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Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-22
SOMERS POINT.

The Hotel Bradford, the largest and
handsomest hotel in this place, and
which was largely patronized by Phil
adelphia and New York sportsmen, was
destroyed by fire Saturday. The flames
gained such headway that the volunteer
fire company could not cope with them.
Townsend & Vansant, proprietors of
the hotel, estimate their loss at sac, 900,
partly covered by insurance. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-22
LiNWOOD.

Nellie MOnIOrU, dbSibUdHb &udFu, MISS
Nellie Deputy; secretary, Leona Adams.
LiNWooD.
Edwin Fish has attractions in Lin
wood and matters look bright for the
dear future. Brace up. Ed. and go in to
win.
Horace Andrews, of Tuckerton, has re-
turned home after spending two weeks
| with his uncle, Michael Bird.
Rumors are floating around OF we'd
| ding in the near future.
John A. Harding, OF Camden, spent
Saturday in this place.
| Richard Sloan, aged 10, a veteran of
the war, was found dead here last Tues
| day. Death was due to hear disease.
Extra meetings in Central M. E. church
are still in progress. A large number at
tend nightly.
Who is the young man that called on
another fellow there?
The measles are raging here.
Miss Carrie Risley and Mrs. Japhet
Frambes are visiting relatives in East
Orange.
Collins & Co. shipped last week by rail
to Atlantic City and Longport 231 tons
of ice.
NEW JERSEY NOTES.
Henry Kohl, the Newark murderer. is
to hang Feb. 20.
A silk factory is projected for Egg Har-
Dor City.
Government Inspector Howland is
moking tour of the life-saving stations
on the Jersey coast.
FreehOlder Joseph Moore, of Glouces-
ter county, who has been suffering for
weeks from the bite of hog, is still in a
serious condition.
Senator Hoffman will endeavor to have
the legislature pass law that will pro-
vide for the retirement of the Atlantic
county insane asylum boards in Jumps
of $4,000.
Miss Irene Kelly, daughter of Thomas
F. Kelly, of Philadelphia, made the
round trip from Cape May to Cape May
ten minutes on Thursday.
trjbuting quail through the lower coun-
ties. Gunners say the work at this seas
on of the year is fOolhardy, as the birds,
coming from q warmer climate, are like
ly to die in the rigorous weather yet to
come.
The New Jersey Fruit and Vegetable
Packers association, at its eleventh
annual meeting last week elected the fol-
lowing officers President, James A.
Lanning, Camden; vice-president, A. A.
Brakley, Bordentown; secretary and
treasurer, Thompson Vangilder, Ocean
View; executive committee, Charles III.
Vanneman, Bridgeton; Robert F. Fogg,
Quinton; J. A. Bodine, Camden; F. c.
Prabasco, Bridgeton. and Everett Scar
borough, Lambertville. The president
will represent the society at the national
convention in Syracuse, N. Y.
The smashing of the Methodist parson-
age windows at Tuckahoe, the putting
of nails in the way of bicycles to ruin
them and the dissertation of Mrs. Mary
Wallace's grave, were followed Sunday
night week ago by an attempt to burn
a dwelling house belonging to James
Steelman 4 Sons, occupied by Edward
Baily, on the road to Mays Landing a.
bout mile from Tuckahoe. The fire
was discovered beforeit had gained much
headway and was extinguished. Mr..
Bailey was burned about the hands in
endeavor to put the fire out.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-22
MAYS LANDING.

One day last week fifteen hundred
pounds of fine rock were caught at the
Carawba fishery.
Professor John G. Clifford gave alecture
in the State Normal School auditorium
last Wednesday night.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1896-01-22
DICKERS IN DIRT.
Transfers of Real Estate In At
Iant1c County Last week.
ATLANTIC CITY.

