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Highest of all in Leavening rower. — U. S. Gov't .Report CnflnDn'SPiPbEju POLITICIANS PERPLEXED OVER THE MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION. CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY. PROPOSED COERCIVE, HIGH HANDED AND EXTREME MEASURES. BIT MANITOBA STANDS FIRM, And the People of the Province Will Settle the Difficulty With . Their Ballots. i Special to the Globe WINNIPEG, Aug. 31.— What is to bo the outcome of the Manitoba school difficulty is a question which thoughtful Canadians from one end of the dominion to the other are pon dering over these midsummer days. No problem (that has hith erto engaged the attention of our people has been so ban died about by the politicians as this one; and none has been fraught with such danger to the peace of the country, yet those who are responsible for the present un settled state of affairs seem to give no thought to possible consequences, but remain inactive, or move only as political exigencies demand. It is in cumbent, however, that careful con sideration be given the subject at this stage because to all appearances a grave crisis is impending and it ■will lie with the electorate to decide within the next twelve months whether justice and peace shall pre vail or litigation and agitation con tinue. THE DILEMMA. There are many horns to the pres ent dilemma; none of the parties to the controversy can suggest compro mise without prejudicing their case. It is Premier Bowell's move, but he wants Greenway to suggest some thing and the latter won't, and no matter which way Bowell acts, he is sure to suffer at the hands of the voters. Hence his hesitancy. Green way has been on the defensive all "along, and means to stick to that position; anything else would be sur render, and would result in defeat. So that he continues to watch and wait. Roman Catholics maintain that the latest decision of the im perial privy council is in effect, an order that former rights be restored to them, and will not consent to take anything less. PUBLIC OPINION. The Globe correspondent has been endeavoring to ascertain the drift of public opinion on the ques tion, and finds that although there is great diversity as to methods and details, there is unanimity on the main points— that is, that Manitoba should not be interfered with, but that some concessions should be made to the Roman Catholics rather than allow more material interests of the country to be jeopardized by a con tinuation of the agitation. LAW AND LITIGATION. As everybody knows, Manitoba had a double system of schools from IS7O to 1890. That system was both Inefficient and expensive. It was abolished in the latter year, and the present national non-sectarian sys tem established. The French Roman Catholics demurred to the new order of things, and to test the constitu tionality of the law actions were brought In the courts, the final deci sion by the imperial privy council being in favor of the province. Then under another clause of the constitu tion a case was instituted in the courts to ascertain if the disabilities of the Roman Catholic minority un der the new school law constituted a "grievance." The final decision in the case was in favor of the Roman Catholics. REMEDIAL ORDER. Having a grievance the Roman Cath olics appealed to the federal govern ment for redress. The first step in this direction was the hearing of their case before a committee of the federal cabinet, which reported to the full cab inet In favor of the appeal being en tertained. Subsequently, the cabinet adopted the now celebrated "Remedial Order," which called upon the Mani toba government to restore to the French Roman Catholics their sepa rate schools as they existed prior to 1890. This the Manitoba legislature po litely but firmly declined to do, at the same time intlmatlr.fr that the fed eral cabinet did not understand the quesUon thoroughly or surely such an order would never have been issued. The Manitoba legislature also offered to supply much needed information to the federal authorities if they wished to learn. When this reply of Manitoba reached Ottawa it caused a cabinet crisis there, the outcome of which was a decision to adjourn for six months and again communicate with Manitoba. COERCIVE LEGISLATION. Before the adjournment of parlia ment. Premier Howell pledged his government, in the event of Manitoba not complying wtth the "Remedial Or der," to submit a coercive measure to the