Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1897, Page 18

-THE EVENING STAR, The fall of the year is generally con- ceded by all experts to be the best season of the year for active road riding. The weather is cool and bracirg, sufficient to make the rider go fast enough to keep warta by the exerticn of pedaling, ana, moreover, the roads are supposed to be in the best possible shape. The conditions are generally true, but this season an ex- ception is noted for this locality. The weather is all right, but the roads are not. Indeed, for, no time within the past five or six years does the writer remember when as a general rule the roads surrounding the elty were in such a bad condition. They are in mean shape, and the desultory sys- tem of repairs which is made is entirely in- adequate for the oc nm. One good hard rain would do more scod than all of the patching imaginable. To no one thing more than the prolonged drouth can the present condition of the local highways be as- signed. The equinoctial storms were due for the early part of the week, yet they were somewhat behind time. The conjecture of the we: for tomorrow places condi- tions as variable. The rain of the past week ought to make the reads in a better ridable tion than they have been for Ks past. Ii is safe to say that if weather remains open tomor- row, which can be scmewhat doubted, the road riding will be enjoyed. The big century run which was postponed a fort- night ago will be run off tomorrow to Fred- erick, and it is expected that a large crowd will be carried out. If the weather con- ditions are not good it is quite likely that avother postponement will be made, as the attendance is bound to suffer if the weather is in any way threatening. Century Cycle Club. It was the intention of the Century Cycle ke a run to Surrattsville, Md., t Sunday, but as the start was made rather latc.Captain Byrnes _ decided _to| © the destination to Great Falls. The comprised the party: Messrs. Ture, C. B. Sparrow, Ed. H. Mon- roe, Lee West, Samuel Barnhartt, Ed. S. Byrnes, C. H. Griffith and two unattached Messrs. Terry and Chapman, The @ most enjoyable time while at the and the return was not made until 6 o'clock in the evening. A run was held during the week, quiie boys ha a party of the club members and others taking a trip Tuesday evening to Alex- andria, All of the boys are in fine shape for the ntury run tomorrow. The Century Club members will meet at 1420 New York ave- nue at 6 o'clock In the morning and will proceed to 13th and K streets, the starting of the big century. tomorrow's century the members will go into training for the coming road race, which will be postponed for a week. or more. e The club will go to Baltimore next month, and enter the century run of the Maryland Century Cycling Club, the destination of which will be Frederick. A goed story is told of Eddie Monroe, one of the popular centurions. Eddie carries a rabbit's foot on all club runs, but for some reason or another his luck is not with him of laie. One should listen to his “tale of woe,” but Eddie is a good natured fel- low and takes his smash-ups in an easy way. Capt. Byrnes would like to see a much better showing on short runs in the future, and the stay-at-homes must not expect him and a baker's dozen to push off on the short trips that are called. The club's membership is fully large enough to make short runs most enjoyable by a large turn- out. Dick Posey has returned from his vaca- tion. Bobby Williams was able last week to push off a double century in eighteen hou: and, after the coming road race, Bobby wi attempt to ride several more before the weather gets too bad. c Jimmie Tune, one of the new members, has joined the scorchers, and it would be well for some of the oid centurions to look out for him. He rides a white enameled wheel. . uur of the Century Club members, Capt. S. Byrnes and Messrs. Louis Anderson, Monroe and Lee West, spent a very asant evening last Tuesday with the vant boys at the latter's club rooms. The y Club is thinking of arranging with nts for a joint bicycle run in the kely that the the Le near future, and it is m ! two captains will talk this over and call | such a run. Miles Cycle Corps. The Miles Cycle Corps will have a joint Practice march this evening with Com- pany B of the 5th Battalion, both being under the command of Capt. S. H. Wig- gins. ‘The two companies will leave the armory this evening at 7 o'clock and march out past Brightwood to Fort Russey, where a camp will be pitched. The members of both companies will be given instructions in guard mounting, guard duty and signal duty. The march home will not be made until some time Sunday afternoon. report has as yet been received from the court-martial, which was convened over & month 2go to try the cases of a number of members who failed to turn out on the practice marches. A request has been made that the findings of the court be pro- mulgated. Lieut. Weaver, who is off on an extended leave, to attend to business matters in New York city, was in town for a few days dur- ing the week. ‘The regular drill exercises of the com- pany will be resumed on October 1. On ac- sunt of the warm weather, the drill was pensed with during the summer si . and the practice marches substituted. During cold weather the work of the com- pany will be confined to indoor practice. Last Saturday there was no drill and no march. ‘The corps has in view the giving of a monster smoker some time this fall, which Will be one of the features of the season. ‘The matter has not yet assumed definite shape. ugh some action will most likely at the next meeting. ‘The members of the command are now busily engaged in refitting their quarters on the top floor of the Armory building, in order to have the place as cozy and home- like as possible for the cold season. A number of the members of the com- pany are taking a great interest in the National Guard Athletic Association gym- nasium, getting themselves in good physl- cal condition. While not definitely decided, it is quite likely that a basket ball team will be organized this season, and the or- ganization made a member of the District Basket Ball League. Year before last the ; friends. Mrs. A. H. Crausby of 158 Kerr st., Memphis, Tenp., paid no attention to 2 small the most malig- nant type. The best physicians finally declared her case hopeless. As a last resort, 3. 