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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
ROAD BOOKS NEARLY READY
PRESIDENT POTTER PROMISES TO DIS
TRIBUTE THEM IN JUNE.

TOILSoMB AND EXACTING WORK COMPLETED
FOR LEAGUE MEMBERS ONLY.
One question which the cyclists of this State
have been asking each other for the last year
has been. When do we get the road books?"
President Potter and his trusty lieutenants have
not been idle, yet the work Of arranging the
books has dragged along in weary fashion. The
promise is now made that the books will be ready
next month. This announcement will not only
help the membership In the State. but the books,
when they are received. will be a blessing % the
present members. President Potter In speaking
about the matter has this 10 say:
THE new road books. Fifty Miles Around
New-York' and Fifty Miles Around Brooklyn
upon which the Road Book Committee Of the
New-York State Division has been at work so
long are now In the hands OF the printer ard
will be ready for distribution some time during
the month OF June. The work has been toilsome
and exactng, and the officers Of the division
state that a fair valuation upon the work and
material in these books would amount to about
$4,000.
THE New York and Brooklyn books will each
contain 1863 separate map pages, covering more
than 5000 square miles OF territory, and show
ing routes as far north as Poughkeepsie. east
ward to the eaSterly extreme OF Long Island,
and across New-Jersey to Philadelphia All the
popular routes In this vicinity will be shown. In
Guiding to Long Branch. and through the
popular districts of New-Jersey Staten Island
Long Island, Westchester, Orange, Rockland
Sullivan and Duchess counties. The plan Of
these books is different from that ever before
adopted In similar work, and each route Is
mapped and shown by itself, with marginal
notes referring to the quality and grades Of the
roads, direction and terminals of cross roads
and with text references to other and connecting
routes.
Exact distances in miles and fractions OF
a mile are noted TO all principal cross roads and
points Of interest. these distances having been
obtained by actual cyclOmeter measurement. The
distances are noted upon both margins OF each
map, so that the tourist going in either direction
may know his distances in progressive order.
These road books will be given free to all men,
bers OF the New-York State Division of the
League and it is the wish Of the officers of the
State Division TO put them into the hands or as
many of our metropolitan wheelmen as possible.
The books will not be sold at any price but
cyclists of either sex who desire TO join the
League may do so by sending their names and
addresses with the sum Of 50 each. to W. S. Bull.
secretary-treasurer. Vanderbilt Building, New
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

nov IN Thirteenth-st near Third-ave., reports a
busy week in every department OF their establish
mcnt The immense stock OF pleasure vehicles OF
every description which the firm has on eNhio'tio"
gives the carriage buyers such variety TO select
from that they must be hard TO please II they DO
not find what they want and at right prices the
firm, has over one hundred ngh-class carriage
horses on private sale; all are well-mannered ac-
customed to city sights and ready Tor imihediate
use The firm disposed Of several carloads TINS
eprinR and the demand Is getting greater rs 'he
esson advances business In the auction depart
mont reached its highest point this season Mt the
regular semi-weeky sales on TUESDAY ana friuas
last Long catalogues were offered. ana very Ia'r
prices were realized
I r Goodrich & Co.. Broadway ana Ihird-s,'
ronort that while business was good the last week.
II was not up TO that OF the preceding week. which
hv the way. was MS large in local trade as the
house has ever known. Now that people are pre-
naring for the country. the demand mas incrcase'
for their triple combination Surveys ana DUCK
boards which seat two or four as desre", idc''s
forward or back to back. making IN All three
obonoes They also come with canopy tops. Their
Ienox depot wagon is winner by ieasoh VI "'
light weight l. u.ou
y NJ stivers. Of East Thirty-frs-st Is wen
s,ocLod with n full line Of traps ana open Vehiclcs
,eraIl- His new golhng trap Is novelty ana
%, ,,roc,,ng considerable attention. His sales OF
- r,.,.s I'm the last week especially or breaks. OF
Itch n. has a most complete assortment In sizes
-, carry from six 10 twenty persons were very
good. ~ - wes, rortv
Edward callanan's Son, OF No. 81 west rory
,,r,hs, is showing a number OF attractive car
RACES two-whecled hackney cart ph'"'e"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

