The Huntington Democrat from Huntington, Indiana • Page 9

he smacvat PUBLISHED WIIKLT BY ROB'T J. DAY, Txbhs: In Advance SI. 50 If not paid within the year. .82.00 Thttbsdat. July 30, 1896.

CYCLES, CIRCLES AND CYCLOMETERS Curious Collection of Cycling Com xnents, Carefully Clipped and Compiled for Cycle Critic Calamity Croiktri, Cycle Cranks and Cycler's Cousins. 'C" ABOUT PNEUMATIC TIBE8. It has loner been a question as to whether a double tube or single tube tire enables a rider to make the best time in a race, and thousands of dol lars have been paid by tire makers and promoters to prove their claims. Tire makers have maintained racing teams at great expense, and some of them are beginning to think that this large expense is rank extravagance. These same advertisers have, however, done much to make the sport of bicy cle riding attractive, and have done more than all other influences put together to show the possibilities of the bicycle.

The kickers are those makers whose tires have failed. The bicycle stands to day as practically the only attractive form of outdoor Bport, and is proved to be one of the most healthy and useful forms of recreation, furnishing an incentive for outdoor exercise, something that Americans particularly were much in need of until the bicycle came into general use. This is the opinion of those tire makers whose tires have not failed the double tubers and who are willing to go on with the expense, since it is so much to their advantage. It is now conceded by all who pretend to a knowledge of the bicycle, and of tires, that the double tube tire is the most practical, and, at the same time, the fastest form of tire in the world. In the so called single tube tire, wherein the whole fabric of the tire is cemented and vulcanized together, the walls of the tire are made of several layers of fabric, and the tires thus made are stiff and unyielding, as compared with the double tube tire, in which the inner lining is free to move independently of the outer wearing cover.

All the important speed records of the world are now held by the double tubejtires, and during the present year it is interesting to note that nearly all of the fastest riders of the United States are mounted on this form of tire. As the racing man loses no opportunity to select such apparatus as will conduce to the last item of speed, realizing that his reputation, salary and consequent glory depend upon his success as a racing man and a winner, he has gradually abandoned the single tube form of tire and taken to the double tube. As a result of this the records have been repeatedly lowered in the last year, and new records are now being made almost daily. It is apparent that the days of the single tube are numbered, and that in a short time no racing man will feel properly equipped unless mounted on a double tube tire. An important point in favor of double tube tires is that they are greatly more durable.

The single tube tire iB all right for a very short time, but its average life, owing to the peculiarities of its construction, is but a few months. When the single tube is once punctured it seems impossible to repair it 3 that it will remain air tight. The plugs, whether vulcanized in or not, soon work loose, beside disfiguring the tire and making hard lumps, which on a smooth road can be felt at each revolution of the wheel. The United States are about two years late in trying the single tube tire. It was thoroughly tested out in use, in England and on the Continent, two years ago, and has been completely abandoned there because of lack of durability, impossibility of repair, and the constant accompaniment of slow leaks which cannot be located.

It is a very difficult matter to. make a tire air tight. The holding of the air depends upon the integrity of the inner lining. In tires from which this inner lining cannot be removed, it is impossible to make them air tight for any length of time. It is important for a new rider to know that many leaks are from causes that cannot be located on the outer surface of the tire, hence tire importance of having the tube which contains the air removable for inspection and repair.

Three laborers were emerging from a business house this' afternoon, and they were talking about the money question. One said "We want more silver," the second said, "We had enough gold and silver," when tfee third remarked that he didn't have any of either and that he wanted his share of both gold and silver. RUMBLINGS Of the Iron Horse and His Drivers and Trainers. What They Are Doing: on the C. E.

and Other Prominent Railways. Mrs. James O'Brien, of the C. eating house, is visiting her parents at Lima, Ohio. Trainmaster H.

