ST THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1890. 15 A TOLETOFBEATJTY. The Grandest River Scenery in the "World is on the Columbia. FOUKTAINS, FALLS AND PALISADES How Than Kate Dp for the Castles of the Far-Famed Ehine. ITS CRYSTAL WATERS COLD AS ICE ICOltRESrOXPXNCX or THI PISPATCH.I Pobtlajtd, Oec, June 29. The pro verbial ingratitude of republics has never been better illustrated than by the fact that apt one of our 42 States is named after the discoverer of America. An excellent op portunity was missed on the occasion of the recent admission of "Washington Territory to Statehood of changing its name to Columbia. However, eTen if it failed to use its oppor tunity for adopting the name of Columbia for one of its States, the Northwest has done more to honor the name of Columbus than any other part of the country; for here is British Columbia, with its magnificent mountain scenery, more than eight times as large as the State oi New York; and better still, the Columbia river, 3,000 miles in length, with the grandest river scenery in the world. I have repeatedly seen the Hudson, the Bt. Lawrence, Mississippi, Missouri, Sacra mento, the Rhine, Elbe and Danube and none 01 these rivers impressed me as deeply as the Columbia, with the exceptions ot the castles on the Bhine, combines the best feat ures or all them and adds to tbem what tb-y all lack a back ground of lo ty peaks covered with eternal snow. Grandeur is the watchword of the Columbia, which, with this mountainous background and the stu pendous sculpturing of its banks towers above other famous rivers as the bigh Alps of Switzerland do above our Adirondack and Catskills. irrepressible fir trees which are larger than they seem at their great elevation. How did" this rock get there? But it would take volumes to describe all these imposing mountain formations. Opposite Castle Bock and below, are miles of magnificently sculptured palisades, com pared wiih which those on the Hudson river are of toy-like dimensions. "We now approach the famous cascade of the Columbia, the place where, according to the Indian tradition, a natural bridge once existed, formed by the water digging a tnnnel for itself through the mountain. The legend goes on to relate how the rival volcanic monarchs Hood and Adams, who face each other on opposite sides of the river, once had a fight and hurled huge rocks at each other, some of which fell on this arch which spanned the Columbia and demolished it The fragments, filling the river bed, created the rapids which now obstruct navigation. Tourists must leave the boat here and take another one about five miles up the river for the Dalles. The Government has been at work for about 20 years constructing a canal and Jocks for the boats; but 51,000,000 are still needed to complete the task, and meanwhile the building of the railroad on the Oregon side has rendered its completion a matter of less urgency. The little six mile railroad, on the Washington side, which connects the two boats, is the first ever bnilt in the Northwest, and is a curiosity. MADE HERO WNDBESS. Howard Fielding Describes His Bet ter Halfs Master Stroke THE GRANDEST OF SCENEBT. The real scenic part of the river is the TJpper or "Middle Columbia from Port land to the Dallas. I have seen a great part of three continents, but if 1 were asked what I considered the best investment of a five-dollar bill I had ever made for combined aesthetic enjoyment and hycienio exhilaration, I should name this trip on the Columbia river. On both sides there are innumerable cbarming home sites, on gently rising round.with fertile soil, plenty of wood and water, excellent market facilities by rail and steamer, and the finest scenery In the United States for a background. Yet these shores are now an absolnte wilderness. Had tbe unreasoning multitudes who rushed to Oklahoma quietly taken up homesteads in this region they would have avoided their wholesale disappointment. The steamship company is very accommodating to the few settlers along the river, and stops at frequent intervals to take on their lumber, shingles, salmon and farm products, and to land mer chandise for them. Two hours after leaving Portland, Mt. Hood, whose base had been previously con cealed by the Cascade Bidges suddenly comes into view, me size, irom top to base. rere me Danks oi tne Columbia as flat (cud monotonous as tbose of the lower Mis ' sissippi, this sight alone would crown it king ot rivers. For two hours more the mountain remains in sight till it is once more hidden behind the Cascades. A hotel was opened last summer just below the snow line oi Ait. Hood so tbat tbe ascent can now bemadeuith great comiori. ML Hood is 11,025 feet high, and it is ascended by nu merous parties every summer, including ladies. AS CLEAK AS WELL TVATEB. The river itself is almost as awe-inspiring in its grandeur as tbe snow peaks visible from it. No otber river has ever given me gucpg vivid and overpowering sense of sublimity as the Columbia, by its great ex panse of watery surface and its tranquil, deep, majestic movement. And whereas the Mississippi at a corresponding point in its course is so muddv that one almost hesi tates to bathe in it, tbe Columbia is so clear and pure that iu a glass it seems like well water, and tastes almost as good. The color varies with wind and weather, but is nsually a yellowish green, as grateful to the eye as a new mown lawn. Stauding at the prow of tbe boat surveying the vast expanse of placid or agitated water, it is a fascinating exercise of the imagination to think that almost every gallon of this monarch stream came originally from some different creek, spring, melting glacier or snowfield some of them in the Cascade Mountains near bv, some in the Bocky Mountains in distant Territories for the Columbia's sources are iu British Columbia and in seven States and Territories Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. Think what romantic canons, what vast, gloomy forests, these waters have passed through on their way from the crest of the continent to the' ocean; what num bers of speckled trout have darted through them in the mountains.what borJes of big salmon and sturgeon in the Columbia. Ana wnat exciting scenes tbey have noted of seals chasing these unlortunafe fishl For even as far up the Columbia as this the seals make their excursions. TWO FAMOUS SIGIITS. As Mt. Hood disappears, Booster Bock comes into sisht. Booster Bock is a large bowlder which.trom different pointsc. view, looks like an uplifted thumb, or Use a mam moth seal with head on high, just ready to plunge. Barely 15 minutes elapse before another of the famous sights of the Colum bia comes in view Cape Horn which at first sieht seems merely a precipitous rock projecting into the river; but as tbe boat draws near and begins to round it, all the passengers rush to the lett side of the ship, and a chorus of rapturous admiration bursts from their lips. Cape Horn is a vertical wall of bare rock, rising abruptly out of the water, and stand inc on a pretty row of grooved stones re sembling