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iHow the Order of Elks Was First
" Started in a Beer Saloon.
TEDDY BYEON TEE KING OP NERVE.
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HISS KATE STOKES' HEROIC BIDE
rWEITTIN TOR TIIE DISPJLTCH.1
OW many of those
flwb.0 took part in the
recent celebration of
1 the Elks, to say noth-
J ing of the lookers-on,
Vare awareof theorigin
of the order? Very
few, if any, I warrant
yon.
Not many years ago
a certain saloon on
Fourth avenue, New
York City, was the
favorite resort of many
of the leading members of the' theatrical
profession, who met there nightly to drink a
glass of beer, smoke a cigar or favorite pipe,
and exchange tales of experience on the
road or bemoan the decline of the good old
stock days. "What a fund of anecdote I
Lave heard there, what rcminiscenes of fa
mous actors, of Forrest, the elder Booth, of
J. "W. Wallack, now dead and gone, but
whose memory lived fresh as of yore in the
recollection of their compatriots. How
tenderly their faults were handled and
their good points brought forward. "What
famous people I have met there. Old
"Jack" Studley, a capital actor, at onetime
leading man for Mary Anderson and John
2IcCnllongh, Dominick Hurray, one of the
greatest character actors the world ever saw,
gruff and erratic, yet generous to a fault.
Charles Thorne and John Parselle, of the
Union Square stock, "W. L. Gleason, and
the ideal of stage lovers, lamented Harry
Crisp, "W. H. Leake, afterward manager of
the California Theater, and others.
THE ELKS' KETKEAT.
A certain corner of the room was always
reserved for them, and styled the "Elks'
Ketreat," in contradistinction to the famous
"Lambs" Club, organized by Lester "VYal
lack and members of New York swelldom.
Here the question of an actors' benefit as-
Kale Stokes' Dash.
sociation was time and again agitated; a
constitution similar to that of the present
order was drawn up and submitted, but be
fore definite steps could be taken toward
official organization diath and business de
mands broke np the party and prevented
further action. "What must be considered
the first charity fund of the Elks was called
forth by the following pathetic circum
stances: One of the party, a master stage mechanic,
whose name I am unable to eive in this con
nection, failed to appear at the meetings for
several nights. He was one of the most
genial, merry, whole-souled fellows of the
lot, and his presence was sadly missed.
Finally, on the suggestion that some acci
dent might have happened, a committee ot
two was appointed to go to bis home and in
vestigate. Imacine their surprise and grief
to find bim sitting beside the dead bodies of
his wife and child, both of whom had died
that afternoon of pneumonia. As he beheld
bis friends be rose to h.s feet, and. with the
exclamation, "My God. boys, this is too
bad," be, strong man as he was, fell sobbing
upon their shoulders.
""This was too much for the others, and for
a few moments the three men stoodin the
center of the room and cried like children.
Slowly the bereaved husband and father
qnieted down, and while one of the friends
went to the undertaker's the other hastened
back to the saloon with his sad news.
As he described the scene there was not a
dry eye in the party, and when, without a
word, Charlie Thome arose, and taking
bis hat. passed from one to thp other, pocXet
lools icere emptied. No one took account
of what they gave; it was all they had.
THE TIRST ELK FUNEBAX.
Never shall I forget the funeral, of which
the Elks took full charge it was the best
that monev could provide. The caskets
were buried amid a profusion of flowers,
tributes of love and respect. With the
child was buried a wax doll, to which she
was greatly attached, and which had been
dressed in mourning by Jack Studley.
Many of the participants are now dead, and
the above incident, by the others, j5artially
forgotten, but there is a sad-laced man in a
New York theater to whose eyes the tears
will come unbidden if vou mention the first
funeral of the original Elks.
Everybody in the East knew Edwin
Byron, or "Teddy," as he was generally
called.
No young man ever had a more promis
ing start in the profession than he. Of an
excellent family, possessing rare talents, a
marvelous memory and exceptional mim
etic power, the future seemed to bold forth
the brightest prospects, yet be became a
drunkard, deliberately cast aside his futnre,
and in spite of the effort ot his friends, he
dAcended lower and lower, until, finally
cast off by his family, be gave full scope to
the accursed appetite, and eventually died
of delirium in a city hospital.
A MAN OP NEEVE.
His confidence, or nerve, was simply as
tonishing. There was absolutely nothing
that he would not do. The man did not
live that he dared not approach. He was
tne beau ideal of the ladies' man courte
ous, witty and possessed of a certain non
chalant coolness that our women so much
admire.
Near the close of his career he organized
a company to tonr the New Encland cir
cuit, presenting the "Celebrated Case" and
the "Two Orphans" plays requiring not
only special scenery, but the most elaborate
costuming, neither of which the company
possessed. Business was bad enough at first,
but it seemed to get worse continually. Bit
by bit the baggage disappeared to "satisfy
hotel claims, until after abont a five-weeks'
trip, the company found themselves in-a
small town in New Hampshire, without a
dollar or a particle of baggage. In this di
lemma the Byron nerve came to the rescue.
Seeking the Chairman of the Selectmen of
the town, whom he found working in his
garden, he, in the most pathetic manner
possible, presented him with an application
to put bis entire company, consisting of 13
people, in the county poorhouse.
AX ASTONISHED OFFICIAL.
This request, to quote Its author, "para
lyzed" the oificial; he dropped his hoe, and
after calling for an hour's delay, hurriedly
departed to consult the remaining members
of the board.
"With a smile Byron returned to the hotel,
told the landlord a funny story, "stood him
off" for a drink, and in his perfect faith in
the success of his scheme, wrote a letter to a
Boston friend, stating his early return to
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the city. At the appointed time the entire
board of selectmen; appeared at the hotel,
and after a short negotiation, tickets were
purchased for the entire party to Boston.
The board then went into session and passed
a special ordinance prohibiting theatrical
performances in the Town Hall forever
more.
Wh'en Boston's millionaire manager,
John Stetson, after years' enjoyment of the
liberties of bachelorhood, announced to bis
friends that on the following dav he Would
sail for Europe and be accompanied by his
wife, the information took the form of a
thunderbolt No one had an intimation of
his intention to commit matrimony, nor
could anyone imagine who the lady could be,
but when it was discovered that his choice was
Miss Kate Stokes, all wera ready to admit the
good taste of the selection, and his bachelor
friends declared that their grief at parting
with "Old John" was shorn ot half its
poignancy when they relinquished him in to such
excellent hands.
Miss Stokes is a tall, aristocratic womaD,
whose slight figure, supple as a reed, conceals
a wonderful strength, gained during her train
ing for circus life. She was for years principal
rider for Barnum, before she forsook the
glories of the arena for the quieter and more
They Emptied Their Pockelbool.
satisfactory life of the dramatic stage. For
rome time previous to her marriage she was a
familiar figure, inonnted on a superb thorough
bred, in the principle avenues of Boston.
