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WHOLE NO. 1923.

both these grand roads aro planted, are in all
their fresh spring beauty.
In thes, avenues American cccentricity
has been allowed free play. The houses arc
built in all imaginable styles of architecture:
some Of them are Florcntine, some English,
others Moorish, others Il mixture of all three;
others again look like Greek temples, whilst
here and there you come across what looks
like little Gothic church, and close along
side medieval castlcs i'll miniature, or imta-
tion mosques some have the look Of villas in
tho Paris suburbs, solnc have been modeie,l
upon Swiss chllets, others upon the residence
Of some paslla on the borders Of the Bos-
phorus There arc styles for all tastes
The American may be eccentric, or what
you will, but he is ue"er nonotorous.
Enter one of these houses, and you will sec
handsome furniture. not only rich, but in
good taste
was ,otastonishetl to find Chicago society
genial, polished and we'll read. Riches bcget
the taste FOR literature and arts; perhaps ono
day ii viii bcget the taste for simplicity
You liuti lcrc still Ilurc warIntl. and much
less constli,int than in the east You feel
TINT you have quit the realms Of New Eng
Ian! l'uritani5n No irigility here; people
give free ,lny TO tleir sentiments. II had
to n;s!ao the most sympathetic Of my Amcri-
can audiences, the wa,:t!Gst and l3roHlptest to
sol.u tie Significance Of d loo& oi. gesture,
sh0ultl name the one v.nicI. | had the honor
If addressing in Chicago
.lt in the morning every Elan is a&tir and
ut wur.;, whether he bo millionaire OF poor
clerl: Only the idle are outside the pale Of re-
sRertt,b!iity i'll Chicago,
Do not ,lnk it IS russibie fora European
to imagine tho activity whi"il leisns il
Chicago without seeing it. ,..". -....
''Tcu viii soon lie iuventnlg," said to u
resident, "n nacl!inc that vii! take live
rabbit 1T one eul nlltl tl.rn out n chimney pot
hat ut the ether"
i. We haye done something very Ike it
already Lo replied
And licxt morning he took me 70 sec the
famous pit, killing ;.nt! pork packing premises
Of l'll!ip Armour {. To ~~-
Picture to yourself 4 series Of rooms con-
Meeting. IN the first. 5000 pigs Il day are
killed; IN the second, they are scraped as
tho ctl.lc uNt of Il c;lltlron Of boiling water;
i'll tho 1iiird, the beads are cut Off and so on,
and soua The eprocess is somewhat sickcnng,
and Will Tot enter into any more details At
the end of the establishment the poor pigs are
presented 10 you under the forms Of bacon,
sausage, gc!atirc, etc The various processes
take place with cll the rapidity Of coniuring,
.s.. I To BE- c0niiuurd.1 '.4.
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=. CHAPTER l.

(I1APlE Elk l.. %--E'
The population Of America is sixty million
mostly colpuels IT,. .5s.- =.'' "a
II The earth is small, America is large, and
the Americans are imnicuse
Yes. sixty ml:ols.--lll alive and kicking!
From cast to west, America stretches over
a breadth Of moro than 5000 miles. Here
it is we'll to put some readers on their guard,
in case an American should ono 'lay Io,t to
them one of his favoritc questions; ''Whcre
is the center Of lAinercai" ! myself imagined
that starting from New York and pushing
westward, one would reach the extremity of
America on arriving at San Francisco. Not
so. aad here Jonathan has you. lie knows
you are going to answer wrongly, and if you
want to please him, you must let yourself be
caught i'll this little trap, because it will give
him such satisfaction to put you right. At
San Francisco, it appears YOU are not quite
half way, and the centaa' Of America is really
in the Pacific ocean Jonathan more than
doubled the width OF his continent III 1861,
when for the sum Of $1,oo1,000 he purchased
ALASKA OF the russians
In America, everything is on an immense
scale: the just pride Of the citizens Of the
Young Republic is fed by the grandeur Of its
rivers, mountains, deserts, cataraets, its Sis
pension bridges, its huge cities, etc.
Jonathan passes his life i'll admiration of
all that is American. EIe cannot get over it,
lt,.ve been through part OF the country,
and cannot get over it either ,4nl cut Of
breath. turned toIsy-turvy. 1t is pure con
ju.ine. /, is Robert Iloullin over ugain
occasionally perhaps Robert MacAre tp'-
but let Us not anticipate Give me time to
recover my breath and set my IDEAS in order.
These Americans are reekin. with ullneard-
of ness, can tell you that TO begin with
My IDEAS a1e all iostling in my poor Old
European brain. There is no longer any
thing impossible, and the fairy tales are
chilsls play comp4le,l to what one may sec
every day Everything is proligious, done
BY stsln, ny cicc,rcty it is dazzling, alt!
no longer wosler that the Americans only
use their adjectves i'll the superiutive. ...-
AS an Illustration Of what advance here
is letter that received from AL American,
III the month of May, 1851, ana which finally
decided mr 10 50 and see America. 1t is
datrl from Boston: .-z
DEAR s1l;-l was on the point of taking
the boa; ut /, today, TO 20 and have a,alk
with You ui};sur al idea which occurred to me
yesterday: lI!lt Us have ;lrealy been across
three tisn2,. and III Il month or six weeks
shall have 10 set ont for st. Petersburg and
Japan, am DESTROYS, if possible, of arrans-
ing the matter / have at heart hy CORE
sponaence.n
"Good llaaven!.' l exclaimed. this is q
man | mast make tho acquaintance OF, |
must 20 and STE Jonathan II loIac one Of
these days #-# ...3...~ z
And us soon as circumstances allowed, l
packed nly trunks, took a cabin on board one
Of the brave "1ELitc Star" liners, and set out
to SEQ jonathan and lis continent.
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Reading for the Young.

