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NOVEL BICYCLES.
THE WHEEL PUT TO SfiTR.\SGE
AND CURIOUS USESs.
Rapidly Laying Telegraph Wires
With a Bieycle—Discharging Can
non by Means of a ** Bike ””
—An lece Bicycle.
HE New York World de
. scribes a number of novel
uses to which the bicycle will
be put. It says:
R. H. Wolff, of New York, who has
invented many novelties in the bicycle
line, including magazine rapid firing
gun, controlled by the cyclist, and a
tricycle cannon elsewhere described,
has just made public his last appli
ance for rapidly laying a provisional
military telegraph or telephone wire.
'fdhe illustration shows the general
ea.
On the handle bar of the bicycle is
secured a bracket constructed to hold
the necessary equipments for estab
lishing a complete telegraphic line, as
well as a telephone line, if desired. A
telegraphic transmitting instrument
and a receiving instrament are mount
ed on this bracket. When the bicycie
is supplied with telephonic apparatus,
the receiver is preferably suspended
by holders from the front of the
bracket. Any suitable construction
may be employed for throwing either
the telephonic or telegraphie ap
paratus into the circuit.
In laying the temporary line, the
end of the wire on the reel is made
fast at Leadquarters, and, as the rider
goes forward, the wire is unreeled.
The rider, from time to time, secures
the wire to some convenient object,
such as a tree, either directly or by
the use of suitable insulators. To en
able a long line to be laid, the bicyele
is provided at convenient points with
means for holding one or more extra
reels of wire.
At the end of the line the rider
grounds the battery wire by the use of
a suitable plate provided with a bind
ing post, to which latter one wire from
the battery is secured. The plate is
provided with a head, in order that it
can be driven into the ground.
The end of the wire may be secured
in the pintle of the reel, and placed in
electricai connection with the battery
through the metallic frame of the bi
eycle, in which case the rubber tires
of the bicycle will give a perfect insu
lation from the ground; or, at the end
of the line, the wire may be cut and
secured directly to the bindicg post
at the battery.
With a wheel constructed as de
scribed, a telegraphic or telephounie
circuit can be quickly established be
tween headquarters and outlying posts,
or between two or more outlying posts ;
and reports received and instructions
given with great facility.
Bieycle Cannon.
The Superintendent of a bicyele
eompany is engaged in the perfection
of two applications of the cyele idea
to modern warfare. A jealously
guarded secret is that of a rapid-firing
magzazine gun attached to the haundle-
[ K
bar of a bicycle. The deadly weapon,
discharging four hundred shots a min
ute from its fanlike arrangement of
glistening barrels, is operated by the
rider, the same power that propels the
wheel beii Jused to fire the gun at
will. A piatoon of cyclists mounted
on these death-dealing engines would
work great havoec upon a mob or an
enemy at close range.
The other engine, not as yet per
fected to the satisfaction of the inven
tor, is shown in an accompanying
sketeh. It is called the “‘American
Flyiog Artillery.” The small cannon
FOR LAYING TELEGRAFH LINES.
BICYCLE CANXNON.
A BICYICLE ON IICE.
is to be a rapid-firing breech-loader.
Two men ride the machine. The am
munition is carried on another wheel
ol similar construction. In action the
riders dismount, swing the cecrriage
around, fire a volley or two, and then
remounting, resume their flight. Thie
novel piece of field artillery was shown
on the day of the opening of the Har
lem ship canal, the naval parade being
saluted with one hundred guns as if
passed the foot ot East 118th street.
A Bicycle on lce.
The bicycle does not go into com
plete retirement even upon the arrival
of winter ice and snow. In fact, the
bicyele will be one of the big things
on ice during the coming season. From
the suggestion thrown out by a boy
who lashed an ordinary skate to the
front wheel of his safety, and was en
abled to make good time over the sur
face of a frozen lake, two enterprising
young met in Chicago have invented
and patented an ice bicycle, and
formed acompany for its manufacture.
With the first perfected model one
of the inventors made a mile in one
minute and twenty seconds, and this
can be improved upon, the skill of the
rider being the only limit to the possi
bilities in the line of records. The
general features of the ice bicycle are
conveyed in the cut. The change
from the normal bicycle to the ice
machine can Le made in five minutes.
The rear tire is deflated and the
toothed band of steel slipped over it.
The tire is then inflated until the ten
sion is sufficient to hold the band
firmly in place. The cut sufficiently
explains the attachment of the skate
device.
