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Evening journal., 1896-03-02
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MADRID, March 2.-If ono may judge
by the things that have been said and
some Of tho things that have been done,
the Spanish people are enthusiastically
determined TO go TO war forthwith with
the United States and to speedily ayongo
the insult which, il Is fancied, has been
offered TO the naughty pride of Spain by
the United States senate I'm determining
TO recognize tho Cuban provisional gov
ernment as a belligerent power and to ask
the president to use his good Offices with
Spain 10 obtain recognition Of Cuban in
dependence.
some Of tho organs Of public opinion
declare that the bankruptcy Of the Span
ish government would not prevent the
Spanish people from taking up the quar-
rel on their own account and fitting out
expeditions and maintaining themselves
at their own expense while combating the
insolonco of the assertions Of tho United
States.
The day has been characterized by
many manifestations Of public wrath and
excitement, and in Barcelona tho Span
iards have gono TO the extreme of using
violence upon the consulate Of the United
States and stoning it, breaking several
windows in the building. No bodily harm
was done 60 anybody except 10 certain
members of The crowd which was charged
by the police when the stones were thrown
at the United States consulate.
There seems TO have been a notable In
crease of oxcitomont and patriotic ardor
among the people since the nows Of tho
senato's action was first made known.
such q stress Of feeling as now exists, II 70
continues for any length Of time, cannot
but afford a serious menace Co the peace
ful relations of the two countries
Tho Spanish authorities seem to have
felt apprehensiyo Of the form the peoples
wrath might take and provided special
safeguards for the suppression Of disor-
ders, and especially for the protection Of
any official representative Of the United
States government
Warlike Preparations.
The preparations of.the government arc
not all of "a peaceful character however.
IL is significant that the minister of ma
rlnc, Admiral Jose Maria Beranger, has
issued orders for the training squadron to
bo prepared TO sail. IL Is regarded as prob
able that this squadron will proceed short
~ to Cuba.
It has been ordered that all other war
ships available De forthwith armed and
equipped and put into condition for active
service in addition TO this about 80 mer-
chant steamers, available for the govern
ment service, viii be provided with naval
ornaments.
For the military branch Of the service
fresh expedition of 10000 infantry and
5000 cavalry will be equipped and put on
a war footing and win be kept in readi-
ness TO leave on the shortest notice.
In view Of tho excited state of the pub
lie mind the United States legation in
this city hns been placed under tho special
surveillance of the police.
The student class seems 10 form a large
proportion OF the innammatory element
which is making so much noise. The
students OF this city are busily at work
organizing o great demonstration OF pro
Evening journal., 1896-03-02

ia natural, and even the artist is
sometimes astonished at his own de-
signs. Admiration, astonishment,
qualification, pleasure, delight and
satisfaction are afforded to ell who
inspect our cisplay of the latest
Evening journal., 1896-03-02

Van ClOve-"WhO Is going TO be the best
men at your wedding with Teddy Thought
esssr Miss Vandsrwack-"I am. ."-Iown
Topics.
Evening journal., 1896-03-02

All communications intended for insertion
In this column should be addressed to Society
munsc.tions should be written on one side Of
the paper only.
Evening journal., 1896-03-02
WASHINGTON.
FLORIDA.

jacksonville tours allowing two weeks In
Florida. will leave Few Ork and Pniladel-
phia March 3, 1895. Rate. covering expenses
an route IN both directions, $50 from New
York and SiS from Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1896-03-02
LOCAL SOCIETY NEWS
Various Interesting Events
Which Are Occurring.
IN AND o1r OF TEE OITY

Some wiIminRtOnlsns who Spent Sunday
Out OF Town-Others who Entertained
Friends From AbrOAd-Other Personal
Chat From Delaware City-A Lsap-Yea
Social.
Evening journal., 1896-03-02
DE N N$YLVANIA
RAILROAD co.
PERSONALLY TOURS
CALIFORNIA.

A tour TO CALIFORNIA and tine PACIFIC
COA.T will leave New York and philadel-
phia March H. 1896 Four and one half weeks
WIN be anent 10 California.
Evening journal., 1896-03-02
ITeMs oF INTEREsT.

