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LaafeS underwear Department.
pleteiy. There is great choice offered to
customers, and customers are allowed to
exchange goods purchased fII-advfsedIy or
hurriedly-a iberality which is quite out
side the business ideas Of the small Paris
tradesman. The power Of purchasing many
different things under one roof, without
running here and there across the city, is
Also vast economy of time and money
On their side. these establishments can az
ford to sell cheaply because their general
expenses are so reduced by being Jumped
together. This has even been brought up In
politics as a reason why they should be
taxed more than the smaller shops, in pro-
portion. whose proprietors are regularly for
hidden by their leases to handle anything
but their own special line of m erehandise.
Sliding Price Scale.
Whatever may be said of all this, 1t is
certain that the big shops have revolu-
ttonfzed all the habits of buying and SELL
ing in France. Up to 1880 everything went
by barter, and there was no fixed price.
Traces of this practice are still found in the
small shops around Paris, where the price
first asked has very little to do with what
will be accepted. II you are evidently a
foreigner, and especially If you are accom-
panied by man who looks like a commits
sionaire, or a guide, or a lady of the land OF
France. whose sharp and hungry looks pro-
clsims her to be on the make while showing
you about. the prices charged viii be higher
than IL you were alone. This is the Paris
shopkeeper's way of recovering the COM
mission which he expects your companion
to come back and collect when You are
safely out of the way. 1t Is a regular meth
cd of the small Paris shops to mark up the
price of articles which remain long on their
hands. as IL were, to recover interest on the
capital invested This is called "gueIt" ing.
1t IL Claimed that, even in the big shops,
each department has its damaged or im per-
feet or worn goods, on whose adroit sale
the clerk Is allowed an extra commission.
But. In general. the big shops have brought
Into France the ''one-price system"
This was begun n little before 1880 by La
Belle Jardiniere, which Is still one of the
seven biggest shops. and owns three of the
others. 1t Is still in the hands of the fam
ny that made this great change In French
commerce. Belle Jardiniere" means the
Beautiful Garden Girl: II is a sample of the
names which the French have always been
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will get into the harness before many years
and make a whole team. Now that they
have their own land they realize more fully
that their living must come from it, that
their eating will be in proportion to their
work. If it was reversed and their work
was in proportion to their eating 1t would
be immense" Besides these inducements,
the Indians have before them at all times
who raise every year nearly half a million
bushels oflwheat under their noses.
Sold to the Government.
The New York Indians are taking up
agriculture NOW, having been through a
farming experience. The st. Regis Indians,
about 2,OOQ in number, derive revenue OF
$4,000 a year from the sale of Indian bas-
kets. The Indians at the Neah Bay agency
In Washington devote themselves entirely to
1sllng, and make $4,000 by that work.
But, as rule, the chief revenue % the In
dian tribes is derived from the sale of iUm-
Der and agricultural products and from
freighting. Much Of their produce is sold to
the government. The Sioux Indians OF
South Dakota sell more than 100000 worth
of wheat, corn, oats and barley to the gov
eminent in year: the Sioux of North
Dakota sell $4,000 worth to The govern
ment This is in addition to the 10000
worth of produce sold to outsiders. The
MoJave Yuma and Apache Indians at the
San Carlos agency in Arizona sell 10000
worth of goods, chiefly agricultural, to the
government, and $4,000 worth to outsiders.
Other work is found for the Indians in the
making of roads (of which they will make
25O miles in year,, the running Of saw
mills and -four Mills and the erection CT
agency buildings. But the occupation in
which the industrial salvation Of tie Indian
Is to be found is agriculture: and to foster
development in this direction the govern
lnent Is assisting to irrfgate the Indian
lands and is issuing moving machines and
other implements which will help the Indian
TO be farmer instead Of a loafer.
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THE WAY TO REST.
A Change of Occupation is the Very
best Sort of Reposc.

