Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 September 1897 — Page 2

ond W. OU Becker, Indianapolis, third. Time—2:26. Second beat—Jack Smith, Frankfort, Ind., Srst W. J. Heim, Indianapolis, second A. J. Banta, city, third. Time—2:40 2-5.

THE RACES 'PROPER.

State Record Broken in the Second hall of 2:30 Class Race."

Eleven novice riders lined up on the rope for the novice race. -It-was 2:30 and the sun had just broken out of the clouds. At the crack of the starter-'s.pistol F, L. Tilley, a lad from Brazil, took" th&ptote and kept his lead for the first ^uarter. Then the bunch overhauled him. ^lowdime was made to the half, when a pH& -occurred between four of the riders. George Fortune, of Hutton, sustained the worst, toll,_being scratched and bruised. His wheel was run over and smashed. John Blything.^f Terre Haute, mounted his wheel again,"and started after the vanishing seven. The three, others who Stad fallen carried theij, wheels through the field back bo the tents,

It was a pretty race'amorigr the seven remaining for the "Crigo Agricultural Society diamond. When they turned into the homestretch the bunching Jbegsji,. and no spurts were made until the tape was nearly reached, when iKng, of Terre Haute., drew out of the group and won handily by several feet from the second man, Anderson, also of Terre Haute.

Some of the boys who .had never ridden last year, surprised their, friends by their clever handling of the wheel. The race was ciuch more exciting than Uie^ooe following, the one mile open.

Following are the names of the riders as they lined up for the start: Charles Ault, city John Blythinr/city A. H. King, city J. E. Zeller, Brazil, Ind. George Fortune, Hutton, Ind. Leo Mc-Daniels, Vermillion, 111. A. A. Anderson City J. C. Ashby, city-, F. L. Tilley, Knightsville Clinton Whittaker, city Harry Beggs, city.

Summary—First, A. H. King, city secend, A A. Anderson, city third, J. E. Zelter, Brazil fourth, Harry Boggs, city. Time —2:30'4-5.

One Milo Open.

Out of the eighteen riders entered for the one mile open race, eight qualified in the snorning preliminary, as follows: H. H. Dronberger, city L. O. Watson, Indianapolis G. H. Buchanan, Indianapolis A. P. Btone, city Charles Kolb, Goshen E. C. Heffer, Indianapolis Bert Thompson, Danville, 111., and Lee Heller, Ft. Wayne.

This race was a perfect loafing match, and had it come under the restrictions of the L. limit rules, would undoubtedly have .beAn barred. The time was much slower thai, in the foregoing novice raco, although eetBlial good ridera, such as Buschman, of Indianapolis, and A. P. Stone, city, were in'fhe contest.

Btit the finish was as pretty and exciting fia?"any of the day. Three riders were s.S'rtkst for flrst"ila"ce. Watson and Buschfnan then took the lead and the latter won by a fine spurt of but a few feet.

Summary—G. H. Buschman, Indianapolis, Brst L. 0. Watson, Indianapolis, second K, P. Stone, city, third. Time—2:40 2-5.

Remarkable Tlm» in 2:30 Class Race.

The winner of the mile race, 2:30 class, •was A. P. Stone, the crack Polytechnic rider. The diamond stud belongs to him, but the real honor of the race goes to young Rossell, who has been riding but a short )ime. The Steam's man's son gave the college hustler a heart breaking finish, and chased him closely over the entire course. It was a'-red letter day fcjr Rossell, as he took second in this race,, first in the two mile city championship heat, which was declared off on account of slow time first in the mile handicap and second in the final heat of the two mile championship. Mr. Rossell, Sr., who is a thorough racing enthusiast himself, and was bound that his son George should win, could hardly contain bimself and was congratulated on every band.

In this race the time of the whole mile and of the second half was taken. The result surprised every one. The mile was run in 2:13 4-5, and the last half in 1:01 3-5. This was done by riders only having a record of 2:30 before. The track record was brpken in both the mile and the half, and it is trfc Opinion of those present who are authorities on such subjects that the world's competitive record for the last half was rubbed so hard as to cause friction.

The efght men as they took their positions at^ftfe^tape were: F. H. Clore, Wallace,

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P. Stone, city John J. Engles, city

Frank Hal man, city Charles A. Bates, Indiinapolis Homer S. Hall, city E. P. Hamilton, city G. C. Rossell, Jr.

