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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-01

II ycl went, anything. try an ad. in The
will get an answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-01

II you want anything. try an ad In The
Star. II anybody has what you wish. yon
will get an answer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-01

Take s1.00 excursion to Baltimore Sunday,
September 8. via Pennsylvania railroad
Tickets good on all trains.-Advt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-01
Daring Robbery Committed.

"A caring ROBBERY was committed last
night in camp, Mr.. W. w. Osborne. a men,
Der of the Georgia PARTY and a prominent
official of Savannah, Being the victim. His
tent was entered and a suit of clothes,
large sum of money and quantity of rail-
road tickets stolen. TIE thief consider.
ately left a bunch of keys. The work was
undoubtedly that Of professional. The
Washingtonians are now very careful of
their belongings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-01
Sending Descriptions.

1t is surprising TO the detectives that
Hawkins did not remain here and return
TO work this morning. for had ne done this
he may have warded off suspicion and
made il appear that some other person
was responsible for the shortage. The
safe was in the extreme rear Of the Of
ice near the alley where the officer on
duty in the front part Of the building can
not see II. and this made * possible for
Hawkins 20 have worked at IL for long
time. so the police say. The District pay
masters safe in which money is kept is
in the detective office. where IL is in sight
CT one or more officers all the time. II
IS thought that this robbery will result
in a change OF at least the place of keep
ing the money. for the police think the
safest place for 1t is in headquarters
While making the investigation today the
detectives learned that Hawkins as they
say. had gone wild over the klondike gold
craze and had frequently talked of going
out there to dig gold.
To others he had talked Of going to New
Orleans. and had also said something about
going to Cuba. In order TO cover all points
the police have patronized the telegraph
companies literally. So that the police all
over the country are fully aware of what
the fugitive has done to the contents Of
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30

am prepared to do all kinds OF job
work and repyailriinrg ir ip tny line.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
AROUND THE GLOBE.

Switzerland's national council has
voted unanimously to make insurance
against accidents and sickness compul7
sorry on all citizens.
A young man slipped from the cliff
at the Lydford waterfall, near Tavis-
took, aEd fell 100 feet without break
ing bone. lie will recover.
Mcngo, the capital CT Uganda, han
been reached from the cast coast CT Af-
rica by an English missionary in three
weeks riding bicycle.
Naples is 10 be connected with Mount
Nesuvius by direct railroad line,
which will connect with Tie cable line
rur~'ng to the top Of tlc vcIcaro.
S. A.or Crispi has sold lis furniture
and given up his house in LONE. lie
is going TO live in his villa at s,nDlcs,
and declares that lie is out Of politics.
A GG-ycar-old widow CT Tidcrham,
in Clouccstcrshirc, has been sent to
Jail for two months for miilsinr CtLcr
peoples COWS on the town common.
Andrew Lang's translation OF Pope
Leo's poem on frugality is SAID 10 he
his revenge on his holiness for putting
one of his books on the Index ENpurra-
toris.
Mascagni has sold his latest opera,
"1sis," to Ricordi, thus ubandonin?
Sonzogno, who first brought Lin out.
The only one of the yourg men dis
covered by Sonzogno that still clings to
him Is Leoncavallo.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
IMPERIAL PAWNShOP.
Austria Conducts the PnwnbrOkinr
Business for Her Poor.

