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with a smile that stretched his mouth clear
tellers. SoohmSe; ofde feiiers on de- Bo;w'ry have
been a tryin' To guy me. One OF dem fell into a
rit me 10 Jile them BLOWN it in. An wen I tells
them | won't g., says |, one OF them says, Wen
ss xaS Minus Up " " Sh i6Sks ali qiy 10 HsS yer c1nE
they didn't git me ter go wild 'em. tells yer,
I'm happy IN THIS new way er livin' an yerfl all
"sihg my song for me, won't yer" said a
young girl. whose appearance bore the stamp OF
Gated condition lolled in a chair. ."Sing il.
Down in the valley. " she repeated. And every
body sang Down in the valley with my saviour
] Will 90; everywhere lie leadcth | will follow
on" while the girl nodded aud kept mutterIng;
The meeting over. a visit was made 10 several
Of The homes ~ the girls who rarely attend the
meetings. The third floor OF the building, the
first floor OF which the Rescue Band occupy, is
devoted 70 "A Chinese mission, which Is con-
Quoted by Miss Kate CLARK. Here the Chinese
receive ordinary Instruction on week days aud
religious teaching un sundays. At the top OF the
building tie negro h9ustkeeper lives. Her
boast a piano. Climbing TO the top of another
building, "A room II passed, the door OF which Is
ajar.. A glance obtained before the door Is
hastily shut reveals "A number OF cinnamon
seated about "A table, gambling. On a bunk In
the corner lies one, whose CHASTITY appearance
would Indicate that he l. dead, but the prOba-
bilities are that he Is Ina "a heavy opium stupnF.
Ipt~o more hishts 81 S,aiTs and a knock is
TUom. tie eldest ur whom cannot be over Is.
Two. attired In loose wrappers, lie cross wise on
a he'd. their heads supported by pillows placed
against the wall Between them l. a large tray,
containing all the necessary apparatus for
SMOKING opium. Each girl holds . long piDe.
Both are young aud gOOd-lookIng. They talk
unreserYediy.
"Oh. don't apologize" says one. Il was Just
as iGquls!iye as You are when ] first saw an
opium pipe" Then she uddrd significantly, as
~ "a warning. vas only % visitor then. tl0.'
1hrs D.. -,Dl-uat4TH! s. cApl-iEul the prnCrss
~ sIlaA ~ Sith dvIt lands dipping the point
Of . long wire into a botla 81 black stun, which
she said "a the unruOkcd opium, Size tWirled
10 dezLer0usly over tie nAne OF Tie Hlck which
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A DOYERS STREET MISSION.
WORK CONDUCTED By THE NEW
YORK. RESCUE BzND. o

women, Mes, and Boys Tell or Their Reels
nation r-oE the Degraded Life OF The
Quarter-Many or the Girls Came from
Respectable F~su,ines-Their Association
with the Chinese Sad Their Use OF 0pium
Just beyond the bend in Doyers street, In the
heart Of the Chinese quarter, is a long, low room
which each night, between the hours Of 10 and
IL o'clock, IL brilliantly lighted. At intervals
during these two hours a listener will hear the
familiar airs Of the Gospel hymns sung will
fervor, though at times slightly out Of tune and
rhythm. The room occupies the ground floor Of
No. II Of the narrow, winding street, which is
little better than an alleyway. and the singers
are for the most part the nameless outcast
women OF the street and the degraded men who
live in and about the region Of Chatham square,
or are habitual frequenters Of its dens Of
~tniquity. There is usually q sprinkling OF the
respectable poor who live near.
The meetings are conducted by the New York
Rescue Band, an association which devotes it.
self to trying to rescue the fallen women and
girls who wander through the streets of China
town and haunt the saloons. opium joints, and
dives. Between three and four hundred white
girls live within q radius Of three blocks on
Pell, Mott, and Doyers streets. The secretary
of the mission says that nearly all the girls have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16
CLASS u MEN.
BIeyeIIsts wis Ride for Billiard Tables aud
Piano Lamps, bat Never for Money.

