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Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

being better known about tow as the
"a. ID. T. trick rider" His rival, however,
Is no novice at trick riding and the competi-
ton for first honors promises to be close
and exciting.
Nothing will be more attractive to the BIZ
cycle riders and dealers than the exhibition
of improved wheels and wheel sundries.
Those who are fond of the wheel are ever in
search of improvements and those who are
now looking for the improvements in the
manufacture of bicycles that will be in vogue
during the coming season will not be dis
appointed at the Omaha cycle show. 1t was
thought that the wheels of last year had
reached the acme of structural perfection
and that it would be a difficult matter to i'm
prove them. Judging from what the manu-
lecturers say regarding this years models
they will be greatly superior in many re-
spects than those of 1896.
IMPROVEMENTS OF THE AGE.
A particularly noticeable feature of this
years bicycle is that unsightly bolts and nuts
at the handle bar and seat post clusters have
been largely done way with. Treads will be
narrower and the hubs larger and larger
balls will be used in the bearings. A num-
Der Of makers have provided sufficient fork
side clearance for large tires. Some of them
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

comfort. Nearly every maker asserts that
he possesses the only saddle built on n.y.
gienic principles. At the show there will be
hard saddles, soft saddles, saddles of ana
tomical construction; bifurcated and pad
dei. In short, every kind of saddle will be
displayed.
As to cyclometers, various kinds of unique
measuring Instruments will be displayed.
If there was such a thing as an anthropo-
logical study in cyclometers one will see 1t
at the coming show. The old recording in
struments of fifteen years ago weighing
nearly six pounds will occupy a prominent
place beside its fin de steele successor, which
weighs one and one-half ounces.
In the matter of tires 1t looks as IL makers
have bowed to the desire of the public, and
have constructed their wares with an idea
of greater serviceability this year. Tires
will be heavier. Some manufacturers will
retain the smooth tread tire, but many of
them will present tires with a roughened
running surface. Various methods of pro-
ducing that effect have been resorted to.
Some tires will be what Is technically called
serrated, others will be corrugated, honey
comber or pebbled, and one manufacturer
will display a pneumatic which will re-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

be turned over to the Thurston Rifle Wheel
club and the Omaha Turner Wheel club, and
1t is expected that between the soldiers and
the German cyclists merriment will reign
supreme.
The Omaha Wheel club will capture the
show on Thursday evening and that organiza-
ton expects to break the record so far as
the attendance from any one club is con-
cerned.
The Omaha Guards Wheel club and the
Union Pacific Wheel club will divide the
honors and the festivities of Friday night be-
tween them and it Is predicted that these
two clubs will together swell the attendance
to the highest figures of the week.
On Saturday night there will be a grand
rally of all the wheelmen and the wheel
women in Omaha, South Omaha and Council
Bluffs who can attend and the cycle show of
1897 will wind NO in a great blaze Of glory
and general jollifcation.
POSTER FAD IN EVIDENCE.
There is just one other feature that should
be mentioned in an introductory story, and
that is the poster display.
A fad that has risen and spread over the
earth as rapidly as the cycling craze is the
poster mania. 1t is. therefore, eminently
fitting, as the poster form of publicity has
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
semble a section Of a small %alligator's
NIGHTS FOR EACH CLUB.

