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The morning times., 1896-06-07
Making a Wheel Track
CHART FURNISHED FOR POINTING
OUT THE STRAIGHT COURSE.
Route Leads From the Atlantic
to the Pacific Through
Twelve States.

One OF the foremost OF the National
wheeimen's League sat i'll his office with
charts spread oul before him. Upon his
face there was delighted expression and
at his right hand were letters and manu-
scripts
II am working" said ne to the intruder,
''upon tie greatest bicycle scheme that
ever gitated the sporting fraternity Little
10y little we conceive great ideas and
develop them. Each sounds more pre-
poS;erous tlIan the last. but when we
bring it around all wlIo came To scott
remain to admire This wheeling scheme
is the finest .thing ever thought out 10y
wheeling man. II came up at one of our
meetings 10y chance. And 1 have looked
into ii and found it feasible.
The sChcme,' continued he, reaching
toward q map upon his desk, = is this
To establish u bicycle track from coast
10 coast SO that wheelmen can Journey
from New York 10 San Francisco as easily
if not Is rapidly as they now do, by
tram. Such tours have been underta ken
and partly carried out. One man would
wheel from salt Lake City TO Buffalo,
Another, at some time, would start at
Chicago ana wheel to the Pacific Coast.
Bat they seldom wanted TO take the trip
twice. Ii was too tiresome. Roads were
too had. Too many mountain paths had
10 he climbed, TOO many prairies tortured
through. But am looking into the matter
30 as 10 do away with all this.
My plan for route runs like this: /
would start. say, at the Pacific Coast, and
goingnurth from san Francisco wouldstrike
across for Sacramento. once in Nevada 1
would keep pretty close To the railroads 10
steer clear OF the Santa Rosa Mountains
The railroads have mapped out things
pretty well along there, ana | should hug
the track, taking only excursions by the
hour all through Nevada and Utah until
j reached Great Salt Lake. Here there
is a very pretty chance for a run south
to salt Lake City and another one north
g. Canada. Nowhere is the country more
The morning times., 1896-06-07
"Cut-rate" War Is Flood
Ing the Country With
Destitute Men.

rich one. If I have seemed To dwell
too much upon the hardShips of the trip
it is because there are plenty of people
who can be trusted 10 flash the glitter
OF the gold in the eyes of the seekers
And there is gold in Alaska plenty of
it. The Treadway company has the larG-
est stamp mill in the world and makes
money out of low-gradr ore, as is the
case in the Kaffir mines. The rich plaCprS
Will be better working for when it is
made easier and cheaper to get TO them.
and when supplies becOme less expensive.
Winter mining can be prosecuted either
by thawing tunnel with wood fires
or by blasting OF quarrying the frozen
gravel in blocks. In each ease the wash
ing out must he deferred until spring.
Alaska is a wonderful country bIt it
needs capital, roads, time. arti, above all.
a government.
IL the people in Washington were alive
to the Importance of Alaska we should
have government roads 10 the Yukon head
quarters; then the boundary question would
have to be settled It IS very SimpI.
hardly question at all. Circle City is
clearly American Certain OF the plaCcrs
farther up the Yukon are as clearly
British The eastern boundary of the
main portion of Alaska. the I41St Par-
allel. is am eaSiIy-drawn frontier. if not
a scientific one The questioned bound
ary is fram Mount St Elias snuthwar,I.
Asto this panhaudIestri the United states
claims--or should claim. if-it cared enough
about il tu 10 so-thaU ~ line parallel TO
the winding of The coast, and which shall
never exceed the distance. of ten marine
leagues thirty niles therefrom.'" means
just what it says The Canny Canadians
claim that when the Russo British treaty
OF 1924, and the RusSian-Unlted States
treaty Of 1867 said coast" they Didn't
mean coast at al, but outer line or
the islands, Then. why didn't they say
So? The Canadian claim has absolutely
no strength or hope OF success, except in
the e-ucgli gence of Congress
In ans case, some 500 or eco miles of
the way from Juneau Ia Circle city lies
through British territory e
JR. JONES
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Cleaning the Bicycles
GROOMING OF THE SILENT Sized
A SERIOUS QUESTION.
Clubhouse With an Attendant Is
Suggested for Large Cities.
Some Other Pointers.

