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openly and efficiently against late hours,
tight lacing, high-heeled shoes, and the use
OF nerve stlmulants and cosmetics, as It dio
against the healthful and satisfying pursuit
of learningl
Much as consider women to have gained
by the position and opportunities secured to
them in America, have yet to name an I'M
portant item which is both condition and
mark of their Improvement. This is the
fact OF their ever-increasing tendency to as
soeiated action.
The social instinct is strong in human ma
ture, but it does not attain its best results
without study and self discipline.
The women's clubs which are spr1nglng
up all over the country are marks OF this
study and discipline. I know of many OF
them, and do not know of one which does
not keep in view serious and worthy OBJ
Jects. The feeling of sisterhood which nat
urally grows out OF club intercourse among
women tends TO put out of sight the inordl-
nate ambitions of the few and the selt-dls-
trusting passivity of the many.
In the club it is soon found that one
woman cannot do everything. All must
help, and tasks are constantly found which
give scope to the activity OF each and all. A
generous and far-reaching sympathy tends
more and more to take the place of fantastic
aims and illusory relations.
The women's clubs are, as see them, the
sign and seal of the advance of woman In
health, in sound life, and in rational enjoy
ment and service. JULIA WARD HOWE.
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due prominence in the stern eye of the pub
lie, you find a delicate consideration, a
thoughtful and psternal care which should
evoke the heartiest gratitude. As usual
thing, however, the eyes of the offender are
too blinded by partisan prejudice against
the institution of arrest to allow of calm
and rational appreciation of policial deli
cscy in dealing with the individual. Some
times, too, the perceptives of the offender
are dulled by the amount of oh-be-joyful
temporarily amalgamated with the system.
Who can expect an eye made lazy and dull
by frewater, q mind whose subtle workings
are disarranged, or a body limp and wabbly,
to understand the extent of the privacy &C.
corded by the covered hurry-up, the emptied
station house and the exclusion of the
curiosity Of the vulgar?
There are few things in the round of city
life more common than arrests. yet but few
ewes are allowed to trace the final step OF the
incarceration of the offender prior to his
entry upon the police blotter as a guest of
the city for the city's good. It's an inter
esting phese of the well-oiled machinery for
the enforcement of law and order, and de-
scription of the precautions taken to min
imize the humiliations of arrest will be read
with interest by that portion OF the public
which murmurs 'poor devilI'' as the hurry-
up wagon dashes by, as well as that element
enjoying leisure enough to fatten their
noses against the windows of the station
house and blink hopefully at the scenes
within, barred out by the hard-hearted
bobby who interposes a demurrer to the
laudable desire OF the aforesaid public to
jam itself into the station house at the heels
of an offender.
HOW IT Is DONE.
Somebody has been drinking and has nav
igated an undue load so far and no further.
An involuntary halt is called, to which
Chief BIown's most contiguous finest takes
exception. The patrolman goes to the
nearest Of the 125 patrol boxes in the city
and turns In a call. For the sake of a re-
duction to speed we will imagine that the
call comes from Penn avenue and Eleventh
street. If it is at night, Mr.. f, B. Leech,
in the Police Inspectors Office, calls up the
patrol wagon at Second avenue. The horses
are partially hitched and are hustled into
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with drink, his step unsteady, his hard
earned money golden means to the enjoy
ment Of the moment and its fasclnatlons,
was at that time the worst enemy of himself.
Rioting and frequent arrests have destroyed
his manhood, calloused his emotions OF
shame, and in marvelously short time he
has been transformed into an enemy OF So
ciety. 1t doesn't take long, especially when
one resolves to become his own agent Of de-
struction.
More eloquent sermons on the vices Of
man and womankind, more vivid illustra,,
tions of the dangers of intempersnce, and
more speaking instances of the possibilities
of degradation filter through the police
headquarters of great city than all the
Talmages can paint in lifetime of SER
mons. The volcano of vice seems to in
crease its eruptions yearly. at least that is
what intimate contact with the habitues of
Central station would indicate.
WALES.
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WHY HE DIDN'T PROPOSE.
A Young Mans Excellent Reasons for
Abandoning Matrimonial Intentions.
New York Sun.l

