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The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-28

amines the chiseled pil lars Of Thebes. and
Nineveh. and Pompeii and then comes
bach to tell US Of the beast mess Of ancient
art; and it Is . fact now, that many Of
the finest specimens-merely artisticly
cOnsidered-0f sculpture and painting
that are to be found amidst those ruins are
not fit to b. looked II and they are locked
mp. How Paul must have felt when stand.
ing amidst those impurities hat stared on
him from the walls and The pavements.
and the bazlars Of Corinth. he preached
Of the purs and holy Jesus The art Of
the world On the side Of obscenity and
crime md death
In later days ,hs palaces Of kings were
adorned with pictureA But what % IN.
clean Henry VIII. was . beautiful picture
Of the Madonna: What to Lord JsRries,
the upju.t judge. the picture Of he Last
Judgmeni?" What 10 Nero, the un-
washed, . picture Of the baptism in The
J0rdani The art Of the world 10 still On
the 81 10 Of superstition and death. But
that 10 being changed now. The Christian
artist goss scross the water, looks at the
pictures and brings hack to his American
studio much Of the power of thoss old
mast .rs. The Christian minister goss
over to venics. looks ss the 'Crucinxioa
Of Christ - and comes back to his Ameri.
can pulpit to talk ss never before OF the
sufRerings Of the Saviour. The private
tourist goes to Rome and looks ct Ra-
phael's picture Of the LAST Judgment"
The tears start and he goes hack to his
IN the hotel and prays God for prep
sration for that day when,
SAriveliDg HE . paTched scroll,
he flaming heavens together roll
Our Sunday school neWspapers aud
walls are adorned with pictures e JosspA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31
A War Tax

Customer On drug-store) Have you
something that win take of warts?
Clcrk-Yes, sir. Here's an excellent
preparation Dollar aud a half, please.
but why is it So expensiye2n
owing to the heavy tax on the
material, which was put ON during the
war aud was never removed
"Ah, | see. A wart tax. - e5ai
SyliHgs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31

dressing-r0oms and midnight condolences, the
men 10 the tcDdJie, as we called the billiard
room, which was in the bachelors quarters
in the east wing OF the house, for a last cigar
and game of billiards; Guy, Berthe, Gabrielle,
and ! still fingered.
You look tired, Mrs. Leonhardt" Guy
said, at last 1T is unreasonable to keep you
up so late; and Berthe is half asleep. Don't
protest, mademo7ielle: your eyes are not halt
their usual size"
Mrs. Leonhardt laughed as she said good
night
1T is not yet very late" she said; "but we
have Travelled much to-day"
II owe you adcbtof gratitude for the pleas
IRE you gave my guests and myself tonight
BguSOir e bon TcD0sF
Then Guy kissed me. and. turning to Berthe,
put his arm round her regardless Of our pres
ence; we looked away discreetly.
a few whispered words, long kiss left on
the white brow and then Guy opened the
door for MS, and we separated for the night
The next morning BERTHE begged to see the
pieture-galleries, and so too did several Of
our guests. The great hall at Tredcgar was
fanked by two broad oaken staircases, the
one leading to the billiard and smoking rooms
and that part Of the house especially given
up 10 Guys c0llege-freuds, where his own
rooms were. the other to the picture-galleries.
They were always a favorite resort the dark
velvet lounges being generally in request.a
the pictures. some of them chefs-d' GttUre of
ant. formed an excuse for many Irritation.
many a compliment. and MANY n pretty
speech.
Berthe standing bv GUYS side was gazing
at our mothers picture.
"You are like her. Guv. when Won are
pleased when YOU are angry. YOU are your
father himself"
"Ilaye you ever seen me angry. Mousle?1
-"Somctlmes."
She was looking very lovely this morning.
Her hair, which was very myluisnt. and Of
that lovely boHd ccg,ire the old pajDters
loved, was falling down her back in two
broad plaits tied with ribbon; her dress was
Of gray, with a bright mauve knot at her
throat; her face WIS flushed. her eyes. lovely
valyctbroun eyes. wrragIcamiug Her step
mother, looking suparb.y handsome I'm a
morning-drcss of purple, fasteueda t her waist
with a curiously-wrou1ht band and gold tas-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31

