THE COLUMBIAN, HOLIDAY EDITION.
NEW YORK LETTER.
The old Urn fairy queen of the orig
inal JBlack Crook, Pauline Markham is
at Tony Pastor's, and so at each of her
performances is a group of men in the
ftjont row of seats, every man Jack of
'em marked for maturity by width of
person or scantiness of hair. These
wen go to see what was famous in the
4rly days of their theatre-going, and
art tantalized by what seems for ten
Minutes a likely chance of disappoint
ment. Miss Markham and her com
panion enter attired in conventional
tftnmer suits of crash and play at be
ing stranded burlesquera. Sho comes
n later, however, as leader of the
Amazons, and then is displayed tho
eharms which in part were likened in
tho early days to the lost arm of the
Venus of Mllo.
The) Moild Oraerp Hoteri.
While the fashionable world is look
ins through the Astoria part of the
Waldrof-Astorla Hotel with great in
terest, another stratum of society Is
watching the progress of a hotel in
Bleckr-st., the opening of which will
mark a new era in the housing of men
ill moderate circumstances. Many at
tempts have been made in that di
rection, but in nearly every Instance
the buildings have either been so ar
ranged that they did not attract a de
sirable class of people or the archi
tecture, decoration or lack of decora
tionor general effect was such as to
give the house an Institution-like ap
pearance, with no semblance of refine
ment, comfort or home.
D. O. Mills, the builder and owner of
the new hotel, which will be known as
Mills House No. 1, gave the subject
long and careful study before he began
kulldtng the hotel, and spared neither
time nor expense in making the struct
Hre as complete and as nearly perfect
as possible.
A clean, comfortable room, fur
nished with a well-appointed bed, the
floor carpeted suj1 the windows cur
tained and shaded, for 20 cents a night
is only one of the features of the great
building, which Is arranged to accom
modate In Its ton stories fifteen hun
dred guests. Well-equipped lavatories,
shower baths and luxurious reading
and smoking rooms are at the disposal
f the gueets of the house without ex
tra charge, and a good restaurant will
furnish meals at rates In keeping with
lodging charges. Although every
thingrooms, maals, and other accom
modationswill be furnished at ex
ceeding low prices, none of those who
patronize the place treed feel that they
cJoy a charity, for Mr. Mills wishes it
distinctly understood that in building
the home he simply desires to give to
those who will patronize it the great
est value for their money, and he be
Meves that even at the low prices
Which will be charged the bouse will
not only be self-supporting, but will
ultimately yield a revenue.
Bowery Whiskey U Pure.
1 The morgue keepers of Chatham
sqiMire and the Bowery are holding up
their heads and scornfully sniffing at
the fancy drink mixers who have a
habit of twirling their mustaches and
maHlilng themselves in the mirrors of
the big cafes.
TtM man who is responsible for it all
its in a little room near the top of the
Criminal Court building and picks
things apart for the benefit of science
nd the health of New Yorkers. Dr.
Ernst J. Lederle Is the man.' As chem
ist of the Health Board he was direct
ed by the Chief of the Division of
Foods to analyze the various brands
of drink known to the frequenters of
the Bowery lodging houses as "Ken
nedy's Curse," the "Panhandler's Joy,"
"Graveyard Booze," and "Bowery
Lightning." j
Dr. Ledorle spent nine days and nine
BighU getting samples of the liquor
and finding out what was in it. He
stated that he had secured twenty
samples of the stuff sold in the
morgues of the Bowery at three cents
a drink. The analysis showed that the
stuff was only imitation whiskey and
that it was less harmful than genuine
new whiskey. Good whiskey, the
doctor stated, contains a certain
amount ef fusel oil, while none of this
oil was found ia the stuff sold at the
Bowery morgues. Fusel oil in large
quantities was dangerous, while the
stuff sold at three oents a glass was
ologne spirits flavored and colored, i
"According to the United States
Pharmacopoeia," says Dr. Ledorle,
"whiskey should contain from 50 to 68
per cent, of alcohol by volume. Of the
samples of three-cent liquor I ex-.
amined eight contained 45 per cent, of .
alcohol, four contained 40 per cent.,
ve contained 35 per cent., and three i
3 per cent. I found that the flavors j
used were peppermint, prune Juice, i
vanilla, cinnamon, or bergamot. Cara
mel was added to deepen tbe color.
None of the flavors or colorings used is
deleterious to health. I found all of
the samples used free from Injurious or
poisonous metals.
In two cases the doctor said he act
ually found some whiskey in the
whinkey. Cyuus Thorp.
Information.