Austria Conducts the PnwnbroI<inr
Business for Her Poor.
Austria has an imperial pawn shop.
1t was established in Vienna in 17O7,
when there was great distress among
the poor in the southern part Of the en-
pire., twas designed as way to secure
to the starving some means of immedi-
ate relief, and by putting the rate of in
terest as low as possible, and embody-
ing in the system every advantage that
could be given to those who sought to
make loans, it was found to be SO eff
teetive that it soon gained the imperial
sanction, and it was not long until its
managers were made public officials
under the direction OF the minister Of
. the interior. This Is substantially the
status of the institution at this time.
The rates are so low that the business
done on, the cheap goods and chattels
of the poor could not. possibly make the
establishment self-sustaining; but peor
pie who have been suddenly reduced
: in circumstances or who are temporarily
embarrassed, keep the margins on the
right side and enable the institution to
Keep open without the aid of subsidy.
In the. year 1893 n total of. SEC ,O15 ar
ticles were pledged, and of these S48,-
562 were redeemed, a remarkable re-
demption as compared with the proper
tions of the average pawnshop. The
unredeemcd pledges were sold by pub
lie auction and whenever they brought
more than the face of the pledge the
balance was set to the account of the
pledger, to be refunded any time with
in three years.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30

A great commotion seems to have
taken place among railway circles
owing to the contemplated through
car service between the Pacific Coast
and Chicago which is operating one
day each week. This is not a new de-
parture by any means, as the Denver
d Rio Grande Railroad Company and
its CONNECTIONS have been operatmpa
through car service between the Pa
cific and Atlantic Coast via: S Ut Lake
Pueblo. Denver. Kansas City. and
chicago for years, and three da, a
each week, viz every Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday evening. The
cars for. this through service are Of
the latest Pullman design, and are
supplied with clean linen and bedding
throughout. A Pullman porter is as
signed to each car. These cars are
also under the personal supervision
Of SPECIAL Excursion Agent,
whose duty it is to see chat passen.
gers are given every comfort and at
tention. For further information. ap-
ply to any agent, or to b. +. Nevins.
General Agent, or to II. M. Gushing,
Travelling Passenger Agent, D. & r..
G. r. r.. SO West 3rd South st. Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
EASTWARD Fsa9VtI 1;jE ROCKIES.

The traveller, tourist or business
man Is wise when he selects the Rio
Grande Western Railway @Great Salt
Lake Route" for his route to the East
Itis tile only transcoont1nentai line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the gli,n ptse t,s,,
1t AFFORDS of the Temple City, the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it. affords
the choice OF three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
On all classes. OF, tickets stopovers
are: granted Mt Ogden. Salt Lake
City,. Glenwood Springs, Leadville,
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points of interest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleening cars between IN
San Francisco and Denver. Tourist
cars cal 7Et through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston. ~ - ''-..''r =
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
tive OF the @Great Salt Lake Ronte," I"
write to F. A. WADLEIGH, General
Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City. 81"
- ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
The POnc'H Wit.

Since Leo XIII. has filled the chair Of
st. Peter, he has repressed the hurnoI-
Gus side Of his nature which ma,lr bra
greatly in demand as n diner-out while
filling the Office Of nuncio at Ernsscia.
Always severe in matters of propr:cty,
he was deeply, offended on one Of thesA
occasions by a. baron who passed him r.
snuftboS, on the, lid OF which was en-
ameled p feminine figure en- dishabille.
Admirably controlling his annoyance,
his future holiness replied: every pre,-
ty. Isle your wifeP", ~
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
DAILY INDEPENDENT.
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prietOr.
AN EVENING PAPER.
Issued Every Day, Isunyday's Excepted.
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One Copy. one year.. 81 10
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cents per week
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
Ge0

Bells Pit in Rcsidctces.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

1--WE have gained 34,419 members over our
record of a year ago-a gain of 81 per cent"
said Mr. Bassett This exceeds all pre-
yious records"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
CYCLING TRADE HISTORY
From velocipsdes in the Sixties to the
safeties Of Today.
TRIALS OF THE PIONEER MAKER'
Remarkable Evolution in Designs,
weights, Process of Construction
and Fittings-How Prices
Have Fluctuntcd.

