Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1895, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. McKnew’s Daily Letter, 933 Pa. Ave. Open Evenings. SUBSTANTIAL “Xmas” Gifts. The store is filled with substantial gifts—the kind that combine utility with beauty. The 2oth century idea is to make presents of articles that assist in keeping the body warm as well as make your heart glad. Your taste has a grand chance here! Entire Stock of oo Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Coats, Capes and Cloaks Greatly Reduced. We have cut the prices now in order to give those who desire to make gifts to others or to themselves of Stylish Coats, Capes or Cloaks an opportunity to save a partion of their money. We have every reason to believe that our stock is the ”argest and handsomest to be found in Washington today, and we are equally confident that no lower prices for equal qualities can possibly exist. FOR FEN. Another shipment of ‘Turkish Bath Robes at the special price of $2.39 Large vartety of Night Shirts and Pa- Jamas, from the cheapest worth huying to the Persian-trimmed White Satine Night Shirts. French Flannel Night Shirts at ibe speciakiaclee ot; $2.50 Dr. Jaeger's Sanitary Woolen Night Shirts, $4 and up. Superb stock of Men's Gloves In all the fashionable shades of the best manufactnre. Dresstest and richest line of Men’s Neck- wear to be found anywhere. “Exclusiv patterns fa De Joinville’s Imperials, street effects and evening colors. ‘The handsomest line we have ever displayed at. XMAS GLOVES. Fancy Boxes and a Button Hook free with each pair of dollar Gloves and over. 50c. ‘The best $1°4-batton Kid Gloves in Wash- ington today. We fit and warrant every pair. Ilack, white and street shades. 2clasp English Walking Gloves, atrect sha “es: $1.25 English sist $1.25 Dleyeling—Heavy wx Gloves at. Superior ality English Walking tans, brown and of Gloves, In assorted reds, blael Dent's (the best) English Walking Gloves, $1.75 and $2. Children's Dogekin Gloves and Mittens, plain and fur top.. Children’s Worsted School Gloves and Mittens. HANDKERCH’F’S Biggest and best stock we've shown any previous Christmas, Where can you equal these two offers: 200 doz. Ladies’ White and Colored Boz- dered Hematitched Handkerchiefs. gsc Cholee .. teens 5 = 100 doz. Ladies’ All-linen “Initial” Hem- stitched Handkerchiefs, launter- L ed or unlaundered. oe 12 4c. ‘About 100 patterns in beautiful Embrol- dered Handkerchiefs at the popular price of vessttessseee BOGe XMAS HOSIERY. Beantifut “Boot Pattern’ Hosiery, in silk, lisle thread axd cotton, lovely colorings, 25, 35, 50, #8. and $1. 50c. 25¢. Piaited Silk Fast Black Hose. Only seve SOC. Evening Shades of Plaited Silk ss Hose. $1 value... 75°. Children’s Warranted Fast Black Hose at 19¢., or 3 pairs for 50c. |NOVELTIES. styles Leatherette Pictare Frames, single and double... 25¢. Hand-painted Cellulold Glove and Hand- kerchief Box», 50, T5 and 90c. Children’s Celluloid Work Boxes, fitted cut complete : 85¢, SOc. Fancy Suk ters, with bows and famcy buckles. Ses Oe Soc. Filagree Tollet Bottles...... 35¢- Celluloid Boxes of Playing Cards, 10, and 50c. sd aad Sterling Silver Gartor Buckles... $1.00 Metal Witsk Broom Holders... 25C- 10 styles of French Atomizers... 62C. Sterling Silver-trimmed Pocket Dookie ov. cigevses eae sere 48c. ® styles Shopping Bags. Leather Writing ‘fablets, 50e. Be Celluloid Hair Brusbe: with mir- ror backs, for $1.50 Large Round Hand Mirrors. 75¢. 2oz. bottles Extracts, all odors... 25C. Sterling Silver-mounted Clothes and Hat Brushes $3.50 XMAS RIBBONS. See the Ribbon show. Numerois money- saving chances, too. Here are a few tlus- trations: ; bon, Te eal and Gros Grain Rib- 6c. tle ae ae on re 20¢. Exquisite Wide Dresden and Pecsian Rib- bons, in new effects, for collars, S-inch Extra Quality All-silk Satin and Gros Grain Ribbons. Valve, 45¢. per yard. Oaly. visser BOC® EMPIRE FANS. Exquisite line of New Small “Emplre’* Fans, in satin, silk and gauze, in beautiful spangled and hand-painted effects, $1 to $12. XMAS APRONS. Great Big White India Linen Aprons, in 80 or mere styles, tucked, embrot- dered, ete. o . 