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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
SIX DAY CYCLE RACING.
A Painful Test Of Endurance That Has
Tired the Public.

A Painful Test Of Endurance That Has
Tired the Public.
The public has tired Of six day cycle rae
ing and decided that it must go. The de-
cision has come none too soon. These bar.
barous contests, In which jaded riders lit.
orally wear their lives away in their ia
natical efforts 20 win paltry sums of money,
are not only offensive to good taste and
decency, but sadly perverting to the tru,
sporting sense. Such racing is not sport
In its proper and accepted meaning.
When the wheel came as an auxiliary to
sport, 1t was welcomed, as 1t deserved q
be- and was at once applied to all contests
to which it was adapted. There were short
sprints and reasonably long races, and con.
tests In trick and fancy cyclinR-ail form
Ing new tests of skill strength and agility
that were invigorating TO the participr III,
as well as inspiring and entertaining t.
the spectators. Later there were addcs.
road races and relay races and other con
tests equally interesting, plcasurable and
harmless. And thus was developed the
great sport which now leads all Others
and requires an annual meet, occupying a
full week and drawing together thousands
of wheelmen, In order that space may be
had for the championship events and op'
portunity may be furnished the hosts that
wish to witness the contests.
But the six day race was an exaggera-
ton of the province of cycling as a sport
a fact which was shortly discovered by all
the real friends of the wheel. 1t will be
remembered that no race of this sort has
ever had the sanction of any cycling organ
ization. They are all private enterprises,
founded on money making motives and
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10

FINISH.
promoted by private individuals. It is not
to be denied that these torture exhibitions
are largely patronized, but it is mere
morbid curiosity and not love of sport that
draws the multitude
Eminent physicians say that no wheel
man, however strong, can undergo the
strain Of an entire six day race without
seriously and permanently decreasing his
stock Of vitality and shortening his life by
several years. The recent grind at Chi
cago was more than usually destructive Of
bodily tissue and disastrous to nervous
force The riders mt the end were In a
state 50 near to utter collapse that it seemed
impossible that nature could ever rebuild
such shattered wrecks Of humanity.
The winner of the lugubrious contest,
Fred III. Schinneer, and the hardest Of all
the contestants, had grown SO emaciated
and changed In flesh and feature that his
best friends could scarcely recognize him.
Harry Stewart, who fought protesting
nature through 118 hours Of cruel exer-
ton, finally fell off his wheel and was car
ried home under directions of his wife.
Arthur Smith was pitiable object when
ne was carried from the track in the ninety
ninth hour, with 1, ,O8l miles recorded.
Four or five others were compelled to de-
sist long before the time was out, simply
because they were completely wrecked.
Even the winner, who mt first attempted q
show Of bravado, confessed finally that he
would not ride in another race Of the sort
for 5000.
And this is what the promoters of such
contests advertise as sport! IL Is, In fact,
torture--nothing else-and that is why ID
will pass and be not again.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD
RNIROAo.
OLD COLONY 8,


On and after Jan. 18th, 1897, trains will run
as follows:
Providence Division.
LEAVE PAWTUCKET FOR
Boston. 8 40, 5 So, II, s1l, 9n, 10 II, a: m.
y II, 213, al, 8 ii, 8 10, 10 10 p. m. sundays,
10 p. IN. Return, l2 O3, 9 As, s45, 10 45 n. IN.
IL Is, 245, 345, 445, 8 45, 100, 9ls, ii Is p. IN.
Sundays, IL o3, Ds 10, Sis u. m, IL 2s, AIS,
Attieporo. s 40, $3.50, 6 ~, I'll, sIl, s4e, ell,
10 III, ii 40 n. m; IL H. IL 49, 13, 40, IL, 49,
8 IL, 8 40, 10, 10, 10 10, II 10 p. m. Sundays.
8 ~, 8 80, 6S9, 8 10 a. m; %. 81, 4ls, 500,
North Attieboro and PIainvilie, 8 40, $40,
II 40 "A. m; 40, G49, ii 10 p. IN. Sundays,
3 81 p. m.
wampun, wrentharn, Norwood Central,
Norwood and Dedham, o 40, 3 40. IL 40 a. IN.
40 p. m. Sundays, 8 "a p. m.
Mansfeld, 8 40, O. 80, 7 II, = II, Oil, 10 III a.
m; l2ll. 2 IL, I'll, GIL, 7l9, sl9, 1919 p. m.
Sundays, 80, 8 90, 8 10, a. M; 209, 419, 8 10,
y. IN.
l2 40, 3 40, 44s, 6 49. 10 10 p. IN. Sundays, 9 80
q. m; 6 90, Z - p. m. (Taunton Only.)
Middleboro, ~, s49a. M; ~, 3is, 4i9,
9 40 u m. Sundays, ! 40 u. IN.
Plymouth. o 40 n. M; 4 10 y. m.
Fitchbury. 80 n. m; IL IL, II p. IN. Sun.
days, 4 10 pm
Lowell, 5 80, IL II n. m; Up. m Sundays,
10 pm.
Points on Cape Cod, 6 40, a. M; ~ 40. 3 20,
ID. m.
Cottage City, ~, 10 IL am
Nantucket, 40 a. m.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10

