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houses where the guests are constantly
going and coming, and seek particularly to
obtain a footing where the proprietor or
manager is known to lack energy. A house
Of this latter kind is doomed. Abandoned
to the rapacity of these fin de steele SER
wants, its guests are harried, brow-beaten,
insulted and intimidated into giving fees at
every turn. When the walters have work
ed 1t to the end when they have frightened
the public from its doors, they leave it to
its fate and transport their little industry
to some new field.
These abuses, which may be looked for
more or less in every European city, might
disappear if the hotel proprietors-who
often suffer heavily-were aided by the
travelling public. 1t Is the European public
who have invented tips, maintain them and
increase them yearly. For one economical
or high-principled traveller who gives moth
ing there are always five vino. though pro-
testing, dare not face the trouble which
they know lies before them as non-tippers.
AS consequence, the poor American on a
cheap trip is. frightened, panied and irri-
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ed at the impudence of the ouvreuse at the
Bouffes that he required to the subject
again and again in later conversations, res
marked to me that evening, as We sat eat
ing ices on the Boulevard, that what as
tonished him in France was the delightful
freedom of the streets from +loafers. Are
there no poor people?" he inquired, quite
puzzled. Certainly there are less poor
people because of tipping. The universal
Paris concierge constitutes the best ex-
ample of the workings of this indirect poor
rate 5y which the alms-house system
which does not exist in Francis obviated
In large degree.
The American tourist comes in touch
with the concierge, but scarcely realizes
his Importance in the social economy. The
three millions of natives in and around
Paris live nearly altogether in apartment
houses, under the French fiat system" as
we call it. Allowing an average of forty
people to each house there are 5000
houses in and abJu. Paris. Each has Its
CO ncierge. or janitor, who lives rent-free,
with small yearly salary from the owner.
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CHANGING SILVER INTO GOLD.
A Chemical Test Which Has No An
plicRtiOn to the 10 to I Theory.

IA
DlicatiOn to the 10 to 1 Theory.
From the Popular Science News.
Prof. Emmons, one Of the most skilled
metallurgfsts in the country, claims that
in the reduction of silver the molecules are
SO subdivided as to differ so materially
from that metal that they can no longer be
regarded as the same substance, but a new
one. and apparently the parent of both gold
and silver, or the raw material out of
which, by different arrangement of mole
cules, either gold or silver is constructed
Working on this theory, he finds that this
new metallic substance can be aggregated
into molecules of greater density than sill
yer, and precisely corresponding with gold
In color, in weight, 50 as to answer to every
test Of the United States mint as gold. In
fact, he says it is gold, though manufac-
tured from silver, of as much purity and
value as that ever obtained in any other
way. With further experiments on a large
scale he expects that the process of man
ufacturing gold from silver will be very
materially cheapened. At present he gets
about four ounces of gold from six of sill
yer. This would seem to indicate that the
present number of elements as well as our
chemistry of metals would have to be re-
vised, If Prof. Emmons is not mistaken in
his experiments.
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Is not a custom established solely for the
neecing OF Americans. Not one tourist in
tve nty frequents the Paris theaters, yet
the theatef tipping is the most offensive
fern of the habit. The Partisan takes a
cab for the theater. The legal fare is
thirty cents for the trip. He tips the cab
man five cents extra. He draws up to the
tfeater, and dirty. offcious boy or man
on the sidewalks hastens uHasked to open
his cab door. The Partisan tips him two
Goats. to get rid of him.
On the sidewalk he Is met by the volun-
teer program seller. And then. inside, the
ouvreuse claims him for her own. 1t is an
old lady dressed in black, an usher We
would call her. but with other duties-and
preroSatfves. Ordinarily she attends to tine
vestiaire, but there are many theaters with
separate cloak rooms, when the matter is
more complicated. For example last week
1 went to the Bouffes in company with an
American just landed. The cioak-room
woman hailed us as we entered on the
ground floor 1T Ia here" she said This
IS the place to put your coats and canes :"
we gave them to her. paid and took our
cheehs. Upstairs, on the first floor the
ouvreuse. before showing Us to our re-
served seats. said, You have no yest,a re p,
mo, 1t is downstairs" II hope at least >,
she she answered. then. that you will not for
give You nothing. 1 have paid the cloak
room lady for that service" And INV 1T
tie beneice:" she shifted. Indignantly
Snrah Bernhardt's Experience,
Sarah Bernhardt, several years ago. when
she assumed the proprietorship of the Rem
aissance attempted to abor sh the ouyreuse
She installed uniformed ushers. in the
American fashion, and put up notices tina,
no tips ought to be paid to them And We,
the Paris public, in whose interest size had
made the Innovation, rose against II snd
cred: Shame, Do you want to prevent a
few old ladies making their living? Do Won
want to take the bread out of their
ply In the remark
The same American who was SO astound-
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WHY SHE WAS ANGRY.
The Stcut Lady's Experience With a
~Penny-in-the-SlOt Machine.
Err @,o