25C. XMAS SCARFS. Lovely New Reefer Bearfa, wide, 50c. ° in bright color effects. Beautiful Windsor Scarfs, plaing—» 1 and figured, in great variety..... U2 3 ¢. NEW FURS. Stoles and Neck Boas of fur, marten, mink, astrakban and stone marten, $4.50 to $16.50. Coney Fur Capes at $10. Eicetrie Seal Fur Capes, extra full, $18.50. OSTRICH BOAS. Magnificent assortment of Ostrict Feather Neck Boas, Long Boas and Collarettes, $8 to $25. ‘Thibet Lamb Neck Boas, $6.50 to § WII. H. PicKNEW, ————— BOBBY’S CHRISTMAS PRAYER. He Refused to Include the Wants of His Sister. Bobby fs a small man of five years living out Mt. Pleasant way. Though lisping In speech and four summers the junior of his sister Frances, he yet fully feels the im- portance of having been born into the broad estate of man, looking pityingly indeed upon his sister, whom fate unkindly sent into the narrow and trammeled sphere of woman, and condescendingly referring to her in gen- eral conversation as “‘a Ittle dirl.”” ‘The other evening Frances, her nightly “now I lay me” properly said, was already tucked up in her little brass bed, when Bobby, st!ll kneeling by his own couch, deemed it wise, in view of the approach of Christmas, to supplement the regular prayer with a petition for a few items which he considers the necessaries of life, so he began afresh: . “And oh, Dod, I fink it’s doin’ to be told, send me a sled, please—and, a’spress tart— and, and, a wockin’ horse—" (and then, as his views on the subject of transportation grew and enlarged,) “and, a bicittle—and— At thjs point Frances became interested, and puf in: “Pray for me, too. Pray for me, I need a lot of things. “And a pony," continued Bobby, still peti- tioning in his own behalf. » “Pray for me. Pray for me,” piped in accompaniment. “Wif a ha'ness and waddon,” quoth the small suppliant. “Pray foe me. ed Frances. “And, oh, Dod!’ concluded Bobby, after a pause, in which he evidently entertained for a moment, but finally dismissed as unworthy the consideration of a man, the idea of pray- ing for dolls and such foolish feminine fan- cles, “and, oh, Dod, fordive Fwances’ sins. Amen.” That prayer meeting broke up that very instant, and in a row, for though Frances may be only “a ittle dirl,” she is at the same time an incipient new woman, and the new woman, as everybody knows, will not endure patronage from anything bearing the semblance of a man. And thus it came that there were shrieks of pain from the petitioner, mingled with loud and energetic views on the woman question. from the petitionee, which sounds of warfare died away in silence only after mamma, eXcusing herself from her card party, had read the combatants to sleep. oe ES No Reversible Art for Him. From the Chicago Daily Tribune. “If you would like something unusually fire,” said the art dealer, “I have a genuine Turner I shall be happy to show you.” “A picture that’s painted on one side is good enough for me,"’ responded Mr. Boo- delle, the wealthy contractor, transfixing the presuming tradesman with a sharp glance, “ef it's well done.” Frances Pray for me,” still chorus- SKILLFUL EGG HANDLERS, Expertness Required to Determine the Quality of This Food Article. From the New York Morning Journal. A unique labor organization in New York is the egg handlers’ or egg testers’ union, composed principally of East Side Hebrews. It is little talked of, because It fs a closed corporation, and none but people who have proved themselves experts at the business can be admitted to membership. It is one of the oldest labor bodies in New York, and was originally known as the Egg Candiers’ Union, because ft was organized before the days of gas or electric Hghts, and in those days eggs were tested by holding them be- fore lighted candles. It required a keen sight and a practiced eve to detect the first symptom of the advent of a chicken in an egg that had been partly hatched and then fcrsaken by some giddy hen, who could not be induced to sit on a nest, or to detect the first traces of overripeness, Only about one man out of a dozen can make an egg candler, and the egg candlers themselves say that egg candlers, like all other geniuses, are born, not made. A steady hand is required, and for this reason a man addicted to excessive use of stimu- lants could not be an egg candler. A plank in the constitution of the union