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j- our ottawa letter explosion of the muchher alded gunpowder plot ft i th contrmct syuin affairs io the north wm the committers kport a uiff industry sessional goulp from our own correspondent ottawa sept 28 tho tory news paper correspondents have bad a great time inventing what the anglican litany calls sedition prlvj conspiracy and re bellion within the government ranks sir john macdonald had not been dead a month when tho tory party was torn by intrigues that culminated in the bolt an affair without parallel in the history of parliamentary institutions and the correspondents will have it that the lib eral party must be in the same ripped- up condition their best story was that the quebec liberals were kicking against mr tartes presence id the cabinet mr beaugrand of la patrle was at the head of the mutineer gin d mr laurler was nearly crazy overt situation this news found place every day for a month in the ottawa correspondqce of the mall and empire at last the explosion took place it was in the form of a violent and libellous article against mr tarte in an obscure montreal paper the libre parole the writer of the article or rather the person who assumed responsi bility for it was a mr grenler who had been advertising agont for i solr a paper which the montreal liberals started for campaign purposes and allowed to die when it bad done its work mr gienier says le soir owed him some moneyfor salary and commissions how ever that may be ho began dunning mr tarte who had nothing to do with le soir till tarte got tired and resented it then he took revenge by getting some body to write the libel in tho libre parole for wbloh he was promptly arrested at tartes instance this is the muchheralded gunpowder plot as a tory minister used to say there aint nothing to it nohow the flrstnan to vindicate tarte against his defamer was mr beaugrand of lapatrle the head and front of the old liberals who it was said were ready to tear him to pieces la presso independent tory also defends mr tarte and applauds the arrest of grenler even la minerve the tory organ has to allow that grenler went too far the contract system at the end of his article grenler printed a letter from a defeated liberal candidate which reflects much discredit upon that defeated candidate mr tarte makes it a rule to award contracts in his department to the lowest bidder there is no huggermugger no figuring up and figuring down no boodling by wholesale and retail such as formerly disgraced the department when two or more per sons send in tenders for supplies that are lower than the rest and practically as low as each other he has been in the habit of allowing the liberal member for the county where the money is to be spent or the defeated liberal member as the case may be to say which of these bidders should get the contract it ap pears that a defeated candidate wrote to a firm asking for sombthlug for the boy in consideration of his recommend ing that it should bo given a coal con tract business is business he said it was a bad business for him as soon at grenler printed the letter tarte de nounced the writer and requested those who bad received similar letters from the same source to forward them to the de partment a change has already been made in tho mode of deciding between tenders that are the lowest go that there wrjroerib further temptation for de feated candidates or any one else to do wrong it came out the other day that col tisdale when minister of militia cnter- ed into an agreement on tho eve of the general elections with several firms every ono of them tory for tho supply of clothing and equipment for the space of three years it is alleged that tenders were called for in the usual way and that it was a mere coincidence that the contracts were all got by tory house like that of senator saijford of hamil ton perhaps it was but what right had mr tisdalc without the authority of parliament no money having beon voted for tho purpose to make contracts ex tending over thrco years especially on tho nvo of tho elections when a now parliament and as it turned out a new government was about to bo chosen it in strongly suspected that some of the fortunate contractors came down hand- somcly for the campaign i mention these things because they ssrve along with tho huge scandals of termor times to roako out a caso for a radical change in the contract system tho united state government- which has had a long and varied experience has adopted tho plan of opening tenders publicly and awarding contracts publicly in order that there may bo a check on all concerned we employ the secret method no one knows anything of tho facts of an award till months after tho work or the supplying of material has begun and then only when returns are moved for in parliament it la not disloyal surely to profit