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The leader., 1897-08-11
NOTES OF THE WHEEL.

Although DR.. Charles John Ellicott,
bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Eng
land, is in his eighty-seventh year, he is
an enthusiastic whcelman.
Pneumatic shoes for cycling are be-
ing talked of in England, the idea be-
ing that by their use vibration and
consequent numbness would be much
reduced.
1t is calculated that the products of
the American cycle manufacturers will
reach 100000 marks this season, and
that over half of the wheels will be
shipped all over the world to compete
with foreign-made goods.
A woman of title at Windsor, Eng
land, the other day attempted to set
tie a charge of riding bicycle on a
footpath by sending a postal order for
five shillings to the policeman who
caught her. For this indiscretion she
was visited with double fine.
An Irish cycling journal asserts that
the daughters of Erin were troubled
last season by the large size of the ped
ais on the wheels which English manu-
facturers sold them, and it is further
alleged that the small feet of the Irish
ladies are lost in the shoes that are
made to fit the feet of Englishwomen.
The competition of the sale of wheels
in England must be very great. One
cycle-making firm advertises to give an
insurance policy against death, disable.
ment or loss of machine either by theft
or fire, with every machine sold. The
competition has not reached that state
in this country.
The leader., 1897-08-11
RODE AWHEEl TO WAR.
Bicycle as Against Horse to Convey
News from HattleieIds.

Wilfred Pollock, who was the first cor
respondent TO use bicycle instead of a
horse in the recent Graeco-Turkish war,
SAYS in an interview in the New York
World on the wheel as means of get
ting there" in a chase for news:
Sometimes had to get off and walk
a mile or two; sometimes it was | that
did the carrying, and not the machine,
but this was seldom, and never for any
great distance. On the other hand, the
zigzag cuttings up the many noun
tain passes are so well graded that it is
quite possible to ride up them if the
surface be good and the wind friendly.
Riding down-and my machine had no
brake-one had to remember that the
corners of these twists are not banked,
and the Khud, as they call it in India,
often offers many hundred feet of sheer
drop. BY this time my success in out
stripping other correspondents in the
several races to telegraph offices was
becoming notorious, and bicycles be-
came quite common adornments of the
carriages in which my colleagues chief
Iy Travelled. Not only did the bicycle
prove much faster, even on the Greek
roads than even the Greek horse or car
riage, but to sling it onto a train or
steamer was the work of moment, and
a horse is by no means SO easily man
ipulated. On three most important oc-
casions my material reached England
at least whole day in front of that sent
by any other English correspondent,
thanks to the bicycle every time"
The leader., 1897-08-11
GUARDING A PRESIDENT.
Extraordinary Precautions 80 Pro-
tect President Faure.

In view of the recent murderous at
tacks on the king of Italy and Presi-
dent Faure, of France, a clear account
of the precautions which are being
taken to preserve the head of the
French republic from all future dam
gers of this kind will be of timely in
terest. The general belief that the
French president is constantly attended
by corps of policemen and detectives
in uniform is erroneous. On the con-
trary, few such persons accompany him
on his daily journeys. Still, let hand
be raised against him, and from all
quarters paid agents would rush to his
assistance. OF course. the Elysee palace
is constantly guarded by soldiers, and
policemen are regularly on duty wher-
ever TIE president may happen to be.
Not so much on them, however, do the
authorities rely as on the detectives,
whom very few see and hardly anyone
recognizes. Twenty such detectives are
constantly at the Elysee, their chief be-
ing NJ. Gourdot. These 20 are divided
into two brigades, each of which is on
duty every second day. These men are
carefully selected by the chief of police,
and they receive their Instructions from
the officer in charge of the presidents
residence.
When the president leaves Paris IL
of these detectives go with him and nine
remain at the Elysee. The IL receive
each a salary of 10f. daily. which is paid
TO them through the minister of the
interior. Ten of them are divided into
two brigades, and the 18th acts as a
sort of watchdog for the presidents
carriage, being assisted by five special
guardians. who walk on each side OF the
carriage, two on the left and three on
the right. the latter being the side on
which the president always sits.
These special guardians are expected
to take care of the presidents person.
When he makes a tour through France
he is attended by 25 or 80 of them.-
Y v Herald
The leader., 1897-08-11
MADE OF WOVEN HAIR.
Queen Victoria the Victim of Cruel
Hoax.