All the local wheel clubs are taking a
lively interest in the cycle show. The man
agement has set apart one night for each OF
these clubs and upon the nights designated
it is expected that the members of the clubs
named, accompanied by their friends, will
visit the show in large numbers and all but
take complete possession OF II, The opening
night, Monday, has been set aside for the
members of the Tourist Wheel club.
Tuesday will be the night especially set
aside for the League of American Wheel
men and upon that occasion, the membership
card of that league will be sufficient to admit
any rider to the show free Of charge. The
Nebraska division OF the League of American
Wheelmen will have a booth on the second
floor and this will be the most popular place
in the building, at least on Tuesday night.
At that time David j. o'Brien, chief consul
Of the Nebraska divisiona will announce his
committees for the year They will be as
follows: Executive and finance: d.. G. Ell
dredge, vice consul, York; Louis
Reichenberg, Omaha, and ID. J.
O'Brien, chief consul. Omaha. Racing
board: D. @. Eldredge, York; Ed.
ward M. Cox, Omaha, and Max Relchenberg,
Omaha. Rules and regulations: NJ. o.
Daxon, Omaha; W. C. Bouk, Omaha, and
w. l.. Hunter, Lincoln. The other officers
of the Nebraska division are: Secretary and
treasurer. e. r. Pease, Fremont; representa-
tive. D.. o. Finch. Grand Island; delegate,
g.. B.. Henderson, Omaha.
On Wednesday night the cycle show will
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will use gear cases for their American wheels
and all of these who do an export buslness
will supply that valuable accessory on their
wheels for foreign markets. A tendency to
part with old forms Of crank construction Is
noted. The round crank bids fair to be super
seeded by its square relative.
In the frames no radical alteration will
appear. The crank hanger, however, will in
numerous instances have greater drop than
last year. Visitors to the great show can
not fail to be impressed that manufacturers
have given much consideration, and thought
to the perfection of details In cycle con-
struction this year. Apparently every lit
tie rough point, heretofore overlooked by
the trade, has been overcome. This years
American wheel, 1t is safe to predict, is far
ahead of its English cousin In perfection OF
detail and finish. Bungling chain adjust
ments have given way to devices that may
be easily and quickly operated by a child.
Bearings have been wonderfully improved.
In most cases they are of the three-point
variety and are fitted with ball retainers.
Simplicity itself Is evident in the manner
Of crank and sprocket constructions. In
nearly all instances they are made In two
pieces, fitted with easily detachable sprock-
cts and removable bearings. A high order
of finish in varicolored enamels and strip
ings will characterize many OF this years
models.
SADDLES AND SADDLES.
What appears to be commendable In sad
die construction Is the desire on the part
Of a majority of saddle manufacturers and
makers of wheels to equip their bicycles
with saddles calculated to be conducive to
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been extensively used by manufacturers of
bicycles and their accessories, that one of
the special features Of Omaha's biggest cycle
show should be a display of posters. James
l.. Houston, jr., one of the most active of the
local collectors of these strange, yet in many
Instances beautiful pictures, has been CORE
spending, for several weeks with the promi-
nent advertisers in the bicycle business who
have issued poster designs, and large receipts
of bicycle posters have resulted from this
effort. Among them may be mentioned a
poster made by Edward Penfeld, an eccentric
and decidedly odd design in gold, black, red,
green, gray and flesh colors of the bicycle
tire, the bill board poster of the bicycle
depicting the race between the famous sex
train and dozens of other bicycle posters of
striking form and unexpected grotes1ueness
will be shown.
In addition, the private collection Of Mr..
Houston, numbering nearly 500 mounted and
unmounted book and magazine posters, will
be shown. His collection contains repre-
sentative work of all the famous American
artists. Penfeld's simple, broad impression
list work, Carqueville's dashing, violent Lip
pincott series, and the sweeping, whirling
designs of VIII Bradley, will all be amply
exhibited. This feature is to be found on
the third floor and will repay a visit made
thereto. 1t will be open to visitors during
the entire week.
The Exhibitors.
Up to Saturday noon the following Is a
| complete list of those who will display at
the cycle show. Treasurer Johnston, how
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ever, said that this list would be added to
very materially by late corners, who are
sure to be on hand when the doors are
thrown open:
FIRST FLOOR.
Spaces 1, 2 and 3 will be- occupied by the
Western Electrical Supply company with
samples of the Eclipse and Phoenix wheels
and Peoria tires.
The Nebraska Cycle company will show
in 4, 5 and 6.
Spaces Z and 8 will be occupied by the
Omaha Bicycle company with a nice display.
j. J. Deright & Co., in spaces 8 and 10, will
show the World, Napoleon and Canton BIZ
cycles.
Parlin, Orendorff & Martin company, the
wholesalers, will exhibit in spaces IL and 20.
No. IL will be occupied by Morgan &
Wright.
Milton Rogers G. Sons take 10, II and IS
to show the Stearns, Cleveland and Crescent.
b. V. Walters occupies space IA.
The Gate City Cycle company takes spaces
Is and 16.
Nos. 81, 90 and 23 are occupied by Deere,
Wells & Co.
Led & Co. have No. 26.
Louis Flescher exhibits in space n.
F. NJ. Russell & Co. make a beautiful dis
play in 2S.
SECOND FLOOR.
No. 1 is occupied by q wholesale house.
ing company.
A. ]. Grover takes space 8.
d. Bradley & Co. have spaces Z and s.
Western Cyclist and Nebraska division,
League of American Wheelmen, fill up No. 8.
The Kearney Cycle company requires
spaces 10, 81 and 20 to exhibit its mag
nificent display.
The High Art Bicycle company occupies
No. IL, II and IS.
H. Hardy G. Co. will show in spaces 10
and Is.
The Townsend Wheel and Gun company
occupies Nos. IA and II.
Nos. Is and 16 belong to B.. F. Goodrich
company.
No. "a will be occupied by the Gillian Man
ufacturing company.
No. 25 by the North Star Shoe company.
No. 26 by James Morton & Son company.
No. 81 by Browning, King & Co.
No. 28 by H. Fl. VanBrunt.
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The Exhibitors,

