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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1896-10-7, Page 70• 1. e. 1' 10, eel O UR OTTAWA LETTER THE GRITS HAVE ADVOCATED EVERYTHING BUT PRO- TECTION. (Capital is Kept Waiting --Taste's Method of Doing Business --Israel's Troubles -- Deficit or Seven Millions --Abbe Proulx's Mission ---Au Ornamental Member. •[From• Our Own Correspondent.] Ottawa, Sept, 28.—Three months have elapsed since the elections, On every platform during the campaign Mr. Laur- ier and his friends were prolific in prom- ises as to what they would do towards ameliorating the condition of the work- ing cheeses and the farmers. Most especi- ally did they refer to the emancipation -whioh they would give the agriculturists. "The farmer," they said, "pays the coun- try's bills. It is upon him that the bur- Sa den of Protection rests most heavily. When we come into power we shall see to it that he gets free agricultural im- plements; free lumber—for the North - "vest farmer can buy that article more ,cheaply from Minnesota than from On- tario—and free coal oil. Wo shall lift his ;burdens from him." Tbat was before the 'elections. Now the case is different. Last 'week the Government declined to give the country any idea as to what their future course will be. They declined for the remarkably good reason that they do not know themselves what lino they are going to pursue, As. lion. G. E. Foster pointed out in his resolution the ,other day, the Grits have evinced un - •compromising hostility to the principle .and practice of Proteotion. Since 1879 -the Liberals have been the followers of many strange gods. They have adovoated Commercial Union; Continental Free 'Trade; Unrestricted Reciprocity with the United States, with discrimination against Great Britain; Free Trade "as It is in England," and Tariff for Revenue annly, The Grits, it will be seen, have .advocated everything but Protection. Thoy know that the Canadian people believe in Protection, and they fear to raise any one of the standards that they flaunted when in Opposition. Their fol- lowers in the House of Commons voted down Mr. Foster's proposition that the ,Government should give to the country somo indication as to its course. The Administration fears to make any an- nouncement to the people, for they know that their weaknesses will then be ap- parent. Within the Council ohamber the battles between the Ministers continue to take place. The public hears little of these engagements, for the gentlemen of the Cabinet maintain silence regarding Otho frequent rows between Tarte and the English Ministers. The want of a fiscal pri�Iey is attempted to bo concealed. The tiffie will not be long before the people -of Canada will see clearly that they have for governors architects without solenco, 'critics without experience, censors with- out knowledge. It will not he more than three or four months before this fact will to evident. Capital is Kept Waiting. How different was the policy of the &Conservative party when it was in power. From 1879 down to the present time as regards the tariff and trade policy of the party there has been the utmost clear- ness, tho utmost consistenoy. No man oan substantiate a contrary charge. In 1870 Sir John A. Macdonald laid the "foundation of the policy that has been adopted and pursued by the Liberal Con- servative party from that time to the ;present. It has been the policy of Pro- tection, steadily applied to the tariff and to the trade of the cuuntry. During the debate last week Mr. Foster and other Conservative speakers made this fact ap- parent. No Liberal attempted to deny it. They did attempt to deny that the eoun- +try desires to know what its new gov- ernors axe going to give it. From Cape Breton to Vancouver there are men who cio not know where they are going to get their next week's wages. They ask Laurier and Tarte what they are going to do. They. say: "If the industries .are of interest to Canadian farmers and workingmen to the extent of $100,000,000 of wages, we have something to say in regard to the matter." The farmer knows that Protection bus brought the tall chino - ries to our towns. And it is the men I who toil under the shadow of these ohim- nies, in the faotories of the land, whb consume the produce that the farmer brings to market. Close up the factories .and you close up the mouths of thousands .of Canadian families. Close the faotnries and I fear that you will foreclose the mortgage on many a Canadian farm. Laurier's aide, the disgruntled and dis- ..appointed Sir Richard Cartwright, says 'be knows exactly the principle upon •which the Government proposes to reduce the tariff. Neither he nor his colleagues vouchsafed any information to the people <of Canada. But they keep the country in suspense. They keep the owners of /our hundred million dollars of capital in doubt. The farmers, as I have said, are interested in the question qnite as ernuah as is anybody else. They know that in the campaign Laurier and his lieutenants said: If we have to choose be veer the