against a fleet, and in such an engagement she could be shot away in her lighter structure by one ship while engaged against another. It has been told how she could fighlt even then, but she must also be navigated, and the wheel house has gone with the other parts of the superstructure. Still she would be properly navigated. Beneath the wheel house is a conning tower, a steel cell so small It could scarce hold more than a skipper and a quartermaster at the wheel. From here she could be naviigated until some gun, if there be one poweriful enough, destroyed- the Conning -tower, and yet this fighting thing would not be without a man at a wheel. There a.re five widely separated points from which she can be steered, and one of them, below the line of

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armor belt,.is be

lieved to be impenetrable. When this was told the wonder was what use it would be to navigate the rihip after the conning tower wia,s destroyed. An enemy which could injure -that could also injure her turrets, and then would it not be time to surrender, or blow up the magazine? No she is as good a ram, her officers say, as the Kltahdln. Oh, but it was good ,to hear that said, understanding what was meant. If her mighty guns were silenced, if her tonpedoes all went astray, if her last chance of destroying by projectiles was gone, she could ram—and she would! So down in some protected depth they have equipped the means for n'avigating her when no other way is left to her to assault the enemy except to charge. She is built to fight to the death, sure-

No Danger of Confusion.

General Sherman, speaking at a dinner not.long before he died, said that he had on that very d'ay been aboard of a ship of the new navy. He had become confused by the multiplicity of machinery, the electric signals, the hydraulic forces, pneumatic appliances and new uses of steam. "What are the men to do?" he asked in dismay. •The officers of -the Indiana say that the -danger of confusion, through the number of motor powers required to handle the 'heavy guns and turrets, or of disarrangement of the more delicate .mecbamism used, is remote. The men n.re drilled so -thoroughly in the construction and use of every bit of machinery they have to 'handle that they are as familiar with them as the soldiers under Sherman were with their muskets. Besides the daily drill in some detail of their Work, the crew of the Indiana are, once a week, called to general quarters, when the ship is cleared for action and the men take the positions they would (fill' in actual engagement. When one

haM

'seen this done he

is convinced that" no emergency could a.rise which would not .find the brave 500 hundred men of the Indiana at their places, cool 'headed, wit'h steady hands and nerves, to bring into action all the terriific forces which go to make this noble battleship the greatest fighter afloat. That is the opinion of the hundreds of proud and patriotic men and women who daily go to the Brooklyn navy yard these days, to make acquaintance wit'h the good ship.

For those who care for exact figures concerning the Indiana's batteries, these statistics are added. From either broadside the following weight of metal can be thrown at one discharge:

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Total

(Weight Of Weight o.f for

Number (Missile, Charge. Calibre, of Guns. Calibre. tPouwds. Pound 4 13-inch 1,300 4 S-inch 250 2 6-linch 100 20 G-pounders 6 4 or 1

Pounds. 4,400 1,000 2f0 120 4

550 125 50

Total weight of broadside. From either ahead or astern the following (fire can be delivered

5,724

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Weight of Weight of for

iNirmiber M-'ssile, Charge, Calibre, of Guns, Calibre, Pounds, Po-unds, Pounds.

13-i nth S-inch' 6-inch 6-fpo-upders l-pounders

1,100 250 100 6 1

550 125 50

2,200 1,000 200

Total 3.4M As to rapidity of fire, each pair of the big thirteen-inch rifles can be fired on'ce every three minutes, and each^ pair of the eight-yich guns once every minute. The six-inch rifles can be ifired twice a minute, and the six-pounders twenty times a minute. •In an engagement lasting thirty minutes, providing that -the ship kept up a full rate of fire from all of her guns, the thirteen-inch rifles would throw 44,000 pounds of metal during the period mentioned the eight-inch guns would project 30.000, the slxinch 6.*0, and the twenty-pounders 3,600, making a total of 83,600 pounds, a "bit over forty tons.

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A ATorderous Suitor.

Adrian. Mich., April 27.—(Eugene Camburn, a farmer living near Tipton, was shot "and fatally wounded by Henry Luce last night. Luce then shot himself dead. Luce, who "h'ad been paying attention to Camburn's daughter, was not allowed to go to the house last night. He lay in wait for Mr. Camburn and shot him as he was entering the house, and then committed suicide.

The Murk.

AID TO BASHFUL MEN.

HOW TO WHEEL .? WOMEN'S

TRIUMPHS OVER HEARTS.

