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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22
A MOTOR BICYCLE.
A Machine that is Light and Claimed to be
Practicable is Now Being Manufac-
tured.

The..Bicycling World has al interesting
account of motor bicycle, which is to
be manufactured at Cleveland, Ohio.
The. World. says, "This machine is no toy,
but practical roadster, capable of trav-
cling the highways at Il speed of 90 miles
an hour, or at more rapid speed, as the
rider has courage to ride, and at cost
of only one cent per hour. 1t has been
tested thoroughly by experts, and is pro-
nounced by them to be absolutely practi-
cal, and can be used by anyone of ordi-
nary intelligence. The speed can be con-
trolled at will by the rider.
There are two forms OF the Motor
safety, and one with four wheels. On
the safety the motor is located behind
the rear wheel, and the speed is con-
trolled by light rod running from the
handle bar to the motor. The motor is
operated BY drop of ordinary kerosene
oil dropped in the cylinder. exploding
and thus driving back and forth the
piston which is attached to crank
which turns the rear wheel. The pedals
and crank are kept on the axle in the
ordinary way SO that the machine can
be driven ut will by the ordinary foot
power. The wheels are fitted with four
inch pneumatic tires and the machine
will weigh about SO pounds all fitted.
The Victoria is four wheeler, and
has five horse power motor. 1t ~ finely
upholstered and will hold two or three
people.
The introduction of the cycle, backed
as it is by a concern of standing, the
Hitchcock Manufacturing Company, is
tine fist serious attempt made in the
country to introduce practical motor
driven road vehicle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

spring by this time, and the Frenchman
put the gypsy moth eggs in window,
where the warm rays of the sun could
strike them.
The houskeeper, who had no notion OF
chronological science, came along and
raised the sash of the window. In ven
tured a gentle zephyr and went out
again, blowing the eggs into the garden.
The zephyr aforesaid left no record of
it's performance, and M. Trouvelot
mourned the loss of his eggs without
knowing what had become of them. He
did not find out until two or three years
later. when certain queer looking dark
gray caterpil liars with bluespots on their
backs began to appear numerously In
the vicinity. They were discovered feed
ing on the trees and all sorts of plants,
being not particular as to their food SO
long as it is something green. In 1886
they had become so thick in Maiden and
killed, and the raising of vegetables was
almost out of the question.
DEVELOPED INTO A PLAGUE.
Meanwhile the insects had been spread
far and wide by market wagons and by
other means. Pedestrians carried them
for long distances on their persons, and
single pair was always sufficient to
start promising colony in a new local.
ity. Much alarm began to be felt. The
caterpillars were SO thick on the trees
that the noise of their nibblng could be
heard at night, sounding like the patter-
ing of fine rain drops. Trunks and
branches were thickly covered with the
cocoons. which hung in punches as big
as pint measure. The stencil from the
dead worms was very bad. People
found themselves helpless against the
plague. 1t was no unusual thing for
person to gather coal hod full of cat
erpillars from fence in morning.
Vast armies of the worms were con-
stantly seen on the march.
By 1889 the gipsy moth occupied an
area of 400 square miles in Massachu-
setts. 1t had become apparent that, II
left to breed without interference, it
would before long destroy all OF the
shade trees and orchards in the State,
not to mention other plants of economic
value. An appeal was made to the leg
islature for help, and in 1891 commits
sion, with $4,000 to spend, began the
work of fighting the caterpillars. The
6rst thing necessary was to determine
the boundaries of the region occupied
by them. Then gangs of men began at
the outer limits of the area and worked
toward the center, destroying the insects
as they proceeded. In the winter the
masses of eggs were picked with the
hand and destroyed. In summer the
caterpillars were cut in two with knives.
The coccoons spun by the caterpillars
were crushed. The worms feed by night,
and in the daytime they descend to the
trunks and try to find hiding places.
So it was found most effective scheme
to bind bags of burlap around the trees
in which the caterpillars might be
trapped.
WORK OF DIFFERENTIATION.
In 1892 another appropriation of $75,-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22
rhe wasp wasted woman.

