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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

The National Cycling Association
has issued its first bulletin. 1t halls
from the Offices of the board of con-
troll, New York city, and states that
the association has filed papers of in
corporation with the secretary of
state Of New Jersey. Under the in
corporation provisions members will
be liable for only the amount of their
membership fees. Professional riders
and their trainers and amateurs can
now apply for registration to the
board of control for the season of '9S.
Applications for places in the N C. A.
grand circuit" can be filed with the
chairman of the board of control This
circuit will start in the West July 8,
and end in the East early in Septem-
Der. A series of races on this circuit
will decide the championship of the
year. New York state circuit will
be arranged for the month of June.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
WHY THE DWARF DISAPPEARED
lu-ing Experience of a Physician With
One Short Leg.

| One Short Leg.
From the Columbus Press-Post:
''Once in a while one runs across a
| good story that is true and one of the
best that l have heard recently was
| told me at Pomery a couple of days
| age aid vOuched for as absolute truth"
said ". T. Uh1mer, a Pittsburg COM
| merciai tourist, at Smiths. cit is said
to have happened to well-known
N1eigs county physician, who is a jolly
good fellow and appreciated the story
too well to keep it a secret. 1t seems
that the medical man has a leg that
was shortened something like a foot
or more by an attack of inf1ammatory
rheuma tism.
"In walking he uses a cane pecu-
liarly constructed, SO that instead of
going completely to the ground with
the short foot he places it upon a sort
of rest built upon the cane, which is
steel supported. When standing he
frequently shifts from one foot to the
other, and when standing upon his
dwarfed limb he loses something more
than a foot in height. Beyond the af-
f1icted leg he is powerfully developed
in every particular. One day he got
on board a Ohio river steamer going
to Cincinnati. Later he took a no.
ton for a drink of whisky and went
back to the barroom. AS he entered
the bartender was engaged in arrang-
ing the glasses on the sideboard and
paid no attention to him until he
called for the drink. At this time the
physician was resting serenely on the
short leg. his head barely showing
above the rather high bar. When the
bartender had mixed the drink and
turned about again the medical man
had reversed his supports and was.
standing upon his game leg, to all ap--
pearances a decisively athletic fellow.
The dispenser of good cheer looked
around a moment inquiringly, leaned
over the bar searchingly, and finally
turned to the doctor with a stare Of
blank questioning. Where in the HI
did that ID dwarf go?' he asked
pointedly. I don't know; didn't see
him. said the doctor. Mix me a tod
dy.' He drank the second mixture,
paid for it. then cody drained the
first, while the barkeeper looked on
in astonishl,ent AS the medical man
walked toward the door without the
use of the cane in a sort of hop-go-and-
fetch-it style, he turned about mo-
ment. I guess it's on you. isn't it?' he
asked. The barkeep said it was"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
THEATRICAL TOPICS.
SOME SAYINGS AND DOINGS
IN STACELAND.
The Critics Criticised Moth AR but
Money Goes with the PIutocratic
Press Nowadays-Good Plays Slandered
Unless Publishers Are Rewarded.

One of these days somebody will
write a history embracing the curiosi-
ties of dramatic criticism in New York.
If the writer has been touched with
the fire of genius his story will be one
worth embalming between cardboards
with bright gold letters on the out
side. What a curious question it is,
this matter of criticism? In the alb
stract the dramatic critic is one who is
supposed to be a cultured auditor, the
severe guardian Of public TASTE" who
sits in judgment and is supposed to
be able to give just and exact opin-
ion on the merits of actors and play.
Yet, strange to relate, it is rarely the
case that any two critics are possess
ed with a like degree of judgment,
culture or a similar pair of eyes or
ears. Critics are not concerned with
anosmia. Take, for example, metro
politan production and compare the
several opinion and it will most al
ways be discovered that no two ''aes-
thetic policemen of the drama" agree
on a given point. One will say, in the
case of an opera, that the libretto is
chock full Of witty lines and the story
lucid and interesting, while his con-
frere will assert, with great positive
ness, that the lines are dull and stupid,
while the story is extraordinary for its
lack of point, interest and cohesion!
The music will be proclaimed by one
to be the hest the composer has ever
written, melodious and whistleable;
while another will assert the score
lacks every element of genius, and the
very worst that the composer has put
On paper! One will have the work
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
American BIcy cles In France.

