v- W-ft..'" NEWYOEKSQUATTERS A Cosmopolitan Populatioa That Lives Where it Pleases and MOVES WHEN IT GETS KEADY. A Tacant Lot Often Covered With Shanties in a Single Kg". THE TE1BDLATIOXS OF OXB EESIDEXT lCOBEISrOXCESCE OF TITE DISPATCH. 1 Kkw Toek, June 21. For years he had been searching for a home. Locations most favorable in other men's opinions, found disfavor in tils. Eeal estate agents oflered him rrost dazzling inducements. But these figurative spiders and yet withal useful men who often point the tray to fortune and independence in time grew tired of the -wary fly, and passed him on to his friends. His friends then endeavored to help him to choose. In vainl 3?or years his family was transported from east side to west side from tip town to down town from suburb to city, j the delusive hope that a permanent home would he their lot, or that a permanent lot would be their home. But that home like the expected letter, or the end of a serial story, never came. At length one was found. The situation, design and rare combination the price all met with the house-hunter's approval. A happy man was he the day he moved in. The house was on the corner, one side facing a green space, the other viewing: an un occupied space of ground now invitingly green and rural looting. "Just the place lor the children," mused Anticipation. Grim Reality soon disproved the illusion. Being of a meditative mind, this now self satisfied man chose as a place lor his musings and communion with nature a room which had in view this delightful bit of rusticity. Soon it was proved that his judgment and decision was correct, lor others than he agreed upon the unsurpassed locality he had chosen. NOT ALONE UT HIS DESIKE. Ambitions for homes led others to fix upon an adjacent place tor a settlement. In this age of rapid transit one may reasonably expect anything, except per haps, relief within 24 hours from an instant (?) toothahe remedy. Nothing surprises one. However, it is difficult to conceive of a house being built ina single night. Still more difficult to conceive ot a dozen. The open, verdured spot so refreshing to loot at in the evening, one morning was profaned by numerous buildings. "A brief interregneum, but prolific of great results. Each vied with the other in un sightliness, and unique and diversified were the styles of architecture employed. "With what a settled air of possession they smiled on the householder across the street. With how great complacency they barricaded his view, saying, as it were, "We are squat ters. Authorities may abolish every lorm of nuisance, but when it comes to squatters, there it draws the line." Wheu once a squatter has made up his mind to squat he usually squats. The owner of the ex-vacant lot was sought in the hope that satisfaction might be ob tained. When aked. "What do you mean to do about such lawlessness ?" he replied: "Nothing. They are squatters." "Well, what are squatters that they should be thus tolerated ? Burn them out; tear down their shanties; do anythiug; but efface them-from the earth, or at least so much of the earth as can be seen from my windows 1" HIS SETT UEIGHBOES. Satisfaction in this quarter was not to be gained. Submit to such depredation ? &ver. He would go to the squatters and reason with them delusive reason ! The squatters he found were most offensive neighbors. A dozen or more children glared at him with open-mouthed, opposed-to-soap countenances. Innumerable billy goats eved his passage with concentrated venom. These horny residents looked formidable, and it lay with them whether or not be shonld proceed farther. Their attention was happily called to a bill poster of the "Seven Sutherland Sisters," which they at tacked with true goat-like disregard for their digestion. Observing this their vis-a-vis neighbor wended his way. dragging perspective anni hilation in his path. He was a little timid about approaching the front entrance which was beautified after the accepted fashion of squatters' front doors with a heterogeneous mess of dogs, children and garbage. As no back entrance could be seen, however, he directed his footbteps toward the front one. The electric bell was evidently out of order bo he accosted a small specimen of squatter girlhood. It was attired in garments so filthy as to invite the attention of the Health Commissioner, and so scanty as to cause Anthony Comstock to insist upon the wear ing of a veil by eithpr it or its spectators. With snbtle tact and masculine suavity he conventionally asked: "What's your name?" (Felicitous be ginning.) "Esmeralda Mickey," he was informed. AIT OBVIOUS rNCOXGKTJITT. The ineonzruity of the Esmeralda and the "Mickey" was obvious. One might imagine a squatter disguised as a "Mickey," but a squatter masquerading as an "Esnier " nlda." Never. Awiul to contemplate, but no doubt veracious. "Esmeralda, where did you move from?" "From the Boulevard," answered she of the poetic name. "Do you expect to stay here long?" This was asked anticipatingly. "Yes, until somethins turns up. We got fired from the Boulevard." 'Twas discour aging to hear such perverted English from Esmeraldal "Fired?" he questioned. "Yes, they first tried water but we wouldn't move, then they set fire to the houses and we had to move." (Most judi cious. A move is always-desirable in this game of checkers called life.) Here an aggressive, warlike goddess ap peared at the oriel window contiguous to the balcony. "Is that your parent?" was asked. " 'Parent?' we never pay rent we squat." There it was. Truth crushed to earth will rise again. It rose with giant-like proportions and prophesied the result. Truth in the background, billy goats in the foreground; fights, brawls and disorder in the dim perspective. Such was the allot ment ot the neighborhood. COME TO STAT. Seemingly there was nothing to be done. The squatter had come and, like the unin- vited guest, had come to stay. This in fliction (or more correctly inflictions, for the squatter-like misfortunes never come singly) had to be borne with. Investigation further proved that squat ters compose a larce clement of the New York inhabitants. They come in the spring. In the time of poetry, of thoughts of love and of flies. Unlike these harbingers, tbey do not leave in the fall when their mission is over. They stay for five, sometimes for ten years. There are different degrees of squatter life. Some squatters choose public lands, "and to prove the kindness of their intent, live at the expense of the Govern ment." Others squat on private property. For the privilege of thus squatting on these more exclusive and desirable grounds they pay 52, f3 or 5 per month for the land rent. As tbey never know how long they may be permitted to remain thev never remodel their primitive dwellings. Those erected in a single night remain the same. The small Esmeralda grows into the large Esmeralda the billy goat berefts the surroundings of all the tin cans, old paper and re:use gener ally and passes away into a new country, perhaps more fitted Jo his goat ideas of