KE EETIOLETIS; BT iERNEST H. WKl'ITKN .TOK THE f-5niaiavs HE Yioletlsland was "one of the most .beau tiful places in the en lire ocean. At was situated in a part of Jf I 3 " .... ....... Ewith'adelignt.ul climate. It was a country loffeternal spring in fact xneisiano. was palled nhe "Violet Island," because iU ImeadoVa. proves and forests were always leovered with that deliciously penumea fflower, the fragrance of which made it the most "delightful place to live in. Che people of the "Violet Island" were Igorerned "by a "prince, who was mnch be- K X 'The Prince Receives the ilagie Bivord. lofed on account of his great kindness, his tWftdom and chivalry. .This prince was passionately fona of nul ling and he spent a great deal of his time on jthe oeean indulging in his favorite pastime. POne day, while the Prince was again sail ing around on the tumultnous waves of the ocean, he was overtaken by a terrific storm. His little craft was shaken hither and thither by the wildly Toaring waters. The Prince was a skillful sailor, but "all his knowledge of the sea and of his boat availed him nothing against the terrifio tempest, and ere he was able to steer him self into the sate harbor of the island a great wave overpowered his boat and capsized it "When the Prince disappeared Sunder the surface of the now boilirrg sea he rapidly grew unconscious, and it looked as lif.his doom" was inevitable. How long he Hwas insensible he never knew, but fortun- inlMv fin vm saved bv some mvsterions f means, and when he awoke he found himself V"ii a beautiful castle down in the lowest FadeDth of the ocean. Before he was able to sKiSrealixe the wonderful truth of his escape a fs s'ivery lovely maiden as beautiful as a nymph " and as ieavenly-looking as a fairy appeared before him, addressing him in tins way: siiWtlcome, .Prince, in the home -of the ' whale-princess. lam thankful i was near when that terrible storm broke loose, espe cially as it auorded me tbe pleasure or sav- inc tou from a watery crave. Please make F2yourself happy with me, andbe assured that J-you are entirely welcome to my Hospitality. terror a moment tne .ranee was aumionna ed, because the overwhelming beauty of the sladyand her expressions of sympathy and ikin'dness for him were inexplicable to him. He did not know whether an angel or a hu- uan being was talking to him. :"I am indeed very grateful to tou for your disinterested kindness to me, but may II ask whom 1 have the honor of adaress llngS" Thus spoke the lord ot the Violet ilsland and tne lady replied: ' "I am an unfortunate woman who was en chanted by the wicked whale king and ban ished into this castle under the sea. 1 was born the daughter of a mighty king, who lives in the Southern Sea near the island of the whale-king. The latter is a terrible monster half The Paint .Boat Conveying the Prince to the V Whale King's Stronghold. i whale and half human. "When I grew up the whale-king took it into His neaa to ..marry me and ne irequenuy came u our icourt to imporione me wuu w w mo up ;' testable protestations oi anecuon. ui course all Tii nleadinirs had no effect upon me. I fe' remained obdurate even when he swore that he would banish me away Irom come, inenas and the world. I never thought that he would keep his word, but he did, and the result is that I am now here imprisoned for life." .. , f "But is there no way to UDeraie you irom t the terrible spell of this fiendish monster of Kthe deep?" hotly asked the Prince, who at fonee felt that he could lay down his very riife to please this lovely woman. inere is one waj. vuui, ........ ethe Princess, "but it is a very hazardous lone." . , , fr "Tell me," quickly replied the Prince, Efand whatever it might be I will venture i surmount all difficulties, even li my me should be the penalty." "Believe me. I admire vonr chivalrous nature," the Princess now said, "tbut I am (afraid the task would be too much; for you. IHowever.I will tell you what would give 5e back life and liberty. It is simply this: L'he death of the whale-King, xnat monster Hives on the Whale Island, which lsacy gopean rock in the Southern Seas close to Ithe ooum xoie. xau vuiuc-&iug i -ii Ithe whales of the -ocean from his castle, rhere be can be found Dear 17 ail tne year. aSf In ,thn snriner ol the Year he is alone on thVTsland, and if anybody would like to go SaHdee him that would be the best time to patriate uicjuuruc. iSPrlneesa, now mierropiea tne rrince frosi.tbe Violet Island the lady, "tell me aWyonlknow about this wnaie-cing ana j. ill ttra either Km mm or me in tne shftty jrwill iell you all I know, but yet I Krould want you to Consider this matter wen. K-rm. . n of life or death. Wbr should ?fou"icrifice7onr lire for me, a stranger?" S' J...Tr l. kit nnv ovrI itiv Ufa from a bnSbfptLJSiJ't '.and i.viraia w "'""' ,. .. - irere not ;aan enouga ro aerre you in ro- Iturn. Yobwtb MTed xny me, nenceionn LfflD. HEINRICHS. DISPATCH. "Ml right, I accept you as my cham pion," the Princess" said, "then listen to me. I will place vouinaboat which will carrv you directly to the whale island. The boat'is drawn by four young whales, who are all devoted to me, and it you are suo cessiul in your task, they will take you back to ydur home on the Violet Island. It is fortunate, that it is now winter and by the time you arrive at your destination, the whale-ldntr will have about sent all the whales away into the ocean, because you will not get there until spring. I will also give you a sword, which was presented me a few days ago, by the nymph of the oeean. This sword makes you invincible, and if you strike anyone with it, death is sure to follow. As regards the whale-king you must be careful of one thing. Of course you must attack him with his sword, but be careful thati'e does not ret away and gain access 