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A BIKE FOR LOVERS.
The Machine May lie Ridden by One
or by Two Persons.

The Machine May lie Ridden by One
or by Two Persons.
The great objection to the tandem
bicycle Is the difficulty Of carrying on
conversation. The one seated in the
rear cannot hear very well the remarks
Of the person in front, and as the per-
son in front Is usually the young man
1t may be guessed that great many
remarks have thus been wasted on
the desert air. With view of con-
quering this obstacle to free conversa-
tion while two persons are riding one
machine, bicycle has been invented
which, among a certain class of riders,
promises to become extremely popular.
1t Is called the companion side-seated
bicycle" and the manner Of its con-
struction Is very well shown by the
picture.
In this bicycle the two riders are
seated side by side, as in the old FASH
ioned "sociable" tricycle.. In many
points the machine resembles this old
style tricycle., the chief difference be-
ing that the third wheel Is abandoned.
The long axle of the rear wheel. en-
ables the use Of two sprockets at its
extremities, so far apart as to admit
Of each one being acted upon through
a separate pair of sprockets, each actu-
ated by separate rider. There is a
triple head and double frame, the lat
ter carrying two saddles placed side
by side at proper distance apart for
two riders to work pedals freely.
II Is said that a difference Of 100
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long association with the cruel system
had hardened them to every appeal OF
humanity when made In behalf Of the
inferior race. This all came about at
time when large class OF intelligent
people at the North were clamoring for
the emancipation Of the slaves 1t was
an opportune time for Mrs. Stowe to
express her disapprohation Of an insti-
tuition that had BEEN mIscalled ID
vine." Among her first efforts was the
Death OF Uncle" which appeared In
the Washington Era. AS this article
met with great favor she began the
serial OF "Uncle Toms CABIN" which
appeared from week to week In the
Era. 1t was soon published In book
form and sold and read everywhere.
Some efforts were made to interdict Its
sale in the South, but this only served
to increase the demand. Mrs. Stowe
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ity that the forts will be absolutely
invulnerable to the heaviest ord
nance mounted on any ship of war. AS
the barbettes must extend several feet
below the lowest low water mark, and
also several feet above the highest high
water mark, it is proposed to face them
with cement so applied as to protect
the metal from the corrosive action Of
the salt water.
Each turret will. have its own revolv-
Ing machinery. The thickness of the
nrmor plate will be determined by the
relative status Of armor and the gun
at the time when the forts are ready for
their steel protection, and, to a certain
extent, the caliber and length of gun
will be dependent upon that relative
status. 1t is to be expected, however,
that the four forts will contain eight Of
the most powerful pieces that can be
made
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May it notsbe that in the puerility Of
his old age his childish fancy con.
ceived this vagary and it is to him a
reality
The public will accept at once, and
without a dissenting voice, the state
ment of the distinguished author that
Uncle Tom had no living prototype, but
the character was her own creation.
She needed no living prototype" The
genius with which she was endowed,
and the educate she received gave her
the creative power. and the times in
which she lived called it forth. To my
mind the question of how she came to
write this wonderful story is easily
answered.
and was one of a family of six, all Of
whom became distinguished in the par
ticular fields oil labor they had chosen.
and she, perhaps. the most distinguish
ed Of them all She was carefully edu-
Gated and gave carly promise of the in.
telicctudl powers that afterwards char
ncterized her works. She imbibed from
association and training the Puritani-
cal ideas of right and justice character
istic OF the New England people, and
was taught to believe that all men
should have political and religious free
dom.
Her father removed to Cincinnati to
accept the presidency Of theological
school when she was young woman,
and she and her sister intended to
found school for young women, but
she married Prof. Stowe before their
plans were matured. Cincinnati was
on the borderland Of slavery where
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An English Estimate of the Boer.

The following little anecdote may be
of some interest, illustrating the mathe,
matical capacity Of the Beers: "Six
years ago an Englishman owed sum
Of $500 to Boer. When payment was
demanded, instead of paying the whole
sum, he paid only $500. On arriving
home the Boer counted out his money
with the aid of Ready Reckoner,' and
found that he had been paid f2O0 short
He Immediately returned to the En-.
glishman, explained to him that, &C.
cording to his Ready Reekoner,' he was
f20Q short. The ready, cwitted Briton
seized the book and, replied that 1t was
last years The Boer returned satis.
fied."-LOndon Tit-Bits.
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KIT cARsoN's SON.
He Lives Like Hermit in the WiIdes
Part of the Sierras.

