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HIS CUBAN POLICY.
LEADER SAGASTA FAVORS
AUTONOMY.
the Probability of the Inland Ilelng Sold
Termed llrotcsque Never Doubted the
(Success ef Sputa's Military Operation! In
Cuba Weyler nnd Uorae Ciaih.
MAuniD, Mny 31 When Senor
Bagasta was asked in regard to his
opinion of tho possibility of Spain'
sale of Cuba, ho said:
"That supposition U so grotcsquo
that 1 do not caro to inako any rcDlv
to It at nil." v
'Did you promise to glvo Porto Rico
absolute autonomy on tho Liberal
party coming Into power?" tho corre
spondent asked.
"I did say to tho nutonomlsts that
the Liberal party will glvo Porto IUco
complete administrative autonomy."
"Will you giro mo some outline of
tho policy which the Liberal party
proposes to follow In Cubn?"
"In oil that concerns tho Integrity
of the mother country thcro Is no dif
ference of opinion whatever among
the 8Danlsh parties or politicians. We
are all resolved to maintain tho na
tional sovereignty in Cuba. Whore I
differ from the Conservatives Is in the
means of accomplishing the paclfica
tlon and welfare of tho island, since I
au of tho opinion that political nnd
diplomatic action should have been
employed cc-jolntly with military ac
tion. I believe so thoroughly In polit
ical notion because I consider tho ma
terial triumph of an armed force (and
on this point I never entertained
doubt) does not suffice to bring about
that intimate, filial union of Cuba nnd
Spain.
"Political action, besides bolng a
powerful auxiliary of military action,
is tho only policy competent to restore
things to tho condition of moral
quietudo and this result will be at
tained. Tho laws bestowed on Cuba
shall bo such as shall cause all mis
trusts to disappear and deprive the en
emies of Spain cf every possible pre
text for affirming that the mother
country does not govern Cuba in tho
pirlt of freedom and justice What I
have said In regard to Porto IUco ap
plies equally to the island of Cuba."
Havana, May 31 An engagement
nt La Reformn, Sanctl Splrltus, be
tween the Spanish, commanded by
General Weyler, nnd tho Cubans, led
by General Gomez, was fought early
last week. It was tho rosult of Woy
lcr's schemo to crush Gomez by sur
rounding him with 20.00D men. The
plan failed and tho battle was reported
here aa an ordinary Spanish victory,
without details.
It was the first tine in war that
Weyler and Gomes had faced each
other. General Gomez, placing his
men in tho best ttratcgle positions at
La Reforma, awaited Weyler, and for
six hours held him in check, although
the Cubans numbered scarcely 1,000
men. Gomez ordered his best shots to
pursue the Spanish general, but the
latter never camo to the front When
two fresh Spanish columns came up
Gomez retired and tho Spanish aban
doned the field.
PALMA AND SHERMAN ( OXFEU
Washington, May 31. H?nor Thom
as Estrada Palma, head of the Cuban
junta In New York, chief delegate in
the United States of the Cuban gov
ernment, called at tho state depart
ment Secretary Sherman in extend
ing the Invitation toSenor Palma, waa
obliged to do so unofficially and to re
ceive him as an Amerlcau citizen. The
president was also unofficially aware
of his visit
The proposition that the Cubans buy
Ihe island was discussed by Secretary
Sherman, Assistnnt Secretary Day nnd
Senor Palma. It was indicated by
Senor Palma that the insurgents arc
willing to purchase their freedom at a
reasonable price. A full understand
ing prevailed that the necessary funds
to float tho bonds could be seoured
Whenever Spain agreed to enter into
negotiations looking to a sale of Cuba
IRISH NOT TO TAKE PART,
Irish Parliamentary Party Will Han
Naught to Do With the Jubilee.
London, May 31. John Dillon,
chairman of tho Irish parliamentary
party, presided nt a meeting of twenty-six
Irish members of parliament
who adopted a resolution declaring
'fjhat the Irish parliamentary party li
Unable to take part in the colouration!
of the jubilee, on the "ground that the
demonstration is not simply commem
oratlve of the private and publio vir
tues of the monarch, but Is mainly im
perial jubilation ovor tho dcvolopmenl
of the principles of solf-govcrnraenl
and tho growth of prosperity, wealth,
comfort, etc., In which Ireland has not
shared."