Bicycles are in general use in the
department of Marine, which ranks
third in France in the number of BIZ
cycles used in proportion to inhabi-
tants. The first is Paris and the sec
ond Gfronde. The roads are very good
and are kept in good repair, but are
rather billy. There is only one To-
cal factory, and it's product is not
important. Three machines Of Amer
lean make are now sold to one of Eng
lish. Bicycles enter this district from
Havre and Calais. The best communi-
cation with the United States is via
Havre. The freight by the Transit
lantique Line, New York to Havre, is
Sc to 50 per 40 cubic feet, in proper
ton to the Importance of the invoice,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

waists and look silly In public You
won't see me and Ted doing that"
well, no, because you see; he'll be-
telling me stories, and there won't be-
room for you. But when you're alone,
Kitty. what will you do them"
1 feel myself blushing holly under
my small niece's stern eye.
Don't you want to see my presents
that have just come, Anger" 1 asked,
weakly.
Yes, but I want to know essactly
what you and Ted are going to do when
you're alone, and there isn't nobody to
see you"
I walk to the door and open it,
Thank heaven! I hear a voice, clear
ar peremptory:
Miss Angel, Miss Angler
Angel, there's Dinah calling"
Then 1 must go; but 1 want to see
the presents. And, Kitty, will Ted be
my uncle
yes. dear, yes"
We'll, all I hope is that you'll be-
have like real lovers. and I'll be your
bridesmaid, Kitty dear, and"
Miss Angel. are you coming?"
YES. Dinah, coming, comingv' and4i
with all her dignity and impudence
thro-sn to the winds. Angelica makes
bot for the nursery, and 1 heave a
deep sigh OF relief. I have announced :
our Observation-Disclosures Magazine
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
StalIinss Made . Mistake.

The Newcastle club will have the
services again during the coming sea-
son of Pitcher Clarence Smith, who
was recently drafted by the Detroit
club of the Western League. The
Newcastle management has received
word from Detroit that the draft of
Smith has been rescinded. Smith is
one of the best twirlers who was ever
in the Interstate, and always won
more than a majority of his games.
Smith was always pitted against til e
strongest teams of the league, and he
had therefore most Of the hard games
to pitch, and to carry off more than
half of those showed great ability. De-
troit did not consider him worth the
$500 necessary for a player drafted
from this league, but offered to trade
Pitchers Beam and Irwin, with a money
consideration for him.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Natural Question.

A very long time ago the British
government ordered that English
should be taught in Welsh schools
AS a result. in 1865 a colony of perse--
cuted Welsh miners fed from the Brit
ish tyranny and settled in the deserts
of Patagonia. These men were heroes,
and with most magnificent courage,
they dared to live in a desert where
not a plant would grow, where the.
water was brackish and the heat in
tolerable. They were surrounded by
wild tribes of hostile savages, and
made them warm friends; they were
ruled by a foreign government, and
became loyal citizens. Through long
years of want and famine they never
d-spaired. They have turned the desert
into beautiful fertile country, have
become rich, number 5000 people, have
extended their string of settlements
right across South America, own a
paying railway, and ship large crops
of wheat, wool, ostrich feathers and
quanaco skins. They left Wales to es-
cape the tyranny Of the English Ian
guage, and now, rather than talk
Welsh, they converse largely of their
freedom in excellent Spanish.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

A 10O-mile open track race was
run at San Jose, Cal, recently under
the auspices of the Garden City Wheel
men and was won by John Lawson.
The event was unpaced, and special
lap prizes drew the field into a sprint
for Jap after lap. Charles Wells, who
entered at the last moment, and with
out training, gained the special prize
for leading at the laps. He fought for
and gained 81, while Barnaby had but
20. Fredericks, Ashinger, liver Law
son and Glenn Turville, of the field of
fifteen that started, quit. Lawson, the
last man expected to win, shot out OF
the bunch in the stretch, and in a
hard fight with John Chapman, Ted
dy Goodman, Earl Stevens, Charles
Turville. Charles Wells, Oscar julius,
Tom Barnaby, and Nawn, won the
contest, the finish being in the order
named, and the riders being closely
punched at the tape.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