Part of the Sierras.
liz the widest part of the Sierras,
where the ridge takes a dip into the
Pacific Ocean at Santa Monica Bay,
Cal. lives Samuel Carson, the son of
the famous Kit Carson, scout, soldier,
and pioneer. For twenty years the old
man has been buried out Of sight and
out of mind in this more than hermit's
retreat. He has few acquaintances and
no friends, save the dozen or more
dogs-setters, pointers. spaniels and
Newfoundlands-th lie around his
shack and stable, or feed from his hand
on the meat he has killed with his gum.
Like many sons of great, original men,
Sam Carson in no fashion or form in
herits his fathers propensities, except
In his inalienable love for nature in her
widest expressions.
Tall and thin, but rugged as the little
peaks that leap into the sky around
him, he Is as picturesque and full of
color as any hunter drawn by Cooper
or Reid. He never knew days Illness
and never win. His taking off will come
some night when he lies down to sleep
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Protestant Episc0paIians Will Erect q
Mammoth House Of Worship.
The Protestant Episcopalians OF
Maryland and the District OF Columbia
Will soon commence the erection, ut
Washington, d. c., of great cathe-
dral, TO be known as the cathedral
church of St. Peter and ST. Paul. The
church edifice proper Will cost about
$3,000,00O, and the construction of va
rious buildings In connection will run
the total expenditure up to nearly
$4,000, 900. ~
Plans have been adopted for the
proposed cathedral, and are OF the
architectural style known as the re-
naissance. These plans include much
more than the one great place OF wor-
ship. Twenty acres Of land out in the
direction Of Woodley, one OF the sub
urbs OF the capital, and that In which
President Cleveland's summer house
Is located. have been secured by the
new foundation. and this has front
age Of 1000 feet on the Woodley road,
the name OF which will be changed to
S0thtNiai AfNhuCs
The Washington board Of street OPEN
ing is already planning a number of
fine thoroughfares, to lead out from the
city to the extensive grounds of the
new cathedral, and many improve
ments will be made In the neighbor-
hood. On the newly acquired property
will be built, beside the great cathedral,
a theological seminary, boys and a
girls school, two chapels, the bishops
palace" the hall, residence for the
canons and many smaller buildings.
The new cathedral Is to be built upon
an eminence overlooking the city of
Washington, and the imposing struc-
ture will be a landmark Of great mag
nitude when completed. II will be
built probably Of white marble. and
the four great spires will rise 312 feet
into the air, and the main dome $50
fee.
An idea p6Sf Tie size of the structure
may. perhaps. be had from the state
ment that more than $500 people will
be able to see and hear the bishop from
under the great roof. This is far i'm
excess Of the seating capacity Of even
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was now famous. She had "builded
better than she knew"
Looking back through the mist of
years at the changes this simple story
contributed so much to bring about,
may we not believe it was an inspira-
ton? The fact that she continued to
write for many years, and that no one
of her interesting works ever approach
ed Uncle Toms Cabin" either in pop
ularity or power of creative genius,
goes far to strengthen this assumption.
However this may be, 1t may fairly be
presumed that the results of her work
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went far beyond any conceptions she
may have had of its results. "a
1t was perhaps overdrawn and did in
justice to large class of slave owners
who were humane and just, but 1t was,
nevertheless, a faithful portrayal Of the
wrongs that had grown out Of a system
that at best was unworthy Of a people
who had said and done so much for
human liberty.
1t can never be known how far-reach-
ing in it's influence this patriotic story
was, or just what part it played in the
great civil struggle, whose painful
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The other day when Paderewski was
dining at hotel in Richmond, Va, a
fine nickel-plated banjo was sent in by
local banjo player, with the request
that the great pianist should write n
short musical sentiment on the sheep
skin head. Paderewski complied with
the request, and this is the sentiment
to which he attached his signature: II
have not the pleasure of being a per-
former on this beautiful instrument; am
only a piano player" Now the banjo
player Is asking his friends IL the vir-
tuoso was 'jollying" him.
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NEW BRIDGE AT NIAGARA.

