1 The Marvelous Vogue oi me T?..t 1 M MaIIoii "Carriages Without New Tons City (Special). The foretold time when "carriages with out horses shall go" has come, anil the end of the century finds the self jiropolling vehicle an established fao tor of every-dny life. Thin is demon strated by tho organization of the Au tomobile Club of America for the de velopment of the motor-carriage as a source of sport and pleasure, the for mation of a gignntio trust for the com mercial exploitation of electric street traction in this country, and the lay ing of plana for an international race between French and American auto mobiles all events of the past few weeks. Ho qnicklyjdo the'Jnew! things be come old, and so readily do people adapt themselves to the marvelous contrivances which modern inventive ingenuity has devised, that the auto mobile, but a brief time ago unknown, no longer arouses more than a pass inn ouriositv. And vet it is one of the most interesting of latter-day in- youth, it may be fonnd everywhere in Paris, France, and in Faris, Ky. It adapts itself to a multitude of needs, for it may be my lady's victoria or the bntoher's cart. It hauls packages And passengers. It runs over country-roads and city asphalt. It diversi fies life by the sea and it makes the city streets more interesting than ever. It may be bought, hired or borrowed. It eats no oats or hay, bnt it may sub sist on electricity or feed on petroleum or gasoline. It is good at sprinting or at long-distance travels. It climbs hills, speeds over flat surfaces and it may even turn flip-flaps, as the recent experience of a young experimenter at Newport has demonstrated. Altogether the automobile, in its various mani festations and uses, is an exceedingly CHAMPION AUTOMOBILE STOKER ALEX ANDES WINTON AND HIS MANAGER, O. versatile and useful thing. In some respeots it has threatened to supersede the horse, that faithful animal which has so many times been turned out to die, only to be resurrected to a career of prolonged usefulness. The horse ia still with us, and the automobile promises to ooonpy a very large plaoe in the activities of men, but there is no warfare between the two. It is not possible that the horse will disappear or revert to the five-toed thing be was In remote periods of the world's life. There will always be a field for the horse, at least to browse in, if not for many of the noes for which man has found him indispensable. So that in celebrating the vogne of the automo bile there is no reason to ohant an elegy of the horse. Thero are many who will take to the new form of pro pulsion; there are others who will never forsake the horso. - Some conception of the marvelous expansion of the automobile idea may be gathered from the casual announce ment that a contraot has reoently been aiade for the manufacture of 4200 elec trio vehicles, or automobiles, involv ing an expenditure of over $8,000,000. That ia large amount for investment, especially in a new enterprise, bnt if fAiUpted br H. Bwtholiyaw from IIrpr'i Wkly.l AN OBJECT LE3HON AT A GRADE CllO.SBING. it proves anything, it provea that the automobile ia no inconsiderable factor in modern life, and that the making and using of electrio cabs and carts nave assumed vast proportions. A motor carriage ia expousivuio be gin with; but, taking into considera tion that there are no horses to be bought with it, the extra cost is more apparent thau real. An electrio cab costs some fifteen hnudred dollars to build, end the more delicate end ole fin! private vehioles run np into the thousand. Bat the expense of opera- AutomoDiie. CtiUi.. n t Horses Shall Go." lion is slight. A charge of electricity for one run may behad for sixty cents. The gnsoline for an eleven hundred mile trip, made by a inotor-carriage from Cleveland, Ohio, to New York recently, cost less than six dollars; and William O. Tiffany relates that the fuel for a two days' journey through Tonroine cost him hut three dollars. M. Charron, of Paris, whowas shalf lenged to an international automobile rnce by Alexander Winton, recently proposed a stake of one hundred thou sand francs, tho object bei to demon strate the possibilities ui American LONDON AuTemeBiLf AIL. CAFVTS STYLES OF YAQO.'W and foreign made machines. For the future, the automobile holds out the promise of a city practically free from the maddening street noises that make modern urban existence more or less a torture. Cobble pavements are laid to resist metal tires and the pounding of steel-shod horses. With every vehicle motor-driven, and every wheel pneumatic-tired, all pavements can be