Evening Star Newspaper, May 30, 1898, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1161 Pennsyivania Avenus, Cor. 11th 8%, by 7h ee ee oe 8. H. Kew York Office. 49 Potter Building. ———_—_— The Evening Star is served to subscribers ta the eity by carriers. on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week. o- 44 certs per month. es at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Catted States or prepaid—50 cents per ment! Saturday Qcintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign post: added, 4 Gntered at the Port Odice at Washington, D. 0., at the as second-cla.s mail matter.) £7 All mail subscriptions must be paid fn advance. _ Rates of advertising made known on application. Part2. Che £p The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star in Washington is more than double that of any other paper, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- ing Star. Pages 11-14, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 30, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. approachable. THE REPUBLIC LIVES ee Address of Webster Davis at the Gettysburg Cemetery. eee ELOQUENT TRIBUTE 10 UNION DEAD Sectional Lines Have Disappeared in This Country. VICTORY WILL BE OURS One of the livered today assistant spoke at the most eloquent addresses de- was that of Webster of the tysburg ¢ Davis, He and secretary interior. tion, his words created the greatest amount of enthusiasm. He said: Mr. Webster Davis’ Speech. For more than entury, in the loom of time, @ brave fp fabric of this rey the blood-red ¢ radiant par men who f. of Gettysburg. of a new have bee und a which make placed thi don weaving the portion of the lors most € our repub was here with them tiny hovering over it. In shaped thoughts it lay, >, until final! illegible and folded itself in rattl? of musketrs f battle wounded and announced, in rifle volley: the Union must and shall be pre: E 4 the Union soldiers been defeated here our nation v nuld now be weltering in an inevitable c! «i the worid would now ol mournful picture ofa Un ilver cord loosed, the golden bowl broken at the foun and the iniquitou the venom « of treachery, and cruelty of fac- tion, the awful wars of hate, the bitter vrangles of envy erd the hot rivalries of alienated states, until one after another burns out and falls from its place on high, and the flag whose stars once appeared to Uberty-loving people like the jubilant stars ning, and its stripes like the radiant tints that gild the eastern portals of the day, is folded up and laid away amid liberty’s symbols of renown, to mol- der and decay. Tke Republic Still Lives. But the republic still lives, in eternal youth; and these monuments which mark ain, schemes of ambition, the tricks 's in forest, field and mine; som¢ thing by sound industrial policy, by the careful culture of fraternal love and re- gard; by the intercourse of business and friendship; by every new discovery; by y encouragement to gifted genius in y field of thought; by greater progress literature and ds of mercy and more marfelous tri- vements in the boundle: ds of education; within our something by ali the means power to leave the Union, when we dic, Stronger than when we found it. In the majestic Mohammedan temples the builders mixed the indestructible fra- > of the r of roses with the mor- tar with which the walis were held to- gether, and ever since multitudes of de- worshipers cach year s have knelt to pray i and yet find their pi undying fragrance great temple marve tl which our the bloo ihe mankind, the pride fathers built and we red mortar which holds erfumed with the gr s influences of the men who built and pre Let us never lose that perfume, for if we do that cement will crumble and the temple be destroyed. This Republic Holds the Future. “py sweet ly this republic holds the future. In j its lap lie wondrous pessibilities. With its and advancement; its alth, trong government, lended with order and attended by free institution hoo i » of its peo- population lines of iron pour the m as migh) . Waich, at Whoie vast inland into a great market of exchange fer what trade has gathered from every quarter of the globe; with smiling plenty scattering contentment e here from her flowing horn. I ve the sur has struck on the clock of ages (whose huge pendulum swings to and fro over the arch of cen- turies), when this wonderful land shall take on newer and higher types of nation- New fields are fast opening up for Amer- ican adventure. laska, with its teeming wealth, is only awaiting the comi of American enterprise, genius and energy to unlock her treasures and pour them into the pockets of American thrift and cour- age. The Hawaiian Islands, too, which could furnish homes fur a million ‘of our people and a market for untold millions of our affording a place of refuge for ls, aily knocking at our doors for admi. i of states and the y Let us take them in Then, ection of our flag. nd bid them welcome. egain, in the far east there are ple to be clothed nty of wealth with ho would furnish a products of our mills a shops, factories and farms, whenever we can reduce the rates of transportation and enter into competition with other coun- tri we can do by bringing about the early construction and operation of