Plano Lamps, bat Never for Money.
Surprise has often been expressed at the diff
Guilty which the bicycling authorities have with
Class Il men. At the bicycle show at Madison
Square Garden this particular class OF wheelmen
came In for a great deal of comment, and were
active in debating to the management. They
practically forced Referee PTial cut OF his posi-
tion, and it was easily demonstrated that the
Glass Il men could act promptly and vigorously
whenever they thought their rights were in any
sense iBfringed.
The reason for this Is that as a rule the class
h men are riders OF unusual intelligence. Most
OF them were formerly amateurs who rode for
love Of the sport but they gradually drIfted into
class b, or were placed there by the authorities
on account Of a leaning toward Professionalism.
Hence they are men Of rather more intelligence
than the ordinary professional hiCNClcra who
ride for a living. On the other hand, they are
fractions, and this Is uue in some measure 10
their somewhat anomalous Position iu The sport.
Class Is men may race for diamonds. CluckS.
melOdeOns. pianos, billiard table,. ar anything
elsr that occuFs 20 the inventive genius
OF the managers, aud the theory h. that thry
stock their homes full Of these tLllEs after they
have Won them. One class Is man. for instance,
announced with q smile that lie hal captured
twenty-elght piano lamps this year, and that lac
lived IN an sXlO room la FIfty-scyeuth street.
IMrrty-elght piano lamps would come near
hlllug his r1onI, nrcnrdiug to his uwn estimate.
or Cnurse the Cla-s B men promptly sell every
thing tLty Win. aud % practically they rlnr Tor
va, a clever scheme al tie time. but b. b. doubt
tul II II ALL last, a. ID is almost impossible 90
drag a hallway line bctWcen the aInateur aud
ths professional NJ any spyFL
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BETTER STOP FOR 4 FALSE.
An Interesting Object Lesson on a broad
way Gable Oar.

II a conductor Of = broadway car has the cons
troll over the Rripman implied by his title, citi-
gems are likely 70 find n new ally in their efforts
To force the grippIan to stop the cars when peO-
pie signal from crossings. Passengers near ths
rear and on the platform Of an uptown yellow
cable car last evening were surprised Just as the
car passed Reade street To hear and see a heavy
travelling bag which was thrlwa from he street
strike the conductors leg tust below the knee
and fall with a lang ~ the platform.
The next sounds to reach their ears were some
more or less familiar cXplcliYe- which would
deeply shock Judge Learned n sppkrn I'm tie
ElmIra RrfurmItury. The Sounds ended with .
question by The conductor u The lanky Jersey
man, who followed the bag ut % lHs~"T speed, as
To whether 10 would break I'd mans ly; tor tho
sake Of saving the couple Of minutes between
CuTS. Tie mosquito HtaahHF CTtFitl ont tgaL
lac guessed he would, amt li, drRwi AMI iutuua-
tlUa. together WITH I.r -'Utrt.ug ships. caused
the conductor tu bod an animated. II luDlt-anl,
conversation Wlth him for -eyerul L'nFkz.
The stranger thuu.h t lac like enough had =
right o. hoard a ear whlrI Triu,ed iu stop for
and muscle 90 pun hun on Tine conductor who
WAS a email man. !aukti az Iir, and, remark
iug. II ! was hIs cauv-h Xuyd ~ OIL a blC---d
hlrIt -uH4rr flJL yH4 HIa. 3d. went con tpVUl-
levt fares. But Ir Egr-nl his tjD;n for sums
tins, aud wien thr rtr- Ztr got on yauNed the
us! ris-p gs4, ally o L+rTy The car uu. But
W'ii thg ".!'En"wh g",Frr..'E 81 lnuqimate
catch cur .sy thgt t,ne- AMI ~" lauky man
slowly T,.,a~rl bag !~.a;"g.Us lu.d ola tHr hand
rail aad swung i"i prr'y ta'p Tie L.radway
Central Hotel.
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THE STORY OF THE IHUMBs.
A Young LADY of ObseryatIQu Says They
are Tell Tales or Disposition.