The alternate pace set all the way around vas terrific for amateurs, and bore fruit in the time record. Rossell and Stone soon bad the pole, with Earl Hamilton, also of Terre Haute, rubbing their tires." These three led all the way around, and maintained the lead. At the finish Stone easily pulled away from the bunch and crossed the tape first without special effort.

Summary—Stone, first Rossell, second Hamilton, third. Time—2:13 4-5. Slow Professional Race,

The one mile professional race, which came next, was remarkable for two things the way the riders hugged the time limit and the pretty finish of the winner, W. H. Seaton, of Louisville. The men finished the race within four-fifths of a second of the time limit. The'pull for life down the stretch, however, was as pretty an exhibition of riding as has been seen on the track this year, the riders coming close and fast. The winner, however, was capable of a spurt at the last which carried hint over to the beautiful Peerless racer awaiting him.for a prize.

But four men, beside the pacemaker, qualified for the final heat. The fourth prize pras given to the pacemaker

The men lined up.as follows: W. H. Beaton. Louisville Jack Smith, Frankfort Fom David Indianapolis A. J. Banta, city William J. Heim, Indianapolis, was pacemaker.

Summary—Seaton, first David, second Becker, third. Time—2:19. 1-5. City Champiouship Hun Twice.

The two mile city championship race took Bp more time than any other event of the fcfternoon. The first ,-time it was run Mr. Rossell, chief of the course declared it off »n account of slow~ th^e, it being made in jomething more than 2:40. In the finish of this heat Rossell, Jc„ "won,out handily by a most masterful pull on the handlebars, beating the crowd ten feeT to the white strip of tape.

After the interval ^Ijjfre^.for the performsnce of Edward Walker,- the tight rope talker, and his trapeze performer, Walter Lyon, the race was run over. Another walk was made by the contestants for the first half mile, and realizing the time, was too *Jow, they dropped their vfh.egls at the home plate. Mr. Rossell ordered them to start »ver again, and said if he saw any more loafing or hanging back he would call the race off for good.

This little case of "call down" by the official had the desired effect. Alternate pacemakers took the eight riders around the double lap at a stiff pace, and the race was finished finally.

The riders and their positions were as follows: A. P. Stone, city H. P. Hecklesberg, city Harry C. Davis, city George C. Rossell, Jr., city Charles J. Schoeffer, city Frank Hulman, city.

Sutom«y—Stone, first Rossell, second Davis, third. Time-—1:48 3-5. Mile Stat® Championship.

The next race, which on. the pro-

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gramme, was the one mile state championship, which, it will be remembered, was declared off at the state meet on account of the slow time made, and through the efforts of local L. A. W. men was allowed to he run during the fair. In the heat at the state meet the redoubtable Anton Hulman, who already owns so many state medals, took first place and the lanky Hal Dronberger, so dear to the hearts of the bicycle fans, second. But Anton could not ride yesterday, as he had sprained his back last week, and thi3 left the field clear for the long boy with the phenominal powers of sprinting. iNor did Hal disappoint his supporters. His bowed back, bent above the other riders, swayed on his high seat with ease and rhythm, all the way round to the home stretch. Then the back straightened out a little and sent the favorite's head a little farther over the bars and a little nearer the rim of the front wheel. The swaying quickened, and the lithe bookkeeper slipped easily past the foremost members of the group. And as his wheel touched the tape the crowdj in the grand stand, standing up in its excitement, gave vent to cheers and cat calls until the floor of the band stand above shook under the musicians' feet. The girls wavedt their handkerchiefs and smiled on him as he rode back to the gate.

Watson, of the Capital City, came in second. The line up of the racers was as follows: Kolb, Gcshen Bates, Indianapolis Pfeffer, Indianapolis Clore, Wallace Dronberger, city Stone, city Zeller, Brazil C. Davis, city L. O. Watson, Indianapolis. "Bud" Braman was chosen as pacemaker.

Summary—Dronberger first, Watson second, Kolb third. Time, 2:18 2-5. The Half Mile Open.

The following men took their places for the half mile open race: G. H. Bushman, Indianapolis II. H. Dronberger, city L. O. Watson, Indianapolis Chas. Riddell, Brazil Louis Gordon, Indianapolis E. C. Pfeffer, Indianapolis Will Biel, city.

It is needless to say that Dronberger won this race also. The time made was very fast and the finish hotly contested, Dronberger winning by a famous spurt. Pfeffer came near taking the honor from the Terre Haute man.

Summary—Dronberger first, Pfeffer second, Watson third. Time, 1:03 4-5. On* Mile Handicap Race.

