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Females.
COMPETENT Protestant American nur-
- sery-maid wanted % attend two boys
3 and years; must De perfectly healthy,
about % years, having experience and thor
quired In nursery; willing ~ do any and
everything for children. Address, with
references. days, b. b., Box fGG New
York =. 0.
EMPLOYMENT at home more profitable
IL than stenography, bookkeeping. tele
graphing or similar work; no deception.
Address, with stamp, JOHN FOTIRELL,
Blistol. Penn.
CENFRAL HOUsEWORK. A nice
" woman 20 do general homework, eN-
cept cooking, for two In family; light WORK,
pleasant home: 10 minutes from West 42d-
81. Ferry BY West Shore X. K. fare paid.
New-Durham, II. F. PERRY.
tTANTED.-Protes' ant woman as cook
w and coarse washer for family Of three ;;
must have best city reference. Cal be-
tween 10 and II o'clock, at 81 West 40th-st.
XHT ANTED.-Housekeep for gentleman
w and wife, with no children lady OF
about 80 years OF age. accustomed 10 INC
guidance Of servants. having COCA htaItt
also experience a. nurse In sickness, VII,
refinement and quieUess OF speech and
movement. Address O. W. w, Tribune Up
town once, ,23S Brcadway.
M ANTED.-By q small American family
w Ia an apartment horse. competent gen
eral hOusework girl; no washing or other
heavy work; personal reference required.
ADply FIR day or Saturday morning betn cen
0 aud II at 500 Madi on-av3.. corner 52d-SL
yxTANTED.--A girl for housework: only
w days work. 12S Canal-st.
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Brooklyn Real Estate.

EoR SALE-Two new modern residences
u at bargain IS per cent can remain
dress owner. +. FELY. SIS Court-st
Brooklyn.
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Gin Real Gstate 90 Get.

A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH,PROP. house,
"A I'VE minutes drive from depot eleven
rOre Il desired fruit; stable for Two
horses s25 per month, will sell for S5, SEQ
Communication 81 cents day. the highest
ground on Central II. r. Of New-J Jersey
also choice lots. 1--WE minutes walk from
depot three minutes from Academy best
cheapest Apply, CHAUNCEY b. RIP
LEY. Potter Building, Room 500, New
YORK CITY or l.. NJ. WHi1rAKER, West
fed. ". j.
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q OACHMAN.-By young man under.
| ~ stands care o. horses; careful driver;
sober ana obliglng; city or country; good
| lefcrences from last employer. Address
T., care OF Z. o. H., kverdale-on- Hud-
/ gOn n V
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q -S0 feet floor surface; whole OF part !;
~. f1U well lighted, steam power, ele-
Natoisi equipped with automatic sprinklers.
j. AeCLARE. Go West 22d-st.
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UsmssIir 5lruarious WanIsl
Males.

| ~ OACHMAN.-M age 30, with no
Y children wife as cook or lgundiess, or
during winter Address NELL, S02 West
| 25th.st.
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Dressmaklnq.

DressmGklng.
A RTISTIC DRESSMAKING.-lmpo
a fashions unique designs; hotel orders
az short notice; most reasonable price,
goods purchased If desirei MIS-. McEL-
Roy, 81 East 9th-st opposite Dennlngs.
a KTISfIC DREssM AKING, perfect nt.
"A ting costumes; I6r1 0-drrs st shOr:
notice nice dresses, Sl2 up. Nine OWEN,
2e2 West 23d-st.. City.
A RT1STIC sailof-n made suits from Sl0; 1T
n guaranteed also summer and evening
dresses dresSmakers sent out by the day.
DKESSMAKER, i0i West 2lst-st.
THOROUGH DRESSMARER and la
a dies tailor can take customers WORK
al nome 10 and finish perfect. Mrs LICK.
I26 West 63d-st.
~ KEssMAKER.-MAD THIBAAD,
~ 100 West 40th-st.-Recepton, street
dresses: also tailor-made coupe elegantei
moderate prices. "
~ RFssMAKINCi done very reasonably
~ tailOr-made suite a specially. ii. No
Lam. 240 Last 5etasa
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BOARD and Rooms.

