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Mr.. Diogenes.

This singular man lived in Greece. He was
distinguished for his eccentricities bad man
ners, and bad disposition. 1t was his chief
business to find fault For example, he took
lantern one day when the sun was shining
brightly and went out to search for an honest
man, thereby insinuatir1g that such persons
were exceedingly scarce. When Alexander, g
distinguished military gentleman, paid him a
visit, and inquired what he could do for him.
he had the impudence to tell him to "get out
OF his sunshine" To cap the climax of his
oddities, he dressed like a beggar and lived in
a tub He was a sotir; Grabbed, erusty old
bachelor. We infer that he had no wife, first,
because history does not mention her second,
because no woman would take kindly to one of
his habits, dress or manners, or aspire to be-
come mistress of his mansion. There was an
old woman who lived in shoe" it is true, but
the woman who would live in tub, and es-
peclaly with such companion, has not been
heard from. The misanthropic spirit which
possessed this man was doubtless due to disor-
dered digestion and biiousness, one of the
prominent symptoms of which is a morose,
fault-fnding disposition. The tongue is heavily
coated, giving rise to bad taste, the appetite
is not good, and tA5 patient feels dull, Sleepy
or dizzy, and Is apt to be fretful. Unfortunate
ly, Mr.. Diogenes lived several centuries before
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets were
invented, a few doses of which would have re-
find scores of ''honest men" without the aid
of his lantern. Under their magic influence
combined with that of the Golden Medical Dis
covery, to cleanse his blood, he might have
been led to take more cheerful view of life
to exchange his tub for q decent habitation, tC
"spruce up" in personal appearance, and al
last have taken wife to mend his clothes and
his manners, both of which were in evident
need of repairs, and become the happy sire OF
little Diogeneses who would have handed down
to posterity the name, not of a cynic philoso
pher, but of cheerful, healthy, happy, virtt
O1LS man !
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Going Back to Specie Prices,

The Palmer House, Chicago, the largest and
finest hotel in the world, containing over zoe
rooms (and the only fire proof house in America).
has reduced the price to Three Dollars per day
for all rooms above the parlor floor, except
parlors and rooms with baths
Sir Rose Lambert Price, Baronet, in his in
terestlng book of travels, entitled % Taco
americas" speaks thus:
We put up at the Palmer House Hotel.
Chicago. Ills. without any exception the
finest, best conducted, and most comfortable
" one L ever saw in America. The reception
'troonls were almost regal the bedrooms were
" simply the perfection of comfort each having
"a handsome marble bath il a small chamher
. attached to them the cuisine was excellent
and liberal; attendance the best L have ever
seen and the charges not 4 bit higher than
the tariff at any ordinary irst-class house"
When the entire country has received g shock
from the recent hotel horror, the public should
be informed that there is at least one hotel in
America which is absolutely and ,tsa9uestionabiy
hre-proof, stone, iron, marble and concrete be-
ing used IN its construction, instead of wood,
lath and plaster. This fire-proof palace cost
the owner and proprietor, Mir. Potter Palmer,
Si5o-oU0 more than house built with the or
binary combustible materials.
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UO9flelI il4 Persia.

A reason for the moral and intellectual
stagnation which for centuries has par
alyzed the empire of Persia, and is
gradually reducing it to condition of
hopeless decay, is limited in a graphic
paragraph which we copy from Mr.. Ar
nold's recent sketch of Eastern travel ::
Given without aid from the genii, there
are always present two mysteries, which
no doubt will serve to transmit, as long
as they exist, the ideas Of The Arabian
Nights These are the yelled lady and
the walled-up house, into which no out
side eye can penetrate. No giaour can
see even the eyes of Persian woman of
the middle and superior classes. She
moves through the streets and bazars on
her white donkey or on foot, in complete
disguise. Even her husband would not
recognize her. She is covered-as I de-
scribed the women of Resht-from head
to foot in the loose chudder of indigo OF
black-dyed cotton or silk. Over her face
there is the long white veil, tied across
the chudder, where that envelop covers
all but the visage. The legs are hidden
IN loose trousers of cotton or silk, of the
same color as the chudder, which are
not worn in the house. In all her out
door life she is q moving mystery. She
may be young OF old, white or black,
fair OF ugly, on mission of sin or upon
an GRAND of charity-no one knows who
she is, as she shuffies along upon shoes
which are difficult to keep upon her
feet, as the upper leather ends far
from the heel. She raises, at some
mudwalled house, an iron knocker upon
door like that of fertilization; is adj
united; the door is closed; and what
goes on within that house, what is the
fate of the women, the children, and
the slaves, no one outside can know.
There is no window from which they can
communicate with the outer world it is
despotism within a despotism Each
one of these walled houses is the seat of
a despotic sovereignty, established and
confirmed by the greatest power in Per
sla-that of the Koran"
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THE EFFECT OF THE WIR.

