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THE WAR RESOLUTION.
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iSpanish Government Given
(Dntll 7 O’clock Saturday Morning
To Withdraw Troops and Ships—
A Refusal Means War.
Last Friday the House of Rep¬
resentatives in Congreis passed a
resolution directing the president
to interfere in the Cuban war, and
authorized him to use the land
and naval forces of the Union if
necessary to accomplish this pur
OSQ . Saturday the Senate passed
A resolution recognizing the Cuban
^republic. This brought on a dead
• lock, but Monday night through
fa conference committee the two
fhoases came together on the fol
Sloviug resolution:
I ‘ Whereas, The abhorrent con
fditions which have existed
| more than three years iu the island
of Cuba, so near our borders,
shocked the moral sense of
people of the United States,
been a disgrace to Christian
ization, culminating, aithey
in the destruction of a United
SUte S JUleship, with 26G of
offbsferi 4B crew, while on a
friendly visit in the harbor
Havanna, and cannot longer be
endured, as has been set forth by
the president of the United States
in his message to Congress of
April 11, 1898, upon which the
action of congress was invited;
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I “Resolved, By the senate and
fT ibouse of representatives of con
ijgress assembled,
E “First, That the people of the
fisland of Cuba are, and of right
I ought to be, free aud independent
“Second, That it is the duty of
the United States to demand and
the government of the United
States does hereby demand, that
the government of Spain at once
relinquish its authority and gov¬
ernment in the island of Cuba aud
withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban
waters.
“Third, That the president of
th4pnited States be, and he is
hereby directed and empowered to
use the entire land and naval
forces of the United States and to
call into the actual service of the
United States the militia of the
several states, to such extent as
may be uecessary to carry these
^solutions into effect.
Fourth, That the • United
Bates hereby disclaim any dispo¬
sition or intention to exercise
Iggrereiguty, jurisdiction or con
flsl over said island, except for
jH pacification thereof; and as
■Ht their determination when
■t is accomplished to leaye the
Werqmeut and control qf the
Bnd to its people,”
|hese it will be seen recognize
[the republic, but the people of
as free. The fierce
fight in® congress was over the
words “are and.” Speaker Reed
aud Vice-President Hobart signed
the resolutions. President Mc¬
Kinley will now sign them, for¬
ward them to Spain with an ulti
matira demanding that Spain will
withdraw her troops within forty
eight hours. Spaiu will doubtless
refuse and war will begin.
Spanish Minister Seuor Polo y
Bernado, at Washington, has
packed up and will ask for his
passports as soon as President Mc¬
Kinley signs the resolution.
A colony of Spaniards at Tampa
have left for Cuba. Every cour¬
tesy was showu them in departing.
Fitzhugh Lee will get a com¬
mission as major-general and lead
the army in Cuba.
As soon as war is declared a
call for 80,000 volunteers will be
made aud the militia of the states
will have the first choice of ac¬
ceptance. They will not be forc¬
ed to go but all are expected to
volunteer.
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There is nG,fcr»tfb in the report
that militia ffhoA the south will
go to Cuba whilft/that of the north
will defend the* 1 southern coast.
All will fight together.
An immediate bombardment of
Havanna is planned for as soon
as hostilities begin.
Geu. Miles will arrive in AfSfit*
this week aud establish headquar¬
ters there, from which all move¬
ments will be directed.
The regular army is moving
south rapidly. Tbe soldiers at
Fort McPherson have been moved
to Tybee »nd Tampa. The 25ib
infantry, U. S. ariny, has moved
MoW)e from Kans „. thu 4tK
from Chicago to Mobile; th u 11th
t,o Mobile; companies from the
8th to Now Orleans; tho 2nd cav¬
alry to Chicumauga from Colorado.
Nearly all the soldiera have been
•rdered from the # orts in the eest
md the iudians threaten to rise
aud gi 1 ' >ub!e out there.