A HEBOIJTE'S sees.
One day while ont riding an alarm of fire
sounded, and an engine came tearing down
Washington street in the direction of the con
flagration. Near the corner of Temple place
the right side of the street was occupied by a
line of private carriages, and the center closed
by a blockade of horse cars, leaving only a nar
row open space on the left for the passage of
the engine. An old lady had started to cross
the street, when, frightened by the warning
cries of the lookers on, she lost her self-possession
and stood still directly in the center of the
open Bpace. She seemed incapable of moving,
and the ladies covered their faces, momentarily
expecting to see her trampled to death beneath
the feet of the engine horses. The driver
recognized the danger and attempted to pnll
up the horses, but he might as well bavo tried
to check the flow of Niagara. Ue could not
turn oat without running into the carriages
and cars filled with human freight, and doing
immense damage, and it seemed as if the old
lady would be sacrificed. Miss Stokes, from
her position behind the line of vehicles, v. It
nessed the situation. Without a moment's
hesitation she drove the spurs into her horse's
flank and. clearing an intervening animal, at a
bound, she rode directly in front of the ap
proaching engine. With an oath the driver
ground his teeth together, expecting two vic
tims instead of one. But no. As she neared
the old lady Miss Stokes bent in the saddle,
and, catching ber, she actually lifted bcrto the
saddle in front of her, and passed up Temple
place, and not a second too soon, as the pole of
the engine grazed the horse's quarters. A
hair's breadth and the animal wonld have been
thrown, and the heroine and her burden
trampled to death. Morton.
OLD-TIME LANDMARKS.
Fonndrles nnd Furnace Stand on the Sites
of Olden Mansion How Pittsburg
I Spreading Into tbe
Coral Districts.
twramot ron, tub dispatch.!
The first fashionable suburb to which our
city's successful merchants retired iu search
of country air and smooth shady lawns was
along the Allegheny river in the district
now embraced In the Eighteenth ward. It must
have been when the century was very young
that attention was first directed to this section
as a place for conntry seats. Tbe old stone
mansion, which stood until recently, a short
distance within the Allegheny Cemetery gate
and known in olden time as the Bayard man
sion, Ttas built in tbe year 1806, Reuben Miller,
Sr bavins done the stone work. This, with
the Ewalt mansion, which still stands on
Forty-fifth street, near Butler, and tbe Bishop
farmhouse, a little above tbe present site of
the Lucy furnace, were the principal land
marks In that section ofthe tnree-quarters of a
century ago.
It must have been early in the thirties that
the tide began to set strongly In that direc
tion as a pUce for country seats. Among tbe
first to find a country home there was Dr.
Mowry, one of the most prominent physicians
of the city in the olden time. Then followed
three ot tbe prominent attorneys of tbe city,
Mr. Collins. Richard Blddle and Wilson Mc
Canaless. In course of time these suburban
residents were reinforced by successful busi
ness men who were able to retire, and the
homes of Sboenberger, Patterson, Bissell, Sam
ple, Davis, Roseberg. Graham and others
sprang up along what was. In the olden time,
known as the Lower road, to distinguish it
from the Philadelphia pike, which it left at
tbe Forks or Thirty-fourth street. In the early
forties tbe section between the Allegheny Cem
etery and the Sbarpsburg ferry becamefamil
iar to one boy, and no scenes have ever since
seemed so beautiful and fair as those old time
suburban homes, bidden in luxurious foliage,
surrounded by velvet lawns. They stand as
pictures in the memory which will never grow
old.
A few days ago I strolled among those old
boyhood haunts, and tried to find the old famil
iar places pictured in memory, but for tbe most
in vain. The site of tbe original home of Dr.
Mowry is now occupied by Lucy Furnace and
tbe Keystone Bridge Works. The little cozy
retreat where Richard Blddle entertained bis
friends. In tbe olden time, is now a part of
"God's Acre," where "sleep the brave," who
went to the front in the time of the nation's
great need. Many of the boys who gathered
lruit and flowers along those then charming
hillsides, are at rest amid those same scenes.
Among them be who ut into Immortal melody,
"Coiue where my love lies dreaming," and
'How my bearc grows weary, far from tbe old
folks at home." It was during the dark
Manasses days that tbe body of Stephen Foster
was laid to its final rest in one of these shady
ravines while the band was rendering these
two popular melodies.
As one now stroll j through the Eighteenth
ward it is bard to conceive of tbe many spots
of beauty which in the long ago were to be seen
where to-day are mills, furnaces, immense oil
tanks and solid squares of houses where toilers
dwell.
The first white settler who located in this re
gion built bis cabin on the banks of Allegheny,
close to where McCandless station now is. This
was George Croghan, the celebrated Indian
trader. At that cabin George Washington
spent a night when be made his first visit to
this section as a young Virginia surveyor. This
fact he mentions in his alary, describing the
Croghan home as four miles above the Fort on
tbe eastern bank of tbe Allegheny. A centurv
after that entry in Washington's diary the
same section was tbe center of Pittsburg's
prettiest suburb. Now it promises soon to be
come the busiest and most populous section of
tbe city, and in a few more years every vestige
of the olden time will hare passed away.
Y.O.
THE ETES OP GREAT MEN.
An Occllst Says tbe Color of Most of Them
I Blue or Gray.
From the 1'hlladelphla Press.
An oculist who has made the human eyo a
stndy for 30 years, and who has examined many
famous men's eyes, declared the other day that
tbe "thoroughbred American" eye was steel
blue in color.
"Would you say that black-eyed and brown
eyed men are deficient in intellectf
"Not that, to be sure, since history has
afforded some examples of able men whose
eyes possessed this pigment. But, undeniably,
among tbe people of higher civilization eyes
grow lighter In hue, and there are to-day Iar
more blue-eyed persons than there were a cen
tury ago. If you will be at pains to inquire the
color of tho eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone, Hux
ley, Vlrchow, Buchner, Renan, In fact of any
of the living great as well as of the great army
of tbe dead who In life distinguished them
selves, you will learn that most ot them have,
or bad, eyes of blue or gray. It has seemed to
me that tbe pigment Is in tbe way: that it ob
scures the objects presented to tbe visual organ,
and that the aspiring mind seeking the greatest
light casts It off."
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THE SWALLOW-TAIL.
E. Berry Wall Talks Familiarly
About the Fnll-Dress Coat
A PLEA FOR KNEE BREECHES.
Why Englishmen Succumb to American
Drinking Habits.
FASCINATING BUT FATAL MIXED DEIK8
ICOEBESrOXDESCE OF Till DISPATCH.
