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10 SOOM AOSEKEOOOOD The Best Dress Suit Case $6:25 Ever Bough - We have it—and the big holiday run on it hasn't left many of the cases here. Mcde of sole leather, with solid brass trimm! solid leather cor- ners, handle and straps, linen lined thoroughly good, perfectly made case, for very little money. — That's the 22-inch size, $6.25; 24-inch size, $6.75; 26-; inch size, $7.75. $8, $9 and $10. TOPHAM’S DOUBLE STORE: 1231-1233 Pa. Avenue. It FACTORY, 1218-1220 E ST. = Zs li it’s anything im the Way of Printing ——let me have a chance to estimate on it. I have & thoroughly up-to-date establishment, fitted for fast ant fine work. I print anything “printable.” Small charges. "Phone 1679. . Printer, 556 roth St. A Boon to Stenographers. =The Laneaster Government Fountain Pen, It has 2 greater capacity—a steadier flow of ink and has none of the defects of other fountain pens. Fitted with suitable gold pen for $2 ged up. Fountain pens exchanged and Fepatre Ni S ER GOVERNMENT PEN CO., 919 F st. Je1-10d When they built Hutterly’s “Hospital ferSickWatches”’ = 2 A good turn was done the City Post Office. = People can now more easily locate it—as it is situated right opposite Hutterly'’s place sf mo ‘atches cleaned, 75c.—new mainspring, oo 82 G ST. IS THE HOSPITAL. If you want a $1 shirt for $i—here’s a $1 shirt © That's as good a one for the money as you've * exer bought. Well made, good materials—lots of service and satisfaction. Then “‘there are others"’—of course—the made-to-your-measure kind—$1.50 eaci. Guaranteed to satisfy or money” bacl : K. Frank Wells, Stittmaker. y4¢ Pa. Ave. jal-lid Men’s Full Dress Necessities at Half Price. ‘Whatever your costume Iacks in com- jleteness you ean supply from our stock of mnishings at half the usual expense. Full- ress Shields, Dress Ties and Gloves, Silk Haudkerchiefs and Mufflers have been reduced to half price. ES ‘Dress Shirts and Fine Collars and Cuffs P. T. HALL, 2e¢S. This is the Time —to have your shirts made to order. New muslin is more heating. They will keep you warm now and be thinned out by summer—mabing {deal hot-weather shirts. “Sample” one for $1.50; 3 for $4.50—a fit and satisfaction or your money back! “Mayer” 943 Pa. Ave. ae5-3m,16 Oe a a Hundreds f heads <ere wearing our $1.50 Derbles and Alpines. Hundreds of “heads are wear- ing hats for which their owners paid $2 which aren't near as as ours at $1.50. Wait till they know about the of our Hate? How are they to Know? They'll find it out— je are talking about itso aro we. CHAS. H. RUOFF, Up-to-date hatter, 905 Pa. Ave. de31-244 wT RARE ; Effects in High-class NECKWEAR, Each Scarf Prettily Boxed, 50¢. HENRY FRANC & SON, #35 <0-8m,33 jal-124 HIN co. THE CRAVAT QUESTION. Im Regard to Made Ties and a Black Tie With a Dress Suit. From the Providence Journal. “Among the many subjects which are of profound Interest to society and which stand in the greatest need of patient investigation we are aware of none deserving priority over the subject of ‘neckwear.' We have put the word in quotation marks because We regard it as open to certain serious ob- Jections, despite the sanction which the usage of makers and venders of ‘gents’ fur- nishing goods’ gives it. ‘Neckwear’ is as bad as ‘electrocuted’ or ‘in our midst.’ There are men in this community whose moral qualities demand respect, though they flaunt with no apparent consciousness of guilt the ‘made tie.’ It fs our duty to reason with such men rather than to berate them, to reprove more in sorrow than in anger. They are not to be confounded with those who sin having light, and who, approving better things, follow worse. A man who wears a ‘made tie,” though in peril, is not neces- sarily lost forever. “Danger, and one harder to deal with than the ‘made tie’ In some respects, les concealed {n the black tie which some per- sons wear with evening dress. Here there 1s apparently a conflict of testimony on the question of propriety. The New York Times has recently taken very radical ground on the subject. It insists that the young men of fashion who sport it ‘do not know any better’—the gravest charge that could be brought against a highly reputable class in the community, whose sole duty it is to know exactly what is proper and set an ex- ample to inferior mortals. A lady, the Times goes on to say, should refuse to ap- Pear In public with the man who wears with evening dress anything but a white tie. This is surely a hard saying—not to be lightly accepted. If all the ladies should do as the Times is anxious they should, then the fate of the black tie would be quickly decided. Man cannot do in the long run What woman wishes