blfss and his omniverous appetite. All these pass away. But the squatter and his shanty remains, unimproved, unbeautified and most unsightly. SOME EVICTIONS. Upon the public lands, when threats are powerless to more the squatters sterner measures are adopted. Sprinkling carts are called into requisition; the houses are torn down one day, only to reappear on the mor row, more saddened, more demoralized, but to all appearances the same. What legal satisfaction may be obtained is not known. Questioning failed to discover that there was any. No one seems to seek the law, but bows submissively before the squatters, who are cosmopolitan. All nations are repre sented. All classes of residents suffer from them. But they stay. A sadder but" a wiser man lives on the corner opposite to a settlement of squatters. Hopes of their departure are long since dead. Hopes of their extinction through the generosity of the landlord are Jong since buried. From time to time these hopes are ressurected. Post mortems are held, and autopsies conducted. In vain. Authori ties testify to their death and for their mur der retain and hold responsible the squat ters. Minerva Spencee. THE GIPSIES AEE DISAPFEAEIKG. Stories of the Mysterious Feoplo Who Wander Abont ilio World. The Academy.'! There is a fascination about "gipsy lore" which is perhaps increasingly felt now that these nomadic insurgents are being gradu ally slowly, it may be, but surely ab sorbed by the environing civilization. The altered conditions of modern society make their wandering life more difficult, their language is invaded by gaujo elements, mixed marriages attcntuate the strength of the Romany blood, and dotted over the map of Europe" there are now little stationary colonics of house-dwelling gipsies, who no longer take the road or "fold their tents like the Arabs." The gipsies have been clearly visible in Europe for .our centuries and a half. They have been the Ishmaclites of the modern world. If at the present day the law has ceased to treat tl em harshly, the social press ure is probably greater, so that it is now or never for those who wish to make a scientific study of these wanderers. A volume, en titled "The Gipsies," by Adrian A. Colocci, forms an excellent introduction to such a study. The persecutions of the Zingari have been many and bitter. Even in the last centuiy they were accused of cannibalism! To their foreign appearance and strange mode of life they added the practice of arts that were regarded as irreligious and heathenish. It will be news to many to learn that it was not until 1856 that, by the abolition of Rotnany slavery in Dacia, the freedom of the Zingari in Europe was completed. Colocci asrees with other observers in re garding the gipsies as practically destitute of religion, although willing to adopt nom inally the prevailing faith or any country in wnich they may be sojourners. In En gland they are Protestants, in Turkey Mo hammedans. Morally they are untrained children, indifferent to everything but the satisfaction of the desire of the moment, whether that desire be the offspring of love, or greed, or hate. While there is but little gipsy poetry among the English tribes, the "gift and fac ulty divine appears profusely both inSpain and in the remoter parts of Europe; and one of the most interesting portions of this book is that which gives specimens of the Romany muse. The pieces are mostly short, often strange in form, but not in frequently inspired by genuine poetic feel ing. This sometimes finds expression in modes so unexpected as to have almost the quality of genius. The gipsy sings the beauty of his sweetheart, apostrophizes the sun and stars with heathen fervor, and cel ebrates the success of the knavish ruses by which he has gained an advantage over the bnsne. Filial aSection also finds a place in his songs. While he shows the frankest enjoyment of the material side of life, there is often a spirit of profound melancholy manifested in these lyrics. The Zingari have always been famous for their love of music The estimate which gives the gipsy race 1,000,000 souls is probably far below the truth. BEETLES IN BLUE SWALLOWTAILS. Imported From Mexico, Clotbed, Trained and Used as Watch Charms. New York Herald. An industrious Mexican beetle in the win dow of a jeweler on upper Broadway furnishes amusement to large crowds almost every hour of the day. It is a curious looking insect, and even persons well versed in natural history are unable at first sight to tell exactly to what variety it be longs. It looks like a cross between a big black spider and a tumble bug. The beetle has a velvety blue back, with the legs of a spider. Around the neck is a gold band attached to a thread that holds the insect to a miniature human skeleton. The beetle crawls up and down the skeleton with the regularity of clock work. So pre cise are the movements that nearly every one mistakes it lor a mechanical toy. The other afternoon Walter B. Price and Senator Stadler spent some time pondering over the beetle. "I don't believe a piece of mechanism could be as perfect as that," ex claimed the Senator. Mr. Price, who is a greafstudent of natu ral history, insisted that nature had never constructed such a looking insect, and as a result ot the difference of opinion a wager was made. I accompanied the two gentlemen into the store to decide the wager. The jeweler said it was a live Mexican beetle. "It is a most curious insect," he said, "and it is as busy as a bee. We have put on a false back of blue velvet to give it a brilliant appearance. We do quite a trade in them. Ladies wear them as charms to their chains. The Baroness Blanc 6et the fashion of wearing them here in New York. I don't know just how long they live" but I know of several of them that are over B years of age. "I am at a loss to understand how they exist, for they never eat or drink. We keep them in a show case with our watches. Some of them are very intelligent, and one of the clerks trains them to do a number of things. If he whistles they will come and crawl up his arm. They are as cun ning as 'possums. They turn on their backs and pretend to be dead when they scent danger. They sell for S5 and upward, ac cording 10 loeir education. Five dollars sounds rather cheap for a beetle trained like a circus animal and dressed up like a Haytian field marshal doesn't it? ' The Benutfea of Knowledge. Nebraska State Journal. "My -son, you should emulate young Bloodgood. Instead of wasting his time he worked hard, saved money, educated himself, and graduated as a physician." "Have vou seen him lately?" "Yesterday." "What was he doing?" "Well er ah he was driving a, street Jnst Before the Sprinting Start. A Mr. Handicappe Whad's dem rosettes on yo' heels? Mr. Gettethtr Chick'n wings. I seen a picture ob a feller named A jacks, 'r Quick silver, 'r sump'n like dat, 'n' dey sav he nebber lost a race. Luff her go, liist'r Startahl Pucfc. TTTTfr A CHAEMING STUDY. Shirley Dare Speaks Yery Plainly About Woman's Attributes. A WIDOW'S FIGHT FOR