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New-York tribune., 1907-12-29

them he may have set OF solid rubber tires at
set of four When it is remembered that pneu-
matte tires cost from $50 to slOO each ana thal
they are liable to frequent punctures, cutting and
bow-outs the contrast in the cost OF ufe up
keep is readily understood
The little $3.50 auto is really 'horseless car
riaee" with the horse and shafts removed and a
little gasolene engine placed the riehthand side
of the body This engine is of the single cylinder
incIosed hywheel type, and is OF unusually ilght
weight considering the four horsepower Which IL
develops The power is transmitted from the en-
gine 70 a countershaft by means of chain and
sprockets this in turn is connected 10 second
countershaft forward of the first by another chain
and sprocket This second countershaft eXtends
cupboard on the lefthand side of the body, and
ends in a sprocket around which passes chain
driving one of the rear wheels
Since only the wheel this one side is driven
the use of a diferentia-which allows one wheel
to turn faster than the other when rounding cor
ners-is entirely eliminated. and the mechanism
thus greatly simplified
Strong and light construction is obtained by at
taching the engine to one end of special angle
iron frame extending across the entire body, and
the alignment of the secondary countershaft or
driving shaft is maintained by means of distance
rod which is also used adjustment for the
tension of the chain Two different ratios between
the speed of the engine and that of the wheels
obtained by planetary gears located on the first
countershaft the lower speed being used for heavy
roads and hill climbing, and the higher speed for
smooth roads.
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THE CORNELL MUSICIANS.

x1;tt tho athletic interests Of the colleges at the
lowest ebb the gIee. banjo and mandolin clubs of
the big universities of the country now occupy the
entire q. the stage IN the college world
Four weeks have elapsed since the football season
,losed and four more will roll around before the
men of the track teams will be in position
TO claim attention, and still four more must pass
before the crews and baseball men begin their
season of training 1t Is in this lull that the men
of the musical clubs grow most active. and 1t Is
f thjs way that some of the crack men of football
baseball and track teams are now touring the cues
NJ the country. enjoying themselves and attempting
70 au1use others Thus II is at Cornell as In the
other large universities of the East
For the twentieth time in their history the Cor
,,eu musical clubs are spending their holidays on
,ba road They have visited most OF the large cities
of the country East OF the Mississippi River and
from Boston to New Orleans. Toward the west
the limit has been st. Louis, but toward the East
il has been London. Liverpool and Manchester and
,,, In ,yentv wears the size of the clubs has
,,c,e.sed from a score of men to sixty or more
and IN. length of the trips has increased from a
four around the Empire State and into Pennsyi-
vania TO tours into the Middle west and even
across the Atlantic
The clubs which are this year representing Cor
III r-,,,.rsi,v are composed of sixty men. who
corne from all but four states Of the Union, and
,rou, Europe Alaska South Africa and the Philip
pines.
they will have one or fiofe shs"eei''S" ia '
,.-., of dances. receptions and smokers, which
ar. among the delightful experiences OF the trip.
on the road the men will travel IN TWO speciai
Pullman cars and have speciai baggage car
1rh,,a ,rayelIin. the line of demarcation between
rho .,oper and classes in the university Is
,,a,,,I,, ,-a.n the freshmen and sophomores al
,y.vs waiting dress for concerts ana receptions
,u after the upper class men nave competed
th.r preparations. Further. they occupy 'he upper
-. ~ ,iph. and are often made TO play and
s,n, while the upper class men are dining. Dis
s.,,,re is r.r.dly enforced and TO member CT the
',ra,,zation is exempf from punishment II lie Vio-
s.,cs The rules OF the organization.
1,,esc Gibbs will appear at the "ai1o.i- aSlptia
a., 1.uesday evening, December 81
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The fact that the engine is air cooled dispenses
with the use OF water and eliminates the danger of
a frozen radiator a cracked cylinder in cold
weather. at the time doing away with many
of the more or less complicated parts of c.rcu-
lating system.
The weight Of the carriage complete is less than
five hundred pounds. and consequently light and
easy riding springs be used. folding buggy
top, suitable for running in all kinds of weather.
be furnished for s25 additional, although the
purchase price $3.50 for the machine includes all
supplies and accessories necessary for the ordinary
running OF the vehicle. The makers guarantee
speed of twenty-five miles hour good roads.
While the buggy type of automobile is not par
ticulary new. sefpropelled vehicle for $50 that
will give satisfaction is somewhat of novelty, and
places real automobile within the reach Of
many who would otherwise be dependent trolley
the livery stable.
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DEVOTED TO ARCHAEOLOGY.