The resolution then proceeds, to the
extent of half a column, Indicting
English policy In Ireland and reciting
the lattcr's wrongs.
Killed While Soliciting- for a Social.
Akqola, Kan., May 3 1, Mrs. 6. M,
Pitt, wife of a prosperous fanner living
two miles north of here, was thrown
from a cart by a runaway horse this
morning and Instantly killed. She
bad been out soliciting for a church
social and was driving home when the
accident occurred.
Overflow Committee Named.
Washington, May 31. Senator Frye,
chairman of tho Senate committee on
bommeree, to-day appointed a subcom
mittee to investigate tho overflow of
the Mississippi river under tho terms
of tho resolution recently passed by
the Senate. The aub-commlttce con
sists of Senator Vest, Galllugor, Mo
Itrlde, Nelson. Elkins, Horry uud
Cafferv.
A Itoyal lletrotlml.
Bbussklb, May 31. Le Solr an
nounces tho coming betrothal ai the
Princess Clemontiue, third daughter
of King Leopold, to Prlnco Albert
Leopold Clement
SQUABBLE OVER GLASS.
KfTorts ! Iteiltice the Tariff Rate Lost-
Mr, Jones Heard from.
Washington, May 31. Tho Senate
resumed Its work at noon to-day with
its usual calm prcvnlllng after tho
stormy events of yesterday. The
tariff bill was taken up on motion ol
Mr. Aldrlch and considered from the
point renched yesterday, paragraph
An agreement was reached striking
out tho provision that all fluted, rolled,
ribbed or rough plate glass, when
ground or otherwise obscured, shall be
subject to tho same rate of duty as
finished cast polished plato glass un
silvered.
On tho paragraph as to unstlvered
cast polished plato glass, small size,
Mr. Jones of Arkansas moved to re
duce the rato from 8 cents to 3 cents
per squaro foot In this connection
Mr. Jones declared that the increase
of duty on nil classes of plato glass
was astounding. In ouo case, ho said,
tho rato was Incrcasad 83 per tent
above tho high rato of tho
McKlnlcy act, which, ho assorted,
had been repudiated by tho people
bocauso of Its high rates. This was
an attempt to raise tho price of mir
rors In cheap furniture for poor peo
ple, while tho largo sized glass bought
by people of wealth had its rates re
duced. This was the peculiarity of
tho wholo bill, as though the Senators
in charge of tho bill had in mind the
old proverb: "To him who hath shall
bo given, and to him who hath not
shall bo taken away," etc.
When Mr. Jones referred to tho
enormous dividends declared by tho
plato glass trust, Mr. Piatt of Connec
ticut stated that no dividends had
been declared In the last three venra.
Mr. Vest of Missouri added that tho
entlro plato gloss trade, with a few tri
fling exceptions, was controlled by tho
combine which met annually at Pitts
burg, to fix rates, etc. Mr. Jones pre
sented a statement showing that the
plato glass combination had made pro
fits of about 92,300,000 In twenty-two
months, on a capital of 83,000,000. Mr.
Quay of Pennsylvania rend a lottor
from tho Pittsburg Plate Glass com
pany, declaring that any statements
thnt It was a trust combine In restraint
of trade was uutruo.
After a lengthy debate on tho plato
glass schedule- the motion of Sonator
Jones of Arkansas to reduce the rato
on rough plato glass from 8 to 5 cents,
was defeated yeas 21, nays 20.
Senator Quay made a motion in tho
Senato this afternoon to udjourn over
Monday in honor of Decoration day.
Tho motion was discussed at some
length, a number of Republicans say
ing they thought tho tariff bill should
bo pressed.
Tho Democrats supported the mo
tion. Sonator Morgan, discussing it,
said he regretted that the Republican
Houso of Representatives was com
pelled to mcot Monday by the auto
cratic ruler of that body. Ho said the,
Houso of Representatives was com
pelled to follow tho dictates of ono
man, and Congress was dishonoring
itself by being subject to ono man.
TURKEY OPPOSES ANGELL
Hn li Obnoxious to tho .Sultan Too Antt
Mohammedan.