3. S. was given, and an fmmediake improve- completely, and no sign ‘of the disease bas returned for ten Jomp im her breast, but it soon developed in New York ment resulted: a few years, Books on Cancer free; address Swift Specific URED BY Sete treated her, and bottles cured her Co., Atlanta, Ga. company was represented in the league, but last: year no team was formed. During the week several men enlisted in the company. The roster is on the upward jump, and the total strength’ of the corps is now about thirty-five men. Levant Wheelmen. The run for last Sunday was called off on account of the bdys moving into their new quarters at 639 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. The -fact that the club was going to move was heralded to the boys, and brought out almost every member for the oceaston. At 8:30 Saturday evening they went to work with a will, and in about two and a half hours had everything out of the old quarters and into the new. The new rooms are much nicer than the old, and more desirable in every way. The papering is comparatively new, and the woodwork being finished in cherry, gives more lignt. The club has also purchasea quile a number of new pictures and rugs, which improve the quarters very much. Preparations are being made to give a grana hop next month, the first of a se- ries that it is propcsed to hoid during the winter season. z Applications for membership are coming in fast, and the club will soon have its charter limitations. ‘The club purchased all the seats in two of the private boxes for the nationai circuit races, occupying’ all of the space in the same. = Altair Cycle Club. There was a meeting of the Altair Cycle Club Monday evening, at which the sub- ject of the club races was brought up. The attendance was quite large, and much in- terest was taken in the matter. It was de- cided to have the races this season, und a committee, consisting of F. Baker Weav Charies Jones and C. R. Murray, was ap- pointed to make arrangements for the same. While no date has been set, it is quite likely that the event will be held about Thursday, October 14, and most likely at the International Athletic Park. The list of events will comprise four races, namel A third of a mile open, one-mile hancicap, one-mile open, and five-mile handicap. Of course, all events are for amateurs nly, and entrance to the same is limited to club members. A suitable list of prizes for the occasion will be secured. Within a short time after ‘the races the annual banquet of the ‘chub will be held, one of the most enjoyable indoor events of | the season for the club members and their | The evening of the races there will be an informal meeting held at the home of one of the members, at which the prizes will be presented to tne members who secure places at the club meet. ‘The one-mile open is the race for the club championship, and this honor is now held by Capt. Ed. Hanger. There are a number of members anxious fer the honor, and will do their level best to win the par- ticular event. Mr. Walter T. Weaver, who present2d resignation from the club at a recent mee! ing, was persuaded to withdraw the same and remain a high private in the ranks. SOME CYCLE CHAT Some cycle dealers in the city would do anything to save the reputation of _the make of bicycles they sell, and illustrations of this occur quite frequently. If a well- known rider has a certain make of wheel, which through some fault in construction, breaks down, the dealer generally makes the repair, or furnishes a new wheel with- out loss of time. The policy of this move- ment can be seen from the fact that if the dealer went back on his guarantee, the rider would tell his friends of the action, and this would give the sale of the wheel a black eye. On the other hand if the dealer makes the repair as quickly as pos- sible the cyclist is quite apt to pass com- plimentary remarks on the matter, and his friends, thinking the agent to be a reliable man, ready to hold good to any promise, will purchase that make of bicycle in pref- erence to some other make which’ they might like just as well, but on which they are not so certain of a guarantee. An illustration of this sort happened only a short time ago, and only serves to show | the extent some dealers will make good a damage. A certain well-known rider, mem- ber of a prominent club, was riding alone oa the roud early one evening not long j since, when the front forks broke, close-to the crown. The cyclist was going at a good rate of speed, was thrown from his wheel, and rendered unconscious. He received in- juries which kept him in bed for several weeks, under constant medical and surgical treatment. The agent of the make of which he was riding at the time could hardly do enough for him. He gave the man a brand-new bicycle, lamp and bell. Not only did he do this, but he purchased the wheciman a new suit of cycling clothes to take the place of those which were ruined in the fall. Going still further the agent, when the rider was able to et around without any professional assistante, paid the doctors’ bills for the entire period. ‘The Gealer did this more to save the repu- tation of his brand of wheel than out of sympathy for the cyclist himself. It only serves to show what some of them will do to accomplish their objects. A young man, who is in business in this city, is the originator of an idea that is bound to do good. He has issued a small pasteboard sign, which can be attached to the front of the wheel, and printed in such large type as will be legible for some dis- tance. The drivers approaching can see the sign “Keep te the Right.” The signs have just been introduced, and are carried by a large number of cyclists. With this little injunction always before the public, it is no more than right to presume that the law on the subject will be followed. It was an amusing sight the other day at 9th and F streets to see two cyclists, each with the sign aboard, dodging both ways, uncer- tain which way to turn. It is not a disgrace to walk up a hill, no matter how steep the incline may be. Yet a good many persons are apt to look at It in this light. This is