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Just as the hoof of the horse is the rem- nant of an original five toes, just as the pineal gland in man is now said to be the survival of a prehistoric eye on the top of the head, so, perhaps, this levity in re- gard to particular ailments (in others) may Be the desqendant of an aboriginal feroc- {ty in man It is a well-known theory that what we cali humor arose from the game source; that the first human laugh that ever woke the astonished echoes of gloomy primeval forests was not an ex- ression of mirth, but exultation over the isery of a tortured enemy. There is, to this day, something terrible in laughter. The laugh of madness or of cruelty is a sound more awful than that of the bitter- est lamentations. By means of that strango Phonograph that we call literature, we can listen even now to the laughter of the dead; to the hearty guffaws or cynical tit- terings of generation after generation of bygone men and wcemen; and if we are curious In such matters we can probe into the nature of the changes that have pass- ed over the fashion of men’s humor. For ft has heen sald, not without the support of weighty ourhulative evidence, that, as we penetrate further into the past we find the sense of humor depending always morc obviously and solely upon the enjoyment of the in, misfortune, martification or embarrassment of others. Thé senée of superiority was the sense of humor in our ancestors; or, in other words, vanity lay t the root of this, as of most other attri- Sates of our bumptfous species. Putting ear to our phonograph we catch the echoes of a strange and merry tumult; boister- ous, cruel, often brutal, yet with here and there a tender cadence from some solitary voice, and presently this lonely note grows stronger and sweeter, as we travel slowly toward our own time, -until at length, rough ail the merriment, we can hear- the soft undermurmur of pity. Does the picture not seize the imagination—the long laughter of the ages which begins in cru- elty and ends in love? The Bicycle Orase. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. “It is simply astonishing the way the bi- cycle is displacing the horse!” “It is, indeed! Yesterday I found a piece of rub! tire in my sausage.” THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. PROGRESS OF WOMEN Mrs. Booker T. Washington's Talk to Her Oolored Sisters. THE AFROAMERICAN WOMEN Opportunities for Which They Should Be Thankful. REPORTS READ TODAY =e The second day’s session of the annual convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women begun this morning shertly before 10 o'clock, with the presi- dent, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, in the chair. Devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. Lucy B. Thurman of Jackson, Mich. Before entering upon the business of the day Mrs. Washington spoke of the cfforts which are now being made by both the National Federation and the National League of Colored Women to bring about a union of the two bodies, and she thought, she said, that before the convention ad- Journed something would be done in this direction. She had also, she said, done &ll she could to have a meeting of the confer- ence committees today, and hoped this would be accomplished. Women’s Progress. Mrs. Washingtor then spoke of the “Progress of Women.” She said: “That there has been marvelous, stu- pendous, incredibie progress among women no one will attempt to deny; that there is vast room for greater strides forward, that there are higher heights to be attained nd kept, especially by our women, all will af- firm. “In days of ancient Greece, when her in- habitants lived but to demonstrate that living was nothing more or less than the finest of all fine arts, a woman was brought before the public and became famous only as she was possessed of great physical beauty and attraction. Hypatia and Sap- Pho took some rank in the world of Mtera- ture and philosophy, it is true, but even this fame was dependent on the physical charm and the happy faculty for making herself agreeable which each possessed. “To a greater or less exten: this state of affairs lasted on and on through medi- geval and up into modern times. Even as late as the seventeenth century we find a French writer advising women to inspire rather than write. “Things are changed row. Physical beauty was the last accomplishment re- quisite in the noble army of earnest wo- men, the majority of whom were American born and bred, who, as Elizabeth Cady Stanton puts it, ‘Opened a pathway to the promised land and cleared up much of the underbrush of false sentiment, logic and rhetoric intertwisted and intertwined with law and custom, which was then blocking all avenues.’ “We who have met here today in this sec- end assemblage of Afro-American women have great cause to be thanktul; we have the result of their experience; and even we of the negro race have at present, su- perior opportunities for education and a More enlightened public sentiment with which to deai than did those grand old pic- neery who held their first suffrage meet- ing in 1847, white though they were, and who forty years later stood in this very city and told of the almost miraculous re- sult of this meeting. We should, at the ex- iration of thirty-five years of freedom eel as hopeful and inspired as did Mrs. Stanton when she addressed the Interna- tional Council of Women which met here in Ibsi. “God grant that in our midst today we have women as earnest and honest as dear old Sojourner Truth, Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; women who see what is to be done and who march boldly to do it regardless of the fearful odds against which they have to contend; wo- men who will not be content to rest our case tll we can behold with sfaction the masses of our women advancing rap- idly in home-getting, home-making and child-rearing, and see everywhere a gen- eral uprising of our women, demanding bet- ter things and eagerly pushing forward to fulfill their own demands and sooner or later securing an equal place in the in- dustries of the world. Our race especially needs this kind of women; I hope they are among us in this meeting. Reports From Branches. At the conclusion of Mrs. Washington's address reports from branches were read as follows: Allegheny, Pa., by Mrs. Bent- ley; Rochester, N. ¥., Mrs. Jerome Jeffrey; Pittsburg, Pa., Mrs. Aldridge; Newport, R. I., Mrs. Dickerso: Jefferson City, Mo. Mrs. L. C. Anthony; New Bedford, Mas: Mrs. Joseph Sewells; Mississippi, Miss L. C. Williams; Boston, Mass., Mrs. Agnes Adams; Golden Rule, Cambridge, Mass., Mrs. Lewis; Minneapolis, Minn., “Mrs. Ken Richmond, Va., Mrs. Rosa D. Bow ser; Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. L. B. Stevens Home for Friendless Girls, Washington, D. C., Miss A. E. Greenlge; Lucy Thurman Union, Washington, Mrs. J. W. Hawkins: Equal Rights Council, Washington, Miss Etta Webster: District of Columbia’ W. C. T. U., Mrs. Rosetta E. Lawson, superin- tendent. ‘At this point Mr. A. S. Gray moved, and the motion was carried, that the courtesies and privileges of the convention be extend- ed to Mrs. Francis E. W. Harper and Mrs. Fanny Jackson Coffin, both of Philadelphia. An effort was made to postpone the read- ing of the reports from the remaining twenty-nine leagues until tomorrow, but the motion was defeated, and the reading of these reports occupied the convention for the rest of the session. The Afternoon and the Evening Ses- sions, ‘The program for the afternoon and even- ing sessions 1s as follows: “More Homes for Our Aged,” Mrs. Harriet Tubman; “Moun- tain Women of Virginia,” Miss Jennie Dean; “Rescue Work,” Miss Sarah J. Thomas; “The Douglass Monument,” Mrs. R. Jerome Jeffrey; “John Brown,” Mrs. T. H. Lyles; “Temperance,” Mrs. ‘Lucy B. Thurman: “Reform,” Mrs. Ida Wells Barnett; “The Separate Car System as It Affects the Dig- nity of Afro-American Womanhood,” Mrs. L. T. Fox; “Prison Reform,” Mrs. Marie 8. Foster; “A Plea for a Reformatory," Miss Mamie Mason. There, perhaps, will also be other papers read. Last Evening’s Session. The entire program at last evening's meeting of the convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women was extremely interesting, but the most striking feature was the reception tendered to Har- riet Tubman, the venerable colored woman who, it is said, assisted more slaves to run away from the south during the period the fugitive slave law was in force than any other one woman. Mrs. Tubman, who is now verging on toward ninety years of age, was introduced to the audience by Mrs. Victoria Earle Matthews, who pre- sided, at the request of the president, Mrs. Booker T. Washington, in a happy speech, in which she referred briefly to the great services that Mrs. Tubman had rendered to her race. ‘When Mrs. Matthews retired to take the chair of the presiding officer, and Mrs. Tubman stood alone on the front of the rostrum, the audience, which not only filled every seat, but also much of the standing room in the aisles, rose as one person and greeted her with the waving of handker- chiefs and the clapping of hands. This was kept up for at least a minute, and rs. Tubman was visibly affected by the eartiness of her reception. Mrs. Tubman’s Talk. When the applause had somewhat subd- sided Mrs. Tubman acknowledged the com- pliment paid her in some appropriate words, and at the request of some of the leading officers of the convention related a little of her war experience. Despite the weight of advancing years, Mrs. Tubman is the possessor of a strong and musical voice, which last evening penetrated every portion of the big auditorium in which the convention was held, and a war melody which she sang was fully as attractively rendered as were any of the other vocal selections of the evening. At the opening of the session an address reviewing the work acocmplished by the National Federation during the past year was made by Mrs. Victoria E. Matthews. An address of welcome