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THE AMERICAN MARuLE.

A visitor of ordinary sanity goes into the
Mabille very much as ne enters a disSect-
ing room. There is much to offend the ear,
the eye, and, above all, the sense of smell.
The bar takes up one third of the left side
of the room. There are always from two
to four able-bodied men behind it dealing
out liquors of half a dozen names from one
bottle, or dispensing bad beer and worse
wine. Not more than twenty times in the
week some foolish countryman who finds
himself penniIess in the gutter, complains
that his whisky was drugged, but then the
barkeepers had nothing to do with that lit
tie accident. Besides, they say, IF we
don't, somebody else will; so what's the
Odds?" The man who insists on carrying a
pocketful of money around to see lower
New York must expect to suffer for it.
Perched on an upturned beer key in the
dingy little ''office" off the end of the bar
sits compactly- built, low-sized man of
about middle age. His small, black eyes
are keen as ferret's, and his crisply-curled
mustache hides hard, tightly-drawn
mouth that sometimes relaXeS into pleas
ant smile when he sees some unusually YER
dant farmer display roll of bills at tn e
bar. The little man has an exquisite sense
of the humorous. He used to own the
Mabille, but when the excise commissioners
refused him a license he "sold" it to man
whose name no one (perhaps) knows and
whose face no one (perhaps) has ever seen.
He sits around the hall every night in the
week, but only as a spectator. an interested
student of human nature. Last year even
the mythical ''owner'' of the Mabille
couldn't get license, but of course the re-
sort was not shut up for such trifle. With
blaring music and flaming lights it is con-
tinuous open defiance to law and order.
He who wishes to study the Mabille may
seat himself at one of the score of round ia
bles that fill the space between the bar and
the stage. He finds himself in delectable
company. Women whose faces have lost
all semblance of humanity sit hobnobbing
with the petty thief, the housebreaker or
the garroter. You do not see dark-browed,
scar-faced men. with SLOUGH hats drawn
over their features. eagerly planning bur
glaries, though. The crook of the period
is, perhaps, little overdressed, but his
clothes cost the man they were stolen from
a good price,
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Their lot is not happy one, for if they
stop five minutes in their task of pounding,
blowing and raspng out the miserable
dance music the merry little man will come
down from the bar-room and play practical
jokes on their heads and faces with his
| fists, or perhaps a stout stick. The ball
room is lighted with many fiaring gas jets
and the floor is reasonably smooth and even.
This is the recruiting place for the dive
above. Every girl of the neighboring
tenements who tolls all day for small
wages is Just as eager for amusement as
the petted daughter of the wealthiest mer-
chant. Dancing is about the only luxury
the poor girl can command and dance she
| will, too often no matter what the cost.
Some of her acquaintance tell her of
Mabille: she dances there once or twice and
the spell is fixed.
The dancers at the Mabille conine their
efforts chiefly to a slow, siding whirl,
which goes with them by the title of
Waiting. 1t is altogether different from
the waltz which dancingmasters teach.
Occasionally some of the older habit es vary
the monotOny with an energetic can-can Of
the most documentary type.
A stout, gray-haired old woman pressed
through the crowd on the night of the re-
porters visit, and with tears streaming
down her face caught the arm of a fifteen
year-old girl who was being whiled around
by young pickpocket. Come home with
me, Rosie" she pleaded, as she tried to
draw the girl away from her associates.
Her daughter laughed defantIy as she l. )
herself be led away. ''I'll see you to-mor-
row evening"" she said to her companion.
Doubtless she did.
Such scenes are common in the Mabille.
The proprietors never interfere with women
who are taking their daughters home. He
knows the girl Will inevitably DRIFT back
again in day or a week.
What is the charm that leads so many
rural visitors into the den? They have
heard their friends tell about the time they
have had there, and they are bound to have
a bigger story to tell when they 90 home.
They generally do.
There seems to be no law to keep young
girls away from this and similar places.
No one drags them in bodily. The music
and dancing are the bait. and they run to it
eagerly Th-ir ruin IS certain the moment
their feet cross the threshold.-New Y DIRK
| Letter.
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Lingerie and Ribbons.

