The Exeter Advocate, 1898-3-11, Page 6THE RULING PASSION..
Some, sing the praises of love's young dream
\ hee tatngd which are, and the things which
seem
Glide as one downyouth's golden stream,
Aad; the one birds wake as, early,
When one's heart is fresh with the morula*
dew,
Wheu hopes are tnauy and cares are few,
When life is flashed with a rosy has
And one's hair is crisp and early.
Some eery 'tis sweetest when lore comes lata
wizen the strings of grief and thorns of fate.
The weare battle of griet.mad hate
Make life's great good the stronger.
The Indian t,anhtner in reaa1 dyes
Close tothe heart of saset lies
,
The seat glad smile of the year we prize
And wish each moment longer.
But, ah, there only remains the truth
That lore le love, be it age or youth:
Teat leve is love, and in very see;h
t)f every eoul his tnaeter,
For love is leve, come be soon or late,
and Sore alone is the lord of fate. t
I3erede Baan. elide funk, the god is great,
.and t,e head:; net priest nor pastors
--Airs. Warner Sneed in Womankind.
LARK AND TAMARIND.
It was the nigbt:of the governor's state
ball 100 years ago , a languid, tropical
night•.
At the darkest and quietest part of the
bakoeey a knot of naval officers bad gath-
ered together in sager cenvi'reetiolt. Tbelr
voices were half suppressed, but the gov
er¢tor"a astute secretary drew the curtains
close as be pied by
'.Only my respect for the uniform whits+
eau wear prevents me from calling you a
cavaubd and a liar, said Captain Bimini
of 11 z+L S, Lark in a voice /node hoareee
and fiercer by its restraint,
"You boast safely, sir. Since the cone -
menders of his majesty's vessels may eat
meat here," replied Captain Blade sof a
S. Tamarind Is the casae stridesat chis -
per.
,.hoes that .ripply to their *muds?"
asked the first lieutenants in the same
breath.
"Aye, aye," acid Blade,
"And to their other officers, too," said
old Hawke, mapping his red face vigor
ousiy-
"But not to a middy, "'suggested young
Blake of the Lark, with a grim smile upon
his ssheoth young face.
"May I, sir?" inquired little Manson of
the Tamarind, with Itis hand readily upon
bila dirk,
"D—n you, mo!" reared Hawke.
"What business have you boys here inter-
ering be your elders' quarrels? Get out or
it:"
"Put back yon dirk, Ranson," said
Blake in Tabs quiet way, "sud peace, gen-
tlemeu all. elle quarrel is Captain,
Elawee's arid: mina Some day we shall
daufatlees settle it."
"No. zee" broke, in the other voices.
"It is Our quarrel tun."
"leuth, sir," said Blake lightly, "it hi
the quarrel of the two ehipe, '!,'here isn't
man a us that wouldn't like to fgbt it
out, fair and square."
For the two vessels had long been rivals:
to supp-eseinti the pirates elm Infested
the is aneis and bad cut each other out in
turns. Uawi,o bad maned the decoration
for which Blade would have given a limb.
Blade bee tt'utireatl the great, haul of prize
money wbleb Il etc;;,r, wbo was poor and
proud, so sorely neeeeel.
Tile first lie tenor e bad quarreled over
a woman, and the ether iit'lienrs over their
wino. Tbo middies. has a ailitled in their
din:;eps and bad come to blows over a
game.
The laoatewains bad quarreled over a
stnue •it d keg .if rutin and the carpenters
over the way t r step a how leak. The sen-
ors head folies ten - •Iver the Nansand Bets',
and ruts, Week or white, of every port
wbera the shime hail touch d,
New a meld! e ine;talueral, newly come
from bonne, had throb r, d them off together;
after soiue partit•ularly well armed and
drain:; freebooters. .e.'u the quarrel had
react:,:d fever point. And the cure for fe-
ver in those days was nothing but some lot-
ting; of blood.
