w 10 OPENING HIS EYES. a " Bow Sothern and Florence Initiated Hiss fleilson's Husband. PHB DIM'T KKOW AMERICAN WATS. The Famous Lee Dinner at the Grammercy Park In 1S77. DISMK60ISHED iCTOES IK THE JOO IWBITTMf FOB TOT DISrATCH.3 A short time ago I happened to be a guest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New Tork, when Billy Florence, the populai comedian, was occupying his apartments there. I had the pleasure of meeting him and engaging iu conversation with him, whan it occurred to me he might tell me the true story of the famous Lee dinner, so olten referred to in the newspapers, but never told in a satisfactory way. To my delight he consented, confirming the surmise that he and Sothern were at the bottom of it. "Philip Lee," began Florence, "was the husband of the beatftifnl and gitted Adelaide ' Neilson, since whose death we have never seen a Juliet upon the stage to equal her. Lee was the son of au English clergyman, and in demeanor and apparel was a gentle man. He accompanied his wife to this country, not as her business manager, but simply as her husband. He was a harmless, pleasant, gentlemanly fellow, with but little .knowledge of American ways. It is sot true, as has frequently been stated, that he knew so little of this country that he ex pected to see buffaloes plunging down Broad way and Indians tomahawking people in Central Park, New Xork, nor was his sur prise at the absence of such adventures the inspiring cause of the joke of which he was made the victim. Its inception was in this way: BOUNDING THEIB MAN. "At the time Lee was in New York in the fall ol 1877, he was the guest of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where I was also staying, as I have been for years, and Mr. Sothern was quartered at the Grammercy Park Hotel. One night the three of us met accidentally and Sothern and myself desiring to pay the Englishman some attention, invited him to accompany ns to the old chophouse, kept by George Brown, and there have a bite and sup before going to bed. "We walked up Fifth avenue together and as we were op posite the Glenham Hotel our attention was attracted by a disturbance across the way, evidently caused by a brawl between a policeman and some jovial young blades. Lee, who was very curious about everythinc he saw, exclaimed: "Bless mel "What's that?' Mr. Sothern replied in the most non chalant manner, as he continued walking on, 'Oh, only another dead man.' " 'Another man dead,' gasped Lee, 'Lord bless me, what do you mean?' '"Oh, that's nothing,' exclaimed Sothern with a wave of his hand, 'I stumble across them every night on my way home. Tbey are killing men around here all the time. I trip over them, but pay no attention to them, bnt keep right on my way home. I don't care to be summoned as a witness be fore the Coroner every day of my life.' " 'Bless mel' exclaimed Lee, '"What a re markable country.' BULL ANOTHEB 8UBPBISE. "We finally reached Brown's, and having secured a table we ordered chops and ale. Sothern and myself had not pre-arranged anv joke upon our guest, but lie had given me a wink which I knew meant mischief, and I was alert to play second to any part he proposed performing. "While we were eating Sothern suddenly reached over and placed his fork in one of my chops, attempt ing to remove it to hiB plate. "I prevented this by the insertion of my own fork and then said in calm, but de termined tones: 'Ned, I don't like that;' to which Zord Dundreary responded, but not fin the feeble tones of that stuttering stage nnlilpmnti: 'MV. TTlorpnrp T dnn'r raw .- , . whether you like it or not; I want that chop. "With that I sprang upon him with up lifted knife, and grabbed my dearly beloved friend by the throat, and he seized me in a similar way, while he apparently made des perate eflorts to cnt my jugular vein. In the melee which ensued the table was upset, and chops, ale, dishes, knives, forks and all the other appurtenances of the table descended upon poor Lee in a shower. Brown, the pro prietor of the establishment, who knew us both intimately, rushed forward and separ ated us, and, at his solicitation, he thinking we were entirely in earnest, we finally shook hands, and renewed our vows of eternal friendship upon one another's bosoms. BY WAY OF INITIATION. "That was the inception of the famous Lee dinner hoax. Sothern came to me after ward and said that he desired to give the Englishman a dinner at the Grammercy Park Hotel in order to introduce him to the customs of the great American people, and said that the only part he desired me to take in it was to be sure that Lee should be on hand at the appointed hour, which was noon of the following Sunday. To this I azreed. I knew, of course, that some manner of joke was to be perpetrated upon Miss Neilsou'a husband, hut I pledge my word that I was sot let fully into the secret and was not ad vised of the programme. "At the designated time I escorted Lee to the banquet room, which was on the first floor in the rear of the hotel office. I lound out atterward that by special arrangement with Mr. Judson, the proprietor, the doors and windows had been well padded and covered so that no noise from within could reach beyond them. Those assembled were John McCallough, Harry Montague, J. S. Polk, Charles Gaylor, all of whom had achieved fame upon the stage; Ban Bryant and Nelse Seymour, the most famous negro minstrels of their day; Commodore Dickin son, of the New York Yacht Club; George Brown, of the chophouse which bore his name; a gentleman named Cooper, and, of course, Sothern, Lee and myself. Myl Mvl Myl" sighed the genial Florence, losing his smile for a moment, "bow many of us are left! McCullough, Montague, Sothern, Lee Seymour, Bryant, Brown and Cooper are all dead! "Well, now to the dinner. TIES! INDICATION 07 TBOUBLE. "The oysters had been disposed of and the soup had just been placed on the table when Ch'arley Gaylor arose and in very im pressive tones spoke as follows: 'Gentle men, I think this is a most auspicious oc casion to bring about peace between two men who, while strangers, were once de voted friends. I do not think1 that rancor should exist in any heart at a gathering of this kind. To be sure it may ill become me to act the part of a peacemaker, for while it is trae that I have shed human blood, that my right band has been red with the core of another, it must also be borne in mind that I was triumphantly acquitted of the 'offense and that a jury of my peers said that I had acted only in self-defense.' "You can readily iniagine that this rather took the breath out of my friend Lee, who had been seated upon my leit He whis pered to me: 'What has he done? Did he kill anyone?' "I looked at him warninply and pot a finger on my lips as I whispered back, 'Eh b h, it was nothing; only his mother.' I heard him mutter 'My God!' as be shrunk in his chair, and then be leaned toward me and whispered: 'Of whom is he speaking?' "As I didn't know myself, I couldn't well tell him, but I warded bim off by saying: 'Yon will learn it all in