provides that no person habitually given to the use of intoxicants can be admitted to member- ship. The members of the egg testers’ or egg candlers’ union are greatly in demand among the dealers in Washington and Ful- ton markets, and they command good wages. A dealer can easily know a good egg candler from the deft way he handles the egg. He can detect symptoms of addling where ordinary people would pro- nounce the egg as pure as the virgin spow. Forestalled. From the Indianapolis Journal. “Yes,"" said Mr. Cash Byrnes to his hoon companion, ‘I went to see Uncle Bill, and as goon as I stepped in he sald: ‘I can see by the looks ,of you what you want. You want to borrow a couple of dollars.” Then he pulled them out of his pocket and handea them to me.” “Liberal old chappie,”” the friend, enviously. “Liberal? I was just about to touch him for twenty, and he as good as knew it.” ———— Next Thing. From the Chicago Tribune. Extract from society column of “The New Age,” a few years hence: There was a de- Nghtful little luncheon yesterday at the home of Mrs. and Mr. J. Eleanor Smith- Brown. It was attended by the husbands of the following ladies: Mrs. H. Biles-Wolf, Mrs. Elsie Fox-Jones, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. ‘Thompson - Smith, Mrs. Smith - Thompson, Mrs. Brown and others. remarked AFFAIRS IN ALEXANDRIA A Father Beats His Little Son to Death. ‘Two White Men Crente a Lively Dis- turbance—Many Other Local Notes of General Interest. le One of the most fiendish, most horrible crimes ever committed in this city took place Saturday night about 6 o’clock,when Aaron Jackson, a negro man, beat his nineteen-months-old boy, Eddie Jackson, to death with a leather strap with a buckle on the end of it. It appears from the tes-} timony given before the coroner's jury last night that Jackson had been in the habit of cruelly beating the child hecause it could not stand up and walk. Dr. Wm. M. Smith yesterday made a post-morten examina- tion and found that the child had been very sick with the pneumonia for five or six days. He also found bruises on the left temple, back of the neck and on its back, which he said hastened the child’s death, and that it was very evident that death Was caused by gross neglect and brutal treatment on the part of the father. Jack- son’s son, Harry Jackson, aged about twelve years, testified to his father beating the child with the strap upon several occa- sions, and especially Saturday. The boy Went to the city gas house and told several of the employes then about it, and they notified the police of the fact, and they ar rested Jackson. He positively denied hav ing whipped or beaten the child, but said that he had slapped it with his open hand once or twice. The jury returned the fol- lowing verdict: s “We, the jury, find that the said Eddie Jackson came to his death by brutal treat- ment and gross neglect on the part of the father, it appearing to the jury that he had beaten the child and otherwise ill- treated it while suffering from an attack of pneumonia; he also failed to furnish med- ical aid during its sickness.” Jackson was some time ago charged with killing a man down the river on an oyster boat. ‘He is a well-known character around town and bears a hard reputation. He has been before the mayor upon several occa- sions upon different charges. The verdict meets with the general approval of all law- abiding citizens. Broke the Furniture. Yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock Mr. C. H. Nowland came running into the sta- tion house all out of breath and stated to Officer Atkinson, who was in charge, that two white men were in Mrs. Arnold's board- ing house, on Prince street, drunk and fight- irg. Officer Atkinson immediately went, and found both under the influence of li- quor cand fighting. They had broken the sofa and chairs in the parlor all to pieces. and had even torn the matting from off the floor. He placed them under arrest, and took them to the staticn house and locked them up. This morning Mayor Thompson fined them. Police Court. The police on duty last night report the night as being clear and cool, five prison- ers and ten lodgers at the station house. Mayor Thompson this morning disposed of the following