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Gossip of the Dau.

"There was q queer suit for divorce
brought in our county the other day." said
a gentleman who came to washington from
New Jersey. 1T was brought by the
woman, who charged her husband with
desertion. He put in an answer to her
petition by admitting that he left her,
but, he said, his reasons were good. His
wife snored. At first he didn't mind II.
Then she snored worse and he turned his
back. Then the snoring became unbear-
able. He said she at times snored so
loudly that it awakened the chickens in
the backyard, and on several occasions
the fowls set up such clatter and cackle
during the night that his rest was very
much broken, and as a result his health.
was becoming seriously impaired. He there
fore asked to be excused from paying ali
mony."
"This is the dullest season have ever
experienced" said a well-known hotel man.
"The arrivals at the hotels OF the higher
class do not average two day. account
for it from the fact that the government
officials are absent so much thatsthc politi-
clans keep away, as they know no business
interesting to them can be transacted The
hotels that cater to the drummer trade, how.
ever, are doing Well.
at looks as though the street railway
companies want to add tn the cares of the
conductors and motormen."
This was a remark overheard on the
corner of Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue last evening, and the speaker con-
tinued:
1-The trainnien on the Ninth street line
seem to have now<kbput III they can attend
TO, with but one conductor for two cars, and
motormen struggling with new system;
but the president of the road proposes to
make them decide the right of way question
between his line and the Washington &
Georgetown.
''It seems to me the additional cost of
placing flagman at this corner, and at
the other places where one would be
necessary, would be very small, especially
as it would be divided between the two
companies, and i do not believe it is
right to add to the burdens of the motor
men the duties OF a flagman."
The evening times., 1895-08-27

The strain of pushing the mower is taken
off the frame and head of the machine
by two rods, one on each side of the large
wheels, one end of which is attached to
the frame at the center of the wheel and
the other to the mower The machine turns
more readily than a bicycle-in fact 4,
may be turned around in six foot circle.
1t takes no more power to operate ii than
TO propel an ordinary tricycle.. 1t is not yet
perfected to run on a side hill, but Mr.. Cald
well expects to overcome this little difficulty
and Is devising piece of mechanism by
which the rider will always retain per-
pendicular position while the mower
may be cutting with one end elevated
higher than the other. The mower-cycle
is guided Just as the bicycle is, by the
handles, and n lawn can be gone over in
one-third OF the time it takes to do it with
an ordinary hand mower.
The device shown below is principally
designed for testing bicycles before they
leave the shop, although it has many advan-
tages as a home trainer. 1t is essential that
a bicycle should be tested before it is de-
livered to a purchaser, and by this scheme,
the invention of a Frenchman, this can be
done as effectively as by a spin over a coun-
try road.
This apparatus is formed of three large
wooden cylinders, hollow in the center and
rolling with slight friction upon the extrem-
tiles of their central axis in wooden
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him. The men who have been schooled
by him have combined to defeat him.
His actions have declared that he does not
underestimate their strength. He is
bringing into play extreme methods, which
he would have scorned to employ in those
days when he gave his antagonists knights
and bishops and then easily defeated them.
Notwithstanding unexpected successes in
Philadelphia, Senator Quay's victory is by
no means assured. Defeat will enbitter
him, and he Will continue the factional
fight as long as he has life in him. Victory
by a small margin viii encourage his
opponents and perpetuate the party divi-
sion. Either way the battle goes, the Re.
publican party in Pennsylvania will be
greatly weakened, and Democratic har
mony, if that be possible, will result in
occasional Dempcra tic success.
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All Around the Whe ell.