of asphalt. Not only will the rumbling of heavy trucks and the clat ter of hoof-beats disappear, but there will be no more tracks to cut up the streets, since electrio omnibuses, carrying as many people and moving as swiftly as the electrio cars of to day, will take the place of street rail ways. Having already conquered the rail, electricity will then have made itself master of the highway as well. Bapid transit for long distances being supplied by electrio trains in clean, cool, brillantly-lighted subways, the elevated roads will be no more. Tho removal of the horse from the streets will not only make them noiseless, but will practioally solve the problem of atreet-oleaning, and greatly improve the sanitary conditions of urban life, reducing the amount of street refuse a minimum. With clean, smooth oroughfnres, through which swift, a. -shod, easy-riding vehicles dait no.selessly, it will no longer be neoes sary to seek the oountry for rest and quiet. Once the horseless age is in full sway, every man will have his own automobile, and the bicycle, which has already, to some extent, supplant ed the horse, will in tnrn be shelved, save for purposes of sport. With the universal development of sources of supply of electrioity, the eleetromo bile will take the place of all other forms of traotion, and plugs will be provided in the streets from which the antomobilist may tako hia supply of power by a niokle-in-the-slot de vice, while along rural highways power stations will be established so that journeys of any distance may be undertaken. Even on the farm, auto wains will do the heavy burden carry ing. The horse may still be harnessed to the plow, may still furnish sport on the race-course and riding exercise for tho few, but no longer will he be the chief bearer of man's burdens. Who will auy be has not earned rest? The General l'ostoilloe automobile mail carts are being subjected to a severe teat by the postal authorities of London, and it is believed that they will be put in general use. Those who have watched the new vehiole say they are faster than any that have yet beeu tried. Their appearanoe is np to date in every way. Imagine a wagon, not unlike the mail wagons of New York with an Im mense hood ovir the driver's seat. and back of it another ease of hand somely polished wood, which is used for the supplementary mails. Torjniso CAnr " for titb transcox- TINRNTAt, TOVJB. (The automobile In which Mr. and Mrs. John J). Davis started for Ban Fran . Cisco from New York City.) The front wheels of the wagon are small enough to swing under the body of the vehicle. They work on a pivot and the wagon can be turned almost f.LCTC peuvEfty- IN TltACTICAL CHE, in its own length. It is the facility with which these wagons can be sent around a corner or worked through a winding lane between lines of other wagons and drays that makes the uew motor cart valuable. Automobilists in this country are greatly interested in the attempt of Mr. and Mrs. John 1). Davis to make the run to San Francisco in a motor carriage. Their automobile resembles a road phaeton. The motor is con cealed under the seat. The driver sits on tha left of the seat. With his right hand he controls the direction of the vehiole. Two levers on his left regulate the speed. The automo bile must be supplied with gasoline and water evory few miles. France's Mont IMclorraque (lonernl. General the Marquis de Oalliffet.the French Secretary of War, shot 35,000 Socialists in 1871. General de Gal liffet is the picturesque figure of the Cabinet. He captures the imagina tion of the country. He is admitted on all sides to be the ablest and most brilliant cavalry officer in Europe. Hale and handsome at seventy his life is one long series of dare-devil adven tures in wars and in love. An explod ing shell tore open his abdomen in SECRETARY OF WAR OAtiLIFFET. Mexico, and the French say he oar ried his entrails in his hat until he found a surgeon. The present coat for his stomach is a silver plate, and he firmly declares that he experiences all the violent fluctuations in the value of the metal. Senator Chauncey M. Depew says that "his oondnct after he defeated the Commune in 1871 ia the one incident indelibly impressed with all the horrors of the time upon my memory. He corralled a large section of the population of Paris. As these men and women were driven before him he seized the ends of the fingers of each and bent back the bind. If the palm was black they were shot, the men as participants in the fighting, the women as guilty of iuoendiariBm with petroleum. To the appeals of the old, he answered, 