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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01
Attaching motors 70 ordinary Old fashioned TIL

Attaching motors % ordinary Old fashioned tn
cvcles already referred 70 IN these columns. has
been accomplished one was seen Oh NE Merrick
p,aA m rong island ODD Monday The mach,n.
o,~oarsd ~ he ono n the old tricycies o. English
mako ana of the sort seldom seen on the road Ire
last few years The rider sent the machine a.o1g a.
A lively clip and several ~ne' Inri. "Ap Lf.e1 70
Sollcw n found that r. was . Dir 700 Speedy Tor
hem The motor made considerable nose as :,
was OF the gasOlcne sort bur the owner $40 nat
ha would hood the mechanism aNt SOP no Aoss
&c soon AZ he had the machine perfected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

II YOU DO not play golf you are not se''''S -
most ont 81 He. II YOU DO play and have ~.
heen here Tor golf clubs. balls etc, you "''
getting the most out ot golf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

November first and quail are ripe-so
ducks and almost all other real game hiFos'
We have some genuine gun bargains s'AD'
second hand. some travellers samples anu
good many new standard makes. at less ina"
standard prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

The new speeding wagon which IS being built 10
order for Richard Crokcr's road horse Chanty
PISA Will weigh only sixty pounds 1t IS 10 have
twenty-eight inch road wheels. with pneumatic
tires and the arch OF the axle Is TO be twenty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

II IS singular colncid nee. bur It appears never.
,ao,oss n ne = fact. that since the number o.
biovcle policemen on the Coney Island cycle Path
has been decreased there IS less screening ioan De-
fore Some people are o. me OPINION "a' -
-. 49, turned their attention 20 The Norr.k
Poed where the century record breakers are az
work 4 regular frcquenfer ol tae 't." rs 'ff.-.
trv 70 get arrested merely for plo.cfy ny 80
To- have their names printed as beng a.-7 - fiH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

Tho annual indoor athletic and cycling games Of.
the 9TH Regiment Athletic Association, WHEN vera
scheduled take place on froas Nle .l .'' ssa
- he srr1orv viii be finished by that tine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01

Bowling Is one % the popular WINTER pasNn"
,,.h riaers o. the wheel Most o. the 10 al asso-
r.ations nave teams in ono other of the io.ras-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-01
Spcrtln1 UooGs.


and hereafter we shall sell KoDAKs At tvs-
thirds Of their former prices.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
SICK MAN PACKED IN SNOW.
Heroic Treatment Probably Saved
the Life Of a Pneumonia
Victim.

Charles f. Robertson, who was
thought to be dying of pneumonia at
Hartford, Conn.,, is much better, owing
to radical treatment administered by
his MUSICIAN. When the crisis came he
RESPONSIVENESS, his temperature rose
to 107, and various tests failed TO bring
back signs of life.
The physician had rubber blanket
placed under the patient, and bed of
snow was made. Robertson was then
laid in this, and more snow was brought
tocover his entire body, except his face.
1t was packed about him and he lay en-
cased for 40 minutes without showing
sign of returning life. His family be-
lieved him dead. AIT the end of that
time the icy covering was removed, and
it was noticed that one eyelid quiv-
cred moment, and there was also
Pickering pulse.
The doctor struck him blow in the
face, and Robertson opened his eyes,
and in reply to the doctors question,
"Who am n" he exclaimed, Hello, doc
tor" Robertson is still very sick man,
but he is on the road to recovery.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
DEAD MAN WINS CYCLE RACE.
The Victor In an Australian Contest
Goes Under the Tape q
Corpse.

Australian advices by the steamship
Miowera tell Of a remarkable bicycle
race in Sydney, which was won by a
dead man.
1t occurred at big electric light car
nival. In one-mile race there was so
entries, some of the fastest men in Aus
tralia taking part in it. While 10000
people watched this particular race,
which was for magnificent cup, young
James Somerville passed under the
tape winner though dead.
At the start he quickly forged ahead,
closely followed by another crack rider
named Percy Cliff. They left 4s riders
away in the rear and shot around the
track almost wheel to wheel. When
within rs yards of the tape Somerville,
who still led by half wheel, was seen
to relax his hold on the handlebars.
His pedals whirled around, however,
and he pluckily held his position. Five
yards from the tape Cliff put on tre-
mendous squirt and struck Somelvile's
hind wheel, shooting the machine with
its then almost inanimnte burden, like
rocket under the, tape.
The crowd yelled wildly, but silence
ensued when Somerville, after crossing
the tape, plunged head foremost from
the machine.
When picked up he was dead. Physi-
clans who examined his body said he
must have had an attack of heart fail
ure on the last Ian.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
LIQUID AIR.
Prof. Dcwar'a lnterestinr Lecture ~
Royal lnstitutiOn - His
Experiments.

