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Oscar and His Magazine.

! met Mr., o. Wilde not long since In
London. He stood on the corner of Bond
street and Piccadilly delivering n series of
deep, cultural and heart felt reflections on
the mud. and particularly at a large and
lavish display of 1t that had been spread
over his attire by the wheel of passing
hansom.
A woful change has come over the orst.
while apostle of estheticsm Where u
waist once existed there Is now billowy,
bulgtng and complacent protuberance that
wots not of sunAowers and lilies, nor
yearns for siclily yellows and pallid greens.
1t indicates instead a rampant, clamorous
and passion tossed yearnlng for beer that
has been met by generous hand. Mr..
Wilde's outline would do credit to an al.
derman His reddish hair was clipped
close and topped by beaver hat In
cocky sort of way, and his trousers were
rolled up In fashion that allowed the oh.
servers eye free play over pair of sturdy
walking boots. AS matter of detail it
may be added that the trousers the pet
aversion of the former aesthetics life) were
III fitting and bagged at the knee. Mr..
Wllde's increasing corpulence has de-
stroyed the strong lines of his face, but
added an element OF rubicund good ma
ture. He was ruddy and comfortable
looking
Il suppose" he said. before we separ.
ated, that you remember some of the re-
marks used to make about journalismg"
Il have a vivid recollection Of a speech
you made one night at the Lotus club In
New York, In which you denounced tho
Ink stained creatures OF the press"
"Ah, yes. Wen. I'm one of them now.
My magazine is my only aim"
lie is making success of 1t, too. II Is
one of the few instances where man of
violent enthusiasms becomes q money
maker,-Blakely Hall In New York Sun.
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A new fraud is being perpetrated in the
city, this time by a woman. A little girl
playing on Cass avenue was approached
by strange woman, poorly dressed.
What Is your name, my dear, and your
mothers name, and where does she liver"
Being informed on these points, the
woman next inquired of the child the
name of the church they attended.
When the child had returned to her
play the woman went to the house and
inquired by name for the mother. When
the lady came she told her that she was
recommended to her by st. Johns church,
that she needed a situation and was told
that Mrs. - would give her one
This time the method did not work
The lady disbelieved her statement and
told her In a few words that she did not
need her services.
Then the woman revealed the true
reason of her call.
Il am In great need" she said. "and
the st. Johns people always give me a
quarter, for they know deserve It,"
The lady did not give quarter, and
when she learned how the woman had OBJ
tanned her name she was confirmed in the
belief that she was an mpostor--Detroit
Free Press
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Modern Civilization In France.

The personal effects Of Marie Regnault,
the murdered mistress Of Pranzini, have
been sold at public auction at the Hotel
Drouot. There was terrible crowd, In.
cluding many ladies Of fashion and aristo-
cratic rank All the effects of the dead
woman were sold, including her clothing,
and almost fabulous prices were paid
For example. pair Of blue silk corsets
brought x37. A trashy novel which she
was reading Just before she was killed
brought $25; the publishers price Of it is
70 cents. The blue silk stockings which
she had on when she was killed were pur-
chased by Russian countess for $40. A
basin In which Pranzini was said 10 have
washed the blood from his hands after the
murder brought $15. A chiffonier, on which
are to be seen the marks of his bloody fin
gers. brought Ss5. A heavy coat of
waterproof transparent varnish has been
put over the finger marks to prevent them
from being obliterated A pair Of common
silk garters brought IS each.
One lady, a rich bankers wife. paid $32
Tor pink silk underyest, considerably
worn. and at once stripped of the half
dozen buttons and sold them for O. apiece.
a tooth brush brought ~ and shoe but
toner ". though neither cost over 80
cents new wife Of deputy wears
brooch containing q tiny gallows moose
made Of Pranzlni's hair, and another lady.
q duchess has. set In a rina-one OF the
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he went n, missionary to Texas, where bc
spent several years. In 1S4S he was APP
pointed superior of st. Mary's seminary.
OF Barrens, in Perry county, Mo. For sew
ersl years no was engaged on a mission in
the western states.
In 1866 Father Lynch went on n special
mission TO Rome. on which occasion he
had a long conference with the pope, and
received from him many favors He re.
turned IA 1856, and at the solicitation Of
the bishop of Buffalo founded a house Of
the korder Of st. Jazare in his diocese.
He laid the foundation of preparatory
seminary in Buffalo, but afterward re-
moved to Niagara. The institution Is
known by the name Of the Seminary OF
Our Lady Of the Angels.
In 1859 he was appointed coadjutor Of
the bishop of Toronto. He was conse-
Grated bishop Nov. 90 Of that year. Dur.
ing the following year, Archbishop Char.
bonet having resigned, Bishop Lynch sue.
ceeded him In the see of Toronto. In 1884
he celebrated his Jubilee
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Decay of American Teeth.

