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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
WHEELS ARE NUMEROUS.
Twelve Millions Are Possessed in All
Parts of the World.

Twelve Millions Are Possessed in All
Parts of the World.
The statistical crank has been at work
again. Here is his latest etfusion:
Have you a good imagination? Then
prepare 10 make good use of it, for l
am going to give it somewhat of Il test.
happened upon some staggering
facts regarding the bicycle and
it's riders the other day. TWAS author
itative, too, to the effect that there are
to-day no less than 100000 bicycles
in actual use throughout the world.
This does not include the many mil
lions more in storage here, there and
everywhere, both new wheels and the
obsolete ones. 1t represents cycles in
more or less actual daily service of
wheelmen and women. Now, on a day
like election day, for instance, and a
corresponding fete day on the other
side of the water at least three-quar-
tiers of these cyclers take a little spin,
some century run, but the average
much less than ten miles. Think what
this vast aggregation means! Four of
, these wheelmen and women abreast,
two pairs to the city block, in line, this
vast cycle battalion would reach clean
round the earth. Two abreast and only
a block apart this same brigade would
reach from the earth to the moon.
Now for the wheel. If all these wheels
were one large wheel, the front fork,
say in New York. the rear wheel would
touch the earth somewhere on the other
side Of Chicago. If you can conceive of
a man who would be big enough to ride
such wheel he would be just 500 times
the height of Trinity church steeple in
New York, and would weigh something
around 1000 tons!
If this pedaling gentleman undertook
little spin all by himself on fine day,
he could reach to the sun, 95,0O0,000
miles away, in the morning and home
again in the afternoon of single day.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
SCHOOL FOR PARROTS.
How the Birds Are Put Through Reg
ular Course of Training.

How the Birds Are Put Through Reg
uiar Course of Training.
On lower Third avenue, in the famous
and one-time much feared Bowery dis
trict of New York, is the only parrot
which is nothing more than the back
room of a bird fancier's shop, parrots re-
ceiye their education.
Large numbers of these birds arc
brought to New York each season, most
of them fresh from the tropical forests
of South America. In this wild state,
screeching and screaming, they are
purchased by the bird fanciers, taught
to greater or less extent and sold all
over the country. In this parrot acad-
envy the birds go through regular
course of training. They begin with
kindergarten methods and step by step
are promoted until they have com-
fresh lot of these birds is purchased
they are put in the room aud for two or
three days left to themselves so that
they may become accustomed to their
surroundings. Then n parrot which has
already mastered the art of monosyl-
liable words is introduced and soon
teaches the whole class such simple
words as yes and no.
The next grade, which is bisyllables
and sentences of the simplest character,
is taught by second parrot further ad-
vanced than the first. While in the third
grade, where long words and more diff
cult sentences comprise the course, the
teacher is also parrot.
In the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades
the teachers are the bird fancier and his
daughter. The blackboard comes into
use and the birds are taught their alpha
bet one letter at a time. Then to read
and spell simple words, AZ "cat" and
dog" simple sums in arithmetic, and
telling the time of day. At this point
the general education ceases. The
brighter birds are selected and taught
to sing and dance. All parrots are not
musical and only few of them become
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
IN CYCLEDOM.
GuNPoWDER MOTOR.
The --latest Bicycle Invention Ia Unique,
to Say the Least.

to Say the Least.
A most remarkable motor has been
invented by f. NJ. Freeble, of Latrobe,
Pa. 1t is eight inches long. weighs
So pounds, and, when charged with or
binary gunpowder, will carry bicycle
and rider 100 miles. 1t is believed
that its use will be adopted in the near
future. 1t is said that the steepest
hill can be taken with perfect ease, and
there is no rattle or jar. 1t does away
with the sprocllet chain and pedal.
An exploding chamber is in the for
ward end of a small cylinder three
inches long and one inch in diameter.
From the rear of the cylinder projects
the driving rod. Above is the powder
magazine, four inches in diameter and
two inches deep. The driving rod con-
meets with a crank to the eccentric,
which in turn is fastened to the axle
of the rear wheel of the machine. The
forcing outward of the rod causes the
crank to revolve, this in turn commu-
nicates action to the eccentric and
wheels giving motion to the machine
The motor is of one-horse power. A
chute leads into the exploding chamber
from the front of the magazine. When
one of the three valves in the feed
chute is open, the other two are closed.
These are governed by bar and cog
wheels. The second valve acts as gov
ernor to the other two, shutting off or
increasing supply, according to speed
required. The third or lower valve
is heavier than the others, as it has to
withstand the force of conclusion caused
by exploding powder.
The exploding chamber is the heav-
lest part of the motor. At each explo-
sion, which takes place as the powder
comes through the feeder from the
magazine, a gaseous smoke isgenerated,
which operates the piston head of the
driving rod. There is valve at the
top of the exploding chamber, which
allows an excess of gas to escape, and
thus avoids any possibility of danger
OF explosion of the gases. When "a rider
wishes to start, the rod is forced down,
the valves in the chute open, cap ex-
plodes and the machine moves. A re-
verse operation causes it to stop.
The motor is fastened to the frame
of the machine by a clamp, and nothing
but the breaking of this frame can dis
place it from its position.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
PIG FOOLED THE DOG.
Both Wanted Same Place to Sleep In and
the Porker Got 1t.