There seems to be very general i'm
preston that a European war means I'M
limited prosperity to this country, and
people as a rule are looking forward to a
very carnival of good times, in which
every one who has anything to sell Will
command the highest prices, gold will be
abundant, farmers viii be as indepen-
dent as princes, and manufacturers will
be Croesuses. This is the diverse view.
but there is a reverse also, contingent
upon the necessity of eating and drink
ing and the wearing of clothes. If we
were not compelled to be consumers,
aaole1as UOIe1as, and if we did not owe Eu-
rope heavy debt in bonds and stocks of
every description, we might with con-
idence look forward to a commercial
paradise which now seems to be located
somewhere in Utopia.
Every war is a calamity, not only to
the parties engaged in it, but proper
tionately to every other nation. Russia
and Turkey cannot maintain a long cam
paign without bringing certain amount
of disaster into every family in the United
States. Every mans pocketbook will be
called upon to contribute something to-
ward the liberation of the Sc1ave, and
the poor mans pocketbook will suffer to
| alarge extent. The war will be felt in
every household in the increased cost of
living. There is still another offset.
While the war will make an increased
demand for breadstuffs and war mate
rial, there will be a reduction of the de-
mand for other articles of export for
which there is no call in time of war.
From still another point of view it is dis
couraging that, just at the time when we
are recovering from the panic and bust
ness is settling down to q healthy basis.
we are likely to get in a furry and strike
another speculative era. 1t is not likely,
however, to have permanent effect in
this country at least, where the financial
results are more likely to be in our favor.
The furry will probably be temporary.
The gambling and speculation will be
enormous for time, but gradually bust
ness will settle back again and reach a
more solid basis. The result of war upon
this country, in point of fact, will be
about as long as it is broad. CHICAGO
Tribune
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When marriage is in contemplation
between youthful pair, the fathers of
the two houses concerned meet and settle
the matter together, exchanging presents
which sometimes amount to a consider
able value. Thus, by a sort of pur-
chase, is as useful member of a louse-
hold as grown-up maiden, surrendered
by one to another. The brother of the
bride delivers her to the solemn pro-
cession, which comes to conduct her to
her new abode: and there she is received
by sister-in-law of the young hus-
band. She dresses a child. touches
with a distaff the walls, which are so
often to see her occupied with this i'm
PIGMENT, and carries bread, wine and
water up to the table, which it will be
come her daily duty to prepare. With
these symbolical ceremonies. she enters
INTO the new community. Her mouth is
sealed by piece of sugar, to denote that
she should utter little, and only what is
good As yet she is only stranger, and
for whole year she is termed the ssbe
trothed." By 81 assumption of con-
tinued bashfulness, prescribed by Gus
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IN FOREIGN LANDS.
Newfoundland.