to the District of Columbia was delivered by President John W. Ross e District Commissioners, who com ted the delegates on the progress made by the race generally and themselves particularly during the last fif- teen or twenty years. Mr. Ross rred to the accomplishments of some oftted colored children of the Dis- trict schools, which, he said, were so supe- rior to wht fe had expected to find when he inspected the schools as to almost ren- der him dumfounded. Mr. Ross further said he was glad to be able to welcome the dele- ates to Washington for many reasons,anQ ‘or none 1 ae ian that they were part own- ers of the capital. In concluding, Mr. Ross extended @-hearty invitation to the dele- gates to visit the reform school while they remain in the city, and if they see anything there that heeds to be reformed he urged them to inform the Commissioners, and, if possible, the latter would adopt their sug- gestions. Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin of Bos- ton replied to Mr. Ross, and during her ad- dress she sald that the National Federa- tion was the result of plans submitted by two or three of the women present to Fred- erick Douglass, and approved by him, some time before his death. The Chain Gang Law in the South. Referring to Mr. Ross’ remarks, Mrs. Matthews made a thrilling address, in which she related some incidents of the effects of the chain gang law as. she said she witnessed them in the far south, and she made the statement that many cases could be cited in which children were un- dergoing sentences in the gang for from fifteen to twenty years for what would be considered in other parts of the Union trifling offenses. The convict lease system, of which the chain gang is a part, was, she said, a blot on the fair fame of the United States. Short addresses were made by Rev. Dr. Crummell and others, and Dr, and Mrs. 8. D. La Fetra, M. B. Platt and others were introduced. The music of the evening was in charge of Mr. James T. Walker, with the juvenile chorus and orchestra, with Miss Blennie Bruce at the piano. THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE Effect of the President's Civil Service Order of June 10 Last. A Memorandum Prepared by the Com- mission as a Suggestion to the Executive Departments, In order that the officers and employes of the Navy Department may fully compre- hend the limits of the classified service of that department, as defined by the extend- ed classification recently ordered by the President, Secretary Herbert today pro- mulgated an explanatory memorandum prepared by the civil service commission on the subject and directed that all cfficers and employes of the Navy Department be governed in accordance therewith. This memorandum, which has heen simi- larly adopted for the government of all the executive departments, relates to the executive order of June 10, 1896, with spe- clal reference to laborers and workmen. Jt is as follows: “While, in the opinion of the commis- sicn, the matter of interpreting ana anply- ing the exccutive order of June 10, de- volves upoa the several executive depart- ments, the commission deems it proper to make a few suggestions In order that uni- ion may be taken in enforcing the The et of the order mi be y all laborers or workmen igned to work of the sume rmed by classified em- ‘4. To-prohibit the aesignmont hereafter of unc laborers or workmen to work of the same grade as that performed by classified employes ‘3. ‘© require all vacanc of classifiad laberers or werkmen to filled, in accordance with the civil serv rules, through exam on and = certifl tion by the commission. “It may be stated that the executive order of June 10 originzted from the well-known fact that any employes borne on the rolls as laborers or workmen are perform- ing clerical, watchman, messenger or other work of ac sified character. In this way an unclassified service, composed of em. ployes engagced upon classified work, has been rapidly developing in evasion of the civil service law and rules. ‘The executive order referred to was issued for the purpose of correcting this evil and preventing fur- ther evasions of the law and rule: “The interpretation and application of the order depends chiefly upon the definition of the phrases ‘mere laborer or workman’ and ‘regularly assigned.’ The phrase ‘mere laborer or workman’ as used in the civil service law and rules, has already been practically defined by the various executive orders bringing into the classified service by designation almost every form of skilled labor and leaving nothing outside except the merest unskilled manual labor. This executive order recognizes this fact, and direc 8 that persons performing any duties bertaining to classified places shall be classified. By the phrase ‘regularly as- signed’ in the crder, the commission undcr- stands that a laborer is classified if the work upon which he is regularly employed ine cludes work of a classified character; but if his regular assignment does not include classified work, he is unclassified, even though in exceptional cases he may be called upon to assist in the performance of work of a classified character. “tAs it would be contrary to the executive order of June 10, hereafter to assign a labor- er to classified work, the commission under- stands {t to be the intention of the executive order in question to include in the classifica- tion all laborers who, at the date of said order, were assigned to work of a classified character, and who were similarly employed on May 6, 18%, when the revised civil serv- ice rules were approved. A classified labor- er may be required to do unclassified labor work, but an unclassitied laborer cannot hereafter be assigned to any classified duties. “The commis: laborers regularly in positions be n understands that all assigned io classified work who are at this time declared by the head of a departmeni, in obedience to the executive order, to be in the classified ser- vice will thereby become classified, and all others will remain unclassified. The action of the head of a department under its in- terpretation of the executive order will be final. Vacancies In those places which ire thereby classified can hereafter be filled only by certification from the appropriate registers of ¢ligibles, and hereafter it will be unlawful to assign any unclassified la- borer to any classified duties. “The commission believes that if the de- partments designate clearly by name those so-called laborers who become classified by the executive order, and those who re- main unclassified, the line will be so dis- tinctly drawn that it will hereafter be clearly maintained, and there will be no repetition of the evil which has grown up in the absdnce of a specific rule to prevent “(Signed), ,,,, JOHN R. PROCTOR, Fee “President.” ——— e+ Good Friends Now. From the Detrolt:Bree Press. “No, subi" said Colonel Carter to the man with small, angry looking spots on his forehead, ‘I, shall not puhmit you to abuse the mosquite 1p my presence. I used to dislike them, but now I am one of the stanchest friendS that a mosquito has.’”’ **Still, they abpoy one,” replied the man with the spots. “Of cohss. But they must live. Why complain catlde the mosquito stays up all night ahd has his collations, his songs and his aftuh dinner speeches?” “You seem to feel very kindly toward the brute. “I have reason to. Let me tell you, suh, at i mosquito once saved the life of a friend of mine. My friend told me the story himself. We were speaking of large mosquitoes, and he said that he once found himself in a prohibition town, where the mosquitoes were larger than any he had ever seen. The party he was with had a bottle, but no corkscrew, and they would have perished with thirst if they had not taken cne of these mosqultoes, extracted his bill and used it to get the cork out. ‘That mosquito was a martyr, suh, and ever since that time, suh, I have respected him and all his relations.” ——+0+— The front window of W. W. Priest’s store at Florida avenue and 18th street, was broken Saturday night and a quantity of cigars and tobacco was stolen, iSOME OLD OFFENDERS The Oases Tried Today in the Police Oourt. SENTENCES GIVEN BY THE JUDGE Women in the Dock and the Rea- sons for Their Presence. OBJECTED TO SWEARING —— Glick’s alley is fast becoming depopulat- ed, but the colored men and women who are moving from there are not failing to make known their presence in other locali- ties. Ward's alley received several of the Gltck’s alley families, and trouble follow- ed, and last night in Freeman's alley some of the new comers, in the words of the po- lice, “raised a fog.” Celia Bailey, who lived in the R street, married Charlie Makel ago, and they lived in Glick’s alley, but Charlie was of better character than most residents of that section, and he soon de- cided to change his place of residence, and a house in Freeman's ailey was rented. But in this neighborhcod Charlie proved more attractive than those who had lived there for years, and Celia had an idea that Mary Wheeler was making eyes at her bet- ter half. This is why she concluded to drive Mary from the alley, but it was not until late last night that the women had an unpleasant meeting, and then they had been drinking some “hummers” of cheap whisky. Had they been the only ones who figured in the affair there would not have been much trouble, but when they got started several others chimed in, and soon there was volley after volley of profanity, and indecent language came from the partici- pants. The whole neighborhood was aroused by the disorder, and finally Policeman Frank Auldridge, whom the ailey residents know as “Mr. Irich,” appeared on the scene and relieved the women of their liberty. - When they reached the station and were put behind the bars they became penitent and spent part of the night singing hymns, as if they were attending a gospel service in the alley where they live. A free ride was given them this morning, and when they reached the Police Court