the Porker Got 1t.
Here is true tale of a dog and pig.
They were both passengers on the same
ship, and quite warm friends. They
used to eat their cold potatoes off the
same plate, and but for one thing would
never have had any trouble. This was
the fact that the dog had a kennel and
the pig had none.
Somehow the pig got it into its head
that the kennel belonged to whichever
could get into it first, so every night
there was a race. Ii the dog won he
showed his teeth, and the pig had to
lie on the softest plank he could find.
If the pig got in first Toby could not
drive him out.
One rainy afternoon the pig found it
rather unpleasant slipping about on
deck and made up his mind to retire
early. But when he reached the kennel
he found the dog snug and warm in
side. ''Umph!" he said, but Toby made
no reply.
Suddenly an iaea flashed upon him,
and, trudging off to where their dim
ner plate was lying, he carried it to a
part of the deck where the dog could see
It, and, turning his back to the kennel,
began rafting the plate and munchipg
as though he had a feast before him.
This was too much for Toby. A good
dinner and he not there! Piggy kept
on until Toby had come round in front
of him and pushed his nose into the
empty plate.
Then, like a shot, he turned around
md was safe in the kennel before Toby
knew whether there was any dinner on
the plate or not,-London Telegraph.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
WHEELS FOR ROUGH ROADS.

to do away with the jolting from an
make a cobble stone pavement a joy.
If it does all that the inventor claims
for it people will be inclined to over
look the queer appearance of the ma
chine and give it trial. But if four
wheels are good, would not eight of
ten be better? Perhaps the cycle of
the future will resemble a centipede,
and the rider then can go over an exca-
walton for gas pipes or cable car road
with Observation-Disclosures Evening
Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
THE RHINOCERoS DISEMBoWELED
HIM

frightful weapon does not exist. Some
of these animals are armed with two
horns, the front one occasionally meas
uring four feet in length. Just think
of such weapon, backed by hundreds
and hundreds of pounds of muscular
brute force.
Among the barbarians of Asia and
Africa, the rhinoceros is used on festive
days to fight for the amusement of a
savage public. Special amphitheaters
are built for the purpose, and royalty
sanctions the combats by their pres
ence. Seated in all the luxury of bar
barrie splendor, and carefully protected
from the ferocious beasts in the arena,
the dusky monarch looks enjoyably on
while the animals struggle for victory.
Two of the ugliest beasts that can be
procured are entered for the fight, and
after they have been tormented to a
state bordering on frenzy, are pitted
against each other. In order that the
public may be enabled to follow the
movements of each of the brutal gladi-
ators, one will be painted red or green,
anu ehc oIhci yCio", White VI ulue.
The contest, as might well be imagined,
is of a most repulsive nature; charge
and countercharge follow each other in
quick succession, while native attend
ants stand conveniently by and throw
buckets of cold water over the animals
to keep their fury at fever heat. The
fight lasts until both beasts are ex-
hnusted, unless one, by lucky stroke,
thrusts his horn into his opponents
throat, which gives him the victory
N Y Ledger.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
ROUGH-ROAD WHEEL.

Said to Run Smoothly Over the Most
Uneven Surface.
An English firm will soon put on the
market a wheel that differs essentially
from any ever built before. The pic
ture shows the design. 1t has four
wheels, three being small and one about
the size of those of the common safety.
The wheels are placed in a line, and
nothing is gained in the way of balance.
The inventor asserts that his machine
will run as smooth over rough ground
as the common wheel does over asphalt.
The multiplicity of wheels is expected
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
Good Medicine.