n ChanEe OF Occupation is the very
Best Sort of Reposc.
From the New York Times
Rest is change, not idleness When men
quit work and start to do nothing thew
either get into mischief or go daft. The
summer resorts are filled with miserable
women who do nothing but sit around dress
up, eat and sleep. They get no sympathy
but deserve a great deal. To map out a
plan of resting is as difficult as to arrange
a summer menu-it is all a matter of in
dividuality; the cook calls it taste, and the
physician temperament. A small boy will
go off with his dog, lie in the grass and be as
happy as harlequin; his father will sit on
the string piece or the nearest pier and fish
or smoke himself into a mellow frame of
mind.
One reason why so few women succeed in
getting rested is because they get too thor
oughy ready. Order Is heavens first law
but 1t Is helpful and wholesome scheme to
drop out of order without any fuss once in
a while. Baking day, ironing day, sweeping
day and kindred days of torture might be
skipped twice month or oftener If the
mercury is cavorting round the head of the
column. Let the family eat crackers and
wear crinkled clothes for a change 1t will
be all the same In hundred years.
There is no rest in rocking chafr-belieye
that, woman. girl! The abomination on
rollers is conducive to round shoulders bad
thfnkfng,i Mysteries, nerves, hollow backs
and dislcSated stomachs. The doctors say
SO, the Delsarte teachers say So and the
proofs speak for themselves
Get on b couch and go to sleep IL you are
tired" Sargent, Savage and the rest Of the
physical trainers say, and when you wake
up do something" The most restful occu-
patton, these athletic physicians agree is
the one thatdeXercises the mind most and
the body least. Mental supremacy is all
conquering. THAT is why book lovers,
dreamers and hobby horse riders have their
own roads to happiness. a love of reading
is one degree lower than the musicians
paradise. THE restfulness to be found in
books-"the only things that live forever
is freXhaustibfe
The late William Walter Phelps speaking
to some German ladies about the various
resources, of dis countrymen, once said that
the Salvation of the men and women he
knew best and admired most was their
fads." He then went on to enumerate the
studies his associates had prosecuted ever
since their college days. the club schemes
of the ladies, and the pleasure profit and
rest he had got out of a German grammar
and work on horticulture Instead Of a
change of physical action he advocated
novelties for the mind.
Sit not idly resting, saith the psalmfst
Women think they think, whereas the mind
often consumes itself brooding grieving
fretting over petty troubles TO this in
sidious habit needle work lends its baneful
influence. When 1t is too hot to be diligent
find rest in being desultory.
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by a central organization and receive their
share OF the profits at the end OF the year.
Until then, the great shops certainly rep
resent the use of capital pushed to It's ex-
IRENE. French politicians have worried
their heads about the matter, and the par
lament has quarreied about the special
taxes to be imposed on these big shops
which eat up the little ones.
The great objection against these grands
masasins, according to Cucheval- Clarisny.
. member Of the Institute Of France, Is that
they embrace at one and the same time so
many branches OF commerce that they ex-
tend their business operations beyond all
bounds. and make life impossible to the lit
tie shops. which are unable to hold out In
Do unequal a struggle" 1t is admitted that
the great shops are victorious in the strug-
gle only because they are profitable to the
general public, whose interest they serve
and whose taste they satisfy more COM
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The High Rate Of Deaths of Pupils.
ms Compared With That Of London.