The st"ut Lady's Experience With a
Penny-in-the-Slot Machine.
From the Boston Globe.
1t was noon at a qu,ck-lunch restaurant
and nearly every place was occupied by a
hungry individual. when a stout lady en-
tered. The only spot she saw vacant was
at the end of counter. and here there
stood penny-in-the-slot weighing machine
AS she was In a hurry, she concluded to
stand on the scales. after having satisfied
herself that they would not operate and re-
veal her weight unless she put in a coin
and this was far from her intentions.
She was short and plump. and the plat
form OF the scales brought her up to a very
convenient height at the counter. She or
dered her lunch. and. after looking around
at the dial of the machine to reassure her
self that she was not being weighed, she
Logan her gustatory enjoyment.
Just then two rather sporty chaps came
in. They noticed the woman on the scales
attractive figure-or. perhaps. one should
say, as well as-an attractive figure for the
latter certainly attracted attention from its
size.
- "ril bet you the dinners she weighs over
200" said one OF the sports.
Til go you" replied the other. but how
can We tell which wins? The machine isn't
working"
1. Here, boy" he added, speaking to a
youngster who was selling papers, you go
and put cent in the slot of that machine
with the woman on ii, and I'll give you a
dime"
Let's see yer dime" said the boy, with
worldly cautiousness.
There you are" and the sport put the
money In the urchin's hand
The latter found his task an easy one, for
the victim was very busy getting outside of
dish Of soup. She did not see the boy
put the penny in the slot, but several others
did, and the joke went around the counter
almost as quickly as the hand on the
weighing machine went around to the figure
marking the woman's avoirdupois.
You pay for the dinners" said sport No.
/, triumphantly to No. 2.
That's right" was the response, and in
went their orders.
The fat lady wiped off her chubby mouth,
laid down the napkin, and took up her
pocketbook to get the whcrewithal to pay
her check. when her eye fell on the dial of
the machine. Great heavens said she,
half aloud, the hand has movedv'
Yes. it had moved a long distance and
stood honestly and steadily pointing at 2l1.
She glanced around the counter and, per-
ceivin2 that she was the focus of all the
eyes in a row of smiling faces she was so
mad that she rushed out of the restaurant
and forgot to pay her bill
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tated to be essailed on all sides by dozen
beggars or sand-baggers whom he has
never seen or noticed Yet when re comes
to leave they will be ranged like bat
TALON on the doorstep. They know the hu-
man heart-tnese servants. You dare not
pass them.
Time and again I have watched. with
mingled pain and amusement, the depar-
ture of touring family. All work seems
to cease In the hotel at this hour. You will
ring in vain for the chambermaid or the
walter Every one is at his post-which is
the front door! Nobody will bulge. The
family is going away!
indeed, the travellers tales about mystic
rious cabalistic signs being marked on
trunks and bags are not the mere invention
Of an overheated fancy. Such marks, when
they exist, assure the unsuspecting owner
OF that baggage very bad attendance at the
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An Echo From Shiloh
COUNTY TREASURER UPTERBACK RE-
CALLS Its EXPERIENCE or
THE BATTLEFIELD.
From the Nonpareil. Council Bluffs, Iowa.