A great many troops will b
damped at Chicamanga natioii»l
park, so that they can be quick!*
sent to any point ou the coaa r
from Virginia to Texas.
Aa invasion of Cuba is planned.
Gen. Ls« says we need n >t fear t.h<
•liseasi-s there, but many do not
want to go there at this season of
the year.
The European powers ar* gonn
to request Spaiu and the Unite*:
States to confine the war to the
vicinity of Cuba,
The p *pe will propose tbat.Spi.iD
:ede Cuba to him and he will ced
it to tho United States in order
t<> avert war, and some extreme
optimists think that war will be
yet averted.
European powers have all re¬
fused to intervene. England is
very sympathetic iu our cause.
The United States government
will not gr-nt letters of marque
»nd reprisal. If Spain does she
will have trouble with all Europe.
The Spanish Cortes bas been
convened five days earlier than
was expected. It met Wednesday
The United States are still buy¬
ing yachts and merchant vessels,
and fitting them up into a mos
quite fleet.
Yesterday’s Nsws.
The president has signed the
ations end given Spain 72
or tin til 7 o’clock Saturday
to rq»ke reply, It is not
<h*t she will reply at all,
war is expected tomorrow
Governor Atkinson will go to
as commander-in-chief of
Georgia volunteers, sad Hon.
STATESBORO, GA.; FRIDAY, AFRiL 22, 1898.
Robert L. Berner will take the
gubernatorial chair.
The Spanish Minister was given
bis passports Wednesday, and left
Wsihington at 7 o’clock, p. m., on
that day.
Uncle Sam is negotiating with
the insurgents.
6euat*r Allen says there will be
no need to issue more bonds on
account of war.
Spaiu will not give Cuba to the
pope; laughs at the idea.
It is asserted that neither Spain
nor the United States will resort
to privateering.
BEAN RUST OR POD SPOT.
Facta Concerning the Course It Take* and
a Practical Remedy.
That familiar and ancient foe of the
gardener popularly known as “bean
rust” represents one of tbe most de¬
structive of the bean fungi, for wbicb,
however, spraying is claimed to be an
effectual remedy. B. D. Halsted of tbe
New Jersey station presents 6ome im¬
portant facts iu Americau Gardening
abont this fungus and its prevention, as
follows:
The fungus infests all parts of the
plant, but on account of its greater con¬
spicuousness upon the pods it is very
commonly called the “pod spot”
Tbe fungns consists of many fine
threads wbioh run through the tissue of
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BEANS ATTACKED BY ANTHRACNOSE.
the bean plant and after thus feeding
upon the juices of the bean they surface aggre¬
gate in places and come to the
producing the spots. Tho bean may be
attacked while it is quite small, and by
tbe time it is half grown the surface
may become broken by the disease. The
spots are usually circular and when they
become confluent tbe places affected are
quite irregular. Not infrequently the
diseased tissue becomes sunken and dark,
bearing upon its surface minute pustules
of a pinkish color, and around the whole
spot they may also have a reddish dis¬
coloration giving the appearance of a
bird’s eye. The appearance of tbe tissue
that is diseased by tbe fungus is seen
in tbe first figure. The fungus also at¬
tacks the leaves.
In the second figure is shown a leaf
drawn from nature and having some
parts destroyed by tbe fungus, while in
other places tbe leaf was still green, but
the veins were brown. The fact that
the disease oomes to the surface mostly
upon the nnderside of the leaf makes it
necessary in spraying to place the noz
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LEAF DESTROYED BY ANTHRACNOSE.
zle low and direct it upward, thus
reaching the surface where the spores
are being produced most abundantly.
One of tbe points that greatly inter¬
est bean growers is the method this
fungns has of getting into tbe beans and
remaining there until they are planted,
when the disease grows with the seed¬
ling and may cause its early destruction.
It follows from tbe above faot that it
is essential to plant only sound beans.
