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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
PROFIT ON BICYCLES.
Materials for n Complete 800 Wheel
Worth $1G.5O.


From the Buffalo Inquirer.
The bicycle dealers are making a big
mistake when they announce that wheels
will be little. If any; cheaper next year.
The manufacturer who says that he can
not sell a good wheel at less than 800 and
make a fair profit is simply cutting his own
throat, for there are men who can and will
do 1t. A few days ago boy employed in
the factory of big western firm was ar
rested for stealing parts Of a bicycle from
his employers and putting them together
himself The wheel is sold for 800 all over
the country, but the boys attorney proved
by the firm itself that tine materials for a
complete wheel stolen by the lad were
worth but s165O. and the charge of grand
larceny could not be sustained.
The prices of good bicycles are altogether
too high, and the dealers evidently count on
the craze continuing for long time. The
great rush for wheels will soon subside,
and the moment trade becomes dull the
prices will drop, and machines which cost
$3.50 will not De sold for 500. That the
original cost of the best wheels is small can
be shown by getting wholesale figures from
dealers who make only certain parts of the
wheel.
By obtaining figures from the frame
man, the matchmaker, the saddle maker
and the pedal maker, it is found that
first-clasS wheel, put together from parts
bought at wholesale. will not cost over $50.
That there is an immense profit in bicycles
is conclusively shown by the fact that coun-
try agents often cut prices away down and
make mon..y. One wheel made in Buffalo
and which bears it's makers name, is sold
for SIPS at his local store but in certain
country places it can be had for $40. What
is fair profit" anyway? Something like
SO on a 500 wheel?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
CAN CATS COUNT:
An instance " Mich Seems to Show
That They Cannot.

An lhStnnce " men seems TO show
That They Cannot.
From Meehan's Monthly.
A friend has several cats which have
been taught to make their homes in
barn. One Of the workmen in the estab-
lishment has been for n number of years
in the habit of bringing food from his
house after every dinner time for these
cats. A remarkable fact is that they so
from the barn to the entrance of the gate
property always about fifteen or twenty
minutes before the workman makes his
appearance. just how they come to learn
this exact time of day Is not clear, al
though it goes to show that these animals
have reason and judgment to some extent
Strange to say. that although this has
been going on for several years. the cats
do not seem to know that every seventh
day is Sunday. and that the workman does
not make his appearance at the grounds
on that day. yet regularly every Sunday,
for all these many years, they come to
meet him. only to be doomed to disap-
pointmen.. 1t would seem from this that
cats have not the power to count. they
surely would be able to know by this time
that there is seventh day. when they
would be doomed to disappointment in
their daily meal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
A Story of Mystery.

Do you know what a STORY OF Mystery
is? 1t is continued story of which all but
the last chapter Is printed. and then guesses
are made as to the solution. then the final
irstallment Is printed.
On October seventh a most interesting
mystery story, when the War Was Over, II
will be started in The Star and five hundred
dollars will be given for the first absolutely
correct solution. In case no guess is abso-
luta,y correct the amount Will be divided
among those nearest to correct solution.
TIE Cueases will be confined to women read
ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Not Far Wrong.

From the Chicago Tribune.
One of the official visitors from Atlanta
wandered down to the lake front yester-
day. Something in the park attracted his
attention. and he gazed at it long and
earnestly.
what is that thing?" he asked.
THAT is a statue of Christopher Column
bus" replied the Chicago man to whom he
had spoken.
christopher Columbus?"
Yes"
The man from Atlanta shook his head
sadly.
Then the trouble is with me-" he said.
You fellows have been giving me too
warm welcome. That thing looks to me
like a petrifed nightmare"
Great Scott" exclaimed the Chicago
man. srasping his hand That's what it
is. You're all rightr'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
FIREPLACE NOTICES.
They Can BE Etched Into Wood ]
Means of q Hot Poker.