Up to Saturday noon the following is a
complete list of those who will display at
the cycle show. Treasurer Johnston, how
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II. II. VanBrunt OF Council Bluffs will ex-
hibit four specimens from his wholesale
stock In the person OF the high grade Hamil-
ton, the Kenwood, the SIS Wellington, and
the $50 "SOS." It's a quartet of beauties.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

material or construction. excepting, Of course.
the pneumatic tires. which are separately
guaranteed by the makers.
While the mandolin orchestra will no doubt
discourse sweet music for the High Art BIZ
cycle company in spaces II, IL, 10 and 20, the
is not needed to gather a crowd
around two such Justly celebrated wheels as
the Tide" and Outing" The "Ide'' crank
testing machine, direct from the New York
exhibit, will be a whole show in itself.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

The Hardy Cycle Co, II. Hardy G. Co, the
proprietors, at 1919 Farnam street, are agents
for the Barnes White Flyer, the Imperial
and Falcon. Although the Falcon is greatly
improved this year. the price has been re-
duced to $500. The Imperial, also we'll
known in this section as a $4,000 wheel.
now Is $500
The "Hardy's Special is built especially
for H.. Hardy & Co., and is a strictly up-to-
date wheel, first class in every respect and
guaranteed, although the price is but $1,000.
These In Cycle show spaces 10 and IS.
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Grade School with a view to becoming a
medical man. After passing his matricu-
lation lack Of funds prevented him from at
once proceeding to the university and he
was compelled to work as a tutor for
twenty years in order to save enough
money to enable him to continue his
studies. At the end of that time he pre-
sented himself at Warsaw Medical Acad-
envy and passed the entrance examination
with distinction.
Before he could begin his studies the
Polish rebellion OF 1863 broke out, and
Borysik. who was now forty-one years of
age, threw himself into the movement with
all the enthusiasm of youthful revolu-
Zionist. The revolt was suppressed end
Bcrysik was exiled to Siberia, where for
,thrty-two years he underwent hard labor
In the silver mines. In 1895 he received a
free pardon and returned to Warsaw. In
spite Of his age and the hardships he had
endured Bcrysik had lost none Of his en-
thusasn for medical work, and took up his
studies where he had left them off In 1863.
After a two years course this remarkable
nan has now, at the age Of seventy-five
years. passed the final medical examination
with honors, and will begin to practice in
Warsaw.
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English Pub. Docs"

