ESSr?? WW u , 'Vhvs: W'"- V'4r' ;-??-v'"1 '- v- THE IiANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER, SATUKBAY; FEHBUABY 16, 18&9. 8 a i. JONflTHflN fflffl BT MAX O'KSLL Translated by Mm. PabI Blenet. Copyrighted fcy Caaaell ft C., Ntw Yerk. We Publish Ike FoHewiat Extracts frma this Boek by Special Ar rangement through the American Pre Assedatiea. Paul Blenet (Max O'Reil) la a remarkably clever Frenchman, who has devoted his Ul cnU mostly te satirizing the Anglo-Saxen race. He baa become widely known ai the author of "Jemt Hull axd His Ismim," "Jenif Bull, Jr.," Etc Thl tioek Is hit latest pro duction, the material for it being gathered during his recent visit te America. CnAPTEll XXXVIIL The great mia of the American people live en tough meat uncooked and Iced water un Bitted. I take it for granted that sheep and cattle are born a as tender an age In America aa elaew here, but the society for the protection of animals probably prevents their being kilted for feed wbile they are young enough te enjoy life, and se the patriarchs alone are reserved for the table. That which renders the problem of dining aluiekt pett solving is that the meat has te be attacked with plated knives which tear but de net cut It I suppese that, as half the lower class Americans still eat with their knives, it was necessary te abandon the idea of having steel Lnives for rear of their acci dentally gashing their faces. If sharp steel halves were hi general use In America the streets would le full of people with faces scarred ami seamed like these of the Heidel berg students. The Americans drink little else but water at table, and one cannot help wondering hew it Is that the (liter seems te be an almost un known institution in the land. Leave your gloss of outer untouched en the table, and In a few mementa a thick sediment of mud or sand' will be visible at the bottom of It. Down south It is worse still. At Jacksonville I was waited upon nt table by an extremely obliging negre. One day he brought me seme water, put tee In It, and discreetly withdrew behind my chair. I took up the gloss and minutely inspected Its contents, "Kpamlnendasr1 I cried. . "Det's net my name, sah; I'm called Charles." "Charles, took at this water) there Is a snake In It." Charles took the gloss, looked In It, and then, with a reassuring grin, announced! "It's dead, sail.'' "That is comforting," said I, "but it mey have left eggs, which will ceme te life by thousands inside me." Charles was facetious, and was net te be put out of ceuntenance for such a trifle. He took up the gloss again, ro-examlncd It, and replaced tteu the table. "Dcre's no danger, sah; It's a male," he sold. In almost all hotels south of Washington the waiters are colored mcu. The service is but peer. The negrees ero slew It is the guests who de the "waiting." At Delmonlce's especially, and iu the prin cipal hotels of New Yerk, Bosten, Philadel phia and Washington you can dine admir ably. In the smaller towns you must be con tent with feeding. But let us tuke our scats at the table d'hete of the best hotel In any second rate town that you please In Pennsylvania. Ohie, Indiana, or seme ether state of the Union. Ne pslnted menu. A young woman, with au elaborate coiffure of curls, rolls and bongs, but no cap, approaches, darts a leek, of con tempt at you and, turning her back upon you, gabbles off In one brcathi "Croutaupoturbotshrimpsauceroastbeeftur "Creutaupoturbotshrimpsauceroastbeeftur "Croutaupeturbotshrimpsauceroastbeeftur keycranberrysauccpotatocstomatoesapplotart inlnccplevanillacrcam." De net attempt te step her; she Is wound up, and when she Is started is bound te go te the end Yeu must net hope that she will repeat the menu a second timeeitber. If you did net bear, se much the werse for you. Unfortunately the consequences are grave; It is net oue dUh that you miss it Is the whele dinner. Yeu are obliged te order all your repast at ence, and the wbole is brought you, from soup te cboese, at one time. I was se ill inspired ene day as te order some soup te begin with. The waitress re fused downright te bring me anything mera. "That is all you ordered," the said te me. "Yeu de net suppose I cau make twenty Journeys te the kitchen for you." I rose end bought the hotel keeper. I made the humblest oelogies, pleaded that I was a foreigner who had euly been in America a fortnight, and was net yet accustomed te the habits of the Ainei leans, I premised solemnly never te transgress again in this way. Mine host went te the young person who was at the head of the battalion of harpies In the dining room, and interceded for me with her. X- 1 kadtue happiness of being forgiven, and was allowed te appoase my hunger. Frem that day forward, as seen as ene of these witching damsels began her Incantation, I cried eut: "Heldl Enough! Bring It all In." Then I would eat the least distasteful of the messes and leave the rest; I con as&ure you the hotel did net make much proQteutot me. This is hew the dinner is served: The "duchess" begins by flinging a spoon and knife and fork down en tbe table in front of yea It is for you te set them straight, and I would advise you te de se without any murmuring. When you have taken your soup, the said "duchess" brings you a plate, around which she places a dozen little oval dishes in a symmetrical fashion that ene can but admire. The first little dish contains fish and a tea spoonful of sauce of some kind. It is need less te Inquire the name of this sauce. All the fish sauces are the seme ( only the name varies. The second apparently contains a little lump of raw beef; the third a slice of roast turkey; the fourth mashed potatoes; the fifth a stewed tomato; the sixth cran berry sauce; the seventh chicken salad; the eighth seme rice pudding, and the last con tains (horribile dictuli a sllce of apple tart, with a large helping of cboese In the middle of It, Thcse two things are eaten together and are consequently served en the same dish. Yeu begin at the left Tbe first present no obstacles but Its bence and U seen disposed of. Yeu turn your attention te tbe next dish en tbe right and attack the beef. It is impregnable, you can make no impression upon it. Yen pass. The turkey Is cot obdu rate and you fall te en that, making