especially true of club members, and no cyclist has a right to go out on a club run, as a rule, unless he can pull any hill that may come before him. The spirit of rivalry, to a certain extent, in this respect, is quite great, nd the man who does not ride up the hills is apt to be javghed and jeered at. Why this is so is hard to imagine. There are times when it is advisable to walk up a hill, no matter if it is a small incline. By doing so a two-fold object is accomplished. A strain is relieved on the wheel, and the rider is put to no extra ex- ertion.” In some cases the wheel is injured more in forcing it up a hill with brute strength than it would be if ridden for sev- eral months under ordinary conditions. It is well sometimes to look at the matter in this light. Then, ‘again, a person who is subject to heart disease is foolish to ride up a hill. The extra exertion has an ex- tremely bad effect, and it is an {diotic no- tion to risk this simply for the sake of say- ing that he was able to ride up such and such a hill. There is no glory in this. That some persons feel ashamed because they walk up a hill is clearly evidenced by the ready excuses which are so frequently given when the foot of a step incline is reached. There was a singular occurrence 9n the Conduit road the other Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock, on the hill just at the turn of the declivity at the Dalecarlia reservoir, leading to the small wooden bridge A ycung lady, who appeared to be without an escort, was riding a brakeless diamond frame wheel down the hill. She looked natty, with a divided skirt, rather abridged in length. The wheel evidently got away 0 yesh Gia lenin GLE ana iia SE eae Raabe | pened at Bay City, Mich. frcm her control. Coming up the hill was a colored rider, on the’ right side of the read. At the turn the two met, and the young lady crashed into the negro’s wheel. He was thrown backward, but managed to partly regain his equilibrium just in time to throw out his arms and catch the young lady by the waist as she was thrown over in his direction. The next instant the young lady was gently deposited on her fallen wheel, looking for all the world as though she was resting herself, and not thrown there by accident. In order to save himself from falling, the arms of the negro still remained around the young lady as she was placed in her position. The arms only remained in position for a moment or So, and the witnesses to the incident, who: saw the whole thing, wondered what would have been the result had the young lady screamed as she collided, and what would have happened if some people came around the bend just in time to see the negro hug- ging the fair figure after hearing the screams. Circumstances would undoubted- ly have pointed to an attempt at assault, and the darkey would undoubtedly have been summarily dealt with without having a chance t» explain the situation. This in- stance is only cited as an illustration of circumstance. A bicycle coin lock has made its appear- ance. The idea is on the order of the weighing machines. Place a nickel in the sict, and you ascertain your weight. In the case of the coin lock you place a nickel in a slot, get a key, lock your wheel, and keep the key as a check. When you desire your wheel, you unlock the chain whic helds it in’ position, and the key remai it being impossible to release it unles: another nickel is dropped in the slot. ‘The lccks are designed for use on stands where wheels are checked. The mechanism. is sirple and it is claimed that no two locks are made alike, so that the cyclist would have no difficulty in selecting his own wheel. The rider checks his own wheel, pays but one fee for any period of time and locks the wheel by the frame tubing instead of by the wheel rim. STORIES OF THE CIRCUIT The circuit chasers come to this city generally but once a year, and they bring with them a number of good stories. During their travels they manage to play jokes in- nvmerable on one another, and all enjoy the result, while now and then some hu- morous incident happens out of the ort- nary. The most laughable of any hap- , during a circuit Ed. Spooner, the well- known cycle correspondent, the inno- cent victim. He has a reputation for hard work, and frequently spends a great por- tion of the night in getting up stuff. When he goes to sleep he never knows @vhen he will wake up. Sometimes he will sleep for twelve or fourteen hours, or perhaps longer, and then again he is apt to wake up in a few hours. At Bay City his watch stopped the after- ncon before, and so intent was he in work- ing that he never had occasion to\look at it before retiring. The next morning about 8:0 o'clock, while the racers were seated on a bench in the lobby of the hotel, Spooner was spied coming down the steps two at a time, with his typewriter with him, and all ready and dressed. He reach- ed the counter with a hop, skip and jump, slapped down his key, and wanted to know by what ronte he could reach the race track in the shortest possible time. The clerk looked at him in wonderment. With an impatient gesture Spooner pulled out his watch and said: “I ought to have been out there half an hcur ago, and don't care to lose any time.” With his typewriter still in his hand he started for the front door, bent on hiring the first vehicle for transportation to the race track. On his way out he spied the racing men, who were looking at him in a fu sort of a way. ‘What is the matter with you fello’ inquired he. “Why ain't you out on track?” It’s too early,” replied one of the party. “It's only 9 o'clock.” Spooner pulled out his watch and looked at it, and then at the hotel clock. “Your watch is stopped,” said one of the racer: “Well, I'll be was all Spooner said, as he sheepishly went back to his room. meet, in which F. The winner of the match race recently at Albany, N. Y., in which Tom Cooper, Eddie Bald and Arthur Gardiner were the contestants, has received a good deal of praise. The purse was a good-sized one, and was captured by Cooper. It seems as though Bald had declared he would not en- ter into another match race with Cooper ard Kiser because he alleged that they werked together. He and Arthur Gardiner were quite chummy, and the Albany peo- pie, knowing