the Nicaragua canal. And this, together with @ Pacific cable (which we should construct and control), would give us ¢: com- munication with the Pacific ocean—des. tined, at no distant ay, to float the great- er part of the world’s commerce. Then, with proper attention on the part of our government to the encouragement of the construction of merchant ships, we would soon become one of the greatest commer- cial nations and be the maritime master of the commerce and trade of the Pacific. It would not be long until the sails of Amer- jean commerce would whiten every sea and our flag be found in all the harbors of the world. Our standing army should also be in- creased; not too much, however, for our excellent volunteer soldiery can always be relied upon; but we should have a trained force always ready for duty, sufficiently the spot where patriots fought in its de- fense are the raised letters, as it were, which spell out for evil prophets every- where the sacred words, Liberty and Union forever. On this ficld of carnage, after the smoke of battle had cleared away, the survivors went out to bury their dead. By the side of a fallen tree they found a poor soldier with a picture of his three little children, which he had taken from his pocket for a farewell look before he died, firmly gripped in his hand. And yonder, where the gallant Maryland- ers fought hand to hand in that awful struggle, two yourg brothers were found lying near each other; the color of the uniform of the one suggested the gray of the morning sky, that of the other the blue of full noon. se two incidents told the sad story of the cruel civil war, and fill our hearts with mingfed feelings of sorrow and love. All honor to the memory of our heroic dead—dear as the blood they gave. Noe impious footsteps e’er shall tread the herbage of their graves. And we do not forget the noble boys who went down to watery graves in the unfor- tunate Maine: their valor shall never be forgotten while fame her record keeps. Nor do et the graves which are marked n;" for them we bring the rarest flowers. None is forgotten, but all live in the immortality that blooms be- yond the grave—live in the record of their country’s history; live in the hearts and memory of a grateful people. And t as their surviving comrades, with emaciated forms and tottering limbs, are passing in grand review, let America’s loyal millions throng their line of march with words of welcome and of praise. Herete Women. Nor do wesforget the patriotic women of our land; they were as heroic as the men; they ged the volunteers, cheered -y, braced them to firm- for the little ones left with- protection. And when their lain in battle, were brought away in the ‘ying ground and went out into to fight life's battles alone. cup of misfortune pressed to ‘an over with bitterness. When our country shall build the grandest mon- nt known to human hands in memory r fallen sons let her build beside it nm more beautiful, if possible, lean- . as if in support, in memory women. And the historian age will write the pleasant ft their unselfish patriotism on a hiter than marble and more incor- ence ness and out a father’ loved one: story page ruptible than gold. We believe in the establishment and ain nee of homes for the homeless de- fenders of the blic. We believe, too, in reserving « 2, space therein for the White-haired mother ve a husband or a son as a living sacrifice to the cause of liberty. We be- i also m HMberal pensions for all who thy and i his is not only nd right, bi 1 patric be 1 e an incentive nts of the future to go forth, to fi tor their country. If that those who may m will © for- vi and purif en try by building higher and in our march of progress; oO od citizens, honor, to industries, re as the s of time, and to jose polar star is ose goal is Mherty and whose staff uustice. We can raise monuments to the memory of the men who sleep here by doing some- thing in the development of our manifold large to protect our frontiers until the vol- unteer army could get ready for action. ‘We should, also, strengthen our coast de- fenses in order that ee may be well pre- pared for foreign invasion. PiThen, 00, we should build one of the fin- est navies that ride the seas, in order that we may hold our own with any nation. It should make no difference what the cost would be, our nation is rich and can easily afford it. We love peace, but we should realize that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and that to always have peace is to always be prepared for war. All this is honor, adoration and glory to the men who died that the Union might live. 4 Sectional Lines Have Disappeared. We are glad, today, that sectional lines have entirely disappeared in this country. The era of perfect reconciliation has dawn- ed at last. As a result, our nation will have greater strength at home, and greater influence abroad. The men who fought each other in that fierce arbitration of the sword are now friends; their feelings, convictions, interests are in such harmony on questions of national import that they realize they are all Americans, for there is a thread which bridges over that dark and troubled wave of civil war and connects them by @ living nerve with the freemen of the revo- lution. Banishing