manufacturer and the farm - mi we are going to aid the farmer. As the ex -Minister of Finance pointed out, there was no need for.any such declara- tion. In his speech °at Malvern, in 1887, Hon. Edward Blake, who is an honest man, and who was supplanted by Laur- ler, said that there should never be a cleavage between two .classes in this entry. The Conservative party increased the value of the farmer's home market until it now is worth forty or forty-five mlllion.dollars a year. The farmer wants •oto know what the Government is going -to da When labor is not employed labor Teases to buy. Capital has rights too. ^There aro four hnudred millions of cap- ital invested in Canada. Why should the anon who have this enormous amount of money invested be kept waiting by a Cabinet whose members vowed, two or three months ago, that they were pre- pared to make an immediate announce- ' anent as to their tariff. Tarte% Method of Doing Business. And yet this Government of incompe- tents declined to make any statement. It is not true that they withheld the an- ;..nouncoment. Tho truth is'that they had ,• no announoemont to make. They had •sprint the last three months in wrang- lingjand discussion. They say they will {,'hfive some sort of measure ready when ,,parliament shall .iueet in February next, ,lut before that tariff is completed there will be some battles royal in the Council chamber. Israel's Troubles. Israel Tarte, potential premier of Can- ada, is in a peck of trouble. An unfaithe ful friend bus "showed him up" as a most expert member of the school of which the late Honore Mercier was the leader. Mr. (Tarte, be it known, is in the habit of following the teachings of Mr, Mercier in the most faithful manner. His trouble comes now on account of the following letter, whioh a close friend of his sent to a tenderer for a certain con- tract. Let us have a sample of Mr. Tarte's method of doing business:— "I have received from the Department of Public Works at Ottawa a letter in- forming meethat you are a tenderer for the supply of -- for the publio build- ings at --. As your tender is the same as that of another firm, they write to ask me to whom the contract must be given. I now write you to know what you in- tend to do for me in this matter. Iawait your reply. Business is business, as you know.' "Business is business!" Mr. Tarte's business is of a kind that gentlemen are not accustomed to be engaged in. What did that letter mean? Mr. Tarte vows that he knows nothing of the matter. Whereupon Mr. Grenier, the publisher of La Libre Parole, a newspaper published in Montreal, rises to remark that Tarte is a political acrobat, a traitor, an ex- tortionist, a blackmailer and a boodler. Mr. Grenier says that Tarte, in 1891, held back a certain paper in order that he might extort money from one of the men implicated in the scandals then he- ing ventilated. Tarte has taken proceed- ings against Grenier, who says that he can prove every charge that he has made. Unfortunately, Mr, Israel Tarte has a blank record. He is the gentleman to whom Pacaud paid $5,000 of a sura of $10,000 obtained from Contractor Whelan. when the latter was in fear that, if he did not come down, the Mercier Govern- ment would not pay his claim for the construction of the Quebeo Court House. Of the hundred thousand dollar boodling job in connection with the Baie dos Cha - lours, $2,000 went to pay a note of Charles Langelier's to Mr. Tarte; $1,000 went to pay a note of Tarte's to Pacaud; $400 went to pay a note of Torte's to himself; $5,000 went to pay annther note of Paoaud's endorsed to Tarte; 88,000 to pay another note of the same kind. Is there any doubt that Mr. Tarte possesses great fitness for his position—that of be- ing Mr. Laurier's mentor and bosom friend. Laurier knows all about Tarte's curious methods, yet he keeps him be- side him because Tarte managed to win Quebec for the French Premier. And what does Tarte think of Laurier? A few years ago he gave his estimate of the First Minister. Said the now faithful Tarte: "He has a character veneered on the outside. Scratch a little and you will discover the mediocrity within. Be is not learned; his speeches show it. Bis thought never rises above the plane of his prejudices. He never will be faithful to what he does not possess—principles, sound conaintiuns,or patriotism." This is the written opinion of tho man who now, via Laurier, rules Canada. A few weeks ago Tarte stated, with much gran- diloquence, that he would save three quarters of a million in the management of the Department of Public Works. On Friday last, when the supplementary estimates were brought down, we found that they amounted to $2,889,857. This brings the total estimate for the year up to $44,537,778, two million dollars more than the "extravagant" Conservativd asked last session. The Liberals declined, at that time, to allow a single dollar of estimates to go through. Their object was two -fold. They desired to embarrass the Government of that clay, and theyi resolved, if victory perched on their ban- ners, to go