This was the race so cleverly won by G. G. Rossell, Jr. Ten men were chosen from the preliminaries to run. They were as folcity F. H. Clore, Wallace A. A. Anderson, lows: John Q. Blything, city C. J. Davis, city F. L. Tilley, Brazil Chas. Riddell, Brazil Will Biel, city C. Whittacker, city Frank Hulman, city G. C. Rossell, Jr. J. J. Engles, city.

The riders strung out along the track in accordance with their handicaps, started well at the crack of the pistol. Young Rossell, who had one of the best leads, held it all the way through, finishing well in hand. The time on this race was also very startling.

Summary—Rossell first, Engles second, Hulman third. Time, 2:05 2-5. Last half in 1:08 2-5.

Another Feather For Dronbergrer.

There were thirty-four men started in the five .mile handicap race and for this one there was no preliminary run. There was to be but one scratch man, Lavin, of Chicago, and for some reason he did not put in his appearance. The names of the riders and their handicaps were as follows:

H. H. Dronberger, city, 40 yards L. O. Watson, Indianapolis, 50 yards S. G. Singleton, Lebanon, 75 yards Shas. Ault, city, 300 yards John F. Bly thing, city, 350 yards Jpred Huffman, Paris, 111., 200 yards A. P. htone, city, 50 yards Dan Ferguson, city, Vi'5 yards Chas. J. Davis, city, 275 yards F. H. Clore Wallace, Ind., 250 yards Bert Thompson, Danville, 111., 20 yards N. N". Warner, Brazil, Ind., 250 yards Lee Heller, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 140 yards Geo. Fortune Hutton, Ind., 400 yards Chas. Kolb, Goshen, Ind., 75 yards Leo McDaniel, Vermillion, 111.,*350 yards A. A. Anderson, city, 375 yards

Frank Crews, city, 300 yards^ Bert

Morrison, city, 275 yards Claud Herbert, city, 225 yards F. L. Tilley, Knightsville, 400 yards Chas. Riddell, Rrazll, Ind., 300 yards Clinton Whittaker, city, 325 yards John McNeils, city, 300 yards Frank Hulman, city, 275 yards Geo. C. Rossell, Jr., 325 yards E. P. Hamilton city, 175 yards John J. Engles, city, 225 yards Harry Boggs, city, 375 yards Homer S. Hall, Danville, Ind., 175 yards Louis Gordon, Indianapolis, 75 yards F. C. Pfeffer, Indianapolis, 100 yards Chas. A. Bates, Indianapolis, 135 yards.

This was the most interesting race of them all, partly on account of the number participating and partly on account of the good list of prizes hung up. The pace set was hard and many of the thirty-four dropped out long before the fourth lap had been made. Probably twenty tried for the last stretch.

Hal Dronberger was surely drawing to the head as the long file of racers neared the final lap. At the half mile he was in the head bunch. At the quarter he was neck and neck with the first. And when the supreme effort came he simply walked away from every one, bringing round after round of applause from the lookers on.

The time made in this race while slower than that of the same during the meet, was fast.

Summary—Dronberger first, Morrison second, Bates third, Kolb fourth. Time, 12:01 4-5.

Free Sllverltes and Labor Day*

Special to the Express.

Brazil, Ind., Sept. 1.—The free silver people met here last evening and decided to join with the striking miners of this county in a grand celebration of Labor Day. Every free silver farmer is requested to bring a donation of provisions, which will be given to the needy striking miners and their families, of which there aTe now almost 8,000 in this county. H. C. Bell, ex-deputy commissioner of pensions, and Patrick Dolan, president of the United Mine Workers, of Pennsylvania, will be the speakers. Every mine in the district is ordered to send all its men.

There Was a Blc Wind Storm Yesterday.

About 1 o'clock yesterday great banks of clouds plied up in the west and there was every indication of a big torm in this city. However, the wind shifted and while Terre Haute escaped there was sreafc damage done at Dana and Greencastle. The wires of the C. & E. I. railroad were down fbr several hours, and "all connectlo was cut off. At Dana several houses were unroofed and at Greencastle it is reported that much damage was done. Other points north and east suffered from the wind.

lirazll Family's Narrow Kscape.

Special to the Express.

Brazil, lad.. Sept 1.—The home belonging to Samuel tiindsey was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, caused by the explosion of a lamp. Mr. Lindsey was awakened by the cracking of burning timbers, and barely had time to get his family out when the roof caved -4a.

