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HOW TO DRIVE WELL A VETERAN OF THE TURF, GIVE3 A BIT OF EXPERIENCE. . ' ed of a I.ovrt tl'uil unit Btreng- Arms lltujioslllon of tlie Owner A Lover of Horse-John liplaii 1'ula) SlarU. , "It seems to me," said William F Week, In a rcnt Interview. "Hint what a Inan most iiioMnbragnod driver In a raco I a level be.nl. NIiiI alhhtlv truiiiliig I not emeii liul to Hi- one for work in the sulky, though It li desirable Unit a man should M rea'ionnbly mu-s-uiar, for there ore Iioiiuh wbfl lire bard to manage, nnd If a mini wnr.n't strong enoiiKli ho illicit find that the horso was the it.iitnr mid would rmi army. Rut tbo exer rlsevif driving ami tlm healthful inlliietica of tho open uiroro gpiicrully stitllcienl to put an ordinary man In the required physical Mil ilition. Tlie main st.alu is In the foro orw, and gol shoulders mi) naturally advan tageous to a driver t hen I an energetic Ihmw Id handle. Hut no nuin rnn do without a kv,.l head, and In this roct vsp-rkw will often supply one after ii time with what tin limy linvo Luke.1 at the la-ginning. "Tlm. fiirt is Hint driving t cxn-'.ly like any oilier lino of noik or rt, l!w man who is faithful to if, other thing MK equal, will Micueed, though a good driver nay not make mu'li success at tin pool box. I mean, of course, Hint steady application will make a man agissl driver and secure due recofplllnn. Of course innn inny lie pursued by ill luck, ami a man wboU really a gooddrlver may lx o situated ad not to win many vl-tnrlm, while on Die other hand a ninn may havo the Htxvl li;"!. to muknahinlilin ajcet-.a tlint will, bring linn oil tlm liiiiiiiriw opportunities he can ii'k for." tujc kthai or mnvixo. 'In Hip work of driving exhausting either pliVki'iilly "r iiiiv.'ii-I)T M d'lii't find it to, A youngdrlvi r mny get excited mill feel ihe strain nervously nfter it is all over, hut It gits tolxia matlcr of bad ly"", II I V Noo.l II a HUM dlhull'l lulll'l it. ii' 1 inn ever Inrll I to anxiety ii i. nltcn I inn dm In;: for n ifiiiuuil friend wlm mini I his hm.- lo n In. Thru I would rather uuy lime iw my pay for the work tlinii hr-j tin IS-C. I feci HOIW IllMlt Mll'll 11 jiiivllmii when 1 huvi u lot u( my own money In tin p Inx. Tliut reiiMndiniKof one iinpoltiint leuiniv uf n di ivei V emw tlm diioi.ii:im nl tin.' on IH'I. Il MiincliiiH tiil:rx limit' lnil mid iirrvo lo mini i;;tioni'owni'i'lliiinll l.i 111111411, Tin' onifr may In ln-iil on winning, nuy U' Hi ve Inn In ip L ciipil.li'of It wlien lliu ill i.vi it i iinndi'llt th it it i m't ill tli niMiiwd. Tlx'i. it It Ii.imI for the driver, lie limy 'ru uic the minor. If ivvKilile, 10 iilmmloii ioio ol winiiln::, 11ml that (h often im itiila lliln. And iicnn owniir may liuvoliis own lduir iiImhiI Ii iw Hki Iioinc nlmnld lie driven, mid tin')' niu piv.ty lilinl) todilTer with tlios.-ol the driver. Tlm conilllioii uf thinivi brouhi IiIkhiI by mu ll u eonllii't of opinion cull I" ini:ii;liied Just km null an ilini rdHvl." "Hbould a driver knew oil nUmt It'-i s s 11111! do uver) tiling fur tlnw. tlmt tiu drivin un tin iMUitcf "Vm ami no. A man nuiit to l nbvi" of linrivn; liU t.ivtm slimild lm hIioii In fuvoi of the auimnl, and lio khonld l.lio nil In 1'iin Itmrn nlmiit. Ili' ir h;i).i and Imhitii mi k. HH'iiilurilii. Thiru Ih un innrli illiri'ii'iui-. tlioub, hi itidivldiuii liormii tl.oiv Mi. men; no the work wit Ii lmri is mi uiK'iullnj; Minly. Ity knowinjc what them is to li nn; iilniiit lioinn In ceneriil a triili.er l.my utlei he eniililttl 1 11 diiv isv ImH, fur iiuli v uluikU 111111 oiitiwil iiii'.hodimi'l lieiilinent furlhein. I!ii; n to ibilii': overythint; fur Ihiih" i miii' iliiw I kliull miy no. 'Ilinv nrv few ililvi r. who n:v mi.TluInt both klinlNuf wmk. Jolt:,- iin.w's .wuim i .! 1 it HjiLiii used Ui idiiiIiiiii' lli"inm:d tub, nil 1 iw of liU borw, nilihliiK n-i u)l ndri ln; but heldr I1I111 I run think of Aulv 0111 ur Uni uIIicih of the mnvew-ful drivels nlioik tlnit. It eeeiin to, lie (lie lull' Unit the mull wli.i inborn! nl rubbiii;: and looking after tin ilrl'iiKi'f 11 lmini' Nialilii life l not t;ix foi di ivln-. Tlm liniuiiiu for u ill her in tn Ik fun. n! only in t!ii Milky, lllveii Ihe iiiiturn t.Tto fur bnria-n nnd the iviiilsiiistivnth nml n level bead, 111.1l 11 man run mukeit driver by Sellinj; tlm arltinl experieiii-e of drlvins in ni'is. Knell a ii " i emiuot help imimviti ill n driver the k r lie kii'tw ot it." "Ifci drivel ..,ioely luint; nliout tin iniiny f.-ilne k'iii-Ik t iat wi often rliuuirtrris liiitiln evenlif -No, fir. 'iliut h a point llwt. the public' uvni neier Ui ii'idort.'iud. It in 110 easy tliui' In i;rt Imlf n ilonn or more ln'is tc 1 i-ore tM'iily. Of limine, there U a good deal of li,;in ln lo p t 1111 oiivunbiKiHHM puoitioii ui. lite Ktni'l, mid it may Komeliniei liupin-u the, it drlM'r will pull up when uppriKit IiIhk !te ll.ii , Uit limi la very wl'lulll ih i'ui. It in inoi diKlrabli' to g l a fair start tlian t riri tlie iik uf dlL.ln.ln;; u li"ie by muerr.l KU(ivv,ivi trials. 