cases: Aaron Jackson, col- ored, arrested by Officer Wilkerson,charged with the murder of his child; sent on to the grand jrry. Edwin Rowe, colored, ar-" rested by Officer Bettis, charged with being drunk on the street; fined §2. Luberly and Thomas Conebery by Officer Atkinson, charged with being drunk and disorderly; fined $2 ¢: E Padgett, arrested by ‘Officer Hal with being drunk or: the street; . Celia Carter, colored, arrested by Officer Arrington, charged with being drunk and disorderly; fined $5 or thirty days in the workhouse. H. Kalitski and Wm. Brauner,, charged with selling liquor on Sunday: fined $12 each. Narrow Exenpe. Yesterday afternoon a herse attached to a buggy, in which were seated Mr. Stewart Smith and Miss Elizabeth Kelly, became frightened and ran away on Alfred street. The occupants were thrown out, but far- tunately escaped serious injury. Miss Kelly suffered an attack of nervous pros- tration, and had to bé carried to her home. The vehicle was completely demolished and the horse was considerably injured. + Notes.” Rev. Berryman Green, the new rector of Christ Church, preached his first sermon yesterday morning to a large congregation | in this city. The trial of Poss and Henry for the rob- bery of Alexander McClintock came up for trial at Fairfax Court House today. Mr. Frank G. Grimes has been appointed by the governor a notary public for this city. A meeting of the O'Kane Council, C. B. L., was held in St. Mary Hall yesterday after- roon- Mr. W. H. F. Beckham of the Theological Seminary conducted the services at West End Chapel last night. Alphonzo Arrington, who fell and cut his head very badly last Thu@sday, was today sent to the alms house. Mr. P. H. Smythe has secured a position with the Medford Manufacturing Company in New York, and will leave here for that city on the first of the year. Mr. Arthur Lambert of St. Louis is in the city on a visit to his parents. —j. MARRIED EIGHTY YEARS. arrested | Perhaps the Oldest Married Pair in the United States. From the St. Paul Pioneer Press. There is living in this vicinity, within three miles of the city, probably the oldest married couple in the state, if not in the United States. Their names are Darwin, and they were born in Montreal, Canada, and are French. Louis Darwin was born cn September 24, 1788, and is therefore over 107 years old. His wife was born on March 4, and was 101 on her last birthday, This aged couple were married in 1815, and have passed thetr eightieth anniversary They have lived near here for the past forty-two years, and he has heen extensive- ly engaged in the lumber and logging bus- iness, also in farming. They have reared a family of seven sons and five daughters, only five of them being alive now. The oldest daughter lives here and has a large family, she being married when che was eleven years of age. They have the fourth generation from the parent tree? The old gentleman was one cf the ilveliest among the “boys” on the’ river forty years ago, and could dance all around the young fel- lows at that time. He was noted for his politeness, which at times was somewhat as was the case when his wife sick. The attending physician going to see her met the husband coming to the city. “Good morning, Mr. & said he. ‘How is your wife thi Politely raising his hat he said: much worse, thank you, doctor. The old couple have been very rugged and hearty, and haye lived in a cottage by them- selves for several years, and all last sum- mer were able to be about the farm, but they are both very sick at present, and there seems little hope of their recovery. After four-score years of married Ife, they are disposed to say that so far as they are concerned they think that marriage is not a allure. ————_—__+-e+______ Identified by His Halo. From the London Sketch. Sig. Ardit's head 1s familiar, and the maestro tells a good story about it, at his own expense. It was in-the days waen the Mapleson Opera Company, with her Majes- ty’s, was in America, and at one of the towns Arditl went to cash an open check payable to himself and made out by the impresario. He reached the bank and pre- sented the paper to the cashier, who looked first at the check, then at him, and sald: “I must have scme proof of identity. ‘This