little raids un the letatees, tomatoes and cranberry saure between each mouthful Thanks te tbe many climates of America (the thermom eter varies In winter from 73 above zero la the south te 45 below In the north), you have turkey and cranberry sauce all the winter, strawberries six months of the year and to matoes all the J ear round. Oh, the turkey and cranberry saucel I ute enough of that dUh te satisfy me for the rest of my da) s. Ne mero turkey and cran berry taboo for me, though I should live te be a hundred I Of course all the meats, placed around your plate, seen begin te cool, and you he no choice but te belt your feed, divtngVith knife and fork into the little dishes right and left as dexterously as you can. Finally you ceme te the apple tart en the extreme right. Yeu carefully lift the cheese sad, placing It aside, prepare te eat your Sweets without this strange seasoning. Un happily the pastry has become Impregnated with an odor of roqucfert, and again you pass, A vanilla cream terminates your re past Having disposed of this, you ask yourself why, In a free country, you may net "bay tour various courses seryad one ana Om HIS CONTINENT. AMD JACK ALLYK. ether; why you must belt your feed and faring en Indigestion; and above all why the manager of the hotel. In hU own Interest a a man of business, does net before all else study the comfort of his customers. The answer Is net difficult te And. It b the well being of the "duchess," and net that of the travel ers, that he devotes his attention te study tng. The traveler Is obliged Te come te his beuse, and be can treat him anyhow. His "helps" will only consent te stay with him, en condition he gives them heavy wages and light duties. Hs has no choice but te submit te his servants or te close bis hotel. The Americans, free though they may be politic ally, are at the mercy of their servants, whether In publle or private life. This kind of tyranny Is hateful Te threw off the yoke of tbe superior classes Is very well; but I am net aware that the yeke of the common pee peo poe pie Is at all preferable. JehnBuU commands all his paid servants. Jonathan obeys his. Thus, In the hotels of America outaide of the large cities, with the rarest exceptions, the dinner Is served from t o'clock te 8, the tea-supper from 0 te &. Yeu happen te ar rive at half pest S, tired out and famishing. Yeu hepe te be nble te obtain a geed meal without delay. Illusion! Yeu must wait until the dining room deer is opened, and pass two hours and a half In wretchedness. Hew often bave I cntiuatcd. Implored! "Could you net get a chop cooked ter me, or an omelet, or something! If that Is Impos sible, for mercy's sake glve me a sllce of cold meat." Prayers and supplications were un availing. Occasionally a landlord would express his regrets and make excuses for bis Inability te eblige me; but far eftcner I get no kind of rcsponSe at alL Once or twice I tried making a tempest, without any mero success. Anether ttme I tried politeness. "Excuse rae," I said, "if I am Intruding. I hepe that by putting up at jour hotel I shall net be tee much In your way. I have net the honor te be a citizen of tbe greatest re public) In tbe world, but am only a peer European who does net knew your ways. In future I will take careful precautions. But this time, and just for once, I should be se much obliged for something te eat I should be distressed te occasion any derangement In your household, but just for ence, only ence." Sheer waste of breath. The hotel Is as It is; you may use it or stay aw ay, Tbe Americans are quite right te study the comfort of their servants, but the well being of ene class should net exist at the cost of tbe well being of another, and the poeplo who travel are as Interesting as these who serve at tabic. Tyranny from abeve Is a sero; tyranny from bs low is a pestilence. CHAPTER XXXIX. Hotels are one of the strongest attractions in America te Americans, especially tbe ladies. 1 When we Europeans travel, we alight at a hotel, becnuse it is impossible that we should have a pitching place of our own In each town we visit, or friends able te receive us; In ether words, we go te the hotel, because we cannot help It. When e leave our geed bed and table, and set out te see the world a little, we say te eurxelv'cs: "The worst of it Is that we shall bave te Hie in hotels perhaps fee a month or two; but, after all, it cannot be helped, we must put up with hotels since we have made up our minds te see Switzer land, or Scotland, or Italy." Our object in traveling is te sue new countries, meke pleas ant excursions, climb mountains, eta, and te attain that object we must Use the hotels as a convenience, as a sad necessity. In Europe, the hotel is a means te an end. In America, it is the end. People traiel hundreds, nay thousands of miles for the plcasure of putting up at certain hotels. Listen te their conversation and you will find that It mainly turns, net upon the fine vlews they have discovered, or the ex cursions and walls they have enjoyed, but upon the respective merits of the various hotels they have put up nt. Hotels are for them what cathedrals, monuments and the beauties bf nature are for us. In February, ISS3, 1 went te tee the Ameri cans take their pleasure in Flerida. During the months of January, February and March flecks of society people from the towns In the north go te Ilerida where the sun is warm and the orange trees are in full beauty of fruit and flower. Jacksonville and St An An gustine are In winter what Saratoga, New port and Leng Branch are hi summer, the rendezvous of all who have any pretensions te a place in the fashionable world. But what de they de at Jacksonville and St Augustine, all tbose Americans in scorch of a "geed tlmel" Yeu think perhaps that, in the morning, they set out in great numbers te make long excursions Inte, the country or enthe water; that picnics, riding parties and such out of deer jmstuiua are organized. Net se. They get up, breakfast, and make for the balconies or piazzas of the hotels, there te rock themselves two or three hours In rocking chairs until lunch time; otter this they return te their rocking chairs again and wait for dinner. Dinner ever, they go te the drawing room, where there are mero rocking