1'lm truuliltfeoiiHn in tin hoiNt tlieinM'lvnt, KupiNw, for in-tame, that oil the homes wero roinin.'f to the mon f.ivontbly and you wnv in Just menu tiuii i lnlively ax yini would like, w hen one of tliiuMiniellloM liiva!i; n.iw do all yon limy to bold yuiir bm-s t Iviek ho in liable U 13 1 ahi nil nnd upoil thelarl. Mirny a time 1 blue mi, in Urn grand Klaud mid lienid xy I'lo aUmt me eoiuplaiii of t!m immeiuiu lal. Marin, aaylnj lhat If tint drivein rhu- to they roil Id 'aily vnuuli ,Tt awnv. line miMu't ray anythioij l -nm im them lo the contrary, and yet I knev that It wan not I lie driver." fuiU r.t all.- I'lii'iil, Iphlu Tina-. Only a l.'i'lutlou by Slarrlu;, lie had I'll u ; It i hiT liu iu i.t iutrodiirtion uv Mi.. Something, and bev.ni nmeh tourhtd by Iter lnnly. Iliil lio ill 1 i.ul like Iho nji larnlly very fil.-ndlv t-rmshlio wan on wilh niii tbi r fellow, nml hi" U'S.ia itiielly pump J.':; to llnd nut how liithM Ktiioil. "He Mi'iiw wry fond of join" liotaiiL "Oh, yei be rather likii me." 'It li'ok'i very aeriuui." M)h, tin; il'( imt very neiiou. "lint tin re innoiiu'lliinf" 1 Nolhin out or lie) ordinary," ''iViha)w ho ia relaliour Yen; be'iiiielitlion." "liroSiwporiiHulur" ".Wither. Ilu. only a ivbitloii by mar lia,. lie' my bulitnd.''-Slm IVmuiioi Ciiniul'le. The Tyianny of INtMIe eulliiiiinl. Tito emir of llnvin. Napoleon I and IrWi limduinla are not tbti only tyrant We hav tlirni ri;;'il nt our Imtid, and 0110 of tlteui U ailed publk- kentiineut. Iliwii nnilr4 of the iMlumtw uf an iiilliiretUI journal, I tuar Bt.t - Uie di tlirom ineitt of the proudest iwnto of i.ur tituu All lhat i nejvi-y U to Klut ith indit;tutit continuity the Uiirxt uf Mr or wag nub ikvi!lb lraiu-iu' Hk Jander. ti tongue, ami Um uoiile iiuui, the pui-st o.uau,euubopulkl frosa !! jxhtal i f fame iU'lf and mad. to bide in tho very gut ter of depair. Joe Honard lif tU-r. At Dergi-n, Jtoraay, U a chuivli eon Cttietnl rntirely uf tapi-r oiaelie. It U ortamal In .hnjA ouU U aewimiliodatrt ! I .ijU?. iwiiii fur odiI furniture: Hub rali u awokn c'.uU w'.uivitU liLU' i.j PATTI'3 PASTE BRILLIANTS. Tha Oreot Wnger'a Wealth of Prerlooi Htonm-A Very Srrewmry rrraolluH. Iii no rt Hhe playa ilium Mine. 1'uttl wear rich a wealth of preoioun rt inea ni when ah undertatn. VinlrtUi lu "La rruvtnta," ami oa thia oMwIoiit an ou all others hot nlone wera her lieaJ, her neck mid her arnw mvered with cema. but Wf dren an well. .Wliat did not ktrike the oilmlring crowda of women, who, tbrouKh tlwlr ojiera glasaea, uid aj Diurli altenllon to llw prueiout ilonna as inry did to the kmi;;Iiic, wn that fully half uf the uliiiw were panto. I'attl liappent to be ononf the few women in the world who ran afford to wear iat diainnniUi and tell it without tifforiiig any ucfreaned ronslderatlou for that reason. It U one thing to wear part) illaniouiU yet own tlm real Mie, but it M qnito another thing to wear the paiUi inilla tiona and not have the genuine artii lo ready at hand. The fact la that Pntti hat a duplicate in paotc of every preeloua lo:te kbo oii. llalf of thrnu could hardly be told from the real, exroptlns Tery near by or by oonnoin teurn, they look fto exactly alike and the panto aro of an lino a ipiallty. It luia Ix-eomo wi-nriQino and rather expen sive, too, for Hli;:ior Nieolini to hire a ear ringc and a iletm-tive to go down to Hie Un coin bank oil Koity-tei'ond lre-t to takeout the big liox containing nil tboA bnllianU. Ikvidet that, there in nlwoyi tome danger attarheil lo it, for I bey have to lie kept all night out of Die bank, and are tmiially eon fldwl to the proprietor of Iho hotel where I'attl hapiens to I'mIk. Next morning another ciu-riage haa to bo hired, and tho detective alw), and tbrii with all aoi U of piTy-autloim Uie ptH.iW worth of piix-ioiw itoiiea aro put bark. Nirnlinl ronfeH that the most ticklish time always la nln-u leaving the ors-ra house or cuiircrt ball at night with but wife, when ho must make III way ncrou tlie sidewalk lo the carriage with Die box of dkimoiids. Thero is always an armed man Ix'hlnd him, and the conrbmmi also is given a revolver. Hut thiso pnvuutioiiH, bo uys, niukni life weari.-mtiH-, and really just as many loople come to hear riitli w ilitout her dia monds 11s with I In-ill. "One gnat it-amn," 1uld.1l Hignor 7imllnl, "why vro bad tlm piv-tu linit.itiona mndo wn, that nuy one having a iltNiii tiH)n the diu inondsrnn never feel eertaiii whether b Is gelling the real nr tin iuiitaliou, and this very doubt is mi ex-i'lleut precaution againt.1 Iohr," SI me. I'attl ny that when lie gets back to Europe she will probably h ave the more val uable stones at her jeivi lei's and travel with only such few trlnki-Ls 11s she may need. The can' of such A lot of prerious stonea is too great for life to bo comfortable. New York Journal. Oueer I se for Ihe Darlings. A farmer nauutl August l'irch, who lives near llarvan, i the btippy posseesor of a dozen line, lieokliy chihlivii, Theso young sters grow fimt, rat tliivo or four hearty meals day, nnd Iho way they wear out clothes is enough to make a wisilrii factory think a cyclone had Mrurk It. Mr. l'irch has lieen ill hot water with his little ll-lu-i for years, mid was about to give up In despair when a bright. Idea struck him. lie hud a tenet of land Hint could not l used for the want of unlrr. I'.it how to irriguto the laud williout sH'ii ling a large miiii of money was a mystery. A ditch would cost thousmidi of dollars, but corner lots have not been jo plen tiful in Ihe l'irch family