The evening times., 1896-07-01
no OMMERCIAL men always have
- something to tell,'' said the bote
clerk, referring to a erOup OF tile

btfG/ Oh NiEnCihL tbeu uiWdyS nave
- something to tell" said the botel
clerk. referring to a group OF the
travelling fraternity in the lobby at Will
lard's.
= ;, ell. am able to tell that while busi-
ness in general seems TO be picking up, my
business. fear, is on the decline said the
salesman from Massachusetts shoe fac
tory. Il am not a pessimist either.
1T is traceable to the bicycle. Talk about
the street railways loosing by the advent
of the bicycle; think it is the shoe mani .
facturers. or course, there is a demand for
bicycle shoes. and that practically opens
| new market, but 1T must be a limited
market when 1t is considered that one pair
of such shoes will outleast three pairs
OF ordinary fcot-t Overings, not because the
shoes are better, but be, ause they are not
subjected to the scuffling wear of the
others. People ride to and from their work
all the time now, where they formerly
walked, or on bad days rode in the cars.
If person wants to go around the corner
he will get on his wheel instead Of walk
ing. as he once did II Is these thousands
Of steps that he saves that save the shoes
and make the shoeman's heart sad"
n C. DENT. OF Richmond, Ind.. is at
~. the oxford. Zone OF the most Pc
cular accidents that ever heard
days ago." said he.
"A traction engine was being piloted
along the road when the wheels struck
natural gas pipe that ran along the
side OF the road. Out in the rural dis
tr.cts, l might explain. when they pipe
natural gas from one village to another
the pipes are laid along the surface by
the roadside. The pipe was broken by
the engine wheels, and Immediately the
cab OF the engine was filled with gas.
A blast from the furnace ignited 1t,
and the result was terrific explosion.
| There were two men in the cab, and they
were blown 100 feet or more. I suppose
| II killed both men. though learned moth
| Ing definitely OF that. The wheels of the
| engine were blown high into the air and
| when they fell they were nearly buried
III the earth. The gas continued to burn
from the end of the pipe where the break
| occurred. and an immense gas jet twenty
feet high was the result"
| W see but ignorance
that prevails among some people as
to the meaning OF the free coinage
movement" said ". p. Saunders OF Mobile,
Ala, at the Metropolitan
The editor or a country paper down In
Aiabama the other day sho wed me a COM
munication he had received from one of
! his subscribers The correspondent urged
that the mint for the free coinage of silver
| for Knox county be located at Augusta,
| one OF the chief towns of the county He
| strengthened his argument by saying that
Augusta had the sfdetracks and elevators
| necessary for loading and unloading the
silver, and that it was the most accessible
point in the county. He admitted that there
were certain portions OF the county that
would have to be reached by wagons, but
lie declared that the farmers could easily
haul their silver home in that manner until
| railroads were built. He wound up his com
mupication by saying that he knew Au-
| gIsta was the proper place for the mint,