The Jewish Progress, San Francisco, has
some good ethical reflections il The somewhat
light far western vein us to iclctrrious read
ing:
The rcrEicicus literature tia, is floating
round ;n'l rapidly gathered up ls5 our young
fraternity is doing more mischief than is at
present apparent. Thusc Of Us VIII" have been
through the mill, as til" say ii gees. can tes-
tify regards the bad effects ui mediocre
and &,orsid literary absorption Happy the
lad or lussie who can profit by the experience
Of their older teachers. and vii" will place
naught but tho ciranrst AM. ,:its, beneficial
reading in their hands |: Is a hcttcr gift
than jewels and leaves IN impress that must
be felt in after years.
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year uSG9 was himself elected member
of the Forty-hrst congress. Thirty thousand
votes were l,olled, tho Republican candidate
having majority of something like 1000.
In 1873 the Teculnseh Iron company, one Of
the pioneer companies of northern investors
which sought to develop tho mineral wealth
Of Alabama, was organized with Col. Buck
as secretary and treasurer, which office ho
still holds. 1t was in the company's interest
that he removed to Atlanta in the last meu-
toned year, and almost Immediately became
tho leader Of the Republican party CT the
state.
He was appointed to his present position,
that Of clerk Of the circuit court, by Presi-
dent Grant.
Col Buck has attended tho last three na-
tionnl Republican conventions Us delegate,
and In the past two oftlciated as chairman of
his delegation He has been chairman Of
the state committee since 1882. Col. Buck is
q member Of the committee at large Of tho
State Temperance league, and also chairman
of the national ant-sa1oon committee.
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CHAPTER VII. {

The large cities do not constitute the reai
Al.cric;, To gain correct idea of the couu
Try one must so and see those hui.tiretlS--l
had almost said those ,housan1s-of flourish
ing little towns which spring up day by day
on that immense continent.
It is no use looking in New Yori; for mon
,lments in the sense which we attach to tho
word IL Europe There are massive build
ngs, few handsome churches, but nothing
which arrests your gaze. The houses i'll the
best part of the city are built of brown stone
in the English style. In the populSss quar-.
ters many are of red brick. with green Shut
tiers on the outside.
The streets are horribly i'll paved. From
my windows, which locked on Madison square,
the carriages appear to rise and fall us If on Il
troubled sea Drunkards have had to drop
their habits, they could not reach home from
tho beer saloons
Three fine squares alone break the rlorot-
ony OF all these paralelograms OF streets:
Washington square. Union square and Madi
son square. sz# .aS
That which strikes the visitor to New York
is not tho city itself, but the fcvcrish activity
which IelSHs lueie
Overhead is Il network of telegraph and
telephone wires on tho ground network OF
tram car rails 1t is estimated that there
are more than 1900 miles of teiegraphic
wires suspended over the heads Of the pasSel's
by; about enough to go half round the world,
The whistles Of the boats that ply between
New York and Brooklyn on the East river,
and between New York and Jersey City on
the Hudson, keep up, day and night until !!
III the morning., n noise which is like the roar
Of wild beasts 1t is the cry of Matter Under
tho yoke of Man. You fancy you are living
in a mcnugerie. ~.
In almost every street tram cars pass every
few minutes 1t is an incessant procession.
In Broadway alone there are more than three
hundred. The cars, as they are always called
in America, nre magical, like everything
American Built to carry twenty-four per,
sons inside tthcro arc no seats Oh the top,
they are made to hold sixty and more. In
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CHAPTER Ill.