as the happy father could have wished, and his bankbook simply showed a Imlniice of n few hundred instead of thousands. Ilu fl ;tired on Iho cost of a well and found Unit he could stand n sixty foot well, a cheap pump nnd one of those great big family swings which are noticed at pleasure gmih 11s and tiermau picnic grounds. The wi II was bnivd, Um pump was aclupaud tlie awing was put in working onler, "Here, you lilllu wals," Niid the elder I'livh to Ids little llsluti, "come out here nnd get in litis swim;. I'm going to give you eomelhiiig to piny wilh." In live minutes the children were Hying back nnd forth through the nir, The pump worked up nnd don 11. making a merry tune, nml 11 fourteen inch strcuuiof water Unwed from the well. Tlm children don't know (but thev lire working, as the swing i wiiue distur.ro from the well and Is romicctiM by un Iron rod which works the pump ns tho swing vibrates back and forth. Mr. l'irch I ositivo that tho young, stein will pinup enough water during the duy to Irrigate a large tract of kuid.-lsi Angeles. (Oal.t Times. A 1 tn re Mxpeilenec. Hlepheii A. Douglas, Jr., Iho popular cam paign Hsnker, had 1111 exiNirirnce a few renin ago whti'h few men Imvo known. Mr. Doug- Ins' father, the senator, died in lSl'd, ami was buried on the lake slioiv niMir bin old home, at TI1I1 ty-flftli slretil, where stnmU the monu ment, surmounted by the "Little (llaut's" tlguiv. Niiirlis-ii years later, or ill 1SS0, workmen os-ucd the metidlic case of the sar cophagus to renew the xine lining, Stephen A., Jr., wus sent for, unci in a few moment! s'ood bsiking through the glass. lid uf tho coniii iisiu tiie faco of his lather. No per ccptiblc change had taken placo in the score of yours, A-ddo fi-om tlie leathern sallow tint which tho tlcnh of the dead take on, tlie facelud the miluriilnis of life itself. The eliivks win-e not sunken, them had Ixvn no filling away of tho lli-sh, nnd the expression w ns iM-rfoet 1 a when the blood, of life coursed through tho veliui long years U-fore, r or 1111 hour tho sou, a man uf i!J years, sat gasing iijioii mid studying tho faro of the lather who had died wlma this sou wus a lioy of II yen ix Chicago Herald. A Vlrtlm of liiteuipprnnee. lb-re coinos 11 man whom 1 wish you to ob serve, I'm hold him. His faro is pallid and bis eyea luster!,!!. His lips nro set In nin. UU steiw uiv slow and tho dull throbbiuir of a lKiiTy bividarho Is-uta at his temple Ilia ilnya uiv hiavyi.ind hU nights uro sleepless, and lite is a wrnriiifN to iiinu He U a lucre wreck of his crly manhood. His friends avoid him. When be goes homo his children hunt for the dar;; corners, und his poor wife wishes, sho wi'iv deaiL What has wrought all this ruin and misery I lUtnif Tho drmon Hum Ob, no, nut exactly: pio and hot bread and llrtoen iiilinito dinners did it. Tito poor man has the dvspovin, that's all. Dut that's mousk-Uurdell in llivxikly hiigle. Vnu Multka at the teast. At the great student celebration of tba restoration of iho empire, a few weeks ngo, Von Moltke was on invited guest. His entry was a signal f.r a scene of tho wildest tn UiuskiMii. Tho air was thick with tiinahs, aud the galleriea wero white with waving handkercliiufs, while tho trumpet Mnndid a martial lluurlsU as the aged chief mado bis way to bis upsinted place. With his niuu 3t Xvt brforo iiim be joineU in tl nuiueroua loasU, and wig with the rest when from l,.t thrtviU the riHislitg student msigs rang forllL Irhusi this friendly eonipliunce was uwlw iik a, the groat utrategist ever adiv At all events, unill a late Lour lx took part in iho flivitlm with an all)en sure of much ii'.iiet enjoyment Berlin Cor. InterUxan. Albany. X Y., is one of Uie three great Mesrapuie renters In this country, havinj W ir. i:ri York, w hich stamb) Orst, baa l'OPOCATEPETL'S COXE. MAKING THE ASCENT WITHOUT AID OF GUIDES OR MULE3. Visit to Ilia Vnlrituo Which Itoks bowl I" pun tlia (.ity of Mexico A View nl Uie Crater Catherine; hu!itiur. About noon I rcni-bisl Amecaiuoca, and after a good dinner und a few glasses of piil(U I vowed that I would reach the sum mit of l'orocatostl, and that without guides or mules if it took a whole year to do it, Tlie resolution having born duly made, I laid In extra ftuppliia of undeix loUiiug, blankets and plovWoiu, and tlieu mndo aiTBiigements to start early lira next nioiuing. Tbo next day tboilly uf ter snnruo I was up nnd ready to start Tho path w,i, of course, the name over which I bad gone tlm previous day, but somehow I managed to wander oil on 0 branch road, and only discovered my inis tako wheu the puih etimu to a sudden end. A Mexlcun would consider a few ontlin very appropriate on such an occasion, but, being a goisl American, I merely turned around and retraced my step. Tito mistake wa. cer tainly a serious uiifl, as it took nearly two iMiurs of fast walking to imicli the right puth. After trudging ami walking over twelve miles of road and seeing noslgasof the nincli. 