The decay Of American teeth, and to
some extent the loss OF teeth of all civil
lied races, has been accounted for by the
ablest English authorities on the score of
the heavier draughts made by the brain
on our general physical and nerve sys.
tens. 1t Is supposed that the force that
would be applied 70 repairing the teeth Is
used elsewhere. But it is known that the
material of the teeth is among the least
perishable of all the parts of the body,
and 1t seems hardly probable that for the
above cause they should chiefly fail. DIR.
Pohlman now answers that they decay
from lack of use. Animal teeth are held
in perfect order in proportion to the use
of natural food. Feed cow slops and
she will lose her teeth; feed her grass and
hay, and she will retain them to old age.
It Is therefore not improbable that Pohl-
man Is right, and our toothlessness fol-
lows the introduction of soft foods that
need little or no mastication Globe
Democrat.
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A Race of BIrmN Bennlc.

Skeletons Of two Akkas, the pigmy
people discovered by Schweinfurth in
1870, have been acquired by the British
museum, and show that this race Is un-
doubtedly the most diminutive known.
The stature of the male skeleton is about
an inch below four feet, and that of the
female about as much above. The few
previous measurements recorded indicate
that these heights are rather below the
average, though living adult female of
three feet ten inches Is known. Professor
Flower finds that the Akkas belong TO the
black or Negroid branch of the human
species, and that they are not allied to the
Bushmen or Andaman Islanders, which
tribes they most resemble In size.-Boston
Budget
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Professional Artists "a Terror.

Art stores and tho dealers In artists
supplies are not supported to any degree
by professional talent, as in fact no dealer
cares to cater to that class Of trade. Pro.
fessional artists arc terror to business
men, for they seem to have no ideas Of
ways and means of transacting business,
and think it all the same whether they
pay In day or year Then the success
full men want you to toady to them and
submit to insolent reflections on the con.
tracted ideas OF all engaged In trade.
They will force their pictures on the pub.
lie whether the execution is good, bad or
Indifferent, and when the dealer remon.
strates they turn a scornful nose and
caustically comment on the terrible lack
of art culture among the uneducated.
There are men In the art supply bust.
ness who have informed me that their
most sincere wish was that real profess
sional would never cross the threshold Of
their stores. The artists who have had
sense enough to forego the ambition to
become famous and turned their pencils
and brushes into commercial worx have
found reward commensurate Nth the
cost Of early training. There Ere a dozen
commercial artists In st. Lou' A who TODAY
claim incomes ranging frc>fn s8, 900 to
5000, that lift them from the penury
and uncertainty Of Be, aemian whose life
Is oeyofed TO catching. the puhlio fapcy.
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A n,..,,o,n,.d yo,r, Man.

