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MANkIND.s VANITY.


1t Enables Many Enterprising Fellows to
Make Grcnt Fortunes.
There Is no question about the enor-
nous fortunes VIII oh are made in this
city by people who trade upon the
vanity Of mankind The recent failure
Of . firm OF Complexion experts" on
Fourteenth street resulted In . good
deal Of publicity. and the accountants
report showed that this firm spent the
enormous sum OF $40. 900 in eight
months advertising their wares As
they were not particularly we'll adyer-
tised 1t that the revelations will give
some notion Of the amount OF money
which the heavy advertisers in this
line must spend A man who some
years ago was an assistant in q doctors
office on Thirty-third street now has
three establishments In New York and
. number OF branches through the coun-
try. He advertises the cure Of sunxen
cheeks red noses weak eyes and muddy
compilations Apparently there are :
great many people who are decorated
with things Of this sort for the adver-
Using OF this particular operator
amounts to very substantial fortune
every month. It IL . curious thing that
the more experts write about the COM
plex on, and the more conclusively they
show that II depends entirely On health.
cleanliness : simple diet and outdoor
exercise. the greater the army Of quacI<x
becomes. II would seem thatany one
ought 70 know that the color Or the
skin is due 10 the condition OF the blood,
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n a FaENcn cnArEAu.


Aflsto<ratio Ladies' who Begin ths nay
with : Bowl ~ soup.
Theirs II usually plenty Of sayety go
ilg on in the country places around
pariA Not % In the provincial chat
eadS hhSrs the great families Of the cid
aristocracy nov spend : considerable
portion Of tho year. The shooting sea-
son brings visitors and consequotit sni-
nation Tor short time; but the SIM
blieity Of the usual home-life would
Ssf0Hish English pfesonceived ideas
ichs fifst meal ii habituslly served in
the bedrooms, tSa, coffee or ch0colate on
/ tray with = rolf and butter Many.
however, have kept more primitive
ways and We could namo ladies' Of
princely rank beginning the day with .
bowl Of pumpkin soup We may qnoto
an instance Of young English lady
who. by very rare privilege, was per-
mitted, on 8 visit to share the private
life Of great French family In their
chateau. The Marquise -----. digni-
ned old lady, who looked as n she had
|Uy6ppe0 TOWN. fUtn tl6 ffS11e - sooeAot
the old family portraits, inquired what
her visitor wished to take for her break
fast The young stranger, considerably
frigh tened and bewildered by her new
surrounding answered shyly:
Tea or coffee. or any thing Madame
Ia Marquise pleased. /"
my dear" was the reply you arc
my guest and Of course You shall have
any thing you like but my daughters
take SOUP and II you are wise you will
do as they do. Young people should
avoid contracting habits"
OF course the hint was sufficient and
the English girl break tasted on onion
soup, but II seemed very strange and
was decidedly uncongeniaL When the
church Is near the ladies Of the family
rather exceptional, as the chateaus are
not usually near the villages No one
is expected to be seen before the deieuncr
a Ia fourchefts or luncheon, the hour for
which varies between eleven and twelve;
the family then meet in the simplest
dresses imaginable, which are frequently
retained for the dinner, without any
change. Every thing is fresh and neat,
but of the humblest material, such as
printed cotton; the meals are however,
served ceremoniously on massive old
plate, and the fare is excellent. Moth
ing 10 supposed to be necessary between
the luncheon and dinner, except for
children, who are given preserves and
bread or fruit The young children and
their governesses are present at all
meals. even the late dinner; very un-
desirable practice, for many reasons
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Queer Crew Of Them ON Board The Mp
karnm mia
Az soon as the sun went down forty
seven dusky sons Of II ndoostan knelt
down upon the deck Of the good ship
Karamana snd anointed themselves
with oil, and. with many gestcuiatiCns
prayed fefvently to Allah to glide and
protect them IN : strange land
The vessel lad just arrived at Pier
No ~, on the Delaware river The
men are Bengalese and MalnyA and
they were engaged by Captain Young in
Calcutta It 10 the first time that such
. crew has ever been brought to Phila-
delphia They make good, steady sea-
men, but they lack the strength and en-
DURANGO of Europeans. IS well as the
desire for rum and tobacco. They are
very religious and pray Ave timcs .
day. They believe that II they are good
thoy will 60 to paradise when they die
and have innumerabe wives Tho num-
Der Of their houris in Heaven depends
upsa tho AhahaYior on earth. and there
fore they pray and call upon Allah ct
every opportunity.
i The Islamites are very particular
about their food. They will not eat
any thing that has been killed or
dressed by an infidel. They have their
own butcher ON board He is very in
telligent Bengalese. His name is Nure
Mohamad and he is called .'the butler. /"
His method Of killing sheep, oxen and
fowls is to cut their throats and then let
them bled to death. The men are hor-
rified at the sight of pork, and they all
love rice and curry.
Every new moon they make holi-
day. dress up in fine clothes and march
around the ship, chanting passages
from the Koran, and calling upon the
lady moon to give them lots OF wives
They are yirtuous on earth, and save
themselves to have good time when
they get to paradise
Allof them are fatalists and firml Y be-
lieye that when they get the straight
tip from Allah, by vision or other
wise, that they must die at once Any
delay would subject them to no end of
trouble in the future life, and reduce
the SIZE OF their harem. Two men re-
ceiyed the mystic message during the
voyage, and they jumped overheard.
The others envied them, and thought
how they must be enjoying themsel yea
Captain Young says that he engaged
the crew In Calcutta, and he is we'll
satisfied with them, The English Gov
eminent holds the Anchor Line respon-
sible for the well-being and safety Of
4 a. -ta-L - a
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AL right ne replied in dazed sort Of