These are not always determined with
ease, but no 6ne should be guilty of us¬
ing seed that upon the slightest inspec¬
tion is seen to be diseased. All seeds not
bright and plump should be discarded
as dangerous. If tbe person most inter¬
ested in this matter will examine the
brown, shriveled or imperfect beans, he
will find a cavity between the two seed
leaves where the fungus is to be seen
with a hand lens, and, by the way, ev¬
ery grower of crops ought to have a
magnifier, which he can use to help out
his eyes in this work of seed inspection.
The last fact to be noted bearing di¬
rectly upon tbe propagation of tbe bean
pod spot is tbat of its growing upon
other plants than tbe bean. Tbe bean
anthracnose thrives almost as well up
od the melon group of plants, where it
makes ulcers upou the fruit similar to
those upon the bean, only upon a much
larger scale. Thus a single point of in¬
fection may spread upon a watermelon
until it is inches in diameter, and of
course tbe fruit is ruined.
As a practical remedy for tbis trou¬
ble upon tbe crops named there is noth¬
ing known tbat is better than tbs bor
mixture. .______
THE LAYING BREEDS.
GOOD POINTS OF THE SPANISH AND
POLISH CLASSES.
Habita and Temperament Muit Be Con
aidcred — Form and Feather* May Be im
prove*?, bet R-'ial .Trait- Csmsct Be
Eradicated—Bvila of Overcrowding.
Theodore Sternberg, „„ lhe Country _
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Gentleman, speaks of the Black bpan
ish Minorcas and Andajusii», ; as among
the best laying breeds. YVbere one lives
in a looation free from hawks and does
“ ot care t0 kee P ! «« e flocks tat desires
* Polish E , tr ' ctl class 7 e «8 opens bree(1 up - also a wide J list ,b< ^’ of beau- tbe
tiful, ormtmental atffl most excellen
layers. The l»t of those nttnobn fowls
is a long one, and no fowls excel them
as layers—the White Polish, tho Black
with white crest, the Golden aud Silver
Spangled; „ .... these last , m . the ., same colors, .
with muffs and cbm whiskers. Ihe va
rieties must be nearly a dozen. In ro
gard to the size and temperament of
fowls, Mr. Sternbwg says:
As a general rule size and ^quietness
run along m parallel lines, the little
breeds being the most active thetaost
impatient of restraint, and this habit
being modified m the proportion that
size increases. All breeds do best when
at liberty, but some breeds thrive better
in confinement than do others All
breeds thrive best m small flocks but
some breeds thrive better in large flocks
than do others Of course it is under
stood that the fancier can and does breed
all breeds in confinement.
“But I must confess that for tho pur
pose of the farmer either in eggs or in
meat, for sale in the ordinary market,
it will not pay at all to keep any fowl
in confinement, and he must select bis
breed with reference to its habit and
temperament and capacity to thrive in
large flocks. We know that fanciers
have by selection made changes in tbe
shape of old breeds, have made tho col¬
ors brighter, markings more distinct,
but the peculiarity of the uonsitting
binds is old, older than we have any
record. Habit and temperament tbe
fancier does not produce. These, like
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MINORCA COCKEREL.
racial differences in man, have their
origin in ages long past. How, when or
where they were implanted we do not
know. Man selects and improves form
and feather, but the inward racial
traits are beyond him.
“As the breeds I have referred to are
nonsitters, in order to keep up the stock
some sitters will be required. On strict¬
ly egg farms I am very sure that it does
not pay to raise chickens, except to the
extent necessary to keep up the stock to
the required number. One of the most
serious faults in poultry keeping is
stocking the farm with hens for laying
to its full capacity, and then batching
out a great lot of chickens, thus crowd
ing tbe grounds beyond the limit. This
fault is also a grievous one with fan
ciers and with breeders for sale. Over¬
crowding is the most common and tbe
most dangerous to health, and tbe most
profitless fault in all poultry culture.