From the Chicago Record.
The British government sells all its pub
LEGATIONS. 1t gives nothing away. If you
want copy of bill that has been intro
duced into the house of commons, or a
report that has been presented to the house
of lords, or any public matter in the Lon
den county council or the board of alder
men Of the city, you have to buy it from
the official printers, and you have to pay
postage If II is sent through the mails.
In our country nearly all official docu-
ments of this kind are given away, and
are sent free through the halls under a
frank. The British plan seems to be the
mere sensible. 1t saves millions of dollars
every year that are wasted in the United
States to furnish public documents to peo-
pie who do not care anything for them,
and who throw them into the waste-paper
basket as soon as they are received. The
charge for official publications is only
sufficient to pay the cost and a small
margin fer wastage. Thus the government
printing Office is self-supporting and the
postal service pays a profit of S10.oo0.0Oo CT
S12,000000 annually into the treasury. On
the contrary, on our side Of the Atlantic. 1t
costs 100000 or more to pay for printing
for which no one is the wiser, and our
Post Office Department declares an Irish
dividend of S9,0O.000 or Sl0,0O0,00O every
year, much of which is due to the trans
portatian of pub. docs"
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at another time might have. wasted itself
in mere dissipation Some of his fellow
artists had already gone into the army.
After the first great reverses he offered his
one arm and his military experience to that
Paris which had given him a home. The
old lighting instinct returned to him with
a certain desperation he had never known
before In the sorties from Paris the one
armed American became famous, until a
few days before the capitulation, when he
was struck down by bullet through the
lung, and left in temporary hospital.
Here, in the whirl and terror of Commune
days, he was forgotten, and when Paris
revived under the republic he had disap-
peared as completely as his compatriot
Helen.
But Miss Helen Maynard had been only
cbscured and not extinguiShed. At the first
outbreak of hostilities a few Americans
had still kept giddy state among the ruins
Of the tottering empire. A day or two after
she left the Rue de Frivole she was invit-
ed by one of her wealthy former school
mates to assist with her voice and talent at
one OF their extravagant entertainments
You will understand, dear" said Miss de
Ladne with ingenious delicacy as she eyed
her old comrades well-worn Dress that
poppa expects to pay you professional
prices and it may be an opening for you
enong our other friends
II should not come otherwise. DEAR" said
Miss Helen with equal frankness. But she
played and sang very charmiEgiy to the
fashionable assembly in the hotel In the
Champs Elysee-so charmingly, indeed, that
Miss de Latne patronizingly exploited her
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whom she was standing gazed at her with
staring vacancy. Suddenly she started.
Before the portrait upon q fanciful easel
stood small, deliberately framed sketch in
oils. 1t was evidently some recently impor-
ted treasure. She had not seen 1t before.
AS she moved quickly forward, she recog-
nized In glance that 1t was Ostrander's
sketch from the Paris grenier.
The wall. the room, the park beyond,
even the gray sky. seemed to fade away
before her. She was standing once more at
her attic window looking across the roofs
and chimney stacks upward to the blue sky
of Paris. Through gap in the roofs she
could see the chestnut trees trilling in the
little square; she could hear the swallows
twittering in the leaden trcughs of the
gutter before her; the call Of a chocolate
vender or the cry Of gamin foated up to
her from the street below, or the latest
song OF the cafe chantsnt was whistled by
the blue-bloused workman on the scaffold-
Ing hard by. The breath of Paris, of youth.
of blended work and play, of ambition, of
joyous freedom again filed her and mingled
with the scent Of the mignonette that used
to stand on the old window ledge.
Il am glad you like 1t. have only just
put 1t up"
It was the voice Of Sir James. A voice
that had regained a little Of it's naturalness
"a calm. even lazy, English voice-confi-
dent from the experience of years of re-
spectful listeners. Yet 1t somehow Jared
upon her nerves with its complacency and
Its utter incongruousness to her feelings
Nevertheless the impulse to know more
about the sketch was the stronger.
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HUMORIST AND SPORT.
Bill Nye Had to Be Funny In All His
transactions.

