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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-06-16
st. Joseph's commencement.

The Thirty third annual commencement
of 81. Joseph's Academy will or theld il the
Ac.neng OF Music on Tuesday s,euing,
June g "a. The exercises will be of the
usual. Interesting character aud will be wit
PISSED with pleasure by the friends of the
Institution, who are so numerous that the
AcadeLy CT Music is the only hall iu the
city that can come anywhere near accommcda-
ting all vino would like to be present at the
annual commencement exercises.
Mr.. Isaac Horoer. proprietor o: the Bur-
ton House, Barton, W. Va, eod one of the
most widely known men in the state. was
cured Of rheumatism after three years of
suffering. He says: II have not sufficient
command of language to convey any idea of
what Suffered, my physicians told me that
nothing could be donefor me, and my friends
were fully convinced that nothing but death
would relieve me of nv suffering. In June,
1894, Mr.. Evans, then salesman for the
Wheeling Drug Co., recommended Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. At this time my foot
and limb were swolleo to more than double
their normal size and it seemed to me NY leg
would hurst, bnt soon after I began using
the Pain Balm the swelling beeaa TO &C.
crease, the pain to leave, and nowI consider
that am entirely cured. For sale by Dr.. A..
China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
ChicagO's Literary Advance.

Until the Columbian exhibition, four
years ago, people on our Atlantic seaboard
had a patronizing way of regarding Chi
cago as on the extreme outskirts Of civii-
cation, much as complacent Europeans are
apt to regard the most established parts of
America. The exhibition opened many
eyes that saw it to the fact that Chicago
is fast becoming an important center of in
tellectual as well as material activity That
new public library of theirs is not only in
all probability, the best building on this
continent for library purposes, but it gives
a permanent home to an institution which
in the year 1896 circulated more books than
any other in the world.
The libraries of Birmingham and Boston
showed for that year a circulation of above
500, 900; that of Manchester one of 915 900:
that of Chicago one of far more than 900,
600. In each case, of course, figures were
greatly swelled by ephermeral fiction and
the like, but, with all allowance for this,
such figures means great mental activity.
OF this Chicago shows many other signs.
For one thing, it has at least two other I'M
portant libraries in active operation-the
Newberry and that of the University of
Chicago. This university, only four years
old, is already an educational center of i'm
portance, not fairly to be judged by such
feats as Mr.. Moulton's, who is trying to
make modern readers accept the revised
version Of the Bible as literature. Again,
the daily press OF Chicago maintains an
average merit which one is sometimes dis
posed to think the highest in America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
FOR WOMEN CYCLISTS

II one could only remember them all
there are number Of simple remedies for
ooid weather Affections. To those Young
iadies who ride their bicycles at this sea-
son OF the year simple remedy for tooth
acne or neuralgia Is suggested the use of
which would hardly be dreamed of. The
cold winds of this season of the wear are
apt TO bring on either of the aboye-named
painful attacks. The remedy is nothing
more nor less than piece of ginger. which
can easily be carried in the pocket. If the
air Is felt In the cheek bone, slip a small
piece of the root in the mouth The burn
ing sensation is not so unpleasant, the
mouth and throat will be warmed and TINS
ward off all evil effects
statement Is going around that Austria
mas fewer women cyclists than any other
European country. The Mediterranean
countries are probably not taken into con-
size ration. The smallness OF fhe total
number of female riders in Austria can
hardly be wondered at when 1t is taken
INTO consideration that it is regarded "a
geo. form for every Austrian man on a
bic . to greet a female rider with "All
Heii:'' to which 1t Is bad form not to re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
ON THE UNDERGRoI RAILROAD.
An Indiana Home That Sheltered
:s.2OO Fugitive slaves.
From the indianapolis News.

FROM the indianapolis News
Near the cross-street, in Fountain City,
formerly called Newtown. where are clus-
tered the post office, drug store and the
towns business activity is the home of the
noted president of the UNDERGROUND rail-
road-Levi Coffin. The name was con-
ferred by troop Of southern slavehunters
who said that, they could trace their
runaways to the house of Levi Coffin. buI
no further, there must be an underground
railroad by which they escaped and of
which he must be the president The
name of the railroad and it, president
never changed.
There is a movement on foot among the
ouakers of Indiana to purchase the house
ana preserve ii as a monument TO Levi
Coffin, for under its roof were sheltered
and hidden 300 runaway slaves some of
them Kept and fed as long rs several
weeks. such was the sagaciousness and
zeal of Levi Coffin and his wife. Aunt
haty Coffin, that out of that large num-
Der not one was ever captured in their
house and led back TO slavery.
Levi and Aunt Katy Coffin figure as
simeon and Rachel Halliday-the Quaker
couple alluded to in Uncle Toms Cabin.
In the old house they have lad as guests
Harriet Beecher Stowe and Fredericl,
douglass, the negro leader. Under their
secure roof they sheltered Eliza Harris for
several days-the Eliza in Uncle Tom,
cabin, who escaped with her child across
the Ohio river on cakes of floating ice car
ryinS her babe in her arms
The house is substantial brick, re-
semblng many OF lis neighbors and is
shaied by great naples in front The
'front.' part of the house is two stories In
height, while the l. built to ii is but on..
From the roof of the higher nart The raft
ers are built to the lower. a circumstance
which does not attract attention outside,
ana IN an upstairs room inside il could
NOT pe seen one would never suspect that
under the slipping rafters there was a dark
room, amply large to hide "A number of
saves, for which ii was used. The small
door which opened into it through the wall
was secured from observation by a bed.
which, pushed against it compIsteIy hi
it from prying eyes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
GENERAL GOSSIP.