and were put in the large cell with four other fe- males, they willingy participated in a “cake walk,” until one of the girls lost her dress, and then the noise made by them aroused John McCoy, a prisoner in another cell, who was making an effort to reduce the size of his head by sleeping. He Lea on. was in court on time and o'clock Bailiff Cole, who is supposed to be enjoying a leave of absence, opened court. John McCoy was the leader of the procession, and his condition was so bad that he was willing to go any- where the court would send him. “L charged him with vagr . said Po- lceman Bell, who had a: ed him. “Yes- terday I was told that a man was begging on Pennsylvania avenue, and when I reach- ed lith street I found MeCoy drunk and leaning against a lamppost.” “Do you know the defendant?” the court red. No, sir,” responded the officer, “but he asked me to have him sent down, as he wanted to get the whisky out of him. He dhe had had trouble in his family, and he had been driven to drini.” “Step around here,” said the court to the hervous man, whose presented one of the many horrible exampics of the evils of intemperance. alley near some time Judge Miller Promptly at 9 in “What's the trouble with you?” he was asked. “Whisky,” was his response. “Where's your home?” ‘I have no home y more. left me and I don’t live an “Where's your tamily My wife ywhere.”” he answered, “but had some when I married her.” Judge Miller then remembered the pris- oner, whom he had sentenced for an as- sault on his wife, and asked him when he got out of jail. “On the 3d of July,”’ was his response. “What's your business?” “Shoemaker, and I lived near Rock Creek cemetery. “And you wera a soldier?” Yes, sir, and I get $17 a month pension.” m not going to send you to the work- house for vagrancy,” the court told him. “Do you went to go to the workhouse?” “Yes, sir,” he answered. want to go somewhere.” Judge Miller dismissed the charge and had John sent to the hospital. The two colored women appeared’ next and said guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct. “They were engaged in a tongue-lashing match,” said the officer, “and were very disorderly.” “Five dollars each.” my wife Returned to Business. William Ash, a colored man, who sells clams on the half-shell from a push cart, was in the court’s procession on a charge brought under the vagrancy act. “I found him wearing a pair of stolen trousers,” said Policeman Evans, “and I charged him with being a suspicious char- acter.” “Do you mean suspicion of having stolen the trousers?” the judge asked him. “Yes, your honor.” “Then you should have charged him with iarceny,” said court; “‘there’s no such offense as suspicion of having stolen some- thing.” e “He didn’t steal the pants, anyway his counsel. “He bought them.” The charge was dismissed, and William is again seliing clams. In the procession was William Dangler, a young man who was arrested by Policeman Mason last evening because of his love for strong drink. “i saw him with a beer keg on each hip,” Was what the policeman told the judge. “Was there any beer in them?” “No, sir.” The officer told the court that he had seen the accused under the influence of liquor a number of times, and he hardly thought he could have done much work during the past few weeks. “I'm no vagrant,” said the young man, “and I have as good a home as any man in the world.” “But you get drunk?” “I take a drink occasionally, but I work every day, and help support my mother.” Another witness told of the young man’s employment, and Judge Miller said he could not hold William for vagrancy. “If he is disorderly,” the court said to the po- liceman, “arrest him for it.” The young man was acquitted. Used Bad Language. If Peter Holmes’ profanity had been as scant as his garments he would now be at work instead of in the toils. Ella Cherry complained against him and the court fined him the usual amount, The fact that Mary Jones has but one eye does not, in the slightest degree, have any bearing on the use of her tongue or the force of her language. Her father disd not many weeke ago, and some of her neighbors, ehe claims, have volunteered advice about his effects, which was not solicited. This is what cased trouble in Oil court, and Moses Wilkinson, who was offended at what she said, swore out a warrant for her. “And the language wae the worst I ever heerd,” said Moses. “Mr. Judge, she’s a t ble woman.” ‘I wouldn't be terrible if dese people wculdn’t meddle with my business,” said Mar, “But I didn’t use no bad lan- guage. “She did use woman. A fine of $8 or nine days was imposed, and Mary went back to work for the District. Henry Henson and Lewis Foster, colored men, went to the bathing beach early this nerning and had a good time. But on their way home they walked through the monument grounds, where they met an acquaintance. “My friend thought we were following him,” said Henson, “and threw a brick at us. When we threw stones at him we got arrested.” Special Officer Jones, who made