10 me . soon as he does that, your power is vanished and he will then surely kill you. On land, however, I believe you are able to vanquish him, and with this sword you have a great advantage." ,. . "Thank you. dear Princess," replied the master from the Violet Island, "get the boat ready, give me the sword and I will start-" 1 J, A All preparations were soon completed, and within five minutes the four whales skimmed through the waves with the Prince and the boat at lightning speed. The journey con tinued uninterruptedly, and the young whales must have been instructed as to the object of their journey, because they never stopped in their travels until they arrived at the whale-king's island. Here the Prince at once jumped ashore, drew his sword and began to look around lor the monster the whale-king. His search was not very long. Soon the gigan tic form of a monstrous beast, half whale and half man, came forward ana in an im perious manner asked the Prince what he wanted on his island. The arduous young man, however, did not leave him in doubt very long, because he at once began to at tack the whale-king. The latter was so much taken by surprise that he did not know what to do lor a moment or two. But he must have realized that he had met a foe not to be trifled with, so bethought it wisest to escape into the water. "With one immense bound he gained the shore,and in the next instant he would have disappeared under the surging waves bad not the Prince been watching him. As the young man knew what he micht expect he lumped after the whale-king as fast as he could. He just reached the monster in time, and at the very moment when the whale-king meant to jump into the ocean the wonderful sword from the ocean nymph pierced his heart, and in the next second the inhuman monsterand whale-king was rolling in a pool of blood and breathing his last. "When the Prince saw that he had come out of the combat victoriously, here-em-harked in his boat and the four young- Heath of the WhaXeKing. whales retraced their way through the ocean towards the- Violet Island. He had just arrived within a few hours of his own country when he suddenly noticed a most wonderful ship coming directly towards him. The vessel looked milk-white in the distance and the Prince looked at it in amazement and curiosity. Dow the ship earner closer and he recognized it as a ship made out of ivory. He now understood why it looked so white in the distance. At Jast be got alongside of it and be immediately recognized the Princess from the castle be neath the ocean waves. She beckoned him and wished him welcome from his journey. Then the Prince went aboard the ivory Tea sel. The ship went to the Violet -Island and when the Princess arrived on that beautiful land, she grew so tond of the delicious per fume, that she resolved to stay there, especi ally when the Prince offered her his hand and his throne. Here the two lived in the future m great happiness and contentment. MISSOURI BITER MUD. Interesting- Facta Abo at the BIDS' St. Iionla People Drink. M. Ii. Holman, Water Commissioner, to a Globe-Democrat reporter: "The subject of clarifying the water of the Mississippi for the use of the people of St. Louis is to me a most interesting study. The sediment dif fers in character as well as in quantity at different seasons. In March and April the water is most difficult to settle. In the spring of 1888 1 took a sample of that rise in a six-inch glass-stoppered bottle, and kept it in my desk for fon- days, where the snn could not get at it. The sun heats bot tled water and tends to keep it stirred up. "Well, at the end of four days the water had settled but three inches of the six-inch depth from shoulder to bottom, and one could see very plainly the line of demarki tion between the clear and the muddy water. This was the only instance I ever knew of the settlement of water by planes. At other seasons than early spring the mud is coarser, contains more sand and settles pretty satis factorily in the 18 hours quiet -which the basins get between filling and emptying. "As the mud in the bottom of the basin gets deeper it packs down eolidly, so that it has to be cut ont-with a spade in fact, it becomes somewhat like the natural earth. only it is all composed of black loam. A j section of this packed mud. looks like the leaves of a book, and one may easily detect the different kinds of sediment by their vary ing colors. And even the separate settlings can be traced, each being composed at the bottom of thesaud and heavier particles, and at the top of almost impalpable powder." HIGH PRAISE FOR OTHELLO. A Compliment lo'Salvlnl From an TJneul. tared Boston Staid. Boston Cnrter.l It was at one of the Salvini matinees, and the play was "Othello." Two girls to whom not only the acting but the play itself was evidently a novelty, sat in the balcony. They giggled more or less during the early portions of the play, but gradu ally they fell under the spell of genius, and their laughter gave place to the closest at tention. As the "last act proceeded it was noticed by one who had observed them curiously during the after noon, that they were full of excitement and sympathy, tnd sighs took the place of the giggle nf the opening scenes. When at length Othello has slain the hapless Dude mona, and quick remorse makes itself felt, one ofthe girls turm to the ether, and with tears ia her eyes remarks: "He feels kind o' sorry he doae it, now. don't he?" And the Indication of her Heth phrase was m true a-pplawe ai fee aeter won that J? I mcgBgn yMWTtji- DOTOU-IIK'E-'CA'NDI? If Toa'do, Listen to and Heed a Physician's Words of Wisdom. PDEE CAHDIES ARE HEALTHFUL When CoMaaed a the Troper Time and in Moderation. HOW SWEETMEATS AKE ADULTERATED I n Bl'lTUt tob xax DisrATcn.l Owing to limited resources, savage