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he dived into his trousers pockets and
eventually produced about half handful
OF shillings and pence; then he searched Q
small waistcoat pocket and brought forth
two sovereignR It was all bis wealth.
Here, take that, and in Gods name get
yourself some food, vomanp' said he, un-
consciously lapsinE into . pronounced
Scotch accent "You look starved. And
this bit Of . laddie, here-buy him some
sweet things as well as bread and butter
when you get up to the shops. And then
give some honest fellow a shilling, and
you'll get cast Of an empty cart to help
you on your road. Well, good day to ye-
no, no, take what there is, I tell ye woman!
bless We, you'll need most of it before You
get to your own freside. On your ways,
nowl-and when you reach the shops, don't
forget the barley sugar for this young
shaver"
30 he turned away, leaving the poor
woman 30 overwhelmed that she had hardly
word Of thanks; and when she had gone
for some little distance all he said was
with something OF rueful laugh
"There went my luncheon; for promised
Maisrie should not return home till near
dinner time"
sand you have left yourself without a
farthing?" the young man exclaimed.
We'll. that's all right can lend you
few sovereigns."
'No, no." said old George Bethune, with
q smile, and he held up his hand in de-
probation. am well pleased now; and
If shonld suffer any pangs of starvation
during the day. I shall be glad to think that
1 can endure them better than that poor
creature with the long tramp before her.
Tonight" said he, rubbing his palms to-
Rether with much satisfaction, tonight,
when we meet at Mentavisti's, shall be all
the hungrier and all the happier. All,
must You go now?-goodby, thenl We shall
see you at $50, I suppose; and meantime,
my friend, dismiss from your mind those
To the gods belong the morrowP"
Now this little incident that had Just hap
pened In Hyde Park comforted Vincent ex-
ceedingly. Here was something definite that
he could proudly set against the vague aud
unworthy suspicious of Mrs. Ellison. Sure
ly tbe man was no specious impostor, no
sham preacher, no crafty schemer. who
could 80 readily empty his pockets, and look
forward to day 9 starvation in order to help
poor and unknown vagrant woman? No
doubt 1t was but part and parcel Of his
habitual and courageous disregard of conse-
quences, his yielding to the generous i'm
pulse Of the moment; but. if the truth must
be told, Master Vim was at times almost in
clined to envy old George Bethune his
splendid audacity and self-confdence. He
had an old head on young shoulders; and it
needed no profound reflection to tell him
that life could not always consist of the
Restaurant Mentavista and La Claire Fon- |
taine.
To be Continued Neat Sunday.]
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BISMARCK EATS DRY,
Restrictions In Regard TO His stimulants and
His Favorite Weed.


London weekIy.l
At luncheon I observed that Prince Bis
marck drank nothing with his food, and
asked him whether "eating dry" were q
habit of his own choice or an article in the
dietecedetio drawn for him by his famous
"Leibarzt," DR.. Sehwenlnge.
"The latter," he replied. 81 am onlv al
lowed to drink thrice dsy-a quarter Of an
hour after each meal-and each time not
more than half bottle of red, sparkling
Moselle of very light and dry charaet>S-
Burgundy and beer, of both of which II
extremely fond, are strictly forbidden to ne,
SO are all the strong Rheuish and Spanish
wines, and even claret. For some years past
have been total abstainer from all these
generous liquors, much to the advantage Of
my health and my condition, in the sport.
ing sense of the word"
Formerly used to weigh over IT stone
By observing this regimen brought myself
down to under IA, and without any loss Of
weight is now 185 pounds. I am weighed
once every day by my doctors orders, and
any excess of that figure I at once set to
work to get rid of by exercise and special
regimen. ride good deal, as we'll as
walk. Cigar smoking have given up al
together. of course, under advice. 1t is de-
bilitating and bad for the nerves An in
veterate smoker, such as used to be, prob
ably gets through 100, 900 cigars in his life
ii be reaches fair average age. But he
would live longer and feel better all his
time il he did without them. Nowadays I
am restricted to long pipe, happily with
deep bowl, one after each meal, and / smoke
nothing in it but Dutch knzster tobacco.
which is light, mild and soothing"
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THE PORTER IN HIS PALACE.
No King Ever Ruled With a Tyranny More
UnreIenting and Severe.