chairs, and chat or listen te an .orchestra until bed time. And yet, what pretty en virons the little town of Jacksonville has, for Instance 1 Fer miles around stretches a ilia dotted orange grove. And the table d'hete! In France we leek well at the bill and study It; we dbtuss the dishes, arranging them discreetly and artistically In the mind before making their acquaintance mero fully en the palate. We are gourmets, In America the question seems te be net, "Which of these dishes will go well together T but, "Hew many of them con I manage I" It Is se much a day; the moderate eaters pay for the glut tons. - Yeu eee women coma down at 8 te break fast In silk attire, and decked in diamonds. And what a breakfast I First an erange end a banana te freshen the mouth and whet the appetite; then flsb, bacon and eggs, or ome let, beefsteuk or chop with fried potatoes, hominy cokes, and preserves. "Hew. little you eat, you French people I" sold en American te me one day, as I was or dering my breakfast of cafe au lelt and bread and butter. "Yeu are mistaken," I sold, "only we de net cere for our dinner at 8 o'clock in tbe morning." The larger tbe hotel Is the better the Amer icans like it A little, quiet, well kept hotel, where, the cookery being done for twenty or thirty perren? Instead of a thousand, the beef has net the same teste as mutton; a hotel where you ere known and called by your name, where you ere net simply Ne. 578 like a convict; this kind of pitching place does net attract the American. He must bave something Urge, enormous, Immense. He Is Inclined te judge everything by its size, Jacksonville and Bt. Augustine beast a score of hotels, each capable of accommodat ing from six hundred te a thousand guests. I These hotels are full from the beginning of January te tbe end of March. I have almost always accepted with reserve t&a.Ajaerlcin jurUUTA. followed, tar tha traditional "hi the world,-" W It may safely be said that taw renes ds Leen hotel, at Bs, Augustine, I net esdy the Urgier ssil hsrnl semes hotel m America, but m the whole world, Btandmg In the pretest part of the pictareeque little town, Uds Moorish palace, with Its walls of onyx, Us vast, artistically furnished saloons, Us orange walks, foun tains, cloisters and towers, Is a revelation, a scene from the "Arabian Nights," Hers the Americans cengregate In search of "geed time," as they call It The charges range from ten te twenty-live dollars a day (or each person, e.Tclai re of wines and ex tras. Tbe American who gees te the Pene de Leen with his wife and daughters, there fore, spends from one te two hundred dollars day. Fer this sum, he and his family are fed, played te by a very ordinary band, and supplied with an Immense choice of rocking chairs. On his return te New Yerk, he de clares te his friends that he has had a "lovely time." Tbe American- never admits that he has been bored, hi America specially. The smallest Incidents of the trip are events and adventures, and ha nevcr fails te have bis "geed time," He Is as easily pleased ss child; everything American calls out his ad miration, or at least his Interest Remark te him, (or Instance, that te go by train te Flerida from the north ene has te travel through mera than six hundred miles of ptue forest which makes the journey very unin terestingAnd he will threw you a pitying glance, which seems te sayi "Immense, sir, lmmonse; liks everything that Is American." The tempcrature of Flerida In winter Is rarely lower than CI dogs., and ranges from that te 75 j but the climate Is moist and ener vating, the country a vast marsh, se flat that by standing en a chair one could sea te the ex tremities' of it with the aid of a geed field glass, Some enterprising American should threw up a hill down there; he would make his fortune. Every one would go and see It It Is net everybedy who can afford the luxury of the Pence de Leen hotel, but It Is everybody who likes te be seen there in the season. Yeu must be able te say when you return te the north that you have been at the Penco de Leen. This Is hew It can be managed. Yeu go te seme ether hotel near the Penca In the evening, dressed In all your diamonds, you glide into the court yard of tbe great caravansary. Anether step takes you te the Immcnse rotunda where the concert Is going en. Yeu stroll through the saloons and cor cer cor Tlders, and, taking a scot where you con be seen of the multitude, you listen te the music. About 10 or 11 o'clock you heat retreat and return te your own hotel. Wishing te set my mind at rest en this matter, I went ene evening, about half pest 0, te the Casa Menica and Flerida house. There, In the rooms where tbe musicians engaged by the proprie tors play every evening, were at the most a score of poeplo, Everything Is en a grand scale In geed American hotels, especially the bills. I caught the following bit of conversation at tbe St Augustine station as I was leav ing: "Helle I you are off, toeP said a young man te a friend who hed just installed his wlfe In the train for Jacksonville. "My dear fellow, I hove been bore a fort night; the Penco de Leen is magnificent, but the bill U awfully stiff." "Never mind, old man," rejoined the ether, "you will take It off your wife's next dress mqney." With few exceptions, the waiters In all the great hotels are negrees. Yeu are served slowly, but with intelligence and politeness. Ne "duchesses" In the great cities of the north or the fashionable resorts of the south. These geed negrees hove such cheerful, open facesl They seem se glad te be alive, and they leek se geed natured that It doea one geed te see thorn. When they leek at ene another they laugh. When you leek at them they laugh. If a negre sees another negre mere black than himself be Is de lighted; hs calls him "darky" and leeks en him in a patronizing way. Their great dork eyeshat show the whites se, wheu they roll thorn in their own droll fashion; the two rows of whlte teeth constantly en view, framed In thick retrousse lips; the swaying manner of walking, with turned out tees and heed thrown back; the musical veice, sweet but sonorous, and se pleasing compared te the horrible twang of the lower cleu peo ple in the north, all mala up a picturesque whole. Yeu forget the color and fall te ad miring