the Conservatives one better. They have done so. Shattered are their promises of eoonomy; thrown to the winds of heaven are their pledges of re- trenchment. They have discharger civil servants to make way for their own friends. They have tnoked a million dol- lars to the estimates in order that Grit eontractnre may have a ladleful of Gov- ernment soup. A. G. Blair, the Minis- ter of Railways, has announced his in- tention of introducing some of the most undesirable features of the New Bruns- wick system of administration. He has dedevilled the civil service of the prov- ince. He seeks to do the same thing at Ottawa. Henceforth. when a Liberal member or a defeated Liberal candidate demands revenge; when he clamors for the scalp of any civil servant, that un- fortunate is to be discharged forthwith. He is to be given no trial. The mere word of the Grit politician is to be enough. This is justice with avengeance. Laurier and his friends, who would have denounced, and rightly denounced, any such action on the part of a Conserva- tive Government, have changed their views. Their conversion to the spoils theory, has heen as sudden as was Saul's on the way to Antioch. But the simile stops there. Deficit of Seven Millions. A deficit of about seven' million dol- lars stares the Government in the face. One day last week the Prime Minister was asked by a Toronto deputation to sanction a Government grant for a Dom- inion exhibition to be held in the provin- cial capital next year. Mr. Laurier ack- nowledged that his Government expected a deficit, and said he could make no promise. Where are the beneficent results of Grit administration? The Liberals asserted that they had a panacea for the alleged ills under which the country suffered. They have commenced their career of economy by slacking the purse strings to an extent that the Conserva- tives never thought ot. And, it must be remembered, no great public works are under way. The Conservatives left the country fairly prosperous. Tarte and his friends have commenced a carnival of money spending at which the farmers of the country may well stand aghast. It is upon the farmers that the blow will fall most heavily. Reduced wages bring reduced prices for produce. Less than the mechanio or artisan can the farmer control the market for what he bas to sell. He has to take what he can get. When money is plentiful he is well paid for his produce. When money is scarce he has to raise ate much produce; he has to work as hard as in times of prosperity, and he :is paid less. it will be from the farmers of Canada that this: Government will hear the first protest against their sluggish incapacity. Abbe Proulx's'l'fission. Some days ago the Globe waxed wrath- ful because it had been said that Mr. Laurier had sent Abbe Proulx to Rome to negotiate with the Pope for a settle- ment of the School question. All along The Globe bas been an opponent of Sep- arate schools in Manitoba. This was un- objectionable while the Grits were in Opposition. Down in Quebec Mr. Laurier raised his hand to heaven as lie swore to restore Separate schools to the Boman Catholics of the Prairie province, While its leader was thus 'pledging himself The Globe 'shouted against "coercion." It spoke without knowledge when it denied that Abbe Premix had a mission from Mr. Laurier. Two days after the denial it was obliged to acknowledge it; self guilty of misrepresentation, and to state that the Cure of St. Lin had gone. to iuterviewathe Holy Father at the re- quest of Mr. Laurier. Quebec may be satisfied, but how will English Canada like to have the cnuntry's affairs settled by an Italian prelate? Tile Manitoba School question, The Globe bas said often enough, is a national and not a religious issue. Why should Leeq XIII. be asked to settle it? We English -Speaking Canadians live in amity, irrespective of our relig- ious beliefs. We settle our disputes in the law courts, in courts whioh are above criticism. Why should an exception be made in this case? Are we not competent to manage our own affairs? Evidently the French gentleman who is the head of the Government of Canada thinks otherwise. }lo knows that his compat- riots of Quebec will hear with delight that the Pope has been asked to inter- vene. Tho Liberal cause inay benefit in the French province. It will not be so in the other parts of Canada. But why should not M. Laurier do his best to Burry favor with his own people?. They have given him the parliamentary ma- jority whereby he maintains his position. In all Canada, outside of Quebec, he has a majority of one seat in the Hoose of Commons. He is Quebec's man, and to Quebec he must render account. Should be falter for moment in his allegiance to Jean Baptiste, the crack of the French Canadian whip will soon bring hien bank to the straight and narrow path of his duty to his masters. An Ornante ntalMember. The most ornamental member of the new Government is Mr. Dobai', the millionaire lumberman of Quebec, Mr. Dobell le gloriously ignorant of politics, but he knows how to hake money. He ran as an