Among the dainty things in fine lingerie
are French fuckers made of the sheerest
linen, with tucks laid in briar stitching or
hemstitching these sometimes alternating
with narrow bands of finest French needle
work.
A narrow tie to match is fastened around
the throat, and three tiny diamond OF
pearl studs are set down the front.
These are very neat and trim-looking.
with tailor-made dresses of serge pilot
cloth and the like. in navy blue, golden
brown or fawn color.
There are also guimpes and plastrons of
French muslin, with or without embroidery.
made to wear beneath summer cutaway
basques in lieu of vest.
For country wear for young ladies are
blouse vests of white percale dotted or fig
ured with small flowers. These are laid in
deep pleats, and lave cuffs to match.
ORibbons remain an important feature in
dress garniture this summer, and these CAV
chltfons lmpart certain air and grace to
the toilet that nothing else can supply.
There is literally no end to the tints and
tones that each color is made to express in
the new ribbons of satin, gros grain, or
satin striped with velvet, which are the
kinds most used in dress garniture. al
though MORE ribbons in plain colors are in
steady demand
The later novelties in ribbons are those
OF grenadine plain and fancy; silk gauzes
with picOt edges and satin stripe. etamine
ribbons stamped, dotted, checked and
striped, and lovely ''failletine" ribbons in
varied exquisite tintS and patterns.
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Late Fashion Pointers and Gossip
About the Fair Sex of In
terest to all Readers.
HER BEAUTIFUL EYES.

o her beautiful eyesl they are blue as the
dew
On the violet's bloom when the morning is
new,
And the light of their love is the CLEAN Of the
sun
Ger the meadows of spring where the quick
shadows run.
AS the morning shifts the mist and the clouds
from the skies
So stand in the dawn of her beautiful eyes.
And her beautiful eyes are as midday to me,
When the lily-bell bends with the weight of
the bee,
And the throat of the thrush is pulse in the
heat,
And the senses are drugged with the subtle
and sweet
And derious breaths of the airs lulabies-
So swoon in the noon of her beautiful eyes.
o her beautiful eyes! they have smitten
mine own
AS glory glanced down from the glare OF
the throne;
And I reel, and l falter, and fall, as afar
Fell the shepherds that looked on the mysti-
cal star,
And yet dazed in the tidings that babe him
arise
So grope through the night of her beautiful
eyes.
james Whitcomb Riley.
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TIL E COR EFT.
What DR.. Mary A. Allen Has to Sa!
Against Its Use.

The Herald of Health is honestly en-
deavoring to fulfill its mission by waging
war against the corset. One OF the most
Jealous healpers is DR.. Mary A. Allen, who
tells her little story and follows il up with
moral worthy of attention, to say the
least.
20, dear! don't know what is the mat
ter with me. l am so tired all the time
can't stand anything; ] can't walk three
blocks. l have neuralgia every little while
I'm good for nothing, and yet there seems
to be no disease about me. / wish you'd
tell me what ais me-"
The speaker was beautiful girl about
10 years old. Nature had intended her for
a magnificent specimen of womanhood
She was not less than five feet seven inches
in height, but with shoulders and hips
broad in proportions; she measured but
twenty-five inches around the waist.
Of course, she asserted that she did not
dress tight; but when told that in order to
have good health she must leave off her
corset, she rebelled. why. how would I
look without corset?" she exclaimed I'D
there to be made to so convincing a state
ment? But by the light of science her
whole body was Illuminated, and to the I'M
Outstanding vision she was perfect fright
as it was. / never see such a figure that I
am not reminded of Hiram Powers
query i'll regard to q electromagnetic
lady: Il wonder where she puts her liver?"
1t is easy enough tDproye that the breath
ing capacity is actually lessened by the
corset, even when not worn tight. ANY
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THE FAST HORSE CRAZE.
Mem of Means Who spend "A Mint O
Money on Swift Steeds.

