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Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

ToBoGGANING ON PIXIES PEAK.
for coastIng down the track, the aver
age descent OF which is Si4.S feet per
mile. The toboggan is supposed 10 be
used only for pleasure purposes, no
empIoye being authorized 10 use IL
while in discharge o. his duties.
The device consists essentially of
plank IL inches wide and feet in
length, along the middle of the under
side OF which there is cleat which
runs between the rack bars and holds
the tobeggan thereon. On either side
of the middle cleat there are brake
shoes bottled to the plank at one end
and bearing against the outside sur
faces of the rack bars or cog teeth
These brake shoes are applied by
clamps bent over the sides of the plank
and operated by a lever which. as ap-
pears in the illustration, the rider holds
within his grasp.
The plank bears upon the upper
edges of the cog teeth by steel runners,
which consist of two straps bent over
the ends OF the plank. To hold the
device in balance Il bar or pole Is
belted to the top of the plank, cross
wise, extending over the track rail on
either side Across the front end of
the plank there Is bolted a rest for the
r.der's feet.
The method Of operating the device
IL simply to place the tobogran on the
track, sit Gown and attend to the
brake.
The speed attainable with this tobog-
gan depends upon the pleasure of the
rider. A record Of a fraction under a
mile a minute has been made on the
particular toboggan shown in this IL
Illustration, there being many of them
In use on the road.
The entire stretch Of track from the
top Of the peak, down to Manitou, nine
miles, Is used, except at four points
where the track rails diverge at sid
ings At these points the rider must
come to stop and carry his toboggan
about 40 Ieet. 1t is officially stated
that on one occasion an employe of the
company made the entire trip over the
nine miles in IL minutes
The high friction created by the con-
tact of the runners with the rack rails
causes the former to heat, and on the
ghter grades of s to II per cent the
heated runners have been known to
adher. to the rack rail and stop the
toboggan.
For the purpose of fabrication and to
prevent the runners from unduly heat
ing, the rider carries a bar of soap
which he applies to the top of the rack
teeth by reaching over in front of the
toboggan. Even then the friction is sc
ggsfat that at very high speed on the
l A.. Whit. Crau- u
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

AT the monthly meeting of the
Presbyterian society OF New York. last
Monday evening, the subject of sec
ulsr journalism in it's relation to re-
hgious Thought and life" was dis.
cussed. One of the principal speak
ers was DR. Buckley, editor of the
New York Christian Advocate. Re-
fer ing TO the printing of criminal
news in the secular papers he referred
to the reports of Mrs. Botkin's crime
and punishment. The very paper
that told of her sentence" he said,
told also of two different attempts at
murder by means of the box of poisoned
candy. But this very news tends to
make many people cautious. Ibelisve
that where = paper does not dwell
lovingly on the most shocking details
it serves the interests of public morals
by publishing the facts of the case
The Bible never hesifased to publish
the viilainy of pious people,"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
THE MUFF IN HISTORY.
Carried by Fair Women for Many Cen
turtles.


Carried by Fair Women for Many Gen.
turtles.
In many sixteenth century portraits
one sees wound around the wrist OF a
noble dame a piece of rich, soft fur,
which was used to cover the neck or to
fulfill the functions OF muff. TO this
Is often attached some little fantasy.
an animals head, skull, perhaps.
cleverly wrought and adorned with
precious stones.
Like many another article of dress,
the muir was at first the exclusive
property Of ia leeafysxa as &c. Carried by
c0urtesans wei as by women OF the
highest rank. The Venetian NUTS
Were very small, made Of single
piece of velvet, brocade or silk, lined
with fur, the openings fastening with
exquisite buttons of gold and silver
enriched with precious stones.
By 1862 the mufr seems to have been
recognized as a necessary adjunct of
the wardrobe of a lady Of fashion.
In Evelyn's "Mundus Muliebris," writ
ten at this time, numbers Of gowns,
"boddfces," shoe buckles; of perfumed
gloves, '.jonquil, tube rose, frangipan.
orange. violet, narcissus. tessamin.
ambrett. and some of chicken skin for
night to keep her hands plump, soft
and white" are enumerated. and also
three NUTS OF ermine, sable, gray"
1t viii be noticed that my lady has
no black mum. Many years before
Charles TX. "Fidgety Killjoy" as he
was called, regulated the costumes OF
the classes-the bourgeoise to use
back muffs, and only the woman of
rank to carry those OF various colors
At the time OF the national con-
vention In Paris the murs were large
and fat, fantastic as were all the
fashions of that time. In colonial days
in America they were also very large.
but round.
In an old "Dictionaire Amoureux"
the muff Is defined as "a letter box
lined with white satin"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
>psAsss Peaches.

