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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

ences. The second one, bicycling
Through the Dolomites," appears in the
current number. Col. Waring says:
We found that the bicycle fever had
reached even to our landlord, who was
experimenting with an iron-rimmed
wheel over which the saddle was sup
ported by a pair Of elliptic springs.
L tried II, and said II went very
wei. though not SO soft as the "pneu."
l lifted 1t. and did not care to 20 farth-
er. l told him It was too heavy. He
said: "Mawknix; muss starker sein"
Probably the extra weight OF this wheel
would mo- be considered In fixing the
load that a Tyrolese peasant would
carry over the hills from the fields,
and need not be regarded as an OBJ
struction to sport. The wheels here
are all much heavier than ours, and
stronger. They can be sent up
hill by the tougher thews that grow
In this land, and for safety In going
down hill they have very effective
brakes. The hest brake has two pieces
OF rubber, about two and a half inches
long n t~hree-Quarters OF al inch
square, which are held fiat against the
two quarters Of the tire. 1t holds very
firmly, and Its friction does not come
on the part that is subject to the great
est wear. It Is used. not with a steady
pressure, but with successive light
squcezes. When one becomes accus-
toned to 1t, 1t gives excellent control
to any degree desired-even to hold
Ing the machine stock-still under any
load and OF any grade. Even the
usual fiat brake has n rubber face
which holds better and lasts longer
than metal. My American brakes were
not In 1t" on these hills, as compared
with those OF the local wheels | rode.
The use Of the brake Is exacted by
law In all towns. and It Is almost uni
versal on country roads: SO is the
furnishing Of the wheel with a bell. but
the better riders In Innsbruck do not
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
FRENCH INCIviLiTY.
An English Iady's Charge Asains. 0s7-

sa"Uy SuhEkS HRMhUos O0HD
lie Manners.
French p%oliteness, as we all know,
mas passed into a proverb; yet, like
many another proverb. II can only be
accounted true In a rare and limited
sense. says the London Graphic. When
travelling In France one In struck by
the extreme rudeness OF ones fellow.
travellers, who lose no time in making
you as uncomfortable az possible, while
u never occurs to any man to open the
exceedingly awkward doors OF a rail-
o carriage or to assist a lady in get
ting In n out. On one occasion T
passed the Maison de secours for
cyclists, and asked the man In charge
kindly TO pump up one Of my wheels,
as / had no pump with me. He
promptly declined on the score that I
had no card OF the touring club with
me. In what desolate country lane Of
England, had one appealed to the
veriest scorcher, would such a request
nave been bunny and rudely refused?
Inc fact Is that true politeness, the
kindly feeling Of man to men. or man
TO woman. is far more developed in the
English lower classes than Il is among
the so-called Gallo population. The
manners OF Partisan "cochers,' "con-
cierges" and officials have notably de-
Perforated since the advent Of the re-
public. and any actual courtesy toward
women consists only In words and the
entirely meaningless fashion OF lift
ing the hat. A Frenchman will always
push and trample and shove past a
woman. forcing her OF the pavement
and into the gutter; he will stare her
out OF c~ountenance and follow her in
the street to her annoyance and dis
comfiture, but he will rarely extend a
helping hand or take her under his
manly and disinterested protection.
When n remembers the admirable
conduct Of the British crowd In the
street on the night OF the Examinations
In honor OF the jubilee. one cannot but
feel proud Of ones countrymen's man.
ners, from the highest to the lowest.
Politeness without protestation might
be their motto.
The peculiarlties Of French and Eng
lish people also exhibit themselves In
other ways. For instance, a French
chambermaid once informed me that
she preferred her English guests.
"Why?" I queried. because they have
fixed habits" she replied. Habits
they have, such as daily baths, open
windows and abundance of hot water.
but once you know these habits they
are every day the same. They rarely
ring the bell, except at stated times.
and you easily learn how to serve them.
Now. the French visitors never like the
same things two days running. To-
day they are too hot, tomorrow too
cold; today they sleep propped up with
pillows; tomorrow they like their heels
higher than their heads; and 80 they
are dificult. capriclous. changeable and
hard to please"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
story Of spurr.ou.. sehoo, D.y,.