them. And hew amusing they aret At tbe Everett hotel, Jacksonville, I eue day went te the wrong table, "Yeu've come te de wrong table, sah," told the attendant darky. Then, indicating the negre who served at the next table, he added: "Det's de gentleman dot waits en you, sah." I Immediately recognized my "gentleman," and changed my scat Tbe fact Is that all the negrees are alike at a glance. It requires as much perspicacity te tell ene from another ju it docs te distinguish ene French gendarme from another French gendarme, I nevcr met with such memories as seme of these darkles have. As I bave sold, the hotels of Flerida are be sieged during the winter months. At dinner time, you may see from six hundred te a thou sand poeplo at table. The black head waiter knows each of tbe guests. The second time they enter the dining room, he conducts them te their places without making a mtttjit (a one Instance. If you step but a day, you may return a month alter, and net only will he recollect your face, but he will be able te tell you which little table you sat at, and which place at that table was yours. At the deer of the dining room a young negre of 10 or 18 tajs your het and puts it en a hat rack, I have seen hundreds thus In bis cere at a time. Yeu leave the dining room and, without a moment's hesitation, be singles out your hat and hands it te you. It Is wonderful when ene thinks of it 1 give you the problem te solve. Several hundred men, most of whom you have net seen mero than ence or tw ice before, pass into a room, handing you their chimney iets or wide awakes te take care of. They ceme out of the room hi no sort of order, and you bave te gire each the bat that belongs te him. I have tried bard and often, but nevcr succeed ed in finding out hew it is done. Anether negre in the hall gees and gets your key when be sees you return from a walk. Ne need te tell him the number of your room be knows it He may have seen you but once befere, bui that is all sufficient he never errs. And the negressesl geed, merry looking creatures with buxom faces and forms, sup ple, light, graceful gait and slender waists, aping the fashion, and having very pretty fashions of their own, coquetting and minc ing, as they walk out with their "tie'lars" (particulars), Tbe enjoyment of life Is writ ten en their faces, and oue ends by thinking some of them quite pretty. I Lave seen some splendid figures amongst them. Yeu should ice them ou Sundays, dressed in scarlet or seme ether bright color, with great bats jauntily turned up en ene side, and fanning themselves w 1th tbe ease and grace of Bel gravian ladles. Negresses ere net employed as chamber maids in hetils. They go into ttrvice euly as nurses, and of course children love them. Unhappily for you, It is the objectienablo "duchess" that you find again, up stairs this time. The c U is net se great as it Is in the (mailer towns where thtse young persons wait at tabid also. In the best hotels their only duty is te Leep the bedrooms tidy. Yeu must net ask any service of them beyond that If ou desirb anything brought te your bedroom, you ring, and a negre comes te answer the bell and receive your order. I remember laving ene day insulted ene of these women certainly unintentionally, but the crime was none the less abomlnable for that This was It X was dressing te go out te dinner, and wanted some het water te shave with. Bar lag mag three Usees and received no answer, X grew impatient and opened tbe deer, hi the hops of seeing soma servant who would be obliging enough te fetch me the water In question. A chambermaid was passing my deer. "Could you please cot me seme het water P Xsedd. ' "What de you say P was the reply, accom panied by a frown and a leek of contempt "Weukl you De se geed as te get me seme het water P 1 timidly repeated. "What de you think I ami Haven't you a faell In your roernP said the harpy. And she passed along Indignant X withdrew into my room In fear and trem bling, and for a few minutes was half afraid of receiving a request te quit the hotel im mediately. 1 shaved with cold water that day. CHAPTER XL. If you go te a changer, he will gire you Ave Kcs hi French money, or four shillings In tish, for a dollar. But In America, you are net long In discovering that you get for your dollar but the worth of a shilling in English money, or a franc In French. The flat that lets for 4,000 francs in Paris, and the house that Is rented at 300, or 4,000 shillings In Londen, would be charged $1,000 In New Yerk, Bosten or Chicago. The simplest kind of dress, ene for which a Parisian of modest tastes pays 100 francs, would cost an American lady at least $100. A visiting dress costing BOO francs In Parts would cost tSOO In New Yerk. A bpnnet that would be charged CO francs Is worth Ml The rest te match, v Here Is a dressmaker's bill which fell under my ejjjs in New Yerk: Itebe da chsnibre $jx Cleth dress. m Opera cloak. ,v joe Riding habit in) Bennet .............. ..,.. &) Theatre bonnet , eg Illack silk dress ,. 140 1111 dress , , me Total $5,03 In this bill, there Is neither mantle, linen, beets, shoes, gloves, loco, nor the thousand little requisites of a woman's teilet, and It Is but ene out of the three or four bills for the year. I am convinced that an American woman, who pretends te the least elegance, must spend, If she be a geed manager, from $0,000 te $3,000 a year. Add te this the fact .that she leads herself with diamonds aud precious stones. But these, of ceurse, have net te be renewed wtry three months. A great number of Americans come te Eu rope te pass three months of every year. This Is net an additional extravagance; It Is an economy. They buy their dress for a year, and the money they save by this plan net only pays their traveling expenses, but leaves them a nice little surplus in cash. A hotel bedroom en the fourth fleer, for which you would pay live francs a day, Is $3 In the geed hotels of the principal towns of America. A cob which costs you one frane and a half In France, or one shilling and six pence In England, costs you a dollar and a half In New Yerk. The proportion is always kept The dollar has net mera value than this In the lesser towns of the United States. The omnibus, for instance, which takes you te the station