":ince these infernal pirates have paint- 1
ed their ships to resemble ours, there are
less lately things than a :Menke some;
foggy night. I, for one, sbould not regret
it, though we carry ten men and two guns
less," stuttered Randall, the first lieuten-
ant of the Lark, who had lost the lady.
•'For the matter of that, I shall leave
ten When ashore, and two of my guns need
repair. Tho foreman of the yard shall
have tbem tomorrow," said Captain Blade,
bowing courteously. "Of course it would
be a great calamity should such a mistake
happen! But"—
"Do you mean to suggest"— asked the
ruddy llawke, with his eyes bolting al-
most out of their Buckets and flaming like
live coals.
"Nay, sir, I suggest nothing. You will,
I amu sure, take care to avoid such an
event," replied Blade, with the softness
that sots one's teeth on edge, like the touch
of satin.
"Gentlemen, gentlemen !" expostulated
tine, governor's secret ary, appea rin g tbrough
the window.
So enter a polite contest in yielding pre-.
cedenee, the brawlers went smilingly with-
in, This mutual forbearance lasted right
up to the time when they went to sea, and
the magnanimity of the officers in forget-
ting their notorious feudwben allied upon
his majeety'sservice was a common theme
of adhniration to the colonials.
Nevertheless .they persuaded the new
admiral to let them make sure of the ene-
my by falling round the island in opposite
directions, though their foolhardiness in
gotug single handed moved every one to
aetoeisbment, for at least two of the pirate
vestals were as large and as well armed as
these of his majesty.
Blade even carried his folly to the ex-
tent of landing two guns on account of
defects which the chaster gunner ashore
failed to discover and of proposing to
leave ten men behind. "They aro in indif-
ferentbealth," said ho, "and it is but fair
that .Hawke and I should overcome the pi-
rates on equal terms."
The men,' bowever, declared that they
were fit, and the little middy, Blade's fa-
vorte, who was to stay in charge, cried
like a girl.
"There be four or live of our men,
pleeaaa, sir, that be related by marriage to
these in the Lark, and always side with
thein. Maybe they would be willing to be
thieved In her, and make- us square,
Anal so it was arranged,
The Tamarind, which sailed to eb.e east,
bad the best of the breeze, and made quick
headway. But the coast upon that side of
the island ran in and out like a baby's
peneitings upon a slate, malting oaprioious
little bays and long, winding creeks„
Lest a pirate vessel shanld be biding in
.`.them, it was necessity to enter eachinlet
i which drew water enough to admit them,
, while the shallower waters were searched
at night by the boats, with oars muffled
in the rowlocks and eager, whispering
g0r, w sp g
Wivau four deers had passed, they came
to the unbroken coast, but still they lin-
gered. -
Upon the fifth afternoon a sharp eyed:
sailor from the masthead saws the tops of a
ship many miles away and judged them
to belong to a fighting vessel of their own
size, So when the night came up, dull and,
dark beyond the night of those parts (the
moon being nen; and the air misty), they
clapped on full sail and sped toward the
unlrnown foe.
'Ten they ground their swordaanci Wad-
ed their guns and each went to his plane.
Souse laughed end some jested. Some gave
messages and told of tokens for a farofl
Poll or Bess. A few played at all fours by
h
the glitntuer of a sus Itght ire a lantern.
But mostly they were silent until, Balt
an hour later, the lookout man called
"Sail ahead!" as a vessel of about their
own size seemed to spring; almost on top
of them out et the dart*.
Hard - oxG q
cried the captain.
"Stand ready for a broadside!" cona.
mended the nest officer.
At the same iuo1nene the stranger turned
a Tittle the other way, so that the vessels
pas334 side by side. "The Lark," whisper-
ed one man to another.
"Shall we let go?" asked the first lieu-
tenant.
But Blade shook his head. "Not first,,,
said he decidedly.
