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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30

SUNNY as u mhtlcT Ol luduC0 dnu 10 save
middle distance paced races from becoming
obsolete. motor pacing. 1t is believed. will have
to come. The indications are that it will be
seen the coming summer. for several machines
have been ordered from Paris and q concern
in this city Is now at work building electric
tandems. The necessity for the su bstitution
OF motor pacing for man power IL due to the
eXuenSe Of the latter. The salGr. es. travelling.
training and incidental expenses Of a pacing
The team that plotted Michael. Titus and The
two. TaylorH Iasi year cost the American Cycle
Racing Association $4,000, and this fact ex-
plains why the promoters Of that association
have unit the outdoor racing game; The rac-
ing crews Of, the NatIonal Cycle Track, Assoc
arouni the tracks. proved a losing Investment,
although they won most Of the $4,000 purses,
Neither Of these organizations can be tempted
to enter the field again and support teams. and
the cycle manufacturers decline to be the
angels"
For a party OF men to keen trained so as 10
work together and hold themselves In readi.
ness AT the call Of pace followers is out Of the
question. aDd, unless IA racing team has kent
moving together It's Performance will be de-
cidedlv ragged, The racing mon who follow
pare recognize the situation. and there will be
only n few available this wear for such occa-
Si"nal and special matches as NAV be ar
ranged. Harry Fixes has deter mined To fol-
low spr,nt acinG- unless some .oue wants to
Fiovd Mcfariand. VIII" defeated Fixes in San
Francisco. saws that this single success will
not entire him away from his lucrative pur-
Of the game for good. In brief, "Maiord Tav-
lor and ! ddie:McDufleeseem 10 h. the only two
really LET, IN the middle ClnTs Who are ready
10 il. but the rolored boy is ready for anything
that cones along, from \ chase after the quar-
has been done with m9tor pacing. TO satisfy
most pr2motsrs that u il progressing raridly
and VIII soon 70 the thing, In California
his machine a mile IN l:32. In England there
have been recent trials that have been decid-
sdly encouraging T. W,.Chlnn went two miles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30

Charles Kilpatrick. the o~ne-legged trick
rider. says OF Cuba. from which he recently
returned. that the cyclinG game is growing
aud while there Is little good riding in the
cities there is plenty on the country roads. es-
pecially about Ciellnegos. Fitzpatrick is full
OF huIuor and his bum leg" as he calls his
artificial member. is n constsnt source of fun
for him. While returning from Cuba he no.
the steamer. There were "fiFty.si other pas
sengers, most Of them Spaniards. Xii"
below. unstrapped his cork leg and horped mn
on deck and made a turn on one leg. He saws:
II Iust wanted - show them that there were
two OF US II it came to trouble"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-04-30
President Harold \. Han OF the newly formed

I TF5TVII 1T TlUTUTI y, ITdTIV Ut VTIH HBWTy 1OTHItU
intercollegiate Cycle Racing Association an
nounccd yesterday TINT the first annual meet
Of the organization will he held at Berkeley
Oval on June 3. The date was settled on some
time ago. but the place has been in doubt. The
programme Of events will be the same as
TINT in past years. the quarter. half and one
mile. the iiye-mile and the one-mile tandem.
in each OF these races. The meet. President
Hall believes. will he more attractive than
ever before. The Columbia team is still train
ing at Berkeley Oval under the direction OF
Coach Albert v. Webb. The riders will race
A.. 10 be held at Berkeley oval. Capt. Hudson
says the men are all in good trim and should
win.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
picric Acid Found the Thief.

A rich American residing in the ST.
Georges quarter of Paris, France, had
been for some little time past the VIC
tim of systematic thefts. Banknotes
and money not left under lock and key
disappeared regularly. NJ. Corvette,
the Commissary of Police, was in
formed of the robberies. He found II
would be impossible TO keep an effec-
tive watch on the bedroom where the
thefts occurred, but he adopted a
stratagem which turned out success
fully. A small vial containing a mix
ture of picric acid and fuschine was
placed in a metal case for holding gold,
and few Napoleons were placed on
top. In order to get out the gold, the
metal case had to be held upside
down, and then, of course, the chemi-
cal preparation would run out and
stain the thief's hands bright and in
delible yellow. AS soon as some of
the gold was missed NJ. Corvette sum-
moned all the servants to his presence.
The Wallets fingers betrayed him. Real
zing the usefulness of denying when
caught yellow handed, he confessed.
and was duly locked up.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

