Lucknow Sentinel, 1893-03-17, Page 6•
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TRADE
Every . 0,14:111pplGatt.: Can Keep.
-Gave anent, Encourages Drank—Army
t,ss .$200 a and tiquor
-The a Hole ray 4—Bachelor ..raro
BIi4ul 'peiteh. ter a ;Wee -he -Etiquette
e the- - 1.111ROIllatiter—saionns poen
Nitakt—recietiarity .01 e Wrench
at sunrise. • -•
s IS- said : that con-,
itidering . the almost
Wicked facilities which
are accorded to the
Itaucir trade-in France
by the French Govern'-
' nient , ehe fact that_the
fro-,epae of a drunken
man or woman in the
-streets_ of .Paris—not
. the -country--ish quite
an event in the eyes
. of the gamins., ba-dancts; and eergents de
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•rille is eloquent testimony in .favor of _the
esohrie y Of i he French uat4ofl...
Asa nite.tteii etf fact thereie no- cityintlaa
- -world in .which a man- can get more corn-
- forte* and keep more persistently., drunk
_than in Paris.. SIR:me' time since a party
-Wee given by a young man who wished to
"bury his bachelor days fine style: ile
took a roine at a cefe in the • Halles quarter
and kept his friends constantly plied With
liquorrefrinn.5 eiclo* fin -Wednesday
-afternoon, tilI noon en ,,thefolloWing Sunday,
- The p4rty -continued for several aerie at the
end of which time those who were not
dead drunk *ere - bordering • On d. t's.. A
maan in Paris whose bent Should be that Way,.
and
w o shohld have the neceseary funds,
:might leep Iiimaell on - ti the drink" from
• the ls ° of jai:in/try of one year to the fol
1owig St.. Sylv‘ester's Eve. . Nobody would'
interfere With.hiin, nor with his hest; unless
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his co science or his puree ; in feet, the
edeohol votary enjoys in Paris the most
Unrestricted facilities -for the exercise of his
coitus! and this under-thetmost paternal of
Governments: - - .
• TIME •TRADF T ISTOXICANTs.. :
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Thersale of in, oxicatihg liqiiorstis practi-
tally Unrestricted in France.-- . Thereisno
such thing as a - licensing- law. .Anybedy.
can openo debit,* whether a foreigner, an
ex. -convict et --..otheiwiSe. . AU that the
would be licensed ' victualler has to de it to
Write .a. letter to Montieur . le Prefect- de
.--Wlioe' if it be in Paris that he wiShes. to
eixereise his trade, or to the Prefect of. the
:department, if it. be in the country, asking
for antaoorizetion as a iimOnadi.ei, or
i
th
- Zenon/leer, -tine being the generic name un--
: tier whieh the purveyors of liquid refresh--
. mentaare krioWn to the French AuthpritieS.
. _This applicatioomust be Written on paper
baring a.-0.-Tyvernment stamp ofthe price of
.. 1.42. cedta. Monti:dlr. le Prefect de, Police or
MOusi'enr le Prefeet of whatever the depart-
ment May -he uaually answers Within forty-
eight hoers, nor is the asked -for authoriza-
tion e'er refaced.
rite taer-e. OF THE mAit.eff_AsD f:1 N:I.S. .
,- 'NO , inqUiry . as to . the antecedents Or
inorelity.tif the weetd-be lintonadier is ever
inetitt ted.. Any .one who Chose ceuld in
.- forty, ight . hopes - be eetablislied . dan-k
finuenetrie. ini.Perie or in the provinces.
Armed witlil his authorization, the -dealer
has then to Co -me to termsi with his __land-
lbrd,, Some landlords like letting the shops
in their house's to the licensed vialtaller, i
ethers ohje.c . It is a piece_ othetientette
-that iti.o landlord shalt lease two shopsin
the same hituse to two eizorcliands de vita
altho4gliiino obiectien can be made .to his
having as simultaneous tenants two sellers
of li-anid eeirestra nt, 'provided that only
one 0 them has tile right to sell wine Thus.
in a house there is a marchttaid..de fig and a
tobae;eonist who sells 'drink .; the. latter,
. howeirer, not being Allowed by the terms of
--
bisleaseioteell wipe, wine heingt be it said,
en yeatisanatthe principal • eoiirce -of tevenue
to thei lintonadier. •
or the depot at Bercy, which is the Paris,
bond for wipes and Spirits.
AMY cos $200 A MINUTE.