No King Ever Ruled With a Tyranny More
UursIenting and Severe.
Boston Courier.1
A gentleman who was travelling on a
sleeping car and who was to alight at about
in the morning, gave the porter explicit
directions to wake him at the proper time,
and went to sleep. About midnight the
porter came and aroused him.
Excuse me, sab, the porter said, "bus
forgut WHARF you's goin' to get off"
The passenger, not much pleased at this
interruption, repeated his directions, and
then again addressed himself to sleep. He
slept until few minutes of the arrival Of
the train at the point where he was to stop,
when he fortunately awoke. Looking at
his watch, be discovered that he had barely
time to get dressed, and be scrambled into
his clothes with a celerity that saved him
from missing his station, all the time saying
to himself things concerning the port
which were by no means complimentary
that individual.
As the train drew into the station, where
1t made stop of only moment, the gentle
man hurried out of the car, and as he did so
passed the porter, sound .sleep on a seat in
the smoking room. With a poke of hi
Valise the passenger awakened him.
"1 say" he demanded, "why didn't yo
call me as told You to? came very net
sleeping over"
The porter drew himself up with sleeI
dignity, suppressing yawn and rubbir.
his eyes open.
"On dis cal" he returned with the air of
one who had been grossly insulted, ''dar
amt none of the Passengers lowed TO wake
up the porter, an you'll have to wait till dis
individual wakes up of himself before you
can get any such question answered"
With perfect coolness he laid himself
down again, and the passenger hurried out
of the car without waiting to continue the
conversation.
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POWER OF BELTS.

The Hair Side Should Run on the Pulley and
Air Holes Are Advisable.
wade's Fiber and Fabric.]
It should be the hair side of q belt next
the pulley, although it seems at first thought,
contrary to reason. Practice decides. with.
out exception, in favor of the hair side,
Probably the reason commonly given ol
gaining very large contact with the surface
of the pulley is the true one. A smaller
amount of elastic air is held between the
belt and pulley. If the belt is to slip as a
condition OF a test, I should say that the
rougher side, that is, the flesh side, would
give greater resistance to the slipping, but
no belt known to mechanics carries greater
amount of power than the band saw, a steel
belt which plows its edge through lumber at
q perfectly astonishing rate.
There are two ways of improving the pull
of the belt (both think patented) which
support the air cushion theory. Holes are
punched in, in one casa the belt, in the
other the pulley. These holes theoretically
allow the air to between belt and pulley to
escape. The result is a decided gain, al
though it is evident that the plain surface of
possible contact is lessened. probably the
practical surface, j, e., the working surface
is increased.
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The Prencher's Position.