that he would not ride against Cooper and Kiser, substituted Gar- diner for the latter and invited Cooper to barticipate. He accepted, and feeling quite certain that the two would ride against him, he laid his plans accordingly. The race was to be run in three heats, and Bald captured the first heat in fair enough style. There was a single pacemaker in the race and Cooper was forced to take position im- mediately behind him. He preferred to be the third man from the pacemaker, so as to be able to jump the sprint ahead of the bunch. On the second heat Cooper was next to the pacemaker again, and just be- fore the three-quarter mark he began to spurt, leaving the pace behind, and run- ning directly into the face of a heavy wind that struck the track at that point. He gained fully six lengths by the steal, and won the heat in easy fashion. On the third and deciding heat he was in his old position behind the pacemaker. He held on and continued to ride for some dis- tance beyond the point where he started to sprint in the previous heat. His tactics must have puzzled the other two riders. When he did make a sprint he secured a good lead, which enabled him to win the race. Gardiner, who was second man at the time Cooper sprinted, waited for Bald to come abreast of him before putting on speed. At the tape Gardiner succeeded in beating Bald out for second place. Accord- ing to the report there was some lively talking in the dressing room after the event, in which Baid and Gardiner were the participants. Bald accused Gardiner of be- ing no friend of his, and told him that he had helped Cooper to win the event and was in cahoots with Cooper. There were lots of other things said, and as an out- come Bald and Gardiner do not speak. The circuit chasers will race this after- noon at Philadelphia. Next Monday they appear at Trenton, N. J., and Tuesday will race at Cleveland, Ohio, where will be two days’ sport. Next Friday and Saturday will be spent at Detroit, Mich. The following Monday they will be at Racine, Wis. which will be the most northern point. From this place they will gradually work south, taking in all of the leading cities and winding up at Jacksonville, Fla., No- vember 20. This is cited as an illustration of the distance the riders travel. Begin- ning with next Monday at Trenton the schedule on hand runs for fifty-five days, during which ‘time thirty-eight days will be taken up in racing. The total distance covered is footed up to be 4,888 miles, much greater than the distance across the entire continent. The entire crowd after leaving Trenton will use a special car. The biggest jump for any one night will be from Buf- falo to Cleveland, a distance of 437 miles. In the scNedule, however, there are several other instances where the men will have to travel over 400 files during the night, while very few are less than 100 miles. Of all the riders on the circuit of any note ‘Tom Cooper, perhaps, has made the least showing. By a good many cycle writers it is claimed that Cooper was overtrained at the start, while others are of the opinion that he is suffering with some sort of dis- ease. Cooper, however, denies both of these stories, He told The Star man that he made a great mistake in going down south opening of the it to think that the ciima place was entirely unsuited for him, and that the germs of malaria were introduced into his system. son he has had iges than thirty boils on all parts of his , At Springfield he had such a large bgil on his neck that while racing he was to bend over and had to use an entirely different handle bar. While in this city he was suffering with a boil on the right leg, just above the knee, which interfered. more or less with his rid- ing. “This hag been my only drawbaci this season,” said Cooper, “and were it not for this 1 would, have a much better show- ing.” Eddie Bald doeS got think there Is so much honor in the. title of champion of the country. He seams to think that less hon- or and more cash is;preferable from a pro- fessional racer’s point of view. “I am not racing for honor,” said Bald to The Star man Thursday: afternoon. “I am out for the cash. I have held the championship of the country for two years, and, of other year, but, after all, what is there in cther year, but,a fter all, what is there in a championship? I stand far in the lead just at present in both the champjonship tables, which ar3 compiled from the circuit meets entirely, and. also stand at the head of the other tables. I don’t intend to fol- low the national circuit races entirely simply to keep up my standing. I am_ so far ahead in this respect that the other fel- lows would not be able to catch me if I lost every race for the next month. I am rot going .to skip any race meet where respectable purses: are offered simply to stay on the circuit in order to keep up my percentage for a comparatively empty hon- or.” ~-fhere is a movement on foot to have all of the circuit chasers go over into Mexico at the close of the season in this country. A promise of twenty days of racing with good purses is made, aud this will be a sufficient inducement for a good many of the cracks to take in the trip. If this is carried out it will keep the men busy un- til near Christmas, but the trip is apt to fizzle out, unless some ef the cracks go along. Bald says that he is not going, and Cooper has not fully made up his mind on the subject. The other racing men are un- derstood to be willing to make the trip. Last season a number of racers went down in Mexico to tour the country, but the venture did not prove to he a success, The main trouble was attributed to the fact that none of the crackajacks were in the party. Tt seems as though the racing this year is more profitable than last season. There have been a numbet of large*purses offered, and as a result the winnings of the racing men: have inereased wonderfully. Arthur Zimmerman has the record of winning about $34,000 in one season. ‘That w: when he made his“ phenomenal record of 101 first prizes in one season. This, how- ever, does not represent cash, but simply the market figure of prizes wen. Last Oc- tober, when Bald was in this city, his win- nings for the year up to that date were something like $6,000. This year he is in town nearly a month