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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
IN CYCLEDOM.
CHAINLESS WHEELS,
Next Season They VIII BE ON Sale I'm
Large Numbers.

Next Season They VIII BE ON Sale I'm
Large Numbers.
1t is not unlikely that the chainless
bicycle will be manufactured by the ma
jority of the big firms next year. There
has been talk of such possibility for
the last two years, but each cycle show
has seen but few models, with the in
formation that the machinery needed
to make them for the market would
prevent their being on sale for some
time.
From information that has been
cleaned from various sources, however,
it appears very probable that the year
1898 will see them on sale at every
cycle salesroom. 1t has been stated
that one of the largest makers has
bought all the patents possible (about
70 in relation to chainless wheels)
and will manufacture them as
his leader for the year with a chained
wheel at reduced price. If the report
is true, 1t is certain that all the other
makers will prepare some kind of a
chainless wheel for the market.
OF course, as has been usual in past
years, each maker is careful about
making statements as to his succeed
ing years. product, and none of them
have made any announcement for 1898.
The number of inventors of chainless
wheels who have met with success in
disposihg of their patents, however,
lead many to believe that next year
will see the much-talked-of chainless
wheel on sale.
The first chainless wheel made it's
appearance in this country about five
years ago, but was rather crude in con-
struction and did not meet with sue
cess. 1t was made on the bevel-gear
style and. although improvements were
made on it each succeeding year, there
appeared some difficulty about making
model with a tread narrow enough
to suit the riding public. ,
Since that time inventors have de-
voted their time to perfecting it, but
with uncertain success. A number of
models were seen at the cycle show last
February, but with few exceptions they
could not be termed perfect; either be-
cause of too much friction in the mech
anism or the width of the tread, which
failed to strike the fancy of the average
rider. By next year it is expected that
it will be nothing out of the ordinary
to see chainless bicycles on every road
in the country.-N. Y. Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Pneumatic Hub the Latest.

The wonderful success of the pneu-
matte tire has led to its application to
several other important parts of the
bicycle, notably the saddle. Now comes
an entirely new one-the pneumatic
hub. This hub has n rubber air cham
Der between the wheel and the frame,
provided with valve and stem. This
receptacle will resist a pressure of 600
pounds to the square inch, and while
not adding to the weight of the wheel,
renders it's movements smoother, Civ
ing freer movement to the pedals, and
thus insuring greater speed with less
exertion,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
HioH-cLAss POULTRY.
Why the Progressive Farmer Wf1I
Raise No Other Kind.

Raise No Other Kind.
sa No man has better chance to keep
high-class poultry than the farmer. He
has unlimited range for them, and this
is conducive to health and best results
In rearing the young. He produces at
first cost every necessary food product
that goes to keep a flock during the
year, and no one who desires to pur-
chase eggs for Matching would ever buy
of breeder who keeps his fowls penned
up II he knew where he could get eggs
from farm-kept fowls.
There is just as good market for
high-class poultry as there is for
poultry for market, and the demand is
always good for good stock. The farmer
who keeps this kind of poultry has two
chances to make money. His flock will
be profitable as an investment at mar
ket prices, and he will make many sales
without effort at much above market
prices.
1t is no trouble at all, as the writer
knows from experience, toget from so
cents to one dollar a dozen for eggs
from high-class hens during the hatch
ing season, and even at the smaller price
there is an immense profit in the busi-
ness.
With the better care that is always
given to good stock comes greater re-
turn in eggs and meat for the feed used,
and here is an additional profit on the
transaction.
There is no excuse in these days that
justifies any farmer In allowing his
flock of hens to remain mongrels. The
man who does this is standing in his
own light and does not live up to his
opportunities. 1t does not need fancy
houses, elaborate systems of yards nor
extraordinary skill in breeding to make
a success with fine poultry. Plain, hard
common sense, such as is needed to
raise good crops and conduct any farm
successfully, is better than any number
OF nice theories which are of no practic-
al value.-Farmers' Voice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
RACING BICYCLE.

the same strength as is used in rowing
boat, and, besides, the position of
the body offers no wild resistance. This
position of lying fiat on the stomach
may seem hard one to acquire, but is
soon found an easy one for short dis
tances. The leather hammock on which
he lies keeps him in a perpendicular
position as regards the pedals, and the
handlebars being brought low down
just in front of the front fork gives
bracing power which the old position
never gave. The bicycle back will be .
thing of the past if this form is adopted.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Systematic Bicycle Thief.