is an open check; you may be Mr. Arditi or you may not.” This was awkward, for the musician had no card or papers with him whereby to set the question of identity at rest, and he did not want to have a journey back to his hotel. At last a bright Idea struck him. “Do you ever go to the opera?” he asked the cashier. “Yes; I have Leen several times," replied the cashier. “Then,” cried the musician, turning round suddenly atd lifting his hat, “do you mean to tell me you don’t know Arditi?” The familiar back view at once convinced the cashier, and with many apologies the mon- ey was paid. Sterling Silver, 14-karat Gold ovelties for Presents —enormous varlety—very lowest price crowded into so small a store before. r people waiting on a double row of customers. next year if my business grows as it has done this year. beautiful gifts from every part of the globe--dreamy pearls from the Orient--myster- ious opals from Ceylon--blushing rubies from the mines of Golconda--dazzlingly brilliant diamonds--how the heart loves a diamond--from Afric--wondrous emer- All these and many more are here imprisoned in perfect sei- tings as Rings, Stars, Tiaras, Earrings, Brooches, Pendants, &c. alds from the. Indies. And, let me-add, there is nothing so pleasant to me as the showing of these rare gems to my customers, be they desirous of purchasing or not. SO OSSSHHSSSHHCHS SHS EOSCSE SEES COOONECS COSSECSS: “| WANT TO BE ThE JEWELER WHO COMES INTO YOUR MIND FIRST.” Such wealth of beauty and richness in exquisite jewelry was perhaps never Almost too smail--with its nine busy sales It will be a bigger store Here are collected the most Never mind! C. H. 1105 F Street. DAVISON, Jeweler, DOOLEY ON THANKSGIVING. A Man Who Was Thankful for Some- thing Else Than Turkey. From the Chicago Post. “Th’ minyit: Thanksgivin’ day's over, said Mr. Dooley, “tis forgotten; leaste- ways, ye begin thinkin’ tv th’ next wan. They’se no day afther with us. To fall fr’m turkey with crambry sauce to cod- fish is encugh to kill th’ faith iv anny Christyan. "Tis so; I always count th’ day inded whin Hinnissy takes th’ ies. All day long that man was dhrivin’ awaf at th’ burrd=en the table. He had th’ first cut iv thf-brist at noon an’,at 3) o'clock th’ pope’s®hése fell to him. He tcok the las’ leg atsiliven o'clock ia th ght and thin, says he, ‘Thanks be,’ he says, ‘they’se no more turkey.’ “Thanks be, says I, fr fh’ ‘turke no more Hinnissy,’ 1 ‘Sys. “Well, Jawn, thby’se worse things to be thankful f'r thin havin’ nothin’ more to eat. D'ye know: sh’ Hagans, down be Main sthreet? «Ye do, iv coorse. Well, dye know that there Macchew Hagan has been out iv stesdy wurruk f'r near a year? A prowd,, black man, Hagan. A Kilkenney map,_ his father w: a schoolmasther near) Where Dan'l O'Con- nel come fr’'m, but%Macchew left away young and wint .to;wurruck, on a rail- road © . dinnaw how he; come :to;lose his job. Faith, I niver knew he'd lost it till las’ week. Th’-chitiher was. jus as clane. \Th’: good wombn wint to her jooties jus’ th’ same. An’ whin ye-met Hagan " alwaysi ‘Macchew, how dye do? * Gawd, well, thank y is a fine day, intirely.’ “Tis so, plaze Gawd." ’ “He'd niver let on. But f'r days an’ days, Jawn, he ‘thramped th’ sthreets— out early, out late. Hinnissy hi seen him comin’ home in th’ dark stag- gerin’ like a drunken man an’ with h gray face down in his chist. ¥Hnnissy said: ‘Good avinin’, Misther Hagan; ‘tis fine weather we're havin’, he'd come back with a smile en his white lips. ‘ine weather, plaze Gawd,’ he'd . ‘Ye'r home late ‘Ah-h, sure,’ says he, ‘I like th’ walk,’ he says. “Tis gran’ to be out loosenin’ me ol’ bones such a night as th’ like.” ee Well, Jawn, d’ye xnow th’ man‘d Yeen downtown walkin’ fr’m house to house. carryin’ coal an’ poundin’ with a hose at the carpets, thin thrampin’ home to save th’ nickel, or, more like, without enengh money in his pocket to pay caar fa: He had so! But he'd have a smile an’ a proud bow f’r th’ bist iv thim. Ye'd niver know fr’m th’ face iv him that he wasn’t a man ar’rnin’ his tin per an’ without care on his mind fr’m six in th’ avyuin’ to five in th’ mornin’. “But the neighbors heerd iv him not bein’ well off, an’ begun to talk iv keepin’ him. A comity iv th’ Ladies’ Aid Society