remembrance of the an- ger of the past and uniting their spirit and pride to the traditions of the nation, they have pledged themselves to tts. future power and glory. In the face of foreign in- sults, prejudice and hate can no longer en- dure among the people of the north and south than the snow can last when kissed by the beams of the life-giving sun. And why should it not be so? For the stars look down through palmetto and mag: nolia trees upon graves wherein sleep the boys who marched and fought in tattered gray and ragged blue, sleeping, now, side by side. Covered in autumn by the same withered leaves, wreathed in winter by the same winding sheets of snow, and in this season of the year, when the vesture of nature {s brightened into its loveliest hue, are wrapped in the same soft mantle of green, decked with the same wild flower blooming over each with impagtial love, vhile all the feathered songsters sing their Only the other day- since the eagle of victory dove of peace on the flag of the Unton, at Appomattox—another call for volunteers echoed throughout our land. Then the sur- viving soldiers of the north and south— they who once as strong, rugged young n bitterly opposed each other on many a hard-fought batth ld, now old and feeble, some on crutches, some with empty s » but all with heads white with the snows of many winters—brought out their old faded uniforms from their hiding places, and as they looked at them they seemed to live over again the dark days of the But, now, it is useless to answer the call for volunteers, for they cannot pass muster and their country will not accept them in their old age. With sad hearts they call their sons to their sides—they who were prattling babes and who clapped their chubby hands in Joyous welcome on the return of their fathers from the war in the long ago—and taking the old _uni- forms and measuring them to the boys find will just fit, for the boys are just their . when they went to the front. ‘The old man, with trembling voice and tearful eyes, his son he must respond to his coun- try’s call; and the young lad, as proud and brave as his gallant father, takes up the burden where the old veteran unwillingly lays It down. With a hasty farewell to home and loved ones he joins his youthful comrades from neighboring farms and vil- lages, and together, side by side, as sons of men who wore the blue and gray, es their fathers mingle their tears, joming hands in everlasting fraternity, unity ard friendship, they march away to the music of the Union, in defense of the same coun- try and under the same starry flag. At the head of their coluran we rejoice to see the | civitization and humanity; gray-haired generals of the Union and con- federate armies, and the grandson of the immortal Grant on the staff of the gallant . Lee, all, now, wearing the loyal blue and all soldiers in the cause of liberty. All honor to them, from the highest offi- cer down to the humblest private in the ranks, who, on land or sea—far away from home and loved ones—are bravely serving their country and defending the flag. Oh! Let us hope they may soon return, wear- ing the laurel of victory, to hear the rap- turous plaudits of a grateful people. They have gone forth in a mest holy war; not a war of conquesf: not a war for the acqui- sition of territory; not a war for plunder; but a war ef mercy—a war for the deliver- ance of a starving people at the hands of a selfish, cruel and barbarous nation—a na- tion whose pathway through the centuries has been marked by rapine, treachery, cruelty and murder. A war impelled by higher grounds for war could not be conceived. If by it the world is persuaded that human justice, sweet liberty and eternal right are more sacred than empire or sovereignty, the pre- cious lives lost, the bitter tears shed, the loving hearts broken, the youthful careers blasied, the fruitful commerce destroyed ard the untold millions expended will not have been in vain. Victory Will Be Ours. The Christian nations of the old world lost the great and golden opportunity of the century when they turned a deaf ear to the pleadings of the down-trodden and oppressed people of Greece and Armenia. But the young republic cf the new world has heard the cry from the suffering and cppr. i people of an island at its very ®cor, and has hastened to their relief. And > are standing by our his brilliant efforts to y and glory of our coun- courage, profound wisdom, i peer.ess patriotism have ter spirit of the time, 1 his name to glory and For victory will be ours, I id the di His s uphol t We are told that in the disastrous siege of India a Seotch girl raised her head from the cot in the hospital and said to the sick- ening hearts of the English: ‘I hear the bagpipes, the Campbells are coming.” They aid: “Jessie, it is delirium.” “No, , “I know it; I heard it afar off.” And in an hour the pibroch burst upon their glad ears, and the banner of England float- ed in triumph over their heads. So, in the dim distance I can hear the first notes of the jubilee rising from the hearts of a starving and oppressed people as they hear the welcome mus of the “Star Spangled Banner” and “Dixie,” and see our bi boys proudly marching un- der the starry banner guaranteeing liberty forever and