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EtiOlOgy OF Cholera.
From the London Nature.

From the London Nature.
The etiology Of cholera, in so far as relates to
It's influence in this country, does not admit of
much doubt The Infection must be actually
Imported into our midst; it has never yet been
imported except through, human agency, and the
poison appears to be all but. II not entirely lin
tied to the discharges from the bowels and to
the matter vOmted by the patients. Where
these go the poisoif goes; hence sewers and
drains receiving them tend to become channels
for conveying the disease; soil fOuled by them
may, by leading to the pollution of well and
other waters as also by aerial emanations. favor
its diffusion; and. to less extent probably, the
bed-iinen and personal clothing of the sick may
become vehicles of infection. In all essential
respects the disease appears to spread under
much the same conditions as favor the spread of
enteric or typhoid fever. aud, like that disease,
1t has in this country mainly been associated
with the use OF water supplies, which have been
subjected to the risk Of receiving the specific
Infection. What that infection consists in is not
yet known; but, Judging from analogy, 1t is a
definite organism capable Of reproducing its own
KIND under those conditions OF filth which We
have adyerted to as being associated with the
spread OF the disease. In the case of anthrax,
which causes the so-caled wholesalers disease
In man, and in the case of relapsing or famine
fever, the microscope has succeeded In showing
the organisms which lead to the production Of
those specific affections: but in the case of chO-
era no such results have as yet been attained,
and this Notwithstanding the labOrious micro
scopic and other researches which have been
made in India and elsewhere.
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An Unsatisfactory Meeting.

little man. In walking down the dusty road one
day,
Met little woman travelling afoot the other way
ana, laying down his Big vaIlse, he bowed IN hand
some style.
White she returned his greeting with curtsey
and a smile.
"Can you inform me where, ma'am, can find O
wite?" said he.
s'Twas GA my tongue to ask about a husband,
Sir" said she.
''I'n weary OF my single state, and many miles
I've gone
For one who'll cook and wash for me and sew my
buttons On:
Who'll wait on me when / am well and tend me
when TIA ill,
bill 10O--'-.
DO you know any one, maam, you can recon-
49, mend? said he.
Tin looking for precisely such husband, SIR
He pueksred up his lips aud whis.led thoughtfully
Then slowly reached fo- his valise, regretfuily to
While: with pensve little smile. she gazed I'D at
the SKY, Wy "'
And watched the feecy cloudlets as thoy laz.ly
passed by.
,''Tis plain I'm not the husband you're after.
aami" said ne.
eTis evident I'm not the wife you're seeking.
Sir" said she.
malcolm DOUGLAS, in St. Nicholas.
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The Telephone Going tho Same WAY
as the telegraph business.

From the Indianapolis News.
We recte the genesis Of the Western Union
to call attention to the fact that the telephone
business is going the same way. The first tele-
phone exchange was established q very few
years ago in New England city; now these
exchanges are to be found in every city and
large village. First each exchange was an in
dependent enterprise, end the stock was owned
by few Of those who were served by its wires.
But no long time ago the combination began
and now the time for watering has come. 1t
is said a company in Maine has made so much
money that its shareholders have received a
stock dividend of 200 per cent, so that the an
nual dividend has been apparently reduced to 5
per cent Other companies are paying 10 per
cent. But it won't do to openly divide these
immense profits, growing greater as the bust
ness extends constantly, and in order to reduce
dividends to a uniform apparent rate of per
cent. the capital stock of several companies are
to be diluted by water. The result will be, it is
said, the consolidation of all the New England
companies into one, with watered capital of
from S12,000,000 to $4,000. 900, although the
''plants" of these companies could probably be
replaced for $3,000,00O, or certainly for S.
DOC, 00O
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What Did lie Leayel