New Yoek, July 26. There is much
discussion among young men as to the use
of what is known as the summer dress coat,
meaning thereby a black sack with a roll
ing collar and worn with the conventional
low-cut black vest and black trousers. It
is a sensible garment when worn seasonably,
but it must always be borne in mind that it
is not part of a ceremonious attire. It is a
light, airy, comfortable piece of dress, and
well fitted for the informal gatherings ot the
hot season when most of the staid formali
ties of the winter are set aside. For seaside
hops, for escorting ladies to the theater and
even for dinner parties in country houses,
the summer dress suit is admirably adapted,
and its use is sensible and commendable.
For formal gatherings, however, such, for
instance, as a dinner given to honor an in
dividual or commemorate sn anniversary or
an occasion, the summer dress suit is en
tirely out of place, and we must place our
selves in tight embrace of the full-fledged
swallow tail.
The sway of the swallow-tail, by the way,
is tbe most arbitrary in the world of dress.
Its reign will outlive generations yet to
come. Many but futile efforts have been
made to break away from its bonds. Enter
prising society youths, determined to send
it into exile, have cast themselves , against
tbe iron wall of dress conventionalism only
to fall back utterly crushed in spirit. A
slight breach in the custom which holds us
was attempted two years ago by the young
men who suddenly blossomed forth in
PLU1I-COLOEED SWALLOW-TAII.S,
but they soon faded out of sight. "We may
make a brief summer time escape throneh
the medium of the sack coat compromise to
which I have referred and we may, as we do
now, make a great show of courage by de
claring that broadcloth is bad form for
dress suits and that only a fine diagonal is
proper, but through all these petty attacks,
the swallow-tail rules triumphant. It is
not beautiful, it is not graceful, it is rarely
comfortable, but it has a clutch upon us
which cannot be shaken off.
The most frequently expressed objection
to the swallow-tailed "coat, that it permits no
distinction in appearance between guests
and servants in the dining room, is not,
however, a valid one. The attire ot servants
is a matter which is in every master's con
trol. Why could not the servitors be dis
tinguished by the wearing of knee breeches,
if you please? That reminds me ot how last
season hall a dozen N ew Yorkers practiced
the reverse of that proposition and at
tempted to revolutionize the custom ot
evening dress lor men. Their daring has
not heretofore been recorded. They move
in the most exclusive circle in 'society.
Whether or not their feelings had been ex
asperated by their being mistakingly
ordered to perform some menial service at a
swell reception I am unable to sav, but
they determined upon an innovation in
evening attire. By prearrangement they
appeared one night at a small but formal
gathering arrayed in the conventional dress
suit, but the trousers terminating abruptly
at the knees, the costume thence continuing
in a pair of black silk stockings and a pair
of pumps. They certainly won attention if
not admiration.
A LACK OF COURAGE. y
They wore those costumes throughout the
season, but never had the audacity to ap-
fiear in them at large gatherings or on pub
ic occasions. They exhibited them only in
their own social clique, and never without
the support of their united presence. But
they have found no imitators, and candor
compels me to record that the denarture was
not a success. Folks seem disposed to make
sneering allusions to the young men's calves,
which I may state confidentially were
slightly padded. But the revelation of
that fact need cansc them no shame.
Few of us can, with any degree of pride,
put our legs to the test ot the knee-breeches,
and in this we resemble, popular belief to
the contrary, our ancestors for generations
back. I have examined many specimens of
men's garments of centuries ago, and I have
found almost invariably that where knee
breeches were used, the stockings were
thickened largely at the calves. The sturdy
Englishman ot to-day resorts to the same
aid to symmetry. At the Queen's drawing
rooms and the Prince of Wales' levees the
gentlemen who attend are obliged to wear
knee-breeches and black silk stockings, and
tbe best built swells in London have the
greatest pains taken with their hose, in
order that judicious thickening in the right
places will enable them to present, at least,
tbe appearance of possessing a well-turned
leg. In that, I think, they display only
Christian consideration for the leelings of
others. They do no one any harm by the
slight deception, and they give gratification
to the admiring eyes of charming woman.
It may not be popular to say so, but I think
the knee-breeches costume very
BEAUTIFUL AND ATTBA.CTIYE.
I never heard any contempt expressed
for George Washington on account of his
displaying the contour of his calves, and I
never knew that Benjamin Franklin suffered
in public esteem because his trousers only
reached to his knees. But custom nowadays
says otherwise, and we who are its creatures
must bend to the yoke of the swallow-tailed
coat with vest cut low and trousers cut
long.
If any young man wishes to make a bit
and lead where others are sure to follow, let
him adopt the latest English fad in the mat
ter of dress. Only yesterday I received a
letter from a friend in London, who is one
ofthe best dressed men in the British King
dom and tbe brother of an Earl, in which
he describes the attire newly adopted by the
swells of London. To begin with, the hat
is a high white one, the use of which was
tabooed this season and last by well dressed
men in all the Eastern cities, the derby sup
planting it. But as I have said it is now
reinstated in swell favor in London,and con
sequently it is as certain as day to be in
vogue next senson, in New York, anyhow.
That may not be altogether creditable to New
York, bnt it is true. With this bat the London
swells wear a frock coat, either of slate or tan
color, trousers of the same material, and a
white vest. The coat is made so that it will
slightly roll, and is uever buttoned. Tbe neck
tie is tue oddest featuro of tb is costume. It is
wrapped twice around the neck and tben tied
in a semblarce of tbe "chokers" of half a cen
tury ago. The man who has the courage to
appear thus arrayed will be in adrance of next
season's fashions. If the doubly-neck-enfolding
cravat comes into ceneral use there will be
much rivalry among young men as to their
relative expertness In tying. Nowadays there
is much more general attention paid to neck
ties than ever before. This Is largely owing to
their remarkable cheapness, and is also due to
tbe increasing attention which tbe men of this
country bestow on dress. All well-dressed men
now realize that they must tie their own
cravats. No tie which is made up can be prop
erly adjusted. It is stiff and lacking in grace
fulness. Ties for evening dress are now worn
much wider than has been customary. Either
black or white Is correct.
AMEBIC AN METHODS OP DBINKINQ.
If our young men follow Englishmen in mat
ters of dress, they don't in methods of drink
ing. It is a continual cause for surprise to
New Yorkers who have heard and read ofthe
proverbial hard-headedness of tbe Britishers, to
witness tbe marvelously rapid way in which
they succumb to the potency of American
liquor. A newly arrived Englishman wbo sees
the sights with an American cousin is apt to
fall by the wayside before tbe journey Is fairly
ttartad. and next morning while be holds bis
expanding bead he blames It all on the
"blarsted" climate or roe vlleness of tbe
whisky. Yet the climatehas a -dreadfully Im
moral characteristic which is favorable to
heavy drinking, and as So the liquor, Kentucky,
V V V
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PITTSBUHG- DISPATCH,
Pennsylvania and Maryland produce the finest
whiskies in tbe world, and we bring from
Europe, despite foolish talk about adultera
tions, the finest liquors which money can buy.