that Cuba shall be free. Then the future historian will record that as tempest-tossed mariners when lost on the sea often obtain their bearings by aid of the north star (a glimpse of which they catch through a rift in the storm cloud), and by it are guided to a haven of safety, a ed | + + weil NsC3.22+ANNY Ai 99. YEARS OLD THIS WEEK. PECIAL ANNIVERSARY PRICES lor many years ours has been the leading shoe house at the National Capital. From a straggling city Washington has now become the admiration of the world. We have grown with its growth. From one small rented store in 1876 we have grown until today we occupy three large, handsome buildings of our own in different sections of the city. Notwithstanding the increased number of shee dealers all over the city, our business this spring has shown an unprecedented growth over that of last spring, necessitating our arranging for another immense addition, about which we shail apprise you shortly. What has caused this phe- nomenal growth? Not luck or chance, we willadmit. No, it has been the result of our persistent progressive and untiring efforts in your behalf. It has been the re- ] ° sult of giving you the best fitting and most reliable shoes in the world at lower prices than any other local shoe dealer could possibly name. It has been the result of our straightforward, liberal business methods and our guarantee of absolute satis- faction at all times. In partial reciprocation for your generous patronage we shail a so twice during the last half of the nine- teenth century the clouds of war hung like a pall over fair Columbia, with unrest and confusion, but, amid the darkness and gloom of eacl of these storms the eyes of American pa triots plerced the murky atmosphere to the silver lining of those clouds above and be- held a glorious star beckoning them on, fo!- lowing which they anchored, by and by in a blessed harbor of prosperity and pe hey were the patriotic, the liberty-loving. the God-given, the American stars—Abra- ham Lincoln and William McKinley. It is a.great thing to die for one’s coun- try, and ‘there is nothing so dear to our na- tion as the loyalty and heroism of our country’s defenders in all our wars, Their deeds of valor on sea and land fill every loyal heart with thrilling emotion and ev: adness and tears everywhere, h I dren’s first quality Tennis Oxfords and Laced Shoes, white, ber molded or corrugated outer soles. price, 44c. quote special anniversary prices all the week. O2c. 68c. Ladies’ and Misses’ Black Ladies’ Perfect Fitting, Well Made Vici Kid Ox- and Dongola Kid Button and Laced Shoes, solid ford Ties, black and russet, soles, shoes that fit and wear eS $1.22. Ladies’ Fine Chocolate and Black Vici Kid Oxford hand sewed turned and flexible machine-sewed Men’s, Boys’ and Chil- Ties, brown and_ black, eather inner sole and rub- in common sense or round soles, excellent wearing, all styles. $1.22. toe, tipped styles. Anniver- sary price, 68c. well. g2c. Anniversary Anniversary price, Anniversary price, ery eye with patriotic fire. Tribute to the Patriot Dead. Today, out of the mystic veil we can al- mest see the faces of that patriot band looking down upon us from the camps on the green fields of everlasting peace. Among them are those who fell at Lexing- ton and Concord, at Saratoga, Bunker Hill and Brandywine; some who, at New Or- leans, in the war of 1812, proved to the world that easier were it to hurl the rooted mountain from its base than to force the yoke of slavery on men determined to be free; some who bore aloft their country’s flag at Chepultepec, Palo Alto, Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista. And then there are those who poured out the crimson tide of their lives at Bull Run and Antietam, at Kid Nobby Laced Boots, russet and black, finest Kid and Juliets ever produced, Boots, with kid or silk vest- | tan kid or brown patent Oxford Ties, 20 different every imaginable style, and ing tops, the finest in the | tips and trimmings. Anni- styles. Anniversary price, every pair a poem. Anni- world. Anniversary price, | versary price, $1.44. $1.88, versary price, $2.44. $2.88. $1.88. Ladies’ made, turned or welt sole, $1.44. Ladies’ Chocolate Vici $2.88. Ladies’ best made patent leather, black and tan Kid $2.44. ° Ladies’ Nobbiest Oxfords strictly hand- Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Shiloh, Gettsburg and on many other battlefields. And there are those noble young Ameri- cans who, wrapping themselves in liberty’ MEN’S SHOES. winding sheet, laid their lives on freedom’s altar, that the brave-hearted Cubans shall be free. Love, gratitude and tears we owe them all.” ‘Their deeds can never die! Future nations will read them, deep-cut, defying the tooth of time, on the marble of our greatness. They will blaze on the pillars of our Union. And in the springtime of each year a grateful people, bearing choicest flowers—nature’s sweetest emblems of love and affection—will come to decorate their graves; for those graves will be known as shrines forevermore; shrines so long as chivalry girds on a sword; shrines so long as the republic shall endure: shrines where patriot knees will bend and patriot eyes will weep so long as freedom has a wor- shiper and equality of rights a devotee. b p $ Vici Kid Oxford Ties, plain $1.22. Men’s Comfortable Black $1.88. $2.44. Men’s Hand-sewed Welt, Men’s Tan Willow Calf Stylish Laced Shoes and and Genuine Vici Kid Oxford Ties, in best white Laced Shoes, “Waldorf,” and gray Irish Linen and bull-dog and French toe. softest black and russet Anniversary price, $1.88. $2.88. Men’s Strictly hand-made Patent Leather, Kangaroo, “Ever-bright” Kid Shoes and Oxfords. Scores of dif- ferent styles. Anniversary price, $2.88. road toe and round toe tip- ed. Anniversary price, leather Shoes and Oxfords. 