house when it reassembles in January. The Manitoba government has already received the promised com munication from Ottawa, which in ef fect asks how far Manitoba is pre pared to go in the way of compromise. Although Manitoba's answer to this has not yet been given, it may be taken for granted that it will not be satisfactory to the federal government. It. therefore, becomes necessary to care-fully consider all the possible modes of procedure that may be adopted by the Ottawa authorities and how to frustrate all attempts to over ride the provincial law. BETWEEN TWO FIRES. If the Federal government asks par liament to pass a law such as, the Manitoba legislature was ordered to pass, the Bowell government will cer tainly be defeated. If Premier Bowell proposes • a bill of much milder pro visions—for instance as Manitoba: If left untrammeled might pass, then he. Is not carrying out his .'pledges; while at the same time taking the THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE:? SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1895. —TWENTY PAGES. high-handed course of usurping pro vincial authority without just cause. Even in that event it is doubtful if a remedial law could be passed at Ot tawa. In the event of defeat of the Bowoll government in their effort to pass a school law for Manitoba dis solution of parliament would follow and the people through the ballot box would decide' the issue. No matter what the verdict should be Canada would then be in the unfortunate po sition of having a parliament elected on a racial and religious cry. and per haps not at all competent to deal with the tariff and other great Issues, In ac cordance with the desires of the people and necessities of the country. It Is now admitted on all sides that the is suance of the "Remedial Order" was a fatal mistake on the part of the Fed eral ministry. It cannot be enforced, and to withdraw it would be too hu miliating for even the Ottawa govern ment to do. GREEN WAY'S STRONG CASE. A vast majority of those best able to express an opinion on constitution al questions hold that Premier Green way has an almost unassailable posi tion in this controversy. In the first place, the highest court of the empire has declared the present school law constitutional. He therefore will not venture to amend that law while the present agitation lasts. The latest de cision of the imperial privy council primarily concerned the federal gov ernment and Roman Catholic minor ity and only incidentally affected the Manitoba government. That is, the Roman Catholics appealed "to the fed eral government to redress grievances, and the latter have undertaken to do so, but unfortunately Premier Green way stands in the way and won't help them. ' '•■'-;-> \*- MANITOBA WILL RESIST. If the dominion parliament passes any kind of school law for Manitoba the provincial legislature will resist it, and can do so successfully, for al though the constitution provides for the passage of suoh a law, there is no provision for administering it. The constitution provides for the enact ment and administration of school laws by the provincial authorities. Schools are maintained by municipal taxation and grants from the provin cial exchequer and are managed by trustees and teachers under ' provin cial control. These cannot be inter fered with by federal authority. The provincial government will Ignore a federal act, so that the only way a federal act can be enforced is by pro viding the Roman Catholic church with funds to carry on its schools. Manitoba's present school law cannot be annulled except by the provincial legislature, and as it is eminently sat isfactory to nine-tenths of the Mani toba people it will certainly be main tained and administered regardless of anything the federal parliament will do. MILITARY INTIMIDATION. Gre:nway's disinclination to assist his political enemies at Ottawa out of the hole into which they have got themselves by their vacillation on this question has so aggravated some of the ultra Tories that they seriously suggest sending a regiment of British soldiers here to intimidate him. But such talk does not disturb Manitobans: If the soldiers come they will be loy ally welcomed, and if there 13 need for ! their action it will more likely be in [ restraining the federal authorities from executing any oppressive meas ures than in subduing any overt act of Manitobans. Manitoba is in the firm position of maintaining a constitutional law, and need not take