TROTTING WONDERS.
fRFl PNEUMATIC MJIiKlFS MAKK
MAHVUhOUS TIMK POSlUljU.
Brilliant Performance of Nanrjr
Hank ami Hanoi Advantages
of tho Alr-Ctishloneil Wheel
The Speed Limit.
AUD fl., Bunol mill
Nancy Hanka--whieh
of them is tho fast
est?
Should tou ask
tills question ot a
l certain ruddy, pleas
ant faced, brisk
mannered Br itch-
lrish Now
ton would
lor answer
Yorker,
receive
an cm-
pbatin:
Mnud!"
Well may Robert Bonner givo this
opinion nd cling witU enthusiastic loy
alty to hit favorite, that magnificent
FASCT
mare whoso record of 2:0!?; ou a regu
lation oval trick seven years ago Is in
the minds of most impartial judges the
best trotting performance the world has
ever witnessed. Bunol's 2:D8t. made
over the timo-destroying, matiiematlc-ally-ingenious,
kl'.eshaped tiack, is in
ferior as regard absoluto speed, Mr.
Bonner claims, to Maud 8.' time, inas
much as the kite track is undoubtedly
from two to three seconds faster than the
oval. Nancy Hunks's 2.07, though
maile on an oval, he asserts is also in
ferior, becauso Mr. Forbes' (junto little
Kentucky six-year-old dragged ono of
tho wide-tired, air-greased, jarlcss,
pueumatic sulkies just coming into
vogue. This lact madu her t'me, he con
tends, at least two seconds faster than it
otherwise would have teen.
Maud 8. having had neither tho kito
track nor tho 'bicycle'' ulky to assist
her, and, furthermore, trotting her
208 J back in 1385 on a track poorly
plauued as compared with those ot to
lay, may bo judged to havo made tho
fcjiiivalcntcf 2:')4 had sho been assisto I
by nil throe of these aids. Consequently
Mr. Bonner is emphatic in his conviction
that she is queeu of tho turf, though sho
may havo been technically dethroned.
In talking about Maud S. and hur
younger rivals Mr. Banner mado a pre
diction of great interest to lovers of tho
trotting horie. "I think," said ho,
'that the tiiuo limit for trotters has
nearly been readied. I place it at
2:D5."
The great little champion of tho trot
' tiug turf, tho peerless Nancy llauks,
has added new honor to tho fullness of
her fame. Oa tho kito limped track at
Independence, Iowa, piloted by that
prince of drivers, Budd Dohle, sho trot
ted from wire to wire without a break
er falter in the seusational time of 2 :05 .
This samo trotting wonder also broe
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Jl'NOL.
the world' record for the regulation
track by going a mile in 2 :07 at tiie Stit'j
Fair grounds, St. Paul, Blinu. Ed.
Mr. Bonner has been studying the
pneumatic sulky and does not scruple to
ay that it is going to revolutionize
trotting times, Every good trotter is
now driven to it, he say. He ascribe
NuDcy Hanks' brilliant record to it and
will buy two or thrte poeutnatio sulkies
as soon as he decide what size is best
adapted to Bunol. Then be will send
that speedy California filly lot the
world' trotting record.
Itegaidinc the advantage of the
pneumatic tired aulky Mr. Bonner said
to Pre man :
Toe ball beasings form the most im
portant improvement the new ulky
how. The ail friction Is less by a
srood deal than that of toe old wheel.
L'arvia, who i training Bunol at Mead
T.J, can m m object Utaon showing
this. Ilo held up tho shaft of a pneu
miitio and told his boy to press fore-
linger against mo aiai. , mm nn mm
slight pressuro tho vehicle quickly
moved backward. Later on Marvin had
the sulky llftod so that one wheel was
free front the around ; he then started
the wheol whirling ana it spun until i
began to think perpetual motion had
been found at Inst. It is easily appre
ciated that such a factor as that must
help a home to finish with comparative
caw, for strength Is saved the strength
which used to lie employed is overcom
ing tho greater irlclion 01 mo cone acnr
intra. 'Moreover, tho now sulky takes tho
turns without sliding, which of itself is
a bin advantage.
