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, 1888-07-07

There lately appeared on promenade in
Philadelphia a well known society leader
who caused something Of a ripple by be-
ing decked out in ornaments of coral.
Inquiry proved that she wore them on a
wager, and that they were the property
Of her mother, asst aside years before.
1t was noted. with some surprise, that
they became her admirably, despite their
old fashioned air, and the incident has
given rise to a discussion in the charmed
circle upon the ~advisability of a crusade
in favor Of the revival of coral. 1t is not
so many years since it held a high place
and furnished a prominent industry in
France. The Empress Eugene, when she
set the fashion for the world, was ex-
tremely partial to ornaments Of this sort.
The Russian ladies of today wear it a
great deal, and among the Orientals both
affect it. The artistic effect pos
sible by a combination Of gold and coral
are great; in fact there is almost III
limited scope for the exercise of the
jewelers. taste and bility.-Phladelphia
Times,
, 1888-07-07

The Effel tower, that ugly, heavy,
costly and useless monstrosity, is, it up
pears, causing much anxiety TO those in
trusted with the protection Of the public
security. 1t is said that there is alarm
about the solidity of the foundations,
that numerous accidents take place, that
1t is difficult to get laborers to do the
work Though the report of a strike
is c~ontradicted) and that all those em-
ployed are attacked by giddiness. In
short, the ungainly and useless structure
is giving more trouble han 1t will ever
give pleasure, and those who were its
most ardent defenders now wish they
had never had any share in SO ridiculous
an affair. As for the facsimile of the
Bastile, which was to be the other great
attraction of the international exhibition,
it has given universal disappointment,
partly because it is necessarily Of reduced
size, partly because the real Bastile was
by no means imposing. Paris Cor. Lon
don Times,
, 1888-07-07
The Migrants OF England.

Mr.. Ribton Turner speaks from a long
experience of the begging community
and Of the present condition Of things;
he says with truth: Supporters Of mis-
Sions to the heather may learn from the
evidence quoted in these pages that it Is
not necessary to send to Africa to meet
with the objects of their benevolent zeal.
He exists in rank l~uxuriance at their own
doors. No foreign heather can compare
with him in his utter disregard of re-
ligiOn. in his obscenity of language and
in his utter brutality and flthiness of life
and action. He is now daily discharged
from the workhouse and from the
foul dens In which he lodges, utterly
~friendless, utterly uncared for and left to
pursue the broad path to evil, without
being offered the slightest encouragement
to a contrary course. Surely here is a
fine field for missionary effort. To re-
claim such savages would be a work of
mercy 10 them, and Of kindness to So
ciety."
The pursuits of the vagrant are Of the
most protean character. One day he is
the "lurker," another day he is the zero
GUS" or sham DOCTOR selling potions
favored with salt, or some form of nastI-
ness, or vegetable pills." obtained ready
made from the rabbit warren, and rolled
in flour; or he is the card sharper of the
public house and race course, OF he is the
hop picker just returned from the eoun-
Try with genuine ketchup" made from
cattle market mushrooms" Il. e., de-
cayed pigs liver); or he is the sham
smuggler, who sells brandy or tobacco,
the samples Of which are genuine, but
the bulk Of which consists principally of
colored gin OF hay; or he brings ducks,
eggs, apples, potatoes-all much below
market prices-which are found too late
by the eager household economists to be
totally vile and worthless.
There is hardly" says Mr.. Ribton
Turner, "a source of human suffering, or
"a passing calamity of any magnitude,
which these rascals do not endeavor to
turn to their own advantage The di-
rect cost of jails and warehouses for va
grants and beggars is an immense annual
sum. The amount of their depredations
is also very considerable. In addition
there is the sum-certainly
not less than e3, 900, 900 a year-pre-
scented to them by a gulled or thoughtless
public. If this last sum alone, now given
by kind people with the best intentions
TO the most worthless and undeserving
rogues. were devoted intelligently to the
benefit of those who are far poorer, and
are honestly bearing their burdens in the
terrible struggle for honorable existence,
what untold blessings it would scatter
through the landl Wha, q mass OF
f~ainting humanity 1t would comfort and
revive, and send forth refreshed with
hope, more potent than strong wine. to
confront the trials which dire poverty
makes so bitter Westminster Review.
, 1888-07-07
woodcraft of tho Cuban.