sooner than last year, and his estimated earnings up to date are between $8,000 and $9,000. This does not include the salary. Up to date this geason Cooper is about $8,000 ahead of the game, including salary and everything. "Last year, when he was in the city and riding in good form, his earnings were about the same as those of Bald. This only serves to show that there is plenty of money in the racing game for a crackajack, much better than in any other employment. Ar- thur Gardiner {s also a good way ahead of the game and there are quite a number of other riders who have made anywhere from $1,000 to $3,000 or $4,000 this season. TO.TRUE A WHEEL One of the common failings of the wheels of a bicycle is’ the propensity to get “out of.true,” as it*is termed. This is an ex- pression that is probably familiar with mest bicycle riders. There is no trouble in telling wher: the wheel is running out of true, a simple squint of the eye will generally tell that. To remedy the difficul- ty is a more seyious \matter with a major- ity of riders, who imvariably turn the bi- cycle into some repair shop to. have the evil corrected. “If théy cculd but see in a great many instauceés the workers wio re- pair the wheel;they, would make a gallant attempt on their own accord to true the wheels. In most cases this is the work of the apprentice ‘in’ the répair shop, most frequently a youth who knows very little about bicycles, but who is given orders how te proceed, and he does the work. When a wheel is sent from the factory it is supposed tu run perfectly straight. All of the spokes have been tightened to a cer- tain tension, and this keeps the rim revolv- ing In one straight line. After the bicycle has been put to use for some time the ten- ston on the spokes becomes reduced in some instances. The expcture to different kinds of weather ray cause contraction or expansion, or the threads at the nipple may work loose only to the slightest degree, yet be sufficient to throw the circumference of the wheel out of alignment. The wheels at St pass through the forks in a slighthy wobbling way, and unless corrected the wobbling will increase toe a more noticeable degree. When a wheel is much out of. true it has a tendency to make the rider feel as though he is constantly slipping. If no at- tention is given to-the wheel the defect will increase, and eventually it will collapse, ali the weight being distributed on one or two spokes, instead of being divided as near equally as possible on all of the spokes of the wheel. ‘The front wheel is more apt to get out of true than the back wheel, for the simple reason that it has a less number of spokes in it, The back wheel is supposed to bear the bulk of the weight of the rider, and consequently it is buiit more strong in this respect. Still, it does not necessarily fol- iow that the front wheel will get out of alignment before the back wheel. The writer has personally known of many in- stances where the back wheel was troubled in this respect while the front wheel would run perfectly straight. Before describing the operation of get- ting the wheel in true a word might be} morning by a long blast of the steamer's said in regard to the tires. Frequently there may be a detect in the tire, or the tire may not be placed on the rim straight. This will give the wheel a wobbling ap- pearance when revolved, and yet the rims will run perfectly straight. A sure way of ascertaining if the wheel is running true is to-take a match stem, hold it firmly in the fingers and brace the hand against the forks of the frame. Shove the match in until it touches the rim, then give the wheel-a start. If the wheel is running straight the match will touch every por- tien of the rim. If, on the other hand, the wheel is out of true the match will only touch certain portions of the rim. It is well to try this scheme several times with the wheel, as it may happen that the point of the rim touched in the first attempt may be that pertion which bulges out the farthest oz takes the deepest inshoot. By this means it can not only be ascertained if the wiieel is running out of true, but also how much. In doing this the best idea is to turn the wheel upside down, Jetting the machine rest on the saddle and handle If satisfied that the wheel is out of true use a piece of ¢halk. and revolve the wheel the same as ore. ..The chalk will make @ mark on the rim, instead of merely scraiching it did, the match, and this will be a guide,for the cyclists in attempt- ing to true the circumference. He need only touch the spokes where the wheel is wobbling, making 4{ unnecessary to fool with every spoke. ;The more spokes. that are touched the hander will be the job, as the trueing process ig rather delicate and tedious operation. “The slightest turn is suffictent to give the required result, and too much pressure applied on the thread is apt to throw the rim just the opposite di- rection, and make it rcn wrorg on the other side. This wil\Jeave the wheel as bad as it was before. A little practice, however, is all that is;requived, and the operation c— sage! be dane. es e only tool negied for the work is a nipple wrenph,- which is also termed a spoke wrench.,, Thesthread of the spoke is face upon which the nipple wrench will take hold. With the chalk marks as a guide begin work. Where the rim comes the left hub at the same: point evenness, This rule holds good Since be hag-been riding this sea- and the thread worked from the inside by means of a screw driver, the head of the nipple having an incision similar to that of a screw. A nipple wrench does not cost over a quarter, and is always ready for use. With a wrench’ of this sort it is an easy mat- ter to replace a broken spoke, and, in fact, it is by replacing broken spokes that one can more easily understand the problem of properly trueing a’wheel. When this work is performed by yourself you can’ do the job to your own satisfaction. u4 —S ee RELIGIOUS NOTICES. How to Use the Newspaper for Church Publicity. From”the Church Economist. As the season of agressive church work is upon us a few practical hints on church ad- vertising are in order. The best medium ts the daily local paper, and if the appropriation for advertising is small this medium should be used in prefer- ence