FORTDUE. Chocolate Making a Fine Art Needing: Dainty Accessories. SOME OP BEAUTI'S KOTEL TKIALS COBBESFOXPEXCE OF THE DISPATCH. New York, June 21. The women of to day are a varied and absording study. For' that matter they seem to have been so for ages, to judge from the opinions found in classics and elsewhere. One may even now hear the opinion put forward by somecandid man, hesitatingly, as it he were announcing some new discovery likely to be contro verted, that "women are a mystery." So is the alphabet, to the ignorant, or wheat bread to a city girl. Where you hear much cry about mystery look for unaffected igno rance. The truth is, women are both less and more than the world has given them credit for. They are not in the least angels, as in fatuated men are fond of calling them. A woman who would do well by herself avoids marrying one of these men who talk of women as angelic and superior. He is cer tain to turn out a tyrant or a fool, more likely both. Women are not Brighter and Quicker ot intellect than the rest of the world. You might as well carry the idea farther and aver that dogs are superior in intellect to women because tbeir sense of smell is keener. A bright woman can smell out the right of a matter sooner than an ordinary man, but this is mainly because men have" brutified their perceptions by sloth and indulgence. Women are not any better than men, except as they are more guarded from temptations. They are not the flower and finest of humanity; in fact, they often oblige one to believe they are made of the leavings, and no one is so ready to say this of her sex as the woman who the hour belore has been clamoring for their superiority over everything masculine, their intuitive powers, celestial purity and so forth. On the other side they are not in capable of reason, or of training to be use ful, trusty and comfortable to the race. They are the daughters of men, and fiber for fiber they answer to the make of their brothers. A "WOEKEE'S dainty costume. This may serve as a prelude to the his tories of women of the day which present themselves to me one by one. A letter from the 180 which piled my table the other day, pleased especially by its clear hand and good expression. Without apology or com pliment the writer told her story and asked advice. Not Ions after the answer, I was called down to see a lady who had shrewdly sent my own letter up w'ith her card, to as sist in placing her definitely. A slender, figure, dressed in faultless taste, rose to meet me, and I wish all women could see that costume and its wearer, to know how thoroughly well turned out and refined-looking a woman can be who earns every dollar of income by her own efforts. The dress, correct to its least details, sug gested the tints of a moss rose in the diree toirecoat of dull green summer cashmere, over a bordered skirt of a deeper shade, the long panels of coat, lined with the softest old rose silk, the open throat closed with a delicious little chemisette of embroidered muslin with collarette ana cuffs of soft paint lace, real lace, not the machine points or the crochet and cutwork we see a thought too much of. The dainty bonnet with the pointed front was of crepe, embroidered in flower tints, with loops of old pink ribbon over the front, and heads of young green oats between, an artistic bonnet suiting the dastume, the wearer's complexion and shape of head, three points never to be lost sight of in a bonnet. The face at once keen, knowing and delicate "with a soft complex ion, whose pallor only told of ill-health, charmed by its vivacity, not childishness, and as clear, steady, blue eyes as I ever looked into, and I love to loot into people's eyes and see the souls of them. A BEATE 'WOSIAN'S SUCCESS. This woman had sense enough to believe that artifice and duplicity are unnecessary to persons of good minds, a leading article of my creed, and she avoided either. Swittly and concisely she told me not only her state of health, but the leading points in her own life, as women are apt to do with friendly faces seldom seen. Beginning at the death of her husband, when she could only earn 55 by two weeks' work the best she "could do, she mastered machine sewing till she became forewoman in a lactory, at 58 a week, getting the position, she said, only because she would work for less than anyone else. Next she asked a friend to give her lessons in bookkeeping nights, and got a place at S12, which seemed riches to her. One day her employer suggested she should write ad vertisements for the firm, and was pleased enough to give her a slight advance of terms for the work. She studied and com pared advertisements in the papers; saw how Powers and Wanamaker, ot Philadelphia, wrote to catch the public eye, and copied the style of others, till she couid originate and improve on it. Now she holds her pretty home, with the charming little lux uries and comorts women love, and makes an income not less than $J,000 a year steadi ly with more falling to her by chance busi ness. Withal, the wonder and delight to me was that she had lost nothing of woman liness and taste in the process, but could tell me of the last new poem, and still bet ter, she was the only woman I have ever known who took anything like an intelli gent interest in the political refugees and the Russian emigrants coming here to escape the tyranny of the Czar. The delight of the interview was like talking to a highly refined man with entire freedom and delicacy. Such women are not the prodnct of college courses of Alumni societies, but develop tnemseives oy lorce nay, rather grace of circumstances. I never see a woman with sharp-cut, dispassionate intelligence, taste and feeling combined, who has not at some time known a life and death struggle tor existence. A CHOCOLATE LESSON. A pale green engraved card announcing that Mr. Maillard, the confectioner would favor ladies with a lecture on chocolate making, was one of the curiosities of the week, and I promptly found myself at the door of the private office where the lecture was given. It was elegant, as private of fices are in this city of luxury, with walls in oak wainscot andblue turcomen, tapes try portiere.