“Overcrowding hens ou the farm is
similar in egg results to overstocking a
pasture with dairy cows. You get your
milk from the grass, the cow is only a
machine for converting grass into milk.
You can only get so much milk from so
much pasture, but before you get any
milk at all the cow must have sufficient
grass for her own support. A pasture
which will support 10 cows and enable
them to make a profitable return of
milk will fail to pay if stocked with 20
cows. So it is in a general way with
poultry on the farm. The hen does not
create. She is a machine, and as some
machines are better for some purposes
than are others, so some fowls are better
for some purposes than are others.
“As good a way as any to keep up
the stock is to buy enough common hens
which are broody and set them, and
them off as soon as tbe chickens are able
to care for themselves. AU tbe breeds I
have been writing of grow quickly and
need not be hatched before May or June
and into even July. This saves lots of
care, as tbe weather is usually fine in
these months. I am very sure that in all
these breeds hens are useful aud profit
able up to 8 or 4 years old. In all farm
poultry for eggs I believe it wise to
have a place purposely fixed to keep
cocks separate from the hens all tho
time, except in the breeding season. The
hens are much quieter and attend better
to their knitting when relieved from the
demands of society. ”
Tbe Coat of an Ecf.
The cost of an egg in the eastern state*
is estimated “ces at 1 cent, but this depends
on of grain. If meat, milk,
cut bone, chopped clover and cooked po
tatoes are given, the cost will be less,
not because the meat can be purchased
at less than the grain, but because the
feeding of a variety and a balanced ra
tion will induce tbe hens to lay more
eggs. The greater the number of eggs
laid the lower the cost proportionately,
and it is possible to produce eggs at H. a
cost of only half a oent each.—P.
Jacobs in Farm and Fireside.
SECTION COMB CUTTER.
A Homemade Device For Leveling or Cat¬
ting Down Honeycomb.
A correspondent of Tbo American
Bea Journal describes for tbo benefit of
all wbo want to mako.aud use it a de
v ; oe -whicll he has arranged for cutting
or leveling down conibs in unfinished
geotiuUo of the previous year, it will
be seen by tbe construction of tbo ent
ter that whatever residue of propolis
there may be is entirely separated from
tb0 combi ] cav iug it perfectly clean,
£j e f ora cutting the combs down they
, mls j bo perfectly dry aud entirely free
frojn lw ^
Th0 Mt| ia ulady altogether of tin
and one bolt. The size, of course, each
oue win bav0 to regulate according to
tJle gfee of section used. The size
for # ^ 4 / h ^ fiectiull is 4 by )0 by a
infWe t b bol> with a flallge ut each
side to form the gauge. Cut a hole two
inches in diameter, four inches from
ono end d in the center. Put a rim
ou@ inch b , h aroun(1 the hole hlside .
Tak n iece of xxx tiu four iuchea
wide> foJd it together aud draw to an
edge, ” usihg a file to finish up with. Cut
a ieca Jjke tbe end of the cutter knife
with a glot ho]e uear t be top of this end
gQ can rais0 or Jower u> and
form the knifearound it . Put a hole on
0acfa sid0 Httle below tho gacge ou
feox p the knifo in theH a qoar .
ter inch bolt through all> with a thuIub
t t0 clamp ^ all together,
T(| uS0 jt a bQS that wi]1 be abont
, or to Bit at colllfortably in a
chaj # ho]0 in tbn end about four
lnohes in dianieteI) place the cntter 0D
g0 { be bo i e j n t be center will come in
the c0nter ()f tb<J on0 Jn the box fasten
i|h screw at each end . Now put wa .
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ter in the box about half an inch deep.
Always be sure to keep water iu the
box. Adjust a shelf in the wooden box
for a lamp to rest on. Have tho lamp
so it will come close up to the hole in
the cutter box. Let it get quite hot.