'you have lived long enough,' and of the young, 'it is a mercy to save you from the dangors of living. Behoolboy Won the trlge. "Now," said a schoolmaster, as he displayed a bright five-shilling piece between the tips of his finger and thumb, "the first boy or girl that puts a riddle to me which I cannot answer will reoeive this as a gift." "Any more?" he asked, as soon as sileuoo was restored, and no one had claimed the coin. "Yes, sir," sang out a little fellow from the farther end of the sohool. "Why am I like the Prinoe of Wales?" "The Prince of Wales," said the master, thoughtfully. "The Prince of Wales?" he repeated to himself. "Beally, Johnny, I aee no resemblance in yen; I'll give it np." "Beoanse," cried the lad joyfully, "I'm waiting for the crown." London TitDits. INDIANS AS MAGICIANS. WONDERFUL TRICKS IN LEGERDE MAIN PERFORMED BY RED MEN. The Arlrkarrrn of Nnrlli Dakota llnnre In Itoarlng r Initio rnrn Trick of tha Navnjnr Month ftprnt In 1'lolnr vaqnit symboll OrettHinles anil Kent. "The greatest magicians I have ever seen," said Dr. Washington Mathews of the United States army, "the most expert in legerdemain, were the Arickaree Indians, who in my time in 18(i."i lived at Fort Herthold, in what is now North Dakota. In the autumn of that year, when tie har vest was done and before they went ont upon their winter hunt, weeks and months were spent in ceremonies of nil kinds, picturesque and symbolio dances, the celebrations and anniver saries of secret societies, etc., among not only the men, but the women and the little children. "Events of this kind oronrred every day and evory night. They hnd iu the centre of their village a great medicine lodgo, probably ninety feet in diameter, cir cular in form. In it tlrey hnd performances every night, and we idle white men, who had noth ing else to do, visited these perform ances more regularly than we wonld visit the theatres in a city. It was a place of resort with us every night. Part of the lodge was fenced oft' for the audience, and thereat reserved for the performers. In addition to songs and dunces they had exhibitions of legerdemain. I cannot think of all their tricks, for years have rolled by since then. Making little wooden imnges smoke pipes, putting a stuffed bird on the end of a stick and making it rhirp, were among the most amus ing. The Inst trick was probably per formed by the use of a reed in the month of one of the magicians. "The lire dnnco was one of their most interesting performances. They wonld build a tremendous lire, dance around it, and nt a certain point the meu would break ont and rush into the roaring flames, dance in them and throw the embers madly into the air. It wn then time for us to rush out ourselves, because we might be struck by some of the flying brands. Ap parently they went into the fire bare footed and barelegged. They wore nothing but breechclouts. "Night after night they had some thing new. Another trick was ap parently to run a knife through a man's arm and let the blood rush out. They would entertain us for hours with songs unci dunces. Xo admis sion wbb charged, but we frequently nindo them presents." "What is the greatest trick you hnve ever seen among tho Xavnjoes?" "The growth of the corn is a very pretty trick. It takes place at night by the uncertain light of the lire, w inch confuses the eye of the specta tor. A party of IudinuH come In and dance, bearing nothing appar ently about them. They form a rini.-, singing and dancing. The liug opens and there you see growing out of the bare ground of the corral a small plant. They siug awhile and the ring closes again. When it opens a second time the yucca baceata plant is noticed. In Indian rites every thing goes by fours. It is their sa cred number, as three and seven are sacred numbers with us. There are four acts in the rite. The secoud is the plant in bud; the third is the plant in flower. The ring closes again and when it opens there is the fruit, with great beans six inches long hanging to it. The explanation is that they bring into the inclosure with them the various parts of the plant, which they doft'y place in proper position while the ring is closed during the incanta tions. They use their blankets to cover the work. For rude people like them, with poor instruments, in the days when they had flint knives, it must have been a great task to pre pare for this trick. Our wax workers and toy makers would not find it diffi cult. The Indians in the audience believe the dancors to be gifted with supernatural power. The perform ance ia partly religious worship and partly