man was content to assuage the cravings of his sweet tooth with licorice root and myrrh. But things have changed since then, and man, somewhatless savage, sucks the minted candy-stick or melts in his mouth the creamy French confections. The candies of to-day are made of fire ma in Ingredients, cane sugar, glncose, gnm and coloring and flavoring matters. Other sub stances are often added, as starch, which, though often considered as an adulteration, should be looked upon as a legitimate in gredient. If all these substances are pure and good, the conlection manufactured there irom cannot be otherwise than wholesome and nutritious. The sugar, glucose and starch ai fat-forming, and heat-producing principles are present in many of dur diet ary staples. This fact shonld not be lost sight of by consumers of candy. Being loods, the various candies shonld neVer be eaten between meals, as they are equivalent to a lnnch, and everyone is aware of the deleterious effect of constant lunching. The proper time for all kinds of confectionery is as a dessert to the regular meals. Used in this way they are often decidedly beneficial in inducing one to stop partaking of the more bulky elements oi the meals before the stomach becomes overloaded. BETTER THAST MIKCEPIE. They offer thus a nutritious, digestible dessert of little bulk, a dessert which by all the laws of nature and humanity, tiughtto substitute for all time that indigestible American conglomeration mince pie. Good, pure candy, eaten in modeiate quantity as a dessert to a meal, even to every meal, never hurt anvone; and such certainly is the logi cal, rational way to eat it. But children must have something to keep them quiet, and ladies with nothing to do must have something to amuse themselves; and further, blunted tastes must have something exceed ingly sweet to tickle jaded palates for these reasons it is liceiy mat canav consumers will go on eating their dozen and one luncnes a day, in spite of all their physician may say to the contrary. Yet it is an indisputable fact that no ordinary stomach can do its work quietly and well if it is required to digest more than three meals per day, or if it receives within it anything other than water between those three meals. True, there are people who ore always eating and lunching, consuming candies and cakes by the pound, who yet seem healthy and well; but it is doubtfdl if these pepple ever eat a meal with relish; and it is certain that sooner or later dyspepsia will overtake them and induce a dire repentance. Practically, the best way to give confec tionery to children is to allow them, after each meal, such a quantity of candy as they will be likely to eat within a hall-hour or less. Then they should have no more nntil after th next meal; and they -will not usually want It, if they get it thus regularly. TATTY IS BETTER THJlJT CABAMELS. As to the kind, it should be such as will not readily dissolve or "meltdown." Soft or creamy sandies are apt to be consumed before the. palate is satisfied; whereas the harder, less soluole kinds remain longer in the mouth, yielding their sweetness lor a more protracted period, thus inducing satiety, with afar less consumption of candy. Por the same reason, teach your children to dissolve the candy slowly in their mouths not to chew it Partafcen of in this way. and at these times, tho harder candies, if pure, are not only not injurious, but are indeed often decidedly beneficial, and lor these reasons: They are easily digested foods rich in nutriment; they are an induce ment to leave, the meal short of satiety, and they assist digestion. The latter assertion may be questioned by some, but iils a demonstrable fact that anything which promotes the flow of saliva, at the same time, through the sympathetic nervous sys tem, promotes the now of the gastric diges tive juices. The saliva, too, that is swal lowed with the dissolved candy may aid di gestion somewhat after it has reached the stomach, though in the light of late inves tigations, this is somewhat doubtful long held opinion to the contrary notwithstand ing. Persons inclined to adipose and who are opposed to it, had better let candy alone; as, for them, nothing is so fattening. Persist ently slender people, however, need not" gorge themselves with candy in thejiope of getting stout, for, in them, something more than fat-lorming food is necessary for an in crease in weight Children under two years of age are better off without any candy whatever, because their nutrition apparatus is not yet equal to the task of properly assimilating cane sugar and glucose. If not digested both these substances are exceedingly apt to fer ment; and it is fermentation of ingesta that is the Nemesis of baby's second summer. In order to ascertain the purity of the candy now manufactured, the writer ex amined 61 samples of the product, taken from the general market In general, it may be stated that these examinations showed as clearly as anything could that it is folly to expect to get something for nothing. "When the price of the candy was so low as to preclude the possibility of paying for the making and the sugar with a profit beside, there was added some cheap foreign sub stance, usually pipe clay, to bring the thing np to a paying basis. Especially was this the case with the very cheap imitations of fine goods. It was in this class of products, too, that the most injurious coloring matters were detected. ADULTERATIONS IK CAKDY. Here is a list of the impurities and adul terations found in 19 of the 51 samples of candy examined: Chalk in flro samples. Pipe clay (terra alba) in ten samples. Bronze' (copper and zinc alloy) in one sample. Prussian Dine in one sample. Vermilion In one sample. Fuchsia (aniline red) fn three samples. Chrome .yellow (chroinate of