over two hundred years ago the
Spaniards introduced the peach tree
into Texas. and seedlings were raised
from these continuously. until race
has been produced which appears TO
be entirely free from all diseases
which seem to be ounected with trees
raised in other sctions-
Seedlings of these old Spanish
peaches raise plans which. side by
side with the other. last a number of
years. free from all disease. while
those introduced f.Dm the North are
short-lived and soon disappear. There
is no doubt from these facts, that
whole races may become enervated
from some peculiarly in the method
of cultivation. or nom conditions of
climate
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
The value Of the Mckinley tariff

The value Of the Mckinley tariff i
we'll illustrated in its effect on the
price OF wool as indicated by dia
gram showing the difference of the
effect on prices between pfo'ection
and free trade from the time of Mckiu
ley's election IN 1896. uutii January l,
1899. which covered both the antieips
ton as well as the realization of the
DINGHY tariff act. Quarter bloud VI
washed woods in the United States sd
vanced over 35 per cent, while prices
abroad for the same kind and lual t.
declined over % per cent.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
MARDI CRAS RATES.
Low Fares to New Orleans BIZ
minRham and Mobile via
Pennsylvania Lines.

For the Jardi Gras at New Orleans.
La and Birn,ine ham and Mobile
Aia.' excursion tickets to tbose points
VIII be sold via Penney lvania Lines
fenrnary 9th to 18th, inslneivs. The
Iestisities occur February 18th to 18th
AZ each place. Tickets will be good
on return trip for continuous passage
easing New Orleans, NJ. bile or Biz.
ni'Rton. a. the case may be, not later
fhan February 28,h. allowing uIenfv
OF TINE for sig ht-seeing jaunts ihrouoi
ne south. For information about
Iatef' time OF trains, sppIy to nearest
Pebns3lvan'a Line Ticket Agent.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
UNICYCLE WITHOUT SPOkES

The Rider Is Inside of 1t and Can BE
Stored by fnclininE the Body.
The main feature Of this unicycle
Is found in the formation OF the spoke
less wheel, the rim of which is made in
two sections, turning upon each other.
The driving gear Is secured to the inner
section OF the rim.
This rim is composed of the two
parts.
One part has concave portion.
which receives the tire of the wheel
and which is connected by a web with
another portion semicircular in form.
constituting q ball raceway. Between
this raceway and the recessed portion
of the other part balls are placed,
which are engaged by rollers adapted
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
HOW TO REFEREE A FIGHT.
Tim Hurst says onetai Must Havs
the Courage Of His Convictions.

Tim Hurst says onictal Must Have
the Courage Of His Convictions
To referee a boxing match success
fully a referee should at all times have
the courage of bis convictions He
should never at any stage OF the con-
test allow himself IN rendering de
cision, 10 be Influenced by the applause
or remarks OF the spectators His sole
guide in picking a winner should be
the work Of the principals. Firmness
is an essential qualification to success
in refereeing fight. The referee
should be absolutely free from pre-
judice; have a thorough knowledge of
the technique Of the sport and decide
every point in question strictly on its
merits
/ do not believe in popular de
cisions-perhaps the world spontan-
eous would be better convey the idea
l mean giving a fight to a man who has
made a grandstand finish in the last
few rounds and whose work has caus-
ed the spectators to become enthu-
siastic. Many persons forget especial
" in = twenty round contest that
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

Go over the young orchard ana ~
any Of the trees have been bent over
by the wind, as young trees are ant
to be, straighten them by the use Of
heavy piece of timber with Cushioned
crotch set under the lower limb on the
side the tree bends. Have the lower
end OF the timber square. push the tree
as straight as possible and fasten the
timber In place at the bottom with
strong stakes In 4 little while the
roots win take hol I firmly.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
Avoiding Disease in Poultry.

