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Army workers talk. But in due course
of time he takes up his hat, announces
that collection is to be taken for the
benefit of the cause of religion, and
then passes his own hat about the
crowd. He gathers in goodly number
of small coins at each performance.
There is no law to cover offenses Of
this character. No state has enacted
legislation on the subject; and con-
gress has never taken up the matter.
l;ut these catch-penny performances
in the guise of religion cannot go on
forever.
The Salvation Army does good work
in this city, and in other cities, because
it goes where the agents and agencies
of the churches do not go. The Saliva
ton Army is not conducted as a money
making institution. 1t is a genuine or
ganization for the dissemination of re-
ligion, for the betterment of mankind.
1t is philanthropic and elevating to
classes who might receive no instruc-
ton of a religious or moral nature but
for the means employed. The platoon
of earnest men and women. with their
drum. cymbals, timbrels and cornets
marches to various points at night,
drawing crowds who hear the Gospel
earnestly delivered by honest people.
The Young Mems Christian associa-
tion has q Gospel wagon which visits
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CHARMS STILL IN USE
Manps Cared BY = Donkey Halter,
- the CFedalOus Patients
Thought.

We met well-to-do farmer the other
day in Londonderry, who spoke with
regret of the illness OF a well-known
landlord and magistrate in the county.
1.-THE doctors are not able to do him
any good" he remarked, 'but I know
a woman who has real cure for the
iaundice, an I'd get it an send it to her
ladyship (the invalid's wife) il i
thought she'd give into it and try it."
.'Is it charm?"
1T is, miss, and . guide charm, too.
Sure, it cured a sister of my own
Would her ladyship give in to it, do you
think?"
II am sure she would not. Mr.. D..
But she would be grateful to you for
wishing to help her."
.'One Of our laborers is laid up on the
shelf ut present, suffering from the
munlps. A neighbor of his begged him
to try cure which she has found most
efficacious with her own children.
Il put the donkey's branks on them
one after the other, an Mary took Joe
to the water an made him 20 down an
drink. Then she brung him hame, an
he put the branks on her an led her to
the water. an you may take my word.
the swelling went down at oncet.i
The ssbranks" means the donkey's
with or without winketx, to
which the reins are attached. To make
the cure effectual boy must be lid BY
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NO PROTECTION NEEDED.


While New Workers have organized a
club to prevent the destruction of sea-
fishing in the vicinity of the metropo-
lis, it may be timely to call attention to
the result of a gigantic experiment on
the resources of the sea which the
Scotch authorities have been conduct
ing for nearly Is years. 1t had been
alleged by commercial interests that
the netting of sea fishes by trawling. in
the>North sea and up ald down the
Scotch coast, WAS destroying all the
spawn on the bottom, killing immature
fish, and running the sea fisheries. 4
commission built gigantic Enclosures
within which sea fishing was forbidden
fer several years. and the whole of the
Scotch waters within the three-mile
limit was closed by law against the
trawlers Of 1859. The fisheries board
from year to year examined the waters
to discover ii the fish had become more
abundant. and after n series cf experi-
ments, spreading over number of
years, they find that there are no more
or less fish on the preserved ground
than when the travis were daily
dragged acrCcs the bottoms Of the bay.
They have proved that the balance of
nature in the neighboring sea is stead
lily maintained, and that there Ii need
for no anxiety concerning the continu-
ance OF every species of good fish; that
life in the sea is not dependent On what
takes place near the shore, and that it
is difficult to destroy sea fish by mis-
chief done near the coast. rs the pelag:c
eggs are shed in deep water and float in
untold millions out to sea.-Leslie's
Weekly.
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> not merely imaginary is evidenced
by the fact that in the present recon-
struction of the city's affairs, calling
for an expenditure of many millions for
drainage, sewerage and other public
and hygienic works, this element has
taken q prominent part.