Means of q Hot Poker.
From Household News.
Over the fireplace, in struggling letters
may be carved in the wood or fired upor
the thing. appropriate devices and SEN
fences. 1t is not an expensive fad and Is
something Indicative of real individuality
As instances, welcome We to this cottage
by the sea-" or Welcome We to the cot by
the old oak tree" or whatever tree be
nearest. Again, Come, bask in my cheer.
full warmth Find in my fire, your hearts
desire;" Good cheer, find We here" "Ir
gladstone mirth, gather around my HEARTH
Shall I not take mine ease beside my fire
side?"
These OR other notices might be etched
into wood. for a cottage. by pokerwork, q
decoration of which too little is generally
known. Typography 1t Is designated, is
done after a little practice by any one hav-
ing the least art training or dexterity and
precision in drawing.
While there are sets of tools by which
finished work can be done, a Small-pointed
poker. heated either over a spirit lamp, or
in coal fire. can be made the instrument
for fine effects Not only lettering for
n antels, but designs in lights and shadows,
for panels. screens, picture frames, cabinets
and brackets are made by the poker point.
Good, well-seaSoned wood, free from
HI OTIS and cracks, must be used to expect
good results. 1t is said by experts that elm
shows the blacklist tracings, but that syca-
more, holly and lime. followed by the oak.
ash and elm. lend themselves readily to this
work.
On any simple design or lettering the be-
girner practice. There are hut few
rules. The bright woman will soon find the
limitations and the beauties of typography.
The beginner should trace upon panel a
simple design, perfectly geometrical, and
with the heated poker or point follow the
pattern with light, quick strokes. She
should avoid resting the poker for an in
slant, even, on first touching the wood or
upon leaving it under the penalty Of leav-
il an unsightly hard dot or point.
Where the shadows are deep the point
can be slowly traced again and again.
With PR. ,tice. the amateur can shade the
wood etching from any conceivable depth
of shadow to the high lights, which are the
untouched wood 1t is well to first lightly
trace the outlines. when the iron can af-
terward go over the deeper portions at
pleasure. The dark background is made
by fine parallel lines crossed diagonally by
others The same rules in regard to leav-
ing the design untouched should be OBJ
served, as in any other kind of drawing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
How the Sermon Helped Molly.

From Household Words
Parson-"Weli, Molly. did you like my
sermon this morning."
Molly-"Oh, yis. your rivirenoe, twas
mighty improvin'."
Parson-"And what part of it did you like
the best, Molly?"
Molly-'.In troth. phase your rivirence, l
don't remember any part exactly. but alto
gether 1t was mighty improvin'."
Parson-"Now. Molly. if you don't re-
member it, how can 1t be improving?'
Molly-"Now, does your rivirence see that
linen 1 have been washing and dhrying on
that hedge there?"
Pastor-"Certairly. Molly
Molly-"And isn't that linen all the better
for the cranin'?''
Parson-"No doubt, Molly"
Molly-"But not dhrop of the soap and
ather stays in it. Well, sir, it's the same
wild me. Not a word of the sarmint stays
in me, but am all the better and craner
for it, for all that"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
4 Story of Mystery.

Do you know what STORY OF Mystery"
is? 1t is continued story of which all but
the last chapter is printed. and then guesses
are made as to the solution, then the final
installment is printed.
On October seventh a most interesting
mystery story, when thc War Was Over"
will be started in The Star, and five hundred
dollars Will be given for the first absolutely
correct solution. In case no guess is ALSO
luteiy correct the amount will be divided
among those nearest to correct solution
The guesses will be confined to women read
ers. Fuller particulars elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Over the Phone.

From the Chicago Dispatch.
"Ah Mamie. is that your
Eyes, I'm here. George. Why did you
call me up? You left the house at 3 this
morning"
1--WE got some awfully good news. I
want you to run up to Milwaukee with me
this evening and get married"
why in the name of goodness are you
in such hurry about it?'
1.-TWO justices of the peace in that city
have cut marriage fees slick In the mid
de-
That's all right as far as 1t goes. but I
don't there's any dropping Off in the
divorce lawyers charges"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Maxims for Roses.