amusement. It is partly with a view of making abundnut fruit and partly for entertainment. The ele ments of amusement and religion go hand in hand everywhere. The speo tacular and the devotional are almost inseparable. The only place where they disappear is at a quaker meet ing. "The fire dance, perhaps the most interesting ceremony of the Nava joes," said Dr. Mathews, is held in a great corral, 200 or 300 feet in diume ter. Iu the ceutre a great fire is built, around which the dancers per form. On the sides and all around the inclosure smaller tires are lighted for the comfort of the spectators, and about them the onlookers gather. The dance is always held in winter, on cold, frosty nights, with stars twinkling brightly overhead 'the eyes of wolves, as Longfellow says. Inside this fire-lighted ffi.ole great showeis of sparks full all over the cor ral. "The first thing is burning thu down off the wand. An immense fire, as big as this room, is burning iu the eeutre, causing a great shower of em bers and spurks ,to fly in the air. Ashes fall ou the spool ators like snow. It beoomes too warm for comfort aud yon hare to protect your face. Wheu the fire is at its height a sound like the notes of a crane is heard, aud finally twelve men enter the chole. They are stark naked aud are painted iu white men of fine physical appear ance, not fut, but live, lean athletes, looking like statues. They move slowly around close to the fire a file that you could not approach with your clothes on. They go through all sorts of postmen imaginable nlassio pos tures aud statuesque postures. They carry on the eud of a stick come eagle down, their object being to burn it off in the fire. They do not appear to suffer from the heat of the fire, but how they avoid it is not certain. They make" nil the play and appear ance as though their task was difficult, nnd it cer tainly is terrible punishment to rp proach near enough to the flames to burn off the down. Some rush up quickly and burn it; others twist and turn, apparently without much suffer ing. They dnrt nt the fire and then retreat, to return ngnin, turning and turning, and flnnlly the down is burned from all the sticks. "Then the task is to restore It. Tlrey continue to dance and dip their wands into the flames, and suddenly, as though by magic, the ball of down is back again. When this is done they call the cry of the randhill crane and rush out of the Inclosure. It is easy to explain how the down is re stored. The performers hold in the hnnd n ball of down and some pitch, and by some dexterous motions, too quick for the eye to discern in the light of the fire, they fasten the down by catching the end of the stick. The performers, of coune, use every effort to innUfl it nppear difficult, and show crnfly movements, Fomewhat similar to those of the sleight-of-hand meu ou the stage. "That bnnd retires, nnd toward morning, just before dawn, when the great lire has burned down and be come a heap of embers, they or a similar band return, bearing in their arms bundles nf shreded cedar bark. After songs and ceremonies the leader of the dance lights his In the lire, and with that he lights those of the other performers. Wheu these great bunches of dry cedar are ablaze, and it would appear that the faces and hands of the performers would be burned, they begin a wild race arouud the fire. The object is to whip the man in front with fire. Each man runs over the embers with his bare feet. Wheu they entch up with the man in front they flagelettehira with the burning wnnds. Sometimes they wr ap them around his body, They continue to tear around the fire until tho torches are entirely burned. Then they throw down the stump that remains iu their hands, rush out of the corral and disappear in the darkness. "These men look like marble statues, and ns they rush about iu the weird light of the dying fire, with blazing torches in their hands from which the fire streams fix or eight feet, it is a grand spectacle. The question is whether the cedar bark ignites at a low temperature and does not emit a burning heat, or whether the whito clny with which tho Indians coat their bodies is an excellent non conductor. The latter I think is the secret. These tricks are performed during the ceremony of the Mountain Chant. All the night is given over to thorn." "Have you ever known a Xnvajo to go on the platform nud perform his tricks?" I asked, "I have never known of such a thing. I do not know that anyone has ever tried to induce them. They might be induced, but whether they would give a satisfactory performance is a question. Out of their