Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1896, Page 10

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1996-24' PAGES. WY NZ NW Ne XE 5 COME, SEE HO MY NK SES bbEE4 HEY SPARKLE! WwW Wy a res The Greatest, Grandest and Most Colossal Display of Semi-pre The Opportunity of a Lifetime to G cious Stones Ever llade! et a Genuine Diamond for One Dollar. 2 Each GENUINE WHITE TOPAZ, Mounted in Rings » Pins, Studs and Earrings. Actually worth from $8 to $i0, Monday. + karat. Grand Opening Monday. Diamonds in our lar. A) GENUINE DIAMONDS GIVEN AWAY. We want to convince you beyond a shadow of a doubt that White Topaz cannot be detected from Genuine Diam windows; If you can pl so we have placed 50 Genuine one out it is yours for one dol- It has come that certain deavoring to the only BEWARE! and other pastes, clafming that they are White Topaz. We are| » importers of these stones in America. Be Careful! Do Not Be Caught An Extra to our knowledge persons are en- sell Rhinestones For next week only, order to 11 Brie mount with Brill Inducement. and in you to have your work done before the holiday rush, we will set stones free. | | your old | | and have them reset | | ant White Topaz. Nocharges made for setting. Diamonds. $8.00 to $10.00. Genuine White Topaz. $7100 EAGH. Grand Opening [onday. Impossible to detect from real Actually worth from Grand Opening Monday. s Yrkarat. | | \W | | {| of getting a Genuine Diamond as those who live in the city. \\ 1/4 fou can trust to our honor, and if a Genuine Diamond is seleeted for \ UY | you, you will surely get it, ‘L i Geo, | Maxwell, “Williamsport, Pa.: Mra. C. E. Werkbeiser, Union Sqnare (A | Hotel, “Phillipsburg, No ier bP. W. Mt Prescely Sapte on re Public ze = | Behools, sent their orders in by ‘mail and they were fortunate enough to | Mail Orders Will Receive Prompt || And in onder to give those who live out of town an equal chance with the Test, we have have a Genuine Diamond selected for them. A Stud. Ring or Pin will be sent to any address on receipt of $1.00. ordering, state whether sinall, medium or late stone is desired. Earrings are $2.00. ders will be filled in the order received. Attention. arranged a plan by which they are given the same opportunity If article ts not satisfactory money will be refunded. Mail or- W ‘3-karat, i iS AN 2-karat. Stone that was returned as un- | | satisfactory. 2-karat. i} Our Guarantee. We warrant each and every these stones with so-called | Stone to retain its brilliancy Rhine San ; and the mountings to give per- Brazilian, Alaska, or, in fect satisfaction, any other {imitation Diamond, | | We will give $1,000 to any || | ington if it can be shown | charitable institution In Wash- sever been dis. | at covered that cannot be detected } We have refused ‘to replace '& from a Diamond, Ail others | Do Not Confound | Rhinestones, Sumatra, Parisian, | { are simply manufactured fi chemicals, Opening Monday. Genuine Diamonds to Some. : Flowers and Souvenirs to All. : ES Open Evenings During This Sale at Housefurnish= ing Store of J. W. Boteler, | 923 Pennsylvania Avenue | Northwest. | W ge HE DIAMOND PALACE, N\A NA = \\ ~s WY Open Evenings During This Sale at Housefurnish- ing Store of J. W. Boteler, 923 Pennsylvania Avenue | Northwest. IW AA \ Al Y badetetededededete es Shogerdendnesongoateagenteagraseegentonseegonsesseaseatonseesoets sSescondintantin Rresontontneseateatreseadreseatoniontoeseoiees Beginning Monday open evenings until Christmas. SEATS ALL A most appropriate Christmas gift— one that anybody would appreciate— We've got 100 dozen of these Pure Gold Leaf Reception Chairs, with extra fine cane seat—substantially made and the most extraordinary value that has ever been offered here— In this connection we want to say we've got a full line of the latest effects in gold-leat pleces and sets—-at very low prices——but nothing that equals this Chair offering as a bar- 98, We want to lay special stress on the fact that they are REAL PURE GOLD LEAF FINISH- ED. Cheap at double the price. gain—-and nobody else ever had, either. On Sale Monday Morning. ‘a ; House & Herrmann, i Liberal Furnishers, $x Cor. 7th and I Streets. Sener eeeees etree aca : == TIPPING QUESTION. which apportions 5 per cent on the amount of a customer’s bill as a tip. Thus, a per- How is Practiced at Home and | 80M ordering a dinner that costs $2, would, Abroad and the Need for a Reform. From the Illustrated American. The question of “tipping” seems small enough in detail, but fathe> important when exaggerated. A woman who spent last winter in one of the most sumptuous of New York hotels Says she invariably gave a quarter to her waiter at breakfast and luncheon, those being meals taken alone. At dinner time she was joined by her husband, who al- ways handed the servitor fifty cents. ‘The latter sum seemed to evenly fill the man's idea of what was due bim, and his “Thank you, sir,” was bland and graciot but the lady's modest quarters always found their grave in the black waistcoat pocket with no expression of gratitude from the recipient's face, which wore a meaning look as of one who says: “Wo- men are mean, an’ never knows ‘ow to do the right thing by a man; but one ‘as to put up with ‘em,” Tt is only in reckless, good-natured America that optional fees are se much larger than they ought to be. A dollar, which is a common enough sum for a man te give at dinner in a fashionable restau- Tant, would make a Frenecn waiter stare, although he would have the presence of mind to pocket it quickly. in Paris there is an unwritten scale, on