i THE WOMAN A-WIIEEL WHAT 8HE WEARS WHEN OUT FOR A SPIN. Petticoat Hold Their Own with Bloomers and Outnumber Them in Mont Cities-Voluminous Wardrob of the Sporting Lady. New Thins In Cycle Pklrta. ICYCMXO IMS niiulo the a Nilot ic side of the fashlonnblo wo nin a' life to be quite as Import ant as the purely social, but In uo phase of her va r I e il existence does she ever dl vest herself of the never fulling query: "Wlint shall I wear?" Nor Is It possible for the most mllilly athletic woman to provide herself with n single costume, saying, "Till Is my gown for athletic exptvlsps," for such costumes are as varied as the flowers of the Held, even when designed for the same kind of ex rrlse. There are as ninny different kinds of cycling costumes, for Instance, as there are bicycles, and as much dlf- HOVT.I.TIES FOR TnE BICYCLE OIBT,. ference of opinion as to which Is cor rect. Tho comparative merits of two wheels form a sufficient topic of con- Tereatlon for any two cyclists, bo they men or women; and the corect costume for women a-whpel Is discussed by ev erybody, regardless of wheeling pro pensities. It Is the person who does not ride who Is most critical. Tho bloomer has come In for the greatest luire of criticism, and tho effect of mch criticism Is beginning to show It- A SEXTET OF NEW YORK SOCIETY LEAUEHS. self by the gradual wane In popularity of the bloomer. Tnke tho percentage of skirts ond knickerbockers In any large city, and the petticoat will be found to do much moro than merely hold Its .own. First, there Is tho ordinary short klrt not very full, and without any unfemlnlue modifications. In spite of assertions to the contrary, this Is the klrt which Is worn by the general run af people. Prominent fashionable wom an have not been riding the wheel for very long, and are not ready for the Advanced costunio yet. Nor does the everyday woman wish to make herself conspicuous by appearing In public in tho much criticised bifurcated costume. Mrs. John Jacob Astor woars a skirt when she rides. 80 do other ladles of fashion. This much must be en Id for the bloomer, however, that It usually goes with the petticoat but does not ap pear except In cases of emergency. Some women have adopted the practice of wearlug a skirt while riding In tho city and then removing It and rolling It tip In the carrier provided for the pur poso by enterprising Inventors. A more convenient arrangement than this Is the new Bygrave skirt, named after Its Inventor, who Is an English woniii n. The skirt Is the product of her own experience and Is very simple, yet very effective. The Idea was to or rango the skirt In such a manner as not to Interfere with the free management of the pedals and to prevent Its catch ing on the wheels.. The skirt Is prac tically converted Into a pair of bloom ers by drawstrings running up and down the middle of the front and back of the skirt. These strings may be jc::thkme ix crcLiso costuuks. pulled as tight as Is desired", raising or lowering the skirt at will, and they are provided with catches to hold them in place. The skirt may thus become pair of knee bloomers, or be allowed to bang louse like a divided skirt; and wueu worn amid "the busy haunts of mit" u arrears as a plain, snUaar skirt with never ft suspicion of mas culinity about It The .divided skirt comes .in two va rieties, thus making up the four men tloned at tho beginning. These are the tor. AT. AMERICA WOMAX CVCI.I8T. regulation Jenness Miller skirt, and the one that Is only divided in the back. The latter style Is tho special prop erty of a large New York store, ami has many qualities In Its favor. Off the wheel It hangs like an ordlnnry skirt, and on tho wheel It stays put. In exactly the same folds each time, being cut and fashioned to lit the snddlo. In tho front this skirt usually has a broad box pleat to admit of tho free action of the knees while pedaling. Somo of these bicycle skirts aro surprisingly full around the bottom, being stitched down In box pleats from the top, and then allowed to flare for about fourteen Inches. The girl who rides a diamond frame gets no advantage from this Louis skirt, as It Is called, because of the un divided front Nothing but bloomer or wholly divided skirts will serve her. One can buy bloomers just like a pair of trousers, separate from the rest of the suit. The best material Is alpaca, but they aro ma do of satin for tho ex travagant few. Tho English tweeds In pepper and salt mixtures are tho favorite materials, brown and white being the fashionable as well as the serviceable colors. Whip cords, cheviots, brllllautlnes and cordu roys are nlso popular. Mrs. Kangtry wears a corduroy suit with leggings of tho same. Some of the prettiest cordu roy suits are double breasted, and