-Jind rich glass, water color pictures, seats for twenty ladies and carved tables set with tinted porcelain cups and flowered cbocolatieres and enameled choco late boilers over the trim gas stove. It was charming throughout, the veteran manu facturer treating the ladies as his guests with French politeness, and careful atten tions which began with lans all around and ended with a package of bonbons apiece. It it verv nice to sit in the picturesque office like a rich, Flemish interior, with well dressed women, while the tall, good-looking young man with a very correct afternoon suit and diamond scarf pin, explains the performance of the white-capped cook, also good-looking and unmistakably French. The first thing is breakfast cocoa, and we are treated to the taste of the pure article, in the broken roast bean of the fine Vene zuela cocoa, which is 40 cents a pound at first cost The roast bean is so deiicate I prefer it to any variety of chocolate bonbon. The points in making cocoa are to mix the teaspoonful of powder with boiling water, just enough to make a thin paste, and then pour the enpful of boiling milk or milk and water on this and scald a minute, not more. Neither chocolate or cocoa should be stirred with a plated or nickel spoon, hut with PITTSBURG DISPATCH, silver or wood. Each of us is presented with a wooden mulier to stamp this on our minds, and mine rests on a bracket with photographs and poroelain as a memento, till it Is put to use in the little cool house in sweet air where the next letter, I hope, will find me. BEAUTI'S NOVEL TBIAL. Please recount the directions, ladies, not to Use more than a teaspoonful of cocoa to a cup, not to mix it with cold milk or hot milk, or stir it with a common spoon. M. Halliard's is charmingly wrought, antique silver, and it is to boil up once in an earthen or porcelain boiler, not a ,metal pot. The triiq maid in a white cap serves us with a pale blue cup of delicate nectar, which my brilliant friend whispers they may feed her when she arrives at the other side of the river. Between her and the other four or five distractingly pretty women in the room, I have hard work to keep the run of the lecture. It could not have been apropos of chocolate exactly that the brunette with splendid dark eyes, exquisite with dusky lashes, said that she wondered why one must be always a little unbecoming to look re spectable, or that a sunny-browed blonde confessed that she was "tired of trying to live up to her angelic hair." It is hard lines to look so like an angel at times that people expect one to always be devoid of temper and stand any amount of putting upon. Chocolate, however, must not be scraped or powdered, as half its flavor is lost iii the process, and only the vanilla chocolate is fit lor drinking. The plain sort is only meant for cakes and bonbon making. You break a tablet ot single vanilla chocolate for each cup of cold milk or milk and water, and put to boil in an earthen or enameled pot, for ten minutes, stirring constantly all the time. Then it comes off creamy, and you take it immediately with the long, crisp sticks of Italian bread, and want very little else for breakfast but some iruit For increasing plumpness there is no food like it, with the crisp sticks of whole meal bread. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. Some one inquires the best way of making graham or whole meal bread, and no point is so little understood. In the first place see that the fionr is good and freshly ground, not too branny or full ot black specks or In the least musty. Flour often spoils in hoc weather if kept in bulk or in a damp, ill-aired place, or near strong smelling food. Sift it to see it the hran is clean, and if satisfactory put it back with the flour again. The best bread is made with two tablespoons of molasses to the quart of flour, half a teaspoon of salt and sonr milk to make a stiff batter, with a teaspoon of baking soda dis solved in cold water to the pint of liquid just as it is pnnnng into we nour. a laoicspooniui oi melted butter may be added also. The bread requires no kneading or rising, but should go at dpee into a hot oven and bake to a crisp brown crust. Very little bread, either white or brown, is baked enough to be wholesome and the slack-baked stuff sets up a ferment in the stomach which ruins health Bread made sim ply of baking powder or cream of tartar and soda, with or without milk in the water used to mix it, is more easily digested tban yeast bread, especially in summer, bat good yeast breid of whole meal, with a little molasses and very little or no cornmeal, mixed in a sponge, stirred up without kneading and thoroughly baked, is a good household bread. If it grows moist by keeping in summer slice thin and toast or bake crisp to preserve its wholesomeness. Bread in the slightest degree clammy, sour or musty is bad at any time, but rank poison in summer, and much of the disorder attributed to malaria and other things is set on foot by miserable bread. Not one bakery in ten sells bread fit to eat. The flour is inferior, the bread trays seldom cleaned properly, the bread is acid enongh to cause dangerous ferments in the stomach in warm weather, and so slack-baked as to start fungus in a loaf in a short time. HEALTHY, SAJFUBEEAD ' keeDS longer bytwo days than any other. The only safe bread for dyspeptics in hot weather is a crisp thin cracker ot whole meal mixed stiff with water, salt and a tablespoon ot butter to the quart of flour, rolled oat as thin as possi ble and baked brown in a hot oven. A little sugar may be added, if well borne, and the batter left oat if it does not suit the digestion, bntthe cracker must be thoroughly baked. These crisp crackers are very good eating with coffee, soup or milk lor family use. The In dians bave the advantage of us, as they pre pare their bread from freshly ground meal al ways, and bake it thin and crisp over the fire. One might name this cracker "complexion bread," for being perfectly Innocent tor diges tion, it improves the face remarkably in a short time, so much has oar daily bread to do with brain, nerve and tissues. The "Designing Widow" and others who write for hair dyes bave come to the wrong person. The only way to improve the color of tbehalr is to Veep-the scalp clean, and the' locks by weekly washing with borai, ammonia or yelk of egg dissolved In water, and to brush it thoroughly twice a day from 60 to 100 strokes each time. Vaseline applied daily as a dress ing will darken the hair slightly, and washing with dilute ammonia, one tablespoonfnl to two quarts of Water,, drying In the sun afterward, will bleach hair by degrees. Oil of lavender is the best application to keep hair from falling or to make it grow on high foreheads, if it will grow at all. Shiblet Dabs. HEW MOTIVE POWERS. Revival of the Use of Tolatllo Liquids to Aid in Steam Generation. New York Commercial Advertiser. 