Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 1, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 2 July 1898 — Page 2

CYCLING IN ENGLAND.

HOW FOUR SCHOOLMARMS RODE FROM LIVERPOOL TO LONDON.,

The Joy of Whirlha* Over Old World Roads on Sew World Wheel*—An Unchaporoned, Bsc|geleu, but Host Enjoyable Trip. fCopyright, 1898, by American Press Association.!

Starting from Liverpool's famous art gallery one bright June afternoon four American wheelwomen, bidding defiance to poor Mre. Gmudy's exclamations of horror at such a daring departure without masculine escort, turned their faces and wheels toward London.

Notwithstanding the shock our determination to ride to' London bad occasioned a good English lady, who marveled at "four bits of

girls

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a lad for escort" daring to think of anything so radical, we set out fearlessly, with a laughing denial of possessing anything more than the usual American independence and pluck. Having been over the road before by wheel I was constituted chaperon and guide of the party, and my three companions, all

SKNTRY AT THE OOVEKNOB'S HOUSE.

American schoolmarms when at home, forgotting all discipline and decorum, wore as eagerly expectant and as carelessly happy ns was little Dick Whittington himself when he tramped oyer tho same old road to London town with his precious cat.

What a joy is just the memory of that first afternoon's spin! Liverpool, ,with her busy docks and tall spires, lay forgotten bohind us, as with hearts free from care ami lungs filled with the fresh keen air, as cool and invigorating as early spring, we flow lightly along on our good steeds of metal, charmed with the ever changing beauty of as perfect a road as ever delighted the eye and heart of a cyolist.

Through breaks in the blossoming hawthorn hedge we caught alluring gloams of the Mersey, beyond the fresh green moadows and well tilled fields, or discovered an ivy covered chapel and its quaint old burying ground at some unexpected turn of the road, whose picturesquonoBs and sad decay but accentuated the glowing beauty of the sunny hills of Wales, far away on the horizon, or the bustle and life of. one of the tiny hamlets basking in the sunshine.

It soemed like a page of romance to seo somo little highborn maiden come riding out on her snow white pony thr5tagh the great gates of one of the old manor houses, held open by a gorgeous lackey for the Lady Maud to pass, while another servant, a groom on a prancing black charger, deferentially saluted her small ladyship and waited until tho little pony had taken tho lead, that he might follow at a respectful distauoe. Past centuries were written on everything before our delighted eyes from the grand old trees to tho English wild flowers growing in nooks and cmunios of the moldering wall of tho ruined castle from the queer little cottages with their thatched roofs of straw to the sights and sounds of tho famous cathedral towns, and the song of tho happy young milkmaid driving home tho cows—all spoke of the old England of poem and story, the sauio "niorrio England" as in the days of good Queen Bess.

What a unique pleasure it was to wander through the old town of Rugby and speak of Tom Brown, while almost expecting to rooogniae him in one of tho many little urchins, who no doubt have made him their hero, as he once was ours I What a joy to poke our curious noses into Anno Hathaway'® most secret cupboard and to drink at the very little brook where Shakespeare's own hand had often filled the oup, to wander through the church at Stratford and to look upon the famous bed of the immortal bard, and then to sit for hour* upon the low wall of, the ohurchyard, under tho shade of the old elms, talking of him—and of home—with the waters of the Avon singing softly at our feetl

Who blames us for preferring the charm of a little wayside hostelry to the grandest accommodations to be found at the most famous hotels of London? What woman will wonder that we girls found joy in the low ceilings and uneven stone paved floors (if the dilapidated old coaching inns? What a delight it was to inspect those old rooms, with their little chints curtained easement windows and to sleep in century old four posters that recalled grim tale# of hnunfcxi chambers with their musty hangings!

We gave little care to the time worn tights, which every traveler sees from a sense of duty, but took delight in every turn of the old hoary highways over which our good wheels carries us and felt as if Queen Elisabeth and all her train might at any moment appear before our eyes on the old road to Coventry over which she had so often passed, as we rode in the gloaming under the arching bough* of the hoary monarch* who still guard the way.

Who din hope to describe all the ctrang® sights and sounds of those memorable days on English highways or the blissfel dream* and heavenly real which visited ns each night when snug

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ly tucked in the lavender fragrant sheets of the Whit© Hart inn? Any tourist can relate the sights of London or tell of the beauty and age of the great cathedrals, but we love best to recall the old fashioned little gardens, with their rows of gillyflowers and beds of marjoram or to laugh over the fright of two strong minded cyclists who suffered an agony of fear one midnight, unduly alarmed by the weird activity of an antiquated cuckoo clock or to go over again the attempts to discover the fastening on a completely lockless and boltless chamber door by the uncertain light of a flickering dip.