County Treasurer A. Utterback Of GI.nwool
Iowa, has long been one of the leading citizens of
Mills county, and since the days of his service for
the Union cause has lahored industrionsly at his
home in Rawls township, with the result fha, lie
has not only surrounded himself with amos, all
the comforts heart could wish, bur has grown
Into the esteem Of his fellow men, His = ipularlty
and standing, therefore. made his election To the
county Treasurership easy. His work County
Treasurer, however, combining. Coming as le
DID from an active outdoor life on the fartn 20
the close and conininy duties OF the treasur,r's
1ffice. he quickly began to down in health and
to visibly fail in strength and energy The Denaty
Treasurer, Mr. Lon Sawyer, is a great believer in
the efficacy of Di Williams Pink Pills His onn
slant advice 20 his employer, Mr.. Ttierbaek. WAS
TO IN" effect that he should these pills. Final
ly Mr. Utterback consented aad now. after having
used several boxes he is able make The follow
ing statement TO your correspondent:
Have I used Pink Pills: Yes. sir. aad I shall
o1tinue 70 nse them just so long they ben-it
me as they do now. II is rarely that ] pro-
piietary medicines, but nv deputy SO entha-
siastfc over this particular medicine that con-
scented to try 1t, and / you the benefit
has been great.
Il was member Of Company F. 18th Iowa It.
fantry, Gnl saw my first days service In the bat
tie OF Shiloh. The campaien before Cu-uth AMI
later the siege Of Nirkslurg important
In the service as seen 10y company. ana. as yol
at times but poorly cared for during those awful
days. In my case, army diarrhoea The :csult
II has been the burden OF my life for thirty
years, bat at last 1 have found something to
quer II. The Pink Pills a sucress in my case.
as have no doubt they will he with ali who
Them"
The reporter afterward called upoa WIN. skill
corn, the popular druggist. and from him gained
the information that DIR. Williams Fink pm.
have reached most Surprising sale in this
munity. But Of all the cures said the phdr-
macist, THAT OF Treasurer Uiierllack Is Tie rlo-
remarkable, and, at the iime the most graf
flying
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
given to the public uuflilia2 blood bGdeI
and nerve restorer, curing all forms 81 weakness
arising from a watery condition Cf the blood
shattered nerves. The pills sold Icy all deal.
ers, will he sent post paid rcccip; q price.
SO cents box, six boxes for $3.50 Oh,y
never sold In bulk or By thu 100. 10y addrcssing
DIR. Williams Medicine Company. Schenectady,
..r-
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some of our tourists come to the most
startling conclusions. For them the hotel
keepers of Europe and their employees are
banded in a vast conspiracy to fleece the
English-speaking guest. They pry into let
tiers and shadow new arrivals. They de-
mand commissions from tradesmen. They
mark trunks with mysterious signs. In
this way they soon know all about your
business, you- fortune, your object in trav-
cling, what you are going to buy, how long
you are going to stay. To tourist in this
desperate state of mind the tipping system
is merely an insolent claim on the part of
hotel people to make guests pay their serv
ants wages.
Another type of American traveller sees
things in a very different light. For him
everything European is new and delightful
and he never looks on tipping duty.
He tips for pleasure. He tips early and
often. The walters know him at glance
and beam on him from his first entrance
He sees in their delighted alacrity-which
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A Peculiar Remedy
SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEW DISCOVERY FoI
CURING DYSPEPSIA.

The Rev. F. I: Bell. highly esteemed minister
RESIDING In WeedsloIt, taNuga Co. y. y. In
cent letter writes follows: There has
been n.tbing That have taken that bas relic, ed
the Dyspepsia from which 1 have suffered for ten
Years except the now remedy called Stuaris Iys
pelsia TABLETS. STce taking them 1 hive hsd no
distress at all after eating and again after long
years Can SLEEI' WELL; Rev: +. ]. Bell, Weeds
port, y. Y, formerly halia Col
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is & remarkable
cay, not only because IL IL certain cure for all
forms OF indigestion, hut because 81 Seems 20 act
us thort ughly in oh chronic II, spcI,sia as
well as In mild attacks Of indigestion billions
ness. A person has dyspepsia simply becausc the
stomach is overworked, all IL wants is harmless
vegetable remedy to digest the food and thus give
II the much-nccdsd rest.
This Is the secret Of the success Of this peculiar
remedy. No matter how weak how much DIS
ordered the digestion may he. Stuarf's Dyspepsia
Tablets VIII digest the feed whether thu stomach
works or not. New life and energy is given not
only 10 the stomach hut to every organ and NERVE
In Oh" body. trial OF this splendid medicine viii
tonvinre the must skeptical that Dyspepsia aud
all stoR ach trn1hles be cured. The tablets ar,
prepared Ivy the Stuart Chemical Co. Of Marshall
Mich. but so popular has the remedy bc,,o,l, that
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets can now lie obtained AT
any drug store at 30 cents per package Send for
book ii stouihcn 1i..ascs Tree. oci4klT
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WEIR OF DISCIPLINE