Mem of Means Who spend a Mint of
Money on Swift Steeds.
1t may be said that the first indication of
unusual prosperity among a certain class of
men is the purchase of a horse; second, the
joining of fashionable club; third, the
rental or buying of yacht, writes Joe
Howard, in the Boston Globe. We have
gone through these three grades in the last
twenty-five years, and now it would ap-
pear to be the normal sequence
horses, clubs, yachts-and, until something
new develops, mankind hereabouts will
follow this cast-iron procedure. From the
fashion of horse owning came the establish
ment of Jerome park race track. the Brigh-
ton beach, the Sheepshead and Monmouth
tracks.
Why, do you know that on occasions 90
600 men and women go to Jerome park to
see race?
Do you know that as many as so, 900 peo-
pie have gone down to Brighton beach
simply to see a race?
1t is quite within bounds to say that Mr..
Bonner has spent more than million dol
lars in horses in the past twenty-five years,
and his example has been followed, long
way off of course, by other men Of means,
The Vanderbilts, father and son, not the
present generation, for believe there is not
a living Vanderbilt who owns horse worth
mentioning, had horses ranging from the
common carriage stock up to that browning
star of celebrity Maud S.
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NEW YORK'S MABILLE.
Eoenes in the Brightly Illuminated Dane
ing Hall, Where Sin and Crime
Reign Supreme.
Women Who Hobnob with Thieves and
Young Girls on the Road to
Ruin.
The Foolish Countryman VINO Is
Druggcd and Finds Himself
Fenniless in the Gutter.
Girls Who Toll as Eager for Amuse-
ment as the Petted Daughter
of the Millionaire.

Not 100 yards away from police head
quarters stands dingy-fronted house on
Bieecller street, the lower portion OF which
is every night brightly Illuminated, and
bears the pretentious title of the ''Ameri-
can MabiIle." 1t is an easy place find. for
it is near Broadway, and right across the
street is big gambling house, whose open
windows shed floods of light upon the pave
ments all night long. revealing the hard
features of groups of loudly-dressed men,
1t is only by day that the walls of the
''Mabille" look dingy. The big gilded
eagle that perches defiantly above the al
ways-open door is bathed in a never-failing
flow of radiance from the double electric
burner few feet away. Yellow gas-jetS
in the hall glare and flicker in competition
with the blaze. Above the noise of the
dancers within sounds the monotonous
humping and rasping of four alleged mu-
sicians in tine basement. Captains in charge
at police headquarters all night often COM
plain that the racket keeps them awake,
but they soon get used to it.
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ONE OF THE SCENES.

And they are a merry crowd. They are
enjoying to the utmost the rare iests of the
hoarse-voiced young man on the little stage,
who is singing about how nicely he ''fooled
the new cop On our beat" There are rules
painted in large letters forbidding loud pro-
family. oh, yes. But the songs and
jokes on the stage are more than merely
suggestive. They surpass Zola's Hastiness.
This amiable young gentleman is the man
ager.
He is really noble-hearted fellow, but
he forces a scowl on his low. furrowed
brow because some one has told him he
looks like wellknown prizefghter, and he
must keep up appearances. He carries a
heavy lignumvte baton as his staff of Of
fee. There is connection between the
baton and that little window you see be-
hind the stage. For example: Observe
the man in the butternut suit who is drink
ing ''wine' with young woman over at
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A Mans Thanks.

well known business man of Wilmington N.
c. writes: 1T is with pleasure, that write to ex-
press to you my gratitude for the relief and bene-
fit your Vegetable Compound has been to my Wife
who has been troubled with liberation. She has
been under the treatment of the doctor for six
years. Finally he said he could do nothing more
for her, that she would die in "a hours. Then I
commenced using your Compound and now she
can attend to her domestic affairs as well as she
ever could"
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Miracles in the Goldsmith,s ART.