-A.-A.-ATTEN
n Parties can now make arrangements for
FALL BOARD.
Attractive floors, with private baths with
or without board (; private table; suites and
single rooms; board optional; apartments,
doctors offlces''; all desirable locations (;
strictly firs.-class houses transient or per.
Ioanent; highest references given informa-
ton reliable and free.
S. c. LELAND e. CO.,
Mast hst
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n OACHMAN.-Wn be disengaged in q
" few days thoroughly understands care
and management Of gentlemln's establish
Inent; best city references; present and for
mer employers can be seen. Private stable
! 40 East 53d-st
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fnrnlsheo Rooms

fnrmsheo Rooms.
A ICoVE ROOM, nicely furnished hOI
~ and cold water hall room, with closet,
hath as West 23d'st.
T. URNIsHED R0GMS.-En suite or
Il slnyly; everything new; In private
house I2s East 52d-st.
NHADIsON.AVE., 7O0 (6Yd-st. l--FTench
lt1 family handsomely furnished floor ali
improvements also single rooms; reason
able.
ID EVERE HOUSE, corner Broadway and
IL Houston .s..-Comfoftable rooms for SOC.
Der DAY 1pwaT<
, 1891-05-08

II nature has endowed "A singer with the
power Of producing high notes they will
be sung spontaneously. Otherwise they
will neither be agreeable in quality or tone.
All singers are not alike. Their voices are
pitched in different registers. Some are
pitched high, others low, and a great many
medium. II a singer. not naturally en-
dowed with a high register, attempts to
sing beyond his or her capacity by forcing
the voice he or sheis in danger of iujuring
the voice, Any one possessed of "A good
voice may by study and culture produce
higher notes than they otherwise could
hope TO do, but no professor Of music, no
matter now eminent, ever created a voice
where 1t did not previously exist.
Great singers are born. not made. Many
singers have temporarily strained their
voices by trying to do too much. II the
voice is naturally high no matter what
the pitch may be the singing will he pleas.
ant and agreeable to the ear. II, however,
"A singer tries to do too much the effect will
be similar to II man who e]ndeavors to walk
up two steps at a time when he Is only able
to make one. 1t will prove ruinous. Dc
not strain your voice, or you may lose it,
Signor Campanini in Ladies Home Jour
nal
, 1891-05-08

o.
Yes" said Mr.. Easyman to the Rev.
DR., Prudent, the new minister, who was
paying his parishioner a friendly visit,
you are unquestionably right. do not
believe in being overstern with children.
Now mine treat me as they would an elder
brother or playmate. No scampering up
stairs when they hear my latch key turn in
the door. Not much! Make your home
cheerful-that's my motto"
A frowsy haired youth of some six sum
mers appeared on the scene at this iunct-
ure. After cytng the clergyman critically
for n moment he broke out with.
say, pa, what's a iay2"
An ominous frown settled upon the brow
of the indnlgeut parent as he replied, "A
jay, my son, is n rather snowy bird. having
a low. e]rectile crest Of feathers and
But, pa, they can fly, ant theys"
Certainly, my boy. They are noted,
too, for their propensity to chatter. and,
for instance, to ask foolish questions"
The frown deepened as the boy went on:
But how can they fly, pa, without any
wingsY"
My son, l think heard your ma call
ing you a few moments ago.
Yes, pa. Pm going, only as / heard you
tell ma last night that our new minister
was II regular jay. | just wanted to come
in here and ace whether he could hy. Say,
mister, to the astonished ~clergymag, you
amt got any feathers, have yous'
There was a sudden rush on the pnrt Of
the i%ndulgent parent. followed by the sud
den disappearance Of the youthful iuquisi-
tor. Then came a series Of discordant
bowls from the hall beyond.
My dear sir observed the parent upon
entering the room, while 1 admit that l am
Kin and indulgent pHrcnt-whyf"-
At this point the front door was heard
to slam violently. The minister had dis
appeared, and now Mr.. Easyman Is talking
about renting a pew in another church,
New York Herald.
, 1891-05-08