On corsets humanity is tired OF speak
ing it's mind. No sensible man likes a
woman with waist like wasp or an
hourglass nor is comfortable in the socie
ty Of girl whose form suggests that he
may at any moment.have to apply knife
to her stay laces. Such incidents have
actually occurred. But it is not to please
sensible men that many girls dress.
Where does tight laced beauty's dinner
go? is topic on which science has not
pronounced London News.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

There is miniature Indian corn grown
in Brazil The ears are not larger than q
little finger, and the grains are the size Of
mustard seeds
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22
May Avoid 1t.

whittier, dear friend?''
"To Africa. y
care you crazy? One hundred and
thirty degrees in the shadep'
But I need not go in the shade. -
Fliegende Blatter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

Catherine II of Russia had her husband
assassinated, and from his death to her
own ruled alone
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22
Comforting.

Comforting.
Mabel docking in mirror)-My face is
my fortune.
Ethel-Yes, dear. Well, the man who
weds you will never be accused of marry
ing for riches-Fashions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

The population of Maine, as estimated
by Mai. House, the statistician. at the
State House, is 7a2, 600, gain, he says,
of 81, 900 for the past four years.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22

Kitty Give, the actress, was a terror
not only to herhusband, but, according to
contemporarysaccoun to all poets, man
ayers, actors, actresses, musicians and
stage people generally, even down to the
scene Shutters.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-12-22
1t Looked That Way.

"Who is that long haired fellow at the
other tablep A corn doctor?'
Goodness, no! Thatis Bzzxvzynskczitz,
the pianist He has made great name
for himself"
Must have made it out of barbed wire,
didn't he?''-C Cincinnati Tribune.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
NEWS T

Michael Murray, an old vagrant, en-
tered Hoboken Police Headquarters last
night and requested a nights lodging.
He had been there before and they
locked him up. When searched he had
$4O.36 upon his person.AThis. morning
Recorder McDonough ave him thirty
days on the County Farm.
Mrs. Annie Ware Barnes, a popular
elocutionist entertained a large audience
last night at the First United Presby-
terrain Church, Hoboken. She gave her
entertainment for the benefit of the
church and over $50 was realized.
John H. bearing, forty-four years old,
of No. 10 Washington street, Hoboken,
was taken to Hoboken Police Headquar-
tiers this morning by citizen Peter Volp
of the same address, suffering from de-
ierium tremens. The Recorder sent
him to the County Jail for thirty days
to get sobered ups
An excellent entertainment was given
last night in St. Mary's School Hall by
the members of the Holy Name Society
of the Church of Our Lady of Grace. 1t
was only home talent that. participated,
but they were enjoyed much better than
would nave been paid professionals if
encoring went to show anything. A Soc
ial followed.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
Some Wonders In Eggs.

A chicken raiser near Rofel, Ia, is the
owner of a Plymouth Rock hen that is a
genuine freak in her way. For weeks at
a time she will regularly lay eggs without
the least semblance of a covering in the
shape of a shell, but with white" and
yolk of such firm and unyielding texture
as to stand without 1attening, as in the
ordinary ''sk.1ny" egg. These eggs are
as hard as the average ''hard boiled" and
may be cut in two without danger Of spill
ing the contents of the leathery membrane
which forms the covering. That the above
is ''out of the ordinary" all will admit,
but it is only half of the queer story that
is told concerning this feathered monstros-
ity. After laying a number of these curl
Gus shell-less eggs q period of from a week
to ten days will elapse in which there is q
total cessation of the egg business as far
as this one hen is concerned, and then the
real wonder egg is deposited. This egg
is just the opposite to those mentioned
above, being entirely composed of shell
material and of about the same specific
gravity as an equal bulk of common chalk.
Six of these wonderful eggs were sawed
asunder so as to show their composition
The Rolfo man has been offered 500 apiece
for each of these six solid eggs, but has SO
far refused to part with a single specimen.
Louis Republic.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
a mAiCddOLDER.