but- ton up diagonally to each shoulder. This stylo Is more sensible than tho Kton Jucket, which flares open and catches the wind. The Norfolk Jacket is very popular because, besides being well adapted to the use for which It Is Intended, It affords such good oportunl- ty for tho display of the new belts which are so pretty and so plenty this year. Leggings usually match the suit with which they are worn, but they can bo bought separately In any material de sired. Most of tbein are buttoned up on the outside. Others luce up part way and are then fastened with Foster hooks, with a couplo of straps at the top. It seems to be the general verdict. however, that knee shoes are preferablo to leggings and low shoes. As to bats, the public favor Is divided between the Alplno hat and the Tarn O'Shanter. A pretty bat that combines the ad vantages of both Is now on the market It has a rolling, narrow brim that la stitched to make It stiff, with a Dres den silk Tarn O'Shanter crown. It U trimmed with a couple of quills stand ing up on one side. These hats are more becoming to most people than the English hat, and at the same time furnish a good shade for the eyes. Bicy cle caps seem to have entirely gone out of use among feminine riders. Perforated gloves are among the nov elties Invented for the comfort of luxury-loving wheel-women. An expe rienced wheelwoman recommends an outfit for a feminine cyclist which seems very reasonable: A full suit of cheviot or tweed, with an extra pair of bloomers and two pairs of equestrian tights. With these a pair of high bicy cle anoea and out pair of low shoes wlUt A TYPICAL ENOI.ISn WnBELWOXAM. A NATION'S WARDS. CKCLK SAM'S SUCCESSFUL GUAR DIANSHIP OF TUB INDIANS. The Once Hostile Tribes Have Aban doned the War Path and Taken to the Arts of Pence The Caster Massacre. IT is a fact worthy of note that inee Jnne 25, 1870, the date npon which General George A. Custer and his entire command were massacred by the Cheyennes, no erioas outbreak upon the part of the ViImi.'. Ik. T.lt.... has occurred in the United States. Yet, despite the fact that the Custer massaore practically dutes an entirely new epoch in the history of the In dian races of this great country, its twentieth anniversary, which occurred recently, passed unnoticed and un- honored, save by a few individuals with whom the memory of the little band of heroes who perished on the plains is yet green. 1'rior to that time Indian uprisings were of frequent ocenrrence, for of the 200 or more tribes now in the United States there are not ten bnt what have been in rovolt t.i come time or another. There are many residents of San Francisco, says the Chronicle of that city, to-day who car. recall the Modoo troubles of 1873 and the Bannock war, in whioh King Joseph asserted him self so persistently, while the Apache ontrages under the leadership of Ger- onimo ore still fresh in the memory of CHEROKEE HALF DREED, MOQCT GIRL. many who can by no means bo called old timers. Dnring the past twenty years, how ever, the Government has been en gaged in trying to civilize and control the remnants of these once powerful tribes on reservations, and with re markable success. In fact, the Indian of to-day can only cast a longing eve over the old hunting grounds of his forefathers, for, although centuries of living by roaming, war and the con tumption of the wild products of na ture have sot especially nttod him for readily accepting civilization, ho has been compelled to accept restraint. The Atlantio coast Indians, the Cberokees in North Carolina, most of the tribes on the northern lakes, and the remuant of the Six Nations in New York and Pennsylvania have long inoe ceased to be troublesome, whilo disease and other causes have helped to destroy t the great macs of the In dians from' the Atlantio coast to tho Mississippi Kiver. The Creeks, Cherokee?, Cboctaws, Cbickasawt and Seminoler, in the In dian Territory, once so warlike and ueroe, having intermarried with whites and the colored people and adopted others into their tribes, have almost entirely lost their identity, and are now a progressive.pepple. The Sioux, Comanohes, Apaches, Navajos, Kiowas, Bannocks and oth ers are on reservations, and, even if P . - SIOUX WOUEN IN CAMP. disposed to belligerency, are so sur rounded by white settlements that a war wonld be of short duration. The Psoitto coast fish eaters and root diggers are peaceable, progres sive and almost entirely self-supporting. The reservation Indians, 133,417 in number, according to the census of 1890, are located in twenty States and Territories and form about 147 tribes or parts of tribes, oooopying about 78,500,000 acres of allotted land, but much of the area of these reservations it desert. The present policy of the