A nation, scarcely moro than a hundred
years old, and composed of many widely diff
ferent elements, cannot, in the nature of
things, possess very marked characteristic
traits ,. 5 M55%
There are Americans in plenty. but the
American does not yet exist.
Tho inhabitant of the northeast states, tho
Yankee, differs as much from the western
man and the southerner as the Englishman
differs from the German or the Spaniard.
For example, call Yankee "a cad,' and
he will get out Of the room, reInarking:
'sYou say so, sir, but that proves nothing"
Call Pennsylvania man "a cad" and he will
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GEN. W. n. GIBSON.
He Is Candidate for Commissioners Of
Pensions Under I'rcsident-elect Harrison.

He Is Candidate for Commissioner OF
Pensions Under I'rcsident-elect Harrison.
Gen. W. II. Gibson, of Titlin, O., who is a
candidate for commissioner of pensions under
tho incoming administration, saw military
service in tho west He was born in Ohio in
1899, raised on u farm, learned the carpen-
ter's trade, and after two years at school
studied law, and practiced his profession until
tho breaking out of tho civil war.
He raised the Forty-ninth ohio volunteer
infantry, and was ordered with his regiment
to report to Gen. Robert Anderson at Louis
vile. He soon was placed in command Of
brigade in the division Of Alex Med.
McCook, in which position he fought at
Shiloh. AT Stone River and In tho Tulla-
homa campaign, led by Gen. Rosecrans, he
was under Gen johnson, while from Chatta-
nooga to Atlanta he was under Wood. He
escaped through many battles, with bayo-
net wound at Shiloh and with three horses
shot under him during his term Of service.
At the end Of the war he was brevetted briga-
dier general
In civil life Cen Gibson has been president
rf tbn ,.annl commissioners pf Ohio Fla hDs
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COL. A, {. BUCK.
Win He Have Flacu in Gen. IIarrison's
H. =.,. ..as- Cabinet? .,r' 49,


Col. a. Z. Buck, Of Georgia, who aspircs to
place in Mr. liarrison's cabinet, was born
in Foxcroft, Me-, Feb :, 1892, and received
his education ut the Colby university at
Watcrvile, AT the close Of his schooling lie
obtained Il berth as principal Of the High
school OF Lewiston, and WIS gaining 4 more
than local reputation as an educator when
the war broke out. Young Buck promptly
enlisted us II private in the Thirteenth Maine
regiment of volunteers and was from thence
mustered i!lto the United States service as
captain Of n company Of infantry. He served
gullull;ly through the war, was appointed
lieutenant colonel, and atterward member Of
the military commission at New Orleans III
the month OF November, 1866, IN the spring
Of the following year he was assigned TO a
regiment stationed ut Alexandria, Va, and
i'll juno, by order of tho war department,
sent to Baton Rouge with command and
finally mustered ont Of the service.
Instead Of Immediately returning ut this
jurcturc, Col. Buck decided to stick TO Ala
bana, where a fortune awaited an cnterpris-
ing man Of business. He engaged in tho
manufacture OF turpentino and resin on
Mobile bay, and became an ardent recon-
structi0nist when that policy was first aGi
tated by tho politicians of the time. Col.
Bucks views in this connection wero not at
all restricted by either timc place or asSveia-
tiuus, and the sentiment against him cumill-
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cHGRRED BUNTING PORTRAYED.
Picture of tho Burned Flns from Samoa.
1t Is Not Pretty.