a moment. His words might apply to almost any two men about the board, because trery lellow here has killed his man.' TWO FAMOUS CONTESTANTS. Just then Gaylor threw light cpon the subject by saying as he pointed with one hand towards the clever negro minstrel, Dan Bryant, and with the other towards that equally famous delineator of cork humor, Nelse Seymour; and said in feeling toties: 'Of course, gentlemen, it is hardly necessary for me to say that I refer to Amer iea's most famous poet, William Cullen Brvant. and that equally distinguished j gentleman, M. Seymour, the son of the tal- entedexHiovernor oi ine ocate oi new York, Horatio Seymour, and I now request that these two gentlemen shake hands across the table and let the bloody feud which has existed between them end here.' "I had scarcely time to give an affirma tive reply to Lee's whispered inquiry, 'Is that really William Cullen Bryant?' when there ensued the most remarkable scene which I ever witnessed in my life. I cannot now, even, after more than one dozen years have elapsed, think of it without the tears of laughter coming to mr eyes. Seymour was a man over six feet in height and with legs the length of which were absurdly out of proportion to the rest of his body. He ap peared to be split up almost to his neck. One of bis most famous feats upon the minstrel stage was to suddenly throw one ot his feet about a man's neck 'and draw the other fellow toward him. BATTED HIM IN THE LEOS. "Upon thisorcasion Bryant, in obedience to Gavlor's summons, had reached forth his right hand when Seymour suddenly threw his right leg across the table, caught his friend and fellow-minstrel by the bade of the neck, drew him toward him and hit him squarely between the eyes. In another in stant both men were on the top the table amidst the soup dishes and were snarling and biting and tearing at one another like a pair of bull dogs. I could only hold Lee in his chair br main force. In the midst of the contest the table upset and the poor En lishnian was almost drowned in soup. While Bryant and Seymour were making a mock ery of struggling beneath tbe debris, Sey mour by wetting the fingers of his hand secured a quantity of blacking from one of his shoes, and with this gave himself the semblance ot a mace "Whan some appearance of order was ob tained a trace was patched np between the combatants, and after Seymonr's blackened eye had been bandaged they were Induced to shake hands, whereupon the other mem bers of the company who were in the secret exclaimed admi.ingly, 'Once a gentleman, always a gentleman,' and declared that 'a true American gentleman can always be told by bis willingness to settle a little dif ference amicably.' "Lee whispered to me in tremulous indig nation, 'This is most shameful,' to which I replied, 'I don't see how you say that There was no one killed.' Thereupon he amended his remarks by saying, 'At least it was most unfortunate. I am dreadfully sorry it occurred. SHOOTING OVEE THE TABLE. "The table was got ".n shape again and things moved along smoothly and pleas antly for some time, until Polk and Sothern became engaged in apparently a very angry and excited dispute about the merits of the North and the South, in the midst of which Mr. Sothern suddenly arose to his feet and, drawing a revolver, fired it directly over Polk's head. Immediately a scene of the wildest excitement ensued. In less than 20 seconds 20 shots from revolvers had been fired across the table. Polk, Gaylor, Mc Cullough, Montague, Seymour, Bryant and Sothern were not only firing blank cartridges from revolvers, but were brandishing huge knives over one another's heads. Dickin son, Cooper and Brown had by this time discovered the affair was a joke and simply added to the tumult. "The terror of the Englishman was almost Eitiable. He begged to be allowed to go, but is friends were so thoroughly in love with him that they would not let him depart. There was upon the table at this particular juncture a large dish of asparagus, covered with drawn butter, and most of the combat ants managed to get their hands into this mess, and while thus besmeared they would take turns in jumping around to where I was holding Lee in place and, bringing their palms down upon his shoulders, would beg oi him to be seated and assure him that the difficulty was simply a trifling one, and that tbey Mould regret it to their dying day should he leave them. So frequent were these expressions of hospitality that Lee was smeared from head to foot with drawn but ter. THE GBEAT M'CULLOUQH. "I shall never forget the spectacle that the late lamented John McCullough presented upon that occasion. Having fired his re volver he drew a long Boman sword from his boot, and with one swirl cut off the neck of a champagne bottle as it he were decapi tating a foe, and then waving it threaten ingly over the head ot Lee and myself he exclaimed: 'Why does not the gallant Flor ence stand by his friends? Where is his re volver to-night? I have traveled with him through the West, and then he never went without bis arsenal, and scarcely a day passed without his killing his man,' "In the midst of the fracas, Seymour, who had temporarily disappeared, appeared in the doorway attired in a white hat and apron, which he had procured from tbe hotel chef, and announced that the landlord de clared that tbe entire party must vacate the room. He had not finished the speech when everything on the table, including even the large, heavy dishes, was hurled at him; and it is really a wonder that he es caped the shower unhurt. By this time everyone in the room, and especially the Englishman, was a lamentable sight to be hold. Each man was smeared and crushed and tumbled and torn from head to foot. "Lee could stand it no longer. He got on his feet finally and managed to say that, while he had beard such scenes as he had witnessed were enacted in the great oities of America, he was astounded and disappoint ed to find that tbey were the custom among gentlemen, and farther said that he would have to leave to keep a dinner engagement. I put him in a carriage to conceal his dilap idated condition. When we came to settle we found that our bill was 600. The item for breakage alone amounted to $80. A CHALLENGE TO A DUEL. "The story had a sequel, in which the tables were turned upon Sothern and my self, althongh I do not see why I should be punished for the sins ot others. The morn ing after the dinner Gaylor sent Lee a chal lenge to fight a duel, the former naming me as his best man. Lee was acquainted with Judge Dowling, and handed him the letter. The latter smelled a mouse and de termined to play a trick upon Sothern and myself. "Aconstable,armed with a warrant,issued by Judge Cowling, took me from my bed one morning belore 6 o'clock, and another one took Sothern in charge at tbe same beastly hour and escorted us to the police court We asked not to be thrown into the pen among the cbronio drunkards and thieves, and were placed in a private room, with no one in charge ot us. We could have run