Govern ment, the eighth whioh has been tried upon the Indian since 1789, is known as an eduoational and allotmeut one ; and to the education of all Indian etildren at the expense of the Nation is chiefly due the existing condition p attain. The best teste of Indian advance toward olvilieation are the adoption of the white msn's dress and habits, their engaging in agriculture or the me chanical arts and in consenting to the education of their children. Judged by these three standards the Indians are slowly bat snrely progreising toward Anglo-Saxon civilization. CHirPEWA INDIANS IS CAMP. Whereas in former days the Indian children were allowed to grow up in indolence and hatred of the white man and his methods, theynro now educated at National institutions, and, being essentially quick and im itative, soon learn the white man's ways. In addition to those on the various reservations there are at least 110,000 Indians who are self-reliant and inde pendent. These having already learned that it is to their interest to be like other men are already on an equality with other races in the United States, and furnish a striking illustration of the result which maybe attained when the ignorance, inabil ity and fears of the Indians are sub dued. The Indian wars under the Govern ment of the United States have been UANDAN.KORTH DAKOTA. TONTA AFACIIE. more than forty in number. They have cost the lives of about 19,000 white men, womeu and cliilJiuu, and some 30,000 Indians. From 1789, the date of the adoption of the Federal Constitution, to 1810 there were seven serious wars, as fol lows: War with the Northwest Indi ans, 1790 1795 ; William Henry Har rison's expedition to the Northwest, 1811; Seminole War, 1818; Jilaok Hawk War, 1832 ; CreekVor in 1813, 1814 and 1837, and the Florida War of 1839. Betweon 1846 and 1806, a period of twenty years, the United States was engaged in two wars, tbat with Mexioo and the Civil War, in both of whioh the Indians figured extensively. Dnr ing this period also there were some fifteen to twenty Indian affairs in Cal ifornia, The Indian wars of 1857, 18C2, 1864, 1865 and 1806 in Minnesota and ad jsoent States were bloody and oostly, being eonduoted by the ludians with frightful 'barbarity. Tnrre military expeditions were required to stop the Sioux massacres of 1863-60, at a cost of $10,000,000. From 1865 to 1879 there were fre qnent engagements. The most im portant were the war in Southern Ore gon and Idaho and northern parts of California and Nevada, 1805-68 ; the wsr against the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, ! Kiowa and Couauohea Kansas, Colorado and the Indian Territory, 1808-09 I the Modoo War in 1872-73 ( the war against the Apaches of Ari zona, 1873 1 the war against the Kiowas, Comanohes and Cheyennes in Kanees, Colorado, Texas, Indian Ter ritory and New Mexico, 1874-75 1 the war against the Northern Cheyennes and Sioux in 1870-77 ( tho Nea I'ercea War, 1877; the Bannock War, 1878; and that against the Northern Chey ennes in 1873-79. These inolude the Fetterman massacre of December 21, 1800, and the Custer massacre of Jnne 25, 1870. The Utes in Colorado and invading Indians from outside that State caused three wars prior to 1890, and the Apaches in Arizona and New Mexico were frequently murderous and de structive. The removal of Geronimo's band of 381 Apaches as prisoners of war from their former homes to Monnt Vernon barraoks, near Mobile, Alii., effectually stopped their depre dations, however. The number of notions between reg ular troops and Indians from 1800 to 1891 was 1005, keeping an average of 10,000 officers and men actively em ployed. The total cost to the United States for pensions to the survivois or widows of these Indian wars to Jnne 1, 1390, was estimated at $28,201,032. The following table shows the num ber of 'Indians in every State of the Union, both on end off reservations, from which it will be seen thst more than half of the Indian population of tho United Slates is dependent npon the Nation. The Uret column of fig ures comprises the reservation Indians not taxed ; the second column inoludes ell tho Indians oil reservations, self- supporting and taxed: Alabama Arizona. Arkansas Cullfornla ... . Colormlo Connecticut Dulnvnre District of Columbia Florida Unrln Idaho 884 28,469 (M07 985 759 1,512 250 11,617 107 228 4 25 171 68 4,064 159 Illinois 98 843 C0,05 60 730 Indiana Indluu Territory 1,224 lon-n Bui Kansas 946 Kentucky 71 Loul-tinna 628 650 44 428 0,625 1,888 2,0.36 Maine Maryland Massncliusetts MiculKna Minnesota .... 8,208 Mlsslrslppl Missouri Montana.,., 10,248 Nebraska 8,5.18 Nevii.'u 1,547 124 860 9.893 8.599 18 84 8,554 726 1.516 194 308 10 New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexioo 6,490 New York 8,318 North Carolina North Dakota 7,980 Ohio Oklahoma 13,187 Oregon 8,713 Pennsylvania... 