lead) in one sample. r It is proper to state here that these 61 specimens of candy were not tair average samples, but were such as seemed by their appearance and price to merit suspicion. Some kinds of confectionery are wrapped in brilliantly colored papers. As children freauentlv put these in their months and even chew them, the writer analyzed 16 of such wrappers for poisonous coloring mat ters, with the result of finding arsenic in four, and chromate bf lead in two. With regard to the probable effects of the impurities found, it may be stated that chalk, when pure (and it usually doesnot contain harmful impurities), is not especial ly injurious, though possibly It might form concretions in the intestines if large quanti ties were taken. Pipeclay is analogous to filaster of paris, but does not harden or set ike the latter when mixed with water; Like chalk, it also may form concretions in the food tract, though i( could not be called poisonous. Nevertheless it is an adultera tion and a fraud; it is net an essential in gredient of good candy, bnt is added for the sole purpose of gain. Bronze coloring matter, an alloy of zinc and copper, it is needless to say, is a dan gerous compound. to swallow repeatedly, be the amount ever so small, for like other metals, these tend to accumulate in the sys tem; so that small doses repeated may soon exert a combined influence. Prussian bine li ferro cvaalde of iron, a salt cot poisonous. an certainly eujccuuusuic. S3ED KEAITS DANOE. Yermillie feuad ia one sam a, ji -v wsmi, . liiyzlts 'KTajWJrtS-iEf 4ETJV l-.1 .-r " ele n-a bi- timmww ViWMIu J J ; line red is not poisonous if pure, yet, like other aniline colors, it is objectionable on account of its liability to cftnteln arsenic at times. It does not seem feasible for con fectioners to have each package analyzed for the mineral, but manufacturers of these dyes might easily put them np free from it for such purposes as confectionery. No ar- Isenio was found, however, in the samples Chrome yellow, or canary yellow enro mate of ?ead, found in one sample of candy and in two of the Wrappers, is of course a cumulative poison; though the quantity present, in the candy at least was small. That in the candy was mixed with Prussian blue to make a green. ' Most of the foregoing poisonous coloring matters were painted on the surface of the candies, though in some instances they were intimately mixed with the entire mass. Now the remedy Jor this state of things is not in letting candy alone. The writer has received many letters stating in effect that: "If the advice given in the adulteration articles recently published in The Dis patch were followed, one's daily dietary would be narrowed down to air, and it is auestionable if even that is pure." No such advice has, however, been given in these columns; what has been urged is to pav reasonable prices for things, or do without them. This is doubly true of candy. If you want to get pure goods of this kind don't expect to get them for less than glucose is worth: if you do you will irpt nine clav and worse. If your money is limited buy clear, uncol ored goods such as rock candy. The good old-.'ashioned taffy is as wholesome as anything in the candy line; though com monly considered as very prone to ferment In the stomach, it is not so. Never buy cheap imitations of fine grades of confec tionerv, such as the so-called Trench can dies; for they are pretty certain to contain pipe clay or similar substance. Highly flavored preparations should be avoided for the reason that they contain large quantities of essential oils or artificial essences, both of which are objectionable. The oils are ir ritating to the stomach, and the artificial es sences are made in most instances' from fusel oil, an acid, and oil of vitriol. Pew if any of the "pure fruit essences used for flavor ing confectionery and various other things contain any fruit juice whatever; they are products of the chemical laboratory. Por instance the acid of rancid cream cheese, when mixed with metbvr' alcohol and oil of vitriol, yields on distillation a fragrant es sence of pine apple. So it is with the rest of the commercial "pure fruit juices." MORPHINE US COTOK DBOPS. Five samples of "cough drops" were ana lyzed for opium and its alkaloid, morphine. The latter was found in two of the five sam ples; and in one other specimen there was good ground for suspecting the presence of ipecacuanha. These are powerful drugs to be sold for indiscriminate use under the im pression they are candy. On reading the foregoing list of impuri ties and adulterations found, the skeptical will ask: "If these things be, why do we not hear of some one being poisoned every day?" In the first place the quaptity of poison is usually smallL so that immediate effects are not produced and ultimate effects are overlooked or attributed to something else. A short time ago a Philadelphia baker was convicted of poisoning a number of people by chromate of lead, which he had put intb Tolls to give them a semblance of eggs, which were absent The same poison had been used before, but it was only when used in comparatively larger quantity than usual that immediate toxic effects were produced. Again, many cases of sickness in children supposed to be dueto overeating of candy are doubtless due to impurities in the confection; and, there are numerous au thentic cases of poisoning by confectionery colored with poisons. Of course there are many colors which are quite unobjectionable, and from these confection ery of all tints may be produced; so that it may not be inferred from the foregoing that all colored candies are poisonous. It is only the very lowest priced that justify suspicion. And here it should be stated that confectioners -who use poisonous colors doso in most cases ignorantly; for they are not aware of the true nature of the preparation, i. knowing it onlv by its common name. The same cannot iiwever "hi' said oi the milt I f,.t iivrf Sf.