by american experience under their plan boodling is unknown for tho work is altogether in tho control of officials who have no need of campaign funds there is no favoritism for the officials aro not politicians no extras ana the taxpayer can see for himself that his interests are being properly pro tec ted moreover in tho states none but experts are employed in dealing with tho contracts what does a canadian minis ter or his deputy for that matter who may bo lawyers journalists or brewers know about tho quality of military cloth ing or tho merits of a certain coal afltttlr in the northwest it is n painful subject yet one cannot help noting how complctoly liberal pre dictions regarding tho outcome ofa tory policy in the northwest have been ful filled liberals protected against inflict ing protective duties on tho settler that wns not the wny they said to make him prosperous during n period of agricul tural depression with farm price abnor mally low they protested too against tho exemption of canadian pacific lands from local taxation tho company select- ed the best lands it could find by the charter they were to bo exempt for twenty years from the issue of the patent bj tho crown but the tory government stood in with mr van borne and did not issue patents till the land had been sold to settlers and then not till the set tler had paid up all he owed to the com pany the people imagined that the ex emptions would cease twenty yean after the company took possession say in 1902 six years hence whereas the company has not yet patented an acre of its mil lions of acres of unsold land and patents have not been issued on a portion nf that actually under cultivation the ex piry of the exemptions is thus practic ally as far off as it was in 1882 liberals also urged that the road should not be built through the wilder ness north of lake superior mr blakes protest was backed by so good a tory as sir david macphorson they said use tho american railways up to pern bona and start your canadian pacific from winnipeg westward build ing branches north and south as coloni zation calls for them by this means tho settler in the prairie region will not have to pay in exorbitant rates for the loss in operating tbe long stretch of desert between tbe ottawa and port arthur the tories declared this to be disloyal an allcanadian route was necessary at any cost to build up the empire to sir johns repeated asser tion that the road would not cost tbe taxpayers of the older provinces a dollar as its construction would be defrayed from the sale of crown lands liberals replied in substance that he was talking through his hat when tupper came along with an estimate prepared by a subordinate who was as wild a stretch er as himself that the lands would net 60000000 in ton or fifteen years and the wheat crop amount to 640000000 bushels liberals answered that he was humbugging tho country or elso had al lowed his riotous imagination to get tho better of his common sense this was disloyal too every ono who doubted was a traitor and champion of dakota if yon cant bo loyal and patriotic to your own country was the cry of tho high minded tory statesmen get out of it the committee report unfortunately it was the settlor who got out of it after twenty years of la borious booming and lavish expenditure that has loaded the dominion with an appalling debt the northwest members and independents like mr pulton mccar thy confess that tho whole business amounts to a fiasco tho report of the special committee of which rev dr douglas member for east asslniboia is chairman is n practical acknowledge ment that tbe liberals were right and that if their advice hud been taken tho northwest would not now bo seething with discontent a burden and a menace to the rest of canada it is gall and wormwood to sir charles to sea himself shown up hy events as a mero visionary and blatherskite tho sad part of it is that the country should over havo fol lowed such a charlatan he can retire with a fortune the taxpayer has to grub along with a debt of 300000000 on his back and precious little to show for it the special committee says the gov ernment must undertake the regulation of c p r rates or tho settlers cannot live with prices as they are how is that to be done kates are excessive be cause the good sections have to pay for tho loss on operating between the ottawa or sudbury and port arthur shall we nave to assume that worthless division and run it as a government road then tho railway act provides that there shall bo no government interference with rates till the earnings of the wholo line are sufficient to pay 15 per cent per an num on the amount actually spent on construction how is this to be got over surely it would be cruel and unjust be yond measure to expect the farmers of ontario to incur fresh burdens lu order to appease mr van home yet hero we aro