Bicycle history Is a small volume. II is
not old enough to accumulate dust, nor is
any Of the data obscured by the mists Of
time. It's beginnings in the United States
are within the memory Of men of middle
age, and comparatively few Of the votaries
Of the wheel can be classed as veterans.
Owing to our lack of good roads, methods
Of manumotive propulsion were not thor
oughly investigated in the early history OF
our country, but in Europe, notably in
France, Germany and England were the
first steps taken toward relieving man from
his abject slavery to the horse as means
of transit The dandy horse" and the
"draisine" are familiar to all who have In
vestigated the subject
Later on, at the close Of our civil war,
there appeared in France and England the
type Of vehicle known as the 'velocipede.
Mcheaux Of France has been accredited the
glory of all that pertains to the velocipsde
of thu early COS. About that time there ap.
peared in this country Frenchman named
| Pierre Lallement, who took out funda
mental patent on the crank movement ac
| applied to the velocipede then In use II
| 1866 and Hanlon brothers, actors and aero
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

tonshing amount OF industry was developed.
There are three regularly organized corps
OF bicycle messengers in Omaha. Both Man
ager Umsted OF the Western Union and
Manager Fuller OF the Postal Telegraph
companies claim the honor OF being the frst
to introduce the innovation, but leaving them
to settle their difference OF opinion with
axes or such other weapons as may be avail
able IL Is certain that Omaha was one OF the
first cities in the United States TO have a
full force of messenger boys on wheels The
only other competitor was Syracuse. ~ r.,
and as the wheel was introduced In each
city without knowledge OF the other ana at
about the same time, honors are fairly even.
The results OF the system have been so sat
isfactory that II has now been introduced In
after the experiment had been tried at the
local office OF the Western Union, the vice
president OF the company had photographs
OF the force sent to every manager in the
west with instructions to follow Manager
Umsteis example as soon as possible.
Manager Umsted says that the wheel was
q decided success from the first, and has
improved the service fully 80 per cent. IL
has had tendency to imbue the boys with
an idea OF their own importance and to make
them feel that they are OF some account In
the big Western Union system. All OF the
twenty four boys now employed by this COM
pany ride high grade wheels. and they are
jealous In performing their work, II for no
other reason, because the wheels are bought
on the lnstallment plan and they fear that
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

that more of an effort in that direction is
not being carried on by the national guard
In this and other states. The fact is well
known that General Miles has looked with
favor upon the use OF the bicycle by sol
diers in the regular army, or by couriers in
army service. No bicycle regiment has YET
been formed, however in the army, and
there is likely to be no such experiment
In the immediate future. so far as the public
can learn.
In France. especially, the bicycle is re-
garded with greater attention by the army
authorities, and has already appeared In
military reviews Experiments have been
made in France with a military bicycle, and
during a recent exhibition a zouave rode
up at the rate OF about twelve miles an
hour, went through his part In a sham bat
tie then folded up his machine compactly
on his back, scaled a wall about eight feet
high with a ladder, fired again from the
other side ot the wall, unfolded his bicycle
and rode on.
The exhibitions in France have made
II plain that an army can travel on BIZ
cycles with much greater speed aud with
more effective fighting force than ever be-
fore, 1t might be undesirable for many
reasons to equip an entire army with bicy-
cles. but there Is certainly no reason why
number OF companies in a regiment shoult
not be mounted on bicycles and should moi
side OF an experiment which has been made
at the pstiopal capital the public hears little
OF bicycle regiments In the national guard.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
UTILITY OF THE BICYCLE
Wheel Becomes Feature of the Messenger
Service.
rs PRACTlCABlLlTY NOW ESTABLISHED
Telegraph Companies Find That
Their Service is Vastly Improved
by the Employment of the
Cycle Riders.