Whoever would get or ia 1t.siness.n re-
marked the banker, must advertise him
self by good deeds in Ibis philauthropic
age The other day a well grown darby
newsbpy had stationed himself in Fifteenth
street, and was trying 10 sell his New York
papers. The crowd rushed 10y him without
stopping until he swooped down upon a
fresh banana peel that lay on the side
walk.
wow jes' yo' all look at me pickin' up
thes yer ~hannanner skin to save yo' all
from fallin' down and breakin' yo' haids.'
shouted he, swinging his dangerous trophy
around his demoralized hat.
The crowd smiled at his naive self
praise, stopped-and bought his papers.
After all they had seen the same methods
used by vaster business conccrns-in fact.
by the very journals which the boy was
selling"
That's a pretty good illustration till the
sequel is told, " answered the cynic dryly.
Il witnessed the incident myself. l also
staid in the neighborhovd to see what the
boy would do after the crowd had scat
tered"
He manifested a great deal OF delight, /
suppose, at the profits of his enterpriseY"
He did indeed. Three minutes later he
hid bought out the stock of another news
boy, laid "a second banana peel in the place
OF the first, and was waiting for the crowd
to get thick enough again for a successful
encore Kate Fields Washington.
, 1891-05-08
AN AZTEC SACRIFICE.

One Horrible scene Of Many In Mexico
m the Days Of the AontsEumas.
Fity-two years constituted the Aztec
cycle. To this cycle was added a compile
ment Of thirteen days, intended to make
the solar and civil years agree. Il was be-
lieyed that the world would come to an end
on the last night OF u cycle. and that the
gods, II merciful, would light their fires on
the distant mountains. II the world did
not come To an end the Aztecs congratu-
lated themselves that il would survive an
other cycle. and the thirteen compliment
airy days were passed with feasts. sacrifices
and bacchhnals.
In the temple Of H"uitziIipochtIi there
was to be a gladiatoriAl combat, which
was nothing less than a sacrifice. The six
ministers Of the ceremony were at hand
Topiltziu. the chief among them, clad in a
crimsOn vestment, with = crown Of vari-
colorsl feathers, was performing the
duties that preceded IA sacrifice to the god,
and the others, with white robes bordered
with black, their faces hideous with som
Der pigment and mouths painted white,
assisted him. A crowd filed the stone
walls Of the temple TO witness the specta-
Gle, surging with Impotence about the
temalcatl Tor round, stone platform, eight
feet highl where the combat was to take
place.
Tn victim, a prisoner uf war, Il brought
in Armed with only-a short spear aud
shield, he IS placed upon the temalcatl, tied
by one foot and confronted by an Aztec
warrior fully armed. The fiat ~nostrils OF
the victim are distended, his black eyes
burn with desperation; his coarse, black
hair struggled about his face, and his
thick, purple lips culver as he views the
well armed soldier before him.
At a word they fall to the fray. The
spears clash and they fight like demons
the victim with the desperation Of certain
death. the soldier to uphold his vnlor
among his comrades.
Suddenly, realizing how unequal the
contest, and that his fate Is sealed what
ever the outcome OF that battle, the pris-
oner throws away his shield and spear and
presents his breast to the soldiers weapon.
a pause, n blow, and the victim falls
heavily TO the stone.
In a trice the priests, with frpnzied
shouts and hair streaming about their de
mnniacal fnces are upon the temalcatl, and
have borne the dying man to a block OF
green jasper, On whose convex surface
they throw him. This is the sncrifcisl
stone, and Toplitzin, who now takes the
name Of the god to whom he sacrifices,
opens the breast Of his victim, tears out his
heart and offers IL, still palpitating. to the
sun.
Then the bleeding trophy is placed in che
hollow mouth Of the idol Huitzilipochtli,
and the lips OF the statue daubed with
blood. The dead man Is decapitated and
his head deposited in the Tzompatli, an os-
suary where the skulls Of sacrificed pris-
oners Of war are set into the walls. The
soldier claims the body for his own, and
bears it away for the dedication Of him
self and his anthropophngical comrades.
The Aztec annals that come down to US
are glutted with scenes ike this Detroit
Free Press
, 1891-05-08