Suddenly, as if the month of bell bad
opened, the stranger belched forth thunder
and smoke and flambe, and a storm of shot
tore tbrougb tbe Taloarind from side to
side, ieaviug twits of mangled flesh and
blood.
"Fire!" called the first lieutenant; but
before be bad spoken the answering tor-
Tent had sprung forth. Thou the ships
swung slowly away from each outer.
Blade, who, although a dandy on shore
wa the equal o f anyman afloat i
WW1 t eq o an oat s fere.
mansbip, gained a great advantage, out-
nraneuveriug his enemy and bringing his
broadalde to bear right across her stern, se
as to rake her from Jamul to fixates be pass-
ed and leave a longer trail of slaugbtor.
Then, swinging dexterously away from the
answering broadside, he countered upon
the other side.
First one mast and tbettn another wap
ebot over, and au length the vessel heeled'
so heavily that the few guns which were
still replying shot harmlessly in the air.
"God forgive we captain," cried the
first lieutenant hoarsely --he was lying on.
the deck with half a leg shot away—"it's
enough." And B1ede, trio bad grown
very white, cried out in a broken voice:
"Stop siring;, aud get out the boats! She'e
going dowel" 13ut the boats readiest for
use were shattered; their opponent sud-'.
delays listed ores, two or three of her guns
firing: a les; derlsire shot as she event
The men of the Tamarind sat down--,
'those who were left --on their game or ors
the deck, with eyes avertedfrom the slain
around there. The officers buried their
faces in their bands, save the, youngest
middy, who lay quiet And forever still witil
a handkerchief over his bandsome boyish<
face. At last Blade drew his sword sud
denly and snapped it across his knee.
"1 am a diegraced luau!" he' cried, with
tbo voice of one genu mad. ."biay heaven
nurse us all!"
But heaven, which blesses or curses not.
as we dell, far answer sent up tbe rising"
sun, and the morning light upon a lonely
vessel sbort of a meet wiling slowly along.
three miles away! And the first lieu Wean t,
pulling binseelf up to look through the
porthole, cried like a child:"It wasn't
the Lark! God forgive us alll" Then ho
sank into a swoon Irem loss of blood aud
was mercifully unconscious in the sur
geon's hands.
The Lark, when she sailed to the west,
had to beat up against heavy bend winds
and so made but slow progress. Yet when
the fifth day cause the men wore kept con-
stantly under arms, and ere nightfall they
caught a glimpse of a fighting ship in the
distance.
Uiero was a vessel whose sailors hnd
courted their Polls and Bets near these
regions by now they know. And if In the
fog and dark they e.huu]d come together
many en old score ttould be wiped out.
At length the fog lifted atriflu and stud-
deniy a• big vessel rushed Swiftly upon
them from the quarter where they bad
least expected it, "Stand to the guns tal-
low:"
elow!" shouted. Hawke, "and boarders
make ready I"
A hail of shots poured out upon them
before they were fully prepared, but fortu-
nately flew so bigh us to do little damage
beyond bringing down the foremast, while
the Lark ran close alongside the foe and
put in aterrifio broadside before grappling.
Then there burst forth a very volcano of
flame and a roar that challenged the heav-
ens, for a shot had reached the stranger's
powder magazine, and the forces of nature,
let loosefrom their thraldom, scattered the
vessel to the four winds and her men to
the mercy of God.
Those on board the Lark looked at one
another in mute horror, and the tears ran
downsome cheeks.
"We are traitors and unfit to live,"
groaned Ilawke. And they took bis weap-
ons from him lest be should do himself a
mischief.
Thou tbe sudden tropical morning
dawned, and afar in the east, with the ris-
ing sun glinting through her tattered
sails, the Tamarind sailed into view. ,
Wheu the governor sent home his great.
dispatch a couple of months later, to an-
nounce the total suppression of piracy in
those regions, be observed that this result
had been achieved by means of the remark-
ably cordial co-operation between the cap-
tains, officers and crews of the Lark and,
the Tamarind, which after sinking sepa-
rately the two most dangerous pirates had
joined their forces with marvelous suc-
cess and now wished to combine their prize
money in a aomhnon fund.