A really well-appOinted clubhOuse with
dressing rooms and under thoroughly re-
spoasiDIe management where bicycles could
De kept with safety and -assurd nee OF
good care by efficient attendants. is a
decided necessity and would undoubtedly
pay well. Some OF the social clubs are
beginning to make arrangements OF this
sind but only few OF them are well stu
ated for the purpose, and they do not meet
the wants OF women and chiIdrens not TO
mention the large number OF men who have
no club connections. e
The cleaning question is equally urgent
The novelty Of the thing seems 10 minimize
the drudgery OF the work for awhile with
most riders of comparative youth. but that
attraction soon wears OFF Who tEen is
"a do the Work? Where a man-servant is
6ept has been accepted as proper thing
to inclGde the care OF the bicycle among
his functions. Maid-servants. however,
DO not take To it kindly.
They are perfectly competent 10 do all
that is necessary. and the time required
would not interfere seriously with their
other duties, but experience shows that
thereis no SUrer way OF making the servant
question a burning one in any household
Than by asking servant to Wipe off
wheel after it has been brought in from a
ride. In England. where the servants never
think it hardship TO clean the boots. ia
has been found practicable 10 include the
cleaning of bicycles among their household
duties. but it IS exceedingly doubtful il it
Will ever be possible TO do so in this
country. The inventors whose ingenious
minds have been occupied for many months
with the numerous mechanical improve
ments which they think are stiII needed
20 make the bicycle all that it should be.
would do more practical service 10 their
generation il they would suggest way
out OF this difficulty.-New YORK Post
The morning times., 1896-06-07

:! put your wheel for dozen Of the side
| trips that are part of The exhibition There
Is good wheel path north t o Milwaukee.
1t skirts Lake Michigan and is the most
romantic jolt OF the journey i you choose
! tomakeit
| "A Milwaukee you can pocket your pride
and your ambition, and take a trip
across to Detroit, where the best roads
await you. You can now go directly south
! again and strike the trail fifty miles beyond
Chlcago, : and just so much nearer the
Atlantic coast toward which YOU are
aiming.
TO LAKE ERIE
You are now in Indiana, where there
are good roads along the railroad, and
these you follow across the State, and into
OHIO. AT Toledo you begin to breathe the
air OF Lake Erie; ana from there to Cleve-
land, and on to Buffalo, you have the salts,
faction of wheeling daily along ii path that
Keeps the railroad in sight, yet lies along
lake that cools you by day and sings to
you by night.
Il
State in two pieces. You go through it
at Rochester and Syracuse, and bring up
at Saratoga. From there you might keep
on your way across New Hampshire and
Vermont, To the Maine coast where Port
land would be your nearest point But if
you do this you must cross the Green
tnf,,
Mountains N New Hampshire, and run
your risk of a rocky approa ch to Portland
So the best way is to find the railroad ut
Saratoga, and start south from New
York. 1t is less than 200 miles now TO the
sea, and as the roads are good you should
fetch up in New York city in four or five
days. That tours you from the Pacific TO
the Atlantic.
Now said the cycling gentleman,
laying down the map. you see the path
is feasible one. Personally | do not
believe in the bicycle track | think
good roads are good enough for the
wheeman, and / oppose all legislation
to make macadamiZed or asphalt roads
for wheelmen. The trouble with these
is that they are never permanent, and
wheeling is too important a matter TO
consider in the light of something soon
TO pass away.
What / am aiming at, and what do
think possible, is a bicycle path across
the country which shall he simply a good
road. Each State can take care of its
own roads. and the result Will he one long
stretch OF good wheeling
My aim il TO get Legislation through TO
make the roads good first. Aud second to
connect the different paths. For example,
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Stories Of the Alaska Gold Fields.

with The Yukon mail of 200 letters and
Jackson, the Indian mail carrier, arrived
i'll Juneau on March second, having en-
countered weather 60 degrees below zero
aud hayIng frft his two white companions,
who had become exhausted on the road.
with half I; sack of flour aud some beans
between them and starvation The .econd
party started January 90 and came through
on March ., making a little better time
The morning times., 1896-06-07

gold is the luret Some of the amateur
miners paid this spring as high as $50
each for big dogs in Seattle and Port
Townsend, without stopping to consider
the question of their fitness for hard work
under the Arctic circle. 1t is 60 joke cross
ing the pass. Two parties came out from
Forty Mile last January wircse experiences
are typical. The first started January 5
The morning times., 1896-06-07

City fully twice as-much. The advantage
of Sledging in ores outfit is that company
freight goes by beat all the, way round by
the YukonS mouth, and the charges are
very high; besides the, sledge miner can
start much earlier in the season
He is likely to freeze to death on the
pass if he hIsnt patience enough to wait
fer favOriug weather, in d cold running =
The morning times., 1896-06-07
Never Satisfied.

