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New-York tribune., 1896-05-08

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its representatives in convention assembled, dc
cares as follows upon the vital questions Whic
now concern the welfare OF the people OF inc ohi'e
We are in favor of firm. unyarying mair
posed to the free coinage of silver at any ratio an
TO the compulsory purchase OF SILVER nu.n3n oy ~ y,
SSeopie demand that the earnings OF trade, agr
Culture manufacture and commerce and especial
sreatesi intrinsic value and Of the highest stanc
ard adopted by the civilized nations Of the work
We are therefore, unaiterably opposed 70 all dt
vices and schemes for the debasement of our cui
rency. A.. p.,x, (,o,a-,r,ar, chm,
he divorced from the business of banking; W.
therefore, demand the repeal OF all laws au1horlz,
the nnses sfge by e I5 they should
part of the currency Of the people we favor u, IN
BY S ample IL vome for
the needs OF business. absolutely SECURE In eyer
contingency and at "a al 1lme1 EFFORT TO alter materall
the present Just and conservative tariff: o,,,
a. Because such tar,n .nsnonlcaiv admIhIsere
e. Because II is ample 70 protect ,o9e A%ersam abar worn
atemP, 70 bseess asee she Of aSe
maintain adequate coas, defenGes s, ana and enforc
strong enough to defend Dd our abroad gntdS anu
our sus5 6nmend the wise and conservative Admni
tration of our President; "fEve, gpance and stab
snrrencv entie him to the gratitude OF the pe1p
We also ndorse his courageous ana Of Grea
Britain UPON the territory Of free Amee,ea
State pledge our allegiance 10 Jeerson sne and
t,srnS Nv lanes Monroe that the United STATE
will permit no further acquisition Oh i 1oyery
this hemisphere by any foreign fhcha''"''"'
We sympatfizc with the patriots OF curion cuoa III sse
struggle dor At such time best sha
aid the OF freedom wi,n,obh' ,,,h friendiy fol
seyering peaceful. relations Win '''e' ~
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THE LATEST "BIKE" 1DEA-A WHEEL ON RUNNERS.

but pedals are provided as in the regu.
lar tandem, for the wheel is found to
run much more steadily with them.
The man in front steers, as in ordi.
nary tandem riding, while the rider
on the second seat regulates the speed
and acts as engineer.
The storage battery at present in
use is able to carry the machine at a
speed of over forty miles an hour for
about ON hour and a half without a
change.
The inventors devised the machine
expressly to pace contestants in time
contests and long road races. In
France the cost of hiring PAGERS in the
professional racesis very considerable,
and twenty .four.hour contests become
extremely expensive to the manage.
ment that is conducting them. The
electric tandem is estimated to cut
down the expense about half.
This machine has been so successful
that French bicycle manufacturers are
looking forward to the construction Of
a storage motor in the near future that
may be fastened to ordinary single bi.
cycles and will give effective help in
climbing hills or when bursts OF fspeed
are needed by tired riders.
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Simple Home Remedies.