Sucb harmony, be observed, was equally
to the advantage of tbe service and the
credit of the captains, tains, But the admiral,
,
newly arrived from borne, took the credit
of theoo-operation to himself,—St. Paul's.
Brow $e Got the Right Expression.
"Thanks," said the. tragedian; "maria
thanks for your good opinion. I always
study frorn nature, sir. In my eating you
see reflected nature herself."
"Try this cigar," said ab admirer of na-
g
ture reverently. "Now, where did you
study that expression of intense surprise
that you assume in the second act?"
"From nature, sir, from nature.'' Ta se-
cure that expression I asked an intimate
friend to lend ine -•'-.5. He refused.. This
caused me no surprise. I tried several
more.
10h'inaily I asked one who was willing.
to oblige me, and as he headed me the
note 7 studied in a glass the oppression of
my own :face, 1 saw there surprise, but et
was not what I waxated. It Watt alloyed
with suspicion that the note migbt be a
bad one. 1 was in despair."
"Well?" said the other breathlessly.
y
"Then an idea struck inn. I resolved.
upon a desperate course. I returned the
45 note to my friend the Text day, and on
his astonished countenance I saw the ex-,
pression of which I was in search,"!
Pearson's ,'Weekly. '
ODD TRICKS OF ,Mir_MORV,
r'srgettina One'.. Name and Rehnemberieg
Another h'erewn's Backward.
Some one has forcibly remarked that
proper mimes escape froln the memory as
easily as greased pigs and illustrates the
remark with an anecdote concerning Joe
Jefferson, who never forgot his lines, but
has an imperfect recollection of names,
Jefferson bad been introduced to. General
Grant at a time when that distingtlisbed
soldier was the lion of the social world,
and the popular actor was ouch impressed
with the personality of the hero, ,A few
hours later as he wen_ t ug in his hotel ele-
vatoru ed o
a rt gg looking ok ang lean with a mili-
tary bearing bowed pleasantly to bim and
made au observation regarding the. speed
of the elevator, when Jefferson said.:
"I beg Your pardon; Your face is very
*metier, but I cannot recall your name."
"Grant," was the laconic but perfectly
courteous reply.
"I got off at the wrong floor," said Jef-
feeson, "for fear. I would ask hies next if
be had been in the war,"
Jefferson did worse than to forget the
Dames of other people—he sometimes for-
got his own. Ile called ata poste llce in a
small place and asked the clerk;
;',a.ny mai% for reel"
"What mete?„
"Name? Good gracious! I don't know!
Let me think-. Why, I am to play `Rip
Van Winkle" tonight at your halt"
"Joe Jefferson?" suggested the clerk.
"Yes,. Jefferson t certainly. Thanks."
And, receiving his mail, the actor went
away happy.
A favorite trick of a capricious memory
ht to substitute some other 1131120 for the
nee wanted, a process due to assimilation,
A couple of ladies on a Chicago street car
asked the coed actor ie,-leav
a them at Fenn-
Sylvania avenue,
'There's no such avenue in this suburb,"
said, the conductor.
But there certainly is,#, reiterated the
ladiee, We have .friends livings there and
ought to know,"
"Pezbaps yott mean Keystone avenue,"
suggested a passenger, and they said that
was just what they did wean, blit they
k30w it had something fro do wielt Penn- i
syleanla, wbieh was impressed upon their
memories as the Keystone, State,
A good story is told of an excellent
woman who be this fatal faculty for mis-
construing names, Her daughter *as ex-
pecting a call from a gentleman, and she
THE: WESTERN. W1.
ret on my dwelt I feel the western wind
end steer it telling to the orchard t; 003
4nd, to the' faint and flower foreaken bees
Tales of fair meadows, green, with constant
streams,
And utouetalns rising blue and cool behind,
Wherein moist dells the purple orehis gleams,
And starred with white the virgin's bower is
twined.