uaiixe country, ith their primitive surround ings, the gr eat starry sky overhead, the fires burning in the corrals, and with their unique situation, it is very impressive. I do not know what would be the effect if the tricks were tried ou a stage." Chicago Iteeoul. FIRST CAMP MEETING IN AMERICA. It Wm Held at IliiHfillvllle, Kentucky, a Century Ago. "The effect of the MeOee brothers' preaching especially of John McOee at a Presbyteiian quarterly mooting on the banks of lied river, in Ken tucky, was so startling, aud seemed so clearly to indicate that it was the re sult of Divine energy or some myste rious force possessed by the pieaeher, that the news of the occurrence spread rapidly iu all directions throughout that part of the state aud attracted unbounded interest," writes Clifford Howard in the Ladies' Home Journal. "If it did not at once awaken a re sponsive religions feeling, it at least exoited curiosity, aud when it ' was learned that the McGee brothers were to hold a meeting at liussellville, Ken tucky, a newly settled town in Logan county, near the Muddy river, persons from all parts of the adjoining couu try, irrespective of their religious be liefs or church allegiance, prepared to attend. -It soon became evident that the four walls of a country house would not suffice to hold the large numbers that were making ready to go to KusKollville. The problem thus presented was scdved by determining to hold the meeting in the open air. Those couiiug from a distauco were prepared to camp; it would be no hardship to theiu to remuin out-of-doors. The roceut experience at lied river had proved thin. It was uot ex pected by those who were coming that 'the lodging accommodations at' the village of liussellville would be suffi cient by auy means. Why, thorefore, attempt to house the people? Pre pare a camping grouud, and let the meeting be a 'camp' meeting. This, then, was the origin cf camp meet ings; and the first one held iu America was on the banks of the Muddy river, near Itustellville, Kentucky, in the month of Angus', 17911100 years ago. Xot thut religious worship had never before been held iu the open air, but the spei ial feuti.re cf camping out and the nature of the services made the camp meeting a distinctive institution, and characterized this par ticular gathering on Mnddy liver as the first of its kind." rruilvnro, "A prudent man," saya a witty Freuchmau, "is like a piu. His bead prevents him from going too far." Tit Bits. KEYSTONE SIM HEWS GONDEHSED HOT IRON HEALED. Employe'! Arm Pierced by Piece ol Metal The Heal Cauterited the Wound and Prevented Bleeding to Death. Cornelius Miller, an employee of the Pennsylvania bolt and nut work.1, at l.ehnnon, had a miraculous escape from death a few days br-o. He was struck by a strurp piece of hot Iron which had none throiiKh the rolls. It pierced his arm. KoIiik through It and everlng; an artery. As the blood ptush (d from the wound It struck the red hot Iron, which cooked the surroundlna; Mesh, completely cnuterlislns; the wound nd stopping the Mow of blood to suuh nn extent that there was time to Ret the man to a physician. He said that had the man been struck with cold Iron Instead of hot, he would have bled to death before aid could have reached him. The following pensions were granted last week: Conrad Dower, Heading, $6; William Hans, Boldlers' and Bailors' home, Krle, $); Judson Fursman, ln alan, ; William C. Itrown, P.ketown, Dauphin, 18: Charles AughlnbauKh (dead). Harrlshurg, $6: William Hyan, Hhennndonh, ; John Manning, Uroad Top Huntingdon, 7; Conrad Hoover, Brnverston, Snyder, $10; Henry Rhoop, New flalem, Vork, $H; David W. Mc Mlllen, Dlxonvtlle, Indiana, $8; Adam Mershelmer, New Castle, Lawrerce, Mi Henry Becrlst, Sylvan, Franklin, 18; tJeorge W. Cruise, Altuona, )8; Dam son Hrlnk, Illoomshurg, $10. Widows, etc. Mary Qulnn, Muniy, 8; Mary K. Hughes, Hughesvllle, Lycoming, $8; Caroline Illder, Kellpfonte, $12; Agnes Oull. Johnstown, $8; Ilenjamln Hesnler, Treverton, Northumberland , $8; An drew J. Kllllan, Lancaster, $12; Lewis ' C. Tissue. Fayette Bprlngs, $6; Archi bald Hickman, Jefferson, Greene. $8; Robert H. Ixniff, Gettysburg, $8; Henry Fisher, Pleasant Unity, Westmoreland, $H:KllHhR H. nard, Hlalrsvllle, $12. WUIows Nancy MeCrnckln, Klderton, Armstrong, $8; Mary A. Bweeney, Heaver Fulls. $8; Martha J. Hehanna, Hunnyslde, Allegheny. $8; Margaret Metcalfe, Pittsburg, $8; Krmna C. My ers, Altuonn, $8. War with Spain Rose A. Moran, Rcranton, $12; J. W. Walker, Mechnntcshurg, 16; Patrick Sullivan, Bcranton, $12; John A. Nagle, St. ltonlf.ice Cambria county, $8; Wil liam H. Hotter, Pittsburg, $8; Margaret Johnson, Terrytown, Bradford county. 