1 deterinlncil to leave tue path, cut arrows the spur of Um mountain and nmko Uie ascent from the west side, instead of taking tho long and trdiiHis path usun'ly followed. About 5 o'clock 1 raiim to tlm line nhero veg etation ended, nnd decided to pan Um night at lhat placo. For hours 1 hud been walk ing through forcsLi of pines, but bad at last reached the I.mit beyond w.iich neitb-.T plant nor trco dared to go. Tho mighty peak, cov ered wilh tlio dai-'Jing cout of snow from tho summit to a )li.t a,(W or 4,000 feet be low, lay flos) ut baud, while tue distant lielils, valleys and billa slreti lied in all diivo tions. T ho edgo of the forest seemed to bs articulnrly sbolterei from the winds, and would tints make the Unt camping placu to lie found. Having plenty of time, I was uot hurried, mid was uble to cunstnict a substan tial but hi which to pa s the night. Tlie pint trctw wen- dry, so thai it w as un cay matter to bi-enk olf great brunrlnn. Tims by dark the work was liuishisl, and nftcr putlhig on all my extra ciolhiiig and having 11 huirty lunrli I rrunli'd inside and prepared to iast th" night. It was a little cold Ihe thermom eter liemg considerably U-low the freezing Kiint iini yi't 1 mnnagi-d to sleep well nml wake up bright mid early the next morning, prepared lo liuisii the undertaking. AS11INT TO TIIK KM(lV UMi. I left the enmp nnd striu.-k a-toss ii slo)ing ridge coiiimws eiitucly uf Hue voli anir du-l and it-di. Wulking iviu, extremely dilMcult, as the iiiisbeii lind a dlsiigrivoiilu wuy ol flying in ull directions, und ullliough the ili.s Unco was less tluiu l.lllM) H t, iieurly two lioiun were consuiueil in crossing the strip. A steep, rocky ravine then fallowed end led to tho foot of the glacier. A large Htmnu ol water, coming f iuu tlie end of tho tl il ol lee, dushisl over piwipii-es in its niiid eourn-. und was Dually lost, in the distance, 'i'lm us eful to (lie snow line was rapid but very l.iliO rious, nnd resulted in liumeruuH lindxd und scratclies. Ily alternalc fn-rxin,'; mid tlmwing tin Know on the conn has Iks.-ii turned into clear, trausiiareiit Ice, in some places from 00 to l(k feet thick. Tlie surface, however, is covered with half fii'S-n snow, piinhlly ini ltisl, dur ing the day lime, but solid at night. Nuiiiei-. ous mn!l croiii-en uru on tlie lower edge, bul none of iliem large enough to l lit u.l dan gerous. Theuuvut at lln.t. win nt 1111 niiglr of twenty ilegrei-s, bul mkhi incrcastsl u lleni iy forty, ni(i!iiug it abuotit lui)Kiiblo ti iidvmiro exerpl by crawling 011 the hand and kucc. Tiie nil- bis-amo so ran-lled thai only a few stejis couM iw taken nfj n tina w illiout panting and fairly choking lo death. After three hours of meh cliiuliing 1 ar rived siiddeuly ut the crater. Defini- 1110 lay fci immense chasm nearly half a milu in ili-nmitci-and Hriias l.ncn feet thvp. Tbo nt-moHpliei-e was a trlllo misty, and hid the more distnnt mouiitiiliie, but nluiirit ut my ftet lay tho v til ley of Mexico, l'liibln, nnd ila Holds, while faraway the faint white hutlines oi Mount Orizaba inuld Is; si-en. Tbo edgo of the crater is of lis) sand, the Ice and snow ending abruptly, being prevented from ad vancing farther by the beat w hich rises from Mow. The v:isim issuing from the varbms sulfatarns, the tlu:--.iing wldlenessof the cone and the blue sl.V nliovo piodiHtsI a wvno ol wonderful Uxmty. wtiiut:: 8t t.rut u i ohiaim:!). Wishing to Irani how Uie sulphur Ij ob taintil, I walkinl un the lipfif the crater to the cpiosito side, and there, by means of a clumsy hoisting niik liliie, dwrended seiTral himditxl foet to level wliero a mnuber of Indiuns werent work. The nir was lllled witli Nison ous vuHirs so den that It seemed Impossible for n human Is-ing to remain in tho place. Numerous small holes nnd ere vkv could lie Keen in tho Mtomof the tilvs, from which the deadly vaior3 issued with oitsiilcrnldc force. Around each opening a large quantity of sulphur is d. positud each day, nml forms the mine from which iho valuable niinci al is obtained. Tho supply seems to Iw inexhausti ble, for, no matter bow imHi is gathered during iho day, enough will bo drositrd the following night to more ilian mako up for what has Ikn-ii taken. After lieing gathered, tho crude sulphur is carried to tbo top of the crater and then shot down a slido over tlio ice for a distance of -I.tMO or 3,0tN feet. A tinull subliiuntlug works is situ ited ne:u-the mow line, and there tho raw material Is put into marketable s1iiik and sent to different parts of the couiitrv. The jkhii- wretches w ho work in the crater stay up ihero nlsiut two wev-ks at a time, and lli-n are sent to a Kiwi r alti tude, whero llioy rcniuiu for perhaps tUm wis'ks. After lsing on the summit for nn hour, I Ix'gnn (A fell a sii-uiige, dlr-iy sens;iitr!i, and renliasl the necessity of reliirntiig nt once to tho valley Mow. Tuking uno kist look at crater, and tlm nnior;i!i:a which wi:s tprrad on every slvle, I began tho dix-cnt. The glacier, which had l.eeii so hard to cvend, yrovwl to ! a c:ipill idlding p!aio in cimiing down, wbib the Iisihi ashes made the swtrvt kind of o rurhkm to run and leap ujion. The path thl-ough l!tofun.t nnd nrrosj the fields was as dusly ps ever, and it was only after a long and tlioino tr.i:u; that I Umdly ai rived at Amcc.imera si-voral bouin after buii set Thus Iho trip, allbuugh it bad its little drawUicks, was iutt suovs-iftd. and onco RH'i-o my t xchi-tjticr, vbicU was not in 1U0 most tlmirUhiug condition, wr.s sjiviiI from ruin. City of Mexico Cor. Chicago Times. Tho World Moves. "Well. will, it's astoiiidiiu? Imu- il, ones of to-day iiuy their games," said an old gentleman tun other day as he stil on a corner adjusting his glasses to wntclisomc girl jumping ri' on tl other sxle of the sm'i. -dusi iwK nv mem gn n Jumpin UJie with wheels thvl to tin ir sh.