Independent and on the night of his election refused to ride in the same carriage with Mr. Laurier. On the following day Tarte proceeded to get Dobell into line. Tho lnmberman's van- ity was tickled and he accepted the posi- tion of Minister without portfolio, not knowing that it was his money that the Grits needed. When ho was taken intn the Cabinet Tarte should have sripuleted that the recruit should maintaiu sileneo, No such arrangement was :natio, and Dobell proceeded, upon the first oppor- tunity, to show himself to be a trickster —and a clumsy trickster at that. During the campaign ho telegraphed to the newspaper L'Electeur, of Queheo, stattee that he was in favor of the fast Atlantie steamship line as projected by the late Government. It is not necessary to state that Quebeckers are very desirous pf having the fast lino pelt into operation. On the 10th of September, in the House 'of Commons, Dobell arose and stated that ho was opposed to .the fast line. Sir Adolphe Caron asked him whether he had sent the telegram to L'Elceteur. Dobell replied that be knew nothing of the telegram, that he had seen it in the newspaper, but that he bud not sent it. Whereupon the people of Quebecand particularly of West Quebec, which he represents, became infuriated. Hero was one of the representatives of the city dis- owning ono of his pre-election promises whereby he had secured many votes. Letters of protest arrived from Quebec, and on Thursday Dobell retracted his statement, stating that he had sent the telegram but that it was sent privately and had not been intended for publica- tion. Was not this a humiliating con- fession for a Minister of the Crown to make? Dobell, in order to secure a few votes, sent the telegram that no doubt should remain regarding his attitude. He had not given it as a pledge, but as a means to bring some doubtful voters into line. The Conservative party may well congratulate itself upon the seces- sion of Ruch an unworthy member. His ineptitude in the explanation which he made shows that he has yet much to learn from Tarte, whose Machiavellian - ism is at least adroit and not clumsy and apparent on the face of 15. Convention of Ontario Members. Last week the Ontario Conservative members of parlirment held a meeting at which it was decided to hold a party convention in November or December. The meeting was most unanimous, and the speeches made were full of confidence in the future of the Conservative party. The task of making the arrangements for the gathering of the representatives of the party was left in the hands of Sir Charles Tupper and Mr. J. P. Whitney, the leader of the Opposition in the On- tario Opposition. The convention will have a valuable effect in making the members of the rank and file of the party acquainted with each other. The first visible result of the convention will be the strong and probably successful fights which the Conservatives will put up in the by-eleotions to the House of Commons. In the provincial elections the Conservatives will make it evident to Mr. A. S. Hardy' that the Wicked Partner has not fallen on a bed of roses in succession to Sir Oliver Mowat. Ideas—Original and Extended. Original ideas may be so enlarged up- on and viewed through such different channels of thought that the result ar- rived at is often robbed of nearly all sem- blance of the original idea; and thus it is that we are too apt to look upon men who are mere extenders of ideas as though they were original thinkers—the very fountains from which spring the germs of original thought—when, in truth, they are original only in secondary views whioh they take of established ideas. When a 1Sranoh from a pear tree is graft- ed on the limb of an apple tree, this branch will yield pears. It is to be ar- gued from this that the same sap which produces apples on the other branches of the tree does not produce pears on this branch? Just as the sap of the apple tree nourishes the pears through the medium of the branch of the pear tree, so the original idea feeds the minds of the in venter of secondary ideas, and the men- tal fruit takes on the characteristics of his mind. The Biter 1115. Holding a oat by one leg, a Mexican boy of Phenix, A. T. loaned over a well curb with the intention of dropping 'the cat into the water. He lost his balance and toppled in. The water was just about as deep as be was tall -three feet —and when he straightened up the cat scrambled upon his head and scratched him so that all the mischief was out of him. n Born to the Easiness. Mrs. Mack --I expect :Johnny will be an editor when he grows up. Mack—Why? Mrs. Maok—He doesn't like poetry. HOUS[HOLD Utiles for .Parents. As far as you can, choose your son's associates. See to it that you know all his friends, and let hire feel perfectly free to invite thein to the house. Take pains to make hila and there comfortable and happy, .lie will not be slow in ap- preciating your thougbtfuluess. Tell your little ones fairy tales. They will . lead them to believe in friendly though invisible forces which assist the will; they