Every. eneeuragernent is given in Paris to
the dealer in iittoiiiceting liquors to sell as
much of his wares es- possible. The More
,he sells the more :cote& money there will be
_to divide between the etaae- and the. munici-
pality, and the ; "state- and the irinnibipal
government costs money in a tountryiwhich
spend s $200 et"Minute on its standing army, ,
and has other expenses. Thus; though the
regulation closing chteilig time is fixed at 2 A.m,in
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Parie there paraphrase the words of
'Fartuffe—accommodation with the pewees
that be
•:Twit OFi-sQuARINtl THE xeOLICE.
tAti autherizatimeitettkeep open eil night
hi easily obtained if any. pretext whatever
of pohlie benefit can he: pushed forWard,ner.
is the lew at all severe on the Wine -dealer;
who, 'having a few -friendi round:his zinc
counter, May delay putting up his shattees
until long past 2 o'clock. ..A.-gless or twitte
the sergents'ae Ville. on their rounds Will in
imost ceites I prevent any-teroeee-verbal _and
even if a- eihoces-veebai is drawn' op
against the. offender,. the fine for infringing
the law is so small a one -that it ranst pay.
to break the law when a sufficient number
of topers are gathered together at 2.a: m.
FREViCH SON RISES ROU
IiEMILARLY AT -4 A. M.
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- -Again the law is thatthemarehrind de
vin may not Open his ebbe) before sunrise,
but as, it is difficult to know each day.the
.exacei time at. which - this .. natural plieno-
neetion takes 'Place, 4. o'clock in the morning
altthe year round is the compromise which
has been come to between the law .and the.
trade.- Thus a dealer iin intoxicaeing. liquors
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may legally keep his premises open for _ 22
hour* out cf the 24 that . constitute e the
niottal day, provided alway that he haveno
special authorization to keep .them open
and busy all theyearrouitd,-day.and night,
like the famous Cafe BSCIC•in Berlin..
421RioEs_ GRADES OF "FATE.-S7TES.”- .
Once installed in ' his saloon,- the wine
dealer is free to act as he likes. He is
,
troubled nether by inepeetore nor other briefly the effect of knob - preeetere ;upon the
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official'
i and as long as - he ' keeps fairly _different organs eXpo3e.c1 to- it.- Naturally
rageler haunt and pays his patent' the
-can' the kidneys, being deeply placed, may be
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TO AT-.1EN• VENT.
Npuiri.51ilup, Food Advocated..by a FaMOUS
rhyeiclaiti • et -
A famous doctor is a strong advocate of a
Lenten diet. ...He_ believes it is i great- mist
take to punish the body, as its perfect or
imperfect development results in health or
)11nees, By a Lenten diet he means. a lighter
diet than •has been .used all winter,. but one
equally nourishing. The following articles
of. food Served atthie own table indicate his
HER LIFE-011E4R.SET:a.r,--DENTAL.)
6 ltili. .Giii.:".. and Her 'DitiotiOn to
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.. 1; :HO - WOrk-
- .06stotn .Sunday Herald.)
Could - youdo. it!? :- -If you i were a young
lady Of leisure, in your own haPP-t-lhoMea
if you . Were e ineneettfulthahd honored
soboolteaCheketfilpii iverettibright, young
stenoseetiiiiiit or ' typeverit4i*iele la shod
poettion.., or, in short, if -yeti-tie:ere_ o young
womeneerithtt happy and, .tifeeperoits OW
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eisy-ltfe; ft:tilt-Of 'Pleasiitittintefest s, opening
OU t _letifitteilout eiatridYbAtilie it all up and
go Andltyleithessitaitelie itiiitith
oes the "slum
'girl 7 of th:Salvation:Ainail:.
..-We- -a:re44r to. ttliliik .-9f the. Salvation
Ainty girf:U.4*. -Itoineet of blue, thid *with
her ta.ailioi4i4,zas --S6ineene:2Who- spends
her time.iii-titiielet-off're4gicats jiglifice+n-,
and . a- good 'Many peitleof super-tefine1 ent
have been been ' inexpresib1y. hocki: :by her
Tether (ttitheirthinking) hiiiiiterOtti lode
- . t. .
of praising -the. Lori3. , _ -•
ideas and tastes: .