-s-s, und, by bokey, they jump two miies going ditrerent "wnj s at the same time. When I un I ..1 it .. ... much as we eauM do to jump one ropo Willi sur plain sliocs on." The ga l be referred to brl on rolh-r skate and were r,m iuhig th t.:i:unil feat of -jap n-otca" with a couile of wtivol) turucd rojxss. itibdiluhi Call. RUSSIAN LADY STUDENTS. Tlielr Ways In 1'arls-AH Siuohers X lUmiuntie 'urevr. Tlie atb-mpt on the cznr brings tlio nihilists agiin to the forw mid will havo Iho rlicct of exriag I'") r.H-sian Inly .tudcliU liens to much iwgging polim i1lonnge. .One rarely sees them uulia in tha guartler Uoii, although I came nrr n nest of thero a sliort UmeagotiiuhuUllu tbo C'ours de la Heine, Ouakers i-ould not bnvo been more plainly droned, and mint of them bad tlieir hair cromied. They were good musii-lons, and one and ull hardened smokeix tlussian girls tike to tho fragrant weed like Kalmucks. I nm noi sure that tlieir nir of quiet, settled aaduess is due to ImpecunlousiieMi. A student told me that the only cheery cms among them cro Jowew. and that they are not very wealthy; but they meet wilh moral, and indeed, often material, support from ierson of tlieir race settled In 1'urU. I also harms! from hor that not a few of bor comvmiious iu-o girls of inOiienlial families, and Uiat they huve broken away from home nnd come here under assumed names to study. Tlie difficulties w ith which Home of them had to contend bi making their wny hero would strike yon. were I to relate them, c belonging to Um 'domain of rouiam-e. What do you think of the daughter of the governor of a province who w as sent south by her family to bo out of the way of restless spirits with whom she enmc into symput'ietie contact In Moscow, working her w ay oa a cabin boy to Vartui I Sho there entered a hotel an "boots," staid sometime, nnd, hen she laid money enough to buy a suit of clothes suitable to her sex, took sorvhv nn a inint'rymnid in a family about to start for liiglnnd. VV ben there, ue wus engaged ojs a nurw-ry governess In a noble family, mid was taken to tho country seat of cousins of lierown, high in tho English peer age, lint they had no idee, who she wns. As soon ns' she had Kiwi a small um she mine to Pnrii, and, liefom sh-) could find t lodging she bad to pass her nights in a casual asylum. Being a erso:i of first rate du ration, she now prepares girls wanting 1 admitted to the now high schools. The y n"c wliei-o she ivsid"s is n big loft, over a cartr milker's shed, which bus lieen filled Ui iu dormitory and living room for nlsitit twenty studeiitittses. Another loft wrvis) siiri'fes tory, whero incals nrocookwlut a large stove. Kueli ntudenlitH takes a turn lit cisjkuig. The tul.lin on which dintir.f is m rvisl aw made ol Isjards placcsl 011 trestle.'. AVhen tho plato mid dishei, urn remove i in tlie evening, nil sit down to study. The bruin uf the Ilussbn girl Is a receptive one, and r-'lnins when it takee In. Idon'tUiink that I lie studentes nix eug.igi'd in dynamite i-ouspirocics, but they wisli well to those who niv. I'lirU Cor. Lon don Truth. Smn;rg!in the Tuoehnltz Hooks. It is populai ly Mippiml Ihnt the hiron's centiiiental sei f. i.i read "lily by tho travel ing English, yet tiiese form but u small ior tion of iu public; It is exported everywhere, except to England and Eiialisb colonics. The author himself, upon signing a certain for mula to satufy the custom bouse, cnu pro cure oh many copies us he pleuses; but. every one else who iinsirtstt C"ly into England biv.-ilcs the law. lie also hurt.i the English author, but. I nm sorry to wiy, this diss not weigh much with the Er.gli.-h traveler, who liit'ls tho Tauchnit:". litio:i, ho s;iya. "so handy"-so easy, be ulso means, to smuggle. ' We have rnn a whole library of Tnurhtiitz islitioii though not, of course, bis ow n isioks in 11 1 iibllslier's drawing nsun. It is tbo Indies, however, who are the great-i-it siinti-i-s in this wnv. A charming young literary smuggler wis bringing home with her a Taiichniu novel from Antwerp Hn iitiierd.ty, and inndo a:'iuuintnnce with un agnvnlilo siiangei- 011 tlio way, to whom she founded her iieliirioiis iiitcutiou. At IaiiuIoii bridge be reciprocated her frankness by in forming her tliut, be was a custom house of.l (vr, and deiiiandiiig thai lliu volume should Isj given up. "But I have not finished il yet," slie muniiui-isl pleadingly. "Where have you got to?" he inquired. Sho pointed wilh tier Uis!r llngi-r. licntly taking the Issik from tlio fair contrabandist, lm tore 11 way what slie had read mid threw it i:i the river, re turning the portion tlmt was so precious to her with tlm customary bow'. This was a man with niim not ion of duly; but I nm afraid ueh crimes, are only too often winked at. ('ornliill Magazino. A Novel Athletic Contest. Mr. Mmirii-o Pei-nliardt, the son of the tragedienne, was tlie hero of n novel athletic coitti-st tho other night. Iji savatte is n sav age French RK:rt that would not be tolerated among Ilu- most brutal Anglo-Saxon i!astii It is a combiuiition