The trouble with the Englishman is that he
doesn't know bow to drink. At home he takes
wine only at bis dinner table and confines his
daytime lmbiblngs. to ale of plain Irish and
Scotch whisky and water, or brandy and sod.
When he gets in the wild whirl of American
mixed drinks, bis bead and bis feet fall bim
and be wonders what has come over him.
Yonng Americans nowadays display a knowl
edge of the relative effects of various drinks
which might do credit to a doctor of medicine.
Moralists may bewail tbe existence of such
dangerous knowledge, but men will drink,
and that being the case, it is certainly better
they should drink intelligently jmd not tall
through Ignorance as does the Englishman
wbo comes to America. Through bis knowl
edge of bibulous effects it is absolutely marvel
ous bow mueh liquor a young American of the
world worldly can absorb without suffering
anv apparent barm. Scorning the old dictum
about mixing drinks be runs the entire alco
holic gamut. He doesn't touch cocktails In
the morning, a proceeding which Is the begin
ning of a quickly-approaching end with the
Englishman in America.
THE EXPERIENCED AMEEICAN SWXXIi
begins the day's imbibations with a frozen
absinthe. He finds that gives tone to bis
stomach and steadiness to his nerves. He
doesn't take two. That would be fatal. He
touches no more liquor until an hour after
breakfast, when he gloatingly approaches a
gin fizz, which he finds so refreshing that he
assimilates two more before lunch. That meal
be prefaces with a glass of sherry with a dash
of orange bitters In it, and washes his
food down with a bottle of bass. The
afternoon journeylngs put him outside of-three
whisky punches and one Bemsen cooler. Din
ner is invited with an old-fashioned whisky
cocktail. At this meal he rarely takes more
than one "kind of wine. He drinks either a
?,uart of claret or a quart of champagne, and
allows his coffee with a glass of cordial. After
tbe theater be drinks as many glasses of beer
as bis thirst sugcests. winding up this attack
with a glass of frozen KnmmeL which his pro
found knowledge tells bim Is a "settler" tor
beer. Tben before turning in for the night he
ends the day's proceedings with a small glass
of brandy in a bottle of plain soda. A tally
list of tbe day's drinks makes a formidable
total, and yet the American youth does all this
without betraying in voice, walk or feature
that he has been tippling. His British consin
who attempts to keep pace in the race does not
observe the proper order to pursue, and in the
wild conflict between drinks which ensues he
is sacrificed.
As to the customs which surround his drink
ing, tbe Englishman has, 1 tblnk, somewhat the
advantage of the American. Tbe former does
not consider it good form to stand at a bar and
drink, and 1 anr glad to see that now in this
country those resorts are most patronized by
men nf nositlon where tables and chairs and
waiters are provided for the convenience of
customers. But the greatest difference be
tween Encland and this country in this matter
concerns the great American evil of treating;
It is a custom born of good fellowship, but is
abused to a dreadfnl extent and is responsible
for tbe larger portion of tbe evil effects of
drinking. In London it is considered in the
worst possible form for a man to offer to pay
for what another drinks. Friends sit side by
side, each one ordering what liquor he wishes
and each one paying for what he obtains.
When first tola of the American custom the
London swell says in surprise: "And do men
take their acquaintances in stores and treat
them to neckties and hats and shoes and cloth
ing T"
They don't, but why shouldn't they If this
"treating" custom is all right T
E. Bzkbt Waix.
WHEN I0YEIS YOUNG.
The Newly-Wed Couple Travel to Wash
ington to See the blchta Tbe Head
Walter' Favorite Pastime
15,000 Brides a Yenr.
SPECIAL COKEESPOSDXNCI OPTHB DISFATCH.2
"Washington, July 26. "From here I
can count you 15 brides clustered within 60
square feet ot space," quoth an official
guide, with a laugh, addressing a stranger
up in the Capitol one morning this week.
"Indeed! Show them to me."
The guide in answer pointed with his
hand, and one by one, singled that number
mentioned out of a crowd of young ladies
and gentleman scattered through a spacious,
statue-bordered chamber.
"Ab, yes, you seem to be right. They do
really all look like brides and grooms."
"They positively are brides and grooms," de
clares the guide; "I know It And I can count
that many and more, at almost any hour of any
day in the year. Yes," he adds, "any day in the
J And so. in good sooth, ho might; for Wash
Incton certainly Is a wonderful place for brides
somehow the grooms aie lesslnteresting and
are lost sight of in contemplation of the brides
a veritable city of fascination and worship for
married lovers, like Jerusalem and Mecca and
Rome for faithful devotees In the religious
pilgrimages of yore.
And it is not strange, after all. I w York
can always draw its quota of bridal urists,
being the commercial metropolis of ,"coun
try, and numbering among its many amotions
tho bridge to Brooklyn, the statue "".berty
and a tremendous business activi"1
where else; Niagara Falls, with i'r
ablo natural spectacle of rushing ,?iLspwiu
ever enjoy a fair share of poJl"?Ji. the
White Mountains will not fail in n mj
their breezes and rocky seen eIcoming of
young New Englanders newly 4'ddri).p2r -w
Orleans, lying a-dreamlng in Y.!?3' .d
Creole Piveilness, will nW0,f.'Wr
charms for freshly married 8,
Chicago, ever breezy and bMtae SfdSSS
for 'happy18 5
eenulX&S ai
nues.will still remain the ief obieiveDoin
of our land for the married ""IS "mar
riacSrety.ab0Tei a11 otners which each ot
our C0,,000ot people naturally desires to see
and visit at least once in a lifetime, and par
ticularly in the dewy spring time of youth.
The principal hotels here are usually full of
wedding couples at the height of the season,
say from April to July, and from September to
November, and it is asserted that at th Arling
ton, the Ebbitt, Willard's, and even the Na
tional, fully SO per cent of all the guests all the
year round, are brides and grooms. Of course
the number fluctuates considerably with tbe
seasons but still a steady average is main
tained. Between 15,000 and 20.000 Is not too
high an estimate, it is said, to place on tbe an
nual number of brides who arrive here. It is a
common thing in tbe dining balls of tho-e
hotels to count two dozen pair sitting at table
at once, and I am told that a favorite pastime
among the bead waiters is the calculation of the
number of brides each day.
JULIA GRANT'S TE3.
An Incident Thnr Prettily illustrates tbe
Hero's Great Gallantry.