Just go down to the theater and come
back and keep quiet, and tell you love-
ly stories, whenever you hadn't any
thing else to do. Yes, think perhaps
Ted's the best"
Il am sure Ted's the best" am
conscious of a note Of lingering ten
derness in my voice, which does not
escape my niece's sharp ear.
Why, Kitty, do believe you really
like Ted!'
"One doesn't marry any one unless
one loves them much, Angel"
"Oh, yes. you do! Why, 1 heard Num-
mfe say the other day that Cousin Lot
tie was marrying solely-yes, solely
was the word-for Establishment
What's a establishment, Kitty"
1T only means that as Cousin Lot
tie isn't at all rich, darling. she has to
marry rich man. 1t doesn't follow
that she doesn't love him.
But it does. I've seen her and him
together" contemptuously-"a
they didn't do a bit like lovers"
why, what do you know about il,
Angelo"
Il know. Our Susan has a young
man, and 1 ran into the kitchen the
other day, and he was sitting with his
arm round her waist and holding her
hand and looking like this"--here An
gelica twists her face into a fatuous
grin that would make the fortune Of a
low comedian. Now. Lottie and her
man." she continues scornfully, "just
sit on two chairs a long way off on
two sides of the room and look at
each other like you and me might"
be desired
But ladies and gentlemen don't sit
with their arms round each others
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
NOTES OF THE WHEEL.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO DEV-
OTEES OF THE BICYCLE.
The Terrible Swede" Creates Conste rna-
tion the Coast-The National
Cycling Association Incorporates
Some Recent Inventions.
CyclinG In the Tranavaal.


johannesburg is the headquarters of
the South African bicycle trade. The
city is not really adapted for cycling,
as the roads land the word road in
South Africa is largely a figure of
speech) are extremely bad, the sandy
soil making pedaling more a matter
Of undoubted exercise than of pleas
ure; but such a little detail as this
does not lamp the ardor Of lovers of
the wheel, and pedestrians are begin
ming to complain that the cyclists are
taking up all the roadway to the ex-
clusion of all else.
A johannesburg popularity is the
bicycle raff1e," which takes place
every Saturday evening. The ma
chimes put up as prizes embrace all
varieties and are as rule second
hand goods. These raf1es are con-
Quoted fairly enough, but the legiti-
mate business men naturally do not
view them with favor
Very few women ride in the Trans
vaal. and few of the cycle stores ex-
hibit ladies' machines, though they of
course keep them in stock.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

In Singapore Bicycles Are Common
Bicycles are in general use among
Europeans in Singapore, and even
natives use them so far as their means
will allow. The roads are fairly level
and smooth, with few hills OF little
height. Most strangers declare they
are ideal for the bicycle. There
are no manufacturers. Bicycles are
imported mostly from the United
Kingdom, the United States, and a few
from Germany. There is no duty on
bicycles or on any other article enter
ing Singapore from any part of the
world. the port being free.
Singapore and Penang are the re-
ceiving ports in the Straits Settle
ments. Port charges are nil, as affect
ing importers. There are no bonded
warehouses. Goods should be careful
ly packed in cases lined with pitch
paper. Plated parts should be well
coated with vase1ine, and cases should
not be slowed close to boilers.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
MY NIECE ANGELICA.