The hints and suggestions given
herewith are expressed with rather
more confidence than we should gen;
orally use in regard to the efficacy OF
such remedies. They are, however,
very simple, and for emergencies can
do no harm.
Salt and water, used as q gargle for
sore throat, is equal to chlorate OF
potash, and is entirely safe. It may
be used as often as desired, and If 9
little is swallowed each time it will
have a beneficial effect on the throat
by cleansing it end allaying the irrita-
tion. In doses of one to four tea.
spoonfuls in half a pint to pint OF
tepid water it acts promptly as an
emetic, and in cases Of poisoning is
always on hand. It is an excellent
remedy for bites and stings of insects.
1t is good astringent in hemor-
rhsges, particularly for bleeding at
ter the extracting of teeth.
Mustard is another valuable remedy.
No family should be without it. Two1
or three teaspoonfuls of ground mus
tard stirred into half pint of wster1
acts very promptly as IN emetic, and
is milder and easier to take than salt|
and water. Equal parts of ground.
mustard and -four or meal made into
g paste with warm water and spread
on thin piece of muslin, with anoth3
er piece of muslin laid over it, form
an indispensable mustard plaster,
It is almost a specific for collie whel
applied for few minutes over tn
s'pit of the stomach" For all inter
nal pains and congestions there is N
remedy of such general utility.
acts as a counter.irritant by drawin
the blood to the surface; hence, il
severe cases OF Group a small mustard
plaster should be applied to the bacl
OF the child's neck. The same treat
ment will relieve almost any case
headache. A mustard plaster shoul
be moved about over the spot to
acted upon, for if left in one place
is liable to blister. A mustard pla
ter acts as well when at a distand
from the affected part. An excelle1
substitute for mustard plasters is VIII
is known as mustard leaves" Th'
may be obtained dozen in boz
and are about four by five lnche
They are perfectly dry, and will kee
for long time. For use it is on
necessary to dip one in dish OF wat
for a minute. and then apply it.
Common baking soda is the best
all remedies in cases of scalds an
burns. 1t may be used on the surfac
of the burned place either dry or we
When applied promptly, the sense
relief is magical. It seems to wit
draw the heat and with it the pail
and the healing process soon CON
mences.-Home Queen.
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Is There Irrigation in Mars :

1t would seem that th Q planet Mars
is now in q condition to which the
earth must come. 1t is struggling
against the gradual disappearance of
water on it's surface and its atmos-
phere. There is no weather there, for
there is no rain and there are no winds.
Dew in winter is deposited on it's poles
in the form of snow. The rest of the
planet consists of deserts with very
slight elevations. The inhabitants have
met this state of things by gigantic
system of irrigation. What We call
canals are irrigated districts about
thirty miles wide, with a canal run.
ming through them, from which water
is distributed. Here and there are
large oases OF irrigation, and these
GASES are connected with each other
by means of the canals. When the
SHOWS of the poles melt, the melted
water is distributed over the planet,
and thus crops are produced. The in.
habitants store up food and water for
that part of the year when there is
neither water nor vegetation. 80
raIefied is the atmosphere that one OF
these inhabitants can work at one
twentieth the exertion that it costs us,
or, in other words, perform with the
same expenditure of strength twenty
times the task. London Truth,
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The composition of mutton is the
same as that of beef and it is about
equal in nutritive value to beef.
Lamb is about the same.
A telescope which its maker ex-
poets will bring the moon within thlr"
ty.nine miles of the earth, is being
built for the Paris exposition OF 1900.
It is said that dew will not fall on
some coIors. While q yellow board
will be covered with dew q red or
black one beside it will be perfectly
dry, ....
The banana is said to be the most
prolific of all food products, being
forty.four times more productive than
potatoes, and 131 times more than
wheat.
The international congress for the
prevention of cruelty to animals, held
at Pesth, unanimously resolved to
take steps to bring about general
prohibition of vivisection by law.
There was rainfall of II inches in
the north of Ireland in July, which
beats all previous records. There
have been 23A inches Of rain so far
this year, 2t inches above the
average.
Library students in Paris wear
"muzzles" when perusing old books
in the National library, mot because
there is fear that they will bite the
old volumes, but to prevent the inha-
lation of the book microbes into their
lungs.
In France there are thirty-two bo-
tanical gardens; in Germany thirty
five; in Great Britain aad Ireland,
eleven; in the Indian Empire, nine; /;
in Italy, 221; in Russia, fourteen; /;
while in the big United States there
are but five.
The average depth of the sea, in
yards, is as follows: Pacific, 1852 /;
Atlantic, 1925; Indian, 1858; An
tsrctic, 5000; Arctic, 1890; Medit-
erranean, 1,476; Irish, 24O; English
Channel, no; Adriatic, forty-fve;
Baltic, forty three.
A scheme has been quietly matured
by capitalists to connect the surface
railway systems of New York and
Brooklyn by means Of tunnel. The
tunnel will be about $500 feet In
length, and in its greatest depression
it will be 146 feet below the surface OF
the East River.
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WORDS OE WISDOM.