of Isixiug aud purring, w hich kitter Is 1111 old English game of shin klrki'.i,;. But the uim in la savatto is not to merely bruise your opponent's legs. Its chief "tid Is to assail him where 110 boxer is allowed to under the rulesthat i, under the licit. A n-.om imilignaiitly snvngii and diabolically bnilul show cannot lie seen. Bull lighting is picturesque and" cruel. I.isavatte is simply indecently fiendish. Slugging wilh the bure llsi.s is a gentle and noble art hesido it. 1 have wren il practiced in Paris nnd have wvn sonic ivsults of it that curdled my philosophic IiIihhI. His proficiency is no credit to young Mr. Bernhardt any more limn tho ability to hni-skimeklo or slungshot a man with dex terity Is a credit The only thing to be said in favor of hi savntte is that tho people who engage in it know what to expect Alfred Trumbull in New York Times. lotiulilliiK for t'ooil. The (inme ivsUuirant is not exactly what its name seems lo mean, though tlm title is, after nil, literally descriptive. Tho'establisli ment is admit in a U-u-ge on the Hark in river, at the northern end of the city, wher. (leople ixisort on tSiinilnysiii iiiultitudes. The "game" diies not cor.sW of wild meat, but of the uicIIksI by which the customers g--t the vlnniLs. Arratigtsl on nn incline twenty feet back of a stout railing nresiu-h aishen as pork and beans, corned tierf bash, crullers and cheese and sandwh-he.i in profusion, while hero und there nmoiig 'the cheap things ore placet' a few plates of chicken, woodcock, loiter and other costly delicacies. In each di.h Is stuck a long steel pin. For five cents anybody got a ring to throw, nftcr Ihe man ner oil I lio old game of rins toss, and Ik-can claim whatever viand the pin of which his ring encircle Now York LetUr. TSeware nt "They Say." Wall stivet men arc great 011 ipiotatiotia. When a iv)-.-ler ivinarketl ton big man In the street, - nicy say so nud so Is g'inj up," ho got tliU for n:i answer: "Young mnn, Ik ware uf the expression, 'They say.' It is the '.nteliwiml of gsl8 and the shiblsilvth of liars."' 1'or the Present Only. Toe fascination of jo-.irnaXm can only be .orure,l to that r.t the footli-htg. In litera ture jxisterity bns a voire, lu journal uinouo simp bis linden nt the future and n-fuscj to bi uwej by Uij t. The presrnt Uie pros sut today is Ling. TLo Epoch. Ililstiter Itoprv A KTelr y.-HiTT b.: ,- if U. WilS ber fellaw (,-s' n-vly lo fla.. Cut her bean .'.d not come. Ami. n :iiah',;at orwc. Sir still waits lx l'jena.UI to-da. ...... Sfchcgtua Tos. CAUSE OF BALDNESS. THE0RIE3 OFFERED BY SCIENTIFIC PEOPLE NOT SATISFACTORY. The K"l Cans Forth TUe Use of Hard Kelt HuU Muglh Clreulutlon In th Csplllurlea of the Kculp The lUnnrdy. There luis Isvn much learned specnlution as to the cause of baldness, rk-k-ntiflc petwilis conunitbsl to the theories of evolution huve found in Uie miilliplication of smootU aud glittering skulls in tlie centers of civilization evtdem-e that the inan of the future will ilif f.r gnatly in upiwiiruui-o from tho man of the past. We have been lold that Ibocoming man will have no thatch on lib. brain roof, and that it Is gradually .disappearing now liecnuse we liuve 110 use for it. With tlie hair will go the teeth, it is wild, for the con centration of fissl by chemical processes will leave 110 work for tlmm to do. 1 bo muscles of Iisxmtotion will bewiino utinflod fixmi dl use, and Uie coining man is to In- slow mov ing, as well ns toothless and luild. Others, w hoso inquiries and tlk-orles ivhiteexclusively to man a he is to-day, have assorted that liuldliessis due to lack of vend ill Ion in the bat, to U10 ring cropping of I be lmlr, lo the lisu of an artillciul covering for thn skull which makes tlie natural thatch suiierlluous, to u habit of living nud working Indoors, or to trndeneies transmitted iu fain I lies from generation to generation. But no one of tbeso alleged causes Is satis factory. Northern rncos that have worn heavy fur coverings rotuiu n luxuriant growth of hair. The soldier of Europe, with beads closely cropied and wnritdy covered, do not show a marktsl tendency to balilnis. Close cutting does not tlumide the back of the bend and neck of hair, indoor life does not kill the hair on the bends of women. WEA1UNI. THE MOLllIH.X 11AT. The real cause of b.-ildm-ss uppenrs to lie set forth by (i. (!otiiulfK-k iu Tlie Popular Science Monthly.' It i- the u-e of hurii fell hats or any other Is-ad covei-blg ' that con stricts Ihe blisal veiels wkich liouri-li the hair biillis. Theseaip, in whi::h tiiese bulbs uretkl, Is lliin, and it lies Upon til" sniootii unit rigid surface of th.' skull, it is irrig.