The question Of gear cases, which comes
from over the wafer, has been little dis
cussed in this city. 1t Is true that a num-
Der Of cases have been placed on exhibit
ton, and could be bought, but a good
many people hardly knew what the things
were when first seen. The gear case does
not seem to be very popular in this city,
and so far as the writer knows, few, If
any, are in use. o
Rudyard Kipling, who became a convert
to cycling some time ago. is now an enthu-
siastic wheelman. HHe says that touring is
really the backbone Of cycling, and he can
be frequently seen wandering about Dor
setshire, England. on his wheel. He is not
the only one to say that touring was the
best use to which the wheel could be put.
None of the Washington cycle dealers
has gone down deeply in the bargain line.
and suggestions in this respect can be
taken from other sections of the country.
A Cleveland manufacturer has perfected a
scheme which he calls winter bargain. -
says the Wheel, and rich promises to
ter months. For payment of Is cents
per day from October Is to April Is he
promises to furnish wheel which is made
Of the best cold-drawn seamless tubing.
with electrically welded fittings, and
equipped with two-piece crank, detachable
sprockets. good chain and tires, adjustable
handle bar, ETC. Or for Is cents per day
he furnishes wheel constructed from the
highest grade material obtainable As n
special inducement he will allow any one
bringing in a bona fide order 10 per cent
commission when, paid up or guaranteed
paid. so that by bringing in ten such orders
a wheel Is obtained free Back payments
to be made up from date of fling order,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

be eligible Z ractl on the track. and then
no race meet can be held until satisfac-
tory fee has been paid for the signature
OF thu chairman Of the racing board to a
sanction blank The track owner may de-
sire to run some races which ne knows will
prove paying investment for him and in
| terest the public, yet the league is inexor-
able, and he' inds that he is forbi iden
Should he do SO he stands the chances of
having his track placed on the black list.
any more legitimate events
lake indoor racing for example. The
league has control over that. If an indi-
vlouai or corporation has a large hall
a good offer for aaday's or a weeks rental
the bargain Is quickly made. Suppose the
larty who rented it erected a track and
ran sM-day race, for either men or wo-
owners of the building would be notified Of
the occurrence. Should they consider the
matter they are obliged to cancel the con-
tract with the tenant, and lose the money
1or the rental, under penalty of having
their hall boycotted The owner or own
ers OF the place have probably never be-
fore heard of such an organiZa ton as the
League OF American Wheelmen, which
practically demands that they cancel the
engagement which in mercantile circles
can only be looked upon as purely bust
hess matter. To tell the truth, it appears
to be rather cheeky matter to demand
VI even request the cancellation or such
contract, pnder penalty of boycott to
the place for subsequent cycling events.
Brussels has the cycling fever almost as
hard as Paris has had it. Enthusiastic
promoters resident there propose to go
Paris one better and give a grand tourna-
ment in July next at the Bots de la Gambia
track, with prizes aggregating $500. Such
prize value will no doubt attract all the
cracks on the other side, and sensational
meet can be looked for. The program
will interest the riders and admirers of the
sport on this side of the Atlantic. The
program has been announced as follows:
International one-mile, open, to be run In
one heat, two semi-finals and a final. Six
men in first heat, six in first semi-f1nal,
four in second semi-final and three in final
prizes, $1,000 to first, 500 to second and
$500 to third.
Multicycle handicap, five kilometers GIs
YARDS, eligible to tandem, triplet, quad"
"quint'' and sextuplet teams-Prizes, first,
$500: second. $3.50: third $50; fourth, $75.
One-hour race. paced-Prizes, first, $1,000;
second. $500; third, $780, If the record of
30 miles 1904 yards is broken by the win
ner he will receive special prize of $3.50.
One-mile handicap, professional-Prizes,
first. $500; second, s160; third, $120; fourth,
$1OO; fifth, $40.
One mile. professional, for ''second-rat-
ers" only-Prizes. first, $500; second, 500;
third, $3.50; fourth, 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25