The woodcraft Of our vaquero, Jose,
had many extraordinary illustrations.
Striking his machete into a beautiful
tree he brought 1t forth calculating most
dramatically: ''Mirai la sangre de la
Doncellap' ("Seel the blood of the vir-
gin!') The blade was dripping with
blood red sap Of a red wood knownSas
carne de doncella or virgin flesh. Again
when we had become thirsty and could
find no water, Jose knew a back door
out of this dilemma. Here Is Aaron's
rod" said he. 81 will give you water. "
With this he struck q large vine twice,
severing a piece as big as ones arm from
the para cimarona or wild grape, and
from the mouth of the hanging tube we
drank our fill of why, refreshing sap.
So, too, his seductive calls OF the wild
pigeons, Of which we found four varie-
ties, were astounding. He would first
with his hands make sharp, loud clap
pings, grading these down to sounds as
low as the soft Tapping Of wings. This
would be followed by q vocal call so like
that of the wild pigeon that one seemed
nesting there above our heads. To these
would come low, half doubling answers
from all about us, and finally the scurry-
ing and rustling Of the deluded birds
above.-EdGar L Waterman in Philadel-
phia Times.
, 1888-07-07


Ten years ago." said o ~manufactur-
ing jeweler, there was but one diamond
cutter in the city. When he got sick
there was nobody to cut a diamond.
Now there are plenty of cutters, and
they use improved machinery, by the
use of which they can cut diamonds bet
ter and more cheaply that it can be done
anywhere in the world. Our diamond
cutters can take many imported stones
and add rs per cent. to their value by
improved cutting. The obvious increase
in the number of diamonds worn has
compelled the education of workmen to
meet the demand.
"Another thing has been done. This
is an invention of the American manu-
facturer, and consists of the application
of machinery to diamond setting. The
old time workman would have consid-
cred with horror the idea Of putting any
thing but hand work ON a piece of dia-
mond jewelry. Everything about it had
to be done by slow and laborious hand
work. But a shrewd workman got the
idea that a good deal of the setting of a
diamond may be done quite as well by
machinery as by hand, and a good deal
quicker and more cheaply. The fact is
that where many diamonds are set they
resolve themselves into sizes about as
regular as the sizes of any other com
modify. 1t is easy enough to prepare
settings to suit any size of diamonds that
are sold In the market.
''It may seem a trifing thing to esti-
mate the cost Of a setting-or at least the
difference between a hand made setting
and a machine made setting; but the in
evitable result Of competition has been to
get the cost Of manufacturing even dia-
mond jewelry down to the lowest rate.
As to the value Of the diamond itself, the
experts have become able to fix that to a
nicely. NEW York Sun.
, 1888-07-07
Petroleum poposit. of Peru.

Behind Tumbez are the petroleum de-
posits of Peru, which have been known
to the natives ever since the times OF the
Incas, but they were ignorant Of the
character or value of the oil. A Yankee
by the name of Larkin, from western
New York, went down there to sell kero-
sene, and recognized in the material
which the Indians used for lubricating
and coloring purposes the same article he
was ~peddling. Attempts nave been made
to utilize the deposits, which are very
extensive, but 30 far they have not been
successful in producing a burning fluid
that Is either safe or agreeable.-Wm.
Eleroy Curtis in American Magazine.
, 1888-07-07
New style of Picture Frames.

The new picture frames of oak or
chestnut shaded by the rubbing in of
lumber from very light at the inside to
very dark at the outer edge are the latest
fad in their line. They are especially eff
fective when used around a tinted print
of a shade nearly matching the inner
edge of the frame. 1t is predicted, how
ever, that they will soon become too COM
mon and go out of fashion. Some deal
ers in New York won't put such frames
on pictures sold by them at all, claiming
that the style violates artistic taste. AT
one dealers a still more striking frame
Is having a run of popularity. 1t is of
broad oak with real bars half an inch
thick, colored to look like iron set across
it from side to side. Imitation hinges on
one side and a very real looking paddock
or the other increases the resemblance to
the barred door of a Gag With a pict-
ure OF the head of a lion or other beast
behind it, the effect Is very startling, if
not strictly artistic.-New York Sun.
, 1888-07-07

''In the hands of men entirely great, u
the metaphysical novel is great, indeed;
but what is to be the outcome Of a reck-
Less handling of subjects of a metaphys-
ical or Hemi-spiritual, semi-scientifc char
acter, by authors who have no other
qualification than a vivid Imagination
and fervid ~language9 If sit takes a
clever man to be a fool" it certainly
takes a clever and learned man to write
a respectable novel, in which second
sight, hypnotism, magnetism or spirit
ualism takes a leading part. But the
List Of such books increases alarmingly,
considering who the authors are.-Pitts-
burg Bulletin.
, 1888-07-07