The Academy Of Inscriptions and Bellies Let
tres owes its origin to the French statesman
Colbert and to the fostering afteawHrd of
Secretary OF State de Portchartrain. and con-
sisted in it's inception of committee OF the
Academic Francaise specially charged with the
duty of furnishing inscriptions. devices and leg
ends for the statuary and the memorials and for
the medals struck for the perpetuation of the
glory and grandeur of Louis XIV. 1t really dates
from 17o1 when its charter was first issued under
the name of Royal Academy Of Inscriptions and
Medals. To-day II devotes Ats attention to
archaeological research. and is responsible for
the translation of many ancient documents. Eu-
ropean and. especially Oriental, which would
otherwise, through lack OF means and OF enter
prise, have remained unrevealed to ordinary
readers.
The Academy Of F1ns Arts was founded also
by Louis XIV, In 164s. under the ttIe OF Aca-
dernie RoyaIe des Beaux Arts. and Is composed
of the most eminent painters sculptors. archi
tects, engravers and composers. From among
its members is selected the director Of the,
French School at Rome, and painting. sculpture
and music owe a deep debt of gratitude to this
most useful of all the academies
Colbert and his sovereign. Louis XIV. are re-
sponsible for the creation of the Academy of
Sciences the charter of which Is dated 1866 and
which met for the first time on the 23d of De-
cember of that year, in the presence Of LIE Grand
Monarque in the library of the palace of Yer
sailles To-day it distributes prizes for inven-
tions each year to the tune of about $4,000. the
money being provided by endowment
The Academic des Sciences Morales ct Poll
tiques was founded, as I have stated above, in
the reign of King Louis Philippe. in 1893
There is also National Academy Of Medi-
cine. composed of over hundred members. re-
ant a nf
questions relating to medical research, and re-
ceiv,np 2 large subsidy from the state. But 1t
does not form part of the Institute Of France.
EX-ATTACHE.
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pearing in long trousers. the stripping Utica has
found her third class city clothes altogether made
q,late to cover her needs. January will see Utica
gar bed in the more mature garments which the
White charter provides. and her name will appear
among the cities OF the second class. Utica is ar
rivng. There larger places than Utica There
none where is done moro business in proper
ton to its size, where the growth in the last
few years has been rapid. IL 1890 the fed
eral the pops laton Of Utica 66. .3s}:
to-day. JUS a. late. .113n are shown
by careful nunl pa .a.'Fass While the popula
ton Of the INN @jate ..rourbs connected with
Utica by trolley IS 1900.
Uticas growth i natural II cannot help de-
VeIoping 1t Is The great highway which leads
from the East to nc West. and II Is likewise at
the junction Of ms highway with other great
routes. The Indian realized this natural position
and buded there: there afterward grew the
colony the town. the village and the city. Utica
nestles in the lap of the uxuriant and prosperous
Mohawk Valley and. stretching out lively tentacle
like trolley and steam roads in every direction,
gathers and sends forth that which makes for
success-business This traficling IS borne out by
tho statements OF the supervisors of the express
companies, and there seven doing business
there while figures show Utca'S railroad activity
to be greater than that of any other city on the
New York Central road between New York and
Buffalo
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amount Is not of the 6nhorsepower-e0-
miles hour a-the- comforts home -on-vheels
type, but it will go. will climb almost any hill
an ordinary road, can travel wellngh impossible
thoroughfares and maintain speed OF from fifteen
10 twenty miles hour level stretches, and this
at a cost no greater than that OF a good horse
buggy and harness.
The particular make of this machine selling at
this low price, together with It's more expensive
cousins of the same type is product of the Mid
die West, and il is this region that the use Of
the 'buggyabout'' has been chiefly confined This
may be accounted for, possibly. by the fact that
they are of the buggy type. and owing to their
hg heels and light construction enabled to
traS roads in thinly settled parts of the country
oveN which the larger machines with their lower
road clearance would be unable pass on ac-
count of the ruts, powders and stumps This to-
gether with their low cost of maintenance and the
fact that in appearance they radical de-
partUre from the vehicle to which the farmer has
been accustomed all his life. makes them particu-
lary popular I'm rural communities
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CUSTOMS OF THE STREET