The blade is bollow ground, render
ing lateral slipping ilmpossible. The
weight of the machine remains unal
tered. The device is quite cheap,
costing less than $2O, and for that rea
son cycling on ice is sure to become
popular if not the reigning fad of the
winter.
A Peculiar Crime.
Neligh, Neb., has been the scene
of one of one of the most peculiar
crimes in the history of the State, and
there is no clew to the identity of the
perpetrator. The entire family of
W. O, Brown has been worn out
with watching at the bedside of a sick
<hild, and when opportunity offered
slept more soundly than usual. When
Miss Jennie Brown, a girl just bud
ding into womanhood, awoke she dis
covered that during the night she had
been shorn of her tresses by some one
who had come in through the window
during the night. When she went to
sleep the night before she was pos
sessed of a beautiful head of hair.
One-half of it was gone, the thief evi
dently being afraid to disturb her
sufficiently to secure the portion
from the side of her head which lay
on the pillow. The hair on the ex
posed side of her head was cut off
close to the scalp, and the thief had
taken his flight without waking any
one in the house.—Chicago Times-
Herald. .
Shark Fishing,
Among the great variety of fish that
are caught on the coast of Sonthern
California, says the Los Angeles
Times, the shark is generally regarded
merely as a curiosity. It isa fact that
sharks are caught fer commercial pur
poses, and the industry pays very
well. MeGarvin, a fisherman whe
lives at Alamitos Bay, a few miles
south of Long Beach, makes quite s
business of catching sharks by means
of stout lines fastened to stakes op
shore. He recently caught as many
as eighty in one day. The chief value
of the shark is in the oil, although the
Chinese consider the fins of the fist
quite a delicacy.
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OLDEST HOUSE IN NEVW YORK.
Southampton Has the Relic Which
Claims This Distinction.
One of the few relics left of thke
early Colonial days is still standing at
Southampton, Long Island. This town
claims the pre-eminence of being the
oldest English town in the State of
SAYRE HOUSE, BUILT Ix 1648,
New York, and the ancient house re
ferred to was built by Thomas Sayre,
one of the first settlers. It was erected
in 1648, and has been handed down
from father to son in an unbroken line
for ten generations, the present owner
being the direct descendant of the
builder.
At a time of threatened Indian out
break in 1666 it was one of the rally
ing places of the inhabitants in case
of a night attack. The descendants
of Thomas Sayre are very numerous,
both in this State and in New Jersey.
The ancient mansion, whieh stands on
the main street of the village, is an
object of curious interest to the multi
tude of city residents who find in that
quiet village by the sea a summer rest
ing place.
The massive timbers and covering
of thick cedar shingles are sufficient to
insure its remaining for years to come
a 8 a curious and 'interesting relic of a
long past age. Of no other house in
the State can it be said that ten gener
ations have been born and died within
Its walls.—New York Herald.
He Predicts the End ol the World,
The end of the world, announced by
the German weather prophet, Dr.
Falb, to take place in 1896, has been
oostponed by the doctor owing to un
»xpected obstacles, until November
13, 1899, between 2 and 4 o’cloci: in
she morning. 1n this announcement,
Falb agrees with Brother Philippe
Olivarius, of the Citeux Cloister in
france. According to s manuscript
written in 1544, left by the monk, the
city ol Paris is to be destroved in
1896, and the end of the world is to
take place in 1899,
The annual r_opori of the lrish Reg-
ister-General shows that the estimated
population of Ireland in the middle of
Jast year was 4,600,599,
RULER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE,
GRAPH RECENTLY TAKEN.
FALB.
It Rained Mice,
The young dude had a pet silk um
brella, says the Cincinnati Tribune,
and he lived on Walnut Hills. Every
one in the house liked that particular
umbrella better than any ‘)ther, and
would use it in spite of him. He hid
it finally so securely that he could nct
find 1t himself until he chanced to
come across it while bunting up anold
coat he wanted to do some extra gar
den work in for his mother.
He remembered just where it was,
and yesterday he took it out because
he was going to Hartwell to spend San
day. He jumped into the car Leside
a sweet young lady with whom he was
very proud to be seen. They alighted
at the corner of Fourth and Walnut
streets, and while waiting to put her
on a Covington car, he raised the um
brella to protect her from the sun.