What did he leave? He lsft the hight o: heaven
And the Wide rivers tina, make glad the fields
he LETT the b.r1S the forests 10 erliyen,
Anu Tue sweet buttercups with golden shields.
he ieit the music OF The air and water
ana tho cool groves, where witchiEg shadows
fall;
ne ie,t earth-love, the MUSES. purest daughter,
ana RoeSy-that was beyond Ills call
He left them all
"n, uid ne leave? He left, with spirit yearnipp.
Az n ~ .ne nat,erlng piaudits OF as peers
a. .HS nurel ne spent his LIE I'm earning
49, oAiu u.dhy Things that gitaer with the vears
~ it,. .he wealth that fl0ofed all his rarnarS
.."nich, ere the sun had set upon hts nall
"aS IeaCneu ior by the hands or greedy mou-na-a
call sA Ia 1ue oeau re-
He left them all
what did he take? All! tits not for nno-.a,
To judge the dead. or mete for him The ra.
Whateer he carried through that mysIie nor,a,
Is knVwn unto hsrnself and 10 his God f'
, Just this we know, he took the BLESSINGS tandor
Or those he cheeTed In poyerty's enthraII
He took whate'er he Won OF true worthis gran.
deur, s'""-
What time he sweetened Sorrows cup OF gall
And that was all
-WA. LYLE, IA Boston T'anscsfDt
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Girls on Foot.

From the American Queen.
The first comment an English traveller makes
upon American women as class is that they
are not as strong and healthy looking as English
girls. This is mainly due to the indoor life our
young girls lead throughout the year. OF course
there are exceptions, but with the majority of
young women walking and riding regularly every
dayis out ofthe question: habit, custom. and the
convenience OF horse cars have made walking
dead practice.
True. the English climate is less severe: but
still there are few days in the year when the
weather is either too bitterly cold or too in
tenSeiy hot to admit of comfortable, brisk
walk of a few miles. The narrOw-shouldered,
fat-chested, and shapeless looking girls, with
pnched, colorlesS faces, would fill out by the
best exercise the human frame can enjoy. A Wig
orous youth brings about hale and hearty age;
and with women physical health is by far more
to the advantage of the race than figure
squeezed into shape by tortuous corsets and
lacing.
Mothers and fathers should insist upon out
door exercise. The muscles demand it quite as
much as the stomach food or the lungs pure
air. young girl confined for hours in room
heated by poisonous blasts from the Internal ma
chine known as q furnace, should be sent out
regularly to walk with free, untrammeled step.
We say untrammeled, having in mind those
ridiculous dresses which were SO fashionable
four years ago, and which bound woman's
limbs 80 there could be no free movement.
We hear on all sides of nervous prostrati0n.
What Is this new disease? 1t is simply the re-
suit Of bad education. It is the direct out
growth of the folly of parents who have had
their daughters educated, at the expense of their
health. Young girls are made to study and to
spend hours over piano, to get accomplished,
and their muscles grow soft and useless. At 20,
if it were not for the corset, they could not sit
up half the day; the back needs artificial sup
port. Half of the reputable physicians in this
city will confirm this statement, and also will
agree with US when we say that niue girls out
OF ten are prematurely permitted to wear the
corset to the detriment of the muscles of the
back.
Young girls lol about, sink into seats with
soft backs and. In midsummer. should it grow
cold. cIamor for fire and flock about it. The
result Of 1t all is that girl on her marriage be-
comes useless doll. without any strength to
sit up. much less to show Off those tremendous
accomplishments of which we hear so much. and
OF which SO few husbands ever experience the
pleasure Of, after the knot had been firmly tied.
Girls, for their own sweet sakes, had better
enjoy good health, and mothers should sec that
their daughters take plenty ofeXercise. We hear
of American girls walking in Switzerland; sup
pose they commenceto walk at home.
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Disease Germs in the Air we Breathe.

Disease Gfrnas in the Air we Breathe.
From the st. James Gazette
It is fortunate that only an enthusiastically
small proportion of the germs of disease that
are always abroad in the atmosphere can ever
meet with the combination Of conditions that
is essential for their development. According
to Prof Won Rettenkofer of Munich. germ, ere
it becomes capablei of producing actual disease,
must not only and' susceptible subject, but
ity, and at favorable time; and, as disease
germs are not, as rule, very long lived, the
vast majority Of them die without encountering
the necessary conditions. If such were not the
case. It is certain that the human race would
speedily cease to exist; for the chief Of the MI
geographical Department OF the Paris Observa-
tory has recently discovered that the number of
disease germs of one kind or another contained
in cubic meter of the air of the French capt.
tai Is in winter, 1900; in May 12,00O in June,
5000; in August. $4,000; in October 140O0,
and In November, 5000; and 1t cannot be sup
posed that the atmosphere In London and other
large cities is much less tainted than it is in
Paris, or that the air, even Of country districts,
is wholly uncontaminated.
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Il 4 III i SIsjj$E|'} i +. y