| catching sight Of Guy came forward with
| smile lighting up bis pleasant face.
my mistress is here, sir, he said, touch
ing his hat
Guy went forward; | waited, looking al the
little station, the train with its red CLEAN, the
steam Of the engine stealing through tine
green foliage, the portGr5 hnnying hither and
/ thither. our carriages and servants in the
| background, my ponies paving patiently.
! Presently saw a little figure in soft gray
/ coming swiftly towards me, and very sweet
voice said half timidly, hale gladly, with a
little French accent
",Jeau, is it yOu?
put my arms round her for moment,
whispering a few loving words She was
smiling in reply when Guy came 70 us with a
lady on his arm whom / greeted as Mrs.
I Iconhardt Gabrielle LeOnhardt was that
rare being q beautiful French blonde, her
/ delicate regular features, her luXulant fair
| hair, tTQuOise-blue eyes and stately figure
/ forming a tOUt ensemble so rarely lovely
/ that. looking on her the thought crossed me
/ for a moment why Guy had not chosen the
/ step-m0thcr, who was so much more beaut-
! ful than his GuRccC She sat 10y Guy as we
! drove homeward that soft summer evening,
/ BERTHE by my side, with one little hand clasp
/ ing mine, her eye, studying my face and
/ then strayiug to Guys and resting there with
/ perfect cOntentmeDt
/ "That dear little stationw BERTHE said, as
we drove away. as il not pretty Gabrielle?
/ Jean, am English but this is my inst visit
/ 10 England. love that little stationp
/ 81 hope you will like England also" re-
/ turned smiling at her eager warmth. She
/ wa, "a child To mc.
"Ab, but certainly; how could do other
| Wisc?'
/ The English wa5 almost perfect here and
/ there French ldom making ID pqulnt and
/ pretty; her voice too was sngGlary sweet
/ and rich. And yet, more than once during
our drive J wished a little rcgrtfully that
/ Gabrielle had been my brothers choice, which
| regret made me all the more tander, remOrse-
/ fully so perhaps, towards BERTHE.
This is Tredegar BERTHE" Guy said quiet
/ ly, as we entered the park; and though her
| eyes met his with a loving light in them, she
| did not speak.
When we reached the house, the large
/ doors were opened, and i'm the great ball the
servants We're waiting Guy helped out Mrs
| Leouhardt and myself, and Chen ho Iiltedout
BERTHE
do You think You will be happy here,
dearest? heard him whisper
"1rcc toi Guyr She whispered, in reply
prouomciug his name in tine French way.
And then. with her hand still i'm his, he led
her into the hall where amUe Oracle stood.
| Bcrtc's lip quivered little as my aunt took
her i'm her arms; but she looked round and
smilinEly acknowledged the servants sauta-
tons; then Guy drew her away little impa-
tienuy and the library door closed after
them. few minutes later the drpssng-bell
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31
Parting the Hair.

"On the right, if you please" said 8
representative Of the call last evening
to tonsorial artist who, brush and
comb in hand, was about to part his
hair on the left side of the head.
"All right, sir, =" remarked the knight
of the brush and comb; "was going to
part it on the other side from force Of
habit"
How many people part their hair
on the right side9H
"Should say less than one in TWEEN
ty."
and why do so many part it on the
left side?'
Because said the artist, brushing
back astray lock, "they've been brought
up to it from infancy. A mother fac
ing her boy always holds the comb 10
her right hand. and it being easiest to
comb the hair from left to right, she
parts it on the left The boy when ho
grows up and is able 10 comb his own
hair finds the part on that side, ana
follows the line marked out by the
mother. That's why the majority o.
men part it on the left side.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31
THE WHITE LADY.
By THE AUTHOR OF ''ns welded WIFE,"
- FATAL DOVER "sIR PHILIPS
WARDS" SC.