A young kleptomaniac at Ogdens-
burg, N. Y, stole bicycle and con-
cealed it in a lumber yard. He then
started out and stole lantern and
tool bag. These he attached to the
machine, and proceeded to still further
complete his outfit by taking a shirt
and pair of socks from a neighboring
clothesline. 1t is not known just what
the object of his next trip was, but it
is thought he was looking for league
ticket. However, he was gathered in
by an unappreciative policeman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Manufacturing the standard.

One of the causes of the deterioration
of flocks of poultry is the practice of
selling off the old hens and using pull
let's. Pullets will probably lay more
eggs than will hens the first year, blu.
chicks Matched from eggs laid by pull
lets are not as strong and vigorous as
those prodSced from eggs laid by hens.
1t ia also less expensive to retain the
hens than to feed the pullets a whole
year before they are old enough to lay,
Hens are serviceab!e until five years
old, and sometimes longer, the stock
being less liable to disease and loss of
vigor if cocks 1s months old and hens
over two years old are used for breed
ing purposes instead of pullcts that are
mated with c0ckerels.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19

times there would be only few years
tolled, and then a horror would seize
me as thought that I, too, might soon
he claimed as a victim by that dread
monster, Death. Death and judgment
were constant source of fear to me
till realized the fact that neither shall
ever have any hold on a child of God.
In his letter to the Romans Apostle
Paul has showed, in most direct Ian
guage, that there is no condemnation
for child of God, but he is passed from
under the power of law, and in the
epistle to the Corinthians he tells us
there is natural body and there is a
spiritual body" land, as we have borne
the image of the earthly. we shall also
bear the image of the Heavenly"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
country whose parents are likely to in.

country whose parents are likely to in.
dulge in expensive birthday presents
The date of each child's birth, together
with the address of its parents, he care
fully writes down in huge folio, which
he calls his birthday chart. BY refer.
ring to this chart he knows when his
youthful clients birthday is approach
ing, and couple of days beforehand he
sends the parents carefully selected
specimens of gifts suitable to the child's
age. 1t hardly ever happens that his
stock is returned without selection
being made, as the mothers are so de-
lighted with his thoughtfulness that
they haven't the heart to rebuff him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
AMERICAN WHEELS BEST.
German Makers Ask Higher Tariff to
Save Their Market.

Save Their Market.
Charles De Kay, United States consul
general at Berlin, in report to the
state department, calls attention to the
fact that German bicycle makers ara
deeply concerned at the very large and
growing competition of American ma
chimes. .r....
The League of Industrials at Bochum.
an important manufacturing center,
has taken up the matter, and in me-
mortal to the German government calls
attention to the fact that this great in
dustry is in imminent peril owing to
the rivalry of American bicycle manu-
facturers.
They complain that the United States
levies duty on foreign-made wheels of
about SLABS, while the German duty,
being only $5.71 on 100 Kilograms, only
from II to 95 cents duty falls on the
American wheels. On these and other
grounds the aid of the German govern
ment is asked in behalf of the home in.
dustry.
The consul general in his report
says III Is HOI DeCduSc luc AuleIlctu
wheels are of foreign make that they
sell so rapidly in Germany, but be.
cause they are The strongest, lightest,
soundest and most elegant in shape.
They have quite taken the field, he says,
from Belgian, Austrian and British
wheels. ... ..
He expresses the opinion that large
concessions could be made with safety
to the Germans in the way of lower
duties on German-made wheels, as the
German public is now so well convinced
of the superiority of the American
wheels that we will continue to hold the
market so long as this high standard is
maintained. ..r
Consul Monaghan at Chemnitz, Sax
ony, in a report to the state department,
also calls attention to the effort that
is being made by German bicycle
makers in that province to secure
higher duties on American wheels. To
this end the bund of German industries
have petitioned the foreign Office on the
subject, asking for immediate relief
from the threatened danger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19

by a slit with the tube made by the join
ing of the three lancets. The smaller
lancets, B B, have at their bases peculiar
valves, E E. Their points are barbed.
U U, in the sectional drawing, which
also shows the tube in the lancet, and
the openings, o o, connecting the tube
with the exterior. These barbs catch
and hold, causing the sting to be left
in when it is used. The poison is driven
through the openings and through the
tube formed by the lance, into the OBJ
ject stung. This poison is an acid fluid
which the bee secrets and stores in the
sac C. Being acid an alkali, as am
monia or soda, will neutralize it and
help to allay the pain and swelling
Farm and Home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19

ridden in the Chicago road race and
near Niles in fall one of the chains
was broken. The rider took the broken
chain off in a moment, threw it away,
and, shifting the gear, rode the rest of
the course. The extra cogs and steel
rod in the tubing make the wheel some
what heavier than ordinary bicycles,
but the inventor of the new scheme
hopes to make the apparatus light
enough to do away with the extra
weight. A patent has been applied for.
Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Good News from Missouri.