Thomas Caldwell, Of Newburgh, N. Y,
who is supposed TO have taken out more
patents on lawn mowers than anybody
else in the world, says the New York
Sun, was talking the other day with
William T. Hilton about arranging chains
and pedals in such a way as TO drive small
horse mower by man power, when his nine
teen year-old son Harry spoke up;
why don't you take n Zig hand mower
and attach it to the front Of bicycle in
place of the front wheel?" he asked.
The boys suggestion was tried and the
invention of the mower cycle was the re-
suit. The machipe is made with n ordinary
bicycle hind wheel and a twenty inch mower
In the place of the front wheel. The mower
wheels have rubber tires and they runjustas
as smoothly as a bicycleitself. Itisatta ched
with long steel prongs or forks and may be
adjusted to cut high or low. The pedals
are placed directly on the large wheel
shaft, dispensing with the chain sprocket
wheels and crank shaft of the bicycle.
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frame. Above the cylinders is plat
form that permits the tester TO mount upon
the apparatus in order TO place the machine,
which support holds in equilibrium at
the moment of the starting or stOppage OF
the bicycle. After the operator has given
the pedals Il few kicks he lets go the sup
porting bar md rolls in place, keeping the
same equilibrium as in the ordinary use of
the bicycle.
1t will be remarked that the driving
wheel of the bicycle is here at the same time
the motor of the three cylinders. 1t moves
by friction the two upon which it rests, and
through the endless chain running over the
tootbed wheels seen at the bottom of the
figure, likewise actuates the front cyIin-
der and consequently carries along the
steering wheel of the bicycle.
The criticism is sometimes heard that
bicycling develops only the muscles of the
leg, and is therefore inferior in respect to
building up the physical structure to other
sports. Experience, declares the New
York Tribune, dfsproves this statement.
Indeed, all the important muscles are
brought into play. OF course, the legs re-
ceive the greatest amount of exercise, but
the use of the arms, back and chest is i'm
portant.
Tho accompanying cut shows the chief
muscles which ere used in propelling q bi-
cycle. The arms are needed not only in
steering, but they and the back are OF espe-
cial help in hill climbing. When Il steep
incline is encountered, the legs alone would
be unable to supply sufficient propulsive
power. The handle bars must be firmly
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Governor Culbersou.

They had little prize fight-iust "a
little one for a cent"-somewhere near San
Antonio day or two ago, by way oftempt-
ing Governor Culberson, drawing his fire,
so to speak, in order to show the calibre
and range of his guns. And row because
he did rot fire they flatter themselves he
has no guns at all They will do well not
to be too confident. He is loaded for
bear" and no Jack rabbit could tempt him
to waste lead Wait till "bear time
comes in Standardization Traveller
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TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU.

Summer Outings VIII Not BE En-.
joyed Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
health-seekers has set IN toward
mountains, springs and seashore.
No plans for the seasons outing
will be complete unless The Times
is included among the necessaries.
Men and women may go from town
TO leave care behind, but those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse, or be abreast of the worlds
ha appenings, or, indeed, who need Al
golden link between themselves and
the whirllgig of time-these must
have The Times sent daily to their
sylvan or seaside retreat.
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A Doubtful Tribute.

A Wall street man, now dead, was the sub
ject of the conversation Two of the bankers
present had known him very well. After a
number of stories Illustrating his keenness
and shrewdness had been told, one said:
The man has been maligned very often.
He was as honest as any man who oevercame
into the street" /.
There was dead silence. and the listeners
looked surprised
Yes" added the speaker, she was.
Only" and he paused here TO lend en-
phasis 10 his assertion. "for fear that others
might cheat before he could he always began
first."-New York Sun
The evening times., 1895-08-27

The carelessness of people who have closed
up their houses for the summer is almost
beyond belief, according to the policemen
that patrol the residence sections of the
city. Windows are left unlocked and dooSs
unbolted, but, fortunately the trolley cars
have combined to notify vigilant police
man of the state of the windows. No sash
is so tight but that in time the constant,
although almost imperceptible jar will
raise the window unless the lock is securely
turned. 1t was some time before the police
men came to recognize this force of trolley
cars, and windows mysteriOusly opened,
but without any evidence of intruders,
worried the minds of many conscientious
guardians of the peace.-Philadelphia
Record.
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Matters of Interest.

