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Evening star., 1896-09-26
GEORGE HENRY LEWES.
How Mrs. Lynn Linton Describes
HIM.

How Mrs. Lynn Linton Describes
HIM.
From the Woman at Home
Lewes was singularly plain man, deep
ly ptted with the smallpox. with narrow
jaws and somewhat drawn-in cheeks. He
had bright, vivacious and well-shaped eyes,
quantity Of bright brown hair. and
flexible mouth of singular moistness. He
was the first Of the audacious men of my
acquaintance, and about the most extreme.
He had neither shame, nor reticence In his
choice of subjects, but would discourse on
the most delicate matters Of physiology
with no more perception that he was
transgressing the bounds OF propr1ety than
if he had been learned savage. heard
more startling things from Lewes, In full
corclave Of young and DID, married and
single. men and women. than l had ever
dreamed of or heard hinted at before. And
l know that men complained OF his AFTER
drLer talk and anecdotes as peing be-
yoLd the license accorded to or taken by
even the boldest takers Of the mess table
and club smoking room. He did not GO
far this, in public. but he went very
far. and to young S,rl fresh from coun-
try life where the faint echoes of 'plums,
prunes and prsms' still fingered, it was
all embarrassing and shocking" enough
His manners, too, were as free as his
talk. 1t was said of another notable man
in his day that his way Of shaking hands
suggested the divorce court, and the same
might be said of Lewes' manners to the
women he liked and was intimate with.
I myself was at Mrs. Miner Gibson's when
he shouted across the room: "Arethusa,
come here!' and 1 saw him perch himself
Familiarity on the arm Of the chair in which
she was sitting. Yet he had no cause
for such breach of good taste and good
manners. Mrs. Miner Gibson was his
good friend, as she was good friend to
so many whom her kindly social patronage
could serve, for she WIS one of the most
generous, most large-hear rted women of her
day. But 1 know that Mr.. Lewes' IA
n !liarity tried her tenhper,1 it would
have tried the temper pf any woman.
remember, too. his Offering to kiss pretty
young girl on her taking leave of the
family one Sunday night. and his offended
ard reproachful tone when she turned
away her head and refused his kiss. 1t
vas the tone which should have been used
had she submitted to This or any other
like familiarity. That, too. was a startling
experience to me. which upset my moral
arithmetic for many davs,
Frankly sensual, frankly self-indulgent
ard enjoying, he was the born Epicurean-
the natural Heionist. Lifs. to him meant
love and pleasure, and he htd that bright
and expansive quality which makes pleas
| ure and finds it everywf Ere. In work and
in idleness, in the sans hconS of Bohemian
ism and in the more orderly aplusemcnts
of conventional socety-in scientific dis
cpssiUn and in empty parsifage. he was
equally at home, and wherever he went
| there was patch of intellectual sunshine
n
Evening star., 1896-09-26
ROCK ELM IN DEMAND.
The Bicycle Gives the Lumber Trade
Boom Worth HnNing.

IL NsoG
From the Tm1erman.
The continuing and growing demand for
bicycles has its effect upon the hard wood
lumber trade. 1t is estimated that there
will be produced in American factories
this year nearly sG0OO0 bicycles. Practi-
cally all Of these are equipped with wood
rims. Each wood rim requires 2a feet
board measure, and allowing one-third for
aste that would mean a consumption of
6.OUO,"O feet, almost exclusively rock elm
This is for the rims alone, to say nothing
Of the guards and handle bars. but of the
latter there is another story. The con-
sumption Of 6,OOOO00 feet OF thereabouts Of
rock elm does not look very large in a
bu siEesS which is accustomed to deal with
hundreds of millions, but when 1t is re-
nembered that only about IL per cent Of
hard maple Is available for rim purposes,
and that therefore 4OW0,0D0 feet of one of
the minor nard woods must be handled
over in order to obtain this material, the
importance of the bicycle demand in this
special way will De recognized
We spoke above of wooden handle bars.
That Is to be tine next thing in bicycles,
according to authorities On the subject,
Wood. principally hickory. perhaps little
ash, Is to be used instead of steel tubing,
not because Of any decrease in weight, )
that will remain about the same, out be-
cause of the superior elasticity of the
wood, making the wheels easier to ride and
thermore, it will be an advantage TO the
maEu facturers. as bent tubing is difficult
article to manufacture, whereas hickory
can be bent into any desired shape; and
ther again. the new bars will be cheaper.
There is no prospect of any less number
Of bicycles being manufactured in the near
future than in the present or the past,
and perhaps 1,00o,0O0 bicycles next year
may be placed new upon the market.
considerable portion of them, 1t is said
perhaps the majority, will have handle
bars made Of second growth hickory. That
is another thing for the hardwood men to
take note of. But the consumption OF
| lumber due to the bicycle trade does not
| stop with this. There Is Grating. What
that amounts to no one seems to know, but
about every bicycle sooner or later Is in
vested with a crate of its own, and this
| requirement must mean considerable in
crease in consumption of coarse lumber
SO, though the bicycle is largely thing
| influence on the lumber trade.
Evening star., 1896-09-26
kamr Dentistry.
From the London Spectator.