New York Graphic.:
It is doubtful whether any chronicle or
romance of tbe days of chivalry contains so
touching an instance of matrimonial devotion
as that lately told of General Grant. When
the honors camo npon the Grants, like sorrows
to the bouse ot Denmark, not single spies, but
in battalions, the mistress of the White'House
began to renew the dream of her girlhood to'
have ncr cross eyes straightened. Wishing to
surprise the President, Mrs. Grant, telling no
body, sent for tbe most eminent oculist in
America. He willingly promised to undertake
the operation, which be assured ber would be
easy to accomplish and without danger.
Tbe good lady could not contain herself for
joy, and, woman-like (am I richt, mesdames?),
gave way when she saw ber husband and con
fided to bim her secret, tbe pleasure she had In
store for bim. He looked wlstfnlly Into those
dear eyes which bad held bim with tender eaze
throngb all the trials of a checkered career,
and said, in simple way: "Julia, I wish you
would not change them. I love them as tbey
are, and they might seem strange if altered."
Nor Lanncelot, nor Romeo, nor lover of any
clime or age ever spoke words or tenderer gal
lantry than those of the hero of Appomattox.
UPS AND DOWNS OF BASEBALL.
A Player Talks of tbe Ylclssltndes In the
Life of a Professional.
Bald Robinson, of tbe Browns, to a Qlobe
Democrat reporter:
"There is no life in which there are so many
ups and downs as in a ball player's. One day
we are heroes, tbe result of some brilliant
playing; tbe next we are relegated to tbe list
of back numbers and "stills' on account ot some
costly errors. People who patronize ball
games are never reasonable. Tbey will ap-
glaud you for a play of tbe brilliant order and
lss you for an error almost before tbe echo of
their applause-has died out.
"A man wbo follows our profession must
make up bis mind to stand all kinds of treat
ment without a murmur. The ball player may
be truly: 'Yesterday a king, to-day and none so
poor to da him reverence We rise in a dav
and fall as rapidly." '
A Thln He Oufbt to Knew.
Philadelphia Becord.1
In England it has been decided -that when a
man is hurt by the slamming of a door of a
railway carriage he can't recover, Tbe idea is
that he ought to have sense enough to know
that it is as natural for a door to slam as for a
doc to barb
SUNDAY, JULY
28,
IN AN ANCIENT CITY.
A Pagan Monarch' Who Could Hot
Understand Christianity.
LASSOING A RUNAWAY TEAM.
Mexican Boya Who 1)o Not Fight and Be
spect Their Parents.
MODEEN DUDES IN THE CITY OP MEXICO
tCOBBXSr-ONDENCI OV Tm DISPATCH.
ITY OF MEXICO.
July 6. "The end for
me approaches, Ma
linche; it is even here.
Ton cannot harm me
further, nor help me
if you would; I have
given you all; you
have taken all, my
liberty, my kingdom,
my life, and that
which is more to me
than kingdom, liber
ty or life: the Affec
tion of my people, the
love of my counselors and friends.
But I would not upbraid you; Xpray that
my ruin will benefit you. I beg of yon care
for my children. "-
Queer words these from a heathen king
and high priest to a Christian conqueror;
and it is said that Cortes, "the lovable vil
lain," was deeply moved.
" What is it you would have of me?" turn
ing wearily to Padre Olmedo. "Do Span
iards go to this heaven of yours?"
''Assuredly; it was made for them, and is
held by Christians against all others as a
reward for their pure belief and gentle
deeds."
With the knowledge of the heartless
T "
.Filial Courtesy in Mexico.
butchery of thousands of the Aztecs fresh in
his mind, the genial father may reasonably
be charged with unseemly satire.
"It is enough; I will none of it," and
Montezuma turned his face to the wall.
Some of these Spaniards erected temples
commemorative of their achievements; and
charities, made necessary because of their
exploits.
SCENES IS A MEXICAN PABK.
There is one spot in the city which is al
ways beautiful the Alameda. At a rough
guess, there are about 20 acres in this park.
A band stationed in one part is filling the
air with music, and when this one ceases
another will take up the melody. One may
see every grade in the social scale among
the throngs that are strolling along the spa
cious walks. The palsied and the blind
gather here on Sunday mornings; the beg
gar in bis rags and Dives, who now conde
scends to go afoot, will touch elbows with
Lazarus multiplied. The dude who exists
upon nothing per day, and his congener
upon a stipend of four reales, lock arms and
puff cigarettes as affably as the don with
credit at the bank.
A young man bearing a cane and other
wise dressed within an inch of his life, finds
no care in considering the source of his next
meal. But a little dust has settled upon his
tight-fitting, sharp-toed shoes; he brings a
gorgeous handkerchief into service, ana his
shoes shine resplendent. His action sets the
example to a dozen others just from the
streets, and they all dust and are happy. In
one place on a stone bench a plebeian suspi
ciously scratches himself. On the other end
sits a duenna and her Juno-eyed charge in
silks and lace rebozas listening to the de
licious music. The hawker is here, and not
the least persistent among them is the vender
of lottery tickets. Atone side is a large
circular building of stained glass and iron,
where the drawings take place monthly
under Government supervision "for the ben
efit of the public." Under its eaves is a
pavilion where the little ones are enjoying
a merry-go-around on wooden horses, to the
sound of a wheezing organ, if the bands are
silent a moment, but that organ stops when
the band begins. The children and their
nineras are everywhere under the shade,
making amends for the chill that must
haunt them in the daily incarceration within
stone courts and galleries.
DECOROTJS UTILE ONES.
The little ones are not given to romping,
bnt stroll along with the decorum of their
elders, chatty and gravely joyons. Now
and then a peal of childish laughter breaks
The Jiunaway Team.
from one of them and the sound of it will
always linger with me as one of the delight
ful memories. The Mexican seems, as a
rule, to enjoy himself mildly and is not
given to boisterous exhibitions. Dignity
begins early, and it may be-because of the
clothes. As soon as a boy begins to walk, it
would seem, he is put into trousers, jacket
and a high hat. The little tots look comical
tEus appareled. A school of boys is coming
down the walk toward me. They will range
in years from 3 to 12; all are dressed alike,
neatly in blue cloth, and they march with
the precision of old soldiers. I miss the
kilts, the knickerbockers and shoes, but for
the bright eyes and merry faces, they might
be taken for a band of gnomes. The boys,
no doubt, hare their pastimes; what they
are or where enjoyed, I did not learn. I
saw neither marbles nor tops, balls nor
kites, ncr any youngsters playing in the
streets. The ever present policeman stands
at intervals, a sort of ornamental sien of the
law's majesty, in the orderly and well-disposed
throngs.
xne raveresce wita wnicn ut young peo
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1889.
ple treat their elders is, I am constrained to
say, somewhat novel, and the good nature
the little ones manifest toward each other is
gratifying. Isaw thousands of boys of all
conditions, but failed to witness a quarrel.
To say they have no disputes may be to as
sume too much, but if they light among
themselves they keep the affrays secret.