Siberia has an area of $1,000 miles.
Credit is given reluctantly in China.
There are only ), 1000 cows in Arizona 8
Asstria- a-Hungary has la paper mills.
The thermometer was Invented in $50.
There are forty-seveu frog farms in the
United States.
Beaver hats were worn in the twelfth
century.
HalIam said that Livy was the model his
toriau
Cowpcr read only his Bible and his prayer
book.
America exported hats to England as
early as 1882. q
Pennsylvania produces more rye than any
other State.
Texas has more working oxen than any
other State.
Missouri is almost three times the size of
West Virginia.
was Juvenal.
Athens had the first school for artists and
sculptors--
The Portuguese began to colonize the
African coast in i20-
Maryland is almost as large as the King
dom OF Denmark.
Korea and Kansas are of the same area,
So ,OCO square miles.
Vegetable oils were exported last year
10 the value of Sc 100000.
The Roman province of Gaul was little
smaller than Texas.
Calico Invented the telescope and put
it TO practical use in 1910.
The Hebrew population of Jerusalem is
largely on the increase.
In the 1Tth century chickens were served
with verjuice.
TaIleyrand was regarded as the most
eminent gourmet in Europe.
There were published in the United
States ,631 journals in 1S4O.
Georgia and the Carolinas raised 1885,
$50, ,434 pounds of rice last year.
incubation for smallpox was brought
from Turkey TO England in 1871.
An exclusive diet of ice cream is pre-
scribed to stomach troubles
The first public library was opened by
in Athens. b. c. s27.
At the feast of Achilles shoulders of
lambs, doe and pig were served.
In 1886 Baxter patented a process of
picture printing by different blocks.
AT Roman feasts all forts of meats were
mixed and pounded into PULP.
American farmers have SITS 100000
invested in the turkey raising industry.
The farming land of TIE United States
8 estimated IN Ee worth s. 4 ono ono O00
The evening times., 1895-08-27
Col Coxey Again.

Colonel Coxey's on the road:
Go it. Colonel Coxeyl
For the Governors abode:
Go it, Colonel Coxey!
Tramp! and tramp! he goes again,
In sunshine and the rain;
What cares Coxey for a train?
Go Ii, Colonel Coxey!
Colonel Coxey's on the road:
Go it, Colonel Coxey!
Don't care If his horse Is ''blowedp
Go it, ColoE.l Coxeyl
Way this bioonin' country's bent
People wouldn't care q cent
II he ran for President:
Go it, Colonel Coxey!
Prices goin' down and down:
Go it, Colonel Coxey!
Hard times tacklin' every town;
Go 1t, Colonel Coxey!
Things are in an awful nIuss:
Here they frolic; there they fuss:
Coxey couldn't make 1t ''wuss:''
Go 1t, Colonel Coxeyi
Atlanta Constitution.
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checked Chinese Immigration might carry
all before II by sheer force of numbers. But
for the restriction Of such immigration
Australasia, II not America and the whole
of the new world, might ere long have been
mainly peopled by the most ancient race of
the old world. ~
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The Disadvantage oft.

Mrs. Wcarie-This is the last time III
have q girl who can't speak English.
Husband-Why don't You terd her off
Mrs. Wearie-I've been trying to for
six weeks, but can't make her understand
what the word discharge" means. She
thinks it means day off, and when tel
her She's dis charged she goes out and has
i good tinlc.-New York Weekly
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Subscribers to "The Times" Will
confer a favor by promptly reporting
any discourtesy of collectors, or neg
lect of duty Oh the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or in per-
son Will receive prompt attention.
The Morning Edition should be de-
livered to all parts of the city by 6:3O
O'Clock Il. M, including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be in the
hands of subscribers not later than
$50 p. III.
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Omen of Honesty.

Luther Laflin Mills, the Chicago criminal
lawyer, says that when boy he frequently
accompanied lis father, who was a whole
sale merchant, on collecting tours through
out the Northwest. They had to travel by
wagon, and as his father would have large
sums Of money about him, it was often
problem where they could safely put up
for the night.
My boy" the old man used to say, .it
is safe to stay at a louise where there are
flowers in the window.r-Kasas City Star.
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That Yreka coroner's jury, which sat
upon the bodies of four men who were
lynched yesterday, and brought in q YER
dict that the murderers ''died OF stranguIa-
tion," gave evidence of the possession of a
hunor worthy Of better cause
The evening times., 1895-08-27
The Mundane Advent of Sin.