Who are injured by the use OF coffee. Re
Gently there has been placed In all the gro
/cery stores new preparation called GRAIN.
O, made of pure grains, that takes the place
of coffee. The most delicate stomach re.
ceives IL without distress, and but few can
tell IL from coffee. IL does not cost over y
as much as much. Children may drink II
with great beneft. 1sc and ssc per package
Try AZ, Ask for GRAIN.O.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
PIN KNIGHTS.
Polo Pointers.

Polo Pointers.
Dwight Brady, the bewhiskered favorite
OF New Bedford has been assigned to
referee the game here tonight. The good
Lord help us.
Last nights defeat may be summed up
in very few words. Great playing on
the part Of John Smith. Bad eye on the
part OF Lations in the second period.
Dwight Brady.
Manager Meiklejohn accompanied the
team to New Bedford last night, and was
inclined to protest the work of the referee,
but finally decided to let matters go, and
depend on his team to win out on their
merits.
Charley O'Malley is good fellow, but 1t
seems trifie peculiar that when an i'm
portant game Is booked he fails to appear
This has happened more than once, and
patrons of the game are gently whistling
the familiar tune, ~ Wonder Why, I
Wonder Why?"
1t Is not our place to encourage betting
or to hold stakes, but we simply wish to
remark that man who is as well posted
as any one in the city is ready to place
500, or any part OF it, that the Tigers will
win the pennant, and this individual saw
last nights game.
The games for the remainder OF the week
are as follows:
"Wednesday Salem at Fall River, New
Bedford at Pawtucnet.
Thursday-P Providence at New Bedford,
Pawtucket at Salem.
Friday-Providence at Fall River.
Saturday - Salem at Providence, Fall
River at Pawtuckct.
General sporting Notes.
In New York there Is quiet tip going
the rounds that Corbett intends to force
the fighting. Fitzsimmons friends say
that II this Is true Bob will certainly win,
a. the champion likes this kind OF fight
ing. During Corbett's mill with Mitchell
II will be remembered that Jim lost his
temper, and the admirers OF the Cornish
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10

man contend that II he does the same thing
this time 1t will be all mp with him.
Monte Scott of Providence Is carrying
all before him down In Mexico. In re-
cent five-mile race Scott moved down the
field with the exception of Moran, and the
latter was obliged to finish lap In the
rsar Of the plucky Providence boy. Scott's
time, I'm lis, broke the Mexican record
by 31s.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
PR0P0RTI0NA!E RATES TO INTERMEDIATE
POINTS
FLORIDA.

Last Jacksonville tour will leave Boston
March s. Rate covering Pullman accommo
dations:and meals on going trip, &65 from
Boston, $50 from New York. Tickets good
To return on repulnr trims priOr 10 Nav 81.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
Pfll-Senso.

1t stands to reason that DIR. Agnew's
Liver Pills will crowd out of the market
many of the nauseous old timers. A better
medicine at less than half the price Is all
the argument needed to keep the demand
what II has been-Phenomenal-40 doses
10 cents. They cure Sick Headache, Bilious
ness, and allay all stomach irritation. AT
all druggists.
Sold by w. l.. Wood, Trinity square,
Fisk & Co., 215 Main street.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
Worcester Division.