him not to do. As a matter of fact, we are disposed, after a care- ful consideration of the facts in the case, to believe that the Times is right, tn the main, in its assertion that women should not per- mit the wearing of the black tie on occa- sions when they ere present, while it is Wrong in condemning the use of the black tie altogether. “The black tle was devised, in the first instance, as a distinguishing mark between guest and a servant, other indications metimes failing, and it was intended to be Worn particularly on occasions when ladies Were not present, such as bachelor parties and political banquets. “We do not mean to assert that any abso- Intely hard and fast rule has yet been laid down by an authority of unquestioned au- thenticity, or that the tie of black dominat- ing a white expanse of shirt front is yet as absolutely anathema maranatha as the “made tie.’ It Is at least ‘allowable’ in an fil-defined sort of way, as with the ‘tailless’ or Tuxedo coat, or in the privacy of the family circle. This ts, we think, all that can he fairly said on the subject just at pres- Better Cases, leather lined, very handsomely finished, at THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY TRIPS FOR WHEELMEN Fourteen Routes West of the City Described. FROM TWO T0 TWENTY-THREE MILES Hills to Be Avoided as Much as Possible. STATE OF THE ROADS Having given a general description of the map in the article which appeared in The Star Monday of last week, for the further benefit of the general pleasure rid- ing public, a number of good routes will be indicated in this article. From the map has Leen picked out fourteen routes, which will benefit driving parties <s well as cyclists. With the map before him a rider ought to be able to pick out double the number of pleasant rides that are enumerated, and yet this territory embraces only the western section of the District and surrounding vicinity of Maryland. ‘Through a mistake the name of the Ridge or Foxhall road fs not printed on the map. This is the short, straight road, connecting the Loughborough and the Canal road, and into which the Conduit road runs. The semi-circular road which branches off from the River road at Tenleytown is the old Military or Lodge road, but it is not much used for cycling purposes. The lower or distributing reservoir is not shown in the map. Its location is in the northern apex of the triangle formed by the New Cut, Conduit and Canal roads. The routes herein mentioned are suitable for all classes of riders, ranging in length from two to twenty-three miles, giving plenty of room for exercise. Roads marked with an X are private reads and bad in all kinds of weather gen- erally for vehicles, and from this their val- ue for bicycle purposes can be imagined. As arranged in this article, the routes are fixed so as to avoid hills, which to a new rider appear like mountains when forced to ride them. The Shortest Run. ‘The shortest run is only about two miles in length, and the route fs as follows: Up 32d to N street,to 35th street, thence north- ward to T street, the west continuation of which is the New Cut road, to the Foxhall or Ridge road, southward to the beginning of the Conduit road, to the Canal road, and thence eastward to the point of beginning. This is the route which makes a practical circuit of Georgetown, and quite a pretty ride. When ridden this way there is only one small hill to cHmb, and that on the New Cut road just before its intersection with the Foxhall road. The city riding through Georgetown, with the exception of 32d street, is all concrete, though up hill, This route is made a mile longer by tak- Ing in the loop formed by the roads west of the Ridge road. Instead of leaving the New Cut road at the Ridge road continue cnward, in a northwesterly direction, until the Conduit road is reached at the middle of the lower or distributing reservoir, and then come east, returning to the Foxhall or Ridge road just at the point to ride the steep hill to the Canal road. A third route is to ride’straight out the Canal road to the Chain bridge, the end of the road. This is only three miles from the starting point, or six miles for the trip, and the scenery of the upper Potomac is well worth the trip. Another route to this same place is to start out as in the first mentioned route, but instead of turning keep straight on-the New Cut road to its end in the Canal road, about a mile and a half from the Chain bridge. The return trip can be made down the Canal read, which Is the only level road in this city, having no inclines during its entire length. The New,Cut road, between the Conduit and Canal roads, is composed chiefly of clay, and in