'There Is alto much less spoko vibra
tion In tho new sulky thin thero was
In tho old. Should you ride behind a
trotter in a steel tired sulky you would
at onco notice a jarring earned by the
wind whistling through tlio spores,
iini In il,n nnpiimntli' the friction be
tween the wheel and the track surface
is greatly modified by tlio sort rubber
tire, and thero is littlo vibration among
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tho spokes. This applies to both the
turns and the straightaways, hut to the
latter particularly. The vibr.ition in tho
old sulky was a reason for not m iking It
lighter. It undo a light sulky likely to
suddenly weaken, and it also mildly
martyred sonio drivers who dovelopod
kiducy troublo from riding on the old
school bono shakers. Only two years
ago Oirln llickok, one or the very best
drivers of his time, was obliged to go to
the Hot Springs of Arkansas in couse
quenee of a kidney allection.
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A. A. Position of ball bearings.
B. B. Hollow steel backbone.
'Again, consider how tho old sulky
cut into the track. Tho steel tire was
only thrue-ipi irters or seven-eighths of an
inch in width. Tho weight of tho ve
hicle and tho driver rested on two narrow
unyielding strips of hard steel that is,
somo 200 pounds pressed them into tho
track aud actually tho trotter was
pulling up hill during thu mile; drawing
200 pounds up a grade very slight, to ho
sure, but certainly worth taKiug into ac
count when quarter sec nds are meas
ured. The soft cushioai of tins pttou-
Pry
mm
matic tiros leave hardly auy trace on the
track. Tboy are twico as broad as tbo
steel tires, and if there Is any pulling up
hill it is too slight to bo even imagined.
"The new sulky also passe over peb
bios, etc., without jarring. A pebble is
on the trunk. The stcol tiro hits it and
an ugly jar i folt, setting the spokes to
greater vibration and annoying a nervous
driver. But when the pudding like sur
face of the pneumatic bits the pebble it
instantly give' to it, and tho driver li
literally ignorant of it presence on the
track. This may eent too trivial for
considoratioo, but horse owner know
that it is not."
Mr. Bonner I of opinion that tie new
aulky will restore to the regulation track
It former place. The oval ha been
judged to be (slower than the kite, be
cause it has two comparatively sbtrp
turn to the on and easy turn of the
kite. But tho uw ulky, bj tekluc the
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turns with almost er nulla the same fa-
eilltity with which It takes the stretches.
will nearly eliminate the superiority 01
the kite traok as regards turns.
The matter of the actual ditlerence in
time between a pneumatic tired and a
steel tired sulky Is one about which
hnriemen disagree. Eothusiasta claim as
much as three or four seconds; conserva
tives, Tery few of them, will allow
one second or thereabouts. Hut, accord
ing to the best judgment, based on
careful study, the difference may be said
to be from two to three seconds. In
bicycling the difference is much greater
than four seconds; but In that sport tha
racer was racked much more by the old
wheel than was tho trotter by tho old
sulky.
Mr. Conner Is occupying himself with
studying ideas In connection with the
'bicycle sulky." Oau gentleman has
submitted to him a design for a cushion
tired sulky, but of this ho disapprove,
regarding it as lacking in elasticity.
Another theorist advocates strotching a
tine silk screen from rim to rim to do
away with that spoke vibratiou caused
by air friction. Tins, Air. uonner
think", would bo valuablo in soire parts
of tho track, but on others the ailk
would act as a sail. Finally, the owner
of tsunol is holding back to ascertain
whether larger wheels would not bo bet
ter than the twenty-eight and thirty-two
inch sizes. New York Press.
Dogs of War.