1t Is Composed of an Incandescent Elec-
trio Light Globe and u Japanese Basket.
One of the most artistic and original
bits of fancy work seen in a long time
is a holder for burnt matches, which
has been described and illustrated by
The Housekeeper. Its novelty lies in
the use of one of the small incandescent
electric light globes as a balloon, the
basket attached to this forming the
"holder" proper. They may be obtained
at almost any building where this sys-
TEN of lighting is used. The globes in
time ''burn OUT or become defective
and can be obtained for a few cents or
for nothing. The remaining materials
necessary for the balloon are the small
japanese basket, costing 2 O. 8 cents,-a
yard of ribbon three-eighths of an inch
wide, three skeins of floss and a scrap
of bias velvet or plush.
Make a chain of from 40 to 30 stitch
es, according to the size of globe with
the floss, using a small sized crochet
hook. Throw the thread over to form a
long stitch and catch back into the
chain. Make one chain stitch, then an
other long stitch, and proceed in this
manner across the original chain. Turn
and go back across this % in exactly
the same way and proceed thus until a
square of the open work is formed. From
each corner Of this square crochet a
chain which shall be long enough to
reach to the top of the basket-from five
to six inches. Better too long than too
short.
A small circular piece Of plush or
velvet should be used to cover the lower
end of the globe. The edges may be
caught up about the side with a few
long stitches. Fold in the edges of a
bias piece of the plush, leaving it just
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
sPLINFs AND BANDAGBs.
what the Canvass Back Ducks are
Doing.

DoAa
Among the most evenly matched foot
ball cams in the Gaelic Athletic AS
sociation are the Emmets of Brook
Ign and the K~earn-Gaelics of Harlem.
They nave met twice in championship
contests within the past month, and
both games resulted in a tie. At Ridge
wood, next Sunday, they win again try
- settle the question of superiority.
e champion Mitchells are scheduled
: play the winner of this game, and if
he first is decided in favor of one of
the teams, a second game will imme-
diately follow.
Heffelfinger, Hartwell, Rhodes and
Mccormick are coaching the Yale team
regularly, and will remain with the
team until after the Harvard game.
Yale and Harvard have selected the
officers for the Yale-Harvard game, sub
ject to their acceptance. DR.. Bonard
and Alexander Mofatt of Princeton and
ex-Captain Pratt of Amherst were Sc
1ected as referee, umpire and linesman,
respectively. Secret practice will now
be the order of the day for the team
until the great game takes place at
Hampden Park, one week from Satur-
day, until that time little more than
rumor in regard to the actual work of
the team will reach the general public.
The team will probably line up as fol-
slows:-Hinkey, left end; Beard, left
tackle; McCrea, left guard; Rodgers,
right tackle; L. Hinkey, right end; Adee,
quarter back; Thorne, left half back;
Butterworth, full back. That this team
will make things hum is evident from
the makeup, and unless Harvard devel-
ops a surprise in the shape of effective
new plays, she will have a hard time
scoring against Yale.
! The football management of the New
Jersey Athletic Club have cancelled the
game with Pennington Seminary for to-
morrow, and instead will take their en-
the Crescent-Orange game at Orange.
The New Jerseys will pay the Newark
Institute team on November "a and
Trinity College on Thanksgiving Day.
The team of the Puritan A. c. of
.Greenville still have tomorrow open: 4
THE secretary is Mr.. George Vreeland,
of No.. 604 Ocean avenue.
! An exciting game under Association
rules was played yesterday in this city
can line and the Freisiand steamship
can me and the Friesiand steamship
steady rivals during the cricket season,
and the struggle for supremacy was hot
" sustained until time was called, with
the score of 3 to 0 in favor of the Inter-
nationals.
the Highlands of Orange, Saturday after
moor on the formers grounds at Har-
rison venue
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
PROSPEROUS MAC.
Encouraging Report Of the
Athletic Committee at
the Annual Meeting.
RACING AT GUTENBERG
The Postponed Events of the GEN.
mems Driving Association to
Be Decided Tomorrow.
RACING AT GUTENBERG