A Memphis paper speaks of "sad su eide"
These gay, insoucisnt suicid5 are not as COM
mon as they used TO be When our mothers
were girls.-Minnaapoli journal.
Are you one of those unhappy people suffer-
Ing with weak nerves. Remember that the
nerves may be made strong by Hoods Sarsa.
parilla. which feeds them upon pure blood.
Hoods fills are the best Aiter-dinner pill,
assist digestion, prevent constipation. 25c.
The morning times., 1896-06-07

act on the tire, and should consequently
not be too suddenly applied, or they VIII
probably tear the tire.
OF course, a gear-case or chain cover OF
some kind is indispensable to a ladies
machine When an oi-retaining gear-case
is fitted. not more than a teaspoonfuI of
oil should be put into it, for il more, the oil
will be sure to leak out, and the probability
is the rider will find traces OF it on the
over portion of her dress
A lady swill find it very convenient to
mount from the curb, and will thus be
enabled 10 properly arrange her dress
sometimes this method OF mounting is i'm
possible. s lady will then do well TO al
low one Of the pedals to ascend to its
fullest height and descend the merest
rifle, and then, placing one foot Oh the
pedal In question, spring into the saddle
the weight of her body on the pedal neces-
sarily causing the machine TO go forward.
When well going it will only he necessary
TO slightly raise herself in the saddle.
actually standing on the pedals. and the
dress will fall as il should This will be
found to be perfectly easy yaccomplisbment
with little practice
A lady should neither sit too low nor too
high Her saddle should be sufficiently
high to allow the foot to easily touch the
under portion Of the pedal when quite flat
and at its lowest extremity.
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Trip Takes Forty Days
GREAT LAKES AND THE MOUNT
AIMS FOR SCENERY.
.ss
Prairies Make the Best RiG;ng
Region In the World,
1t Is Said.

there is one very fine stretch of road In
Indiana. Every wheelman who goes through
it speaks of it. But approaching this good
stretch, and leading from it. is very heavy
rough piece of country. This could be
easily fixed, asthere are only few miles OF
it, Now, with bicycle legislation we would
get that attended to.
ROAD QUESTION.
What has hampered us more than any
thing in this cross-country project are the
insist upon bicycle paths and so we get
nothing. A maeadamized bicycle path costs
in rocky locality 81 5 200 per mile. Now
take this same locality and use the road
that is already in it by merely improving
it and the cost will not be $4,000. You
can make mile OF very bad road into very
good road for that, sum. That is what
mean by intelligent wheeling legislation.
The time to take such n trip is what
obliged to go from the Golden Gate to
New York Harbor in one trip. They can
meet each other half way. If it is a matter
of family meeting, or people on both SIDES
Of the country can take tripsas they please.
The time for the journey would be about
forty days, If every man were Il wheeling
expert, and were prepared TO take a cen
tury run every day. For myself, should
just double the days ] should take eighty
days for the trip and 60 something like
fifty miles day. ] might even let the
raiFoad help me in rainy weather. Speak
ing of that. ! Should have mentioned that
the much-dreaded prairie lands are par
ticulafly fine III dry seasons. being springy
and level and soft TO the body.
Across the country in eighty days will
be the wheelman's attraction "a few years
hence. Now II looks funny, but that is
what Jules Verne's idea of Round The
World in Eighty Days" did to people years
ago. Cow we can belt the sphere in sew
enty days JAMES BARTON.
The morning times., 1896-06-07