The following exchanges of real estate were
recorded at the county clerks office for the week
andinn 18th nst
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Gov. Morton Of New York put to recent
law makes il a mislemeanOr for any per-
son or persons to throw glass. tacks, mains
or any other sharp substance into the
th0rOughfarcs The idea Is to protect
pneumatic tires. one of the most sensi-
bile laws ever put into force is this self
same statute II viii prove a boon TO
wheelmen. Tires have been punctured on
the road through the carelcssness of peo-
pie who have Uttered the highways with
all sorts of rubbish Wheelmen find that
they can legislate, and will do So"
Under the rules of the National Cyclists
Union of England. racing men i'm Great
altles for winning races within four days
of each other: Races under $50 yards ,
yards; races of $50 yards, 5 yards for rid
ers receiving up 20 and including 40 yards
10 Yards for riders receiving over 30 yards
and up to so yards; - yards for riders
receiving over 90 yards and up to 10
yards. Unless in club or novice races,
llO yards is now the tull limit from the
mile champion in race
The rapid increase in the number of
riders has made the question OF special
cycle paths one for serious consideration
in various parts of the country, a. we'll
as IN this vicinity, and many such will De
built during the coming summer, both for
the purpose of giving cyclists a superior
is i'm poor condition ard in others for the
purpose of relieving the OVercrowdeu
drivss. Park commissioners and others
high in authority in several large cities
have expressed the belief that some such
action will be compulsory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
STIMULATING DEATH.
Remarkable Cases of 1t Being Done
in India and Elsewhere.
From the Medical Journal.

From the Medical Journal.
DR.. Kuhn has had occasion to observe
two cases, the genuineness of which he
had no reason to doubt. One of the fakirs,
in question had been inferred for six weeks
and the other for ten days The fakirs,
who are hysterical TO the highest degree,
possess the faculty of producing artificial
ly a condition identical with cataleptic
ecstasy. They use all possible means, such
as modification of the body by a special
diet, the internal employment of different
plants known only TO themselves, and the
adoption of a peculiar posture of the body
for many hours. When they have practic-
ed this for a sufficient length of time, they
assume one of the postures prescribed by
the sacred books of the Indians, and fall
into a hypnotic condition, induced by
looking fiXedly at the end of the nose
Hasheesh is still made use of by them to
diminish the respiratory force, for this
hypnotic when associated with other
plants and employed in peculiar manner
makes up for the loss of air and nourish-
ment.
The fakrs have hallucinations when
hypnosis begins; they hear certain sounds,
see angels, and their faces express a feel
ing of Happiness. But, little by little con-
sciousness disappears and the body ac-
quires a peculiar rigidity. This is evil
IDENTIFY, says the writer. a matter of self
hypnotism in hysterica persons who are
sufficiently predsposed to it. This lethar-
gy is looked upon by people as death, and
when the subjects are aroused ii is God
who has brought them to life.
In Greek or Roman literature, says the
writer we may find accounts of persons
who have died and returned again to earth
There is nothing astonishing in these facts
for BOuchut, in his treatise on the signs
which enable US to recognize real death
reported the cease of a woman who had
been disinterred in order that a friend
might look at her again. She was found to
be alive. and she lived for many years
afterWard. Also in the department of the
north there was case reported of a girl
who had rC0lined in a lethargic condition
for several years. She had fallen into this
condition on hearing that she was to be
arrested for having committed a crime
This year the Prince of Wales will
have been grand master of the English
Free Masons for twenty-one years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

A company has been formed to operate
IN Atlantic City ana ina several other well
known watering resorts for carrying in
Vallds and children about the towns and
70 the beaches by means Of the Tink-
ham Jinrickisha, a new vehicle built
something like a tricycle., with a comfort
able seat behind, the driver or rider Sit
ting Tn front and pedalng as on an or
binary bicycle. A number of these ma
chimes have also been shipped to Lenox
ana Newport for private use
cyclists and nOn-Cyclists, particularly
the younger element, are busy just now
collecting advertisements in the hope of
winning the bicycle offered by the manu-
tacturers TO whoever shall send the great
er number Of Columbia bicycle advertise
ments clipped from newspapers or maya
zines issued since Jan. l. Almost every
periodical that can be seized upon bV
those enthusiastic collectors is eagerely
scanned for the much coveted advertise
ments, ana even though IL may be a
duplicate of one they already have. II
is treasured up In the hope that IL can
be exchanged with some other collector
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