-ttisl, iiO to spettk, by arteries extending npwanl in it, through which the blood is foiosl to the top of the head. Slight pressui-e exerUil upon tlie surface of tin) scali tends to choke these channels. Tlm Umy pinto under tuciu w ill not yield, und so the elastic walls of tlie urtries uie compifssed. The modern hat is carefully lilted to tho shopo of the skull by u -coiitoi-inatoi-," an instrument which w, Mr. (loiiinliM-k kivs, lnoi-o deslructivo to tiie natural bead covering thuii ever were the Kculpiug knives of tho North American lu diiius. Fitted by this machine the rigid band of tlm baud compresses the sculp liet.weeu it und the underlying skull at every point iu its course ainimd the heuib This piv.vmro les sens !h. How uf arterial blood, and obstructs tlio return of the venous blood, the result being a sluggish circulation in the cupiilarics around tlm hair lolliclcH mid bullis, n coiisa qiirnl iiiipuirment of nutrition, und ut last ntiiijiliy. Tlie ml mark of congestion shou-ii on (lie ioirlii ad when u liaitl hut is removisl niter nnslcrale exercise must conviiico nny one that this pressure is considerable. That bail- bulbs stiller from impaired nutrition is sliow ii w lieu the hair crop is jiurtly or wholly destroyed in cases of fever or wasting disease. Biddings logins vrhern thn irculiitiou is weakest. 0:1 tlio top of the head, the region that must Is.' tlie lirst to sulIVr when tbe blisjd clniuiielM from Is-low uie choked. It sto'is at tiie mark of the hat baud, lor below tliut line the blood vessels hid isit compressed. Some times the hair still grows nlxive this line mid just back of the temples, although it has ceased to gi-ow above tlie Hue ut other iKiints. This exception is due to the fact Hint on some brails the temporal inusrlu Nerves ns n cn-bion to relieve pi-essiim in those pluccs. Close cutting of tlio hair niuv acci'lernlo the progress of Isilduess by removing the cushion uf hair Unit might slightly relieve tho pres sure if 11 were allowed to remain. 1-OOSK IIGAI) COVERINUS. It follows that tbo use of soft and loose bend coverings tends to prevent lialdness. Mr. (iouinl .cksiint.s out that ngricnltuiis's, whose habit is to wear the loosest head cover ings during the greater jiarl of tlieir lives, usually have nn ni'imdunce of hair, while their wii.s who have taken to city ways may bo bald ut 'M. Babbles.-! is most rapidly de veloped in IheoLK-s of city men who wear high hats 011 closely cropped heads, for Uie removal of tlie hair takes nwuy tbe natural cushion, mid the high hat must lit more closilv than the low hut, bevatra it U Y.unv liable to le displaced on mvotint of its height. Some limy be saved from baldness iu great mensui-o by tho irregular outline of their hcuds, or by retaining a thick growth of hair Is'tween tho hut and tha scalp, but us a rule pivsmro exerted uniformly upon the sculp in a continuous line around the skull will cut off a pvnt part of tho nourishment which lint urully would be supplied to tho hair bulbs nlsive that line, and as a result the hair must suiter. , This is certainly a very reasonable explana tion uf tho causes of baldness. If pressure that obstructs circulation nnd impairs nutri tion be the chief causa, what is the remedy ( Obviously the use of soft hats in such a wuy Unit there shn'.l Isi no pressure, or peihups the use of hnts so sbas-d in the band dint room shall lie left for a free passage of tbe blood in certain parts of the line around tho skull. At the same time some attention should is.' paid lo ventilation and the treatment of discuses of the si-alp. New York Times. Rlsmnrrlc In tlio Ante I'hnmher. Wh n Bismarck comes to tiie Iiiiiieriul pal ace at B.-rlin, it is always in a closo carriage. There is only one way in which be ever shows himself to the Iierh'tiose, nial that is on horseback iu uniform in iho Tkeuergarten. The chancellor fct drosaed in bis cuirassier's uniform. He leaves his cap iu tlie cotriago, dons bis helmet of polished metal, and with shoulders down nnd li?ud hack (see young la dies' boarding school manual) enters the pal ace and traverses the vestibule with his red NK-tfoiiiM, which contains tho fate of nations, pressed tightly under his arm. He is agiaut in size, his head is lare, bis eyebrows nnd must ache white as enow, nnd with the showy .md striking uniform, which might bo Land mine on u younger man. be proseuts n pe culiar EDpcnranrc Somotimes he has to wait a wbilo like nn ordinary mortal iu tlio onto chamber. It is curious then to see him. Ho acta nsif be were lost Ho inspects, with ou empty and meaningless gar?, the most minute objects on the ctugere, pausing from timo to time sud denly to scvnR h his cheek, as when spcuking in the Keichstag. If b looks at yoa he does not seem to see yon. No one knows what pa.s-s in the private cabinet of Uie emperor, bul it Is said Bismarck is en-mHn-lir rj. quious and jienetratcd with Teiierstioa for uu agca master, keen in public ho calls him -my nmster," aisl speaks of hlmstlf in Sliakes;ienre:in fashion as his old servitor.--Berl.a Cor. San Francisco Chroaicle. Nevvr wet tho hair if you havo a tn!ency to deafness; wear an cilod silk cap when bath "Ci id n-fraiu from uiviu 0 punt me, heuwo. a middle suu NeiUier too hnmlile nor too rtr More thau erumph for Datum nA. Wtth souictutiui left to trM ITh. Death is the erovanfi:,.. Wera death denied, poor man would 'li. l. Death wounds to cures we fall, we rk Kprlng from our fetters, fasten to OyTV'i Whore blooming Ldeo wltlu-ra trom" Tha king of Uitots Is tU ppjioe jT. : THE INTERSTATE COMMISSI Tha Members at Work A pi..., Interesllnc Pielorsvj,! i Tlie daily sessions of the mercecommUlonpi-esenta plcaaatj teresting picture. The meetin -s sr. w"o k untie, now iwiu Ull mo HU0 Ills tf building. Two lightning eicvston, sJ all the. wbilo, carry vUllor rl-n m . .... a'I B A aoors 01 mo room. Tiie eommiiou, J A long tublo nt 0110 end of tho ntoinTJi Itors sit acnttcred ubout tho room vtbn? n please. There in an abundance f four big dotiblo windows lookin- oJt k north ovor tha whole city as farsstW bluffs of Mt. l'li-nsnnt and flunikiSJ' At each end of tbe room U a bromg Here nnd there (fre baiidsotne dU faT uso of clerks nnd newiipay)r men. j t Cooley siU bolt upright at tbe east end table, and presides over the bearings. 