Be of Service In the Ways Here Fortb, and Success Will Vol* "'low You.

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In the iblcyole the young1 mam who •has never 'been a charmer with the ladies. "but who has always yearned to toe. ihas found a powerful ally and a. wonderfully effective instrument for (bombarding .flhelr hearts. 'He may mot wta the (heart, tout lie te absolutely certafln of getting a life lease on their respect and gratitude. The modern -bicyole, especially the feminine "bicycle, offers a greater and more alluring subject to the "useful youm® man." -than aoyflhing invented since the day® of t'he old (heelplate skate, says -the New 'Yortc Press.

Wfthi one Woman's wheel one young man can 1e useful oftener and longer amd more (hopelessly than anything that has "been invented! tin the last two centuries in -t'he rink, on .he pavement, or out on. the country road, the opportunity to be of use is ever present, and the wise, fruit -hitherto useless youth- has become as much of a. necessity and -a part of the oquii'ppment as the monkey wrench and t'he isaxidle toag.

Koad to Hearts.

If the •basihiful young m'ani would wheel h'is way into the .hearts of the women let 'him study closely t'he halbdts of the woman's bicycle. Let .him observe scientifically ail the little hoWbies and (idliosyncracies. It is -a life .study. There is .something new to 'be learned every day.' As soon«as the young man has "become thoroughly -acquainted withone species of the feminine ""folke" the style changes cjnd Hue needs must 'begin all over again. -'V".

One summer devoted to inflating the lungs of a pneumatic tire should accompl'is'h a great-deal toward' the realization of the youing man's dream, t'hat is, if he is no£ carried off suddenly with appoplexy or (has not developed' a compound curvature of the spine. If the young .man- is honestly aim'bltious and has a little mechanical ingenuity (besides, he can so arrange It that the tire slhall crave a little forced ozone every four or five miles, and notihing 'brings a (keenier del'fyht to the Iheart of the young woman cyclist than to stand by and watch, he escort's complexion turn from scarlet to royal purple oven -a weak lunged tire-

Go Slow With Handle Bars. I't is gratifying to 'her vanity and not necessarily fatal to her escort. Prowling for a hidd'em tack wound is also highly recommended. This method, (however :has its drawbacks. The temptation for a premeditated felony on the tire is extremely great 'and if practiced frequently Is almost certain to result in detect ton.

Next to the tire the handle b%rs probably offer the greatest field of usefulness. To strike the right, elevation is a jab for which eternity alone offers sufficient time only

Last year a pair of ordinary handle bars drove a young man into acute melancholia. and later into Myrtle Wood Cemetery. Only a robust and extremely bashiful man should tackle the Irandie bars the first season. An apprenticeship at putting up stovepipes and laying stair carpets for a year should be served before he tries to set the arm of a girl's bicycle.

The same adage holds good for t'he saddle. Unless a man is thoroughly versed in the mystery of the monkey wrench and possesses alligator skin fingers he should shun that part of the bike's anatomy as he would a corduroy road.

Must Know the Dialect.

When he has learned the .anatomy af the wheel it would be well for him to take up the bicycle language. A little smattering of it will not do. He must be acquainted with Ms aibstruse phrases to be sure of making a lasting hit. The youth who can remark with no apparent effort:

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forty miles yesterday without puncturing a muscle," has a tremendous advantage over the man who rode forty miles yesterday without experiencing thf slightest physical exhaustion.

When speaking in the bicycle tongue, be careiful not to injure the feelings or wound the pride of a young beginner. If she rides as though she had breakfasted on green apples and cucumbers do not tell her so. If she sits her mount as *f she expected it to buck jump the next moment, do not reprove her, but rather by your own correcft attitude set her an example which dn time she will follow.

And above all and beyond all. do not forget to tell each of them separately that their cosltumes—whether bloomers or bisected skirts—are more becoming than any others you ever have seen. For to show off her costume is the primary function of the woman bicycll»t.

THE POPULATION OF GERMANY.

lias Increased 2,810,037 Daring the Fast Five Years. Washington, April 27.—'Germany takes a census of population every five years, and t'he result of that taken last year, just made public, has caused much surprise and gratification, !!or it shows, notwithstanding complaints of agricultural and manufacturing'depression, that the population has increased more rapidly than in any "five-year period since tbe foundation of fhe empire, it being 52,244,503 last (December, an increase of 2,816,0(27, or 1.14 per cent per year.