Now sit down you,"take with this box directly yohr
in front of a section iu
two hands, have tbe knife face from
you, place the end farthest from you in
tbe gauge, then lower the other so it
will come on top of tbe knife, then
steadily pull toward you, letting it
slide off the top of the knife on the
gauge. When the section strikes tbe
knife, directly raise ^at end slowly in
such a way as to scrape off any comb
that may be there, all the time keeping
tbe other end in the gauge. Reverse
aud perform the same act. When tbe
wax box gets about half full, let it cool
and remove tbe wax. If tbe residue col¬
lects on the underside of the knife,
take an old case knife and remove it.
The Golden Hoof In the South.
The sheep has an adaptability to con¬
ditions equal to that of man. It has gone
to all parts of the world without much
regard to topography or elevation.
Some grateful beneficiary bas called at¬
tention to the “golden hoof.” Fertil¬
ity follows in its trail, uud it spreads
green carpets over any territory it
chooses for its home, bow barren soever
it may be.
Maryland, Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida aregrass
less states. They need sheep badly to
correct this condition. A country of
abundant grass is always a rich country.
These states can get grass without much
difficulty and make money on the in¬
strument by wbicb it will oome.
Tbeir abundant rainfall and sunshine
are highly favorable to grass growth,
Tbo general lack of lime iu their soil is
unfavorable, but is a condition that can
be overcome by the use of clover, cow
peas, alfalfa and other taprooted le
gtnnes and by tbe artificial application
of lime from tbe kilns of rock and shells
and tbe marl beds that can be cheaply
made to yield vast quantities of this
needed soil ingredient,
Sheep, clover, cowpeas, alfalfa and
lime working jointly would rapidly
cover tTiis naked region with a good
firm sod. Once tbe grasses got a firm
bold on the soil they would maintain
themselves there in spite of a great deal
of abuse. In a country where winters
are so short that grass grows 10 or 11
mouths iu tbe year fertility would in¬
er ase because waste by sun aud wash
ing rains would be stopped. Tbo fore
going emanates from a writer in Farm,
Field and Fireside in drawing a most
attractive pen picture of sheep in the
south Atlantic states.
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Agricultural iftrevitie*.
On tbe Pacific coast there is reported
% brisk demand for onions, which are
dried and shipped to the Klondike,
where they are a popular article of food,
^ Ir g Willard pronounces tbe
gweet Butan and the Burbank the best
0 f all Japanese plums. They are prolific
and profitable, as is also the Hickson.
A . , last . thorough scraping of the , barm
Y ard aftx- ’i hauliugoot the winter ma
{uanure often resul s in the saving of a
,ot of old, neb, finely rotted manure
valuable for application in tbe b t
eorn ‘
American oak and black walnut
woods find an increasing European mar
ket, a fact worthy of note by those in
terested in forestry.
Hardy fruit trees and drought with
standing forage plants aie mentioned as
South Dakota’s greatest desiderata at
present.
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GARD^fi'DRAINAGE.
Benefits of an IJnderdrain JTcr a Kitciipo
Garden and How to Awangie It.
Surface drainage is not sufficient t6
secure the best results in tbu kitchen*’
garden in the majority of sails. Even
on ground having considerable eT pe
heavy rains remain sufficiently long
about tbe roots ■ of I tbe grotnug ■ crops ■ to
pack tbe soil aud leave it baked and
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DRAINING A fctOrtXG GARDEN.
hard under the influence cf the sun.
Surface drainage is but a makeshift. A
friable, ideal condition of the ground—
a condition in which plants can do their
best—is rarely obtained except by under
draining. Where tbo kitchen.garden is
not large in size an uudcrdrniu along
the bottom of the plat) where the
ground h^ lowest, will often prove a
splendid paying investment.
The best way to arrange such a drain
is shown in the accompanying illustra¬
tion.