The working of elaborate devices in
human hair is said to be almost a lost
art, but one which may be revived, as
embroidery in hair has become once
more fashionable. One of the first
workers in hair was Swiss shepherd
named Antonio Forrer, whose artistic
tendencies took in curious devices in
hair and wool. In 1850 he was brought
over to England by an nglishwoman,
who accidentally saw him at work one
day while tending his sheep. Forrer
was set up in business in Regent street,
and must have had a good deal of natu
raj sagacity, for as his trade grew he
foresaw craze and imported u lot of
poor crippled girls from Switzerland,
whom he taught. He made great deal
of money and lived, while the fad was
at its height, in princely style. Al
though Forrers establishment kept
the first place, no less than a hundred
other hair-working houses tlourished
in London. Large prices were paid
for mourning brooches, rings and so
on, and special artists prepared the de-
signs. Pencil and cigarette cases were
covered with hair, and even waist belts
made from long strands. Elaborate
pictures were arrived at, villages,
brooks, trees, houses, even the names
over the shops being wrought in hair.
One man had a landscape after Corot
manufactured from his dead wife's hair,
the frame being afterward covered
with hair from the head of his second
consort. Another rostentatiously mourn
ing gentleman actually went so far as
to have an evening dress tie" mada
from the snow-white locks of his Gead
wife. Queen Victoria was victim of
the fad, and after the prince consort's
death gave orders to have a bracelet
made from some of his hair. A strict
but rather unreasonable stipulation
accompanied the eorder-thatt there were
to be no jennings. This was impossi-
bic, the princes hair being too short,
but nothing was said and the bracelet
was delivered at the appointed time,
Some time after her majesty, when
playing with the bracelet, pulled out a
hair three times the length of any that
could have belonged to the prince.
Trouble, of course, ensued. The brace
let was inspected and large part of 1t
found not to be the princes hair.-Sa-
vannah News.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Tn. LouI.,.n. s.sar school.

The sugar industry is now attracting
much attention throughout the country.
Congress has shown its interest by a
heavy protective duty. and IL is proba-
bic that much idle capital will soon be
invested in the growing of beets and
cane and the manufacture OF sugar IL
Is but natural, under the circumstances,
that sugar should have its school; and
1t has ono at the Louisiana State Uni
versity and Agricultural and echanical
College at Baton Rouge. The Audubon
Sugar School, successfully conducted
for several years by DIR. w. c. Stubbs at
the Audubon Park Experiment Station
in New Orleans, has bcen removed to
the State University at Baton Rouge,
where IL will take advantage Of tho fine
laboratories and facilities of that insti-
tuition, and will 10 conducted on a more
extensive scale than ever. The sugar
school will still be under the direction
Of DIR. Stubs, ono Of the leading au-
thorities on agricultural science, and
for several years the professor of agri-
culture and director of the three ex-
pertinent stations of the Louisiana State
University. The object Of the school is
to mako sugar experts-mon who can
intelligently grow sugar-cane, beets and
sorghum, plan and erect a sugar-house,
run it as engineer or sugar-maker, and
take the products, either OF the field or
Of the sugar-housc, to the laboratory
and subject them to accurate analysis.
The Louisiana Sugar School, or "Audu-
bon Sugar School, at Baton Rouge, is
the only institution of its kind in the
TTnited States
The leader., 1897-08-11
g<amr Mothers-in-Law.

The theory that etiquette belongs
only to high society among civilized
people is generally held, but it is mis-
taken one. 1t is among barbarous
tribes that it is carried to the highest
perfection. The Kaffirs have most in
tricate code, well illustrated in the GER
emonies necessary in all dealings man
has with his mother-in-law in Kaffir So
ciety. After a Kaffir marriage he is
never allowed to speak familiarly to his
wife's mother or to look her in the face.
When he wishes to speak to her at all
he must get away so or 100 yards from
her-so far that he is obliged to shout
at the top of his voice to make himself
heard. If he meets her suddenly, he
must turn his head, and, if possible,
cover his face. Unless he happens to
have his shield with him, however, his
whole wardrobe may consist of dis
pleased expression of countenance and
a loin cloth. He will then turn his back
and get away as fast as possible. The
mother-in-law herself generally turns
her back and kneels under bush or be.
hind a rock. as if hiding from him.
Neither son-in-law nor mother-in-law
ever mentions the others name. The
origin of this remarkable custom is un-
known.-N. Y. World.
The leader., 1897-08-11
FOR THE STOMACH'S SAKE.