Selhshneas is hard snake to kill.
It never hurts truth any to be lied
about.
Every land flowing with milk and
honey has giants IN it.
A good prayer meeting always be-
gins before the bell rings.
Everything we do will be great when
it is what God wants done.
Fortune cannot change us. It can
only bring out what is in us.
Angels are disappointed when the
preacher stops working for souls and
goes to working for dollars.
Scandals and crimes in the news.
papers are helping the devil about as
much as the hypocrites in church.
The man who sits down to wait for
a golden opportunity to knock at his
door, will need thick cushion on his
chair.
Many boys are saved when their
fathers are wrong, but the child
stands poor chance when Its mother
is wrong.
It is better to have only little
honest meal in the barrel, than to sit
down to smoked meat that should be
returned to somebody's smoke house.
Rams Horn.
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History Of Popular Songs.

Columns might he devoted to the
history of popular songs In all lands,
and as songs travel, 80 do musical in
struments. The reader who fancies
that the bsgpipe, for instance, was
first heard on Caledonia's shores will
be surprised to learn that it Was
known in Babylon in the days OF an
tiouity. The AssYrians bore it to In
dia, and it was used by several Indian
tribes. Later it was known to the
Italians and the Bretons. 1t entered
England shortly after the Roman con.
quest, and found it's way to Scotland,
where among the Highlanders it
reached its oest development.
No musical instrument has passed
through more numerous and varied
evolutions than the violin. Among
the ancient forms in use at the present
day, one of the most curious is the
Hardanger fiddle, which is still pop.
ular with the peasants of Norway, and
of which some specimens are found
among the Norwegians OF our North.
west. 1t has eight keys, four OF which
represent delicate metallic strings
lying under the fingerboard and so
tuned that their vibrations add weird
harmonies to the tones of the princi.
pal strings.
Many are the feats of skill at coun.
try festivals in Norway in which the
Hardanger fd'lle plays a prominent
role. To its inspiring straiIs the bold
rustic dancer leaps into the middle of
the barn floor at the country merry
making, balances himself to and fro.
first on one foot, now on the other,
springs up again, and finally, after
several feints, turning q somersault in
the air, touches beam in the ceiling
with his foot. With its marked ac-
cents the fiddle guides the movements
of this little solo dance in two-fourths
metre, known as the Halling, givin:; a
strong marcato when it is time to kick
the beam. 1t is ready, when the feat
is we'll performed, to break into that
gracious combination OF tones known
as the spring dance, a lively measure
in three.fourths metre, in which both
lads and lassies take part, and for
which the successful Halling dancer
may have his choice Of partners. -
New York Ledger.
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or bicycle, but one of them have
been successful. Faulty const ruction
has been the obstacle which has pre-.
vented the success of previous similar
undertakings. In theory this tricycle.
is correct, and on the ROAD it has been
used with success, appearing at several
meets around Boston and on the streets
of the city. The extreme height of
the tricycle. is about eleven feet, which
is the diameter of the rear wheels when
the tires are fully inflated. These
tires are of natural rubber color, SIX
teen inches in sectional diameter. The
diameter of the front steering-wheel is
six feet, cross section nine inches. It
is notable that the tires are built up ex-
actly as the regular tire. The weight
of the machine is 1853 pounds, without
the eight men, who weigh approximate
ly 100 pounds more, making the whole
affair scale more than ton. The gear
ing is analogous to that of locomo.
tive, having q double set of gears, four
men driving from each side, and con-
Meeting with the wheel on that side.
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Chicago Cripples Meet.