unconstitutional measures to do so. HIGH-HANDED PROPOSAL. It has several times been rumored that Lieut. Gov. Sohuffe contemplated dismissal of Greenway on the under standing that his (Schultz's) reward for such an act would be reappoint ment for another term of four years as lieutenant governor. This is a possible, but not a very probable con tingency. —No one doubts that Mr. Schultz has nerve enough to do such a high-handed act, and he is empow ered by the constitution to do It. But Sohultz is by no means a popular man. He is patiently tolerated now. If he dismissed Greenway, Manitoba would be too hot for him. The dis missal of Greenway by Sohultz .would react with disastrous effect on the : ; federal government, too, for while he (Scn^tz) is theoretically free from Ot tawa dictation, It is only too well known that he is their tool and they would be- held accountable. Should Sohultz do as Intimated he would call on some one else to form a ministry who would comply with Ottawa's wishes on the school question. But that ministry would have to appeal to the people within a year for in dorsement of their policy when they would most assuredly be defeated. Then it would be a case of "as you were." . .; _'.•' WEARY OF THE FIGHT. _ While all this litigation and agitation continues, the Roman Catholics of Manitoba occupy an unsettled, unen viable and unfortunate position. Since 1890 they have paid public school taxes, while at the same time contributing to support and sending children to Roman Catholic church schools. They have been enjoined to do so in the interests of the educational preroga tives of the church, and complied in the belief that by so doing their cause would be strengthened and relief, eventually come. Many of them now realize that wrong councils prevailed and that the question all along has been more of a political one than a re ligious one. They are heartily sick of agitation, and would gladly accept the present school law with some modifica tions in regulations as to religious in struction, were it not for the uncom promising attitude of the helrarchy. But . there are increasing Indications of discontent among Roman Catholic laymen which can be allayed only by a termination of the struggle.. That can come only through the cessation of belligerent tactics. - PEOPLE WILL DECIDE. No matter what the politicians or courts may do, the final settlement of this difficulty rests with .the people. If Manitoba stands by Greenway the rights of the province will be main tained. If the Canadian electorate In dorse the course of the federal govern ment, there is no telling what further complications may arise. But if, as is now regarded as a certainty, the Bowell government should be defeated, their successors, being free from all entan glements, could settle the difficulty justly and quickly, either by compro mise or letting Manitoba alone. But It need not necessarily be the latter. Manitobans are not uncompromising or bigoted, but they are self-respecting and progressive. They are at present subject to many disabilities which can be remedied only by the federal par liament, and if Canada dealt generous ly with Manitoba, the latter could af ford to be generous, too. But there are so many possible contingencies and the Canadian people are so suscepti ble to the wiles of politicians that no j man can tell or even guess what a day may bring forth. It is pretty safe I ! to predict, however, that Manitoba will j maintain, her position and that there j 'will be no bloodshed. Orange orators' j and Protestant preachers : may * talk loudly and boldly, but : they are S not likely to resort to violence. The • fed- • eral government may pass laws and- J make threats of all . sorts, S but .'- they J cannot carry them out. ' - I I fiOUSEFOK 1 HOUSES MOTOR CARRIAGES HAVE MANY ADVANTAGES .OVER THE "v-:.', OLD STYLE, . ', BUT THEY ARE VERY COSTLY A GOOD ONE CAPABLE OF SEAT ING FOUR PEOPLE PRICED . AT $1,000. GREAT SAVING IN THEIR USE. Expense of Rnnnlng Much Lens 'limn That of Keeping? Equine*. • New York Tribune. "What will the cost be?" is fre quently asked in relation to horse less . carriages, a subject In which the interest is steadily growing here. The first cost of a horseless carriage is a little bit frightening because almost every one in looking into a new thing for the first time ex pects to be told there is some magic about it by which the cost will be slight. It is encouraging, however, to know that the first cost is the main thing.