The position occupied by the preacher in
this connection is unique. In his congrega-
ton he has Democrats and Republicans,
Prohibitionists and Greenbackers. He has
to watch very carefully that he does not of
tend some of these. Ifhe speaks of Thomas
Jefferson as an illustration of elevated SIM
plicity the Republicans begin to prick their
ears and look little sour. He NAV saw a
good word for Mrs. Cleveland, but il he
should extol Grover he is a goner. Although
General Grant has passed into history as
one of its fixed stars he must not be lauded
too freely or your Democratic Christian will
kick. II is better Tor a minister 10 give poll
tics the cold shoulder in the pulpit if he de-
s;res to escape having tottering time when
he pays his next pastoral or social visits.
When some great national question which
is likely to touch the life of the nation or
impede the onward progress of Christianity
is on the carpet, the preacher disgraces his
calling who does not strike out right and
left in defence Of his country. But it is not
advisable for a minister to be hob-nobbing
around among politicians, standing on the
streets and haranguing little crowds, venti-
lating his opinions and denouncing other
peoples. His office Is a spiritual one, and
you cannot do a man very much good spirit
ually if you are openly and radically op-
posed to him politically. would not have
a minister so far removed from his citizen
ship that he declines to vote. Neither do
think it necessary that he should put his
light under a bushel. If man sacrifices his
rights OF citizenship for fear of offending q
few cranks who do not think the same as he
does, he makes mistake. He should ever
preserve the dignity of his manhood inyio-
late, but it is not essential that he should
sing song at every street corner just to let
the pubic know where he stands. He may
very quietly let it be known where his
affiliations take root. II he does this in a
modest and becoming way, without seeking
to give offense, be will not incur the dis
pleasure of anyone worthy OF his friendship.
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When I look into the home of an intel
gent, refined American woman. whose be
bands bones lie mingled with the dust
Southern bsttls-felds, q woman who
done 50 much and made 30 many sacrifr
ior her country, and from that picture Tn.
70 the drunken brute in the gutter, remel
perlng that be can vote while she cannot.
look in vain for the justice of IT.
Mrs. John A. Logan. Mrs. Grant NJ,
Garfield, Mrs. Mcclellan, and thousands o
our soldiers widows, who are wearing Ii
weeds OF sorrow long before they would hay
oone 50 but for the untimely death OF thos,
dearest to them, have no voice in maxi I
the laws which govern them, whereas thou
sands Of men who trampled the flag of theil
country In the dust and filed a million
graves, are permitted not only to vote but T.
occupy leading positions in the councils
the nation. All this may be right. II NAV
be justice. but for the Ii e of me 1 canno,
see II HE COUNTRY PARsoN.
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A CHRISTIANS DUTY.
It is Not to Stand OF and Bewail
Corruption in Politics.
BUT TO FIGHT AT THE PRIMARY.
The Preachers Delicate Position Regarding
Men and Issues.
RIGHT OF WOMEN TO THE BALLOT
rwR1rTEx FOE THE D1spArcH.I

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcH.I
What is the duty of protesting Christian
in regard to matters political? Let Us adj
NIT for sake of argument, that the politi-
cal atmosphere of existing parties is i'm
pregnated with miasma deleterious to good
morals; that to large extent parties are
controlled by inscriptions men; that nomi-
nations are made in questionable places;
that whisky plays prominent part in these
nominations; that large sums OF money are
raised and used for purposes of corruption;
tnat men are induced to prostitute their
dearly bought electoral privileges for filthy
lucre; that votes are not always Justly
counted, and that machines control the win
Of the people These and many other In
dietments, suppose them to be proven, what
then?
Says the honest. moral, Christian man: "I
don't want to touch your dirty politics.
cannot keep my self-respect and mingls with
such people"
NJ friend, you are wrong. To protect
your country from foreign invasion would
you not take your rifle or sword and fight
with might and main? Indeed you would.
And yet You will allow an invasion from
the political Dick Turpin, who is so ubiquit-
GUS that every department of Government,
you say, is under his control. Is this logic?
Is this true patriotism? Every citizen owes
1t to his country to sink his personal con-
venience and his sentimental seclusiyeness
when men are being chosen for public
office. 1t is matter of vast import
ance what character of men sit in
our municipal, State and national legisla-
lures. The tremendous strides this great
nation is making in numerical and material
progress makes it more necessary every day
tnat her affairs should be in the hands OF
competent men. Leaders there must be and
always will be, but bossism and ring rule
must be obliterated. This can never be
done until more clean men take an interest
In politics. Among the masses of corrupt
politicians that curse our land there are
many pure men, who manage TO leaven the
lump in some degree, but they need rein
forcements from the ranks of conservatism,
that conservatism which thinks that politics
are too dirty for aesthetic fingers.
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thing that is left to his workmen. Almost
every building in PittsSurg bears the inn
press Of this young mans gifted hand. The
few exceptions are those that were in charge
of Eastern firms, which have their own
artists in stone, though they quite frequent
ly make "copy' rather than original work.
Carving in stone or granite is as far
as 1t has got in Pittsburg; no marble for
buildings is cut here. And private houses
have comparatively little stone work. It so
far is confined to the public buildings and
business blocks of the city.
MARION CRAWFORD GALLAHER
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SIMPLE WEATHER PROPHECY.