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JOHNNY ENGLES SERIOUSLY INJURED AT THK .TRACK YESTERDAY,

In a Hard Ride rfor the Tape He Was Thrown From His Wheel and Nearly Killed.

Johnny Ehgles, son of Wlllfcam C. Engles, was nearly killed on the race track yesterday afternoon. Two physicians attended him all evening, and during the night his condition was regarded as serious. He was in the bicycle races yesterday, and is one of the giamest little riders that ever sat on a saddle. He was a prime favorite in the events yesterday and his terrible fall just at the close of the day's sports put a sort of damper on the amusements of the afternoon.

It was in the five-mile handicap that (Engles -was injured. Prior to the starting of this race Engles had been counted on as a sure winner of at least second prize. At the crack of the pistol the men started off with a rush and while Engles was given tout little handicap over Dronberger he started to w,ork and was soon in the bunch. Four miles were reeled off in fast time, and the young rider never lost his position. The third quarter of the fifth mile saw the wheelmen lean out for the bruising finish. They were in a bunch, and as the time had been fast every rider was anxious to be a winner. Down the 'stretch they came, the crowd in the grand .stand cheering for Engles and Ironberger.

Just as the wheelmen passed the distance flag Engles, who was cutting past another wheelman, was elbowed into the fence. The WTeck which followed was something fearful. There were several men behind the young man, and the minute he was seen to leave his saddle and go into the air they were hopelessly out of the race, iBy a superhuman effort three Of them avoided Striking Engles, but one matt could not get out of the way, and in less than a second there were two wheelmen lying on the track. People swarmed out onto the tretch and in a twinkling there was a gTeat crowd gathered about Engles. The police succeeded dn driving them back1, and Drs. Crapo and Lovett gave the boy attention. He was unconscious, and did not come to until Johnny Bryant had brought water and dtashed it into his faci. Even then he only moaned and asked to be let go as he must win the race.

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His face was covered with blood, his mouth was full of dirt and as he lay proa•trate upon the track he looked to be dead.

His father and mother were sitting in the stand, and while the latter almost fainted the father jumped out of the amphitheater and was soon pushing through the crowd. Mr. Engles spoke to the young man and he answered faintly, "Yes, father, I'm all right." But he wasn't all right. He again became unconscious. The doctors worked with him until dark and about 8 o'clock he was hauled home on a cot. He is covered with bruises from head to foot. His left eye was closed and blue almost before .he was picked un from the track. It was at first thought his left arm was broken, but an examination showed that it was' only (fractured. There are

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this arm a'.one. Just how the accident happened is not known. The wheelmen were so closely hunched and the finish was so exciting that no one.,saw what was the matter. How« ever, it Js. thouerht that Engles. was elbowed Into the fence. Serious as was the accident, and great as was the excitement, there was one lauehable incident. After the young man had been carried off tihe track several hundrpd pponle followed. Among.them was Edward Ross. After looking once at Entries he smarted to walk awav. He had taken but a few steps when he fell in a faint. Dr. Cra.oo was summoned to the new case and seeing what the matter was dealt ROPS a stinerlng bow near the nlstol pocket. The vonmr fellow opened his eyes, got up and walked away.

TtJNE BROS." DISPLAY.

Mr. (Finney's Exnert Handiwork Shown at the Fair This Week.

One of the cosiest works to he found in Exhibition Hall at the Fair has been secured by Tune Bros., the Main street clothiers and furnishers. It is there that Mr. Finney, tbe trimmer, for the firm, has brought into full play his expert handiwork in the decorative line. The very latest styles and pattern's in fall and winter clothing are* exhibited Co advantage, forming an educating study. The articles are samples of only a small part of the immense line of goods, consisting 6i| boys' and men's clothing and furnishing goods carried In stock by this firm at their big store located at 515-517 Wabash avenue. Hats and caps area specialty of Tune Brso' business, they being exclusive agents in this city for the celebrated Knox and Hawe" brands. With the beginning of the fall trade they have decided to discontinue the merchant tailoring department t\s a feature of their business, devtfting more time and attention to perfection of fits and durability in make up of ready made suits.

It has been little more than a year since this firm located in Terre Haute, yet courteous treatment coupled with the possession at all times of a large and well selected stock has won fbr this buying mart for men a fair percentage of the custom afforded by the city and surrounding country.

Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas, In the wisdom of Him who rules the universe, Oliver Matherly, one of our members, has been called to cross that mysterious river which is called death.