The High Rate Of Deaths of Pupils.
ms Compared With That Of London.
From the Independent.
census of Boston, the average annual popu-
lation Of the city between five and fifteen
for the years 1SS5-90 was 1000 in round
numbers; ana, according to the registration
reports, the average annual number of
deaths OF Boston children Give to fffteea)
was AL. During 1SS5-'90. according to the
school census returns, the number of chill
dren give to ffteen) In the public schools of
Boston was 16.S per cent on the average of
the whole number of such children in the
city. Had Boston's death rate been as low
as that of Derlin-viz., As per loo children
of five to fifteen-only BAL deaths of this
class would have been registered annually.
a saving of 100 lives; while a death rate of
S.9. as in London, would have called for the
registration Of only pa such deaths. an
average annual saving of 1914 lives during
lSSo-p. In other words, Boston threw
away $50 children Of school age, on the
average, during each of the six years in
question, judged by the Berlin standard:
while, according to .he London standard
the average annual needless loss amounted
to 194 children's lives, Of which number "a
per cent. or 149, belonged to public school
children. During the period in question
Boston spent s21.53 annually on the average
for every child belonging to its public
schools exclusive OF expenditures on new
buildings. etc), which sum. multiplied by
149. gives us A.10l.97 as the amount of
taxpayers cash annually thrown away on
children who die because they are Boston,
ians rather than Londoners, while the total
loss, computing the money value of l49
school children at s41s41 each. would he
S5,3s5. or about per cent of the annual
running expenses OF the Boston schools in
1SS5-'9O.
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CREEDON TALKS.
THE STURDY AUSTRALIANry fRlNH
CONDITION FOR HIS CONTEST
WITH FITZSIMM0NS.

He Tells Something OF His Inner LiSe--
Makes no Secret OF the Means He Employs
On keep I'm shspe-His Manager does noe
Believe I'm Doctors.
From the ST. Louis, No., Ctronicie.)
As September 2s, the date set for the saM
battle between Dan Creedon and Bob Fitzsim.
mons, grows nearer its uncertainty grows
greater and the interest OF the sporting world
increases. While Fitzsimmons will no doubs
be hot favorise in the betting, yet the truth Of
the matter is. that but very few have got a true
line on Creedon. While the wise men of the
ring who have come I'm touch with him are
saying but little out loud, 1t is q well-known
fact that Fitzsimmons followers are finding in
q quiet way all the Creedon money they want
Personally Fitzsimmons has always believed
that Creedon was easy game. But then, Cree
don has improved almost beyond belief since
he came to this country. The instruction be
received while helping to train Corbett for the
Mitchell fight did him no end of good, whiiS
his method OF living and manner of taking
care Of himself has greatly improved his con.
dition.
Some time ago II was reported that Creedou
was a victim of muscular rheumatism and THAI
his days a fighter had passed. This has no
doubt taken many OF the sporting fraternity
over to the Fitzsimmons side.
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FOND of giving to their shops. AUX Bon
heur des Enfants' CAT the Happiness Of
Children) Is the name Of a great toy shop.
THE Blue Dwarf is another. Au Bonheur
des Danes lat the Happiness of Ladies)
was the fancy name chosen by lola for his
great book on the big shops. So houses
which make a speciality of mourning goods
have nournful resigned hopeful or SYM
bollical names, such as lie Cypress CThe
Cypress). La Scabeuse" "a little flower
which the people strew on graves) Les
and lie Sabler'' dhe Hour GLASS;. Five Of
the seven great shops have fancifuf names
the Grands Magasins du Louvre manned
from It's location opposite the palace, the
temps" (spring), La Samaritaine" (named
from the first public bath built in the river
Seine In the time of Henry ", which In
turn was named from the Samaritan
woman at the weld, and the Belle Jar
diniere. already spoken of. The two re-
manning great shops have plain names-"A
la Place Clichy. which refers to its loca-
ton in the city. and La Menagere" (the
Housekeeper), which simply indicates its
line of trade
Commissions to Clerks.
With the abolition of barter and the con-
tnuation Of fancy rames. these great shops
have created new career for those who
might otherwise have been each at the
head OF his own little property. In the
new system each clerk is not without in
terest to sell the articles On his shelf For
the CT stomers the price is fixed. but the
clerk gets his commission on each sale
This varies according to the kind of goods
and the demand that exists for them, so
Is to put all the clerks on an equal foot
ing. Thus the one who sells silk has per
cent. while per cent is given to the seller
Of linen. II may sometimes happen that
The one who gives out dollar slippers for
IN hour together receives but cents.
while in the Same time he oan see the one
Who presidss over marriage trousseaux
Mated with his 81 commissions from a sim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
The Origin of Forest Fires.