Iul lue LOnuOu spectator.
The method Of extracting teeth among
the Kaffirs is barbarous ins the extreme,
and remind one of the tortures of the dark
ages. =.
The patient is plc ed on the ground, and
four men are employed to hold him down.
two taking his arms and two his legs
Then the operator kneels down beside him.
and taking piece Of sharpened ivory,
steel or wood. he calmly proceeds to hack
away at the gum until the offending tooth
10 loose. He then extracts 1t with finger
and thumb, the patient having suffered
naturally unspeakable agonies
The time occupied in the operation is
often of long duration. sometimes extending
over as much as thirty minutes. but, Of
course. this varies according to the strength
of the tooth. Persons in this country who
make practice Of taking an anesthetic,
when having a tooth extracted would
probably find the operation as performed
by the Kafir dentist little troblesome,
to say the least Of it.
OF course the Kaffirs dwelling in or near
the towns go to the ordinary dentist, but
those living far away from civilization have
no alternative but to resort to the methods
described above.
Evening star., 1896-09-26

ing constructed in this city. under the in
ventors supervision, and he expects that
it will be finished and ready for trial in
about two months. Although the expert
ments with the model were made a year
ago, Mr.. F'reymann decided to keep them
secret until he should have filed plans
OF his invention in the patent offices in
Europe and America. This was not done
until last week. and no description of the
machine has heretofore been published
Speaking broadly. Freymann's machine is
a return 10 the principles upon which in
Tentors have generally worked before Herr
Otto L.ilienthal of Berlin cut away from
them two or three years ago, and con-
trived a machine by means of which he
succeeded in flying. rather in soaring.
over considerable distances. Lilienthal
postponed for future development the ap-
plication CT motive power and contented
Evening star., 1896-09-26
DIR. SHADES
Ch|oridum Discovery for Con-
sumption
Remarkable Results From the
"Home" Treatment.

In addition to the many cures reported who took
Office treatment, remarkable results by the 'home
treatment have been reported also
Mrs. Lydia A. Kesler Roanoke Va writes
September =. 1896:
Dear DIR. Shade: feel greatly indebted TO you
for the benefit your treatment gave nv husband
CIook six months home treatment.) / feel Il has
prolonged his life, hope for many years. lie says
his cough is we'll
Dr Shade. l cannot express my gratitude to
You Tor the Interest you took I'm him. think your
treatment VIII cure eny that possibly be
cured L feel confident that my dear husband
would be dead now had not kind Providence d.
rected him to you last year. Now, thanks you
and TO Gods blessing he enjoys reasonable Leath.
He sends his kndcst regards.
LYDIA A KESLER, Roanoke, Va"
Call or send for booklet, symptom blank etc,
Tor those desiring home treatment Hoursi
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, . to II and 4
to o only.
Consultation free.
DR.. SHADE IN CHARGE
1922 18th St. Washington ID. O.
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Danger in the Roentgen Rays,
rom the Springfield Republican.

1t appears that the Rcentgen rays cannot
always be used with impunity, and that
in fact, as yet very little is known as to
their nature. An electrical engineer, who
has often demonstrated the beauty of his
own finger bones by placing one OF his
hands within The radius of the searching
rays. has lost all The nails from the fingers
OF that hand, while Sidney Rowland, q
leading experimenter. mentions several
cases of similar character in the structural
changes that occur in the hair, and SO
forth, of those who have been frequently
shadowgraphed by this method. Thus in
the case of patients whose heads have been
subjected to the influence of the rays the
hair has either turned white or has fallen
out entirely. 1t is suggested that these re-
Its are due to the electrical potency of
what are called the ultra violet rays of the
spectrum. though their precise action is at
present by no means thoroughly under
stood. One curious suggestion has already
Keen made. 1t is well-known superstition,
and one which has existed for generations,
that people who sleep in the direct rays
of the moon have their reason more or less
seriously affected. Now. it is said that
these ultra violet rays exist in the moon
light. and hence popular superstition may
be founded upon scientific fact.
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Plan md Shape of the Wings.