Worcester, o ~, 755, 92O, II 40 n. m: I 50,
30, 81 and s26 p. IN. Return, 645, I 30, " 3e,
III - n. m; 35, 90, 612, s35 p. IN.
Sundays, S43 q. M; sos y. m. Return.
3 20 a. M; o 10 n. m.
Millvilie, IS. s57, 30, II 40 n. m; II. 3 SO,
80, ; "a and 70 y. III. Sundays, s4S a. m;
600 y. IN.
blackstone junction, 7 SO, s57, go, 10 20,
III 40 a. m; n, 30l, 358, 40, 526, 5@, 20,
= ~ and II III p. IN. Sundays, 3 a. a. M; IL II,
Woonsockct, o Il, TSs. s 81, 30, 10 20, IL 40
n. M; 10, I 80, 3ol, 3G, 43o. &c, 8 -, s6,
~, III al y. m. Sundays, s3 a. M; 32l,
sol, sos, Z III, Gal u. IN.
D-via waipolc and wrentham line.
For time at intermediate stations see
pocket time table, which can be procured at
ticket Offices.
GEO. l.. CONNOR, A. &. KENDALL,
Pass'r Traffic Mgr GEM Pass. Agt.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10

On and after Jan. 18th, 1897, trains will rur
as follows:
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10

score--New Bedford Q, Pawtucket2. Rushes
doe 8, Roberts 2, Bone 8. Fouls-Lations,
Roberts, Smith. stops-Smith 20, Lations q.
Referee-Brady. Timer-McBride.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-10
WA8HINGTON.

Seven-day tours leave Boston MARCH 12.
Rate, including ALL EXPENSES DURING
THE ENTIRE TIME ABSt Mt, with 3-4
DAYS board in Washington, 923. Addi-
tional tours April (six days. and May l2.
205 Washington street, Boston; or GEO. w.
BOYD, A. q. T.. A., Philadelphia.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
1T is COMING.

Governor Black, of New York, vetoed
the graded inheritance tax bill and
wrote long message on the subject
which will be pulled on" him if he
ever runs for office again. The COVER
nor expresses the opinion that lin this
country the right of suffrage is carried
too far" He tells the poor. man sub
stantialIy that he hasnashuch to COM
plain of. He informs him that, among
other benefits he receates, his children
are charitably educated at schools sup
ported by the rich.
Every wind from the East blows us
some utterance reasonable to liberty
Think OF governor of the most pop
ulous state in the Union suggesting
that 1.-The right of suffrage is carried
too far" and that the public schools
are charity schools maintained by the
rich for the benefit of the pauperized
multitude.
If the right of suffrage is to be con-
tracted how long will it be before the
contraction will reach you,-good read
/! err.
Stand by the Peoples party and hang
| every man who would kill it. 1t is the
| hope Of the world.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
More of 1t

The New York Herald reports lee
ture delivered in the Windsor hotel,
before the Quill Club, by Doctor Aus
tin Flint, in which that learned physi-
clan put forth some strange utter
ances.
"The physician" he said, should
never countenance a judicial murder,
for it is a murder to take human
life"
But it is no murder for the murderer
to have taken the life of his innocent
victim. Society has no right to protect
it's members What 'oes the criminal
class care for Imprisonment? They
are we'll fed and clothed and protected
from the inclemency of the season,
which is more than nine-tenths of the
tax payers, who support them, can say.
But, as the Bible says: Skin for skin;
yea all that a man has will he give for
his LIFE" Existence is dearest to
those who make the worst use of it.
And here is another terance, which
shows the drift of opinion among
the aristocracy of our day:
Speaking of the prevention of crime.
Lr. Flint said that the children of the
poor should not receive an education
beyond their station in life, as it gives
them desires for positions in society
| they cannot attain.
See the attempt to separate the people
into two classes, the rich and the poor:
| and to consign the poor to helpless
ignorance and hopeless bondage. We
are to have European conditions in this
country, -"castes" are to establish !;
and the man who is born in one caste
can never rise out of it. Over the doors
Of our school houses are to be placed
the words,-"None but the rich can en-
f. ter here" And there are clergymen
who would aff1x the same motto on the
gateway Of heaven.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
REMEMBER THIS.