Men who have lost legs or arms by
accident, and ale still able to earn q
living, are going to organize for the
benefit of those who are grade more
unfortunate than themselves. They
called q meeting Of cripples in Chicago.
1t is hoped by this means to get chari-
table people to contribute to the erec.
ton of a home for the helpless.
The plan was suggested by the in.
crease of beggars on the streets OF
Chicago-the only resort of men and
women who are unable to earn any
thing by reason of infrmities. It is
argued by the leaders in the move
ment that business men should be
willing to contribute lump sums for
the support of an institution in case
they are assured that they will be re-
lieved from the annoyance attendant
upon the growing system OF personal
appeal. New York Journal.
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mother. 1t certainly bore some rela-
ton to the attachment which citizen
of Strasburg, Germany. rigged toI his
velocipede to enable his dog to assist
in furnishing the motive power.
The dog was hltched behind the ve-
hicle at the end of a rod so that he
pushed instead of pulled. With the
dogs head hitched to the vehicle he
was forced to maintain the proper po.
sition and his efforts to trot along di.
rectly under his master resulted in his
taking much of the strain off that gen.
tleman's legs. With powerful dog
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you can defer action
Il would violate my duty to my cH-
ents II l deferred it day longer"


Il would violate my duty to my cn-
ents II deferred 1t day longer.
"Then-"
Tomorrow go into court and sub
NIT these document. They represent g
personal Indebtedness of $1,000. They
represent your Endorsement for $4,000
more. The distressing feature OF the
latter amount Is that the alleged maker
Of the note denies its validity. In other
words, it Is forgery"
A groan rang from the lips OF the un-
happy man.
hollow, broken tone Of deep despair.
my personal Indebtedness does not wor-
ry me. 1 should never have been called
upon to bear it, for I never personally
contracted dollar Of it. However, PEN
ury, destitution myself and family might
honorably endure, but dishonor, neverl
II that two-thousand-dollar claim is
presented in court"
You will be accused Of forgery"
Which I never committed cried the
Colonel. You believe me?"
II certainly do, but will jury? Those
documents go in as evidence, on their
face showing you are responsible 1or
them
But have explained to you! That
scoundrel OF partner Of mine drew out
of the firm few months since on the
pretense Of ill-health. He took nearly
all the ready cash. and not until after
he had got safe in foreign land did I
learn tnat the alleged valuable assets
he had left as my share Of the business
were only waste paper. Worse than
the burden of debt, he left those forged
notes. I hypothecated them. Now I
am accused of utterinQ them!"
Can you not take them up3' insin-
uated the lawyer.
Impossible! I have vainly tried to
borrow. My son, dependence usually,
has lost all interest in business and
wanders about half-crazed over the dis
appearance OF heartless jilt. No, ruin
stares mo in the face-worse, the pris-
on-dock, dishonor, death!"
Il am sorry for you
That was all the lawyer could say.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Ivy Poisoning.

Antidotes for ivy poisoning multi
ply. Ono very susceptible to poison
oak or ivy is reported in the Rural
New Yorker to find tincture OF grin
della the best remedy. Dilute it with
about three quarts of water and bathe
the affected parts. 1t should be ap.
piled as soon as the irritation is felt
and before the characteristic pustules
appear. Applied at this time it will
prevent the formation of the pustules
and soon check the irritation. But if
not applied until the pustules appear
it will only prevent the formation Of
new pustules that are already formed
will simply take their course without
spreading. The diluted tincture
should be applied to the affected parts
as often as two or three times every
hour.
Another antidote declared to be en-
tirely efficient is two or three drops of
bromine in O little sweet oil and used
as lotion. 1t is little difficult to
buy brcmine in minute quantities, ow.
ing to its evaporating propensity, but
at least one drug store in Providence
hos it on sale in this way.
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COMBINATION BICYCLE ON HIGHWAY.