work together. describe an ellipse AS they
go forward they move upward slightly. at
an angle supposed to give just enough sus-
tanning power 10 keep the machine going
ahead en- a level. AS the wings drop back
they close together somewhat. and then
they spread open TO the full again as they
rise on the next round. This Is Mr.. Frey
mann's theory, at all events, and he says
1t will work out in practice.
After Freymann had evolved his wing
thet ry he went to Germany and watched
IilieLthars experiments. He found a num-
ber CT defects In the aeroplane. which he
determined to correct LilenthaPs weight
was placed high CD between the wings,
and this made 1t possible for the wind to
dip 1t about and even to blow 1t over from
Evening star., 1896-09-26
4 Friendly Note on Kate Field.

Laurence Hutton in the Bookman.
/ was taken one evening by Oliver Lay.
in the early COS, to call on Kate Field,
then living With her mother in 26th or 21th
street west of 9th avenue. in New York.
She was writing editorials for the Herald
On a salary of 5000 a year. which was
considered in those days enormous
Price, and she was looked upon the
nest promising young woman in her pro-
fession in America. For thirty years or
more we We're excellent friends. meeting
in all parts of the new world and the old.
She and Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton
were my mothers guests in Edinburgh one
summer. We spent six weeks with her in
Paris during the year of the exposition of
1878. We saw much of her in London be-
fore and after that. She knew my wife be-
fore ] did and all our relations with her
were most pleasant and intim lre. She was
a woman with a good deal of brain and
great deal Of heart-sy mpathetic, loyal and
very generous. On many points did
not agree; but upon no subject did We ever
quarrel.
l have known her to put herself to no
little trouble and expense to help those who
had claim upon her; and L have known
her to demand a good deal of help from
those upon whom she had claim. She
was a curious ad;niXture of sentiment and
assurance. She was an indcfat:gabe work
er, Quick, and ready with her pen and her
| tongue. She was blessed with a good deal
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Two WaFdrObes.

From the New York Weekly.
Loving wife-'My summer wardrobe 10
completed, and am now ready for New
port"
Hushand-"welI I'll see II can arrange
my affairs so can 60"
Gracious! I can't take you along. You
haven't q suit Of clothes At to be SEEN"
Evening star., 1896-09-26
BICYCLE WITH WINGS
A New Device for a Flying Machine
and How It Works.
AN EAGLE And AN ORDINARY SAFETY
Correcting the Mistakes Made by
Other Inventors.
NOW BEIN G. B Z I l. T
AN EAGLE And AN ORDINARY SAFETY
NOW B z l n G. B Q l l. L
SCAR FREYMANN

kS&S 49, -
Is the inventor of d
brand new flying
machine which has
several novel feat
ures, and which.
from his success in
experimenting with
a model, bids fair to
make a decided ad-
ance toward the
solution of the prob
.em of aerial naviga-
ton. a full-sized
machine Is now be-
Evening star., 1896-09-26
MONEYFOR RAILROADS
When a Presidential Candidate Makes
a Campaign Tour.
WHY TEE BILLS ARE PROMPTLY PAID
Political Gatherings Bring Business
to the Railway Lines.
r U n NG S P E G I A L S

ERHAPS THIS TRIP
isn't a good thing
for us?"
The above W a S
spoken by one of
the brightest officials
connected with the
Southern railroad to
IN Evening Star re-
.orter one evening
aring the past week.
The speaker referred
10 the latest trip Of
Presidential Candi-
date Bryan through
Evening star., 1896-09-26
No Sense In 1t.
From Truth,

trOm Truth.
Farmer Oatcake-"MandS. every feller's
bound to be worked up over the political
situation this year."
Mrs. Oatcake-"Mebbe. Silas, but as it
only tales you few minutes to vote,
don't jest see the sense o talkin' about it
for three months ahoadF = -
Evening star., 1896-09-26
He Knew Maurice.