with an oath---I used to swear then
II rushed back to my engine, whistled
for fagman and pulled out, vowing
vengence on that operator in the shape
OF report to the superintendent upon
my arrival at Washington. That re-
port never wentin.
had gotten my train under way and
was going only about i've miles an hour
when, just as we SWING around
McGruder's curve, the track sank under
me, and with a loud crash and splin-
tering OF buffers we came TO . dead stop,
with tho front part Of my engine sunk
about three feet below the track in mud
and gravel There was dangerous
Quick-sand there, and It had washed
Apont fifteen feet of the earth away
from under the track. Owing to our rate
OF speed good shaking up was about
all we got, but suppose for one minute
that red signal had NOS been down on
US at Wilson's. They'd have picked us
up all in pieces, as would have gone
into that ,hole. at the rate Of forty milf.s
both the day and night operators st
1888 WOiO PLdctlcdl JOkers. a
bright idea struck the day man, and
climbing noiselessly on to the roof Of
the Office he placed board over the
chimney, shutting off the draft Of the
stove. After performing this brilliant
feat he went home for nights rest,
| resolved to learn the next morning the
result OF his Vaccinations. The stove
door was partly open, the gas from the
stove was forced out. it soon filled the
room, and had l not been stopped by the
red signal the chances are the boy
would have been smothered to death.
So you see the multiplication Of circum.
stances engendered by that practica,
joke although 1T nearly killed one per-
son. saved my life and many more be-
hind mo. Chicago journal
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RUSSIAN MORALITY.
How officials Are Usually Promoted In
the Land OF the Gar.

How Omeials Are Usually Promoted In
tho Land OF the Gar.
Tho promotion of Russian official,
seldom the reward OF merit or the. REQ
ognition Of honest effort is not unfre-
quently the work of hisswife's hands. l
am personally acquainted with several
families whose relative well-being has
been obtained in this manner. A friend
Of mine, mild, kind-hearted, well-edu-
Gated man, who would not. knowingly
hurt fly or hesitate to make heavy
sacrifice to save or help his sworn one
my, is case in point His promotion.
which took place few years ago, was
the goal for which his young, hand
some, easy-conscienced wife had been
eagerly striving for two years before,
constantly consorting with two profit
gate officials, through whom the NOM
ination was at last made. All this was
done without my friends countenance
or connivance, his wife being separated
from him until the matter was ended.
His qualifications for the post which
he now occupies are about equal to
those of a red Indian fresh from the
~prairies for that Of a channel pilot, and
he does more unintentional harm than .
thoroughly dishonest man could effect
Of deliberate purpose. Another notori-
GUS case in point is that of high off.
cial very we'll known to every Russian
journalist and author from Warsaw to
vladiyostok, from Archangel to Tifis,
whose vito lives openly with . Cabinet
Minister, her husbands protector
From this coign OF vantage she has
watched for years over her husbands
material interests to considerable pur-
nose; and it is greatly to be regretted
that the man whose official duties de-
mand degree Of wisdom, knowledge
and kindliness far superior to that
called for by any other post in the EN-
pire, should have no stronger sesem-
blance to Marcus Aurelius, In whem all
three qualities were so harmonjously
blended. -Fortnightly Review
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SHORT-LlvED BOOKS
Tho Destiny OF Much Of the Literature Z
the Day.