G o Cd NJ A N Y
young w a s hington
men enter the United
States navy. either
a S apprentices or
landsmen. The eX-
periences Of t h e
n a val apprentice
have. often been re-
lated with more or
less accuracy, b u t
the obscure lands
man has been suffer-
ed to pursue his
boulder-streWn path
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FOflcd.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
"And did you lynch the miscreant?"
NO" answered the leader Of the in
furiated mob. He took refuge in ar
apartment house and the janitor wouldn't
let us in. He was afraid we would tracF
mud on his floor
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man-of-war, but IL the right stun Is in him
he has the eventual chance of attaining
position tise~likes of which in remuneration
and dignity he would probably strive for in
vatr ashore.
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II Il X Il 1 . ~ N r.
particular European
custom to w h | C h
travelling Americans
accustom themselves
with difficulty and
under protest. Tip
ping. according to
the average tourist.
is the great European
microbe. and he sees
it's ravages every
where around him.
By reason of brood
ing over the subject
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Home Condolences.

From the Chicago Record
If I should die, you would never get
another wife who would look after you as
I have DONE"
mo; not II could help It.
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Make a change Telephone 1902
or send to 5I4 10th st.-and a Yale.
Laundry wagon will call for your
bundle. 1t
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II the reflex of his own-nothing but kind
ness, goodness and friendlinsss-which is
the reflex of his own again.
Such a tourist, If he reflected on the mat
ter, would reply to the grumbling despiseI
of fraud and corruption something fol-
lows: Il find the regular hotel charges in
Europe considerably lower than at home in
America By liberal tipping, which, l I'M
derstand, is the custom of the country, ]
at home Look on the tipping as part of
the bill. and you will see you pay no more
than if the items were all Jumped together
as at home
Such a tourist does not protest indignant
~ against candles, corkage, bed room fires
and all the other minute itemizing of the
European hotel bookkee?Cr. Accepting the
good things of foreign lands, he takes the
bad things with them phIosophicaIly. l.
he swindled? Does he corrupt the en-
ployeS? Is he taking q mean advantage OF
his non-tipping fellow travellers? 1t is a
question: question for theoretical discus.
Quent.
Where the Responsibility Lies.
Undoubtedly tipping has gone very far in
Paris, but is it the famous American tour
list who Is responsible? Not at all. Out
side of the hotels he is nulity and in
them he is not the object of supreme i'm
portance which he often takes himself tc
be. Indeed, we Americans might be trif1e
more modest on this score. Undoubtedly
we are a large contingent, but there are
Tipping has gone very far in Paris. but i,
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TIPPING IN EUROPE
Opinions Differ as to the Advantages
of This Custom.
Why IT EXISTS ON THE CONTINENT
1t is Not Mainly Designed to Fleece
the American Tourist.
MYERS AL IN P A r I S