- A horseless carriage does not quite run itself, but it '■£?: , - i ELECTRIC CARRIAGE NOW IN USE IN .PHILADELPHIA. certainly costs surprisingly little to run one after you have once got it. I The cost of a three-horse power i motor, such as was described in a I recent article in the Tribune,' is about $750. To buy a good horse- j less carriage, seating four people and running up hill and down at a j good gait, from $1,000. to $1,750 is j necessary. - ; : '"■ - ..:■•■....• A new company has, it is said, | been organized in a Western city I for the manufacture of a horseless carriage of a much lighter and sim pler build. These new carriages will be put on the market at a much lower figure. They will, however, seat only two, instead of four peo ple, and they are made much after the plan of the ordinary road wagon | with the further improvement, for j lightness, of bicycle wheels. It is proposed to sell this new horseless j carriage at as low a price as $350. This new light-running carriage weighs only 600 pounds all com plete, and the motor for it weighs only 120 pounds. The wheels are fitted with solid rubber tires and j have ball bearings. A speed of from three to sixteen miles an hour is attributed to it. The normal speed is said to be ten miles an hour, but the simple pressing of a button quickens the action of the motor. The motor is of the gasoline explosion type and the tank con taining the liquid will hold enough for a trip of 100 miles. One peculiar excellence claimed is that when go ing at twelve miles an hour this vehicle can be stopped within four feet. r t:C^£i i^'y':-'-. '• PETROLEUM COSTS LITTLE. Henry H. Rogers, of the Standard Oil company, is enthusiastic on the subject of horseless carriages, al though he says that his . interest must be purely an amateur one. He does not think that there will be any strong demand for a special rate for petroleum for horseless car riage use, as the cost of the fuel will not be large enough to make, any one - hesitate about buying or using a motor on that account. j "As I ndersand it," went on Mr. i . Rogers, "it costs . now only about a j cent or one and one-half cents ,an i hour for the horse power to run one ' of these horseless carriages. You can I see that even for a long Journey with • a powerful carriage the cost for fuel j would not amount .-to a large sum. The latest and best development of the petroleum motor wihch I have seen was in Chicago recently. An English engineer there \ has a ] sta tionary engine motor running with the best waiter- white petroleum, which is dropped' Into a. tube and warmed by a tiny Tamp, that sends the ' vapor : produced along to mix with. the atmosphere and bring about a scries of explosions in the cylinder. This engine, Its constructor told me, is run at a- cost of only one-half a cent an hour per horse power,- or 50 cents a day for his ten-horse-power engine ; during the ten , working hours." v~' .^. ' , : Mr. Rogers thinks there is only one really strong ' objection to the im mediate Introduction of the horseless carriage here in America. That is the condition of American roads. "Not long ago," said j Mr. Ragers, "an inventor wanted Mr. Rockefel ler to take a ride with -him to Tar rytown behind a horseless carriage that he was trying to Introduce. The hills he met on the way rather stag gered him. Still, I see no bar for the horseless carriages in that, for a ve hicle can certainly be. made to -go up a steep hill, just as a wagon can be pulled up one. Of course, it, has got to have more power to go up a hill than on a level. A driver al ways allows his horse to walk up a hill, as that is the gait at which, the animal can exert the most power. All a . horseless carriage j -would" re quire would be a reserve power. ; I was quite impressed the other day with the work done by a steam , roller at work out at my place. There (From the Maker and Dealer.) were certain places to be rolled where the huge steam roller, with its enormous weight, had to climb pret ty siff hills. It snorted and puffed a good deal, but it always managed to get wherever it was headed.- It Is just the same with a horseless, car riage. ; ,-'.