Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1896, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1896-16 PAGES Wash. B. Williams, Surniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. Our Ad. will appear in this space every week day throughout the year. A “gift” Suggestion. This year more than ever gifts will be of a substantial nature. What more sub- stantial, useful or daintier gift than a Handsome Rug. Superb stock here from which to make selections, and insignifi- cant prices prevail: Moquette Rugs. I ft. 6 in. by 3 ft ec $1.00 2 ft. 3 in. by 5 ft. 3 in... .$1.95 elt by Olt e032. 5 + eee -$3.00 Smyrna Rugs. 1 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft.. - $1.00 I ft. g in. by 3 ft. git -$1.25 2 ft. 2 in. by 4 ft. 61 $1.75 2 ft. Gin. by 5 ft. oe e+ $1.95 3 ft. by 6 ft.... 22+ + $3.00 4 ft.by.7 8... 2 ew Wilton Rugs. 2 ft. 3 in. by 4 ft. 6 in. .... $2.75 - La Pavis Rugs. . I ft. 6 in. by 3 ft.. $1.75 2 ft. by 4 ft.... -$2.75 2 ft. 6 in. by 5 ft - $4.25 git by Off. =. 22.2: EEL 7 Also a line of Stock Rugs of assorted sizes at half price. WASH. B. WILLIAMS, Furniture, &c., 7th & D Sts. det t-sod Gifts Worth Giving a Man. It's not how much you spend—but what on felve that makes the 2tft appreciated, Gloves, $1 up—Umbrel- 3 at all prices. R.C. Lewis & Son, Quite. 1421 New York are. delt-tid “Gift” Ties —for the m and color in every fa hionable style Neckwea is always a iremutttal Tine wt SOS Seckwee the eect pewutifal Hine of and “beauties” at 73. a st ais secu! P. T. HALL, 908 F St. _a14-161 SAN “TitAny Womans Took —Soitest Shoe for tender feet. No other heavy sole boots made are so pliable as Winter ( Foot Forms. As flexible as a stocking—and the secret is PRA in that famous “saddle sole.” Always $3.00. eo F St. Cor. 13t It Send for F LAL 13th. 3| For Mince Pleat and Puddings for Sauers and F: WA | mart both sole D. Cr We're mous MANITOU CHAS. KRAEMER, 35 7th St. N. W. *Phone 1585. Owen-made” Clothes _ iend an unmistakable air of stylishness to a man—an air . C. agents for the fa Mineral Water. We reasonfihle N Inspect our Winter Woolens. ’ cha: Tailor, 423 11th St. Cant be matched any- Where short of $18 and $20. The Serpent Ring ts meanted with a Diamond, — Ruby — beth good Sstzed stones. The Clust: 2 Ring has large Turquots { Center, surrounded by Diamonds. Either of! sthese Kings at the above. Zprice is a genuine bar- = eain, Jacobs Bros., Diamond In.porters. Estab. 1874. 1229 Penna, Ave. del2-40d ‘iaaleraee Evening Dress Suits —to de finished by Xmas should be left at voce, “otherwise we can't promise to have them made in time for the HOL'DAY 3. ETIES. = “TUXEDO?* include ‘our newest imported woolens. Snyder & ‘Wood, mut Pa. Av. Bes? Tatloring at Reasonable Prices. deJ2-14d Select Your Bicycle <for that Xmas gift for your bus or girl NOW—befoce the choterst bargains are gone— we'll deliver ft whenever you say. New High-grade Wheels, $4 up. you 8 gentleman's wardrobe Good Secoml haad Wheels, $15 D7 Walt for the * 7-it will be a bummer. Enterprise Cycle Co., j B12-514 .ath St Jao, Woerner, Je, Mgr. det2-14, A Beautiful and Useful Christmas Present. We have received 9 larze assortment of Itxtian and French Tortoise Shell Combs and Pins, im ibe latest designs, finest stoc er displayed in Washington We are also selling a lot of All Long Human Hair Switehes at great bargsins. $3.00 Switches reduced to $1.50. © Switches reduced to $2.50. 0 Switches reduced to $5.00. y and White Halr reduced in same preportion. Ime. Siccardi, Til lith st.. next to Palais Royal. Private rooms for hairdressing, sham, dyeing. Have Your Fine Horses Boarded —HERE, where ti recetve every ention and comfort that only a thoroughly sanitary establishment like this can afford. [We also make a specialty of HIRING FINE TURNOUTS for Weddings, ece ete.. and by the tri Bridal beauty o 2° charges. Downey’s Medel Stables, 1620-1624 L STREET. "PHONE 555. del 4-20d A LOST ISLAND. Millions in Guano Await the Fortu- mate Discoverer. From the San Franciseo Bullein. The mysterious island of the Southern ocean whereon rich deposits of guano are said to be has not been discovered yet, though the little schooner Moonlight that arrived today from Mazatlan searched for it all seas over in the latitude and lofi@i- tude where it is believed to exist. Out of, the regular course of sailing and steam vessels cruised the Moonlight for days, but nothing occurred to break the monoi- ony of the placid Southern ocean save the well-known high rock of much-mentioned