1T is now eight months since the final
triumph of the laboratory in liquefyinR
hydrogen. Prof. Dewar at the ROYAL
institute. London, the other night de-
scribed the most volatile of gases when
reduced to the coolest substance ever
known. When pure it was col
orless, transparent liquid of con-
siderable retroactive power. 1t had
well-detined meniscus, but no
appearance of being metal, as
fnmday thought it might prove to
be. 1T is not n conductor of electricity.
and its density is very deceptive. At
first he thought it might be about half
that of water, but by measuring given
volume and seeing how much gas waA
produced, he found it only one-quarter
that OF water, or six times less thanthe
lightest liquid hitherto known. One
liter weighed only 70 grnmmes. 1t in
s'anly froZc and solicited air and ory-
gen, hence it enabled the density of
those two solids to be uscertained.
~ little ball cooled in it and cxposed
10 the air first covered with coating
OF solid air and then began to drip
liquid air. a piece of cotton wool
soaked in it appeared to be magnetic,
but the liquid itself, he was satisfied.
was not magnetic, SO this phenomenon
must be due TO the cotton wool being
Immediately filled with solid oxygen,
which is highly magnetic.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
GREAT SCHEME FOR DRIVERS.
New York Man Invents .POst-Visual
Reflector Glasses-Can See
Horses Behind You,

"Hindsight" is better than foresight
in some contingencies, and man who
appreciates that fact has secured a
patent upon novel little device which
supplies "hindsight" to the people, who
need it most. "A post-visual reflector"
is what Allan Taylor calls his new in
vention, upon which letters patent have
just been issued at Washington. It is
an arrangement of adjusted mirrors
which enables the wearer to see, every
thing occurring Within a certain range
behind him without turning his head.
Literally it realizes. the proverbial pos
session of Eyes in the back of ones
head"
The post-visual reflector will be USE
full to jockeys, drivers of trotting or
pacing horses, oarsmen, and bicyclists.
Mr.. Taylor, a hotel man of New York
city and Boston, is devotee of eight
harness racing and gentleman driver
of renown. He knows the advantage
to the driver who can watch the per-
Torrance of antagonists in whipping
finish,' and at the same time keep his
eyes upon the work of his own horse.
The invention was born of the. knowl-
edge gained from actual experience.
For drivers and jockeys the post
visual refectors are fastened to the
bows of pair of spectacles fitted with
clear glasses of no nagnifying power.
The glasses are also intended as mud
guards to protect the eyes from the dirt
thrown up by the horses flying feet,
the glass apd set at an angle which
brings the full width of race track
for distance of 100 yards within clear
range of vision.
Mcdonald the celebrated driver, has
tried the device and gives it his enthusi-
astic praise.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
POWER SUDDENLY CUT OFF.
Switch Device in Use in Chicago to
Prevent Crossing Acci-
dents.

The railroad companies have assumed
the responsibility for the safety of life
and person on many of the surface
crossings, especially where trolley cars
cross their lines at grade. They utilize
simple system in the matter. !tmight
be called an interiocking system. K
watchman in a tower keeps lookout
for the coming and going of trains on
the railroad lines, aud the approach Of
the street cars. When he sees train
and a street car approaching at the
same time he pulls a lever in his tower.
That act switches" a section about two
feet long in ONE of the rails of the street
car line, and the current is shut off from
the trolley line. Of course, the car is
brought toa stop-suddenly sometimes,
with the result of shaking up passen
gers. If it be at night, of course, the
cars are darkened and passengers have
to sit out the wait with no light. But
the system, according to railroad men,
of street and steam lines, is the safest
and surest yet devised for the preven-
ton of the "grade. crossing horror"
which used to figure so frequently and
prominently in the newspapers.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