There was then a smothered shriek or
two and a commotion. Three little
wriggling baby mice had fallen out on
the young lady’s hat and dress. They
rolled into the gutter and a handy pup
gobbled them up. The young dude’s
spirits were at the wilted cabbage leaf
stage all the rest of the day.
Unique Nests,
A curious Australian bird is the lit
tle rock warbler (Origma rubrieata),
whose method of nest-constructing is
prubably unique amoug birds.
Mr. Gould writes: ““The true habitat
of this species is New South Wales,
over which part of the country it is
very generally distributed wherever
situations occur suitable to its habits;
water courses and the rocky beds of
gullies, both near the coast and among
the mountains of the interior, being
equally frequented by it; and so ex
clusively, in fact, is it confined to
such situations that it never visits the
forests, nor have I ever seen it perch
ing on the branches of trees. It does
not even resort to them as a resting
place for its nest, but suspends the
latter to the ceilings of caverns and
the under surface of overhanging
rocks in & manner that is most sur
prising ; the nest, which ils of an ob
long globular form and composed of
moss and other similar substances, is
suspended by a narrow neck, and
presents one of the most singular in
stances of bird architecture thai has
come under my notice.”
Awiul Accusation.
A terrible accusation was that con
tained in a complaint sworn out ves
terday by Jacob Gorgoschillitz against
George, Steve, Frank and Jack Tulds,
as well as little George, of the same
family, says <he St. Paul Globe. Mr.
Gorgoschillitz states, swears and
avers that the foregoing five and sev
eral Thidas ‘‘did, on or about the Tth
day of September, 1895, speak, utter,
enunciate, use and employ, with
felonious and unauthorized reference
to himself, the said Jacob Gorgoschii
litz, certain and divers words and ex
prescsions which would tend to provoke
an assault, namely, to wit, that the
said five Thidas did, one and all, de
scribe and apostrophize the said Gor
goschillitz as bologna sausage.” The
warrant was at once placed in the
hands of every detective of Chiet
Q’Conaor’s force.
SMALLER SLEEVES.
A NOTABLE FEATURE OF TIE
SEASON’S STYLES.
The Enormous Proportions of Last
Season’s Sleeves to Be Reduced
—QOstrich Tips for Hats—Win--
ter Coats and Jackets.
NE of the notable feaiures of
the new styles is the decrease
in the size of sleeves. There
is little probability that
small sleeves will come in for a long
time, for the large ones have been
much more comfortable and easy to
manage, ‘and everybody is satisfied
with them ; but last season their enor
-laoous proportions made it impossible
to wear anything in the way of ordin
ary wraps, and women who had those
which were ever so handsome were
compelled to put them aside, and
either buy vew or get along as best
they could. The latest sleeves droop
a little over the elbows, ana are rea
sonably full at the tops. The straight
portion from wrist to elbow is fairly
close-fitting, and is in most of the new
suits entirely untrimmed. Some cos
fumes, however, have deep, turned
back cuffs; others have plaitings; oth
ers are trimmed with bows and bands
of velvet, and a few have passemen
terie or lace.
Large pufls from elbows to shoul
ders are used on dresses of light m
terial; but the tailor costume and
cloth dress hav? the drooping effect
just desecribed.
TIPS FORE HATS.
Nothing is more certain than the
popularity of ostrich tips. Hats, near
ly all, are trimmed with them; the
number in each case depending upon
the use to which the hat is to be put.
Two or three are a modest number, if
the chapean is for general use. Seven
or eight are not alarge collection if the
hat is for dress occasions.
BEAUTIFUL AND NOVEL CAPE.
This strikingly beautiful cape is novel in design, elaborate in embroidery
and the nswest garment out for evenicg wear, over big sleeves.
There are no favorite fashions in
plume arrangement. The fancy is
for artistic grouping, and the more
picturesque the effect, the more in the
mode is it.
These trimmings make the head
covering as large as ever. The
‘‘small” bonnets are even larger.
For they are oftenest in toque Tam
o’ Shanter shape, and the feathers and
knots stand out at aggressive angles.
The real theatre bonnet for the winter
has not appeared, umnless we are tuv
suffer from a scourge of these orna
mented Tam o’ Shanters.
Not that they are not very pretty
on the woman by one’sside ; they are.
But, onjthe lady in front of us, they are
not contributory to our enjoyment of
the stage periormance.
I have hardly seen a prettier winter
hat than the one here shown, says the
fashion writer of the New York Press.
