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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
LEGEND OF ARCTIC NIGHTS.
How the GreenIanders Account for
Their Long Season of
Darkness.

A member of one of the former
Peary expeditions to Greenland
tells of curious tradition of the Es-
KINDS to account for the long arctic
night and its intense cold, says the
Chicago Chronicle.
There was a time" they say,
LONG generations ago, when the sun
never set on the regions of the north
and when the strands along the sea
were forever hidden with mantles of
living green.
Hence it was that peace and plenty
fell to the lot of this people and sor-
row was unknown among them. But
one day a strange thing came to pass.
As the people were resting and feast
ing among the trees, as was their
custom throughout their wakeful
hours, a beautiful canoe, as white as
ivory, was seen drifting silently to-
ward the shore from the direction OF
the castle where dwelt the spirit of
the winds
''Now, when the ivory white canoe
had fioated quite up to the shore, a
great awe fell upon the people, for
there, fast asleep among the folds of
an ermine robe, lay beautiful maid
en-, whose skin was as fair as the
snow flower and whose hair was like
mantle of sunshine. But when the
chief had borne the maiden to the
shore and questioned her whence she
came he was troubled in his heart, for
she had answered him:
81 am DELTA, the daughter of the
spirit of the winds, and 1 have drifted
here from yonder snow-white castle in
the north. But | will return there no
more. Henceforth my home shall be
with you and your people
And Immediately the spirit of the
winds arose in the north and in a ter
rible voice commanded that he
daughter be restored to him immedi-
ately. But when the people of the
tribe sought out their chief and
,ounseled him to give the princess
into her fathers hands the youth
stood mute before them. Then, in ODE
Hence to gesture, they entered his
ruined house, and there on a couch
.ay the beautiful princess, with her
white hands-whiter than the snow
fowers-folded silently over her
breast.
when the spirit of the winds
looked forth and beheld the princess
cold in death on the desolate strand
his anger was yet more terrible
against the kneeling multitude and
he commanded darkness to come
down upon them. And the ice and the
cold and the darkness continued for
the space of many days before the of
Tended spirit would relent and suffer
the sunshine to return for a brief
season.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
BRAKES ON BICYCLES.
Those Applied to the Tire Are the
Safest and Have Always Been
the Most Popular,

Brakes may be applied to bicycles
in five ways-to the tire, to the rim of
the wheel, to the inside of a small
rim attached TO the hub, to the out
side of the rim, and by COMPRISING
the hub endwise. Brakes applied to
the rim of the wheel have been used
to some extent in England, but have
never been favored by American riders
or manufacturers. While it is not
certain that wood rims are not en-
tirely sufficient to resist the wear of
brake, the unsightly mark on the
rim, the risk to the brake from acct
dental distortion of the wheel, and
the spokes from accidental displaee-
ment of the brake, are among the
reasons which have prevented the
American wheelmen from looking up-
on the rim brake with much favor.
On the whole, it appears that the
brake may be most safely applied to
the tire. Only one objection is urged
against this method. Some persons
say: SIT wears the tire out" When
such a person is cross-examined, it is
generally found that what he meant to
say was: Il should think it would
wear the tire out" As matter of
fact, the wear on the tire is so very
slight as to be unworthy of consider
alton. Curious as it may seem to the
uninitiated, nevertheless the fact is
that the steel spoon wears faster than
the tire,-Golden Days. -,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24

that he has discarded the bicycle for
the three-wheeler.
1t was not until the last week or so
that the first motor tricycle. appeared
in Chicago. 1t is a clumsy looking We
hicle, but how it can go! The rider sits
on it and does not have to pedal, only to
get it started, while the poor sparrow
cop is driven distracted in his efforts
to hail the rider and tell him to look out
for the special ordinance. James Levy,
for years one of the scratch men in the
big road races. is the possessor of Chi
cago's first three-wheeler. At every
stopping place he is surrounded by a
curious crowd, while every scorcher on
the boulevards makes an effort to hook
on" as the clumsy-looking but speedy
machine dashes past. Gasoline is the
motive power.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
THE FIVE PAIRS OF TWINS.
Polly, Polly, tell the five pairs If