What a merry time we all had in Manchester, mingling with a Sunday school crowd and studying the dress and coiffures of our English cousins! Even the sentry pacing up and down in front of the governor's house had an interest for us, and no matter where our wheels carried us, down shady lanes or through noisy manufacturing towns, we were everywhere treated as kindly and shown as much courtesy and deference as if our metal steeds had been veritable steeds of mettle, and we grand dames riding in our coach instead of mounted on a bicycle saddle.

With the inborn American pride of all good citizens and with the prejudice against other lands the ignorant always feel we had determined "not to go into ecstasies over anything," but without a regret at our inconsistency we forgot all about the chips we had contemplated carrying on our shoulders, and all coldness and want of enthusiasm were conquered by just the smiling welcome of the rosy cheeked English matron, with her young brood hanging to her skirts and by the homelike shouts of the little street gamins who stopped their play to rush after us with cries of "Let me h'up be'ind!" or to wake the echoes in the village street by exclaiming at the top of their lungs, "Ere's er lot of Hamerican bi-sickles!" to some one within the house. That we wore tiny flags upon our coats is true, but it was entirely unnecessary, so far as we were able to judge, for wherever we went that we four lone wheelwomen were daughters of Uncle Sam seemed to be known intuitively at the first glance by even the most dull witted of the queen's subjeots.

What it was that so clearly gave away our nationality I know not, but possibly one of the little schoolmarms guessed it when she declared the secret lay in our "Hamerioan wooden rims," to which another sagely added, "and our "Hamerican independence and olatter."

Not a single incident occurred to mar the pleasure of our trip. English skies were clear, and with the exception of a oouple of windy days while oycling among the Cheshire hills the pedaling was of the easiest, and from first to last, although "without even a lad for esoort" the wheelwomen were as safe from any attempts at rudeness as if riding proteoted by the queen's army.

Nothing is easier than to take the trip we did and see dear old England in her most charming mood. As a matter of faot, there is absolutely no more delightful or more inexpensive way to see the wonders of the old country. All that is necessary is to have warm olothing, a good wheel and a little English gold to pay for meals and lodging, a sum whioh will be but a fraotion of the expense inourred for what is often inferior accommodations in the cities.

No one can hope to realize the real joy of oycling abroad until she has personally experienced the unique charm of old English highroads and the never ending pleasure of speeding on new world wheels over old world roads.

AUCB LKB MOQUB.

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The foundation is a wire shape of the size required, covered by coarse fish net

FKHrUMKD FLOWXB UMF 8HASS. stretched over and sewed to the shape round the upper and lower edges also at intervals to the side wires. This netting may be gilded with gold paint or left the natural color.

The shade is formed by twining leaves and flowers in and out of the ooarne meshes, and the secret of success is so to arrange the flowers as to give a delicate screen without being too heavy.

Any flowers to harmonize or contrast with the color scheme of the room in which the lamp is to be used can be selected. They can be changed from time to time, may be all of one kind or varied in character, can be purchased at sales or otherwise, or they may be the paper Sowers which many ladies make so expertly at home. The perfume should be sprinkled or applied in the evening just before lighting the lamp, not afterward, as if a drop of the cold liquid touches the hot chimney it is apt to crack the glass.

If wished, a mica collar can be added, also a chiffon, laoe or ribbon ruching round the upper edge, on which the flowers can rest, but all such variations can be according to the materials at command. BOSXS AH H. Tosa*.

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CABLING WAR NEWS.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, NOW THE FOCUS OF THE CORRESPONDENTS.

Dingers and Difficulties Attending the Work or Newspaper Representatives In Wartime—Idfe In a Sleepy West Indian City—Over a Submerged Town.

& [Special Correspondence.] -V KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 23.—Since the locale of the most important operations in connection with freeing Cuba was transferred to Santiago it has been necessary for correspondents to telegraph their latest war news from West Indian cable stations. Cuba is practically closed against newspaper writers of all foreign nations, and the fact of the arrest there of the representatives of the London Times, The Pall Jfall Gazette and the London Standard is sufficient to show how perilous it would be for an American newspaper correspondent to be found upon the island.

But even outside of Cuba he h&Tto encounter many dangers and hardships,

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VIEW OF THE CITY OF KINGSTON.

while the difficulties to be met with in securing and transmitting the news are innumerable. In hovering about the fleet in his dispatch boat he may unawares drift during the night within the limits assigned, and the first intimation he may have of danger is a shot penetrating his frail craft and sending him to the bottom or miscalculating the distance and range of Spanish guns on shore, he might approach beyond the danger limit in his boat, and, poor marksmen as the Spaniards are, he might afford a target for a'stray shot.