The late Mr.. c. H. Sturgeon often
related the following anecdote. which
was very characteristic Of himself and
his surroundings while he was q
s%choolboy: One extremely cold morn
ing at school In the classroom. the low
est and least honorable place happened
to be near a large stove, and a. the
grateful warmth seemed to be more de-
sirable than any transient scholastic
honors, the weary lad took care not to
manifest that knowledge which would
have sent him up higher into the cold.
Questions continued to be asked him,
which only remained unanswered; but
being q shrewd observer, the school,
master presently detected where the
shoe was p~inching. and Immediately
ordered a w~heel-round. SO that the head
of the column should be next to the
stove. This unexpected stratagem had
the looked-for effect. at once curing
Master Surgeons unaccountable dull.
ness. No sooner we're questions asked
than he replied to them. and he wa
quickly again enjoying the warm place
by the fire.
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Barlaam is a very good specimen Of
these fifteenth century monasteries, but
what makes this one of especial inter-
est Ia that the rope is said to be the
longest used for the purpose (34O feet).
The ladders to this monastery are not
SO difficult to climb as some. but inso-
much as they pull out every time you
grip them and oscillate frightfully, II
Is pleasanter to risk the net. Tho
Monastery Of Hagios Nikolaos ap-
peared to be In a totally dilapidated
condition and entirely deserted when
WI visited Meteora, while the ladders.
which are seen In the picture rising
from a neighboring peak and hanging
from the bare rock. were impracticable.
All these monasterles are under the
Archimandrite. a man OF commanding
presence and sanity ~countenance. The
village Of Kastraki is damned In be-
tween the outer rocks of this curious
amphitheater, and In the slit of this
rocky wall at the back OF the vii.
lage stands a most peculiar ~hourglass-
looking monolith. The rocks on either
side are perforated with strange holes.
which In the fourteenth century were
inhabited by the monks of st. An.
thony.-From the New York Morning
Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

use this In the city streets. They say
they can make their way safely at a
moderate speed. II the people keep on
their way, while II they are disturbed
and made nervous by a bicycle bell
they are liable to make some unex-
pected movement that may lead to a
collision. remember a case of mu-
tual lodging at a street crossing In
New York. between myself and a lady
whom my bell had startled, which
came near being annoying. Perhaps
the custom In Paris OF hanging a lit
tie sleigh-bell loosely from the handle
bar Is safer. 1t jingles all the time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
PROVERBS OF THE scoRcnER.

A bicycle can do almost anything
ave climb a tree.
A drop Of oil In time may a v many
a gallon Of perspiration.
1t shall be said Of all bicycles that
their way is the way Of the crank.
1t is a wise cyclometer that shows
Its master an extraordinary days run.
1t can not be said Of a bicycle rider
that he begins in the way he should go.
As the handle bar is bent, so shall
the spinal column Of the rider be in
clined.
A soft answer turneth away wrath,
but a soft tire flleth a man with evil
thoughts.
The rider who pursueth his way with
his head bowed runneth to his own de-
struction.
As the spoke Is bent. SO shall the
path of the bicycle deviate from the
straight and narrow way.
The oil cup that goes too long iacov-
cred will become possessed of as much
grit as the rider Of the bicycle thereof.
1t Is not meet that bicycles should
greet each other with clasping of hand.
Rather let them pay a formal. distant
greeting one to the other.
The bicycle hath wisdom which SUBJ
mitteth to the charge that II Is at fault
and not Its master for running nc sxo
days alike during the week.
The man who looketh behind him In
a crowded path would be't ter be a PHI.
lar OF salt.-New York Jrurnal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
OVER LAS
Efforts 70 Reduce the rar,n Rates Lost
Mr.. Jones Heard From.