report n good business in light carriages Their Sd
stock Is one of the largest in the city. and includes
all the fads and novelties or the season, as well as
s r. Sniffen in charge OF w. D. Grand's carriage
department at the American horse Excnans,s.
says; I'VE are making special effort to snpp supply
and traps of good Workmanship at reasonable
figures and the driving public is approaching our
f. f. Melvin. in charge OF ]. More & Co.'S harness
and saddlery warerooms In the American Horse
Exchange Bull ling, says: I'VE had quite a Dusy
ond-hand and a number OF ladies' and gentlemens
pertaining to the horse and stable"
Downcy, Duncan 81 White. successors to ] b.
Brewster & Co. Nos 4S and $50 Fifth-ove and NO.
the last week especially In light rigs and traps;
one OF the firms latest novelties. not TO be FOUND
elsewhcre s an improved chess bha som
action; il Is rather sodiy built sidebar trap WIN
toeboard: IT has seats for TWO persons ana a
II is finished with wicker panels and Stats has
red wheels and is trimmed in Bedford cord. II Is
destined TO be popular with the younger set. The
firms cabriolet trade this season mas b,en excep-
r NJ Ware. managing director of tho American
Horse Exchange. calls the attention OF horsemcn
to the following sales OF thoroughbreds. which Will
be conducted under the management OF the FIX
change: on the evenings Of June and TAT New
York;. by electric light, a grand combination sale
Thomas Glay 4 Woodfcrd, W. s Barnes, T. J..
Carson; $. g. Lyme. D. J. Meet j. ~ Camden jr.;
fatonia, the Megibbcn- Edgewatcr. Adeibert. WI
mona Captain Sam Browns. Captain q. J. Bush =
and Others; June Is lat Newyork). the Foxhill.
Chesterbrook and Morreton yearlings; June II tat
" II Hawkins; June q to 2 tat New-York). the
Belle Meade and Eerslie yesrlings. Catalogues OF
these sales are now ready and can be had at the
American Horse Exchange. Broadway and FIFTH
eth-St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23
BELIEVERS IN GOOD ROADS.
STRONG OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY AbfAM D
urUrr.r AND CHARLES A. sCHIEREN.

crpo,-c OPINIONS EXPRESSED BY ABRhM D
HEWITT AND CHARLES A. scHiEkhN'
r,ar. q, M difference OF opinion In the minus VI
intelligent and wideawake citizens as u 'i,u 49,"
nor,arce NJ road improvement. although an are
not Of one opinion as 10 the method III VIM Go
Desirable result can best be brought "uou. -
admitted however that action by 'he Hsi'a
IL needed as a preliminary 10 the auop ~
Comprehensive plan whers~y GOOD roaos may w
provided IN the State, and there are Signs .ha'
th,s oues,,on will play not unimportant part i"
the nor,, ton and election Of members OF inc A'-
sembly next fall. No Senators are 70 DC o''o'e
this year. -. .,,,ra
"Wha, 40 YOU think IL tho best way OF get.ihs
good roads In this Slater" was the question: "'"'
Of Abram 8. Hewitt the other oay'
There is no better way was the answer oi III.
exMavor than TO adopt the New-Jersey law a
large number of good roads nave been cohs'i ~.
under n In that State and the same result wouio
follow here. There is no better law that kho"
Of"
..you consider this a matter OF great Importance
DO you not?' ,..r
~ NOT on,v believe in good roads but have been
building them all my life. out In New-Jersey' "Heie
live"
.Then. I suppose you may be regarded as an e"-
pert the subjectT -.
"No have no desire to be considered an expert
but 7 realize the advantages OF good highways. and
have done what could TO provide them. without
saving much about Il. There must be action ny
the atate 10 insure the construction OF roahs on
large scale and cooperation by the different com,
munities. as there have been IN Ne"-'eiso'' anu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

coaching red with black stripes. trimmed In light
goods, is a very attractive and stylish vehicle.
George d. King, of Hillside Stock Farm, Spring
West Fifty-eighth-st says: 81 had all the bust
ness could attend to in the last week. sold
have several more sales pending. During the twen-
ty-fve years have been coming to this city have
never seen a better market for good horses.
have sent home for another carload. and expect
them about w ednesday."
Flandrau & Co. the Broome-st. carriage builders,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