The figures and other items of interest called from the census tables are furnished to the department of state by United States Commercial Agen Thomas Moore, at Weimar, and he says fhat a striking illusrtation of the increase in population is afforded by a comparison with the French census, which shows that the increase of population in France in the same ifive-year period was but 124,000. In this disparity the Germans see a reason for t'he entertainment of a less warlike feeiing by certain classes in France, which, therefore, tends to insure the peace of France-

Eminent chemists have set their 'seal of aproval on Price's Baking: Powpder.

Bleaching Straw Hats at Honw. This is the time of year when women of thrifty indent Overhaul the straw liats left over from last year and waste a great deal of time, labor, soap and chemicals trying to scrub away the soiled yellow color that every straw hat acquires after a few months of wear and exposure to the weather. The woman .finds that after all her scrubbing the 'hat remains yellow. The dirt may be washed off, but the deep corn yellow color of the straw will not yield to any amount of washing. There is only one way that it can be gotten rid of, and that is by bleaching the hat. The best bleacher in t'he world for that purpose is sulphul1. 'Buy a. sulphur candle for 5 or 10 cents at the drug store. Then get an empty

The cross mark, still used occasionally instead of a signature, did not originate in ignorance. It was always appended to signatures In medieval u«: uiut, times as an evidence of £*d CaiXJu ^.barrel, a suaar. .flour or any other fciad

of a barrel -will do, end make a cover for it. Set the barrel in the -back yard, lig-ht the sulphur candle and set it in the bottom of the barrel, tie the hat or hats to be bleached to a string and suspend them from a stick across- the top of (the barrel so they will hang inside the barrel, "but not close enough to the sulphur flame to burn then cover the barrel to cortftne the sulphur fumes and leave It for fifteen or twenty minutes, or till the 'bleaching process is over/by lifting the cover at lnterv*L3 and looking at the 'hats. This is Inexpensive, requires 'little labor or time, and It bleacfhes the liat thoroughly.

AGAINST THE BICYCLE.

Action Taken by the Tnrngemeinde at Chl--I,,-, cagr'o YesterdayChicago, (April 27.—Chicago Germans went on record last evening as (being opposed -to -bicycle riding. -Up to this time the wiheel (has reigned supreme to their -ramks, a« elsewhere, but now the spelll 'has (been "broken. The men who refused to sanction bicycling as a® exer csrl-aaedelimotlai wtoteTp ogoeodfbg erclse are all in. touch with prominent athletic societies, and their action was taken- cxnly after careful consideration-. I-t was the twemty-tftftih annual meeting of what is known a» the Indiana division- In. Turngemeinde circles. The section* includes representatives of the principal Germ-am. -athletic societies of Chicago. Besides these there are two Louisville societies and a number of lax. diawa organizations. All were represented iby delegates, who, aifter one o'f •t'he most spirited debates in the history of the district, refused! to recommend) to the 'National Turngemeinde convention, which meets in Louisville June 21, that prizes fee given for tricycle riding as well as for other kinds, of athletic sports.

A distinct issue was made before -the matter was voted upon. This was, whether or not the wheel was conducive to (health. A numfber of speakers argued itihat it (was not. They asserted that it enervated the system, and, most of all. that it made t'he body crooked and caused stooping shoulders and spinal trou'ble. No (machine, they claimed, whose tendency was -to do these things, should be indorsed 'by an•athletic body. One «of the principal objeots of t-he organization, they said, was to make Che body straight and perfect in- every particular.

The advocates of (bicycling .had an. inning. They cited the ou-t-cif-dooT sport and its'increasing popularity, -but their arguments availed them' nothfng. Wihen it came to a vote the proposition was defeated' by a, substantial majority. Friends of t'he (Wheel got 'but little consolation out of a compromise tfaey effected shortly afterward, but which hardly mitigated the force of Vhe blow 'they had received- This was the passage of a- resolution to -the effect that anexhibition of tricycle riding shall toe given an the near future. It was expressly stipulated, (however, that 110 prizes shall be awarded, and that the only point to "be considered Is grace inpersonal carriage. Speed is to take no part in the show, and an effort to make it a feature met with, so much opposition that it was plain the "scorcher" •had more enemies -than- friends resent.

The report olf the treasurer Snowed the united societies-tb Ibe $700 better off than they were last year. It was decided that the -next district convention shall (be iheld at (Evansville, Ind., about April 25, 1897.