-Intea' haii stesMCB. . .. . . V? i- h.v..itX Ini. 1 T'tnn la nmsn oiivR m iuk auiivst s... who puts pipe clay in his chocolate creams. A prominent confectioner told the writer recently that if n good adulteration law were passed in this State and enforced, quite a number of confectionery concerns would have to go out of business, as their only trade was in goods which, by reason of adul teration, were placed on the market at a lower price than genuine goods could be produced for, The writer's analyses cer tainly confirm the candy man's opinion. Chevamee Q. Jackson, M. D. AN ALGERIAN WEDDING FEAST. A Barbaric Festival During Which the Bridegroom la Roughly Treated. Ladlei' Home Journal. A marriage celebration in Algeria is an interesting relio of ancient customs. The bridegroom goes to bring the bride, and the guests assembled outside the house will wait for his coming. Soon the sound of pipes is heard coming from the summit of some neighboring hill, and the marriage pro cession approaches the bridegroom's house. The pipers always come first in the proces sion, then the bride muffled up in a veil, riding a mule led by her lover. Then comes a bevy of gorgeously dressed damsels, spark ling with silver ornameqts, after which the friends of the bride follow. The procession stops in front of the bridegroom's house, and the girl's friends line both- sides of the path way. The pipers march off on one side, while the bridegroom lifts the girl from the mule, and holds her in his arms. The girl's fiiends thereupon throw earth at the bride groom, when he hurries forward and carries her over the threshold'of his house. Those about the door beat him with olive branches, amid much laughter. In the evenings, on such occasions, the pipers and drummers are called in, and the women dance, two at a time, facing each other, nor does a couple desist until, pant ing and exhausted, they step aside to make room fox another. The dance has great energy of movement, though the steps are small and changes of position slight, the dancers only circling round occasionally. But they swing their bodies about with an astonishing energv and snppleness. As leaves flutter before the gale, so do they vibrate to the music; they shake; they shiver and tremble; they" extend quixering arms, wave veils, and their minds seem lost in the ababdon and frenzy of the dance, while the other women, looking on, encour age by their high, piercing, trilling cries, which add to the noise- of the pipes and drums. ' Thing Immortal, The pure, tjie bright, the beautiful, That stirred our hearts in youth; The Impulse of a.wordless prayer, The dream ot love and troth. The longing ot after something lost, The restless spirits cry. The striving after better hopes These things -can neTer die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid A brother In his need; The kindly word in griefs dark hour, Tnat proves a friend indeed; The plea of mercy softly breathed When justice threatened high. The sorrow of a contrite heart These things shall never die. The memory ot a clasping hand. The pressure ot a kiss. And all the trifles sweet and frail. That make up life's first bliss: If with a firm, nncbanglngJaith, And holy trust and high, "We feel and act the better part These things can never die. Let nothing pase, for every hand Can And some work to do; Lose not a chance to awaken love, Be firm and just and true. Bo shall a light that cannot fade. Beam on the lorm on high. And angel voices whisper thee: These things shall sever die. -JkytaJae. I -CAUGHT her heads: "Now listen. Nannie, "Why ia it, dear, toh. sweeter grow?" She said and-laaf hid, "It's VraogipMBl, "i-" rjST7WI)3LpiP1SGEMlt! mmMcmtftm T Bessie Bramble lakes a Furious aid Deadly Ouslaaght Upon THE GRIM OGRE OP FASHION Who Bolds Captive so Many Fair ladies of Thii Laud. ONE WOMAN'S OPINION OF DECOLLETE WMITM rOKTHX DISPATCH. That the women of society favor fashiona ble things is a foregone conclusion that re quires no testimony to support Submis sive to their gods of Fashion, Vanity and Ostentation, they can Ifc counted "upon with certainty to delend and upnold anything and everything these social forces may de cree. Decollete or low-necked dresses, like dancing or card-playing, have been de nounced from the pulpit vdth the utmost zeal, eloquence and fervor, times without record, but the good folk pay little or no heed, or deference to the opinions and pro scriptions of the Church, as thus expressed, so long as Fashion prescribes them as proper. The beloved brethren might as well talk to therwind as, attempt to control the cut of a gown. It was tried in apostolio times without much success, and the women of to-day are likely mnch less under the coercion of the clergy than were the primi Christian sisters. The ancient Fathers prescribed that women should not appear without veils, and should remain shut up at home, and not exhibit themselves to deceive the minds of men bv their adornments. .Natural grace, saysTertullian, must be obliterated by con cealment Uven Clement of Alexandria insisted that the dress of women should be such as covered them cbmpletely, head and face, and all because woman wassaid to be "the first deserter of the divine law" and "persuaded him to sin whom even the devil was not valiant enough to attack." This is a decided slap, or perhaps compliment, to the "influence" of good Mother Eve, and and through her to her lrivoious, aaoru-ment-Ioving descendants. But when the Holy Fathers have preached to fashionable women through divine in spiration, and they still go on banging and braiding their hair, wearing gorgeous ap parel and jewels, and