At the annual meeting of the New
Jersey Athletic club on Wednesday
evening, the Athletic Committee pres
ented an unusually fine report. Not
w~ithstanding the cry of dullness and
hard times the committee realized a
profit on its three carnivals of sport.
The success of the past year can be
directly attributed to the efforts of James
Sullivan, who. unlike an officer. took
off his coat and hustled with the boys.
AS chairman of the Athletic Committee,
he never allowed the interest to flag,
and his plan of holding carnivals on
Decoration Day, Fourth of July and
Labor Day proved very successful. The
committee report, among other things,
says
lou athletes during the season made
a showing that the members may we'll
feel proud of. They have first, last and
all the time worked for the interests of
the New Jersey Athletic Club, and when
one considers that during the season of
1894 but S1SS.S4 has been expended by the
Athletic Committee or the club athletes,
h can readily see that it was for the
love of the New Jersey Athletic Club
that the athletes were striving. During
the year the club scored in championship
competitions rs points, an increase over
the year 1898. At the Metropolitan cham
pionship meeting, held at Saratoga on
July q, the club sent a fairly representa-
tive team. They scored Al points n
finished second to the New York Ath-
letie Club. In the same meeting in the
previous year the club scored 3S points.
e'Our successful athletes were:-E. w.
Z Seidler, s. A. Coombs, H. Jaehne, w.
D. Day, l.. Liebgold, Fred C. Puffer, G.
Casey, B. c. Davis and ". L.. Darmer.
At the Amateur Athletic Union gymnas-
tic championship meeting. held Febru-
airy %, the following athletes were vic
torious, scoring seven points:-B. San
ford and F. E. Wright. AT the Amateur
Athletic Union championship meeting,
held on September Is, the New Jersey
Athletic Club finished second with a
score of 25 points. In 1898 our athletes
only scored 16 points at this meeting.
The successful men were:-E. w. Seid-
Ter, Fred C. Puffer, L. Liebgold, E. W.
Golf and B. c. Davis. The all-around
championship was again won by the
New Jersey Athletic Club with a score
of 5 points. During the year 1894 our
athletes have competed at nearly all the
important meetings held in this vicinity,
and, notwithstanding that our expenses
have been much lighter than those Of
any club approaching it in size, we have
steadily increased our percentage of
wins.
cit is with feelings of regret that we
refer to the death OF our champion and
clubmate, Mr.. William D. Day, who
had on repeated occasions stood Loyalty
by the organization, and who alone did
more for the New Jersey Athletic Club
= athletically than any other athlete or
athletes of this district
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
Professor Bell and victoria.

Professor Bell, the inventor, first showed
the telephone to the queen at Osborne. He
tells the story as follows:
1--WE all stood about a little table" said
he, upon which was the machine, the
queen opposite, Princess Beatrice on one
side and her majesty's secretary on the
other. The queen then told her secretary
to ask me to explain the telephone. After
doing so, while we stood waiting for con-
nection with Cowes, Queen Victoria
turned to speak to some one, and as the
connection came I turned suddenly, and
what do you suppose that I did? You see,
my wife is deaf, and I am among deaf peo-
pie so much that 1 forgot and patted her
hand to attract her attention. I did
did-the queen of England and en-
press of India! Was she indignant Oh,
no! AS she put hor ear to the telephone
she laughed. Whether it was the music
over the wires or my little action I never
knew
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
TEAM ]
ANNUAL MEETING or THE A. A. o.
william o.. Curtis of New York the
Choice for President.

The annual meeting OF the Amateur
Athletic Union of the United States will
be held at the Aston House on Monday
next at 2 p. M. At this meeting all the
associations will be represented, and
matters will be discussed of great i'm
p~ortanee to the athletes of America.
The most important discussion will, no
doubt, be over Mr.. William B. Curtis
suggestion in relation TO increasing the
revenue of the union. Past events clear
ly demonstrate that the fixed income is
not enough to pay the expenses of the
secretary's office, let alone buy any
prizes that may be desired. Mr.. Curtis
idea was to increase the dues, but for
some -unaccountable reason the other
members of the committee did not agree
with him. This matter must be settled.
IL the Amateur Athletic Union wishes to
After the election of the new board.
officers for the ensuing year will be
elected, and from present indications
Mr.. William B. Curtis of New York
will be the unanimous choice for the
presidency.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
the SEA or LOVE.

There is sultry gloom on the mountain brow
M a sultry glow beneath.
Oh, for d brcczcfron the western sea,
Soft and reviving, sweet and free,
Over tho shadowless hill and lea,
Over the barren heathl
There are clouds and darkness around Gods
ways,
And the noon Of life grows hot,
And, though his faithfulness standeth fast
AS the mighty mountains, a shroud is cast
Over it's glory, solemn and vast,
Yelling, bat changing it not.
Send a sweet breeza from thy sea, o Lordl
From thy deep, deep sea of Lowell
Though it lift not the veil from the cloudy
height,
Let the brow grow cool and the footsteps light
As it comes with holy and soothing might,
Like the wing of a snowy dove!
Fl. r.. Havergal in Boston Woman's Journal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
TotalS........ -. -. $3.50.
III AEEC