wint to th’ house to see th’ wife. She looked thim over through th’ side iv th’ dure. She knew they was comin’. ‘What will ye have with me?’ she says. ‘We fear ye are in di thress,’ says Mrs, Cassidy, ‘an’ we've |: diligated,’ she says, ‘f'r to investigate ye'er ‘an’ raypoort thereon,” ‘ys th’ little wo- wan. says Mrs. Cas- siday—ye know her, that pompious litue fat ol’ washerwoman that talks like an ad- vertisement fv bakin’ powhder. ‘Well, thin,’ says th’ little woman, ‘I thank ye kindly,” she says, ‘an’ closed th’ dure on thim. Some iv thim was f'r foorein’ their way in an’ takin’ an invinthry, but they didn’t do, it. “Well, las’ week I was standin’ In fropt iv Hagan’s talkin’ with a Kerry man be t name iv O'Donnell, whin along came Ha- gan, r-runnin’ with his hat in his hand. When he seen us he stopped an’ put on U caubeen. ‘Good avenin’,’ says he. ‘Fine night,” says I. *'Tis so, plaze Gawd,’ says he. Th’ little woman met him at th’ dure. He caught her in his ar-rms. ‘Peggy.’ says he. ‘Is it thrue? she says. ‘Tell me, ‘tis thrue, acushla.” An’ he carrid her iz, closin’ th’ dure behind him. “Well, d’'ye know what it was, Jawn? They'd taken th’ black list off him an” he'd gone to wurruk.” That was It. An’ to think tv a man givin’ thanks to hivin fr bein’ allowed to wurruk!” SS Women on the Stump. 'Miss Willanl in Cincineutt Commerctal-Gazette. “One of the méat' impressive sights I ever witnessed occarged during the recent campaign in England: The son of a dis- tinguished lady wi candidate for par- liament. At a lar} meeting, where pos- sibly five thousand people were assembled, the young man's -gray-haired mother mounted ‘the rostrum and made a speech for him. She told of how she kad watched over him in infancy, and how she had done all that a mbther could do to keep his feet in the straight and narrow path. “She told of senting him to Oxford, and how he had gradgated from that great college with distinguished honor. She said he had always been good to his mother, and she believed that such a boy as that would he good to his fellow countrymen. Such a cheer as Went up when the old mother said this I never heard before or since. The men went wild. They gave three cheers for the boy and three times three for the mother, and they gave them with that vim known only to Englishmen, If the men of the United States would only think so, the women could be of great as- sistance to them In their campaigns.” oe A Sightiens Houschold. From the Chicago Datly Inter-Ocean. Kokomo, Ind., is the home of a peculiarly afflicted family. The husband and wife are both blind, the latter being also a helpless cripple, the accident that produced blind- ness likewtse depriving her of the use of ker arms. Their hired girl is also blind, thus the entire household 1s sightless. The husband sells candy on the streets. Their home is as neat and clean as the tidtest housekeeper with good eyes could keep it. But whin | | highly NEW BICYCLE CHAIN. An English Invention and What is Claimed for It. Froin the New York World. Fifty miles an hour on a wheel. This is the astonishing claim put forth for a new lever chain now undergoing the experimental tests_in England. It aims to give greater driving power without in- creased effort. It is assumed that the reader, whether he is a cyclist or not, un- derstands what sprockets are and what is their function. In wheels equipped with this chain there will, of course, be two sprockets. The forward sprocket, or driv- ing wheel,will be the same as is now used. » rear sprocket will be greatly diffe will consist of two oppo- ch hali or side will have eight teeth, as now, but the teeth will be cut on a new plan. There is a little hol- low between each pair of teeth, which will engage the links of the chain as it rolls along over the sprocket. The angle at which these little hollows or grooves are cut has been criticised. Bicycle scientists who claim to Know say that the result bumpety-bump motion on the part of the chain, together with a rattling ihat will shock ail ears attuned, as it were, to the noiseless rhythm of the perfect. machine. ‘The iittle grooves are supposed to be so many leverage points, at each of which the links of the chain will brace itself for the next leap