the ar- ” said "fane language,” sald a SESE ESE SEL SES it, did not witness the first of the trou- aa and so he only arrested the men men- ny “You should have known better,” the court told the men, and imposed a fine of % or fifteen days. A fine of $2 was imposed on Walter Jones for teing disorderly on the street. Della Robinson was in court because of a neighborhood row. Women of her own color complained against her, and the court iecharged her, telling the parties to the suit they should keep quiet during the hot weather. On the front bench in the audience sat two sweet-faced giris, who appeared very much interested in the proceedings. The eaperience was a novel one, and they re- mained in their scats until a young man named Lewis Kane was called. This young man told the court that he was a reporter and stenographer, and at the same time he said he was innocent of the charge of profanity upon which he had been arraigned. It appeared that a base ball game had beea in progress on a lot near one of the young ladies’ house, and when it was con- cluded there was some profanity indulged in. Kane did not intend that the young lady should have to listen to such lan- guage, and his remonstrance with the crowd resulted in his being charged. He was acquitted. Se DISTRICT GOVERNME! New School House. The Commissioners have about decided to locate the new eight-room school house at the corner of 5th and K street northeast. There is an appropriation of $30,000 for the purchase of a site and the erection of a school building in the northeast. above mentioned was offered by ex-Gov. Wm. Pitt Kellogg at 80 cents per square foot. There is a slight summation of the deal, hitch in the and a relez for a narrow strip of land before the tt Dasses. Delinquent Taxes. The Commissioners are very much in earnest over their endeavor to collect from the street railway companies the dew- quent taxes due on their cars when horse were used as a motive power. As stated several days ago ie matter wa alled to the the Commissioners by Major approved the recommendation sessor that these taxes be collected. Th Commissioners, after some discussion of the subject, decided to submit the matter to their attorney for his opinion as to the Proper course to pursue. It is understood Attorney Thomas has notified the Commis- sicners ‘that the tax cannot be collected Without special act of Congress against some of the roads, while those now using horses as a motive Day up. The matter will be pushed. Convention FE . The prospects are that before long the District will cancel its lease for the use of Convention Hall as a drill room. There has been a great deal of contention over the use of the hall ever since it was tri formed into a skating rink. The Na- tional Guard claimed A prived of the use of es ee poses specified in the lease, and that it had been put to the inconvenience of drill- ing on a temporary fioor over the ice, im- periling their health. The auditor for the District when the time came for paying for the use of the hall withheld the amount due, and since then the tter has been before the Commissioners, Lighting the Bridge. The Commissioners have decided to light the Aqueduct bridge by incandescent elec- tric Hghts, provided they have authorit to do so, The only question involved is whether they have the right to give the Potomac Light and Power Company a contract to do the work. If it is found that there is no ot in the wa contract will be let. Bee in The Star, of the as ns- For Heating. fave a hearing this morning to F. H. Smith, chairman of the committee of Howard University, and Dr. D. W. Williams, the surgeon in charge. concerning the advisability of inserting i the lease of the hospital a requirement th the hospital shall pay the exper: and heat for the ding occup! by the hospital and by the of Howard University. Dr. Williams an Assistant Attorney General Ross of the I: terior Department argued that there wa: no authority of law to divert an appropria- tion for the hospital to the purpose of heat- ing the college. Mr. Smith contended that that had always been the actual practice posed to embody it in writing. The Commissicrers directed the auditor to make a statement of the case in writing and submit it te the auditor for the State and other departments, together with a like statement of the inquiry presented by Mr. Smith, whether the directors of Co- lumbia Hospital for Women could have re- pairs to that institution done by persons of their cwn selection, or whether they should be made under the supervision of the inspector of buildings, as provided in the current appropriation bill. ene CYCLING IN FRANCE, More Than 160,000 Persons Who Own Their Own Wheels, is Letter to London Telegraph. Cycling having taken such a strong hold on popular favor in this country, it is inter- esting to »ote certain figures which have been pub:ished with regard to the number of cyclists now in France. Owing to the tax levied on velocipedes in 1892, this num- ber can be very accurately