7 01 suming gem speciacim sit astride hj,r nose, mast of Uie timo slipping low d Uiough ho had forgotten U1.7 wro?'' Judge Cooley swears tho witiirssej.ji, wliruteiti- Ima nubfl in m 1.. i "'-It .. .. . v UCTiru, Sii tions and now nnd then cut short u nJ vani line r argument witu a riirt but rL, expressed obj-K-tion. Next to hlinmihi,, aita Mr. Morrison, who has for a sent muT kl. l, ..,., ,ll.,. W..M... .. . iLiipi., .wiHwwiiti ,iaiier. vol. K. son uiues an nciive interest iu all tlists, t nud nsks questions frequently. TUsmoJj teres tcxl ho gets Um lower he olidca ilowe I his chain until be rc& his bill ...ti . '! frame on the small of his back. He ka yet put hU feet on the table, but ofttn bt ns Uiough be would like to. Ur. Wj. likes to loan Uaek in his chair, and tig i unall, glwiming eyi over hienornKS6cW bones along down his attenuated boK nose. No memlierof Iho Usird payiHop ulUmtion to what is going on tisss k although be seldom asks questions. Judge Scboonniaker sits on Jnde GW left Hu is busy taking noUw ui(t( time when not writing. He sits Unit with one clliow ou bis knee, his gold (. tuclcs tipped up ou his forehead and La kt. lifted In a position of intense attention. J Bragg, the southern niemlier of tbecooa sion, is a quiet, intelligent man, whoiiii, Schoon maker's left uud seveml feet from the table, with arms folded and U crossed. Ho never moves while an amae or testimony is goiug cn. The snnnci p not public, nor nro Ihey exclusive. Ou those wlio may bo liberally presumed tol. business before the commission an mliratot There are twenty to tlurty railroad nuuiri aud merchants U-fore tlmcomniissiontiitoK each session. These are fine looking mmb the most part Whoever wants to reprcseutative typea of American phys iiomy could easily satisfy hiuuelf sen Waslt Cor. New York Sun. Taking Ills Own Medivlat, It Is certainly true that a physk-inrl only take his own medicine wilh lliegmta distaste. This is a common uccusaiioo ac against tho profession, but it Is true ami b an easy explanation. When amjuiiliiiK physician he does not look at symptom that culm, dispassionato way that tho t KteAti nmf-. li'ivi, !, ilt.im.nulitn- . iwh. - -" o " I I case. Ho is n prejudiced witness, sL'J nny other moilal, he exaggerate lis foj uud imagines liuiiw.' having all rrt Uiings. He is apt then to diiignosi lik and ovenliii) biinsi-lf. You knows1 pr always believes himself more ill tba really is, A physician is aware of llis,i he i tli-j Ih-st to cull in liiinlical nkl uln is sick. I know if very prominent sm-cialia kr whose advice on certain dfeensnx issluratii solute, yet he is thn victim of wonderful luS ciuntion when he lieoomes ill, and adar breatcd bmisidf for u chi-onic disease foru Unie b-vfoi-H he could lie persuaded lis i simply needed a rest Hence there ke reason for one doctor culling ution mAr for treatment It is the same with ftpx a physician's family. Ho seldom trash wifo nnd cliililrcu, b-.-causo ha fears Ual natural uiroctiiin for them would Minsk overrate their complaints. Thus ull to ho lies of physicians have their own iloctoaai they exchange courtesies gratis. Iliyajus (j lobe-Democrat, Tbie w'an clt:t:-h at ft w'ord from tin of EnglUh (it does not necessarily feiloW it h "Engliali uude.Hed") ust u-o tbe snl "function'' whenever It is possilile to drat i in. As: 'T!:ero is. to bo a gnat function Fm-nboitiugh eiu-ly iu May, when Uio of tho empress' son and husband nro to li mo el from Cblscthurst and I'lnecd in new mausoleum which sho lias built." queen will bold two drawing wins atBuct ingham ralneo m Mny. It is pralal ; Mh tlicsj functions will tuke pl-woiluMi 1Ih second wort; nf ihnt Tnonth." r.Ti'Hw SIMMONS LIVER REGULAT08 For all Diseases of Ihs Uvsr, Etrys, Stomaci kA Sple This purely veffetnbte pe Firnuon, miw to ctlebralcd s a atnily Mtdicine, originated i the South in 1838. Il ctly on tha llowels no Kidneys and corrects th wTticn at die 1 j-er. and is, there fore, the best pre para lory medicine, whatever Use sick ness may prora to be. In sa common diseases it will, un assisted by sny oihes nb cin, elTecta speedy ouTtw An Emcaclnus Kemedy. " I f mend as aa elficaciuus remedy lor all dweas Liver, Headache and Dvpepsa, Simo' ksg-ilator." Lkwis G. Vt'eKDSS, Aauta ' Hurler, Phikutelphis. No los of time, no inteij ruptlon or stoppage of traslnesa, while tlkwj UM Regiibtor. ChUJm eemrlainlsf f Colic. Headache, or Kick Klamarh, a trmopooofi C Bort will givt relief. If taken occaiioraHy by pa tients exposed to MALARIA, wiUexpei the poison audprotec, them Iran attack. a rnvsicnTi opuno 1 ka been pnedef mexScine for """"JS and haw sever baca able to put p a compound that would, like Simmons Lwer rn lator, promptly and effecVvely noe ibj yj- aclran. and alike same diu ail jiissead ii tisngj the dizrstm and aasimilairre " a tystesa. L. M.Uixton.M. D-.Win"' hXX THAT TOC CRT TUB SlXIT nmus ar J. H. Ztilln I Co., Philadelphia. I