Resolved, That Major Brant Camp, S. of Veterans, No. 5, have lost a irled, true and faithful member, one whose services and presence will be missed.

Resolved, That we extend our sympathies to Comrade and Sister Matherly, who are bereaved of their only faithful and dutiful son, and for comfort point them to Him who does all things well, and they will find comfort in .the assurance of a well-founded be'.lef that he has entered a home over the threshold of which death never comes and is now In the circle of which death never breaks.

Resolved, That a copy of hese resolutions be presented to the family and a copy be placed on file in our camp records and that our charter be draped for the usual period of thirty days.

W. O. Adams, B.E.Bali, W. E. Reynolds,

Prairieton, August 30, 1897.

Camera Fiend Goes t« Jail.

Freeman M. Huddleston, the man who has ibeeii doing some very s"hady business in the photographing line, was yesterday sent to jail in deifault of $500 bond. Hudri. dleston was arraigned in police court and he waived preliminary examination. Huddleston comes from Brazil, and it is said that his dealings in that city were altogether peculiar. It Is said .that he received money for taking pictures and then never delivered the goods. The kodak he secured from Sam Haberly was recovered at a pawn shop yesterday morning. The cameras he secured from Messrs. Bigwooa and Kaufman have been spld to private citizens, but will .be recovered.

Vegetation on Glacial Moraines. In The Century John Muir writes of "The Alaska Trip." Mr. Muir says:

The wilderness presses close up to the town, and' it is wenderfully rich and luxuriant. The toresGs almost rival thoee of Paget sound. Wild rores are 8 inches in diameter and ferns 10 feet bigb, and, straBge to say, all this exuberant vegetation is growing on moraine material that has been scarcely moved or modified In any way by postglacial agents. Rounded masses of bar^} resisting rocks rise every­

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where along the shore and in the wooda, tbeir scored and polished snrfaces still unwasted, telling of a time, so lately gone, when the whole region lay in darkness beneath an all embracing mantle of ice. Even in the streets of the town glaciated bosses are exposed, the telling inscriptions of wbiohhave not been effaced by the wear of either weather or travel, and in the orchards fruitful boughs shade the edges of glacial pavements and drop apples and peaohes on them. Nowhere, ae far as I have seen, are the beneficent influences of glaoiers made manifest in plainer terms or with more striking contrasts. No tale of enchantment is so marvelous, so exciting to the imagination, as tbe story of the works and ways of snow flowers banded together as glaciers and maroblng. forth frtun their encampments on the mountains to develop tbe beauty of landscapes and make them fruitful.

GOLD MINES .PBOMOTERS.'

Wealth From the Klondike Without GoIns There.' "There are other ways to get rich out of the Klondike mines besides going there." This is the improving text of a prospectus of one of the so called "development companies" that have sprung into existence, or at least into appearance, recently. It would be flattery to call these concerns mushroom companies, because even mushrooms have a local habitation and possess some valne. Tbe Klondike development companies evidently have neither. They are bottomed on the broad principle tbat the race of fools is perennial, and on tbe approved maxim that the fool and bis money are soon parted. When they advertise tbat there are ways to get rich out of the Klondike without going there, they have a' subjective meaning exclusively. Tbe obly persons who will ever get rich in that Way will be tbe promoters of the companies, and the only mine they will ever develop will be the public credulity.

Look at the facts. It is Impossible that Any company should have' had agents on the ground of the pretended development, ^hat is a fraud to begin with. So some ot them add "trading" to development. The Klondike Gold Mining and Trading company has an attractive sound because a company can begin to trade even if it bas no mines or mining claims. The promoters can swap _• jackkiiives in their offices. That would probably be the least harmful trading they could engage in and involve the smallest percentage of loss to their dupes. One ctimpany pretends to be building five steamships on an island near the mouth of the Yukon, tvhich are to be put in the service immediately. Everybody ought to know that a shipyard is the first requisite for shipbuilding tbat there is no such thing in Alaska, and that there has been no time to bring together the materials, the maohinery and the workmen for a shipyard since the Klondike excitement began. Such a shipyard could not have been started de novo cn the Delaware river in that time. The ground could not have been cleared for one.

Very few if any of these Klondike development oompanies have any capital or offer to the public any names which area guarantee of either capital or respectability. All of them have a shady, out at elbows, Montague Tigg aspect. The publlo should let them severely alone, and the postofflce department should Issue fraud orders on them as fast as they oan be spotted.—New York Post.