"Well, nurse, is the patient taking
that tablespoonful of brandy that or.
dered him this morning."
Rather, doctor; he's 20 ahead
Fun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
frica.

The name Africa is derived from two
Phoenician words-"afer," black man,
and sac" a country signifying the land
of the black man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
Make Their Own wheels.

They make their own bicycles in
Japan now and call them jin-ten-sha,
which means literally, man-wheel-vs
hicle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
A DANGEROUS MONSTER.
BY MEREDITH NUGENT.

oODDEN Crushing
of the bushes and
the infuriated rhi-
noceros looms into
view. 1t is a thrill
ing moment for
the hunter as the
u g / y monster,
bleeding from ever
so many wounds,
charges upon him
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
LONGEVITY of Gold Fish.

Goldfish are long-lived fish, and in
the government aquarium at Washing
ton there is one that is known to be so
years old. 1t is said there is goldfish
that is over 100 years old in the royal
aquarium at Rome, Italy. 1t has grown
slightly during the last 25 years, but
its color is as it was century age,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
same Difference.

he-Do you minc if i smoke?
She Not If the cigar was given you;
cam stand those you buy.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04

Cecil Rhodes is hearty supporter of
the Salvation Army and has made Gen.
Booth an offer of land in Rhodesia to-
the army's uso.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-03-04
LouisyiIIe,s Electric Lights.

Louisville has 1900 arc lights in its
streets of 1000 candle power each.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
INSANE PATIENTS.
Relatives Who Are Able to Do so,
rIust Paw Something.

By Investigations recently made the
State Lunacy Commission has ascer-
tanned that there are only about 1oo
paid patients out Of 4,SUO VINO are
confined in the several State Asyiums.
AS the law expressly provides that the
families or relatives of inmates SNAIL
whenever able so to do, pay for their
maintenance and support, steps are
being taken to ascertain the financial
status of those confined, with view to
taking some of the burden off the State
and placing it on the individual
Communications have been forwarded
to all Superior Judges in the state, call
ing attention to the provision OF the
law. and requesting them to ascertain
whether or not the relatives OF patients
hereafter admitted to asylums are able
to pay for the latter's maintenance and
support.
The law also provides that the cost OF
commitments and transportation shall
be borne by the person committed or ms
family, and the commission is taxing
steps to see that it is complied with.
The new lunacy law provides further
that each and every private asylum IN
the State shall obtain a license from the
State Lunacy Commission before con-
tinuing or commencing to conduct its
business and that before such license is
granted the commission shall have been
supplied with complete plans of the
buildings and grounds of such asylums,
and that the latter shall ever be open
to inspection by the State Board. The
Directors of the several private asy-
lums have been requested to send in
plans of their institutions, and few
have already complied with the request
Bids for supplies for the State Asy-
lums have been opened, and while the
contracts have not yet been awarded
it is understood that in the aggregate a
heavy saving to the State has been made
by the new system adopted for supply
ing the institutions.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
MISSED A GOOD THING,
But Found the Cause Lay in the
Kitchen.

But Found the Cause Lay in the
Kitchen.
"a man will be kept out of a good
| thing by a very small matter some
times
II consider my body my very best
| friend. as when it is well I can make
money, eat, sleep, and enjoy life, while
I can do neither of these when l am
not in good physical health, therefore,
1 try to use good common sense and
keep my body we'll.
Finding that coffee was most too
heavy for me, even producing pro-
| nounced indigestion at times, l deter
mined to try this Postum Cereal Food
Coffee q While, as l understood from
my physician that it was perfectly d.
gestible and was made of the albumen,
gluten and phosphates of wheat that
nature needs to build in the gray mat
ter with which the nerve cells must be
filled to maintain health. Well, the first
morning it came on the table it looked
like q thin kind of pale coffee and
tasted like a namby- PANTY sort Of chill
drens drink. / was much disappointed
and thoroughly Disguised, and went
back to hot water and milk. One day
at a friends l drank some rich deep,
clear, brown coffee and enjoyed it great
ly passing up for a second cup. When
1 was told it was Postum Cereal Food
Coffee, you can depend I quickly saw
had been kept out Of good thing
for some weeks, simply because the
first trial had been ruined in the kitch-
en-. L had some prepared strictly &C
cording to directions (and that is easy)
and now I have my Food Coffee every
morning and evening, and am getting
steadier and sturdier every day of my
life. Take an old mans advice and
The record-union., 1897-06-19
SONG RECITAL.
Entertainment Given by the Pupils OF
Miss Ida CIinCh.