over the sprocket teeth. But the most important feature of ths new sprocket is its size. It is nearly twice the size of the ordinary sprocket. But it has no more teeth. The latter fact Is important. If there were more teeth than on the ordinary sprocket the gear of the wheel would be affected. If there were ten teeth, for instance, the gear cf the wheel would be 50.4, assum- ing that the forward sprocket had the usual number of eighteen. The average wheel is geared to 63. A gear of 30.4 would be an anomaly. The increased size of this new sprocket, therefore, is the keynote of the invention. It permits the chain to revolve about a larger radius, thereby increasing the driv- ing power of the chain. It does this with the exercise of no more power on the ped- als; in fact with the same power on the pedals as Is now exerted by the average rider, he can, with the device, so it is claimed, drive his machine harder and faster, the chain and sprocket revolving the wheeis with a greatly increased force, which may be multiplied in direct propor- tion to the strength and skill of the rider, since power and speed are interchange- able. This large sprocket will really give the bicycle a higher gear, but without calling for more driving power. It is claimed that it will give the equivalent of a gear of eighty-four on the ordinary bicycle. A gentleman who has seen the chain on an English machine in England says that some wheels with this chain have had the will be an unevei | equivalent of a gear of ninety-six. Then the chain itself is different from the chains that now give such wonderful service. The links are triangular in shape, ‘and they are so joined, it is claimed, that they will afford @ greater leverage on the sprocket, and this leverage is constant and regular through every revolution. —__—__++_____ OLD BUT EVER NEW. The Many Dodges for Robbing Men Still Successfully -Executed. From the Detroit Free Press. “There couldn't be anything wrong about it, could there?" he asked of the special officer at the 3d street depot the other after- noon. “What do you mean?" replied the officer. —I came in on the train from the east half an hour ago.” Yes.” the passengers all gone?” Yes "I was in hopes not. I wanted to find a young man who rode from St. Thomas with Ine.” nything wrong?” “Oh, no, Something a little singular. I have unintentionally done him an injustice.”” “He asked me to give him two fives for a ten, and come to look closer at the bill I see it is a twenty. He has robbed himself of $10." ‘xactly. ‘Certainly. “Yes, it is singular,” said the officer as he returned it. “It is singular you did not know the bill was bi “Merey! but is it? “Of course. That bill wouldn’t fool a news- Let me see the bill.” “Dear, dear me! And he talked so plaus- ible, and he was so interested in me, and he so hated to bother me for change! Is it pos- sible he knew it was bad?” “Of course he did.” “Dear, dear me! And he was on his way to California, in hopes to stay his consump- tion! Why didn't he ask for two tens for this twenty?” “Probably thought he had hit your pile at n, “You don’t say! Well, I now remember saying I had only $10 left. Is it possible! And he £0 young, and ont lung already gone!" ter see. Force of Habit. From Harpet's Round Table. Force of habit impels us to do a great many ridiculous things. That clever com- pendium of wit and information, Tid Bits, well illustrates this fact with a story of a railway porter, living in Lancashire, who was in the habit of frequently getting up in his sleep, and from whose actions it was evident that his daily occupation was ever present in his mind. One night he jumped up hurriedly, ran down the kitchen, vigor- ousiy opened the oven door and cried out: “Change here for Bolton, Bury and Man- chester.” Vorked Velvet and Cordovan er Slippers. At 69c. For $1 kinds of Chenille Embroidered Velvet and Luitation Alligator Slip- pers—Opera, or Everett style. At $1.00. 10 different $1.25 kinds—tan apd Diack kid or goat—also Handsomely Worked Velvet or Plush Slippers. At $1.50. } 18 kinds of Hand-sewed Chamois-lincd Tan of, Black Niel Kid “Faust,” “Opera” or “Columbia” Slippers— splendid $2 values. ss O At $1.85. £ Finest ality Roft Viel Kid Elastic Sila Faust “Slippers. ; Specials in Leggins. At 69c. 