A Fine steel Arch to Be Erected by
Next Fall.
Visitors to Niagara Falls next sum-
mer will be able to watch the construc-
tion OF fine new bridge that is TO be
erected on the site now occupied by the
new" suspension structure that spans
the gorge and rocks and sways with
every strong wind. While the present
bridge is safe enough for pedestrians
and carriages, It is. not regarded as
strong enough to bear trolley cars, a
line of which will undoubtedly be run
over the new bridge as soon as 1t is
completed.
The new bridge will be 4 .240 feet In
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aHehris Moisson recently exhibited at
the French Academy of Science a
black diamond as large as mans fist,
which IL valued at about $4,000. 1t Is
said to be the largest black diamond
ever found. and was picked up In Bra
I'll by a miner working In private
grounds. 1t weighed 1900 carats, or
about twice as much as the largest
stone OF the kind hitherto discovered.
Within short time after its discovery,
about five months ago, 1t lost nineteen
grammes of its weight, evidently by
the evaporation of water contained In
1t, but this loss has not ceased. It's
crystalline form is nearly perfect. re-
sembling that Of the artificial diamonds
formed by the crystallization of car
bon in silver cruclbles.-New York Tri-
bune.
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memories have coma down to us
through the vista Of over thirty years.
but 1t is certain that the divinity
with which the monster of slavery had
been invested was drawn. aside by the
perusal of this book, and thousands
of young men In the Southern and bor-
der States were led by 1t to battle for
freedom who would otherwise have
cast their fortunes with the Confed-
eracy. But perhaps its greatest and
most important mission was to edu-
cate and arouse the great Northern
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in the mountains heart and slumbers
forever. Out Of the hunting season.the
old man works a wee bit of ranch In
the canon and sells the product in Santa
Monica. But he despises this one link
that binds him to civilization and would
as soon abandon it as not. The inte-
rior of his hut Is neat and suggestive
of his lineage. Here are gathered relics
of his celebrated father. which should
be worth much to any museum OF Amer
ican history.
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she came in cont act with fugitive slaves
and heard their stories Of wrongs and
cruelty. She visited the Southern plan
tations and studied the peculiar insti-
tutiont Id all its phases. She witnessed
the scenes at the auction block aud
whipping posts. Heretofore she had
known nothing Of slavery, except what
she had read. Now she witnessed 1t In
all itsghficous details. She came In
contact mostly with those who were
ficeing from the cruel lash. She saw
the slave traders and overseers whose
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In a book Of "reminiscences of Concord
thjty years ago, by Frank Stearns.
jr.st published, the author relates how
'diss Alcott came to him one day, and
asked him to take her out rowing. He
complied, but he found 1t more of job
lhan he had anticipated.
"This is the darnedest boat ever
pulled" he remarked.
Prank" said Miss Alcott, never say
darn. Much better to be profane than
vulgar"
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UNCLE TOMS CABIN.
HARRIET 6EEcHER STOWE AND
HER WORK.
DECLINING Days OF the Greatest wom.
an Writer America Has Ever Pro-
duccd = How the Famous Fiction
Came to he Written.
woman's Great work.

Whatever may be the purpose of the
aged and obscure negro of Lexington.
KY, In setting up the claim that he Is
the original from which Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe drew the character OF
Uncle Tom in the well-known story Of
"Uncle Toms Cabin" Ii will scarcely
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be regretted that it has called public.
attention once more to the first and
greatest woman writer America has
ever produced.
In this era of charity and good fellow
ship may we not hope that the venera
BILE negro Is not a verltable impostor?
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upright position and the second rider
mounts by means OF the pedal, and 80
the start Is made. The dismount Is
made In the same way. reversing. Of
course, the operations.
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Teacher-Olga, translate the follow
Ing sentence into French: my cousin
Arthur is greatly attached to me-"
Olga quickly His name II Max.-
Flicgende Blaetter.
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willie-Will teacher go to heaven
when she dies, ma? Mrs. Ferry-Yes,
dear. willie-But win they let her In?
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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This is a picture of the newest thing
in skirts for professional shoplifters.
1t was found on Mrs. Passo, from
France, who was, arrested In New
York dry-goods store. The dotted lines
indicate Sits in the, skirt, which are
dexterously concealed by folds in the
material. These Sits open into capa-
cious pockets extending from waist
band to hem.
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pounds weight in the riders Is not no
ticeable, and that person who Is ig-
norant of riding can be taken out on
this wheel with perfect safety. The
system of mounting Is peculiar and
somewhat complicated. For the first
one who mounts the wheel Is inclined
to one side, and the rider takes his or
her place on the lower saddle The
machine Is then brought again to an
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the enormous Madison Square Garden.
The cathedral will be about the same
size, though much higher and more
massive than the garden, while each
Of its four spires will rise to just about
the height of the tower on the great
New York show room.
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Good Old Town.

