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trustee Of the Providence public library has
undertaken to cure the small boy of his interest
In the dime novel, and can be said to have sue
ceeded. He has met the antecedent with its
consequent. He has gathered into a scrapbook
the adventures OF the boys who read dime
novels, and has made it his business, in q quiet
way. To ask the boys one by one who are inter.
csted i'll these stories 10 spend an hour or two in
reading not the Imaginative story, but the way
in which the small boy has attempted to realize
be allowed to do. 1t is said that the dime novel
boy usually reads the scrapbOok, which is rap
idly Increasing in size as the fresh exploits Of
the dime novel Adventures are added to IT,
about two hours. He then lays it down in dis.
gust. and nothing can induce him to return to
those stories again. He asks the person i'm
charge Of the reading room for a better class of
books
This cure of disease with its own poison has
been SO effective in Providence that the trus-
tee In question Is thinking OF taking out a
patent for the process. lest other libraries and
the heads Of families and the guardian Of the
Senon WITHOUT due cpsSt PRe nis an
luded to- is called ''rhe Dime Novel II
gentleman before he goes much further r
press secure his copyright at home and abroad
anu stand up for hOnorS as the only man in the
world who has SO far succeeded In outwitting
the average american boy. by giving him a
form Of devilIsh literature, be is anxious to
take into bis mind and heart to make him
abandon these stories in disgust.
lie Is the first among mOdcrns to give point to
the old sayiag, Look GU this picture ana then
on that" and 1t is the other picture that is
P9Ter.9i enough to wind up the dime novel
eraturc, and tins man going further than Mr.
Howells or Mr.. James. or even NJ. lola, has sub
stitutea the pastepot and scissors tor the i'm
asinattOn, gathering his horrors and tragedies
from actual Life, in the firm belief that IL truth
Is not stranger than fiction, it has wonderful
power at the right moment over an awakened
mind.
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from the providence journal, August eth.
Day before yesterday one Of the citizens of
Pawtucket noticed II small boy, apparently 10
Or IL years Of age, snugly ensconced under tue
bowl of a drinking fountain in 'front.' of tine Paw
tucket Congregational church. The little fell
low sat there so quietly and so calmly that the
citizen wondered what it could all be about,
and he became so interested that he stopped to
watch him. y few moments later another
little fellow who stood on the sidewalk shouted
:" There's pigeon fhc citizen then saw
that "a pigeon had al;shtcd upon the edge of the
bowl To drink. The little fellow ppered out
from under the bowl cautiously until he saw
the tail OF the bird, and then running
his hand carefully along the under
side OF the bowl, caught the pigeon by
the legs and WAS up and away. The other little
fellow was also going away When the citizen
hailed iIin anu asked him what his friend was
going 10 do with the pigeon. .'Sell it, was the
many that way?" was tie next query TO which
came the answer: "Ies; me and him Caught
seventeen the other day" What do you set
apiece for Them and the answer was: lien
cents. Yesterday morning the citizen noticed
the same two boys engaged i'll the same opera
ton and drove them away and notified the
police To put a stop 10 il. II must be admitted
that the TICK l. an ingenious one and cannot
ilit OF being successful the bird, ali uuSu~-
p-ctinG. II drinking. But the idea that the pet
pigeons are thus being clG,h, easily is not
pleasant.
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From the Detroit Free Press
There was q large crowd Of excursionists In
the station at Savannah, and this made con-
siderable bother for the people going out on the
evening train. There was o pale-faced, SLIM
wasted young man, weighing about 1O5
pounds, who paid u coored man n quarter to
get some baggage checked. Tie man didn't
appreciate the situation and tOOk his time for
II. Indeed, the young man hunted him up to
color, ana That the baggage was still uncared
Tor He spoke his mind pretty freely and was
promptly 'sassed" in return, Just what led to
the climax didn't see nor hear. but all of n
sudden the burly cOlOred man drew o razor
rom his pocket aud started for the light weight
rags Of him.
IT would have been o good time for the young
man 70 pull revolver, but he made no motion.
ID such crowd no one knew exactly what was
nanpehins,and SO the rush OF the negro was not
staid He took two skips and jump, the
f razor ~ his right hand, and as he landed In
'front.' OF the young man the keen-edged weapon
mace sweep for the white throat Next in
stans II was flying among the rafters Of the
DMiuing, and the wOuIu-be-murderer was
caressing his elbow and bowling with pain. As
ne M9 wnTieG around he was given o couple OF
~hiters which shot him Oul of the circle, and
the young man went to see about his baggage
were OF.
swered.
SIS 1t tricx:"
..S Wveii, It took me year TO learn it."
I'm Jamaica 1t viii be six months before he
can raise that hand 70 his collar button. You
oasnt 70 learn IL. It saves carving q revolver
=, n4noicr tnan knife, and you don't bang
Jour Anucklex up knocking folks down."
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Invitations That Mean Nothing.