D. McClelland's fami ly went to Lafayette, Friday afternoon, on a visit. Machinist John Erlenbaugh has been lavinsr off for a few days which he spentin Chicago. Gang foreman Charles James is lay ing off, and Bockafeller has charge of his'men during his absence. Blacksmith Gene LaPoint is looking for the parties that monkeyed with his horse when he had it out on pasture Wm.

Morgan, has returned home from Kent, Ohio, to remain home permanently, or at least for some time to come. The Erie has placed orders for five 10 wheeled locomotives each with the Baldwin, Rogers, Brooks and Cook lo comotiveworks. A number of the shop boys who are members of the Maccabees were on duty Friday afternoon, attending the funeral of the late John Quigley. John Foley, who has been reinstated as engineerion the C. E.

was a pleas ant caller at The Democrat office Friday. He will commence running on the local between Lima and Marion next Monday. It was a commendable act on the part of the Erie management to reinstate Mr. Foley, and his friends are glad to see it done. John VanHolten, of the blacksmith shop, was married Thursday evening, to Miss Myrtle Stetzel.

He passed the cigars around amongst the boys Friday morning, and the boys of the boiler shop made him a present of a set of silver knives, forks and spoons. Mr. and Mrs. VanHolten have gone to housekeeping on East Sabine street. Toledo Bee: "Passenger Engineer Fetterly, of Wabash engine No.

411, is talking about buying an alarm clock. Sunday morning he awoke at 9:30 in Peru, Ind. His train was due to leave at 10:15 and the round house was one mile distant. Jumping from bed he grabbed his clothes and ran for the roundhouse, dressing as he went. The citizens living along the line between Fetterly's sleeping apartments and the Wabash round house know exactly the extent of the engineer's wardrobe." The work of building ten furniture cars of a special pattern was taken a few days ago by the car builders in the Pittsburg shops at Ft.

Wayne, in conjunction with the construction of twenty five dairy product cars. These furniture cars are immense affairs, having doors ten feet wide, so as to admit the largest road vehicles, such as hearses, carriages and buggies. An ordinary car door is only six feet wide. A sample furniture car was built in the Ft. Wayne shops a short time ago and the shippers were greatly pleased with it.

BAILROADINQ IK JAMAICA. W. McGlahan Weppler is the name of a young Englishman just arrived from Jamaica, who has secured a position on the Pittsburg Junction railroad as operator at Willow Grove station, says the Pittsburgh Post. Mr. Weppler spent 6even years railroading in the West Indies and relates some interesting stories of life in that country.

Recently he delivered a lecture before the members of Division No. 52 order of Railway Telegraphers, and told them all about the railroads of Jamaica. He says the ordinary run of telegraphers in that country get about $2 50 per week. He worked as operator for the Jamaica railroad company at Cadupa station, and was at the same time agent for the West India improvement company, and commanded a salary of from $50 to $55 and was considered a millionaire by his less fortunate fellow workman. He says all the crews on the road are made up of black and he knew of but one white man holding a job on the trains.

The coaches are of the English 6tyle, and many of the locomotives also, but there are quite a number of American locomotives on the lines. They have the track entirely fenced in, and many other arrangements to prevent accidentB. In addition to the telegraph they have a telephone line connecting with every station, which is UBed extensively and saves the expense of an operator at many places. If an operator is negligent or makes a mistake causing a delay of trains, he is fined according to the nature of his error and its consequences, and to this sjs'em of discipline the men are very much opposed, as they are often compelled to pay fines for delays that result from causes not traceable to any negligence on their part. TIK CAR WHEEL PUZZLE.

"1 had a question pat to me the other diy that I was unable to answer," said a man who stood watching a cables car go abruptly around the curve at Thirteenth 6treet and Grand avenue "Here is what pizzlrs me: The wheels of the car are firmly fastened to the axles, and the wheel can't turn unless the axles turn. The outer rail of curve is longer than the inner rail. Does the outer wheel turn faster than the inner wheel, or does the latter slip?" The other man had once been in the railway business, and he quickly replied: "That's easy. If you'll examine closely you'll see that the wheels, in stead of being perfectly flat on the rim, are beveled, making the outer circum ference smaller than the inside circumference. When a car turns a curve it has a tendency to go off at a tangent, or in other words, to ump the track, which it would do were it not for the flange on the inside of the outer wheel, which presses closely against the rail The rail touches the inner wheel quite a distance from the flange.