Polly, Polly, Polly, tell the five pairs If
twins
(The tiny scraps of small ones.
The slim and topping tall ones,
The cunningly devised ones,
The four just middling-sized ones)
We're going to have a -puIl-to-night
the fun begins
So Polly, Polly, Polly, tell the five pairs of
twins.
Polly, Polly, Polly, tell the five pairs of
twins
They may make some candy doIIles,
Like the china one of Mollie's.
And some yellow candy kittens,
And pair of candy mittens,
And lot of tiny candy toads with walnut
meat for skins,
And a pile of candy fishes with the sweet
est set of fins.
But Polly, Polly, Polly, if the five pairs of
twins
Go to swimming in molasses
Or to smearing grandma's glasses,
Or to setting fire to paper,
Orwell, any kind of caper,
They'll all be tied together till they're sor-
ry for their siHs,
So Polly, Polly, Polly, warn the five pairs
of twins.
And Polly, Polly, Polly, when the five pairs
of twins
And the children of our neighbors
Have finished all their labors.
While without the sleet is pelting,
And within the candy's melting,
You must scrub those sticky infants till
they're neat as jeweled pins
DID you know your thumbs ard fingers
were the five pairs of twins?
-Ethelwyn Wetherald, in Youths Com
paniOn.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
South African BabOOn Attacks Man
and Is VanJuished Only After
Fierce Battle.

Face TO face on the mountain side a
man and an ape battled to the death.
1t was in South Africa, in that part
of Cape Colony inhabited chiefly by
Beers. And the man that battled with
the ape was of that race which detied
the power of Britain.
His name is Van Niekerk The en-
counter took place on his own farm.
The ape was of the baboon variety.
1t was almost as large as the farmer and
possessed the strength of four men.
There had been good success and the
dogs were keyed up by victory when
an unusually large male baboon was
espied clambering down a precipice.
When he reached the bottom the pack
assailed him with great fury, and the
men by common consent rested on their
rifles to watch the combat.
1t was a fine spectacle. The baboon
seemed to enjoy himself. But what was
play to him was death to the dogs.
They began to retire from the arena
one by one. whimpering and licking
their wounds. Some had their bones
laid bare. One or two were disembow-
eled.
huge boarhound which had no
rival on the veldt in the chase of big
game had his throat ripped open and
ran to crouch at his masters feet with
eyes glazing and blood squirting from
his jugular vein.
The situation was becoming serious,
for among the remaining dogs were
some valuable animals and the baboon
was gradually retreating toward
safety.
Fearing to fire lest he should iniure
the dogs, Van Niekerk plunged into the
melee. armed only with a knife.
As the farmer rushed forward the ape
swing with his right. No cat ever
dealt swifter blow. and yet the wary
farmer managed to throw up his shout
der to meet it.
He was knocked down like ninepin,
but if it had not been for his quick de-
Tense he would have received the blow
on the point of the jaw and that would
have been the end of him.
AS it was he scrambled TO his feet
before the baboon had time to leap
upon him, and when the brute cast its
hairy arms about him he delivered an
upward lunge in the Mexican fashion
and plunged his knife to the hilt in
the big monkeys body.-N. Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
IN@EI|1bDon.
MOTOR TRICYCLING.
Amateur Authorities Predict That II
Will BE the Coming Sport in
the United States.