It is d»g>to the required depth to os
cape frost end-Tile laid at the bottom,
though a stone capped opening may be
used if the file are not available. Above
tbis opening loose stones are filled in to
a height that will just escape tho plow.
Such, a drain must of course have an
outlet iqto lower ground, when t^o gar¬
den will give up its surplus water with
great readiness aud subsequent droughts
aud floodings bo greatly mitigated iu
their effects,- for a eouditfau of the soil
that permits surplus water to drain off
readily makes it possible for wutur to
be. drawn up from tbo depths below
when tbe surface soil needs it.
There may bo gardens that would Hot
be benefited T yi^tt by becofto a good ! ^cqnainted umlerdrain, but
I have with
one of this sort, snys a writer in Amer¬
ican Gardening, from which the lore
going is reproduced.
Smoko IFlt
It is claimed aud, I believe, proved
that au orchard that is well smoked
several times after tbo fruit is sot, ut
intervals of say, ten days, will have no
wormy peaches in it, the smell of tbe
coal tar smoke being so offeusive to the
curculio that it will not sting tljo peach
and lay the egg that produces the worm.
Many growers claim that it pays to
smoke au orchard with gas tar even if
tbere-is no danger of frost. The prac¬
tice of burning coal tar in orchards as
well as market gardens to prevent frost
has been a common practice iu France,
for a long time, but it remained for a
Georgia fruit grower, Hon. Dudley M.
Hughes of Danville, to discover its effi¬
ciency iu preventing tho ravages of
curculio. —Atlauta J ournal.
Favorite Peas*
Tho Rural New Yorker may be con¬
sidered an authority cn peas, having
tested nearly every kind of pea from
year to year for 20 years. Following
are extracts from its experience; Tbo
Daisy pea (Carhr’s Daisy) was first
tried ut The Rural grounds during tbo
season of 189(5. Our report was that tbo
vines grew two feet high, leaves lurge,
pods large, broad and well filled with
about eight largo feeds. We then re¬
garded it as tho best dwarf or half
dwarf pea tried that season. The pods
are larger than those of any other vari¬
ety we have ever tried.
Juno was tried during tho season of
1896. The vines then grew to two feet
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in height, vigorous aud productive. The
pods, of a lively, darkish green color,
were well filled, uveragiwg about seven
seeds, medium to large in size. It was
more prolific than tho old 'avorite,
Stratagem. Last season the vines grew
to tbe height of three feet. The pods
average three inches, straight, avtrag
ing eight seeds.
New Life was tried for the first time
in tbe 8eason of lb9a VVtJ ‘l l:ute trom
° ar r eP ort of tbat year.-“The most pro
ductive pea and, all things considered,
the most valuable pea for homo or'fnr
warketot it8 season tbat we have tried."
TJj seeds last year were
April ,, „ d the first picking was made
j- nne s0 “No more vigorous vines than
these and those of Juno; best peas ever
tried at Tbe Rural grounds. Marvels of
vigor aud productiveness. Oftcu nine
large seeds to a pod. July 13, still Lear
j„g immense quantities. It v* hard to
say which is more prolific, this or ”
The cuts from Rural New Yorker are
bere presented in reduced size, skewing
the comparative properties ef tbe three
varieties.
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THE spotting w<_
Decisive action bas been taken by the
National Lawn Tennis association bear
ing pit a settlement of tbe foot fault
controversy whfeta attracted so much
criticism last year. Mr. Dwight, tbe .
president,'lias appointed M.’rcsfl, a committee £VFisher.
composedo! it.*D, £.
and Ricbnrd Stevens to^jnqoire into tbe
advisability pf adopting a new. rule
touching the service similar to tbe one
employed-in England., In England the tbe
ru *° requires that both feet be on
T livery r0D,u ^ of a “S* the L JC ^ “service.” 0 ^ * h ® Should S’ 5?" tbe
nev/rule be adopted it would westerp'play- begtpar
tiqulariy bard upon some
OTa> SBO h aaiEdml or Neel, who always
servo on the run. The members,|>f tbe
committee will eorrfespoyd with tbe
prominent players of the Country Whiloj before
arriving at a final conclusion.
tlm lnen.bers'of-the association congrat-'
uiato themselves ou having secured a
capable- new secretary iu Palmer E.