From Good Housekeeper.
The writer had been entertained for the first
time at the house Of certain hospitable old
gentleman, and both were sitting, with half an
hour to wait for the arrival of the carriage in
which the host proposed to take the guest to
the railway station, when the former said:
II want to have you be sure to come and see ME
again. and if you don't have any business calls
this way, come without Them He then
added, alphabetically: 81 suppose l ought 10
have said this when bidding you goodby at the
station, but like to say things when think of
them. There was a charming naturalness in
the old gcntleman's invitation, and u whole
souled hospitality that were not to be misun-
dersiood. They would have been almost totally
lost II the invitation had been Reserved for Il
last act Of formality, as many are i'm the habit
oi doilS. One may be justified in taking but
very little stock in "cOlne aud see me again"
when accompanied with a'.goodby." Though
suitable feeling may stand behind tine in
Vitaion III such case, yet it is not to be
compared to the certainty that exists
in the less formal made. If one is
staying at a friends house for a portion of
day and Is about to leave just before meal time
he muse not think of accepting an invitation
to remain for the meal when IL is made mt the
time OF departure, the guest, perhaps with hat
and cane in had. The host could not say i'm
palmer language: ''Stay and dine with me; 1
that you will not, though you have a licence to
force yourself upon me-" Yet, how many
people there are who issue their invitations In
just this formal way, as if to get the credit
for hospitality without comforting 1t upon any
one.
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No Pure Spices.

From the Detroit News
"Give me quarter pound Of black pepper
said q Ne,cs editor to the uptown groceryman.
Il want 1t pure"
The grocer took down q little package done
up In tin foil and adorned with yellow label
bearing the legend, Pure black pepper"
This is what sells for black pepper in De-
Iron, ne said, 'but know you pretty well, aud
uoh mind telling you that there amt q
ksa IN OF black pepper In 1t. worked five years
80, -, ule mixing room OF spice mill, and I'm onto
~ INC business from one end to the other. Now,
.n.s particular spice Is made this way: Take 80
poLndS OF nnely ground bran, mixed with pull.
thsIizea charcoal-the last to represent the black
, ,uai ~ the pepper grain. Then add fifteen
p,,, ol ground cayenne pepper, and there
y yor are with 100 pounds OF pure black pep
Its the same way with mustard" the grocer
Suanue0. Fifteen to twenty pounds Of
tin, vhne pepper and the balance Of cheap wheat
gem. ren1,,c co' o, yellow, makes 100 pounds ct
srent .n os mustard The highest grades. which
han real mustard. But cream OF tartar Is the
S 0sSgss. sWindle. "A 15-pound can OF the low
go VI eIta alba. The terra alba is u mild alkali
srs u noutIatixes the effect Of the acid. Higher
taric acid. s>''.'-' = ''.s ---'.' :
.,,, on probably think that you've eaten some
1Wy nnnon Ia your ume,p the grocer went on.
49,, 81, you haven't don't suppose there's 10
Hn cnvs oi cinnamon bark in the United States.
cassia treen - q
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The Rage for Work.

From the Boston Be..cOn-
II Is the fashion TO work. Every oman now
aasys, 10 matter how high her rank, or how
Grelt her wealth. works though her bread
defended ON her industry. Satan. who used IN
find much mischief for idle hands To do
must be at his wits end to discover a pair that
l. not full OF busy play or downright hard work
Drawing, embroidery, modelling in clay, paint
inc, beating brass, assigning furniture COM
posing songs, setting up SOME industrial school
out what IL Is all ABOUT, engross the time and
thoughts OF women, who, twenty wears ago
lolled on sofas and read novels and had dys-
pepsia for very idseness, and groaned because
they had "nOthing 10 do The moneyed class
A1d the working classes meet on neutral
ground, where niliionaires, empresses and
princesses rush in for their share of labor and
look with scorn Oh those who hide their talents
fn a napkin The fashionable idler is now as
busy as I. Dee with the bump OF appreciation in
n state Of abnormal development
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-15
Nothing To the Harvest Apple.