One Of the girls In fashionable society
In New York made up her mind TO get
married the other day, and after confiding
her intention TO her father, she said:
What do you intend TO do for met" Tie
father was wealthy man, and thought
he was showing liberal spirit when he
answered: well, viii give you tlO0,-
600 TO buy house and t25, 600 10 furnish
II with" "And what will you give me 10
live on3" the young lady demanded, with
Q dissatisfied look on her face. "Oh, !
will allow You the interest on another
fl00, 900" replied her father. ''rut my
chef will cost at least 81 200 year. How
do you think can possibly manage with
30 littlef" Tho father looked slightly
grieved, but only said; THAT must do
while I am living; you will probably have
moro when Il am gone" The young man
who was interested in bearing the result
Of this conversation between father and
daughter said when be heard It: "He
might at least have given her two mill
ions" The marriage did not take place.
New York Press EVERY Day Talk"
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The affection known as writer's cramp
is not confined to users Of the pen, but
appears in telegraphers and others who
make continual use Of one set of muscles.
These cramps have been variously sup.
posed to result from diseased condition
of brain, spinal cord or nerves, and were
long regarded as incurable. During sew
eral years past, however, Wolf has been
applying gymnastics combined with mas.
sage to the muscles affected. and has sue
ceeded in curing more than half Of the
many cases treated His process is neither
difficult nor tedious, being simply regular
movements of the fingers or other parts,
with rubbing or gentle striking of the
muscles, continued not more than an
hour q day for several weeks.--Arkansaw
TraYeler
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The extent of these losses will be bet
ter understood If compared with some Of
the extraordinary cases cited In the his
tories of other wars. Take, for instance,
the charge of the Light Brigade at Balak-
lava-the charge of the Six Hundred.
Lord Cardigan took 673 officers and men
into that action, they lost ll3 killed and
~ wounded; total. PAT, or 3G7 per cent.
The heaviest loss in the late Franco.
Prussian war occurred at Mars la Tour,
In the Sixteenth German infantry (Third
Westphallan), which lost 40 per cent. But
the One Hundred and Forty first Penn.
sylvania lost 10 per cent. at Gettysburg.
while rcgimental losses Of 60 per cent.
were frequent occurrences In both Union
and Confederate armies. In the war for
the Union there were scores of regiments,
unknown or forgotten In history. whose
percentage OF killed and wounded In GER
tain actions would far exceed that of the
much praised Light Brigade; and nobody
blundered either.-Col. w. +, Fox in The
Century,
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TREAS. ). Q. nrNKsoS. PRES. >. II. HIGHT.
Think Of I'll Seven thousand brawny,
bright eyed, rosy checked, deep chested
butchers all marching together.
They win all be in attendance on the
annual convention Of the Butchers Ma
tional Protective association, which
meets on the 23d.
This association is an organization Of
retail butchers. who are associated to-
gether with the prime object Of securing
prime food for the people. They have in
two years spent several thousands of dol
lars In paying chemists and others TO de-
tect adulterations In food; they are op-
posed 20 monopolies, and claim that there
should be special Legislation for the pro.
lection of the consumer with view to
resisting combinations and insuring free
competition.
It is expected that the boys will not
Only transact plenty Of business during
their convention, but that they will have
L.ts of fun besides. We give portraits Of
President Hight and Treasurer Hinkson.
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The structure Is of red granite; the
architecture Doric. Tho ground floor re.
sembles Greek cross, there being n
rotunda and dome at the intersection of
the corridors. The length is 562 feet,
depth 2S7 feet, and the whole covers It
acres of ground. The dome is surmounted
by u bronze statue Of Liberty. From the
base to a glass star on the statue is 81
feet. The rotunda is 60 feet in diameter,
and encircled by a balcony. The corridors
are laid In encaustic tiling.
In this building in future the repre-
sentatives and senator's of the Lone Star
state will meet and the governor will havo
his offices. Then there will be the state
library, and rooms for the state courts.
The new Capitol was dedicated on the 1ith
Of May. Distinguished people from all
over the United States were in attendance.
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Sensational Newspapers in England.

ALI the murder gazettes are not pub
lished in this country. Here, for instance,
is The Weekly Courier, of Liverpool, Eng.
land. which recently published the follow.
ing advertisement: Remarkable Murder
Trials. New Stories Of Old Crimes
There will shortly be begun in The
Weekly Courier series Of articles, giving
detailed and graphic accounts of some Of
the murder trials which have taken the
deepest hold on the public mind. Special
attention will be given to remarkable
trials Of local interest In Liverpool and
Lancashire. Each article will trace the
crime from its inception, describe It's
methods and incidents, the efforts Of the
culprits to elude pursuit and capture, the
incidents Of the trial, and, finally, the ex-
ecution OF the convict--usually at Kirk
dale gaol, In the presence Of vast multi.
tudes Of people. New York Tribune
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Social Influence of Fire worshipers.