"If you will allow me tho IIibernicism." said
ayounG lady Of observation, IL would like you
to note for me that the true index finger is the
thumb. do not mean that from the length of
its pIalangcs you can find out whether there is
a blonde divinity or u brunette fate awaiting
You, or that from its spatulated or oval nail I
can tell whether you like pictures or horse
raccs-all that sort Of drEital cunJurinE | leave
to the palm n,y-tir.-tA. But what I do mean ia
that the thumb is n remarkable Indicator oil its
owners buiily amt mental Cp;td!np.
The newborn bnhc hold it, thUmbs in tho
palm. Of It's hands. Clcnch,d in IT, l,tl" fist.
and II j, only when the mind and body both rX-
Innd that IL takes It's thumbs out and holds
them up a. independent organs, WHAT deep
connection there may be- between tbI- mot and
our s!minn ancestry cannot spy. Let mothers
watch their clilldren's thumbs, and II they stick
out boldly IL IL an uuiaIling indicatiD4u OF good
health and aggressive disposition. whilsif they
have II Tendency to seek the shelter Of tie iin-
gers il means feeble health and sul-CrvieuJ will.
Just notice the thumbs Of Your friends.
tween their posture and the mans constitution
OF mind and body. The conditions are simplicity
Itself; the weak mans thumb IS weak and
pendant the strong mans thumb + strong and
erect, The parallclism Is so marked that YOU
can tell from a glance NJ a mans thumbs
whether he l. an aimle-s, thinker or a man who
carries his ideas. or somebody else's. iu'u action.
-" IL may be treachery 10 my sex, but / don't
y"n fellow To- marx well IT," tnISmSs u he
ladies of your choice. II the girls thumb, be it
right angles To- the hand well. the gray mars
viii need a bit, that's all; while II 1t lies Hat, or
druOps a little, you can count on marital sub
mission 10 The master mind. and that's the sort
of domestic paradise all you sons OF Adam are
looking for. Isn't II!
with the waning OF the powers Of frame and
brain pot comes the depression. | had almost
said the recession, of the thumb, and whether in
Benility or idiocy the thumb is always turned in
And then, when you turn your face "a the wall
and know no more summer heat nor winters
cold, those that stand about you and say; Well
Door old chap. hos gone AZ last vii! find that
you have tucked YOUR thumbs away n tho shell
ter of your hands, just Us you had them when
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UP AND Douv rowv WEATHER.
IL May Be Freezing in Central Park ass
Thnving In Park Row.

There Is quito n climatic difference between
up town and down town in New York. II 10
equally noticeable In summer and winter. A
man gets into the elevated train anywhcre
above Forty-second street on n sultry July
morning and has 10 fan himself with his hat to
get up a little circulation of dir, but II he gets
Off at any station below Chambers street.-the will
find that little breezy puffs meet him rs he
turns the corners; that there Ia quite
a current up and down the cross streets, and
that even when the wind blows directly
from the north there IL stnl a gentle
around the southern end OF the city. The ticket
choppers on the last two or three stations on the
elevated say that thCy have never known a
day whoa there wasn't ~ breeze blowing around
their perchcs from some quarter or other.
In winter, IL il often very much colder down
town than It is up town. and often the. uptown
quarter il. considerably the colder. When It is
in the park are covered. with ice thick enough
to carry n team. and when the roads ring like
town than down in the lower end OF the island.
In fact IL has been the experience OF business men
20 leave their houses with everything freezing
hard and to reach their Offices with a thaw in
tho 'trcets.
but when it is a blowy cold day, the business
sweeps up from the East Idvcrl s us fall Of razors
as a COlOred BARRIERS picnic; that which PUSHES
across from the Hudson il - kecnly vigorous
that II gets down into the inncrmust reCesses Of
your garments and seems To change your mar
row into ice cream; whtlc, that which ,pours in
buffeting force Of AN Atlantic gale.
On foggy days. too. tho air will be simply gray
will b. rolling in over the house tops like steam
and flling til streets with such n thick veil
that you would not be able to recognize a man
that owes you money on the opposite sidewalk.
OF course the varying width ~ the island. the
increasing distance from tEo, sea as one goes
ways Of the southern end ~ the island afford tho
explanation Of the mCtcor9lQsicei diycrsitlc.
noted, but that there should lc differences OF
climate IN y ew \ DTk Is Interesting anyhow.
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PLENTY or TIME 10 LOOK ON.
New York Not "a Busy That u Can't
MmIch IIttIe SIrceI InrIdenIa.