The result is that the diameter of the outer wheel where it rests upon the rail is greater than that of the inner wheel. This difference in diameter equalizes the difference in the length of the curved rails. Both wheels revolve with the same speed at their axles, but the outer wheel traverses a greater distance, be cause its diameter from the axle to the point of contact with the rail 1b great er." Kansas City Star. STEEL TRACKED HIGHWAYS. They Are the Coining Roads In Thickly Settled Farts of the Country.

From Hardware The steel track highway is described as a "gutter steel track one fourth of an inch thick, five inches wide, flat on the bottom, with sides half an inch high, then extending outward one and a half inches. It is spiked to a longi tudinal timber laid on cross ties No spike heads are on the surface, and the track is perfectly smooth. The track is laid lour ieet eight ana one nail inches from center to center the standard gauge of all wagons and rail road cars." The middle and sides are filled in with 6tone in fact, is a ma cadamized road, with steel tracks for the wagon wheels. On this steel track one horse will draw twenty times as much as on a dirt road. This important fact is commented upon at length, i 'Freight can be hauled on a steel track road for less than half the average charge on lateral roads.

This means an economic revolution. The practice of all trunk. lines, in the language of one of the highest railroad officials in the nation, is to charge 'all that the traffic will bearto meet the fierce'com petition of rival routes to the seaboard, and the freight along lateral roads is charged enough more to make on the whole a satisfactory profit. This robbery by the trunk lines, who control all lateral feeders, has been carried to such lengths that freight to and from a distance of 1,000 miles is carried to and rom market at less per ton than is charged on lateral roads for 100 miles." There are in round numbers 1,500, 000 miles of highways in the states be side city streets, for which the track is equally good. If steel track highways are generally adopted and we see no reason why they should not be it means an immense demand for steel, eading to the erection of new plants and a large investment of capital.

The fact that this system has been approv ed by the road department at Washington and by the road parliament at Atlanta, who recommended that trial tracks be put down in each state, and the indorsement of the commissioner of the state of New Jersey, adds. to the importance of the claim that this is the 'coming road of America." The Indiana Central. The Indiana Central which has had such a hard time in its infancy now promises to be an important line if the plans of the projectors do not miscarry. is now proposed to extend the line to Benton Harbor, and a com pany is already considering' the construction of transports to carry loaded cars from Benton Harbor to Milwaukee across Lake Michigan. The people of Benton Harbor have voted 815,000 for the construction of a bridge across the St.

Joseph river and others along the proposed route have taken financial action in an effort to have the road touch their towns. The road expects a heavy traffic in freight from the northwest by the way of Milwaukee and by connections it will make with lea diner trunk lines running east and west it will be in a position to serve patrons fully as well as to be of benefit to all towns and cities on the route. Fort Wayne Sentinel. Wabash Heading Room at Andrews. Employes of the Wabash at Andrews and in the train service running into Andrews, are arranging to organize a reading: room association.

The object is to establish a room, fitted up with tables and easy chairs and supplied with the leading newspapers and periodicals, to which the men may resort when off duty. About seventy five names of railroad men have been secured, each pledging himself to contribute a stated sum per month to the support of the room. By laws of the association have been prepared and one week from Monday night a meeting will be held at which arrangements will be perfected for the immediate opening of the room. THAT PREDICTED STORM Caused Much Destruction of Prop erty in Neighboring Towns. Numerous Funnel Shaped Clouds Passed Over This City Monday Night Wabash Telegraph Wires Down and Trains Delayed.