With the passing of the bicycle there
comes in its place another form of out
door sport which gives promise of be-
coming just as popular as wheeling.
Although comparatively new, the mo-
tor tricycle. has already gained a foot
hold in this country and before another
year the choo-choo of the three-wheeler
will become as familiar as the singing
of the wind through the spokes of the
old ordinary some ten or II years ago.
Automobiles were the opening wedge
and following close on their rear wheels
comes the three-wheeled machine that
comes as close to cycling as anything
could well be. In France and England
the new vehicles are now a common
sight. The French in particular are
just as enthusiastic as they ever were
over the bicycle, and that is saying a
good deal. They ramp and tear across
country on the tricycles at pace that
vies with the speed of the express trains,
while on the race tracks the motor
events are just as popular as the bicycle
races.
Over in England good old has beens''
are having a good lease on life and the
racegoing public is treated to the sight
of their old cycling champions once
more straining every nerve to cross the
tape first. In this country the eastern
cities were the first ones invaded. Bos-
ton can be safely said to be the real
center of the new sport and in the
Hub the motorists are increasing in
numbers.
One thing that motoring does. says
the Chicago Record, is to give the cham
pions of the American path something
to do. Having seen their best days as
speed merchants, they eagerly seize this
chance to again get into the game. Ed
die Bald, for years the American cham
pion, has turned to the three-wheeler
and in and about Boston town the
dashing Eddie and his motor tricycle.
are familiar sights. Down near Bost on
quiet Willie Windle. as fleet as any
champion America ever had, and as true
sportsman as ever straddled bicycle
saddle, finds plenty of sport on a three
wheeler. After Zimmerman trimmed
up Windle so neatly in the early '9Os,
Willie dropped out of sight and mind,
but now the chances are that if motor
tricycle. racing becomes as popular here
as it is in the old country the Milbury
lad will be one of the first in the new
game.
George A. Banker, of Pittsburgh,
twice the worlds champion, has just
returned from France, and announces
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
GOLD HOARDED BY MISERS,
Through Them Millions in Yellow
Coin Disappear Annually from
Circulation.

The world is full of millions and
| millions of long-lost sovereigns. A
competent authority has just COM
pleted some Investigations which. he
declares, show that in three years
the Bank of England has lost trace of
no fewer than 20,000000 golden coins
If the realm. This wholesale disappear
ance of the elusive sovereign has been
going on for years. A river of gold
has flowed increasingly from Thread
needle street to all parts of the world,
but it has come back only tiny yell
low streamlet. What has become of
the surplus in its wanderings?
"Misers" is the unpoetical explanation
for greater part of this disappear
ance. There still exist in this and
other countries people who are I'M
businesslike enough to hoard up gold
and keep. it lying idle by them for the
sole pleasure of knowing it is there
and occasionally counting it, says the
London Mail.
The people of India appear to be
particularly addicted to habit that
is more reminiscent of medieval times
than of an age when money is gener-
ally saved so that more can be made
with it. In the regency of Bombay it
is estimated that 100000 golden SOW
ereigns are boarded. If that is the
record of Bombay alone what is the
full tale for the whole country?
China, too, absorbs vast amount of
gold that never sees the light again.
AS matter of fact, while the whole
world is searching for and trying to
acquire gold, a goodly part of it APP
pears to be engaged in the less tlr. i'll
ing pastime of hiding it away.
Great Britain is not guiltless of this
commercial sin. Dotted all over the
kingdom are gra~yards of gold
which if discovered and opened might
restore to circulation a vast amount
of wealth at present absolutely use
less. At a spot about two miles from
Herefordshire Beacon a treasure chest
is recorded in the local history as
having been buried by great fam
! lily once resident in the district. But
the money cannot be found. There
| is a similar record in connection with
Hume castle. formerly a branch of
the Prestwich family. Somewhere
near Stokesey castle, Shropshire,
there is believed to be hidden a great
oaken chest filled with gold coins, but
up to the present all efforts to find
| it have ended in failure.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
AVOIDED STARVATION.
How Jack Prince, Old-TIme Bicycle
Champion, Raised the Wind
Down in Texas.

1t is not often that a man has to
do it, but he can run a race meet I'M
der necessity in the way named by
Jack Prince, whose experiences cause
many a smile. At San Antonio. Prince
ran a race meet with but one other
rider beside himself, and with no Off
Gals or ticket sellers or anything
else but himself and one carpenter.
1t was a motor tandem race against
20 horses. In the first place, the
street car company provided the lum-
Der and the track was put up in the
base ball park at San Antonio. One
carpenter was employed and Prince
and Oscar julius put down the track
with his aid. The track was all right,
and Prince secured 90 horses with
riders to go against the motor for
$50. The track cost SIS, and the
advertising about $25. The horses,
with their riders. and the motor on q
wagon paraded the streets. The band
six pieces-played for so cents
each and tickets of admission. Prince
sold the tickets, and Julius took them
at lIe gate. witch an the ptOpIe Hdu
reached the grounds Prince donned
his racing clothes and got up to- steer
the motor. Then the race was1start-
ed. "Those horses" said Prince,
Just ran away every time, and yelled
at the fellow to let them loose
every lap. Most of them went right
to the fence and tried to kick it down.
The horses made about seven miles
and we made IS. The horses spent
the rest of their time kicking at that
fence. When the race was over got
off the motor and announced the race,
telling them that it was won by Jack
Prince, the old-tfme champion of
America on the high wheel, and Oscar
Julius, the champion of Sweden. Then
we counted up the receipts. We'had
taken in $3.50 and had about $3.50 to
pay out. That was not bad thing
at all, and, it helped us that time for
sure. 1t only goes, to show that, a
man hasn't got to starye to death in
this land of the free
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24