While talking to a gentleman on one
occasion, we were approached by a hand
some yaung man of 25, or thereabout; he
bowed to me as if apoligizing for the inter
ruption, and taking my companion's band,
pressed it to his lips. The act was cordial
and dignified, and his "Adios" was accom
panied by a pleasant smile.
. "Your son?" I inquired, as the young
man disappeared.
"iesv
"Is he going on a journey?"
"Oh, no; to his work."
So much for a custom that was new in me.
which had about it an eloquent tenderness
that produced a new experience. There
was no lack of independence, but an expres
sion of affectionate, manly deference, ofiered
gladly and voluntarily, having no doubt of
the lovet in return. It was the heart of the
child with all its sweet remembrances
avowing with ripened judgmentand matured
lips its sense of gratitude. I could not affirm
that I would have my own boy exhibit his
regard in this manner, but somehow it
carried a suggestion that I should like to
have known the custom when I was a boy.
lOVE Or DUMB ANIMALS.
Consideration for the dumb brutes is not
wanting. In nearly every doorway will al
ways be found a dish of water; these are for
the dogs, who may be vagabonds or not.
Babies in tbe family of our faithful friends
is more imaginary than real. It is a rare
disorder, notwithstanding the opinion ofthe
average policeman to the contrary. At the
altitude ot the City of Mexico I dare say a
case was never known. But to keep the
water handy is a police regulation to be ob
served by every householder under penalty
of a fine. If it will not ward off madness it
will serve as a sign to detect it. So the dogs
are conveniently provided for and the timid
citizen is given an assurance of a safeguard
against all sorts of curs.
I do not find that the natives are lacking
in quick perception; the gamins, at all
event, are a shrewd lot of waifs, and are no
more to be' imposed npon than our own.
Every one seems to possess the faculty of at
tending to his own business. An incident
occurred this morning, comical at first sight
but sad as it finally appeared. A pair of
phantom horses attached to a shabby hack
came trotting along leisurely without any
driver. A passenger making strenuous ef
forts to open the dcor of the vehicle, and
with his body half out, was gesticulating
wildly to the pedestrians. No one paid any
attention further than to glance at him. The
possibility of sustaining any injury was very
remote, but if the animals had been spirited
and on a keen gallop, the man could not
have been more thoroughly convinced that
he was being run away with. He succeeded
at length in escaping from the hack, where
upon he caught the horses, as if to do so were
the duty of the ordinary passedger, On look
ing for the driver he was discovered near the
neigbboring corner and a policeman bending
over him. He was an old man with a grizzled
beard and wrinkled face, and was dead. Per
haps his taklng-off might have been the result
of too much pulque to enable bim to turn the
corner and keep his seat, or maybe it was for
want of rest, and tbe old man had fallen asleep
and off his box, and broken his neck. Tbe
passers-by exhibited no more interest in the
dead driver than they had for his fare. It was
the policeman's business and be was permitted
to attend to his duty with plenty of elbow room
and without advice. Had tbe passenger not
escaped from bis confinement, tbe officer at the
next corner would have caught the team Just
as methodically as bis brother officer in blue
was preparing to have the dead driver re
moved. LASSOING A BTJNAWAY TEAM.
Upon another occasion, however, there was a
little more interest manifested. A. frightened
team was dashing madly toward the Paseo,
when that fashionable drive was crowded with
equipages and multitudes of people. (That
some one must be injured or killed seemed in
evitable. A Mexican mounted upon a swift
pony came rushing down the broad avenue
after tbe flying brutes. As he gained upon
them and was coming within reaching distance,
his ready hand twirled bis lariat two, three,
four times above bis bead, and away went tbe
loop; before those runaways bad fairly created
a sensation in the neighborhood to wbicb tbey
were going, the off horse was roped and the
team brought to a bait. It was gallantly done,
but tbe hero received little applause from the
strollers and the slight acknowledgment came,
I thought, not from the natives. It was tbe
rider's impulse or business and he was per
mitted to attend to it in a matter of course way.
The Mexicans, too, are great admirers of fine
horsemanship.
Among the many faces, it is not unf requent
to meet a countenance that is striking, tbe
more so because some of these men are engaged
in lowly offices and tbey seem out of place. On
one occasion I saw an old man perched upon a
lumbering garbage cart wbo, decently apnar
eled. might have dignified a senate chamber.
His mites of mules were In ragged harness and
the lines ot rope were not crossed, but each
line was fastened to the outside rings of tbe
bits, which is another odd custom. 1 he entire
establishment looked as If it might have been
the discarded property of tbe Genius of Pov
erty, and tbe driver a most bumble vassal.
Across tbe street from tbe hotel there is an
old man engazed daily in cleaning a certain
portion of the roadway. Tho limits of bis
ground seemed to be fixed. He takes one-half
of the street by about 100 feet in length. He
eoes over this space patiently many times a
day. sweeping the dirt into little piles and with
his hands lifting it into a basket. When tbe
basket is tilled he takes it away and returns
with it empty to renew his labor. He does not
look very cleanly; bis rairs fluttering in the
wind disclose a sturdy pair of brown legs and
muscular arms. He is barefooted and I may
say bareheaded, having only sn apology for a
sombrero. But under that sombrero what a
face there 1st Tbe nose is clean cut, tbe month
strong and the chin square; the eyebrows are
heavy and grizzled, as is bis short, well-trimmed
beard. His great, dark eyes, because of tbe
heavy projecting brows, loom out as If from
caverns; his hair, touched with gray, is short
and wavy. From such faces as these some of
the "old masters" must have drawn inspiration.
But I found myself wondering why this old
man should be encaged in such a lowly occupa
tion; the possibilities suegested by his face
were so remote from bis office tbat I canght
myself tracing it into some chamber of State
counselors
DAILT ETEEET SCENES.
One day the old man had an assistant a lit
tle 10-year-old girl In a clean blue cotton dress
andreboza. The child's complexion is a few
shades lighter than those common on the
street; ber face is a perfect oval. She works
earnestly at the little piles of dirt with her
brown bands, and when she has one heap
cleaned up tbe quick glance tbat she gives in
tbe old man's direction is full of interest, and
there is a pleased expression about her lips as
she picks up the basket and places it by an
other little pile. A word from tbe old man
makes her look up at bim and her lips part
with a smile, so tbat tbe white teeth shine. The
usually calm features of the elder relax, he
smiles In return and says something further,
whereat the littlo one laughs, shakes ber bead
and attacks tbe pile of dirt. These two seem
to be alone In the crowd. Tbey are intent only
upon their task and each other. Tbe man com
ing along with his donkey cart tnrns out a lit
tle that that he may not Interfere with ber
work.
"Can you make that child any happier.
Deacon!"