awav, but did not. We waited there without Wakfast until 9 o'clock, and then asked impatiently when Judge Dowling would give us a hearing, the charge being that of conspiring to send a challenge. We were informed by the officer that Judge Dowling was not sitting that week and that Judge Hagen was on the bench, whereupon, we walked back to our hotels." LOUIB. HEADGEAB ttstti to mrr.T., Olio Oct Bewildered and the Women Don't Like tbe Workmanship, Detroit Free Press. J "The hardest things in the world to sell at retail are hats and bonnets," said a veteran clerk in one of the leading retail establishments in this city. "A man comes in and wants a hat and of course he knows bis size and he thinks he knows the kind of a hat he wants; bnt when he sees three or four different shapes and observes the ap pearance he makes in each bat, as he tries it on, be appears to become bewildered. Very few men make studies of tbeir own beads aud faces before &r mirror until tbey enter a bat store, and then they look strange in tbeir own yes. "With women it is different "Women are great devotees of tbe mirror, and especially as regards tbeir heads and faces. Why are bonnets bard artloles to sell? It is because ot the intuitive self-conceit ot women. No woman lives who ever saw a new bonnet for the first time who did not say to herself that she could have taken tbe same material and make a better bonnet" m CLARA BELLE'S CHAT. The Girl Who Has a Bad Complexion Is in Duty Bound to Faint DISCRETION WITH A HARE'S FOOT. Story of a Plebeian Yellow Car land a Patrician French Poodle. IN H0HE6T FOOTHAH AND HIS LOTE. rCOBBXSrOXBXNCI OT THX BISFATCH.1 Ne-w Yobk, May 17. N actress of world wide renown said to me yesterday: "It s all nonsense to condemn artificiality in the complexions of women. If you have a clear, pnre (kin, leave it natural, of course; but if it be muddy and rough, paint and powder it ( saw a girl in a arlor last evening wearing an Empire gown and with n ei t h e r touch of rouge nor bit of court plaster on her pale face. She was a failure. It is a matter of history that the bewitching Julias, Claudias and others who figured as heroes of ancient Borne applied unguents, cos metics, paints and powders to their com plexions. The Cleopatras and other fair ones of old were wielders ol the hare's foot and powder-puff Jezebel was probably but emulating the fashions of the day when she painted her face and tired her head. "Nowadays the scientific improvements of the age with regard to lighting arrange ments, in fact, have necessitated a certain amount of artificial coloring. One does not care to have one's artistio susceptibilities offended by the sight of over-florid faces, or hollow eyes and pallid cheeks above perfect toilets, whose harmonious coloring is so dis tinctly displayed by tbe electric light, Dor is there any reason why the rough patches made by the wind's rude fingers should be allowed' to disfigure a more or less velvety skin when the powder puff's arttul aid can be called into requisition to remedy the de fect IX HAS BECOME A DUTY. "We live in an age when we expect every thing to look its best, and woman, above all else, owes it as her duty to society to show herself off to the best advantage, even though she has to depend wholly upon her dressmaker and hairdresser to bring about that desirable end." The actress was at tbe actors' fund mati nee, and on every side were heavily daubed soubrettes, emotionals and other fair ones ot the stage. "Of course," she continued, "it isn't desirable that the broad effects suitable for the footlights should be adopted in the unsparing light of day. If these actresses off duty would be advised on such a matter they would find that a thinner application of blanc de perle, a lighter hand with tbe hare's foot, and a less Cimmerian blackness of the eyes will serve their purpose better than tbeir bold but crude treatment ot their faces. Women apparently arrange their complexions to snit their toilets or the state of the weather, and one may observelherea strange variety ot powder hues. There is a deadly white against which the red and black of lips and eyes have a clown-like effect; there is a cream or yellowish tinge, adapted for gloomy days, and which tones effectively with dark toilets; a decidedly pink shade, which, with the rouge, makes a symphony in red; and finally an unmistak able blue, the precise object of which is not apparent These are the backgrounds on which the coloring is applied, and in this latter tbe only variation is that in some cases it assumes a dull, faded hue, the re sult of frequent use, while iu others it has all the aggressive redness ot a boiled lob ster. They needn't be more natural, but more artistio." PATBICIAN AND PLEBEIAN. A little comedy scene took place on Fifth avenue before amused spectators. A hand some black French poodle 'was prancing happily along at .the side of a stylish, fine formed and sweet-faced girl. On his collar was tied a large and elegant blue satin bow. He seemed proud of himself and his pretty mistress, and he disdained a little yellow cur that sat on a doorstep with a small, ragged, snub-nosed boy. The little yellow dog had watched tbe approach of the poodle with great interest, cocking his head on one side and glancing up at his diminutive master to see if he had discovered the im pressive sight When the poodle came opposite he turned his bead and gave a short glance at the yel low dog. The' latter wagged his tail, and seemed to wait for an invitation to introduce himself. But the poodle ignored him, and was passing on in his majesty without a second glance. This was too much for the little yellow dog. He was evidently proud spirited, and was determined not to be humiliated in that style before the cold world. He pattered out to the poodle and confronted him. Then, as the patrician animal lifted his nose into the air and con temptuously sniffed, the yellow dog jumped at tbe blue ribbon on tbe other's collar. With a little shake ot the head he pulled out the bow and then dragged the ribbon to his master on the step. That worthy howled with rage. "Wot yer do that fur. Bmoke? Aint yer got no sense? Gimme a at ribbon." The boy fiercely tore the ribbon away from his dog, gave the poor little fellow a slap side of the head, and then ran to the young lady to restore her poodle's bow. Tbe girl was smiling, and, taking a piece of money from her pnrse, gave it to the boy, and then went over and tied the blue ribbon round the neck of the little yellow cur. A few minutes later the boy and bis dog were go ing up street, the dog seemingly doing his best to imitate the jaunty trot ol the con ceited French poodle. PANSIES rOB A PBIZB. At 10 o'clock one morning, a girl that can aafely be called the most beautiful of all the beauties in the Four Hundred was walking down Fifth avenue between two young fel lows that were both very mueh captivated by her lovable charms, and to these this fair maid stid that she had been searching in .!jSe5 fl mSxto W I I 1C.T 'VU--TN A yffl a 4 The Proud