gauged. Then the number of machines subject to this tax was slightly over 130,44 while in the pre: ent year ve been increase these figures ha by another 30,000. At the time of the great exhibition not one-third of the number of cyclists existed, and the a large manner due Paris to Brest and later date Roughly inhabitants now ri sort or other. ries in different parts o' les a machine of s me the country. tainous, can none of them show that mo: than 13) persons out of every 100,000 cy: while in Corsica cnly 9 in that number ever put foot on the pedal. average is reached in the de} the Seine and Oise, and here it is found The highest that nc less than 1,010 people in every 100,- 000 have taken to the wheel. In fact, in all districts near the capital the numbers are very high, while the contrast is attained again in Brittany and the extreme north- east provinces. The most interesting sta- tistic tc many will be that relating to the female devotee of the wheel. On very trustworthy informatior it is stated that there is one lady cyclist in every 20 in this country, so that in all something like 8,000 females are addicted to this form of amuse- ment. From the Ladies’ Home Journal, The Roman or block letter is becoming more popular as the style of engraving for visiting card plates, while the fashionably thin card of two sheet quality is eminently Froper. Cards for both men and women are considerably smaller, and the script en- graving is finer in consequence, following more closely the English style than the Parisian,which is large and with flourishes. The block or Roman letter plate is very English, and with those affecting London styles it finds great favor. The price more than doubles that of script engraving. La- dies use the block style now on their cards for teas and receptions, as it admits of the necessary engraving of days within a smaller space than the script and enables a smaller card being used. —— In Dublin, From the London Globe. “I beg your pardon,sir,but I am a stranger in Dublin. Can you direct me to Grafton street?” Re “With pleasure.Sure, it’s the Second turn to the righ: “Thank you, sir.” (Walks off.) (Calling after ‘him.)—“Hi! If you're a left-handed man, it’s the other way entire- ee Well, Hardly. From the Woonsocket Patriot. “I know a blind man who can play poker.” “You don’t happen to know a dumb wo- man who cen play whist, do you?” The site attention of Powell, who Pow? @awemd be made to present im- petus given to this branch of sport was in to a big race from back, organized at a about one person in every 200 Naturally, this average va- The southwestern and southeastern districts, as well as the midland, which are all moun- artment of j Can it be H ve girl vaitel the lease under consideration only pro. | Raye difl walter: Copies can, ther: for cording to the ink soon as it is deposited on the The movement of the lever brings the prin DON'T STOP TOBACCO fo do so is injurious to the nervous sys- tem. Baco-Curo is the only cure that cures while you use tobacco, It is sold with a written guar- antee that three boxes will cure any case, no mat- ter how bad. Baco-Curo is vegetable and harmless: it has cured thousands, it will cure you. At druggists’. $1.00 per Wi for testimonials and book) Miz. Co., La Crome, W! MISLEADING MIRAGES. Ignis ¥F Which ts Followed by Arab Guides. From the Lendon Trath. While we stayed at Murat Wells my com panions and myself received many kindly attentions from the courteous and lospita- Le Ababdeh sheiks. They supplied among other things, with the most deli- cious imutioa, which was not what one would expect to find in the heart of this desert, where not a blade of grass grows. 1 was told that the Arabs procure these sheep on the Red sea coast, and drive them up to Murat from Helaib, a distance of 20) miles as the crow files. While talking over various routes with the Ababdeh, we realized how intimate is their knowiedge of the desert. Their jou €y8 are by no means confined to those ular tracks radiating from Murat. Une engage guides at Murat who will take direct to any place one may like lo mention on the Red sea shore or on the Nile b They know every well and pool of the < ert, and the amount of water it can supply At the same time these guides are not i fallible, and occasionally they ss the wells for which they are maki ish of thirst. Aydel Azim tol rages, which are so fi us, a so d he chief cause of these mistakes. by which the guides direct th come invisible, or are distorter ognizable, fle sometimes 1 some familiar rock or tree—possily y and in a totally ¢ eren rtion—arises out of the desert to dra the unfort te to his dest The sheik said th hin his own ty of the bes a { their bs These Ababdeh are a with whom to convers: commun: do, all over the « and the Nile, and bein munication with their friends dan and elsewhere, they have a very ac- curate knowledge of all that is going on trroughou. an immense tract of country. An Ababdeh carries in his head a map of @ great part of Africa, and