-£ V- ','-• "'' "One of these vehicles may be.able" to go along on an ordinary road un der ordinary circumstances, with, say, about three-horse power, but now and then in America comes a hill that requires an engine of per haps ten-(horse power to take the carriage to the summit of it. All the horseless carriages in this country will have to be built with a surplus of power to draw on at demand. I think, too, that the improvement of the roads, for which so much is being accomplished by the bicycle, is necessary, and will soon come." INCONVENIENCE OF THE , CRANK. —^ *&&>■s ' Mr. Rogers Is of the opinion that turning a crank for a half minute in the present motor, in order "to* start. the machine, while no factor A RUNABOUT WAGON WITHOUT A| HORSE. ( From Uhe Maker and Dealer.) '*-' j whatever in the ordinary stationary j engine run by a mechanic, would j a considerable objection to jthosfe i who would like to use the horseles* I carriage for pleasure . riding.' H£ I thinks, though, that this objection | able feature will be readily 'done j away with in this country, although I able inventors in Germany have' teeri . at work at this difficulty for years] j One plan for getting around the I trouble was to have a large engine ! started by a succession of smaller! tones, each, a trifle larger than-Dhe I other. Mr. Rogers thinks th^t a] ! weight or spring could •be safari pranged as either to wind itself up j or to coil itself with the momentum j of the motor while running, so as to j supply the necessary motion to start ; the cylinder explosions by being, let jgo when it is. desired again \ to get | under way. Such a device as this j was readily enough invented at the I time so much; attention was given to the speedy starting of horsecars. j Briefly, this contrivance consists of I a stiff steel spring, passing around: j the axles of a car or other vehicle, ! which wound itself up by the motion ! of the car, and when released was a powerful aid to the slightest initial movement lin i starting given [by the horse. - ■ - BIG flTlinliTn FAIR IT PROMISES TO OUTSHINE! THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION IN SOME . POINTS. - 4 ' SHOWS WORLD'S PROGRESS; IN INVENTIONS IN TWO • SHORT YEARS TO HAVE BEEN RE* ' | *£)?:y. '*'■ MARKABLE. 7" "' ~'[" '} THE /WOMAN'S £$ DEPARTMENT One of the Mont | Important- Feat- ' ure* — Midway PlnlMttnce —4 jjj ' Electrical Wonders. : Special Correspondence of the Globe. ATLANTA, Aug. 27.— -world's fair at Atlanta," known as the Cotton States and International exposition, is to be devoted primarily to an ex hibition of the products of the South ern belt of commonwealths of the Union, but beyond this it is also in tended to give a thorough display of the improvements and progress that have occurred in our own land and abroad since the world's fair in Chi cago only two years ago, In this brief period there have been so many advances made in various fields that .the present fair will be a series of : surprises to those who spent months : enjoying and studying the splendors !of the White City. In aluminium, ' for example, the progress made in the past two years has been some thing phenomenal. There was a good display at Chicago, but it was con fined chiefly to alloys, jewelry, bells and similar objects. In Atlanta It I will "embrace all sorts of domestic i utensils, gardening . tools, bicycles, boats and even" machinery. The price of the new metal has dropped in this brief period from $2 a pound to less than 50 cents, and now enables J a manufacturer to turn out goods that were impossible at the former : period. In electricity there has been I another tremendous , advance, more . especially in the conveying of power and the general transmission of en ergy. The science of electric light ing has. done away with nearly cv "cry difficulty which confronted it two years ago, and is now supplant ing gas and ! other lights not only in the United States, but even in India, China and Japan. In printing presses. paper-making and book-binding ma : chinery the progress,. has been- so j great that a book can be made to ! day for 15 cents' that ten years ago would cost $1. The brainy Manage ment of i the fair has made a spe ; cial effort to secure exhibits repre ! senting the improvements mentioned and hundreds of others in the more J lmportant'industries of the land. ■■' \ There will also be an interesting display in the tobacco business, showing the novelties that have sprung up in late years. They now grow tobaccos in Florida, Tennes see and other localities which were unknown five years ago, which dif fer from existing varieties in many details, and yet -which are marked by a very high excellence. In the cottonseed oil business they are now. preparing high grades of I glycerine, stearin, oleomargarine,' : cattle food, husk paper ; and . other - industrial products of considerable commercial value. >>"'■ 'V' -7v_"''' : Greatest of all, there will be a wom an's department which promises to surpass any and all predecessors. It was started by a committee of forty one of ; the j most prominent Atlanta women, headed jby Mrs. j Joseph : Thompson, \ who j was : known socially as the belle of* Georgia, arid contains I FREEIIIIIFREEf X - pJOR one week, commencing Monday morning, our Carpet De- X ©;, "' X _.