Efforts 70 Reduce the Tarin Rates Lost
Mr.. Jones Heard From.
WASHINGTON, May 3i.--The Senate
resumed its work at noon to-day with
It's usual calm prevailing after the
stormy events of yesterday. The
tariff bill was taken up on motion OF
Mr.. Aldrich and considered from the
point reached yesterday, paragraph
100.
An agreement was reached striking
out the provision that all fiuted, rolled,
ribbed or rough plate glass, when
ground or otherwise o~bscured, shall be
subject to the same rate Of duty a.
finished cast polished plato glass un.
silvered.
On the paragraph as TO unsilvered
cast polished plate glass, small size,
Mr.. Jones OF Arkansas moved TO re-
duce the rate from 8 cents to 5 cents
per square foot In this connection
Mr.. Jones declared that the increase
OF duty on all classes Of plate glass
was astounding. In one case, he said,
the rate was increased SO per cent
above the high rate Of tho
Mckinley act, which, he asserted,
had been repudiated by the people
because Of its high rates. This was
an attempt to raise the price of mir
rors in cheap furniture for poor PEG.
pie, while the large sized glass bought
by people Of wealth had It's rates re.
duced. This was the popularity of
the whole bill, rs though the Senators
in charge of the bill had in mind the
old proverb: ITO him who hath shall
be given, and to him who hath not
shall be taken away" etc.
When Mr.. Jones referred to the
enormous dividends declared by the
plate glass trust, Mr.. Plat Of Connec-
ticut stated that no dividends had
been declared in the last three years.
Mr.. Vest Of Missouri added that the
entire plate glass trade, with a few tri-
fling exceptions, was controlled by the
combine which met annually at Pitts
burg, to fix rates, etc. Mr.. Jones pre-
sented q state ment showing that the
plate glass combination had made pro-
fits Of about 81, 500. 900 In twenty-five
months, on q capital Of 81, 900, 900. Mr..
Quay of Pennsylvania read q letter
from the PittsburR Plate Glass COM
pany, declaring that any statements
that 1t was a trust combine in restraint
Of trade was untrue.
After a lengthy debate on the plate
glass schedule the motion of Senator
Jones OF Arkansas to reduce the rate
on rough plate glass from 8 to 8 cents,
was defeated-yeas 81, nays 90.
senator Quay made o motion in the
Senate this afternoon to adjourn over
Monday In honor of Decoration day.
The motion vas discussed at some
length, q number Of Republicans say.
ing they thought the tariff bill should
be pressed.
The Democrats supported the mo-
ton. Senator Morgan, discussing It,
said he regretted that the Republican
House Of Representatives was com.
PEELED to meet Monday by the auto
cratic ruler Of that body. He said the
House Of Representatives was COM
PEELED to follow the dictates Of one
man, and Congress was dishonorinR
itself by being subject to one man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

gold sprigs all over 'em between the
flowers" since the cause OF their sale
necessitated Maggie's wearing Aunt
Pullet's made-over gowns and lodging
with Bob Jakin's wife after her trouble.
George Eliot, however, at least permits
Esther Lyon to sample financial pros
perity before giving her Felix Holt,
minus crayat and waistcoat. for a hus-
band, and then wisely drops the cur
tain on Esther's struggles with Felix
and poverty.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
PARNELLITES SUSPENDED

Redmond aud Three Others Elected
From the House OF Commons.
LONDON. May 3t.-John +. Redmond,
the Parnellite leader, was suspended
from the house OF commons yesterday,
owing to his persisting in an irregular
discussion of the financial relations
between Great Britain and Ireland.
John j. Clancy, member for the North
division of Dublin county; William
Redmond, member for West Clare, and
William Field, member for the St
Patrick's division of Dublin, for sim
liar conduct, were removed from the
house by the sergeant-at-arms.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
An Eloplng Couple Arr.,t.a.

RICH HILL, Mo-, May 3l.--The police
OF this city have arrested Ira Davis
and Mrs. Mamie Morris, who eloped
from Northern Bates county two
months ago. Both have families. Da-
Wis Is Mrs. Morris brother-in-law.
They are prominent farmers and their
slopement stnrtled the county.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
IRISH NOT TO TAKE PART
Irish Parliamentary Party Will Have
Nsught to DO with the Jubilee.

NsuBus ~ 10 WIN tuo OuDIIo0.
LONDON, May 3l.-John Dillon,
chairman Of the Irish parliamentary
party, presided at q meeting Of TWEEN,
ty-six Irish members Of parliament
who adopted q resolution declaring
'that the Irish parliamentary party Il
unable to take part In the celebration,
of the jubilee, on the ground that the
demonstration is not simply common
orative of the private and public vir
tues of the monarch, but is mainly I'M
perial jubilation W. the development
Of the principles of self-government
and the growth Of prosperity, wealth,
comfort, etc, in which Ireland has moi
shared"
The resolution then proceeds, to the
extent of half a column, jndictine
English policy in Ireland and recitine
the latter's wrongs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
KING A A MOB.

Royal Family of Greece In Danger Of
Popular Fury.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 3i.-To-day
the embassies received word from their
respective ministers at Athens that
the position Of the Greek royal family
is now critical. King George is prac.
tically barricaded in the palace, and II
Is reported that he is making prepara-
tions to leave Athens In order to evads
tho fury Of the populace.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
Ov.rnow Cemml,te. Named.

WASHINGTON, May 3~L-Senator Frye,
chairman of the Senate committee on
commerce, to-day appointed a subcom.
mittee to investigate the overflow OF
the Mississippi river under the terms
OF the resolution recently passed by
the Senate. The subcommittee con
lists OF Senator Vest. Gallinger, Me-
Bride, Nelson, Elkins, Berry and
IA fiery
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
Decoration Day at topeka,

TOPEKA, Kan, May 3l.-Memorial
Day was observed in Topeka by the
usual floral decoration of graves of
dead soldiers in the forenoon and a
parade and speeches In the afternoon.
Colonel j. II. Gilpatrick of Leaven
worth delivered an address
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
Killed while Soliciting for . Social.