dry weather affords good riding, but it is a bad place for cycling in wet weather. The road is a much-trav- eled highway, consequently full of ruts. There is a good decline from the Conduit road down. By this route the total dis- tance is about six and a half miles. A fifth route to the same destination would be to ride up the Canal road to the Foxhall, climb the steep hill, elther a-wheel or afoot, ride out the Conduit road to the New Cut, thence to the Canal road again. This trip is but a fraction over six miles. Another Pretty Ride. One of the prettiest rides imaginable is to ride out 36th street to Tenleytown road, thence northward, parallel with the railroad track, to the Loughborough road, and out that highway to the Ridge road, which is the second highway entering the former road from the south and at a point about two miles from its intersection with the Tenleytown road, or 32d street extended. Ride down the Ridge road to the Canal road, or, if desirable, a turn can be made at the crossing with New Cut road, and Georgetown entered via 35th street.’ This te mentioned terminal is perhaps the est. The rider will have two little hills to climb on the New Cut road, but after emerging in 35th street there is a splendid coast over asphalt from this point down to N street, and continued eastward to 32d street, a total of ten city blocks This is a good test for the coasting quali- tles of a bicycle. When the other finish is taken there are no hills, but the granite blocks on M street have to be ridden. This trip will measure ten miles, approximately. Another route, which is No. 7, is to ride Pg2d street extended to the Loughborough road, out this road and turn down the Tun- Jaw road, the first highway encountered, and ride southward. Irstead of turning off from the Tuniaw road at the short turn just near the south- ern end, which opens up opposite the power house of the Georgetown and Tenleytown road, keep straight on until you enter the New Cut road, just west of the House of the Good Shepherd; then ride westward to the Ridge. Conduit or Canal road, and use any of the short routes first mentioned in this article. The shortest distance will be about six and a half miles, and the longest will be but a fraction over eleven miles, even when the return route is carried as far west as the Chain bridge. Still another way to cover this territory is to ride out the Tunlaw road to the Loughborough, thence west to the Ridge road and down. A ride of this kind will not equal less than three leagues. A Twelve-Mile Ride. A pleasant twelve-mile ride would be over ent. But we wait eagerly for further light.” | the following course: Out 32d street to the 1, 18996-TWELVE PAGES. . Loughborough road, westward its entire length, to the Conduit road,@the entrance being between the girls’ reform school to the left and the big, or receiving, or upper, or Dalecarlia reservoir. It is a short twelve miles, however. From the Ridge road to the Conduit road the Loughborough is known as the Chain bridge. On the south- ward trip there are plenty of hills to coast and few to climb, but if the ride be reversed the hills would prove to be big obstacles. A short ride, and likewise a nice one, is to go straight out the Tenleytown road to the District line, which is marked by the terminal of three lines of electric railways. From the brow of the hill at which the River and Brookville roads join to the Dis- trict line there is one good hill to coast and also two smaller hills. To avoid these on the return trip, and to have a level road, take the cross-road, which runs immediate- ly north of The Willows,.and ride to the Brookville road, and thence south to the Tenleytown road. The distance is only six miles. Route No. 11 is out to Bethesda Park, and measures but eight miles each way. Con- tinue on the Tenleytown road past Bethesda Post office, and avoid the Rockville pike by turning to the left at the blacksmith shop. Outside of the District line the road is sev- eral shades worse, but still ridable, and its condition will be found to be about the same all the way out. The road is really a con- tinuation of the Rockville pike, the most direct highway to that county seat, but the lower portion, as far as the Bethesda road, is about 100 per cent better. To Cabin John Bridge. Cabin John Bridge is only seven miles out, via the Conduit road; in fact, not quite that distance. This is, perhaps, the most popu- lar ride around this city, and, on account of this, it may be passed with a mere mention. A variation, and a good one at that, to thé much-traveled route is by way of 32d street and the Loughborough road. This increases the distance by several miles, and