1 Mr. Yarrow, of torpedo boat fame, read a paper recently on the use of spirit as an agent in prime movers, devoting his remarks to the use of volatileliquidsinlieu of water, to produce power, -when-converted by heat from the liquid to the vapor state in the way that power is obtained from the conversion of water into steam. Some years ago this subject attracted much attention in France, and several large steamers were built in which ether was evaporated in combination with steam for working the propelling machinery. The steam, after having performed work in one cylinder, was used to evaporate ether in a tubular evaporator, by which means a por tion of the remaining heat in the steam was saved instead of wasted. The ether vapor so produced was used in another cylinder, the additional power thus obtained'being a clear gain. The ether used evanorated 1 about 104 Fahrenheit; it will therefore be seen to what a low temperature the steam or water can be brought down a'nd still be use ful in evaporating the ether. Leakages of thes ether caused. such great damage by explosions, as soon as it mixed with the atmosphere, that the scheme, for the time, was laid one side. Improved methods, greater accuracy of workmanship and soundness of material having become possibilities in late years, several small boats were experimented with and success fully run in this country, and thus have induced more thorough investigation, with results that look extremely promising. The apparatus used for experiments was a small, ordinary steam engine, actuating a shaft and flywheel in the ""usual way, having a revolution center spring balance and index attached. Gas was selected as the means of heating the boiler, which had no particu lar feature about its construction when water was used but for spirit vapor, inside the upper part of the boiler, was a copper coil, the inlet to which was at the side, and the outlet at the top, whence it passed to the engine. The experiments consisted of several continuous trials, each of three hours' duration, alter nately with steam and with spirit vapor. These resulted in a power from the spirit be ing nearly twice that recorded in cases where water was used. The spirit used was a hydrocarbon distilled from petroleum, having a specific gravity of about .68. This fluid was used on account of its being low in price, easily procured and of an oily nature. A launch propelled on this plan 36 feet long and with a beam of 6 feet, built of steel, has a total weight, including machinery, of one ton, while were steam the agent the weight would be very much in excess of that amount. She Wna.AU Right. , Boston Courier. "Have you a magnificent wardrobel" asked the manager, addressing the actress who had jnst applied for an engagement. "Why, no," she replied, "I have no ward robe at all. I'm in the burlesque line, you know." And she was engaged on the spot. He Hnd Not Fixed the Exact Year. Boston Courier. Husband of popular actress-JIy wife has decided to retire from the stage; Friend Indeed! At once? H N no, not exuetly at once. We have not yet decided upon the exact year, but she will begin her first farewell tour next season. 'SUKDAT, JTOTEJ 23, SUNDAY THOUGHTS -ON- MORALSMANNERS. BY A CLERGYMAN. When fit. Paul, the greatest of theolo gians, and Shakespeare, the greatest of poets, agree in hymning the advantages of affliction in human life, uninspired and pro saic folk may safely hum the same tune, even though it be in a pathetic minor key. "No suffering for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, after ward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them whichare exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands that hang down." Thus St. Paul. "Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomons, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head." Thus the poet whom Milton calls "Sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child." Yes, sorrow though bitter is wholesome. It is a corrective. It jogs us in the midst of our smelting aud building and strife for precedence, and .asks, What is all this worth? How much of the baggage of time can you take with you into eternity ? What part of your possessions is permanent real estate in very truth T Trouble Is a source of self-knowledge. When all goes well with us wo are strong and self confident. The world seems sufficient for us. We feel like a certain celebrity who said: "I bad rather have my part in Paris than in Para dise!" But when some earthquake disaster rnmbles through the soul and shakes down our loftiest, prondest creations in hideous rnin, we come to onr senses, realize onr weakness, and seek Him with whom we have had to do, and who is "from everlasting to everlasting." Adversity tends to make us sympathetic. It enlists Belflshness on the side of generosity. The remembrance of oar own losses and pains prompt us to feel for others when they suffer. The reflection that at any moment, so fickle a jade Is fortune, we may be driven to draw on the bank of friendship, makes us ready to honor any draft which our neighbors present and ask us to convert into the cash of sympathy. Thus, to change the figures, we learn to carry a little fire at the hearthstone of the heart for friend to warm his chilled fingers at. Surely, then. God knows best. Infinite wis dom is His right hand and infinite lore is His left. In ibese arms He holds us all, and closest whan we are neediest. But look here; don't go aronnd borrowing trouble. No need of that. There is usually enougn ot it in tne house already. Children's Dny. One of the most charming of recent conceits is this of "Children's Day which many churches have just been celebrating. The happy throngs of little folks embowered in flowers; the brief and pithy addresses with fifthly, and sixthly, and finally, my brethren, left ont; the presenta tion of Bibles to the deserving or destitute; the prominence given to the Sunday school in its influence upon the men and women of to-morrow; make this the anniversary of anniversa ries. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of work for and among the young. They repre sent the future. They are now in our hands like clay in tho hands of the potter we may give them what shape we will. And in molding them we form the manhood and womanhood wbich shall succeed us in all that we bold dear in family, church, and State. God Himself (it may be said reverently) cannot make saints at the adult end as fast as Satan can make sin ners at the childhood end. A Theoloslcnl Advance. An old and grave citicism upon Theological Seminaries, of all denominations, is that their curriculum is remote from the thought and life of to-day. It is pleasant to record that several of these institutions have awakened to a con sciousness of being behind the age, and have effected a readjustment in harmony with the year of grace, lbSS. Under the head of "Chris tian nurture" or "Evangelistics," current movements, or estabUshedagencies, in religions lifo and work, ate hereafter to be made special objects of slndy and instruction. We congratulate tbe Theological Seminaries upon this advance. It is Rip Van Winkle rub bing tbe sleep ont of his eyes, and out of tbe eyes of the little Bins. And we congratulate the Sunday Schools and tbe Young Men's Christian Associations, and the Christian En deavor lads and lassies, that tbey are at last to bave an acknowledgment and an alloted place in the great procussion of tbe sacramental host; a diploma of character signed by learned pro fessors and bearing tbe seal of the church. A Good Mrm' jTotly. The folly of good men is sometimes as mani fest in prayers as in works. Here, for example, is an excellent brother yonder in Boston, who, the other day, in a devotional meeting of the Bantlst Missionary Union, prayed as follows: "We know, oh. Lord, that It is not Thv purpose to convert the world dnring tne present gener ation." How does he know thisT Who In spired him? Or has this prophet special facilities, eta, for securing exclusive informa tion? If this be