Tuffolri Knutt threw away the torn
scyap of a uewBpaper with which he
mid bi amusing himself end languid
ly taked:
"Wt dees It mean w'en it 3ays 'tho
resolution wuz adopted by a rlBln
votr "
"It p:snn," replied Mosely Wraggs,
blliiWna at the sun and rolling a little
fiy-;br ovor into the shade of the tree,
"It fetus that the vote wuz small at
airs, out It kept a rlsln' an' rlsln' till
it wnt a majority. If you wouldn't
aalt 4uestlons folks wouldn't find out
what a bla-ms tool 70a are!" Chloaga
Tribune, .
CHICAGO'S FEMALE WARING.
Mr. A. EmoKn rani's Work In Clonn
I big Mi H mIbih CM' Street.
I Mrs. A. Emogene Paul la the Her
cules in petticoats who has undertake!
the task of cleaning the streets of Chi
cngo. It is the first time in the his
tory of municipal government that
woman has been' chosen for such 1
commission. Mrs. Paul took the con
tract because in the list of Civil Sor
vice ellglblles hor name was at the top
and Mayor Harrison reasoned that 1'
was not far wrong to have a womai
as head sweeper, anyway. He present
d his plan to her. ' It was exactlj
what she wanted to do, and exactlj
what she thought she could do. Shi
therefore rolled up her sleeves, tuckel
up hor skirts, and one day startled tin
town by appearing on Its busiest street
at the head of the broom brigade.
i
; XRS. PACT
! There is no one in Chicago wlio does
not think Mrs. Paul will accomplish
what she has set out to do. The town
has confidence in her, despite the fact
that for twenty years men have failed
to keep even the crosswalks passable,
or tho alleys better than the byways of
an Indian shamble. Mrs. Paul Is not
a "new woman." She is plain business
from the bottom of her feet to the top
of her bead. Her chin is pointed and
her head tlp3 back over two squaro
shoulders. She is built like a woman
who always knows her own mind. Sho
wears a policeman's star under her
jacket, and she has never hesitated to
step into the middle of the road and
ask the officer on the beat to stop a
scavenger who was sprinkling old
bustles and cans from his overloaded
cart. Many a baker, making bread
with rats in a basement, has been
driven from business by her persistent
nagging as an agent ef the Health De
partment. She has cleaned out scores
of unworthy buildings. It has never
been recorded that she feared anybody,
or hesitated to demand the enforce
ment of any ordinance calculated to
keep the town clean.
. This unique Commissioner of Streets
Is a New York woman. She was born
in a little village in Monroe County,
near Rochester. Her parents had
plenty of money, and more. They con
cluded to try the West while Mrs. Paul
was a young girl. They went first to
Rockford, 111., and were prosperous.
Mrs. Paul the only girl In the family
went to the seminary at Canandal
gua, wBere she was graduated with
honors, and went back to Rockford to
live the peaceful life of a bright coun
try girl on a big farm.
She was married in due course, and
it was all sunshine for a long time,
Then the clouds piled up with on a
great sweep. She lost her husband,
her father, her four brothers all in a
few months. Her son followed ths
others. This left her without kin on
earth, save her mother. She therefore
decided to give her life and her ener
gies to the good of the race in general,
the poor in particular.
Mrs. Paul says she la forty-eight
years old. Men who know her best '
will believe her. It is not wise for a
weak man not to believe her. Sho
would argue him off the earth. Sho
rides around the main thoroughfares
In an old buggy, provided by the May
or. She has no theories on cleaning
the streets other than the general prop
osition that "the only way to do it is
to do it, and then keep it done." Sh
meets her big gang of men each morn
ing and night at the dump grounds,
The man who has skipped a pile with
his wagon gets his time and an order
for his pay at once. The sweeper who
has forgotten his crossing finds his
head cut off. She finds the trouble
with two-thirds of the men sent to her
is the prevalent idea that It is a "snap"
to work for the city. She will have
none of this.
She And do you love me as much
as you did when we were first married 1
HeOh, more. You have become
one of my habits by this time, so to
speak. Indianapolis Journal.
A PARI8 SUGGESTION.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Secretary of the Navy John D. Long
was recently made a member of ths
famous Harvard Custard Pie associa
tion. Secretary Long produced the
largest pie, which was twenty Inches in
diameter.
The new recreation pier recently
opened in New York at the foot of Hast
: Twenty-fourth street has cost $125,000.
In winter it la inclosed in glass for con
certs and lectures.
Judge Pfost of Kansas City, adver
tises In the press that in order to stim
ulate trade he will give a couple of
theater tickets to every bride and
groom whom he marries. Shall we
hear a bid now from the divorce court
Judge of Kansas City
At the same time that report says
Colorado gold miners are arranging to
send their product, in million dollar
consignments, by special train to tha
Philadelphia Mint, it is also announced
that the Australian gold recently re
ceived at San Francisco is coming
across the continent by registered mall
$500,000 In a day the only extra ex
pense Involved being the insurance oi
its safe dollvery.