DR.. CHEEvER's ELECTRIC BELT, or Recencra.
tor il made expressly for the Of arrangements o.
the provocative organe. Whenever any debility Of the
eenerative organs occurs, from whatever cause the
continuous stream Of ELECTRICITY permcasing
through the parts must restore them 10 healthy action
There is mistake about this instrument Years Of
use have tested it. and thousands OF testified
to. Weakness from 1ndiscrction. ncapacty Lack Of
Vigor Sterihty-in fact trouble of those is
cured Do not confound this with electric belts adver
Used to all Ills from head to toe. This is for the
ONE specified purpose For circulars giving full
Information address,
CHEEvER ELECTRIC BELT CO..
mhS-s&w los Washington street. Chicago.
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SOMETHING ABOUT CAMEOs.
How the Cutting Is DOnc-The Cost of
Portraits

''The onyx stone, on which the most valuable
canoes are cut, is found in such plenty on the
Uruguay river in Brazil that ships often take
it for ballast" said a cameo cutter. ''Some of
1t has been found in Germany, where much of
the cutting is done. The market is flooded
with cheap and imperfect cameos the work OF
apprentices, yet there is fair demand for new
work at good prices. especially for portraits.
Inc art OF cameo cutting is very old. and some
Of the specimens of Roman work done 1900
years ago are exquisite in tracery and design.
They We're produced by an extraordinary
amount of labor, unaided by the modern i'm
provcments in tools. Such work was then
done Ter monarchs or very wealthy persons, and
cutting requiring year was common thing.
The same quality of work is now within the
reach OF persons of moderate means. Three
fair-iOOking cameo cuttings. suitable for mount
ing as breastpn and earrings, may be bought
for IS. But cameo portraits cost from $50 to
$3.50, according to size. and the stone for the
latter would be worth about SO.
"a raised cutting on any stone is called
cameo; when the device is sunk it is called an
intaglio. The onyx is preferred for canoes
above all stones, because it comes in layers of
| two colors. The combinations are black and
white, black and cream, red and white and
dark brown. called the sardOnyx. One adj
vantage of a cameo portrait is that 1t will last
forever. The stone is so hard that it can be cut
only with diamond dust. The proceeds of cut
ting consists of holding the stone up to revol-
wing drills whose soft steel ends are covered
with diamond dust The utmost patience, and
caution, and delicate manipulation are required
to grind off the upper layer ofstone. A mistake
is fatal to the work. No steel can be made hard
enough to drill the onyx. Even chrome steel
will not do it, and that is SO hard that drill
made from it will cut through an ordinary file
No acid will affect the ONYX, and it will stand
the greatest heat of the furnace if the heat is
applied gradually. so as to prevent cracking,
Some cuttings went through the great Bond
street fire and were found in the ruins un-
harmed"
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WOnE erinQ.

Written for The EVENING STAR.
wonder II she ever hath OWNED
The sentiments with which M heart is teening;
wonder IL, within her noble mind,
She cen suspects that meath my careless seeming
Lie feelings OF unutterable tenderness?
wonder IL she knows that her sweet voice
Thrills my being with such wild sensations
That, tWixt my Wills impuisive choice
And stern unyieldng ju igments regulations
My soul, IN DURANGO held, Is rendered powerIess?
woni + II she ever thought OF NE,
Except when Was in her sacred presence?
i wonder II she ever dreamed that She
BY the sweet power OF Aer spirits essence,
Could save me from, Or doom ne to- deep wretched-
hess? Il
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Separation.