Poodle Humbled, i .... , pftpfrsfitteo- tasPAScm, vain for some pansies to wear to Mrs. 8o-and-So's dance that evening. "I am to wear a gown that pansies would go beautifully with, said she; "and they are my favorite flower, too. How stupid it is ot all the florists to miss having them to day." The young men deliberated for an instant, and then offered simultaneously to secure a bunch or pansies and send to the beauty be fore evening. ' "If you should get me some you would de serve a prize," said she. "Then offer a prize," exclaimed the young men together. "Oh, I tell you what I'll do," oiled tha girl, suddenly struck with a brilliant idea. "The one who brings the flowers to me first shall kiss my hand." "Ohl" exclaimed the young men. "You don't mean it?" This arrangement was agreed to, and, bid ding the girl good-morning, the young men started off upon their missions. At 7:30 o'clock that night a disconsolate looking figure ascended the steps of the pansy-loving beauty's residence and asked to see the young lady. In a few sad words be ac quainted her with tho fact that he had traversed Manhattan Island from one end to the other and that he had failed to find a pansy. While relating his story the other young man was ushered in. His face was aglow with joyous anticipation, as he ad- tOu i Got Them at Philadelphia. vanced enthusiastically to the trembling maiden, and, with a quick movement, threw aside the paper covering from a huge hunch of the most perfect, velvety pansies. THE BBATE DESEBVE THE FAIB. "Where where did you get those?" gasped the unfortunate loser of the race. "I went to Philadelphia for them, my boy," cried the other. '"'Oh, how absurd," said the girl, pleased beyond expression at the compliment this exertion implied. "Why, I would have gone," rejoined the victorious youth, as he extended his hand to receive hers, "to New Orleans if you had only made the time limit a little longer," and bending over the snowy, little hand be pressed his mouth long and warmly upon it. "I have been compelled to go without food and drink since leaving you," sug gested the glowing youth, raising his eyes to the girl's. "Oh, then you must take dinner with us." "I was not thinking of that I thought the fast might be worth an extra prize." The look that he received from the proud beauty reassured him to such an extent that he bent again and took at least a half dozen kisses from the tiny flower of the beauteous maiden's hand. "Now, what do I get," asked the discon solate one. "Oh, I'll give you a boutonniere out of these pansies," laughed the girl. According to all romantio laws the en gagement of the lovely lady and brave man, who so richly deserved the fair, ought to be announced in good season, I regret to say, however, that the fair coquette will in all likelihood wed the other. AN HONEST SCOTCH FOOTMAN. Here is another absolutely true love story: A citizen ol the Murray Hill stamp was asked by a yalued footman recently for a private interview. When by themselves in the library, the gentleman, attentive and waiting, was surprised to see Donald's honest face, which topped 6 feet 2 of sturdy Scotch brawn, paling and flushing liko a girl's, while he vainly tried to speak. "Maister," he gasped at last, "I maun gang awa' the morrow." "Donald, my man, yon don't mean you wish to leave my service? Are you not satis fied with your wages and your privileges?" "The saints in heaven could na' find fault, sir, bnt I maun gane awa'." "I cannot let vou go, Donald, without a good cause. What are your reasons for wishing to go?" "O, Maisterl" tho poor fellow groaned, with an effort, "the bonny lassie, Miss Bessie I canna', canna' stay, sir." "Miss Bessie, man! Has Miss Bessie treated you unkindly? I would not sup pose it possible." "Ne, no, sir," and then by much prod ding ot the reluctant man it transpired that Donald had lost his heart to the 16-year-old daughter of his employer, and felt in honor bound to leave the house. AND DONALD SAILED AWAY. "Does my daughter know this? Have you spoken to her? Why, Bessie is only a child, you rascal!" exclaimed the father In rising passion, "Miss Bessie's na balm, sir Miss Bessie is an angell" declared Donald, with a vague impression that in speaking of the angels, age is never mentioned: "but she dunnat tcnaw pure Donald's heart she dunnat knaw." "Ob, come, my man, this is too silly. I don't want to lose you, and you don't want to throw up a good place. Confound it all, this is preposterous!' "So it is, sir," assented Donald, humbly, "but oh, Maisterl yestereen when Miss Bessie came trom her drive in the park her fut slipped on the step I caught her oh. Maister"' with a dramatio gesture toward his broad chest," "she do have sick een, and sick a futl I maun gang awa'." And go he did. The morning a'terward Miss Bessie's maid found a small box at her mistress' door addressed in a painful sprawl. The wondering Miss Bessie found that it contained a bunch of Scotch heather and a gold ring a plain band engraved with a thistle Scotland's national emblem. That day poor Donald Bailed in the Caledonia, carrying his wounded, honest heart back to the "auld countree." Claba Belle. BIBBS THAI DA50H. A Wonderful Sight In One of tho Dense Forests of Brazil. In his "Pioneering in South Brazil," Mr. Bigg-Wither relates that one morning in the dense forest his attention was roused by the unwonted sound of a bird singing songsters being rare in that district His men, immediately they caught the sound, invited him to follow them, hinting that he would probably witness a very curious sight Cautiously making their way through the dense undergrowth, they finally came in sight of a small stony spot of ground, at the end of a tiny glade, and on this spot, some on the stone and some on tbe shrnbs, were assembled a number of little birds, about the size of tomtits, with lovely blue plumage and red topknots. One was perched quite still on a twig, singing merrily, while tbe others were keeping time with wings and feet in a kind of dance, and all twittering an accompani ment He watched them for some time and was satisfied they were having a ball and concert and thoroughly enjoying themselves; they then became alarmed and the perform ance abruptly terminated, the birds all go ing off in different directions. Tbe natives told blm that these little creatures were known as the "dancing birds." r 7'Ja j iiiy smcoAX, may is, BETTER- MT MARRY. Pacis and Figures for Young lovers of Moderate Incomes. EXPENDITURES OF A MODEL YOUTH. Itemlxed Accounts of a Harried Man With as Average Family. FEW PLMA8UBEB ON $30 PEE WEIK tUHlVtKX ro THB PlSrATCH. If Benjamin Franklin had waited until the present time to write that delightful let ter to young people in which he advocates early marriages, he would never have writ ten it He was too observant a man and too trne an adviser to have done it conscien tiously in this day. Perhaps in the days when enr grandfathers' grandfathers were young men and were contemplating seriously the advantages and disadvantages of matri mony, that