Presberg of Boston, they at the same
time regret the circumstances which led
- to who-f* the resignation'bf «iiuuy filled 3. T. the Whittlesey, office.—
Tort years
New Bun.
Position In Cycling.
Many cyclists wish to assume an up¬
right position onstbeir machines, yet
not properly understanding tbe effect of
adjusting tho saddle aud handle bars
adopt n pose which is as dangerous as
** unsightly. The peak of the saddle
most nev r be m front of tho crank
bracket, meb ,
but just an or two behind
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it, and the peak of the saddle should be
very slightly raised—never lower than
the bark. To ride it thus places au un¬
natural strain on the functional parts
and throws all one’s weight on the han¬
Many novices of the present day
to have no knowledge of these
facts, and consequently suffer great pain
aud iuconvenienoo with thejr saddles.
Oycl'.ug in ‘moderation will not have a
bad effect on a weak heart, but yiolent
riding will often produde heart’dr seam.
Smokeless Powder.
Eastern shooters, particularly those *
who reside in or near the centers of
large populations, are very generally of
the opinion that smokeless powders for
shotguns have knocked put black pow¬
ders. Tho firms who load tbe majority
of shells scut out into the coqptry fell a
far different tale. In fact, black powder
loaded shells for shotguns are in a ma¬
jority of ten to one. This will astonish
most jieoplo who shoot at the trap, for
black powder is generally barred in all
competitions ou account of its noise aud
volume of smoke, both of which are
very annoying to men ut the score. On
the other hand, it shows that tbe vast ,
bulk of shooting done iu tbis oouutry im
not at tho traps, but iu the swamp,*
woodlands aud prairies of the United
States.—New York Cemmercial.
Good Tires Neo’feesary.
In invariubiy making sales find of that uew the wheels'(Jeal- one.thingj £
ers
the majority of pnfphasers wish id be '
entirely satisfied with is the tiro. Real¬
izing this those makers who retail their
own make of tire have given inusnal
attention to this part of their 1898 ma¬
chines. It is a fact generally confieded *
that the quality of the tire is the most
important single elSnent in determin¬
ing the general quality of the bicycle, •'
whether iu touring, racing or coasting.
—New York World. *
.
Hamburg to Go Abroad.
Marcus Daly, the copper king' of Mon- ♦
taua, bas admitted that the sensational
colt Hamburg, for whjcb $60,000 is re- ' •
ported to have been paid, is soon to be
tho English turf. Hamburg ia *
seen ou
now being trained by Billy Lakeland*
and will be started two or three times
iu New Vork. Mr. Daly said, “If he
comes out of the races ell right, he will
be sent to England, where he will be
raced in the colors of Sir Brpderick
(jjoete and then retired to the stud. ”
Women a»d Century Bun*.
The action of the Century wheelmen
0 f New York city in debarring women
jrom membership in the organization
( . a n only be considered commendable if
regarded from the standpoint of corn
mon sense aud reason. Whether women
can do centuries without injuring tbem
selves physically or not they cannot be
i oug t0 an organization having century
riding for its main object without en
croaching on the eternal fitness of
things.-American Cyclist,
Ruhlin a Wonder.
"Gus Rnhlin,” says Billy Madden,
“will prove a surprise to the sporting
world Kuhliu has improved wonder
(ally. Iu bis coming fight with McCoy
he will. Lave un advantage in w -
■
Ilq is just as Leicdrecle*"-***® game as McCoy, 38 ® a
McCoy may
owing to his long ex
ring, my maa w
of himself. Bab
heavy, men tbat