For tho past year numerous tests and
experiments have bum mado in Ocrmany
with the Scotctt cullio dogs for military
purpotes, epcclally during times of war,
and it has been found that this dog is
the lust and most available among the
vr.rious breeds of dogs, nnd from now on,
according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
trained cullies will be added to the stand
ing armies of Germany and France. Tho
services to which tlio Scotch collies will
be trained are numerous. They will
serve as messcngeis for carrying dis
patches and important communications
to those army divisions stationed in the
immediate vicinity of the enemy. Dur
ing the progress of a light where the
troops happen to be scattered over a vast
ni'NTiwfl nr wohndko.
area of territory, they will be used lor
tarrying ammunition to tho various
divisions. I bey are rurtliormnro trained
Tor roconnoitt rill,' and for hunting up
the woundcil and carrying them on am
bulances, especially constructed for that
purpose, to tho Held hospital. For the
lutter purposes these dos aro almost in
valuable. For reconnoitering purposes the dogs
are traiucd to run ahead of a division of
soldiers, search tho territory closely and
announce suspicious ciicuiiistancos by
standing still iu their tracks. Auother
Held for his activity is outpost duty. In
this case tho dog is trained to scent tho
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approach of itrangurs and to return at
once to his master to aunounco this fact
to him. All this must bo dono very
quietly, of course, so as not to disturb
the enemy.
When doing duty as a mossooger the
dog wears a collar around his uock to
which a leathor pouch is attached, in
which tho dispatches aro concealed,
Tho collar is numbered and bears als i
thu namo of tho army division to which
tho dog Is detaileJ. In war times thil
name can be alllxed in cipher so that the
enemy may not be any tho wiser as to
the itcition of tho division iu question,
to which tho dog belongs, should the
dispatch fall into his hands.
Some of tho best and strongest dogs
are detailed to the rod cross division of
tbo army, where they do valuable ser
vice in hunting up the wounded iu tim
bered and valley regions, where they are
likely to escape the eye of man, especi
ally after dark. When tho (log dis
covers a wouudod roldier be places bis
two fore paws on the bidy of tbo man and
barks uutil assistance arrives. With
this is combined tho ambulance service.
Small but well built wagons, which can
carry two moo, arc easily drawn by a
good strong collie. Tuuso ambulance
are Ion', have good springs nnd the tires
are covered with rubber. One of these
wagons, with two atteudant and a dog,
can do twice as much Held work a ba
berotnfore been dono by two red cross
men with a litter. This ba been de
monstrated durlug tho spring maneuver.
A chimney plecj carved from wood
over 0UUO jean old ha recently been
erected in a bouse Iu Kd'.uburgb, The
wood, an oak tree, was found in a sand
pit u Muaselburg, thirteen feet below
the surfacs.
A broken wooden hore, with which
Napoleon Bonaparte played when a child,
wal recently told for l00.
CHOLERA'S HOME.
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KOnill HIOM THK OUlKNf.
It ftaa Bwent Over Knrope From
Baku. ItnMla'a Petrnlonm Centrn
Ignorant Prasanta llepel
the Physician.
NCE more from
Turkestan (talk
Kuropeward through
the vast country of
the cr.ar the menac
ing specter of tho
cholera. The fact
that upon this oc
casion it comos via Asia suggest a re
version to It more ancient itinerary,
when It almost invariably ndvanced upon
Europe from that direction. In later
year the tendency of the disease has
brcn to spread its ravages first through
Europe and the lied Sea, tbonco north
ward. t.F.AVINO TI1KIB OLD HOURS.
As invariably happens in similar cases
the air is thick with conflicting rumors
and opposing theories as to tho origin
and first location of tho contagion. Tha
most reliable version, I think, is that
which traces it to Turbeti-Sheik-Djami,
a place f minor importance on tho
Afghan Persian frontier. Hero it be
came iiumistakablo evident about the be
ginning of May, thence spreading to
Meshed. This town is on the roa l con
necting Kandahar, Herat and Askabad,
and is the most important place in tho
northeastern part of Persia. Tho deaths
here quickly reached an alarming high
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average, and it was not unusual for 120
rases to bo registered in one day. Next
tlio cholera was heard of in Askabad
about June 1st. The latter town is on
Trantcaspinn Railway, aud the plague
continued to follow the lino of this road
in both easterly and western directions,
it western halting place being for a
timo at Uzun-Ada. from whence the tide
of emigration subsequently carried it
still further west across tho Caspian Sea
In Baku, the eastern terminus of the
Trauacaucasiuu Kailroad.