ton Of captivity. There are recoIdu
of nightingale having lived - ye5ts,
thrush IL. a blackbird that was still
alive at 20la, goldhnch %, skylarks
of "A and 20. Ravens, owls and cock
atoos are popularity supposed to live to
very great age. and the following
records appear to be authentic: Raven,
so; gray parrot, 80 and 40; blue nacaw,
"a; eagle owls, SO, and one still alive
at 6S. Some aquatic birds appear to
live to ripe old age, for we hear Of
a heron Of 90. goose so, mute swan 20.
1t Is doubtful whether any of the fore
going ages are any true guide as to
the longevity of the actual families
the birds represent, or, indeed, whether
the possible age of one family exceeds
that of Another, but the records are In
teresting, and form step in the lad
der OF investigation of this most diff
cult question. The coloring Of bird
In perfect health and the texture of its
feathers are exactly the same at 90
as at 5, and those signs that are popu-
larry put down to age, such as bleach
ed and faded plumage and misshapen
claws or beaks, are attributed to un-
natural conditions of some kind. The
great tendency Of life some birds pos
sess when deprived Of food is marvel
lous, and the following instances are
given: Golden eagle, 81 days; an
elder duck, %; an albatross, 80, and a
penguin, 1t is stated can live two
months
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
A Woman Who Insured.

"Women are the most unreasonable
creatures in the world" said the in
surance man to his wife.
"Some women" she corrected him.
"Well, we won't quarrel about it,
in Shutdown, who had her house in
sured three weeks ago." he went on.
"She had $1,000 policy on it, about
all it was worth really, and we were
only getting $12 half ye.f for car
rying it. Last night it burned down
to the ground to-day she was in to
see me. She was fairly sopping in
tears and angry besides.
az thought she sobbed, that if
had my house insured it wouldn, burn
down. You told me that am sure
"'Oh, beg your pardon, my dear
lady, couldn't have said that said l..
Eyes, you did, or / never would
have had it insured. I've been living
in that house for fifty years, and it
burned down before. And it wouldn't
have been insured now If you hadn't
put me up to it.
"'But l never told you that 1t
wouldn't burn down if you had it in
sured'
"Yes, you did, too she insisted. for
what is the good Of insuring house If
II Is going to burn down, I'd like to
known
There's n good deal of good. For
instance, you will get $1,000 from the
insurance company, which you
wouldn't have got, and you have only
paid $3.50
"'When do l get III? she sobbed, as
II she wasn't going to get cent.
Just as soon as we cal get matters
in shape and report the loss to the
company
"'Well.' she said. shifting as she
went out Il suppose l will. but if
had known it would have burned
down, just the same, l never would
have had it insured, never Wash
ington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
A Unattached Horse.

A coal yard at Thirteenth and Chest
nut streets is the proud possessor of a
big bay horse, whose chief claim to
distinction lies in his possession of a
remarkably well-trained blond mus
tache. After a hard days work this
hirsute appendage assumes the needle
like points of the French facial decora-
ton, but in the morning 1t stands out
dry and fluffy. good four inches on
each side of his nose. "Fritler," as he
Is called, seems to feel that he Is at
tracing attention, for he holds up his
head with all the pride virility Of six
teen years can summon up. Filter has
easily won for himself the friendship
Of all his coworkers, and he Is treated
with many distinctions. 1t is said that
the animal whinnies in terror at the
sight of a pig. for fear it may
prove a razor-back, but while Filter
remains with the coal yard people he
need never fear the ignominy of g
shave.-Philadelphi Times.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
THIS BEATS THE MAaIcIANs.
Apple Trees blossom and Bear Fruit
While You Wait-A Novel Camera.