"I think I can." and he clapped his hands;
the little one looked up with ber own full ou
the way to the basket,and a dozen other people
gazed at tbe Deacon. Tbe others lost their in
terest when the Deacon, overbacd. beckoned
tbe child to hlin. Recognizing tbat sbe was
wanted sbe glanced at tbe old man and then
curiously at tbe Deacon; he beckoned again
and sbe came to him. He offered her a real,
sbe received it and awaited an expression of
his wishes, looking Into bis face as if anxious
to be off on the anticipated errand. Tbe Dea
con waved ber back to tbe street,whlcb seemed
to puzzle ber: sbe glanced at tbe coin, tben at
the donor, and then at tbe old man. Tbe hotel
porter standing by, made ber understand, at
the Deacon's request, tbat the bit of silver was
for her. Holding the piece between the thumb
and forefinger, sue toucbed ber breast with It,
and with a surprised, balf-doubiing smile on
her face and ber dark eyes fairly dancing, sbe
made the gesture as plain as English:
For mer'
Tbe Deacon nodded and the child's face was
aglow. Sbe danced back to the roadway, hold
ing tbe coin aloft that tbe old man might see it.
He received it from ber and touched his ragged
sombrero to tbe Deacon with tbe dignity of a
gentleman, while tbe little one nodded and
smiled her thanks. Coming out always after
ward, tbe child, if she h&nnened to be there.
greeted bim with a smile, and tbe old man,
always there, touched his hat.
L. B. Fbakcx.
Salt Year Beds.
"Soda water Is good." lays a eentleman who
ought to know, "provided you don't get too1
Hi... " - ..Up A.U.W ifuv.M.ajiwuwn
some. Bat if you want a good morning drink
tell the soda boy to sprinkle a little salt In a
glass, say enough to cover tbe bottom, then
pour a little acid phosphate in and next fill no
with pnre soda, it will bits your tOBgusybat it
iriu uu j?iu nurses pfooo.
ma
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WifTT
AN INDIAN PARADISE
On the Osage Reservation, Where the
Sand Plum and Pecan Grows and
THE EAGLE BUILDS ITS NEST.
Fourth of Julj Celebrated at Bed Eock
Agency.
A GOOD CAUSE FOE CONGRATULATION
rCOBBXSPOWPINCE OT THE EISrATCn.l
Bed Bock, Otoe Agency, I. T., July
20. The children have all gone. The five
girls who remained here because their peo
ple were away visiting, packed their wee
trunks this afternoon, tied np their valua
bles in their school shawls, donned their In
dian dresses and trudged off toward home,
sweet home. It was a Southern scene out
and out, and the old palmy days of the
South seemed to come back to me as I
watched them walk along with their packs
npon their backs and a hot son almost blist
ering their bare heads. And the vacation
we have been looking; forward to for weeks
is really here at last. The closing exercises
of the school, which reqnired weeks of
preparation, passed off very creditably in
two hours' time, "We had a mixed audience
of cowboys, Indians, railroad and Govern
ment employes and passing boomers. The
fan drill and tableaux with the chemical
light attracted the Indians, the recitation
of "The Tramp." and the comical dialogues
were applauded by the cowboys, and the
class-drill, conducted by a little 9-year-old
Indian maidenreceived tbe commendation of
the teachers who were present. The whole
programme was ably rendered for Indians,
and proves the'fact that Indians can become
more than what they are. And if the Gov
ernment used the same policy with the old
that we do with the young, the perplexing
question would be settled before many years.
We,had a miniature Fourth here. One
of our employes who had been down to the
city of Guthrie, in Oklahoma, brought up
with him some Boman candles and five
crackers. It reminded me a little of one
Christmas, long, long, time ago, when
times were hard. But there is so much in
cultivating a contented mind and in draw
ing upon the imagination that we feel that
the few simple fire works we had were
appreciated and enjoyed awav ont here
among the Indians fully as much as those
we have seen on more elaborate occasions.
AN INDIAN EVA.
"We all gathered on the east porch. It
was a beautiful night, a cresent moon and
one bright star were visible. The beautiful
colored stars that shot out from the Boman
candles pleased the Indian boys and girls
very mucb, many of whom had never seen
such things before. When the last silver
star had shot out from the last Boman
candle, little Phama Istamoutha, a frail,
ethereal looking child for an Indian, point
ing to the one bright star visible, said in a
sweet and impressive manner: "There is
one that stayed." Somehow her looks, the
thought, the night and all the surroundings
made me draw a comparison between her
ajid little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and I
could not but feel tbat perhaps her life
might be as brief as Eva's. These children
twine about our hearts and we forget, and
right we should, that they are no kin to ns
and Indians. We see in them a needy
humanity, and all that brightens life and
makes it worth the living should not be with
heldfrom them because they are Indians.
The Osages and Kaws are visiting the
Otoes, and in a few days there will be a big
dance at Ko-bo-che's suburban residence.
Two Osages peeped into the schoolroom a
few days ago. One was tall and preposess
ing in his appearance, the other short and
resembled a Japanese or a Chinaman; but
both were exceptionally clean. We invited
them inside to see the drawings. We knew
at a glance that they were not Otoes. We
tried every means to find out what tribe they
were, running over tbe names of various
tribes, but not mentioning the name of their
own tribe. But to all our inquiries they
laughed and made a peculiar gesture which
meant that they did not understand.
Finally the matron said, "Osages?" How
they laughed and nodded, and when she
said, "Osages rich, heaps of money," the
langh increased and their knowledge of
English seemed to come to them intuitively.
They understood all the time, bnt they are
as cunning as foxes. Often at Chilocco the
boys used to say: "Me ho savey," when
asked to do a piece of work which they did
not care to do. We told them in a laugh
ing manner that they were smart and would
soon learn. They learned surprisingly last.
A PLEASAKT PBOSPECT.
The Osage reservation is just across the
Arkansas river not many miles from here.
We can see the deep wooded timber loom
ing up blue in the distance, like the view
you catch of the Blue Bidge Mountains
from some of the high elevations not far
from Pittsburg.
There are many nice sand plums on the
Osage reservation, and eagles' nests, and
yonng eagles, too, but we dare not go over
there. The Osages are warlike. They
killed several white men not long ago who
were fishing in the Arkansas. It is a temp
tation, though, when the river is low and
we can ford it with onr ponies. The Ar
kansas is a beautiful stream. Viewing it
from Arkeketah's tepee, which stands just
on the brow ofthe hill, or irom Harrowgar
row's deserted house, wherein his newly
wedded daughter died, is seen a lovely ex
panse of country. Beautitul bends in tbe
river, islands here and there and the rich
timber of the Osage reservation,- uninhab
ited apparently, free for the eagles nests
and the dark red sand plum and the pecan
and the dusky Minnehahas and Hiawathas,
but a closed gateway to the enterprising,
thrifty, but avaricious white man.