Fruit Pin Wheels.-Roll out pie crust
thin, and cut into strips about three
inches wide and six or eight inches
long; spread with marmalade, peach
butter or thick jam or firm jelly. Roll
up, fasten the edges firmly and bake in
a quick oven. When sliced across the
little spirals are very pretty.
Water Pudding.-Moisten four table
spoonfuls of cornstarch with a little
cold water, then add one pint of boiling
water. Put over the fire for just min
ute; then take from the fire; add to it
one cupful of sugar and the juice of two
lemons. Pour this, while hot, over the
well-beaten whites of three eggs; turn
into a glass dish and serve with gar
nish of slices of oranges.
Puree of Carrots.-Boil enough car
rots to make a pint after being rubbed
through colander. Put ia pints of
milk, carrots and saltspoonful of salt
over the fire. When boiling add three
small tablespoonfuls of flour rubbed
smooth in little cold milk; stir con-
stantly as it boils; add teaspoonful of
butter and dash of pepper just before
taking from the fire.
Apple Float.-Pare and core six large
apples, bake them; add one cupful OF
powdered sugar and the beaten white
CT one egg. Beat all together untilvery
light, the longer it is beaten the lighter
and whittier it will be. Take one-hali
pint of milk, the yolk of one egg, one
teaspoonful of cornstarch, very little
salt, and one teaspoonful of sugar; put
into double boiler and stir until ii
thickens. Flavor to taste. Place in a
glass dish until cold and float the apple
upon it.-Boston Budget.
The leader., 1897-08-11
HOUSEHOLD INVENTIONS.

A recently-patented mantel has re-
.esses formed in the jambs in which are
hinged boxes with decorated fronts to
aold fuel for the fire.
Corn peppers which do away with the
necessity of the backward and for
,vard motion are of round shape, fitted
with a spiral wire handle, on which is
sliding member to revolve the pepper
in its frame.
In q newly bedstead the bed
ding is placed in a network box and
raised upward TO the top Of the room
by CONFERENCE.-The, so as to leave the
bedstead free for use as n sofa when
desired.
Preserve jars can be more easily
opened by means of new device con-
ssting of an X-shaped frame with
handles and fitted with two straps at
tached to the ends of the frame, to be
tightened around the can by the grip
ping of the handles.
A simple combination which can be
used as . table or series of shelves
is pivoted at the center in frame which
forms the legs of the table when the
device is tipped downward, the shelves
coming flush with the upper edge of the
sides TO form the table top.
A new device for tanning persons
while they are seated in rocking-chairs
consists of small pair of bellows at
tached to the under part of the chair,
which force the air into small tubes
running upward with nozzles at their
ends, which can be directed toward any
part Of the face.
To assist in slicing fruit simple
device has an oval pocket fitted on.a fat
board, with radiating slots around it,
through which the radial knives of the
cutter slide, thus making it possible
to slice half an apple into small cres-
cents with one motion of the knife.
A handy device for household use is
composed of light wire framework
surrounded by cloth or canvas cover,
and provided with a hinged lid for use
as laundry case, the framework being
collapsiblc, SO the case can be folded
out of the way when rot in use.
To prevent microbes of disease being
transmitted from one person to an
other by means of drinking cups new
ly-patented device is formed of metal
tube to be inserted in the cup by the
owner when drinking, the interior be-
ing filed with composition which acts
as filter for the water.
The leader., 1897-08-11
THIS PHOTOGRAPHER KNEW.
He Succeeded where
Others Failed.

There Is a South side girl who until re-
ccutiv her friends thought the hardest per-
son in the world to please. Not IN general,
but in a particular crochet OF hers, that was
dinate number of ikenesses of herself taken.
The proofs generally seemed to please her
very well, but on receiving the finished
product she would go away somewhat disap-
bointed and in day or 30 inform her friends
that the pictures were not success, that she
didn't like them at all and that she was go
ing to try some other studio; IL was IN VAIN
that the latter persisted that the pictures
resembled her very much, or that they were
exquisitely finished, or that they were from
one OF the best places in the city. she con
tinued TO be dissatisfied again and again.
She would point out an imaginary speck OF
what she considered a defect IN hght OF
shade, then criticise the pose ana say tnat
she looked like fright and finally wonder
how the photographer could ask such prices
for so mediocre piece of work.
She was not by any means bad looking,
but many of the photographers fiattered her:
Her friends knew that she was aware OF
this. consequently they could not attribute
her peculiarity to injured vanity. They made
various guesses and surmises at the real rea-
son of her fastidlousness, but all were soon
er or later dsproved. At last, when they
had about given up she came home one day
perfectly radiant. She explained that she
had at last found photographers who under
stood his business She dilated on the clev-
erness with which he had posed her and his
thorough appreciation of everything truly
artistic. Then she produced some very in
ferior photographs. Her friends were
amazed They couldn't believe she was Sc
rious. She went on descanting on her sue
ccSscess.
Il won't need to have any more taken,
girls" she said.
They were at a loss for her reason until the
conclusion of her ecstasy, which ran, about
as follows
"Yes, he's just the loveliest photo grapher
/ ever went to. So thoroughly appr, ciative.
Why, do you know, when / left he asked
permission to put one in the window. Chi
cago Times Herald.
The leader., 1897-08-11