Killed While Soliciting for . Social.
ANGOLA, Kan, May 3l.-Mrs. S. NJ.
Pitt, wife of a prosperous farmer living
two miles north of here, was thrown
from q cart by q runaway horse this
morning and instantly killed. She
had been out soliciting for q church
social and was driving home when the
accident occurred.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

Ogden Mills on tho Jubilee Embassy.
WAsHINaroN, May al.-Ogden Mills
OF New York has been added TO the
special embassy to attend Queen Vic.
toria's jubilee. He will act as secre-
tary and attache to the embassy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
A ~lIIssouri woman KIN, Hcrs.Ie

ANDERSON, Mo-, May sI.-The wife
of Felix Parson, a well-tc- do farmer,
six miles south Of this place, committed
suicide last night by hanging. She
was about 40 years old and has been
respondent many years. Her mother,
Mrs. Anderson, shot herself about ten
years ago. A sister, Mrs Knowlton,
lives In Kansas CITY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
CYCLING IN TYROL.
EVEN MOUNTAiNEERS HAVE
CAUGHT THE FEVER.
Col. Warning Describes ITS Experience
In bicycling Through tho i,oiomltcs
Heavy Wheels In Use In Mountain.
Gus Regions.
OIL. George r. War

OIL. George T.. War
ing. Jr., commits
sioner Of street.
cleaning In New
York city, made a
bicycle tour
through the Tyrol
last summer. Col.
Waring has written
for THE Century"
two p descrip-
tive of his expert
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
A Royal y,.trotha,.

BR~UssELs, May SHE Soir an.
nounces the coming betrothal o. the
Princess Clementine, third daughter
Of King Leopold, to Prince Albert
Leopold Clement
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
A Ksnsss Bank In Liquidation.

ST.. PAUL, Kan, May 3l,-The Bank
of Usage Mission Of this city has gone
into voluntary liquidation, and Is pay
ing off the depositors In full. Tho,
stringency of the late banking law -
said to be the cause. :
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

A family named Luck got stranded at
st. Louis and had to be helped out By
the Provident Association.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

Ella-Is Belle happily married?
Stella-I guess SO; her. husband Is Q
sailor and Ia away three years at q
tlme.-Town Topics.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04

The wine production OF the United
States In 1896 was SO. zoe. 900 gallons.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-25

without doubt the bargain store
par excellence with a complete line of
high Hde dry goods. boots. shoes,
hats ana clothing. One a surely be
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-09-02
lie saw snaI.es.

John Pearson went out into the
country last Sunday to pick peaches.
After getting all he wanted he
dropped down under the shade OF a
tree on the bank Of the river and was
soon asleep. He does not know how
long he slept but he was awakened by
something crawling over his fvce. lie
jumped to his feet and was horror
struck to fiud four large snakes. Of the
water moccasin species, coiled up on
the ground within two feet OF where
he had been sleeping. oue OF the
snakes measured five feet ard three
inches and was as large around the
body as a maus forearm. A doz n
small snakes averaging foo. in leugth
were taken from its body.
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Guthri Ch'p.er No. t9, o. +, s. had
a very leasant meeting last evening,
il being the Festal day OF the order.
The officers fo' the ensuing year were
installed, and light refreshments were
served. The following officers were
installed
Worthy Matron-Ida Il. Ford.
Worthy Patron-R +. Perkins.
Associate Matron-Mrs j. w. Will
son.
Secretary-Sophie White.
Treasurer-Lenora Wilbur.
Conductress-Oarrie M. Perkins.
Associate Conductress - Elizabeth
Strough.
Ada--Nina M. Bamford.
Ruth-Alice Cooper.
Esther-Sadie J. Donnelly.
Martha Mrs. Russell Briggs.
ElectA-Mrs. p. M. l.. Ray.
Warder-Mrs. K J. Doughty,
Sentinel-E. p. Barnes.
ChRplain-AlmA Carson.
Organist-Lottie Dinges.
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serenade to DIR. Clark.