The storm predicted in last Monday Daily Dkmocbat, did not strike this city, but information received from all localities surroundincr us is to the ef fect that a very heavy storm passed through this section of the country that night. North of us, in this county, hail 'fell "in" large Quantities and the wind blew at a furious rate. A similar storm occurred south and west of us, doing considerable damage to wheat, oats and other farming crops. The Wabash telegraph wires are all down west of here and no report can received from that end and along the line of road. The passenger train due here at 11:07 was reported 6 hours late, and a train was made up at Dan ville, which was to have arrived at 11:07, but did not get here until after 1 o'clock next afternoon, being two hours late.

On the line of the C. east of here, the C. officials report a very heavy storm, felling trees and doing considerable other damage. A tree fell across the C. E.

telegraph wires and broke them, and the severeness of the storm cannot be learned until the wires are connected and placed in their prop er position. Quite a number of our residents saw a funnel shaped big as a block of business houses, pass over this city in the night, and all of them expected that our city would be visited by a genuine cyclone. Ft. Wayne, Decatur and various other points surrounding us were visited by terrible storms. OUR CITT DADS.

There Was a Meeting of Council Monday Night. A regular meeting of the common council waB held Monday evening. All members present, except Council men Mader and Wright. Minutes of previous meetings read and approved. The first business of the evening was the reading of a petition, signed by all the property owners along said streets, to lower the grade of Cheery street eighteen inches instead of twelve at the intersection of that street with Tipton street.

Referred to committee of the whole. City Civil Engineer Guthrie submit ted a profile of the center line grade of Washington street from Lincoln avenue to First street. The following claims were allowed and the clerk instructed to issue orders for their respective amounts: Street Commissioner's pay roll (298 09 Beckman 7 75 Clark Griffith 14 25 James Horrell 14 25 CWDelvin 4 50 CEBrlant 208 21 PerrineA Bartlett 115 66 Joseph DavieB 8 6 Smutz. 6 50 8 Zell. 4 40 A Rosebrough 50 David Evans 50 Fred Brahs 1 00 United Telephone Co 2 00 Skiles 90 Mrs Fredericks 1 57 John 27 37 Chas Reiser 7 00 CMBriggs 7 00 ChasWasson 7 00 James Merritt i 7 00 Joseph Buchanan 7 00 Wm Kettering 7 00 150 Aaron Richardson 2 40 Superintendents pay roll 78 33 The Engineering 16 20 United Telephone Co.

26 25 Andrew Ream 75 Kuhlman 65 Hersej Mfg Co 2 65 Jas Clow fc 11 65 The judiciary committee, to whom was referred the claim of Leopold Levy for rebate on delinquent taxes, recommended the claim be rejected. The report had no sooner, been read than Mr. Levy addressing the council, said: "Before the motion is carried, I am positive you are not aware of the facts as they exist. In the first place I went to Mr. Bay and asked him to make out my tax receipt and at any time to come to me and get the money.

He failed to present his receipt to me and I thought be did not want to use the money during that time and it went delinquent upon those grounds. I am not in the habit of allowing anv claims of that kind to go delinquent. You charged me ten per cent, penalty, and then six per cent, and then com pound interest upon that. I don't think the council will go to work and impose such hardships upon the taxpayers, especially of erroneous assessment. AH I ask is to be treated right.

I don't think gentlemen of council have any personal feeling in the matter to ask me to do more than what is right After considerable discussion of the matter, the claim was again referred back to the judiciary committee, with instructions to look into the matter. The vote upon the question stood two in affirmative, one in negative and one not voting. The mayor said the motion was carried. Contract of J. Vernon for the construction of sidewalks on Whitelock street was approved on condition that the Palmer walk, already built is stricken out.

City clerk Drummond said he had a number of bids for the construction of the Cherry and Wilkerson streets sewer6, and on motion they were re ferred to the committee of the whole A communication, with specifications from the gentlemen interested in the erection of a. crematory here, was re ferred to the committee of the whole without reading. Speaker said that the sewer crossing on Matilda street, at the intersection Lafontaine street, was in a bad condi tion and that was nothing done with it, and to do away with this red tape connection he moved that the street commissioner be instructed to Bee to the work, put in the tile and collect the assessments. Adopted. The street commissioner was in structed to fix drain on Buchanan street; remove pond of water standing on East Wilkerson street, and to fill the big hole in the street at the inter section o'f First street and Harrison avenue.