With the completion of these won
derful improvements New Orleans will
unquestionably lose many of its dis
tinctively characteristic features,
among them its gutter-fiushed and un-
sanitary streets, its historic cisterns
and primitive pavements, which it will
exchange for a modern water supply,
healthful sewerage and years added TO
the life of each inhabitant. Up to the
present time the city has enjoyed the
unenviable reputation of being the un-
healthiest of the important seaports in
the United States. has suffered from
quarantine regulations which have di-
verted shipping, and has been Stunned
by tourists. In the future it will be
one of the great export centers and. un-
less its citizens fail to grasp the oppor-
tunities offered to them by geograph-
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l'llE CRESCENT CITY.
In Many Respects New Orleans Is
Without Rival.
The Ubiquitous IcOn0clast. However,
II Hard at Work aad II Rapidly
1loSlernixtE,E ThouEht a4a
Action.
Especial Ne., Orleans letter.

lSpcCldl new OIledNS LotleT.J
New Orleans certainly is sui generis
There is no other city like it in the
world. 1t combines the customs of an
era that has passed away in all other
American towns with progressiveness
that is surprising the nation. Its popu-
lation. numbering 100000, is thorough
" cosmopolitan. Americans, Creoles
Frenchmen, Germans, Italians. Span
iards and negroes live together in unity,
yet each nationality has its special dis
trict or faubourg wherein it preserves
provisional customs, virtues and vices.
The CreOles. descendants of the early
French settlers who came to America
with Bienyille some 200 years ago, are
the oldest inhabitants" and have, with
characteristic tenacity, preserved the
manners and traditions of their fathers.
who, fleeing from religious and poiit-
ical prosecutions, sought refuge in
Louisiana and contributed the most
romantic and interesting pages to the
history of the continent.
Not until very recently have the
scions of this proud and ancient race
consented to meet their American fel-
low-citizens on a social level; and
among the ELDERS of the French colony
there still are scores who refuse to look
upon the Yankees as equals. The
younger generation, however, have out
grown the prejudice of their elders.
Intermarriages are frequent; and these
unions between Saxon and Gaul have,
rs rule, proved beneficial to both races
and called into being new type O..
American-physically perfect, and
combining the poetic temperament and
impulsiveness of the Frenchman with
the tenacity and all-conquering energy
of the American. That this estimate
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every section of the city, carrying goot
singers, good speakers and noble work
ers for the cause which is 30 dear II
them. There il no collection taken VI
at these public meetings. There is NJ
SAVIOR of money-making to destroy th'
genuine character of the efforts which
are made.
Then there is Gospel wagon which
is furnished by earnest young men and
women who belong to various churches
This disseminator of light is also hon
est. genuine, and goes about doing
good. On Sunday afternoons and even
ings crowds gather in the byways ant
highways, where tie light OF religion
never would penetrate but for thes,
kindly incursions: They come will
songs, prayers, thanksgiyings, ser
mons, exhortations and solicitations
for good and true lives, with promise.
and portents of benefits in the world
to come.
There is a venerable member of the
police force who, for many years, has
taken his stand in various public places
on Sunday afternoons preaching the
Gospel. On these occasions he appears
in citizens dress, and very few of his
hearers know that he has been one
of the guardians of the peace for almost
half a century. His meetings are well
attended, but he never takes up col
lection. He also is above criticism.
A black man, who says that he was
born in Africa but educated by mis-
sionary, is seen every Sunday after
noon in the sections densely populated
by negroes, singing the songs which
catch the fancy of his hearers, and
preaching to them in a very intelligent
manner. He sings Throw Out the Life
Line" when down by the navy yard;
and he sings the '.Wonderful Story OF
Love" in the alleys where crime il
known to abound. His voice is melodi-
Gus. appealing, thrilling. Many of his
hearers have learned his songs. and join
in the choruses. He never takes up
collection.