The island of Newfoundland is Curl
ously favored, inasmuch that it is not in
tested with reptiles. Capt. Chearnley
writes elm Newfoundland there is not
snake, toad, frog, or reptile of any
sort. There is not a squirrel on the
island, no porcupine, moose, or mink ;
whereas, with the exception of the por-
cupine, wanting in Cape Breton, Nova
Scotia, all these creatures are found in
the neighboring provinces. The Arctic
hare is found in Newfoundland, but in
neither Cape Breton nor Nova Scotia. y
Capt. Hardy calls attention to other de-
fciencies. He visited Newfoundland at
midsummer, and could not help re-
marking that frefies were not to be
seen there while in Nova Scotia they
swarm by thousands scintilla.
tons adding beauty to the pail of 9
quiet night The island is full of boys
and swamps, which renders it difficult
to account for the total absence of rep
tiles
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Once robin flew into pretty room,
and Just as he went in the wind banged
the window-blinds shut, so he could
not get out again. At first he did not
mind, but flew about and Lit ON the
bright picture frames, and wished his
pretty wife were with him to enjoy the
pleasant place. Then he rested on the
back of a small chair, and then he saw
another robin ! &c O-oh p sang he to
himself" here is some one else, must
speak to him: 'Whew Mr.. Robin,
glad to meet you. My name is Cock
Robin. What do you call this place 2"
But the other robin did not answer He
only opened his mouth and jerked his
head from side to side just as Mr.. Cock
ROBIN did. You see the other robin
lived in the looking glass, and could not
speak. "A rude fellow p chirped Mr.
Cock Robin to himself. "Not worth talk
ing to! All yonder are some fine
cherries I'll eat some" The cherries
were in a bowl Oh the table. Mr.. Cock
Robin helped himself. Then he
decided to try the other bird once
more. my friend" sang he softly, as
he caught the stem of a fine cherry in
his beak, and flew to the chair again,
"here is a fine cherry for you; oh oh ?
Well might Mr.. Cock Robin say, sob p
for there stood the other robin on just
such chair, Offering him a cherry in
the most polite manner "Thanks p
said Mr.. Cock Robin. s'But my deaf
and dumb friend, as we each have one,
we need not stand on ceremony" So
they both began to eat. GO He is fine,
sociable fellow, after all, " said Mr.. Cock
Robin. The door opened, and in came
a little girl "What's that 90 cried
Mr.. Cock Robin, family to himself.
The girl clapped her hands for JOY and
ran toward him. Up flew Mr.. Cock
Robin in a great fright. He whisked
past the looking-glass and saw that
the other robin was badly scared
also. Then he tried to fly out of
closed window where there were no
blinds; but he only dashed against some
very hard kind of air that hurt his sides.
Ii he had been like you he would have
known that it was window glass, and
not hard air. "Poor birdie 70 said the
little girl, as she threw open the window.
"You shall go out if You want to-" In
an instant Mr.. Cock Robin was flying
through the sunlight to his little wife.
"Where hare you been?'' chirped she,
as he reached the nest. ooh, I've been
on visit, +" said Mr. Cock Robin-and
he told her all about it. Soon Mrs.
Cock Robin said softly, 81 should like
to see that other one. Was he very
handsome, my dear?" Handsome ''
cried Mr.. Cock Robin, sharply. Gland
some! Not at all, my dear-a Ue1y
homely bird, indeed! Yes, ma'am-
very homely and as deaf as a post. :"
Chow dreadful!'' sighed Mrs. Cock
Robin.
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P0sy WiItiant's Picnic.

One June morning Mrs Williams told
Posy and Harry that she was going to
take the weeks mending and go and
spend the day with their grandmother,
and she told them that if they liked she
would tell Bridget to put up their lunch,
and they might go over on the island
and spend the day.
Posy was nearly wild with delight at
the thought of a picnic, and she asked
her mother if she might ask their cousin
Rattle and Bob to go with them. Mrs.
Williams said they might, and Posy ran
out to do so, while Harry cleaned out
the boat, and Bridget put up their lunch
and set it on the hall table by the side of
Mrs. Williams work-sachel
By the time Posy came back with her
cousins the boat was ready; then they
bid Mrs. Williams good-by, and, taking
their sachel, set off for the river. They
had very pleasant sail, and soon ar
rived at a small island, which Rattle
called g Shady island,' for they landed
right under a large shady oak tree, and
there they determined to have their pic
mic. They had a game of 'ISpy, and then
Bob proposed to eat their lunch and af-
forward pick some berries which grew
near the place.
''Well, come sit all around in ring
and we will, - said Posy.
Rate and Posy were going to be the
L
and opened it, and what do you think
they found9 Why it was simply lot of
stockings, needles, and balls of yarn. At
first they could not make ont where thev
came from, but soon Harry said, s'Why.
these are my stockings = and then Posy
knew that instead of their lunch-sachel
they had brought their mothers work
sachel Bob and Harry said they were
very hungry and wanted to go home, but
Rattle said they could go pick some Der
ries for their lunch while she and Posy
did the weeks mending, and in that way
surprise the folks at home.
a splendid plan !" exclaimed all the
party at once, and soon Bob and Harry
were picking berries, while Rattle and
Posy We're busy darning stockings, a
thing they had never done before. and
some of them were done very well in
deed.
Harry declared they picked four quarts
of berries, and so they had enough for
even hungry children, and about 3 O'Clock
they started for home You may be sure
Posy had a funny story to tell her man,
ma, and mamma had funny story to tell
in return-how she opened her sachel to
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OUR JUVENILES.