Clarence, Erie County, N. Y. (popula-
ton, 20O), has score of residents
whose age Is over seventy five years.
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Form good habits, and yeu will ilnd
them as hard to break as bad habits.
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Every poersIngerin this country once
led a church choir.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07


The committee of the whole to which
was referred the application OF j. j. Eagan
transfer his liquor license from Hun
.lhsdon and East Broad streets, to Charl-
on and East Broad, report favorably
thereon Herman Myers.
Chairman Committee OF the Whole.
Report adopted
Ihe committee Of the whole to which
was referred the application of q. A. Brun-
nnihg, to transfer his liquor license from
est Broad and Waldburg streets, to West
sroad and Gwinnett streets, report IA
Forably thereon. Herman Myers
Chairman Committee of the Whole
Report adopted.
me committee of the whole to which
was referred the communication from the
.anltary board. relative to the abandon
ment OF the present system Of dispensing
medicine to the city poor, and suggesting
we advisability Of opening a city dispen-
'ary, report favorably thereon, and re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07

Ordinance on its first reading and re-
ferred to committee of the whole.
BY Finance Committee
An ordnance TO assess and levy taxes and
raise revenue for the city Of savannah; for
the regulation Of certain kinds OF business
In the corporate and jurisdictional limits
Of said city; fixing penalties for the viola
ton OF the revenue ordinances OF said city,
and for other purposes connected with
taxes and revenue Of said city.
Section I. The mayor and Aldermen OF
the city Of Savannah, In council, assembled
do hereby ordain. That from and after the
hrst day OF January, 1897. the inhabitants
Of said corporate and Jurisdictonal limits
OF said city, and those who hold taxable
property within the same, and those who
transact, or offer TO transact, business
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-07
CITY GOVERNMENT.
metal proceedings Of Council.

ORiciaI Proceedings of Council.
savannah, Ca, Dec. ?, 1S96.-Councl met
is evening at O'Clock. Present: Hon.
erman Myers. mayor, presiding; Thomas
|,reven. chairman of council; George w.
|edeman, vice chairman of council; AL
rmen Bacon, Faliigant Garrard, Glea-
L. Kolshorn, Lamotte, Lester, Watson.
The minutes of the last meeting were
H. and confirmed.
ACCOUNTS.
the committee on accounts report that
av have examined and found correct
n against the city amounting to eleven
fonsand, five hundred and forty-one dol
RS and thirty cents, as per accompany
9 schedule, and recommend that the
me he passed for payment.
George w. Tiedeman,
Chairman Committee on Accounts.
Ronorts received and accounts as per
blowing schedule passed for payment:
hoard of Health
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
REVERSED THE DECISION.
William French demanded hack to the
Custody of the sherin.

MADISON, Wis, May 25.-After weeks of
consideration the supreme court has at
last handed down decision in the case of
tho state against William French, who, I'm
March, 1891, shot Gavin NJ. Steel at Ash
land. The court reversed the decision Of
the lower court and directed the warden
of the state prison to remand French To
the custody Of the Ashland county sher-
III Insanity was French's defense The
murder grew out of the alleged relations
Of Mrs French, wife of the defendant, and
James Dukct. In September, 1898, French
was convicted the first time and sentenced
TO Waupun for life. Errors in the record
gave him new trial, but in May, 1894, he
was found guilty. Ii is from this verdict
that the present appeal is taken.
French's story is rather sad one. His
friends assert that his wife's actions un-
balanced his mind. After his first con
viction she married James Duket, the man
who was the original cause of the muir
der. When the first conviction was re
versed, French friends had Duket arrest
ell for adultery, and In the lower court he
was convicted. In the supreme court,
however the conviction was reversed, the
court holding having been that the impris
onment for life, even though not sustained
was "a divorce within the meaning Of the
statute, making the separation of husband
aud wife legal without court proceedings
when one of the couple shall have been
copdemned 10 spend the remainder al
their days inside the walls of the state
Dcnitentiary
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
wARRING DEMOCRATS.
The Fight in Cook County. Illinois, Takes
ON N sSr,oss ,Asys~rt.