so, this journal trould be pleased to annex him to its staff. Speaking of prayers, the late Iter. Dr. S. H. Cox was unique in his devotions. He was specially fond of rolling out classical quota tions when addressing the Almighty, which he would frequently translate, lest tbe Lord might not understand Latin! At a meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, one year when be was moderator, he said in the midst of his opening prayer: "Oh Lord Jesus Christ, thou art the ne plus ultra of onr desires, tbe sine qua nonof our faith, and the ultima thule of our hopel" The Soldier' Counteralsn. During the Civil War the "Christian Commis sion" was one of those gigantic agencjes which followed tho armies and played the Good Sa maritan, its special function, however, being the providing for the moral and religions needs 'of the soldiers. Mr. George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, was the President of this body. He is an animated cyclopaedia of facts and anecdotes of , that period and work. Mr. Stuart recently told the following story: i vtsitea a camp, one aay, a lew mnes neiow Washington, and In the evening, in company with two or three other gentlemen. one of whom was the late Mr. William E. Dodge, of New York, held a prayer meeting among the soldiers. Nine o'clock was tbe regulation hour for closing: but che interest was so deep tbat the Colonel of the regiment said, "Go on," and the meeting was prolonged for a half an hour or more. At least 10 o'clock had come when we prepared to return to Washington by carriage. But the Colonel said: "You can't go to Washington to-night. The guard is posted already, (as 9 was tbe hour for guard mounting) and an order has been issued that no civilian snail nave me countersign, jm- Eentlve business required tbe presence of Mr. lodge, and be said he must be in Washington before morning. Tbe Colonel said he would see what could be done. Perhaps the magic "word" would be given to me on account of my position. He went to beadauarters. and returning goon whispered the "word" in my ear. Then he ova these minute directions: Drive out until you are near the sentinel's post about two miles from camp; then leave the carriage and walk up to him. He will pre sent bis gun to your face and will call ont: Who goes theref You will answer, 'A friend with the countersign.' Tbe sentinel will sav, What is itr You will then give the 'word'"I whispered In your ear, and he will allow you to pass.'' Well, we drove out in tho darkness, and I leir, ine carnage at ine appoimea place, ana advanced till the musket of the guard gleamed in dangerous nearness to my face. Then the questions and answers followed just as the Colonel bad described, only when tho sentinel said. "What is it?" I answered "Beverly;" and instead of this proving the wonderful "sesame" tbe sentinel cried, calling me by name, "Mr. Stuart, you bave given the wrong word that is not tbe countersign. I cannot let you pass; you must go back to camp and get the right word." So back Mr. Dodge and I drove in tbe black night, over the muddy roads. 'It tnrned out that tho officer by mistake had whispered the countersign of the day before It was changed every day. The mistake rectified, wo started again, and again went through the programme. This time the word was ".Massachusetts," and we were permitted to go on, but not before I had tamed and asked; the soldier, "How did you know who I was in the darkness?" and the man had answered, "Abont 15 years ago I heard you speak to a Sunday school up In York State, and though I have never seen you since 1 re membered your voice. If It hadn't been for that I should bave shot you." Then said L "My friend, I hope you have the countersign." "Ibave." "What is it?" "Tbe blood ot Jesus Christ." was the reverent reply. Some Qonlnt Hymns. Some of the quaint old hymns, remarks tho Youth' Companion, are not calculated to arouse religions feeling In the present genera tion, at any rate. Take this: ' "Yo monsters of the babbling deep, Your Maker's praties shout; Tip from tbe stnds. ye codlings, peep, And wag your tails aboutl" "It would be difficult for a congregation of to-day to sing this without smiling; ana the one that follows is almost as amusing: The race Is not forever got 1889: By hltn wbo fastest runs, Nor the battle by the people , Who shoot tbe longest guns. , "A Northern clergyman, during the Civil War, used to say tbat never nntil then bad be found occasion or justification for his personal employment of David's Imprecatory psalms; a sentiment which was no doubt reciprocated on tbe other side. The fathers, however, sang without demur: Why dost Toon hAtd Thine hand aback, And hide it In Thy lap O, Pluck it oat. and be not slack j To give Thy foes a rap!" Dana am a Theologian. Mr. Charles A. Dana has long been promi nent as an editor. He is also a good deal of a theologian, as witness this article clipped from the New York Bun which shines for all: The Bev. Dr. Abbott, tbe successor to Henry Ward Beechcr, told the Plymouth congrega tion last Snnday that the Calvinistlc doctrine of election is a "sixteenth century Idea," to which, he said, modern thought is rightly and unalterably opposed. Yet, after aU, that ter rible doctrine harmonizes with modern scien tific theory. Election, as taught by John Calvin, means simply that the moral and spir itual universe is governed by rigid law, a law as fixed and unchangeable as tbe law which con trols tbe movements of tbe planets. It means that no prayers, no oblation, can shake the immutable purpose of God; that a man might as well supplicate for the repeal of the law of gravitation as io ask to be relieved from the consequences of heredity and tbe logical results ol his acts. Of course, election takes away the freedom of will, ot which poor human beings make so proud a boast. It consigns them.to salvation or to damnation, according as tbeir fate was determined before all (line. They think themselves free, and yet they are en slaved under the law laid down in the councils or eternity. But this is an age in which the sentiment of humanity, of tender consideration for suffer ing, has been carried to so great an extreme that men cannot endnre the thought that tbe race-ls going to bear tbe bitter consequences ot its acts, each individual for himself. It tries to believe tbat there is some way of escape from tbe operation of the law, and tbat, by a miracle of God's mercy, the offending will be saved from the logical results of their sins. If a man should fall ouf of tbe top story of a high building we should expect, as a matter of course, tbat be would be smashed into jelly when he struck the ground. If tbe most lov ing mother should give her child rank poison in mistake for food, no prayers would avail to save tbe Infant from the consequences of the awful error. Yet men suppose tbat by some process of jugglery the working of analagons law in the spiritual world can be set aside and abrogated; tbat tbey can sin aud yet reap the harvest of righteousness. John Calvin was not of tbat