While You Wait-A Novel Camera.
According to the Washington cor.
respondent of the Boston Transcript
the Department Of Agriculture has
taken steps toward acluirin, the right
to use a recent invention, kind OF
mutascope camera, designed for kind
of picture-making never attempted
hitherto.
For example, the continuance Is set
up in front of a stalk of corn just
sprouting, ana takes a photograph of
1t every hour for six months, the ex-
posures being made at such intervals
by a peculiar automatic attachment
subsequently film ribbon on which
these pictures are recorded is put into
a magic lantern machine Of the ordi-
nary sort and run off at the rate of
thirty second, thus giving to the
spectators in five minutes view on
the screen of a corn plant growing out
of the earth, putting forth leaves, de-
veloping tassel and silk, exhibiting the
ripened ears and finally decaying.
Anchor this new style of camera in
an open space; attach to it wire, and
1t will make an exposure every two
hours from the beginning to the end of
the year The result will be ribbon
Of the seasons, and in five minutes the
spectators seated in theatre Will have
an opportunity to behold all the sue
ceeding phenomena Of the year. At
first the ground will be seen covered
with snow, which will vanish as the
first vegetation makes its appearance.
The trees will put forth leaves with
visible rapidity In the sight Of the audi
ence, and when at iast they fall and
the landscape has assumed it's former
dreary aspect the white mantle of
Jack Frost Will be spread again over
the land.
One Of the most interesting of the
photographs made up to date with this
novel apparatus represents an apple
tree, which Is seen in few twinklings
to display it's new foliage, put forth
buds and blossoms and ripen its fruit.
flower, snap shots Of which were TAX
en- every minute from sunrise to sunset
Of day. When the ribbon is run off
at the rate of thirty photos second
one sees the flower turn on it's stem
steadily, always keeping its face to-
ward the solar orb. 1t should be men,
toned. by the way, that the views do
not jump about in way that is so
annoyingly familiar. but are perfectly
stationary, owing to the fact that each
"snap" registers perfectly with the
preceding and following.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20


Was discovered.
One of the pioneer gold seekers, DR..
Sweeney, was fortunate In meeting
with Geo. w. Carmack, the discover
er Of the Klondike. and from him he
gathered much interesting informa-
ton concerning the habits OF the In
dian tribes on the Yukon and the white
men who long before the discovery Of
the treasure hidden beneath the froz-
en- moss and gravel of the Klondike
Valley lived with them and shared the
hardships of their daily life.
"Some of the things that Carmack
told me-" said DR.. Sweeney, "were en-
tirely new to me, and all very interest
ing. One of the things l have always
been anxious to know was how the
white men lived who hunted and
trapped along the Yukon in the days
when 1t was thousands Of miles to the
trading posts and civilization. Car
mack explained to me.
1--WE were compelled he said, to do
just as the Indians did. In the sum-
mer time, besides game and fish, we
ate berries, for Alaska Is the home Of
all sorts of berries. And besides these
we obtained other substitutes for the
vegetables of civilization. The princi-
pal Of these were grass roots, certain
small bulbs or tubers, and the inside
bark of various trees.
SIN the winter we ate fish, meat,
and berries, which the squaws dried In
the summer, and stored away. Then
also the little bulbs l have mentioned
came in very handily. ! have forgot
ten now what they were called, but
they, as all old Alaska men know,
form the principal food Of the timber
squirrels Of that country during the
winter. 1t was by rifiing the boards of
these little animals that we obtained
our supply of the bulbs in the winter.
Their boards are always to be found in
q solitary spruce tree in thicket of
ntunted pines. That was the way in
which we located them. The reason
For this l never knew. AS a substitute
Sor bread-of course, the Indians then
Aad no f1our-we ate a species of pud-
ding made of the blood of the game
we killed, boiled with dried berries
and sometimes with the little bulbs
from the squirrel boards
81 asked Carmack how the Indians
sn those days obtained salt for their
meat. Every one knows that, to a
white man at least, salt is necessity,
and not a mere flavoring matter. In
answer Carmack told me something
that was entirely new to me. He said
that the Indians made ii practice not
to throw away the water in which
they boiled their meat but allowed 1t
to remain in the kettle. In course of
n short time, he told me, the water or
broth would become extremely salty
and could then be maintained ut what.
ever degree of saltiness deemed de-
sirable by the addition of fresh water
70 replace some of the salt broth
dipped out and thrown away"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
Primitive Chronology.