So the o'erwearied pilgriw, as he fares
Along life's sweeter waste, at titues is fanned.,
Itren at noontide, by the eool, sweet airs
Of a serener, and* holier land
Fresh as the morn and as the aewrall bland,
areal of the blessed heaven for-wbielk we pray,
Blow fromtrom the eternal belts—make gla
d
Our earthly way!
—Jolla G. Whittier.
A TOUGH GOOSE.
Cyne...l Joke Flayed 'upon the
Old Neveo
by a Taxidermist.
Every day for the past half decade an
old gray haired negro has passed through
the grounds of the National museum, on
the way to rho northwest, where he makes
e, living by doing easy tasks for bis old
mistress. The workshop of the tsixider-
mists'bas ever been a piece of great inter-
est to the old than, and be never passes
their door w lthout a cheery morning greet-
ing or a visit of uncertain duration.
The scientists, too, have grown fond of
their dusky friend, and 'close is the first
one for whom they inquire when returning
from the long journeys and the last person
for whom a geed natured message is left
as they leave,
But the scientists cannot resist an occa-
sional joke at the expense of the old Man,
111ose happened into their workshop the
day before Ghrittmas, just after ono 0f the
slcutic
ts had been skluning 3 large b 1
d
eagle. As the old negro wandered aimless-
ly about the room, airing his unfailing
wealth of interrogatives, one of the taxi-
dermists called to him.
"Nose, would yon like to have a nice
goose for your Christmas dimer?"
"Deedy I would, I'zo 'bilged to you a
t'ousand times if you gibs me de goose,,"
exclaimed idose enthusiastically.
'wheat be left the shop the lifelees body
of the eagle protruded conspicuously from
tbe newspaper bundle under his arm, the
old mean still expressing; his gratitude vol-
ubly as long* as he remained in sight.
Monday Mose again wandered into the
sbop, How did you like that goose,
Uwe?" asked the Wet.
Weyler to General Blanco: "How do you like that Havana? I found It
rather :Monet" —Pittsburg Dispatch.
impressed 'upon her mother the fact that
his name sons a very simple one and easy
to remember—Cowdry. The mother re-
peated it until she was sure she could not
possibly forget it, and on the evening
whop he called hurried forward to meet
him, saying graciously:
"How are you, Ilir. Drycow?"--Chicago
Times -Herald.
Boileau.
,Although the satires of Boileau were
largely suggested by what had been effect-
ed in that direction by the ancients—in-
deed the subjects of some were directly
taken from writings that have come down
to us—yet he managed to make them per-
fectly. original. The outlines wore Latin,
but the details entirely French. His versi-
fication and general style were considered
extremely good. The following opinion of
M. Demogeot may bo held to express the
estimate formed by the fairest judges.
After remarking that Boileau had appre-
hended and emphasized the most vital
character of the national taste—namely, a
raillery founded on intelligent good sense,
and after declaring that the ancient Preach
spirit of Vilion and Marot had been en-
nobled bythe language of the classics, and
the elegant niceties of the age of Louis
XIV, so that Boileau's real position was
that of a bourgeois of Paris in the grand
gallery -of Versailles, he adds: "His critic-
ism was clear, simple, accessible to all;
negative rather than suggestive, reducing
the principles of art to those of common
sense. It was piquant, full of raillery and
delicate malice and enlivened by personali-
ties. In truth, it delivered its precepts iii
imperishable verses, brilliant alike from
imagery and pregnant meaning, and con-
densing what: was desired to be said into
proverbiike expressions, to be received.
without remonstrance- and remembered
without difficulty."—Gentleman's Maga-
zine.
Broad Scotch and Slang.