From American Gardening.
Don't plant near big trees.
Water we'll and feed well.
Use moderately heavy, enriched soil.
Make beds 1 IL to feet in depth.
Pasture loan and stable manure-5-1-is
good compost
Mulch.
Tighten very heavy land with sand.
Look out for aphis and caterpillars; use
bEhach or hellebore.
Shade the blooms from sun. if the very
firest are wanted.
Prune early in spring.
Plants of weak growth require severest
pruning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Marriage with Negroes Forbidden.

The South Carolina constitutional con-
vention, by an overwhelming majority,
has adopted a clause forbidding the in
termarriage of white person with any
person who contains any negro blood what
ever in his or her veins. This. in connac-
ton with the suffrage clause, will have the
effect Of DISTINGUISHING mulattoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Entertaining Foreign Letters.

In his characteristic fashion the humor-
ist, Lederer. will describe what he saw and
heard in the quaint town of Southampton
England, for the entertainment of the read
ers Of Saturdays Star. Sterling Heilig.
The Stars correspondent in Paris will chat
about American tourists in the gay city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Personal Mention.

Capt. W. H. Eixby. corps of engineers
has come to Washington fer duty with the
lighthouse hoa:C.
Mr.. A. B. Nidet.c Of Philadelphia. " nc
for several Years a clerk at Willard
snG wiicly known in Washington. IS visit
ing his brother in this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Cremation in Pm ris.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
From statistics recently published by The
prefecture of police of the Seine depart
ment it appears that during the six years
the crematories in the Pere Lachaise Gem
etery, Paris. have been in use there has
been a steady increase in the number Of
cremations. The following are the figures
from August 5. 1889, till May l. 1885 In
cremated; in 1880, 121; in 1891. 1874; in 1882,
159: in 1888. 1S9; in 1894, PIG: in 1895 -four
months), 70
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04

Th. President has approved the recon
-,.cnda.ion Of raval boards for the retire
mem of Leut . r. Norton and he promo
ton of Lieut.. Commander \. Z. Il. Lille,
Lieuts W. l.. White and George II. Stafford
and Assistant Engineer A. u. Canaga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Big Money for an Imagination.

A little exercise of your imagination
may be worth five hundred dollars in gold
to you. Read the particulars in another
column of The Stars great mystery story.
when the War Was Over" by Frederick
r. Burton. &.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Curtain StretcherS.
Lamps.

Lamps Of all kinds.
Lamps useful and decorative.
Lamps OF glass, porcelain, brass
and onyx
Lamps at all prices.
A bewildering variety.
Glass Hand Stand Lamps. observation-disclosures. 23c.
N:se lamps. decorated shade to match. 9Sc.
Vase Lamps 1O-in,h decorated dGn1e shade. 81. 10
Banquet Lamps, Lrass foot and fount, porc.-
lain shaft with Dresden decoration. 49,. GSc.
Brass Banrict Lamps. American central
draft brrr.cr. ...................... 1.25
"New Rochester Grass Banquet Lamp. l.49
BRASS Banquet Lump, '.Americnn'' burner,
int. onyx standard. ...................... 1.3S
Same. with real Observation-Disclosures. 2.i9
Cast Brass Banquet Lamp, Cupid standard
gold finish. ...................... 3 40
Dresden Porcelain Lamps. Observation-Disclosures. 3Sc.
Dresden Porcelain Lapips, with figures, and
oomplet, with globe. Observation-Disclosures. Los
Silk Shades from 1jr. I'D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
Rich Cut Glass.

We are showing complete line
OF Cut Glass OF the best American
and European makers. Our prices
prove that we lead in this as we'll
as other lines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04

Blood will tell, even in small boys.
A certain well-known gentleman in the
West End is best known for his prominence
in a certain large church. being deacon,
also superintendent of the Sabbath school,
and altogether the most devout member of
the church.
In his family is a propensity for gam
bling one or two members being inveterate
poker players and race-track followers.
This trait has caused no end of distress and
unhappinesS to the good man.
He has declared that his boys shall never
see card or hear of horse race in their
own home, and is therefore, very strict
against cards and sports.
His youngest son is about five years old,
very bright and precocious, and the apple
of his fathers eye. He is the one selected
in the old gentleman's mind to enter the
ministry.
The boys pastime on rainy days and
whenever his father has leisure time to
give to it Is playing checkers, which the
father has taken great pains to teach the
little fellow
The other day they started to play a
game, when the father cautioned the boy
to watch sharply now. for he thought he
would beat him this time. Without reply
ing, Johnny jumped up, ran into his own
room, and. coming back slapped a penny
on the checker board. saying:
Here. papa, We'll play for my penny; if
you beat you can have it, and if / beat
keep IT."
The family worked over the old gentle
man for an hour before he was restored to
consciousness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
China w are.