In no particular has the advent Of the
bicycle been productive Of more striking
results than in the change that 1t has
brought about in the district messenger
service OF the local offices Of the various
telegraph companies
Everyone remembers the messenger boy
of half a dozen years ago, but today few of
his familiar characteristics can be recog-
nized, as he has exchanged the slow and
uncertain means of locomotion which ma
ture afforded him for the swift and noise
less Wheel The boy who loitered lndolently
along the sidewalks as though his main
object In life was to master the contents
of the show windows has gone forever. He
is no longer to be seen snugly located in a
sheltered stairway perusing dog-eared
copy of the Boys Own" nor does the first
April sunshine disclose him playing mar
bles in an alley to which the observation
of the manager is not likely TO penetrate.
He has dropped into the list Of has-beens
and his place is taken by another who is
alert, businesslike and industrious.
The new boy never loiters. He rides his
wheel at a pace that discounts the motor
trains dives between pedestrians and sue
cessfully runs the gauntlet Of the most in
extricable tangle of vehicles. Nothing short
of an old-fashioned blizzard stops him. He
rides through snow and slush and through
the pelting rain as diligently as though he
had personal interest in having the yellow
envelope in his belt delivered at the earliest
possible moment. He has developed an am
bitiop too and hopes to be a manager him
self some day. And altogether he is worth
two or three of his lazy and lettering pred
ecessor. In the evolution of the messen
ger boy, the comic papers have lost valu
able target for their humor. for the time-worr
Jokes that were once cracked at the expense
OF the uniformed boys are altogether ou
of place when applied to the hustling young
sters who wear their brass buttons today
OMAHA MESSENGER CORPS.
That the bicycle is solely responsible fo
the admitted improvement is contended b.
every manager in Omaha. They aver tina
the use of the wheel is a development o
the same principle that is applied by moderr
educators in the education OF young chill
dren. The task that must be learned be
cause 1t Is task is distasteful to ever,
child, but the teacher who inculcates tn,
same information and makes the lesson
pastime Is demanded by modern progress
When the boy was compelled to drudge
wearily along the hot pavements to carr.
messages the work was tiresome and II wa!
natural that they should not take any grea
amount of interest in it.. But when the
trip was to be taken on a wheel, 1t became
a very different matter. And 1t is the uni
yersal experience that from the time the
wheel and boy were joined together an as
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
ON A BIKE DOWN DOUGLAS STREET

written for The Sunday Bee.)
You can talk about your bouleVards-
Your paths of hardened clay
You can prate on board tracks all you
wish
And talk II night and day
But pleasures at a discount
And ere that joy you meet
You'll take morning scorch-
on a bike,
Down Douglas street.
You can honor Tommy Cooper
With garlands and praises galore
You can talk about Johnny Johnson--
And racers a hundred or more
But honor is decked In its glory
From head to Its very feet
When you take a morning scorch-
On bike,
Down Douglas street.
Let honors, and praises and garlands-
For the '"rransmississippi" be spread
From the land of the stars and the stripes
Let nothing but honor be said
And In the midst of her glory
In attaining her wonderful feat,
Let's all take morning scorch,
On a bike,
Down Douglas street.
j. CLEVE SCOTT.
Central City, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28

courts, and, to their great surprise. a few
years later the self-sarne evidence they
had collected In these patent suits was
used by the Arm OF Gormully & Jeifery,
which defeated Colonel Pope in his action
against them. Since that time the funda-
mental patents have all expired. and. while
Il is true that hundreds OF patents have
been taken out relating to the bicycle, the
manufacture Is really open to any body OF
capitalists which desire TO enter the trade,
because the most Of these patents refer
simply to speciatles, and not to the entire
bicycle or any fundamental part OF It,
SLOW GROWTH.
From 1878 to 1884 the trade like the sport,
grew slowly but steadily. The old style OF
straight handle bars was discarded LOT
curved and rams horn bars Treads were
narrowed. weights were reduced, ana quite
a crop of American makers had begun TO
spring up. The English bicycles, when az
one time were on the top wave OF popularity
in this country. were then fairly ousted by
the beautiful specimens of workmanship
American makers we're turning out,
In 1885 j. X Starley OF England brought
out q bicycle he named Rover, the proto-
type Of the safety OF today. Previous 10
this however, there were all sorts OF DE
cycles, notably the Kangaroo and Faclie'
all having the object OF adding to the ele-
ment OF safety and preventing the danger
Gus headers, IL being conceded that only
a man of some athletic attachments couio
ride the good old ordinary. Starley
safety bicycle" as he called 1t, was pos,
sessed OF two nearly equal-sized wheels, and
was what we now term a rear chain driver,
All the English makers grasped the idea
quickly. but the conservatism OF American
makers was remarkable. and 1t was some
time before we got fairly launched In the
manufacture of the safety bicycle. The
safety bicycle having since that time ousted
from public favor the ordinary, one rarely
hears the term safety applied to ths
modern bicycle.
THE PNEUMATIC TIRE.
In 1887 John Dunlop, a veterinary surgeon
of Belfast, Ireland, invented the pneumatic
] tire. The cushion tire was rapidly coming
| TO the front and had 1t not been for DUN
| -. in,,nrAinn Tho cushion tire would haYA
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
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REHABILITATION.
LEAGUE STATISTICS.
Growth and Membership OF the
Ienrue of American Wheelmen.