Avoiding Disease in Poultry.
The hen 10 more subject to disease
than any OF our domestic animals, nor
Is this strange when It In considered
that she IL forced to work constantly
nearly all the year in the production
of eggs, when naturally she would lay
but q few more than her wild sister.
who lays only enough for one or two
broods q year. 1t Is usually the old
fowls that are most subject to disease,
and even then 1t liz due to mismanage-
ment, sucn as lack of pure air clean
water, wholesome food or exercise.
Fowls fed largely on corn and con-
fined at night In close quarters can.
not long remain In perfect health. 1t
Is plain, therefore. w. animals In
confinement are much more likely to
be sick than those on the range.
The best plan to prevent fowls from
aiiing is to keep them when In con-
hnement as nearly as possible to their
Cabits on the range. In feeding use
a variety Of grains, green foods, bone
and meat. with plenty of pure water
and plenty of fresh air at night. Avoid
crowding them while In the house ana
furnish them as uIuch yard room az
possible, together with q scratching
shed In winter. In case any of them
are sick from any cause, at once mt
them by themselves. away from the
rest Of the flock. Only by constant
study of their likes and disIikes can
poultry be made to pay large profits.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

gromno IS gocnlenougn Tor QUOT.
pitch. and no riding or cutting Is re-
a-,ired TO satisfy the demands of the
most exigent. Rr cricket you need /.
carefully prepaf I'd wicket. for lawn
tennis and croqrBf a piece of turf like
a billiard table nd for golf the best
part of q countrl all 10 yourself. but
for ouoits you onn need few yards of
rough ground. andyou have as good a
place for throwinsas any one can pos
slbly require.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

The American sanitary authorize 8
at Havana are expelling COWS from
dred have been driven out of resi-
dences in the best part of tha 49,"
tue nIgn price or milk anez
meat the cows are very valuable. Tie
price of good COWS in Hayana rang es
from $50 10 1910.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

The American steel end wire CON-
pany, a $50 0oO 900 trust, has vonn-
tsrily ra 'sed shs v ages Of SO. 900 en-
ployes from five h, ten pec cent. Til
certainly dces not look as il the trust
intended to rob Dor of its just re
ward
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
An Homes. Medi e for La q ippe

An Homes. Medi for La q ippe
George w Watt of South Gardiner.
Me-. says: II have had the worst
aough, cold chills and grip and nav,
ken lots o. trash of no account bpl
profit IN the yer der. chamberlain ;,
Cough Remedy Is the only thing thar
has done any good whatever. have
usad one 50-cent bottle and the chills
cold and grip have all left me. | con
graduate the manufacturers of az
h nest medicine +" For sale by A @
Luken & Co.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
MaKdfGra2

At New Orleans and Mobile. Q lee,
Crescent route limited trains, eeuir
red with elegance, running on q
me. ,One fare round trip ticies.
from Cincinnati and dorth on sal
tally, February 6 to ID. good mt
Februarys2S to return. Also Birning
2sm. A a., on same dates. w c
Rinearson. General Pa.senye- Agent.
,incinnati, O.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

Many of the schools of the state
were compelled to close during the ex-
treme cold weather. Fortunately for
Richmond our school houses were well
supplied with coal.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
Cid Time Ball PIayers.