after voting 100000000 in money or moneys worth to this great enterprise face to face with the fact that as an agent for colonizing the north west it is n fiat failure habit of talking grit and voting tory which did not please it he feit it hard that he should be passed over in the allotment of portfolios for such poor sticks as dewdney and daly and rasped them at every opportunity which still further impaired his standing in tbe party no one knows what he is driving as now unless it be that he wants to succeed tupper he for one believes that he is just the man for the post nicholas is a good fellow and would have mado his fortune as a comedian on the stage but politics is not his holt tupper the younger is apparently laying pipes to succeed bis father but tho tupper star fell below the horizon with a dull thud on june 33 g a tinea u household delicious grctn cum there foetus to be a difference of opin ion in the medical world regarding the virtues of corn many medical authori ties approve of corn while one of high reputation says among the tfw vege tables unfit to le put into the human stomach la corn can he bea foreigner fresh sweet green corn is a luxury one does not llko to be deprived of sweet corn like pea loses its sweetness very soon and should bo cooked as quickly as possible do not remove tho husks until just before it is required for conking then take off the outside busks except the lsavcs close to th corn turn these back and removing all tho silk recover tho corn and boll or steam do not salt tbe water in which tho corn is boiled ns it tends to harden the hulls corn is ono of the best things to take to a picnic it may be boiled leaving part of the husks on and rolled in a blanket and then covered with papers tho corn will then remain hot for several hours what can be nicer than oar of sweet corn roasted in hot ashes pull the charred husks back and eat with plenty of sweet butter a ail suit to make a corn ehowder cut half pound of salt pork into inch pieces slice four onions together tnln and boll the pork and onions together thirty minutes in two quarts of water peel and cut four medium sized potatoes into slices thick enough to keep their shape after they have been cooked add these to the soup and boll tn minutes mean while scald one quart of milk after the potatoes have boon boiled add one quart of grated sweet corn and then the hot milk and let the soup come to a boll cover tho bottom of to gviip turoen with crackers that have bcen toasted and buttered and pour the souj over them sprinkle pepper over the top and servo for cream of corn roup put one pin of grated green corn into a pint of bei water and let it cook half an hour place a generous quart of milk over tho fire in a saucepan with one onion cut in quar ters and let them come to a boll mix two even tablespoonfuls of butter with the same amount of flour stir in a little of the hot milk to moisten it and make a smooth pasto befom adding the boiling milk and cook ten minutes remove tho onion and add the prepared corn serison with salt and pepper and serve philadelphia times itule tor lareuu as far as you can choose your sons associates see to it that you know all his friends and let him feel perfectly free to invite them to the house take pains to make him and them comfortable and happy he will not be blow in ap predating your though t fulness tell your little ones fairy tales they will lead them to believe in friendly though invisible forces which assist tbe will they will lead to a hope for a happiness unkuown to real life but which nevertheless exists because they themselves experience it under the spell of the fairy tale be reverent in approaching childna ture hold yourself in remember that far more important than emotional out bursts than cries and sobs and tears is the steady resolve to do the thing that is right the thing that christ bids to be truthful and obedient unselfish pure and noble note that when a child once realizes that you cannot remit n punishment bo- cause it would be wrong the galling sense of uukindness vanishes mukiuxr the bed in making up the bed one point that is especially insisted upon is that the under shrot shall be 1 id smoothly and drawn over the mattress so tightly that no wrinkles can annoy tbe patient for tbe invalids bed this is secured by pin ning it to the mattress underneath while this may not be necessary for the ordinary bed it carries a suggestion of value especially for the nervous sleeper to whom the loose wrnkles of a care lessly made bed may be a great distur ber though in many cases perhaps un consciously so this is particularly im portant where the sheets aro of linen fortunately cotton ones are coming to be pretty generally recognized as moro conducive to comfort and health in making the bed tuck the under sheet well under tho mattress on cue sldo of the bed and then from the