from the Detroit Flee Press.
Watermelon and u Cucumber which found
themselves ON the same stand at the Central
Mafaet Yesterday began quarreling:
You are all collie. TO say the best of YOU re-
marked The Melon
And You are all seeds and rnds- retorted
the Cucumber.
come, now, what's all this row abouts~
querlcd the stand keeper. as he finished selling
tisIstrt of Strawberries
w ny, answered the Melon, "old Cholera
Aofbus here y jealous oi me-
No sdch tningt old Rind ard Seeds brides
himself ON beng able To kill two men To nv
one. and you know that is all windt'
flush. my children whispered the stand
keeper w hile appreciate both of you for all
you're worth. neither ofyou is justified in doiu~
ANY Dragging az THIS season of the year. The
Harvest Apple Is now Knocking EN- out in one
rouud'
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The Antique Still Wanted.

The Antique Still Wanted.
SOME OF THE VIRGINIA LEES SELLING RELICS
AND HEIRLOOMs.
From the New York Mail and Express.
when the craze for antique furniture and
bric-s-brac first became epidemic we thought.
ike other diseases, 1t would sweep over the
country and then stop all of sudden" The
dealer was seated ON char which, he said
used TO belong to Benjamin Franklin, and he
olIecteu MS remarks to U reporter, who was ad.
narnms himself In long glass that swung over
toilet. ~0'
1t is long since an old story, how we mined
INTO the past for relics of our forefathers but
tue curious thing Is that we are still ut it. aud
the demand is great. New England used to be
turc aud chinaware, Us nearly every New Eng
M that . Was Drought over in the Maytiower."
Inc STOCK Tor sale lasted pretty well, but has
gwen Out at last, and man with an appetite
i1r the antique would starve in the sight OF
to sell, unless It's limitation. But they viii buy
tney are our bcst customers. The field there
mas neen completely worked out, and they are
me richest deposits are now to be found in
T nse states and some places further south.
ne relics OF the war-wrecked south supply the
sn9 a on as the old family pride comes back
with their retrieved fortunes, and they begin
i0rmer glory. The election OF democrstic
PRESIDENT has tendency to make these things
har9er 20 get, and II is was not for the civil
service law we would soon not be able to get
any. -
but there are still many rare antique pieces
70, 20 90 donnd scattered here and there. some IN
members Of the good old families, who In their
ssluxsie with adversity have ceased 70 attach
any vaine 70 things Of this sort, or have learned
tneir value only to offer them in the market
e ae ere, nave letter from member OF the Lee
t .atv n Virginia 10 reference to . very old
t sSu.e, VIII rich Mosaic top, which they would
al19 ~ y sS Judge II IL very rare thing II
Coy $50 thsy say, when bought, many, many
ye4H a&o. ~ some Of their ancestors. Virginia
y ncn IN things Of this Kind.
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Neither a Fright Nor n Beauty.

rioiii the san FRANCISCO tC.ti) Examiner
Mrs. Belya Lockwood is neither fiattered nor
dlsparaSed by the numerous wood-cut repren-
tations OF her that appeared during the late
campaign. There is really no resemblance be-
tween the person and the picture. She is what
might be called y handsome woman: but hers Is
the declining beauty of uncertain age She
might be forty, or she might be fifty. Her rea-
lures are OF the clear-cut Grccian, refined type:
a4uliine nose, straight forehead, overhanging a
p.nf oil sharp. penetrating eyes, glance into
winch at once convinces one that the lady Is
endowed with more than ordinary brain
power. Mantied over her forehead is a roll of
handsome, wavy. gray hair that adds much to
tiie natural beauty OF her face. She was yester-
a'y attlred in plain and modest travelling
urcss OF black silk. There is nothing in her out
"afu appearance or expression that would lead
q casual observer To guess that she belonged TO
ti;tt much ridiculed class Of women denomi-
nailed 'strong-minded." In conversation how
ever. she reveals u phenomenal force OF charac-
yer, expressing herself in concise, lawyer-Iike
language, and with calm thatsettles-it air
whish amply proves that she is IA woman with
u MIND OF her own" But yet, withal, she is AN
eirlh-earhty woman. The reporters first
siahce AT her Textures yesterday morning dis
covered the tell-tale traces of powder
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The Sunday Question.
From the London Truth