from your hotel for sixpence (or half a shiilingi'ln England, and for half a frane In France, costs you half a dollar In America, Copper money exlsta In America, but If you were te offer a cent te a beggar he wjnild fling It at you in disgust When the bare footed urchins iu the south beg their formula Is: "Spate us a nickel," or "Chuck us a nickel, guv'ner." The nickel is worth flve cents. The euly use of the cent that I could discover was te buy the evening paper. The only things cheap In the States are native oysters, and English or French books that have been translated Inte American. If expenses are enormous In the United States I must hasten te add that It Is chiefly the foreign visitor who suffers In purse. The American con afford te pay high prices, be cause his receipt) are f or larger than they would be in Europe, Situations bringing in three or four hundred dollars, as In France In England, are unknown in AmcrlcaT'Banlc clerks and shop assistants command salaries of a thousand te fifteen hundred dollars a year, A railway car conductor gets $50 a month. I In the grades abeve In tie professions, the fees, compared with tbose earned hi Eurepe, are also In the propei tlen of the dollar te the shilling or frauc A newspaper article for which would be paid In France from 100 te 230 francs (and no French paper, except The Figare, pays se much for articles) is paid for in America from $100 te $250. A doctor is paid from $5 te $10 a visit I am, of course, net speaking of specialists and fashionable doctors; their charges are fabulous. I knew barristers who make ever $100,000 a year. Every one Is well paid In the United States, except the vice president It I bave spoken of the high cost of living, it is te state a fact and net te make a com plaint I went te America as a lecturer, net as a tourist Jonathan paid me well, and when cabby asked me for a dollar and a half te take me te a lecture ball, I said, llke M. Jeseph Frudhemme: "It is orpensive, but I can afford It," aud I paid without grumbling. CHAPTER XLL "Well, sir, and what de you think of America P Without pretending te judge America ex cathedra, I will sum up the Impressions jot jet jot ted down hi this little volume, and reply .te the traditional question of the Amerlcans. When ene thinks of what the Americans have done iu a hundred ysars of independent llfe, It leeks as if nothing ought te ba impos sible te thorn In the future, considering the inexhaustible resources at their disposition. America bes been doubling its population every twcnty-fie years. If Immigration continues at the same rate as it has hitherto, in fifty years she will have mero than two hundred millions of inhabitants. If, during that time, Euruiie makes progress only in the arts and sciences, while the social condition of Its nations docs net Improve, she will be te America what barbarism Is te civilization. While the nohcuzellerus, the Ilapsburgs and the Flrubrandenburgs review their troops; wblle her standing armies are cost ing Europe mere then $1,000,000,000 a year, In time of peace; whilst the European debt Is mero than $23,000,000,000, the Ameri can treasury at Washington, in rplte of cor ruption, which it Is well known does exist, has a surplus of $00,000,000. Whilst Euro pean governments cudgel their w I Li te device means for meeting tbe expenses of aUolute monarchies, the Washington goverumeut Is at a less te knew what te de with the money it bes In bend. WblUt the European tolo telo tole gramsln the daily papers give accounts of reviews, mobilizations und military maneu vers, of speeches in which the people are reminded that their duty is te serve their emperor first and their country afterwards, of blasphemous prayers in which Ged li asked te bless soldiers, swords and gunpow der, the American telegrams announce tbe price of corn and cattle and the quotation) en tbe American stock exchange. Happy country that can get into a state of ebullition ever a presidential election, or the doings of Jehn L. Sullivan, whlle Eurepe in trembling asls herself, with the return of each new spring, whether two or three mill ions of her sons will net be called upon te cut each ether's threats for the great glory of three emperors In search of excitement! America is net euly a great nation, geo graphically speaking. The Americans are a great- people, holding In their bands their own destiny, learning day by day, with the help of their liberty, te govern themselves mere and mere wisely, and able thanks te the oref eund seenritv In which they lire, (a consecrate all their talents and all their energy te the arts of peace, The well read, welt bred American Is the most delightful of men) geed society In America Is the wittiest, most genial and most hespitabls I have met with. But the mero I travel and the mero I leek at ether nations, the mero confirmed I am In my opinion that the French are the happiest people en earth. The American U certainty en the reed te the possession of alt that can contribute te the well being and success of a nation, but he seems te me te have mUsvd the path that leads te real happiness. His demwtta joys are mere shadowy than reel Te tire In a whirl Is net te tire well , Jonathan himself sometimes tias tits regrets at finding himself drawn into such a f rantla race, but declares that It ts out of his power te hang Imck. If It were given te man te live twice en this planet, I should understand his living his first term a l'Amcrlcalne, se as te be able te enjoy quietly, in his second ex istence, the fruits of his tell In the first See ing that only ene sojourn here is permitted us, I think the French ere right in their study te make It a long and happy one. If the French could arrive at a steady form of government, and lire In security, they would be the most enviably happy peo ple ou earth. It is often charged against the Americans that they are given te bragging. May net men who have dene marvels be permitted a certain amount of self glorification! It is mid, tee, that their eccentricity con stantly leads them into felly and licensa. Is It net better te have the liberty te err then te be compelled te run straight In leash I It they occasionally vote llke children, they will learn with nge. It is by voting tliat people learn te