Skinned n number Of carriages to out-of-town buy
ers IN the last week
Az I,nis ~ the Studebaker Brothers Manufact-
rrinp Company Prince-st. and Broadway, says:
eve have had the biggest sale OF runabouts ana
cabriolets Of the season in the last week our
eales OF other vehicles also very good-a four
hand break for 81 go and two swell game carts
between 500 and $500 each being among them.
The big carriage house of Van Tassell & kear-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

York City. with the names or any '"o ei''"'"'
who may serve references u.o,.,,o
The Tribune prints to-day two maps SHOWING ns
the route Of the Harlem River to IonKers anu
from the Plaza. IN rros are con "
The herald., 1897-05-30
DOES IT PAN OUTP

There is something very ludicrous in
the hoax that has been practiced upon
the treasury department in Washington
by the modern alchemis,ts, Brice and
Granville. These philosophers some few
months ago made application to the
patent office for a patent upon thei-
process of converting tin, lead and an
timony into gold. The applicants act
ually claimed that the metals named,
if subjected to their process, would be
found to combine and evolve the simple
element-gold. The implied contradic-
tion in the chemical constitution of the
evolved product was only a trifling cir
cumstance to the minds of the discov-
erers 1t was case wherein if the facts
did not bear out the theory, why. so
much the worse for the facts, and they
insisted upon having their claims ex-
amined.
f The secretary of the treasury was con-
suited by the claimants, with the re-
suit that he was actually doubtful
whether the impossible had not come
to- pass, and so ordered the treasury ex-
perts to engage at once in the trans
formation business as outlined by the
applicants. Only one result could fol-
low. of course. The labors of the ex-
perts showed that tin and lead and anti
The herald., 1897-05-30
In a Danish Court

On Jutland's coast, beneath a red-tiled
roof,
A jolly Judge held court one day. and
proof
Was to be brought; q pig had torn to
shreds
Some lettuce plants among the garden beds
OF a peace-loving neighbor, who then set
His dog upon IT. and It's tail thus met
With an untimely end. whilst the dog
chased
It to it's home-to be for aye disgraced.
The injured creatures owner then pursued
BY law the fierce dogs master: and. the
crude
Tale of the tailless pig all told, demand
Was made for more Of detail, SO the hand
OF justice might not be misled. Then woke
Impatience in the speaker, and he spoke
To thwart mistakes, and see the stout
Judge fall
Into listening pose against the wall.
II am the owner OF the pig" said he: !,
MY neighbors lawyer can my neighbor be.
And you, your honor. are his dog; and SO
Your listening wife's my handsome pig.
you know.
She gets into the lawyers lettuce then.
And he sets you upon her. sir. and when"
"Hushv' roared the lawyers. Help! the
judge is dead!
And his poor widow in alright has fed"
-Dagmar Mirager.
The herald., 1897-05-30
CONSERVATION OF PATRIOTISM

The Christian scriptures say of the
time when they were written: "Oid
things have passed away; behold all
things have become new"
More than a thousand years passed
by, and after the crusaders had returned
from the east with the writings of Greek
philosophers which soon gave a great
impetus to the study of the language of
the New Testament, and further, after
Gothic tribes who had overrun Italy
had been thoroughly impregnated with
the civilization of Hellenic and Etruscan
races, came another era of change and
development when the old passed away
and new order of things arose.
Again the ages rolled their courses
along and at the close of the last century
the American colonies of Great Britain
brought all old methods to an end and
set up a new order of things in the world.
The torch of liberty kindled in the
American wilds, shed its light on Europe
and France blazed forth in a great rev.
olution which created chaos for while,
but out of which arose a new condition
vastly better than that which had come
| to an end.
We stand at the end of another GEN.
tury. 1t is almost 1000 years since the
writing of the ancient Hebrew seers and
teachers were vitalized by the new
doctrines of the last sacred writer's of
that wonderful race. AT the end of this
period We stand "the heirs of all the
ages in the foremost ranks of time" The
influences of the ten laws written on the
tables of stone at Sinai, the influences
of the Sermon on the Mount, the influ-
enceS of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, which sprung from the brains of
patriots and was watered by the blood
shed on Bunker Hill and at Lexington,
as we'll as the influences of the renais-
sance of learning in the fifteenth century
and of the French revolution, are all
powerful over the thought and in the
progress of our day.
But while all these great influences are
vital in our daily life, united as they are
in one grand stream whose force is ex-
erted in one direct line, that resultant
force and that line are not the same as
any of the component parts out of which
it grows, nor parallel with any of the
original lines
Hence old things are passing away
and all things are becoming Few. This
is transition period, and as such must
have special attention. Reasoning that
held sway over the human mind is not
effective now, and restraints that
checked action are broken. The author
ity OF the past counts little with US, and
the force of tradition is not rs strong as
straw The influence OF churches, while
more intense on the part of the people
than it has been heretofore, counts for
nothing with thousands and tens, Of
thousands The morality of the people,
which used to rest almost universally
The herald., 1897-05-30