Washington, May 3:. Tho sultaa
of Turkey objects to receiving James
B. Angell as envoy extraordlnay and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States in Constantinople. Though, as
a rule, a government is not bound to
sUto reason's for considering a minis
ter persona non grata, tho objections
to Professor Angell nre said to bo
based upon his connection with mis
sionary societies in this country. It
is understood that Mustapha Bey, tho
LurKisn minister here, in formally
lodging tho protest of thA sublime
porte with the secretary of state, said
that the objections of the sultan wore
based upon Minister Angell's "mem
bership in a Christian order whoso
animosities against tho Mohametan
religion were extreme." it is not
known which order Mustapha Bey re
ferred to. It Is likely that in Con
stantinople some confusion exists as
to tho true naturo of tho work of tho
missionary societies in whlnh Pmf
Angell has for many years exhibited a
lively interest
Professor Angell Is in town, and has
been nt the White house in consulta
tion with the President. Presumably
an attempt will bo made to remove tho
unfavorable lmpressslon created in tho
mind of tho sultan nnd his advisers by
tho selection of Minister Angell and to
convinco him that, though u friend of
missionaries, tho appointee of Presi
dent MeKInloy is a clever and experi
enced diplomat, a man of nffalrs and a
gentleman. If tho attompt to remove
this prejudice ngainst Minister Angell
should prove unsuccessful, there is no
remedy for him.
KING FEARS A MOB.
Royal Family of Oreeee In Danger ol
Popular Fury.
Constantinople, May 31. To-day
tho embassies received word from their
respective ministers nt Athens that
tho position of the Greek royal family
is now critical. King Gcorgo is prac
tically barricaded in tho palace, and it
is reported that ho is making prepara
tions to leavo Athens in order to evade
tho fury of the populace.
Decoration Day at Topeka,
Topkka, Kan., May 31. Memorial
Day was observed in Topoka by tho
usual floral decoration of gravos of
dead soldiers in tho forenoon and a
parade and speeches in the afternoon.
Colonel J. II. GUpatrlck of Leaven
worth dollyercd au address.
A Kamat Dank In Liquidation.
St. Paul, Kan., May 31, Tho Hank
of Osage Mission of this city has gouo
Into voluntary liquidation, and is pay
ing oil tho depositors In full Tun,
stringency of tho Into banking Uw U
said to be tho.causje '
THE BED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY. JlTNE 4
SECRETARY GAGE SPEAKS.
Addresses a Itanqnet al Cincinnati on
the Tariff and Finance.
Cincinnati, May 31. The crowning
event of the visit of tho commercial
clubs of St Louis, Chicago and lloston
was tho banquet nt tho Clifton man
sion of Aloxnnder McDonald, who was
host for the Cincinnati club. Luclen
Wulsln, president of the Cincinnati
club, opened the speaking with nn ad
dress of welcome
Secretary of tho Treasury Gage was
vociferously applauded as he rose to
apeak. Ho said, in beginning his re
marks, that beforo coming ho had
called on tho President and asked per
mission to say for tho administration
that there must be proper rovenuo
raised, and thcro must bo a sound sys
tem of currency established. Tho
President said: "That Is exactly what
I want you to say." Mr. Gngo con
tinued: "As to the grent fabric now beforo
Congress known as tho tariff bill, I
hnve nothing to say In detail. I want
to bear testimony, however, to tho
good faith of thoso in both houses who
have that measure in charge. Thoy
are fully conscious of their great re
sponsibility and nro working faith
fully to discharge it Nor do I think
that tho opponents of theso measures
arc Ukoly to opposo .with willful and
unjust obstructions the course of
legislation. Protest thirc will bo
more or less fencing for position must
be expected, but having now
como into contact with ninny of tho
representatives of tho people In both
houses of Congress, I deem It my duty
to bear witness, so far ns it may havo
value, to the honornble and patriotic
motives that Insplro the minds of the
great majority, whether upon ono sldo
of tho house or the other, and I
prophesy nn early result In the na
tional councils to which this great
committee question Is now committed.
"I mako theso remarks, not to de
fend a body for which 1 hold no com
mission to speak, but to correct, in ouo
direction if I may say, tho operation
of an injurious sentiment a sentiment
which is sowing its seeds in many di
rections. It is dividing classes, dos
stroylng unity and breeding hatred.