- Lamb, roasted, stiteedand broiled ; juicY
beef,. broiled, of roasted; beef ormutton
stew green with gaiden treok.; fish" vari-
ety shot oroold ser-v:ed dry"or. with cream
, . • I
gravy, but never fried; .raw oyster*, :herb
_end tomato- omeletteaegge on tome, •ttewed
fruits -on beast and delicate hish. seasoned
with celery tips or parsley on iteast, baked
potatoes or -boiled rice in-place of the reg-
ular cereals, cocoa and -6.ocolates initead. of-
cOffeeheind. tea vegetable- soup at every
lunch and clear- salad.: eVery. day, ..rice or
corn -cakes and hooey in place of Wheat or
buckwheat and - . for -breakfast : and
toast if the role has -been. rolls oe biscuits.
Some of the things • retired for - a. season
are lobster, -shrimp, veal, corned beef and
malt fish elieee: preserviiii pastry , -ices, tich
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cakes, pork and baked pies.
The Colitskinetwei or Tifihe teeing,,"
It -Would still be premature to conclude
that we have done with the practice of -the
itt effects cf tight lacing.: Were We disposed
to doubt the previiienee of this custom the
medical recotds of e-ery day conliltirove its
continuance, .nor can we see how it: should
be otherwise as long as the stiff °Greet, re-
tains its place as an article of dress. Now
-and theii some fatal mischance is found to
be traceable to its abuse, While iiietanee s in
which ill health has. been the penalty 'ate
far frorieuncemmon. Eirery practitioner is
familiar with Cases of this kmd and it needs
no eearphing examination to oonvince hue
that among the,pallid complexions and pal -
pit ating - hearts I which require • his
attention some 1 .are directly - trace-
able - to the _pinehing - Vanity of the
coset t -Why . this effect should foFow
such ar case' We peed F hardly explain rto
-medical readers. . -They canwell appreciate
the vieions • influeece- of. cramping:pressure
.exercised -.upon the :tethek and its viscera
without cessation Cessation ler the greater -part .of
every day. :Let us neiterthOestedieeues
intoxte art Petis to his hes.rt's content..
The patente is the tax paid by every person
in -sbutiness- in Paris. • This tax varies
aceerdine to th.e elaseiof trade in:Which the
tradesman is eratiegedi *Thee. the • jeweller
pays patente at the -higest rates, - and the
dealer' in Milk at the lowest. _Salome -
keepers are divided intoefive classes, thatis
. to say, tbeie are five rates of patente to be-
. paid by the store -keeper established- in the
-- vietialling --thole in Paris Te ' Ttie class - is
tfiited ... aecoeding. to :. the Tent. • paid
yy - the 1.-ezaer. . Limonadifrs. ot . the:
;),E.heltt,. , (Aasii, - or first eclass, pay
- it:0 patenth per . a:_in 1 ,.
y $.25, relie third-c.ass .pay $20, t the
titartikeieee. pay Ws and the fifth Or lowest.
eIess .pey- $10- ,per - peanut -net in addititio to
their 1m -din -try eatee. 'and ti9:XeP. ' In the
ciimi, the rat'eg arelowor eccordiog to the
number of.inhabiitiate in the emelt:Mine in
- i which the 'fleeter exercises his trade._ ieecial
,- .rates re pd by -dealers who, ueinglieniale
bar-tetdere may be cooeideked as earning
special: pr6fita.- .. Indeed . the tpercentage
levied; on thi :media -reputable traffie is . a Ver
iy
highituee. _ iSimilarle, stAcial" rates are
cherit dto soontkeepers who enjoy the
privil ge a..k.eephige their - eseablishmen.ts
- it _
tepee- au. night, the nuieber of -which hi no
• .syrpl•.11 r:ii_to in Pettis, "' 1 * e • - .
Freers ' AND musi-oPALITY- . .SIIARE • TILE
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.. PLUNDEIL -. ... -
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- tun -the setiond-ceese.
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- It hewever,- in . te.e payinehe a- the
crci:dud:ea thee,- the.. saloon -keepers etre_
marte‘fo coatribute to the national purse.