vote. Is there any country Iu Eurepe tn which morals are better regulated, work better paid, or education wider spread! Is there n country where you can find such natural riches, and such energy te turn them te ac count; te many people with a consciousness of their own intellectual and moral forco;se many schools, where the child of the million aire and the child of the peer man study sida by side; se many libraries, where the boy in rags may read the history of bis country, aud be fired by the exploits of its heroes! Can you name a country with se many learned societies, se many newspapers, se many cbarltable institutions, or te much widespread comfort I M. Renan, wishing te turn himself Inte a prophet of Ul omen, ene day predicted that, If France continued republican, she would become a second America, May nothing worse befall her I TUB KNR l'UU Is AU Hlght. The cat has ercr been regarded ns a mysterious crc.itu.re nnd has of a conso censo conse qimnca been shunned, as amateur swim mers avoid deep holes, by the youth of our land in their literary efforts. The deg and the liorse nre notoriously what are termed "old blniul bys" ns subjects for composition, but it is noteworthy that the cat, though even mero familiar te nil than cither of the nforcmciiUened nnl nials, is neglected in all Friday afternoon literature The kitten U much Moved by reason of its frivolous and gay nature. Its piepcnslty te nmuse itself with any light object or, in default of ether mov ables, its own llecting tail endears it (e all jeung persons, but tlicre is nn un natural gravity and air of absorption in deep philosophical matters about the uiature cat which is forbidding, net te say n we inspiring. It may be (lint its un canny naltue baa caused it te be associ ated wiih witches. Certainly ita habit of being out ut nil hours of the night gives color te the husplden Hint it Is n baleful beast. A cat acts as if it knew that the disclosure of its secrets would lestill in death te all lis kind nt the hands of nil enraged humanity. New (here U sonic thing frank and open lieailwl about a deg. He may bite au enemy, but a cat will scratch its dearest friend. A deg cannot keep a bccrct. A cat never tells one. Chicago Mall. The Purls lUerutleiier. I Theio has been considerable talk about Peibler's want of devteiityiu dispatch ing I'rode. After every execution we hear the wune tiling, for Deilder h 11 little, hesitating man, with ati) thing but an imprcsle way of doing business. His appointment ns executioner caused many heartburning?, for, when llciu drichs die!, tlieie were 300 applications for (he lest. Dciblcr has married (he daughter of Kech, (he proUeus "Mon sieur de Paris." He had also served as assistant te lleindriclts, and had made several important improvement.'! in the mechanism of the guillotine. Consider ing his fuinlUarlty witli bleed, lie.i a very nervous man, nnd he has never for gotten Trepman'u biting oil Hcindriclis' Angers during the operation of adjusting the lunette. The fact is that it is xcry difficult iu tilting the bascule te se work It that the neck of the condemned man falls exactly into the hollow of the lunette se that the blade should strike iu the right place; but Dciblcr was only a S'uarter of a uilnute iu ilxing 1'nule, leugh, no doubt, it Deemed much longer te (he waiting crowd, and (e Prade. Paris Cor. Pittsburg Chronicle. l'lles anil M'elic. I When visiting a friend last summer he called my attention te u qurieus plan for preventing the plague of flies in his heuse. Tite upper sash of enu of (he windows iu his bitting room being open for ventilation, there was susjiended out bid 0 a piece of common fishing net. My friend told ium that net a fly would ven ture te astt through it. He has watched for un hour at u time, and seen swarms fly te within a few inches of the net nnd then, ufter buzzing about for a little, de part. He told me the ilk' j would paw through (he net if there was u thorough light that is, another window in the opjKwite wall. Though the day was very warm, I did net sce a single liy in llie room during my islt, though eUewhcre iu the town they wcie te be seen in ubundance. I supjiose (hey iuiagiue (he net te bu u spider's web, or seme ether trap intended for their destruction. My friend mentioned (he curious fact that in Hussia 110 wolves will pass under telegraph wiies, and that (he govern ment are utilizing tills valuable dis covery, nnd already clearing districts of (he country from thcse brutes, Nole and Queries. I fitrnerilliiary Cuelue Devotion, ' The rcsidence of Enech McMuhan, nn old and highly esteemed farmer, near Andersen, hid., was burned. All the family, except the old man, were uway at singing school at the time, and he Cerished in (he flames, his half consumed edy being dragged from (I10 burning building with iwlea by tlie first iwrseiis ie arrive after the flre was discovered. It has been a question as te whether or net (lie old man was murdered and the heuse robbed and burned te conceal (he crime. Leastwise, when the neighbors gathered they found Unde Enech's deg, Minge, howling dismally ubeut (he burning building, and from (liat day te this the faithful animal lias never left the place. The heuse was never rebuilt, and no oue has siuce lived ou the farm, yet "Minge" lingers about the ruins and until recently slept in rain and snow. Ter mouths kind hearted poeplo carried liifn feed and water, nnd (hey built him a comfertablo heuse ou the spotuhcre liis master was burned, and likeaherniit he stays there day and uight, despondent and melancholy. Icdianape News, OLD AND CURIOUS C0IN& PIECES OF SCARCE KINDS OF MONEY ! AND THEIR FANCY PRICES. Tbe Goddess of Liberty In Different Pesi tiens Coin from American Mints That Are Mere Fitted Than These That Were Current In the Dnjs of the Omars. A cnue which of la(e years has crenli v ftftpMntvifl nml nt 41ttn limn 1..,mu m .m,.,wv.. uu, w ,,,9 ii.tiu piij a uv sign of falling off, is (hat of collecting rare coins. Chicago leads nil western 'cities in (he number of its numismatists Jnnil beasts seme due collections. It might be supposed that (he demand .would, be principally for coins of great antiquity, but this is net (he cipq. The chief inquiry Is for sets of American Coins, and seme numbers nre se