100 Fine Imperial Combination
Dinner. Tea and Breakfast Sets,
highly decorated and finished in rich
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
A Technique of Pen and Ink.

1t IS easy of course to understand
how pen drawing should have come
to be so largely employed and elab-
GRATED. 1t is matter of reproduc-
tion for illustration. An etching
will not print with type nor with a
steel engraving. This led in the
early part of the century to the imi-
tation of steel engravings by wood
engravers, who did TIE business
most skillfully with immense labor.
The drawings for them were mostly
made in pencil. But Photographic
process rendered the intervention of
the wood engraver needless if the
artist made a pen drawing that
would photograph and process we'll.
A purely technical difficulty can be
overcome by large numbers of crafts
men. Large numbers accordingly
have learned to make pen drawings
to supplant wood engravings. But
it should be noted that to do this is
itself a kind of reproductive process.
Few elaborate pen drawings are
made without studious foundation
in some other material The pen
line must frequently be traced or
drawn over the pencil line, very
much like the engraver's tool.
The point about the moderns and
ancients, then, resolves itself into
the imitation by the moderns in a
new medium of the technique of an
old. 1t is certain that the ancients
could have performed this feat if
they had chosen. London Spectator.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
Distances at Sea.

That man was laughed at who, on
his first voyage, said that the ocean
did not look so large as he supposed
it would, but he was not alone in ex-
periencing disappointment. The hor-
lion at sea gives no idea of the linn
itless water beyond. A sea captain
declares that the average landsman
cannot see more than ten miles from
the ship in any direction, and it
would have to be a mountain or
some stationary object for him to be
able to distinguish it. The masts of
a ship are said to be visible to the
naked eye not more than five miles.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
The % MINERS STORY.
Arizona Criclets Seem to Travel Eight
Miles an Hour.

Miles an Hour.
Tho truth of the following tale
cannot be voUched for. It ought to
be true-probably is, as it was told
the other day to small party in an
up town club bJ' al old mining en-
gineer from Arizona who has here
totore always borne areputation for
veracity.
You know" he said, "that one
Of the most troublesome qualities
about giant powder which we use in
our work is the fact that the con-
cussion caused by one explosion ex-
plodes any other powder which hap
pens to be near at hand. Fatal &C.
cidents are often the result. And
yet this same quality allowed me to
ascertain what I often desired to
know-just how fast crickets mi
grated. They travel eight miles an
hour, gentlemen. I found it this
way. Last summer an old miner
and myself were making our way
across one of the plains near Pres
colt to claim some miles distant.
Night came on before we reached
our destination, and we were COM
PEELED to build fire on the trail and
fix ourselves until daylight came.
We had with US three sticks of giant
powder, which, for safety's sake,
we carefully laid on the trail about
100 yards from our fire.
Toward 10 o'clock we began to be
disturbed by great number of
those big Arizona crickets, which
were following the trail across the
plains. They came by thousands,
solemnly walking in single file. We
knew that it was no use to disturb
them, and so let them go by undis-
turbed. An hour passed and still
they came.
cat length reached out to throw
a stick of wood into the fire, and as
I did so brushed cricket into the
flames. Instantly there was loud
explosion that scattered the ashes
all over me. Then came another and
another-bang! bang! bangl My
companion and I jumped to our feet
and gazed down the trail. It was
simply line of fire as explosion fol-
lowed explosion. 1t kept up until
we could no longer hear the reports,
but we could trace the devastation
by the fishes of light The last died
away in about 20 minutes. We hur-
ried back to where we had left our
powder and found but small stick,
all gnawed, left. Then we knew the
crickets had dined on it as they
passed The fire and conclusion had
done the rest.
"On the next day we kept along
the trail and found it strewn with
! the legs and heads Of dead crickets
The last corpse was found just eight
miles from where we had camped.
| An hour had interviewed between the
arrival of the head of the line and
the disaster. Hence my conclusion
that crickets travel eight miles an
hour. New York Evening Sun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
An Egg of Indian Corn.