Nothing in the way Of jewelry can ex-
coed the marvellous beauty of the floral lace
pins, faithfully following the most delicate
and pure cOlorS of nature in the Iustrous
+ Limoge enamel, in every tint except the
forbidden green; therefore there is no foil
age to the graceful little Easter lily of the
purest white enamel, its golden stamen
paved with tiny diamonds.
A wild rose dropping from its stem has
the delicate pink of the enamel veined with
hair lines, and diamond CLEANS from the
center.
A black violet for mourning. has one
brilliant diamond flashing from the petals
The soft grayish white of the edelweiss has
a cluster of tiny diamonds in the stamens
that are powdered with fine gold dust.
The curving petal of double purple VIC
let, shows the under CLINT of gold.
A nearly black pansy with exquisitely
shaded petals, golden near the heart with
hair lines of darker shades. has one or two
diamond dew-drops glittering on its petals.
Zen little snowy Marguerites cluster to-
gether on the pin with three diamonds.
Dark purple violets form crescent, each
holding diamond in the stamens, and the
single double dark Parma violet clinging to
the stem.
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Depends Oh the Swing.

Boston Traveller.
Nowhere is an American woman dressed
so well as in New York. An English
woman is dressed well nowhere. The
American woman will not have dress
made in London if she gan get across the
channel to be measured on French soil.
LIZ Will not do to employ a dress
maker in England, although rank and
wealth there command the best modistes.
1t does not answer to say that their art
deterorates, like the flavor of Beauiolais.
by transportation, for when the English
woman goes to France to be dressed. she,
like the New York woman, comes back no
better crossed than when she left home.
Dress" exclaimed Chicago girl. 1T all
depends on the way you swing it." That
is the secret after all. The Englishwoman
cannot swing it at all; the American wo-
man swings it pretty well. but the swing
ing OF Frenchwoman is poem.
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past week say that she will be a credit to
the White house, and will give satisfaction
to the people who have to do with the adj
ministration. IF she interferes with the
actions of the president, the ladies
think that her interference will be
for the better. There is not much
said in Washington about the difference be-
tween the ages of the president and his
wife. That has been confined exclusively
to the country, and especially to the West.
In and about Washington marriages be-
tween people of ages of far greater differ
ence are common. Almost any day one
can see blushing girls who have lately be-
come wives of old and decrepit men about
the hotels here. So common is this that
stranger hesitates to refer to the ''old gen
tleman" in conversation with the young lady
until he ascertains whether the ''old gem
tleman" is grandfather, father or hus-
band. All the ladies join in saying that
MIS-: Cleveland looks younger than she
really IS There is all the difference in the
world between the general character of
MIR. Cleveland and his wife. He is slow
and phlegmatic. while she is very ener-
getic. He is methodical and meditative.
while she is somewhat quick to act. But
those who have seen most of Mrs. Cleve-
land say that the match is a very good one.
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NURSERY SONG.

Pace, pace, pace,
That's the way the ladies ride,
Foot hung down the pony's side
Pace, pace, pace.
Pacing gently into town
To buy bonnet and gown;
Pacing up the narrow street,
Smiling at the folks they meet
That's the way the ladies ride,
Foot hung down the pony's side
Pace, pace, pace.
Trot. trot, trot-
That's the way the gentlemen ride,
Ger the horses back aStride-
Trot, troJ, trot,
Riding after fox and hound,
Leaplug DER the meadows bound,
Trotting through the woods in spring,
Where the little wild birds sing
That's the way the gentlemen ride,
Ger the horses back astride-
Trot, trot, trot.
Rock, rock, rock
That's the way the sailors ride,
Rock and reel from side to side
Rock. rock, rock
Jack Tar thinks hes on the seas,
Tossing in a northern breeze;
Thinks that be must veer and tack,
When he mounts horses back;
Rocking east and rocking west,
Jack Tar rides, dressed in his best
Rock, rock, rock.
Sleep, sleep, sleep
That's the way boy Ned will ride,
Floating on the slumber tide
Sleep, sleep, sleep,
Out upon the drowsy sea,
Where the sweet dream blossoms be,
Far away TO Sleepy Isles ~
Sails by Ned. GOOD night" he smiles;
Sinking down in pillows deep,
Little Ned is fast asleep
Sleep, sleep, Sleep.
ANNA NJ. LIBBY.
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Society Next Season.