rare ns te readily command fancy prices. In certain years oeino descriptions of coins were net minted nt nil, whlle in oilier (cases few copies were issued. Other coins are valued because of some error or eccentricity In the die; In fact, nny variaUen from the ordinary tjpes, if in 'geed condition, will bring mero (ban its face value. ODD SIZES AXD IUTIW. I Of the silver dollars, nearly nil the earlier Issues are in demand nt n slight premium, and that of 1701, in which the goddess of liberty Is depicied with flow ing hair, Is werili $20. As for the dollar ,of 1804, of which few nre known, nny copy In geed condiden will bring $500. The flying cagle of 1833 and 1839, nnd (no coins of 1831, 852 and 1859, with the liberty loving lady 'seated, nre worth nt .least $1&V each, The ene time despised jtrado"dellars, issued 1879 te 18S3 In- 'elusive, are nt a premium of 10 cents each. Of half dollars, theso of 1700 and .1707, with fifteen or sixtcci s(ars, bring II$1S each. Others of value are dated 1701, 1801 and 1803, and there nre many mere, such as 1830 wiih a liberty cap, 1833 with an "O" mark under (he head, and a coin of 1833 with liberty scaied, jwhich nre worth from $3 (0 $5 each. iThe scarce quarters nre theso of 1823 and 1827, with the head te (he left, eacli valued at $15, whlle the 1700 fillet head Is te be liad for $3 and that of 160-1 for $1, Twenty cent silver pieces of 1870 ibring 00 cents; (hese of (he succeeding lyear nre cheap at $1.C0. The dimes of jihe grandfathers nre mostly worth from jflve te twenty times their face value, rwhlle half dimes In silver bring from 50 cents te $3 each, and a special brand of ,tlie vintage of 1803 will command $23. Silver threo cent pieces run from 20 (p 60 cents; nickel Uvea IS (e 80 cents each,' ana iuckci tnrees 10 te JM. Coram LEADS OOU). Thore Is a great domain! for old courier cents, the first ambition of every col lector belng te start even with (he pro pre cession iu 1703 or se and, bring it. down te dutewith a coin for each year. It will cost htm from $t te $3 for (he varl- jeus kinds issued In 1703, $3 for 1700, nnd ta.r,a far ifiat win. 11. . nvni,iun .j - cent of 1800 with the head te (he left the rest are rcasonable In price. Half cente, ,are lus demand, and readily command' from $1 te $0 for theso of certain yenrH between 1831 and 1810. But in thcse it must net 1m understood (hat theso of all lyenrs nre equally In requcsl. " These Is sued 1310-18 Inclusive, with the head te jthe left, average nlteut $3 each. Wash Wash Jlngteu medals, old fashioned cents, and the copper Issues of New Yerk, Vermont, Massachusetts and New Jersey bring, Jprevldcd thcyluive the necessary car jniarks, suras ranging from $1 te $10. I There Is net much call for geld coins, (but trial pieces nre valuable, and geed proofs of double eagles of seme years, ,0s 18S3 and 1830, bring a small premium. Scarce half eagles are theso of 1315 and il822. and worth full 620 each. On otber dates from 1703 te 1834 seme 20 te 80 per cent, premium is paid. Three dollar 'geld pieces of 1875 and 1870, with the jllgure of an Indian princess, bring $0 and $5, respectively. Quarter eagles of, early dales tun from $3 up te $0, and' .thore are many geld dollars for which a1 slight advance en their foce value must be paid. I I Intending collccteni need net distress themsclvcs iu looking for dollars of the' years 1800-85, Inclusive, for Uucle Saui ,was cither short of metal or ctherwlse (busy theso thirty years and uone were coined. There were no cents rushed en ,the market in 1810, and no eagles from '1603 te 1837, inclusive, The Couf oderate States made a die for a silver dollar and struck off a few, but ran out of silver. An authentic ceiu of that fssue would bring $1,000. As a contrast te this it may be noted that you can get a penny of the Cajsars for CO cents, Chicago Tribune. , r"W, Minims for the Itouieksoper. The house sheweth the ewnur. J Anger at a feast betrays the bdbr. In a geed house all ts quickly ready. I As tbe year Is se must your pet sectlie. ' Everything Is of use te a housekeeper. ' IIe that is at ease seeks dainties, j Iictter be meals many than eue tee merry. IIe tbat.saveth bis dinner will have tbe mere supper. j Nwver haggle about the ba&letlf you get the fruit. 1 There U winter enough for (be snlpeand woodcock tee. x ( Bquoeze net tbe erange tee hard, lest you have a bitter Julce, I They who have little butter must be con tent te spread thin tbtlr bread. I Many a geed dish is spoiled by an Ul eauce. Tbe biggest calf makes net tbe sweetest veal. j When the stomach chimes the dinner hour don't wait for tbe clock. Table Talk, 1 The Dull Moter. Tbe Daft Kloctrle company contlnue their experiments with tbe large meter audlralns of cars en the Ninth Avcuue I'levatcd rau way hi tbU city. Sema weeks age a train of eight cars was takun up a gradu of nearly 3 per cent, at a speed of seven miles and a half en hour. On suviral occasions a speed of thirty miles an hour, with tliroe cars, bes buen ruuebej. Tbe regular train rjieud ou tbe Ninth Avenue read is thirteen miles art hour, but with tbe electric meter 110 dJuicnlty h found in maintaining a specd of flfteca miles an hour. A Science represcutatl ve was oue of a party, a few evenings age, be were carried ever the reed from Fourteenth te Fiftieth street at a speed approaching twenty miles an hour. Tbe motion was smooth and easy, and there was nothing but the entire absence of smoke, smell and cinders te Indbj cate that tbe train was net drawn by an or dinary locomotive. Science (New Yerk), .x I "O As Chicago!! Pronounce IU ' Most of. the eastern people call It Illyneys, and most of the western poeplo call it Illiney.' The proper pronunciation of 'the word Is 'Etl-en-wab," tbe ultimate being pronounced a la Francals de Cequelln. Illinois Is an In dlan-French word signifying "meu new en' earth." The word ts properly pronounced in Mtzzeura, where the aboriginals seem te bave retained the ancient Iroquois (lr-re-kwab)' dialect In a!) Its native purity. Frem them1 w e learn that Saint Leuis ts Sunt Loe-ub, and that Kansas City Is Keyn's Sut-tah.-ChI-cage News, . Tit Alpha ati&' Omega. There are 2(0 letters In the Tartarie alpha bet and twelve In that uid In the Sandwich Islands. These art Uinufflicl extremes 1 - ; t . QTJRES RHKUMAT1MU. JJ RheutYifltiftm AH . ---- ---- w.