little pillars sculptured haut relief. In the center oi the rock a miniature cas cade runs down smoothly over a mossy bed. Presently, as the boat moves on in close proximity to the rock, another precipitous wall even higher than the first.rises above it adorned with several more miniature water falls, whose moss-grown channels are the only green in the barren, rocky scene. At times the wind blows so wildly that none but steam vessels can pass. The Columbia river wind current, by the way, is very ac commodating to sailing vessels, for it usu ally blows up stream, so that it is almost as easy lor them to go up as down. In the future commercial development of this region this will be a factor of considerable importance. The master landscape carnener who planned the Columbia river provided not only tor a gradual dramatic crescendo to a climax, but for constant scenic variety. So, after the snow mountains, and Booster Bock, and Cape Horn, the tourist is treated to the sight of a few picturesque water falls. The fir?t of them is the Multnomah Fall, which is sighted only a few minutes after leaving Cape Horn. At first it is some what disappointing, since only the upper part can be seen, but as the boat approaches rearer, it is revealed in its true size of 800 feet, in two divisions. It is the death plunge of a livelv mountain .t..nm j,;i. has worn a channel in the rock that looks as ifa giant had scooped out a wide srroov. A TEAB OF LOW 'WATEB. In 18S9 there was no snow in the moun tains to melt, as there had been no snow storms and hardly any rain in Oregon dur ing the whole of the preceding winter; con sequently the Colnmbia was lower than it had been for almost a generation; not quite so low. however, as the rivers of Europe in 1132 and 1313, when the Ehine and Danube eould be crossed without wetting the shoes. Fishermen do not like low water in the Col umbia, because in that State it is so clear thatthe salmon sdcceed'in avoiding the traps laid for them, including the murderous "salmon wheels," which are turned by the current and scoop in the fish, young and old, with the nets attached to them. The Cas cades used to be the great fishing place of the Indians, who used to guard the narrow est parts of the river and levy toll on all passers by very much like the robber barons on the Bhine. One of the most interesting features of the Cascade is that the upper steamer can be moored qnito close to the heads of the rapids, where there are some picturesque islands. Xhis absence ot dangerous cur rent is due to the great depth of the river. A splendid view ot a black-forest scene is obtainable from the deck of the upper steamer before it leaves for the Dalles. It is a sportsman's paradise, and a brateman assured me he had repeatedly seen two or three bears at once on one of the steep wooded hillsides. A few miles below Dalles City is a forma tion in tbe right bank (going up), which is perhaps the greatest curiosity along the whole river. It is a wonderfully illusive natural fortress, with battlements facing the river and the regulation watchtower in the middle. If political exegencies should ever require a fortress in tbe Middle Columbia, here it might be constructed, one would think, in one day by utilizing nature's plans. THE INTOXICATING "WIND. "The river now becomes narrower, and is walled in on both sides by low but finely sculptured basalt palisades, beautifully carved, and moss covered in some places, A strong wind blows here almost constantly and the water is decked with white caps, and as turbulent as tbe Bhine at the Lore ley Bock. There is no swell, however, and the boat runs smoothly. Of course ladies who become sea-sick ou railway cars and stage coaches, may find the Columbia in this place equally trying, but lor such per sons traveling was not invented. All, however, should look out for their hats and parasols. I have never passed up or down this part of the river when one or two of tbese commodities were not carried on by the gutts oi intoxicated and intoxicating air. The palisades are marked by a white line showing tbe high water mark of 18S9. Twelve feet above is the high water mark ot 1S90. Dalles City is not an interesting place in itself, hut is most delightfully located, and seems doubly picturesque after a whole day's sail up the Columbia on which evi dences of human habitation are hours a"part. Here endeth the second or "middle" portion of the Columbia. As the word Dalles or "Swift Water" indicates, naviga tion is here again interrupted by rapids. Truly the Columbia is the most sublime ot rivers, which some day will have its mono graph, and will inspire as much immortal poetry as the Bhine. Beuby T. Finck. IN THE WAT OP SAVING MONEY. Days of Taxations Errand-Going Attended by Heavy Expense. AN INTERNATIONAL MISFIT RESULTS iwwms roit thi dispatch. By a clever stroke of economy, eminently characteristic of her sex, my wife has just saved $10 at a cost of about $50. It all came about through her desperate need of an "outing" dress. We are going into the country. I have already selected my ward robe for the occasion. It consists of one suit of clothes, which has long been a nuisance, and which I shall now get square with if I have to spend most of my time running through blackberry bushes. Every time I tear if I shall look upon the event as an insult to tbe tailor who made the suit, and I shall, therefore, rejoice, I can't see why Maude can't do the same. She has no need to captivate anybody. My health is good and my conduct exemplary, so that both doors to freedom are closed against her. And yet she insists on having another dress. Maude proposed to save $10 on this dress by making it herself. She said that she was tired of dressmakers. WASN'T rUI.Ii OP TBUST. Yetl distrusted Maude as a dressmaker. I remembered how, long, long ago, she made me a smoking-jacket, which afterward mys teriously disappeared tbat is, its disap pearance was a mystery to Maude, because I managed it verycarrfullv. I had never felt revengefnl about the jacket and aid not him the pattern, the price of the goods and 10 cents for himself, and sent him after the flannel. He did not return. Then I went in. ANOTHER LARGE SUPPLY. "The 57-cent flannel is all gone," said the girl, who now evidently regarded me as a lunatic "I'll give you the other three." "Let her go," said I. When I got home it proved that the 57 cent flannel was the kind Maude had pre viously bought, and the 13 yards addi tional would have to go into profit and loss. On the following morning Maude made another assault on that dress. She succeeded in matching the flannel at THE BOYS OF GI&ABD. A Visit to the Institution for Penn sylvania's Fatherless. FEATURES OF THE FOUNDER'S WILL So Ecclesiastic, Missionary or Minister Allowed in the College. "gyszsasga e '3m A Professional Dressmaker Called In. Fieldlna Asks for About so Much Cloth, TEARING OUT THETE BHEASTS. One of tbe Sickening Prnilcra of Indiana at Ilio Sun Dance. Philadelphia Press. At the sun dance one of the young Indian devotees is suddenly seized by the medicine men. He is