attachment will weigh less than fifty
pounds. The length of time requir ed
for adjusting the attachment on the
wheel is given as five minutes. for re-
moving it one minute, and for folding
it up and securing for highway riding
five minutes. The plan is to con-
struct the machine so it will be of use
particularly to telegraph and telephone
line repair men, and for this work
a wire reel is carried upon the rear
fork of the attachment and the neces-
sary tools are carried in satchal sus-
pended in the frame of the bicycle.
For the repair of long distance tele-
phone lines, which follow both rail
ways and highways, it is believed that
this machine and attachment will be
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rear s,ortion of the bicycle is supported
by the runners in such a manner that
the tire presses upon the ice sufficiently
hard to give the friction, or traction,
necessary for propulsion. By means
OF lever operated by the hands OF
the rider the pressure of the tire upon
the ice can be regulated, or if it is de-
sired to coast the rear wheel can be
raised entirely from the surface,
throwing the weight upon the run
ners. These runners are but few
inches apart. They resemble an ex.
aggerated long Dutch skate.
The front wheel does not revolve at
all. The runner is fastened firmly to
it, not permitting it to touch the ice.
Steering is accomplished in the or.
dinary manner, with the handle bars.
The brake consists of number OF
sharp teeth or claws which are forced
into the ice, just in front of the rear
wheel, between the two runners.
1t is not necessary to put the wheel
in motion before mounting. It will
stand by itself, and the rider can come
TO q ll.stop without getting of. The
ice cycler need not confine his travels
to frozen bodies of water. He can
ride anywhere that good shedding is to
be found. Equipped with set of these
runners it is possible to ride wherever
q sleigh can travel unless the snow is
deep or soft.
This new attachment appears little
complicated, but in reality it ls very
simple affair, and can be attached by
any one having slight knowledge of
machinery in short time. No tools
are required beyond those habitually
carried in the tool bag, and the bicycle
is not damaged in any way. Detach.
ing the runners is as easy a matter as
putting them on, and they are adapted
to ladies' wheels as we'll as to the
diamond frames.
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A Dog for Motive Power.

The appearance OF a man on q TIL
cycle with dog hitched behind it act
ing as motive power created no little
comment in the streets Strasburg, Ger
many, several days ago.
The dog vas hitcbed behind the
vehicle at the end of rod so that he
pushed instead of pulled. With the
dogs head hitched to the vehicle he
was forced to maintain the proper
position and his efforts to troll along
directly under his master resulted in
his taking much of the strain off that
gentleman's legs. With o powerful
dog broken to harness and willing to
work scorching would be made easy.
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Hints on Eating.
3anid eating is slow suicide.

Rapid eating is slow suicide.
Plenty of time should be taken. !
Dinner should be of lighter nj
ture in summer than in winter.
Mere qualification of the appetite
very likely to shorten life.
It is not good to dine when in
state of mental or physical weakness,
Two pounds of potatoes contain a
much nutriment as thirteen pounds q
turnips. :. i
Light soups, light desserts and ligh
meats should have the preference i
warm weather.
Fish and oysters are easily digested
An hour or two of rest should be takel
after the meal.
Abuse of the stomach at dinner vii
be repaid sooner or later by that pun
ishment which comes to the glutton
Vegetables and fruits are to be use'
most generously at that season Of tn
wear in which they naturally mature
Home Queen.
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An Electric Tandem.

An electric tandem, the invention OF
two Fren chmen, MN. Aucoc and Dar-
racq, is just now creating great sen.
sation in bicycling circles in Paris.
The machine is an ordinary tandem
rigged with an electric motor and
compact storage battery. It weighs
about twenty pounds and generates
two horse power.
The motor turns at speed of 5000
revolutions minute, but the problem
of gearing it down il it's attachment to
the axle has been successfully accom-
plished. The motor is able to drive the
machine without aid from the riders,
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An Oily Fish.

The oily character OF the menhadep
is familiar; it is caught for its oil.
which is tried ont in factories. Mem
haden fishermen use parse nets, which
are tarred to preserve them. To keep
their hands from sticking to the tarred
nets they rub them on freshly caught
menhaden, handling it something as
they would cake OF soap. So oily is
the menhaden that the simple pressure
thus applied is sufficient to brina
through the settles oil sufficient for thd
purpose.
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broken to harness and willing to work
scorching would be made easy.
Biggest Cylcle Ever Built.

An Eastern tire manufacturing firm
exhibited at the Louisville meet the
greatest novelty in wheel construction
ever attempted. 1t was o monster
tricycle. The machine is fitted with
MANN 9th single tube tires, the front
one being of the color characteristic
OF the firms product. An idea of the
proportio Ms OF the machine may be
gathered from the fact that eight men
are required to propel it. Many
former attempts have been made to
build giant wheel, either o tricycle.