Where says Arthur Irwin. ARE
the equals of Buck Ewing, Mike Kelly
and Charley Bennett among the batch
of backstops in the major League to-
day? Taking this trio of wind paddists
of decade ago for all in all, their
backstopping. throwing, base running,
batting ard coaching of young pitch
ers. compare them with our pitchers of
today. and | will guarantee that any
Impartial judgn would score more cred
it marks against the names of King
4aike Kelly, Buckingham Ewing and
poor Charley Bennett. Our present
backstops never take chances that
Mike, Buck and Bennett seized and
held with hooks of steel. Once in a
game between Chicago and New York,
Buck Ewing made record that was
never tied. Three of Uncle Anson's
fast baserunners were on the sacks.
Ewing's arm at that time was as
plant as elastic and true as shot Of
three pitched balls he caught the three
occupants of the bases in a trance off
their sacks. Pfeffer had a lead of a
scar 10 feet when Buck headed him off
on d quick throw. Buck received as
sists in every game by making a bluff
70 return the ball TO the pitcher. Then,
like a fash. ne switched and drove the
sphere to the first basman, who block
cd the runner off the sack. Ewing had
d great battery partner in Tim keefe
who compelled the base runner TO hug
the sack. This eut-down of their lead
naturally helped Ewing. Jack Ciarkson
and Mike Kelly worried together like n
tine handspring. though they were far
from bosom friends off the diamond
Kelly was quick witted and tricky, but
he never possessed the mechanical abiI-
ity that made Ewing famous as a back
stop. Ewing was an ideal catcher,
nodded by nature in special die for
10 other purpose than to catch ball
Kelly was a wit and comedian. a fast
base runner. and clever coacher of
young pitchers. But foul flies were his
weakness. N fact, fly balls were the
bane of kelly's existence when ne
played the outfeld-"
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

The Filipinos made a mistake win n
they rejected an offer from Spain of
$25 900 for Aguinaldo's head. 1t
would not bring half that sum today in
any market of the world.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

Keep cows In clean sta b1es, and be-
fore milking brush them thoroughly so
that the milk will not be contaminated
by bacteria introduced through dust
settling in the pail. Milk can be kept
clean without much difficulty II good
stables are provided.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
There Is 70 2 About IL.

NJ que ton inds ed With these who
hare used II. but ii at FoIey's kidney
u e is absolutely reliable for all Kid
1ey and bladder difeas.s.
A g. Luken Co ard j L.Adams
& Co.. druggists.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

A family in Brooklyn was recently
annoyed every morning by finding the
bottle of milk left by the milkman on
the front stoop knocked over and the
contents gone. One night a member
of the family volunteered to get up
early the next morning and watch for
the cuIprit- Soon after the young man
had taken UP his station ne was re-
warded by seeing a large black cat
come across the yeranda, knock over
the bottle and callay lap up the milk.
which had been spilled Now the fam
ily puts out a large tin can
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

admissions to view the construction OF
the balloon. Horace Walpole, writing
to Sir Horace Mann, tells him how me
would not stir one step or pay 1 guinea
to see one Lunardi, an Italian, mount
into the clouds, such navigation ap-
pearing to him as childish as the flying
kites Of schoolboys.'
At 1870 the Prince of Wales arr Ived,
and showed the utmost interest in the
filling of the balloon with hydrogen.
This delicate operation, which, as every
one knows, is a slow process, was con-
Quoted under the personal superinten-
dence OF DR.. George Fordyce Before
it was half filled the hour mentioned
for the start was far exceeded. Lun-
ardi, seeing that the Impotence of the
crowd was getting uncomfortable and
afraid that the destruction of his BAL
loon might follow, hastily deter mined
to commence his voyage without the
accessory force, and, to lessen the
weight. he left his companion behind
and took with him dog, cat and
pigeon.
At $50 o'clock the cords were let go.
and. gun being fired off to announce
he event. the balloon sailed away amid
the shouts of the populace, who were
nov convinced that no imposition was
intended When the balloon hal risen
10 a certain height the pigeon man
aged to escape. and it's fight through
the air was greeted with acclamations
by the gazing crowd below
Lunardi describes how he occupied
himself on his aerial voyage. First
looking after his inner man. he tells
his friend how much he enjoyed his
lunch of cold chicken This despatched.
be took to writing letters. Three OF
these he dropped from the balloon,
trusting to the chance that some kind
Samaritan might pick them I'D and
post them. One, at all events, was de
ivered. for to II we owe a vivid picture
IF the aeronaut's first Impressions 81
could distinguish St Paurs and other
churches from the houses: l saw the
streets in lines all animated with be-
ings. whom 1 knew to be mea and wo-
men. but who l should otherwise have
in describing. 1t was an enor-
nous beehive, but the industry of it
was suspended.
All the moving mass seemed TO have
no object but myself. As for me. it
seemed as il / had loft below all the
eares and passions that modest man
kind. / had not the slightest sense of
motion in the machine: 1 knew not
whether il assembled or descended.
whether 1t was agitated or TRANQUIL.
save by the appearance of the objects
IN the earth" At $50 he descended
ny working his oars, on the Common
If South Minis, where he landed the
at, which was suffering from the cold.
People crowded around aim. bat he
ras so infatuated with his success that
Alter a few minutes he assembled again
10 rapidly that the thermometer de-
icended two degrees.
Warned by the intense .oId that II
night be dangerous to remain much
onger exposed to its Arctic effects.
-unardi wisely descended. He came
Town at O'Clock in a large and beauti-
III meadow. which he found was near
Ware In Hertfordshire. From this time
lis success ~ an aeronaut was Sc
a1red
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
Good Drainage.