A Young Mans Excellent Reasons for
Abandoning Matrimonial Intentions.
New York Sun.l
A certain well-known New Yorker, who
has to hustle for his bread and molasses,
this summer fell in love with girl, and
ever since August has been on the eve of
proposing to her. His income is s., 800 a
year, but he wanted to be certain that he
could pay all the expenses before rushing
into the fray. He estimated that the rent
and running expenses of a suburban resi-
dence would cost 81, 800 a year. He al
lowed $3.50 year for his personal expenses,
and thought that the girl could get along on
like sum. To be sure he didn't expect to
save any money while living at this rate;
but like other young men he had Astounding
faith in special Providence which would
cause long-forgotten uncle or other rela-
tive to die sometime and leave him a for
tune.
So he asked an intimate friend of his Isdv-
love how much the latter spent for her
wardrobe during the year. The friend said:
"Why, she told me only day before yester-
day that her clothes cost s., 900 year, but
she did think she could get along on
81 800" The engagement has not yet been
announced
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criminal is marched through the sta
ton, Turnkey Lourimore produces
portentious key and opens the gate of
inch-bar iron and the wagon men rush the
offender through without so much as by
your leave. The door is swung to and
locked, and the prisoner is halted and held
by the wagon men while Turnkey Lour-
imore and Sergeant David Myers go through
the pockets of the offenders with an amazing
dexterity and celebrity born of unremlttlng
and constant experience. The entire con-
tents the offenders pockets are hauled forth
and inspected, and the two officers run their
hands all over his person in search of con-
cealed weapons or valuables. Papers,
handkerchie!s, etc., are returned to the ar
rested person, but firearms, knives, watches
and all valuables are taken out to the desk
by the sergeant, who, before so doing, asks
the prisoner his name, and usually receives
the Smith or Jones bluff. The valuables
are sealed up in an envelope and marked
with the name and time of arrest of the
owner. The time of arrest has to be put
down in each case, or the identity of num-
Der of John Smiths would mix up the prop
erty question very seriously. Knives, un-
less of the stiletto, Barlow or Bowie brand,
are usually returned. Revolvers never, un-
less the prisoner has permit to carry the
same, and sometimes not then, if the pris-
oner is q well-known or dangerous char
acter.
A MODEST CHAMBER.
While the sergeant is attending to this
clerical portion of the business, the turnkey,
aided by the wagon men, has escorted the
offender to one of the double, row of cells,
unlocked the door and thrust him in, leaving
him to his reflections. If drunk, he hasn't t
any reflections until the next morning.
There is not very much in the cell. The Oc-
cupant can stretch himself out on plank
ledge, which might by courtesy be called a
bed, but which reminds one of the story told
of the novice who went to sea, and when it
came bedtime asked the skipper where bed
was 10 be found, and was told, with q sea-
mans oath, to stick knife in the softest
board of the ships deck and use that as
couch. The bed is polished by long con-
tinued contact with the physiques of all
sorts of unfortunates.
In the morning when the prisoner is sub
mitted to an examination by Magistrate
Gripp, the case, if Unable, enlists the
friendly offices of the valuables found on the
person the night before. Ii there were no
valuables, and If the prisoner has been un-
able to scare up some friends in need and in
deed, the magisterial sentence sometimes in.
dicates that the way of the transgressor is as
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brought to him from the Belgian
Minister to the United States, M.
A. LIE CHAT, and was cordially
received by the Royal Secretary.
was informed that His Majesty had in
structed the Count to inform me that it
would give him great pleasure to receive
me at the palace at 2o'clcck in the after
noon of Saturday, the 18th. His Majesty
had said that although it was Gus
tomary etiquette in such matters
for the Minister to present an
American, nevertheless he desired me
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17

FEW days ago I
received q note
from Monsieur LIE
Comte Borchgrave
d'Altena. Secre-
taire du Roi, sum-
moning me to call
upon him at the
palace, which 1 did
on the following
morning at $50
O'Clock. I had pre-
viously had the
. honor of making
the acquaintanceOf
the Count by a per-
sonal letter 1 had
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17

5000, 900 souls; in America there is fam
lily Of more than sc. 900, 900. 1 believe these
families have a duty 70 discharge to the
outside world as well as to themselves.
Small States have a greater facility for
doing good to the outside world than large
States. The Belgian nation is small one;
no one is afraid of it; and it has neither an
offensive ambition nor diplomatic complica-
You know the history Of Greece. Well,
Greece was a small nation, and. while it
fought many great and brilliant battles.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
American,

to say to the representative Of the American
Government at Brussels that in this case it
would not be necessary for him to present
me. A few moments before the appointed
hour was received by the officers and serY-
ants of the royal household and was escorted
to the reception room in the east wing of the
palace, which afforded a charming view of
the spacious and beautiful grounds for
which this palace is justly famed. The few
minutes remained in the reception room
were pleasantly passed in an interesting
conversation with young officer of the
Kings household, who, although not ae-
quainted with the English Language, was
familiar with the history and institutions of
America.
Presently the doors leading to the Kings
pfiee were thTs open, and 7 was sshersd
into the presence Of His Majesty, Leopold
IL, King of the Belgians and Sovereign
Head of the independent State OF Congo. He
was attired in the uniform of Lieutenant
General, of dark blue cloth trimmed with
a small red cord. He wore but one decora-
ton, upon the left breast. AS he stepped
forward and cordially grasped my hand,
with his more than six feet towering above
me. 1 realized that was in the presence of
ruler who was every inch King. For
many years ] had known how richly he was
endowed with mental and moral attributes
such as are rarely possessed by rulers in the
Old World; and now was impressed by
his magnificent presence. His urbanity and
regal bearing and the warmth Of his greet
ing put me quite at my ease.
A HANDSOME MONARCH.
While a large man. Leopold II. has all
that distinguishes the student, carrying no
superfuous flesh; and proved himself good
listener as we'll as pleasant and entertain
ing conversationalist His hair and full
beard were carefully trimmed and literally
sprinkled with gray. His features were
strong and clear-cut and keen; and his eyes,
bright and quick, flashed with intelligent
interest from behind pair of eyeglasses.
His head was broad and capacious; ears set
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
AL ANYBODY COULD DO.
How an obssrvaur LirIs wsnan Psrusss
Her Paper.