mind. He con tended that the moral and spiritual world Is no less governed by logical law than the physical, and lie bravely accepted all the consequences of bis premises. The yonng Presbyterians do not like reasoning so rigid. Tbey want to think there is some loophole of escape from so dis agreeable a conclusion. But they do not at tempt to auestion the fact that, no matter how well meaning they may be, their fingers are sore to be burned if tbey put them in the fire. John Calvin was a man of genius, and so also was his pupil, Jonathan Edwards, the illustri ous father of American literature. They were both men whom we class with tbe great minds of all ages Charles Robert Darwin, for In stance. Bright Snnday Thoughts. Wk talk about pillars of the church. We have too many pillars we want more lights. Moody. The divine nature in man may be burned, but it cannot be burned out. .A. Bernard. Actions, looks, words, steps, form an alpha bet by which you may spell character. Lavater. Mast lives, like the Rhone, have two sources: one pure, the other impure. Hare. He who listens to wise counsel does his ears better service than they wbo bore them for trinkets. At the same time It Is possible that one's ears may be "bored" with impertinent advice. Sasius. Tae only legitimate anger is a holy emotion directed against an unholy tning. Sin, not onr neighbor, must be its object. Arnoi. Feom tbe very gate of heaven there is a by way to tbe pit I Hawthorne. The sweetest wine is turned into tbe sourest vinegar, and when God's people apostaliie they are worse than tho heaxen. Starke. Conscience should lead each man to be a si lent Court of Justice in himself. Himself the judge and jury, and himself the prisoner at the bar. Gotthold. A HANDFUL OP EYEBALLS. They Were Taken From the Mummies of the Incus ot Pern. Philadelphia Inquirer. A man came into this office yesterday with a handful of what looked like dull reddish golden eyeballs. They were of various sizes. "Do you know what they are?" said he. "You will never guess nor do I believe there are many persons in Philadelphia who can tell you. They are taken from the mummies of the Incas of Pern. When I was stationed there some years ago, when in the naval service, I got a whole lot of them. The mummies were thrown up and in some cases destroyed by seismic convulsions. There are thousands of them about, particularly about Arequi pa. These tbat I show you. are taken from the skull, and are believed to be the real eyes of the Incas, and are respected as such. The women wear them made up into neck laces, scarf pins and other articles of jew elry. As a matter of fact, however, thev are really the eyes of the octopus or devil fish. They are thoroughly desiccated or rather mummified by the air, and were put in agerago to take the place of the natural eye, which the aborigines found would. not last in that climate. In having them set as a piece of jewelry you must be very cau tious. The workman in trimming them down must beware of getting any of the dust in any cut he may have. If he does so blood poisoning is sure to set in and the termination may very likely be fatal." "By the way," continued the ex-naval officer, "I'lftell you a queer thing that hap- peuea aown mere. J. nave no aouot that you recollect the great tidal-wave of about 20 years ago. The United States storeship Fredonia was sunk, and the man-of-war Wateree lifted bodily and deposited several' miles ini&na, crossing s raiiroaa in lis flight. When it was proposed to get her to the beach again the natives wanted such an exorbitant sum for cutting out about the railroad that the scheme was abandoned, some time afterward another earthquake took place, which again lifted the Wateree bodily, carried her back over the railroad tracks and deposited her back on the beach. It was found, however, that her condition was such that it would not pay to do any thing with her, so she was left to rot and be broken up by the inhabitants." Better Left Unsaid. Life. Mr. Jonathan Trump You are charming to-night. Mis- Penelope Peachblow Indeed? What nice things you men sayl Mr. Brown just told me the same thing. Mr. Jonathan Trump (anxious to depre ciate his rival) Of course you don't be lieve he meant it! A Partial Eclipse. Fllbberts (coming home from meeting of the Friendly Brothers) 't coursh I've sheen man-in-'r moon 'fore; bnt blesht 'f I ever see him look sho kinder f miliar! PucJh, arjT'-J-J''jfr,igg3g V fjSy TBE FIRESIDE SPHI1X A Collection Of En&maM lis 'for Home Cracfing. Addreu communication! for this department to E. R. Chadboubk. Lewiston, Maine. 635 STOEY O THE GEKTJS AND THE TALISMAN. When balmy sleep my ejelids sealed In soft repose, across the field Of vision stole a genie vast. At whose wild look I stood aghast. He with a magicitalisman Presented me, and thus began: "A potent charm to you I bring. As were Aladdin's lamp and ring. At dinner drop it on your plate The ruler of a Roman State Will rise to view you know his name. He by strange means acquired great fame; If 'tis in idle talk let fall, You'll see arise a robber tall: If in a plot you plant your prize, A toiler of the sea will rise; But rllng it not from thee in wrath. In fear a ghost may cross thv path." The genie fled as day began To gild the East the talisman Remained behind, and on a test I found quite strange that it possessed The virtues he for it did claim One simple letter shows its name. W. Wnaox. 636 ODDITIES. 1. Birds flying in the air, lying on the ground, drowning in the water. , 2. Walking on its head. 3. Always wicked and often hung but no criminal. i. A robber on the sea still dangerons when beheaded. & Tbe heart of man and beast 6. A pole and frozen water. 7. Always in a bad fix and never out of per plexity. 8. An ell and black water. 9. Tbe negative part of a face, 10. Affirmative parts of the body. 11. American young lady and a foreign no bleman committing an error. 12. A tree on your hand. J. Bosch. 637 CHARADE. Ihe first was found upon the earth When torture gave to tyrants mirth; Tolay we seek it in the sky, And in the ocean it does lie. The tecond in the clouds you'll note, The beggar hides it in bis coat; It is a question, too, on which The Radicals attack the rich. Tbe total was in Erin long A source of woe and endless wrong: Thank God, its reign is almost past, We see the dawn approaching fast. W. Wrxsoir. ' 638 AKAOEAM3. I. When I have a declaration To make, 'midst clamor or din, I fill my langs with sweet, pare air Until "Xcanput no more in." TL If. in your travels, you see a fracas. A.nd loiter to see this "cute mob tcene," When qnerled, be sure your tilence to keep, tfor loss of speech is the best way, I ween. El Ex Dee. 639 PEOGBESSIYE HALF-SQTJABE. 1. In Pittsburg. 2. An abbreviation. S. A conjunction. 4. An end. S. An isolated peak in central and western parts of North America, too high to be called a hill and not high enongh to be called a mountain. 