have Just impaired the important
news to Angelica, and breathe again!
1 had an anxious moment, for I was
not at all sure what views of her
own she might have for me; but the
thing had got to be done, and 1 did
it with the best grace I could.
1 called Angelica into my bedroom.
The bed, tables and chairs were strewn
with flounces and furbelows. 1 know
Angelica's feminine weakness-the
only weak thing about her-for clothes,
and I count on the impression the
beauty of the garments thus displayed
will have upon her infant mind.
Darling, how perfectly lovely! she
exclaims, in a tone of mingled patron
age and ecstasy; "are they all yours?
How dreadfully 'stravagant"
Her charming face takes on its most
early Victorian air, and she looks IN
a slightly pharisaical manner at her
own plain red serge dress and clean
muslin pinafore.
1T does look extravagant, 1 know,
Angelica" fastened to explain; but.
you see, one doesn't get married every
day."
Married! Oh. my dear. darling,
sweet Kitty, are you going to get mar
ried? You'll have me for a bridesmaid.
won't you? and"-this is an evident
terthought-"Agnes. too? 1 don't see
what Jacks to be, unless he holds up
your train. You'll have a train, OF
course, Kitty?"
1 had had visions OF lovely ivory
cloth walking dress. trimmed with an
old lace and sable, but the frality In
Angelica's voice leaves me no hope.
'Of course" 1 say, fainty.
And orange blossoms, and veil,
and bouquet, and all proper?"
Il suppose so.''
You wouldn't be really married,
you see," explains Angelica, kindly,
unless you had"
Don't you want to know whom l am
going to marry?" 1 hazarded the sug-
gestion
Il suppose it's Maurice" Augelica's
interest is fiatter in the prospective
husband than in the bridal garments;
it is evidently a mere matter Of polite
ness.
mo, it isn't Maurice; it's Ted"
"Ted"' The name becomes a shrek
of surprise. Dear, darling Ted! Why,
you don't like Ted half as much as
Maurice; and. besides. 1 meant to mar
ry him myself. But perhaps he was
4 little old for me-
Il didn't know you had meant to
marry him yourself, Angel, or 1 should
have been more careful"
We'll, never mind! only, you see.
he'd make such comfortable hus-
band
How? Comfortable"
Yes, comfortable. Now, with Maui
rice, you'd never know where you had
him. When you wanted him, he'd al
ways be flying round somewhere else.
OF course he's a darling. much bigger
than Ted, and funnier, don't you
think? but not so comfortable for a |
husband" Angelica's tone is ripe with |
marital experience. Now, Ted would |
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

stupendous success (his paper has been
paid; another, that it is gigantic
failure. CHS paper has not been
paid.) You will discover such varie-
ty of opinion that you will very soon
come to the conclusion that your dra-
matte critics are naught but human;
that they are is one that does not
admit of the use of a foot rule or a
plumb-line!
There is nothing so inspiring to the
actor as well-filled house. He sees
the upturned faces, he hears the lib
eral applause, and his whole soul is
thrown into his work. But, alas when
there is frost, when a ''beggarly ar
ray Of empty benches meets his gaze
his spirits go down in his boots and
no enthusiasm can be felt. Macready
used to say that the true artist was
not Influenced by his audience. He
was once put to the test. He was play
ing at Louth and was to enact the
role of Virginius. He felt depressed,
the manager had been pulling a long
face at the prospect of a poor house,
and his melancholy had affected the
great tragedian. Macready was dress
ing when the manager entered his
room.
well, sir, poor house?" asked Ma
cready, proceeding with his makeup
bad house, sir; there's no onev'
What! nobody at all?" asked the
tragedian.
Not a soul, sir, except the warden's
party in the boxes and one or two in
the pitt
Are there five?" asked Macready.
Eyes, sir; there are five
"Then," said the actor. "go at once;
we have no right to give ourselves
airs
The manager has left on record that
though he had seen Macready play Vir-
ginius many times he never saw an
impersonation to equal the one given
to the five In that theater at Louth.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Counting Modest Kapsa. Civ

Kansas City is overwhelmed with
the attentions Of race meet promoters
just now. Brady has applied to the
managers Of Convention hall asking
for the use of that building for the
purpose Of running a six-day race to
be contested by his aggregation now
on the coast: Jack Prince offers to
bring the men under his charge now
in Texas and give a meet, while the
manager of the female aggregation
would like to give long race between
the women riders.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

ers are not afiliated with trade
unions, and it is the earnest wish of
the trade that this Utopian condition
of things may continue to reign. At
the present time, however, the trade
unionism of the country is assuming
somewhat aggressive attitude, and 1t
is feared that a revival Of enthusiasm
for organization among the workmen
of the country would result in the for
nation of a well-organized cycle work
ers' union, and perhaps the federation
OF such a union to some larger body.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Chinese Widows Can't Remark.