Robert Cornwell, Barton county
(Mo.) farmer, living near Golden City,
after numerous experiments, thinks he
has succeeded in developing potato
that will grow without vines. They
grow entirely under ground, and will
do away with the fear of potato bugs.
which cost so much to destroy each sea-
son, not to mention the damage they
do. A field planted with the vineless
potato may be worked with the ordi-
nary harrow. Should the new potato
prove to be good producer, as Mr..
Cornwell hopes, 1t is likely to super-
sede the present variety.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
DREAD OF DEATH.
Dwight L. MOOdy's BOyfsh Horror OF
the Grim DcnfrOYer.


What most concerns us is the re,a-
ton which Christ's resurrection has to
our death and future life, says the evan
gelist in the Ladies' Home Journal. So
many people live in a fearful dread of
death and the grave, / believe, just be-
cause they do not study this doctrine.
They speak of death and the judgment
with shudder, and their vision seems
to be unable to pierce beyond. / well
remember how in my native village in
New England it used to be customary,
as funeral procession left the church,
for the bell in the burying ground to
toll as many times as the deceased was
years old. How anxiously would count
those strokes of the bell to see how long
I might reckon on living. Sometimes
there would be 70 or so tolls, and
would give sigh of relief to think
had SO many years to live. But at other
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
rive there after passing through small
opening.
Hiring of DOge.

One can hire gun or violin, a house
or dresscoat, almost anything, in fact,
including dogs. Settlers and pointers
are hired for hunting purposes, and
they can be hired by the day or the week
or the month. Newfoundlands and st.
Bernards are hired for watchdogs, usu-
ally for the summer. Watchdogs are
hired by caretakers of buildings in the
city, but oftener to take to country
houses, where, after being tied up for
a day or two, they become well enough
acquainted with their keeper to follow
him about,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
New Bicycle Tires.

The newest bicycle tires have grooyed
circumference in various patterns to
keep them from slipping and sliding
on wet and muddy street. Some Of
them have patterns like a piece OF
honeycomb canvas about an inch wide,
partly raised and partly sunk in the
rubber. Others have designs in raised
patterns, but all serve the same pur.
pose and save the riders many hard
and muddy fall.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
New Use for CycIometers.

A novel use was made of bicycle by
the manager Of small electric line in
western town. Being anxious to as
certain the length of particular
stretch of road without going to the
expense of having it surveyed, he had
bicycle equipped with cyclometer
ridden over the route and found the
distance within the required limits of
exactness
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
THE STING OF A BEE.
1t II a Very Complicated and Deli
cate Structure.

1t II a Very Complicated and Deli
cate Structure.
The organ of defense which worker
bees possess is very complicated
structure. The sting is composed of
two highly polished, sharp hollow
spears or lancets, B B, and an awl, A, as
portrayed in the cut, held firmly to-
gether by projections T on the central
one, which fit into grooves 7 on the
sides of the other two. These lancets
lying together form tube between
them. The central lance A, sometimes
called the sheath, is larger than the
others and has a cylindrical reservoir 8
at it's base which connects with the
poison sac C, by the tube M. and below
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
AGRICULTURAL HINTS
THE CORN HARVEST.


Labor-Saving Devices Have Made It's
Gathering Easy. a @
Harvesting the corn crop is being
made easier every year by improve
ments in labor-saving machinery and
devices. Large commercial crops are
cut, tied and left in straight rows by
the improved corn harvester, while the
bundles placed in shocks or stocks of
~ to 20 bundles to cure are then drawn
to the barn and run through the shred
der. Farmers who cannot afford the
latest and improved machinery, or who
have small areas of corn, cut by sled
as illustrated below, or by hand cutter.
The armfuls thus cut have to be tied
In bundles, various materials being
used for this purpose, some using two
or three cornstalks, others a small
handful of long, strong straw; swamp
grass or willows. But whether cut by
improved machinery or by hand cut
ter, the large bundles, shocks or stocks
have to be securely fastened to with
stand the fall wind and storms.
To make corn cutter, as portrayed
herewith, make platform with run
ners six feet long and two inches thick;
the higher the runners the higher 1t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Brave to Recklcs.,,ess.

Englishman-Some of our English
girls are quite expert with the gun,
don't you know. Lady Eva Wyndham
Linn shot six man eating tigers in In
dia.
American Girl-If they were eating
nice men she did just right.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Costly Carriage.

The finest brougham in the world is
owned by the maharajah of Ghened,
one OF the wealthies of Indian poten-
tates The handles of the doors of this
brougham are of solid gold, while the
rest of the carriage, down to the tires of
tine wheels, is of silver.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
NEW RACING BICYCLE
1t II Too Odd I'm Construction to Be-
come Popular.