The genuine, honest, sincere and ef.
fective workers in the cause bf reli-
gion who go about among the masses
of all classes in public places singing
and preaching do not go as penny
and they reach those for
whom the Gospel seems to have been
intended. These peripatetic Gospel
chariot fellows. who manifestly are
working confidence games upon the
credulous in the guise of evangelism.
are disgracing eastern cities, and their
recent performances in this capital
have attracted such universal attention
and condemnation that it is simply a
question of time when the law will be
which will enable the pro-
tectors Of the people to drive them from
our streets, as the money changers
were once driven from the temple.
SMITH ID. FRY.
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dren out all winter. He had platform
also in the rear of his wagon; and dur.
ing the evening performances his wife
played an organ and sang Gospel
hymns. The color of her skin shows
her mixed birth.
But that makes no difference. How
ever it may be elsewhere the writer
knows not, but here in the national cap
ital the negroes who have white blood
in their veins are proud of their mani
fest bar sinister. The colored girls
with light compilations have black men
for beaus, and take black men for hus-
bands. One of them explained this to
the writer. saying: "Black men bow
low to the white blood in my veins.
The young men who are as white as /
arm believe they are as good AZ am.
But the black fellows worship me for
my white blood, and hence I prefer
them. 1t is the same with all mulatto
girls. We are like white women, we
like to have admiration, even If it does
come from black men,"
The black preacher and his mulatto
wife stayed here four days and gath
cred many hundreds of pennies and
nickels from the colored population.
Then they drove over the aqueduct
bridge. and went into Virginia. Where
they go next can be conjectured. The
peripatetic gospel chariot is the pre-
cursor of new style Of gypsy for this
country.
After the departure of that chariot
there came into the streets of George
town, which is now part Of this cap
ital, a big brawny blacksmith-looking
fellow. He had good-sized wagon,
ond an organ in it. But he had no wife,
no children and no assistants. He was
the whole show, the real thing. himself.
lie never klew how to ding. and yet he
lifts up voice which would make q
0ule e.,yious. and chants semblances
of Gospel tunes. He gathers crowds,
and then breaches to them. He il IL
literate, but knows great deal about
the, Bible. OF course his information II
superficial, lsut he has read the Bible
or had it -erd to him. 70 that he can
make apt quotations. His uncultured
voice is strong and rasping. It roars
and reverberates down the street. He,
talks earnestly. like sincere Saivation
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Corner OF Dauphine ard st. Philippe
Streets. New Orleans9
ical location and inherent possibilities
the natural trade center for.the Cuban
Porto Rican, Central and South Amer
! lean markets.
Ten years hence the provincial New
Orleans of to-day will be . memory.
The clannishness which has for cen
turies interfercd with its real progress
will have given place to local pride not
based on racial traditions but on the
greatness of the city.
Bearing this in mind, the traveller
who wants to see the New Orleans
with which Cables stories and the
schoolbooks have made him measur-
ably familiar must not delay his visit
to the Crescent City or he win be for
ever deprived Of the medieval flavor
which fingers lovingly with all who
have strolled through the already mori-
bund French quarter"
The old tilcd-rOof houses with their
planted by more modern structures.
and but few Of those still in existence
among them that shown in the pic
ture, which stands at the corner Of
Dauphin and St. Philippe streets-rc-
tain all the features of the original
architecture. The old cenfers OF
French life. ST. Louis cathedral and the
French market, are no longer dominat-
ed BY the Creoles- They have been
wrested from them by the Italians who
live by Thousands in the ancient dwell
ings Of the original settlers
The only custom which these Italians
seem to have acquired IRON tleir
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-07-08
GENIUS AND RoTUNDITY.
The Famous 0aartette, Huxe. Dumas,
Sue aad Renan Were EnoR-
moualy Fat.

Theophile Gautier remarked that
Victor Hugo, in his quality of the SOW
ereign prince of French romantic po-
etry. should be (if the ordinary opin
ion as to poets were correct) angular,
with light or dark hair, and pink COM
plexion. The world and an overcoat
could hardly contain the glory of Vic
-or Hugo's stomach. He burst his but
ton band every day, and AZ for buttons
in front they were snapped of con-
tinually. Victor Hugo's embonpoint
was most richly deserved. for his plate
was = mixtum compositum of veal cut
let's, lima beans and oil, roast beef and
tomato sauce, omelets, milk and vine
gar, mustard and cheese, which he
swallowed rapidly and in immense
amounts while drinking coffee.