The bridge is down that spans Bed Bock
creek. It parted in the middle leaving each
end clutching to tbe banks. The teams that
pass must now go around by the ford, and
it is surprising to seethe number of illit
erate or negligent people who have gotten
into the promised land and are disgnsted
with it, and others who are lured on to it
with poor worn-out horses and poverty in
every feature. A sign has been erected
tellinc them in good plain English that the
bridge is down and pointing them in the
direction of the ford. But they pass by it
and must turn back.
A gentleman who thinks he can make
more effectual
man, living or
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Mir. tha white rjeonle in 187R. nnd thi qimnla Tnrlion
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medicine' has accomplished more cures than any similar medicine known
to civilization. Tha
OREGON
first t
used it to eradicate the Poisonous
wxute adventurers, it cures
DYSPEPSIA, LIVER COMPLAINT AND DISEASED KIDNEYS.
All druggists kee-flt It has been imitated and counterfeited.
The genuine ha? L name blown in the bottle and a cut of the greatest
Indian Scout.
P- Ma?, tm Whife Wramw tori Toff arc
money by the scheme proposes to bnild-a
bridge over Bed Bock creek, collect the toll -
for ten years and then turn it over free to
A CAUSE FOE CONGRATULATION.
One of the schoolboys wbo left looking'
gloomy, cross and crabbed, as if his liver
were out of fix, returned the other day tha
very picture of brightness. He had been on
a nice visit to the Iowas, and the coun
tenance of his friends had sharpened his.
He came into tbe schoolroom in real gos
sipy style and told me all the news. This
was his conversation: "James Whitewater'
down there. He's been in prison in Ne
braska for IT years. What for? Why, for
killing two white men when he was drunk.
Has good clothes, just like he's been at
school." Then he smiled and looked ex
ultant, as if the murders he had committed
and the disgrace of being in prison were
nothing in comparison with the fact of his
having good clothes and looking like a re
turned schoolboy.
We remember that the Otoes collected
money to the amount of two or three hun
dred dollars from the Indians in this tribe:
to release this man from prison.
It is very warm here, too warm for tha
Otoes to make hay, but pleasant weather '
for dancing and general merry-making.
Bedbisd.
Tbe Absent-Minded Woman.
Chelsea Kecord.I
An amusing instance of absent-mindedness
occurred at a Shawmut street residence last
week. The woman of the house was getting
an early breakfast for her husband, cooking
it over a kerosene stove. Just as she wasplac
lnc the victuals on the table, tne smoking
wicks showed a lack of oil in the stove. Sba
immediately lifted the coffee pot andponred
tbe fragrant Java Into tho reservoir.
l urnaHtrla not this tho Eth time Ihsnnslf-scledl
these bootsf
CtMnut-Yml EmesI harsraod WOLTTS ACX2
ELACHiaomj boots wear longer than before and
are always Bright and dean.
Blacking
Js the Blotting for Men, Women and
Children.
The RICHEST BLACK POLISH.
Mating LeaiherWaterproqf and Durable.
No Brush. A Shine Lasts a Week.
Gin be washed trilhtcater, same as Oilcloth.
The Finest Dressing for Harness.
Bold by Shoe Stores, Grocers, DmgcBbJ,
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MEDICAL.
DOCTOR
WHITTiER
814 PKNN AVENUE, PITTSBDUG, PA
As old residents know ana back files of Pitts
burg papers prove, is the oldest established
and most prominent physician in the city, de
voting special attention to all chronic diseases.
fibie-pfrsNQFEEUNTILCURED
MfTDWnilOand mental diseases. physical
Vi t n V U U O decay.nervous debility, lack of
energy, ambition and hope, impaired mem
ory, disordered sight, self mstrust,basbf ulness,
dizziness, sleeplessness, pimples, eruptions, im
poverished blood, falling powers,organic weak
ness, dyspepsia, constipation, consumption, un
fitting the person for business,society and mar
riage, permanently, safely and privately cored.
BLOOD AND SKINsSreruoni1
blotches, falling hair, bones pains, glandular
swellings, ulcerations of tongue, month, throat,
ulcers, old sores, are cured for life, and blood
poisons thoroughly eradicated from the system.
IIDIMADV kidney and bladder derange
U II 1 1 H t n I j ments. weak back, gravel, ca
tarrhal discharges, inflammation and other
painful symptoms receive searching treatment;
prompt relief and real cures.
Dr. Whittier's life-lorg, extensive experi
ence, insures scientific and reliable treatment
on common-sense principles. Consultation
free. Patients at a distance as carcfnlly treated
as if here. Office hours 9 A. M. to 8 P. sr. Sun
day, 10 A. M. to 1 r. M. only. DR. WH1TTIEB,
814Penn avenue. Pittsburg, Pa.
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GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE
CURES
NERVOUS DEBILITY,
LOST VIGOR.
LOSS. OP MEMORY.
Koll particulars In pamphlet
sent free. The genuine Gray's
Specific sold by druggists only la
yellow wrapper. Price, ft per
package, or six for 3, or by malt
on recelnt of Drice. or addreas-
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Sold In Pittsburg byS. IS. UULLAMD. corner
Emlthfleld and Liberty iti. ap!3-iS
iQlc'g Cotton UOOtl
COMPOUND
mosed of Cotton Hoot. Tansv and
Pennyroyal a recent discovery bv an
'old physician. Is sueeasfuUv uted
monttUu Safe. Effectual. Price $L by mall,
sealed. Ladies, ask your dnnrgist for Cook's
Cotton Boot Compound and take no substitute,
or inclose 2 stamps for sealed particulars. Ad
dress POND UtY COMPANY, No. 3 Flsbcg
Block, 131 Woodward ave., Detroit, Mich.
HARE'S REMEDY
For men! Checks the worst cases in three
days, and enres in five days. Price 31 00. at
J. FLEJUNU-H DRUGSTORE,
JaS-S-TTSSn 412 Market street.
A0TTTrT7VTJtT"r7t"O from errors of
O U I? JD -H. it CJJX youth, wasting
weakness, lost vigor, etc.. wasrestored to health
In such a remarkable mannerafter all else had
failed that he will send the mode of cure t'KEE to
all rellow sufferers. Address L. O. 51 ITCH ELL,
East lladdam. Conn. myll-S-DSuwk
Yf9r I
WoltTsAOME
He Is the man with the greatest and best record of
any man in his class. He served the U. S. Govern
ment twenty-two and a half years, a3
SCOOT, GUIDE AND INTERPRETER, '
In 1866 he conqnered the largest savage tribe of In
dians west of tho Kockies; in 1873 he killed and
caDtured all of tho hostile Slodocs. nccomnHahin
service for the Government than any
dead. He introduced Ka-ton-ka to
INDIANS -
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