Clipperten. Treasure Island and its wealth of phosphates still exists merely as an unknown quantity, for the rough charts of old Capt. Martin and his adventurous asso- ciates either in error or else some strange seismic phenomenon caused the lost isle ‘to disappear years ago, perhaps, for all that mortal sailor knows. The Moonlight sailed from this port on July 16, bound for Altata, Mexico, with a general cargo. The vessel is the property of J. A. Magee and others, and the primary object of Ler voyage was the discovery of the island mentioned. Mr. Magee is one of the company known as the Oceanic Phos- phate Company, which has shown consid- erable enterprise in solving the problem of loading vessels at Clipperton Island with phosphates. After an outlay of capital and frequent trials the colony established on Clipperton succeeded in securing cargoes for the craft sent out by the corporation from San Francisco, and having placed their Clipperton business on a paying basis a number of members of the company turn- ed their attention to the accounts of a rich guano island that mariners of the old school have declared exists not so many hundred miles off the Mexican and Cen- tral American coast. The supposed location is, of course, held a secret by the pro- moters of the Moonlight expedition. Though those who returned today on the schooner are disappointed at not finding the place, they stil! have hope of some day locating the spot. The Moonlight, after leaving San Fran- cisco, proceeded to Altata, keeping a litle out of the regular course in so doing, and after discharging cruised again and then put back to Mazatlan, Mexico. From Ma- zatlan the schooner sailed fifty-two days ago. She cleared for this port, but before straightening out on her northward trip looked the seas over for the lost island. It eculd not be found, and fearing to waste any more time, as provisions and water might run short, the vessel headed for San Francisco. For a number of years the lost island of the South Pacific has been searched for by ambitious seamen. The stories concerning it are various and romantic, and to a great extent conflicting, though the narratives all seem to center on the fact that the place exists somewhere about 400 or 500 miles southwest of Clipperton Island, and is a low coral atol which is covered with the richest phosphates. The little unknown also has its legends of pirates’ treasures, and according to an old volume containing mention of Lord Clipperton’s voyages, was once the rendezvous of pirates. One of the expeditions of recent date which have been fitted out to look for the island was the Vine expedition. The Vine's owner, Capt. Burns, according to the first officer of that craft, secured his knowledge of the place from an old sea captain named Martin, who died some years ago, and who left an old chest among his belongings which told of a small island in the South Pacific, not down on the regular charts, enormously rich in phosphates. Martin claimed that his vessel was driven out of her regular course by head winds, and came across the island, He took a note of the latitude and tong! tude, hoping some day to raise enough ™money to fit out a vessel to proceed to that spot and take possession, but death put an end to his aspirations. The Moonlight, on leaving Mazatlan, was in charge of Capt. Spencer, and had a number of local men on board, who still have faith in the theory that the island is still above water, and that the old sea dogs who sighted it in past years simply made errors In their reckonings and have caused all subsequent failures to find the land of fortune. eee ee Women at a Lunch Counter. From the New York Times. Who says the new woman does not en- joy the privilege of doing “just like a man?” It has been proved beyond a doubt ut the lunch counters started for women uptown that they enjoy eating from a bare counter, sitting on a high stool. The near- ness to Christnas and the cold weather, which has sharpened the appetites, have filled a iunch room near the shopping dis- trict. Women are crowded in together as closely as possible, and from 1 o'clock to 2 there is sore one waiting for each seat as soon as it is vacated. The place has been so crowded that women have . been forced out and have had recourse to the regular shop counters of the place. A wo- man, wearing an‘ expensive mink cape, might have been seen the other day stand- ing and disposing of a cup of coffee and rolls as conveniently as possible under the