The ono word for that Is 'distrust'
Faith nnd courngo lend to conquest
and victory. Distrust paralyzes and
destroys,
"As to tho flnnnclul question, to
which I have already referred, I must
content myself with fow words 1 am
glad that they may bo words of assur
ance. If nny of you harbor tho sus
picion that tho administration but
tust now instnllcd Into the rcsponsl
illltles of high office, has forgotten,
or is likely to forgot, tho mandate of
tho people whoso vote in behalf of
honest money and sound finances
rang out loud nnd elenr in No
vember last, put that suspicion
aside. It was unjust and un
founded In good time and in proper
order the afflrmatlvo evidences of my
declaration will appear. The revival
of Industry is near, and, with the es
tabl ishment of a revenue law sufficient
to bring into the treasury an amount
adequate to meet the reasonable needs
of our government, and with the
establlsoraent of our finances on a
sound and enduring basis, nothing now
forseen can delay tho recovory of past
losses, and the Inauguration of a now
forward movement nlong the lines of
material advancement and social pro
gress." BIG WOODMAN GAINS.
The Biennial Meeting- of the Order,
June 1, Will Show Much Trot-rest.
Dubuque, Iowa, May 31. Tho bien
nial meeting of the head camp, Modern
Woodmen of Amerlcu. to be held hero
June 1 to 7, promises to bo ono of tho
most important nnd largest attended
over held by tho order. Many mutters
of vital importance to tho organization
are to bo considered nnd thero will bo
lively fights nbout some of thorn. This
Is especially true regarding the propo
sition to ngaln order tho headquarters
moved from Fulton, UL, to Rock
Island.
Tho reports of tho head officers will
show that slnco tho meeting at Spring
field in 1690, tho membership has In
creased from 40,000 to 240,oi)() and tho
number of camps from 1,100 to 4,800;
thnt tho death rato has decreased
from 5.41 in 1893 to 4.C0 in 1800, and
tho cost of management from 81.02 in
1889 to 01 cents in 1800. Tho total in
urance now In force is 8510,000,000.
PARNELLITES SUSPENDED.
Redmond and Three Others Ejected
From the Home of Commons.
London, May 31. John E. Redmond,
tho Pari) el 11 to leader, was suspended
from the houso of commons yesterday,
owing to his persisting in an irregular
discussion of the flnanelnl relations
between Great Britain and Ireland.
John J. Clancy, mombcr for tho North
division of Dublin county; William
Redmond, member for West Claro, and
William Field, lnoinhor fni. ! u.
Patrick's division of Dublin, for sim
ilar conduct, were removed from the
bouse by tho sergeant-at-arms.
An Kloplng Couple Arretted.
Rich Hill, Mo., May 31. Tho police
of this city havo arrested Ira Davit
and Mrs. Mamie Morris, who eloped
from Northern Dates county two
months ago. Roth havo families. Da
vis is Mrs. Moyrls' brother-in-law.
They are prominent farmers and their
tlopcment startled tho county.
A Mlttonrl Woman KIIU Herself.
Anderson, Mo., May ai.Tho wife
of Felix Parson, n well-tc-do farmer,
six miles bouth of this placo.commltted
suicide last night by hanging. She
was nbout 40 years old and has been
despondent mauy years. Her mother,
Mrs. Anderson, shot herself about ten
years ugo. A sister, Mrs. Knowlton,
lives in Kansas City.
Orden Mills en the Jubilee embassy,
Wabhinotow, May M. Ogden Mills
of New York has boon addod to tho
special embassy to attond Quoen Vic
toria's jublloo. Ho will act osseero
tary and attache to the embassy.
CYCLING IN TYBOL.
EVEN MOUNTAINEERS HAVE
CAUGHT THE FEVER.
Col. Waring Describe Ills Kiperlence
In ltlcycllng Through tho Dolomites
Heavy Wheels In Use In Mountain
ous Regions.
OL. Gcorgo E. War
ing, Jr., commis
sioner of strcot
clcanlng In Now
York city, nintlo n
blcyclo tour
through tho Tyrol
last Biimmor. Col.
Waring has written
for "Tho Century"
two papers descrip
tive of his experi
ences. The Bccond ono, "Illcycllng
Through tho Dolomites," appears In tho
current number. Col. Waring says:
Wo found thnt the bicycle fever had
reached oven to our landlord, who wns
experimenting with an Iron-rlmmed
whool ovor which tho snddlo waa sup
ported by a pair of elliptic springs.
L tried it, nnd anld It went very
well, though not so Boft aa tho "pnoti."