Written for The EVENING STAR.
A Whole wide ocean rolled between me and my
friend
And yet was not sad
For, looking through the months unto her jour-
neys end
hept my heart glad.
rs4F%sN -.f-B' II.
a 1ox Aci,s Of mtstrast between mo and my
Ilsni,-
And through Il 1 could see
Her fora, her face, her eyes,-that sweet love-
gl2aces send,
But, not TO me.
D, ocean bring thy waves; clasp thy cold arms, o
Sea,
Around my heart!
Behold.-the little hedge hath kept my friend and
me
Farther apart. OHM.
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Mohammedans are excited by belief that
Mohammed, appearing to the guardian of his
tomb at Mecca, has foretOld the end of the world
within 140 years. Incidents of the final destruc-
ton are to be a plague and q cyclone.
Nat Goodwin, the actor, replied, on being
asked what was the first thing that struck him
on his recent trip to Europe: 1.-THE fellow who
wanted to be tipped he struck me every
where. He's bore of the worst kind. They
seem to think that we only work for the pur-
pose Of going over there once year and spend-
ing the million We make here. My wife. who is
English, is thoroughly familiar with these prac-
tices, and 30 was continually pointing out to
me that was being imposed upon. So sho
fought the rascals, but found that victory was
only to be gained at too great cost OF efI0ft to
make II worth Whila. 50 -
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HE Elevator Man.

tten for TIE EVENING STAR.
He has his ups ami DOWNS
But, like fiirted fan,
A breezy little fellow
Is the Elevator Man.
Confined within his room,
His station by the door,
Ye: IS he ever gOinG,
Day and night, from floor to floor.
His bell incesSant rings;
No monarch thrOntd may be
More sought by eager people,
More waited for, than he.
The benefit conferred,
We placiGly receive,
C.ait . simple "thank you,n
A bow, or smile-and leave.
Ue lives, he thinks, and feels,
And has, besides, ween,
Some other, small belongings
Above mere machine.
Whatever be the work,
Acknowledge 1t, IL good:
Ills right it is, who helpeth,
His help be understood.
IT'S only haste: we prize
Ills LIES devoted plan,
Ava bless, IKE all the weary,
The Elevator Man!
-SEATON DONOR,
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Night In Summer 'sj,,;e.

Night draws her sable Mantle round,
And pins IL with d star;
The music OF caterwaul
Is waited from aIar,
AMI ri-ht next door i teething babe
Is hOwiing for IFS mar,
While Ger the Wy q Ioud-VOice1 maid
Is singing OpeTar.
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boat propelled by electricity has made over
seven and half knots an hour in trial trips on
the Ihames. 1t has to carry two tons Of storage
batteries, however, for short trip with vessel
forty feet long.
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BRIGHT FANCIEs OF THE POETS.
Place MYSELF Within Gods Hand.


tFron the German Of B. SchmoIke.)
BY e RANKIN, n. D.
lplace myself within Gods hand,
NJ will, what God Is willing:
And what for me, He does command,
lake, each murmur shilling.
It better Is,
This hand OF His,
To bear without complaining,
Than hand OF man, sustaining.
trust myself within Gods hand,
When round, mems hands are shrinking;
1t biH15 me, as no other band
And Keeps my soul from sinking.
So be the world
To ruin hurled;
Though loud the tempest RACES,
Pm on the Rock OF Ages.
Within ny hand, ] hold COTS hand,
Nothing can e'er dIsplace IT,;
And though deaths arrows on the strand,
stu closer I'll embrace IL:
For, so his dart
Can wound no part,
Rut, back the stroke appalling,
From ne be harmless falling.
live my life, within Gods hand,
Until HIS VIII shall end it:
And IL tina. life by Him be planned
30 that In tears | spend &c,
He'll care for me
So wondrously:
Or me in mercy thinking,
When Peter-i.ke, I'm sinking.
Idle, die within Gods hand,
To-day, perhaps, tomorrow:
He'll take me to the Fithrriind,
And wipe the tears or sorrow.
At His right hand,
He'll make me stand,
With rauSomed souls forgiven:
HIS servants true n Heaven.
Well, abide within Gols hand!
I'll take the gOoi Hes giving;
The Ill, / can not understand;
Ny dying and my living.
I'm In His pow'r,
Each day, each hour:
TITS best, His Word has told me-
That hand Will sure uphold me.
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,nrch. PHILADELPHIA. In VT

Christ Church, Philadelphia. In which the
centennial convention Of Protestant Episcopal
ians Is to he held, was the place OF the first con-
vention OF that denomination in america. It
was built with brick from England and money
raised In q lottery under the management Of
BENJAMIN Franklin
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Culture In The ttEIigler Circles >,
From the New York Sum-