|mony continued most persistently to al
here to their native forms In the pfes'
ence Of all the phllters and conjuf4'
tions Of the alchemists.
This collapse. which has manifestly
cost the inventors several hundred mill
ions Of prospective wealth. has cast g
great cloud about their air castles, and
they now threaten to take their inven-
tion across the Atlantic and to give II
to the apreciative foreigner, who has
sense enough to know a good thing
when he sees 1t. 1t is believed that the
claimants are quite sincere in their con-
viction. 1t 10 quite probable that they
have succeeded in producing some sort
CT brilliant metallic compound, the
beauty of which has beguiled their un-
scientific judgment.
The herald., 1897-05-30
I May Be Wrong

1t seems to me the day IS long
Since politicians tried to do,
When they were sent to make the laws.
One-half the things they promised to.
But when 1t comes to making stuff
They work together good and strong.
And get themselves fixed well enough.
But then, Of course, may be wrong.
1 can't help thinking, right or wrong,
It's disgrace. q lasting shame.
When legislators play the thief.
And call themselves another name.
A people outraged and betrayed
Should make them sing sadder song:
Could they be stripped and whipped ant
fayed
It might not be 80 very wrong.
But be It 50. TIL sing my song,
And pray the day may swiftly come
When those who serve themselves alone
We shall elect to stay at home;
When men and partiots, true and tried,
The halls Of state shall thickly throng,
But while / pray, and hope beside,
may be wrong. I may be wrong.
20. T. Fellows Pasadena
The herald., 1897-05-30
Echo Canyon

Meseems that Pulpit Rock has been mis-
named;
It's a pugheaded god who sits with back
Close 'gainst the cliffs point, whilst the
railroad track
Curves round his flowing robes. People
have blamed
It's chris'ner, as in Echo canyon all
A preachers birthstone sermons could
but fall
And, too, in volleys-on his own poor head.
And then the cliffs would cry. Poor man!
he's dead.
The Witches Rocks perch on the cliff $
steep face:
The tall lord with his lady by his side,
And children close. all gazing on the roll
Inc Weber makes down toward the
Devils Slide.
Deep in the Wahsatch ranges heart. one
word
From their dumb lips might all around be
Echoed by every craig, as all can talk.
And daily, cross the stream their voices
mock
When the birds sing. Let trav'lers whistle,
Or sneeze. or but donkey bray, each
Repeats the sound. as If like voices were,
Here. there and by the Thousand every
where. -z@
And when a reckless dog presumes to
bark,
So many unseen dogs join in-hark! bark!
So sweetly Echo sang for me, with all
Her many children long the canyons
WALL
When led by my own voice, whilst lone
in camp,
In Echo Canyons heart, the moon my
lamp.
I sat before the play of glowing light
Shed by my Pickering fire. mid open night,
Ny browsing horse near by, unto my
A. heart
Relief of utter loneness to impart.
How sweet the burst of song to me, at
last, 4n
When, mid train Of mem'ries Of the
Confused with sense Of awe and dread to
lie
Lone tween the frowning cliffs, I cast
my eye
To heav'n, then all about me, FAR and
!. near.
And then to stay choking sense and
About to blur my vision, softly sang,
And 10! the cliffs with vocal voices Yang.
ID. M.
The herald., 1897-05-30