Thus ea _every bared. of Winebrought into
Peria‘effeio Metter Wiiiither it be Mouipo-
litoettschilit, Cheteau-trepteto, Or the sourest
piccolo or -- peweete tnat ever' :distorted
thef44eof a bon vivaei into e grimace -se -3..6 xed-
lictroi. aty of. $9 -has to be paid. This -duty
is. divided between i the Siete and the
eailiaiiittaitty et _Pettis; the slith'e, going
to the -latter. Oa spirits 16 eente- hasto
beetteid per litre (abeine 3 pilatt). Liqueurs
are_ taxed accordingt to .the 'degree - of
aleohoteeither asi wine, as . in the case of
such liqueurs as Verehoutlii Benytdeaod so
on, or as "spirits , as with ch,r tre.psoliBitic die:
ticket' and so forth, - Thietax is 'collected,.
tither at"tho.gates ef'Pris or. at • the Office
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expected to escape entirelY'fronrits direct,
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action, and.they constitute the tole exam-
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ple of_such. -immunity. - .The 'liege*, -end
heart soffer.iiiinfoet if not -in equal degree;
and. thee „cetasegoencesi . in - their case are
.tieible- in, impaired -respiration, defective
nutrition -of the blood; with consequent im-
poverishment of every organ end tissue and
s a weakened and excited or languid cardiac:
action, culminating, it May even . happen,
"as in i an instance • lately reported, - ie_
fetal eyncope; The effect opine digestion it
notewort-hy: - There being but little slaece
for. the porinal expansion of the -.stomach
after eating, lese.and leeti_forid. is taken . till
-the foelieh sufferer is Virtually half-starved.
Constipaiion -18 neeessary. sequel, And
fittoleat distension adds Another iropeiti.-
meet. te lite course .of a laboring: circulation
and overpressed_reepiretery organ. -Natur-
-al ty, ilipee viscera which lit IOW in the pelvis
likewise feel the iitrain, ati thatiahnost etery
function reqoired for -.healthy . exintence is-
deprivecl of itanoirnei exercise,Whattheo.
Of fiealthitself ? - And 'need :We - tea sur-
prised if now and. . then. ;the thoughtless
vanity. which thus exchange's every- physical
cemfortfor mien appearance leads to forfeit
Of life also experience heseredited it is
•f
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Bet -the '."slum girl" is another.-genuse.
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and one by no means .so well known-- .In
fact, she does tneit wish to be known at alt
exceptby her -6oinrades and ii her people"
-"that is, the people'Who.live in *hit We.
call the "slums," since we are pleased - to
'allow 'slums to be. -If• more of US had .the
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true spirit of the 'Salvation Army there
wouldn't beany*tome. s . • i 1 - t: i • ie. ;
: The ,e4 ihim girl ''-there are only:four of
them in Boston but :they are to .1,e) found
in London, .New • Yoitk, Chicago - and all
large eities—leafeeher twine; her friends,
her , °col:Tette/as, her amusement, her
books,_ all that she . so enjoyed .aid ttiok
pleasure in, and goes down t iot6.- ":the
slums"'. to live and Work. She ha'0.always
with her another .s"-isluth girl" for company
and protection,. : They havt.-arlitle tenee-
-nient'tif two 1.0022113; poorly furnished, in I the
poorest location that can be found for them-
-Here they i 'hie, -plainly, simply, ' alrnoit
•heymid betide! -.Their address cannot be
madeknown to: you. .• :It* may beat. the
north end( or at the south cove, but if you
velih to coneraunicite- with 'them You4nust
do it thrimeh the headquarters of the Salva-
tion - Army: - But here they _live- 'lives of
utter self- alenegation, • working anion g and
for their neighboes, doing good, serving a
kind turn. whenever and whereye ..and to
Whom they find opriortunity, and they- do
find it daily, hoerly.-
a •
- They do oot like to talk eboat their week,
these " elone girls." . Of " course it'sthatici..
It.nieiansinersing and tending. babies, ' s, gOing
in, perhaps, andtidying-rupliothe . ignorant,
careless :Woman's house Or one recut,: from
almost_inc4.edible.filth, doing, in:short, any-
thing -that needs :to be clime; i setting , the:
while- the example of pure, clean, wholeeorae.
lilting; but Wring; of the plainest peer*.
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sort, such alone as. their neighb rs in -the
slums could afford. . • ;• 1 -
_One "shim girl"-- will ' do for a type of
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many. . This onet, no matter who she de or
where She Werke; for she sive -herself t that
it is . not she, but God in her personality,
:gave " up : everything - : she held ear; Old
Ositne to live and labor.sanongithe poorestof
-.the, Poor int th e eluMie among that "other
half" " of which so few of us know how they
live. - : .•-
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She wai:a iicheol.ttiacher in forkl
Brooklyn, 1 •
fivetyeats.an honored teacher in the Public.