Steinway Hall at Ninth and ] streets
was well filled last evening on the &C.
casion of the song recital given by
pupils of Miss Ida Clinch. Many OF
the selections We're rendered in an art
istic manner, a number being encored
The performers We're all greeted with
unstinted applause, and those present
spent a very pleasant evening. The
programme was as follows:
Musical Life Picture" Uichner op.
1S), Miss Edna Kripp; Her First
Waltz" PiccolaminD, Miss Hattie Bill
ings; (a) Swinging (Hartog), OBJ
Polly (Murray), Miss L. Luella Den
mis-; My Dream Love- (Muller), Miss
May Woodbridge; Invitation" Rrack-
etD, Miss Dottie Smith; THE Other
Day Dorsey, Mrs. L. NJ Schworer;
Two Loves" Ode Koven), Miss. Hattie
Billings; Drums and Trumpets'
(Helmsmuller), Miss Edna Kripp; (a)
'Daffodil'' (BracketD, CD MY Own
Sweetheart (Gottsdhalk), Miss Dottie
Smith; "A Day Dream" (StrilezkD, Mrs.
L. M. Schworer, with violin obligato
by Miss Edna Johnson; ashore
(Trotere), Miss May Woodbridge; De
light" Nuckstone), Miss L. Luella Den
mis-,
The record-union., 1897-06-19
GRANTED A NONSUIT.
Judge Johnson Decides the Case of
Howard VS.. Bryan and Others.

Judge Johnson yesterday rendered
decision in the case of M. A. Howard
against William Bryan and others.
The guardian of the defendants was
granted permission by the court to mort
gage their property, half the heirs being
of age and the other half minors. The
mortgage was for $9, 800 and was given
to Denis Dalton, who assigned it to
Howard. Defendants moved for nom
suit on the ground that no note was
given and the court granted the nom
suit, holding that note is an evidence
of debt and that note should always
be given with a mortgage. He says there
are other points in the case, but will not
pass on them, as the suit will probably
go to the Supreme Court.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
N0tarieS Public.

Governor Budd yesterday appointed
Notaries Public as follows:
A. G. Rivera, Los Angeles; M. A.
Boulware and J. r. Welch, San Jose; j.
Clarence Curly, Sacramento; Victor
Heck, Jr., Alameda; Lester A Burke,
Salinas; M. D. Lovejoy, jamestown,
Tuolumne County; w. c. Squire, Santa
Barbara; E. S. Watson, Redding; E. G.
Ryker, Oakdale, Stanislaus County; f.
]. Brownlee, Napa; Morris Lobner, Col
fax; E. S. Stanton and H. c. Hubbard,
Riverside; c. M. Simpson, Pasadena; S.
S. Draper and T. H. Daily, San Bernar-
dino; E. w. Holland, Tulare; Benjamin
Blocklinger, Blocksburg, Humboldt
County; George c. Young, Petaluma,
and Henry Bird, Birds Landing, Solano
County
The record-union., 1897-06-19
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Silas Bells Eyes Badly Injured in {
Machine Shop.

Silas Bell, who conducts a foundry
and machine shop at 2i7 L street, met
with a painful and serious accident
early yesterday. He was bending a
piece of iron pipe and had employed the
old method of first filling it with sand
and tightly plugging the ends before
heating it.
Bell was standing over the pipe,
which was being pressed into the de-
sired shape over a wheel, when it ex-
ploded, the sand being shot with great
force into his face and eyes.
1t was thought for a time that the
sight had been destroyed, but at lat
est accounts the unfortunate man was
able to discern objects, and it is be-
lieved by the attending physician that
the pupils were not seriously damaged
The record-union., 1897-06-19
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS.
The Reception Committees to Meet
This Evening.

This evening at S o'clock in the Pres
byterian Church on Sixth street, Mr..
Cleland of San Francisco will explain
what has been done to prepare for the
great international convention of the
Christian Endeavorers, to be held from
July 9TH to the 18th in San Francisco.
Mr.. Cleland will tell what he wants
Sacramento city and county to do, and
the Endeavorers, the Leaguers and
Unionists and all who are willing to
help are asked to be present. He will
have badges and caps.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
JUDGE HUGHES TO TRY IT.
Weinstock-r1cClatchy Case Trans.
ferred to His Department.