I lifted It, and did not caro to go farth
er. I told him it waa too heavy. Ho
said: "Mawknlxj miiBS starker aoln"
Probably tho extra weight of this whcol
would not bo conaldorod In fixing tho
load that a Tyroloso peasant would
carry over tho hills from tho fields,
nnd need not bo regarded aa nn ob
struction to aport. Tho whcola hero
nro nil much heavier thnn ours, nnd
much Btrongor. They can bo sent up
hill by tho tougher thowa that grow
in thin land, and for safety In going
down hill thoy havo very effective
brakes. Tho best brako has two pieces
of rubber, about two and n half inches
long nnd three-quartcra of nn inch
Bqunro, which aro hold flat ngainst tho
two quarters of tho tiro. It holds very
firmly, nnd Its friction does not como
on tho part that Is aubject to tho great
est wear. It Is used, not with a steady
prcsHiiro, but with successive light
squeezes. When ono becomes accus
tomed to It, It gives excellent control
to nny tlegrco desired oven to hold
ing the mnchlno stock-still under nny
load nnd on nny grado. Evon tho
usual flat brnko has n rubber faco
which holds better nnd lasts longer
thnn metal. My American brakes were
"not in it" on theso hills, ns compared
with those of tho local wheels I rode.
Tho use of tho brnko ia exacted by
law In nil towns, and it Is almost uni
versal on country roads; so Is tho
furnishing of tho wheel with n boll, hut
the better riders in Innsbruck do not
THE MONASTERIES
THE MONASTERY OF ST.
Between the curve of tho Macedonian
frontier of the mountains of Khnssla
and the open town of Kalabaka, which
terminates tho long western plain of
Thessaly, llo tho monasteries of Me
teora. A casual glnnco gives the Idea
of tho wholo spaco bolng occupied by
lines of bare hills, but on a nearer in
spection a curious amphitheater is
found, carved out among tho moun
tains, and this is occupied by a most
extraordinary collection of rocks, on
which aro perched like storkB' nests
or tho turban on a Turkish tombstone
the aerial monasteries of Mctcora.
In one place a hugo monolith is found
literally crowned with buildings, as In
tho caso of the Monastery of All Saints,
popularly known as Haglos Barloam;
in another, a group of jagged rocks
will havo ono point capped by a mon
astery, as Is seen In St. Nicholas. Tho
most striking feature about theso mon
asteries is tho mothod by which they
nre reached, either by looso ladders
hanging outsldo tho perpendicular
rocks, or by being wound up by means
of a windlass In a net at tho end of
a rope. From Its beautiful position, Its
size, and the fair preservation of Its
buildings, tho Monastery of Harlos
use this In tho city streets. They say
they can mako tholr way safely at a
moderato speed, If the people keep on
tholr way, while if thoy aro disturbed
and mado nervous by a blcyclo boll
they aro llablo to mako some unex
pected movemont that may lead to a
collision. I remember n caso of mu
tual dodging at a street crossing In
Now York, between myself nnd a lady
whom my boll had startled, which
came near being annoying. Perhaps
tho custom In Paris of hanging a llt
tlo sleigh-bell loosely from tho handlo
bar Is safer. It jingles all tho time,
1307.
somewhat to tho annoyance of tn
rider, hut It hns a faint horac-car sug
gestion which keepa tho public on tho
lookout. Nowhere In Europa did I sco
tho brutal quadrupedal "scorching"
thnt la aiich n nuisance nnd audi a dan
ger with us.
Anothor dovlco 1 found to ho In very
Kcnornl uro In Tyrol. This la a snnp
clip for holding tho front wheel In lino
with tho nmchlno. bo that It may bo
stood ngainst a trco or any other sup
port without falling. It la useful In
pushing up hill with tho hand on tho
Rnddtc. Tho direction Is changed by
lifting tho hind, wheel to right or left.
Tho clip la act or released In a mo
ment. Aa we loft our lunching plnco wo
found the young towhends of tho farm
standing In mute nnd reapcctnblo won
derment nbout our wheels. Wo gavo
them a bit of a rldo, two nt a tlnio,
nnd loft thorn enriched with tho mom
ory of n sensation they hnd never bo
foro known, and will novor repeat
and will novcr forget.
GEORGE ELIOT'S HEROINES.