On motion of Weber, the street commissioner was also instructed to look after a broken sewer on German street. A. Kenower was present and call ed attention, of council to the double sewer assessment on his one lot. Re ferred to judiciary committee. Gibson said that the street commis sioner ought to notify C.

E. Glass to trim the shade trees in front of his property on First street. Other members of council thought this was a bad time of year to compel a man to trim his trees and therefore no action was taken in the matter. Charles Gardner and other residents of Englewood, were present and asked the council to open the alley in the rear of Everett street. Referred to street committee.

The council then went into a com mittee of the whole. When council resumed, the commit tee of the whole reported the follow ing: That the contract for the Cherry street sewer be awarded to James B. Williams at $1.13 per lineal foot. That the Wilkerson street sewer be awarded to Mr. Williams at SI 65 per lineal foot.

Adopted. The committee also reported in favor of establishing the grade of East Washington street as recommended by the city civil engineer. Adopted. Business TTniversity News. Miss Estella Metz, of South Whitley, is home for a few weeks' vacation.

John Kill enrolled Monday, for the stenography and bookkeeping courses. Miss Minnie Albert iB again in at tendance after several weeks' absence. Misses Agnes Dyer, Clara Way mack and Gertrude Goring are absent on short vacations. Prof. Bruner will return Monday, from a three weeks' vacation spent at his home in Lafountaine.

Messrs. Herbert Spencer, Walter S. Mitchell and Ralph Applegate are among those recently enrolled. Miss Lena Martin is acting in the capacity of stenographer during the absence of Miss Purviance in the office of Baltes Martin. Miss Nona Bone, a teacher in the graded school at Bippus, and whose home is Makin, enrolled Monday, for the bookkeeping and stenography courses.

Miss Ella Huff, a teacher in the schools of New Briton, Hamilton county, and a graduate of the shorthand department of the Valparaiso College, enrolled for shorthand instruction, Monday. Will Drill at Ktngsland. Since the well was drilled a quarter of a mile west of Kingsland about two years ago and gave a showing of a little oil, farmers in that section of the country have believedthat oil abounded in paying quantities on their farms and have been anxious to have another test well put down. Several attempts to organize companies and interest oil men have proved futile but it looks now as though another test of the field would be made. C.

F. Otney Co. have the rig timbers for the first well on the ground already and expect to commence drilling inside of three weeks. Bluff ton News. Harvest Meeting.

The annual Harvest Meeting will be held in Purvianc's Grove, six miles north east of Huntington and three and one half miles south west of Roanoke, en Saturday, Aug. 8th. The meeting is given under the auspices of the Brethren church but Christian people of all denominations are requested to be present. Good speakers will be present and the day will be one to be long remembered Bring your baskets well filled. Ice cream and other refreshments served on the grounds.

Remember the date is Saturday, Aug. 8. The Letter List. The following is a list of letters received and remaining uncalled for in the Postoffice, in Huntington Abby Mrs. Sella Brown Mrs.

Charley Clark Mr. Fred McClisb Miss Dellle Manary Rev N. H. Rogers Mr. G.

L. RenblandsMrs Alice Schoolmaster Mr. tetzel Mr. Gideon WooJbary Mr. J.

N. Woodard Mis Jessie Warren Mies Glen Eckenbarger John Elliott Parcle Fisher Mrs. Susan Gill Miss Emma Gossette Miss Bessie Jones Miss Oessie Persons calling for above letters will please say "Advertised." J. F. Ftjltos, P.