From the New York Tribune.
The other day Maurice Thompson. the
writer. visited Calhoun. Ga, his old boy
hood home.
who's that yander?" asked an old coun-
tryman, indicating Thompson, who was
standing before a grocery store whiting
a pine box.
The tall fellow?'
Yes"
That's Thompson-Maurice Thompson"
What! The feller what use ter play
eroun' hereT
1.-The very same"
"You don't tell me?''
Fact. But he's a great man now-one
of the most successful of literary E1en."
"Onpossible!'
Fact. I tell you. He's great man now"
'Well,'' said the old man doubtfully, "hit
may be so. but hit don't look reasonable"
Not reasonable?"
mo! Why"-and he drew closer and low
cred his voice httle-"he used ter go Ash
in with me!'
Evening star., 1896-09-26
The Bicycle Gearing.

power. The model was so arranged that
the machine should rise but a short dis
tance and then should proceed practically
On a level. The motor and mechanism
weighed four pounds. and Mr. Freymann
found by experiment that the wings would
support nine pounds additional.
Having completed his model Mr.. Frey
mann took 1t out to a level district near
Moscow. where he could be unobserved,
and, aiming 1T against light wind. started
the motor. He says that 1t rose to a height
of forty-ffve feet and flew for about a mile
between thirty and forty-fiye feet above the
earth Then. the wind increasing, the
wings were tilted up In front and the ma
chine was driven back and down to the
earth. Its flight. he says, was as rapid az
that Of dove
Evening star., 1896-09-26

T.. "A. "A.
ident. Miss Addie BENJAMIN; third vice
president Mrs. J. w. Steele; fourth vice
president, Mrs. A. A. Hancock; secretary,
Mr. A. NJ. Phelps. and treasurer. Miss
brings the membership in the Washington
District League up to thirty-seven chap
ters, which number includes chapter re-
Gently admitted from Alexandra.
ton Temple Memorial Church, and Mrs
Patch have returned from Wernersville
Pa. DR.. Patch expects to soon be able to
occupy the pulpit again. Tomorrow the
Alvin Smith. Rev. Mr.. Elliott who sup
piled the pulpit from the third Sunday In
May, returned to Auburn Seminary last
week to resume his theological course Of
studies.
Rev. DR.. j. Mcbride Sterrett, assistant
minister at the Church Of the Epiphany, is
now in the mountains of Virginia with his
son. The rector of the church, Rev. DR..
listers, Rev. A. M. Hillaker, are expected
back in Washington some time during Oc-
toher.
The Epworth Leaguers of Washington
are preparing to hold a mass meeting the
second Friday in October in the audito-
rum Of the new Fifteenth Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. The program will be
in charge Of the third vice president of
the league. Mrs. H: B. Moulton. who is at
the head Of the literary department of
the league. The committee in charge of
the annual convention has secured as one
q the speakers Rev. Madison Swadener
Of Cincinnati. Ohio. superintendent Of the
Church Extension Society Of that city,
who is to make the opening address of the
convention Friday. November 13, and also
will deliver the convention sermon the fol-
lowing Sunday.
Rev. J. T. Grove. rector Of the Church
Of Our Savior. returned this week from
an extended vacation.
Waugh Chapter Of the EpWofth League
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-16
COURT cULLINds.

D. G. Winters and Charles Falch have
been named as appraisers Of the estate Of
VIM. B. Stapp, deceased.
Minnie s. Dudley has been granted a le-
gal separation from her liege lord, De Vor
Dudley, late of Cerrillos.
H. G.. Coors has been designated by the
probate court to administer upon the es.
tate of the late Peter Ryan.
Pat Young has been ruled to file an an
swer in the suit for divorce brought
against him, by December 22d.
Complete proof, within a period of thir-
ty days, has been ordered in the divorce
Gaze of zsnaida Gutierrez de Romero Us.
Reymundo Romero.
A decree Of foreclosure has been granted
in the case of Marie Bohrisch Ell al against
Richard Bohrisch, to secure the payment
Of $1,000, within ninety days.
In the matter of the estate of Charles e.
Fairbanks, deceased, and others, against
Captain J. G.. Clancy, in his capacity as
administrator, an order of court has been
entered of record, remanding the same to
the probate court for the correction of
records of the proceedings in that court.
In the divorce case OF Helena Scott
against Joseph w. Scott, a certificate of
non -appesrance has been filed and a decree
pro confesso entered. The same has been
referred to W. @. Hayden, special master.
to take proofs. The same action was taken
in the suit of Rebeca Garcia against Ale
iaudro Garcia.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-16
PERSONAL rENciLrNos.