stripped naked and laid on the flat of his back. Then the flesh of his brawny chest is gathered into the left hand of one of the "doctors." who, with the other drives a keen fcnite tbrough the mus cles and tendons, and forces after it a stout wooden peg or skewer, which is left to pro ject a couple of inches. A similar skewer is drawn through the leit breast. Stout thongs are fastened to the ends of the pegs and these in tnrn to a long lariat attached to the top of pole perhaps 20 feet hi.h. White men who have been permitted to look on tnrn away sick and faint even at this part of the performance, but the war riors never wince. How they stand the bleeding victim on his feet and give him an eagle's wingbone whistle, and now, my brave, is vour turn. Fix your eyes on the blazing sun; never remove them for an instatit; blow your whistle and set to work. Leap, tug, strain; throw your whole weight against the skew ers. What you have to do is to tear your self loose Irom that awfnl pole, and to do it these skewers must rip their way through tendon, muscle and bleeding flesh. Aye, leap, howl, run backward with all your speed, hnrl all your weight against your tortured breasts and break loose if von can. uniy tnus win yonr vow be fulfilled. Sometimes the splendid muscle h'nM t for hours. Sometimes the sun goes down and still the fainting victims strain at their tearful flesh. Sometimes they swoon away exhausted irom loss of blood, but mostly they bear the torture as only Indians can. And when at last they succeed in breaking loose and fall with their torn and bleeding breasts plowing tbe dust of tbe terrible in closure, a rush is made by the friends and relatives of the triumphant brave he is borne tenderly and proudly away he is petted and nursed, praised, his wounds are dressed, and their scars become in after life the silent and hideous witnesses of his hero ism. THE OCEAN'S UNDEE-TOw. care to see Maude inflict a similar garment upon herself. However, there is only one real "boss" in our housebold, and I am not it So Maude decided to make the dress. She bought some flannel with anchors on it tor the skirt, and some jersey cloth for the waist. I think it was on Tuesday that she attacked these goods. I was at home en gaged in writing a novel. During this dress making experience I changed the plot of my story somewhat, and instead of uniting tbe hero and heroine in marriage, as I bad at first intended, I riveted tbe bonds of wed lock upon the villain in the midst of thun der and lightning, accompanied by a strong sulphurous odor. I think it was about 11 o'clock in the forenoon when Maude called to me. I was just depicting a summer night, and was trying to make tbe gentle moonlight sleep on the sur'ace of the lake in a new wav. "Howdy," said she, "I begin 'to be afraid that I haven't bought enough of this flapnel. I wish you would run over to Smith's and get some more. If you don't hnrry they'll have sold it all out. It's on the bargain counter." THE GIGGLING SALES GIRLS. Smith's is five long blocks from our flat, and ohl bow hot it was that day. And obi I am so sensitive to ridicule, and I never know whether the girls behind the counter are laughing at me or just merely laughing, as girls will, from the vacuity of their minds. However, I fonnd the bargain counter and asked to see some flannel with anchors on i'. "We have four styles," said the young saleswoman. "Which would you prefer?" It was just like Maude to send me off with out a pattern. Of course, I hadn't the re motest idea what the stuff was like, so I said that I would take a yard of each, lor I didn't propose to tramp over to that store atram for all the flannel in it. It cost me 2 40, and a consolatory claret lemonade made tbe total itf oa; but it was tbe first time I had ever been successful in matching goods, and this thought consoled me, although Mnude near ly wept at my extravagance. I think I had only one other errand before lunch time, and that was an easy one. After lunch I bad to go out and get some buttons. I asked Maude what she wanted of the mis erable, confounded buttons, and she asked reproachfully how I supposed her dress was going to stay on without them. From this I thought I got an idea of what she wanted, and I went out and bought a half dozen good, reliable suspender buttons, but they were declined with scorn and derision when I'teturned. STILL ANOTHER FAILURE. The price of these, including 15 cents for another cooling driut, was just so much money thrown away. I had to go out again and get some smoked pearl, or some thing of that sort, and my miision was made to include cambrie and whalebone. I got too many buttons, and not enough whalebone and the wrong kind of anotber store, and told me that she thought the hoodoo had passed away. However, be fore lunch time, she had succeeded in cut ting out two sleeves for the same side of her body, and was again in difficulties and a somewhat ruffled temper. I went out and bought a little more jersey cloth, after which I visited 16 stores trying to match a button. About noon the next 'ty Maude had the dress in a condition to tiy on. When she finally got it on and bad inspected herself in all sorts of attitudes, she asked me what I thought. Now, to tell tbe truth. I couldn't have thrown astoneoutof the window without hitting somebody whom the dress would have fitted better than it fitted Maude. By this I do not mean to intimate tbat itwonld ever have fitted anybody. It bore only a casual resemblance to the human form, anyway. But of course I couldn't break Maude's heart, so I said, with enthusiasm: "My dear, it fits you as well as that smoking jacket vou made fitted me the one you always tnougbt tbe envious janitor stole. SHB WAS DELIGHTED. "Ah! Howdy, do you think so?" said Maude, delighted. But don't you think were s a little too much fullness in the mid dle on the back?" "Not for an outing dress," said I, "they're all made tbat way this year." "I believe I'll have a dressmaker come iu and just look me over," said Maude. "If vou do," said I, "she'll go out of the business. When amateurs can make a dress like that there is no use for profes sionals." "Howdy, you're making fun of me, but at any rate I've saved What's that pa per your scribbling on?" It was an estimate of the "saving," and really never meant to have Maude see it, but she grabbed it before I could prevent her. This was the way the balance stood: Three yards of flannel, no good S 1 6S Refreshments 15 Six pozen unavailable buttons 72 Refreshments 90 Surplus of whulebone, braid, thread, books and eyes, etc 1 20 Refreshments 1 35 Thirteen and a half yards flannel 7 42 Investmen' on one boy's honesty 2 75 Kefreshments co Third sleeve for imaginary extra arm (es timated cost) t 90 Probable fee of dressmaker to do the job over acain 10 00 Value of wife's amiability for three days whan her husband has to stay at home. 15 00 Total.... S42 55 Less dress dressmaker's bill saved 10 00 Net saving (below zero) jja 65 AIT INTERNATIONAL MISFIT. Maude sent out a lot of postal cards to dressmakers the next day. Most of