keenly experienced the sting OF defea,
and they naturally felt that they had M
abiding place. except such as an enem.
might grant them. and judging from
precedents. they could scarcely hope fol
generous treatment. The issue between
the sections. while lingering in the polit-
ical arena, created earnest convictions
and excited bitter feelings. These con-
victions and their native pride sustained
those men through four years of war
and upon q thousand battle-fields.
Under these conditions, in any nation
but this, it might have been expected
that the disappointed, courageous. des-
titute and ambitious soldiers would join
in any enterprise that gave promise Of
a better position.
On the other hand was a vast army.
flushed with victory. Death had been
dealt out to comrades; they had re-
ceived scars and bruises; had endured
hardships, and the flag of the nation
had been rent and torn. A million OF
men had graduated in school whers
death-dealing had been taught as sci
ence and an art. Attachment to home
had been weakened. and the scenes
through which they had passed were
calculated to develop revengeful feel
ing, and ambitions had been aroused.
In this most delicate situation the head
of the government was stricken down
by assassination, adding confusion to
the feelings that had been so highly
inflamed.
There was no predatory warfare in the
south; no guerilla bands, lurking in
mountains and swamps, defying law
and preying upon the people, as it was
feared there might be. There was no
turbulence or disorder in the north; the
disbanded Union soldiers in no way
sought to gain subsistence by force or
other unlawful means. The moment the
uniform was changed for the apparel
of the citizen none could tell who had
or had not been clad in the habiliments
of war, so far as external appearance
gave indication. On both sides the dis
banded soldiers fell into line with the
people with the same alacrity and grace
as when forming for dress parade. They
gave to the industrial forces their
wonted courage, fidelity and vigor, and
acted in accord with the idea that the
golden harvest must be made to wave
over the crimson field of battle.
Unfortunately there grew UP, under
demagogical influences, sectional feel
ing which lasted for several years,
but it was less embittered among the
soldiers than on the part Of the non-com-
batants. In less than third of a century
a sentiment has been engendered which
leads to participation on this anniver-
sary in the beautiful custom of decorat-
ing the graves Of the fallen by those
who were enemies in war, but have be-
come friends in peace The very war,
as destructive and bloody as it was, and
the subsequent conduct of the aforetime
have unified the patriotism
of all sections and have made more GER
tain than ever before that unionism and
free institutions will be preserved.
Nothing has done so much to make
apparent the superior civilization of the
American people as that tremendous
conflict and the good sense and high
character which have since been dis
played.
The herald., 1897-05-30

Since January the gold shipments
from the port of New York have
amounted to over s14,oOo,00o as against
less than $4,000, 900 for the correspond
ing period last year. Exports of gold
from Boston alone amounted, to over
81, 900 900 for the week ending May %.
The people were told that the election
Of Mckinley would stop the flow of gold
abroad, so that there would be no more
trouble from that source. What a cat
alogue of lies the Republican party has
to answer for
The herald., 1897-05-30

Gross election frauds have been dis
covered in two of the down town wards
in Denver and special grand jury
composed of business men has been
drawn to investigate them. The two
wards were the only districts in the
city to return gang" aldermen at the
municipal election last month. Public
sentiment has been so thoroughly
aroused that it was not deemed wise to
leave the investigation in the hands of
the regular grand jury, which is so fire.
quently made up Of professional jury
men and political hangers-on.
The herald., 1897-05-30
216-218 South Spring Street
CALIFORNIA OPINION
The Most Dismal Feature

The most dismal feature Of the new
trial granted Durrant by Governor
Budd is the army Of cranks who have
suddenly sprung up to testify to all sorts
of absurd and impossible things. For
the sake Of distracted and disgusted
public 1t is to be hoped that the governor
will speedily bring the trial to close
and render a decision one way or the
other.-San Jose Mercury.
The herald., 1897-05-30
Useless

Martha, listen; there's new machine
invented that records the action Of the
brain"
"Well, you needn't fool any money
away on one; 1t wouldn't earn its SALT
Detroit Free Press.
The herald., 1897-05-30

A Jewish rabbi in Chicago, who was
run down and assaulted by a bicycle
rider, paid his assailant's fine, and the
latter apologized. A fair exchange is
no robbery, but the rabbi surely got the
worst of the deal