WiIloughhyisanotbero ofth e popuiarheroes.
Until this year Willoughhy never saw Il
railroad He sold nine at Hunters
Bay for SO ,oee, and has some promising
claims left. 1t is said that perhaps 200
men average placer earnings as high rs
$50 per day in the Yukon region; but
wheI, il is added that winter is nearly
nine months long, in that drear neighbor-
hood, that flour is worth So per, 100
pounds and bacon so cents a pound at
Forty Mile River, and that Circle City is
nearly 900 miles overland from Juneau,
these earnings do not seem so'Iarge.
Juneau. il must bc remembered, isTeHch-
Cd directly by boat by an easy and delight
full sail behind the coast islands. In the
juneau vicinity on the coast generally men
get 81 per day if they are lucky enough to
find work. bat must pay for their board
prices considerably higher than in Ca!ifor-
MIA. Ths coast ore is reduced by stamp
mills. working on comparatively low grade
quartz us q rule. There are about 500
stamps along the coast. The Alaska Tread
well company alone has nearly 300 stamps
ana ships $500 per month in gold.
Cooks Inlet is Gee miles nearly west of
Juneau. and, although Oh the coast, the
mining there is mostly of the familiar pla cer
sort. which hasn't much changed its char
acter since '4e. still farther west by 200
miles are the Alaska Commercial Com
pany's stamps, Oh Unga Island, with ru-
1aorcG rfcf. ore to work. upon.
Tn, coast tnK1pS and at tho st.Dpn
mills work is as mcthodtcal and uninter-
Csting as in the states. The romance and
the hartiships Of the miners life lie in the
inland placer district-ycry far inland it
is. toe about and above Circle City. 1t is
far inland because placer mining requires
bra wing mo1ntain streams sitting OVER
rocky beds and all the lower Yukon valley
is flat and swampy.
Circle City lies near where the Arctic
circle crosses the Yukon, an easy place to
find on the map. whether its name is there
or not. BY water it is trifle of about
5000 miles from San Francisco to Circle
City. Practically no miners take that
route. They go over the ChiIkatpass, north
OF Juneau. and then trail or boatthc Yukon
heaGwatcrs down to the city. This year,
for the first time, two or three companies
are running pack trains over the passes
and boating miners down the Upper Yukon.
Througt tickets by these lines can be bouGhtl
in San Francisco or Seattle.
Most of the miners. however, still 20
In the good old way, packing their camp
kits over the pass by dog train. An outfit.
OF about 1 200 pounds Of food can be taken
in on sledges, two miners usually going
tcgetheT. This outfit viii cost about $10o
The morning times., 1896-06-07

delightful than right here 1t is well
watered. magnificently drained by nature
and il boasts the fruits Of the Pacific Coast
as well as the shade of the interior. There
might be quite stay here
striking the railroad again at Salt
Lake, should continue east, keeping the
locomotive constantly in eye. 1 should
hit Wyoming in the southwest corner and
steer through the lower part of it. Now
wheel upon lake steamer you can &C
you have mountains. indeed, to avoid,
for north of you are the Big Horn and
the Swectwater chains, and south lie the
Rockies in their most formidable peaks
Pixies Peak is not SO far away from YOU
now, especially when you. strike south
at Laramie and head for a few days
directly south towards Denver.
INTERESTING POINTS.
''If you want an interesting trip you
can strike Denver and branch aside to
Cripple Creek. Here you will find it
hard wheeling, but so varied that you
are willing to put the wheel in train and
ride part of the way yourself. This is
aside from the quick cross country trip,
and little latitudes are allowed.
Now, you leave Denver and go north
again, striking the main railroad near
Cheyenne. Then on you go towards Ne
braska, ina king almost Il bee line through
the southern section OF that State. The
North Platte river accompanies you part
OF the way. and you find yourself in
denseiy populated country where wheelmen
abound. When you reach Omaha, toward
which you are headed, you find a vers
center OF wheelingcircles as it is the center.
geographically, OF the United States.
AT Omaha you leave the railroad and
wheel across Iowa from Council Bluffs to
Davenport without deviation. Here the
scenery is particularly beautiful. The
yerdure is soft, the air is mild-for OF course
your trip is taken in summer-and the
people seem heartily 10 cheer you on your
way. Tie raggedness OF the mountains
seems TO have faded as though into the
softneSs OF a valley. After you leave
Iowa and strike into Illinois you still hear
people speaking of Iowa as though it were
a garden State from which they were un-
willingly absent.
The Illinois track lies far south OF the
railroads for you are in Il State so thickly
populated that, to ride pleasantly, you
must seek the country, where you have
before sought the towns and villages.
The clearest way is by hoop path frCn
Rock Island TO Chicago. You touch Otta-
wa and Aurora, but as far as possible you
inquire yoHr way along the country roads.
You find your path very level and the roads
we'll kept; when you reach Chicago you
The morning times., 1896-06-07
THE WOMAN CYCLISr.
She Reigns Supreme This Sea son
Timely Suggestions for Her.