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
PARIS, October ], 1895
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The undisputed leader in the laun-
dry line is the Yale Laundry, 5I4
10th st. Phone 1902. 1t
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four hours once in every three months.
1t often happens that ''old-timers' pur-
posely commit some offense that gets their
names on the fourth class in order that
they may save their money by not going
ashore. The man, it has been observed,
who puts in his cruise on the fourth class
is the man who has the big pay day at
the end of it. But it often happens that
men who are chronically on the bad class
are ''beached'' when they thoroughly reveal
their uncomfortable characters - that Is.
adrift.
The landsman at sea will not find mis-
raval fare particularly attractive unless
he has a natural fondness for salt horse.
cracker hash and various otner iuMurlss
peculiar to men-of-war. In port. however.
fresh provisions are bought by the mesSes.
But the landsman's mess is never burdened
with dainties, government straights," as
the rations issued by the paymaster are
termed, being his general NEED.
If the landsman exhibits brightness and
address he will probably be promoted to
the rate of an ordinary seaman, and from
s24 a month, before the end of his first
cruise. 1t is rare that naval recruit
climbs higher than this during his first
enIistr ent, although, If he is a man of
very. outset be made ships writer of the
first, sc cond or third class paying respec-
lively $40. s35 and $50 per month.
Handy with the Pen.
If he is an especially capable man with
his pen he may even capture a yeorDan's
billet. There are three yeomen aboard a
man-of-war-the paymaster's yeoman, the
equipment yeoman, who is a sort of private
secretary to the executive officer. and the
engineer yeoran, who does the clerical
ork of the engineers department. These
positions pay 500 per month. and the m IN
holding them are chief petty officers.
The man who starts as landsman may
become q chief petty officer of the line dur
ing his second enlistment. He then dis
cards the blue jacket and bell-bottom trous-
ers and wears the brass buttons of the
chief grnner's mate, the chief boatswain's
mate. the signal quartermaster, or even of
the chief master-at-arms, positions which
pay from so to SO per month
To summarize IT requires a pretty knotty
young man, physically and mentally to lead
a forecastle existence on a United States
The evening times., 1896-06-15
SUPERIOR MERIT.
Remarkable Curative Properties of
u New Remedy for Indigestion
and stomach Wea kness.

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, new prepar-
alton for the cure of dyspepsia aud the
various forms of indigestion and stomach
trouble. owes its great success cure for
these troubles to the fact that it is prepared
and digestive organs only and is OF recon-
nlended or advised for any other disease.
1t is not a cure all, but for any stomach
trouble it is undoubtedly the safest, most
sensible remedy that can be advised with
the prospect of permanent cure. 1 t is
prepared in tablet form, pleasant to taste,
composed OF vegetable and fruit essences,
pure pepsin and Golden Seal, every one of
which act effectively in digest ing the
food eaten, thereby resting and invigorat-
ing the weak stomach; rest is natures cure
for any disease, but you cannot rest the
stomach unless you put into it something
that will do its work or assist in he di-
gestion of food. That is exactly what
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do one grain
of the digestive principle conta ined in
them will digest 5000 grains of meat
egg, or similar wholesome foods. They will
digest the food whether the stomach is in
working order or not, thereby nourishing
the body and resting the stomach at the
same time, and rest and nourishment is
nature s cure for any weakness In persons
run d0w 10 flesh and appetite these
tablets build up the strength and increase
flesh, because they digest flesh-forning
food which the weak stomach can not do;
they increase the flow OF gastric Juice and
prevent fermentation, acidity and sour
watery risings.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can be found
at all drug stores at 90 cents per package.
The evening times., 1896-06-15
THANKED MIR. KRUGER.
Monster Deputation of Mayors Crate
ful fnr ReIeuse of Prisnners


Pretoria, June 15.-President Kruger
yesterday received a monster deputatioD-
consisting of the mayors OF all the towns
OF South Africa. which had been organ
lied for the purpose of praying for the
release of the members OF the Johannes
burg reform committee.
since the prisoners We're released, it was
decided that the deputation should visit
Pretoria and give their thanks 10 President
Kruger for his clemency. Replying TO the
address of 1.-The deputation the president
said that he had only one authority to
guide him, and that was that book, pointing
TO large Bible which had shown him the
direction to follow. The Afrikanders
were humane beings and knew how to
show mercy.
Referring to Cecil Rhodes. President
Kruger said: what must be thought OF
a person who egred on the dogs TO fight,
while he was sitting quietly and unpun-
ished. He. the man who had caused all
the trouble, was free"
AT the conclusion of the speech the
deputation gave three cheers for IN. presi-
dent, the government of the Transvaal.
and Mrs. Kruger.