them ronltMil that fliav -am !.... I.... .. "m i ..,,... ...... .uw n.ic uubj, uubtt-crencil lady, somewhat past middle life, was able to come. I shall never forget the look which she cast upon tbat dress, nor the way she afterward talked to it in her native tongue, which Maude fortunately does not understand. However, she got the dress into shape in the course of two or three days, and Maude wore it into the country when we began our outing yesterday. I can see her in the garden as I write. She has the dress on. I don't like the thing.. It is an international misfit since that French woman got hold of it. Maude doesn't look comfortable in it. Aht she is going to sit down. Well, thank heaven, that settles it. I saw tbem painting that bench this morning. It is bright green, to niatoh the grass. Howaed Fielding. THE EXCELLENT TRAINING GITEN THE 8MAB.T E0QUE. rWBITTEN FOK THI DISFATCB. It was a fortunate occurrence, not only for the city of Philadelphia but for the father less boys of our State, that the French ship IAimable Louise, commanded by Cap tain Stephen Girard, was caught in a fog off the mouth of the Delaware Bay. Other wise New York City might to-day be the proud possessor of incomparable Girard College; since that port was the objective point ol the fog-bound vessel in 1776, only a few weeks before the Declaration of Inde pendence. Captain Girard, being in igno rance of his whereabouts, fired a signal gun for the purpose of attracting a pilot, and this firing caused considerable excitement on shore, since it was known that the Amer ican Colonies had determined upon a sepa ration from the mother country. Upon the pilot coming aboard he gave the Captain his bearings, and informed him of the war then existing between the colonies and Gi eat Britain. He also told him that some ships commanded by Admiral Howe were off the coast, which made it unsafe for him to proceed, as the probable result would be the capture ot his ship, and he himself becoming a British prisoner; and advised him to take his ship and cargo to Philadel phia. This Girard did, and to this simple, yet exciting, occurrence we, doubtless, are indebted for that boon to the widow and orphan, Girard College. THE CITY OF THE FATHERLESS. A more pathetio sight it would be bard for a mother to imagine than that of 1,600 fatherless boys in one bodv 400 of thsm droll looking babies in long trousers be tween the ages of 8 and 10 and yet this is the number to be seen any day at this Cot tage home. Being ignorant of the required permit when we presented ourselves at the lodge or office gate, it required some little blandishment on our part and a pleasantry to the eflect that we were not preachers in aisguise Detore we were permitted to "pass. Once inside the spacious enclosure we found no difficulty in obtaining the freedom of the place even to the kitchen, bake house and dormitories, a privilege granted only to the few, and which, for this reason, no doubt, seemed to ns the cream of the visit. Cleanliness everywhere prevails within this little city oi the fatherless, from the artistically cultivated 40 acres to the inner most recesses of the splendid buildings, which now number nine completed and an other in process of erection. The four origi nals are conspicuous by their plain chaste architecture, and the latter ones by their larger dimensions and more elaborate style. PROVISIONS OP MB. OIBABD'S WILL. This college was first opened in 1848, with just 100 pupil. Now, alter 42 years, they number 1,000 a large majority be ing from this State. By the conditions of the will of Mr. Girard, preference is first given to the citr ot Philadelphia; after tbat to those born in any part of the State of Pennsyl vania; then if there remain more vacancies than applicants, those born in the city of New York shall be ad mitted (that being the first port on the Continent of North America at which I ar rived) and lastly to the city of New Orleans (that being the first port of said continent at which I traded; in ti-e first instance as officer and subsequently as master and part owner of a vessel and cargo). So reads the will of this benevolent Frenchman, who further stipulates tbat "the orphans are to be well fed with plain, wholesome food, clothed in plain but decent apparel f no distinctive dress to be worn! and lodged in a plain but safe manner. Due regard is to be paid to their health, and to this end their person and clothes shall be Kept clean, and they shall have suitable and rational exercise and recreation." They are furthermore to be "Instructed in the various branches of a sound education, com prehending reading, writing, grammar, arithmetic, geography, navigation, survey ing, astronomy, natural, chemical and ex perimental philosophy, and such other learning and science as the capacities of the pupils may merit or warrant," In regard to the languages this eccentric benefactor makes French and Spanish a requirement, but says of Greek and Latin: "I do not recommend, neither do I forbid the study of such languages." with a shovel. NATUBAL ICE "WATES. The water in the pool formed by the fall js cool as ice. even in midsummer. Other falls are numerous. After these the High J5n .0ntlin a, 8"nery aEain monopolizes &k-iwS,.for "e "Don in tbe midst cr the Cascade ranee. That the Colnmbia should -have ever been able to force a pas saga tbrourh this loity chain is a marrol On the Washington side i,' i'tZt basaltic rock, close by the river, completelv Isolated. It is called Cathedkl SSv il It Is Krlthcr Mysterious Nor Treacherous bnt a felraple Konli of n'nvrg. Frequenters of the sea shore learn to speak of the "Under-tow," savs Duffield Osborne in Seribner, as though it were some mysterious force working from the recesses of a treacherous ocean to draw unwary bathers to their doom. As a matter of fact its presence is obviously natural and the explanation of it more' than simple. As each wave rolls in and breaks upon the beach, the volume of water which it carries does not remain there and sink into the sand; it flows back again, ano, as me succeeding wave breaks over it, the receding one lorras an under current flowing outward of strength propor tionate to the body of water contained in each breaker, and, again, proportionate in a great measure 10 toe aeptn or the ditch. Where this latter is an appreciable de pression, it can be readily seen that the water of receding waves will flow Into it with similar effect to that of water going over a fall, and that a person standing near is very likely to be drawn over with it, and thus, if the ditch is deep enough, carried 1 Bt I' i - ' r, W Maude Trie on the Dress. riouriv marked and K OuTdf bis TdepihT fhi, Th all thSft U "S S2f2L.fi. "k!d ?