The Destiny OF Much Of the Literature of
the Day.
The critics who cavil at the ephemeral
nature OF the books that are flooding
the markets OF the world may find COM
fort in one reflection. The literary
quality Of most OF the stories that find
their way into print is unworthy of
preservation. Ii the great bulk OF
what Is written is only deserving OF
passing attention, pass ng attention is
all that it is likely to get in history.
The certain destiny of ninety-nine one
hundredths OF all the books published
to-day is oblivion, and oblivion that
will come about through very homely
and material conditions There is
scarcely book issued from the press in
this country that is calculated to stand
the wear and tear OF q century's usage.
Many will not endure ten years hand
ling Not few are ready to go to
pieces after passing through the hands
Of half dozen readers. Pretty and
tasty as modern bindings are, almost
all of them are of cloth or paper. and
while they present an extremely artistic
appearance, and the books are gen.
orally printed In excellent typo and
OFTEN on heavy quality OF paper,
their bindings are himsy and Will not
last NOW and then some rich book
buyer treats all OF his books to q
handsome leather binding, but the
NUMBER OIL oioiiopniies Is small, and the
DOCKS selected Tor this honor are apt to
Dc very cautiously chosen.
1t was different In oiden times when
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AmPARTYoFTHE PAST.

koros and fraud Aavs Had Their Day
- $50 ~ D
ne nepu Dlicans pave nad no enc o.
/, I'm - ing "a pense u tne aliegeo nour-
eon enoora.s VINO iearheo mourning
~ iolgos To'nlng wniie tney were ous
VI Po"el' neir "riVors ano SPEAKERS
nsse numorousiy oescriDeo tne oid
, voionels q me ooatn VINO preferred g
ilso N sno past ana refused 70 keep ssep
Win ene progress oI tne age.
ne nePuDiican sense Q. numor =
ossiy tickieo ~ Mmes' ana tne FANCY
picsures 20 quentiy drawn OF tne al
.esou Do1r IONS anu oouenern Soioneis
nos9l iAllea g sAclee me amusemens q
'nu inso,ens anu swsRgerihg sicsors'
Dus sne partlsans whose KneH @. o.
ICON nss Deen SOUNDED are a. iast De-
ginning " see themselves as DINERS see
mem a ruae snock mas CHARMED tneir
VISION ana tney see an uncoutn ngure'
nat soiuier' na.i DusnWnacker. IN
Time o. profound peace 1rown-
ing upon me noness toiiers AROUND
him. ievying tribute In the shape
OF roDoer tarin' ana threat
ening 70 draw MS SWORD wnen
9 protest Is MADE. In this guise APP
pears the republican party to-day,
quarter OF century after the close OF the
war. ~ Inc same OLD com pination OF
iorce ana fraud that doomed up In the
carpeCDag governments OF reconstruc-
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lizard trials, etc.)
HOW MKiNLEYISM WORKS.

comparison showing tho Effects OF Re
publican Legislation.
Though McKinleyism has been routed
horse and foot its evil effects will be
felt for months to come in lower wages,
higher prices tor necessaries OF life,
especially clothing, and in straitened
times generally. In the matter of
wages, Republicans were assured by
Reed and Mckinley, and even by Ben
Harrison, that protection meant more
work and higher remuneration and
cheapness was sneered at as the
peculiar bane OF American life. Now,
however. the workman finds that there
is less work, lower wages and higher
prices for the necessaries Of life.
OF the truth Of this assertion most
laborers are unfortunately painfully
aware and those who. owing to special
ly favorable conditions, have not yet
felt the evil effects OF the ill-considered
and dishonest measure known as the
Mckinley bill, have only to turn to the
news and editorial columns Of Repub-
llcan papers to find abundant confirma-
ton OF the unwisdom OF the chief
measure Of Republican legislation.
Thus the Chicago Tribune, which
lacked the courage of its con-
ylctlons or CONVICTIONS Tor It's
courage, and thus gave its usual half
hearted support to the Mckinley bill.
the other day had half column Of
news headed Developments Of the last
few days." Some reductions of wages
under the Mckinley BILL" From the
dispatches given we learn that; -
Inc spoilers In the Merrimac miiis
nave had tnelr pay reduced. ID cents
per oay' me wages OF me drawlng-R
girls reduced ana there IS aPprehen-
sion OF "a general cno,oown IN wages.
VI Inc armature Wlhoers OF me Inom-
SON Houston Electric company at
Lynn, Mass, have struck TO resist re-
au c.lon OF wages. ~ seventy girls at
A shiano' "a, nave quit on account OF a
reduction OF wages. ~ Inc Cleveland
malleaoie IRON WORKS reduced wages
last week. lol ihere are strlKes In the
Iron mines OF michigan.
lnls is quite respectapie llst ana
could DO indennitely increased oy Gull
lngs from other republican sources.
on Inc #oener snana, rom tne same
sources, we learn; ~ That the stock
holders OF the rennsyivanla steel Com
pany nave voted TO increase the capital
stock from ss,ooo,oo 70 So,ooo, ooo;
That the last SIX months nave been
the most prontaoie IN tne com
panys history ana tnat the pronts
Tor last yearIwere per
cent ~ That the fstna iron Com
pany has increased It's capital stock to
sooo. goo and declared q dividend OF
$lss, 600. tS) That the bethiehem Iron
Company has voted to increase the cap
ital stock from $S'ooo,ooo to 70, ooo' 600
ana made 20 per cent. pront last year.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