New York is undoubtedly a busy place. yet II
Is astonishing to find how many people In it
there are with time 10 watch the ordinary Incl
dents of street life. Business men rushing from
commission house 10 commission house will
stop 10 watch tho workmen on the electric sub
way fixing the rubber rims Of the Inspection
holes. Grave merchants Will pause on the way
% their Offices To- watrh the mid-Rir ascent OF a
safe, or the sexton, assistant moving grass in
Trinity churchyard. A car blockade of u few
minutes will cause the Gathering u an eager
crowd OF iuquiTyrs ON tOth sides Of the street;
and a boy ~ a ~ viii cause Il suspension Of
business until the ambulance carts him Ott.
During the last week eight men have been fur
ni,ling an example ui what may Dee accom-
plished By a simple division Of labor ON a new
building in FIuh avenue. No day has passed
without the work Of the eight men being
watched by from eighty tuclght hundred others.
The eight men were sending up flooring plauks
would draw a plank out Of a pile and slide il up
TO No. .. who stood uu tho sgCpud-stury window.
This man would haul in the plDuk until lac had
overcome the leverage ~ the lower end, when
he would tilt up thgt end until IL reached the
man in the third-story window. That man
would repeat the operation, aud So il went On
story window. In this way there was "a constant
line Of planks passing up the side NJ the build
ing, all going up with what looked like one con-
II certainly had "a snaky fascination for the
people on the street. The performance MAS
never given without AN 2dmiriuE. audl,nce, aud
Clerks Ia tho big publishing houses near hy
have deserted thsIT customers t. watch the
ground aud lofty tpmbla"E 81 the planks.
People darling across tho side streets have
paused On reaching the avenue as 10 spcllbuund
at sightuf tho siyatiy rise OF the long boards.
and ductuI- rgn.gItiue their lists ui ~lhtirut~
have laid down their papers nIa CrGu'd TIER
nerkE out of Cu.fr Windows 90 NEf. "a tie first
and last appearance % The stick 81 timber.
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of the long, narrow, whiteWashed room
which seats about $50. The place is usually
filled to its capacity. Colored prints OF Bible
scenes and festoons and wreaths OF colOred
tissue paper are on the walls. Several signs
announce: Testimonies limited TO five min
utes." A stove supplies the necessary heat. and
the seats are common wOaden chairs. A small
organ. sOnew hat wheezy In tone, stands on the
platform. which is divided from he main body
OF the room by a railing. A rude stand con-
structed as a pulpit desk holds a well-worn
Bible. But while there are, no carpets, cushions,
or stained-glass windows, the room is probably
more comfortable than many of tho cherries
places in which our Puritan forefathers woF-
shipped. Overhead is a Chinese restaurant, and
an occasional %clatter is heard, which, however,
creates no disturbance.
The meeting begins at 10 o'clock, About o
with life, a life the horror aud degradation Of
which can nsy.e be fully conceived unless seen
ana studied. ihu scene In the dinGy alleywAy is
ever changing, yet ever the same. But the
women Who wander here are not sttired in
IN s3ule oftLe upper parts OF town. Here the
Slothes are Tor Tie greater part shabby ana Did
fashioned. ana worn without regard % hT. The
eyes are, often bleared and the feet unsteady.
Here, the sport In loud-checked trousers,
nAshlng hecS scarf, anu mock gems takes the
place OF inc fl'h young men who wander under
the electric glare Of broadway. The champagne
drinking spendthrin is repre- sented by the mis-
heels, aud SOAKED in bad beer and worse rum.
One hE0re remains The same, that Of the blue
walls the circuit u lis bat. one 6y me repre-
sentatiyes Of this crowd begin 10 hle into the
room ~ The kcsCue Rand.
A member OF tho baud stands AZ the door
In the double capacity OF guard and vel
conner. Last wees the door guard was . re-
claimed woman whose history al varied one.
From the life of an actress she had entered the
priAe-hghting ring, ana then gone steadily on q
Gown grade. Now fur eight months she has
been al euectual worker M tie Band. She Gu
forced order lu a uesi-lNe manner when ueces-
rive, tLs ro'm L vel alieI' H. 4 L"iiesahie
that more Of The women than men are luLO1I-
catsI. Ald that tbs women IN this condition
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burned in the. glass Jar Of sweet oil. and
placing IL over the tiny hoie on the fiat bowl Of
the pipe turned the bowl over the flame and,
taking a dozen puffs, took the pipe from her
mouth and laughed as she said: There. that's
all there is TO it,
How many pipes do you smoke a day.
"'Oh, fifty don't affect me. smoke about q
dollars worth OF opium n day.
Have you been smoking lOngfm
About four years. But II is only the last
four months that | have got the yen-yen, which
means the opium habit. Before that ! only
smoked occasionally. but now ! can't get along
without II. It's all nonsense about people tell
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How +. rurEsy stopped a Trana,