1.22. Anniversary price, $2.44. —_. CERTIFICATES ISSUED. Railways Shown to Be Indebted to Paving Company. The following orders have been issued by the District Commissioners: That certificates of indebtedness be is- sued as follows: Against the Belt Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $1.65 for repairing the pavement adjacent teal i VA"-H | 930 & 932 7th St.N.W. 1914 & 1916 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. S. E. GANA ARING&Ce-’S RELIABLE SHOE HOUSES, TY AA il i 3 to the tracks of said company on llth and M streets and 1ith and L streets north- west; against the Belt Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $94.28 for re- airing the pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on Lith street and New York avenue northwest; against the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Com- pany in favor of H. L. Cranford for $44.05 for repairing the pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on G street north- west between 5th and 7th streets, and sth street northwest between G street and New York avenue; against the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $6.17 for repairing the pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on G street northwest be- tween 9th and-11th streets. and on G street from th to 15th streets; against the Eck- ington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Com- pany in favor of H. L. Cranford for $3.54 for repairing the pavement. adjacent to the tracks of sald company on 9th and G streets northwest; against the Eckington and Sol- diers' Home Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $21.41 for repairing pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on G street between 14th and 15th streets, North Capitol street between G and I streets; against the Belt Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $19.36 for repairing pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on 14th street west; $470. Lay curb in fr northwest; lots 25, 27 cost, $162. 20th street fitter after One of th ing about masses of night. Th between Pennsylvania avenue and B street | below zero northwest and on New Jersey avenue from O to P streets; against the Belt Railway Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $48.11 for repairing the pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on lith and F streets northwest; against the Anacostia and Potomac River Railroad Company in favor of H. L. Cranford for $96.83 for re- pavement adjacent to the tracks of said company on 5th and My streets southeast; against the Anacostis and Potomas River Railroad Company in favor of H. L, Cranford for $32.04 for re- pairing the pavement -adfacent to the tracks of sald company on 2d and H streets southwest, Canal and D streets southwest and 11th and G streets northwest. ‘That the drinking fountain on the south side of 1 street betwen 6th and 7th streets southwest be moved to northwest corner of 7th and Water streets southwest; esti- mated cost, $30. ‘That work be done under the permit sys- tem as follows: Lay cement sidewalk on 13th street in been enjoy’ ened. From the Ceylon Times. pairing the pleasant to still, and th to advant: A canal t pipes and front of lot 1, block 37, Columbia Heights; stimated cost, aie in space back of regular sidewalk (parking) in front of 1625 14th street north- estimated sewer in 20th street between Kalorama and Wyoming avenues; cement sidewalk and reset curb in front of southeast corner of Kalorama avenue and walk and seting new curb in that locality. That Francis and licensed as a master plumber and gas feet of 3-inch water main be laid in the east and west alley, square 566, from 2d to 3d streets west. ‘Winter Morning in China. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. into my memory during my first winter in Newchwang was the finding on one morn- living man at 10 o'clock the preceding jest left the oplum deni sent them to sleep, and they never awak- eae Ceylon’s Singing Shells. A remarkable phenomenon conifected with the Batticaloa lake ‘Is that of the singing shells, Which on a iquiet night it is most the other night for his excellency the gov- ernor to hear the novelty, and after din- ner Sir West Ridgeway was taken on the lake. The night was a lovely one, and deep would not carry off one-fifteenth of all the water that runs through the water teenth of that of ANGLO-AMERICAN SENTIMENT. the suggestive emblem of union between the two great English-speaking nations featured on this new post card obtains a certain official responstbility that may re- flect In a measure the wishes of the govern- ment. Of course, in the original card, from which The Star's cut was drawn, kindl: offered for this