Schools. - -- She Went ,tit -Dr. %WS elitircnt
end -it was while sitting in hie. -I chiurcia one
day
day enjoyipg the beautiful tietvicei that the.
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thought dame to her that eheewtie not rar-
ing with others the.goed things -she iii • en--
joyed. - From this /time she. began to do
mission week, in aettery mill way .at first,
but with her woricconetantly enlarging, yet
from , the . idea . of . joining . . the Saivation
Army, had it been then proposed to her, she
Would _have recoiled. With:horror. • • i.t . •
1 But iontething. worked s within her -, mind
and hear, and.after weeks of estruggle she
gave op her iposition in the Public School,
gave.upher church, her home, he . friends,
joined the Salvation Army; and WE
and work. in the iliima, a "daily,: h
enoplieof goodnees in the neidst of
and Vice, .. -. - ... .. - •
Could she _hake dime - it, _de -y
A c OBBISTIAN.- 1910BLEN. ,
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The PolitiOal -Thinger Arising Out of
• Ohiii!se Missions. -
Ahead the, Sahara.
xplaratien - is .improving. the popular
knottledge Of the Sahara.- 1nste0' of being
la'rgelybele*, the seaiithe greeter pert of. it
is Item. -i6,000 • te-.8,000,feet abovethethia el -
instead of .being 'rairiless,;.:iShewers, make .it
bleep-I:arid cover it with green gees* for ai
:few weeks every eVery yeak .lergetliockti . and
herds etre mai ratai heti epee. ittiihoirderst ; the
oases are depressions where:,.-witer. Can be
eielleatedt and itetele . and -
unhealthy.. in -hothweetner becente ef: this
itagetriteveeter and the filthy habits of -of the
inhabitants --flies, scorpions eridifrightfulty
[high teniperettix.e :ere the principal draw-
bachstb travel or life in the .great tie/tette
- Musika. received word. that *big -
I daughter bad eloped lest eight." • ti Isethet.
.w.hy he is lOokingio badly -cut up.r. :" No
he has discovered that -• it isn't
true.,".. -
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The following is extracted from an
admirable letter from -Anton, published in
the Londont-Titnee on the 10th Mgt.
With.. rare exCeptions, more liberal -minded
than their fellows, the, missionaries adopt
an attitudeof implacable hostility to All
native religions and ethics, ignoring -Alike
their- _virtuous aspectsand influeece, the
all-poiverfid• hold which they.have acquired
upon Chineie character, andthe sanction
lent t� them by "a -venerable .antlqiiity.
Particularly is this the case with regard to
ancestral worship, With which . they dedline
all .parley ;. although t. rare_ retort . would
appear to be iopen o a Chinamen in
England who accidentally found his way
into Westminster Abb y. .Such iconoclasm,in the" . eyes of . any • .critics, • .ctiuld
,
only, even if success
sults, beth equally
complete disintegratio
fabric ahd- the collaps
While:thus warring
ishedlialiefs of their
.
ul, lead to two re
-
o be .detelored—the
of the Chinese social
of Chinetie Morality..
ith the most cher-
hoped-for converts-
. A
the missionaries ihav - not agreed among
theMseIVes as to ele i Chin,ese word to: ex-
press the single _deity' whom they preach,
and for whom the Jesuits; the Americans
and the English have loch coined or .emPley
a different title, With l:he-Teeth of complete
beWilderreent to the 1art ive: understauding,
logical logoiriacliy. • !Still less do -they
ill able to-cOpe with I e subtleties- of theo-
, of ' religion. itself
jr the 'divines Of, a
le, each olaiming the
eles- of God. - To a•
Chinaman a separate seat isindiatirguish-
able from -a separate:creed ; . and between
Jesuits, Lazarists, - Trappists, Russian
"Greeks,-Pretestants, hurches of England
Scotland,. Canada, -and America, Baptists,
Presbyterians, Meth 'digs, Episcopalians,
Free . Christiane, t and all . theself-
accreditodpolyonymo_ smissionary sooleties,
he.finds it hard to dee. mane. who are the
true.And Who are. the fatse prophets or
whether any are true at all. The unedited.
and ill -revised trensia imie of the Bible, and
particularly of the Old Testament that are
printed off by the - Million and, scatrered
broadcast, are another .ciute.for stumbling,
'and,' instead of being aide tit the spread of
'Christianity areem toyed as arguments
against it, as the exp riepce of the Hunan
publications sufficiently showed.. • N either
is the intrinsic . abs4isehess of Ciristian.
dogma easy of interpiretation in a• manner
that. conveys enlightenment to the -Chinese.
intelle :t: Finally, the religion, whose i
vehicles of -sdiffusion II have . discussed, is
disseminated in manyi cases by a number of
irresponsible itinerante, of 'whom each is. a
lawainto :Iiiiriself, mAny - of whom disown
communion... y.1 Gli . , .
with. an . nrch andwhose
-Single-minded fervor -it dearly purchased at
the cost .of the doctrinelsconfusion entailed.