IN crowded city streets. especially In London
and Paris. when driver is halted by another
driver ahead of him he throws I'D his hand
or his whip perpendicularly as warning to the
man back of him Thus warned the next driver
checks his team and then holds his hand OF his
whip warming to the back of him
Thus there might be going up one after
another in line stretching back hands or
whips TO the number of half a dozen OF more
as the drivers were successively halted or
slowed down by the blockade in front
So of drivers of horse drawn vehicles. whose
drivers commonly sit high where their hands
or whips can be seen above their heads. This
signalling is done somewhat differently by the
drivers of automobiles. who sit low. So in such
circumstances what the automobile driver does
to signal to the man back of him that he is held
up Is 70 stretch his arm out outside of his
Post
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and bonded warehouse reported imports valued at
$40 932 40 in the same twelve months
Utica is beautiful in location and adornment
With four hundred acres OF public parks 1t has
fine roads in the beautiful surrounding country
for driving and automobiling through the Mohawk
Sauquoit and Ortskacy valleys and northward to
the foothills of the Adirondacks, for Utica is To-
Gated at the gateway to the great North Woods.
Utica is now using 1900 horsepower daily in its
factories and these factories have annual pay
roll ef So.0GoW0. with 5000 persons at work in
them. The manufactured output is SssO000OO in
value yearly Notable the cotton and wooIen
goods from Utica and vicinity, the Oneida and
New York Mills grades being known the country
Trolleys connect the city with the factory
of the Remington typewriter, and the famous Saw
age arms factory is within easy gunshot of the
eity's eastcriy boundary. In the city also are
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time when other visitors will share his enjoymenf
of the society of the woman he calls upon-
He is also embarrassed in his customary use OF
the telephone He has been won't to heedessly ring
up young women and inquire when they viii be at
home to receive him. He dare not commit sucn an
bnprudence leap year some fair friend should
in the interim between his telephone message and
call. screw up her courage to the proposing point
and ask him to foot her bills for the rest of his
life. How he decline to shoulder such an obli-
CATION when he knows that his telephone message
has been construed hint that he particularly
desires to receive the benefits of leap year priv-
1eges?
What would you do if you knew girl was
going to propose to you?-' asked tinlid OF
one who had faced an enemy's bullets and all the
rigors of q campaign. in foreign country.
"If knew that girl intended proposing TO me-
replied the doughty one, Il think I'd run. Yes
know I'd rum There's thing certain: I would
never marry woman who proposed to me-
man like 81 that he does the wooing. and If a
woman proposes he doesn't want anything easy
to get. Some backwoods Rube might be glad OF
such matrimonial chance. but then. if he too
much afraid to propose TO woman L should think
he'd be just as much frightened receiving pro-
posal."
Thus do bachelors seek encouragement in evad-
ing the woman with matrimonial Intentions and.
in Chicago. they take heart of grace from the
fact that the Hyde Park Widows Club has adopt
ed resolution not to make any bold proposals.
gestions' and glances that would melt sealing wax.
both of which the obtuse may safely
look That the Chicago widows not arrayed
against their friends liberty is cause for
rejoicing. for what forget the warn
ing of the immortal Mr.. Weller. Sam. beware Of
the widders'?
In New York young generously
bestowing attentions upon school teach
ers who, to homely expression, -on to
their jobs" Such will consider long
time before she imperis her position in the ranks
OF educational promoters in order to wed
luctant Romeo incapable of making pedagogical
offer of marriage and making necessary much
pedagogical effort her part
Who say whether leap year fads. which
cause women TO invite to escort them about.
dance. dine sup with them, brought about
because of desire the Part of girls TO amuse
themselves in this manner because the ranks
Of bachelors denoralized that escorts and
partners could not be had in any other way? I
The single looks forward to leap year with .
dropping spirits and to ST. Valentines Day with
1read-of all days in the fatefu year the one that
offers the most unlimited opportunities to women
who would select husbands. Tradition permits the
most retiring of women gracefully to make her
preferences known this day. and there Is plenty
Of time afterward for the chosen man to prepare
for the role Of April bridegroom. title which he
may be tempted forcibly to alter TO ft his
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Railroad between that city and Syracuse. acc-
dents and collisions being averted by the block
and tower system. Express passenger, baggage
and freight trains running on schedule nom
Utica in all directions. and so successfully that
steam roads have lost business TO the extent of
changing their schedules to include no stops at
some Mohawk Valley towns With the contract let
for power from Niagara Falls interests have be-
gun mark out the route Of a trans-state trolley
line which will pass through Utica
In addition to the urban and interurban trolley
steam roads entering the city and 1$5 passenger
trains daily. The Erie Canal. which parallels the
New York Central Railroad, passes right through
the city and is at the back doors of many of the
manufacturing establishments. while the Black
River Canal is within easy touch. Some day
even greater facilities for shipping will be had,
for, in addition to the barge canal. which will
pass just north of the city. according the
veys made A Central freight house and million
dollar station are planned by that railroad COM
pany.
Utica has sixty miles of asphalt pavement,
cleaned every day--rnore such pavement in pro-
part of the country. Il is lighted entirely by cleo
tricity and possesses of the seven postoffices
in the country that open all night Utica has
the largest cheese market in the United Stares.
and It's prices are taken basis in many parts
of the country. million dollar courthouse is just
being completed, and fire library building has
just been erected at cost OF $4,000. containing
1900 volumes for reference and circulation.
The banking capital is s3.50o.O00. with a surplus
and undivided profits of So 9l3 920. In the savings
banks are deposits of sl3yl2,527 with surplus of
better banking record tha. is possessed by larger
cities by.
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manufactured furnaces. boilers. radiators, ma
chinerv automobiles bicycles, pianos. organs.
trunks gas engines, iron beds. carriages. agrs-
cultural implements. furniture and other articles
too numerous 20 mention Large wholesale houses
embrace every line, and extensive and attractive
department stores meet the demands Of great r.
tail trade.
UtIcans are reasonably proud of their achieve
r,ents of the last few and believe that the
marvellous growth will continue steadily. until
only comparatively short time will elapse before
the second class city regulations will not ill tho
bill For the present they pleased to be recog-
nfzed as a thriving. developing city. and viii adorn
the list of second class municipalities OF this
Now that the city has started the tendency is to
acceleration. and this brings the prediction that
Utica will become the great central city or New
York.
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COLLEGE OF FOUR NATIONS.