Though the Parsees do not number
more than 90, 900 souls, and half of them
are in Bombay, they are welding de-
cided influence in the modern civilization
of the east, Long prosecuted race, they
were finally driven from their native
country, l,l00 years ago, by the Mos
lens, and settled in Sugat, and from
that point have become scattered through
India BY their fruits they are making
themselves known as worthy and efficient
members of society. The queen Of Eng
land has no more honorable and patriotic
subjects in England. They must have a
deal of that noble blood of the ancient
Persian coursing through their veins.
They own and occupy some of the best re-
sidences in Bombay.
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Persons of taste are now straining their
wits to devise pretty little designs with
which to deck the note paper they use at
home. These designs, as rule, remind
one of the little sketches which pictures in
black and white often carry on their
broad margin to help carry out or illus
trate the subject of the work itself One
well known water color artist has for his
design ladder on which house painters
pot of paint is swinging; well known
literary man heads his note paper with a
picture of n smoking cap, dressing gown
and pipe thrown in disorder on chair, by
the legs of which pair of slippers rest.
The best Of these pretty little sketches
are made in broad outline with hasty and
light strokes. New York Sun.
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powers. Inc re-
signatlon Is TO take effect Jan. 1, 1889,
TO give the congregation ample time to
provide successor.
The career Of DR.. Armitage has been re.
markable. His mother was devoted
Methodist, and In that church he preached
some years before adopting Baptist doc.
trines. He was born in 1910, in Yorkshire,
England and belongs 10 a very old and
honored family, his ancestor, Sir John
hrmitagc, of Barnsly, having been made a
baronct by Charles In 1910 He preached
his first sermon at the age Of 10. He came
to New York city In 1893, and received
deacons orders from Bishop Waugh and
those of an elder from Bishop Morris. A
few years later he examined the points In
controversy and adopted the Baptist faith,
receiving from the Methodists a letter Of
honorable dismissal, with the most fiat.
tering testimonials to his zeal and purity.
In 1913 he was made pastor Of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church, IN which his min
istry was greatly blest. His career in
that position is familiar TO the religious
public.
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SlcL Folks In Florida.

Some of the sick ones who went TO
Florida last winter have returned. and
are commenting upon the avalanche Of
cures that were recommended for their
consideration. All the old timers at st.
Augustine had books full of prescriptions
that were warranted to cure anything,
from heartache to patching a pair Of
goloshes. "Myf" said one of the returned
patients, "if | had taken a hunaredth
part Of the nostrums thrust upon me.
would have been In Cypress Hills months
ago. New York Sun.
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months. In 1885
h Q entered st.
Vincent's college,
Castleknock. In
1889 he entered
the novitiate of
the Congregation
Of the Mission of
st. Lazare, Paris,
where he pursued
the study of the.
ology. In 1S4l he
took the vows of
the order. In 1s43
he was ordained
deacon and priest
at Maynootb col.
lego by the rrch.
bishop Of Dublin.
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FIRST became known to the public by his
account Of life on the coast Of California,
where he served us physician in the United
States navy during the administration Of
John Tyler. In October. 1850, no resigned
from the navy to take profcssorship in
the National Medical college In Wash
ington. having In 1913 married the
eldest daughter Of Hon. Henry A.
Wise. afterward the noted governor
of Virginia. In 1851 he went with his
Richmond and family surgeon of Presi.
dent Davis, whom he accompanied In his
flight. Soon after he was again established
at Washington. and little later was in.
yolved In that curious and amusing contro.
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THE LATE ARCHBISHOP LYNCH.

Sketch Of the Life and Work Of an Eu,i.
nept Catholic Prelate.
The Right Rev. John Joseph Lynch.
archbishop of Toronto, Is dead. He was
q prominent clergyman in Toronto for
thirty years. and was connected with the
building Of many churches there
Archbishop Lynch was born In the
neighborhood Of the town of Clones, county
Monaghan, in the diocese Of Clogher, Ire.
land. From his earliest years he had
been intended for the priesthood. He
entered college of Carmelite Brothers
near Clondalken where he spent twelyo
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In the Wilds of Brazil.