will lead to a hope for a I happiness unknown to real life but which nevertheless exists because they theinselves experience it under She .spell of the fairy tale. Bo reverent in approaching child -Inn ture. Bold yourself in. Remember that) far more important than emotional out -1 bursts than cries and sobs and tears is the steady resolve to do the thing that is right, the thing that Christ bids to be truthful and obedient,unselflsh, pure and noble. Note that when a child once realizes that you cannot remit a punishment be- cause it would he- wrong, the galling sense of unkindness vanishes. Making the Bed. In making up the bed one point that is especially insisted upon is that the under sheet shall bo laid smoothly and drawn over the mattress so tightly that no wrinkles oan annoy the patient. For the invalid's bed this is secured by pin- ning it to the mattress underneath. While this may not be necessary for the ordinary bed, it carries a suggdstioa of value, especially for the nervous sleeper, to whom the loose wrinkles of a care- lessly made bed may be a great distur- ber, though in many oases perhaps un- consciously so. This is particularly im- portant where the sheets aro of linen. Fortunately, cotton ones are coming so be pretty generally recognized as more conducive to comfort and health. In making the bed, tuok the under sheet well under the mattress on one side of the bed, and then from the other side draw the sheat as evenly and as tightly as possihle across the bed until it is perfectly smooth, and then tuck in this side also firmly under the mattress. The upper sheet should be long enough to fold under well at the bottom, and at the top to leave a good mnrgin to turn over the blankets or other covering to protect them. This is not only comfort- able, but tidy. A Utility Screen. People who occupy flats resort to all manner of make -shifts, many of them turning out to be hits of real ingenuity. The utility screen is one of these contrl- FOR A COSY PLAT. vances, and while being an ornament to the room, is essentially useful. The out- side of the screen may he decorated in any way desired. The most durable and easily managed framework is made of bamboo sot together in slots, while adur- able covering that will not readily soil is the dull colored denims, either figured or plain. The inside of the screen may be cov- ered with white oil cloth, the sort used commonly upon the kitchen tables, so that when soiled it may be readily wiped off. On one side fasten hooks, upon which will be hong stockings or any small article of wearing apparel, to dry or to air after ironing. Another section of the screen will be arranged in bags, recep- tacle for dust cloths, cleaning cloths, etc., on any of the unsightly, but neces- sary implements of household warfare. Several Sauces. A goon sauce for baked fish made without butter. eggs or milk is as fol- lows: Remove the fish from the baking tin, pour off any fat, and shake in a teaspoonful of brown flour; add half a pint of fish stock, a tablespoonful of ketchup and a pinch of salt. Stir all well, scraping the tin, boil up, and pour round the fish. A teaspoonful of made mustard and chutney or essence of an- chovy may be used instead of vinegar. Fnr boiled fish, boll a teaspoonful of grated horse -radish in a gill of fish stock, add a gill of light wine, a tablespoonful of vinegar and lemon juice, a teaspoonful of soy and anchovy essence and sufficient flour to make the sauce the consistency of cream; pepper and salt to taste. Of course a little butter would be an im- provement. For the outlets fry a sliced onion in an ounce of butter, when brown remove them and add a dessert -spoonful of brown flour and half a pint of good stock, boil up the saune, add two tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce, a teaspoonful of an- chovy essence, a tiny lump of sugar, a squeeze of lemon, pepper, salt, cayenne and a tablespoonful of sherry. Peas, mashed potatoes, French beans a la mai- tre d'hotel or any dressed vegetables form a center for the cutlets. About Pins. Thorns were originally used in fasten- ing garments together. Pins did not im- mediately succeed thorns as fasteners, but different appliances were. used, such as hooks, buckles and laces. It was the latter half of the fifteenth century before pins were used in Great Britain. When first manufactured in England the iron wire, of the proper length, was filed to a point, and the other extremity twisted into a head. This was a slow process, and four or five hundred pins was a good day's work for an expert hand. Potatoes Crumbed. Take some large new potatoes. Wash, scrape and boil gently till tender in boil- ing salted water with a sprig of fresh mint. Lift out, dry lightly in a cloth. Split in halves lengthways. Season with a dust of salt and pepper. Lay on a hot dish or tin, pour all over them a little warmed butter, lift them out with a skewer, and cover with browned crumbs. Lay on a buttered taxa and bake about ten mhl- ntes in a hot oven. DONGOLA. THE BRITISH CONQUEST ON THE UPPER NILE. The Town Kot Defended When the British Bombarded It--Sonaetliing About the Ex- pedition—The Dervishes. Our readers were informed, early in the past week, that the British had cap• Lured Dongola. The accompanying map shows how far up the Nile valley this little-known town is. The actual taking of the town was a farce, for the natives made no resistance except to fire on the British boats, Dongola itself was not defended, and the British promptly landed a force, captured a quantity of treasure, all the Dervish booke which were kept there, and seven grain -laden boats. It was in March last that Egypt be- aanie• the scene of a British campaign. t1ED�TEgRANEAry -..