The case of H. Weinstock against c.
K. and V. S. McClatchy was yesterday
transferred by Judge Johnson from his
court to that of Judge Hughes, he being
disqualified for trying it because his
brother-in-law, c. T. Jones, was en-
tered as attorney of record in the case.
Judge Johnson stated that Judges
Hughes and Hart declined to decide be-
tween themselves who would try the
case, and therefore preferred that he
should make the assignment He then
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Mortgage Foreclosed.

Judge Hughes yesterday decided the
suit of B. r. Crocker against w. H.
Richards, administrator and others, for
the foreclosure of a mortgage, giving
Judgment for plaintiff for $37, 453 II
and $3.50 attorneys fees. James Young
was appointed receiver, with bond fixed
at $4,000
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Hotel Arrivals.

Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel
yesterday: Ralph Worms, j. A. Clark
New York; ]. E. Bourke, E. P. Palmer
Chicago; r. w. Claiborne, Newark, N
j.; H. d. McAneney, Oakland; T. B.
DeVine, Riverside; Alfred Bevis, ST
Louis; e. Myers, wife and child; w. S
Jordan, San Jose; Dwight Edwards, S
S. Stiles, w. Jones, M. Mayer, c. A
Thurston, Nal Furst, w. S. Leake, A
B. Spreckels, A. F. Pollock, San Fran
cisco
The record-union., 1897-06-19
The Runaway Girls.

The police yesterday returned Ella
Collinson, the runaway Reno girl, to her
home, and Dan Healy, officer of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, has found home for her
companion, Katie Williams, III a fam
lily in this city.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Auction Sales.

To-day at p. M, and 1:30 p. M,
Bell & Co., auctioneers, will sell, at 515
] street, the entire stock of fine millin-
cry goods, by order of Mrs. J. Sullivan,
and will continue the sale each day at
the same hours until the entire stock
OF trimmed and untrimmed hats are
sold
The record-union., 1897-06-19

don't let a cooks single failure keep
you out Of good thing"
There are many weak limitations of
Postum Cereal Food Coffee offered as
lust as good" See the red seals, 1T
makes red blood on the genuine pack
age
The record-union., 1897-06-19
The Proposed Running Meeting.

Plans for holding another weeks rae
ing at Agricultural Park are being dis
cussed by sporting men. While moth
ing definite has as yet been determined
on, the meeting. if held, will commence
on Monday July 9Th, and continue dur
ing the week
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Broke His Wrist.

A young man named Davenport. who
resides at Twenty third and M streets.
was thrown from a horse at Twenty
fifth and o streets yesterday morning
resulting in fracture of the bones of
his left wrist
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Here Are Bargains For You.

Five square pianos at five dollars per
month, four at three dollars per month,
in good order and warranted. Pommer's
Music Store, corner Ninth and J.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Commissioner of Deeds.

Governor Budd yesterday appointed
Henry Ballantine to be Commissioner of
Deeds for the State of California, to re-
side in Brooklyn, New York.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
DIVIDEND NOTICE
San Francisco Savings Union,
532 California street, corner Webb.

For the half year ending with the Goth
Of June, 1897. dividend has been declared
at the rate per annum of four and two
tenthS (4.2) per cent. on term deposits and
three and fve-tenths $50 per cent. on or
binary deposits, free of taxes, payable on
and after THURSDAY, July ], 1897
LOWELL WHITE, Cashier.
iel9-2Wd&W
The record-union., 1897-06-19
Barton,s Ice Cream Soda

Is the favorite drink these days. Every
body says it is delicious.
The record-union., 1897-06-19

assigned it to Judge Hughes, and as 1t
had been set for the Dist, which date on
Judge Hughes calendar is occupied, 1t
went over for the term.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
A Comtorta Bile Ride.

Enjoy one by having your buggy or
carriage equipped with rubber tires at
A. Meister & Sons, 910-914 Ninth st.
The record-union., 1897-06-19

Shirt waist sets, handsomely enam
eled, at Steinman's, 612 street.
The record-union., 1897-06-19
SPECIAL NOTICES
NEW TODAY.
OAK PARK.

ONE WEEK, COMMENCING MON
day, June 2lst. The Boomer Girls Ex-
travaganZa Company, in new songs
dances, sketches and high-class vaude-
vile. See George Bird the wonderful
Chinese laugh-maker, in new specialties
Performance commences at $50 y m
Grand matinee Saturday and Sunday at
2 80 D. m Admission, 10 cents.
The record-union., 1897-06-19

Try McMorry's 35c tea 531 NJ.