-... Pertinent will be the scene of bustling activity. Each season X /V we introduce some novel feature into our mode of business getting. X © /" For this week every carpet ordered from this house will be made and X Q : : laid by us free of charge. Those who order for future delivery— a X Q month or two from now— will get the benefit as well as those who X Q order this week, by making a small deposit. X 5 !jl!wl|ip| These Prices Will Make X © SKmmm^ l Carpets Roll : X X ,^^^^^^^^fe"3 Best Wilton Velvets, per yard $1.20 © © > (*" " "Tfe^^t^^— "U BeSt Bod Brussels, per yard .». 1.10 © X W^ 1^ 1 -^^*^^^^ ~""^ Best Tapestry Brussels, per yard 75 0 X i^V#/s?^ — - 51 Best Second-Grade Tapestry Brussels, per yd. .50 © X J^^^ivi^ 2 ' BeSt Grade All-Wool2-piy Ingrains, per yard. .50 © X fZ^^tf&i- <*Spl Extra Heavy Best Grade 2-ply Ingrains 60 © X X^s^J^^^/^S^T^ Wool and Cotton Mixed Ingrains, per yard... .30 © © & M^l Syy^<o^L&a)-^ prices will show that 11/ I •£•.*_ /-» a. X X r / L»*'<l^^yJ^3.^^^^r^S, «. those who buy at THE .../ViiSTii Camels O © VS--'" ,^«^S^ PALACE get the worth of their '"""^"i vai |7Cia... X X c &^Jpr*Mp>^£ money in Carpets, as well ai ' AT ~ : ■ V J O ■TfZZJt^sJr^, ~^ . everything else in the House- Holf-D#iJ/Tfl X V , s *^^^ Furnishing line. nail = rTICe. Cj © ©. __ -OUT — -_© A little, just a little, money down, X X .liTipfoVed Credit Plan. and the ba|ance to suit you , Dy the 0 © We Charge NO Interest. month or by the week. X X IRlliP fr-^sl i^l^tP^ Furniture and Carpet © X A 11V 1 CCld.^^ Company, O © 419 and 421 Jackson Street, Near Seventb. © >oooooooooooooo<xxx>oo<xxxxx)ooo^xxxxxQ such representative women as ,; Mrs. i Hoke Smith, Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, ! wife of the governor; Mrs. Clark Howell, Mrs. W. A. Hemphill, Mrs. Mande Andrews Ahl, the poet and litterateur; Mrs. Loulie Gordon, the art critic and author; Mrs. S. M. In man, wife of the cotton king; Mrs. Porter King, Mrs. Hugh Hagin, Mrs. A. B. Steele, Mrs. W. C. Lanier, Mrs. A. E. Thornton, Mrs. W. H. Felton, Mrs. R. S. Barrett and Mrs. Nellie Peters Black. They have erected a woman's building so beautiful and excellent in its accommodations that when the fair is over it is to be converted into a permanent museum belonging to the city of Atlanta. , They have formed an organization in every state and territory, num bering over 1,000 of the leading wom en of the country. In each state there are representatives who re port directly to the executive com mittee in Atlanta, and in addition to this there are in all the leading states and the large cities powerful committees which report to the chair man of the standing committees in Atlanta. • The managers have been ingenious in securing : attractions such as did not obtain in Chicago. .... They have tried their .best to avoid copying that - famous world's fair, and to make one which would possess an individuality of its own. , In this they have been extremely successful. They will have, for example, a colon ial section, which will give a series of exhibits representing life and so cial and domestic relations from the settlement of the country down to the beginning of the nineteenth cen tury. Another feature will be a lit erary exhibit, giving a vast number of portraits, autographs, manu scripts, pamphlets and books by ev ery female author from 1700 to 1895; a musical exhibit of. the portraits, autographs, manuscripts and pub lished compositions of every female composer, and, oddest of all, a col- j lection of the patents, models and inventions of the 500 women invent ors of the United States. • j There will be a Midway plaisance similar to the one which was a nine days' wonder In Chicago; there will be an artificial lake, where canoes, Whitehall boats, gondolas, sampans, electric launches, naptha launches and proas will be at the beck and call of every visitor. Most interesting of all, from an Intellectual point of view, will be a series of "woman's congresses, continuing through the duration of the fair, in which