COME POpuInr.
On new racing bicycle the wheels
are farther apart, in order to admit OF
the proper adjustment of the handle
bars and pedals to the riders height.
The position is changed in order that
the greatest speed may be attained. tt
is said that this is impossible in an up
right position, as there is nothing to
brace against, and the rider cannot ex-
ert his full strength on the downward
stroke. The position taken on the new
wheel is the same as the swimming
position and gives great advantage
over the erect pose of the rider on an
ordinary wheel, as it gives the leg mus
cles full play, and they can be exercised
the body offers nowind resistance. This
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Ingenious English Shopkeeper.

An English shopkeeper carefully
watches the birth announcements in
the daily papers every morning. By
this means he is able to know the birth
day of practically every child in the
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Bicycles for Brides.

Among the presents recently given a
Boston bride was bicycle. There
must be something fin de steele even in
weddings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
CHANGEABLE GEAR,
Important Bicycle Appliance Invent
ed by a Chicago Man.

Important bicycle appliance lnVent-
ed by a Chicago Man.
Tony Mowaczerki, of the Polish Cy-
cling club, has a novelty in the way of
changeable geared wheel. Each side
of the hub is fitted with sprocket and
of different gear. A system of cogs and
steel bar connect through the seat
post, where, by attaching a key, the
gear can be shifted from one side to the
other by the rider without dismount-
ing. The chief value of the wheel is in
its adaptability to different kinds of
travelling or in case of accident to one
side of the wheel. In climbing hills it
is an easy matter to shift from the
higher to the lower gear and thus
make the work easier. One of the
wheels fitted with the new gear was
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
AMERICAN GERMAN AND ENGLISH SCHOOLS COMPARED

The % % aen its the sS school the
of
years pendures average Pupil "
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-24
NIGHT IN THE DESERT.
The Gloom and silence of Nature Have
Painful Effect on Humanity.

r. Talbot Kelly, the English artist who
illustrated Slatin Pasha's Fire and Sword
In the Sudan" has written paper for
The Century which he calls "In the Des-
ert With the Bedouin." Mr. Kelly has
drawn number of striking pictures for
the article. A bit of his description is as
follows: Night in the desert is very solemn.
Surrounded by these sandy wastes melting
in the gloom, the silence of nature is al
most painful, and the occasional howl of n
jackal or neigh of a horse only serves to
accentuate the succeeding stiffness, while
the wonderfully rare atmosphere makes
the stars appear of such unusual size and
nearness that one feels oppressed with q
sense of lonely littleness. / am often asked
how / occupy my time in the desert. My
reply is, Painting Everything is paint
able, and the desert is always beautiful.
Infinitely varied in texture and local color,
prolific of wild flowers and insect life, its
interest is unending, while its trackless
expanse undulating to the horizon seems
like an ocean suddenly petrifled into abso-
lutte rest, and impresses the mind with
sense of vastness and repose which moth
ing, in my opinion, can equal
Again, as the effects of varying weather
pass over the silent land, how perplexing
are the quick transitions from gray to
gold as passing sunbeams play hide and
seek among its pillows, or when the white
heat of day gives place to the violcts and
yellows of sunset! Added to the intrinsic
beauty of the desert itself are the innumer-
able subjects" always ready to hand
now goatherd watching his flock, or a
party of Arabs exercising their horses,
about the tents domestic duties in full
swing, negro slave roasting coffee over a
fire of cobs, black robed women fitting
from tent to tent, or group of gayly
dressed children, the girls playing "knuc-
klebones" in the sand, the boys as usual
indulging in the mischief readiest to hand.
Everywhere pictured An artists para
disc indeed, the only drawbacks of which
are ones utter inability to accomplish a
1.-THE of the subjects surrounding one, and
the discomforts and hardships of it's life.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-24
Glass Houses.

There were whole streets in Tyre en-
tirely occupied by glass works, and it is
stated that the first glass houses were
erected in Tyre. The glass houses of
Alexandria were highly celebrated for
the ingenuity and skill of their work
men and the extent Of their manufac-
lures.
Layard, in writing about his discov-
cries among the ruins of Nineveh and
Babylon, says: ''In one chamber were
found two entire glass bowls, with frag-
ments of others. These bowls are prob
ably OF the same period as the small
bottle found in the ruins Of the north
west palace during the previous excava-
tions, and now in the British museum.
On this highly interesting relic is the
name Of Sargon, with his title Of king
OF Assyria, in cuneiform characters, and
the figure of lion. We are, therefore,
able to fix its date to the latter part of
the seventh century b. 9. 1t is conse-
quently the most ancient known speci-
men of transparent glass. boston
Herald.