OXFORD. Dec. : The east hound passenger
tram IN tie Lancaster. oxford and -8uIh,rn
|ltHIlr1ad ga stopped hr a turkey ben early fLi.
morning. As the engine Wa pufins lp gruir u
several turkry~ were THs-lluE DO front ui kl4VH
4 leL4tulL farm MANSION, lEy exhaust steam
from the stack Was ~ strong that % kupnkvi a
large turkey hen from her perch. In falling she
aligLt-d uu the toll rope and rang tie htll. In
gtto'r Spar stopping the 'rrtL- t'uduri"r
GrT-urh Nrut forward 10 80. wly the tram had
hruu rtuppri. sud discovered The TURKEY an the
pLHt form 81 tLv raE. HlflrE lu bee T~rrElHr -'y.r
AID breaking tile lrErv utA htrtuE lhrtra4H
rTsN hIHlrd Al th" iguirTuus nras ~ tur .IfIatInu
- the conductor tunsrd the legtldSrel bird %
and watched hrT running " the rOOsting Lss-
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MIS-. Garmaa'. Larse Mai.


f'S'i Wt ~ Af'" F"Nf HF"Fff""
URoHA m. I-r. 4 Mis- Matte Garmau.
living al kaurNlIlr. kAur CIuutt, uu has been
a cripple all hrr life, Be- receiving Iyt',r- uy The
wagon load daily, cont aiming cancelled postage
STAMPS, "a collection cot "Il.- -.. Ir M4ElHs ll
urlrr that EArmaY o." t.N,T. r.lHl u4d. al Iusti-
tutiuu having uI .r.H M. uaF l--tsargIHu 10 -hr
would collect L.u"u-. HH stamp tHTtHru4 Nlrr
taTmuH has received HraTll .,uuu.uuu stamp
alTpAiy. and her NAL Is morn .Hl-- % Las az
eragcd a. Least 10000 ivttsTa q dzy ioT gwssk "
more pazL
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-04-11
ConeernInE the ci,y.. neaI,h.

EDITOR JOURNAL MINER :-Availing myself of your courtesy, I send YOU the following letter, which, I trust may be of some benefit to vour readers
 During the last few days have visited certain districts of the city. in which have found all sorts and conditions of things. Some prem ises are we'll kept throughout, others on the exterior, and still others that are vile.
 But all portions show a willing ness to improve, and, in my opinion. there Is ample room for improve ment.
 One of the first things that I wish to call attention to, is the manner of constructing water closets, and offer a few suggestions on their treatment. I find the usual method Of constructing these places to be as follows: A hole is dug in the ground to depth suitable to the fancy of the builder, and then a house of some kind is erected over it. These vaults are built without considering their surrounding or the danger that may result from their proximi- ty to the we'll. Wells are the uni versal source of water supply for domestic purposes in this city, and. as a rule, 1 find both we'll and water closet on the back of the lot in the rear ot the buildings, and, in some
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-04-11
Mountain RaDg-.-

The origin of what is termed the American theory" of the formation of mountain ranges seems to be due to Professor le Comte. It is known as the contraction theory, which as- sumes that the earth was once an in- candescent ball, now cooling, a cool ness which compels yielding along it's lines of weakness. An interesting in- vestigation of the phenomenon of mountains has led to the opinion that they are born of sea margin deposits, observation showing that existing off, shore deposits are coarse at the top, shading down to that which is fine by the same law as that marked in the structure of mountains, but the enormous mountainous deposits would, it is argued, been possible only where there was corresponding sub sidence of sea bottom.
 That the earth sinks by loading and rises by unloading Is illustrated by the Colorado plateau. Originally 20,00o feet high, F, 900 feet have been removed by erosion which has caused the remaining $, 900 feet to rise above the general level. It is claimed to be proved that the eosmic behavior of the earth Is that of a rigid solid that as a solid globe of glass feet in diameter will change shape by the pressure of it's own weight the earth does the same. The earth, however, not being homogeneous, accounts for its radical contraction being in ridges New York Sun.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1894-04-11

Issa. This man came and speaking to Issa, said: Did you not claim 10 be King of Israel when you said the Lord of Heaven had sent you to prepare his peoplef" Issa, having blessed him. said: "You shall be forgiven. because what you say does not come from your heart. , Turning to the Governor, Issa said |: "Why humble your pride and teach your interiors to live in falsehood, since even without that you are able to condemn an innocent mani"
 At these words the Governor fell into rage and ordered the death of lssa, while he discharged the thieves. The Judges, having de- liberated, said to Pilate; We will not take upon ourselves the great sin of condemning this innocent man and absolving two thieves. The thing is contrary to our laws. Do, therefore, as you please
 Having thus spoken, the priests and wise men went out and washed their hands in a holy vessel, saying, We are innocent of the death of a just an"
 lssI and the thieves were cruel fled, but on the third day Issa's sep ulcher was open and empty.