There are as many kinds of bananas as
there are kinds Of apples-medium sized
ones, such as we see in the north; big ones
a foot long; thick ones, almost like small
muskmelons, and little ones only three or
four inches in length. When you visit a
fruit stand l fear you are likely to select
the biggest and handsomest bananas YOU
see, and there is just where you make a
mistake. The smallest bananas are in
nearly all cases the sweetest and juciest,
the tiny fig" banana being the best of all.
The rind should be thin, and there should
be no ridges or corners on it. The larger
the ridges the coarser the fruit.
The plantain, which is the very coarsest
kind Of banana, has enormous ridges. This
species Il not fit to eat without being
cooked, but when boiled or baked or fried
it is delicious. Any coarse b~auana-that
is, one having a thick rind with large
ridges-is good for cooking. All bananas
contain starch while green, which upon
ripening is changed by natures wonderful
chemistry into sugar.-C. De Kalb in Har.
per's Young People.
, 1891-05-08

Parties travel along our shore setting
traps for cells at the mouths of brooks.
above salt water. These consist of a roomy
box Of Stats with an nc~onspicuous en-
trance. The squirmers 20 in and stav in
TIL they are taken u Other parties set
pots near the head Of the tide. These are
small editions Of lobster traps in some re-
spects, In the end is a tunnel shaped en-
trance very easy to get into. This entrance
is rendered still more effective sometimes
by a continuation in the shape of a stock
Ing leg, and 1 have seen sharp brads driven
In so as to impale the victim should he poke
his head out the door. These trans are
sunk to the bottom with a line and a buoy
attached. Horseshoe crabs are considered
the best bait for eels. In the fall thew
pass up into rivers and ponds, sometimes
in great numbers, and always in the dark
est nights; then the boys are on deck with
Kaffs.
Their winter home is in the slimiest
u Some bed in salt mud, others in the
rivers. At Goose river is a spot where cells
are always found just as soon as ice forms.
Strangely enough it is said to be a ledge.
By quick work a bushel Is sometimes
speared out in a few minutes. Spearing is
to me the most satisfactory method Of fish
ing for them. An eel spear is built like
N~eptune's trident, with a wooden handle
Twelve 70 twenty feet long. With IL the
fisherman repairs to the river, if in tide
water, at low water. In the fall a boat is
used. In the winter the ice is cut in a
semicircle, then with one clip the project
ing tongue is cut off and pushed under.
Now the podging begins. The spear is
laobed in the mud gently; if it meets re-
sistance when pulled out the fisherman
yanks it out like lightning and shakes the
wiggler of on the ice. Sometimes three
or four come out at once.
Very often in this vicinity, near the
wharf and ship yard, an iron bolt, a tree
nail hoop skirt, stove funnel, bag of kit
tens, piece of rigging, gold watch or some
other tritie is hauled out, and by Christmas
time the ice is covered with trash. Eels
move about some in the mud. for some.
times they are caught where none was to
be found the day before -G. w. Singer in
Lewiston Journal.
, 1891-05-08