68 Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota 19,073 1,358 180 173 782 148 l'ennessee Texas 708 Utah 3,848 Vermont VlrRlnia Washington 7,526 West Virginia 8 '8 84 849 8,655 9 8,835 4J Wisconsin e.u'JJ Wyoming 1,801 Totals 139,333 107,920 Since the Indians have taken to the arts of ?peace and abandoned the ,wsr path, life on the frontier for the American soldier has become almost burdensome. It is now a question as to whether the garrison posts whioh were necessary along the frontier when tho Indian tribes roamed at large at will, and at which trained troops mere held in readiness to take mavajo- CHIEF. A CTX CHIEF. to the field at a moment's notioe in response to the smoke of the signal fires of hostile Indians, are now needed, and some of them have al ready been abandoned. Others are being converted into military souools, where the army, suoh as it Is, may be drilled in the art of war. Life at the army posts has thus become monotonous and desultory, -San jf ranotioo examiner, . DOU WITII A WOOUER LEU. "Boss Limps Like a Veteran, Bat Manages to Cover the Ground. A living dog, even with a wooden leg, is infinitely better than a dead lion. That is what Mr. Garrett, of Fulaskl County, Kentucky, thought when his watchdog, "Uoze, limped into the honse one day with bis left foreleg barely banging by the skin. lioze" had a foolish antipathy to railroad trains, and the Inference was that he had soraped up an argument with an express which bad gone through about half an bonr before. Mr. Garrett, who is something of a surgeon like most good Kentuokians deoided that he might better keep three-quarters of "Ooze" than to loss blm altogether. Ho be completed tho work of amputation, bound up the stamp of the leg and gave the dog first class oare. 'Boze" himself seemed to think life was worth living, and in three or four weeks he was np and about. Bnt his gait was wobbly, and Garrett set to work and made a wooden leg to straighten him up. He whittled and oraped and polished it, and fastened it to "Boze" with a olever arrange ment of straps. ' At first trial the dog didn t take kindly to the addition that had been built for him, bnt he couldn't shake it off and finally concluded to make tho best of it. Within a week be was walking about with all the four cor nered dignity imaginable. When be wants to lump a fence or chase an invading cat out of the door TTTB DOO WITH TUB WOODEN LEO. rati he folds the wooden leg np nnder him. And a railroad train is some thing he has no longer any possiblo aso for. Li Hung Chang. No living pnblio man of Asia has been so muoh the snbjeot of discus sion and critioism as Li Hnng Chang. Muoh of the critioism has been unfav orable, and his critics aro often unfair. It is hardly just to him to estimate his character and attainments aocordin to the standard of Western Nations. His education is exclusively Oriental, and his entire life has been spent in China. His knowledge of our civili zation is suoh as could be acquired in tho motley eooiety of a treaty port. Ae a statesman he has had to deal with m very conservative and bigoted constit uency, and with assooiates prejudiced -against and ignorant of foreign Na tions. Judged in the light of his edu cation, his experience and his sur roundings, he must be regarded as the first of living statesmen of Asia, and ono of the most distinguished of tho public men of the world. Century. Majflower's Tiller Still Preserved. It is not generally known that the tiller of the Mayflower is now at Plymouth, England, and is owned by a Mr. Mortimer, of Devon. The de- THB TTXAXB OF TBI If ATTZiOWKB. soendants of those who left England recently visited the hUtorio town and made a speotal pilgrimage to the shrine of the tiller. It is said to be in an,exoellent state of preservation. The German War Dog. A speoial feature in this year's Ger man grand manoeuvres will be sap plied by war dogs, whioh have been most admirably trained lor seeking the wounded and carrying despatches. At the oommand "seek, accompanied by a gesture indioating the direotion in whioh the dogs are to searob, they will start off without allowing them selves to be disturbed by any sur rounding circumstances. They will find the men who figure as wounded with unfailing certainty, take a piece of their clothing cap, helmet, or a piece of cloth torn off and bring this back to the ambulance mer, whom ihey then conduct to the spot. In the despatoh service the dope ful fil their duty with admirable speed and oertainty. They carry the des patches in a small box affixed to their collar. La France Militaire. The Cow ond the Blcjcler.
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