coming into operation several years
later
In 1889, says the New York Journal
Prince Albert married. in France, Alice
Heine, widow of the French duke of
Richelieu, without having taken any
steps to have either the vatican decree
of his annulment or the Monaco decree
of his first marriage recognized and
confirmed by the French divorce
courts. Indeed, on the register OF
marriages of the eighth district OF
Paris. where the second marriage OF
the prince took place II years ago, the
word divorce is not mentioned, the only
reference to the princes first wife be.
ing remark that he had previously
married Lady Mary Hamilton.
According to French law the prince
was, therefore, not free to wed the
widowed. duchess of Richelieu in 1889
having neglected to take the necessary
legal steps to iberate himself from
his matrimonial bonds. Hence his sec.
ond marriage is from the point of view
of French law invalid, and even bgam.
Gus. 1t may be argued that the prince
as reigning sovereign is exempt from
the jurisdiction of the French courts
But the very fact that he should have
appealed to the latter to rid him OF
his American-born wife indicates tina:
he is willing to recognize their com.
petence, in which he is undoubtedly
right. For, besides being prince OF
Monaco, he is, as stated above, a French
nobleman and territorial magnate.
Both his marriages have been con,
tracted in France. His principal resi-.
dence is in Paris, and the principally
of Monaco is within both the civil and
criminal jurisdiction of the French
courts.
The success of the project of the
prince is regarded as assured. For by
refraining from any opposition the
princess will evade the scandal of q
divorce suit and the legal associations
of her name with that of the CO.
respondent. Being immensely rich in
her own right, she can well afford tc
forego any alimony from the prince
while in losing the title of princess OF
Monaco and of duchess of Mazarin, she
has right to resume her former style
as widowed duchess of Richelieu, which
is assuredly more illustrious name
than that of either Mazarin or Monaco
Nor has she borne any children to the
prince of Monaco since her marriage
to him. so that she need not be infiu.
4 enced by considerations of that char.
acter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24

foaming over the Chandiere falls.
When the water in the river is low,
as it is in the autumn, there is a fall
of about 40 feet, but when the river
is swollen by melting SHOWS in the
spring the apparent depth of the fall
is lessened. AT any time the rush and
swirl of the great river over this ledge
of yock is a sight worth seeing.
In some places the water pours over
in a dense and irresistible volume,
while at other points a shallow
stream will spray itself over higher
table of rock.
On the PIPER Ottawa are foated
booms of logs which feed the large
lumber industries of that region.
Handling these wet logs is a treach-
erous business, and it is easy to lose
ones foothold and fall into the swift
stream. Accidents of this kind occur
frequently. The only case that did
not have a fatal termination is the
one referred to here.
The man was busy forking these
logs with those sharp prongs used to
swing them about and draw them in,
when he missed his footing and fell
into the river. Though strong SWIM
mer, he could not withstand the cur
rent, and he was swept out into the
stream and on toward the falls.
Nearing the falls he found himself
still conscious, and it happened that
he was being foated over one of
those tables of rock where the water
was so shallow that he felt himself
touch. He struggled TO regain his
feet and was successful in so doing,
so that he found himself standing in.
perhaps, a foot Of rushing water, at
the brink of the cataract, a great tor
rent surging by him on every hand.
But it seemd hopeless. He saw no
way of getting to shore, and no one
from the shore could get to him.
Many people on the banks of the riv-
er were watching him and trying to
study out some plan to save him.
Finally a large derrick was brought
to bear, such as is used in building
operations. A great arm with ropes
was swung out over the torrent, and
when the man had fastened himself
securely with the ropes, he was raised
up high and swung in, just as large
stone would be raised in constructing
building.-Cincipnat Commercial
Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
PRINCE OF MONACO.
Ruler of Gambling Principality
Would Be Free Again.
therefore He Seeks to Have His Mar
riaEe AnnuIIed-His Present Wife
the Daughter of a New Or
leans Banker.