there will be represent atives from every one of the - fifty women's organizations of the land. So much has been dene that when the fair opens on Sept 18 it will repre sent a total cash value of nearly $50, --000.000. The people of the South have joined heartily in the endeavor to make the event a great success. The hotels of Atlanta, headed by the Hotel Aragon and the Kimball house, have agreed to make no increase in rates; the peo ple who keep boarding houses or rent rooms have made the same contract. All the railroads which j converge at . Atlanta will carry and return exhib its free of charge and will also make special rates to every part of the coun try while the exposition lasts. Taken altogether, the Atlanta world's fair promises to be a great step in the de velopment of the new South. . - MARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM. ' ■ Angela "Hang from the parapets of heaven and smile upon the creative power of man that affords such luxury, comfort and pleasure at so small a cost" was the expression used by a prominent divine who had recently returned from a trip to the old New England home via the "Soo Line" The language seemed extravagant and out of place, but when one thinks of It all— the beau tiful scenery, magnificent cities and historic grounds through which the Soo Line routes, together with the pace of rates it is always setting for its monopolistic competitors— can. easily be understood why the man's soul was entranced . and extravagant utterance necessary to express his gratitude. For particulars of this famous route and rates write or apply to W. S. Thorn, 398 Robert street. ' ' .'-''* ;:V>- ; Perplexing:* '. ■.. t , "I'm in a quandary," said the emi nent official. "What's the matter?" Inquired his wife.! •:.?■: .•-.; "They are talking about having a [ prize fight under my very nose. I've got to do something or the law-ana order element will be after me." * > "Well, issue a . proclamation forbid ding it." - "Yes— If I do that maybe they'll go and have the prize fight somewhere else." .. -.. : ■».. ■-■■_■ '....-\ — . - .. ■ ■■•«-. . ; Some people want to travel quickly; others want to travel well, others both , quickly and- well. The latter use the Chicago ;. Great V ; Western ■ Ry., , (Maple i - Leaf Route),, to Chicago . and the. East and Kansas City and the South. PLUG TgE BJIEfIK. CYCLISTS CAN MEND THEIR OWN ' TIRES WITH THIS SIMPLE DEVICE WHEN OUT FOR A SPIN.! ->■ .• "■■ ■ ' NO ACCIDENTAL PUNCTURES CAN SPOIL THE FUN OF YOUR // OUTING. BICYCLES OF BAMBOO WOOD. I ! -•-.';■■"■ — ::\ i I Novelty In Wheels Promised for ] Next Season Chainless Wheels. New York Herald. '*.-.'"--' For the wheelman starting out for | a day's spin into the country there is one contingency always which is I : bound to give . rise to . more or less apprehension that is, the possibil ity of a punctured tire, with the re sultant delay and annoyance. Cy clists will therefore be interested in the recently perfected device of an Invention for mending punctured tires wjth ease and on the spot. The invention is applicable to the hose pipe tire, and, its designer main tains, will result in the inner tube tire becoming one of the things of the past. • .- At present if an inner tube tire receives a puncture it takes consid erable time to repair the same. The tire must be removed from the rim, then unlaced and the inner tube withdrawn, then the puncture must be located and repaired, and the tube again replaced within the shoe or tire, which is then cemented to. ; the . rim. All this means labor • and a great loss of time, but all this an noyance, the inventor says, can be avoided with the hose-pipe tire. The new invention for repairing the hose-pipe tire in Its present con-* dition is. very simple and practical. This Is generally the case with all inventions when they have been per fected, and very often the remark is heard, "How strange some one didn't think of that before!" WITHDRAWING THE INSTRU MENT, THE PLUG BEING EXPANDED. , Yet this simple repair tool was not. born and matured in a day. The instrument is constructed in. three sections, formed so that when closed together they collectively form a tube, which is contracted at one end. the tube . or sections ■ being : tapered at the end and formed to readily penetrate the puncture in the pneu matic tire. The sections are also pro vided with external disks, surround ed by an ordinary rubber . band, sprung into and -resting within the external surfaces of the disks, which