was good advice. It is good ad vice now for young men who have wealthy fathers or large and sure incomes. Bnt things have changed since Franklin died, to use an adaptation of a slang remark of some popularity. I have been making some inquiries among my friends, married and unmarried, to see just how much things have changed. There are even now some alleged philosophers and philanthropists who advocate early mar riages as a means of saving and increasing health and happiness. The health and hap piness are all right; no one doubts they will follow a judicial mating, but can a saving follow? If those advisers would do a little observing for themselves and not let an ""improved theory" back up any and all statements, they Would have discovered what I shall endeavor to show below. MEN OE 2IODEBATE MEAN'S. This argument refers only to those young men who have moderate and small means and incomes. The youth whose papa is worth half a million, more or less, and has no brothers and sisters, may marry as soon as he chooses. But the young men who are earning from, well, say $10 or?12 a week up to $25 per week may be interested in the figures given below. Aud perhaps you young men, yet unmarried, who have large incomes or rich papas will find the figures worth reading, for you know riches some times, in fact very often in these days, take unto themselves wings. The first yonng man I spoke to is single, and I endeavored to get him to tell me how he manages to live on a salary of $12'a week, about the minimum I take it of the salaries received by the average young man of his age and station, for he is 25 years old and fairly well educated. He is a salesman in a book and stationery goods store not far from the Pittsburg postoffice, where he has been employed about six years. When he came to this city he was green, and for the first two years existed on only a little more than half bis present income. It was then, no doubt, that be acquired the habit of keeping an account of the principal items of his expenditures. He Is always well-dressed, always has a few dollars in his pockets, is not known among his friends as a "close fellow," though never does he spend a great deal. He permitted me to copy off this page o? bis little memorandum book. It shows his expenses for the year ending January 1, last: EXPENDITTJBE3 POB A TEAS. One summer suit $ 25 00 One winter suit 25 00 One percale vest 2 00 One spring overcoat 15 00 One heavy overcoat ...., 20 Ou Ona extra pair trousers. 6 60 One silk hat S 00 One still bat 2 50 One soft hat...., l 25 One pair button shoe 4 00 One pair low shoes 8-25 Two heavy undershirts. 3 00 Two heary underdrawers B 00 Two light undershirts 75 Two light underdrawers 75 hix unlanndrird shirts 3 00 Fonr pair heavy merino hose 1 6U Four pair summer hose 1 00 One pr suspenders. 38 One dozen linen collars 2 00 Six pair linen cuffs l 60 Bix neckties l 60 Eight handkerchiefs 2 00 One pair kid gloves 160 One pair cloth gloves , 60 One pair robber shoes 60 Two nightgowns 1 60 Total $133 83 In addition to the above cost of his cloth ing he gave me the cost of his other little necessities: 62 weeks' room-rent at S3 per week 8104 00 62 weeks' board, at 13 50 per week 182 00 62 weeks' laundry, at 75 cents per week.. 89 00 Places of amusement eto 12 00 Incidentals... 20 00 .??.! 5357 00 Add clothing 133 83 Qrand total 8490 88 Dividing this by 2 we find that his ex penses for living, clothes, amusements, etc., were about 9 45 per week, leaving him $2 65 per week, or $132 60 per year to lay by lor a rainy day. Of course you will say that this young man is poorly dressed in a $25 suit and a $15 overcoat, six months worn. But he isn't There is not a neater, cleaner, better-looking young man in the city this day than my friend, bearing in mind that "better" doesn't mean "richer" in this case. You wouldn't know from hu appearance but that he is receiving $25 a week instead of $12. He is dressed comfortably, too, BOUGHT NO SHODDY GOODS. You will notice that be paid $1 60 for the undershirt he has on. For that price an Al article can be bought. His shirts are made of New York mills cotton and have good linen bosoms. He told me that he manages to get a 76-oent shirt for 60 cents by buying them at a time when some one of the big stores has marked such garments down. Tbe balance of his outfit cost about the usual prices paid by yonng men. I did not ask him how he expended the $12 for amusements, but if he goes to the theater he can get a good seat for 50 cents. Thus he could accompany a lady friend 12 times during the year, or go 24 times alone. The $20 charged to incidentals means, I suppose, a glass of beer occasionally, a cigar now and then or maybe a brief vacation trip. If be has banked his savings, and con tinues to do so, in ten years he will have about $1,700 provided be doesn't marry. We see that he saved last year $132 60. If he had earned but $10 a week, that would have been $104 less, but still & saving of $28 60, and the same good clothes and food that he did have. So a man on $10 a week can live quite comfortably. I kuow that, for I am well acquainted with one who did and conld now It be were not married, AN ECONOMICAL MAREIED MAX. It took me sometime to find a married man whose experiences would fitly represent the average married man and bis expenses. But finally I did find one. He is drawing toward the fortieth year mark in his battle with life, and has been a husband ten years and a father almost as long. He receives $30 a week as a salesman in a well-known Pitts burg wholesale house, and supports his wife and children well, if not lavishly. The children are aged and sexed thus: Boy, 8 years; girl, 6 years; baby, 2 years. I know that these figures, together with those above, will gain eligible-lady enemies for me, but here goes for the itemized expenses lor cloth ing for those five persons. Tbey represent the expenditures for the year ending Janu ary l; last: OXOTHZNa TOB BIMSELT, One winter salt f 18 00 One summer suit 16 00 One overcoat 15 00 One thin coat for store 1 75 One silk hat........,..,...,,..,,,,,,,,.,,, 6 00 One stiff hat... 2 60 Two pairs shoos, cost prtoe 4 75 Heavy underwear, two suits 6 CO Light underwear, two suits 1 00 Six shirts. .,., ., ..... 3 00 Hosiery... , ..,., 2 60 Linen collars and call y,,.,., 8 60 Handkerchiefs..,,., ,.,..,,,,, X M i lsaa Neckties 1 Gloves .a.,..,,....,...................... 1 00 Rubber shots, cost price 40 Two nightgowns 1 60 Total S 82 40 OLOTHTNO TOE 'WIFE. One winter dress, 15 yards, at $1 a yard.. J 15 00 Trimmings and making 6 00 One summer dress, 15 yards, at 60 cents a yard........ .... ................ 7 60 Trimming and making 6 00 One light dress, complete 6 00 Three calico dresses, complete 4 50 One wrapper, complete..... 8 75 Undervesta 1 60 Two pair corsets, at 75 cents a pair 1 50 60 yards cotton cloth at 8 cents ayard.... 4 00 8lx pairs bose. 25 cents 1 50 Two pa rs shoes, cost prlc 5 00 Two pairs slippers, cost pnee 2 00 Linen rollars and cuffs... 