The Fight in Cook County, Illinois. Takes
on ssrioss iAsssect.
CHICAGO, May 25 5-The die has now been
cnst between the two wafring factions of
the Illinois Democracy, and thcre seems TO
be no outlook but continued warfare from
now on until the national convention has
finally passed upon the merits Of the fight.
The party i'm Cook county is simply rent
in twain. All this has been precipitatcd
by the issuance of what is known as the
brace" primary call by the Democratic
central COMMITTEES As soon as the call
was made public the honest-money leaders
Immediately made an analysis of 1t and
pronounced it imperfect.
As "A result the honest money executive
committee has decided to refrain from
partcipating i'm the primaries, callng
upon all true Democrats TO remain away.
Ii has also decided to issue call OF its
own, and To hold separate county and
state conventions. The honest money or
ganization has issued the following mani
fcsto:
Resolved, That this committee advise
all Democrats of Cook cook county who
are in favor of honest primaries and hon
est money to remain away from the brace
primaries to be held on Monday next; and
be il further recommended that it proceed
at once to reorganize the Democratic party
of this county"
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
OPERA MANAGERS FAIL.
weu-Known Men Forced to Make ar
Assignment.

Assignment.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Abbey, Schoei1el
& Grau. the opera managers, have as
signed Colonel A. A. Rand Of Boston
and Louis j. Phelps of Hin, River *
Montgomery are the assignees. 1t is be
lieved that the liabilities will not exceed
tSOO, 600 with assets of SlJ0,OO0 To s9n,W
Louis j Phelps assignee Of Abbey,
Schocffcl a Grhu, could not say anything
definite about the affairs of the firm,
which has been 81 prominent in rcccn d
years as operate and dramatic managers.
The published statement that the firm
owes S3N,OOO Mr.. Phelps said, however,
was merely speculation, the facts not hav-
inu been ascertainable up To the present
time.
The fact that George l.. Rives, the senior
member of the firm Of which Assignee
Phelps is a member, is a box holder and
director of the Metropolitan Opera house,
would seem TO indicate that the stockhold-
ers of that establishment, and of which
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau aro tho man
ayers, will not push matters 10 extrcmi.
ties II they can possibly avoid doing SO
Manrace Grau. the member of the firm
who has been in charge OF affairs az tie
Metropolitan Opera house, sailed Ca ~
Normandie saturday for Hav-a I 4 siiu
90 renew contracts with the pliut a
operatic stars who appeared h, e during
| the =cason Of operd recently closed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
The Boycott at Milwaukee,.

MILWAUKEE, May 25.-Mayor Rauschcn.
berger has issued proclamation calling
attention to the prevalence of the boycott
as an incident of the street railway strike
and requesting all the law abiding resi-
dents of the city to assist in putting an
end To the commercial war. He declares
that the boycott is injurious to the bust
ness interests Of the city and that II
persisted in it will cause permanent
injury in all departments Of trade
A meeting Of the merchants and manu-
facturcrs of the city isto he held iIithe after
noon To take action i'm regard " the boy
cott 1t Is realized that an end must bC
put to the warfare on business men who
permit their employees to ride in the car,
and who deal with the street railway and
its employees
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-25
DRAMATIC Scene in Court.

MUsCATINE, Ia, May 25-Judgc Wolfe
Friday sentenced Mart ;. Woods, con-
vioted of blowing up the home of Il. NJ.
Kessingcr, in 1893, with dynamite, to ten
years i'm the penitentiary at Fort Madison
A dramatic scene occurred in the court
room after the court overrulcd the motion
for new trial The wife of the defend
ant became hysterical and, mounting
Judge Wolfe's bench, threw her arms
around his neck and besought him not tc
send her husband away. protesting that he
was innocent. She had to be carried from
the court room before the court could pass
sentence