According to the laws of good soci-
ETY. in China, young widows should
not remarry. Widowhood is therefore
held in the highest esteem, and the
older the widow grows the more
agreeable her position becomes.
Should she reach SO years she may, by
applying to the emperor, get a sum
Of money with which to buy a tablet.
on which her virtues are named. The
tablet is placed over the door at the
principal entrance to her house.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

In his chosen profession Mr.. Charles
Bryant stands as an example of youth,
integrity and ambition, and thus early
in his career occupies an enviable po-
sition as stage director of the Alcazar
theater stock company at San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Bryant began his stage
work with ehis company, being engag-
ed by the management for the time
they reopened this popular house, and
in the three years which followed, the
practice given him among a company
of capable players has made him re-
liable and versatile. This season, in
recognition of merit, he was given
the stage management of the company
and under his direction many great
plays have been successfully produced,
such as Men and Women" 1.-The
Wife," I'm Mizzouri," 1.-The Butter
flies.'' Ambition" and many other
present day successes, which have
stood favorable comparison with the
original metropolitan productions.
]. w. Garner is one of the veteran
actors whose name and face are fami-
liar to all old play-goers and whose
repertoire is probably longer than that
of any actor on the stage today. Mr..
Garner in his earlier days has sup
ported Edwin Forrest, Junius Brutus
Booth, John r. Scott, Charlotte Cush-
man, Matilda Heroi and others equal
1y famous in days gone by. During
the war he served his country for
three years. and since then been en-
gagged in enterprises of his own.
After being connected with the oper-
attic world for years, Mr.. Walter H.
Ford and Miss frankie Francis were
among the first of the '1egitimate' ar
fists to enter the vaudeville field. Miss
Francis is a clever little actress, whose
dainty dancing and winsome face have
won a sure place in the hearts of the
theater-going public. For six years
Ford and Francis have met with phe
nomenal success presenting 1.-The
Tryst," a brilliant little musical come
delta of Cuban love and romance.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
English Cycle Factory Work..

Though at first sight it would an
pear that the English cycle trade had
nothing in common with that phase
of Industrial life known as trades IN
ionism, and is not, therefore. called
upon to take more than a passing in
terest in the affairs of labor the fact
is that, as an important branch of the
engineering industry, the affinity be-
tween the two may lead at some fu-
ture time to the introduction of labor
questions into its own province. At
tDresent the great body of cycle work
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
EqualizinE Chain Adjustment.

An inventor of Williamsport, Pa, is
the inventor and patentee of the chain
adjustment illustrated herewith which
aims at the oft attempted object of
permitting uniform adjustment of
both ends of the rear wheel axle The
axle is slotted lengthwise along what
becomes, when the parts are assembled,
the upper side, and is f1attened on
two sides at each end to allow turning
of the axle with a wrench or spanner
An elongated washer is slipped over
each end of the axle, changing the
slot in the axle by means of a small
lug projecting into it's central open
ing. The lower end Of the washer is
slotted radially toward the central
opening, and pin projecting from the
outer face of the lower jaw of the rear
fork end fitting engages this slot.
When it is desired to adjust the chain
the axle nuts are loosened and one, at
least, removed to allowing placing a
wrench upon the end of the axle. By
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

The German Emperor, when re-
ceiving foreign representatives or mill
tary attaches of foreign powers, al
ways wears the uniform of the coun-
try the visitor represents, and some
times during a levee he will change
his uniform five or six times.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29

George, young actress comparatively
unknown, has sprung into instant
prominence by her sweet, sympathetic
and exquis;tely shaded performance Of
a rakish French vicomte's American
bride, and admirable art is displayed
by Aubred Boucicault as the Vicomte
and Rose Coghlan as the mother of the
young bride.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
BicyclIsts' One Mile Record.

In twenty years the one-mile bicycle
record has been reduced from 8 min.
SO secs. to 1 min. 81 As secs. In 1878
H. M. Pope of Boston established the
higher figures from a standing start on
high, ordinary bicycle. In Novem-
Der of last year Major" Taylor. the
colored champion, covered the mile in
1 min. 81 As secs. from a flying start
on chainless bicycle.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Bicycles Facilitate Mail Service.

In Germany, and especially in Ber-
lin, the mail deliveries are made by
postmen mounted on bicycles. The use
of bicycles has enabled the city post
Office to make twenty-seven deliveries
daily. A letter mailed in the city is
frequently delivered to the addressee in
the same city from forty-fve to fifty
five minutes after having been posted.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-29
Sympathy.

Hasn't she past?" inquired the
gossipy man. YES" answered the SEN
sational actress, but it isn't of much
use to her. Somehow she doesn't seem
able to get any of it into the newspa-
ers."-Washington Star.