2 00 Handkerchiefs 1 60 Two pairs kid gloves 2 00 One pair cloth gloves 75 One pair rnbber shoes, cost price 80 Two bats.... .................. ............ 0 00 One cloak 16 00 One summer wrap 8 00 Incidentals 20 00 Total 1116 80 CLOTHZBTO TOB SOW. Three salts at $5 each 15 00 One overcoat 8 00 Two hats, one cap 3 00 Four pairs shoes, cost price 6 00 Two pairs slippers, cost price 150 Two pairs rubber shoes, cost price 35 One pair rnbber boots, cost price 1 25 Underwear.... ....... 3 00 Bix shirt walita at 50 cents 8 00 Eight pairs bose at 25 cents 2 00 Bix linen collars 90 Three neckties., 75 Handkerchiefs, gloves, etc 2 60 10uUfi.(i.((.t.(iiiitti.tti. CLOTHING TOB DAUGHTER. One best winter dress and making 8 2 75 One flannel school snit 2 50 Bix summer dresses at 81 60..... 9 00 Underwear 3 CO Eight pairs hose at 25 cents 2 00 Three pairs shoes, cost price 4 50 Three pairs slippers, cost price 1 50 One pair rubber shoes, cost price 80 One pair rnbber boots, cost price 1 25 Three hats ; 6 00 "Winter cloak 8 00 Light cloak 6 00 Incidentals 10 00 Total f 64 80 OLOTETJIO TOB BjBV. Dresses S 8 00 Cloak.: 5 00 Two hats 2 60 Three pairs shoes, cost price 2 25 Underwear 2 00 Eight pairs hose 2 00 Incidentals .-. 6 00 Total 27 75 This string of figures has grown long, so let us stop here to glance at the manner in which this married man is dressed. It will be seen that his clothing costs him some $51 less than that of the single young man, though his salary is one and one-half times greater. His clothes are all ready-made, and be made last year's light overcoat do service this year. On all sides he econo mizes. His wife is really well dressed; that is she looks so. Bhe wears a seal cloth coat that cost $45, but as she gets three years' service from it. he eives me but $15 as one year's expenditure in that direction. She, m 1f i . J 4ldh AkilHvAii'a iuaea an uer owu auu iug kuijuiu a dresses, and the 50 yards of cotton cloth charged to her, he tells me. is used to make mnch of her own and the little ones' Under garments. He gets all footwear at cost price, saving a little there. Now that we have got the cost of clothing this family of five persons, let's take up their living expenses. The gentleman lives in tbe suburbs because he can find a better suite of rooms in a better locality and for less money than down town. His children, too, get a plenty of good air and have room to play, while the school facilities are as good as elsewhere. He gives me his living expenses as follows: HIS LIVXHO EXPENSE3. House rent five rooms, suburban S 240 00 Car fares i 00 Grocer's bill, average of to a week 2C0 00 Provision bill, average of S4 a week 208 00 Natural gas.. ....... 55 00 Illuminating gas 10 00 Milk bill average of 70 cents a week.... 63 40 Paper bill, 70 cents a month-. 8 40 Incidentals 60 00 Total t 811 80 Now to recapitulate: Clothing for husband f 82 40 Clothing for wife 118 00 Clothing for son 46 25 Clothing for daughter. 54 00 Clothing for baby 27 75 House and living expenses.. 811 80 Grand total 11,239 80 ONLY ONE CONCLUSION. Now divide this by 62, and we find that the average living expenses of the five per sons were $23 84 a week, and that the hus band might possibly save $6 16 per week from his salary of $30. This would amount to about $320 a year, or in ten years, with inlavasl rn anmA Lt flflfi Annnrri frt hflT It nice little home, and provided always that J mere is iiiue sionness in ius laouir nuu uu a heavy expenditure for furniture, carpets, distant visits, etc. From tbe two instances given it is seen that a single man can live well on $10 or $12 a week, and a married man with three children on $30 a week, and both save money until one marries, and' the other's chil dren grow up. The question is oiten asked, how can a man support a family on $12 a week? He can't except bv observing the very strictest economy, leaving all luxuries by the wayside and denying himself and his wife ot much that seems at first thongbt necessary, for the children's sake. The man on $30 a week with a family of four besides himself about tbe average size of families ten years established may seem to have a "fat" thing, but cast your eyes over tbe figures given above again and see for yourself that he wears poorer clothes, has fewer pleasures and perchance poorer -food than the single man on $12 a week. It isn't 10 "fat" after all I W. A P. A COHFOET TO EDITOEa Inventlaa for the Benefit of tha Writing Geniuses ot Kentucky. Any one might guess that a Kentucky man is entitled to the credit whioh attaches to the invention of a "combined inkstand, pistol case and burglar alarm." No Ken tucky editor's desk should be without it The application may be illustrated: An editor sits at his desk writing. One of the Hatfields or one of the McCoys enters to ask a correction of the report about that row over on Hell-for-Sartin creek. Tbe editor reaches forward as if to dip his pen in the ink. . , . He touches a spring in the top of the ink stand. A shallowidrawer flies open toward him and his hand drops upon the revolver. At tbe same time tbe alarm goes oil like one of those new devices to call people at 5 A. M. in country hotels. Tbe mountaineer Jumps back as if he heard the b-r-r-r of a rattler, and belore he recovers he is cov ered. The editor is master of tbe situation. This inyentor lives in Louisville. Wall of tha Washington Girl. Washington Post.; A charming young lady who doesn't be gin to be near the first corner-stone, has evolved from her Inner consciousness the following refection on masculine Washing ton: Tbe saddest words of tongue or pen. There are too many woman and not enough men. Bough ou tha Arcbltaeu. Detroit Free Press, If 70a happen to strike a New York architect when he hasn't had a meal of victuals for two days you can get tbe full plans of a $40,000 bouse for 60 cents. If he isn't very hungry he will charge you $5. Architecture, like chromos, has got down to Dro-roejc. - I M - a.vk..u.t4 , , . ., , v., .' v . . ..... v.Lufettt. .. . Mi f MfriiT'fWT I'titHi rtfafftsf THE CUESE OF LABOR Bessie Bramble Sees Hope in the Fntnre for Both Men and Women. PROSPECTS FOE EIGHT EOUES. What Bciencs and Invention Hay Accom plish for Housekeepers. COOKING BI MEANS OF ELECTRICITY. rwmrrxx fob thz dispatch. "The grandfathers worked 14 hours a day for a living, the fathers worked 12, the toilers of the present 9 and 10, but tbeir children will work 8 hours" probably less. Whether tbe demand for a working day of eight hours with the same wages be granted generally now or not, it is plain to see it will come eventually, as even now the desired end is being conceded in spots. In the poem of Mrs. Osgood, so popular in the schools, she says: "Labor is worship;" and urges very poetically that labor is life, and health, and rest from sin 'promptings and petty vexations, but still it requires little showing that men do not hanker after such worship, or women either, but ardently long for the joys of leisure, the sweets of rest, tbe freedom of the will to pursue their own devices and de sires in the pursuit of happiness. In