othor side draw the sheet as evenly and as tightly as possible across the bed until it is perfectly smooth and then tuck in this side also firmly under the mattress the upprr sheet snould be long enough to fold under well nt tho bottom and at the top to leave a good margin to turn over tho blankets or othor covering to protect them this is not only comfort able but tidy doncxola the british conquest on the upper nile the two not defeudrd u hen the british bombarded it some thins about tbe kx- pedltlon the dervlfthe our readers wore informed early in the pan week that tbe british had cap tured dongola the accompanying map shpwd how far up the nile valley this littleknown town is tho actual taking of the town was a farce for the natives made no resistance except to fire on the british boats dongola itself was not defended and tho british promptly landed a force captured a quantity of treasure all the dervish book which were kept there and seven gralnhvien boats it was in march last that egypt be came the scene of a british campaign oftne nile region hammed was to appear on the earth about this time to exterminate all un believers and torn the world over to islam he and his enthusiastic disciples grew obstreperous and in august 1s81 england by reason of ber sponsorship of egyptian affairs was forced to send an expedition against them hicks pashas j army the first sent was massacre and england decided to withdraw bat mean- time tbe mahdlsts surrendered at sua kirn on the ked sea kassala berber khartoum and elsewhere and it was then decided to send gen chinese gordon to the relief of the expedition the rute being across the desert from i suaklm gordon reached khartoum in the spring of 18s4 and there without reinforcements ha and his brave troops were butchered by the mahdlsts thus ended the fatal soudan campaign and the people of england have neve for given the government for thus leaving tho intrepid gordon and his men to their awful fate the battle was left drawn tbe mahdlsts retiring into the soudan and the remnant of english troops being withdrawn tnus england has an old score to settle next years bicycle a utility screen people who occupy flots resort to all manner ol makeshifts many of them turning out to be bits of real ingenuity the utility screen is one of these contrl- a llif industry two or three days ago there was a meeting between ministers and an in fluential man from toronto interested in distilling to devise ways and means of fighting the gigantic smuggling traffiu that has been going on in the lower st lawrence baio dos chaleurs and all along tho new brunswick and nova scotia coasts for tho lart fifteen years tho reader has doubtless read in the papers about tho smuggling traffic in newfoundland in whioh ministers of tho crown and members of the legislature are said to havo been interested well tho newfoundland smuggling is not fa patch on tho smuggling done in canada corn alcohol 50 over proof from ameri can dltillrlcs is carried up the gulf as far as quebec by tho ship load then re duced to drinkable strength by tho addi tion of water and sold as white whis ky tills is ono branch of tho trade and a most profitable one then brandy scotch whisky gin and othor spirits im ported free of duty into the french islands of miquelon off tho south coast of newfoundland nro smuggled into our eastern seaboard beginning at quebec also in ship- loads that is tho othor branch between the two the syndicate of smugglers makes nn enormous lot of money overy yoar and of course the can adian revenue is dofrauded and tho dis tillers beat out of just so much busi ness wo havo cruieors watching the gulf and an array of preventive officers now and then a seizure is mado hut in reality tho smugglers hnvo it pretty much their own way it is moro than suspected that mem bers of the dominion parliament yes and ministers too have been paid regu lar dlvvys for protecting the traffic it is too la to in the season to begin a campaign acralnst it but mr pnterscn is determined to stop it if he can and to root out tho whole conspiracy every part of tho public service scorn to bo corrupt to the core sfhiianal goulp tho tories aro amusing themselves by letting fly canards about tho manitoba school question mr sifton mr martin abbo proulx mr drolct and the pope it is nut worth whllo contradicting them tho school question will soon bo settled in n way to satisfy reasonable men and that without federal coercion mr paterson has handed hi sessional allowance to the widow of mr clarko who was returned for north grey in juno there is a domnnd among tho farmers of ontario for meetings to bo addressed by sir kichard cartwrlght ho is by odds tho strongest man with tho farm ers in either party tmv know that ho 1 honest fearless and capable qualities that count for something in times llko these nicholas flood davln has beon