Wife Thomas. wish YOU woulc.let me
have $50.
Husband-AIi right, my dear. here IS Il
hundred dollar bin for YOU.
Wife-Oh, thaak you, Thomas. hut you
forgot topa yme ethe fiftycents youborrowed
OF me the other day because you were
short of change.-Texas Sitter
The morning times., 1896-06-07
MaJapascar SuIder-

The silk spi.ier Gf Madagascar spins
threads OF a gnldenscOior and strong enough
according 10 a well-knowu naturalist 70
hang cork helmet on Small textures
woven Of these threads are used by ths
natives for fastening flowers on sunShaties
and for other purposes Chicago Chronicle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
Thin Skinned Oranges.

It has often been questioned why
orange growers will graft and plant
varieties with thick skins when the
great public appreciates thin skinned
one more highly. Asking grower, If
not one of the secrets of the orange
growing trade, why this was thus, he
replied that the thin skinned kinds were
rarely as productive as the thick skinned
ones-that the public would give no
more for box Of thin skins than for a
box of thick ones-and as there was
consequently more profit in growing
orange skins than in growing orange
flesh the skins carried the day.
We have never heard such an expla-
nation before, and this may be only
"chaff" Still, the great question re-
mains, Why do orange growers graft
and plant thick skinned sorts when the
thin skins are preferable?-Meehan's
Monthly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01

John Dalton, without whose discovery
of tho laws of chemical combination
chemistry as an exact science could
hardly exist, was wholly color blind.
His knowledge of the fact came about
by happening Of the sort which we
call chance On his mothers birthday,
when he was a man of 90, he took her a
pair of stockings which he had seen in
q shop window labeled:
"Silk, and newest fashion"
"Thee has bought me n pair Of grand
hose. john" said the mother, but
what made thee fancy such bright col
or? Why, can never show myself at
meeting in them"
John was much disconnected, but he
told her that he considered the stockings
to be Of very proper go to meeting
color, as they were dark BLUSH drab.
"Why, they re red as cherry, John, "
was her astonished reply.
Neither he nor his brother Jonathan
could see anything but drab in the stock
ings, ard they rested in the belief that
the good wifo's eyes were out Of order
until she, having consulted various
neighbors, returned with tho verdict,
"Varra fine stuff, but uncommon scar
lety."
The consequence was that John Dal-
ton became almost the first to direct tn.
attention of the scientific world to the
subject of color blindness. - Youth Is
Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
Roston's Public Library,

In Boston, at least, is a public library
where the eye may share its pleasure
with the mind and our popular taste
may gain that impulse in the right di-
rection for which, with us, the opportu-
nifty is still far too meager. We have
had no Medici TO adorn our streets, and
often our public buildings have been the
deplorable issues of inexperience and
political scheming. Now, for once, we
have an enduring monument worthy Of
our material prosperity and progress.
Turning away, we linger and look back
at the long inscription of its northern
facade - 1.-THE Commonwealth Re-
quires the Education of the People as
the Safeguard Of Order and LIBERTY
and we are profoundly grateful to the
commonwealth which has justified itself
SO nobly that all the world may learn
from it a useful lesson. -Scribner's.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
His Price a Difhculty.

Every man has his price," senten-
tiously announced the philosopher Of
the all night drug store, where the
street railroad franchise was being dis
cussed.
"Well. said the wit Of the establish
ment, II wish somebody would discov-
or my price and offer it to me"
"My boy" solemnly remarked the
perfumery drummer, who had not spo-
ken before that evening, "there is no
smaller coin made than a cent.
And for several seconds there was no
sound heard save the drip, drip Of the
real mineral waters from the hydrant. -
Buffalo Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
HOW 20 Cure a Cold.