0ENTUBY PLANT BLOOMS.

Will Die After Its Seed Is Deposited In the Soil. Nearly three months ago a century plant in the greenhouse of J. Condon, on Fort Hamilton parkway, near Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn, sent forth a flower shoot. The plant, with many others of its kind whioh Mr. Condon had reoeived from Mexico, had been lying untended in a corner of the greenhouse, and when one of the employees told the proprietor that it was behaving in an unusual manner Mr. Condon supposed at first that it was merely developing a new leaf shoot. After three days, during which tiipe the pale green point had ascended one foot, he changed his mind and had the century j)lant moved out into a sunny spot. It was carefully tended and watched, for the blossoming of one of these plants is so rare in this climate that tbe occasions on which it ha8 happened in New York state within 16 years can be oounted on one's fingers.

Soon the plant was In full bloom. It reached a height of 25 feet, and 15 feet up the first branch appeared. There were 12 other branches above this. Eaoh branch was decoiated with corn colored flowers hanging in clusters like the familiar begonia rubra. These flowers are more curious than beautiful, their pale hue unfitting them for an ornamental flower. For a month the flowers remain. Then they fall, and where they alight hundreds of little century plants will spring up. With the falling of the flowers and the consequent propagation of the species the plant, which has lived perhaps 70 or 80 years to this end and purpose, dies. First its leaves swell enormously, then they wither away, and almost before the tiny centenarians have probed their green crest above the earth all that remains of the mother plant is the round, spikelike stem, hardened to a stony consistency.—New York Sun.

Handy For Waiters.

Doors in the uining rooms of hotels and restaurants can be automatically opened by a new device, consisting of a lever attached to the bottom of the door, to be pressed by tbe foot and to unlatch tbe door and svting it open at tbe same time.

No matter how strongly a man pretends tbat he doesB't believe in ghosts, it may be doubted if he ever goes by a churchyard at midnight without feeling as if something were going to grab him from behind.

TO CtTKR A COM) IN OMR DAY Take Laxative Bromo Qtrinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.

Good dancing platform at the Fair Grounds id charge of J. S. Lundy. Music by Hampy's orchestra. Open afternoons and evenings. Yiu are invited.

i1 An Estrangement. Maude—How is your friend, Miss £launter, now?

Ethel—She is no friend of mine. I'm not on speaking terms wi& her now we only kiss when we meet.—Boston Transcript. Den't Tsbacco Spit and Smoke Yoar Life

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PREPAREFOfi WINTER

BY PURCHASING YOCR STOVK8 FROM THK H. STOVK A FURNACE CO.

Excellent Exhibit By This Company of Stoves, Ranges, Farnaces, Etc., at the Fair This Week/

Yesterday afternoon Mn Brown, of the Terre tHajite Stove & Furnace Co., was busily engaged at the fair grounds in giving directions and assisting in putting to rights an attractive exhibit of hot air furnaces, heating stoves, ranges, mantels, etc. The exhibit is the most extensive of its kind at the fair.

A steel range of the Peninsular make, resplendent in a oomplete coat of nickel plate, occupies a prominent positon. Aluminum cooking utensils are fast growing in favor. They are light and easily kept clean. In various groups samples of this ware are to be seen, their shining surface in perfect harmony with the stoves' bright exterior.

Attention was called to a new mode of Exterior finish for steel ranges. It is called "planish finish," and its merits lie in the fact that wear and heat have no effect upon it. Here are also to be seen various patterns of hot air furnaces, among theni a selffeeding one. An attendant in charge is ever ready to explain the relative merits of every piece. An interesting half hour can be spent in this corner of the exhibition hall. The "Favorite" stoves and ranges, of which this company is making a specialty, are among the best in the world, and every one sold carries with it their personal guarantee of durabilty and excellence.

DOE AND KID.

How the Old Chamois Teaches the Yptxngi 8tor to Jump. We had a full lialf hour to wait before the drive began and were rewarded by one of the prettiest and most interesting sights and lessons in natural history I have ever seen—namely, the sight of an old chamois giving its young kid a lesson in jumping. I must premise by mentioning tbat it is very difficult—in fact, Impossible—for any one but a vary old hand to distinguish a buck chamois from a doe as they are moving, and the rule is not to shoot at a chamois if it bas a kid with it, as that is a pretty sure sign it is a doe.