Itis a black silk beaver, with orna
mentation of black miroir velvet, four
rich black plumes, and a fa'l of green
blue satin roses over the back hair.
These green blue, parrot green, navy
blue roses, seemed odd enough at the
beginning of the season, but they no
longer appear objectionable.
A PRETTY WINTER HAT.
‘‘Madmoiseile’s hair is arranged in
» large soft knot at the back of the
bead. The portion which is curleé
and caught over the ears is the same
straight hair which was parted in the
summer, and drawn down to conceal
them entirely. Fashion has concluded
that her young charges are not suited
by plain madonna effects,
WINTER COATS, CAPES AND JACKETS.
Velvet is a very great favorite im
the making of fall and winter capes,
jackets, cloaks and redingotes, black
velvet particularly, though the deep
A COVERT COAT.
shades in brown and green will be
used. : Fur edgings and spangled
bands and points are the garnitures.
There are very few medium lengths
in coats; they are either short or long,
and the puzzle as to how the jacketor
coat was to go on over the immense
dress sleeves has in a measure been
solved by the introduction of stylish,
elegantly fitted models, that are sleeve
less, this omission concealed by a
pretiy cape that neariy reaches the
waist. For unpleasant weather this
will button across, so that the cape
cannot fly open, thus making a very
comfortable cool weather garment.
The redingotes of plain ladies’ cloth,
fancy diagonal, rough checks and
English cheviot in various patterns
will be very fashionably worn during
the winter. 'These have immense
cape or sailor collars covered with
braid and edged with fur, and large
Cromwellian cuffs likewise trimmed.
Some of the redingotes have a fitted
back, with box plaited skirts and
straight fronts without darts or seams,
many of these being double breasted.
Cloth biouses appear with skirts to
matech, also velvet blouses lined with
light weight flannel to be worn with
silk or satin skirts. Cream satin sailor
collars overlaid with jet appear on
some of the elegant blouses of wvelvet,
and velvet sailor collars finish the
cloth blouse. Braiding is in greater
favor than ever on capes, coats and
redingote collurs and caffs. White
and cream cloth revers, vests and cape
collars, with shawl points, are added
to expensive imported coats of ecru
fawn, bottle green, sot delicate sage
green and swallow blue cloth.
All men find it necessary to have a
light covert coat among their stock of
outer garments, and the well gowned
woman, who prides herself upon al
weys having the correct thing to wear,
now buys one once if not twice a vear.
Just now the sfyle for these coats is
to have them quite short, with skirts
at the back full enough to sallow the
skirts of the gown to stand out well,
loose fronted and buttoned under a
flap, and with the front so cleverly
cut that the curve from bust to hip is
not distinguished.
SIMPLE MILLINERY FOR
Millinery for children is simple,and
could scarcely be more becoming.
Little hats of felt or colored straw are
turned up at one side, and trimmed
with a profusion of wide ribbon, with
buckles and wings.
There are 6003 pieces in the mod
ern high-grade locomotive.
Corner Broad and Eddy Strects.
WHERE OUR MAMMOTH VARIETY OF
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Lonrdon i 3 now listening to Signor
Fabozzi, a XNeapolitan pianist, born
»ind.
In 1597 Canada will celebrate the
100th anniversary of the landing of Se-
Jastian Cabot.
Georgia has a guiet, harmless Sev
math Day believer {n the chain gang for
1 year for working on Sunday.
Tom Eck and John 8. Johnson are
:alking about getting up a big profes
slonal race meeting in Minneapolis.
The building of looms in Lowell was
begun nearly seventy years ago, and
aas been continued ever since without
nterruption.
Bicyclists must first learn to ride
fairly well before they are allowed to
ase their wheels In the public streets
>f Russian clties,
Admiral Meade, who retired only late
v, after a long, active service in the
national navy, takes a great deal of
*omfort in his wheel.
A Portsmouth, N, H., liveryman fail
ad for $12,000 the other day. He says
oicycles ruined the business, for three
years ago he was worth $40,000.
Blanche Cox, a well-educated and
ladylike Salvationist, has been sert to
Jall for thirty days for “disturbing the
peace” of Colorado Springs by open air
meetings.
It is reported that & bicycle builder
In England is working on a wheel to
carry seven riders. It will prove a
great novelty for exhibition purposes
If for nothing else. :
Bicycles are sald to have serlously
affected the sale of pianos in England.