to any other. As a preliminary, the pastor should himself visit the newspaper office and discuss the whole subject with both publisher and editor. He will be re- spectfully treated, and the personal re! tion thus formed (if this has not already been made) will be of substantial benefit to the church. Tell the newspaper people what you want done, how much money you can spend and who are most personally interested, as offi- cers and active members of the church, -in the expenditures. This group of persons i: likely to include’several prominent citizens; and the fact that these are identified with the church and become patrons cf the newspaper on its account will increase the interest of the journalists in your affairs. In a large city you would be apt to see the managing editor or city editor on the news side and the business manager on the bus- iness side, though the editor-in-chief and proprietor are not so inaccessible to any one having a legitimate claim on the news- paper’s attention as some like to sepresent. Every paper of “up-to-date” character now carries a feature of religious news and advertising notices. We often speak of the deterioration of the newspaper press, and in ecrtain directions =his may be justi- fied, but there are upward tendencies to be observed also, and the attention that is paid to the religious news of a community is one of these. As a rule, grouped together 1% ranged either alph inations. They app the Saturday issie—morning or Some are found in the Sunday morning edi- tion, and there are churches that :.dvertise on other week days than Saturday, but these are ra ‘The card is set in of yed maticr,” like ant” ad., and is usually charged for by the line. Often a more favorable rate can be obtin- ed by a contract for the The charge generally m newspapers wish this style of advertising. To be most effective, the pastor or some reliable member of the church should make it his duty to see that the copy for the ad- vertisement is sent to the paper promptly and ctearly. It should gei to the publish- er’s desk on Friday morning at the latest. This copy should be fresh cach week. A stereotyped announcement is not without value, but it is reducing this value to a minimum. Conciseness ard clearness should be studied. The name of the church, the location, the namm of the pastor, the themes of discourse, the hours of service, an allusion to the music, the offer of hospi- tality to visitors shouid be included. In the same u.cil a note should be sent to the local or city editor anplicating the information in the zdvertisement, with perhaps a few words of comment. This is an important matter ara should never be overlooked. Now appcars the wisdom of making a personal connection with both sides of a newspaper organization, and let ting it be known that you are a regu tcmer. The paper might pay some tention to your church in any case, but if you are known to be a patron, and if you can be depended upon for timely items of news, you will soon find yourself obtaining large deg of publicity. Whenever anything of news interest is to happen either at the regular services or at other times drop a line in advance to the city editor, or if the event came unex- pectedly report it at once yourself and send the item to the paper, with your name =t- tached as authority. If a reporter come recognize in him the next morning, and treat him in a way to insure a correct ani adequate report. Be sure to pay all newspaper opilis promptly and in a way to cement friendly relations. Don’t claim too much “free ad- vertising;” in fact, don’t claim any at cll. but simply co-operate with the paper in ts effort to get and print news of interest to the communtty. Finally, it wouldn't hurt your church a bit if, your friendliness and sincere per- sonal interest in the newspaper men, you won them to come to your church regu- tarly as members, and to take upon them- selves the task of seeing that its publicity was preperly fostered. For purposes of study we append a few sample and typical chureh notices from the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star of Saturday, September 11. a model in journalism, and its be safely followed. id religiovs notices are der one head, and ar- tically or by denom- for the most part in fternoon. > —- Stecring by the Echo. From the Chicago ‘Times-Herald. According to La Verne W. Noyes of this city, who has just returned from a mid- summer pleasure trip to Alaska, naviza- tion in those northern latitudes possesses some rather remarkable features. “I believe the inland steamer ronie to Alaska is the finest pleasure trip in the world,” said Mr. Noyes the other day. “The scenery is indescribably beautiful and the water, separated from the Pacific by a chain of islands, is as smooth as any harbor in the world. But at many points along the route the cnannel is quite tcr- tuous and full of rocks, and whenever a fog is encountered every movement of the ship is fraught with danger. “I was awakened about 3 o'clock one whistle. This struck me as unusu: for vessels are rarely met on that trip and there are comparatively no settlements. A‘moment later I heard the captain and the pilot on the bridge over my stateroom engage in a very lively colloqu: “I tell you it’s fight there,’ said one of them, excitedly; ‘It must be, or we'll be on the rocks in a minnte! “That was encugh for me. I tumbled out of my berth and, half-dressed, rushed out on deck just as the whistle gave another unearthly screech. It seemed to be an- swered immediately by another whistle near by and I imagined we were meezing a steamer. “What did I tell you! cried the pilot. ‘There she is all right! “After waiting ten minutes or more, hop- ing to be able to catch a glimpse cf the strange craft, I accosted the captain and asked him where the other steamer was. My question nearly gave him an ‘epileptic fit. We had run into a dense fog, and-cur pilot was guiding us in that crooked chan- nel and among those treacherous rocks by the echoes sent back from the mountains which here and there rise precipitously from the water's edge. “I have a message for you from your brother. You know, I have just come all the way from East Africa.” “So? Well, you must be very tired; have a chair at once.”