--She-(after alovers' QUARREL You
may return my letters He feditor)
did you inclose stamps?"- Harpers'
Bazaar.
Not Closely Allied. Ills Deborah
related to Charley Henderson, Yes
She is his sister by refusal Of mar
rage. IN. Y. Sun.
I'll don't want you to stick your noso
inside this door again, " said Chappie to
his tailor. II don't want to get my nose
in. ! want to get my bill in. - Harper's
Bazaar
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes once
said that Easy crying widows take new
husbands soonest There Is nothing
like wet weather" he says 'for trans-
planting
Proof. Did you ever see ghost2''
Yes; once What did it look lilre2''
1T looked like boy with pumpkin
on his head" How did you know II
was ghost?" sIt told me son n
Sun
"A Little Misunderstanding. ~. 30
you wish to marry my daughter? but
are you sure that you can support
wifea1 why. yes II she has not On
unreasonably great appetite. - File
gende Batter
Dentist One momentl Stead J, noWl
There It's out Z" Patient Holy
smoked Why you've pulled out per
fectly good tooth" Dentist 80 /
have. But never mind, thers'n BE- no
charge for It "America
= a..
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PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL-

------s--
Rev James w Fora for more than
half : century missionary a China.
! says he has studied the Chinese Ian
guage for atty years and has Eot yes
mastered It
.--Miss Rachel Sherman. tho Generals
daughter, 10 80 we'll posted in politics
that she IL an invaluable assistant 70
her father in supplying him with names
and dates that have grown dim Ia shtas
mind.
His ROYAL fiighnoss the Prince cf
Wales is 4 direct descendant Of King
Alfred. being the thirty&third great
grandson. Thus the English throne
has remained in tho same family for
over ono thousand years
in The vav 81 nr,xe Offering IN
r,ol,sh nancr stands a tho head. Tho
ind rcarant 4 I nrettx wife with IN en-
aar,,,,..nt n eiot, ner wear. The lady il
q 10 aelected Nv the editor for her
baautv ana she il then to have tho
chic. ce Of one of ten gentlemen, who will
agree beforehand to marry her II such
| be her choice A wedding trousseag e
also to be provided.
Count Won Moltke has refused the
Dukedom which the Emperor not only
offered but pressed upon him. As II ID,
Won Moltke IL at present in the Herren-
hans as 4 member for life. So the stern,
silent soldier refused honors which
would merely have Seen titular and
honoridc without enlarrtng his sphere
for doing rood to vaterland. His health
remains nerfect and seems to hcve been
not the least undermined by the recent
exactinr ceremonies
Mime. Artoud. OF Paris died recently,
and. as not stiyersof her money could
be found in the hands Of her agents, her
| heirsz began q search for 1t in the furni-
ture Of her home After ripping up
every thing they examined plaster
bust Of the Venus Of Milo and there was
the treasure amounting to q consider
abla fortune. The base OF the statue
was covered over underneath with oil
clott and when the covering was re-
noyad ont fnmbfed 4 choice collection
~ hank notes bonds. securities and
ob,ioationa
p,ohard u Iackson whom the
p...saoat - 80 :, roroross. haa ba6,.
author,zad ~ annoint nm ensign in the
INV i. ono q ithe heroas who were re-
vaaied h. tbe memorable storm 1t Apia.
Samoa A. I critical moment when
tho Trenton was about ID drift on q reeE
10 ia tha men a,oft where their bodies
bad the afyect 81 . sail and this saved
tha sbin Admiral Kim berlv saws that
ia not only saved the Trenton's crew.
Init alao tbatof the yandalia. who would
Al, ha "a bean lost had not the Trenton
drlftad Alongside and rescued her men.
Tha par,s,ans hava Z nav Nil II
a,.nr svh,ch tha Roston Herald thinte
s s.,.'s1., t.,ns1ataa IL eood Al
:. - = pr Jss The nbraae a An da
.taa,a ,i.ara,,n ,raaning s,and 81 the
oaa.,,.r J, .h,nh itra soma more ortho-
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Have you any mince pies" he said,
bustling up TO the proprietor Of Nassau
street restaurant and letting his
autumn-tinted nose harmonize with tho
cranberry tarts Certainly, SIR" s'Lit-
tie early. isn'tit for mince?e ''Oh. no =
"Aren't remnants OF mark-downs from
last year, are they2s .s0f course not =
answered the proprietor, Indignantly.
well. you DO me upa whole pie. Pm
going to start for Omaha 81 i've o'clock
and ! want 4 slayer for the trip You
eos" be added, leaning conhdentially
on the cake rack. when, I went west
last year ! eat half : mince pie before
started. Well. iii. never seen any
thing stand BY yer Ike Il couldn't eat
mouthful Of any thing till got 70 81
Louis This yesr I'm buyin' ! whole
pie. and reckon she'll see me clear In 10
the State Of Nebraska IN X. Tribune.
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How lime Has Changed Her.