''The world moves along not merely
by the gigantic shoves of it's hero work
ers, but by the aggregate tiny pushes
Of every honest worker whatever. All
men may give some tiny push or other,
and feel they are doing something for
mankind
That is true. Don't feel that your i'll
f1uence is small and you can do )thing,
Do your best. Many little makes a
mickle," as the Scotch say.
They were launching snip, and it
stuck on the ways. A hundred men
were pulling it, but they could not
bulge it. A littleisoy stepped forward
and said: Il can ,nush nre pounds, -
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

There is a fool of fellow at Rush
City, Mimi, they call Farmer Lam
bert" He writes a gold-bug letter to
the Pioneer Press, in which he proves
that money is cheap, because wheat,
oats, corn, ETC., are cheap; and he says
they are his money.
The donkey ought to know he cannot
create money out of the products of the
soil. Money is the creature Of law, and
must have the stamp Of government up
on it; and you can't stamp potatoes
and turnips and beef or wheat or corn
or barley. The products of the soil,
"his money" are cheap because money
is dear, and it takes twice as much Of
them to buy dollar.
1t is not enough to build lunatic asy-
lums; there ought to be law to force
some men to go into them; and such
letters as those of Farmer Lambert
ought to be equivalent to a writ of COM
mitment
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

Away back in the seventies we were
in the State Senate and made a fierce
fight to require the relatives of the In
sane, where able to do so. to pay part
Of the support in the insane asylum;
and also requiring the county they were
sent from to foot part of the bill. But
we were beaten by spirit of "philan-
thropy run mad" which was all we'll
enough when we were universally pros
porous, but which pinches like the
mischief in these distressful days. And
now we see the Minneapolis Journal is
discussing the same question in very
interesting manner: We quote:
That comparison, it will be remem-
bered, showed the insane in Minnesota
as being more expensive than in any
of the other states named, and DR..
Tomlinson, fresh from his library,
where he had gone over the latest re-
ports from the institutions in the six
outside states, was anxious to correct
a wrong impression given by that ar
ticle, namely, that there was a great
deal of extravaganza connected with
the management Of the Minnesota hos
pitfalls. Sheriff Block of St. Peter, a
member of the board of trustees, sat by
during the conversation.
ITO begin with" said DR.. Tomln-
son, Gin each of the six states referred
to, the county and the relatives pay a
part of the cost Of maintenance, the
amount varying from one-third to one
half of the total In two of the six
states the appropriations for fuel, al
ways very large item. were made by
a separate act OF legislature, and not
included in the figures which went to
make up the per capita cost.
Minnesota is the only state in the
union" the superintendent continued
and this is a statement that should re-
ceive tn careful thought of every tax
payer-"Minnesota is the only state
in the union which assumes the full
burden of expense in connection with
it's insane. The state pays the expense
of commitment, including railway fare,
provides all clothing, shoes, hats, ETC..
food and medicine, and when ,atient
is cured furnishes him with complete
new outfit and pays his railroad fare
to his home. As have said. no other
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
THAT IS so.

Every great reform which has been eff
fected has not consisted in doing some
thing new but in undoing something old.
The most valuable additions made to leg
islatiOn have been enactmentS destructive
of previous legislation; and the best laws
which have been passed, have been those
by which some former laws were re-
pealed.-Buckles History of Civilization
in England"
Very true The greatest enemy of the
future is the past. Mankind has pro-
crossed by unlearning it's generally &C
copied beliefs Old superstitions have
destroyed millions. Think of the vas
number who were sent to the stake be-
cause of the belief in witchcraft! How
many graveyards were packed with the
swarming dead, who died In corse
quence of blood-letting? How many
millions were prosecuted out of life be-
cause of the theory that insanity was
due to demoniac possession? Think Of
the tremendous numbers who were
burned to ashes because they did moi
interpret Greek texts, in the Bible, a.
the majority did.
The sufferings of mankind today arr
due to another superstition:-tha mon
ey is not sound" unless it is made of
or redeemable in, special metal called
gold. This is filling our prisons, ou1
almshOuses and our lunatic asylums
and putting pressure on mankind
that threatens the overthrow of civiliza
ton.
unlearn the past and apply your dis
embarrassed and sovereign reason t.
the present. God gave you a light
use it.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

Why don't those people who oppose
Socialism because of their love for I'm
dividuality," go down in their individ-
ual pockets to aid the thousands of
individual suffering miners in Pennsyl-
vania? Don't you know that after the
state or nation has alleviated their mis-
cry few times big chunk Of solid
sense will hit the people in the head hard
enough for them to realize that 1t would
be a heap sight better to guarantee
employment and high wages to tho
workers of this country through govern
ment ownership Of the industries and
so prevent restitution and degradation,
than to weakly and haltingly extend the
hand Of insufficient charity after the
workers have been plundered and pau
perized by private ownership and COM
petition? On what grounds, pray. can
you object to the above proposition
Uncle Sam.
Boatner. of Louisiana. new and pur-
flied silver Democrat. was one of the
IA congressman who voted to loan the
rich national banks an additional $23.-
100000 at tax of per cent per an
mum. Mr.. Boatner.. it will be remem
bered, was the author of bill to in
crease congressional salaries 80 2cr
cent. Missouri World.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23