-?rrowe4 by wind much-talkediof "under-tow" and the nnm- buu ...., uu wo.creu in patches by the erous aecidenU laid to its account. cambric, and when Maude told me to go back and rectify those errors, our house came near being disrupted. This time I shifted from claret lemonade to gin fizz, and succeeded in accomplishing that part of my errand satisfactorily. When I returned Maude was in tears. She was accusing herself of a degree of stu pidity which not even my close study of her had ever revealed to me. The rm r this self-reproach, if I understood it cor rectly, was that she had cut her dress in inch away that about half of it would have the anchors right side up and the other half upside down. "Howdy," she sobbed, "half of this mate rial is ruined." "Nevermind if it is, my dear," said I. Maude sent me over to Rmitti'. t . some more anchors before they were all sold out, I ran over to Smith's, but when I ap proached the portals of his plsoe of business and called up to my mind the harrowing giggle of the girl behind the flannel counter my heart failed me. I took another cooling potion and tried to be calm, but did not ineceed. Tien I waylaid a small boy gave If Yon AnnlTZe Him Yon'll Find Tte'm Not ao Brlolit as He Thinks He Is. The Century There is altogether too much reverence for rascals, and for rascally methods, on the part of tolerably decent people. Rascality is picturesque, doubtless, and in fiction it has even its moral uses; but in real life it should have no toleration; and it is, as a matter of fact, seldom accompanied by the ability that it brags. "One proof that the s'mart rogue is not as smart as he thinks, and as others think, is that he so often comes to grief. He arrives at bis successes through his knowledge of the evil in men; he comes to grief through his ignorance of tha good in men. He thinks he knows "human nature,' but he only half knows it. Therefore he is con stantly in danger of making a fatal mistake. For instance, his excuse to himself for lying aim incK-ery is mat lying and trickery are indulged in by others even by some men who make aloud boast of virtue before the world. A little more or less of lying and trickery seems to make no difference, he as sumesespecially so long as there is no public display of lies and tricks for he understands that there must always be a certain outward propriety in order to insure even the inferior kind of success he is aim ing at. But having no usable conscience to guide him, he underates the sensitiveness ol other consciences and especially the sensitive ness of that vague sentiment called 'public opinion and he makes a miscalculation, which, if it does not land him In the peni tentiary, at least makes him of no use to his respectable allies; therefore of no use to his semi-criminal associates: ihtro! . ...- ! prised, miserable, and vindictive failure. THE WESTIHfiHOTJSE COTTAGE. It Is ns liareo ns a Public Building and Will Mnrt nn Architectural llnee. New York World. The bigeest thing in "cottages," away from Newport, is certainly the new house which is being built for the Westiughouses at Lenox. Seen at a certain hour in its unfinished state, this vast and spacious pile of white marble has the effect of that ghostly rum which forms the scene of one of Hoff man's most fantastic and tragic tales. If it were intended for a public building in a city of the first rank ft would not re quire ampler dimensions. There is little doubt that the example of the Westing houses will start a raire for nretentious architecture in the Berkshire!, just as the architectural ambitions of Charlie Osborne and Governor Tilden set the ball rolling in me same airectlon on the Hudson,years ago. No Tltnn Like thn Present. Taken when constipation is first noticed, one or two Hamburg J?lgs will put the bowels la healthy condition, juid will prevent the devel opment of serious trouble. 24 cents. Vote, one fig. At all druggists. Mack Prng Co. Xf. X, TXIU An A PBACTICAL EDUCATION. In addition to these branches boys are now taught bookkeeping and practical drawing, and all havethe option of learn ing printing, typewriting and telegraphy, though tbese are not included in the regu lar course. In 18S2 technical instruction was first introduced, and the experiment proved so satisfactory tbat the following year the Board of Directors decided to erect the building now known ns the Tech nical BuiMing. which is or brown stone and cost $63,000 and is equipped with a power ful engine, machinery, tools, etc. All pupils, beyond a certain age, are required to spend five hours per week in this depart ment at work in metal and wood. The building coutains boiler house and engine room, foundry iron department, department of mechanical drawing and shoe depart ment. Here the boys' shoes are repaired ana many 01 tnem made. The manual of arms is taught tbe pupils in weekly drills, and in this tbey are said to taice great aeiignt. xne college has its own band and drum corps, and Friday after noons, the occasion of the regular weekly parade and drill, the grounds present quite a warlike appearance, and the boys sol dierly bearing and conduct evidence good teaching and apt scholarship. In the base ment of one of the buildings is the band and drum corps room where pupils are weekly instructed in band music. In another base ment is the armory; and in the basement of each building there are large lavatories or bathing pools, with facilities for heating the water during cold weather. BACILTIES FOB ATHLETES. Back of the Technical Building is a large pond supplied with a never-failing spring, affording a fine swimming place iu summer and excellent skaking field in winter, and which furnishes ice for the icehouse located near it. The playgrounds are of the most ample proportion, and cricket, leapfrog and baseball are hereon enjoyed. The college boasts of a crack "nine" that in contests witb outside clubs is ahead in the score of games. Each building has the "section room" which is "home" for the boys when out of school, and where they study or recreate when the weather is not favorable to out door sports. Thus it will be seen every care is taken for the boys' education, comfort and pleas ure that the most indulgent parent could bestow. In accordance with the reading of the will any male white orphan, who is above tbe age of 6 and under the ae of 10 years, who is destitute of means, or, without relatives able to maintain and educate him, born in either of tbe cities or State named, can be admitted to the institution upon the proper guardian, director of thepoor.or other competent authority, pledging him self to relinquish all title and claim, and not to interfere with the management in the restraint or proper discipline of the orphans or withdraw such from the school. XHBEB SUITS OP 0LOTHK3. Each pupil is given three suits of clothes on entering the sohool: A snit for school wear: a Sunday suit and a still better one for visiting in the city or relatives at home during the two months' summer vacation. If the ornhsn lias no hams to co to dnrine Taxation then li provision nad tot him by high upinUoa. the school anthorities and he is sent two weeks into the country and, taken upon ex cursions for recreation. Pupils are not retained in the institution after 18 years of age. By such time they are supposed fo have acquired a trade or profession and are then apprenticed to a master of bis trade but are still looked after by an officer