From Washington Letter.
The next social season is looked forward
to with the anticipation that it will be gay
and entertaining beyond any of its predeces-
sors in recent years. Mrs Cleveland has
has rivals insthe wives OF other gentlemen
who want to be president, and the social
side of the political world promises to be
interesting aud exciting. The other wives
will have to do their very prettiest in com
petition with a woman who seems to possess
all the powers to please the best of them,
the additional and very great advantages of
youth, beauty. the interest that naturally
centers in bride, and the possession of the
White house.
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Toronto Avenue.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 8, 1885,
Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation OF
the City of ST. Paul Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until II 70. on the 18th day of
July, A. d. 1856. for the grading of Toronto
A venue, from Randolph street to St. Clair
street, in said city, according to plans and
specifications on file i'll the office of said
Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties. In
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or ell bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
II. l.. GoRMAN, Clerk Board OF Public Works.
190-233
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Taylor Avenue.
OFFIcE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, /
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 8, 1886.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 8, 1886.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board of
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City of ST. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until II N. on the 10th day Of
July, A D. 1886, for the grading of Taylor
Avenue, from Aldine Avenue formerly
Wright Avenuel to Hamline Avenue former
ly Simpson Avenue), in said city, according
to plans and specifications on file in the Off
of said Board.
A bond with at least two ~ sureties in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. Of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right TO reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
R. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
10000
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The Department W omen.

Washington Letter.
There are 4, 600 women in the govern
ment departments at Washington and
among them are some of the beSt-looking
and most intelligent ladies of the capital.
They come. as rule, from good families.
Many Of them are the widows of noted
generals, the daughters of eX-gOvernors
and eX-congreSSmen, and now and
then you will find the relative of a
president or cabinet minister. Many
OF them have travelled widely, and the great
majority are educated and refined ladies.
They do all kinds OF work and receive
salaries ranging from $720 to 81, 500 year.
AS money counters they are much more eX-
pert than the men, and the rapidlty with
which they can count thousands upon
thousands of dollars without making mis-
take makes your brain whirl as you watch
them. These money counters get about
SIS month, and they count millions Of
dollars every month. At one side of each
one on the table lie great piles of green
backs, done into packages as they come
from the press. I am speaking now OF the
redemption bureau of the treasury.
These bills are old and dirty.
The strip of paper around each
package of 100 bills states where they came
from and who counted them in the country.
The young lady takes this off. and moisten-
ing her fingers with wet sponge in front
Of her, she counts the bills like lightning,
and if the package Is not right she reports
so to the chief, and the banks from which
the bills came must stand the loss. The
girls seldom make mistake. and if they do
so or pass counterfeit without noting it,
they must make the mistake good, and the
amount is taken out of their salary. They
can tell, however, a bad bill simply by feel
ing it, and bank cashier will make hun
dred mistakes where they make one.
MRS. Cleveland a Success.
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CONTRACT WORK.
Grading Dale Street

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, July s, 1856. {
Sealed bids will be received by the Board OF
Fuolic Works in and for the corporation OF
the City of st. Paul, Minnesota. at their office
IN said city, until Il N. on the 10Th day of
july a. u. 1856, for the grading of Dale
street, from G oodrch Avenue to summit Ave-
nue., In said city, according to plans and spec-
lhcations on file in the Office of said Board.
a bond with at least two (2) sureties in a
sum OF at least twenty (2O) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
DR.. L. GCRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works
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WORK,
Sewer on Olive Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. ]
CITY OF st. PAUL, Mimi, July 8, 1886.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. J
CITY OF st. PAUL, MIMI, July 8. 1886
Sealed bids Will be received by the Board of
Pupnc works in and for the corporation of
the City OF st. Paul, Minnesota, at their Of
nee nc IN IN said city, until IL M on the 18th day
sewer on Olive street, from Olmsted street
to PENNSYLVANIA Avenue, in said city. to-
gether with the necessary catchbasins and
manholes, according to plans and snecifca-
IONS on hle in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in
sum Oh at least twenty (20) per cent of the
The said Board reserves the right to reie ct
any or all bids.
Official: - = i0'1OeN''
r. L. GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
$4,000