writer in the New York Herald gives
an interesting suggestion about the origin
in forest fires. IAN this talk" he says,
about passing through the tail of Biela'
comet Is poppycock.
Il have seen forest fires. though never
one so terrible as this last one In the north
west. Let ms give you a plausible theory
to explain those sheets Of fame. balls Of
fire. and explosions In the air away from
any inflammable material.
Those pine forests contain a vast guam
tfty Of turpentfne, resinous gums and VIOLA
tile oils. The intense heat distills those oils
-volatilizes them. The want of oxygen
prevents immediate explosion. and they are
carried by the cyclone in advance of the
fire. and explode as soon as they get suffl-
Client oxygen. As they explode they light
new fires. new gases are produced. and the
% me process repeated. This process Is re-
inforced by showers Of sparks and burning
brands, and the hell-like holocaust proceeds
with the velocity of the wind"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
HOW WE WALK.
The Muscles Used and the Mechanical
Work They Do.


From the London Hospital.
The chief muscles concerned in walking
are these in the calf and back of leg,
which, by pulling up the heel, also pull up
the bones Of the foot connected with it.
and then the whole body, the weight of
which is passed on through the bones of
the leg. When walking, the trunk is thrown
forward so that it would fall down pros
trate were not the right foot planted in
time to support 1t. The calf muscles are
helped in this action by those on the front
Of the trunk and legs, which contract and
pull the body forward. and the trunk slant
ing forward when the heel Is raised by the
calf muscles, the whole body will be raised
and pushed forward and upward. This adj
yancement Of each leg is effected partly by
muscular action, the muscles used being "a
those on the front Of the thigh. bending 1t
forward on the pelvis; 2) the hamstring
muscles, which slightly bend the leg on the
thigh; 90 the muscles on the front Of the
leg, which raise the front Of the foot and
toes, preventing the latter, in swinging for
ward, from hitching in the ground.
When one foot has reached the ground
the action Of the other has Tot ceased.
There Is another point in walking. The
body Is constantly supported and balanced
on each leg alternately. and, therefore, on
some means for throwing the center Of
gravity over the line of support formed by
the boEes of each leg. as 1t supports the
weight of the body. This is done in vari-
GUS ways, and hence the difference in the
walk of different people. There may be
slight rotation at the hip joint bringing the
center Of gravity Of the body over the foot
Of this side. This rocking motion of the
trunk and thigh is accompanied by a move
ment of the whole trunk and leg over the
foot planted on the ground, and is accom-
panied by a compensating outward move
ment at the hip. The body rises and swings
alternately from one side to the other as
Its center of gravity comes alternately over
one or the other leg, and the curvature Of
the spinal bones is altered with the varying
position Of the weight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15

n fAhlS The BIZ
shops are eating up
the little ones. The
socialists say that
they are preparing
the way for the great
revolution, when the
state shall handle all
capital and run every
business. For in these
great shops the count
less employees, who.
otherwise. would be
selling on their own
aroonpt ara dtro~ta1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
Almost a Dare.
Ernm Lila


Jaggs-'How did you ever dare to en-
brace Miss Boston,"
Naggs-"She was speaking Of bantitti
that night as We drove through the strip of
woods by the river and remarked. ..What a
romantic place to be held up
Jaggs-"Yes?"
Naggs-"Well, / held her up."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
JONES OF NEVADA
The Ups and Downs in a Life of
Stirring Adventure.
how HE MADE And LOST FORTUNES
One OF the BONANZA Kings of the
Western Coast.
n OW A POP U LIS T
how HE MADE AND LOST FORTUNES
N w A POP U L 1 S T
Written for The Evening Star.
"SHE HERO OF THE

-
recent political SEN
sation, John P. Jones
of Nevada, is the
most picturesque 6g-
ure in the United
States Senate today.
There have been 9TH
ers who have risen
to wealth and polit-
zeal cmincnce from
very small begin
nings, but none of
them look back on so
vro vfa-1 ond cancat fnn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15

khA1 Ah EINlSAN In
iian has become SO
far subdued and CIV
ilized that the Sec
rotary of War re-
Gently thought it
safe to order a con-
eentration of govern
ment troops near the
great railroad CEN
tars, stating that the
presence of SO many
was no longer need
ed on the frontier.
The United States
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1t Proved Nothing.
From Life.