MILLER SET FREE.

His

Young Forger Promisea to Care For Wife and Live Right. John Midler, the "German who came here a few weeks ago and forged a number of checks, and has since been

in jail, was released yesterday on. his promise to return to his wife and four children and 'begin a reform. The leniency was given out of consideration for the man's wife and children, who are in almost destitute circumstances, and was recommended by Vern Griffith, B. Holmes and J. G. 'Dobbs, the parties who were victimized by the young man's rascality. Although the information is not given out, it is understood the injured parties were made whole-be-fore -they consented to recommend the leniency. (Miller also flooded Indiainapolis With forged paper before coming to this city, and it is understood that out of consideration for the man's wife and children the Indianapolis people will not prosecute. This understanding was had before the authorities here would consent to abandon the case and give Miller his freedom. 'Miller, on securing his release, -he'ld an interview with his attorney, D. V. Miller, in which he promised faithfully to improve the opportunity to reform and go direct to his children and begin life anew. He says he will not attempt to live in Indianapolis, but will remove to Chicago, where his mother resides, and has promised to give him assistance. 'He claims that he was unable to find work at his trade, that of a paper hanger and decorator, and attempted to earn a living a't gambling. He was not successful -at this line of business, and when he had lost all his immey and his fami'ly was suffering for the necessaries of life he became desperate and resorted to dishonesty. Although not more than 26 years old. Miller ha-s -be«g* marled more than six years, an,dhi3.fij.n?iiy consists ff a wife and four children. He Is the son of a weailthy woman In Chicago, and his wife is -of a wealthy and highly respected family, but on account of his wayward and shiftless disposition (Miller lost the confidence of both his'own and his wife's parents, and for the past few years has received no attention from them. His wife clung to him end did not even desert him wheivhe was at last arrested and there was no doubt of his -guilt and no hope of him gaining his 'freedom soon.

E W The police have been notified of a vicious dog being haa^'-red by Thomas Harper, who lives at Eighth street and Third avenue. The dog has bitten several parties and 13 In the haibit otf jumping the fence and chasing everybody who passes the premises. Harper says he does not want the dog, but. ieannot get rid of it. The dog came to his house, he says, and seems determined to stay, notwithstanding the protests of the Harper family. The police will, endeavor to help him out of the trouble this morning by calling around and killing the dog.

Deceived by Appearance*.

Some visitors going through a country Jail, under t.he escort of tl» chictf warden, came to a room in which three women were sewing. "Dear me," one of the visitors whispered, "what vicious looking creatures! Pray, what are they here for?" "Because they have no other home. This is our sitting room and they are my wife and two daughters," blandly responded the chief warder.—San Francisco Angon&ut.

Universal Pianos can be bought at great reductions at faotory, wner SixteenUx street SLIICL O&ADLE^ayenu?.

THAT TIRED PEELING

THE LDSCIOCS APPLE IS TUB JBES1.TONIC FOR SPRING FEVER.

New York Is An Apple Eating Tow* aa1 That Accounts For tha

Beauty of Its Women.

Doctors say that if womeh would ea plenty of -apples they wouM not need any other spring tonic. There are me. djoinal properties in -the acid of the ap* pie that are not found anywhere else. They cleanse and- tone the system ad the same time, a-nd the tetbitual appla eater experiences a peculiar exhilaration in ouch weather as -New York haa •had this month, that 5s almost unknown to tlhotee who albs tain from the fruitsays the New York Press..

A well known- physician talking o.a the subject, said "New York women eat a great many apples. They understand the 'beneficial effects of t'he fruit, and 'bhey are not likely to neglect anything that will improve either their feoU ings or their appearance. It has beer* noticed that New York women 'hav* •better complexions than those of any other clities, and it is generally ascribed! to the fact that our women eat applet raguUarly and freely. My awn opinion ds that one cannot eat -too many apples* I recommend as many as six or sevemf in, a dXiy—not all at one time, but at -intervals. With these should be taken plesn-ty o£ out door exercise. Before the -supples, are eaten—or any of them—a good drink of cold water should1ibe taken, eaTly In the morning. The wonatf thing. When one Is suffering from spring Sever, is to He down and give way 'to -tha ailments Instead of taking a "siesta, tha' •women should go out for a walk or a •ride on a. -bicycle. When she conies back she will bo fatigued, but it will be a di fferent fatigue from that played-out. Clammy, feeling that lis known- aaspring •fever. She should take a good rosy a.p-" pie (before she goes out -in-fact, she may take two, itf she Is inclined' to do so.' When she comes 'back, let her eat another. She will find -that an apple Willi ibe very grate'fui when site comes in, andft lif she persists in- 'their use. she will Rke them more and more and be able to c-ao'' a large number without difficulty, There is nothing like an apple for a tor-: pid liver or a 'bad temper. My own be-1 Hef Is that n'ine tenths of t'he Ibad temper in women might just as well be calUed torpid livers. One Is the direct, res-ult of the other.