Last week three wild boars were shot
in the queens swine garden in Windsor
great park, Of which two were for her
majesty, and the other was sent to the
Prince of Wales. Wild boar wa first
served at the royal table during the reign
of George ", who wa very fond of it.
John Wilson Croker records that when
he was staying with the king at the Pa
vilion in January, 1922, his majesty
made us all eat some roast wild boar
from Hanover, which was very good, like
pork with a game flavor. Mr.. Croker,
ON being asked by the king what he
thought of it," replied, 1T is to pork
what pheasant is to fowl" whereupon his
majesty observed that nothing is 30
good as a fowl; il they were as scarce as
pheasants, and pheasants a. plenty as
fowls, no n would eat a pheasant
London World.
, 1891-05-08

81 was surprised when | handed a
newsboy five cents and received four
coppers in return" said james $. Gates.
of San Francisco. They We're the first
one cent pieces | had seen in about seven
years. We don't have any pennies on
the Pacific coast. Nothing is cheaper
h five cents, and you never hear of an
article there selling for 10, 81, 90 or 90
cents. The change couldn't be made if
the shopkeepers did want to sell things
for such prices. When l return to Cali
tornia l intend to take back Il lot of one
and two cent pieces as ~curiosities. 1t
was not until recently hat uicltels be-
gan to look familiar with the Califor-
MAN. Three years ago, l believe, was the
first time any five cent pieces reached
San Francisco. Chicago Tribune.
, 1891-05-08

Reporters sometimes report speeches
they do not hear, n bad work they make
of it. An enthusiastic Irishman was once
hoaxed by a wag into reporting "A speech in
parliament by Edmund Burke on the mer.
its of the potato as an article of diet. The
wag repeated the speech apparently from
his notes, n the reporter, never doubling
his good faith, handed in a report. The
next morning all London was laughing
over the speech, which made Mr.. Burke at
tribute the superior virtue of the Irish PEG
pie to the fact that they eat so many pota-
toes.
Another reporter Jared better who made
up a speech from his own imagination. 1t
was a bold act, for the speech was from
the throne. George III being the monarch.
The ministers were indignant at his i'm
pudence, and were eager to punish him
with the severest penalties IF the law.
But the good natured monarch i~nterposed,
with a quiet joke at the expense Of the
minister who had prepared the speech read
by the king. 81 hope the mans punish
ment will be of the mildest sort" said
King George, because L have read both,
and so far as l can understand either of
them, l like the reporters speech better
h a my own."-New York World.
, 1891-05-08

In one Of Bret Harte's clever parodies OF
the French he tells a story Ia words some
thing like these: Three gHmins were play.
ing in the streets OF Paris. a priest passed
by. There goes a priest, ~ cried one; "look
out for your cggs and your chickensp'
Then the priest, hearing the words, knelt
down and prayed for the boys But upon
reelection he was convinced that IL was not
the fault Of the boys, but Of their parents.
He kuel down the second time and prayed
for the boys parents, On another thought
he saw that It was not the fault Of the
boys parents, but of society. lie knelt
down again and prayed for society. As he
rose from his prayer he said to himself:
My friend, who is society You and | are
society So he knelt down the last time
and prayed for himself-San Francisco
Argonnut.
, 1891-05-08
THRENoDY

Watching here alone by the FIRE vh-reat last ,ar
Sat with me the friend that a week since yet vas
near.
That a week has borne so far and hid 20 deep
Voc am ! that I may not weep
May not yeaFu 70 behold him here
Shame were mine, and Little the lore I bore him
were.
Nov TO mourn that better be fares than love may
fare
Which desires and would no, have indeed Its
Would not love him so vors. than d.
would not cIoth- him again with care.
Yet can love not choose hut remember. hearts
but ache,
Eyes but darkaH. only for one vain thoughts poor
sake,
For the thgusnt that by this hsarth's now
lonely side
Two fast friends on The day he died.
Looked once more for his hand 10 take.
Let thy soul forgive them. and pardon heal the
sin.
Though their hearts b. heavy 10 think What then
had been,
The delight that never while they live may be-
Loves communion OF sp-sch with thee.
Soul and speech with the soul therein.
Omy friend, O brother. a glory ysIl-d and married!
Never love made moan for a life mors evil starred
WAs IL envy, chance, or chance compelling fate,
Whence thy spirit was BRUISED 50 late.
Bowed 50 heavily, bound 10 hari'
Now released. It r1ay be-If only lows might
know
Pulled and fired with sight, it b-holds US blind and
low
Win a pity ke-uer yet, IL that may he.
Even than ever was this that we
Felt when love OF thes wrought us woe.
None may tell the depths aud the heights Of lfs
and death.
what We may we give hes: a word that sorrow
saith,
And that none will heed save sorrow. scarce a
song
All We may, who have loved thee long,
Take. the lest we can give il breath.
-Swtnburns la AtheuHum
, 1891-05-08