—Flegende Blatter. in the work occasionally. IN THE CHURCHES] The thirteerth annual conference of church workers among the colored people of the Protestart Episcopal Church began last Taesday at St. Mary's Church, Balti- more, and ended yerterday. Among those who delivered addresses were the follow- ing from this city: Rev. Owen M. Waiter, rector of St. Luke's Churc'! Mrs. A. J. Cooper and Mrs. L. D. Kelly. Mrs. Keily is the recording secretary of the confer- ence. - The choir of the Church of the Immacu- late Conception began work last Sunda; under the direction of Mrs. Clara Baker- Smith, with the following composing its quartet: Soprano, Miss Annie Grant; alto, Miss Mamie Grant; tenor, Howard 0. Cook, and basso, T. A. Murray. Rev. Dr. W. E. Parson anc family have arrived in this city from their summer vacation. On his way home from Maine Dr. Parson stopped at his old home at Sunbury, Pa., but his visit there was sad- dened by the death about ten days ago of his father, Rev. George Parson, D. D., at the age of eighty. The anniversary exercises of Zion's Bap- tst Church were brought to a close on Monday evening last with a dinner. Arrangements have been made whereby the kindergarten of Epiphany Protestant Episcopal Chapel is to be run without charge to the scholars this fall. The rec- tor ef the chapel is expected to resume charge of the services tie first Sunday in October. The official board of Fietcher Methodist Episcopal Chapel have decided to chi nge the name of the charge to that of “The New York Avenue Methodist Episcopal : "s Union of St. Paul's Catholic Church has resumed its monthly n. and at a recent gathering de: mit of life members being adie roils. ~ Rev. Lewis R. Dunn of East Orange, J., has given his lidrar: to the American Univer Epiphany P. E. sixth October. Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Gre: Paptist Caurch has returac heme in : last Sunday. T, paring to hold its annual raity Surday in October, the roli call to observe its niversary en the second Sunday in the second nd it is expected that will show a seeaver aumber present than ever before. A large num ne colored Baptists of the city ent at a reunion and reception Wednescay in the auditorium of the Metropolitan iaptist Church. The com- mittee refreshments ; Price, and thai Wu the chap: st internation:1! of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew At St.Johannis’ German Lateran Chi rch the chureh authorities have deculed that hereafter the evening service will be in English, while the morning service will continue, as heretofore, in German. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe of the N York Avenue Church has ned from his summer vacation, and will occupy nis pul- pit_ tomorrow. The board of home missions of the Lutheran general synod is to meet in Oc- tober in Baltimore. The board, of which the Rev. W. E. Parson, D. D., of this city is a member, assists several churches of the denomination in this city, but all of them are in good condition and in a tair Way to support themselves. Tomorrow afternoon the Mission Sunday School of the Fifth Baptist Church is to celebrate the return of autumn by a roll call and other features of an annual rally. At the meeting of the conference of work- rs among the colored members of the Protestant Episcopal Church it was decid- ed to establish a training school for both sexes. It is expected that a pastor for the Church of Our Father will be chosen at a meeting of the congregation some time about the middle of October. The question of joining the Lutheran synod of Maryland is being agitated among the members of St. Johannis’ German Lutheran Church. Prof. Eugene French has resigned as di- rector of the music at St. Peter's Church, in order to accept a similar position at St. Paul's Church, At the Cathedral in Baltimore next Wed- nesday Cardinal Gibbons is to ordain two young men to the priesthood, Messrs. Louis O'Donovan of Baltimore and Philip Sheri- dan of St. Paul’s Church of this city. Father Sheridan is to enter the Catholic University for a two years’ course of study, as will also his Baltimore companion, Father O'Donovan. The alliance of colored Presbyterians of the United States is to hold its annual meet- ing October 28° at Troy, N. ¥., and con- tinue in session for about a : Francis J. Grimke of this city will de- liver an address before the alliance, and he will be accompanied by one of the el- ders of his church as a lay delegate. The pastor of Metropolitan Church, Rey. Hugh Johnston, D. D., has returned to Washington, accompanied by his family. The Women's Foreign Missionary So-' ciety of Wesley M. 4. Churen held their annual “jdg-breaking” Wedne at the parsonage on 3 streei. afterward entertain J. F. Heisse. A call has been i meeting of the presi city for Ovtover 4, gomery county. Rev. T. D. Richards, pastor of B and Gaithersburg Presbyterian churches, has left the former church and is now cor fining his services entircly to the jatier congregation. Rev. Alexander Rielaski of Union M. E. Chugeh is expected home next week from the Mountains of West Virginia, where he has been spending four weeks fishing. The first regular meeting of the super- intendents of the Junior Christian En- dcavor Societies of the Vistnet of Colui bia is to be held Monday, October 4, at o'clock, in the chapel of Luther Memorial Church. Rev. Albert Osborn, registrar of the American University, has been assigned as superintendent of the Sabbata school of the American University, in place ef Rev. Harry Farmer. The latter is studying at Columbian University, with the object of entering the Metno#ist ministry, and is un- able to give sufficient time to the duties of superintendent. Within the last six months Fifteenth Street M. E. Church has raised and paid off $1,400 of the debt on the house of worship. Rev. J. MacBride Sterett, assistant min- ister at the Church of the Epiphany, has returned from the Adirondacks and north- ern New York. The officers and executive committee of the Lutheran Young People’s Union are n to have a meeting to arrange for a fall mass ‘meeting and sociable. Protracted services are to begin at Trin- ity M. E. Church tomorrow, to be conduci- ed by the pastor, Rev. E. D. Huntley, D.D., who is to be assisted by the Rev. Mr. Os- trum, a Swedish