Her Paper.
Youths cOnpanion.1
All the family were reading in the library
one evening. Mr.. May had the evening
paper, which be put down once 70 look up
a reference in the encyclopedia. Mrs Nay
had French art book, and consulted her
French lexicon frequently. Gsorge asked
his mother the meaning Of several words IN
the story-book over which he was poring.
Eva, aged 5, sat with Georges Con.panton
upon her lap.
Reading. too. pussy7" said her father
Eyes, sir.
"Wby, Eva May, you can't read, said
her brother.
.Yes, can. I can read dog and eat
and boy and lots Of words when ind
them. ] read the words do know, and
that's all that any Of you are doing, ~
turned the ohserYant Little woman,
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A Sadly Disappointed Maiden.

PhlIaueIphIa hecOrd.s
A gushing Philadelphia miss was one of q
party at a rabbit supper in the country
few days ago, and she was real provoked be-
cause she could not find a single Wishbone
in the whole potpie.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
How Offenders Against the Law
Are Transported to the
Central Station.
CALL FOR APATROL WAGON,
SpariDg Prisoners the Humiliation
of Undue Publicity
THE SAD LESSONS OF TIE LOOKUP.

Delicaey Of the Police In Handling and
ArrestinE the TrnuszressOrs Against the
Laws - The Patrol Wagons Hnsty
Answer TO n CnII-The Modest Pride of
the Average Neutrality-suspicious. the
Curious Crowds-Searching for Wenp-
Ons-EscOrtInE the Prisoner TO n Cell
The Morning After-The Rapid Descent
of an Old Timer-FrighIfuI Examples of
the Effects of Vice.
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tional facilities provided by thoughtful
municipality, and reflect upon the element
of secretiveness which enters into the treat
ment accorded to offenders against the peace
and good nature of the people. When you
get right down to the matter of shielding
the wanton smasher of the peace from un-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
PLANTATION of the cause of arrest is always
given by the man on the beat.
WAITING FOR THE GUEST,

WAITING FOR THE GUEST.
Then the hurry-up wagon threads its rapid
course toward the Central station. The
officials Of that place-which might have
the famous inscription, "Who enters here
leaves hope behind, % written over the door
have been meanwhile apprised of the fact
that the wagon is hurrying up with one or
more untortunates. In order to warn CO.
temporaneous traffic the patrol wagon has a
dismal gong which clangs at intervals:
When the wagon reaches the entrance OF
Diamond alley the gong sounds its warning
and the officials in the station throw open the
front doors. A crowd OF greater or less ex-
tent gathers as the wagon stops, and the
gaping at the captive and captors is pro-
longed and earnest. If the prisoner is able
to move he or she chambers out with wagon
man on either side, and no time is wasted In
getting into the station, whereupon the doors
are hastily shut, excluding the vox popull,
always sorely against their will.
If this is at night time-and large per-
centage of the patrol wagons work is done
between supper time and midnight-the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17