who may have duplicate OF some other
sort. The contest closes June go
The fond father the admiring uncle
and the dOting big brother i'm Illinois who
have been i'm the habit of strapping baby
into a basket or other contriVance and
giving the youngster a ride on the BIZ
cycle, must forego that sort of amuse-
ment or incur the liabilities of prosecu-
ton.
such is the edict of the Illinois HUI
name Society. The officers Of the society
have beeen giving the matter serious in
a collision occurs is only one of the less
objections raised. Medical experts, they
say, are convinced that the rapid and
unnatural motion affects the childs BRAIN
The official protectors of the children pro-
pose TO invoke the aid of law.
An ingenious invention for transmitting
the power of the hands 10 the pedal
crank Of the bicycle has just been COM
pleted
1t consists Of lever pivoted at the
head of the machine connecting rod
extending downward Jherefrom, a
rock-shaft in the frame of the
machine, leaving crank with
which the connecting rod is Joined.
second crank on the rock-shaft, a rod
connecting the latter with the pedal crank
Of the machine, a handle bar adapted to
oscillate and means whereby the oscilla-
ton of the handle bar is caused to al
ternately lift and disengage the pivoted
lever.
This invention will enable the power of
the arms, which has heretofore been vast
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

derful work is expected OF this team TINS
season. The stearns bicycle is TO be put
upon the market of Europe i'm
competition with the favorite wheels
of foreign manufacture. To accom-
plish this Ar. Stearns viii send to
Europe what is considered the strongest
team of racing men that has ever left this
country. 1t is to consist Of Harry C. Wheel
er, Charles VI. Murphy and Earl B. Kiser,
and will be under the management Of VIII
lis =. Troy.
Kid Wheeler's connection with the team
gives il considerable local interest as he
Is about as well acquainted. and has as
many friends here as If he had been
resident of Savannah for years. lie IS un-
iversally popular with every one connect
ed with cycling in this city and his sue
cess will be watched with the greatest in
terest He rode In the first races ever Civ
en- on the Savannah track and has been a
willing participant in every meet 10 which
he could come.
Wheeler's first season as a professional
won for him the title of King. of the cash
prize league" as during that season he
took first place i'm every race in which
he entered. Since that time ne has raced
In almost every country on the globe
NntIt racing rs huDWus AdS Won ltlA CHS
and money sufficient to make him rich, but
he has not believed in the accumulation of
wealth, and consequently scattered it
broadcast Last season, owing to sickness.
he did not do so well, although on more
than one occasion he showed old time
speed. At the Rochester meet he beat John
ny Johnson and an entire field Of the fast
est men in the country. At Westboro he did
q mile in 2:0l, which was a wonderful per-
Torrance on that track. He is expected to
appear at the top Of the professional class
again this year. and is going where he viii
ride in competition with the fastest men in
the world. This class now includes John
ny Johnson, who formerly rode the
Stearns wheel, and who viii be racing In
Europe this season on another machine.
Charlie Murphy did wonderful riding
last season and has attracted the atten-
ton of the cycling world. This will be his
first season among the cracks Of Europe.
His selection is an excellent one, as he is
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

wei known bicycle instructor in Paris
says that many women look very awkward
on their wheels because they do not sit
correctly. The seat is as important in
wheeling as in riding horse on "A wheel
mademoiselle or madame should look as
though comfortably seated in q chair with
the hands merely resting on the bar not
gr9ing it for support. The point of the
saddle should be just enough raised to pre-
vent hel from slipping forward.
The popularity Of the wheel has not only
brought out the athletic qualities of many
women who had never taken up any OUT
door sport and been a benefit to woman
kind u that way, but it ha- created new
= Aiuseies for the sex. In the bicycle fac
C5i& women are employed a working
on th- rubber tires and in other depart-
ments of the business. In one factory
alone there are five hundred women en-
ployed at work which they find easy and
pleasant.
one reason why women, especially begin
ners, find up hin work so very difficult is
because they DO not have the saddle at the
correct hight on a level run no incon-
venience Will be found If the knee does not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