normally . hold . the sections together and thus contract the tube. .'A plug-carrying plunger or holder accompanies the instrument, and also a device for enlarging the punct ure, if necessary. The plunger is provided at its Lower end with a socket to receive and hold a head- 13 Ed plug, made of rubber and having a suitable head or handle at the oth er end. The instrument also has a collar, provided with three tapered pins. When the collar is forced downward they expand the tube sec tions. The fact that the smaller portions of the tapered pins are then interposed between the projec tions on the tube sections causes the tapering portions of the pins to separate the projections and the tube sections, thus expanding the puncture in the tire, after first hav ing been inserted therein. Now the lower or tapered end of the tube sections enlargements are provided, which form substantially, when the tapered ends of the tube are contracted, an annular - raised head to afford a means to prevent the instrument from slipping away from the walls of the puncture in the tire while the tube sections are be ing expanded. i The rubber plug, which has an en larged head, is first , inserted into the socket or holder, attached to the plunger, the shank of the plug being inserted therein. The con tracted or pointed end of the mi i strument is then inserted through the puncture in the tire and ex panded. The plug is then passed by means, of the plunger through the expanded hole,' thus inserting" the same within the puncture. The col lar having the tapered pins is then pulled up to its normal position- to permit the contraction of the tube sections. 1 ; " - ; THE PLUNGER is then withdrawn, when the ends of the tube sections grasp the shank of the plug and prevent .it from falling within the tire, and also pre vent the plug* being winthdrawn from the puncture while the plunger is removed. .- ' By .withdrawing the instrument from the puncture the plug is drawn snugly into contact with the inner surface of the tire, and the surface of the shank portion of the plug is firmly engaged by the contracting walls of the puncture. ' The hinged or pivoted tube sec tions are closed by a spring, which can readily be renewed, and is not liable to lose its effectiveness. . ; The plug, immediately prior to be ing inserted, has, of course, received a coating of rubber cement, so that when the instrument is withdrawn the plug fastens firmly to the inner wall of the tire. It only remains then to inflate the tire, cut off the projecting shank level with the. out er surface of the tire and mount your wheel. . Several devices to accomplish the same purpose have been invented, but they are practically useless, for the reason that the plug, acts as the expander.hence the cement is rubbed off from the plug while it is being forced through the puncture. In this device the repair tool expands the puncture, thus allowing the plug to enter freely through the same with out disturbing the cement. . The same inventor is also confi dent that the day is not far distant when the chainless bicycle will take the place of the present bicycle. He has been experimenting in this di rection for several years, and has recently perfected, a bicycle which dispenses with the sprocket wheels, chain, 40 per cent of the frame and the ordinary pedals and pedal cranks. \" : :"-•"' :_, By its peculiar construction, say if 100 pounds -is placed upon the saddle, it will take forty pounds to raise the front wheel; hence it is perfectly safe. The driving, levers have a rise and fall of fourteen Inches; hence the rider's foot travels ! twenty-eight inches, while by the present chain bicycle the rider's foot travels about forty-two inches. The driving levers being' nearly double the length of the present pedal cranks now used on the chain bicy cle, it is claimed an increase of power is obtained— hence an increase of speed. The inventor will construct the frame of his _ chainless bicycle of bamboo, -as he has recently discov ered a process to prevent bamboo from splitting, which has been a great drawback In the use of the material for bicycle frames. i , Maple Lent Accommodation. If you want to Bend your family rail way tickets or money, call at Chicago Great Western Ticket Office (Maple Leaf Route) corner Robert and Fifth streets, where money for ticket and , Incidentals will be promptly delivered anywhere In the East, South or West, j without cost for telegrams . or ; special .'. service.. '•^^■:;,'';.;^': -)'J^