How 20 ForeteIl Rain and Sunshine By the
Color Of the sky.
Laning. in his weather Wisdom, :" says:
A deep blue colored sky, even when seen
through the clouds, indicates fair weather; a
growing whiteness, an approaching storm.
When the sky in rainy weather is tinged
with sea green the rain will increase; if
with deep blue 1t will be showery.
A bright yellow sky at evening indicates
rain. A pale yellow sky at evening indi-
Gates wet weather. a neutral gray sky at
evening indicates fair weather. The same
in the morning indicates wet weather.
Haziness in the air, which fades the suns
light and makes the orb appear whittish or
ill-defned, or if at night the moon and stars
grow dim. indicates rain viii follow.
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CATTLE ON THE SEA.
Horrible Cruelties Which May Lead 70 q
Prohibition of Shipping.

Horrible Cruelties Which May Lead to q
Prohibition of Shipping.
A crusade is on to prevent the abuse Of
cattle on the ocean, says the Boston Herald
Samuel PlImsoll, ex member of the British
Parliament, well-known humanitarian,
was the author Of the crusade, aided by his
brother, Henry D. Plimsoll, who has been
sent to America to interest Congress in the
matter, to prepare reliable statistics as to
actual losses of cattle at sea, and to secure
evidence of the alleged cruelties which, as
stated, had been committed on shipboard.
August Ii the announcement was made that
Parliament had been petitioned to prohibit
the transportation of live cattle across the
Atlantic after January /, 1891.
The effect of such an enactment would be
q hard blow to the American export trade in
live cattle, while it would greatly increase
the shipment of dressed beef (in ships fitted
with refrigerator apartments) of which
tremendous quantities are now annually ex-
ported. Mr.. Plimsoll, while considering
the economic questions involved, mainly
rests his case upon humanitarian principals,
and the arrangement he presents, with re-
spect to the inhumanities alleged to be
practiced, is truly startling.
Ou poaro steamer Wnlch entered the
Mersey in January last, from Virginia
port, 30 beasts were killed during hurri-
cane which lasted four DAYS. The manner
in which these beasts met their death is
shocking to contemplate. Their bulky bod
les, rolling two and fro, were dashed against
each other, their horns goring whatever they
came in contact with, until they became
masses Of bruised and quivering flesh, from
which life at last departed when agony and
exhaustion had done their cruel work.
Mr.. Plimsoll relates with eliminating de-
tails the horrors resulting from overcrowd-
ing, prominent among which is the practice
of clubbing, stabbing. etc.. by attendants, to
keep the animals from lying down, as once
down an animal is almost surely killed by
trampling. The ships officers are powerless,
as the cattle, to them, are only freight, and
the attendants are responsible only to the
shippers.
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paris model, some tracing paper, lump Of
colored chalk and his tools. He has the
pattern traced on the paper and this he
transfers to the stone by cutting the paper
away between the lines Of the pattern and
following these lines with the colored
chalk on the stone. He then verifes the
transferred pattern by measuring from one
important point to another ON the model.
Then he puts the chisel against the line,
strikes 1t with the mallet, and the work is
begun. It is slow work and the carver must
keep his eye closely ON the model 80 as to
follow as much in spirit as possible the de-
sign of the modeler.
Stone carving In Pittsburg buildings is Of
recent growth. Ten years ago there was
none Of it here; five or six years ago 1t
was introduced, when the Court House was
built. Not an important building has been
put up since in which stone carving has
not significant place. There is the
Masonic building, on Fifth avenue, with its
delicate hligree work over the win
dows, and the Pittsburg National Bank
OF Commerce, and several other banks.
The Carnegie Free Library in Allegheny.
mas little carving though not so much as
might be expected in building Of its pre-
tentions. Strange to say that severe piece
Of architecture, the Duquesne Club House,
has only a couple of caps over the doorway;
it forms the only exception in which stone
carving has not been prominent in recently
erected buildings
SOME BAD EXAMPLES.
Everyone has laughed at the absurdities
in carving, adorning the new postofice,
from the bangled woman of fashion to the
monocle-eyed-mutton-ch Eng
lishman that are the most atrocious examples
OF the paucityiof the brain that conceived
them.
The most of the carved stone work in
Pittsburg is by young italian. He makes
all his models himself and sometimes does
the carving in stone, though as a general
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TOBACCO AND CIVILIZATION
No New Faith Ever Travelled as Fast a, the
Habit OF smoking.