IS, 1872, PSI, 887, Alb, 400, SIT, ego. 1855, $40
Liberty Wheelmen:-
u, 156, 2s1, 9O7, 3S9. 456, SIT, 592. 64s, 100
UMPIRE. w. Hobby. Scorers-H. j.
Vanintine and C. w. Smith. Average
Brooklyn B.. c., 1872; Liberty Wheelmen,
l46.
The Umslopogaas Bowling Club met
on Pohlmann's alleys last night. Follow
ing are the scores:-
Team No. 1-G. Metzger, 1923; Chrystie,
ITO; Behrens, SO; Gempler, 1876; Diehl, 126;
S%chleuer, 119. Total, III.
Team No. 2-H. Weiss, 154; Plences, 1874;
Spinner. ia; J. Weiss. ~; Meyn, us;
ROLAND, 14S. Total, $40.
Team No. l of the Amity Club had an
easy night with Team No. 2 at Muller's
alleys. Following are the scores
Team No. III. Ebel, 1852; A. B. Grambs,
1874; W. Grolz, ITO; D. Oppenheimer, l40;
c. Hatwell, 1850; P. Sherry, 172. Total,
93S.
Team No. 2-T. Carey, 147; E. Bronson,
1873; w. Kraus, 127; NJ. Anderson, 1877; c.
Want, 1877; Joseph Ebel, lao. Total, S57.
There will be the usual prize bowling
at Muller and Company's Pavonia ave-
nue. alleys tomorrow night.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-16
/ said that I wousa DO SO and left the

Il said that ! worsl &c SO and left the
shop"
"Eh bien, my dear Octave . said I, in
~terrupting my friend in his tale, 1--WE viii
both go there together, for ! do not .mean
to leave your side until this matter is
cleared up"
Cleared upl" he exclaimed impatient
ly. ''There's no clearing up about it. The
solution is evident and obvious. ! am for
gotten, and my token has been thrown
away and sold.
Poor Octave. His heart was full Of bit
terness. Apparently disappointed and de-
ceived in his first love, he was ready to
curse the whole sex and to class them one
and all as false, faithless n cruel.
At 6 o'clock we returned to the shop.
Octave entered alone, and l walked up
and down outside waiting for him and
looking in at the shop windows. l had
to wait a long time, nearly an hour. Evi-
on with winged feet.
At length my friend came, his fac
radiant.
"Well,'' 1 cried, ''have you got your
goblet?"
Eyes, no-that is to say, I nave it, and
I haven't it. All, my friend, l hardly
AAON WAo 4 KILL SSty AbS 1 OIh 81 NPSSej %
happy! All, do you know that wofnen are
angels? Don't you understand me?"
II must confess that-er''-
"Well, I'll tell you all about it. The
moment I entered the shop the little girl
with the embroidery met me and said her
mother had just come in.
sc followed her to the farther end of the
store, where in the semidarkness l saw a
woman coming tn meet me.
Madam 1 said, there Is in your
showcase an article that 1 feel disposed to
purchase
Eyes, monsieur. 1 know she answer
ed quickly. You refer to the old porcelain
goblet. / regret it exceedingly, monsieur,
but it is not for sale. 1t is only here to be
kept for the one person who has the right
to reclaim it and to whom it belongs
"'And how do you know, madam, hat
I am not the personS'
cat this moment the clerk lit the gas,
and we found ourselves suddenly face to
face in the strong light.
'Louise!'
"'Octave!'
"This unexpected meeting naturally
caused long explanations. These Louise
gave me frankly and freely. When their
house was pulled down, Mime. Audry and
her daughter left Batignolles to live in
Paris. A short while after there was a
financial catastrophe which made a great
stir and ruined many people, among them
Mime. Audry. The old woman shortly
afterward died of grief and d~isappoint-
ment.
without news of me and in a condition
of hopelessness and despair, Louise found
herself at the end of her strength and re-
sources when an old friend of her moth
er's, a NJ. Brunand, who kept a curiosity
shop, turned up to help her. He was a
widower, over 90 years of age, and with a
young daughter on his hands he found
himself rapidly going into decline.
Anxious to find some n who would
be a friend to the girl after his death and
knowing the kind heart of. Louise, he
offered his name, his house and his home.
"That is how Louise became Mime.
Brunand and was called mother without
being a mother, how the goblet always re-
manned in her possession, and 10Y l have
the pleasure now to announce u ap-
preaching marriage, at which | trust you
will do me the honor to be the best man."
From The French.