Morbid psychology is a rubric of para
mount Importance to the full and clear
comprehension of the phenomena of
mind. The genesis of illusions and hal
fluctuations, the perversion of the natural
channels of the emotions, the d~isintegra-
ton of the elements of personality, the
dissolution Of the logical powers-all
these problems transform the apparently
wild and chaotic picture of the mad
house into a sad but interesting record of
the process of character and Of mind
building. This interest Is heightened by
remembering that here lies the key to
the understanding of the psychic cpl
denies that in the past have upset the "a
~tionality of mankind, and transformed
the incoherent babbling Of some de-
mented soul into the mysterious utter
ances of a revealed spirit. 1t is further
more heightened by the notice that the
phenomena conveniently grouped as
psychic research" are attracting, and
always will attract. Hypnotism, after
an adventurous and uncertain existence
in the hands of charlatans. has been adj
mitted into science; and although the
literature of the topic, at least In France,
is increasing out of all proportion to our
insight into the nature of thephenomena,
yet enough has been established to rec
ognize In this semi-morbid condition the
key to the solution of many otherwise
barely accessible problems. With regard
to those borderland phenomena-'tele-
pathy," ''clairvoyance," and the like
they illustrate the subtleness of the pro-
cess by which false systems gain success,
and demonstrate the ACCESSIBILITY of hav-
ing men who can speak on such topics
with the authority Of trained experts
Joseph Jastrow in Science.
, 1888-07-07
How Florida Was Built.

Among the agencies which have
helped to build up the peninsula of Flor
ida, according to Mr.. A. H. Curtiss, are
certain trees, like the mangrove and cy-
press, which grow on land more or less
under water. Like the coral builders,
they have worked slowly, but in thou
sands of centuries the change wrought
would be great. 1t is altogether prob
able that the thousands of tree covered
'islands' in the Everglades and Big Cy-
press were once mangrove thickets, and
that the present mangrove islands will
in time be added to the mainland.-Ar-
kansaw Traveller,
, 1888-07-07
Mai. Andrea Entail Pass.

A relic of the revolution has lately
been found in Washington. 1t is the
original document given to pass Maj.
Andre through the American lines when
Benedict Arnold had resolved to betray
West Point into the hands of the British.
The pass Is signed by Arnold as major
general, and is countersigned by Gen.
Gage. The possessor Is a direct descend
ant of Paulding, one Of the scouts who
arrested Andre when he attempted to
pass the picket under the name Of An
derson.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-07-07
He Had to Say Something.

''There,." said Mrs. Ableyer, after she
had concluded, 'that is the first time
I've sung for over a year, except when
I've sung to baby" 'Oh, then, the
baby does have the benefit of your
voiceR" asked Henderson, wishing, of
course, to say something, II it wasn't SO
bright. Eyes, 1 have to sing him to
sleep, you know" "Ah, my dear Mrs.
Abelyer, what a pity. it is that as we
grow older we lose the ability to go to
sleep when somebody is singing" -Bos-
ton Transcript.
, 1888-07-07

The anniversary of the burning OF the
Paris Opera Comique vas celebrated by
a solemn mass, at which the leading
male artists Of the theatre sang. In re-
served seats were all the firemen who had
assisted In rescuing the victims, besides
the friends of those who died. After the
service the chorus and machinists of the
theatre went to the Cemetery of Pere la
Chaise and placed wreaths upon the
tombs Of thef' deceased comrades. Chi
cage Herald.
, 1888-07-07

In the closing exercises of the year, at
West Point, there is wal enough In the
light and sea coast battery drill, but the
event to the boysis said to be the cavalry
drill and charge, the cadets vying with
one another In the speed of their riding.
In a recent drill n cadet leaped his
horse over a seven foot hedge.-New
York World.
, 1888-07-07

The health of New York compares very
unfavorably with that of London. The
annual mortality in the British metropo-
lis Is about 20 In 1000, while in New
York tits 80 in 1000. The population
of New York is also much more crowded,
there being an average of 10 persons to a
dwelling while in London the average is
only 7.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1888-07-07

The ORIGINAL ABIBTINE ONT
MENT is My put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands and
all skin eruptions. Will positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABlET1NE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt at rs cents per box-by mail
30 cents.
, 1888-07-07

Grace Greenwood says that all Par.
Islam women are not frivolous, any more
than all Boston women are profound.
She does not believe that Anglo-Saxons
enjoy a monopoly of home virtues and
practical piety, and she does believe that
the great majority of French wives are
loyal, French mothers tender, French
grandmothers and elderly maiden ladies
devout.-Harper's Bazar.
, 1888-07-07
THE SKY AND THE WOOD.