meut from Mr.. Tring TO Mr.. Howard"
From the expression on my face and
the accent on my words, he read the
truth, and knew that had bafiied him,
and his face changed. Words failed
him, for he was taken quite by surprise,
and bewilderment rendered him speech
less.
Enjoying his discontinue a few sec
onds, turned and went in, leaving him
on the pavement below, the most un.
happy man in johannesburg.
Having entered the outer Office and
given my name to the clerk, | was
speedily shown into Mr.. Howard's
private room. lie greeted me warmly,
and In the same breath inquired ~ ] had
been successful.
/ said had.
That's good news. I've just got my
mail and heard of your coming. Look
you see the envelope has been tam
pered with! You are sure Gibson hasn't
set eyes on the map?"
absolutely" replied, then gave him
short account of the efforts made to
secure It,
"Ay, ay, they wouldn't stick at much;
you're fortunate to get here with a
whole skin. But where is it after all?'
IT, answer produced Lock on Gold"
and. taking my penllnife, cut off the
gray calico cover, which | had put on
again after it had been pulled off. Then
inserting the point into the cover IL
self | cut it open. There, snugly con-
cealed, lay the precious map. | had,
before leaving London, cut the cover
open with sharp knife, and, placing
the map in between, glued up the edges
with great care. Being unable to alb
solutely conceal the fact that the cover
had been cut, | had put the calico cover
over, and when it had been torn off by
the eager searchcr he had never no.
ticed that the binding itself had been
cut.
Thus, safely and securely, the map
had Travelled, unseen by any eye, un-
touched by any hand, and now, having
placed it in the possession of Mr.. How
ard, my mission as a special envoy was
over.
With the knowledge gained by the
map, Howard took steps which very
shortly made the land where Pepworth
Tring found diamonds the property of
that worthy, and | know no more, as
nothing further has been heard of the
discovcry-no company has been pub
licly formed to work it. But have
strong idea that the find turned up
trumps, and that the reason of the 81
lence is that it is too good thing for
the public to be admitted.-Paterson'
Magazine.
The leader., 1897-08-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Howard university, of Washington,
sn institution for colored students. has
conferred upon John Wanamaker the
degree of LII. ID.
Miss Helen Hay, who, as the
daughter of the American ambassador
to the court of st. James, has already
won distinguished social success, has
now made her debut as a poet.
Miss Madeline Pollard, who dIsap-
reared from public view after her sen
sational suit against Congressman
breckenridge, is living quietly in Lon
don, and is understood TO he studying
with a view to engaging in literary
work.
-Nansen, the explorer, is at present
in st. Petersburg, forming an inter-
national company, with a capital of
S0,O00,000 rublcs, TO exploit the riches OF
the far north. On his last journey he
found on the coast deposits of iron and
mously rich.
Miss Belknap, daughter of ex-Sec-
retary of War Belknap, has overcome
the objections of her family and is soon
TO marry Paul May, formerly an at
tachc OF the Belgian legation in Wash
ington. AS Mr.. May is Jew, Miss Bel
KNAPP will first have to renounce Chris
tianity and be accepted into the Jewish
church.
Juliet Atkinson, who is again the
Champion woman tennis-player of this
country, was chorus girl in a comic
opera last winter. She made this hum
bic start with the idea of advancing
in erprofession,a and she announces her
intention of continuing in the future
to play tennis in the summer and stick
to comic opera in the winter.
Princess Pauline Metternich-
whose career as q leader of fashion in
Napoleon the Thirds court, where her
husband was Austrian ambassador,
would have made the name famous
even if the chancellor bad never lived
has obtained leave from Emperor
Francis Joseph to change her name.
She will be called Princess Meter
mch-Sandor-the latter her fathers
name-to distinguish her from Princess
MISUNDERSTANDING, the wife of the
present head of the family, the younger
sOn of the famous chancellor.
Princess Pauline is now 81 years of age.
The leader., 1897-08-11
e,sL IN The CALICO GOWN.