The llrrat Writer Had Felt the Want
of Money,
George Eliot, slnco ahc wns n woman,
hnd probably needed money herself at
times; nnd this may explain why ahf
aliowo proper consideration for hor
heroines, letting fow of them niffor
life-long povorty, aoya Llpplncott'a.
Romoln'a Income enables her to enro
for Tcaaa and bring Velio up accord
ing to her own educational theories;
Janet, having money, ropents comfort
nhly, being enabled to arrange a pleas
ant homo for Mr. Trynn, to ho near
him in his InBt moments, and to erect
n stone to his memory. Hardy's poor
Teas, on the cantrnry, la not evon al
lowed enough money to pny for tho
family monument. Gwendolyn Hnr
loth had been uaed to cnao; and It nat
urally followed that It wna only when
Georgo Eliot Injudiciously Invested tho
family fortune with Grnpnell & Co.,
"who fulled for a million," thnt tho
fnulta In her chnractor got tho better
of hor. And Rosamond Vlncy did alio
not mnke horaolf thoroughly plcnannt
na aoon nB Gcorgo Eliot permitted her
Tertlus to provide his family with n be
coming Income- by writing a trcatlso
on gout nnd alternating In prnctlco be
tween London and a continental water
ing plnce? Who hut Gcorgo Eliot Is
responsible for tho tragic career of
Maggie Tulllver? Did ahe not fall to
mako suitable flnanelnl provision for
Maggie's Introduction into the society
of St. Ogg's In the conventional fashion
nt tho proper ago, thus precipitating
tho nffalr with Stephen? With Mrs.
Tulllver, I bitterly regret thoso "spot
ted cloths" and tho china "with the
OF THE METEORA.
NICHOLAS, THES3ALY.
Bnrlaam Is a very good specimen of
theso fifteenth century monasteries, but
what makes this one of especial inter
est Is that tho ropo Is said to bo tho
longest used for the purposo (340 feet).
The ladders to this monastery are not
bo difficult to climb as some, but inso
much as they pull out every time you
grip them and osclllato frightfully, It
is plcasanter to rlak tho net. Tho
Monnstory of Haglos Nlkolaos ap
peared to ho in a totally dilapidated
condition and entirely desortcd when
wo visited Metcora, whllo tho ladders,
which aro Been In tho picture rlilng
from a neighboring peak and hanging
from tho baro rock, woro Impracticable
All these monasteries are undor tho
Archimandrite, a man of commanding
presenco and saintly countenance. Tho
village of Kastrakl Is jammed In be
tween tho outer rocks of this curious
nmphlthentcr, und in the slit of this
rocky wnll at tho back of tho vil
lage stands a most peculiar hourglass
looking monolith. The rocks on either
side aro perforated with Btrango holes,
which In tho fourteenth century were
Inhabited by the monks of St. An-thony.-'From
tho Now York Morning
Journal.
gold sprigs all over 'em between the
flowers," since tho cause of tholr salo
necessitated Maggie's wearing Aunt
Pullet's made-over gowns and lodging
with Bob Jnkln'o wife after hor trouble.
George Eliot, however, nt loast permits
Esther Lyon to Bample financial pros
perity before giving her Follx Holt,
minus cravat and waistcoat, for a hus
band, and then wisely drops tho cur
tain on Esther's struggles with Follx
and poverty.
Tho wlno production of tho United
States In 1890 was 89,700,000 gallons.
V
FRENCH INCIVILITY.
An Knjrllsh tody's Charge Against 01
lie Manners.
French polltoncaa, na wo all know,
has passed Into a provorb yet, llko
mnny another proverb, It can only bo
accounted true In a rare nnd llmltod
House, anya tho London Graphic. When
traveling in Franco ono is Btruck by
tho cxtromo rutlonosB of one's follow
travolcra, who loso no time In mnklng
you aa unconifortnblo oa posalblo, while
It novcr occura to any man to open the
exceedingly awkward doors of a rall
rond carrlngo or to aaslat a lady In get
ting In nnd out. On ono occasion I
passod tho Mnlaon do Sccoura for
cycllats, nnd asked tho mnn In charge
kindly to pump up ono of my wheels,
as I hnd no pump with mo. Ho
promptly declined on tho scoro thnt I
had no card of tho touring club with
mo. In what dcsolato country lano of
England, hnd ono appealed to the
veriest scorcher, would such a roqueBt
havo boon bluffly and rudoly refused?