1t is not a divorce which Prince Al
bert of Monaco is now endeavoring to
secure from his American born wife,
but an annulment of the marriage,
which would not only liberate him
from all financial obligations toward
her, but, likewise, deprive her of the
title of princess of Monaco, besides
paving the way to his third marriage
with some princess of the blood, the
name of the widowed duchess of Aosta,
only sister of Princess Louis and Vic
tor Bonaparte, being freely mentioned
in connection with this matrimonial
project.
The grounds on which the prince is
seeking to secure an annulment of his
union to the daughter of the New Or
leans banker, Michael Heine, are that
there was serious legal flaw in the
marriage. His first matrimonial ALI
ance was with Lady Mary Hamilton,
sister of the late duke of Hamilton, the
wedding taking place in the presence
of Emperor Napoleon and Empress
Eugene in Paris.
nulled enthusiastically by the vatican
on the ground that Lady Mary had
been forced into the match against her
will, the decree at the same time rec
ognizing as legitimate the child born
of the union, Prince Louis, who is now
heir to the throne of Monaco. This
decree was confirmed by the late prince
of Monaco in July, 1880.
But Prince Albert's first marriage
had been contracted in France while
he was still heir apparent, and conse-
quently entitled to no extra territorial
privileges, ranking merely as Ii French
nobleman; that is to say, as duke of
Mazarin, of Valentinois and of Ma
yenne. But in 1880 there was no such
thing as divorce in the French code,
the divorce laws now in existence only
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
ON CATARACT'S BRINK.
Lumberman Was Saved from
Almost Certain Death.

The horrible experiences of one
who has been swept away by some
merciless current and finds himself
at last at the brink of a cataract,
may possibly be imagined; but there
are few who survive to relate to us
the particulars of such an ordeal.
Yet there is one instance where a
man was saved at the very edge of
the falls.
There are few more imposing bits
of scenery in Canada than where the
Ottawa river pours laundering and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
YOUNGEST Bicycle Expert.

Little Katie Perry Cleveland is the
youngest bicycle, rider in America, The
little girl is the, daughter Of 7, ",
Cleveland, Of Latpnia, Ky, and is only
two years old Mounted upon her tiny
wheel she reseh bles a fairy. She'ri5es
a 12-incRl wheel, and the wheel and
rider combined only weigh 25 pounds.
Her fathernhas1 issued several :ehal-
lenges torparties claiming TO have the
youngest bicycle rider in, America, but
none of his, challenges have ever yet
been accepted The little girl has a
brother Ave years old, who also rides
wheel almost as small as his sisters.
When the-two little onesiappearron their
wheels together they attract great at
tention.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
Ancient Relics In AIEerin.

In some grottoes in Algeria French
explorers have recently discovered
stone implements mingled with the
remains of extinct animals belonging
to quaternary times. Further ex-
plorations Indicate that during the
age when the grottoes were inhab-
tied the coast of Algeria had con-
fguration different from that of to-
day. Among the animals associated
with the ancient and human inhab-
itants of Algeria were the rhinoceros,
the hippopotamus and various species
OF ruminants.-N. y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
FINE BICYCLE RIDER.
Young EngIishwOman Who Holds the
Undisputed Record for the
standing Balance.

Miss Day, who is an Englishwoman
well known IN bicycle circles, is said
to be one of the best amateur trick
riders. She is said to hold the record
for the standing balance, having main
tanned her seat for two hours, bal
ancing the wheel without moving.
Another of her feats is that of riding
one wheel and leading two others,
which she picks up from the floor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24
No Need to Worry.

Mistress-Margaret, what does that
policeman want around here so much?
Whom does he come to see?
Maid-I don't think, ma'am, he
comes to see you; so there's no occa-
sion for you to worry yourself about
him.--Boston Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-24

Wife-Just think of your having to be
away from home three long weeks!
I'm sure you'll miss me, won't you,
dear?
HusbanG-Of course l will. l wish
you would write me a curtain lecture
every day, so I'll be able to go to sleep
nights.-Chicago Daily News.