Teacher-''How did sin come into the
world?'
The New Boy-"The preachers picked
out all the things people liked to do and said
they were sins. indianapolis Journal
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PerfectIy Sure of Them.

Mrs. Cunning taking up the broken thread
at breakfast)-ADd you are sure of your
grounds, my dear2
Mr.. Cunning Hooking a absent- -mindetly into
his coffee cup)-Yes, love; there is atleastan
inch Of them at the bottom.-New York Re-
.corder.
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WHY He Didn't Get 1t.

''There Is no doubt In my mind" mur-
INJURED Weary Atwrest. THAT the world
owes me a living, but he added bitterly.
Il am not surprised TO find that Brad
streets reports collections slow ard un-
satisfactory"
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Minister Ransom, it is in fact, now, and
those immaculate cuffs, sign manual
and symbol immortal nf the man, will now
take on, if possible. an extra gloss.
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ber of the Rochdale Cooperative So
ciety.
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of the river steamers do business with their
eyes shut.
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The Boston bean market is simply i'm
mense in its activity, but it has been
cornered by the knights and win be held
down to popular prices.
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The first bill TO pass Congress should be
one appropriating the amount of his salary
for the time Mr.. Ransom served as Mexican
minister illegally.
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Both Brice and German are reported to
be sending up petitions to their POLITICAL
deities to go to the assistance of Brother
Quay.
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Republicans of Pennsylvania may dis.
cover If they defeat Quay that the ''old
man" is as powerful when he is under as
when he is on top.
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By the way, has any one discovered the
presence of Don Cameron at Harrisburg
during these agonizing Quay days?
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1t is eminently appropriate that a
citizen of the Tar Heel State should be
minister to the land of the Greasers
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the bicycle viii become a most important
machine for military purposes.
Something new In the way of a bicycle
trip is claimed for the journey made by
four riders near Virginia City, New, re-
Gently. They started in at the mouth of
the Sutro Tunnel on two tandems and rode
through the tunnel to the shaft station
on the 1,75O-foot level Of the Consolidated
California and Virginia mine. a distance
under ground of four and half miles.
A fair estimate of the bicycle output
of 1895 would be $4,000 wheels Of all
kinds.
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POintS HbOUf Pilgrims

Mr.. Charles Mcclure, of Little Rock. Ark,
is a guest at the Metropolitan. Mr.. Nc
Clure is a planter of extended reputation.
Since his stay at the Metropolitan he has
been several times mistaken for Senator
Peffer. because of his long flowing beard.
Rev. j. w. Lee, a Presbyterian divine, OF
Greensboro, n. c., is stopping at the Ma
tional.
Mr. w. f. Higman, accompanied by his
son, Mr.. Brown Higman. OF Sioux City,
Iowa, are registered al the st. James. Mr..
Higman said
Never in the history of the West have
the crops presented SO flattering an out
look and the corn, wheat and oats harvest
promises to surpass anything ever heard
of before. To this fact is traCeable the
cause of the dying out of the silver craze,
for IL undoubtedly is ON the decline
The names OF Mr. and Mrs. ]. ID. Hoskins,
of Sacketrs Harbor, n Y, aud j. Stanley
Isaacs, weIi-k known club man, OF New
York getty, are among the entries at VIII
lard's.
TIE oxford is playing host to a large and
interesting party from New England, which
made the excursion To Washington by boat.
The members OF the party are j. NJ. Bailey,
and wife. Mrs l. Bennett, Mrs, c. w Baltey,
Mrs. c. II. Chaflin, Maurice Lynch, Mrs
Riopele, Mrs. Frank Wolcott, Miss Ger
trude Powers aud Augustus Il Callahan.
all of Providence, r l.: c. Minahn and
wife, of North Attleboro. Mass; w. G.
Madden, OF Taunton, Mass; j. o. Scott,
OF Pawtucket. r. L.; and Messrs. James
McNally, K. F. Linton. E. j. Flynn, and John
Morris, of Woonsocket, X. l.
The evening times., 1895-08-27