ldded. At the time the number of regi-
nents were reduced the number of Of
ficers and men was fixed at 1898. This
number was again reduced on July IS,
1870, another 1000 enlisted men; again
on July /, 1871, to an even 10000, and
on July 16, 1874, to $4,000. With but
little variation it has remained at this
figure until the breaking out of the
war with Spain. when authority was
given to recruit the regular service to
IL full war footing. IL companies to each
regiment, including the new artillery
commands. During this conflict
enough of these emergency enlistments
were recorded to bring the standing
army close to 10000, and for the first
time in the history of the country the
regular service furnished the majority
of the troops actually engaged in one
of the most important, and the decisive.
battle of that short conflict. and what
a glorious record they builded for them
selves at Ell Caney and Santiago.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Welded TWICE AT SIXTEEN.
fcnn"ylvania Girl includes in Her
Matrimonial Record One ID.
vOrce an an "Infant,"

Courted, married, deserted, divorced.
courted again and remarked, all with
In year, and only 10 years old, is the
matrimonial experience of Mrs. Otto
Micrendorf OF Homestead, Pa. Rev.
A. X. Kuldcr made n return showing
he had united in marriage Otto Mieren-
dorf, of Allegheny, and Mrs Annie
Mohr Timm, daughter of Vincent Mohr,
of Honest cad. The bride was born
July 26, 1882.
When the girl applied, with Mr..
Miercndorf, for the marriage license,
the clerk put the usual question: Ever
married beforc?" "Ycs, and divorced"
was the reply.
The clerk muttcrcd something about
the freshness of young girls, and asked
to see II copy of the divorce decree. He
also Informed the girl she must get the
consent of her fnthcr before he would
issue the license. Micrcndorf produced
copy of the decree. and then intro
duccd his affianceds father to the clerk.
Mrs. Timm was too young to bring the
suit for divorce herself, and the decree
shows the titae of the case to have been:
Annie Timm, an infant, by her father,
Vincent Mohr"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
THE C. E. AT LONDON.
Preparations Being Made for Worlds
Convention in 1000.
The Big City to BE stirred By the
Greatest Religious Demonstratioa
Ever Witnessed There-Rus.
Dia Now In Line.

The United Society Of Christian En-
deavorers has received an official state
ment OF the preparations for the
worlds Endeavor convention, to be held
in London in the summer of 1900. Rev.
w. knight Chaplain, secretary Of the
London convention committee, says:
I'VE are not leaving things to pile up
on us toward the last. The hospitality
committee is preparing to make at once
preliminary test for handling visitors.
by systematic canvass and by adver-
Using for available accommodations
within IL miles of Charing Cross, the
center OF town. The vice president of
the National Christian Citizenship
league, Edward Page CASTOR, of London.
writes that those who come to Lon
don, expecting to see the city swaying
III banners and gala decorations may be
disappointed, for such displays are not
made even for royalty in this unexcit-
able latitude. But London will be
stirred before it is done with, and q
part OF the process will be an half
hours international song service on
Monday afternoon, July 16, in Trafal-
gar square, after which the march will
be taken, six abreast, down Pail Mall
to Hyde Park, where the demonstration
is expected to be the greatest religious
gathering the United Kingdom has ever
seen, it indeed its like has been known
anywhere.
THE Russian banner will wave for
the first time at an international En-
deavor convention, word having Just
come from London that the empire Of
the Slav has Joined the worlds Endeav-
or ranks with society in St. Peters
burg"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
HIS PAY Is CUT OFF.
Dewey Placed in Curious Position
by an Oversight Of Congress.
Advance the Hero of Manila to Rank
Of Admiral, Hut Fail to Make
Provision for His
Salary.