- ,r fc. iu.niiBBtereeeiittaTMUettlAaa la MMMsSl ' .f.x" ef'sctie aetea fa tia MetxlTnts MM attacks the abreus Ussai ...a n i.i 1 m ba aa joints, ana cans tka lest sasUestaiM immi wnnniii ii 2. "?" twns ma MititsUltMtsM V Don'ears, ana la the jetau it tet.;$rA have found fa Mtn4a - .S5..J uBiccetfsaaawTHM. neuses ef ana permanent ear fcr theusMUcta. Mks , p urttclnjrlUpurifyiBfuuit4tstjsttfs -;. neutralism the aetftfty of U Wee, as ttm vr buna up ana strengthens tMwkebar. Hoed'sj tUMpstflll - tlm, ana used many alnOs et aMatsssM 3& out reed result un one of my aataabtn M 'fiA- whs issuu uu wrtr biw Tnraivssja wtvm nnmnv --v- Uifd half a bottle Helt baHar.ana H ?. - ' two uetues I think I was eaureiy a I have net had an attsek of rbena tinea." Kcsm U. Dues, Kessvui, I isiaau, n, x, Ourea Rhetunatkm "I had attacks of rhuatUm'wfcloir'ii rhuatUm'wfcleir'ii crested, in severity. 1 took Urea txHUMat ilecd! Sarseparlila and t asa pleased ( thejheumttlejialas ceased, my tntttU and qlKsUenncwtterrydSsnwl htaltk greatly Improved. X asa trimly . yinced that Heed's SarsaparUla eared ss,M t have felt no reeuttenc ;et Ut bloed.dlt bleed.dlt bloed.dlt eate." k, eoeo, Usaeva, . T. Heed's larsaparlllft Beld by all dnunutt. ft 1 sis ter W. Hims4 only by O. X. HOOD A CO, LewelL Mas. ?lOO DOOM OM DeUsV. (D Y UK'S CHERRY fKOTORAU 3BEST COTOIIOUBX. rer all diseases or the Threat and &, no remedy I se stfe, speedy tad eertala a AYKIt'd OUKBUT PBOTOKaU A UdlS (ensable famlly.mecUeln. 1 And Ayer's Cherry Pasteral an lavalna ble remedy rer colds, coughs and ether all all ments of the threat and lungs."-M. S. -dall, 201 Broadway, Albany, M. T. "I have used Ayer's. Cherry Pee'.oral tar bronchitis and; LUNG DISEASES, for which t believe It te be the greatest mat cine in the world.". James Miuer, Caraway, N. O. My wit had n distressing oengh, wtU pains In the side and breast. W tried vartew mcdlelnes.but none did herser geed naUl I get a bottle et Ayer's Cherry-Peeteral, wale has enred her. A neighbor, Mrs. Qleaa, had the measles, and the cough was relieved ay the meet Ayer's Cherry reeteral. laavan hesitation In recommending this Mediates " nebert Ilorten, foreman UeadUght, MecrVi MecrVi ten, Ark. Ayer's Cherry reeteral eared at et vers cold which had settled en say tanga. My wife say tbe Pasteral help her ssera Una any ether medtelne she ever used." Bbw Clark, Mt. Liberty, Kansas. Ayer's Oheny Pectorals Dr. J. O. Aysw Oa,Lawttl, Sold by Druggist. Price, 111 six nettMa, B lebl2te!S S' UIIKNOK'S HANDRAKK PILLS. g23 iDR.BOHlNOK'S MANDRAKE PILLS Are the tarest, surest and speediest vegtuble remedy tn the world ter all uimhm 01 the Itemaek tt Llvwr. ECAUSE They clt 4tifl llnlnavss . si stfe dtaai bowels U dues eongMtlen la s II the bowels, Promote healthy nation and sweet Mention, Comet the blle and eura Ml Ionia, Make pure blcelardglvelt free flew, Thu end uutriinenlte every part. De net full te send rer Or. earaek's w nd adintrahle treatise en the Lug, tfe Liver, and the Vtemsch, wlu Uelr din and eura. It abound In excellent Intone Intene Intone lien, and will gla you Idea about Use vital eigsncandtbe law et haalu you MTr At btiere. uentfree. Dr. ffehenck'i Medielnea. pulmenic arsup, 8BAWBKO TOMIO, MANORAKBPILIJJ l'UHBLY VBaBTABLK, A re for sale by Drngglt ts. Fall printed dlr. 11 ins with esch psskage. Addres all comma ideation te Dr. i. li. Bctunck A Ren, Phila delphia, P. BiaylflydAw TJUMl'HRKYfc" VETBBINARY 8PI0IFI03. rer Uone, caUkBheegDefs, Het, u tee Page Boek en Iraauaent et iTl1lU ad Chart aeatrr, CUBKS Fevers, OoagesUea. InleamaUea. A.A--Bplaal a.ilBglU. MUk Peresi" JI.B.-A train, I imnnns, MlisiiiMllliss U.O Distemper, NsaaTbuekarc. D.D.-Bet eruntba, WerSfc F.FColleor ttrlpesTBallyaeha. i.O.-MUoarrtac7KntetTbata. ll.U.-Urlnary and Kidney e3MW. Ll.-BrupUve Di, Mange, J.K.-l)lea s et PigiatSSr BTABI.B OABB, wlu Ipse!!, MaaaaL . witch Hssei oil and Medteaud .WT.itM PH1UK, single Bettle (ever )".. M fold by. Druggist ; or Beat Prepaid any. a hers and in any quantity en raeelpt 01 swle. Humphrey' Med. Ce., U Fulton St, M. T. li ampkreji' UmeBtklc Bpeelle JU.i. In use SO y ears. The only successful remedy ter Nervous Debility, Vital Weakness ul rroairaueu irem over-were or outer ca ti.oeper vial, or B vials and large yux powder. Sole a'r Oacaaum, or sent postpaid ea. re ceipt 01 price. IIUMFUKBYB'MBDICIHCO., -., .... 1mwnBtrst,iJ.T. maiZMydAwTtt.TliAB rpKKTHING SYRUP. TO MOTHERS. "Ivery babe shentd have a bottle et DK. lAUUNKY'sTkBTUiNunruur. rertseuy mle. Ne opium or Merphia mixtures. Will 1 rllove Celic, Or! ping in lae liewels and Pro mote innienit Teething. Prepared by UHS). u.rAimNKr&BON,uagerstewn,Ma. Urng gists sell It t te cents. Trial bottle sent by mall lu'cents. JantljdeedAw w KAK, UNDEVELOl'KD PARTS Of the Human Bedy Knlargtd, Derelcp'd, M lengthened, ete , Is an Interesting aaverOso aaverOse meut long run In ourpiper. In reply tela qulrles wu will say that there Is no evldsnc ul humbug about this. On the contrary, U advertisers are very highly Indorsed. Inter OJted persons may get sealed circulars giving all particulars, by writing In the BKIIt MBDr. (lal, co. 5 swan et, JiutTule, H.X.Teltda OaUy li,c. JlHldAW MAVHiyHKr. s TEAM. BTKAM. Kr.Rlr.fii, llellers. Pipe, Valves and Pitting 1 AHMJatesuua llnbber Valve and Bed Packing, Asbestos and ttubber Sheet and MUi-Beard fiuklng. VULUABKSTON Bbretand tled Packings. The Pratt A Cady Aabcslej Packed cecksnd Asbestos Keaewa blu due Glebe and Angle Valves. Steam users cn stve money by buylngthelr snrplle train us. The Largest asseitimirt, the ussttioeds and Ue Lewest Prices. a lull line of Machine, Cap and vet Screws, New and Secend-Uaud Jtnglnes and Hellar est hsnd'andlurnlsbed promptly. ,.L10HT 0A8T1SQ8, By special arrangement we are able te 'fnr nun Light tirey Irea Castings et Superior Quality and Finish at Lew stawa, In (iuaaU. ties. Alse, grass .Casting of every dssestp dssestp Ued. uoed work, lleasonable Charge. Press pt ness. Central Machine Works ISt k IN NORTH OHSISTIAH ST., tAveaarasrA. ' ri ., .Hi & iSH iUS ;;- KM" S Kj 1 $J?J aft ?rl & Jt.S tA rt'jSi m- .Jsrt a TfrJ $t& l&z 'V& "H xt t tii -WV-V-- 'ty "1. - v. . '
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