The reason given is that when a girl
Is asked to choose between the two for
a present she invariably selects the
wheel,
At Bremen the largest salling ship
afloat has just been completed. It is
called the Potosi, is a five-master, 394
feet long, 50 broad, with a draught ot
25 feet and a carrying capacity of
6,150 tons.
A well-known pianist, Otto Lamborg,
who is a member of the Berlin Cycle
Club, makes good use of his wheel this
summer He glves concerts In Saxonian
and Silesian watering places, playing
every day in a different place, and does
all his traveling on the wheel.
It Is estimated that the American
people have invested $25,000,000 in bi
cycles this year, and that the demand
for wheels in the next twelve months
will be about 700,000. Meantime horses
are selling in Idaho at $l5 a dozen,
with horseless carriages looming up on
the horizon.
Chimneys constructed on modern
principles were almost unknown to the
ancients, being used only :in large
baths, where great quantities of hot
water were needed. Chafing dishes,
braziers of glowing coals and bottles of
hot water were employed by the ladies
of the middle ages to keep their rooms
warm.
Some days ago Franz Fuchs, the
champion of Styria on the safety bi
cycle and a member of the Graz Club,
married one of the lady members of this
society. Immediately after the wed
ding ceremony they started off on a
tandem for their wedding trip, which
will comprise a tour through the Alps,
Switzerland and Italy.
Miss Catharine Horsford, daughter
of the famous archaeologist, has de
ciphered the Inscription on a stone
found in Inwood, N. Y. She shows that
it is a relic of the Viking settlements
made in America long before the time
of Columbus, which proves that the
Norsemen penetrated as far down as
Manhattan Island.
Bronze pots were unearthed by Dr.
Schliemann at Troy, these vessels be-
Ing supposed to date from 900 B. C.
The same sort of vessels, the same
metal, were found In Nineveh, suppos
ed to date from 1300 B. C., and in
Babylon vessels of the same kind were
found under circumstances that indi
cate a date of perhaps 1100 B. C.
While walking across lots near Se
bree, Ky., a few days ago, a man named
Walker struck his foot against some
thing sticking out of the ground, which
he found to be an old ramrod. He sus
pected that it might mark a treasure,
buried perhaps in war times, and began
digging. At a depth of six feet he
found a jug which contained almost
$5OO in gold coins. . .
Tender-Heartcd Women.
“Like mistress, I’ke maid,” is a say
ing that is probably oftener true than
“like master, like man.” The story is
told that Mlle. Augustine Brohan, a
celebraied French comedienne, who
was extremely humane to all animals,
no matter how humble, one day, at ta
ble, found a fly caught on her plate. She
took it up tenderiy with her thumb
and finger, and called her maid.
“Marie,” she said, “take this fly—be
careful, don’'t hurt him!-and put him
out doors.” The girl took the fly and
went away, but presently Mlle. Brohan
saw her standing near with a troubled
expression on her face. “Well, Marie,”
she said, “did you do as I told you?"
“No, mademoiselle, I have the fly still;
I couldn’t venture to put him out doors
—it was raining, and he might have tak
en cold.”
Pillar 2at Rheims.
The famous trembling pillar at
Rheims presents a curious problem to
architects. The church of Saint Nicaise
is surrounded with pillars constructed
to prevent the walls from straining.
At the entrance of the church is a bell
tower. On one of the bells in this
tower the phenomenon of the trembling
pillar depends. When this bell is rung
or even touched the top of this plllar
sSways.
It goes and returns about seven inches
on each side, although the base of the
pillar is immovable, and the stones are
so firmly cemented that it seems like
a solid piece of stone.
An authority who states that no satis
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factery solution of this peculiarity has
been given, writes: “What is very sin
gular is that although the four bells are
about the same distance from the trem
bling pillar only one of them has any
effect on it. The others may be ruag
singly or all together without moving it.
In 1775 a little window was made in
the roof of the church opposite the pil
lar. A board was placed on top of the
piliar, and on it were put two glasses
of water. Then the bell was rung. Im
mediately the pillar began to sway, and
at the fifth stroke of the bell, the two
glasses were thrown off.
The ringing of this bell has no effect
on the pillars between the phenomenal
one and the tower, nor on any of the
others. But formerly it was the #irst
pillar which swayed, then it became im
movable, and some years ago the one
next to‘t became the eccentric one.