Rossini had not been able to see his
feet over his abdomen for six years ere
his death. He was hippopotamus in
trousers Jules Janin would break
down any eighteenth century sofa on
which he might happen to sit. The
Africanism of Alexander Dumas pas
sions did not prevent the author of
1.-The Three Guardsmen" from being
very plump. He ate three beefsteaks
where any other fat man ate one.
Sainte-Beuve saw his abdomen bulge
out under his gOatee- The most fertile
of all French fomancers, Balzac, looked
more like a hogshead than man.
Three ordinary persons stretching
hands could not reach around his
waist. DIR. Eugene Sue, author of the
Mysteries of Paris" was greatly
gTieved when he could no longer see
over his stomach Theophile Gautier
also merited n place among obese lit
erary gods; Renan, Maupassant. Flau-
bert and Sarcey were also to be there
classed.
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THE GOSPEL OF LOVE
The East Full of Fakirs Who Trav-
el in Its Holy Name.
They Reflect DiAsredlt UR0n the yO-
bile Mem. ana Women Who De.
vote Their Lives to the Work
of Salvation.
Especial Washington Letter.l

A new industry has sprung up in the
cities along the Atlantic coast; and a
few of the money-makers have come to
Washington recently and set up their
business.
Last December there came to this
city man, with his wife and two sons,
in dilapidated wagon, drawn by q
bony and sorry-looking white horse.
On the side of the wagon appeared the
sign: Morgan Family of
Singers"
This strangc-looking outfit anchored
near Pennsylvania avenue, opposite the
center market. in very busy part OF
the city. where the throngs at night
are thickest; and there folded organ
was brought forth from under a seat,
was set up on platform Mt the rear OF
the wagon, the woman began to play.
and a boy about Is years of age began
to sing.
Nature has gifted him with strong
contralto voice, and his method irdi-
Gates a bit of culture. Within ten min
utes the wagon was surrounded by up
wards 1T hundred people. The woman
and he, boy sang revival songs; and oc-
casionally the younger lad, about II
years of age, sang 4 solo.
Nighs after night during the entire
winter. excepting only the week of the
blizzard. the alleged gospel chariot
went to that spot, and gave its per-
formances without paying license or
tax for the privilege. Collections were
taken several times each evening; and
it was made manifest to close observ-
ers that this professional gospel busi-
ness was paying well.
The head of the family is a little bit
of man. with eyes which do not look
fairly at the audience, and which are
downcast when engaged in private con-
versation. Between songs he OCCASION
ally appears on the platform, with a
Eiblc ia-his hand. and makes q pretense
of preaching. He doesn't know enough
about the Bible or about systematic
theology to enable him to instruct a
crowd of infant-class children, but he
makes a rambling sort of a talk which
stands for a sermon. This disagreeable
part of the performance is nightly en-
tlured by the gathered crowd, who de-
sire to hear the singing. The alleged
preaching is necessary in order that
the deceit may be complete and the law
respected.
Because of the pretense that this is
religious effort. a sincere soul-saving
performance, the police department of
the national capital permitted that man
and woman to keep those little boys
out until almost midnight night after
night during the cold winter. They were
kept there singing in order to gather
crowds from whom collections might
be taken. 1t is a contemplate business
and exceedingly reprehensible. because
it is conducted in the name of the. gos-
pei of love.
Two weeks ago there came to town
one Sunday night another gospel
chariot. 1t bore the name of preach
er and his wife, and ostensibly hailed
from Buffalo. n. Y. The preacher was
a coal black negro. He is brighter and
and more entertaining than
the white man who has kept his chill
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HUMOROUS.