At the national assembly of the League OF
American Wteelmen Secretary Abbott Bas-
sett presented a table showing the member
ship on February 1, 1896. and that
of February I, 1897. In previous years
he gave the comparative standing Of the
first ten divisions in the past and present
This year he has gone to the trouble to
record the standing of every division In
the two years. The figures at the left, IN
the table below, give first. the numericai oa
standing for 1896. and second, that for 1897.
A glance at the table will show the advance
or retrogresson of each and every division;
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
THE BIG RACE OF THEM ALL.
The six-Day Flight of Jack Prince
and Soldier Reading.

All omahans well remember the greatest
bicycle race ever ran, They cannot forget
that, for 1t took place in December. 1889,
right here in Omaha. at that time the
Mecca for the cycle racers OF the country.
But the event which is referred to was the
match race between the redoubtable Jack
Prince and Ned Reading. the soldier
phenom, on the old-fashioned ordinary
wheels. The race was a six-day, eight-hour
a day affair for 500 a side. the gate
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
THE BICYCLE IN WAR.

It's Utility Appreciated in Foreign
Armies.
In view of experiments which other ma
tions are making With reference to the use
of the bicycle in modern warfare, says the
Boston Advertiser, 1t seems at least strange
Omaha daily bee., 1897-02-28
Central City, Mel
Light on the Subject.

IiBht UH tHe S"UJSC'
Judge: Miss Fosdick-My bicycle lamp 10
always going out.
Mr Dooley-Well. bicycle lamp that
always stayed at home would not be OF
much use.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-11-25
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WILL PAY 800 FOR ANY CASE
OF WeAknesb In Men They Urea: and
Fall to Cure.

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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-11-25

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WEEKLY H%ILLSBoKu MARKET RE
PORT.
Wheat. per bushe! Of 60 lbs, 90 TO
Sl.00.
Corn, per bushel of Sc lbs. 80 cts.
Oats. per bushel OF So lbs, 40 cts.
Meal, per hushel OF 46 lbs 90 cts.
Pork, 4 to 5 cts per pound
Bacon hog round-7io 10 CTS.
Flour, per barrel, s. 80 10 S. 90.
Tallow, per pound. 4 to : cts.
Beeswax, per pound, 20 cts.
Butter per pound. Is TO 20 cts.
Eggs, per dozen. Is cts.
Peas, per bushel, IS cts. TO 81 90.
Beans, per bushel. 10 cts. 10 $3.50.
Hides. dry. 4 10 5 cents per pound.
Chickens, each, s 10 20 cts.
Feathers-Llve Geese-40 cts. per
pound.
Wool-washed-1S to IS cts. per
pound.
Unwa-hed Wool, 10 cts. per pound
BURY Wool, 5 eta per pound.
Coffee. II | > to % cts. per pound.
Sugar, 8 10 cts. per pound.
All kinds OF country produce il
good demand.