settling his bill, add ten cents for the attendant. It is time we had either a legal er in- formal rule governing tips in this country, and it is to be hoped that some rich persons will help on the reform. It will never be done by those whose means are really small enough to feel the tax, for it is one of the errors of the im- pecunious to feel obliged to show as much hberality as a millionaire, even if, like the guest in “Charley's Aunt,” he has to bor- row half a dollar from the butler with which to tip him, Her Interest in Politics. From Judge. It was election night. The hour was 11. Mrs. Grimley was standing at the front gate as Mr. Jimkins passed. “Waiting for the returns?” he inquired, pleasantly. * “The returns I'm waiting for,” replied ae lady, sharply, “are waiting for the re- 2+ —__ From Tip to Tip. From Judge. Jweles—“By Jove! That new waiter very tall, ign’t he?” Si aoe aed Grimshaw—“Yes; he must measure at least six feet two from tipto tip.” SOME CYCLE CHAT There ure a number of accidents out of the ordinary happening to a bicycle that taxes the rider’s ingenuity to the utmost. When such an accident occurs within a short distance of a city the inconvenience is comparatively nothing compared to that when one occurs many miles out in the country, far from a railroad. If the rider is not possessed of enough ingenuity he is obliged to resort to the “Shank’s mare” method of locomotion, and push his wreck in the bargain. A case in point is given by Mr. C. C. Messinna of this city, who said to a Star. reporter: “While riding last Saturday I got a slit in a new tire and could not mend it, and it being too far to walk home I was com- peled to resort to ingenuity. I did not wish to spoil my new tire, and so took it off. I cut a sapling to fit In the groove of my mm, which I strapped with about fifty feet of belt lacing which I carried with me, and rode hcme without damage to my new rim. If I had been near enough to a farm house to get a barrel hoop or stave it could have been slit in two and answered better.” This is a ‘new method. Some time ago a story was published tin The Star of the ex- ploits of Mr, McIntyre, a visiting journal- ist, who rode to Brandywine, and whose tire was cut in so many pieces as to be- come useless for riding. The roads were tco bad to ride on the rim alone, so Mr. McIntyre secured a thick rope and fastened it in the groove of the rim, and rode home in that manner. It answered the purpoes, but the ease and comfort of riding was far different to that when using~a pneumatic tire. There is no limit to the style and va- riety of punctures. The tires become punc- tured from some causes that seem almost impossible, and yet there is all the evidence to bear it out. A thorn is a common thing for a puncture out on the road, and the writer knows of a case where a branch of @ tree, about @ quarter of an inch in diam- eter, which went through a tire. Glass al- ways was an enemy to the tire, and yet, strange as it may seem, a wheelman may ride through a whole pile of broken glass and escape without a puncture, while in another case he may run over a single Piece of glass, less than a thirty-second of an mek in measurement, which will do the work, There are a number of cases on record where punctures were caused by stones, though the vast majority of punctures are due to nails and tacks. There have been any number of punctures occasioned by a tack being forced through the tire until the head only is visible. Some riders have carried tacks in this manner in for some time without being aware of the fact. So long as the tack is in place there is very little leakage of air, as the point of the tack pierces the rubber tire and does not make a jagged entry. If out on the road and a tack is discovered in the tire is to let it remain there, especially if you have no repair kit. It will do no harm in its place, all of the harm already being done, and by permitting the tack tc remain in place some walking may be saved. 5 Going over horseshoes is another method of causing punctures, and there is a case on record where a rider ran over the half bent point of a rail in a horseshoe ani forced the whole thing through the tire, the horseshoe being caught up and cerried around the tread of the tire until forced out by striking the forks. It will be re- membered that at the last cycle show a punctured wheel was shown where a wire. a his snowy white pbdra and hair was stream- ing in the wind. He was accompanied by a@ miss, whose age was perhaps sixteen years, dressed in short skirts and a stylish waist of bright colors. The two rode all the way down the avenue from the treas- ury to the Capitol, and during that time they were the cynosure of all eyes. The most surprising thing was the ease and grace with which the aged man rode, and at Capitol Hill, one of the steepest grades in the city, he rode up slowly and easily. He did not show the least exertion, The young lady was forced to walk up. The little crank-pin key, or Cotter pin, as some people call it, is regarded by some cyclists as the greatest nuisance on a wheel, and of late attention has been turned by the manufacturers to substitute some other system to take their place. These pins coonect the cfank shaft with the crank axle, and after being driven in place, are held more firmly by the screwing of a put. When the bearings work loose in thé crank axle, which makes very disagreeable pedal- ing, the crank-pin key has to be taken out before the bearings can be tightened. The Same operation has to be gone through be- fcre