1t appears that Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin,
who entertained q good deal during the winter,
and sailed yesterday for Europe, are the pos
SCISSORS of valuable old tapestries coming from
convent sales, and bearing the I. II. s. (Iesus
Honsinmm Salcator) on them At one Of the
receptions great admiration was expressed by
the guests, when suddenly lady remarked
that the tapestries 'could not possibly be as old
asthey were represented to be, as they had the
initials Of Isaac II. Sherman, the father Of the
hostess, upon them"
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For 0lhcr Anci.on. See sih rnge-
FINANCIAL.

vI,HE GREAT TROUBLE IN BOTH THE ON
II line and ordinary Assessment Companies il the
constant withdrawal years ON, the HEALTHY
members. by the plan adopted toy the MUTUAL. RE-
SIEVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION this great diff
Guilty IN the way OF permanent and safe life insurance
If overcome The members are more likely to
Keep up their payments than any other plan. Office,
lou9 II street. L. \. KNIGHT. Manager. jy7
I(Uf AND SELL u. y. GOVT AND u. &. BONDS:
DAso, WASH. Z. GASLIGHT and ALL oihar City
Stock.
deposits received subject to check
We pay SPECIAL attention TO obtaining CORRECT
and RELIABLE information regarding various city
securities and prepared ali times TO answer inqu
l-ts regarding same
HARRY c. TOWERS A co
BANkEhS. BROKERS AND INSURANCE.
my3l 1870 II STREET NoRTuwrsr
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latre for Educational and Charitable purposes-with
capital Q: 81 GOO. 0n0to which o reserve fund OF
over $3.50. 900 has since been added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote its franchise
made part OF the present State Constitution adopted
December I'd. A. d. 1879.
The only Lottery ro.ed and Endorsed by the zeo-
pie OF any State.
1t Meier scales or I0StpOnes.
It's GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take
place monthly.
"A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN FOR
TUNE.
EIGHTH GRAND DRAWING. CLASS Fl, AT
NEW ORLEANS. TUESDAY, AUGUST IA, 1883.
169IH MONTHLY DRAWING,
CAPITAL PRIZE S75 900.
100, 600 Tickets at s. EACH Fractions in hs In pro-
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1857 Prizes. amounting $685. 500
Application for rates to Clubs should oe made only
10 The once OF the Company in New Orleans.
For further information write clearly irving full ad.
dress. Address = y. Money Order Registered Let
NEW ORLEANS NATIOEAL BANK,
NEW ORLEANS, La.
Ordinary letters by Mail or Express 10
Il. A. DAUPHIN,
NEW ORLEANS LA,
1yl1, Is. 81. Is. %. augl t. S&ll-yt
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New Discovery In MEDICINE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE.
SANTAL mildly
VIII cure in IS hours all der agreements OF the urinary
organs in either without incon venence Of any kind
GRIMAUL1 CO.. 8. Rue vivienne. Paris. ja22-wSsly
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PRIVATE Stock TELEGRAPH WIRES

PRIVATE Stock TELEGRAPH WIRES
WASHINGTON. NEW YORK AND RICHMOND.
II. H. DODGE.
Bonds. Stocks and Investment Securities Bought and
Sold on Commission,
No. $50 18TH STREET. (CoRCoRAN BUILDINa.)
Agency for Prince and Whitley. Stock Droken
CA BROADWAY, New YORK.
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Every Class Of Securities bought and sold on commits
sion in San Francis %. baltimore Philadelphia New
York. Boston and Washington Orders executed on the
New York Stock Exchange nj one eighth of one pee
cent commission. Private and direct telesrs,h wires
to Richmond. Baltimore, rbiladelLia. New York and
Boston, through which ers are executed on the
Stock Exchanges in those cities and reported back
promptly. Quotations of Stocks and Bonds and in
formation regarding the Markets received through our
wires INSTANTLY direct from the New York Stock
Exchange. nj
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i. WH1rs MouSrA1s
HAMMOCK CHAIR

Differs from m the other stationary or reclining Chars
in that ts better. stronger and simpler IL adapted to
the House. Lawn. Porch or Camp. and Ia just chuck
full Of quiet comfort and beesed rest Is far superior
to the Hammock in every way and b put mp % q
10 be alxays In the ahadA