Congress has made an odd mistake
in providing for the promotion of
Dewey; it has made no arrangement as
to his pay. In the joint resolution
which has passed the senate no mention
Is made of remuneration for the new
admiral. This has given rise to good
deal OF cogitation at the navy depart
ment, and among the youngsters there
have been few chuckles of amuse-
ment. The navy has had no full adj
miral since Porter, and his salary of
$4,000, as we'll as the law creating it,
died with him. Obviously, the hero of
Manila will vacate his present commits
sion when he accepts the new one: he
cannot hold two ranks at the same
time, and consequently he will lose the
pay to which he is entitled as rear ad-
miral.
The situation is thus curious one.
but, OF course, congress will remedy it
by an amendment to the joint resolu-
ton. Doubtlessea salary of $4,000 per
annum will be provided for Dewey, and
he will draw it for the rest of his life.
The resolution authorizes the president
w >'PPoiHe' W SelectlOn ana promo
tion, an admiral of the navy, who shall
not be placed upon the retired list ex-
cept upon his own application; and
whenever such Office shall be vacated
by death or otherwise the office shall
cease to exist"
This is the first occasion on which the
privilege of active service for life has
been granted to naval officer In this
country. Porter was thanked three
times by congress and this extended his
active term 80 years, the existing law
giving ten years extra for each thanks.
1T he had lived to be more than a CEN
fury old he would still have remained
on the active list. Dewey now receives
$4,000 year, sea pay; on shore duty he
would get only $4,000. AS full admiral
he will draw 81 ,Os3. 33 mont h under all
circumstances. comfortable income
for widower.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

Gould, an old maid and u good one,
doesn't count socially like Il married
woman. Anna Is in Paris, her life
cloudcd by that amiablc scamp, her
husband. Count de Cnstcllanc. George
married an actress once known on
Days stage as Edith Kingdom. She is
an estimable lady, but by no means to
the manor born, while George was
caught and Gagged too young in his
fathers Office to be ut his case in So
ciety. Edwin married the daughter of
DIR. George L. Shrody, who is not in So
cicty. Howard Gould has married an
actress whom society will not take up.
At present, therefore, the Goulds have
not, for oil their wealth, the secure
hold upon social distinction which they
naturally desire.
Helen Gould can have about all the
social distinction she needs, us she is
serious and does not care to waste
much time in nonsense, but the case is
different with Mrs. George Gould, who
has five children growing up for whom
one day husbands and wives must be
found. She wishes firm seat in the
inner circle for their sakcs as well as
her own. OWEN LANGDON.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

oAtel I'LL, Is IISHO
ly said about his services to Amer
lean art, it was a good speculation to
buy pictures and wait ten years for the
market to catch up with him. But the
artists grocer wouldn't wait ten years.
1nnes, whose pictures brought the best
prices, has been dead long time. He
was already an old man when the
French painter, Benjamin Constant,
discovered" him. Before that he had
been very poor
Jervis Mclntee is dead, too. He got
small prices for his work, though it
sells better now. AS for other men
whose work sold for fair prices, this as
sures them better vogue in the future;
but ii is not long since l myself bought
a good Chase and Bruce Crane-the
former for $40 Mt auction, the latter ut
$50 ut private SALE frames and carriage
included.
Chase has long had the show studio
of New York, but n large part Of his
income has been gained by teaching
art at high prices. and his expensive
furniture has been II part of his teach
ing outfit, which he has kept up often
with some difficulty. Indeed, much of
1t was once sold out by the sheriff
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
FUNERAL ADR1Fr IN STORM.
Hours Spent in Hunting for
Each other.

A hearse containing coffin in which
was the body Of four-year-old child
became snowbound on Monday at Mas
sau and Kingsland avenues, Green
point, while on its way to Calvary GEM
etery, says the New York Sun. The
child belonged to Polish couple, and
died at its parents home in Catharine
street, Manhattan, last Saturday. Un-
dertaker Norton, Of 81 Mott street, ar
ranged the funeral. The hearse and
one coach, in which were the dead
child's relatives, set out for the ceme-
terry on Monday afternoon. When the
team drawing the hearse reached Mas
sau avenue the horses seemed almost
exhausted. The driver urged them on,
and at Kingston avenue the team and
hearse came to stop in a deep snow
bank. After considerable difficulty the
hearse was extricated, and then the
driver of the coach turned his team
about and directed the driver of the
hearse to follow. At Nassau avenue
and Monitor street the hearse driver
lost sight of the coach in the storm.
The hearse driver lost his bearing
and began to drive his team down one
thoroughfare and up another in his eff
forts to find the coach. In the mean
time the driver of the coach had missed
the hearse and also began a search.
After driving around for nearly three
hours without obtaining any trace of
the hearse, the coachman halted in
front of the Bedford avenue police sta
ton and the mourners got out. The
police were requested to assist in
search for the hearse.
While the coach driver was giving
description of the missing hearse it
passed the police station. Two police
men overhauled it and the driver went
to the station house, where he related
his experience. 1t was after seven
o'clock and too late to continue to the
cemetery. The coffin was taken to I'm
dertaker Gallagher's shop at Bedford
avenue and North Sixth street, and kept
there until the next afternoon, when
Undertaken Norton returned and the
funeral party proceeded to Calvary
cemetery without further mishap.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