the balls can be taken out and the ball cups cleaned. In the old wheels the Cctter pin was used on both crank shafts, but of Jate the manufacturers have adopted a continuous piece which serves for one crank shaft and the crank axle, necessi- tating but onespin, and that on the sprocket side. There are other wheels on the mar- ket in which the crank-pin key has been done away with entirely, to the great sat- isfaction of the riders. The best plan of getting the pin out is to ungcrew the nut.and hit the pin a sharp, quick blow with a hammer. This generally aislodges the pin, but oftentimes falls, and additional strokes must be given. In driv- ing the pin out a support of some kind shculd be placed beneath the frame, under the crank axle, to prevent straining the entire frame of the machine. Additional care should be taken in hitting the pin, as too many blows are apt to flatten the threed, and render it useless for screw- ing on the nut again. Use a piece of hard weod over the thread, and then the ham- mer can be employed freely. If wood does not do a plece of lead will answer the pur- pose. Sume concerns use a rawhide ham- mer for the purpose, and with this there is no darger of hurting the thread, no quatier. how much strength is put in the low. One of the queerest cycles used in the city is operated by “Deacon” Williams, a well-known colored employe. of a local cycle house, who works at cycling during the week. and preaches the gospel on Sun- days. ‘‘Deacon” has perhaps taught more prominent people to ride than any other individual, and his many years’ experience with cycling shops and schools makes him an enthusiastic wheelman. He has intro- duced cycling in his=family, and his chil- their tires | dren being too small) to ride he has con- structed a cycle upom'which he gives them an outing. The machine is a regular tri- cycle, with two large- wheels and a very small front wheel.Over the front wheel a platform of wood: has been constructed, and on this three! little chairs have: been ,_ which. are) oecupied by the chil- dren, In the center af the group there is @ small space in which the diminutive dog “deacon” s Es SE i PISSED hauling, meking the old machine fully equal to a new one. If the rider desires he can have a different colored enamel put on, and all his friends will entertain the opin- ion that the machine is a new one. The changing of the sprocket wheel is re- ceiving a good deal of attention. Most of the wheels placed on the mar- ket have the main sprocket wheels placed on the right side. The theory, of this is that more power can be trans- mitted from the right side than on the left. This may apply to right-handed people, but the question arises does it apply to those riders who use the left hand more frequently. The change made in some wheels Is to place the sprocket on the left side, and one make of whes!s does this en- tirely, In order to make the machine more eesily distinguishable from any other man- ufacture, Probably the best thing to do is to alter- nate the sprocket wheel. Using the sprock- et on the right side continuously is apt to wear the ball and the ball cup and cones much more than on the other side. This is explainable from the fact that the chain connecting with the sprocket on the right side causes an uneven distribution of the strain. To equalize this condition of af- fairs, if the sprocket wheel be transferred to the left side and the rear wheel of the bicycle turned around to sult the change, the wear on the machine at the points above mentioned will be much less than if CS sprocket was kept entirely on the right side. A tight chain is an abomination, and is to be avoided. A loose chain is almost as bad. Both are apt to result seriously if not attended to. A chain that is loose is apt to jump the sprockets, get mixed up in the rear wheel and cause a spill, injuring the rider more or less. It is hard to have a spill and escape without some injury. Even though the chain may not jump the sprocket the slack is apt to run inward, and the links, or the bolt where the chain is held together are apt to catch in the spokes and snap the same. In the case of a chain being too tight the wheel will work hard and grind and creak, as if under great strain. Such is indeed the case. There is friction enough on the chain, and when it is tight the friction is increased many fold. Unless attcnded to the chain ‘is apt to work tighter and tighter, until, unable to with- stand the strain any more, it snaps at its weakest point. A chain can be no stronger and in the case of not take very long to find the weak spot. If a chain gets wet it is apt to tighten out and grind terribly, much to the discomfort of the rider. The remedy is simple and su: little work. iD ire, and entails but — “FOR A LITTLE SLIGHTED.” The Poor Old Bookworm and Finds a Haven at tase oie From the San Francisco Call. A bent old man, shabbily clad, with a face Ike the face of the poet Bryant. In EEE LTE E syn Fe SAAARAbODRARAR AR AAA Aaa ty. :A PRINTER'S ERROR In Last Night’s “Star” Made our advertisement of TODAY’S “GREAT SALE appear somewhat mixed. THESE ARE TODAY’S £ TRACTIONS, and they will be in effect until This Evening, 11 O'clock. Our Last + Time-limited Shoe Sale TAKES PLACE TODAY, And we've reserved the greatest of our offers for this day, and judging by today’s crowds the significance of this sale is being fully appreciated. “Children’s. | Ladies’. y Comfortable Cordovan - ; , oe and Felt House Slippers. . ye ee L. BS hn ang oo SESS ES . 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