In transmitting the news to his paper, if the dangers are less, the difficulties are equally great He may speed across with important news from Guantanamo bay to Port Antonio, which has a telegraph line connecting it with the cable office here. On reaching the telegraph office the chances are that the correspondent of a rival newspaper may have control of the wire. He is compelled to wait his turn, and before his dispatch is sent the rival sheet may be issuing in an extra the news that he secured at the risk of his life and with enormous difficulties. The telegraph operators at Port Antonio, and generally throughout the island, are negro girls. They are fairly efficient and understand their business, but they cannot understand why there should be such a hurry and excitement over affairs in Cuba. They remain provokingly cool, and the perfervid enthusiasm, of the harassed correspondent has no more effect upon them than it would have upon an icicle.

If he reaches the office at night, the news cannot be forwarded until the following day, unless by a prearrangement the office ih kept open and he pays $5 an hour additional for the privilege of sending it at night But unfortunately the correspondent's difficulties are not ended when his message is transmitted. When it reaves th6 cable office at Kingston, the vast number of dispatches accumulated there may delay its transmission to the United States for 24 hours, or even for four or five days.

The other day I meta representative of a Chicago paper whose message was so delayed. He was furious and execrated Jamaican telegraphers with an emphasis that would not bear reproduction. He had sent a dispatch to his newspaper from Port Antonio three days before, and the editor had telegraphed to know the cause of the delay. He wired that he had forwarded the message, and then rushed to Kingston to ascertain the reason why it was not sent His chagrin and fury may be imagined when upon making an inquiry at the cable office he was told that his message had not been wired and would not be until the following day. ..

Life in this West Indian city befits the torrid climate. The people take things easily, and the only excited persons in it are the newspaper men. Of the 70,000 inhabitants of Kingston about 5,000 are whites, and these are mostly British soldiers, government officials and merchants and their clerks. The rich usually have summer residences in the surrounding highlands, where, according to the elevation, they oan select the temperature that suits them. The rest of the population is negro, with a few thousand coolies imported from Calcutta. The dark people of the city do the hard work, and the most laborious part of this falls to the lot of the women. They are capable of carrying enormous loads on their heads and are apparently happy, onerous as are the burdens of life they bear.

A few days ago while sailing on Kingston bay I was reminded by an officer on the boat that we were sailing over a town that was sunk in the sea by an earthquake. On a June evening in 1693 the most of the town of Port Royal and its inhabitants were engulfed in the sea during a seismic disturbance The subsidence, though rapid, was so easy that the equilibrium of the buildings was not disturbed, and they oould be seen erect and apparently undisturbed 50 feet below the surfttoe. In clear weather even so late as 1885 the submerged town was still viable at the hnttnm of Die SQ&. mmmm WALME WESTOH.

Among the Sols of central India a •h»T« figbt always accompanies the wedding ceremony.

TEKBE HATJTJfl SATURDAY EVENING- MAIL, JULY 2, 1898.

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TWO STORIES BY M. QUAD.

[Copyright, 1898, by C. B. Lewis.] THE COLONEL'S ORATION. "Speaking about the Fourth of July," S&d the colonel as half a dozen of us were smoking on the platform while we were waiting for the train, "but 1 had a rather singular experience last year! I was engaged to deliver the oration at Green Hill, and left Taylorsville at noon on the 3d, to drive across tho country." "And you met with an accident of ooursef" queried one of tho group. •'I did, 6ir. When the journey was half completed, I bad a sort of sunstroke and was obliged to put up at a farmhouse and send for a doctor. I was in bed for two days. I was so ill that I did not give the people my name or tell them my errand until too late to notify the citizens of Green Hill." "And so they had no Fourth of July oration?" "But they did bSveT&nd that is the singular part of tho adventure," replied the colonel. "A man arrived there on the morning of tho Fourth who claimed to be nio, and at the proper time he delivered the address and took the $50 and left." "What sort of an oration did he deliver?" "A very poor one, and that's what hurts me most of all. No one was satisfied with it. It was a rambling, shambling discourse—a mixture of politics, religion and history—and, though he was paid for it, the people felt that they had been swindled. If he hadn't used my name, he would have been hooted off the platform." "Colonel," said the man who was smoking a brier root on the baggage trucks, "did you notice a buggy behind yours just before you were sunstruck?" ,**• "I—I believe I did." "I was in that buggy, strange to say. I am in the windmill business and was on my way to Green Hill. I helped put you to bed at the farmhouse." "Is it possible?" 4 "It is, sir. In so doing I found your manuscript, of the oration. I read }t over

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"SIR!" EXCLAIMED THE COLONEL. and saw it was a mighty poor effort, but rather than disappoint tho people of Green Hill I comttfitted it to memory and went over there and delivered it" "Then you—you"— ,^"I am the man. I took your name, made the address and collected the money.