childNDOU, ana we idh nov diilAtH az 3''"o
ofmaturity Our father, Guy Irhdcgar or
Tredegar in Cornwall, had been BILLED by a
fan from his horse while out hunting twenty
nine years before my story opens, and Guy
my dear and only brother was born on the
day which followed his fathers death. J.
though was three years older than Guy,
could hnt indisunotly remember thetali hand
some man who had tossed me up in his arms
one fine morning, aughngly bidding me be
good girl and not yeX "littlr mamma" while
he was away, and who was brought home,
few hours after, corpse Scarcely more dis
tinct were my recoIcctions OF the little
mamma he had loved so tenderly. had a
dim vision OF a fair sad face, bright waves Of
chestnut hair, and a smile that had no sun
shine in it, a smile saddcT than tears.
Such was my mother as remembered her,
totally unlike the bright lovely girl whose
likeness smiled down at us (" the old gallery
"a radiant face graceful head thrown back
with a laughing glance at the baby which
she was carrying pick-a-back; and yet that
picture represented my mother and myself
thirty long years before Happy years had
they been, only one heavy cloud having pass
ed over them five years ago 10 dim their sun
shineycars passed In the old Hall which we
Tredegars held so proudly and dearly-yeais
Of childish joys and gricis, of the hopes ana
aspirations Of boyh0od and g.rh00d, of the
fuller sweetness and beauty of manhood and
womauhood, OF The bitterness of great sorrow
and the lulness OF peace. IL is with mingled
feelings recall them noY Yes, the bitter
was very bitter, and tine sweet was very
sweet; bUt all ne that it should be s0l-the
bitter remains, while Of the sweet we can
never taste again. St.ll, looking back, auutie
Oracle and can think OF the happiness with
gratitude, though we cannot yet think Of the
trouble without pain, IF indeed We ever shall
be- able.
Auute Oracle was my fathers only sister,
and ON his death bad come to Ircdagar,
where she has remained ever since; and she
has never lctus miss either of our parents. |
was educated at home by her and my govern
esses; but Guy went Do Etnn and Oxford,
finishing up with the grand tour after
which he settled down quietly at Tredegar
with us bis great ambition being to spend
the vast fortune which had been accommodating
so long boz making his tenants and the VIII
Layers perfectly happy and comfortable, turn
ing lredygu into q modern Utopia and do
ing as much good as he could iu his day and
generation. H. by the laundering of a fish
ingsuack 0n our rocky coast happy wives
were made widows and their children father
less and bu,h rendered destitute, my broth
crs purse was always ready, NJ the owner
OF the smack were saved by the iiiebOat Guy
had given to and supported at Iredcgar who
would replace the boat which won them bread
A not "thc Squire Heaven bless EN-? So
single hearted gcui3l, and frank, dearly and
dcscnrdly loved small marvel we glOned in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-01-31

Mrs. Kershaw well you are
looking. dear. and what beautiful
diamonds. How long were you u
Paris2n
Mrs. Coggshall-"We didn't go there
at all. g
Mrs Kershaw-''Why,I did not know
they made them SO perfectly deceptive
anywhere else. '--,Ju9ge.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