would make the round trip aggregate about seven- teen, instead of fourteen, miles. Route No. 13, like the superstition con- nected with that number, is a “Jonah” sort of a trip. This route is to enter the River road at Tenleytown and ride to the first cross-roads, and turn south on the Seven Locks or Persimmon Tree road, which en- ters the Conduit road about a mile and a quarter above Cabin John bridge. This trip is close on to twenty miles, and is rather tough, because of the River road, the sur- face of which in places is absolutely vile. For a short distance after leaving Tenley- town road and River road is excellent, and then the change gradually appears. There are streams to ride through, marshy places to pedal over, hills to climb, and last, but the worst of all, no good road when any level stretch is reached. The 14th and last route is a sort of variation of the above route, slightly, but only slightly, better. This’ route is via Bethesda, turning off from the main road just at the southern extremity of the park and fiding out the narrow dirt road until the River road is reached. This will give only a few miles riding over the last named road. The distance is increased consider- ably by the change, and the round trip will measure twenty-three miles. Finished the Investigation. The committee investigating Lord Dun- raven’s charges against Defender has finish- ed tho taking of evidence. The St. James Gazette of London, refer- ring to the hurried departure of Lord Dun- Tavew from the United States, says: rd Dunraven, instead of leaving, should have faced the judgment of the New York Yacht Club like an English gentle- man, in New York, where alone an amende honorable from either party could ade- quately be made.” ——.__. CLOSING THE EXPOSITION. Clear and Bright Weather for the Last Day. The final day of the Atlanta exposition was clear and bright. During the early morning, the temperature was low, but after the sun rose the weather moderated rapidly and the grounds were thronged. Many of the exhibitors had a large harvest in the sale of souvenirs, while the Chinese village auctioned off its bric-a-brac. The exhibits were all in good shape, and were not disturbed until after dark. Last even- ing the beautiful illumination was given, and the electric fountain displayed its charms for the multitude. The directors held a meeting at 4 o'clock and transacted business of importance, mainly directed toward fire and police protection for the grounds and buildings. Last night a force of experts began pack- ing up the pictures in the art gallery, and a similar work was begun on the govern- ment exhibit and the mines and forestry building. By resolution of the board of directors all salaries and wages ceased last night, but the president is empowered to make ew contracts for such limited help as may be necessary to wind up the affairs of the company. The Pennsylvania building will be formally turned over to the Piedmont Driving Club by Commissioner Keenan very soon. The New York state building will also pass into the hands of the club. Both of these structures were erected on the grounds of the driving club. The Illinois building has not been dis- posed of, but will probably be sold. The Massachusetts building has already been presented by the commissioners to the At- lanta chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. Inman, chairman of the finance com- mittee, said the exposition, when all the debts are paid, will have cost the city of Atlanta about $200,000, or less than 10 per cent of the money expended on the enter- prise. This includes the original subscrip- tion and the appropriation made by the city. This result is regarded as very satisfac- tory. It is estimated that the immediate benefit to Atlanta in money expended by expositicn visitors amounts to $5.000,000, and that the ultimate benefits to the city and the cotton states are immeasurably beyond this or any other conservative fig- ure that could be approximately stated. ——_——-cee___. Modern Meteorology. From the New York Weekly. Farmer’s Wife—‘The corn husks are very thin, Joh Husband—“Y-e-s.” “The birds are starting south very late.” “The beavers are building as if they d.dn’t expect a freeze before next March.” Yes, Mariah; them signs point to a late and a mild winter, but them signs don’t count no more. Coal is going up like sixty, and that means early frosts, ten-foot snow- drifts, three-foot ice, and two blizzards a week till next April. That sign never fails, Mariah.” coe. The Tennessee convict lease system ended yesterday, and some 1,600 convicts are turn- ed over to the state by the lessees to be eared for. MENDING A BICYCLE Importance of