much in evidence lately indeed ho considers himself ono of the regular tory lenders when his party was in power ho had a why she gets hurt five out of six bicyclists who sustain more or less serious injuries in accidents of one kind or another are said to be women at first sight this would soem to indicate that women are not so expert as men in the management of tho wheel or that they are imposed upon because of their weakness and their inability to defend themselves from brutal scorch ers neither theory is correct it is true that the woman beginner is tho terror of thn road she plunges and wabnles i from ourb to curb with a charming in- difference to the safety of wheelmen and pedestrians alike and cautious riders in variably turn down sldo streets or dis mount at her approach but onco she has mastered tho wheel she is fully as able to take caro of herself as any of tho sterner sex the trouble seems to bo that she wont do it whether or not it is owing to tho fact that she has been ac customed to deference and consideration all her life the fact remains that the average woman on a bicycle will calmly perpetrate cycling misdemeanors from whlrh the mole cyclist would recoil in terror sho will ride npon thewrong sldo of the road rho will cut botween two riders going in tho same direction and she will dispute tho right of way with anything from a baby carriage to a locomotive of course not all women riders are guilty of theso high crimes against cycling etiquet but the wheel men of any town with tho recollection of many a cold sweat caused by narrowjy averted collisions will testify that lovely woman is usually an object to be dreaded when she takes to the bicycle it is not her weakness that gets her into trouble it is tho rashness and confidence in spired by a hereditary prorogatlvo of doing as sho pleases that cause tho fair cyclist to try conclusions with ico wagons and sprinkling carts whoso driv ers cant or wont turn out at her op- proach and nothing will sovo her from further disaster except tho recognition of the fact that the rules of tho road can not unfortunately bo changed to suit her wayward fancy and that a collision for example between a trolley car and a blcyclo is likely to provo disastrous to tho blcyclo oven if it bo rlddon by a woman england on the nile map showing dongola recently taken by the british forces for a posy lat shoes heated by water warm feet during wot weather are tho best preventive against socalled colds and their often dangerous con sequence rubber shoes and cork solos have been pretty generally usod to avoid getting cold and wet foot but a new and very curious means to worm the feet has recently been patented by paul won- noborger of gruna near dresden ho call his invention hoatftblo shoes within the heel of tho shoo which is hollowed out there is a receptacle for a glowing substance similar to that used in tho japanese handwurmers between tho soles imbedded in nbestos covers is a rubber bag which is filled with water the water is heated above the j heel and a it circulates while tho wearer of tho shoe is walking it keeps tho en tire nothcr surface of tho foot warm a small safety valvo is provided that tho bag can not burst tho warmth given by this sole never rises above 70 degrees fahrenheit and will last for about fight hours the shoes are little heavier than ordinary ones and tho sole n but slightly thicker than that of the socalled wet weather boot st louis globo democrat mysteries nf nnvlintloii sweet girl in a rowboat what is this placo in tho baok of tho boat for nice young man that is to put an oar in whon yon want to soull ho boat rowing requires both oars ono each sldo but in sculling only one is used that is placed at the back and worked with one hand sweet girl after meditation i wish yon would try sculling for a while vances and while being an ornament to tho room is essentially useful tho out side of tho screen may he decorated in any way desired tho most durable and easily managed framework is made of bamboo set together in slots while adur- able covering that will not readily soil is tho dull colored denims either figured or plain tho insldo of the screen may bo cov ered with whlto oil cloth tho sort used commonly upon the kitchen tables so that whon soiled it may bo readily wiped off on one side fasten hooks upon which will bo hung stockings or any small article of wearing apparel to dry or to nlr after ironing another section of tho screen will bo orranged in bags recop- taclo for dust cloths cleaning cloths etc or any of the unsightly hut neces sary implements of household warfare several ounces a pooa sauce for baked fish mode without butter eggs or milk is as fol lows remove the fish from tho baking tin pour off any fat and shake in a teaspoonful of brown flour add half a pint of fish stock a tablespoonful of ketchup and a pinch of salt stir