T.v. McIntire Is down from Trinidad.
!. NJ. Hsroandez 10 back from a TRIP to El
Paso.
". M. johnson vislts town from the Red
River section.
Rev. J. j. Gilchrist has been over from
Mora, to-day.
W. r. williams is at home from a run
mp to Trinidad.
supt. J. q. Hurley and family are visit
ing in Chicago.
H. W. wyman visits own again from
Colorado Springs.
N. l.. Houston, Salt Lake City, registers
at the Plaza hotel,
T. A. Schomburg, Of the Mexwell land
grant, is down from Ration.
John q. Clark and NJ. A. Otero are home
again, from a trip to Santa Fe.
s. e. Msrkle and H. B. johnson were
down from the Harvey ranch, this morn.
ing.
Attorney J. Leahy and wife left In re.
turn for their home in Ration, this morn
ing.
A. r. Odell, the line repairer, has been
tuning up the automatic signals at the
Ration tunnel,
Hon. H. B. Ferguson, delegate elect,
returned to Albuquerque, last evening,
from Silver City.
Miss L. Winston, j. J. Gilchrist. Mora
F. F. Zummsch, Rociada, are the late arr
rivals at the Central hotel.
Charles Bowmer and john Smith, Lucero,
N. NJ, and Thomas Lester, Cherry valley,
are guests at the New Optic.
Mrs. Horne and family and VIM. Holli-
day, the sheep-dip advocate, will visit the
Bell ranch, during the holidays.
Fred Wardenburg and Dan White, the
merchandise brokers, left Trinidad for q
visit to the eastern houses they represent.
Edward Henry, of Insurance fame, left
for Ration on the afternoon "scorcher,n to
be absent from home and business two
days.
Miss LouiseWinston of Mora, has &C cept.
ed a position as teacher at Wagon Mound
and left for that place on this mornings
No. 2.
Horseshoe Jack" representing the
Horseshoe plug tobacco company, after 3
short stop over here, continued his trip
eastward, to-day.
R. H. Mellen expects to leave, the first
part of next week, for Alaska, in which
country he will devote his attention in the
future to gold mining.
H. W. Wyman and George B. Perry,
Colorado Springs; Charles T. Inslee, New
York; J. Leaby and wife, Ration, and r. 7.
Nelson, Kansas City, are stopping at the
Harvey house.
Mrs. w. E. Rupp and two children lef,
for Jefferson, Okla, on a visit, this Morn.
ing, accompanied by her mother-in-law
Mrs. Rupp, as far as Ozawkie, Kas., the
home of the latter.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-16

A deal has Just been closed at III Paso,
Texas, by the terms OF which VIC. Reid,
late OF tho business, editorial and reporto-
rial departments Of THE Optic, becomes,
on the LIST Of January the editor and
part owner OF the Morning TeIe-
graph IN that city. The name
OF the paper under tho new management
will likely be changed to the El Paso In
teynational News and those Interested In
its publication propose to make II an up
to date paper in every respect, thereby
filing o want long felt In that city. Mr..
Reid has been connected with this paper
for the past eighteen months, and, along
with the other several graduates from
THE OPTIC, he will not fail to achieve sue
cess In his journalistic efforts. He is a
popular and deserving young man OF
talent, energy and ~standIng,an his integ-
rity of purpose in anything he undertakes
for anybody, has never for IN instant been
called into question. Tho good wishes OF
THE Optic will follow him In bis new and
wider field Of labor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-16
Tho Supreme Court.

The New Mexico supreme court resumed
its work in Santa Fe, yesterday morning,
with Chief Justice Smith presiding aud
Associate Justices Collier, Hamilton,
Laughlin and Bantz present.
The case of the Territory of New Mexico
cs. Ceclio Rodriguez was continued until
the text session.
The case of James T. Johnson ct al, ap-
pellees, Us. Macario Gallegos, sheriff, APP
peal from Mora county, was continued.
The case of NJ. W. Fiournoy ct al, APP
pellees, vs. Bullock, Baker q Co., g. w.
Champion, intervenor, was being argued
when the Ne,o Mecican report closed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-12-16
You have heard of IIfeId's

Chairs' About eighty styles, almost
filling one floor of the store.
%shildern's Chairs n Rockers In wood
n willow SOC, to $500.
Ladies Reeu Sewing chair, 81 so.
High Back Rockers, with satin damask
upholstered seat, $1.50.
Pretty Tobbler Seat Rockers In imita-
ton birch only. $2.75.
These are but a few examples of
the wonderful values we have in
this line embracing the newest shapes
and most attractive styles of finish.
stdeboards make splendid presents. We
have them from $500 up to $57. so, with
many very b indsome ones at $40, and S25.
Bedroom S~rts-Thsse are all new and ws
must say the cheapest by far we have
ever bad For $40 so we can now sell q
set that used to be S23. Then we have
beautiful sets in oak. white mapl., curly
birch and mahogany finish up to $135. 90.
Brsss and nameied Beds are now the
correct thing. and we rave a choics line
at reduced prices from $40 co upwards.
Folding Bed, in the popular mantel
style; also, children's folding beds.
ILFELD'S, The Plaza.