order, however, to appreciate the sentiment that "Labor is worship" and all tho other pretty things said by tbe poets on the subject, no body wants too much of it The great and general impression is that a little of it may be health and rest, but like the "long prayer" at church an abbreviation of the time would be most grateful to the majority of mankind. LABOB IMPOSED A3 A CTJBSE. The poem, however, does not tall in wil& the old Genesis story that labor was imposed upon mankind as a curse for tbe dis obedience of the first husband and wife in eating of the forbidden truit There in a par adise tbey bad love, luxury, leisure, all that could most delight tbe soul, and yet like a pair of "blooming idiots"they destroyed hap piness in the world, and introduced original sin. The ground was cursed for tbe sake of Adam, thorns and thistles it was decreed to bring forth to make the work of getting a living out of it hard, and to make nira earn his bread by tbe sweat of bis face until he should return to the dust out of which he was made. But whatever may be thought of labor whether imposed as a curse or bestowed as a blessing given for a form of prayer or worship it is certain that nine-tenths of the people of the earth have to engage in it, and tn the "demnition horrid grind" to find food and clothes, and their best condition of life as it is, whether they desire to do so or not Dryden says "mankind has a natural re pugnance for labor." But tbe necessity ex ists for it all the same. Tbe doctors say that labor adds to health and the cure of disease, but this must apply only to where It is carried on with moderation. WEECKS FEOM OTEBWOEK. Look at the people upon the streets. How many workingmen of middle age there are who have a weary, overstrained, used-up look, while the women are as plainly over tired, shattered and broken down I All have too much of toil, too much of poverty, too little pleasure and enjoyment of life. Sight hours a day is enough for any one to work, either man or woman. The work of the farmer, the gardener, the man whose toil has to be governed by the seasons, or the demands that make cessation a loss cannot come up to the general law. The crops upon which the living of all toil ers depend must be gathered when in proner condition, regardless of rules of trade, or Knights of Laborregulations, or Federation edicts. Bnt in city shops, and trades wbere tbe work goes on without reference to weather, the eight-hour law could be adopted to advantage. It would also be a boon to the miners, to the clerks in thethops, and to bands em ployed in factories. All shopping could just as easily be done inside of eight hours as ten, as all buyers would soon adapt them selves to the new rules. BECEPTIOX OF HEW IDEAS. It takes a long time apparentlv for a new idea to grow. People resist innovation simply because they are afraid of change. Plenty of talkers say this plan would never work in tbe world, but just sneh people fought the telegraph said Stephenson's iron horse would never run by steam. But it can be tried at all events, and the people will either adapt themselves to it or let it go. In tbe old days of the nation, when the pioneers were laying tbe foundations of the country, it was considered a sort of sin to devote any time to the luxury of leisure jr rather to the pursuit of anything in which the worker took pleasure. Beading was deemed by tbe good housewives a waste of precious time that might be given to viecing quilt patches. In families of old, reading was only allowed upon Sunday in the intervals of go ing to church. Tbe catechism and the Bible of course took the lead, but Plavel's "Method or Grace" or Doddridge's "Rise and Progress of the Soul"might be indulged in with propriety. But tbe frittering away of time on anything that could not make or save money on wees days was most sternly reDressed. But even in the davs of Jonathan Edwards human nature revolted against such strict rules. NO BEST TOB WOlfEX. Then, as now, however the commandment that on the seventh day "Thou shalt do no manner of work" is ignored in the case of women. Tbey have always worked on tbe Sabbath. Their three meals a day have to bo prepared, their children have to be washed and dressed, their rising up and ly ing down have to be sanwicbed with toil decalogue to the contrary notwithstanding. Now bow are they to secure their weeklr holiday, and to have their dav's work re duced to eight hours? In the hospitals, nnder orders from the doctors, nurses are only on dnty eight hours a day, but when women nnrse their families or their relatives at home, and have no money to pay help, they are at work if need be tor 24 hours a day, and this too for days and nights in succession. Thissubject is a broad and deep one. The martyrdom ot the kitchen and the nursery needs to be talked over and thought over by both women and men. A broken-down wife is an afflic tion that many men bear by some patiently and sympathetically, by others impatiently and perhaps brutally. It cannot be doubted that it tbeir hours ot toil could be short ened homes would be brighter and lives happier and longer. A BAT 07 BOPS. Natural gas has done much to save labor in the homes, bat it is too expensive for the many. Women still have to carry coal, take out ashes, drudge and scrub, and cook and wash, and sew and darn, and at times have five or nz children to nurse through the measles and whooping cough aiyl all the rest of it, taking up both night and day. What is needed for relief is that Prof. Perrv's prophecy should speedily be realized and 'everything in tbe household from sew ing machines, mangles, sweepers, down to apple-parers, be run by electricity. He adds that with properly constructed ma chines the energy of Niagara Falls conld be converted into electrical power and be trans mitted to New York and there be used for everything to which human labor is ap plied. But while these advances are said to be coming by virtue of big brains, chemistry is not idle, bnt is seeking to find such com pounds as will furnish nourishing and healthy food in snch form as will do away with all cooking. This would be a ditcor eryto lighten labor indeed. With such blessings in view it will be seen that the coming men and women have fair promise of a good time, and will not have so mnch trouble with tbeir political and domestic, economy as do the people of to-day, BaaaDB Bramblb. '' ' wjv F' - Ie0HHH SPBING CITY, TENNT THE IBON CENTER, TOE GARDEN CITT OP THE SOUTH. A Good Point for Pri fltafale Investment. The question is often aseed, what is the substantial basis of all the "booming" towns in the South, and the prediction is con fidently made, with a shake of the head, that the "bottom must drop out" sooner or later. The very word "boom" has a kind of suspicion of rborlatanry about it, and it is often inappropriately used to describe a strong and vigorous growth entirely healthy in character. When one reflects that in tha East there are 540 iron furnaces, and that 150 of them are now idle because the price ot pig iron