The most primitive method in cron-
ology is that which enables man to
orient himself in the world of time by
associating particular 1unations with
vicissitudes of weather, with seasonal
aspects of vegetation. and with the
constantly changing sights and sounds
of the animal world. In the calendar
Oh the Crees, for example, we find such
designations as "duck-mouth." frog
MOON" ''leaf-moon," "berrics-ripe-
MONTH" 'buffalo-rutting moon,"
'leaves-entirely-c leaves in
the trees" fish catching moon,"
'moon that strikes the-earth cold"
"coldest-moon," ''ice-thawing-moon."
"eagles-seen-moon." So in the calen-
dars of Central America and Mexico,
the months are named variousfy after
the arrival of birds, the blossom,ng of
flowers, the blowing of winds, the re-
turn of mosquitoes, and the appearance
Of fishes. The Greeks constantly used
the movements of birds to mark the
seasons; the arrival Of the swallow
and kite were thus noted. Hesiod tells
us how the cry of the crane signaled
the departure of winter, while the set
ting of the Pleiadcs gave notice to the
plowman when to begin his work. The
Incas called Venus 'the hairy" on ac-
count of the brightness Of her rays,
just as the Peruvians named her the
"eight-hour torch" or 'the twilight
lamp" from the time of her shining
Appleton's Popular Science Monthly.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

Some curious facts have been
brought out by Arthur MacD
after q study of school children in
Washington. Their value 10 not very
apparent, but the Bureau of Educa-
ton thinks them of sufficient interest
to warrant their publication. 1t 10
shown that from the age Of eleven to
fifteen girls are taller and heavier
than boys, but at no other time. As
respects height when sitting, the boy
is higher at all ages till about twelve,
but at fourteen the sitting height of
the girl is an inch greater than that
OF the boy. Eighteen months later
the advantage is lost and at seventee
the average boy'n sitting height is an
inch more than the girls. Boys Of
the non-laboring classes have at all
ages a greater height and sitting
height than those of the laboring
classes. American boys excel foreign
boys in height considerably and
slightly in sitting height, but are in
ferior in weight. On the other hand
American girls, while excelling their
foreign sisters in height, are inferior
in sitting height and weight. White
boys are taller than colored boys.
Girls maintain the average of bright
ness for girls more steadily than do
boys-boys have higher percentage
of dulness. Unruliness is shown to
be connected with dulness, and boys
of the non-laboring class are the more
unruly. There are periods of un-
ruliness, with the maximum at thir-
teen years and again at seventeen.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

A story is told of an Arizona prospec-
tor who, after thirty years of bad luck,
hardship and privation, finally struck
II rich few weeks ago in the vicinity
Of Flagstaff, and sold half interest
in his prospect hole for $4,000 cash.
When the money was paid over to him
at the bank the cashier, who had
known him for long time, remarked
casually: "Well, Bill, what are you
goin' to do to make yourself comforta-
BILE and enjoy life, now you're got
plenty of money!
+ Bill thought a minute in silence, and
then, as a pleased expression brighten
ed up his rugged face, he answered.:
Reckon 1 won't eat nothin' but
canned stuff hereafter"
That was his idea OF luxury. He
had lived so long on salt pork and
heavy biscuits Of his own manufacture
that canned corn beef and tomatoes
and salmon represented to him the
highest Injuries that life could afford.
New York Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
SILKWoRMs IN IOWA.
The Experiment of An Italian mt Des
Moines Successful So Far.

-
Mofnes Successful So Far.
Mark Chiesa, an Italian, is success
fully raising silkworms at Des Moines,
Iowa. The eggs were brought from
Italy by relative. Two years ago he
made the experiment first, but the per-
son who brought the eggs carried them
In his pocket and they Matched on ship
board, so the worms had to be thrown
into the sea. This time the person to
whom the eggs were instructed sus-
pended them on a string so that they
got cool air on the ocean and on the
railway trains. Arriving at Des
Moines, they were put into cold stor-
age until the mulberry leaves were
ready for them. Then, upon being put
into warm room, they Matched in one
day.
OF the supposed 5000 eggs from ten
silk moths about 1000 Matched, which
result, Mr.. Chiesa says, is better than
the average in Italy. The greatest
difficulty has been to find mulberry
leaves for the worms. They eat about
three wagonloads day, and never
stop eating for a minute, but eat all
the time, day and night. They must
be fed about fifteen times a day and
several times during the night. The
worms, in devouring the mulberry
leaves, make a noise like rain on the
roof. BY lively hunting the food for
the worms has been provided, and
they are well developed and healthy,
about three inches long. and are just
beginning to weave their cocoons.
There seems to be no reason why the
industry should not succeed. Mr..
Chiesa has brought a woman from
Italy who has had thirty years ex-
perience with silkworms and she says
they are doing as well as any she ever
saw.
The experiment is the first that Is
known to have been made in the West,
and is certainly the first that has been
successful. 1t has attracted as much
attention as a circus in Des Moines,
and the number of visitors Is very
large. The owner Is a good-natured
man and he cheerfully and proudly
shows the industrious 1000 to all who
care to see them.
If they turn out as well as they
promise to, Mr.. Chiesa will buy n
large farm, plant it to mulberry trees
and go into the business of raising silk
worms and producing silk on large
scale. From the experience he has
had in America and Italy, where his
father is a silk producer, he sees no
reason why the industry should not be
entirely successful in Iowa.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20
VIII Marry None but Funston's Men