112. , Charles Wheeler, a young man who .ius been at Oreensburg several weeks. Uas arrestvd the other morning by Chief Homer on a telegram from the chief of police of Johnstown, saying) KseniH-d prisoner; had man." The sheriff of Oahkoah, Wis., came on at noon, but on going to the lockup found Wheeler was not the person wanted ind h was released. Mr. Wheeler will sow institute proceedings agalni-t the rlty of Johnstown for false arrest. Ruffnlo mil suffered a loss at Beaver Falls last week when one of his show cars was almost entirely Aestroyed. lames Noble, master of transportation. Was humllng Kdward Sullivan, a por 'er, a run of gasoline, when It exploded 'rum the het and scattered Its burning r-ontents all over Sullivan. Noble es caped, but Sullivan was horribly burned, as was a ranvnsnian named Kdward Parker, who was sick and ly ing In a berth In the burning car. Both men were taken to the huspltal. A disastrous lire broke out In the village of Mill Creek, five miles north of Wllkesbarre, a few days ago. The following properties were destroyed: leorge Sheldock's hotel; Samuel Mid dleman's general store; three new blocks In course of erection by James McOenrtney, and two dwellings owned by Mrs. John Inney. Loan, $12,C0D. The fire Is said to be of Incendiary origin. Stephen Remaly fell from a scaffold ,ng down among the whirling machln-' ry of an engine which he was oiling, the other day, and In a moment was ilmost literally torn limb from limb. The accident took plane at the Pltts ourg locomotive works In Allegheny. When workmen succeeded In disengag ing tho unfortunate man from the en gine he was dead. Kemaly was 43 years of age. Private Albert McVeigh, of Charles ton, Vv. Va., Company O, Twenty-seventh regiment, was killed, and Private Uould, of the same company and regi ment, was fatally injured lust week at Camp Meade while attempting to alight from a freight train. McVeigh was 19 years old, and Oould Is 18 years. Both were natives of Charleslowit, where they enlisted. Lewis Kamerer, an employe of the flouring mill of the Mercer Milling and Lumber company, of Mercer, was kill ed a few days ago while engaged In starting the gas engine. The crank used In putting the engine In motion slipped and struck Kamerer on the head, crushing his skull and killing him almost Instantly. He leaves a wife and live children, Krnest Tleche, an expert bicycle rider of New Castle, Is lying at his home with a broken collar-bone, which he received In a peculiar manner. He was riding on one of the streets, when a chicken ran out into the road, and the bicycle ran over it, Tleche was thrown at least ten feet, alighting with the results above. Harry Ketzler. aged about 21 years, and whose home Is In York, went to Dover to visit an uncle. He was brought back a corpse Wednesday, having met his death while riding a bicycle. A small dog ran In front of the wheel and the unfortunate young man was thrown heavily upon his head, dying a few hours afterward. Capt. James ti. Graham, 68 years old. a veteran of the Civil War, committed suicide a few days ago at Mlddletown by shooting himself. He was despond ent because of an illness from which he hud been a long sufferer and did not yield to treatment. Ho was unmar ried and had cotylderable property. John Stump, a farmer of Penn town ship, near GreenBburg, attended the Reformed church reunion at Conneaut Lake Thursday and had his pocket picked and $76 taken. Walter Goetman, of Rochester, whll riding on his wheel Thur.iday night, collided with another cycler, and was thrown with such force as to fracture hia skull. John McQlynn, aged 20 years, while riding on a platform of a Pittsburg Western excursion train had his head crushed by the timbers of a trestle. Lynn Kespezewskl, a Pole, 14 yean old, was instantly killed by a train on the Southwest branch nf the Pennsyl vania railroad at Bcottdale. James Henry, while riding on a shif ter the other night In the yards at Froeport, at the West Penn Junction, fell off under the wheels and had one leg crushed below the knee. Chief of Police W. M. Cannon, of La trobo, was suspended by Burgess Kt mnn, churned with disorderly conduct and nlmence from town without per mliislnn. John Beverldge, of Fayett City, was Instantly killed on the Pennsylvania road east of Oreensburg, Ho was O years old and married. The barn belonging to the Brush Creak Lutheran parsonage, at Adams burg, with all Its contents, was burned te the (round Monday night.
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