Lord Henry de Ros was once said to be
one of the best whist players in England.
Subsequently, however, it was discovered
that he was in the habit of aiding his skill
by marking with his nail the high honors
of the pack, SO that he might observe to
whom they were dealt. During the scan
dial that followed this discovery a fop who
had never been admitted to his ~acquaint-
ance drawled out, II would leave my card
at his house, but fear he would mark ii. -
THAT would depend, - remarked a gentle,
man present, ION whether he considered it
a high honor" De Ros did not long sur.
yive the disgraceful exposure, and Theo-
dore Hook is said toLhAxe -embalmed his
memory in the following punning epitaph:
Here lies the premier baron Of England,
patiently awaiting his last trump."-San
Francisco Argonaut.
, 1891-05-08

"Beggars' lice" or ticks" as they are
called, which stick TO the clothes of every
one who saunters in the woods, are thought
TO be a sure cure for a short memory. A
tea made OF the ticks will make facts stick
to the mind, and what is more, If admins.
tered to your sweetheart IL will fix her
affections upon you. II one would be a
good singer let him drink a tea made of
crlckets' for has not the cricket "A pleasant
voice, and does be not sing merrily all day
long?
So on through the whole list. Childish
enough such fancies may seem to us, but
they ere real 70 the Indian. Moreover,
such notions constitute the first crude
conceptions which ultimately ripen into
the more scientific medicine OF today
Youths Companion.
, 1891-05-08

DIR. Ludwig schreiner, of Stuttgart, has
brought forward a new bleaching agent
which he calls ozonin. 1t is prepared by
dissolving ~ parts Of hydrate of potash in
1865 parts Of water, 10 which 1916 parts of
resin are added after boiling the solution.
To this mixture are added first $50 parts
oil of t~urpentine, and then l266 parts per
oxide of hydrogen. The product thus OBJ
tanned is %ozonin, a bleaching agent more
powerful than either turpentine or perox-
ide of hydrogen alone. DIR. Schreiner
says that a solution of one part of ozonin
in 1000 parts of water will form n power
full textile bleach, and that the solution
also has disinfecting and antiseptic proper
ties of vRlue.-Boston Transcript.
, 1891-05-08

1t Is more usualin social notes to put the
address at the head Of your note. and the
date at the conclusion. 1t is courteous for
a man writing to a woman, whose hus,
band he does not know, to address the let.
ter To the husband for the wife. Do not
use the form Mrs. Smith, care Mr..
smith \ very convenient and now
quite usual custom is to your
note on the fourth page, and continue to
the third, second aud frs. The woman
leaves a card upon you only, while her
husbands cards are intended one for Won
and one for your husband. On returning
cards for yourself and your husband. OF
course you will follow the same rule
Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-05-08

In newspaper articles on the necessity Of
early organization and needful improve
ments In the national army and navy the
address % Sir Charles Dixie before the
Royal Statistical society OF England has
been frequently referred TO. Among other
cogent remarks mad by the speaker was
one to the effect bat the total failure OF
the French in 1870 to obtain even a momen
tary success with an army Of splendid cour-
age and perfect training drew the moral
that, whatever the peace expenditure. war
cannot be commenced with u fair chance
OF winning by a nation which waits until
war to make her organization perfect -
New York Commercial Advertiser