Ttco Little Boys.
All the golden day
E Climbing in the trees,
Rolling on the hay
Who so glad as these
Two dear, happy, noisy little boys?
In the barns cool shade,
Swinging hours away;
Swallows overhead
Watching at their play
Two dear, happy, noisy little boys.
wading in the brook,
Chasing DER the grass;
Hid in the slyest nook,
See the seekers pass
Two dear, happy, ashist little boys.
When the day is done,
Lettering slowly home,
Through the dewy grass
YEARLY they come,
Two dear. happy, hungry little boys.
Splashing in the bath,
Shouting widest mirth;
Clad IN snowy robes
Sweetest sight on earth,
Two dear, happy, clean little boys.
Breathing childish prayers
Close by mothers knee;
Soon in dreams to live
Ger the dayhght's glee-
Two dear, happy, sleepy little boys.
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FRENCH PROPERTT-OHN

The financial strength of the French
is constant marvel to other ma
lions. Political economists point to the
single standard of coinage or to the
double standard, according as they con-
slider France to adhere to one or the
other of these systems, as the source of
this strength. But the difference be-
tween that and other nations is probably
more conspicuous in the management of
Government loans than in any other
thing. The French Government does
not depend on syndicates. More than
1900, 900 French men and women have
subscribed to the public debt, and, what
ever arrangements are made with great
bankers, the common people of France
are always invited to take part of the
bonds at a fixed and fair price. That
country is noticeably distinguished from
Great Britain by the equally wide dis
trlbution of land. There are more than
5000, 900 peasant proprietors in France,
while the United Kingdom is owned by
about 200,0 900 persons. Ii England l
person In 80 probably owns land, a
distinguished from mere house property
and outside of London l in SO owns a
house. In Scotland 1 in 400 is land
owner, and L IN IS has a house in his
name In Ireland l In SIS owns land.
but only in 120 has title TO a house.
GALAXY, for Nag.
DURING the siege of Paris 1853 carrier
pigeons were sent out in balloons, of
which but % returned. But that small
number brought to the beleaguered city
$4,000 public and private dispatches
being an average Of 1875 per bird-a
result achieved by the aid of mieropho-
Biography.
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A New French Revolution.

According to Emme1ine Raymond, the PARIS
fashion correspondent of Hdtpe1's Bdza1, we
on the eve of a revolution but it WILL in all
probability, be bloodless and one that Ameri-
can ladies will hail with joy. We refer to the
description of a new costume (see Bazar of
March 80, which renders crinoline indispensa-
BILE. Not the discarded styles of former days,
but sensible, small-sized elegant skirts fiat in
at the back admirably adapted to sustain the
new Princesse and Gabrielle robes. We learn
from various sources that this Paris fash
ion is superseding all others.-L0dy's Journal
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Yom Cannot Pass this Way again.