From the Iron Age.
American manufacturers returning from
European trips are full of enthusiasm over
export possibilities. They find that the
cost of producing iron and steel in Europe
especially in Great Britain, is so far above
the cost in this country that, unless some
radical change takes place in conditions
here or abroad, our people are permanently
in the lead at the very foundation of the
trade. With coke costing $3.50 per ton at
well-located English works, and Bessemer
ore not less than cents per unit, IT can be
easily seen that plenty of American pro-
ducers can undersell them. even with a
stiff charge for ocean freight as a handicap
But not only are raw materials much
dearer, their practice both at blast fur
naces and steel works is much inferior to
ours. A 125-ton furnace is considered quite
a good plant in England, while here a fur
mace producing no more than that a day is
out of date, and has been for years among
makers of Bessemer metal. British steel
works appear to have made no progress in
ten years. The machinery and methods
now used are the same as were then in
vogue. Reports of the heavy output at
tanned by American steel works are re-
ceived with incredulity, or are looked upon
as Yankee tricks, accomplished by doubling
up plants, instead Of stirring UP the Eng
lsh managers or mill superintendents to
attempt similar performances or find out
the reason why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
COLD WINTERS.
Some Remarkable Records of Low
Temperature.

From the Spokane Spokesman.
The man who leaves this section for the
Klondike with notion that it is not much
colder on the Yukon than on the Columbia.
will know more after he has passed one
winter in Alaska. A few years ago the
United States coast and geodetic survey
took series of weather observations on
the Yukon, near the Klondike. The aver
age for December was II below zero; for
January, II below, and for February, II
below. For five days in February the av-
erage was AZ degrees below zero. For 16S
days that winter the temperature remained
below the freezing point.
This would be trying in n land of more
sunshine. In Alaska. where, in midwinter
there are about twenty hours of darkness
to four of daylight, it is most depressing
After while gas and electric lights may
be tWinkling on the Klondke, dispelling
part of the darkness, but for the present
when coal oil and candles must be counted
as luXuries only within reach of the rich
the long dark winters will be full of gloom
However, there are points in the United
States which can make an approach to the
Yukon record for low temperature. At
Poplar River, Montana the wca Their bureau
has a record of g. degrees below zero: at
Fort Benton, 30 below, Fort ASsiniboine
5o4 below; Fort Custer. 475 below: Fort
Shaw, AS below; Fort Maginnis. A. below:
Helena, 400 below and Fort Buford North
Dakota, 49, below.
One of the coolest and windiest places in
the United States is the summit of Mount
Washington, in New Hampshire. The
government observatory there has some
startling records: In November, 1884. the
wind blew 12S miles an hour. On December
10, 1881, with the temperature 422 degrees
below Zero the wind blew 96 miles an hour.
On January -, 1855, with the temperature
SO below, it blew 10 miles hour, when
frost stopped the wind gauge. In March
1881, the wind attained a velocity of 49,
miles an hour. and in December, the same
year, of 40 miles an hour.
The coolest inhabited point on the globe
is thought to be Werchojansk Siberia, with
record of 90.4 degrees below zero. In the
winter of 1885 the temperature fell to S4.3
below zero in February, to ia below in
March, and to 49, below in December.
The printed type, read before cheerful
fire, can give no conception of the real
meaning of these figures. On the Yukon
when the temperature falls to 40 or 90 be-
low zero, a mans breath in cutting the
frozen atmosphere creates roaring sound
that is startling when first experienced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Old Packs of Cards.


A pack Of cards was recently sold at a
London stationer's for f120. 1t was one of
the handsomest Italian copperplate card
games called "teroochi,di Montegna," made
during the fifteenth century.
Another pack of cards recently sold at
Paris for almost ESQ. Each Of the cards in
this pack is a masterpiece of the engraver's
art, and all the figures in the game were
historical portraits. The queen of hearts,
for instance. represented Queen Anne. the
king of hearts being her husband, Prince
George of Denmark. The queen of dia-
monds was Queen Anne Sophia of Dem
mark. the queen OF clubs the then Crown
Princess Of Prussia, the wife of Frederick
William I, and the queen of spades Prin-
cess Anna of Russia, later on the czarina.
The jacks In this deck Of cards represent
the most prominent diplomats of Europe at
the same time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
L. A. w. GOSSIP.