One day last week customer in one
Of the large Brooklyn dry goods stores
stood waiting for her turn to, be served
and idly watching the woman who was
claiming the attention Of the clerk at
the moment There was nothing about
her to attract second glance. She
looked to be close upon sixty years Of
age, her hair was very gray, though not
white, and pair OF rather dark eyes
looked out from colorless. unimpres-
siye face. In figure she was short and
small. and the black costume she wore
Was simple to plainness Yet When
she gave her name and address for
parcel to be sent it was realized that
this little woman Of insi& mi hcant ap-
pearance was one whose name eighteen
years ago WAS in everybody's mouth
from one end Of the country to tho other,
and whose personality at that time WAS
almost - we'll known IS her name She
was Mrs Theodore Tlton. IN 4.
Timea
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AZ = rourists. Ho.el.

Guest-My room pleases me very
much. what host Of pleasant recol-
lections this view OF the mountains
brings TO mindl
Proprietor TO clerk Make note q
thatl Room "a. host Of pleasant recol'
leotions brought to mind hvs marksl-'
ylieGende nlhotteE
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be able at times to oven recognizes the
shrunken greatness from the Portland
district Of Maine He will mot thank
God thar the House lis not delibor-
ative body" The majority will rule.
but II will not disturb the spared nonu-
ments that choose TO b mute Observers
Of the procession - II passes by.--SA
Paul Globe.
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ANOTHER TALE or MOE.

A little tariH bill once grew
Listen 10 my tale Of woe
A little bill OF the chosen few,
Mckinley, Reed and Mr.. @
It grew, II grewi
--Listen to my tale Of woe.
Tho -grand old'' party passed II through
Listen TO my tale OF Eoei
That little bill dawned on the view
OF the elephant and monopoly too
Them two, them twoi
Listen 70 my tale Of wool
Chorus
Hard trials for them twol
Monopoly and his animal true,
And the tarin for the few,
That grew, that grew,
Listen to my tale Of woei
Now, all for the bill their votes they threw,
Listen to my tale Of woei
Out from the poor mans pockets dew
The dollars Of precious golden hue.
Poor NICK, poor old @. 1
Listen to my tale Of wool
30 the bill was swallowed with scarce q chow,
Listen TO my tale OF woe
And then the trouble began to brew,
A trouble Jim Blaine could not subdue
Too truei Too true!
Listen to my tale Of wool
lizard trials, etc)
Under the snow where the ballots few,
Listen to my tale Of woe
They planted the grand old'' party who
To great political trades was true,
Boo-hooi Boo-hooi
Listen to my tale Of woei
But what Of the bill that was passed through
Listen TO my tale OF woe!
Lined with the gold Of the chosen fewi
All WE'LL Its mission on earth Is through
Listen to my tale Of woe
Boston Herald
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A BoTToMLEss PIT.

which Can Not ise sounded.
OF the many natural wonders in the
out-of-the-way regions OF West Vir-
ginia, none have more widespread fame
than Mysterious hole in the mount
aims near Ridenour known all over the
South Branch country as the He'll Hole.
This is rather an uncouth name, to be
sure. but to visit the spot justifies the
title in the mind of the beholder This
terrible abyss is on stream called
North Fork, in Grant County, and Is at
the lower or left hand side Of the road
which leads through the Harmer hills
The chasm, circular in shape, is about
fifteen feet in diameter, almost per-
pendicular. and believed by the natives
to be bottomlesss MANY attempts have
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Very Popular Whit Mas Jonesis
very popular among matrimony-seeking
young men, Phil makes herself
agreeable. does she?'' Wiil--.Yes; she
is continually telling about hor success
IN cooking r-Yankee Blade.