ITS the Lake Huron" reared the cap
tain, thinking the man was deaf.
"Ycs, | know persisted the passcn-
ger, but what's the name OF the lake
I'm on?"
"Thc Lake Huron" shouted the cap
tain, incensed by what he thought gross
stupidity, and he turned away to relieve
himself by railing at one OF the hands
The Englishman looked more puzzled
than ever.
"The lake you're on is the lake you're
on. OF course it is. The lake I'm on
can't help being the lake I'm on. What
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11
Vale. Cnn Walk Amin.

The prince OF Wales has completely
recovered from the severe accident
which he met. with in July. 1t will be
remembered that while descending a
spiral staircase the prince missed his
footing and the extreme effort which
he then made to recover his balance
caused rupture Of the insertion Of the
left quadriceps extensor muscle, which
tore away with it ut the same time the
upper portion of the patella. The knee
nowveadily bends TO considerable more
than right angle, and the prince can
go up and down stairs and walk with
ease and comfort.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

fought the red man, with varying sue
cess, for several years afterwards.
Washington. in his farewell address
TO congress- as the commander-in- chief
of the continental armies urged the
maintenance of a small standing army.
The number he suggested as being in
his judgment adequate to meet such
requirements Of the times as could be
attended to was 2,G3l officers and men.
Acting on his suggestion, the congress
made feeble effort'to recruit.an army,
and the following year 700 men were ON
the rolls. But the little army was not
popular. While congress had accepted
the advice of Washington and attempt
ed to organize a standing army, they did
not know what to use it for after they
had secured even small force. The
authority of the Legislative body was
exercised by sufferance only during the
ing the foundations of the republic.
and the army could not be sent hither
and yon to queM an Indian uprising or
other disturbance that came under the
provinces of the state governments
only. For the lack of employment
the officers and men fell into habits
of drunkenness, and from that into a
total disregard of their positions. until
the people condemned them as an evil
with which they could we'll dispense
again.
But after the establishment of the
government on a solid basis in 1889,
and with the establishment of the war
department as one of the branches of
the government on August of that
year, the army began to improve, and
by 1898 congress had authorized an army
of G,oOc men. but large percentage of
that number were never recruited. In
1906 the number of men allowed by law
was again reduced to 1880, only to be
increased again two years later, when
war with France was threatened, to
10000. Of this force Washington was
called to be the general in chief with
the rank of lieutenant general, the
highest rank the great general ever at
taiBed in the regular army of the
United States, though he held the rank
of general in the continental army.
With the passing of the war cloud
came the death of Washington, and the
army had lost its greatest friend. But
few months after Washington's death
a new agitation was started against the
army, and an effort made to abolish it
entirely. While the effort was unsuc-
cessful. it did result in its reduction
to the small force of 3.4OO officers and
men, and two years later it was reduced
to an even 1000. In 1903. when war
was threatened with Great Britain, con-
gress voted to increase the army to
5000. but as the threatened war was
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-03-11

charming glimpse into tie exclusive Gre
ole circles OF New Orleans. "The Most
Wonderful Musical Festival in America"
recalsl the great Peace Jubilee held at
Boston in 1872, with its seventeen hun
drcd instrumentalists and chorus OF sew
enteen thousand. Churches Decorated
for Weddings" "The Prettiest Country
Homes in America" Flowers and Flow
er Beds" and Fifteen Good Mantels and
Fireplaccs" are shown from the photo
graphs submitted IN the contest for Jour-
nal prizes, "In Natures Garden" pictures
and describes our wild flowers so their