An Apple Eating Town.

'Wholesale fruit dealers say that there are more apples used in New York City than in Ixmdon, notwithstanding that the English capital is nearly three times as large as this city. There are thousands and thousands of barrels exported from this country to Europe. There are three times as many apples sold in iNew York today as there were five years ago. One consequence of this increased sale is that we have to go further and further west for our apples. We have always received a great many from New York state, Ohio and other places not far away, but now Kansas also .sends us many of our apples.

One ?$iolesale dealer in Washington street said yesterday: "Apples are liko roast beef. You never get 'tired of them. Then, you^can get them all the year around. People cannot eat very many bananas oranges they get tired of, and peaches are in for only a short time. We sell a large proportion of our stock of apples to .the push-cart men, and they are harder to please than the grocers. They buy a barrel at a time, and t'hey clear about $2.50 on it. There are several hundred apples in a barrel and the pusu-cart man sees that they are all good and sound or he will reject the barrel. You can be sure generally of getting a good apple when you buy it from a push-cart. It sometimes takes a week for a push-cart man to -sell a barrel of apples, but he lives so cheaply that he gets along somehow. Besides, he seys other fruit, so that the 52.50 does n-dt represent all his earnings."

Good For the Children. Too. Are apples good for children? Listen to what this principal of a grammar school has to say: "Do you think I try to do anything with children who have torpid livers? No, indeed. -I first maks them fix 'themselves up with apples. We haven't playgrounds in New York, so we must have something to tak® their place, and we find apples a goo-di. substitute for fresh air and greensward. One mother said to me the other day that she was glad I approved the eating of apples, 'for that her doctor had told her she could not give her children! a better medicine. 'Her little girl had' eaten six apples, and she went to tuie doctor, afraid that the fruit would cause sickness. But it didn't, and a.

the

doctor sakl was: 'It w-uld

not

Care is taken to provide

have

done her any harm ifjhe had got away with ten or a dozen.

SAND IS HEALTHFUL.

In Cincinnati the City Fnrnlshes Great File* of It For tho CliiUln-u. Some time ago. when an- item went the rounds o'f the press atout the large number of bow-legged children in Cincinnati. It was suggested that sand piles should be provided for the OUJren to play in. The sand p.le .been alopted. not only for the b-w-.e.-ged children, but for all tne Ltt.v tots. It promises to be oarritd to a \ei extent. Many of the school yards ta now in one corner, lar^e p':'es in which the tittle tots ro.la.ulpiay^o •their heart's content, s-ayo the Ybrk Press.

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secured from one of the bars

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river, and it is chained often eno^h^a make It perfectly healthful. It is clared to 'be the healthiest thing .ble for children to play in, and doctors have advised the mud pies as the regular pre.-CM

They say that ttK-i« wit ii rr:Ol'h

puny youngsters. is nothing like contact earth, and that if the chikli-n co not set healthful sand or dirt

to play

they will wallow in the gutter °JJ*'* and 'be contaminated with ah disease germ-s.

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City Legislator John 'Regan ha» go .further and fcas introduced

ritv council to f-iut tn-i

.nance in the city counci worthless element out of I-«ht. '•Mi- it over ti have sand

or Garfield park and give vt over to tha children piled in

He proposes the corners of the par.es ill they want. Mr.

let the children p{ay ai- •. vo-k. Regah. who is well Unown says that should certainly be Jo-e.

Housekeepers know that• ^r* Bakiftg Powder saves a world

Great Hit

jraston—"I see that they ka^e Mshed a. Graeco-ORonii-n wres.r.n

estab.

ng pro-

graduates will have on- bargain day.

CmnmlsaJoni'r

at P-UIC S

w!ll not perrn.t the street

of New York w!ll not perm...

paring .o be torn tor layir.o pipes ariiu wires once a yeai.

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oftener thai* $