ISdd0re Blanc, uIo nut OelleFe tnere
Mononadheld House. were dozen men IN the
country who got salary of over 8, 500 per
year for cooking or experimenting the
kitchen of any establishment, private or
public. There are number of very COM
petent chefs in this citv, and their salaries
range IRON SIPS to S175 per month. Sew
eral are paid s., 500 per year, but the aver
age would probably fall below that figure.
The leading Pittsburg hotels and clubs
each employ experienced chefs. A Jew
years ago they got along with such help as
they could obtain at home, but a determi-
nation to keep up with the times has
caused them to engage the best culinary
talent wherever to be found. Mr..
John B. Schlosser, probably the most
skilled caterer the city ever had, did more
to raise the standard of Pittsburg cookery,
while in the hotel business here, than any
other man. This is the opinion of one of
the best authorities on the subject in the
city-a gentleman who has himself been en-
gagged in catering to Pittsburg taste for a
long time.
Every hotel has Its steward and assistant
steward, who attend to the important mat
ter of selecting and ordering the provisions
for the house. At the Monongahela House,
Mr.. Woog, one of the proprietors, acts as
steward, and Mr.. Bean. Of the Anderson,
performs the same duty for his house.
WHAT IT TAKES TO SUPPLY HOTELS.
1 had talk the other day with Mr. Adam
Myers, steward of the Seventh Avenue
Hotel, who has perhaps had a longer ex-
perience in his line of work than any other
man in the city. 1 asked him about the
quantity of provisions he bought daily. He
answered:
Give hundred or 600 pounds of beef, 125
to $50 pounds of fish, 5 or gallons of oysters
when they are in season, and of game,
poultry, vegetables, etc., quantum suficit,
the amount being somewhat variable, but
always large"
To select such a quantity of provisions,
getting all fresh and of good quality, re-
quires of course rare skill and good judg-
ment. The stewards Office is certainly no
sinecure. had often wondered how it was
possible to minister promptly to the wants
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that bookkeeping and catering are con-
Quoted very differently from what they were
25 years ago. More variety in the bill OF
fare and better cooking are absolutely nee
essary to prevent falling off in patronage.
But though the Americans are becoming
good judges of food they are making far
less progress in mastering the art of prepar-
ing it. An American could doubtless be-
come a culinary expert quite as rapidly as
anybody else if he would study and master
the art. The trouble is he won't do it.
There is nothing alluring to him in busi-
ness that requires him to spend many hours
every day in hot kitchen, serving a long
apprenticeship before he masters its details;
be would rather do something else, even if
it pays him less. Now,
TO BE FIRsT-cLAss COOK
requires years of experience. In Germany
q youth who starts out to learn the trade
must serve an apprenticeship Of five years,
without wages, and paw sum equivalent to
about $500 to his instructor. In France q
person must enter the kitchen in youth, be-
ginning as a dishwasher or in some equally
humble subordinate capacity, and advance
BY successive stages from one department
to another until he proves himself possessed
of sufficient knowledge and skill to be en-
trusted with the direction of the cuisine.
In this country we hear great deal about
the enormous salaries paid to cooks. We
read of Vanderbilt's $40, 600 cook, and of the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

kitchen, and the reputation of its table is
such that it is unnecessary to comment upon
it here. francesca Ambrosini is the chef.
He is man of experience, who has lately
been engaged for his present position,
though he was formerly employed in the
hotel as cook.
The Duouesne and Pittsburg clubs each
have very competent chefs, who cater to the
taste of some of the best judges of good
cooking to be found in the city. AT the
former Signor Aehille Berta, formerly
of the Hotel Duquesne, is the presiding
genius of the kitchen, and at the latter NJ
Henri FORBADE, who was formerly employed
at the Duquesne Club and in New York,
and who has held his present position for
three years or more.
The Seventh Avenue chef is M. George
Stoerkel, a young man who learned his
trade in France. He has been in this coun-
try several years and at the Seventh Avenue
for the past year. M. IsadOre Blanc is the
chef at the Monongahela House. He was
also taught his art by French masters and
understands it thoroughly.
E. W. BARTLETT.
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HATS and CAPS.

Mems Derbys, in all the latest
spring shades, from Soc up to s..
Mems Tourist or Crush Hats,
scores of different spring styles,
48c to 81 so. Mems Straw Hats
in all kinds of braidsr at prices
guaranteed fully IS per cent under
the prices of all or any other deal
ers. Every novelty in Boys and
Children's Hats in Cloth, Felt
Straw, at prices which are low
enough to please everybody.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

coming cutie as particular as other people.
Indeed, the average American may now be
said to know good thing when he sees it
or tastes it. He wants the best, and nothing
else will satisfy him. He travels more than
he did a few wears ago, and has more money
TO spend. His taste is improved, and it
takes something more than the old-isshioned
simple viands to satisfy his palate. Any
hotel manager who has been in the bust
ness long will testify to the correctness of
these statements. Hence it has come about
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