It Rang the Bell.
A writer, sojourning In an Italian
city, tells in the New York Tribune how
an earthquake announced itself:
Late one evening Isoletta and Cate
rina rushed in upon us in terrified ex
citement as we sat reading by the light
of an oil lamp In the “yellow room;”
thelr faces were of the whiteness of
paper, and thelr eyes had a wild ex
pression of fear.
*'Signora, what !s the matter? Every
bell in the house Is ringing. Maria Sane
tissima, what will become of us!”
I must explain that the bells were of
the old-fashloned variety, which hang
on wires and are pulled by a bell rope.
“Per carita, s!gnora, come and sece
what has happened.”
They were so much In earnest that,
to calm thelr féars, we went into the
hall. There were the ten bejls hung in
a row and ringing as though the furies
were at the other end of the rope! Ring-
Ing of their own accord apparently, or
at least pulled by no visible hand.
Of a sudden we became aware that
the floors were trembling, the walls
were shaking The whole building mov
ed on its foundations; it swayed from
side to side, at first slightly, then fur
ther and further, with a slow, rhyth
mic motion, full of grace and majesty;
but we could realize no sensatiou be
yond the sickening terror.
It was an earthquake. The motlon
lasted a few seconds, then ceased grad
ually. Had it continued three seconds
longer the tall obelisks, the beautiful
campanili, would have fallen.
Good Greenbacks in Bad Company.
Charles M. Burks, one of the clty
policemen, hit a streak of luck a few
days ago that was worth to him £l2O.
He found that much money in a box
of old Confederate bills that his fuather
had owned before his death. 'The old
gentleman was quite well-to-do, and
lived on a fine farm In Troup County,
He had a box full of Confederate money
that was on hand when the war closed.
He laid the box away, considering its
contents worthless. ke died in 1878,
and the box was left to his children.
Some time ago Mr. Burks' sister sent
the box to him from her home down in
Troup County. In counting over the
money he came across several bills
that looked like good money to him.
Mr. Burks went to J. C. Dayton of the
State Savings Bank for an opinion on
the money. Mr. Dayton told Mr.
Burks that he thought the bills were
good, and that he would cash them if
they were not in such bad company,
Mr. Dayton proposed that the bills be
sent to the treasury at Washington, to
which Mr. Burks consented. They
were sent last Friday, and Wednesday
Mr. Dayton received from the treasury
a letter inclosing a check for §l2O. Mr.
Burks still has £44,000 In Confederate
money (}n that old box, which he would
be glad to exchange for checks. —At
lanta (Ga.) Journal.
1 Lessons in Hands.
There’are hands, long, slender, nerv
ous ones, that nature meant to hold the
brush or pen; there are others a little
shorter, but with very slender tips, that
can touch the keys of the piano or do
anvthing that requires quickness of meo
tion. There is the flat, dimpled hand
that is expressionless, though it may
be affectionate, and there is the short,
square one that bespeaks determination
of will, a taint of coarseness, and a
temper that will smolder like a dull
fire and break out and rage some day.
Trust a woman who sits with bher
thumbs up: she may be determined, but
she is truthful. The one who conceals
her thumbs Is apt to be deceitful and
untruthful. Look at the thumb if you
want to judge of people’s inteliectual
strength, for the longer it is, propor.
tionally, the stronger the brain.—l'hila
delphia Times.
She Had Nerve and Pluck.
A woman’s nerve saved herself and
her husband from death Tuesday after.
noon at Middletown, N. Y. While Mme.
Da Coma was riding a bicycle on a wire
suspended over the Walkill river, her
husband, sitting in a trapeze hung
from the bicycle, the guy wire gave
way and the main strand sank twenty
feet. Mme. Da Coma remained in her
seat and plunged down the loop. The
rear wheel left the wire and the front
wheel started up the incline. The bi
cycle see-sawed several times and final
ly stopped. When the electric launch
came under them the woman climbed
down, and her husbhand, hanging by his
feet, lowered her at arm’s length and
she dropped into the launch. Da Coma
also reached the launch without injury.
—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Afiloat on Liquid Air.
One of the most striking of the ex
periments in a recent lecture before the
Royal Institute of Great Britain show
ed a frozen soap bubble floating on
liquid afr.
The man who thinks the world owes
him a living, and will call around and
pay it, gets left.
A man never knows the extent of his
wife's patience till he is sick and has
to be waited on, - e