too large. The larger size adds some
what r1 the weight of The machine but 90
requires relatively less prOpellug force 10
drive d. over the road. uDrWitlst auding.
THE average tire OF To-day iE one and five
eiErtls inches in diameter. This does very
WeI, nur DO has not the elegant riding
quality " the tWo-iucl tire Many riders
VINO prefer 10 have their wheels as light
as possible. ride with iuch-aud-a-half
r.ras. which, when pumped % absolute
h-r lncss. are really little better than
would De- wooden tires covered with sheet
Illler.-American Cyciist-
4 cores pondeut Of "a Paris paper inter
viewed ". A. Banker az Nice few days
ag1. and found him still in bed lookins
very thin and weak He is however.
rapidly picking up, and d. is expected by
now tnat be is able 90 take an airing out
OF doors. IL the Improvement continues.
as satisfactorily as IL -has done lately.
he VIII probably return 10 Paris in about
three weeks time.
= bicycle Insurance company claims TO
have list Of HOS wheels stolen last
year.
So many accidents have happened lately
that the following advice could not re-
ce.Ve TOO much publicity In trying to
pass vehicle or another wheelman. es-
cry rider should pass on the Jeff side in-
stead ~ the right. III is almost an iufallI-
Die ruie for any rider or driver to I'M
consciously pull to the right when sig
nailed TO look out for some one back OF
him. In passing, after giving some warn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Charles r. Murphy who
has been training at the s4-
vaunan bicycle track for the
LAST six weeks left last week
for Ncw York TO make his
final ARRANGEMENTS 10 sail
for Europe on Wednesday.
He VIII be a member Of the
Z. C. Sterns team Of racers
during the season Of 1895.
Some fast racing and Won
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

I'm, enough room should be given to pre-
vent either the horse starting or some
slight obstruction making the wheel I'M
manageable
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17
TO TRY FOREIGN TRACKS.
WHEELER AND MURPHY To SAIL
FOR EUROPE THIS WEEK.

Earl Kiser 10 BE One OF the Party
which VIII Compose the stearHs
Team-WiHis Troy TO Boss the
commandments and MUIR
phys savannah Friends Expect
Much of Them-Gossip of the week
in Cycling Circles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

During the wear 1895 there were exported
from England cycles and cycle parts of
the value of S6,959050.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

What can be done in case of emergency
was demonstrated a short time ago by Il
wheelman who had his tire badly pune
tured on his way home He detached the
injured tire and, securing a heavy piece
of rope. substituted the rope for the tire
and made the journey home some eight
miles, i'm safety. The club of which he
was a member has had the rope framed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

"A hypocrite is a grand rascal with a
good reputation.-Galveston News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Cycles are used in large numbers in
johannesburg, South Africa. 1t is said
there are 1000 in use by all classes in that
place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

= bicycle Insurance company claims TO
have list Of HOS wheels stolen last
year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Cycling is not a very dangerous recrea-
ton. after all, as is proved by statistics
In England only thirty deaths were pro-
duced by cycling i'm twelve months. In
comparing this number with the total
number Of the fatal highway and street
accidents through England and Wales,
barely per cent. of them were caused by
cycling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

The invitation race meet to be held by
the Harvard University Cycling Associa-
tion, on June 3, viii bring together all
the college bicycle riders Entries have
been received from Yale, Harvard, Column
bia, Pennsylvania and Princeton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

This year the Prince of Wales will
have been grand master of the English
Free Masons for twenty-one years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