of the college, to see that they are properly instructed and cared for; and if the treatment is not satisfactory they are again taken back to the college un til a suitable place can be found. Boys are leaving at the rate of 1B0 per year. Upon quitting the institution thev receive a good trunk and not less than $75 worth of clothing. Several of Philadelphia's most prominent business men were educated at this college. Onn of the finest buildings ou the ground is pointed out with just pride as the work of an arcnitect who was trained at Girard College. Several of the male teachers were former pupils here, but were not employed until after some experience with the outside world. LOST ON THB BATTLE FIELD. Twenty-four boys that had been gradu ated from Girard lost their lives in tbe Be bellion, and in memory of these a beautilul and touching tribute has been erected by the Board of Directois and is placed on the west side of tbe college. The design is an open temple within which standing "at rest" is the figure ol a soldier, in white marble, life-size. The structure is of Ohio sandstone, upon a granite hase. It has four inscribed tablets. Upon the front are the words: "Erected A. D. 1869 to perpetuate and record the services of the pupils of this college, who in the recent con test for the preservation of the American Union, died that their country might live." Upon the other sides are the names ot the slain and the battles in which they 'ell and upon the fourth side is an extract Irom tne will as follows: "And especially do I de sire, that by every proper means, a pure attachment to our republican institutions, and to the sacred rights of conscience, as guaranteed by our happy constitutions, shall be formed and fostered in the minds of the scholars." The two most important holidays are the 25th of May, which is the anuiversary of their benefactor's birtb, when friends of the pupils and graduates from the school visit the scenes of their boyhood to join in the festivities of the day, which consist of a military parade, ball game and other sports, rounded out by a good dinner and a good time generally, and the second, "Mother's Day." which occurs quarterly on the first Tuesday in every third month. SCENES ON MOTnEB'S DAT. How very long mutt seem tbe time to some of these iniants until "Mother's Day,"wheu mother and sister will come, bringing news of playmates at home. A glad sight it must be to see mother and son, hand in hand, walking around these beautiful grounds, exchanging kisses and confidences a pleasure marred only by thought of the parting that must come with the lengthen ing shadows. It was near the dinner honr when we ar rived at the college, so we had the pleasure of seeing the boys march through the grounds two by two into the cheerful dining room, with a seating capacity for 1,200 and every seat occupied; while the remaining 400 were dined at the buildings in which they sleep and receive iustruction. Upon being seated every bead was bowed in silent grace and simultaneously lifted at the tap ot a bell. Then the dining began in earnest, tnougu tne utmost decorum was roayuainert. At the bakehouse we were told it took from 1,800 to 2.000 loaves daily to satisfy these hardy youngsters. A healthier lot it would be hard to find, and one would have to draw upon his imagination for occupants of the infirmary and business for the resident doc tors, dentists and nurses. A BEMABKABLB CLAUSE OP THE 'WILL. There is one clause in the will which be queathed all these home comforts and edu cational advantages to the fatherless, that more than any other has excited prejudice and occasioned comment. It is this: "I enjoin and require that no ecclesiastic, missionary or minister of any sect what soever shall ever hold or exercise any station or duty whatever in said college, nor shall any such person ever be admitted for any purpose, or as a visitor, within the premises appropriated to the purpose of said college. The conclusion that has been most com monly jumped at in regard to this clause, has been that Mr. Girard was an infidel, but we learn his father and mother were Roman Catholics, that he was baptized in that church and buried iu the grounds oi tbe Catholic Church, at the corner o Sixth and Spruce streets, Philadelphia, from 1831 to 1851, when his remains were removed to the college and placed in the marbio sarco phagus prepared for that purpose and placed is the vestibule. Mr. Girard states in his will that in making this restriction he does not wish to cast any reflection on any sect or person; but since there was such a multitude of stcts and such diversity of opinion among them, he desired to keep the tender minds ot the orphans free from the excitement which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to pro duce. Mr. Girard also stated tbat his de sire was to teach "the purest principles of morality, so that on their entrance into act ive Hie they would, Irom inclination and habit, evince benevolence and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason wonld enable them to prefer." CHASING THE DOLLAR. Those Who Have Trouble Finding the Trail Keed it Worst. A PITTSBURG LADY'S EXPERIENCE. Methods of the Money Maker Who InTelghs Against Prejudice. GOOD POINTS OP BELLAMI'S SCHEME BELIGIOUS INSTBUCTION GIVEN. Beligious instruction is not neglected in this college; but is given both in the school room and chapel. Twice each day officers and pupils repair to the chapel for worship. The exercises consist of singing, reading the Scriptures and prayer. On Sunday there is a religious address delivered by the Presi dent or a layman whom be may invite. In accordance with tbe will, again, the only punishmeut inflicted for misconduct is the lorleiture of a pleasure and banish ment from companionship. We did not see anyone who looked as if tbcv ever needed or had been punished, been ill or been cross. The system in its entirety seemed complete, but the pity of it is that the father of it all could not see tbe fruit of his benevolence. If, as the aphorism hag 'it, "Great men create what is great, good men what is last ing," Stephen Girard was both great and good. Meo. It is easy for some people to make a great deal of money. It is hard for others to make a very little. And those who cannot get money are the ones who need it most. There is pathos In that, and tragedy. Not the least of the pathos and the tragedy is the rapid and intimate acquaintance one makes with disappointment. At first this counts for but little. The spirit is strong with energy and elastic with hope. It does not mind a tumble or two. After overthrow it rises to fresh ventures, hardly realizing 1 tbat it has been wrenched and bruised. But in a wofnlly short time disappointment be comes despair. There is no sort of mischance so utterly disabling as step ping off the unexpected end of a broken hope. After a few times the victim finds it slow work to recover from the dislocations brought about in tbat way. And there is no path with so many broken hopes in it to faring disaster as the path those helpless people tread who work for money nnder the lash of necessity, and without the lantern of experience in their hands. One Woman's Experience. Women could tell most about such dire ful ad ventures. I think they are braver in the trying and slower in the giving up than men. Therefore they are longer in the way of disappointment. On the other hand, they get more profit out of adversity than men do, and are more apt to learn by fail ure how to succeed at last. But the hard ship of it is very terrible for them. A woman whom many Pittsburgers know laughs ruefully now at the memory of a course of tribulations she went through. Scores and even hundreds of otber women will recognize her experiences as their own, and will think I am writing about them. So no harm will be done by the telling. The bread-winner was suddenly taken away from this woman, and then she found that'the bread had gone also. To the sur prise of everybody, nothing was left for her but sorrow and the necessity for struggle. 