He was anxious that the school should be
known as the college of Mazarin" But the
foreign character of the pupils led 10 its being
dubbed the College of the Four Nations. MAJ
arin left specific instructions 10 the site
ed in controversies and disputes about the mat
Ter. until finally Louis XIV decided that the es-
tablishment in question should be erected on
the site of the old Tour de Nesles OF mysteri-
ousiy tragic memories and that the chapel and
mausoleum in memory of the cardinal should
be so constructed as to face the new gallery or
the Louvre on the opposite side of the Seine
The building was completed in 1852 the actual
site Of the Tour des Nesles being occupied by the
galleries and the great octagonal room devoted
10 the weilnigh priceless collection OF books ana
manuscripts beuueathed by the cardinal TO the
college.
OF course when the great revolution broke out
al the close of the eighteenth century. the Col
lege des Quartres Nations, being justly regarded
as distinctly patrician seat of learning, SUI
fered the fate of most other establishments OF
the kind, all the more so as the faculty was
composed Of clergy who declined to give 'he
OATH Of allegiance TO what was known as the
civil constitution. and while fortunately the
library remained intact and undisturbed, thc
building underwen: many vicissitudes, until Ma
poieon finally turned Il over 10 The Institute OF
Franc % as it's home
After TIE Bourbon restoration. on the DOWNFALL
df Aaroleel.. rou:s XVIII decreed the revival OF
nhe former names 4 the Academies. suppressed
"y the Revolution assigning them 10 the four
csxses into ..sct Napoleon had divided the
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COSTS LITTLE TO RUN.