Baku is a city offering pesuliarly fa
vorable conditions for disease to take
root and establish itself as a permanent
danger to surrounding localities. Being
rrarnvES rr.oa thb choleua.
railroad center, It i in constant com
munication with tho outer world, and
ita further importance a the beadquar
tore of the Rreat prctroleum Industry
gives it a populatiou of nomadio work,
men, few of whom may ba character
ized a fanatical devotees of cleanliness.
They herd together in promiscuous
crowd, disregarding ordinary hygienlo
precautious and necessarily suffering the
consequence. Want of pioper sanitary
tupervision on the part of the local au
thorities ia moreover an old and well-
founded grievance in all parte ot the
K'Mtlaa Empire. Nowhere I the charge
more justly preferred than In tha case of
Baku, where general filth, in and out of
doors, reign supreme. There Is no ade
quate Inspection of household dwellings,
aud it i customary for refuse to be
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thrown into the streets and for the dead
bodies of animals to strew the pavement
unheeded for days at a time. Whoever
goes into an ordinary workman's dwell
ing Is confronted by a scries of sights
nnd smells whh:h at onci tell tho taio of
Inexcusable noglcct 11 tors that aro
never scrubbed from one year's end to
the other; furniture i grea'ed and pol
ished frm constant ennta-.-t with un
washed humanity and tinfomigated
clothing that it regeneration seems im
possible; corners of rooms into which
rubbish of all kinds has been thrown,
and left to aeciiimi'.ito indefinitely ; and
altogether a state of alTnlrs specially
adapted for the breeding of disease.
Along the highways of the town things
are scarcely better, perhaps with the
single exception that they exist In tho
open air instead of in tho close, confined
atmosphere nf tho interiors. 1 no UVii
street cleaniug department would receiva
but slight commendation should its op
erations bo extended to America, or, to
reverse the proposition, II the unifonno 1
gangs of street cleaners which aro now
familiar sights in New Yor were to ap
pear on the stieets nf Baku, broom in
hand, they would create something re
sembling a panic. I am not quite sure
that their appearance would not galvan
iz'j the bodies of horses, mules, cats and
dogs which indisciiminstely litter the
pavements into restored life under the
impulse of sheer astonishment. In
Biku, in fact, when municiptl vigilanci
becomes aroused to tho point of consid
ering the disposal of a carcass which has
been encumbering the highway several
days, one or two municipal employes
stand pensively on the opposite sidea-alk
and mutely survey tbe task bofore them
for nn hour or more beforo bracing
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saw-)
themselves up for tho mighty offort of
removal. After this, it is generally con
sidered that human enduranue cannot
sustain a similar effort for at loast three
or four weeks. Such is tho sanitary at
mosphure cf tho great petroleum centre,
and can anyone marvel at tbe result?
On the nbrtb of tbo Caucasus, from
Biku, the cholera has gained its greatest
strength in the proviuce ot Astrakhan,
where a motley and ignorant population
has resentod from the start the efforts of
tbe public offlicals to alleviato the gen
eral condition. Of course, it was neces
sary, in the public interest, to hastily dis
pose of the dead bodies oi victims, out
the idea suddenly took possesion ot the
people that tho doctor wore dooming
the poor ulTcrer to a premature burial.