Tho labor bureau at Washington
gives some figures as to strikes in this
country between 18S1 and 1891. Tho
cost of the strikes in those thirteen
years is estimated at 163,807,866, and
by those strikes 3,714,406 persons were
thrown out of employment The suf
ferings, physical and mental, on tho
part of the strikers da not, of course,
admit of arithmetical computation, but
somo idea of their extent can be de
duced, with reasonable- accuracy, from
the figures that are presented. And
that extent must have been frightful.
Some admirers of Thomas Moore
among the flourishing and ancient
Order of Hibernians have mndo formal
complaint that the name of their fav
orite poet was omitted from the lists
of famous men which find a place on
the walls of the new Library of Con
gress. But tho gay and tuneful Irish
man who visited the United States in
1S03 anil could only characterize Ita
system of government under Jefferson
as "The brute made ruler and the man
made brute," could scarcely expect a
cordial welcome, even a century later,
to an American Pantheon.
The United States Circuit Court o!
Appeals, at San Francisco, has decided
that Tapioca flour is not Tapioca and
not flour, but starch, and that, being
tho latter and neither of the formsr,
it U subject, under the Dlngley l.w,
to a duty of two cents a pound. Th
consequence of this decision Is that in
price of Tapioca flour, which never hi
had any other name, in commere?, r.r.d
which is a favorite article of food, es
pecially of the poor, and starch, an
article of necessity to everybody, will
be Increased to the consumer In pro
portion to the amount of the duty
levied.
When the Importance attached to
education and the amount spent upon
it in this country are borne In mind,
the policy of admitting from foreign
lands a great mass of hopeless Illiter
ates presents a singular contrast. Men
from countries widely dissimilar from
the United States, and unablo even to
'read or write their own language, can
not be other than a perilous element.
One point to be remembered is that
prosperity will rapidly augment the
tide of immigration.
A glance at the past is proof of that.
In the four years ending with 1879, the
year of resumption, the largest annual
arrival of immigrants was 177,826. In
1880 the number leaped to 467,257, in
1881 to 669,431, and in 1882 to 788,992,
which is high-water mark. The better
the times the more immigrants, but
there is no rule assuring an improve
ment in quality. At present the qual
ity, in illiteracy and some other ob
jectionable features, Is at about the
lowest point
Practical men who think the chief
work of a college la to fill the minds
of its graduates with valueless ideas
will, perhaps, be convinced by the suc
cess of Cornell University in raising
potatoes that colleges can cultivate
something besides mental abstractions.
The college dovoted a portion of Its
farm this year to potatoes. It was not
the best kind of soil for potato culture,
being, like Hamlet's honestr. "Indif
ferent," and partof it was given the
benefit of fertilizers, while another part
was not; but all was treated scientifi
cally, the cost of the science applied
being rather under than over $20 an
acre. The result was that in the un
fertilized portion the yield was 300
bushels per aero, and in that which
was fertilized 380 bushols per acre. In
contrast to these figures it is stated
that the highest average yield ever pre
viously known in the State was 120
bushels per acre, that the average for
this year is estimated at C5 bushels per
acre, and that, while rot and blight
are general throughout the Atlantic
States and have combined to make al
most a potato famine this year, tho
University's crops show not a trace ol
either disease. So much, for "book
learning" practically applied. ,
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quantity of coal or other fuel or not.
A waterfall will turn machinery any
where, and the machinery will run a
dynamo. This use of water power is
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Alaska and on the land route to the
gold fields the rapids of the great
Yukon and its tributaries might speed
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It is much to know that wherever
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dents of Boalsbnrg is 1,009 vears, or
an average of over 84. Jonathan
Tresslcr is 97 years, David Stewart is
85, Major W. II. Miller 85, James
Price 84, Mrs. Price 82, Miss Rebecca
Sparr 85, Daniel Rohn 82. David
Keller 82, Mrs. J. Weber 84, Mrs.
John Carper 8r, Mrs. Catherine
Woods 82 and Mrs. Jessie Moore 81.
They are all all hale and hearty and
bid fair to reach the century mark.
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more Grain O you pive the childten
the more health you distribute through
their systems. Grain O is made of
pure grains, and tastes like choice
coffee but cos about the price. All
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Beef, quarter, per pound , , , . 0-
Wheat per bushel i'0q
Oats -a
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Hay per ton ia to $14
Potatoes per bushel, new 8
Turnips " "
Onions " " )8J
Sweet potatoes per peck. ....
Tallow per lb '0
Shoulder " "
Side meat " "
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Dried apples per lb 0j
Dried cherries, pitted. , tt
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CalfSkin ;8
Sheep pelts ,
Shelled corn per bus ........ r0
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