circumstances; a young girl standing next her was eating an eclair, with a cup of chocolate, while a woman in a handsome sealskin cloak was eating pumpkin ple at the other end of the counter. This, not- withstanding the fact that on the floor above was a well-appointed restaurant, with everything necessary in the way of wood service. The objection to the restau- rant could hardly come from an objection to extra expense, for the women were evt- dently people of wealth, and the upstairs prices would not vary from those down stairs more than five or ten cents on an order. The only explanation seems to be that women like the idea of a lunch coun- ter, and they will patronize it under any difficulties. These women cannot, as a gen- eral thing, be accused of neglecting the substantials in their iuncheons. It is sel- dom that 3 woman comes in who does not order oysters, chicken or meat in some form. coe Sues Her Former Husband. ‘ferre Haute Dispatch to the St. Louls Globe- Democrat. Mrs. Ella Sykes has sued Frederick Hib- berly for breach of promise, and asks for $10,000. The defendant, who fs a wealthy retired farmer, is her divorced husband. He was a widower of fifty-five and she the Widow Sykes, aged thirty-five, when they were married about a year ago in Vermil- lion county. Before their marriage there bad been trouble in the Sykes household on account of Hibberty’s attentions to Mrs. Sykes, and there was a divorce. She and Hibberly had been married but a short time, and had just come to Terre Haute to live, when there was another divorce suit, Mrs. Hibberly taking the name of her for- mer busband. A month or so later there was a reconciliation, and, according to the complaint in the breach of promise case, |ibberly promised to remarry his late wife. en he is said to have become infatuated ith a Terre Haute widow, and refused to keep his promise. Hence the suit for $10,000 damages. sre Mistaken Thanks. From the Boston Herald. Brother Moody was telling his éongrega- tion about the gpod Samaritan who found the blind) beggar by the wayside and took him to an inn and poured oil into h wounds and fed him. Then the beggar needed some wine and the good Samaritan brought it. “Thank God for that!” exclaimed an audi- somewhat Inopportunely. h, it was for medicinal purposes,” put in Brother Moody, quickly, and there was a chorus of amens. J Ly st. Material for Paper and Tinsel’ Fancy Jay The Boston Variety Store will be open for business every evening until Christmas. der2-2t 421 oth Work. Thousands of articles that cannot be found cre ,Qrnaments, Favors, Scrap Rope, Reads, ‘Paper ‘ "christmas ‘Chea at half price! < SPORTS OF THE DAY Oyclist Hale’s Big Wheeling Feat in New York. LEHMANN New Half-Mile Track to Open Thursday. NOTES OF THE BOWLERS ee Edward Hale of Ireland won the six-day bicycle race in Madison Square Garden, New York, having ridden 1,910 miles and eight laps between midnight last Sunday and 10 o’clcck Saturday night. J. 3. Rice of Wilkesbarre finished second, with 1,882 miles and six laps to his credit. Twelve riders broke the world’s record for 142 bcurs, made by Albert Schock in 1883. It was 1,600 miles and one lap. Twen- ty-eight men started und fifteen rode at the finteh. The strain on all has been great and all shoved the effects of loss of sleep. Hale and Rice, who finished first and sec- ond, were fresher than any of the others. Hale spurted to the end, and between 9 and 1@ o'clock made a mile in 2.40, after riding more than 141 hours. Taylor, the colored boy, who has been in buoyant spirits all the week, was so stiff when he dismounted that he had to be carried to his dressing room. Here are thé scores: L Smith (754 7 Glick . 1006 3 The $revious record was 1,000 miles o lap, made by Schock. Edward Hale, the winner of the race, was born at Temple Patrick, near Belfasi, Ire- land. He has been riding the bicycle for seventeen years, and in that time has takea part In hurdreds of races at all distances. He has won all the long distance events in England, and has, it is said, won as many as any other bicycle rider living. Hale has ridden in many of the big races in France and has often been a winner. He won a road race from Paris to Rayon. Be- fore the present race the longest distance Hale had ridden was 875 miles in a road race in Englard. Hale rode an English wheel, geared to 98, which was higher than that of any of the other riders. Representatives of the Irish National Alliarce and other Irish societies have extend@ an invitation