persist in appearing in public with uncovered heads and should ers, it is very plain that the words of the brethren of to-day will have no effect, so what is the use of their butting np against a stone wall, or rather in raising an issue against fashion in which they are BOUND TO BE DEFEATED. It will surely be discouraging to the good Presbyterians to find that Hrs. Harrison, the wife of the Deacon President, is in favor of decollete gowns, although, being a grand mother, she does not propose to have the ex treme low-out for herself, but rather of the square or V-shape in front Mrs. Harrison, as quoted, is decidedly not opposed to low dresses. through any Puritanic scruples whatever, but simply for the reason that when a woman becomes a grandmother she should put away such vanities as low gowns and short sleeves. There is nothing prettier for a woman, she remarks, when beauty and health will permit, until she has reached the elderly dignity of grandmotherhood. In this opinion she differs in some degree from Queen Victoria whose dictum is that no condition of bones, or lean scrag giness, or pudginess, or excessive stoutness, or absence of lines ot loveliness, or curves of beauty, or age under 90, is to interfere with the court rnie 01 mil areas, wnicn means low neck and bare arms. Conse quently the British matron has the law laid down for her without option. As English, customs and French stand ards are the rule in American society, it follows that the low-cut gowns will still be the fashion of the day, especially when they are- so warmly commended and de fended -on, the score of healttfand comfort by women who are grandmothers, and who by wearing them make them fashionable, even at the hazard of pneumonia and expo sure to the ridicule and laughter of the happy souls who manage to enjoy life and have a good time regardless of the tyrant Fashion. It is true, that to strengthen their posi tion many of those sd devoted in their wor ship of this .god of society would be likely to support and follow its decrees, even if it went to the length of dressing in the style that was censured so forcibly by Pliny in the age of Tiberius and then de fend it in the score Of health and comfort No man, even in the most torrid heat of summer is permitted, under the edicts of good form, to sit down to dinner without a coat, and if he, under THE PLEA OP COMTOET and the immoderate heat of the drawing room shonld tnrn his shirt into a V shape so as to be delightfully cool, he would be hooted out of every house in the country as a boor as lost to orj as ignorant of the proprieties as a Hottentot Or if so ciety men should appear at theWhite House or other fashionable receptions in low-cut shirts and coats so as to show the beautiful curves of their throats, and the loveliness of their Apollo shoulders, with bare arms to display the magnitude and superiority of their striking-out muscles, there would be a bowl of universal denouncement from the very women who assert they dress in such fashion for comfort and coolness, and who claim, as do some of the Senators' wjves in "Washington, that not one hostess in a hundred knows how to adjust the tempera ture of her drawing room to the comfort of her guests, and hence women must wear decollete gowns to prevent great suffering from heat. Under such circumstances in society, is it not barbarous to condemn the poor men to wear an undershirt, and then a "boiled shirt" on top' of that, and then a Test, and ever all a coat with a donble layer turnover, and surmount the whole with a stiff linen collar and a necktie. If the low gowns for women are essential to comfort and conducive to health if they are so enhancing to beauty and have no sug gestion of immodesty, as Mrs. Collumof Illinois, Mrs. Cockrell. or Missouri, and other notable society women who have been interviewed assert to say nothing of the Pittsburg ladies who believe in it so im plicitly and uphold It so strenuously if they make evening receptions more com fortable, balls more endurable, and dinners more delightful, it is certainly desirable that the beloved brethren who on these oc casions are so tightly cbokered up, and so muchly overlaid with starched linen, and so enwrapped in the sweltering (olds of full dress, should be allowed the same latitude as the dear sisters. If all is trne as asserted by the society sisters as to the sweetness of life in a low-cut gown, it we -were a man and a brother, we should strike for an equal right to. wear decollete duds. As a well posted English woman with English views on this subject, Mrs. Senator Hawley says an evetfing reception without a fulLdress display "would be inconceivably dull" and that "the handsomest woman in the most eleganthigh-necked dress would look out of place in a room brilliantly lighted, full of flowers, glistening with diamonds and white throats." ACKMOWIiEDOrKO BBITISBT SUPBEMACr. It will be solace to the souls of society women in Pittsburg, as in other cities, to L learn that while some of the ladies of the Cabinet from away out west propose to wear high gowns, and do what in them lies to secure what they call a modest adminis trationMrs. Blaine and "Mrs. "Waditnaker and Mrs. Morton propose to uphold the. Queen Victoria style and British court edict by wearing decollete gowns. Mrs., Blaine is a grandmother, to be sure, and Mrs. Wan amaker haa likely attained to the same honor, out their example will establish, a high precedent and pat an end xotne aosnm scruples of those lees versed in court usages and the wavs of the world. The fact too. that the decollete style is sustained, de fended and put ia practice by these leaden JokiBte saaia body of ee4ors to Ale beaJtfeM aad eerortaki mode ot dress. "What queer people these fashionable hus bands arel Ther will rave over the woman on