evangelist. Rev. E. Bradford Leavitt pastor of All They were 1 by the pastor, Re and Mrs. Hels Souls’ Unitarian Church, has returned from his vacation. The United Brethren Young People’s Union is to meet October 19 at Keedys- ville, Md. The parochial schools, the Sunday school ard the regular Sabbath services are to be resumed at St. Paul’s Church the first Sunday in October. The Self Help bureau of the Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church began the sec- ond year of its operations this week. The bureau was organized to furnish work for pupils of the public schools, par- deserving ticularly of the colored High School, who sre desirous of completing their educa- tion, and in this work ceseful. they have been suc- Rev. J. Fred. Heisse of Wesley Church is working up the matter of having services rod ee, in this city. chure! persons and it is the idea of Rev. Mr. Heisse to have the pastor of that church, Rev. D. C. There is a so afMficted in Baltimore, Moylan, come over to this —- assist A. Thrilling Rescue. A YOUNG LIFE SAVED IN A RE- eof Grin Island, Saved From an Death—Her Sew Her Dangerous Predicameat, but Were Helpless to Ald Her— How She Was Rescued. one tatimely From “On the St. Lawrence,” Ch Among the Thonxaud Islands is « stone. It is seven miles long iphabitents of this tsteud are Of people who devote their and quarrying for a livelihood. oue of these Islanders resides I vant. the four-year-old dau; Witiam H. Sturdivant. In Fs Was taken sick with scarlet fe usual run of the fever she was back, and gr: ly began to lose stres finally, despite the best eff ‘ hes life kung in the balance. 1 was and ry, 1N6, t thie ¢ when all seemed darkest, that an angel of health appeared on the sepe and released little Plo from pain and suffering and restored strength and health. ‘This remarkat is best told in the words of the father. her occurrence STURDIVANT FLORENCE J Mr. Stu:divant said: “Florence with scarlet fever, and that 3 je prescribed for ber aud w ns closely, giving our little p After two weeks the fever subsided, rence Was Jeft with ek Severe pains wore We di our little + but to me avail seemed to betfle ‘the effects of the pi i of four months of 1 2 sagerly watched with was being timer durin her » walk a li ngth rapidiy and the yo By the time she had used th Ww th ment. vilit, We cannot praise too izhly the Williams’ Pink Pills, Tam positive their use evr child would have been todas we ¢ sad condition of her early sickness ed invalid—if indeed she had the to with the ills of aftiiet ton, « WHAL1AM 5 Sabecribed and sworn te be . of April, 1 i. W. RSE, Notary Publi sald recalpt Hams’ Pink Pills for r Will be sent posi price, 50 Cents a box, or Six boxes for $2.50 (they are Lever sold in bulk or by the 100), by sxing Dr, Williams’ Medicine Co., Se chorus choir of sixteen voices and is to render the music tomorrow. Professor Albert Shade, former organist ef the church, has accepted a similar posi- tion at Trinity M. E. Church. ‘The church society of Trinity P. Church has arranged for a course of strated lectures on Church History, be given by the rector, Rev. Richard Williams, in the parisi. hali during Octo! and November. —-+ Witheim Helped the Artist, Berlin Letter in the Chiengo Recor A year or so ago Prof. Menzel, one of the most famous of German artists, applied to the proper government official for the ilege of lighting up the music room Sans Souci, the summer palace of F; ick the Great, in order to make ske for a historical picture he desired to pai The official refused permi: n. He ¢ plained that such a liberty could not be allowed; that it never had been and never could be. A few weeks later the emperor accidentally learned of the incident, an once sent an aid-de-camp to inform Pr Menzel that instructions had been give the custodian of Sans Souci to music room for his benefit on 2 evening, and that if he could mak mt to bring bis ske that time he would ha make as many studies as hy Er. il- at a. The ar- a th list expressed his thanks and a invitation. When he drove up to the portico of S: as met Souci on the evening named hi a gentleman wearing the costum favorite aid-de-camp of Frederick Great, who escorted him into the p: where, to his amazement, he found a pa of twenty or thirty ladies and gent dressed in the costume of the golden of Germany, when Sans Souci was t ter of social gayety and the artistic literary life of Europe. He was pr to them one after another in the the historical characters each and was then informed by the aid-de whom by that time he had recognized as the emperor himself, that they would sit as his models, in order that his sketches might be accurate and complete. At ihe close of the evening a supper was serv: in the dining room of Frederick the Great in a manner that was not only picturesqu, but absolutely accurate. Before supper. however, at the orders of the emperor, the ladies and gentlemen posed in. the | ball room to represent a party of Frederick the Great's guests dancing a minuet. Th: tist. made elaborate sketches, which being worked into a historical picture th will have great value. The Policeman and the Emperor. From the Westminster Gazette. A good (and true?) story is going round which shows to what extent violent ebullitions and caprices of the G: man Emperor are regarded in his own coun- try. An English gentieman, it appears, as walking with a friend Unter den Lin- den, and in the course of a Giscussion on the Kaiser's conduct committed a grievous error of Majestats-Beleidigung. “The em- porer's a fool,” he exclaimed, where- upon an English-speaking police officer tapped him on the shoulder, and sald: “You must come mid me to ze police station.” “What for?” asked the Erglishman. “Mein herr did call ze kaiser a fool,” re- lied the man. “No, no,” urged the cute ton, “it was the Russian Emperor 1 was talking about.” “Dat vill not vash,” went on the constable, “dere is no em- peror a fool except the German Em- peror.” After which, Dame Rumor has it. the police officer ard the Englishman agreed 10 keep each other's secret, and parted on good terms. At an Intelligence (?) Office. From Life. ; Mrs. Telfair (interviewing applicant for position of “first-class cook”): “Can you make all kinds of soups, entrees and des- the th