I was actuated by the kindest motives but my conscience has always upbraideu me. That oration of yours wasn't worth over 10 cents. They paid me $60 for it"

Sir!'' exclaimed the oolonel. "And I am now on my way back to Green Hill.y "Sirl" "t "To return the people the sum of $49.90 and tell them I will never be guilty of a similar crime." "Sirl" gasped the oolonel as soon as be could pull himself together. "Tblsisaslngular affair. I was simply telling a yarn to pass away time. Nothing of the sort happened to me." "And I was only lying Just to offset you," laughed the man, and we all laughed with him—all except the colonel. An hour later, as we sat together on the train, the latter suddenly turned to me and whispered: "By George, but somehow or other I can't help but think that fellow meant to rub it in on mel"^!^*^^^l

ORATOR WHO DIDN'T ORATE. The committee on arrangements at Red Hoss Bend bad sec a red a Fourth of July orator from Raymondville, and on the night of the 8d be arrived at the mining camp. We had chipped in $1 apiece to get anew barrel of whisky, an American flag, a lot of fireworks and an orator, and the boys were a little anxious to know if the latter was all right Therefore as soon as he bad eaten supper be was waited upon by a small crowd, with Jim Barney at spokesman, and when they had been regularly introduced Jim led off with: "Look-A-yore, jedge, we ar' a-lookin fur somethln red hot from you tomorrer. Kin you give us some speolmens from that orashun?" ."Why, yes, of course," was the reply. "It begins, like all other Fourth of July orations, with the band of pilgrims who sailed from England in search of liberty. They landed at Plymouth Rook, you know." "What sorter people was them pilgrims?" J" Very respectable and religions." "None of the whoop-er-up sort among 'em, eh?" "No." '"Then you'd better skip 'em, jedge, fur our crowd will be lookin fur a different sort What trams next?" "Well, after awhile England laid a tax on tea, and the people of Boston got so mad they turned out and threw a whole cargo overboard." "Anybody killed in the sarinimagef" "I think not" "Jest tbrowed the tea over and went home and went to bed, eh?" "That was the way of it, I gneos." "Then you'd better leave that out, jedge, as It wouldn't interest us two minIts. If tbey oould do all that and no one git hurt it couldn't hev bin much of a row. What happened arter that?" "The colon 1st* began to think of independence," replied the judge. "It wasn't long before tbey were ready to resist England's unjust demands by force of arms. Ton hate heard of Patrick Henry of oourse?" "Xo, never have. What was his bolt?" "Oratory. He was the one who said, •Give me "liberty or give me death!'" "And did he pick op his guns and mOj In*" "I—I think rtnt."

"Then you'd better cut that out Jedge, fur we don't cotton to a obap who is all talk and can't shoot Anything more happen?" "Well, the British army marched out of Boston to Lexington, and the Americans killed a number of them." "Kill a thousand and lick the rest outer their butes?" "Ob, no. Only a few wore killed or wounded, but it was the beginning of the war for liberty, you know." "It won't do, jedge—it won't do," said Jim, with a shake of the head. "If the Americans didn't lick the British till theg

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hollered, it wouldn't tntorest this crowd fur shucks. You'll hev .to cut that all out What cums next?" "Bunker Hill." "Who got licked thar?" t, "The Americans retroated, but—but"— "Stop right thar, jedge!" exclaimed Jim as ho roso up to go. "What we want is a rodhot orashun, wl^h tho Amerioans on top and givin everybody else hail Columbia, and as you hevon't got it, and ar' not the critter wo took you fur, you kin start fur home when you h'ar tho fust warwhoop in the mornin!" M. QUAD.

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White and Black In Cuba. "It might as well be confessed," says Murat Halstead, "that the assimilation of races has gone along way in Cuba. There is an absolute thoughtlessness in that island, especially in the centers of the highest civilization, as to whether man or woman is black or white or of mixed blood. It would astound even a New York audience at the annual French ball to see black men waltzing wildly with white women, and it is even more alarming and startling to see blaok women whirling softly to soft measures in the arms of white men— often each of the graceful couple smoking cigarettes, the fine white ash hanging on half an inoh long, showing the delightful properties of Cuban tobaoso."

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4, Gema of Irish Literature. I pioked up two delicious literary ouriositles during my stay in Ireland. The following notice was postod in a pleasure boat belonging to a steamship company on the Sulr: "The chairs in the oabin are for the ladies. Gentlemen are requested not to make use of them till the ladies are seated."

The time I was in the country was just after the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York. I olipped the following dellolous advertisement from a Kingstown paper: "James O'Mahony, wine and spirit merchant, Kingstown, has still on hands a small quantity of tho whisky whioh was drunk by the Duke of York whilo in Dublin."— X. X. X. in London Spectator.

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Second Lady (simply)—I Was the youngest of nine daughters.—Harper'i Bazar.

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