to Hale for a banquet and ntation early next week. The prizes to the winners will be: First man, $1,300; second, $500; third, $500; fourth, $450; fifth, ‘$00; sixth, $200; seventh, $150 eighth, $125; ninth, $100; tenth, $100; ele enth, #75. COACH LEHMANN’S PRAISE. CO He Writes Enthusiastically About an American Foot Ball Game. R. C. Lehmann, the Cambridge oarsman, wko is coaching the Harvard crew, has sent an interesting letter to the London Daily News describing the Harvard-Penn- Sylvania foot ball game, which, he says was the first American game he ever saw, Mr. Lehmann says of the game that it was one of the most stirring and invigorating ex- perfences that has ever fallen to his lot. He had heard much, he continues, of the roughness and brutality of the Ameri- can game, but he never saw arfiner game played with a manilier spirit. “Foot ball,” the Cambridge man says, “cannot be a gentle game, and a milksop has no part in ft either in England or in America. But the game I saw, though vio- lent and rough, was never brutal. Indeed. I cannot hope to see a finer exhibition of cour: ge, strength and manly endurance without a trace of meanness than was shown by these teams. American foot ball is not so much a game in our rough and ready serse of the word as it is the de- velopment of a series of intricate tactical evoluticns. The players go through a course of training which no English ama- teur ever nad any experience of.” OPEN G AGAIN POSTPONED. Horses Delayed in Getting to the Malf-Mile Track. President Henry J. Kopper of the Prince George's County Racing Association said today that the half-mile track at Ma- gruder Station, Md., will not be opened to- morrow, as was announced last week, but will be Thursday. The horsernen at Elkton and Iron Hill, he explained, were unable to get their horses to the new track in time to enter them for tomorrcw, hence the post- ponerrent. A train load of horses, he said, arrived at the track this morning. “BOWLING. . The interest in the Bowling League in- creases as the season goes on. The three clubs which constitute the league are strict- ly adhering to the schedule which was promulgated at the beginning of the sea- son. Though only nine games have been played, so far, the standing of the clubs is interesting. Before the close of the sea- son there is a great likelihood of a change occurring. The individual work of the members of the various teams is good. For team work the Saengerbund leads, with the Carroll In- stitute a close second. The Washington Athletic Club bowlers are getting in trim for future work expected of them. Locraft of Carroll Institute heads the list in the average of the individual bowlers, he being nearly ten points ahead of his nearest com- petitor. Schlessinger of the Washington Athletic Club comes next, closely followed by Armstrong, who held the individual championship last year. The fourth, fifth and sixth men on the list belong to the Saengerbund. The standing of the clubs at present fs as follows: Wen, Lost. 2.0. Washington 6 4 -600 Carroll Tustitute 3 3 5 Washington Athi 3 OG The individual average of the players of the league up to date is as follows: Games. Martin, W. A. Two games are scheduled for this week. This evening the Saengei Carroll Institute will play two games, and Friday evening the Carrol Institute will meet the Washington Athletic Club. The third assignment of the second series of the nine pin tourney at the Columbia Athi ‘was bowled Saturday even- ing. The tournament will close Satur evening. The score ts as follows: Rex, Ricker, 19; Harrington, 19; Hunter, 19; Francis, 17; Deyo, 17; Kondrup, 16; Smith, 15; Fisher, 13; T. Callan, 12; Moore, 11. Sporting Noten. : Mancger Loftus of the Columbus team has signed George Tebeau, brother of Patsy Tebeau of the Cleveland club, to play first base, Manager Manning of the Kansas City teem. announees the purchase of Frank Cennaughton, who played shortstop and left field with the Giants tast ‘season. Bernard Harding defeated Harry Tuttle Saturday night in a 125-ball game by a score of 125 to 119, for a purse of $100. The contest was close. On the final rack Hard- ing broke, and Tuttle folowed, pocketing but one ball, making his score 119. Hard- ing, with 121 balls to his credit, won out. Mr. Tuttle played Mr. Harding last Janu- ary for the chumpiorship of the District and lost by the close score of 123 to 125. ‘The bicycle show was opened Saturday in Peris and meet immense throngs. e 5 ty-unree Americans, who scored