being very respondent regarding the whole
show. says that the arrangements are un-
worthy Of the occasion, asserts there Is q
rush Of millionaire Americans eager to
distinguish themselves by paying fabulous
prices" and thinks the whole celebration
"savors OF a carnival Of millionaires and
triumph Of fiunkeyism rather than prop
er tribute
There were great crowds at Westminster
Abbey Thursday to witness the d1strlDu-
ton of the queens maundy bounty. BEFORE
the recipients were out of church they
began trafficking in the sale of the silver
coins constituting the bounty. which are
especially coveted as souvenirs OF the
queens diamond jubilee year.
American SPECTATORS are said to be
leasing and releasing windows on the
route of the queens parade for the
diamond jubilee in June. One trio of New
Workers is reported to have leased for $22,-
600 the whole of the windows of Messrs
Pawson & Leaf of st. Pauls churchyard
overlooking St.Pauls Cathedral, on the
steps of which the queen is to attend di-
vine service The same afternoon they are
said to have sold the last at proht OF
$40. 900, making the windows cost the sec
ond syndicate for a single day $42ooO. one
statistican has figured it out that the total
demands for windows and grand stands at
the prices offered from one end or the
route to the other aggregate $50, 600 ooo.
Queen Victoria is good fat, frOWSy
old lady. If she had not been a queen
she would have made an eminently re-
spectacle keeper of first-class board
ing house. For her many virtues and
her good sense she deserves the respect
of the whole world. But these excess
sive adulations are shameful; and they
spring not from reverence for noble
womanhood, but are intended by the
| fiunkies to emphasize the belief that, as
Jefferson expressed it, "the multitude
| of the human family were born sad
died and bridled, and a favored few
were born booted and spurred to ride
| them" These recreant Americans
having accumulated large fortunes ont
of the people of the United States, now
desire to entrench themselvs within
walls of caste and privilege; and they
crawl before the queen as the type and
| Such creatures ought to be prevented
from returning to the United States.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
1T is EXPENSIVE.

Senator Chandler said in speech In
the United States senate, that the prop
erty of the country has shrunk from
$65 200, OO0, 900 in 1890 to $49, OOO, OOO,-
900 at the present time. A shrinkage
of sixteen billions of dollars in six
years.-Mr. Chandler don't lay the
blame on the immortality of the people
but says it is the result of the gold
standard and senator Chandler is a Re
publican and ought to know-Schill-
ing's Advance.
And yet there are men who arc
afraid that if we help Cuba we may
have a WARMTH SPAIN! Great Heav-
ems! Forty SPANS could not cost us
as much as we have already los,
through the gold-bugs. And lives!
Count up the suic -des, and they would
make UP a nice little army.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
MAY SNEAK IN.

The Fargo Forum says it has MEM
Der Of it's staff in Washington watching
congress turn out prosperity. That's
good. Now if the major could only
ge. hold of the crank and give the
wheels more rapid revolution, it
would be still er-Minneapolis
Tribune.
The great danger is that prosperity
will sneak out through a knothole in
Washington and no one knows that 1t
has arrived except Dun and Bradstreet
and the other champion liars.
Keep your eyes peeled, brethren, or
good times may come like thief in the
night and steal your last suit of clothes
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
A QUESTION ANSWERED.

J. S. Baldwin and Patrick Bronghem
ask:
Did congress at anytime during the
present administration pass a law au-
thorizing the coinage Of the seignoirage
of silver in the United States treasury
and did President Cleveland veto the
same?"
A.-On March 1, 1894 the house Of
Representative passed bill providing
that the Secretary of the Treasury
should issue in silver certificate $685.
156, $50 which would represent the gain
or seigniorage that would accrue from
the coinage of the silver bullion
purchased under the act Of July Ia, 1890,
then on hand. This bill passed the
Senate on March Is, and was vetoed by
Grover the Fat, March 30.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-06-23
WHY NOT?

1T is reported that the builders of
machinery for battle ships and instru-
ments of war are busy, but the build
ers of homes have little or nothing to
dO.-Int WOOdwOrker.
Would it not be better to discharge
our armies and employ the money they
cost in furnishing homes to the poor.
A people that own their own homes
The disinherited are Away discomfort
ed, and the disconnected are always
dangerous.