When the Twentieth Kansas Volun-
teers come marching home they will
find a great many enthusiasts to well
come them, but none will they be SO
pleased to meet as the Wichita Girls
Bachelor Club, which has just passed
unanimous resolutions to marry no one
else except these men. The members
of the Girls Bachelor Club are not
aged. Their club title is a misnomer,
because all of them are young and
pretty, while most of the members are
Of wealthy parents. These girls have
been great admirers of General Funs-
ton and his men.
They had long desired to show their
feelings for these Kansas soldiers, and
when the resolution was introduced 1t
went through with whoop. Miss
Marie Williams, the author Of the reso-
luton, was seen and said:
I'VE had long desired something to
stir up the girls when / thought Of
this. For my part l am heartily In
favor and propose to marry no one else
but member of the Twentieth Kan
sas Regiment. These boys, for the
most part, are unmarried, handsome
and daring fellows, and l think would
make us good husbands. l think every
girl will stick to her agreement"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

Admiral Dewey's reported disincli-
nation to accept the present of city
residence, and his reputed desire that
any fund raised for that purpose
should be devoted to the establish
ment OF a sailors home, is mainly and
wholly commendable. Admiral Dew
ey's pay is, and will be as long as he
lives, ample for his desires, and that
he should prefer to see the sailors who
have won the victories of the navy
shielded from distress and want, is
the best indication of the nobility of
character which has generally been
attributed to him.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

In the manufacturing towns in the
Indiana gas belt the prospective failure
within a few years of the supply of
natural gas is serious question.
The existence of this cheap fuel has
given an immense impulse to manu-
featuring in Indiana, has attracted a
large amount of capital to the state,
and has been an important factor in
the building up of some of the most
prosperous manufacturing towns. Be-
tween 1880 and 1890 the value of
manufactured products in the state
increased from $14S, 600, 900 to over
1926, 600, 600, and the increase since
1890 has been still greater. The eff
feet on these industries of the failure
of natural gas is being seriously dis
cussed. Fortunately for Indiana, it
has a supply of good coal near the
centre of population, and sufficient in
quantity, according to the state geolo-
gist, to serve oil expected needs of
the state for 1000 years. New indus
tries may, of course, DO tempted to
other gas fields, but Indiana hopes to
retain all the established plants for
the reason that moving is expensive,
and because of the doubt. resulting
from experience, of the long contin-
uance anywhere of natural gas.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

A few days ago a tenant on Mr.. Lou
Barrickman's farm found a terrapin
which Is at least Of age. On its back
were cut In plain characters, "Joe T.,
1871" then below that the date 1884
without any anitlals. The first was
cut by Mr.. Joe Thomasson, who has
been dead for several years, and 1t Ia
not known who cut the second date
though 1t is remembered by neighbors
that some one found the terrapin and
let IL 60 about that time. The animal
is probably forty or fifty years old
The characters on the back are con.
siderably spread, and 1t might have
been Of considerable age when the
first were made.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1899-07-20

Officials in Wisconsin, it will be re-
membered, have been cut off by law
from using railway passes. A ques-
ton arose whether this applied to rail
roads outside of the state. The at
torney general of Wisconsin has de-
cided that it does. The opinion takes
the ground that the criminal jurisdic-
ton of the state reaches outside the
state and can punish any officer who
rides free on railroad outside the
state.