great suc- cess owing to the originality of the arrange- tment of their exhibits. A world’s record was broker at the indoor ON AMERICAN FOOT BALL P : We shall wait had a fairly good ance of the stock no longer. The big “sale” we usually have in Jan- uary will occur at once. We have season--got a fair profit, and you can have the bal- at reduced prices. rkep, Bridget & Co.'s ANOTHER $6.25 SUIT SALE! A NEW $8.25 SUIT SALE! A $1.90 SALE OF TROUSERS! A $2.90 SALE OF TROUSERS! AN $8.75 SALE OF OVERCOATS! Bear one thing in mind. These reduced prices are “strictly cash.” We never carry stock over from one season to another. Hence these mercilessly ‘“‘cut’” prices. Christmas gift. It is our Men’s $10 & $12 Suits, 20.20 | tures and Blue and Black Chev iots. These comprise Cheviots, Mix- Men’s $15 Suits for DO. Some of the nobbiest of this season's styles are in this lot. Ten’s “Odd” Pants, 31.90 Left from Suits which sold as high as $12. high as $20. Men’s “Odd” Pants, $2.90) Left from Suits which sold as | colla Progressive oe Seeetetetnedetetntetettntetetnbtetntebeetrneledetnhedetnilede nt ited Clothiers, $12 and $15 Overcoats Now $8.75. We have four or five broken lots of N javy Biue and Black Kersey Overcoats, with velvet some silk shoulders, elegantly made. Willi close them out at the low price of $8.75. Parker, Bridget &Co. 315 Seventh St. N. W. athletic games of the 65th Regiment Ath- letic Association at Buffalo Saturday night, when John G. Sweeney and M. J. Fowler of the Nineteenth Century Club, in a three- legged race ran 150 yards in 19 4-5 seconds. The previous record was 202-5 seconds. War between the Chicago authorities and the pool rooms broke out actively Saturday and thirteen rooms were raided. The book- makers claimed that the law did not pre- vent their placing bets out of the state if tke money was actually sent out. Hight of the pool rooms against which warrants had been issued took ad tage of the warning and closed up. Hamiltons Win Again, The Hamilton Club team defeated the Wilmington Whist Club in the match for the American Whist League trophy by the margin of five tricks Saturday night at Philadelphia, At the end of the first half ot twenty-four deals the Hamilton Club had a lead of nine tricks, but in the second half the Wilmington boys took a brace and cut down the Hamiltons’ lead by four points. The Hamilton Club has now won fourteen contests for the trophy, and have but six more to win to secure its perma- nent ownership. Checkers. The checker element of the Washington Chess, Checker and Whist Club comprises most of the best players in the city, and the number is increasing. A team match with the Anacostia club is being arranged. Se ee TAKOMA PARK. The first euchre party of the season was given Thursday evening by Miss Blanch Lay at her residence in Takoma Heights. The prizes we very batdsome and were won as follows: Ladtes' Miss Mary Stone, first; Miss Blanch Nicholson, booby. Gentlemen's, Leonard Nicholson, first, and Culvin Swormstedt, booby. Twelve games were Played, after which refreshments were served and dancing and other amusements participated in by Mies Mary Stone, Miss Loutye Tucker, Miss Blanch Nicholson, Mies Madie White, Miss Mollie Toeber, Mies Josephine Gluscott, Miss Sallie Mey- ers, Mins Lula Lay, 3iss Mamle Burry, Mie Julia Lay, and Messrs. Harry amd Archle Waters, Henson and Berry Clark, Calvin Swormstedt, Leon- ard Nicholson, Ralph Jones, Robert Waters, Robert Stone, Ally Lay, Richard Lay and others. Mr. Doran Platt, of Mr. and Mrs. W. G Platt of North Takoma, entertained a number of little friends Satuntiy, the Sth instant, in honor of his eighth birthday, thowe present were Stisse: Nore Perry, ‘Hascl amd Kath Van toutes, Ethel Clark, Anna’ Willis, 3 ed igre Kinnear, Saeed Houten, Ray Judson, Eugene Kinnear and Doran and Gilbert Piatt. ‘The time was pleasantly spent in different games-gntib-they were si “to a bountifully table, where the young host @id_ the ‘honors. of .the tay. He recelved many remembrances his; friends in the way of Pretty gifts. ‘The teachers and scholars of the Presbyterian school are making active floor of the new school is plastered, and the foreman, Mr, E. P. Sherman, expects to have the butiding ready for occupancy by the 1st of February. Charles Gray, a little son of Mr. George Gray, who had hls arm broken some Weeks ago, was run over by a wagon yesterday and is wow confined to his home from the injuries received. ‘The bazaar of the North Carolima Avenue Church, which