Quicklime bad been called into use, the
coffins being filled with it prior to inter
meat, and this was fiercely resented, a
was also the removal of the sick to hos
pital. At Astrakhan itself the house of
the governor was surrounded by a men
acing mob. The shout went up: "Let
us have revenge for the murder of our
sick brethren 1" The situation was star
tling, and its possibilities of danger was
hourly increasing. Word dispatched to
Saratoff for troops was responded to,
but for at least two day Astrakhan re
mained under mob rule, and the crowd,
advancing on the hospital building,
dragged the medical superintendent and
hi deputy into the street, killed them
and trampled tbe corpse under foot.
Then tbe hospital itself was destroyed
by fire. The most harrowing part of all
was when tbe infuriated moujiks fell up
on tbe bearer of the hospital cart,
and, removing the patient, caried them
away to secluded places, there to treat
tbem according to their own idea. Be
lieving that the doctor had poisoned
the poor people the fanatics proceeded to
dose them with milk, with generally
fatal result. When the troops from
Saratoff marched into Astrakhan they
were obliged to pour volley after volley
into tbo riotoua multitude.
An outbreak of cholera in Russia la
a momentous occurrence in more way
than one, because it la liable to cause
suspension ot Industries which employ
large number of persons, thus creating y
a condition of general distress. In '
Baku the city authorities actually cleared
out, under the impulse of fear, and em.
plovers of labor closed tip their fac
tories. The position of the people cats
be thus easily imagined, deprived at
once of the ofHulal aupervlsion upon,
which they perpetually depend and of l
the very means of subsistence. When (
the Kusslan ruralist finds himself thu
placed his first tendency Is to lose hone
and become generally demoralized. Ho
is then harder to manage than ever, and,
as I have shown, turns into fanatio
and a rioter. Onco A Week.
Sontli American Harages at th
World' Fair.
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j uc jiuaras is a wuu, uaiameo savage t i
who enjoy himself by wandering Is J J
iiicturesiiue dress over certain section
of South America, ad twelve members
of this hitherto almost unknown tribe
will relinquish the pleasure ot snuthern
lestivitics to engage in the grand cru
S9de for education which will mark Chi.
cago as its own during the coming year.
Tlio .Iibar.is will educate visitors, acting
in the rapacity of nn object lesson, and
at tho samo time will probably return to
their homes with one or two new ideas
In regard to architecture and morals.
This tribe of ravages roam in the most
primitive condition over tho plains of
Ecuador boidering on Brazil. They ara
an unpleasantly tiorco lot and have inanv
curious and playiul little ways, amoag i
which is tho custom of preserving thoir
enomics' hends as ornaments. For this
purpose tho head is prepared in a pe
culiar manner so as to leavo it finally of
a very small sizj, although preserving;
all the features. This lovely ornament a
Is then further adorned by streaks of red
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paint, and is then calcuiateu to tnaaa ii4
owner an object of envy to all of hi
companions. The tribe is especially
skilled in feather work of various kind.
The members of the tribe are migratory,
wandering here and there, and having
no form of government. Washington
Star.
Lltllo Drop of Water. V
Take a long strip of stout paper and
pass it over the top of a smoky lamp, or
(if you can't endure the disagreeable
odor of the lamp) besmear it completely
with plumbago on one side of the paper'
surface. Place several largo books in
regular order of decreasiug size on
table and drapo the strip of smoked
paper over them with pins, as per illus-
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tration, the end of the strip resting in a
plate. Tho undulations of the strip
should be more accentuated tbe nearear
you get to the smallest book. Now let
drops of water fall on the prepared
paper, and they will roll along it, "up ,
hill and down," in a most surprising .
m inner. St. Louis Republic.
Cause and Effect.
WmiAi'D mi IfAAn tlmt amr Mfia
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Milkman "What tour cow tn
Willie "Tho on that gift tho tour '
milk." Truth.
The Italian have gua weighing oat
hundred ton on their battle hlp.
They ate found too big and are to be
takea out.
Tho great cantilever bridge at NUgare,
Fe'.',a la entirely composed of stael. It
1 '810 feet In length, weigh 3000 toa
and wet 00,000.
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