The Rev. U. j. Thomas. Congregational
minister at Bristol, has given his congregation
MS opinions on the question Of having music
on sundays on Bristol Downs and ON opening
tree libraries. etc. Mr. Thomas very properly told
the christian folks of Bristol that they ought to
be more distressed about the people who could
not be got out of their wretched homes to enjoy q
ie" hours oil fresh air andsun shine, OF music and
ehanse OF scene, than about those who, though
being bettered by music and beauty and reerea.
uon; ana ne boldly declared that the seldshness
anu fnarisi,ism of the church was q far more
OF the sabbath. IL christian ministers under.
$1,000 the New Testament better. and had the
Courage 70 speak the truth, they would NIL
pieacn TINS doctrine and then religion
would oe FAR more useful and pleasant thing
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The OvergrOwn SchO0lbOy's Wife.
London Letter In San Francisco Argonaut

Lady Randolph Churchill is, to my taste, one
OF the most beautiful women I ever saw Dark?
tall and commanding, with . simply perfect
figure; her face, the clear olive OF its com.
plexion. the sottness and "wonder" Of its large
dark eyes and the classic outlines OF its features
IS not only one TO charm an artist, but one from
which the eye OF the fascinated beholder never
wants TO wandee. She has the most Beautifully
moulded arms, and as She stepped down nom
the platform Icausht glimpse OF one Of the
and shape can in no better way describe than
6y saying that both were. -American. One of
sclousneSs OF her own beauty.
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Cans and Prejessiles fer Turkey.

On Saturday last the Porte signed a contract
with Messrs Krupp's agent here for the pur.
chase of . large number Of gums and projectiles.
The order 10 for seven very heavy guns OF 1884,
centtmeters bore, similar to the one already
mounted at the Dardanelles; % guns with a
pore Of 1850 centimeters, and 400 neld pieces
seven TO nine centimeters. -Four Of the seven
t large guns are 70 defend the Bosphorus and
s ~ tne Dardauelles. The others are intended
~ various aostlncetions on the coasts, and TO
y cfln9 the artillery department OF the army ND
70 the standard determined by the war office.
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In Paraguay.

Cleanliness Is the rule in Paraguay and it ex.
tends to neutrality-suspicious., furniture,
clothes, and person-nOr are the poorer classes
in this respect a whit behind the richer. Above
all, the sacques and inantiias of the women
and the lace-fringed shirts and drawers OF the
men are scrupulously clean; nor is any one
article In greater demand, though forum ately
with proportional supply, throughout the
country than soap. Each house ha Behind IL a
garden, small or large as the case may be- i'm
which ilowers are sedulOuSly cultivated; they
are decoration thar pIrayuayan girl or
woman Is rarely without, and Oae that becomes
the wearer well: Without professions to what
Is called ella 'sicai or, ethnolosicaiiy taken
Aryan beauty, the female type here Is very
rarely plain, generally pretty. often handsome,
occasionally bewitching. Dark eyes, long,
Way, dark hair, and u brunette complexion
most prevail: but blonde type with blue eyes
and golden curls, indicative Of Basque descent,
almost universally, delicate and small; the
general form. al least till frequent maternity
has sacrificed beauty to usefulness, simply per-
iect. AS to the dispositions that dwell lin so en-
ce!lent an outside, they are worthy of it, and
Shakespeare's "Is she kind as she is fair.'
might here lind unhcsitating answer in the
affirmation that follows. "Beauty dwells with
kindness" \ brighter, kinder truer, more
afectipnate more Gcvotedly faithful girl than
Inc faraSlayan exists nowhere. Alas, that
the wretched experiences Of but q few years
since should have also proved, in bitter
earnest, that no Drawer. no more enduring, no
more seif-Sacrificing wife mother than the
Fafaguayan Is to be found either!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-08-15

!, a young married couple OF Salisbury, Nd,
nnve named their first boy "Neptnne" because
.ney became engaged while on sailing excur-
sfOn.--6ditins0re Amerjcon.
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30 CAPITAL PRIZE. $4,000 "a
Tickets only s.. Shares I'm proportion
OClSlANA STATE LOTTERY