8he had never known privation. With work for wages she had no acquaintance whatever. Which way to turn she bad no ides; so she went straight forward in tbe path first discovered. A little of her scanty store she invested in postage stamps. In idly looking over the advertising pages of a magazine she had seen many offers of wealth for just such forlorn ones as herself. She wonld take up with one or another of them. The difficulty was ended, she thought, be fore it had fairlv begun. She was fortunate to have found this opportunity so soon. Ber First Lesson. Of course, a little pride would have to be humbled; and, of course, she would have to work pretty hard. But she had made up her mind to all that. Poor people have no business with pride, anyway; and hard work would take her mind off her troubles. Moreover, of the $50 or $75 per week which she was promised sbe would save a large share. Verv soon her savings would con stitute a little capital, and capital simplifies the problem of money-making. So the first few'weeks wonld be thebirdest. A brilliant offer of refined and exceed ingly remunerative employment at home, was the one she finally decided to accept. She sent five 2-cent stamps as required; then sho sent five more and $1, as further required, for full instructions and a work ing outfit. She received tbese and then sent $2 more for materials not included iu the working outfit. It she would send more dollars she would win better results, she was told, but she did not send them. She began to see that there was no end to the ex pense and no beginning to the profits. For all this preliminary related to an absolute method oi glass decoration, by which she could not earn salt to nut on her potatoes. your methods of transacting business. That is all. As you are now von are restrained by certain prejudices which result from early training and present environment. In other words, you are conventionally respect-' able. Emancipate yourself from that re striction. Never mind about respectability. Go ahead and get money. At this moment as I write, the voice of this emancipated man reaches me through the open window. Up the street yonder he is standing in a modified sort of a circus wagon, making loud-mouthed speeches to a gawky crowd of possible customers. Fonr norses witn red blankets ol cotton velvet covering toss their heads in front ot the ve hicle. By the light of surrounding torchea the man himself shows gorgeously in a suit of red cotton velvet. In the pauses of his speech he plays on an accordion and sings. This is his emancipated method of sellings lotion for rheumatism. According to his old prejudices this way would appear some what abominable. According to his pres ent enlightment it appears rather in tho light of missionary effort. Undoubtedly, the man is making money. Bellamy's Pretty Picture. All these doubtful matters will be settled one way or another in that good time which Mr. Bellamy and his friends see coming this ' way. The struggle for money-getting will be ended then for all of us. Nobody will have to do without enough; and nobody will be overworked in the getting of his full share. That is delightful to think of. But there is another side to the beautiful picture. I fear that this other side might prove a seamy side to some of those who are now enthusiastic in their clamor for the promised order of things. They are charmed with the thought that nobody will be overworked. Will they bo equally charmed by tho hard fact that no body will be underworked? Every man and woman of us will have to do a full share of work in one shape or another. Not one of us can shirk it, under penalty of sore trib ulation. That is a consideration to mako plenty of people "stop, look, listen," as tha courts urge upon persons at the railroad crossings. Thev have not thought of tha matter in that light. If the Bellamy dream comes true, their whole scheme of life will be broken up. Therefore, if for nothing else, let ns all pray that this, or some other dream as radical, may speedily prove to have been a prophecy. "For, really, commu nities cm get along with a great deal ot overwork more tolerably than thev can en- uure me proiessionai and habitual idleness they have to put up with. Chsnees for Improvement. Here Is an able-bodied young fellow whom, I hope to see hitched to the sweep of a horse power and made to run a threshing machina several hours a day. In the existing state of things his mother takes in washing, and is working her way to the grave as rapidly as possible. She sees him three times a day, when he comes home to eat the food she has prepared for him. Tbe rest of the time ha holds a chair nicely balanced on its hind Jegs under the awning of a cigar shop. If it were not for recurring meal times, com- Selling him to take a walk, every part of im but his jaw would grow stiff and rusty for want of use. Here is another whom it would ba pleasant to see breaking stone for tbe im proved roads we are to have in that promised time. A very bright and pretty girl is waiting tor him to get money enongh ahead to marry her. And the way he is getting it is by occupving the chair next to the first ellow under the awning. There is plenty of work he could get to do, even in this de generate time; but it is not of a kind suited to his taste; so he sits still and forgets tha little he formerly knew. That social and political system of re form, which does not make the hoodlum loafer impossible, will be a vain and de lusive imagining. He will not work un less compelled to, and the possibility of such compulsion would be a strong argu ment in tavor of any Utopia thai might ba proposed. James C. Puedy. SHOOTCNO WATEB WKLXB. Adequate Flow Obtained From a Dry Hole la England. At the pumping station at Ford, England, of tbe Heme Bay Water Works Company, the process of "shooting" a well was recent ly successfully carried out. According to the London Engineer the well, although carried 576 leet below the surface, yielded little or no water. Under these circum stances the firing of spveral heavy charges oi an explosive at intervals