the stage, Plfsasoll'sline or noPlimsoll's line, grandmother or no grandmother, and will dilate upon the charms of this or that woman in society, who comes within an ace of getting below the line ot propriety as laid down, but when their wives desire to appear in the same fashionable and en chanting costumes; then these inconsistent creatures go on like mad and insist that such "a display is not proper. They make their wives miserable bv objecting to their dressing in the manner prescribed by Queen Victoria, and Sara Bernhardt, and Mrs. Langtry.and Mrs. Blaine, and Mrs. "Wana maker. These should learn that fashion is a god in whose seryice comfort and happiness are to be sacrificed to show and ostentation. They should know that society is that part of the human family who, as the celebrated Scottish divine, Chalmers, says, "walk by rule, and would reduce the whole of human life to a wire-bound system of misery and constraint" They should remember, that the people who hold that to be fashionable is the highest good are constrained by their creed to spend their lives in social ceremonies that, even when well done, amount to little, save wearisome parade. FASHIONABLE HUSBANDS with social ambitions have no reason to groan over the shortcomings of their wives as to waists and sleeves, when they them selves follow alter the same gods of custom and fashion. Only one man in the Cleve land administration dared to denounce and defy the soeicty raid as to full dress coats, and while he abjured Cabinet circles and "swell" occasions, he had, as report goes, to come to it at last, though this falling from grace, as it were, is not generally known around Hominy Hill. The truth of the matter is, that with all onr boasted liberty and independence, and freedom ot thought and action, we are all slaves of custom and fashion. Men, as they claim, are less trammeled and less given to the rigid observance of the laws of society, but it cannot be denied that when tight trousers are decreed that the very spindliest shanks give way, to the pain and amuse ment of those more favored, while when those that bnlge and bag to the appearance of divided skirts are promulgated by the fashion plates, the whole of mankind is speedily so invested. The power of the presa, the pnlpit and common sense may be united and arrayed against some fad of the all powerful god of society, bnt by some un seen and unknown force fashion holds her own and eventually gains the victory. Men, it must be admitted, have proved them selves more courageous and defiant of the laws of custom than women. They have emancipated themselves from slopping gowns (save the Supreme Court) and trailing togas, and enjoy com parative freedom, but women, alas, unhap pily, still hold on to the long skirts, that in wet weather are an abomination and a source of misery and unhappiness. No human being under prize of $1,000,000 could invent a more despicable and undesirable costume for wet weather or any weather than long skirts, and yet, slaves to custom as all are, women wear them with inward growl and swear but no rebellion. "With all this ia view, is it any wonder that the profound philosophers proclaim that nine tenths of mankind are fools? Bessie Bramble. G1KLS IN THE SCHOOLS. Soma of Their Peculiarities as Students The Question of Race. New York Time's.! "The girl would make a better student in our public schools and colleges," said one of the prominent educators of the city yes terday, "if she had the same incentive, the same motive, that the young man has. The young maq who goes to the public schools and colleges feels that he is to be a bread winner. He has this for a clear purpose in getting an education. But it is not so with the girl. With her motive is everything, and not having the motive she does not study ttfher full capacity. She looks to getting married someday, and having some one else provide the bread for her. "Of course this is generally speaking. We hear a good deal about woman's power of application as compared with man's, but my experience has been that if a girl knows .what she is alter, if she has a distinct pur pose, in nine cases out of ten she will dis play steadfastness of aim that is quite equal to that of any boy. "Much has been said about the capacity of the female intellect for mathematics, but I can say that the girl excels in pure mathe matics. Girls are exceedingly fond of history and literature, and invariably stand high in those studies. "The best students are Hebrews. That is, they carry off the honors. Bnt this is not always a fair test of intellectual capacity. The scholarship of the student is deter mined quite as much by her home influ ences, by her surroundings and associations, as by her textbooks or instructors. iAa a rule, the wealthy Hebrews avail themselves ol the advantages of the public schools and colleges for their children, while, genelly speaking, children of Christian parents in similar financial circumstances go to private institutions. This makes it particularly difficult to institute race comparisons in the public schools." . , FAMOUS ANIjALDSIAN BEAUTIES. Spanish Girl Who Are Admired for fine Forms and Small Feet. Henry T. Tlner, inScrlbner. As regards her stature and mold, the Andalusian girl is almost invariably a petite brunette, and although not all are plump, and many are too stout, the majority have exquisitely symmetrical tapering limbs, well-developed busts (flat-chested women are almost unknown in Spain), and the most dainty and refined hands and feet Regarding these feet Gautier makes the most astounding assertion, that "without any poetio exaggeration it would be easy here in Seville to find women whose feet an Infant might bold in its hands. A French girl of T or 8 could not wear tbe shoes of an Andalusian of 20." I am glad