Understanding Its i 9 HOW 70 FIND OUT THE ‘SIZE GF GEAR Rules . for Telling the Distance Covered””** Soh soaaelpea ye SOME TABLES OF ‘INTEREST Though Washington may be a red hot bicycle town, there_is probably no city in the country where the knowledge of the construction of the wheel by the rider is so little known. For a mere puncture nearly one-half of the riders will place the wheel in a repair shop for mending, and for numberless other trivial repairs thé wheel is sent in. Unless attended to,. the nuts on any machine are apt to work loose, more so where the bicycle is fre- quently used. This accounts for so many wheels in which the front and back wheels work loose, and in which the riders imagine the bearings have worn. Then, again, the crank axle is apt to work loose, which can be easily remedied by readjusting the bear- ing cone. Most riders are ignorant of these minor de- fects, and by little labor from an appren- tice the repair man realizes an immense profit. They are in the business for the money, and these minor repairs are a bo- nanza to them. It has been said that an experienced rider, one’ who has a usual amount of brains, can attend to all repairs on the wheel, where all parts are self-adjusting, except a bent or broken frame or a badly buckled wheel. This statement is as near true as can be. The Matter of Gearing. One of the most important things in which the average cyclist is extremely ig- norant is in the matter of gear. A “sixty- eight gear” or a “seventy-two gear,” etc., is easily expressed, and while some have an idea as to what it means, almost all are ignorant of the method of obtaining it, The matter of gear is the application of one of the simple rules of mechanics to the corstruction of the bicycle. Its work- ings are extremely easy. As expressed in figures, the gear of a bicycle means the diameter of a wheel, one revolution of which will equal one revolution of the pedals, This is simple enough, but the next question is the finding of the gear. This is just as simple, and the operation is performed as follows: Divide the number of teeth in the main sprocket—that is, the wheel at the pedals—by the number of teeth on the rear sprocket, which is fast- ened at the axle of the rear wheel, and multiply the quotient by the diameter of the rear wheel of the machine. As an example, take a bicycle the diam- eter of the rear wheel of which is twenty- eight inches, with seventeen teeth on the main sprocket and seven or the rear. Sev- enteen divided by seven will’ give two and three-sevenths as a quotieijt, and multi- plying this by twenty-eight, the diameter in inches of the rear wheel) 6ne gets sixty- eight as a product, which’represents the gear of the machine. mi For the benefit of wheelnieri and for pres- ervation for future use, tHe following cor- rect table of gearing for‘Vbrious wheels 139 imperts, &c.? But few Washin: Do you, kind reader, ington city—how it is national government? Do you know how it ranks asa m Below we give a “sample” city of Washington, gtonians know all about their native city. know the area and population of Wash- governed, and its relationship to the anufacturing city, its of the 32 pages devoted to the which is but a-small, but important fea- ture of The Evening Star’s Almanac and Hand-book for 1890: All About Washington City. That which we feel we know we rarely know at alll xxx DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. John F. Hurst. L. Whitman. 1325 H st. n.w. Richards, S. J. H st. nw. sts. n.w. well. 1885. 1886. is given: . Thirty-Inch Wihieels. STEN ‘Teeth. fFeath, tii 5 Gear. £| ccm. ged i a = 12 5 br Wek Bh pr 5 a ee wu { 5 4 1 7 m | 5 20 ia | 48 16 5 96 We. |: 8 12 | 6 ri) 16 8 1B 6 © Bi 8 wu | 6 70 18 8g 15 6 bid 19 8 w |) 6 | 80 2 | 8 1T 6 | 21 8 18 6 | 90 tS 19 6 95 15 9 20 @ | 100 16 | 9 13 7 35.71 Ww 9 14 1 &0 18 2 15 7 64.28 19 9 16 | 7 68.57 20 9 iT 1 72.86 2 9 1 | 7 TAS 22 9 Twenty-Eight-Inch Wheels. wz | 5 67.20 19 7 13 5 72.80 || 20 7 4 5 76.68 || 21 1 16 | 6 & 22 7 16 5 89.60 4 8 17 5 96.20 || 15 | 8 12 8 58 1 | 8 13 6 60.66 || 17 8 14 8 65.33 || 18 8 63 15 6 70 19 8 66. 16 8 74.66 || 20 8 70 17 79.83 || 24 8 73.50 18 6 4 22 3 78 19 8 88.66 16 9 46. 2 | 6 93.33 16 9 49.77 18 7 b2 7 9 52.88 14 if 38 18 2 56 1s z 60 19 9 59.11 16 7 64 20 9 62.22 17 @ 68 21 9 65.33 18 7 7 22 9 68.44 Twenty-Six-Inch Wheels. 12 5 18 7 13 5 19 Ke 14 5 20 7 15 5 21 7 ie | 5 22 7 17 5 eu 8 12 6 | 15 8 13 8 16 8 ia 6 tT 8 15 6 ww) 8 16 6 19 8 17 6 20 8 18 8 21 8 19 6 22 8 20 6 16 9 2 6 Bk 9 13 ia i |. 