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.The ;political drawbacks to the mission -
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emit' work are less exclusively natters of
their own creation. China. can never forget
that, 'unlike the Chrietians in early Rome,
in- carter taul, or in early _Britain, they owe
coincide upon the for
which is promulgated
score of different scho
sole -cuotody of the or
iinlssbeha&been called of God.
not.
To one such girl the question ie put,: "But
you are an -educated woman, 'clen t you ever
long forsociety, for books forl intellectual
companionship?" ' And this is wle;t'she answere
"1 ley one night on the floor, arid cried
eloud. and. "said, Oh God, I am brain:
hunery " - •
Then the goes on and tells:you incident
after incident Of her - wotk,. laut not, she
says, "to be imit in the paper" - "My pee--
pie are eensitive, and _cannot tfebrise their
confidence." .
uety- ex -
poverty
rfl think,
She says
• So you listen, taking the while e. 'Mental
photograph of the bright, owed, sensible
face, crowned by the low dark heir, of the
tritn figure gowned -in plain, dark blue, with
the greet gingham apron, and the shawl
thrown over theishouldere, far the " slum-
girP' does not dress as do the,other Salvation
Artily girls, and but for the badge and the
letter "S" you would not know her. But
her people know her, and' As She walks
_along in their Traded, a Vena. 9f the .19bh
century,' they: give her. greetings on every
hand.
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Realty, after All; the Werk of the . -slum
girl" is ahnost exactly that of ithe "college.
settlement-,"•• of whieh We are hearing so
flinch, .with- the -6060 on the. "shun girl"
has not money_ and influence behind her.
The" slum girl" of therSAlvatton Armv
is eeldoni seen out of the slums—the is al-
ways in evidence there. But.Wheke you eee
her don't look at her with indifference or
titi Regard her, and remember her
with respect, with friendly feeli
tender sympathy. It is in yOur p
to lend her a helping hand, to
her, and su.staimher in her work.
WHEN .ATE Ifittolt HOME.
Excuses G!eien :1,tyv,Civiitesca. FO. Men •te .Theibie
The ' young man had returned from ha
wedding trip and was again at his deiik
the
.ti::)wffiacselhe 1ay ..after his re: tint. that the
head of the :department called him to his
deek.and-sAidi • •
"Now that you're married I -trust you
Swill be censiderate in -your
-" Why ? don't understand you l" ex-
claimed the young manin OW prise,
"Oh, it's a little early, I knexe," -adroit-
ted the head of the department; " but
there's nothing' like takieg• time ler the, .
forelock. I•Suppose you 'leveret been out
late at night yett"
t` Certainly nab, sir."
"AIM it's none et my business I(you
have. But when you. do stay' out some
night be considerate—r_emember that jaave
a little reputation fer fairness'and hMarte.
treatment of the boys that I Woad like to
hang on tot. Don't tell ydur wife 00
you ke sorry, but thaI inspired idiot at Aie
!grace piled work _upon you se" fast that you
had to work way im o .the night,t (limit tell
her. that the slave-driver • 3 oil twoilt under •
gave you SO 'cents supper money and told.4
you that yea would have to 'laiose. all 'the -1'
books in the office before eou quit for the
night. 'Just* get .some other excuse, you
know." • -
The e oong man thought the matter. over
for a minute or -two • and thea asked.
anxiously i . •
" W.ell, if should be late, what shalfI
say?" • . .• . - -
"Oh, put it on the senior partner the
way. I do. He can . stand it. ",-,Chieago
News.
and with
wet too,
ncientage.
e • _
. Different pehoeha.
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Papa—What is the 44- triple alliance ?»
Dicky Boy ---They teach that different in
different schools,'
Itepa--Whatclo you mean?
Dicky Boy—In-the Public -School it is
"Germany, Ausria and Italy; ,-and in
Sunday School lb is the "World, the Flesh
and the Devil."