it is difficult to Mention a place within his ken whose sit- yation and distance he cannot roughly lay The informati extended to the ¢ Uganda, and the the Italian campaign in Alby told us some strange stories cc ning r cent events in that country, which it ix nt not to repeat until they have t onstant in the of our fri nds the sheiks State and to ails of They confirm They said, by the way, that many European officers were leading. th troops of \ ; they were quite certain of this, 1 us th t the news from sources of inform jly trustworthy. They also spoke of the rifles and ammunition which had bee landed in quantities at certain Red ports, and thence carried by caravans int Abyssinia, some of which m: will reach the dervishes, to bi us in the coming campaign. +0- it Hix Foot in It. How Orne »M the Boston Tramserigt Why is it, George,” by “that you can Mrs home ow? hat you are getting tired of your Mann never come noons little wif onsense!” exclaimed Mr. Maan with a laugh. “Then perhaps it is my cooking that you object to. I do ose they have « £0 much better things at the places where you g0 downtown.” ‘Oh, it isn’t that at all. The fact is, I have so much to’ do now; I azn so hurried, you understand, that really I can't take the time to come home. ene thing I want to ask you, Well, wha “Do they have girl waiters where you e your lvncheon?” yes—that is, I think so: is it? why do you ‘Oh, it doesn't matter if you never toc enough ncti to tind out! But th tell me that in some of the resiaurants they and that the men flirt with them awfully “But, of cour think that of me? “No, George—I flirt with anybody. “Of course not; but you did worry just a little tiny bit about those pretty table girls. “Why, George, what are you saying? You speak of them being pretty, and you know that you were unable to tell me for certain whether there were any girls there at all. Oh. what a blundering fellow!” “1 mean that I have heard the men speak of pretty table girls where they lunched, and t suppo: rom that the idea that a darling, you would not don't think you would Mrs. Mann (after orge, do you think you would enjoy y: Is het- ter at home if I should put on a white shirt over my dress and put on a white waist with a big broad collar around my neck?” “What in the world put that into your head?” “Why, that dress, isn’t 1? And what of that?” jothing; only, if I looked like one of those waiter girls, y w i just as lief come home to lunch as to go to an ing house.” ut, my dear, do you think you could ever look like a waiter girl, whatever you is the way the waiter girls by that, I suppose, ugh. If that think of your wile, George Mar er we separate the better f To think that I ever should be such an outrageous n aner as th soe ox Were I New York Trit peper journal says that that T you what the h of reated in i” the mem- was t invention of envelopes is within the ory of middle-aged pers: and result of a Brighton, England, ners endeavor to make his store look attractive He tcok a fancy for ornamenting hi windows with high piles of paper, smal st store ated from the largest to the pyramid to a minute be in use. ‘To bring his cut cardboard into ve Ladies took these cards to note paper, and voted it " So great was the demand that found it desirable to cut pa ma y lo ne stationer r the size much admired. But there was one difti- culty. The little notes were so small that when folded there was no space for ad- dress, so after some thought t Lof an envelope pierced the stationer’s brain. He had them cut by a metal plate, and soon, So great was the demand, he commissioned a dozen houses to manufacture them for him. From such small beginning: ame this important branch of the stationery business. — eo me To Make Many Coptes. An automatic neostyle is a recent New the sion York invention designed to lighten labors of those in offices who have o: to make many copies of one writing. This Mlustration, from the Scientific American, will explain its use. An original may be written with an ordi- nary typewriter on a sheet of patented stencil paper. The stencil is then laid on the printing platen, and a shght movement of the lever causes the frame to close, then the stencil 1s automatically held in the printing frame. All thal is now necessary to do is to feed the machine and operate the lever. 5 The ink is fed automatically, the supply being regulated by small thum! rew ht or dark, that is allowed to flow fa thousand copies can be taken withor touching the ink fountain). ink, t en up automatically by two rollers, which distribute it evenly, the ink plate revelv- ing a quarter of a turn at each impr Ing roller across stencil, the pressure being regulated automatically, thus insur- ing an even copy. As soon us the copy is taken the movement of the lever is revers- ed, the frame opens and the sheet is dis- charged automatically. shows the number of copies printed. A simple indicat This machine can be made ready or closed up in five seconds, without disconnecting a siur sie part.