Hero is u cut Of the charred remains Of n
United States Nag forwarded from Samoa to
Secretary Bayard, with the Information TINT
it was destroyed by tho Germans during one
of the recent scrilnmages i'll those far away
Soutl, sea islands. Whatever nuy finally bo
tho opinion of tho world as to the charge
that Germany has cucroached upon Amcri-
can rights in Samoa, there is little chancc for
two opinions rs to tho appearance OF the bat
tered Gag. 1t is not such rs to fill tho breasts
Of patriotic Americans with joy.
Good Advice.
81 am on my wny home, DOCTOR" said
citizen who WAS after some free advice
''and lin tired and worn out What ought
l to taler Take II cab" replied tho intel
ligcnt physician. Worcester Gazette.
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ntcel in the burning
Of the Buck distill-
cry and store houses
md othcr. valuable
property several
miles up the bayou.
At the end of
what is known rs
tho reconstruction
era, Col. Buck was
one Of the electors
Of Alabama who
placed Grant in the
presidential chair,
aud in tho cnD,a
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Of his ability as speaker, placed him
outside of a large hall to address the
crowd who could not get inside the building.
Gcn. Gibson, without denurring, began to
speak to tho overflow. Tho cheers became
moro frcqucHt and tho audience in the hall
began to drop out to SEQ what tho noise out
sido meant. Tho exodus continued, and In
about half un hour tho hall was compara-
lively empty, while Gen Gibson was address
ing an enthusiastic audience.
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particip stcd i'll
twelve presidential
campaigns as a
campaign speaker.
There is II story
that he was once
sent by the lcpub-
licans OF Ohio to
help the Repuhli-
cans of New York
in a hot campaign
there. The general
being n plain np-
pearing man, and
tho comm j t tecs
knowing nothing
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real westerner "a cad" and he wi!l get cut
his revolver and shoot you dead on til" spot.
Should minister indulge i'll unortholox
theories i'll tho pulpit, the eastern m.~ will
content himself with shaking, his head, and
going to another church to perform his de
voti0ils the Sunday after, The Pcnnsylvaninn
will open a violent polemic in he newspapers
OF the locality The Kansas man will whit
for the minister mt tho church door aud give
him sound thrashi:,s,- -= ...=- --5.. u"
On board tile steamer we had five .Amari,
cans who passed the eight days OF the voEngr
in playing poker The smoking room rang
from morning tn night with the oa;hs that
they uttered every time they laid Il card on
the table. They were so i}nent viii! them
that the, hardly, used the same twice i'll an
hour Their stock seemed ncshatstibe. On
SUNDAY after breakfast q Young lady sat
down to the piano and began playing hymns,
What G!pl,y;ltsl then; Our five poker play,
crs gathered roumt the lady and, for two
hours, sang psalms and holy hymns to tho
edfication oi the other occupants of the
saloon. . .l .=1
/ was tlumfouniel. g- =
In France VIC have lucn who swear, and
hl''' VIC S2 ny INNS Ai'e 'A i'=''''E a's
alone can furnish men who DO both with
equal susto = -.. H. r....
In what other country than America could
such an aneceiote ;.s the following b. toId' 1t
inc 'npS' '7ll@4t} .Afl''F''"A "''"''9,E9
heard in tho Unitetl States. ltcanla from
NY" tha''letS n2iH2"' II !" S&!ta que ieF
'nat matter "h@h S"2a spAS eo57 tie
:. !. 4,
round oil the states, II Is always l''' a""A %
Mir. DepeW' daTE IVAN 9' 'ile lasc AfteHnS
Nafa'
y nc" minister hat! Teen appointed III a
little Kentucky to"ll No sooner had he
taken possession of his cure than he sat about
ornanentlns the church with stail1ed slass
windows Of gorgeous hoes, This proceeding
aroused tho st>Piclonso Of several laf@hloneiS,
who imagined that their nc" pastor vas IN
c!Ec'i 70 lead them TO lton@ ~ Ineesihg
was called and 1t was decided t" send aePu=
tatlpA 10 Tie munster 10 ask MN 70 explain
his coil4uct, am beg l4tln to nave the ehe'iH-
ing windows removed @@@
lAe head OF the del'nt'1sloA was an GA man
Of Presbyterian proriiVities, Whose huStertty
was we'll known III the town li9 "l'eneo ire
by addressing Inc reverend gentleman 't'ts'
'Ne5AitTe waited upon you, sh, 10 bRe ti''ss
you viii remove ih0se painted "ihdo"s from
our cL{rcl! as 500! Us lo5stble' We are SIN.
pie folks, Tod own !lEht Is S"od enough iot
U.s. hsi we don want TO itave II Shut ont s'E
al tao5ss images =
The worthy man had l'EcPafei a t!1le h''t-
uESle, and was gong 70 give lAe munster
tho ben2ht ol II al; pp0 lhe Elt'F' liaiuo
patience, thus Interrupted nina
Excuse ms Eou SCH " ~ '"ttitit7 h''5At
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Frcnrm
ontnN Sar
nrIl, Ills It S
dutiM the lruteTn for
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it to be that Chicago women have enormous
feet and hands was willing to believe this
up to tho day | went to Chicago. found
the Chicago women, and those of tho west
generally, pretty, with moro color than their
eastern sisters, only, arule, quite slight, not
to say thin.
That which is lacking il the pretty Ameri-
can faces Of the east is color and freshness.
The complexion is pale, and it is only their
plumpncss which comes 10 their rescue after
50 and prevents them from looking faded
Those horenan thin generally fade quickly;
the complexion becomes the color Of Witty
brown paper, and wrinkles freely.
If American women went i'll for more out
doo.. exercise; if they let the outer air pcnc-
tinte constantly into their rooms; if they
gave up living in hothouses, they would have
some color and their beauty need perhaps
fear no competition in Europe.
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norclists for many
Il day to come. 1t
has been said that
on Il visit to Paris,
incosnito, with her
father, Stephauie
met a young Amer
lean, who fell c!es-
lerately in love
with her; that he
followed her to Bel
bum, a4i's' oii A'S
covering who she
was, Swallowed l,e,
wherever she ap-
pe'u'etl, sli Q win 6
himself before her
in the Grove! on her
wedding journey,
rl =, ,3,n ,I,a,,al
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Not In Stock.