Language bas never been stationary—
least of all ;the English. It has been im-
proved, ;and it has been corrupted, and It
may be improved or it may Tie corrupted
again. Modern Greek is not equal to the
ancient. What atrocious corruptions the
Latin underwent as it degenerated into
Italian,..: Spenisb and Freneb 1 Happily,.
after it had beteire comparatively barbar-
ous,'men of hig;li' literary genius appeared,
underx wbon the process of corruption was
arrested, xtind in :each of these three cases
the language was agai.0 molded into a rich;
and powerful vehicle of thought:. When-
ever the language of a nation is becoming
barbarous thenation is becoming barbar-
ous ;itsolt. And there are tandem:lea in
our day teamed berbarism that need to be
watched.
The rage for the broad Scotch of Ian
Maclaren ,laud' for American slang and
London slang and slang of all sorts in
stories that aim at piquant writing can
hardly fail of leaving soave mark in our
literature. Wbo is to regulate our speech?
Not parliament, not sovereign, or senate.
It depends on the good baste and the care
fulness of the educated inen and women
of a country. -Professor W. G..Biaoki.'
•
"Dat goose," said Mose ruefully, "was
just de tougbes' goose ober I see. Golly,
be must•heb been de fader t'al1 do gee dors.
I biled dot goose, and I parbileld 'im, den.
I biled 'im 'gen, but she's you bobn dat
ar wuz de °howines' behrd me an de old
woomun ebur seed,"
"Oh, you didn't cook it right," said the
chief, with a smile at the others. "Come
in tomorrow, and we will give you anoth-
er."
The nest day, when Mose came hob
bling in, a largo snowy owl lay on the
beneh,with its skin drawn over its head.
"There is your goose, Mose," said the
chief in as nonchalant a manner as possi-
ble.
The old negro lookedauspiciously from
the scientists to the bird, scratching his
woolly bead meditatively.
"See here, boss," be said finally, "ef
'tain't no trouble I'zo like t'see de feet on
dat goose afore I carries 'int to de ole
woomun."—Washington Star.
The Story of the Steerage.
"There is a vast difference," said an
officer of a Cunard 'steamship; "between
the appearance of steerage passengers re-
turning to Europe and those coming to
America.
"On the westward voyage the faces of
the immigrants are bright with expectancy
and hope. Some of them have doubtless
lain awake at night dreaming of the new
land, You can see that they have been
inspired by the roseate visions painted for
them by, their friends or relatives who
have succeeded on this side of the water.
Those who go back to stay are not many.
Yon oan pick them out by their dejected
looks.- They have not succeeded. They
have found that hard work is just as neces-
sary to get, along in the States as it is in
Europe.
"The great majority of the immigrants
stay. From my observations for the last
15 years aboard ship -I think I am compe-
tent to -say that America gets the very best
of the European blood. Dawdlers stay at
home.. It is .usually only the energetio',and
adventurous that cut loose from ties in the
old world. Forty. six per cent of the steer-
age passongcrs have their passage to
America paid by their relatives or friends
who have in- a measure succeeded over
Isere. I think those who have made a'`go'
of it deserve- success, because, as a rule,
they have won it by well directed toil or
cupeleer 1013hin]strative ability."—New
York ',ii n-
3Vlonotonoui, ildenu.
Fogg= -'well, tbere's.one thing I will say
about this House.
Bass—And what's that, forg oodness'.
sake?
Fogg—When you sit down to breakfast,
you always know. just what you're going --
to get.—Boston Transcript,
Great Scheme.
"Say,that luminpns"Peint isgreat"
"What do you use it for?" "We paint the
baby, so we can, give him a drink in the -
night without lighting the {las."-Chi-
sago. Record.
.