9 14 a 19 9 16 7 20 9 16 7 2 9 It 7 22 9 Revolutions in a Mile. Another question which the bicyclist of- ten asks is in regard to the number of rev- olutions made in a mile. In actual riding this is a very easy thing where a mile is marked off exactly, but there are so few accurately measured miles’ that this effort is never accomplished. Even with the aid of a cyclometer this is not a very easy matter. While a practical demonstration may be more valuable, the answer can be calculated without much trouble, and if the arswer is once obtained the cyclist, if he can devote his mind to the subject, can calculate the distance he travels much more acctfrately than a tdurist in a railway car counting telegraph poles on the jour- ney. ‘The circumference of @ éircle is equal to about three and one-sevejth times the di- ameter. This is a small fraction over the correct number, which js 3.1416, As the wheels of a bicycle are perfect circles, this rule applies to them, In.a mile there are 5,280 feet, or 63,360 inches. 'As the gear of a bicycle is always représénted in inches, the rule would be to mujtiply the number by 3.1416 to give the diStance in inches equivalent to one revolution of the pedals. Having found the distance, of one revolu- tion, we have but to dividé ‘this into the to- tal number of inches in # ‘mile, 63,360, and the quotient will give the desired answer. Or we can reduce the. distance covered by one revolution of the pedals to feet by dividing by twelve, the number of inches in one foot, and see how Many times this quoticnt is contained in 5,280, the total number of feet in one mile; This will give the same answer as by the other process, the only difference being that in one in- stance the resvlt will be expressed in inches, while in the other the result will be in feet, leaving different divisors and dividends. A Valuable Table. A table of the most used gears, with an- swers in round numbers, is as follows: Gear. Gear. Revolutions per nile, 880 to the mile it is entirely unnecessary to take into consideration the Giameter of the rear wheel of the bicycle. That is only a factor in establishing the gear, and when To be had at the Columbian University, Gonzaga College, 47 I st. n.w. Presiden Howard University, Jeremiah Eames Rankin. National College of Pharmacy, 808 I st. n.w. President, Francis M. Cris- Statement showing the number of to 1895, and the valuation therecf, both inclusive: Universities and Colleges. American University, a site comprising about 100 acts 67 the a ghbor- ough road, west of the Tenleytown road, at the head of Massachu-etts ave- ue extended. Office, 1425 New York avenue northwest. Chancellor, 3<hop Episcopal Cathedral foundation, a site comprising twenty acres at the in- tersection of Connecticut ave. extended and Woodley road. President of board of directors, Bishop William Paret. Catholic University of America, corner of Lincoln ave. and 4th st. east- extended. Chancellor, Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore. Columbia Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Kendall Green, M st. and Florida ave. n.e. President, Edward M. Gallaudet. corner of 15th and H sts. n.w. President, Rev. B. Law school, 15th and H sts. n.w. National National Dental Ccllege, 1325 H st. n.w. Corcoran Scientific School, 15th and H sts. n.w. Preparatory School, 1335 H st. n.w. The Gradu- ate School, 15th and H sts. n.w. Georgetown University, head of O st. n.w. President, Rev. J. Havens Medical Department, 920 National University, 13th st. between H and I sts, n.. MacArthur, LL.D. Medical and Dental Departments, Department of Law, 506 E st. nw. St. Japn’s College, 1225 Vermont ave. n.w. President, Brother Fabrician. ‘Wayland Seminary, head of Chapin, west from 1ith st. nw. Rev. George M. P. King. Population of the District. + 51,687 | 1880. 75,080 131,700 The Building Operations. 1,677 $4,007,234 2,194 ‘w. Chancellor, Arthur corner of 8th and K it, Rev. Cornelius Gillespie, 8. J. 6th st., corner of Howard ave. n.w. Medical College, President, Rev. President, 177,624 230,392 270,519 baildings erected each year from 1885 Value of merchandise imported into the District of Columbia (port of Georgetown) from July 1, 1885, to June 30, 1895, inclusive: Star Office, Cor. uth and Pa. Ave., at News Stands, or will be sent by mail upon receipt of price. the gear is once found, that is all needed for the operation. A twenty-six-inch wheel may have the same gear as a thirty-inch wheel, the difference in establishing this fact lying entirely with the number of teeth in the respective sprocket wheels, and no matter what the size of the wheels of ma- chines, the gears being equal, the same number of revolutions per mile will follow. With these figures as a basis, the cyclist can do an immense amount of calculating. In a short trip to Fort Myer, which is only three