all well scraping tho tin boll up and pour round tho fish a teaspoonful of made mustard and chutney or essence of an chovy may bo used instead of vinegar for boiled fish boll a teaspoonful of grated borsoradlsh in a gill of fish stock add n gill of light wlno a tablespoonful of vinegar and lemon juice a teaspoonful of soy and anchovy essence and sufficient flour to make tho sauce tho consistency of cream pepper and salt to tasto of course n little butter would bo an im- j prnvomont i for tho cutlets fry a sliced onion in nn ounco of butter whon brown remove them and add a dcsortspoonful of brown flour and half u pint of good stock boll up tho sauce add two tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce n teaspoonful of an chovy essence a tiny lump of sugar c squeezo of lemon popper salt cayenne and a tablespoonful of sherry poos mashed potatoes french beans a la mnl- tre dhotol or any dressed vegetables form n center for tho cutlets about fins thorns were originally used in fasten ing garments together pins did not im mediately succeed thorns ns fasteners but different applinncen were used such as hooks bucklos and lares it was tho latter half of tho fifteenth century boforo pins were used in great britain whon first manufactured in england tho iron wire of tho proper length was filed to a point nnd tho other extremity twisted into a head this was n slow process and four or five hundred pins was a good days work for nn expert hand 1otntoewcr limited tako some large now potatoes wash scropo and boil gently till tender in boil ing salted water with n sprig of fresh mint lift out dry lightly in n cloth split in halves lengthways season with a dust of salt ami pepper lay on a hot dish or tin pour nil over them a little warmed butter lift them out with n skewer for filx months tbo queens troops have been pushing their way up tho nile what is it alpabaut italy hoping to compete in the race for territorial aggression in africa pushed her outposts too far into the ter ritory of menelek her nominal liege and tho penalty was the massacre of the italian army of nearly 5000 at adowa in tho kingdom of tlgre toegray northern abyssinia early in tho present year with european sentiment roused against the tribes of tho upper nile region by this the most serious of military dis aster of recent years england seized the moment to propose a punitive expedition against her old enemies the mahdlsts of the soudan she proposed to pay for this with the civil funds that would otherwise apply on egypts big debt franco saw in the move not only a loss to french holders of egpytian bonds but tho logical probability that england will by tho conquest of tbe soudan establish another most important link in her african possessions which will leave only one gap in her great chain of territory from the cnpe of good hop to tho mouths of tho nile such a chain onco established would put an end to french aspirations in that beautiful neutral territory that divides tho uppor congo from tho upper nile france protested ostensibly on the ground that egyptian funds should hot be squandered on an expedition for which sho urges there is no pressing do- maud italy has every reason to en courage a great military move up the nile that will occupy tho natives of the region and threaten abyssinia from that side germanys and austrias interests are neutral territorially but their sup port naturally goes to their ally italy england thus found herself in full accord with the triple alliance which thus be comes virtually a quadruple alliance j franco aligns on the opposite side and russia stands with her on several grounds first king monclok of abys sinia is a christian who by n special mission to st petersburg last year expressed a sense of allegiance to the russian orthodox church russia ii thus tho religious sponsor of this httlo christian oasis in tho desert of pagan africa and cannot but resent italys designs on abyssinia so much for tho political aspect of the move look at the material aspect prime minister salisbury perhaps de signs to conquer the whole of the soudan and give england a new loaso on egyp tian affairs ho received notice from italy that the dervishes were likely to attack kassala a point italy decided to abandon tho dervishes have for years been making disastrous raids on tho peaceable nile farmers tho situation 1 more than sufficient the salisbury gov ernment has said to justify this expedi tion to repress them dongola on tho nile between the third and fourth cataracts has been tho objective point and now becomes the bane of operations whence tho expedition is called tho dongola expedition ass ouan asssuwan with tho accent on last syllable is tho limit of the egyp tian civil authority on tho nile nnd as far as the most enthusiastic nile tourist over gnos it la over 600 miloa from cairo rut dongola is nearly coo miles