to attest that, if the feet of Sevlllian women really were so monstrously small 60 years ago, they are so no longer. It is discouraging to see a man like Gautier fall into the vulgar errnr of fancying that, because a small foot is a thing of beanty, therefore the smaller the foot the more beautiful it must be. Beauty of feet, hands and waists is a mat ter of proportion, not of absolute size, and too small feet, hands and waists are not beautiful, but ugly. We might as well argue that since a man's foot ought to be larger than a woman's, therefore the larger his foot the more he has of manly beauty. If the Andalusian women really had feet so small that a baby might bold them in its hands, they would'not be able to walk at all, or, at least, not gracefully. But it ia pre cisely 'their graceful gait and carriage for which they are most famed and admired. HOW T.0 TELL A NEW I0RKEE. X Pecnllnrlty of Speech That DtattagBUfeea Him From the Phlladelphlaa. Philadelphia Inqulrer.l "That man' said the observant Philadel phian. "is from New York; so ia his com panion." "Those two who just passed as?" "Yes." ' "How do you know?" "I overheard a few- words of their con versation." "Well?" "One of them said that he was going to 'Chestnut and Ninth streets,' and the other replied that it was 'three blocks farther.aeross.' A Philadel phian would have said he was going to 'Ninth and Chestnut,' and another Phik delphian might have remarked that it was 'three squares out When you hear a via say 'DiocKs, or, in -naming a eorner, pat the numbered street last, it were well to wgiwi dlfaiiejjtjaiit, JbcisaAw ja mm k OfiectM i WaM M If Hdk CnctiBt AdOrett communication for thit aepartmenlr to E.KCHADBOURN.Xwton, Maine. , 863-JANUABY 1, 1890. My flock of birds has come to stay: They come from far and near; And greetings bright they bring to-day You'll find those greetings here. Fansie Blauvxlt. 86i ARITHMETICAL. JLOmion, A man discovered a source of wealth At least, be hoped it so -And to get at his end he took by stealth The canine letter, and, lot By adding a hundred exact And what in that source was packed. He found he'd ten millions! Ohol Subtraction. Just find what means a thousand men And take away a "portion 01 tract" You have tbe commander ot these then; 'Tis easy if you have the knack. From this a certain "construction" take 'lis something the builders make And naught from a. country you lacs. Multiplication. Yon see the common exclamation? Then multiply It by a word. Which has a synonym in every nation, ' And if my research has not erred. It's used in ours for "judgment" There's left, as is evident. A gay chrysanthemum or a bird. PXBSON2TX. 865 SAMPLES OF TEA. L What kind oftea will give justicer 2. What kind of tea will cause rudeness? 5. What kind of tea denotes uprightness? 4. What kind of tea brings loss! fi. What kind of tea denotes dampness? 6. What kind of tea Is elevation of mind? 7. What kind of tea denotes coldness? F. O, 866 ALIKE IN SOUND. There are four words that I have seen. And ttey four different things do mean. If I should speak them o'er to you. You'd say one word for all would do; But when you read them, then yon see That each quite different must be. X. The rapids of a river here. Of whiob all boats should have a fear. 2. A savage; roams o'er the wild West, His restless spirit ne'er at rest. 3. To prosecute In law is this. In which justice oft comes amiss. 4. A foreign coin will do for last; 'Mongst France's money it la classed. FSANE. - 867 NTTMEBIOAL. The 1 2 8 will prove a friend If yon to it are kind; The 3 4 5 a sticky mesa We In the South will find; The 466 name for a man. Though not a common one; The 6 7 8 we all must do If our work we'd have done, Tbe whole with tumble, rush and roar. Comes headlong down the hill, In baste to reach the water-wheel That turns the busy mill. Ethtl. 868 a pboble2l Take five hundred as the basis of the problem, add to this one-fourth of four, fire hundred, and one-third of ten, and you bave a fraction of a man, although in his opinion the numera tor otthe fraction is larger than the denomi nator, anon. 869 CHABADE. I knew a jflrtf of Major Jones A. goodish sort of lad. Who was like Mother Goose's boy, Not very good nor bad. He always said he ne'er would wed; He thirty was, and past, When suddenly this boasting boy In Cupid's two was fast He, knowing well sly Cupid's power. Surrendered then and there; Full many a total then he wrote And tent his lady fair. . Ethtx, 870 SONG TO THE -WANING YSAB. Edith Estzs. , .871 ANAOBAMS. When yon see a jockey riding. Usually he's on a gig; Bat one day I saw ona passing In what seemed like "a race rigj' Black his steed as Ace of Spades is, And It gives no one offense If this kingly stepping trotter Treads upon the "map event." Bran. ANSWEBS. 834 Twenty-four fingers, besides thumbs. 855 Choice-drawn. 856 Acres, cares, races, scare. - 837 L Wed-lock. 2. Hem-lock. S. Fad-lock. 4. Shy-lock. S. Bol-lock. 858. Niagara Falls. 859-Patent. paten, pate, pat, pa, p(ea). 860 The lazy tramp worked 2 hours a day for 2 days; tbe second tramp, 4 hours a day for 4 days; tbe third, 6 hours a day for 6 days, and the fourth, 12 hours a day for 12 days; total, 200 hours. 881 BUl-ow(e). 882 D (ee)-otter-el(l). If Tlsa Dream. If 'tis a dream that after while We'll meet thelored ones gone before us. And greet again t&e cherished smile And join our hearts In one glaa chorus With friends in an eternal home, ' Where death our ties no more can sever. And sin nor sorrow shall not come Ob let me fondly dream forever. If 'tis a dream that by and by Hope's sun of glory shall be shining A restful haven in the sky For which our weary hearts are pining; And those we gave in grief and tears. To meet again on earth, no never. 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