in the bore hole. from the bottom upward, was tried with the view of breaking into a fissure and thus striking water. The explosive adopted was roburite, fired by electricity. The first charge consisted'of 27 pounds of roburite, at the bottom of tbe boring; the second oharge weighed 25 pounds, and was lowered to a point 60 feet above the place where the first was exploded. The second shot was so successful that it was considered unnecessary to proceed further. A large volume of water at once made its appear ance at the mouth of the bore pipe, and has since continued to rise. ARNOLD'S NEW P0E2L Its Porpose Is to Mako Christianity Appear Clearer and Better. Pall Mall Budget. J Sir Edwin Arnold is busy with his new poem, "The Light of the World," which he hopes to finish before leaving Japan. Tha purpose of the poem is said to be "to repre sent the scheme of Christianity as' it was conceived by its founder; to clear away the disfiguring and ,cou'using elements that have grown up about it in the course of half civilized centuries; to reconcile it with modern science, and to still the strife of dogma, superstition and error that obscures its true character." If Sir Edwin's poem fails to soar, it Till sot be front want of More Golden Pramlios. So she turned next to the individual who desired to make the fortune of any educated lady of eood address. The preliminary pro cesses here were the same as in the other case. So was the result. For the applicant learned at last tbat she was to buy a corset from the advertiser. This she was to put on, and it would impart to ber hgnre such ravishing grace that every woman beholding her would be devoured by envy and would know no peace until she got just such a cor set. All the fortunate possessor would have to do, therefore, was to stand around where people could see her, and then tike their orders. The commission offered on tbrso orders certainly was liberal, but the needy woman did not claim it. Another offer of profitable employment in the orivacv of home was next considered This employment was found to consist of making knitted and crocheted articles 'cr a wholesale firm. This she did try, bein; won thereto by the (act that no extravagant promises o fortune were made. To this de gree of practical wisdom the poor woman had come in that short time. She had a little money to show lor her work in this rae, but the demand for the work was not lone continued. Hooe hprines eternal; and after a season of vjin endeavor to get empioyment as a iirswoman, this harassed and bullied vic tim of fate sent off some more poftage stamp?. In return she was offered instruc tion in a wholly impossible method of coloring wood engravings so that they would look like French chromos. and sbe was offered the formula for compounding a mixture which would make a green cotton umbrella look like silk and would render it immortal. And so on, and on, and on. She expended time and money enough on these blind experiments to have insured a conrse of instruction in some practical line ot in dustry. And that was what she had to come' to after all. Then she knew peace. Get Kid of Prrjndlces. I once heard a man proclaim the doctrine that no intelligent person with tbe faintest rudiments of an education need remain poor for the space of a month in this coun trv. All that the money seeker need do is to get rid of certain prejudices. He may keep all his principles; only shuffle off and trample upon his predjudices and predilec tions. Having done that he need work no harder to eet rich than to stay poor. The individual had practiced what he preached. He had annihilated his preju dices and had accumulated many dollars. Bnt I snspect he would have enjoved life more as he used to be poor and prejudiced. Tbat is tbe trouble with his theory and practice. By the time you have learned his system thoroughly you have got rid of yonr present capacity for enjoying tbe wealth yon are to gain. Unless you are a very ex ceptional person you will have transformed yourself into a mere vulgarian, and will be able to take only a vulgar pleasure in your gettings. Villon! Loves the Violoncello. New York World.! Not everyone is aware of the fact that Henry Villard is as devoted an amateur on the violoncello as was the late Joseph W. Drexel. At a recent sale of old musicial instruments in London a bid of $2,500 was offered for an ancient 'cello, it was stated, on Mr. Villard's account. The bid was lost. The instrument went to an English amateur and collector 'or 600. WADAJ1E A. n urn-CRT. New York's pnpular complexion specialist who has met with sneb unexcelled sneceis la all large cities of the United btates ani En rope, has uptned permanent parlors in Pitts burc, where she will keep on sale her wonder ful FACE BLEACH. Face Bleach is not a COSMETIC, not a WHITE WASH, but a thorough tonic and skin bath. It opens tha pores of tbe skin, so the blood can throw oS its impure matter. Face Bleach is healthy for any skin. It removes the old dead cuticle tbat has accumulated. Face Bleach has been thoroughly tested for tho LAST TEN YEARS by ladies whose faces have been cored of hide ons blomisbes of every nature. One side hav ing been cleared at first. Tha general pnhlln invited to call and iee one side ENTIRELY FREbH AND WHirE, ilx weekn latnr tbe re malnine; Bids clear. No more CONVINCING PROOF is necessary. Write 10 your New York friends and ask tbem to call atonrmaln office and be convinced. Face Bleach per na nently removes all blemishes, moth, freckles, excessive redness. Eczema, Salt Rheum, in fact every skin blemish, making the complex ion clear, smooth and beautiful. Does notgivs a washed out appearance, but a healthy look. This wonderful Face Bleach, guaranteed, will be sent to any addresion receipt of price, 12 00 er bottle ortbree bottles, usually a enre, J5 00. adles ont of city can send for ft securely packed. Send four cents or call for sealed par ticulars. Very interesting to ladies whoara desirous of having good complexions. MADAME A. IIUPPERT. Room ZU3. Hamilton Building. jel-10I-Sn Fifth ave . Pittbnr '. Pa. ira A HABITUAL GROWLER. A Rule for Riches. This was his formula: Set your foot onoo for all, and with crushing force, on all your preconceived notions of respectability. Hav ing done tbat you are emancipated. Ton are a free lance of fortune, and may oonqner in whatever field promises the best harvest You may keep as many moral scruples as you please.and need not violate any of them. Ton art not compelled to swindle or rob. Yon Oan give aonev's worth for tha rood Ijawaij 70, gtt, ZnviutU&dtTMUj Peopls who never read directions ire the first to csapUns thst vvoiffsACME3ackins socnsmlttn on ths shoss. Shill ws ssy it is useless to sppesl to their inteUurencs. sad call thsm " Habitual Growlers t " JUk Ol Drug, Faint and Btmtt TumUMnm SbntYtr Pflt-Eoo. v snu, Otsih Old sis furnituss TarnU rM.i.in wfcv hub vfii.. v a tAm WIU. STAIK YOU OlO SXCTS WIU.STAIK BAST'S COSCH AKS tarn fifes., BIK-TspON 0 ASMeif?tt:!: rr'rrj .wovrw isUtsguTs, nataufsn,- $&
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