further nnd khartoum tho old capital and stronghold of tho mahdlst hosts is still coo miles beyond by tho windings of tho rlvor in 1s88 tho dorvlshcs at task mado nn attempt to push into lower egypt but they wore suppressed tho next year the campaign ending in a most fearful slaughter of the dervishes gronfcll tho english commander of tho egyptian forces feigned retreat tho dervishes fell into tho trap and they were sacrificed almost to n man long uftor tho issue of battle was decided tho fanatical na tives continued to hurl themselves into tho breach only to meet a certain death refusing all quarter and giving none they fought ns only men can that aro imbued with tho highest sonso of tho justice of their cause they aro bravo to tho furthest limit and indifferent to death and thus they aro a very hard onomy to fight rut who are they thco dovlshos they aro the fanatical followers of mo- manufacturer are undecided about fix ing- their price a vexatious question just now among cyclists and prospective cyclists is the price that a firstclass wheel wilt bring next year whether one may be had then for the same price or less than it fetches now or whether the price wiii be advanced no one seems able to tell absolutely the oldest makers of 100 wheels say that it would be disastrous to their business to sell machines at the low figure which several younger manu facturers bavo named and at tho same time furnish each customer with a guar antee on the other band it is said in some quarters that enough money is made by many of the concerns which have cut their prices to warrant their continuing the experiment nxt year it is understood also that certain of them have promised to offer even bettor wheels at a cheaper price next year now i experienced wheelmen seem slo believe that tho difference in quail the component parts of high grade 1 cles is so marked as some of the mil of those machines would have the pti believe it is theso riders say that a ful workmanship is required in the i structlon of all durable wheels and i is truo that some of tho hlghgra wheelmakers employ more skilful work men than others tho fact is often inv discerniblo both in their wheels appear- a ance and use whether the wooden bicycles which are promised for next year will materially affect the wheel trade remains to bo seen their advocates say that the wheels will have many advantages over those with metal frames nobody was surprised when wheels of disputed quality were sold at alow price but now that thoro of n standard make can bo bought for half price everybody is set to thinking when the stock of whoels now selling so cheaply is ex hausted cyclists wonder what move the dealers will make then persons who will want wheels next year are probably safe if they wait till then before buying n y sun new bicycle chain a bicycle roller chain has recently been patented tho idea embodied is a variation of tho principle of the elliptical sprocket tbe chain being designed to new bicycle ciia1x give an increase in power on tho sprock ets both front and rear at the time when tho crank leverage is least to accomplish this each link is fitted with a roller at lt connection tbe rollers be ing of unequal size at tho point where the crank exerts the greatest leverage they aro small barely exceeding in diameter tho width of the ohaln the rollers gradually in crease in size till nt tho crank dead cen ter they ore of the greatest diameter the inventor expects in this way to give the rider nn advantage at tho points where it is most needed the problem of utilizing power at dead centers is so old that machinists as blcyclo riders regard this invenlon with interest as a possible solution and cover with iirowned crumbs lay on hammed- ahmed who in the year 181 a buttered tin and bako about ten mio- 1 proclaimed himself to bo mohdl or utea in a hot ovn prophet who as prophesied by mp- hint from the saddle when you mount bo sure to go to the curbing on the righthand side and mount from the righthand sldo of the bicycle never look behind you on any ac count vehicles coming up behind you will bo guided by your movements novor pass in front of a car at right angles you dont know what is on the other side in approaching n sldo street inter secting tho ono you ore on at right ang les r slowly nnd keep to tho right one must bo careful about children and dogs shout nt tho dogs so ms to frighten thorn away but children must be told which way to run if the road is slippery with mud or water go slowly and tako largo turns when turning from ono direction to an other dont keep behind a cab turn to tho left and pass nnd get ahead of it this is more ngreenblo and safer avoid in this way getting hemmed in by vehicles dont try to pass at right angles in front of cars or trucks go behind them rioyling accidents owing to machines lipping seem to bo increasing in num ber t i