Homer down to the
present day bards
have sung of the de-
lilyhts of feasting,
and have praised the
discoTerer of new
lands and the in
TentoT of new edible
compo unds in words
OF eqn 81 warmth.
Americans have
long htd the reputa-
ton OF being careless
as to what they eat
and the manner in
which it is prepared,
but they are fast out
crowinC 1t and be-
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of hotel guests when tn ere was an unusually

large run OF Gus
tom, but / learned
that sufficient sup
plies to last a day
were always laid in
at least "a hours
ahead, and if there
is a shortage an at
tack is at once
made on the next
days supplies. l
asked another stew
ard if there was
not necessarily a
considerable waste
ofhotel provisions.
IN OF very
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
WE ABSOLUTELY
GUARANTEE

every claim made in
our advertisements
to be strictly true,
and no employe is
permitted to make
representations a
bout goods which
cannot be sustained
We have everything
to gain by trading
on the narrowest
margin of profit
possible. We could
not fill our store
with goods at the
lowest prices known
if we did not buy
on a large scale and
pay cash. We
couldn't do the big
business we do if
we didn't sell at
lowest figures.
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vast income paid to Del
monico's chef, until we
are half inclined to be-
lieve that there is no
business or profession
that is more profitable.
The fact is, very few
cooks receive more than
adequate reeompense for
their labor and skill.
One of the Oldest and
most experienced chefs
in Pittsburg told me
the other day that he
did NOT helieve there
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26

GUNS and revolvers, pistols etc., boys
target rifles and 100 cartridges. So 75; splen-
did revolvers, double action, any caliber,
So; double barrel breech leaders, SS to S100.
Great bargains in all kinds of guns.
III. JOHNSTON, 706 Smithfeld street.
TTSSU
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Fresh Arrival.

Just received from the Anheuser Busch
St. Louis brewerys q large supply of their
celebrated Budweiser beer, in both quarts
and pints For sale at G. W. Schmidt's,
Nos. 95 and 81 Fifth avenue, city.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-26
COOKS AND COOKERY.
Something About the Art of Catering
to the Public Taste
IN PITTSBURG HOTELS AND CLUBS.
A Few of the Most Experienced Chefs and
What Their Duties Are,
NATURAL GAS AN INVALUABLE AID
N PITTSBURG HOTELS AND CLUBS.
SAFURAL GAS AN INVALUABLE AID
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.i
OWEN MER-

OWEN MER.
EDITH, in
lines that are
both poetical
and philOsOph.
ical, states that
we can live
without poetry,
music and art,
but not with
out dinners.
We can get
along without
theworks ofour
tie au-
thors; but the
services of our
cooks are in
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A
DuottesHe Club. dispensable to
our happiness-yes, to our very existence.
We have all heard of the sorrowful fate OF
the horse that was taught to live without
eating, and even the example Of DR.. Tan
per has not had the effect of inducing more
than a very small minority of human beings
TO try the bold experiment Of subsisting on
atmosphere alone. Scientists long since dis
proved .he faIlacy that the chameleon lived
bv breathing only, and demonstrated con-
clusively that everything that exists re-
ouires food. Man, the highest of animals,
is naturally more particular than the rest as
to what he eats, and in the civilized state
demands that art and intelligent skill be
used in the preparation Of his viands. Civil
.ization and cooking go together-only saw
ages. and not all of them, are content to eat
their food raw
KINGS HAVE BEEN COOKS,
and princes have taken pride in setting
before their guests banquets prepared with
t5neir own royal hands. From the time of
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WE &RRY
NODEADSTOCK

and we allow no de-
partment to get into
a rut. We are
prompt to introduce
novelties and quick
to discern new cur
rents of public de-
mand. Coming in
to contact as we do
with the principal
and most reliable
manufacturers of
the country and
with all classes of
purchasers, the fault
must be ours if we
fail to satisfy every
want, minister to
every taste and
meet every necessi-
ty within the limits
of our business.
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and hold out no al
Turing bargains in
one department to
facilitate the sale
of goods at a high
price in another.
Every article in our
store is a bargain.
We have no "Lead-
ers" and therefore
no lame and halt
ing array of super
annuated articles.
Everything in our
store is at the low
est price and every
department is con-
Quoted in the inte-
rest of the purchas-
ing public.
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expended the full
est value, because
we give no credit
and therefore incur
no losses. The cash
buyer is not taxed
to pay for uncol-
lectable accounts.
There is no discrim-
ination made at our
counters between
the small purchaser
and the great, the
rich and the poor,
the experienced and
the inexperienced.
All have the same
advantages; to all
are named the same
prices.