6. An unctuous sub stance used as food. 7. An apartment in a house wnere provisions ana uttnsils are kept. Cat. Asdo. 640 a peesent fact. "Some one is here!" whispered a breeze Under its breath, to a crowd of green leaves. Merry at heart, this a brook overheard. Murmured its thanks and went on with the word. Even the flowers, just awake from their sleep, Rose up in haste, the newcomer to me?t. In the bine sky, tbe white clouds moving on. Stopped in tbeir course, to hear tbe glad song. Heart of the year, beloved as a Queen, Everywhere loyal subjects are seen. Rich are the gifts that will follow your reign. Earth is rejoiced and joins the refrain. Sea. 641 METATHESIS. Can you a simple word rehearse That means to gain, to bind or fetter. And make It mean quite tbe reverse By metathesis of a letter f W. Wilson. 642 SOME OF A FAMILY. Our family Is a large one. but of all its nearly thirty members, I believe myself to be tbe most abused. 1 bave my aspirations, and like to keep my place, but certain persons are for ever doing wnnont my am wnere it is posi tively required, and trying to atone for it by patting me forward where I'm not in the least needed, obliging me to help make them ridicu lous. I am so utterly discouraged that I can do nothing but sigh; yet in my worst moods, if only my brother a splendid fellow, he stands AL. and is with one exception the most useful of us all if, I say. he will bat come and stand beside me we're merry as larks and we laugh together. In the midst of onr glee here comes one tall and slendernexc thing to a middle man, and places himself so near that the laugh involuntarily die away, and some one looking on cries out: "Behold 'the bluff prince Shakespeare told us of." Presently there saunters by another, lank and lean as tbe last, in fact tbe middle man's double, who places himself beside his twin, when a detestable cockney giving us a glance remarks, "Well, that's all, let us ope!" "O, not at all," says a round-eyed little sister, tak ing her stand at the root of the line, and we all give a shout together. Now there Is one in our family whose weak ness it is to consider himself twice yon. who ever you are, and though one can scarcely credit tne xaci, posiHTeiy wuen no taxes nis position at tbe little sister's right, his presence seems to make holy, and consecrate us to some sacred use. Directly the most industrious member of the family approaches, accompanied by an intimate associate; in fact tbey come next each other wben we all stand in line in regular order for roll-calh When a thing is over and done, and one wants to tell abontit. it wonld be diffi cult to do so without the heln of thin nrni couple, who are much attached to the past, and togetber.are called by a man's nickname. As tbey quietly take their station at tho foot of the ltne, one can almost feel his mother's band on his head, while tbe words of "Onr Father" rise to bis lips. I find this growing altogether too serious, and withdraw from the bead of tbe line, where I've been standing all this while, like a pair of bars, and the others are allowed to break up into groups according to their in clinations. Holding my breath a moment, I catch a word here and there. Somo say. "Allowed!" (I don't know what.) "O marry!" advises another group. Still others sem to be telling the sound tne cows made coming from afield. Feeling interested in none of these thing. I tnrn with a sigh to wonder for the thousandth time if 1 shall ever be able to give voice to the woes I suffer through ignorance and heedless ness. Happt Thought. 643 BEBTJS. P T I am hated and shunned wherever I go. My friends and companions are sorrow and woe; But, however, bated and shunned I may be. From those whom I know I seldom may flee. JIcjnie Sl QBE. ANSWEES. 628 Traduce no man. 627 Down. 628 Buttery, butter, butte, butt, but. bu, b. ttS L Great Britain. 2. United States. 3. Australia, t Scotland. 6. Minnesota. 6. Philadelphia. 7. Socrates. 8. Leonldas. 9. Diogenev 10. Aristides. lL Cleopatra. 12. Denominations. 13. Astonishment. 14. Mysti fication. 15. Deliverance. IS. Missionary. 17. Misapprehension. 63U Liiht. . 6:11 Life-time. 632 "Alas! it is delusion all: Tbe future cheats us from afar. Nor can we be what we recall, Nor dare we think on what we are." 633 Cowslips. 631 Rover, imp; imp-rover. A Natural Explanation. Thne.1 Miss Smalltork Good evening, Mr. Lit ehed; how well you look. Mr. Litehed Thank you, Miss Small tork. So you know why X look well. There's a conundrum. "Ob, how delightful. Do tell me? I give right up." "Because I am well, Miss Smalltork." (And he becomes the converslonal hero of the evening.) 19. SUgfat Precipitate a Km. Time.1 v Colored Bank President Boys, I'm afraid of a run on the bank. I Clerk (in surprise) Why? "Why? Well, I'll tell you why. It'i six weeks since a desperado came in hers ' and demanded several thousand in cash." "Well?" "Well, if some bandit doesn't come along pretty quick the depositors will begin to think that something is wrong." Ii Smile and Its Fro vm. Chicago Tribune, j 'Tis sweet a drink from tbe brook to quaff And list to tho rippUng waters laugh. 'Tis not so sweet, as you tnrn about. To see, swift coming, a water's-pont. Rheumatism, BEING due to the presence ot urio acid in the blood, is most effectually cured by the use of Ayer's Sarsapa rllla. Be sure you get Ayer's and no other, and take it till the poisonous! acid is thoroughly expelled from tha system. We challenge attention to this testimony: "About two yeara ago, after suffering for nearly two years from rheumatic gout, being able to walk only with great discomfort, and having tried various remedies, including mineral waters, without relief, I saw by an advertise ment in a Chicago paper that a man had been relieved of this distressing com-, plaint, after long suffering, by taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I then decided to make a trial of this medicine, and took, it regularly for eight months, and am pleased to state that it has effected a, complete cure. I bave since had no re turn of the disease." Mrs. B. Irving Dodge, 110 West 125th st., New York. "One year ago I was taken ill with, inflammatory rheumatism, being con fined to my house six months. I came out of the sickness very much debili tated, with no appetite, and my system disordered in every wuv. I commenced using Ayer's Sarsaparilla and began to improve at once, gaining in strength and soon recovering my usual health. I cannot say too much in praise of this well-known medicine." Airs. L. A. Stark, Nashua, N. H. Ayer's Sarsaparilla,' prtEPAniD zt Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Price tl ; six bottles, $5. Worth $5 a bottler j gBjMfjBp'M"S A PERFECT Blood Purifier. '" nmsm A purely Vegetablo Compound tbat expels all bad humors from tbe system. Removes blotch- 'es and pimples, and makes pure, rich blood. q 1)2-53 MEDICAL. DOCTOR WHSTTIER 814 I'ENS AVENUE, PITTSBURG, PA. . As old residents know ana back riles of Pitts bnrg capers prove, is the oldest established and most prominent physician in the city, de voting special attention to all chronic diseases. 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