From Life.
Whilst never can get an Enslishman
to laugh at my jokes
Wallace-"But that's no sign there is any
point In them"
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The Big Shops of Paris and Their
Management,
GLOVES ARE SOLD AT A GREAT Loss
The System Of Commissions ard
Profit-Sharing With Clerks.
TEMPTATIONS TO STEAL

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
PARIS. September 1, 1874.
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gle sale. But this does not happen every
day, and in the long run things are sup
posed to equaltze themselves. Not alone at
the Bon Marche, but also at the Louvre
and some of the other big shops, clerks
who remain long enough in their employ
are affiliated to the house and share in the
pronts OF the company at the end Of the
year, besides receiving their commissions,
salaries and meals. All clerks who remain
regularly employed. year in and year out,
by a house receive their two meals a day,
including wine. The salaries of the great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-15
Only About Twenty-Five Per Cent
Receive Government Rations,
THEY HAVE LEARNED TO LABOR
The Large Sums Which Some of
the Tribes Earn Yearly.
Z IL AN GING THEI HABITS

Written for The Evening STAG,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-16

IT will be learned with astonish-
ment that the famous public school
of London known as Christ's Hospi-
tai, in Newgate street, founded in
1852, and which carries upon its
rolls long list OF distinguished
names. is in sore financial straits and
perilously near ruin. The income Of
the school has steadily declined and
the number Of boys has fallen from
Zoo to I'll. Although distinct pro-
vision was made for the education Of
poor boys as well as girls, little or
nothing has been done in that
direction, and everything Is at a
standstill for want Of funds. This
condition of affairs seems to have
been the work of the Charity Com
missloners whose scheme, though
sanctioned by Parliament, has
wrought all this mischief first by re-
ducing the number of pupils and
second by completely upsetting the
finances.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-16

IT is amazing to find people occa-
sionally who seem densely ignorant OF
the very subject they have apparently
studied for a lifetime. We remem-
Der nothing quite so astounding as
some remarks lately made by Joseph
Arch, who for a third of a century
or more has been the champion Of
the agricultural laborers Of England.
Mr.. Arch might reasonably be ex
pected to know something of English
agriculture: but apparently he does
not. He denies that it has lost any
thing in the past twenty years. He
says that good farmers have made
money and lived better than they did
twenty years ago. He says American
competition Is all humbug, and that
the American farmer cannot compete
with the English farmer even in
wheat raising. II Mr.. Arch is cor
rect, everybody and everything else,
especially the statistics, must be
wrong. No fact has been so generally
conceded and deplored in England as
that wheat growing was Improbable,
and figures show that it has been
alarmingly on the decrease for years.
But MI. Arch says it is all bosh.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-08-16
SucccssfuI ANIMAL.

The peculiar brightness of Boston
children is established anew by a
story printed in the Journal. 1t con-
Germs girl twelve years old, whose
father told her just before the Fourth
of July that he could not afford to
buy any fireworks, but that she and
Willie would have to watch the other
children.
The small brother seemed quite re-
signed to the inevitable, and on the
morning of the Fourth marched
across the street to see the other boys
fire their topedoes.
The little girl was not so easily sat-
isfled. At first she could not believe
but that 1t Was joke, and hunted
all over the house for bundles which
might suggest firecrackers. At break
fast, however, when nothing was
said about fireworks, she became con
vinced that her father had really
meant what he said, and that she and
Willie we're to have no flrecrackers,
nor even bundle of torpedoes. Ali
at once she covered her face, burst
into tears, and said:
20 papa, what do you suppose Sam
uel Adams and George Washington
and John Adams and John Hancock
would say If they were alive?"
That was too much for the fond
father, who came home two hours
afterward loaded down with fire.
crackers, torpedoes, pinwheels, Ro-
man candles and what not.