opened Monday evening at Masonic Temple each evening during the week, closed San day night, and ladies -have realized quit. 0 u te a nice sum trom the beaanr, amounting to $350, the fund for to Baidness: is either he: ness, mental exhaustion, wi trouble. or caused by sick- tight-fitting hats, and over work and ™ "s Renewer will Prevent it. YALE- loth st. don’t last any time. laundry, with its old-fashioned ma- chinery, plays sad havoc with them. Better send your laundry to THE the $50,000 plant. The finest, =| most modern machine pensive washing materials--perfect sanitation- things accomplish perfect laundry work. Drop postal or ’phone 1092 wagon will call. expert help- No wonder your collars and cuffs The one-horse ==most ex= all Main branch, 514 West End branch, 1104 st. Plant, 43 G st. F. H. Walker & Co., Proprietors. these 14th A VERY OLD BOAT. } It Dates From the Eleventh Egyptian Dy y. From tke Chicago Journal. There is in Chicago one of the five oldest small boats known to exist in the world. It has.just come, all packed and stayed for its long voyage, from ‘the Gizeh Museum of Antiquities, at Cairo. To the generosity of Mrs. Cyrus McCormick the Field Colum- bian Museum is indebted for a rare gift. E. E. Ayer learned in the course of his search for interesting things in Cairo last winter that there had been placed in the Gizeh Museum three boats of marvelous age and curious design. Investigation proved that the boats were indeed of the rarest value, for never before in archaeo- logical history has there been discovered anything of the kind which approached these boats in age and interest. A viking craft found in Norway some time ago was of use in about the year 1000 A. D., and at once became famous as by far the oldest specimen of water craft in existence. The boats in the Gizeh Museum, it was decided by the learned ae a at — 4,500 years ago, were poraneo! aad the yee pyramids of the eleventh With this peat, which will be installed in the museum, and the two which remain in the Cairo museum were two more, which still rest in the sands which stretch deso- lately from the Dashur pyramids, near which they were found. It is expected that before ilong the remaining two will be brought to Cairo and properly installed. The five boats were found buried at a considerable ‘h not far from the famous largest pyramid, and in such orderty form and with such mathematical relationship to the great pile of stone that it was evi- dext that they had been buried with de- sign at that particular spot. All were brought to the light and air at once, and, after examination by scholars,proving their age, their preservation from the elements was at once deemed necessary. The boats were found to be alike in the material of which they were constructed and in their general dimensions. The cedar of antiquity, which entered into so much of the construction of things of wood, was used for building these boats. While the equipments of the — gpteog eg = appeared with time, the s and ends a ragged and little warped, their ey, outlines still remained so rigidly in that the modeler’s skill in giving Brace and shapeliness was evident. The boat that is in Chicago now was probably better than any. It is thirty feet eight feet of beam and four fect of hold. Ft had been propelled, of course, by oars, but the points of contact he eo as the accompaniment of the boat now ere. Two of the boats were propped up and preservation until they could be moved, and three of them were put in shape to be carried to Cairo. The Dashur pyramids are nearly twenty miles above Cairo, on the opposite side of the river, and some seven miles from the bank. Eighty men were required to gerry the boats, one at a time, to the river steamer, on which they were transferred to Cairo. There, in the museum, they were propped and stayed with iron and cedar sufficiently to preserve them for exhibition. About five per cent of the original amount of wood was all that was necessary to add. From the design and decoration of these d offerings of the ture that were carried to the resting place of the royal dead in the pyramids. Having performed these sacred duties for allotted times and persons, it is supposed they were then placed to remain forever near the age- enduring mausoleums of the dynasties they served in life and death. ——__-+e+ The Struggle Over. From Life. Wheeler—“Wobbles acts like a man who has nothing to live for.” MeScercher—“No wonder; he has just paid the tast installment on his bicycle.”