A few minutes after we had been seated quietly at our posts, and before the drive began tbe keeper called my attention to a chamois' head and neck which bad suddenly appeared on the sky line about 1E0 yards off. It turned out to be a doe with a kid. They came along slowly, not at all thinking of danger and not in any way as yet disturbed by the drivers, who were a mile or two away and who had not yet begun to drive. They both came quietly down the steep mountain side until they oame to a place where there was a drop of about 12 feet, and then took place the following beautiful sight, which was also witnessed by S. and his jager from where they sat: The old obamois jumped down, as a matter of course, but tbe kid funked and would not follow. The old one looked up at it and then went back another way to the ledge on which the kid was standing and again jumped dawn so as to show the young one bow to do it and looking up to it as much as to say: "Come along, you little stupid 1 It won't hurt you.'' But the kid funked again and would not follow. The mother thereupon returned a second time to the ledge and proceeded to push the kid with her head and made it jump down «nd followed it herself. Then came the climax. The old one and the young one both went roand again to the same ledge, and the old one jumped down first, and this time tbe kid followed immediately, having been taught that it was safe and easy enough.—Badminton Magazine.

TRAIN WAS NOT WRECKED.

Misdirected Mustard Plaster Creates Panic In a Sleeper. Another sleeping car story is being circulated, and the truth of it is backed by a man well known In Chicago for his veracity and abhorrence of exaggeration. He tells the story on bimself, or rather his wife, and, while it savors of the usual sleeping car tale, it bas its good points.

Together with his wife, the man was traveling recently from California. One night ho awoke in his berth in the agony of horrible pains in the stomach. As they were passing. through a prohibition district, and there was nothing more tempting on board than apollinaris water, his wife was assured that his intentions were honest when he shrieked loudly for brandy.

But there was none to be had, so, with tbe instinct of a true woman during family affliction, tbe wife rushed to her eatohel and drew therefrom a mustard plaster, an institution upon which tie pinned her faith in cases of the kind, and requested the porter to get hot water without delay.

When the poultice was in readiness for application, she returned and carefully pulled asidei the curtains of a berth, tenderly placing the plaster.

An instant later a howl rent tbe air, and a voice of agony, emanating from behind the long whiskers of a stranger, gasped out: "Great heavens, the train's wrecked! The boiler's lying on me! Oh, how it burns! Help! Help! Fire! Fire!"

Nightcaps, disordered frizzes, red and sleepy eyes and ashen faces were thrust out into the aisle in horror, wouder and surprise. The poor woman who was tbe innocent cause of the exoitement hastily withdrew to her own quarters, while the porter removed the "boiler" from the stranger and assured everybody tbat all was well.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

INDIAN INK.

Iht Superior Kinds Are Uled In China and Not Exported. An interesting account of the manufacture of the so called Indian lBk, whioh is made only in tbe Anbui province of China, is given by Mr. Fraser, our consul at Wuka, on thb Yang-tse, in his trade report. It is more correctly called China ink —enorede Chine—and from Anbui it goes to every part of China and all over the world. In 1895 about two tons of it, valued at £564, were exported from Shanghai to foreign countries. The materials with whioh this beautiful blaok Ink is made are sesamum or colza oil, or tbe oil expressed from the poisonous seeds of a tree extensively cultivated in tbe Yang-tse valley, and also well known in Japan. To this varnish and pork fat are added. Thelampblaok made by the combustion of these substances is classed according to tbe materials and" the grade of fineness and also according to the time taken over the process of combustion. The paste made of this lampblack has some glue added and

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mera. Two good, hammerers oan prepare in a day 80 pieaes, each weighing half a pound. A certain .quantity of musk of the musk doer, or-of' Baloos camphor, for scenting, and gold leaves, varying from 20 to 160 to the pounds are added to give a metallio luster,

Tbe materials thus prepared are molded in molds ef carved wood and dried, which takes about 20 days lB fine weather, and adorned with Chinese characters in gilding. About 80 or 82 average sized sticks of ink go to the pound. The price varies from 2s. or less per pound to as much as £7, there b$ing over, a dozen different grades. Nearly a writing is done by the natives throughout China, Japan, Korea, Tonquin and Anam with this China ink, rubbed down on ar.,stone.ink slab and applied with a paintbrush of sable, fox or rabbit hair, set in a bamboo bolder, and when not in use oarefully covered with a protecting brass cap. The superior kinds ti this ink appear to be used in China, ami not exported.—Manufacturer.