on tbe market is lower than it costs them to make it; and when one further reflects that all the turnaces in the Chatta nooga and Birmingham districts can make iron and carry it to market at from $2 to $4 a ton cheaper than tbe Eastern furnaces, a reason begins to be apparent for the so called "booms" of many Southern local ities. As compared with the 510 lur naces of the Eastern States there are but 31 in tbe whole Chattanooga and Birmingham districts, and every one can go on making iron at a profit long after low prices have driven every Eastern competitor from tho field. These facts can easily be demon strated, but the most eloquent certificate of them is found in the situation as it is in the East 150 out of 540 furnaces being idle 30 percent and in the South 1 ( or local causes) out of313 percent There is a very eeneral feeling among tbe iron men of tbe'East that a material reduction of tbe tariff rates on iron cannot long be post poned, and if the market price of iron should be lowered Southern furnaces must be indefinitely multiplied. Of all the new cities oi this favored region Spring City, Tenn., is, by actual count, tha most favored. An energetic body of capi talists of large means have bought $1,000,000 worth of property in the thriving little city and the rich mineral lands adjacent and are following the most enlightened policy to give permanent value to their possessions. SPBING CITT is a remarkable combination of pastoral beauty, of picturesque scenery, of agricul tural and horticultural richness, of wonder ful mineral wealth, and strategic industrial and manufacturing situation. It stretches out, a beautiful level plain of 3,000 acres, between Walden's Bidge on tbe west and Wi'nell Heights and Laura Hill on the east, its fair bosom cut in twain by the great Texas, New Orleans and Pacific Bailway, and washed by the ever limpid mountain waters of Piney river. The sum total of its advantages over all other locations in the favored region of the Tennessee Valley, when weighed in tha sensitive scales ot industrial competition, is sufficient to turn the eyes of all thoughtful business men and capitalists toward it Bead a brief and temperate summary of its advantages as a location for manufactur ing and industrial enterprises, iorresidence, health-seeking or investment: First Two inexhaustible fields of iron, Shin Bone Bidge and Iron Hill, the former one-half mile, and the latter six miles from Spring City, from which ore is being mined in large quantities daily. Spring Citys iron ore is no experiment Second The Cincinnati Southern and Central Tennessee Bailways meet here, the latter striking the Walden's Bidge coking coal at two miles and the newly discovered Andrews or Pocahontas coking coal, ' Third The best coking coal in the world (yielding 91 i per cent ot fixed carbon), at a distance ot 27 miles, made available by the Central Tennessee Bailway, and tha opening to the market of the wonderful block coal through the same medium. This block coal, the only coal in the world that can make iron without bring converted into coke, exists in vast quantities in the line of the Central Tennessee extension. Fourth Cheaper iron than any other lo cality Spring City's iron ore snpply and her coking coal are nearer together, and by the extension of the Tennessee Central six miles to Iron Hill, ber transportation of ore and coal, without breaking bulk, is neces sarily secured cheaper than any other lo cal it v. Fifth Cheap transportation to market Spring City is nearer to the Eastern market by rail than Cbattanoo?a by 55 miles, than Birmingham by 135 miles. She is only six miles from the Tennessee river, whicn af fords cheap transportation to the Ohio. Sixth A cheap river outlet for manufact ured goods by Piney and Tennessee rivers, the former stream flowing on the outskirts of tbe city, with power enough to run many factories, and navigable for one and one half miles from its mouth, affordinz a splen did natural harbor for a dozen industries. Seventh The most beautiful town site la the Statecertainlycan be claimed for Spring City. It is high and dry, perfectly level, dotted with blooming orchards, marked with comfortable and substantial dwellings, and surrounded by productive farming lands. Eighth Extensive farming lands Fields, pastures, meadows, orchards, vine yards, nurseries, gardens, etc., surround Spring City. Peaches and strawberries and other fruits grow in great abundance, ona farmer for the past two years having shipped 2,000 crates of fine peaches per year from 14J4 acres of trees. Ninth Wonderful Bhea Springs are but two miles from Spring City, approached by a beautiful drive from thelatter point Here is a handsome hotel with the most charming surroundings that nature can bestow, and a mineral water that has become celebrated throughout the South for equalizing tha circulation and restoring the secretory or gans. Bhea Springs is a noted summer re sort for invalids and pleasure seekers. Tenth Large deposits of fire clay and metallic paint Tbe finest building stone and inexhaustible limestone. A thriving city ot 1,000 inhabitants with excellent schools, churches, and business houses. The Anglo-American Association is com posed of practical business men of large means who, after tbe most careful examine, tion, have settled upon Spring City as tho most advantageons point in the South for the manufacture of iron, and for tbe estab lishment of a great industrial center. They propose to make here a permanent city of lactones and furnaces, as well as a city of beautiful homes. Blast furnaces, a $50,000 hotel, water-works, elec tric lights, street cars, etc., etc., are some of the things that will be set on foot immediately. The first auction sale of business and residence lots takes,pee June 3, i and 5. Lots for sale privately until May 26 at very low figures. For fuller information see prospectus or address The Anolo-Amebioak Ass'ir.,Lrsi. Spring City, Tenn. Many thousands of dollars have been made by hundreds of people lately by small investments in the so-called "booming" cities of the South. Have you a few hun dreds, or even less money, that you would like to have doubled or qnadrupled in 80 days? It so, by going down to Spring City, Tenn., now, before their great sale of lots on Jnne 3, 4, 5, you can secure Irom the Asso ciation at private sale lots that will go fay three or fonr times as much in SO days. Bpbino Citt, Tenn., is the Iron center, the garden citv of the South. 8he can make iron 60 cents a ton cheaper' than any city In the South. While she has adjacent (in addition to the Walden's Bidge coking coal) a body of ooking coal 3,400 square miles in extent, unsurpassed in the world. She mast be the distributing point for this remarkable coal for all the Tennessee Valley lurnaces. Go there and invest in a lot at low figures before the great sale Jnne 3, i, 6. A Cltlzsa or De Holies. Please to accept acknowledgements, and alto commend to others the use ot Krauie's Headache Capsules. 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