DIR. Karl Won der Steinen has returned
TO Germany from second journey of ex-
ploration to the basin of the Xingu, the
great Amazon tributary. The two ex-
petitions, the first Of which was made In
1881, have opened up a region which has
been hitherto terra incognita. DR.. Won
den Steinen's explorations and rich col
lections will especially interest anthropol-
ogists and ethnologists, In these almost
inaccessible Brazilian wilds he has found
Indian bes whose civilization has not
yet reached the stage of the use of metals,
their weapons and implements being made
of stones, bones and the teeth of fishes.
This energetic and successful traveller,
who is especially distinguished as an an.
thropologist, is but SO years of age
Boston Transcrint
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IRA VELERS GUIDE.
DEADING d COLUMBIA X. X.
Arrangement of Passenger Trains on, and
att r, 81 UNDAY, MAY IL, 1883.
SUN DAY.

Leave
ouarryvilleat 710 a m.
King Street, Lane. at sos a. M, ana 50 r. m.
Arrive at
Reading, 10 10 a. m /, and 6.55 p. m.
Leave
Reading, at Z 20 a. m and p. m.
Arrive at
King street. Lane, at 20 a. m. ana $50 p. m
Quarryviile. at 6.4' p III.
ArTraius connect at Beading with trains to
ana from Philadelphia POttsville, Harr q urg.
Allentown and New York, via Bound Brook
Route.
At Coumbia with trains 30 and from York,
Hanover, uettys burg, Frederick aud Balt-
more
At Marietta junction with trains TO ana
fro Chichies.
At Mannheim with trains to and from Leba-
non.
AtIaucaster Junc ion, with trains to ana
from Lancaster, O uarII vi lie, ana Chick les
Nj. WILSON SUPERINTENDENT.
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handsome teeth FOR which the murderer
was famous. She bribed the executionev
to knock II out Of his jaw for her, as soon
as he was dead. As Is well known. the
corpse Of Pranzini was completely skinned,
and the tanned hide made up into pocket
books. card cases, and other souvenirs.
which are highly priced. The Argonaut.
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Dr. Thomas ArmItage,

Tho resignation of the Rev. DR. Thomas
Armitage at the end Of forty years pas
torate of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
New York, Is notable event In the history
Of the Baptist denomination in America.
Only recently his church celebrated the
end Of his fortieth year with them, and
granted him leave Of absence TO travel in
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entered upon his
studies with a
view to securing
n first class edu-
cation, for which
he could have de-
rived a IN p ! o
means from his
father. who was
wealthy when tho
war broke out,
and at the same
time broke In on
young Seay's pur.
suit Of knowl-
edge. lie dropped
bia bnnlfu in folfa
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among the standard jokes Of the profes.
sion. DIR. Gsrnett was born Sept. 20,
1920, in Essex county, Va.
DR.. w. w. Dawson, chosen to succeed
DR.. Garnett, is also native Of Virginia,
born In 1928. He was among the early
graduates of the Ohio Medical college
and has n national reputation as sur
geon and lecturer on Clinical Surgery"
IN hospitals. His work on "Chloroform
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A Cure for Scandal,

Mrs. Dusenberry-What queer ways
they have In some countriesi This paper
says that in Morocco when tho women
talk scandal their lips are rubbed with
cayenne pepper.
Mr.. Dusenberry-An odd custom indeed.
ulalf an hour later) Where are you
going. my dear?
Mrs, Dusenberry-To the sewing circle.
Let me see' I've got my scissors, thread,
thimble--
Mr., Dusenberry-And the cayenne pep
per?-Detroit Free Press.
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Chicago viii doubtless be the first city
to erect handsome monument to Gen.
Grant. IL stands in Lincoln park, which
is situated in the north part of Chicago,
and is on the margin of Lake Michigan.
1t has been pushed rapidly within the last
few weeks, and the base Is now finished.
The pyramid will soon be ready for the
surmounting statue. The pyramid is now
over fifty feet high. and will be raised
about ten feet higher. The stairs that
lead up to the monument are not yet com
pleted, but the work on them is already
well advanced. twill require but short
time to round out the pyramid and If the
statue be ready it can be placed in position
and the entire structure be completed
within month.