There Is a rainbow In the sky,
Upon the arch where tempests trod,
Twas written by the hand on high,
1t Is the autograph of God
b trees their crowns OF foliage toss;
Where monarchs fell In thunder showers,
Spring Grapes their forms In mourning moss,
And writes their epItaphs In lowers.
George W. Bungay In American Magazine.
, 1888-07-07

In some improved English dry plates
the developing mixture is fixed to the
back of the glass, so that the photo.
graphic negative Is developed by simple
immersion in water.
, 1888-07-07

Admiral HornbyS says that England
would require at least 1876 cruisers to
protect her merchant vessels from the
enemy's cruisers, and that she has but
forty-two.
, 1888-07-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, %softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy Tor diarrhea. Twenty-Five cents
a bottle
, 1888-07-07

In a minute we are whirled around on
the outside of the earth by its diurnal
motion, a distance of thirteen miles, and at
the same time go along with the earth
on its journey around the sun, 1850
miles.-Chicago Herald.
, 1888-07-07

Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup is the only
medicine that acts directly on the lungs,
blood and bowels; it relieves a cough in.
stantly and in time effects a permanent
cure. w. N. Hunt agent.
, 1888-07-07

The use of we instead of I by sover-
eigns began in England with King John,
1899. The German emperors and French
kings used the plural about 1200.-Bos-
ton Post.
, 1888-07-07

Ile largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfine
cigars at George Masten's well known
Mousse, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streefs
, 1888-07-07
Dr.. r&C1.
sRmCrAr.rsre.

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention 10 this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
lty is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession TO which we be
long, as many are innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
TO relieving the afflicted and saving
them from worse than death, is no less a
philanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
pllcation excels IN any other branch of his pro
fession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is dawning when the false philanthrophy that
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
for, has passed away.
, 1888-07-07

Meteorites are said to sometimes at
tain a velocity of 1870, 900 feet per sec.
ond.
, 1888-07-07

Cheyenne Transfer Co-From five
pounds per day to a carload at a time.
, 1888-07-07

Viscountess Valencia urges the impor-
lance of women being able to make their
own clothes.
, 1888-07-07

Strawberry short cake at the Saddle
Rock
, 1888-07-07

For line watch repairing.
David Miller, Idelman Block
, 1888-07-07

There are many men of the age of 30 to 60 Ii
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of h system in u manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sediment will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albume will APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap,
pearance. There, are many men who die of
the second stage OF seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
KEEPING OLD LETTERS.
Why Only Harm, Never Good, Can Come
from the Habit.

Why Only Harm, Never Good, Can Come
from the Habit.
It Is trouble, not good, that arises from
old letters. A package has fallen into my
care to be disposed of as thought best. 1t
contains letters, bills, receipts, some pa
pers of value and others worthless. In
order to sort the chaff from the wheat they
must be carefully examined. All, what I'M
thought-of secrets they disclose-family
troubles of which the world never dreamed;
bitter heartaches where we thought all
was serene; love letters, sacred for their
time and place, ridiculous now; q whis-
pered suspicion of SANDER upon name we
thought was pure as snow, and we are left
TO wonder whether it be true or false. Old
letters. What can they be good fora Their
mission is ended.
81 may like to read them while recover
ing from an Illness" says some one.
Pshawl as IL these would be tonic you
needed at such a timei Better for breath
of pure air. We are all prone to brood too
much at such times, and need no such help
in that direction. Let this plea for the
burning of letters be a strong one. Bush
ness letters should be filed and labeled.
Have a blank book into which to copy such
dates or extracts as may be Of value in the
future for references. This can be done
when letters are answered Then burn
them and see the ashes. 1t is the sorrows
instead of the Joys that most letters con-
tain. They are the safety valve for deep
feeling from friend to friend, good in their
time, but sometimes worse than useless In
the future. Every day brings new expert
ences. We are constantly changing, and
IN many cases would be ashamed of our
own letters written ten years ago.
Garfield said: - When you pitch your
tent let il be among the living, not among
the dead. ''-Sarah II. Bailey, In Househteper.
The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-09-07
CHECK ON THIEVES.

How the Patrons Of San FranclscO's Pub
lie Library Are Kept Honest.
San Francisco has an excellent public
library. ventured in recently to make its
acquaintance, and found seated at the en-
trance middle-aged man who handed mo
q red ticket
'SWhat is this forln I asked.
"To get out with, f" said he with smile.
"To get out withp' ! exclaimed, in some
surprise.
Yes" he continued. 1T is q system
we have for insuring the return of books
drawn for reading or reference work in
the library reading room. When you get
the book you want at the desk, you give
up this ticket to the librarian. She re-
turns 1t to you when you again hand in the
book to her. II you should try 20 get Qua
by me without your red ticket should IN
fer that you had obtained a book which
you had not returned. aud which you might
have in your pocket In this way we can
permit any stranger, honest or dishonest
TO read any book and as many books as he
chooses, and yet be sure that he doesn't
leave without returning them satisfactory
ly to the librarian" The plan Is a new
one to me, and It struck me as being as ln-
genious as il is simple | never realized
before-until came Into San Francisco an
entire stranger-how needed and useful an
Institution free library and reading room
Is in q great city.-CoT Christian Uits1sa.