The national meet of the League of
American Wheelmen will take place ~
Louisville i'm August and from this time
on interested wheelmen viii watch for
bulletins pertaining to ARRANGEMENTS
which Will soon be under way ii is in
tended to make the event one Of gigantic
proportions. but feature of the whole az
fair will be competition among the fast
riders in the championship events. p q
Stearns, chairman of the race committees
Of the Cycle Board of Trade. offered y
suggestion to the racing board which viii
probably be acted upon favorably 1t was
to have the championship events consist Of
the mile, this being the distance at which
a fair test of the riders abilities may he
made. Mr.. Stearns believes that anna
tours and professionals should be priVi-
legged TO meet in the championship races so
as to demonstrate conclusively who the
real champion Of America is.
Cycle Topics observes: THE signatures
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

1t is with a degree of anxiety that the
League of American Wheelmen look for
ward to the beginning of the national cir
cult, to note the prevailing opinion of the
public this year as regards cycle racing.
The most sanguine of enthusiasts do not
care to predict that professionalism viii
meet with favor as characterized the atfi-
tude expressed for class b when that di-
vision was introduced. The odium of this
class, having been strong with the public.
the critics are anxious TO learn how the
riders will be received while competing
under the jurisdiction of the L. A W
Complaints without number We're made
last year that the class 3 contingent aid
not conduct themselves with the strictesf
propriety. their loose actions euhiaet{l7or
them to general criticism, which detected
considerably from the merit of their per
fOrmances. The L. A. w. has long been in
need of an official referee He would he
the leagues representative to see that the
mandates of the league are properly car
ried out and report any illegitimate pr4c-
tees on the part of the racing men, TO the
national board.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Johnny" Johnson.
ICON" Baker. Walter
J.. ID. Cabanue and
man. should he ride.
cOlOrs of the Quill
America this season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

4 screen. so arranged as to protect the
rider from mud and dust. is one of the
latest attachments for the wheel Il is
comprised Of strips and rods attached 10
the rear Of the saddle. They are provided
with means whereby screens may be Sc
cured to the network of strips and thus
serve In preventing mud and dust from
sJiling the clothes Of the rider.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Tandem riding is becoming more popu-
lar every day. Two years ago it was a
rare sight TO see the doube-seated ma
chimes, but that time is past Manufacture
ers are experiencing some difficulty IN
supplying the market, for most of the
turn their attention to building tandems
until wen into this month. The tandem
has become popular for the reason that
wheel. Tandems are companionable, and
embody numerous other good qualities.
The day is not far distant when a three
seated bicycle will be almost as common
as the tandem AMI no doubt a bicycle will
be built to accommodate a whole family.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-17

Harry Wheeler.
Sanger. W. +. Sims,
Champion thinner
will do so under the
Club Wheelmen Of
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-06-17
DEATH OF CAPT. LEATuERS.-

DEATH OF CAPT. LEATuERS.-
Captain Thomas 2. Leatlicrs, the
veteran steamboat commander,
died at his residence in New Or
leans, last Saturday, from the eff
frcts of injuries received abuuttwo
weeks ago, when he was run into
aud Knocked down 10y a c.leles>
and il,l,uman bicycIist. He l,a.!'
inst celebrated the SOth annivcr
sary Of his birth the day bef"rc
and was crossing the street when
he colIitltd with the bicycle. The
rider was thrown to the grount
also, but hastily remounted and
HE'D himself away to prevent re
cosnition, without stopping to rem
der amy suGcor OF assistance to Tia
unfortunate victim OF the collision.
Captain Leatllcrs was the pioneer
of steamboaling and had huilt and
commanded the most magnificent
steamers which ploug|led the Mis-
sissippi i'll the palnliest days Of
that business, before the l,asseu.
ger travel and freight traffic had
been reduced by the subsequent
construction of railroads. He was
perhaps better known and had 4
larger circle OF acqaaintanceS, " Il,
esteemed him for his rugged hon
esty, sterling integrity and opc'
hearted hospitality, than amy 9th
III man who ever trol the deck o
any of the magnificent floating
palaces of the "Father ot' waters,
either in ante or post helium days
His death has caused profouu'
sorrow and universal grief, as il
attrstvd by the Numerous lette!
and kilograms Of coincidence re
ceived by his family and the large
funeral cortcsc which followed Iii
rcnuins to their last resting place