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COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
leoeitton Assumed by the Authorities of
Uarvard and Columbia,
The faculty committee in charge of ath-
letles at Columbia university auuattuces
that a student dropped from his glass is
dropped from athletics. 13 A Aran comes
from another college, be must attend lac-
tures for ayear before patrtleipating in ath-
leties. All sobedules must be approved by
the faoulty oomutittee, Students dropped
from 0110 3012001 of the university aro de-
barred from athletics, even though they
enter an they wohoul. No team shall La
allowed to compete that has any outstanti.
lug indebtedness,
President Eliot of Harvard believes it to
bo very unlikely that a student who tilt,
an active part in athletic sports can win
good standing as a scholar, but, on t1..•
other band, a smaller proportion of tee
stblcbss get put on probation at Harvard
college than of other students, This nag -
mark is mot true of solembic, studeuts.
The evil of exeessivo training has not brew
mired. The basebell team of last spriu
was distinctly overworked, and half tha
crew gave out in the four mile race. In all
probability .the nervous strain resulting
from prolonged training, many exciting
contests and an anxious sense of reeeons.-
bility has not been sufficiently considered,
Tho use of Holmes field for games:Mewl-
ed by throngs of spectators was permitted
by the corporation for the last time in the
spring; of 11497. Two long ban13 of state,
with steel frames, were erected temporarily
on. Holmes .Auld, but were removed in the
summer to &idlers' field. One of these
banks, situated on the south side of the
track, caused a temporary variation in the
intonslty of the magnetic Heid in the .Jef-
ferson Pbyeleal laboratory, wbieh was so
disturbing that it would not have leen
possiblo,with the duo regard to the proper
work of the laboratory, to keep such a steel
bank on 13olnu's The committee
on the regulation of athletic sports gave
much attention during the year to the re-
vision and publication of the rules govern-
ing athletics. Almost every ono of there
regulations has been dirnusse d and fought
over for years, and almost every one was
at first resisted to the utmost by the main
body of the graduates.
DAILY CENTURIES.
E'..8. Edwards of Well" York Defies Wind
and Snow.
In this free co un try people areprivileged
to look upon E. S. Edwards of New York
as a thoroughbred or a orank, according to
their point of view. Mr. Edwards's doing
a daily Century regardless of the condition
of the roads or the state of the weather.
His riding is done under the auspices and
E. S. EDWARDS.
rules of the Century Road Club of Amer-
ioa, and he is duly checked. He rides e
wheel geared to 7e inches.
In spite of Edwards' performances, how-
ever, the indications are that centuryruns
will not be as popular this year, and with-
in a very short time they are expected to
die out entirely, Ordinary riders de not
believe in'them. The task of riding 100
miles or so is not' in the least enjoyable
when runs aro made on schedule time.
One bas no chance to enjoya ride -under
such ciroeinstances. More pleasure isle be
derived from going out in small paroles and
dismounting; whenand where you please.
without regard to time.,
Slay ;of the 'bainless.
While ,the caainless-at 8125 may 130 net -
tiredly expected to be, chiefly a wheel fox
wppe, it, is not pvyt
all ofealthy the toeoest.classles are buroyinging ohaitruenlesthits
cycles. , Since the announcement of chain-
less machines at $60 and $75 many of the
fashionables have placed orders feuother
than ehainless wheels: and many fox
wheels'. having inoiulted cbains. Few ex,:
perienced riders will care to take any
chances with the chainless wheel next
:season. 'Their reasons for the aversion to
are`manj 'The latest fear is because of
the cogs. Many riders ;claim that should:
a small stone get inside the cap and into
the dogs it might cause some of the teeth
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to break. This could notverywell befixed
en route and would entail expense which
wouldd probably be greater than that to re-
pair a chain.
Strong Testimony.
Mr. Romanz—I toll you what, a baby
brightens up the Meuse, and that's a fact.
Mr. Practickel—Tex. We've 'bad to
keep the gas burning all night ever since
ours was born..—Philadelphia Record,
l)Sodern Warfare.
General—How was the battle today?
Aid-de-camp—A11 well, Bet our colo-
nel bad seven bicycles shot trona under
bim.—New York Sunday Journal.
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