Simply take Otto's Cure. We know
of its astonishing cures and that it will
stop cough quicker than any known
remedy. If you have Asthma, Bron-
chitis, Consumption or any disease of
the throat and lungs, few doses Of
this great guaranteed remedy will sur
prise you. If you wish to try call at our
store, Main street, and we will be pleas
ed to furnish you bottle free of cost,
and that will prove our assertion.
w. B. ALEXANDER.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
THE PEOPLES
Store
has an immense stock OF
Spring and
Summer Goods

that are being sold at remark.
ably low prices. A big
variety of mems pants from
6S cts. up; a very nice assort-
ment of mems clothing from
S4.00 a suit up; a handsome
line of boys suits, from 6 to
13, from $40 a suit up; big
line boys knee pants from Is
cts. a pair up; handsome
line of gentlemen's percale
spring shirts, laundried, for
merly so, 80 and 60 cents,
now 3S cents; a good work
ing shirt, formerly 35 and 40
cents, now only 25 cents; a
nice line of lace curtains,
fine patterns, from As cents
a pair up; assortment of en-
broidery from 8 cents a yard
up; oil cloth, so inches wide,
first-class goods, only Is cents
a yard; ladies' gauze shirts
from 5 cents up; gentlemen's
spring and summer neckties,
nice line, from 10 cents up;
assortment of sweaters, good
quality, from 25 cents up;
fine suspenders from 5 cents
a pair up; ladies' fast black
hose, formerly 10 cents, only
5 cents; a large assortment of
shoes, hats, umbrellas and
notions always to be found
at the Peoples Bargain store.
All these goods are first
class; call and see the goods
and we guarantee them at
prices quoted. Our motto is
quick sale and small profit.
A. katzen, PrOp'r,
Main St., Reynoldsville
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01
Mercantile Appraisers List
JEFFERSON COUNTY, PENN'A,
FOR THE YEAR 1896.

THE Vend es of Foreign and Domestic Mer-
l. chandi sc, etc, of Jefferson County, will
take motto @ that they are appraised and clas-
sifed by the undersigned appraiser OF Mer-
camille and other License Tax, for the year
1896, as follows:
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1896-04-01

that you are appraised and rated as the above
for the year 1906. An appeal will be held at
the Commissioners office, Brookville, Pa,
attend II you think proper.
y. M. BOWMAN,
March 9TH, isea. Mercantile Appraiser
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[ZDN3TOR1 AMID [L[SN]OD[R2o
A Thrifty Little T own In One Of the
States Best Counties.
MODEL FARMS AND FACTORIES.
And Progressive Planters Merchants
and Manufacturers.
THE BRIGHT GOLDEN WEED
HAS Leno nvaded It's Hustns County, Capital
Carving hlshs. its stmulu. Of Ms.!th and Activity