purpose by Mr. Hubert E. Peck of this city, who recently received one in the course of business, the colors are shown, thus giving an even more realistic and suggestive appearance to the design than can be shown by the mere reproduc- tion of the outlines. Here and there in this country somewhat similar designs have ap- peured for various purposes, showing the American and Cuban flags and other sym- bols associated, but there is far more sig- nificance, it would seem, in this voluntary expression of good will from over the border, that reflects so readily the spirit of friendship and brotherhood characterizing the recent words of the British premier and his chief colonial secretary. ——— BICYCLES IN CHINA. oo tubing, predominated. I believe that now the more graceful and lighter American vheels have the larger sale. “No wheels are made in China, nor do I believe they can be made here. No wheel’ are brought in on a less rate of duty than those from the United States. There a: no native roads, as we understand th term. There are narrow paths for the pedestrian or the horseman, but generally not wide enough for vehicles; dusty in dry weather, muddy in wet, and rough all the time, they are practically impossible Yor ing. $284. Lay cement side- Typefied by a New Canadian Private Postal Card. Many Canadians are avowed advocates of annexation of Canada to the United States. Others are as vehemently opposed to the plan. Yet the average subject of Queen Victoria residing north of the boundary line is fairly well disposed to Uncle Sam, so it is not surprising to find now at hand a substantial evidence of the Anglo-Ameri- can sentiment created by the present war with Spain and materially fostered by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain's Birmingham speech. This token takes the form of an unofficial postal card recently issued in Canada, a cut of which appears herewith. Under the postal regulations of Canada any private cost, $10. Construct estimated cost, cement sidewalk and reset ‘ont of 1424 Staughton street estimated cost, Lay re at and 81, square 365; estimated That trap be constructed at in connection with laying sldc- as yet taken to the ing is not adapted to ex- and especially not to the wheel. No pove the coolie in middie and n China, appears in public other- | Wise than In long clothes—t. a, an outer petticoat reaching to his ankles. The few young Chinamen who ride here either leave off this outer garment temporarily or tur it up and fasten it at the waist. They aiso bring the long queue of hair over the shoul- der and fasten it at the waistband. Thele trousers are as long and full and baggy as the average woman's divided skirt in America, and I have not yet seen a China- man ride without a chain guard to keep the trousers from catching and tearing. No Chinese women ride. have seen it stated in American and Ey ers — pap hanghai f P. MeGhan be registered filing proper bond. That 434 ———— ie facts that are ineffaceably cut Much Used by Foreigners in the Cities on the Coast. Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai re- Ports that the trade in bicycles in China in- creased very rapidly during the past season and gives promise of even more rapid ex- pansion during ths season now opening. Prior to 1897 very few bicycles ‘were in use on the Chinese coast, while now,” in all ports where cycling is possible, the habit is becoming almost universal among fcreign- ers, “Society here,” says the consul general, “is dominated by the English, who claim that no man or woman can hope to endure this climate unless they devote consider- able part of each and every day, rain or shine, to outdoor exercise and sports. Horseback riding has been universal among those who can afford that luxury. others take long walks daily. The bicycle appeals to all—rich, middie class and poor— and ail classes are using it. The city of Shanghai is perfectly flat, and some of the heavy New Year’s time thirty-five ice, each mass having been a 6 thermometer was a good vit (Pahrenheit). The men had where they had ing themselves. The keen air that it is now common in ‘or Chinese ladies to ride in the streets. Noth- ing can be farther from the truth. The Chinese women of the better class are kept in absolute seclusion from men other than those of their family. This rule has nat been broken in the slightest degree. Even in the missionary schools, daughters of merchants and mandarins are educated, no man is allowed to see the ris. “The customs report of 1897 shows that in many important products the imports from the United States have inoreased at the expense of imports from other nations. hear. Arrangements were made GLORIA MuNoO) individual may, in his own capacity, issue a card suitable for the mails with the um of postage. This privilege exists in this country. In Canada, however, the device must first he approved by the postal authorities, who reject any design or device that is re- led as incompatible with the govern- ment’s interests. Thus in a slight degree very e singing of theshells was heard o-—__—__ ards wide and five yards tlements are Each hattonalli generally bought wheels made in thi home country, and at first sewers , Or’ one-nin “Want” ads. in The Star pay because (hej on tee 5 answers. bring