Not to do honor to old age is
in the morning the !abuse wherein
sleep at night. —Alphonse Karr.
e olleti
weiareito
;
Mrsi Witherby---Itoes. your husband _play
palter? Mrs. Plankington--Gracions,1
it.was only this morning ho uaidhe
wai-satisfied he never would. know w to
S
play the game: ' -
their • admission. her
cence on her own pa.
expressed desire; b
men- of a superior an
Eachstation is e sardonicreminder to them
-that they have been made- to pass_ under
the CaUdine Forks. 'lay, not merely elees it
recall the natio4a1 humiliation, but it is also
a 'badge of the continued aEcenclency Of an
"alien power, still maintained, as it was
originaily introduced; by force. -Nor is this
inntieesion dieninishdd by the attitude of
the missioilaries therriseivee; many of whom,
as • the • soldiers Christ, retnernher
though they buckle on .their armor
only; • in, times of peril, • that .they
are citizens of this or that , empire
or. republie, an . clamor for it
to no -tacit aequies-
t, much less to any
Lt solely -to the coer-
victorious strength.
•
treatment of
•
iiieGa oit
- Shipment Ainjoad• .
How the tirecions Hetsii. is Patti
• t.
-
Gold is ususdly packed for: shipping ,...in
kegS. Each keg holds .$50.000 and will..
weigh in the neighborhood of 200 pounds.
Such .a.keg is about a foot and a half in*
diameter: Mr, Shay's kegs are made ef the .
best White oak staves, he id itt p!aee• by four
thick .metal bands h Te 6 -small pieees of •
piale- tapeiare stretched across one of the _
heads. -To these piecesof tape the•htiuker's.
shed is affixed when the kieg is ready for
ehipping. The other head is held in place
by a Lew nails until the keg is ready to be '
filled. After the tee has been pecked the
beadisreplaced. and sealed in the same
manner as the other.
It is very interesting to conapare the7.sizes
of a $50,000. gold keg and a caskthat will
contain. $5,000 in silver dollars. One of the
latter appears t be many times the height
of a gold keg, RIt - proportionately broader.
There is but oneetze made and thiee, ere
always packed with Mexican eilver dieters;
which are used in foreign exchange. The
dollars are divided he o bege eechtentahaing
$],000,—New York World. - *
d'
lor
Learning to waitr.
• .
• People sometimes ask: At what age can
we Set a child in *a chair ? when put him 021
his legs? how old 'mist he be b_afore we
teach turd to walk? The answers are easy.
He lilliSt 1:10t he made toeihtill he has spon-
taneously set up in hie bed end has been
able to hold his seat. :Mile eometim s hap. .
pens in the sixth or seventh month, some-
times later. The • sitting position is .
not without , {14:tiger'even when he.-
takes to it hinieli ; impCSf'd pre-
maturely eipoo him, it tires . 'the •
hickhone. .and May interfere with the '
growth. 'So the child elioaM nevet be
taught to-stand.er walk. That is his &frail.;
not mile. . Place hini on a carpet itt a
healthy roOm or ifr the open air, and let •
him play in freedom, roll,. try to go ahead
on his hands and - feet, or go haeliwerd,
which he will ;do more succestftily at first-
-
gonboateitith whiehtlo insereeespect for the • it all gradually strengthens and hardens
'gospel.. To this toe I ready appeal to .the ihim.aneSe0s7.itendozhyebr7d:ryilitilagnoagleo-itwougrd4,tunppoonn
physical sanction of a national fleg there are
"homy' h.oriorable . exceptionsineni Who tiny thein, and then ' to mite.. bjimself up .
their lives in their hands, and :uneceepiiiia-ageinisit he.pan
the char i
etirse..fat
Hashteli
e elkaarns. too "
ingly submit to indigkities which they have
doli.;and
n
undertaken to enthiri in a higher cause than Inehe, But, they say, he will 1e longer
in learning- to walk if he .is left to go, -on
that of their nationality.. _ Nevertheless.