Bill Nye Had to Be Funny in All His
transactions.
Will visscher in the Chicago Times Herald
Only few weeks before his death Nye
wrote me from his home at Asheville, N.
c., saying: Il have on my farm here a
very promising field of rye that looks as
If it would run Is OF 20 gallons to the acre.
Come down."
Years ago. when Nye was running an
afternoon newspaper In Laramie, Wyo.,
I went over from Cheyenne one day to pay
him a visit. He vas hard at work in his
Office. which was upstairs over a livery
stable, a fact that caused him to live in
mortal dread of hay fever.
AS soon as / went in he said: "Sit down
there and write something to help me get
the paper out, and we will get off quicker
and have some fun with the boys"
What shall 1 write about?"
"Oh, bout a column
So l wrote about column, headed Il
About Column" and commented on
columns. In a little while we We're out
man kept all sorts of sporting arrange
ments. He had cockpit for fighting roos-
tiers In, and a ring for boxers to practice
on each other, billiard tables, tenpin alleys
and other accommodations. While we
were there man came in with live eagle
that he proposed to pit against the pro-
prietor's best bird. The old sport took
him up at once and the Roman-nosed bird
OF freedom was thrown in with a healthy
looking chicken that would have fought
buzz saw. The rooster made a dab at
the eagle. and that fierce gray bird with
a bending beak and an unwarranted rep
utation for gameness. ignominiously, in
gloriously and incontinently fled and hid
under chair, where he looked out in a
piteous scrt of way and as good as said
Take him off; l want to go home.'
Among the other things this man of
sport had was a badger that he was pre-
pared to back for large sums on the state
ment that no dog of anybody's could take
the beast out Of a barrel that lay length
wise on the floor. with one head knocked
out and in which the badger was en-.
sconsed. l had wondered why 1t was that
Nye had been coaxing an "onary'' looking
cur to follow us, and now the problem
was about to be solved. Nye made a be,
that he had dog that would take the bad
ger out of the barrel. The money was
put up and Nye caught that dog by the
'nape of the neck and seat of his
breeches." so to speak. and threw him into
the barrel, tail foremost. The badger
nabbed the dog by one ham and the dos
went right away from there like a blue
streak. taking the badger with him. The
last that was ever seen of that dog. OF
badger either, both were going toward the
North Platte river. the dog making the
best time he ever had made and the bad.
ger hanging straight out behind, a close
second. Nye won.
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From the Philadelphia American.
Farmer Weed-"Tbat gosh derned farm
hand has ruined our trade fer the sum-
merr'
Mrs. F. Weed-"Land sakes! How, Hi
ram?"
F. Weed-"I told the critter tew be care
full bout having his malaria in presence OF
city folks; but he went in town tew drive
the new boarder out, an when the city
chap, polite like, said Shake gol swizzle
me- ii the Junk didn't have a chill on the
spotw
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Different.

From the New York Weekly.
Northern man down in F'lorida)-
What's the price Of that, orange grover"
Native-"Ten thousand dollars, mister.
Had the consumption longr
Consumption? I haven't consumption {"
Just weak lungs, maybep'
MY lungs are sound as a dollar. am
merely looking for good place to locate:
Doesn't matter to me whether It's north
or south, east or west"
for $3.50" @-o'e
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THE LUST FOR GOLD
Shown in the Mad Rush for the Bal
larat Mines
rs IN fHE Case OF KL0NDIKE
Australian Fields Seemed Even
Richer in Virgin Metal.
FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY
rs IN THE Case OF KLONDIK
FORTUNES MADE IN A DAY
Written for The Evening Star.

TTNHE ALASKA GOLD
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The incest Doll of All.

Gladys Hyatt in American Agriculturist.
I've got the dearest dolly.
And her name l. Sally Poll
She used to lie cl0thcspin
Fore she got TO be n doll.
Aunt Maggie made her for me
When l had the whooIin.. cough:
And she marked her face with cllarcoaL
But II almost all come oil.
Her dress is only gingham.
And she hasn't any hair;
She amt a truly beauty.
But tell her rot to care
For I've got 6 great big family
OF dollies. large and small;
And Sally Polly Clothespin is
The incest doll of all
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Starting In Rather Late.
From the London Lancet

A student named Be rysik has just passed
the final examination at Warsaw Univers-
ity qualifying him to practice a. q doctor
OF medicine In Russia. Borysik was born
In 1922 and was educated at Suvalk Higher
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fields are not the
richest in the world
for virgin gold; nor
are the finds" there
m ore sensational
than those In the
{ a m Gus Australian
fields in Vic toria. The
fevered excitement
and mad rush to the
Klondike gold fields
recalls the scenes
and human pictures
of the Pallarat and