1L. INDIANA SUES EXPRESS COMPANIES. Attorney General Files Suit to Recover Taxes for 1885. At Indianapolis, Monday, Attorney General Ketcham filed two suits on behalf of the state of Indiana, one against the American Express company and the other against the Adams Express company, to recover the taxes of 1895 assessed throughout the counties in the state where these companies do business. The taxes assessed against the Adams Express company were 86,447 76 and against the American $6,602.53.

In each case $12,000 is asked and also the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the affairs of the companies and conduct them until sufficient revenue has been received to pay the amount asked for in the complaints. DANIEL BEOHTEL After an Illness of Several Months Died at His Home on West Market Street This Daniel Beghtel, an aged citizen of this city, after a long illness ceased his suffering this morning a little before six and crossed over to the shore be yond. The deceased was born in Stark county, Ohio, in 1815, and at the time of his death was 81 years, 2 months and 10 days old. He was married to Mary Cox, November 7, 1837, and in 1844 moved to Huntington county this state, where he and his wifelived until Jan. 8, 1888 where death called her home.

To this union ten children were born, seven boys and three girls; five of the sons and two daughters are still living. The sons live in Huntington county, Mesdames C. A. Sickafoose and James Lehman, the daughters, reside in Col umbia City. Mr.

Beghtel moved to this city about six years ago and has been living with his daughter ever 6ince. Most of his life was spent in farming, but of late years his health failed him so that he has been unable to do anything. It has been two years since he has been away from home, and for eight months he was confined to his bed. Death was caused by a complication of diseases. Father Beghtel enjoyed religion and joined the U.

B. church in 1137, and lived a consistant Christian life until his death. He donated the ground on which the present Beech Grove church stands. Besides the sons who are Henry, Isaiah, William, Joseph and Eli and the two daughters previously mentioned he leaves thirty one grandchildren and eleven great grand child ren. The funeral will be conducted from the Beech Chapel U.

B. church in Huntington county to morrow and will leave the house at 9 a. m. Columbia City Post, July 27. Erie Club Organization.

A number of Erie railway employes met at the opera house, Monday and organized a Sound Money Railway McKinley club. The attendance was fair. The meeting was called to order by James Kennedy, who was.on motion made temporary chairman. The fol owing officers were elected: William Urake, president; Joseph Grass, W. H.

Shideler, Ira Miller and James Ken nedy, vice presidents; W. H. Wells, secretary; Ed. Humbert, corresponding secretary; James Kennedy, treasurer. Speeches were made by John J.

Hart and Dr. W. F. Carson, the latter a sound money democrat. In his speech Mr.

Carson repudiated the convention held in Chicago, and denounced such men as Tillman, Altgeld, and Jones as secessionists and renegades. Dr. Carson spoke entertainingly and when he eulogized Grover Cleveland, he was greeted by a thunderous applause. His speech entire was democratic, and that while he did not believe in the protection theory the republicans advo cated, he agreed with them that the eound money problem was a winner and that the popocrats and sixteen to one men will be forever buried beneath the votes of next November, that the silver question will never again be resurrected. Asa Myers, at early hour Tuetd morning, nlea an amae vit against utis Smith on a charge of assault and bat tery.

The assault occurred near the Wabash railroad track, where workmen were engaged in unloading the new boilers for the water works plant. Myers is the man who was cut in the arm on the night of the democratic ratification, and it was alleged at the time that four men jumped onto him while he was on his way home. The fight that morning was the direct result of that report. Smith asked the privilege of seeing the iDjared arm, and when it was granted, took hold of the injured member and pinched it with all his might. To this pinch act, Myers took objection, and told Smith he had a notion to smash him one in the face for his impudence, but did not do it.

Smith, however, was in a fihtirg mood, and he hauled off and stru Myers several blows in the face. Later Smith was arrested, but was let go, it is said, bv Mayor Cast on his own rec ogniztnee until the tima of his trir.l. Smith was arraigned in mayor's court at 9 o'clock, where he pleaded guilty to the charge preferred against him. His fine and cos amounted to $9:30, which amount he liquidated..