'his knees Or IiiS'ha'tkcig. Alla feet indefinitely.
thepresenceof the issionary. bodies. RS i
Hi
theWb a_tWlitereiunee. it. 'Le: 'i.e4v .all'y ,ahk he ibt'eceox-mPel.cs'rlancg-, .
whole in the.ceuniry is a constant anxiety
.to the Legations, by whom . in . the
last resort their inter sts- resting as they 40 ildinsattalteteds,1,:itstirtet.gtth.hienng6iii hli:am:gstoanedstbipm.cakl.-e;
upon treaties inus-t bei'defencled ;:, -a,nd it
equally distarPiteful ..t the 'chine -se Govern.. vpvriza,rhgets
9
e;_heitus.teIfv%,ki
illsitz?ort, ttitheimportant
waikbetter
-Merit, which frequen. lY finds itself called
upon to reprimand a . native official of to thing is, not whtthet he wellie now or :
ill, .. eselfeto
punish a- local commutlity' at the cost of then, but that he learns to g
greab odium. to: itself: '' help hieneelf, and to have confide; ee in him-
self. . •
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, . cleales.
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Many of the smart st opera cloaks can be
worn in the- daytimi. as well as at night.
As; for instance, a three-quarter length
cloak in a lovely night shade . of purple
velvet, bordered rou d the hem With black
feathers and above them With an application
of eoru lace. The lafter is also .seen on the
yoke, which is • outlined with -feathers,- and
chrling_black ostrich'tips nestle round the
throat. ' The inner side is lined with the
daintiest of heliotrope -brocades. , Another
'minnow, little wra
of 'enferald green 170
with dark sables:
• Cloaks reaching to
once more forievenin
brocades of which t ese are fashioned are
i
exquisite enough to rouse the most superior.
of the sex to enthusiasm. The brocade:of a
mantle met with a few daysagohad a black
groundwOrk, flowered With posies 'in a -dozen
•delicate tintst-blue, -Pink and gteen pre-
dominating. •-; It fell Fn full folds from a cir-
cular yoke outlined with laces and -fringed
with jet, andiat the back was a single wide
Plait of moss -green vlielvet. The collar was
formed of blackefeatheriii ' But it. was the
lining which gave tolt he cloak its.indiVidue
ality. • This was of satin, in Ominous.
-turquoise- blue.--Chiecte:oanH.
ea
.r, ld.
4 .t
I , .
She—You're awfully young to becalled
• .
C°H1°en—Pl*W-ell,€ I've ben i . _ n. eighteen engage_
ments, andthe girl and I fought like :the
deuce in every one. ,
for a wintry night is
et, lined throughout
the feet are in favor
wear,. • Some of/the
-••` •
,
•
An Firort to 11:Plain.
Di-her—Hew comes this, dead -flY in my
soup'
•Waiter -e -In fact, air, I hate no positive
idea how the poor thing came by its death.
Perhaps it had not taken any food for a tong
timeadathed opal the soup, ate too much
of it, and contracted an iefi Animation ot the
stomach that brought an death. The fly
must have bad a weak constitution, for
when I served .up the soup it was dancing
merrily ou the surface. Perhaps—and the
idea presents itself only at this moment—it
endeavored to swallow too large a piece of
vegetable ;,, this, remaining fast in the
threare'caused A chotieg Of the windpipe.
This is the only . reaion I can ve for the
death of that poor ihtect 1"
Mr. Taddles--Whet was in that packag
which was *tame- from You.. On your way
home.? Mrs. Taddles---If I must tell, it
was a box of cigars I had bought for your,
Christmas gift. _Arei you sorry! • Mr. Tad=
dles--Yes, dear, very sorry—for the thief,
First Guest—All the waiters here are
white, are they not-? Second Ditto—Yes, .1
on'the outside. -
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••••••
. Gay Raiment.
' "We fashionable men are going• to show
in gorgeous raiment this sprang,- says a
man about town. "We are to -wear pink e •
and blue ipeckled shirts with turn -down
collars of the same mai etial. We are to
have dark Nue or black and white plaid
neckties, with an effieraldor a ruby set 'in
it, flecked by .dimpond chips: Our tihoes
are to be wine -colored or pale yellow. * Our
trousers will be loud and Wide, and altogether
we need not Complain if now and then we,
are run in upon the charge of being tinhorn_
gamblers "—St :Louis Republic.
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A Fin de.Sleele Wooer
Voung Man—May I present myself tie
suitor for your.hand ?
Maiden—LI am- sorry to disappoint you,
but the fact is I betrothed myself to -day_ to
another. • ' ' -
Young Man—Well', what about to -nor -
row? -
First Commuter—They've i doubled the
number, of afternoon trains, that's good!
Second Commuter—I don't know—it
doubles the chances of missing a teitin, 01-1
know •
a