miles distant, on a sixty-eight-geared machine the rider would have to push the pedals around over 888 times in making the journey, while if he rode a low-gear ma- chine, say, fifty-three, he would make over 1,140 revolutions, or over 250 additional revo- lutions in the same time. To make the dif- ference greater, suppose we take an eighty- gear bicycle, a good many of them being ridden in this city. . The ryclist would then make but a few over 753 revolutions, If we take a man walk- ing the distance, and allowing him a fifteen- inch step, he will make 4,224 steps to a mile, 12,672 steps for the journey. This only il- lustrates the advantage of the bicycle as a means of speedy locomotion. WOMEN AND BUSINESS. A Moral Drawn From the Sad Ex- perience of Mrs. Custer. From the New York Herald. Women are beginning to realize the signal need of knowing something of business methods. The cruel losses recently sustain- ed by that most charming of 1 omen, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Custer, bring the necessity keenly home to those among the sisterhood who have no “natural protectors"—as fa- thers, husbands and brothers are, not inap- propriately, classified. Whether a woman has a “natural protector” or not it is be- coming more and more evident that she should, at least, insist upon having her in- vestments put in her own name. Mrs. Cus- ter’s experience, unfortunately, is by no means rare, but because of the almost sacred nature of the money invested the loss of it seems peculiarly sad. Gen. Custer, notwithstanding the priva- tions of his life as a soldier on the frontter, faithfully kept -alive his insurance policy. ‘The insurance money that came to Mrs. Custer upon her husband’s death was put into the hands of a tried and trusted friend of both herself and husband—a lawyer, in their former home in Michigan. For nine- teen years the interest of the investment was regularly sent her. It chiefly consisted in mortgages, two of which her investor spoke a bit doubtfully of, to be sure, and, as years passed, he warned her against one of the mortgages in particular. He recently died. His accounts were found to be in a most unsatisfactory condition. He had in- vested Mrs. Custer’s money in his own name. It proved to be an injudicious investment. He failed to realize what he expected. Mrs. Custer lost at least $5,000. The saddest rev- elation was that the worthless mortgage of which he had warned her was against him- self. Under the Mistletoe. From Truth. She (under mistletoe, to New Year call- er)—“Algernon Sidrey Willets, don’t be a chump an’ rush away jus’ as if you had nothin’ to remember. Jus’ refleck a bit. Ain’t there some little thing that you've overlooked? (There was no scufflins; the kiss was a ealin, serene and peaceful one.) WANTED TOO MUCH. The Latter Part of a Complex Scheme Fails to Work Successfully. From the Courier-Journal. Said a wholesale whisky merchant: “We have the reputation of giving more for charity than any other class af men. While we get credit for some thing8 we do, yet there are many calls made upon us that are never recorded. I remember. a case not long ago. A former prosperous citizen cam? into our establishment. He took out his handkerchief and wiped the tears that came into his eyes. In a broken-hearted manner he said that his wife was dying, and that the doctor had prescribed whisky, but that he did not have any money.When he told such a tale of woe I said: ““My friend, if your wife ts really+sick, I wifl give ycu the whisky.’ “He swore he was telling the truth, and I put the whisky in a bottle on which was our brand. He left, the happiest-looking man in the world. I was feeling good also, and was flattering myself into thinking 1 might be another good Samaritan, when presently my friend reappeared. This time his tears were Yolling down and his frame was shaking with convulsive sobs. I went over to him and asked ‘Is your wife dead” “‘Oh, no! he replied, ‘but I am afraid she will die, as just as I was at my front gate I slipped on the steps and dropped the bottle, which broke into a thousand pieces. I picked up the pieces and have brought them back for you to see, and to beg that yeu will give me another bottle.’ “I was touched and turnad to get him an- other bottle, when to my surprise I got a glance at a piece of the glass. I said: ‘Ex- cuse me, my friend, but the bottle I gave you was white glass,and that one is green.’ I then examined the pieces and found that was not the bottle nor our brand. The iquid on the glass was water. As I look- ed at my friend he picked up the pieces, turned red, mumbled an excuse, and sneak- ed off.” soe 2 Hypnotism in Surgery. From the Baltimore American, A striking example of the efficacy of hyp- notism as an adjunct to surgical science was demonstrated within the past few days at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. This case— a difficult one of long standing and obscure symptoms—was that of a young lady into whose side an incision was made and a dis- eased kidney was tgeated. The incision was then sewed up, and she is now recovering, suffering no pain or inconvenience what- ever. This difficult and painful, as well as dan- gerous,operation was done while the patient was under hypnotic sugges‘ion, being hyp- notized by one of the medical staff. The patient was in the hypnotic state for about half an hour, and when seen at the hospital yesterdsy was delighted with the success of the experiment, declaring she felt no pain or consciousn2ss whatever when the opera- tion was in progress, save that she had a ccnfused and not unpleasant impression that some one stood by her side and was cutting paper with a pair of scissors. After consciousness had returned she said she felt the natural pain consequent to any surgical operation done while under ordinary an- aesthetics. Hypnosis, in her case, was lim- ited only to the time it required for the operation. It is, however, possible to con- tinue the suggestion until the patient is out of all pain, THE FAKIRS OF INDIA. Marvelous Feats Performed by Them— Testimony of a Chicago Witness. From the Chicago Inter-Ocean. Prof. J. G. Leonard, a Chicago oculist, spent nine menths in investigating his fa- vorite science as practiced in the orient. He says that 90 per cent of the feats he saw done by the yogis, conjurers or fakirs of India he can perform himself, but that! 10 per cent of them completely mystify, him. Speaking to a reporter, the professor said: “The most remarkable performance of the yogi was an example of what is some- times called levitation. Four sabers were thrust intc the ground with their shatp points up. After two yogis had made passes before his face and apparently hyp- notized a man perfectly nude, they placed him on the points of the sabers. He rested on them, unsupported by anything else, for perhaps two minutes. Then the yogis lift- ed his body about a foot above the swords, removed their hands, and he remained sus- pended in the air for fully a minute. Then, at a signal from one of the fakirs, his feet descended and his head raised until his was perpendicular, and he stood erect on the ground and then woke up. While his body was suspended in the air I passed under it and satisfied myself that there was absolutely no support. I know exactly how Kellar and Herrmann perform their feats in levitaticn, but this was not done in t! same way. . * “Another thing which I could not under- stand was done by a fakir and a boy of fourteen years, the latter being stripped of 2” “lothive. From a spool the fakir un- wound about thirty feet of thread, coiled it (nea cut it up into pieces ‘seven or eight inches long. These he rolled into a ball and gave it to the boy, who swallowed it. A minute later the fakir made a small incision in the boy’s left side, cutting through the skin, then picked around with a pin until he extracted the end of the thread. With my own fingers I then pulled out through the skin of that boy about three feet of the thread. Then I asked the fakir to pull out the rest of it. and he did pullgut about twenty-seven feet more of it. Before he made the incision in the boy’s side I examined the place carefully, and there was no lump or other indication of anything being under the skin. When the thread was withdrawn there was no sign of the place it came from. “Some people have tried to explain the feats of the conjurers, or yogis, of India by saying that the witnesses were hypnotized and believed they saw things which never were done, and I confess I was once in- clined to this theory, but I am convinced that it is not correct. It might be possible to hypnotize one or two persons in a crowd of onlookers, but not all. Moreover, I have found that the oriental conjurer knows less of hypnotism than French and American scientists do.” Thoroughly Independent. From the New York Tribune. ; W. H. Miller, a miner lying on Soldier creek, in Oregon, is an extremely Indepen- dent maa. He owns a rich ledge, from which he can easily get $10 or $12 worth of cre every day and have plenty of time to sit around and talk about Venezuela and the tariff. He could sell out his property for a large sum, but he declines all offers. He lives alone and his wants are few. “The ledge will stay there,” he says. “I own it I'm independent as a hog on ice, and I’m happy and contented to stay just as I am."t