There were seven applications for men,
bership of the local division filed during
the week, and no renewals of old member
ST irs. According 10 the official figures this
makes the membership of the District d.
vision equal 952. The Christmas gift this
year in the shape of total membership must
remain at these figures. The new members
ere as follows:
Sidney F. Besselievre. 315 E street north
east.
James A. Edgar, % 5th street northeast.
Edward 2. Goodrich, 916 18th street north
west.
Phil. f. Muth. AIS It'll street northwest.
Miss Adele II. Vulte, 1S2J / street north
west.
X. Wells, 1920 ConneC ticut avenue
James W. Williams, 743 Sth street south
east.
In the last issue of the official bulletin
OF the league list Of the original or char
ter members of the league Is publis he'd
through the courtesy of George b. Wood
ward of New York 1t will be remem-
Dered that the organization was formed
May 81, 1870, at Newport, r. i. In all I2S
names are given. Massachusetts, was rem
resented by forty-fve cyclists, and New
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Drinking without Cups.
From the Indianapolis News.


The campaign for the sanitary-baked
pencils for use in the public schools will
not end the efforts of the health officers
to elude the ways of the microbe. DR.
Hurry, secretary of the state board of
health, has been interested in reading of a
public drinking device, which goes the in
dividual communion cup idea one better In
disposing Of cups altogether In drinking.
1t is drinking fountain placed on ped
estal. so as TO be in the reach of the
average human mouth. From the midst
of the basin projects little nozzle. shoot
ing up jet of water not very Large nor
violent. To drink, a person simply lets
the little water jet play into his mouth and
takes his fill. The jet may be turned on
or off. As there are no cups. and the
same water never touches two pairs of
lips, there is no chance for microbes which
seek to travel from one mouth to another.
The argument is that, as long as the water
itself is pure, this is an absolutely safe
method of public drinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
Wild Horses I'm Arizona.
be st. Louis Globe-Deinocrat.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
There must be 20,OD head of wild horses
in northern Arizona" said Will S. Barnes,
one of the largest cattle owners in Navajo
county, recently. They are the worst nui-
sance that can be imagined. 1t has reach
ed the point where We cannot safely turn
out riding horse to Craze We have TO
keep our saddle animals and roundup
horses stabbed all winter or bring them
down to Phoenix for pasturage. The wild
stock not only eat the food that ought to
go to the cattle, but they run cattle off the
range. They have chased of all the cattle
from the west end of the Hash Knife
range, one of the best grass districts I'm
northern Arizona. 1t is useless to put out
salt for the stock, for the wild horses chase
away the cattle that come near II. At this
season of the year they are fat and have
shining hides. They sweep over the coun-
try in great bands. gathering up any stray
animals they may come across. A horse is
as good as lost that joins them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-12-25
sfa lImopf 1870 a.

, The talk Of riding bicycle to the Klon-
aike regions. which was greeted as a great
JOKE may not be so funny as was at first
snousnt An Ohio man by the name Of
oLlison n. stevenson has invented a novel
wheei Tor rough riding and which n is
canned will go over ice as nicely as on
Ievel ground. The inventor does not make
any lole boasts, and for the past three
Win, winser rs, mas experimental on Lake Erie
with his model, securing very satisfactory
results on Ice The details of copstruc-
tloh OF the machine are not given hut II
IS so arranged that it is Just as easy to
faopei II over rough surface as on per-
Iectly smooth Ice and that In going over
,ne latter there is no more exertion than
IN running over smooth ground. The in
ventor seems to think that the new bicy-
cie Will De valuable adjunct for future
polar exploration parties in addition to
gtons. ~
TO establish for themselves the record Of a
mile In one minute, New York city mann
iacturer has calculated that to ride a mile
~ ~. one minute. a man would have to make
tnree revolutions of his feet in one second
with a 112-gear. With 134-gear, two and
one-half revolutions a second would be re-
CURED, while with two revolutions a sec
ono, gear OF 16S is necessary. Michael,
Wnen riding a mile in two minutes with
lo6-gear, makes one and twenty-three-
nundredthS revolutions second with his
Ieet. II man could move his feet at a
rate of one and one-half revolutions a
SECOND for sixty seconds. he would require
gear of 224 in order to cover a mile in
that time.
one OF the finest roads in England is
called the Dover road. This is the highway
which was so highly praised by Ed. Plum
mer, the English trainer, when in this city
several years ago. This road Is said to
have been built by the Romans after Gaze
sar's invasion, and since that time has been
improved upon until today it is regarded as
the equal of any road in the world.
According to a German cycling paper
summarizing the racing in that country
for the past season, there were Jos foreign
crs who competed for prizes. OF this num-
Der there were % Austrians, % French
men, q Belgians, IL Danes, Swiss. 6
Dutchmen, Italians, 4 Englishmen, 3
Americans and l Swede. Sixty-two of the
above, including sixteen amateurs. won
prizes. Bourilon, among professionals,
took the lions share with 600; Buchner,
f231 lbs. this sum is exclusive Of his daily
income from August Is to September 80:
Gerger, f220; Jap Eden, f125; Seidl. f96
15s.; Barden, f65; Luyten. fI6 IS; Bouhours.
$50. The amounts secured by the rest OF
the professionals vary from f3O to IA.