The low cost OF maintenance is n feature that
will appeal to every automobile owner who has
had to pay fuel. tire and general repair bills
The light weight of these machines enables them
IN make from fifty 10 one hundred miles on a
single gallon OF gasolene. Owing to the small
number of parts and the general simplicity OF their
construction repair bills and requirements are
seIdonn necessary; and account OF the size OF
the wheels and the light weight which each Is
called upon to carry neither pneumatic nor solid
rubber tires are required and this in Itself is
tremendous saving in running expenses.
Steel tires are generally fitted but II one desires
New-York tribune., 1907-12-29
THE POOR MANS
AUTOMOBILE.
LOOKS LIKE Il BUGGY AND
COSTS ONLY $3.50.
Pozcer DriUes One Wheel Only-It
Runs Vel, and Maintenance and
Repairs Are Cheap.
BY Harold Whiting Slauson.

For several years the automobile has ceased to
be the rich mans toy it has become almost a
necessity in the pursuit of his business and pleas
ure. and yet the ownership of car has always
indicated in the mind of the ordinary person
abundance Of this worlds goods the part OF
the possessor who could afford to
and maintain automobile considered well
to-do." Now, however, any who up
$3.50 may have his own automobile to take his wife
friend for a ride, carry him a Cross
country trip of any distance.
To be sure, a machine that costs SO small an
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WEIGHS ABOUT 500 POUNDS.

Steering is accomplished by OF hand
wheel connected the one-piece front axle by
means of a sprocket and chain, thus turning, the
whole axle as in a horsedravn vehicle. Two pedals
in front operate TIE low and speeds of the
transmission system while third will apply
powerful band brake the driving shaft.
The speed OF .he engine is controlled By throttle
and ignition spark lever placed within easy
reach of the driver while another lever the side
of the drivers is used to throw the transmits
sion into high speed.
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SOME PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Utica has the State Masonic Home and School,
headquarters for which in New York There
too. are state hospital with thirteen hundred pa
tients. and the home office and handsome build
ing OF the Commercial Travellers Mutual Acci-
dent Association of America. The postoffiee
ce.pts in 1906 s14si.5ei and .he Custom House
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Iisotu'e' the first cne being the Academic
$dhsa'se, the second the Academic des In
scriptions ct Bellies Lettres the third the Aca-
ueHhe oes Sciences. and the fourth the Academic
Ues beaux Arts. In March, 1893 King Louis
rhiippe added a fifth academy to the Institute
namely, that Of Moral and Political Sciences.
Inns academy is divided into five sections
iddheiy philosophy, morale legislation and
jurisprudence. political economy, and history.
fach OF the five academies has its own special
Jurisoictlon and work, with special funds and
secretaries, who are appointed for life with an
orfclai residence on the premises, various allow
ahces, and a salary OF 1000 francs
Matters concerning the Institute as a whole
are managed by a committee chosen in equal
huhapers from each of the academies, and once
year general meeting of all of the members
OIL the various academies takes place. on Oc-
toner ls, the anniversary of the organization
OF the institute. All the expenses of the Insti-
tute and of the academies, including an annual
Stipend or LOO francs to each member, are de-
frayed by large yearly subsidy voted for the
purpose by the national treasury. in addition to
Which the Institute owns rich endowments, such
as, for instance, the domain and palace of Chan
IillV.
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TROLLEYs AND TRAINS TOGETHER.

The electrfcation of steam roads was discussed
with interest the nation 1t was Uticas pleas
ure TO experience the first practical test and to-
dav both troeys and steam engines drawing
trains are regularly running over the West Shore
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NEW SECOND CLASSC[TY
Utica, N. Y. Has Expanded Her
Pent-lD Boundaries.

'Pent-up Utica" is misnomer. That qualifer
has proper position in consideration of Utica.
N. Y. to-day With much the same speed that
the boy becomes The young man by suddenly ap-
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PERILS ON ALL SIDES.

Then too. the exigences of social life demand
that calls be made. and it becomes a subject of
anxious thoIght to the bachelor to make these at