DIR. CLARK, manager OF the De Monte
company, was rendered a serenade by
the First Regiment band for his kind.
ness to them in giving one.half OF the
gross receipts OF the night to their
fund. Many friends OF the boys At.
tended the performance and quite a
sum has been added to their bank
account On next Friday evening the
band will appear at the opera house in
u grand concert, assisted by Miss Alice
Raymond and Mr.. Rurkamp This
concert is intended to eclipse all pre-
yious ones and from 'present indicA'
tions there will be crowded house ia
greet them. Reserved seats can be
secured today at Wallace & Muller's.
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INDIAN TERRITORY PEARLS
There are Thousands OF Them over in
the Kiamitia Country.

That the Indian Territory is as rich
in undiscovered wealth as the Indies
has long been believed, and every day
brings forth evidences Of the great
mineral wealth OF this country, says
the South McAlester Capital.
The latest End is that OF pearls.
Last week Mr.. G. W. springstesd
brought to this city small box full Of
all sizes and colors Of pearls. This
box full of wealth is now in the pos
session of Messrs. Winningham q
Fortune. attorneys OF this city, and
can be seen whenever desired until
they are sent the Mermod-Jaccsrd
Jewelry Co., ST. Louis.
Under powerful lens the carbon
ate OF lime can be plainly seen inter.
stratifed with the animal membrane
and blush white hard and smooth lus-
trous surface is shown as in nothing
else but the genuine pearl.
One particularly beautiful pearl he
was offered Sl00 for by Klein s. Fink,
the Fort Smith jewellers, but he would
not give it up for that price. This
recent find, coming hard on the heels
Of the Arkansas dis -overy, will attract
the attention OF hundreds Of people
who will put up with all the privation
OF travelling over the toughest part CT
the Indian Territory. That these
pearls are OF inestimAble value no one
who has seen them will for moment
DOUBT
Springstead found the specimens
over on the Kiamitia, and has kept
them, not caring to give the secret to
the world. Those that he left with
Messrs. Winningham g. Fortune he
will rot sell for a fortune.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1897-09-02

The Oklahoma Central Baptist asse-
citation met N this place this morning.
II is expected to continue IN session
until Friday noon. Rev. Job Ingram,
o. Kinghsher, is moderator; DR.. Bux-
ton. OF Guthrie, clerk. We learn there
are about twenty churches in this
association. AT noon only twelve had
reported by messengers aud letter.
The delegates and visitors up TO this
time were thirty-nine. Others are
expected during the day. This body
seems TO embrace men aud women OF
talent
Their meetings will doubtless prove
OF great interest 10 our community
Their sessions will be morning, noon
and evening. This evening Rev. l. IA .
Holt, OF Guthrie, will preach the an
nual sermon The public will End it
TO it's profit TO attend all these meet.
ings. We are instructed to say that
all these sessions are open TO the pub b.
lie, who are cordially invited to attend.
Ell Reno Star
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District eourt-Johnston Wheeler VS.
Elizabeth Beard, ct al suit on note
for $500 and foreclosure Of mortgage
on let "a, block 65, Capitol Hill, and
lots 3, a, and G, block 40 West Guth.
rie.
Louis Elson va. Peter Doye, suit on
note and foreclosure OF mortgage for
Sis5 on lots 2, $, 9, 10, IL, l9. 10, u
and IS, block 93, East Guthrie
Louis Elson VS.. Peter Doye, suit on
note for sl04.75 and foreclosure OF
mortgage on lots 20. % and "a. block
rs, West Guthrie.
Probate court-Michael White VS.
City Of Guthrie, suit on contract for
Ss2s. 90 ard interest, concerning city
water works well. Cotteral & Hornor,
attorneys FOR plaintiff
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Mean Female.

An old lady by the name OF Lizzie
kaufman, s4 years old, was found at
the Choctsw depot on Saturday night
She said that her home is in Pennsyl-
wanna, but that she has been living for
over year with her daughter in
Kansas. Her daughter died short
time ago and, having no home,
she started out to find niece
named Hildemsn, who lives some where
in this territory. A good SAmar-
itRn Of the feminine gender met the
old lady on the train and told her
there were thieves about and il she
had any money about her she would
take care OF II for her. The old lady
gave up Sl4 TO her new friend and has
not seen either since. Several citi-
zens Clipped in enough to send her TO
Phillips burg, Kan, where she has
relatives. Ell Reno Star.
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The El Reno star says Revs. Thorn.
buck and Smythe OF Memphis, Tenn.
are in the city trying to make converts
10 the Holy Roller church, recently
established in the south, Rev. Thorn.
buck told your correspondent that he
has great faith in the wisdom OF the
people CT Reno and is sure a mum Ser
will join tho Holy Rollers. as it is the
only sure means of salvation.