The woman cyclist reigns this season.
The number of women who have taken to.
the wheel shows an increase of rs per
cent, and the makers of machines for
women can scarcely keep pace with their
orders.
In the selection of machine most women
who are making their debut as riders this
season need a liaSSs wholesome advice. and
II any points of value are secured from
this article It's purpose will have been full
filled.
SO far as the costume is concerned
knickers are very largely worn in Europe,
especially In Paris, but i'm America they
are the exception more than the rule, and
therefore this is addressed to ladies who
will ride in skirts.
The question of weight in connection with
ladies' machines has recently received more
attention at the hands of manufa cturers
than ever before, and the consequence is
reliable machines may now be purchased,
fitted with brake, mud guards, dress guard
and gear-case, at just about thirty pounds
in weight.
A lady, unless she be particularly strong,
should not have her machine geared to
more than Sc inches, or, at the most, so
inches. The back wheels OF ladies' ma
chimes are usually 28 inches or 26 inches
in diameter, and very simple rule for as
certaining the gear is as follows: Take the
iiameter of back wheel and multiply by
the number OF teeth on the bracket chain
wheel, divide the result by the number of
teeth on the ring OF the back wheel hub
which is often seyen-and the result is OBJ
tanned. For instance the gear OF a machine
with 2S-inch back wheel and a 14-tOOth
hub ring would be SO inches, and if fitted
with 15-tooth bracket chain wheel, so
inches.
In selecting machine a lady should see
that til e handle bars and saddle can be so
adjusted az to enable her to sit perfectly
upright, for nothing Iooismuch worse than
TO see lady adopting what is known as
the "scorch err attitude
Large makers buiid machines in more
than one size, and exceptionally short and
exceptionally tall ladies should have ma
chimes built higher and lower respectively
in the frames tn an standard patterns.
The pedals sh hou1d he rubber, and not all
steel, the latter with their sharp points
being more liable TO catch in the riders
dress, Pedals to suit the width of foot, can,
of course, he selected.
a really first-cIass machine by a leading
firm will cost nearly S100, or perhaps little
more, but, of course. very good machines
can he purchased for less than this amount.
There are several little things a rider
should be particularly careful about. and
one OF these is the application OF the brake
The brakes fitted are usually those which
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Something Like an. Old
Time Mining Fever on
the Pacific Coast.
1CnnNricht. 1861


San Francisco, May T. When. thirty years
ago. Secretary Seward added TO the United
States hy purchase region extending
about 1, 500 miles north Invest aud southeast,
and at its widest point but little less than
that distance from northeastto southwest,
there were many vito thought the worthy
Secretary bad been buying Il 'yellowdog y
hut every dog ia its day; Alaska is having
hrrdas now. audth he yeIlo ssof Seward S
purchase is the color in its plaCerS, from
which bet ween So. 600, 600 and 81 .0G0, ,000
in gold was extracted last year, and whose
estimated WELD for 1896 is inthe neighhor-
hood of SG.000,0Go. For the rush thitber
Is on. aud something like an old-time mining
fever is felt even at this distance from he
vast now Northwest.
The Alaskan fever nlanifcsts itself in the
usual way, by the crazy setting forth OF in-
experienced aud i'll equipped men; with CON
soauent suffering and hardship; and il IS
heightened. like every other gold fever, by
the fact hat less is said about these hard
ships titan about tie occasional lucky
strikes, of individuals. The most iucrcdihie
tales about the new FL Dorado were spread
broadcast last winter ana in the early
spring Icy the agents of the steamship corn-
slnies whica further eviuced their interest
the new fields by making cut rate Of
.;l2 on first-class tickets from Seattle or
Tacona 10 juneau, the point OF deharka-
tiou from the ChIkat pass
II this rate il is no wonder that maay
inezle Tienred men, without much money
left after buying their tickets, were driven
by lack OF work into setting out for the
new fields. Prof. George F Becker of
the United states Geologic Survey, VINO
is preparing an elaborate report on Alaska.
says that no one ought to gothitber seek
ing gold withouta d Return ticket and money
eHougii To dive OF for one ycar-say $500.
ExpeI fenced miners say the attempt is
fairly safe with about half that sum and
n reiurr; ticket Many haze started without
means of any kind.
stories of lucky strikes" are always in
teresting The pretticst one is that OF
Peter wilborg, who left this State three
years ago for Cooks Inlet, 600 miles west
of Juneau. Last winter WIIborg banked
$36.0et in thiscity, leaving himself $4,000
lo-'blew in Nor quite finishing tfle-oper-
alton hy the time lie set Out on his re-
tGrn trip in March, he stood on the deck
OF the steamer in Port Townsend, thro wing
double landfuls OF silver dollars TO the
70 die poor, whatever his luck. 'old Dick"
The morning times., 1896-06-07