Good drainage Is absolutely necessary
for success with creamery or cheese
factory. The odor that sometimes
comes from the factory prejudices the
customer against the product.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

4etic. fun of life nerve and yt~o- To-. 49,
Sac- the wonder worker. that makes r-esk 49,
strong All druggists. SC or eI. Cure guar.-'
eco Booklet and sample free AeSr.<-
ose-iing Remedy Co. Chicago or New Yorr
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

There are some games winch nave
never had their boom, and Quoits is
one of them. Still, as nothing happens
out the unexpected, it may be that the
time is nearly ripe for quoits to be
taken out of it's undeserved obscurity,
TO be exalted to the status of a national
game, to have weekly papers named
after it and to have columns in the
sporting press devoted to the doings
Of it's champions. Stranger things
have happened. Who, for instance.
would have said. when, at the end of
.e sixties. few energetic sportsmen
went webbing about on bone shaking
bicycles, which it would have been far
easier to push than to ride. that at the
end OF the century considerably more
than a hundred thousand bicycles
would be manufactured annually in
Great Britain alone, and that the vast
majority of the population would adopt
this means of locomotion? One can
not imagine that Quoits will ever attain
such popularity as the bicycle, but the
unprecedented person can see no reason
why it should not become as favorite
a pastime as golf. which a very few
years ago was almost unheard of.
Quoits is a very fine game, especially
in the winter time. 1t is splendid ex-
ercise, and trains the eye and the hand
to act together in way that few other
sports can do. for the very essence of
it is accuracy of aim at a mark placed
below the level of the hand. 1t has
been objected that throwing quoits
makes the player lopsided. but after
all that is easily remedied. for there is
nothing TO prevent the player throw
ing the QUOT With his left hand if
he SO pleases. and sLch a change would
make a variation in the game and also
afford an exceIlen. method of handi-
Gaping the men of unequal skill
Quoits strengthens the arms and
shoulders. but it is not pastime which
primarily demands strength. A great
advantage Of the game IS that it can
g played in any small space, and that
lie ground need not be particularly
ell ANY rough field or -
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
The Atlantic rabl.

About three seconds are occupied 4.
ansr1ttlng message from one end
OF inc Atianfic- bic to the ether
This Is about seven hundreN ,t,I-
second.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

All forms OF serofnla, sores, boil.
oimples and errptions are quickly Ard
permanently cured By Hooa's 6.y..-
parilla.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
All HRntlH Arouna

One Thomaston. Me. family means
70 take no chances with diphthsri.
Every member thereof wears q tarre5
rope around the neck, and this pre-
caution is extended even to the cat
dog and pig.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
Many Deaf and Dunh

Seven out of every 1000 inhabitants
OF the United States are deaf and
dumb The affection Is much less com
mon among the negroes than among
the whites.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

ri eA eilk Is the ne II The go ::
wrinkled. shallow. freckled or other
wise afflicted. hot milk, says the en-
thusiast over this new remedy, will
the face after being washed with hot
milk at night. feels wonderfully re-
freshed, while the skin soon becomes
very white and soft. They also claim
that generous quantity Of milk pour
ed into the bath is positively magical
In removing fatigue.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10
Tn. Grip Cure That Does Cure,

Laxative Bromo Q mime Tables re-
moves the cause that rrndnces Gin
The genuine has L B Q. en- zee al
let. 25e.
Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-10

A cardcase makes a pretty gift. Tho
pattern given is embroidered with gold
bullion work on white kid; the design
represents four-leaved clovers for good