Labor Day is Fourth of July to every
one who sympathizes with the great pur-
poses of the labor movement.
The evening times., 1895-08-27

The empire OF the Mongols, founded by
Gheugis Khan, the self-styled "Scourge
Of God" in the thirteenth century, extended
from Korea to the eastern extremity of
Europe Even Russia was invaded, and
from Moscow to odessa the Mongols
devastated with fire aud sword. Next
year they Invaded Poland and Moravja.
and IL the holy war had not been started the
yellow races might be the dominant power
in the world to-day.
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Everybody will shake hands on account of
Ransom redivivus.
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Excitement is measured by the cubic
yard at Harrisburg to-day.
The evening times., 1895-08-27

Boss Brice and Boss German had an easy
task compared to that of Boss Quay.
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The bcst-k uown branches of the Tura-
nian race are the MonGol, the Tartar. the
Samoyd and Finnie-Hungari rian. The Es
quinaux are probably another branch and
the American Indians show many OF the
racial characteristics.
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There appears no doubt that wherever
the Semitic and Hamitic races penetrated
in Asia they found themselves preceded by
the yellow skinned, almond-eyed and gen.
orally beardless Turanians. Whether or
no Turanian developments can never travel
beyond a certain limit, certain it is that
the yellow races were the orig ginators of civil
lization. The earliest civilization on rec
ord is that of Chaldea, and it was founded
by yellow race.
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OF Golden Color.

The Turanian race is the oldest and most
numerous on earth. 1t and the necroid
race appear to have been the two primcval
types Of humanity.
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An interesting bicycle will shortly be
placed on exhibition. 1t was made by a
South American mechanic from a pattern
OF wheel which he saw In a magazine.
In three weeks this native blacksmith
completed a bicycle Of a safety pat
tern, which weighs thirty-two pounds The
whole machine is made in the best possible
manner. The tires are made Of leather
tubes filled with air, and are as easy rid
ing as cushion tires. This Is the first wheel
ever built in South America by a man who
never saw q bicycle.
The volunteer service, or militia. of
Great Britain includes about 1000 BIZ
cyclists. For several years the signal
corps of the Connecticut militia has been
equipped with bicycles. In Belgium the
bicycle is utilized for the quick moving
of troops. Gen. Nelson A. Miles recognized
nearly o year ago that In the next war
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Tho Morning, Time. for enterprise.
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Tho Morning Times for enterprise.
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The virility of the Turanian family is as
founding. 1t is infinitely greater even
than that OF the other primeval racc-the
Neg roid-and the physiological tribe is
Just as distinct from the other'races of man.
kind as is that of the negro. The pure Tu-
ranian type is the same now as it was
5000 years ago, for even in the oldest
traces of early Chaldean Civilization the
features represented are practically identi-
cal with those of Tartars and Chinese to-
day, and there are'eySa faint traces of the
pig tail.
Those who maintain that by some inscru-
table decree of Providence q barrier has
been set against the full development of civ
ilization in the Turanian "a ce must surely
see reason to modify their assurance when
they consider the character and develop
ment of the Hungarians and the japanese
two peoples widely separated, but having
common origin, nevertheless, in the remote
past. The characteristics of the Hunga-
rianS and the japanese are strikingly
alike. Both have an herioc national spirit.
At the time Of the Magyar incursiou into
Europe both had q common religion in
shamanism, although in Japan the old
mythology had been largely superseded by
the Aryan religion Of Buddhism
The Chinese Empire had It's origin at the
very dawn of civilization, and is the one
empire which has not only survived the
wreck of ages, which, though contempora-
neous with the civilizations of antiquity
and 10 which the rise and fall Of Greece
and R ONE are but the events of yesterday
Ht III holds ifa oyUn yvaro Iittla c,r
servattvc as its Japanese neighbor 1t might
overshadow all the nations of the earth in
potency as it does in population. Such a
contingency is not beyond the bounds OF
possibility. Lord Wolseley is one OF these
who consider that 1t may, perchancc, be
realized Apart from force Of arms, un-
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Trolley Cars Raise Windows.

The farming land of tie United States
is estimated TO be worth $14 ,000, ,0O0, 900.