yybsr It's noon on the field,
irs we're stretched In the shade;
r;ssre the salt meadows yield
To the cool Of the glade.
-b.rn.the spring bubbles sweet,
mi the thrush whistles bl.the,
- there's rest from the heat
And the wh!rr of the scythe,
sno comes with the dinner pail swinging,
oreen wttha sunbonnet crown,
And the thrush takes his note from her
singing
The girl In the calico gown.
Not lily that blows
HASA half Of her grace.
AID the red Of the rose
Ie the blush OF her face,
And the blue of her eye
Is the blue of the deep,
when the wind leaves the sky
And the waves are asleep.
IIer foot Is as Hight, on the grasses
As leaf that the breeze flutters down,
And the blossoms bow low as she passes
The girl In the calico gown.
And she scarce throws a glance
At the spot where stand,
Fer her pa" looks askance
A, the love of hand"
But know that tonight
She will come where ] walt,
Twixt the dark and the light
At the old garden gate.
And there, with the lilacs above her,
NV sweet, with the tresses of brown,
VIII ask me again il | love her
The girl In the calico gown.
Joe Lincoln, in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
The leader., 1897-08-11
Tiger Hunting In India.

With regard TO tigers, the expecta-
tfon of the animals appearance, the
waiting and watching during the brief
period of the beat, formed the most in
teresting and stirring part of the per-
foImance. The transverse rush of a
tiger. scolding the elephants and
throwing the whole line into confusion,
is one of the finest sights in India. Some
fell at the first volley, fired at from two
or more of the howdahs simultaneous
ly. One only fell to single shot, stone
dead. Some escaped, wounded, into a
neighboring patch of jungle, and most
of these charged and got home" upon
some elephant, springing in every case
upon the animals forehead and being
tossed off and shot while on the ground
Although tigers have been known to
climb into the howdah, the danger to
human life in this method of tiger
shooting is very small. There were ele-
plants of various ages and sizes in the
beating line, and during the uproar that
ensued when a tiger came close some Of
the younger ones exhibited their fear
by the oldest sounds-shrill squeaks
and shrieks that seemed quite dispro-
portionate issuing from so large an ami
NAL. When tiger succeeded in break
ing through the line had to retire, re-
form and begin again.-Centurv.
The leader., 1897-08-11

\ tendency TO rheumatism is undoubted-
~ inherited. Unlike many other legacies, il
remains in the family. The most effectual
means of checking this tendency, or of re-
incipient rheumatism, whether P re-
existent in the blood or not, is TO resort to
1Iostetter's Stomach Bitters as soon az the
premonitory twinges are felt. Nullifv1ng
the influences of cold, exposure and fatigne,
the Bitters not only fortifes the system
against their hurtful consequences, but sub
jugates malaria, liver and kidney complaint,
lyspepsia and nerve disouietude.
The leader., 1897-08-11
vitality of Crcutive Power.

Measured by the test of creative pow
er and the persistency of creative pur-
pose, how variable is the duration of
human life! Sometimes the creative
power appears in early youth, but when
that happens there is generally an early
surcease. Sometimes the power comes
flashes forth in the early morning and
remains in the after twilight. Esti-
mated by years, this productive power
(Which goes by the name of genius)
sometimes reaches only to few score
moons. Sometimes il reaches to score
of years. Sometimes, though rarely, it
extends to threscore years or more
Arena.
The leader., 1897-08-11

Cats-kils-The bootjack.
New-port-A sweet beverage
Old Orchard-The garden of Eden.
Bar Harbor-The topers retreat
a-tcga-Mme. Bernhardt's wrapper.
Rich field Springs Standard oil wells.
Long Branch-1he limb of banyan tree
Ocean Grove-The mermaid's coral forest
Niagara Fals-A nigh aggravating place
of falls profits.
Old Point Comfort-The north pole in
the middle of summer.-Judge.
The leader., 1897-08-11
sure He wcuId suit.

A Merchant being in want of clerk.
advertised for one who, among other
the advertisement said:
.must be able to bear confinement"
He soon received an answer which
terminated thus:
81 am certain should suit, as can
bear confinement, having been in Jail
seven years. from which have just
been ."'-Spare Moments.