You Cannot Pass this Way again.
Breakfast was not quite ready, and,
while waiting, Mary took up paper for
a minute, and her eye fell upon these
words:
GA good Quaker was wont to say,
L expect to pass through this world but
once. If, therefore, there be any kind
ness 1 can show, or any good that can
do for my fellow-beings, let me not defer
or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way
again.
Mary read the paragraph twice over,
and it made deep impression on her
thoughtfully, and she wondered, as she
glanced up at the already wearie d face
of her mother, whether she had not let
many golden opportunities slip never to
return. She could not go that way
again. But here was long, bright hol-
iday she had proposed to spend in self
amusement. Indeed, she had kept her.
self awake an hour or more in planning
1uC IlttJ . CIJOy I10ht, IheCAellS W LII IL
as full as she could
Now these words, ''I shall not pass
this way again." haunted her mind and
awakened quite new train of thought.
What if that mothers cheek should
grow paler and paler, her cough deeper,
and her thin hands be finally folded
away forever on her silent heart. The
thought was startling and terrible. o!
what bitterness of regret she would
feel that she had ightened her burdens
so little For this day, at least, she
would do what she could.
"Mother," she said, when breakfast
was over, ''you have been looking fol
a spare day to run over to Grafton and
see Aunt Mabel, and now is YOU
chance. 1 mean to take the helm to-
day." she continued pleasantly
"Not to-day, Mary, of all days, when
there is so much work to be done"
eyes, mother, this is just the day. ]
have nothing else to do but to take youl
place. You shall see tonight how well
1 have filled it,"
Mary's persuasions prevailed, and the
mother spent long, bright summer day
visiting with beloved invalid sister, tc
whom her visit was indeed joyful sur
prise. 1t "did good like medicine
to both mother and sister, while the gain
to Mary herself was an hundred-folG
greater The Ctil0's World.
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tom, she keeps apart even from her
husband. In the presence of others she
scarcely converses with him. much less
would playful phrase be permitted
from her lips. 1t is only when years
have passed, and she has become the
mother of grown-up children, that she,
in reality, finds herself on an equality
with the other members of the house
hold-her life being rather one of servi-
tr6e
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ScOtchinp Malaria.

1t is fact widely and amply attested that
where the powerful and pernicious drug, qui-
nine, and other mineral poisons, administered
as remedies for fever and ague and bilious re-
mittents, fail to yield more than temporary re-
lief to the sufferer, Hostetters Stomach Bitters
scotches those tremendous epidemics most
thoroughly. and, by strengthening the system
and regulating its functions, protects it against
where the above maladies prevail, or where
they are likely to break out in consequence of
the poisoning of the atmosphere by noxious
eHhalations, should fail to take practical cog
nizance of the above important truth, and, by a
timely use of the Bitters, avoid the ravages of
maladies SO disastrous to the physical constitu-
ton. There is not in existence finer tonic,
corrective and defensive cordial.
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Please Bear it I'm Mind

that if your grocer does not have, and Will not
get, DooLEY's YEAST POWDER for you, you can
send 90 cents for quarter, 35 cents for half, OF
so cents for one pound can. Direct to DooLEY
& BROTHER, New York, and you will receive ii
by return of mail. Always use it for the deli
o:ous Vienna rolls.
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Smoke SCOT and Goal Gas.

And all worry with fires that will not burn, and
where it is impossible to cook properly, can all
be remedied and saving in fuel obtained.
Send stamp for circular. Henry Colford & Co.,
726 SAMSON street, Philadelphia.
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be easily cured by this new principle, DIR. J. H
McLeans Cough and Lung-Healing Globules
1t will cure Coughing, Cold, Consumption
DR.. J. Fl. Mclean, 314 Chestnut, st. Louis
Trial boxes 25 cts. by mail.
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BROOhLYN THEITER FUND

The total amount subscribed thus fan
to the Brooklyn Theater fire fund is
about $40, 900; and the amount now on
hand is $50, 566.31, the remainder having
been distributed. Between 500 and 600
persons are receiving aid from the fund.
The largest amount paid to any one
family is $50 per week, which goes to a
widow with eight children. The pay
ments are made every two weeks, and
the money on hand will last about one
year.
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For ten cents we will send scientific
book of one hundred and sixty choice selections
from the poetical works of Byron, Moore anc
other writings The poetry of these authors il
true to nature and the finest ever written. Des
mond & Co., 915 Race St, PHILADELPHIA, Pa.
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When you visit or leave New York stop at the
Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Central
depot. $50 elegantly furnished rooms. Best
restaurant in the city prices moderate. Bag
gage taken to and from said depot, free. Cars
and stages pass the hotel for all parts of the city
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FACTS for those who have been dosed
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nervous sufferers. Information worth thous
ands to those out of health. The new HedlH
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OPPRESSION after eating, headache,
nervous debility, are the effects of indigestion.
One, two at most, of Parsons PtugdtiUe
Pills will give immediate relief.