Rural Dame-Ilave you nny pretty wall
paperi
High Glass Dealer Gndignantly)-Pretty
wall lalcri No, madam; we keep nothing
but tho most highly artistic designs.-Phila-
delphia Record
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FRINGE Rudolph was just entering OH tho
prime OF manhood, having been born in 1858,
his father being the present emperor of Aus
tria, and his mother the Empress Elizabeth,
who has found 50 many admirers for her
dashing fcuts OF horsemanshp Tho prince
was the second child, u girl having been born
before him, He received his education from
the first scholars i'll Europe, not only being
instructed in ordinary branches, but study
ing the art of war under Maj, Gen, Rhein-
lander He showed great proficiency as a
liuguist, and is said to have mastered nearly
all the seventeen distinct languages OF Aus
tro-Hungnry, thus being enabled to con-
verse with Representatives from the PROV
inces in the tongue Of each.
His natural bent was most decided in xool-
osy and ornlthology, in which branches he
became distinguished. To this was allied
taste for hunting, the two falling naturally
together.
The marriage between the prince and the
Princess S'tephanie which caused 50 great a
sensation and which was celebrated with such
splendor, tool; place on May 10, 1851. 1t is
said that Rudolph had met and fallen III love
with the Iniunta Of Spain, and that u be-
trothul had been arranged The princess
died, and the prince for time was nconsol-
able, Being an only SON. it was desirable
that he should choose wife, 50 that by har-
ing a rlalp child Of his own the succession
might remain unbrol;en Mt his death Then
marriage was arranged with the Princess
Stcphane, who was but II years old
There is n story about the bride which is SO
favored with romance as to furnish food fo,
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A SCENE OF THE STRIKE.

SCENE OF THE STRIKE.
the clothes of the passengers standing on the
back platform of the car ahead. Foot pas
sengers who wish to cross the street are
obliged to cross tho platforms Of the cars, or
stand and listen to tho swearing and shriek-
ing of conductors and drivers until the
blockade is loosened. This condition Of mat
ters Is not much improved, however, even
when the cars are not running, for then the
cartmen and truck drivers usurp the tracks
and make Rome howl with their tremendous
cxpletives and superlative swearing. But
New Yor! man becomes so used to the din of
elevated railroads, tho mighty roar Of
legions of rumblns wagons, the constant
jange of street car bells and the eternal
growl Of tho fog horn voiced drivers, that
tho comparative silence of small city pallc
upon him us much rs does {. scrunching
barrel organ upon the nerves OF a 'irtuoso.
Ono Of tho most marked characteristics of q
New York MAJ. is that ila positively will not
walk anywhere if he eau possibly ride. He
will pay five cents to ride two blocks on q
street car. But another equally marked
characteristic of New Yorker is his good
hunlor i'll al emergency. During u surface
road strike, if he is too far away from the
elevated roads, he will pick up his heels und
strike out for his Office or store without q
growl, and when many thousands Of busi-
ness men awoke OIL Jan 2', AMI found that
most of the street railroads III tho city
were tied up they simply s,i,l Let 'en
strike" and struck out for Lo",n Town as
bravely as six day pedestrians.
There have probably been more broken
heads in New York and Brooklyn during this
last strike than in any other tie ups on
record. The police weio ordered to prevent
violence ut any cost, and they lave used their
long night sticks with great eti.rt. But they
have had hard work to constantly repulso
tho surgns throng OF strikers, and have
shown that the police forces of New York
and Brooklyn aro competent any in
the world.