He-.And how many teeth have you
left?- Beggar-"Only one, and that
has nothing to do for days at q time"
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Just Girls.-Juliet (yawning)-.Dear
me! 1 feel so years old to-day" An
gelica-"Why, have You been taking to
rejuvenate yourself?'.Chicago News.
Surprising.-Mr. Gotham Here,
sir, is some whisky which have had IN
my cellar for 20 years. Col. Kaintuck
--Well: Well! How did it get lost?"
N. Y. Weekly.
II would die for you'll" exclaimed her
elderly lover, passionately. "Oh.
DON'T" she answered, in alarm. Il
like your hair and mustache SO much
better as they are!"-Somerville Jour
nal.
Ghosts and Society Ghosts.--Aren't
your Psychical Research club meetings
very dull, Miss Priscilla2" "No; you
see, we always wind up with pillow
case masquerade and dance. detroit
Free Press.
His Memory.-~Did you ever find that
when you stood up to talk before an as
semblage you forgot everything you
ever knew?' NO." answered Senator
Sorghum. 81 never was Investigated.
Washington Star.
Mr.. Ups0n Downs (seated by
stranger in railway carriagel.'What
time is it by your watch, If you pIease
Stranger-..I don't know" ssBut you
Just looked at it. )" "Yes; Ionly wanted
to see If it was still there."-Wasp.
my DEAR" said Mrs. Pitt to her
daughter, II am SO surprised to heEr
you say that Miss Penn is unladyiike.
What do you mean?' why, mamma,
replied Miss Pitt. s.she never adds
postscript to her letters. Pittsburgh
Chronicle TrlegraDh
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Curious Rira Hahafs.

1t is q well known fact, says writer
in the Pail Mall Gazette, that n the
young of almost any kind Of bird are
taken from the nest before they can
Fly. the old ones will feed them most at
tcntively if the cage in which the lit
tie birds are inclosed is placed some
where where the parents can reach il:
and popular but erroneous belief is
current that they do this for time,
and end by poisoning the young Ones
This. however, is mistake. the fact
being that at a certain stage of young
birds existence, when it is naturally
able to begin catering for itself, the
parent birds, also quite naturally. cease
to attend il, and then, If the biedIings
are shut up in the cage and their GUS
todian has not thought of placing soEe
food at their dispoa1 they necessarily
die. not from poison administered by
the parents. but from starvation.-N.
" Herald.
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INSECT PESTS IN LApLAND.
In That ReElon Almost
CnheaFable.

As though the mosquitoes were NOT
sufficient plague, we passed into belt
that was peopled by still more insect
horrors Dragon flies in millions rus
tied through the air, though these did
not worry US. But they were accom-
panied by loathly great horsefiies NJ
thick as y finger, and monstrous blue
bottles which were maddening in their
attentions. The bluebottle one could
hear and avoid; but the attack of the
horsefiy was stcalthy. The beast would
fly up without sound and alight like
a piece of thistledown, and one would
know nothing of the matter until one
was bitten. They could go through a
coat as easily as one could push in pin;
even corduroy riding breeches could
not impede them, and ON the place of
each bite there arose in the next half
hour great wen. which one wanted to
tear out bodily with the finger nails.
That part of Lapland would be a lep-
idopterist's heaven; but for any ortli-
nariiy yconstituted manit came very near
to being the other place. 1t must be ne
membered, too. that If we two foreign
ers suffered badly from this plague of
flies, our carriers were ten times more
tOrmentetl.
A man with his hand free can thrash
about and, to a certain extent, beat the
insects from him, unless he perishes
with the cxertion; but to carrier inn
peded with q pack this form OF athlet-
icism il necessarily limited. Our Laps
put calico cowls over their heads. which
covered all except their faces, and their
faces and hands they smeared with a
liberal ointment of tar. and yet they
suffered horribly. Still, for all that,
they made no complaint. Johann would
give ont his great outlaws of laughter
when things were atztheir worst, and
the others would chime in merrily
enough. They might be miserable. but
they saw NO reason to make themselves
unhappy about ito. Hyne, Through
Arctic Lapland."