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| though rather over a month. Mining par
| ties going in generally start from the COast
about the eud of February or early N
! March. when the weather has somewhat
moderated, bat before the thaws have
set in.
The pass is about 8. 500 feet higir; it is
the custom to cache half the load and bring
back the empty dog sledges after it when
the river is reached all is easy geing on
the ice. Indeed, when the wind is from
the south the Argonauts SET sail on their
sIedges aud go merrily ice boating down
the great Yukon. If the trip is taken late
ami the ice has gone out f'athcats must be
built an operation taking about week.
The com panies have small steamers on t!se
upper river.
TIE frontier. when it is reached. lacks
one element of the early picturesquene>s
of California: it is fairly orderly. In
Forty Mile, although there are probably
twenty saloons and dance houses, there
has never been either murder or lynch
ing Yet there is no law but miners
law The territory is not formally organ
UCO- diltl litTt II tltt>ilutttF nv AulC tIN
cept the direct result Of agreement and
Common understanding, The harmony
which prevails is doubtless due in larg,
part to the fact that professional men aud
iewd women do not care TO undergo the
hardstnps OF the Chilkat "trip.
And the hartIShips are uoS al over whe4
one has reached Circle City or Forty Nile.
1t takes So long to get in that miners gen
eFally gc prepared to stay three years nr
rather two winters and three summers.
The thermometer ranges from so degrees
below to t00 above. IL is in summer rs
hot as Florida and in winter as cold as
Greenland. There are in the brief, Lsit,
wet summer, from June L u September 1,
tiny mosquitoes of ferocity unknown in
more southern climes. In winter, if the ice
has Clnsed in rather early. there is apt to
be some scarcity OF food, and maybe star
yation-of stagnatfon i'll any case.
Nevertheless, quito a good many women
as we'll as men brave the dangers ana
discomforts of the arctic winter. Some
of them have tran1pea oYer the pass aud
koated down the rivers in bioomers: soIas
have gone the long way around, thirty
days steamboaung from here.
There is room on the Yukon for thOus-
ands of miners where now tn ere are
hundreds. The river is second only 10
the Amazon in size. 1t is larger than the
Mississippi, and has as many miles OF
iniuutely branching tributaries, on any
one of which there is a chance OF gold
and a certainty of mighty interesting
Prospecting. There are full dozen navi-
gable tributaries, giving many thousand
miles of boating. 1t is big country and
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Roth WRITER AND ACCOUNTANT
Machine InscriDes Letters and Adds
Figures at the same Time.
PitfsJurg Uispntch


A machine has been invented for type
writing and adding figures at the same
time. Tie invention is described as being
intended to quickly and accurately add Il
column or columns Of figures, and at the
same time and by the same manipulation
Of the keys to print these ngures upon
sheet OF paper or a blaBkbeok in the order
i'll which tEey are added, SO as to form a
proof sheet, which will verify the cor
specia! adjustment, may be made To print
at the end of the column the sum total OF
the figures, and TO do this in Il vertically
descending, or vertically ascending or
horizontal progression. Additions c5n be
made either to the right or 10 the left.
The printing is in full sight. The machine
works with the ease Of a typewriter. aud
ITS speed is only limited by the skill of the
operator II substracts 10y a reversing ar-
Flngement, the registering disks running
one way Us readily as the other. It's con
struction is simple. considering the variety
aud extent of the work done. Itis adopted
10 printing on paSsbOoks. which it does Us
readily as upon the ordinary plateaR sheet.
1t can be used 10 add without printing
OF to print without adding II mistakes are
made they can be seen at once.