INDIA NEWSPAPERS,

Daily and We«!ily Publications Flourish*! There Before the European Conquest. India can jointly claim to have a share —a very considerable share—in tbe birth of the newspaper. Ages before the European conquest every oourt had a weekly, sometimes a daily, news letter, which was sent out to the principal towns and read with diligent attention by wealthy people, nobles and especially by all officials. It was not, however, until after the English conquest that the newspaper, as-the word is now understood, was established in India, the first English journal in that country appearing about 1818, and not until the middle of the country did the Indian natives begin to publish papers in their own language.

The Indian press may be roughly divided into three elapses. The first consists of English newspapers published in the large cities, suoh as Calcutta and Bombayj generally very creditable productions, son*." ducted by scholarly Englishmen or AngioSn? Indians. The second class is composed aftpapers edited and published by natives,: tbe matter being generally half in Eng-e/ lisb and half in a native language, though?^ the proportion varies. The third class conja stitutes those journals which are published entirely in a native language, this elAs»c being by far the most numerous of all-wiadi

The oriental is fond of parade, even language, and the longer the words the more attractive in his eyes and to his ears is tbe style. It is not at all remarkable, therefore, that, considering his imperfect knowledge of English, the long words of which the Indian native editor is so fond should sometimes be misplaced or incorreotly employed, nor tbat the metaphors in whioh be delights should frequently be grotesquely mixed, jvfost of the natives who read English are* familiar with the literature whioh is dihiii^nted In enormous quantities by tbe missionaries, and have adopted from it many pious expressions that, appropriate enough in a homily or prayer, are ridiculously out of place lu a leading article.-—Exchange.

Worn Knees.

Many stories ore told of the keen wit and ready speech of Dr. Mason, once pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian church In New York. Not only was he a great and eloquent preacher, but many of his most telling lessons were given in private rather than in the pulpit. So heard, they were sure to be repeated and not forgotten.

He had a great fondness for animals and particularly for horses, of whose good points he was said to bean excellent judge. On one occasion a brother minister, who was intending to buy a horse, met Dr. Mason and stopped to ask his oMaJon of.^ the animal, which he was th^en driving.

Dr. Mason surveyed the horse with and careful scrutiny, and after several inarticulate sounds of approval and disapproval he finally pdinted to the'aniuiarii^ knees, which were decidedly worn int peot. ,v ,'# "That is a good sign for a minister*, snid he, with a humorous smile, "bdt It Is a very bad sign for a minister's horse."— Youth's Companion.

Between Rich and Poor In India. Our standard of civilization is personal comfort—luxury, a thing absolutely unknown in native India. There is scarcely any difference in the mode of living between tbe rich and the poor. If you go into the housoof a rajah, there is the same bare floor, and only a simple platter to eat from, such as is seen in the home of tho poorest. To put it crudely, there will probably not bo even the luxury of a wash basin and towol, tor the rich man, like his poor brother, washes in the open and dries himself in the sun.* Such is the extreme simplicity of life thnt wealth is still buried In India. A man may spend it on jewels for his wife, but not on pleasure or personal comfort. This simple life, which fostered no distinctions of class, had beon presorved for 3,000 years by Indian civilization, but ours will destroy it In 50 years.—Mrs. Steel in Humantarian.

When Yoa Are In a Tunnel. It is a most curious fact, but tba approach of a train in a tunnel may be easily ascertained sbraa seconds .before it becomes visible to those traveling toward it in an opposite direction'. The length of a tunnel is no obstacle to the realization of this curious pSenomefjflrt and compressed air is tho medium which prodnceSthe peculiar "under water''-^sensation. Without any warning the drurii of* the ear is pneumatically pressed inward the moment tbe locomotive of the other train enters the tunnel, which, for all practical purposes, is only a largo tube owing to the now limited air space. Many persons must have noticed tbis pftbolitir feeling in tbe ears without giving "the matter a second thought. Othera have won bets upon tbe chances Of the tunnel containing more than one train at a time.—New York World. .. .. The passport In Ku*si».

In Russia achiW 10 years of age cannot go away from, hoxue to school without a passport. Nor can- eommon servants and peasants go away from where they livo without one. A .gentleman residing in Moscow or Bt. Petersburg cannot receive the visit of a friend who remains many hours without notifying the police. The porters of ail-bouses are compelled to make returns of the arrival and departure of strangers, and for every one of the above passports a charge is. made of some kind.

'Tis not the size or grandeur of th« structure, but the contentment that abides within, that insures a bappy home. Henry. Sutpbin.

"We know accurately when we know little. With knowledge doubt increase^," —Goethe.

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