Habit of Smoking.
Prof. shaler in scribner.l
The development of the American colo-
mics, their rapid growth in the century pre-
ceding the American revolution, depended
in large measure on a botanical accident.
viz, on the introduction of tobacco into the
commerce Of the world. No contribution
from newly discovered lands has ever been
SO welcomed as this so-called noxious weed.
No new faith has ever travelled so
last and far among men az
the habit Of smoking. In scarce
century from the first Introduction of the
plant in Europe. its use had spread to near
Iy half the peoples Of the Old World. The
eastern coast of America, rom the Hudson
southwark to South Carolina. is peculiarly
well suited for the growth Of the Tobacco
plant, and the rapid extession of the Britisk
colonies in America, which brought their
population at the time Of the Revolution 10
point where they numbered about one
sixth part Of the English people, was large
ly due to the commerce which rested unon
the use Of this plant
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Go 10 the Primaries.

How can foul vessel be cleansed? By
allowing it to collect still more foulness, or
by drenching it with pure water? The
rankest sewer can be flushed if sufficient
water be sent through it. The more water
the more certain the publication. If the
few pure men in our political system save
1t from utter corruption aud decay, would
not an increased number still further anuul
that which is deleterious? Men OF evil in
stlncts are not going to nominate exemplary
persons to represent them. The pot-house
politician is more likely to vote for his own
kith and <kin than any other. 1t is a sad
fact that, as q rule, rogues are more claunish
and stand by each other better than honest
men do. Propriety is very good thing in
its way, but it sometimes becomes cantish,
and I hate cant. The physician who dis
sects the dead body of a man who
has died of some loathsome disease,
does not have pleasant job. He
who removes q cancerous growth with the
knife, or performs any operation upon the
physical parts of man does not necessarily
enjoy his occupation. He does his work for
the good of his fellows. He sacrifices his
convenience and schools himself to un-
pleasant things in the search OF knowledge.
1t may be delicate, difficult and very
obnoxious business to enter the arena OF
politics and amputate its mortifying limbs.
1t may not be refreshing to act as a scav-
enger, but it seems to me to be a duty all
good men owe to themselves and their pos
terity. 1 am afraid we are many of US like
the British member of parliament, who only
made one speech during his whole career.
A matter OF national importance was being
discussed. Watching his opportunity, the
provincial M. p, with much gusto arose to
his feet, and addressing the Speaker, said:
''There is great deal of talk about pos
terity. Posteri:y indeed; would like to
know what posterity has ever done for us.
Yes, gentlemen, if you want politics to be
pure, and you yourself belong to that cate
CORY, HE you to the primary meetings and
infuse little of your virtue into them"
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Privileges of Public Omcial..

The line between offensive partizanship
and legitimate advocacy on the part of those
in public office is not easy to define. It
hardly seems right 10 deprive man from
advocating that which promotes his own
best interests, and yet an officious, over
bearing domination is productive of results
which tarnlsh our system of universal and
unconditional franchise. Thoughtful men
are not willing to agree with those who
hold that public officer OF the United
States should be excused even from voting
while In office. This would deprive thou
sands OF our most intellectual people from
exercising the one grand privilege which is
the birthrtght of every American.
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BE dragon, with
the NEUROLOGICAL
expression Of face,
which is above the
fourth floor of the
Hussey building.
has an interesting
history. It comes
from q lump of
clay, in the hands
of an Ingenious
man with an idea
in his head. And
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Women and the Baulor.

Woman's positioniin 9 political sense is
peculiar. There are only one or two things
which can be said against woman suffrage,
and they are not i4surmountabIe objections.
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FROM A LUMP OF CLAY
Stone Ornamentation Of Pittsb urg's
More Recent Buildings.
HOW THE FORMS ARE CARVED,
The Example Set by the Court House is
Having Good Effect.
SCENES IN THE MoDELER,S ROOMS

WRITTEN FOE THE D1seArcH., !,