hard as the bed he passed the night
upon. By far the greatest majority
of the cases terminate in q sent
ence of greater or less period to the
works. If such be the case that portentous
conveyance called the "Black Maria" trans
ports the unfortunate offender to the West
Penn depot, where the courtesies of free
ride to the works" are extended. So it
will be seen that the city is not mean or par
simonious in the provision of free transport
tation. Many a rich man rides behind
much inferior team than that attached to
the hurry-up wagon, and many a poor fel-
low has deliberately committed some overt
offense in order to gain the exhilaration of
q rapid ride to Central station, railroad
trip to the works and a season of compara-
tive idleness with comparatively good
GRUB" as an additional advantage.
Women who fall into the meshes of Justice
are accorded much the same treatment as
male offenders, except that the searching OF
their persons is attended to by the matron of
Central station.
THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE.
The above is the practical side of the ma
chinery of the municipal arrests, but the
sentimental side is ineffably sad. The news
paper fraternity are always admitted to the
station when the drag net discharges its sad
catch of the scrapings of the haunts of sin
and vice. There are newspapermen who can
remember the wrinkled old hag with the
drink-seared countenance, bleared eyes,
disheveled hair, bloated body and wretched
rags, who was fetched in screaming and
cursing last night, when she was novice in
crime and had not reached the uttermost
depths of squalor and degradation. It
seems hard to believe that seven or eight
years could effect so startling a metamor-
phosis. The first time she came into the
Central station, her eyes were still bright,
the country roses had not fed from her
cheeks, she was clad in tawdry
fnery, and the outlines of her
form were yet those of youth
and health. She walked erectly, and the
light of defiance cleaned in her restless eyes
when she faced the police sergeant for
the first time with a remnant of shame
struggling to the surface in spite of assumed
deyilmaycareishness. How quick the tran
sition effected by debauchery and drink
Truly downward steps soon become head
long rush. Even q powerful Imagination
would be baf1ed by some of the REGULARS"
who are periodically rounded up by the po-
lice and sent up to the works, their release
to prove only more strongly the futility of
controlling appetites welded to the dregs of
sin.
The men who float into the Central station
arouse more disgust than emotion. But
there are lessons, nevertheless, in the changes
in the faces of periodical visitors of the po-
lice headquarters. The young man who was
pulled in last year with his face flushed
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IFS CHIEF GLORY

was in other directions. 1t had great ora
tors, poets, historians, philosophers, artists
and clever citizens. Its commerce whitened
all seas, and its influence upon the ciViliza-
ton of the world has been bene6cent, wide
spread and permanent. Thus the Belgian
nation seeks to achieve something for civil
izatlon, and to discharge a Christian duty
toward Africa. My people have but two
motives in this work; one is trade and COM
merce, which is selfish and must be allowed;
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EFFEcrs OF woMAN's CLUBS,

What hysterical view was this, that
all the discoveries of science, the improve
diet, ventilation, and of the use and care of
the body, should not sufficiently benefit wo-
men to offset the danger of thorough course
of Latin, Greek and Mathematics
How much were it TO be wished that the
zeal Of the faculty had directed itself a.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
rwRTTTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. J

HO bankers for q ride in
one of the hurry-up wag-
ons of this generous city ?
Let any such pause a
moment when about to
commit some overt act
which is sure to enlist
4ba Iiob+nin0 franenorfo
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-17
OPENING OF AFRICA.
A Pleasant Talk With King Leopold
About the Congo Free State.
LIGHT FOR THE DARK CONTINENT.
A Christian Monarch's Ambition tt
CiYiiize Africa.
The ANTI-sLAYERY CONFERENCE PLANS

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE DIsPATcH.1
BRUSSELS, October "a
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Times Have Not Changed.

John Alden-We have just won ye game
of skittles, Priscilla. What thinkest thou
of thy John A. proves?
Priscilla (sxultantlyl-We are the peo-
pleI-PRck,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-08
WARNING !!

It is necessary to warn the pub
Lie that there are many dealers
who don't hesitate to sell you low
grade goods as first-class. It's very
easy to fool one on
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-08
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

DR.. j. NJ. WEIGH is convalescing from his
attack OF illness. and will be in his Office
during the latter part of the week.
Mrs. II. J. Chamberlin. of Sioux Falls, is a
guest at the home of Auditor Braden, Day
ton avenue.
from the West and are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Bement.
Dr. Joseph W. Bettingen is expected home
in few days from the Charity hospital. New
York.
MIR. and Mrs. Markham and family, of the
ALBION, have taken apartments at the Aber-
deen.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Glessner, of 736 Chica-
go avenue, have gone to Chicago for short
visit.
A. H. Paget left Friday evening for Lon
don, England. where he will spend the win
ter.
Mr.. ana Mrs. II. Rothschild have moved
into their new home, 500 Marshall avenue.
Mrs Jacobs, of Tacoma, is paying visit
to Mrs. A. ii. Merrick, of Dayton avenue.
Mrs. Robert Dunn is expecting her sister,
Miss George, of Germantown, to visit her.
Mrs. Proctor. of Selby avenue, returned
from Kansas City Wednesday morning.
3 Tom Scott, of the Aberdeen, is the guest of
Poverty Flat during his wife's absence.
Miss Edwards has gone home to Boston.
She has been visiting Mrs. Dexter.
MRS. w. IL. Calne. OF saltwater, was the
guest of Hill trends thi; week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Warner, now abroad,
are expected home this month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Kalman expect to go
to San Francisco in January.
l.. NJ. Manner, OF Kansas City, is visiting
his brother, Frank Manner.
W. J. Dwyer, and family leave shortly for
New York for the winter.
E Mrs. Helen Storner is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
c. F. Storner. at Mankato.
After four years residence in St. Paul,