Tho fact Is that truo politeness, tho
kindly feeling of man to men, or man
to womnn, Is far more dovoloped in tha
Engllah lower clnaaca than it is nmong
tho so-called Galllo population. Tho
mnnnors of Parisian "cochors," "con
clorgeB" nnd officials havo notably de
teriorated slnco tho advent of tho re
public, nnd nny actual courteay townrd
women consists only in words and tho
outlroly meaningless faahlon of lift
ing tho hnt. A Fronchman will always
push and trnmplo nnd Bhovo past n
woman, forcing her off tho pavement
and Into the gutter; ho will Btaro hor
out of counlcniinco nnd follow hor In
the streot to her annoyance nnd dis
comfiture, but ho will rarely oxtond a
helping hnnd of take her under' his
mnnly nnd disinterested protection.
When ono remembers tho admirable
conduct of tho British crowd in the
street on tho night of tho illuminations
in honor of tho jubllco, ono cannot but
feel proud of ono's countrymen's man
ners, from tho highest to tho lowest.
Politeness without protestation might
be their motto.
The peculiarities of French and Eng.
llsh pcoplo nlno exhibit thomaolves in
othor wnya. For Inatance, a french
chnmbcrmald onco Informed mo that
Bho preferred hor English guests.
"Why?" I queried. "Bocnuso thoy havo
fixed habits," bIio replied. "Habits
thoy have, such as dally baths, opon
windows nnd abundance of hot water,
but onco you know theso habits they
nro every dny tho anmo. They rarely
ring tho boll, except at stated times,
and you easily learn how to servo them.
Now, tho French visitors nover llko tho
samo things two days running. To
day thoy aro too hot, to-morrow too
cold; today thoy sleep propped up with
pillows; tomorrow they llko their heels
higher than their heads; and so thoy
nro difficult, capricious, changeable and
hard to please."
Story of Spurgeon's Hrhool Days.
Tho-Into Mr. C. H. Spurgcon often
related tho following anecdote, which
was very characteristic of himself and
his surroundings whllo ho was a
schoolboy; Ono extremely cold morn
ing at school In the classroom, the low
est and least honorable place happened
to bo near a largo stove, and as tha
grateful warmth eeomed to be moro do
slrablo than any transient scholastic
honors, tho weary lad took caro not to
manifest that knowledgo which would
have sent him up higher Into tho cold.
Questions continued to bo asked him,
which only remained unanswered; but
being a shrewd observer, tho school
master presently detected whero the
shoo was pinching, and immediately
ordered a wheel-round, so that tho head
of tho column should be next to the
etove. This unexpected stratagem had
tho looked-for effect, at once curing
Master Spurgeon's unaccountable dull
ness. No sooner wero questions asked
thnn ho replied to them, and he waa
quickly ngaln enjoying tho warm plact
by tho fire.
Why Hhe Waa Happy,
Ella Is Belle happily married?
Stella I guess bo; her, husband Is a
sailor and 1b away three years at a
tltno. Town Topics,
PROVERBS OF THE SCORCHER.
A blcyclo can do almost anything
save climb a tree.
A drop of oil in time may save many
a gallon of perspiration.
It shnU bo said of all bicycles that
their way Is the way of tho crank.
It is a wise cyclometer that shows
its mastor an extraordinary day's run.
It can not be said of a blcyclo rider
that he begins In tho way ho should go.
As tho handlo bar la bont, so shall
tho spinal column of tho rldor bo In
clined. A soft answer turncth away wrath,
but a soft tire fllloth a man with evil
thoughts,
Tho rldor who pursuoth his way with
his head bowed runneth to his own de
struction. As the spoko Is bent, bo shall the
path of the blcyclo devlato from tie
straight and narrow way.
Tho oil cup that goes too long uncov
ered will becomo possessed of as much
grit as tho rider pf tho bicycle thereof.
It Is not meet that bicycles should
greet each other with clasping of baud.
Rather let them pay a formal, distant,
greeting one to tho other.
The bicycle hath wisdom which sub
mltteth to the charge that it Is at fault
and not its master for running nt 7o
days alike during tho week,
Tho man who looketh behind him la
a crowded path would bfl'ier bo a pil
lar of salt. New York Jarnal.
A family named Luck got strandod at
St. LouIb and had to be helped out bjf
the Provident Association.
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