-•� SEA LI WE= NILE REGION Sc:tee OF r4rLES rF cdFaFa�t- BRI ASSO_��N 15 t1 zWADI MgLr5 rrd Cnra-a,r o MEDINA 4. MECCA ' iTACIAN IN Lea 'TIG1E1 ',PORTUGUESE --0 \sIYF LUENCC. •- �f''. Map ENGLAND ON THE NILE. showing Dongola, recently taken by the British forces. For six months the Queen's troops have been pushing their way up the Nile. What is it all about? Italy, hoping to compete in the race for territorial aggression in Africa, pushed her outposts too far into the ter- ritory of Menelek, her nominal liege, and the penalty was the massacre of the Italian army of nearly 5,000 at Adowa, in the Kingdom of Tigre (Teegray), northern Abyssinia, early in the present year. With European sentiment roused against the tribes of the upperNile region by this the most serious of military dis- aster of recent years, England seized the moment to propose a punitive expedition against her old enemies, the Mandists of the Soudan. She proposed to pay for this with the civil funds that would otherwise apply on Egypt's big debt, France -saw in the move not only a loss to French holders of Egpytian bonds but the logical probability that England will by the conquest of the Soudan, establish another most important link in her African possessions, which will leave only one gap in her great chain of territory from the Cape of Good Hope to the mouths of the Nile. Such a chain once established would put an end to French aspirations in that beautiful neutral territory that divides the upper Congo from the upper Nile. France protested, ostensibly on the ground that Egyptian funds should not be squandered on an expedition for which she urges there is no pressing de- mand. Italy has every reason to en- courage a great military move up the Nile that will occupy the natives of the region and threaten Abyssinia from that side. Germany's and Austria's interests are neutral territorially, but their sup- port naturally goes to their ally, Italy. England thus found herself in full accord with the triple alliance, which thus be- comes virtually a quadruple alliance. France aligns on the opposite side and Roselle stands with her on several grounds. First, King Menelek of Abys- sinia is a Christian, who by a special mission to St. Petersburg last year expressed a sense of allegiance to the Russian Orthodox Church. Russia is thus the religious sponsor of this little Christian oasis in the desert of pagan Africa, and cannot but resent Italy's designs on Abyssinia. So much for the political aspect of the move. Look at the material aspect. Primo Minister Salisbury perhaps de- signs to conquer the whole of the Soudan and give England a new lease on Egyp- tian affairs. He reeeived notice from Italy that the dervishes were likely to attack Kassala, a point Italy decided to abandon. The dervishes have for years been snaking disastrous raids on the peaceable Nile farmers. The situation is more than sufficient, the Salisbury Gov- ernment has said, to justify this expedi- tion to repress them. Dongola, on the Nile, between the third and fourth cataracts, has , been the objective point, and now becomes the base of operations, whence the expedition is milted the Dongola expedition. Ass- ouan (Ass-su-wan, with the accent on last syllable) is the limiu of the Egyp- tian civil authority on the Nile and as far as the most enthusiastic Nile tourist ever goes. It is over 500 miles from Cairo. But Dongola is nearly 500 miles further, and Khartoum, the old capital rind stronghold of the Mandist hosts, is still 500 miles beyond by the windings of the river. In 1888 the dervishes at Taski made an attempt to push into Lower Egypt, but they were suppressed the next year, the campaign ending in a most fearful ea:tighter of the dervishes. Grenfell, the English commander • of the Egyptian forces, feigned retreat; the drevishes fell into the trip and they were s erilee aimost to a man. .Long after the iesuo of battle was decided the fanatical na- tives continued to hurX themselves into the breach, only to meet a certain death,, refusing all quarter and giving none. They fought as only men can, that are imbued with the highest sense of the justice of their cause. They are brave to the furthest limit and indifferent to death, and thus they are a very•hard enemy to fight. But who .are they, these devishes? They are the fanatical followers of Mo- hammed -Ahmed who, itt the year 1881, proclaimed himself to be "Mandi," or "Prophet," Who, as prophesied by Mo- hammed, was to appear on the earth. about this time to exterminate all un- believers and turn the world over to Islam. He and his enthusiastio disciples grew obstreperous and in August, 1881, England by reason of her sponsorship of Egyptian affairs, was ferried to send an expedition against them. Bloke Pasha's army, the first sent, was massacred, and England decided to withdraw. But mean- time the Mandists surrendered at Sue- kim on the Red Sea, Kassala, Berber, Khartoum and elsewhere, and it was. then decided to send Gen. "Chinese" Gordon to the relief of the expedition, the route being across the desert from Suakin], Gordon reaohed Khartoum in the spring of 1884 and there, without reinforcements, he and his brave troops were butchered by the Mandists. Thus ended the fatal Soudan campaign, and the people of England have never for- given the Government for thus leaving the intrepid Gordon and his men to their awful fate. The battle was left drawn, the Mandists retiring into the Soudan, and the remnant of English troops being withdrawn. Titus England has an old, snore to settle. NEXT YEAR'S BICYCLE. Manufacturers Are Undecided About Fix-• i ng Their Price. A vexatious question just now among: cyclists and prospective cyclists is the price that a first-olsss wheel will bring next year. Whether one may be had then for the same price or less than it fetches now, or whether the price will be advanced, no one seems able to tell absolutely. The oldest makers of $100 wheels say that it would be disastrous to their business to sell machines at the low figure which several .younger manu- facturers have named, and at the same time furnish each customer with a guar- antee. On the other hand, it is said in some quarters that enough money le made by many of the concerns which have cut their prices to warrant their continuing the experiment next year. It is understood also that certain of them have promised to offer even better wheels at a cheaper price next year than now. r Experienced wheelmen seem slow to believe that the difference iu quality of the component parte of high grade bloy- cles is so marked as some of the makers of those machines would have the public. believe it Is. These riders say that skil- ful workmanship is required in the con- struction of all durable wheels, and if It is true that some of the high-grade wheel -makers employ more skilful work- men than others, the fact is often in- discernible both In their Wheel's appear- ance and use. Whether the wooden bicycles which are promised for next yenr will materially affect the wheel trade remains to be seen. Their advocates say that the wheels will have many advantages over those with metal frames. Nobody was surprised when wheels of disputed quality were sold at a low price, but now that those of a standard maker can be bought for half price, everybody is set to thinking. When the stock of wheels now selling so cheaply is ex- hausted, cyclists wonder what move the dealers will make then. Persons who will want wheels next year are probably safe if they wait till then before buying. —N. Y. Sun. Now Bicycle Chain. A bicycle roller chain has recently been patented. The idea embodied is a variation of the principle of the elliptical sprocket, the chain being designed to NEW BICYCLE CHAIN. give an increase in power on the sprock- ets, both front and rear, at the time when the crank leverage is least. To accomplish this each link is fitted with a roller at its connection, the rollers be- ing of unequal size. At the point where the crank exerts the greatest leverage they are small, barely exceeding in diameter the width of the chain. The rollers gradually in- crease in size till at the crank dead cen- ter they are of the greatest diameter. The inventor expects in this way to give the rider an advantage at the points where it is inost needed. The problem of utilizing power at dead centers is so old that machinists as bicycle riders regard this invenion with interest as a possible solution. Hints Prom the Saddle. "When you mount be sure to go to the curbing on the right-hand side and mount from the right -band side of the bicycle. "Nevar look behind you on any ac- count —vehicles coming up behind you will be guided by your movements. "Never pass in front of a oar at right angles; you don't know what is on the other side. "In approaching a side street inter- ' sooting the one you are on at right ang- les, go slowly and keep to the right. "One must bo careful about children and dogs. Shone at the dogs so as to frighten them away, butohildren must be told which way to rile. "If the road is slippery with mud or water, go slowly and take 'large turns' whet turning from one direction to an other. "Don't keep behind a cab; turn to the left and pass and get ahead of it. This is more.agreeable and safer. Avoid, in, this way, getting hemmed in by vehicles. "Don't trey to pass at right angles in frontof oars or tracks. Go behind them. "Bioyling aeoidents owing to machines' slipping scene to bo increasing in nuns-, ben"