choicest viands of the market, well
cooked and well served. These things
naturally make the Hotel TNlll popu-
lar resort.
Mr.. James Stevenson, the manager,
is one of the most popular hosts you
will find in a months travel, genial
affable and clever, and a first-class
all-round hotel man. There seems TO
be vieing with each other between
the owner of the hotel and the proprie-
tor, Mr.. Stevenson, to make it meet
the requirements OFF frst-class host
elry and no make 1t a popular resort
for its patrons.
DR.. TuIl ls one of the industrial
spirits in the county OF Lenoir. He is
a prominent member of the medical
profession, enjoys large and lucrative
practice, and is a leader in whatever
pertains TO the industrial, educational
or social advancement of his town and
section. He is a man of varied bust
ness interests, to all of which he spares
some of his valuable time and atten-
ton. He is a large farmer, owning
some five or more farms in Lenoir
county, owns two water gT'ist mills
and is also interested in several manu-
featuring enterprises.
His "Pineburr' Truck Farm near
Kinston, is ONE of the model little
truck farms of the county. Here he
grows large quantities of cabbage,
beans and other vegetables. On his
other farms he grows, by the tenant
system, extensive staple crops-cotton.
tobacco, corn, wheat and other field
crops.
DIR. Tull is native of Lenoir county,
and one of its most valuable cfmzens.
He is chairman of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners, County Board of
Health, member of the State Medical
Society, director of the Orion Knitting
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and elms. The house is magnificently
furnished with the choicest of every
thing, from bric-a-brac to bureaus
The walls are touched with the most
artistic tracings of the painter, and are
decorated with a choice collection OF
paintings and pictures. The floors are
covered with rich Brussels, and the
general interior arrangement is
blending of beautiful and harmonious
design, with rich and costly equip
ment. Mr.. Kennedy is one OF the lar
gest and most successful farmers in
Eastern North Carolina. His Cedar
Dell farm is one Of the most productive
and valuable farms in the State. He
himself is one of the most industrious.
systematic and model managers, and
he believes rightly that the pleasures
OF comfortable home outweigh the
boarding of dollars and dimes.
Cedar Dell is truly a palatial home,
and Cedar Dell farm is one Of the
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champion of their cause, and the
cause of right and good government.
Mr.. Granger, for these reasons, is one
of the most popular men in the East
ern part of the State, and rightly de-
serves the confidence the people have
in him
Being man of extensive business
interests, he has been too busy for
office seeking or Office holding, and
therefores his interest in these matters
has been prompted by a patriotic de-
sire Ito advance the best interest of his
State. Mr.. Granger is y public spirit
ed, liberal minded citizen, and you can
always find him in the lead of move
ments that are calculated to benefit
his town and section. Only three years
ago, the culture of fine tobacco crossed
the county lines into Lenoir, Wayne,
Greene and Jones. Mr.. Granger saw
an opportunity to add another and a
very important feature to Kinston's
commercial life. Through him and
others the entire town was, awakened
to the opportunity presented, and by
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s~iown the town. During the past few
years Kinston has had two confagTa-
fions which each time swept the best
part of the town from existence. The
smoke from the first fire had scarcely
been blown away before the gritty
citizens of the town were rebuilding
the burned district; about the time the
build .ngs were completed and when
business was beginning to get under
way again another and, even more
disastrous fire occurred, sweeping
away many of the fine new buildings
that had just been erected and all they
contained.
On one or two other occasions,
smaller fires occurred, until finally the
people believed that there was incen-
diarism at the bottom of it all, and
they began to investigate. Arrests and
trials followed, unexpected acquittals
resulted, but there followed a small
exodus from. Kinston and since then
no further CONGREGATIONS have oo-
Cured. Kinston was somewhat de-
pressed after it's last fire, but it took
time only to get itself together and
take good long breath, and then
bricks, and mortar, and workmen, be-
gan their work of regeneration. Bust
ness block after business block of new
architectural design and substantial
structure began racing with each 9TH
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of two young natives of Lenoir county,
Messrs. Thomas w. Mewborne and j.
w. Braxton. They are young men of
energy, of industry, of business integ-
rity, and are thoroughly trained and
capable merchants.
The firm was established in 1890, and
has its home in large, new brick
building, peculiarly adapted to the
business for which it was erected
Messrs. Mewborne & Co. confne their
business to the sale of all kinds of
staple, heavy and fancy groceries to
retail merchants throughout the entire
section surrounding Kinston. They
are agents for a number of manufac-
turers, refiners, exporters and jobbers.
They are consignees in their territory
for the American Tobacco Company
| and have a factory appointment fr1m
the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. They receive goods in car lots,
thereby taking every advantage of
cheap freight transportation. With
these advantages the firm of T. w.
Mewborne & Co. are at all times pre-
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the hotel he lost his office, his dwelling,
stables and other dwelling houses which
he owned, but he went about like
hero and has within less than two
wears rebuilded them all.
JESSE w. GRANGER.
This gentleman is known all over
the State as legislator, a successful
planter, prudent business man and a
valuable public spirited citizen. He
has his home in the beautiful little
town of Kinston, and is one of the
individual spirits that~takes the lead
in the business and other material af-
fairs of his town and section.
Mr.. Granger is a man of broad mind,
liberal spirit, progressive ideas, un-
sullied character and the strictest in
tegrity He is man of affairs, and his
extensive business operations make
him a very busy man. He is never
too busy, however, to lend to his town
or his State a portion of his time in
the conduct of their public affairs
when his counsel or his valuable aid
/ is needed. He has been called upon
| by his people to serve them in the
| legislature, in their conventions, coun-
| ty, State and National, on boards of
public control, and in various other
ways. he has been at all times ready
| to serve them, even at sacrifice to his
| own private interests. He has been
ALWAYS the staunchest of staunch
| friends to good government, and de-
yout believer in the control OF public
affairs by the intelligence of his coun-
nv and State, and to this end he has
bent his every energy, his time and
| his great individual influence. He has
served his town and his county on
their boards of commissioners, has
obeyed the summons of his people to
represent them in the General Assem-
bly,. has gone for them to see that their
interests were properly looked after
| in conventions, and has been always