We do hfrebv certfrn rahs Nrr--rfsr me d--nnpA
nenfs for dH the Monthly and ai Annual Dratcnos az
he louisiana STATE Lottery CbB,pdnU. and tersos
manage and control the DFdnaJs fenSeinss and that
The conducted irh honesty good
ydifh Otrdrd all parties, aud authorize The Cb,apaau
10 This ce5fincdfe nth siOaafsw
Ia IL .IIfI liam lrlfsh
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The Literary Win q Victor Huge.
From the London Timea
PARIS, July 26.-The following Is the essen
tial part OF the literary testament OF Victor
Hugo:
II wish that, after my death, all my I'M
pubiisheo manuscripts, with any copies Of them
which may exist, and everything In my hand
naturs w easc,i leave behind whatever its
niends, whose names are Paul Meurice, Au-
S uste t Xacsuerie, and Ernest Lefevre. give
entirely and completely my wishes. ~ ~
In the S lS'ioxinE way: fhs @anascripss may g
xoSf. par
ally carried out, but not finished; 81 sketches,
fnrsSn a scattered ideas in yee Or prose
books or IN loose sheets. beg my three friends
70 make this selection with the greatest care,
and thought which they know to have been
mine, and with all the friendship Of which they
nave given me SO many proofs. request them
between each publication, first the complete
works next the works begun and partially
finished, and lastly the fragments and scattered
wnoie OF my Ideas. although without apparent
connection. will form, believe, several vol
Ocean Almost all Of It was Written during
NY exne' restore to the sea what received
"To meet the expenses Of the publication of
this body Of works. there shall be Withdrawn
rom my succession sum of 100000 francs,
Wnlch Will be reserved and applied to that pur-
pose: Messrs Meurice, Vacquerie and Lefevre,
aIter payment of the expenses, will receive, to
oe divided among them in the proportion of
the work done by each-(1) on the first class Of
works per cent of the net profit; (2 on the Sec
ono class 70 per cent of the net profit, and ~
on the third class, which will require notes, per-
NJ naps ppe,aees much time and TOLL 90 per cent
Independently of these three kinds of publ
cations, my three friends, in the event Of their
considering 1t desirable to publish my letters
aver ave, my death, are expressly intrusted by me
principle that letters belong, not to him who has
received them, but to him who has written
tnem. They will make the selection, and will
pe the judges Of the conditions, OF the prOpriety
ana expediency Of publication. They will re-
ceive 80 per cent from the profits Of the publica-
ton OF my letters"
TT The Ra.ppet was founded by Victor Hugo in
conjunction with Messrs. Vacquerie and Men,
rice who are the former its political, the latter
clarat1on signed by them, saying:
We are deeply touc he'd by the confidence
wh1ch victor Hugo has placed in us, and deep
~ grateful to him for the immense honor thai
ne mas done us In selecting us as the editors of
thoughts We accept the trust. We do not ac-
cept money. For thirty years we have done for
nothing what Victor Hugo asks us to continue.
we 40 not require to be paid after his death,
turns will be added to the subscriptions for the
monument"
In u separate declaration NJ Lefevre expresses
MS qualification at being associated with
: Msssrs; Meurlce and Facquerie, and joins in
what they have said.
The executors OF the poet will see to the erec-
ton OF a statue ut BesancOn aud OF tomb
worthy in the Pantheon
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Fears Of n T0OthieSs Future.

THE AMERICAN TOOTH, THE DENTISTS SAY
NOW BIDDING THE WORLD GOODBYE.
From Harpers' Bazar.
The American tooth, the dentists tell US, is
something fast disappearing. What is to take
its place they leave to conjecture. Whether q
toothless race is on its way or whether a new
animal is TO be evolved from the present human
creature on this continent is perhaps an open
question Whatever il is that may come to
pass the fancy recuiis before the prospect Chill
1ren OF twelve years often have 500 worth of
gold in their mouths, Others needing as much
quite as badly, but unable 10 afford the OUTLAY
Children OF sixteen often wear complete sets of
false teeth. and other children innurnerable
have teeth that are decayed before they pene-
trate the gum and that have To be filled Us soon
a they are in sight, the crumbling material
and thin enamel, even then, giving but little to
work upon.
AZ first If was thought all this resulted from
ignorance, from candy eating, from want of
care and cleanliness. But IL is understood now
that In most cases the fault is inherent in the
quality of the tooth. and the only remedy so
lar suggested Is diet calculated with special
reference 20 the making OF sound bone. This
l. supposed To- be found in the coarse grains
and food OF similar character. and the most
confirmed beef-eater alive Yields tn the supe-
riOrty at this point of the little kernel of grain
that feeds his neef itself