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Every well-posted river man and every person who is acquainted with the geor- raphy and topography of this state will un- derstand how such a thing could happen Right at the state line the river forms a loop about ten miles long. The loop extends up into Fulton county. The swift stream has simply drawn this noose tight and forin- ed an island out of what was formerly a peninsula. Hickman is the closest town of any size to the place where all this land making occurred. Darnell, a little haralet over in Obion county, Tenn., is quite near the spot. The boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee has always been rather compli- cated down about Island No. 10, owing to the peculiar bend in the Mississippi men- tlored above. The lakes, bayous_ and sloughs which bisect that corner of Fulton county in all directions also serve to mix matters. The biting off of sucn a large strip of soll will add to the general con- fusion, and the question may arise as to whethi “Lite Kentucky” will hereafter belong to the domain of the volunteer state or still be a part and parcel of the dark and bloody ground. 65 May Be True of a Boston Woman. From the Boston Traveler. A South End woman, who was due at home at a certain hour, but couldn't pcs- sibly get there because she became stalled in an electric car blockade on Tremont street, waited and waited until patience ceased to be a virtue or even half way com- mendable. She arose and stalked from the car with kindling eye and swelling heart, said by poets to be evidences of anger, but paused at the platform long enough to offer the conductor a nickel. “Why, madam,” said the conductor, “you have already paid your fare.” “I know it,” said the South End woman, “but I've been here so long I thought I owed you rent!" ee Gone to the Frost. 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I set the eggs under a big old tame goose and she hatched out eight of them. Two got killed one way and another before they re very old, but the other six reached maturity. Last spring when the flight of geese was going north | noticed that my gray fellows seemed a good deal interested in them. One day I saw the lot rise up and circle several times when a flock of wild birds was going over, so I clipped all their wings and made sure of them for the time being. I meant to clip them again this autumn, but somehow in the hurry of the fall work I overlooked it. Besides, the geese seemed to have got over all idea of flying away, and I felt pretty secure of them. about a week ago I was fixing up a haystack that had been blown over when I noticed a big flock of wild geese coming from the north They were away up in the air and going at a terrific rate. A flock of about sixty of my geese were feeding a short distance from where I was at work. I did not notice the big flock going south after giving one glance at them until, hear- ing their cries close at hand, I saw that they had decoyed to my tame flock and were circling about over them. They had made about two big sweeps, filling the air with rharp calls, when my domesticated Canadians let go an answering cry and rose straight up in the air. Two of the tane geese went with them, and the others, after a lumbering attempt at flight, settled down to earth again. The birds that had been hatched from wild eggs, with their two tame compentons, after making a coup! of littl> circles, went straight for the flock, and the entire lot headed south together. I ought to have clipped them again this fall, but I didn’t and the birds have gone.”" It will be interesting to see whether Mr. Bidwell’s birds return to the farm next spring. Bogardus, in his book on shooting. refers to the easy domesticating of wild geese, and cites instances of their having gone scuth in the autumn only to return — spring flight to the home of their you o+-—_____ Couldn't Control Her Feel From the Boston Post. “Yes,” said Dicky Stalate,with a satisfied smile, “that young woman fs very fond of me.’ ‘How do you know?” “I was calling on her yesterday evening, and, do you know, she wes so thoughtful of my comfort that she worried for twe hours for fear I would miss the las' car.”