Poultry is authority for the
statement that pigeon in the pos
session of correspondent recently
laid an egg which on being broken
was found to contain nothing but
Indian corn. The same correspond
ent also stated that he had hen
which was crop bound. On opening
the crop he was surprised to find, in
addition to ball of long grass,
full grown mouse. Detroit Tribune.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
He Was Mistaken.

"All is over between US, said the
young man who had found a richer
girl and was trying to take leave of
his old love.
"You are mistaken, replied she.
"All is not over. In fact, my
breach of promise suit has not yet
begun"
He postponed the transfer of his
affections. -London Tit-Bits.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26
No Extension.

Is the wind due east or due west
today?" asked an evasive creditor
by way of changing the subject of
his debt.
ITS due now, and you'd better
hustle to raise it" was the unfeel.
ing reply. Detroit Free Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26

Mr.. Sharpley-Mr. Candee said
that you had sweet tooth.
Miss Oldham-'Tis false!
Mr.. Sharpley-That's what
thought, but was afraid to say it.
-Yonkers Statesman.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1895-09-26

We consume our lives in providing
the very instruments of life and
govern ourselves still with regard
to the future, so that we do not
properly live, but are about to live.
Seneca
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-05-23
EARLY LIFE o. PAUL JONES.
lie Came to America to Inherit an Estas
In Virginia.

he Came to America TO Inherit Estate
In Virginia.
There is no record of his having at
tended any school except that of the
parish of Kirkbean, but he developed a
truly Scotch passion for reading and
writing. He went to sea when IL years
old and made two voyages during his
minority in SLAYER, but hating the
traffic he left it and the ship too. AT 90
he was in command of fine brigantine.
About this time occurred what he calls,
in letter to Robert Morris, "a great
misfortune, adding, 81 am under no
concern whatever that this or any other
circumstance of my past life will sink
me in your opinion" The trouble was
a threatened criminal prosecution for
having had a carpenter hogged, which
was the usual mode of punishment in
those days, The matter was investigat-
ed, and Paul Jones was fully acquitted.
1t is worthy of remark that the mag
istrate who inquired into that matter
notes that Paul Jones expressed great
sorrow for having had the man logged,
although the charge of cruelty was fully
disproved. He returned to Scotland once
after this, and although affectionately
received by his own family his friends
and neighbor5 seem to have treated him
coldly. The smart from this injustice
turned the Indifference he felt for his
native land into hatred, and ever after
he considered himself quite free from
any responsibility for having been born
and having spent the first 10 years of
his life in SO inhospitable a country.
In his twenty seventh year great
and fortunate change occurred to him.
His brother William, who had emigrat-
ed to Virginia and died there, left him
an estate There is no doubt that Paul
Jones was often afterward in want Of
ready money, but it must be remem-
bered that everybody was in want of
ready money in the eighteenth century.
Certain it is, from his papers preserved
at Washington, that he might be consid-
cred at the beginning of the war man
of independent fortune.
The two years of his life in Virginia
are obscure, as might be expected from
a man living the life of provincial
country gentleman, which the records
concerning him prove. At the outbreak
of war with the mother country Paul
Jones fastened to Philadelphia, and
through Mr.. Joseph Hewes, a member
of congress from North Carolina, got
his commission as senior first lieutenant
in the infant navy of the colonies. 1t
was then he made the acquaintance of
Robert Morris, to whom he felt a pas
sionate gratitude and affection, and
whom he named as sole executor in his
will, Mr.. Hewes being then dead
Miss Molly Elliot Seawell in Century