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DIETETIC EXCESSES.
How oni Cae-IIardened ralate li re.
Tickled unit Soothed.
In tho Sinclair IIouso restaurant tho
other morning, a guest was waiting for
his breakfast at a tablo next to a re
porter's, lie pourod some Worcester
shire sauce into a tumbler, added as
much water, and drank itolT. Thou he
dumped half tho contents of a full de
canter of catsup on his plate and sop
ped it up with his bread. When tho
breakfast came the bread and catsup
were all gone, so ho ordered a fresh
supply of tho former, and soaked it in
Worcestershire sauce to give it a flavor.
"Ho does it overyday," said tho waiter,
"but ho eats a $1.50 breakfast. So I
guess the house does not loso any thing.
There's a good many cheap customer
thnt's nearly as bad, though. Ketchup
is what thoy most y go for and they go
for it so heavy that wo nevor have a
bottle on the tablo and only bring it
when it is asked for. Some are very
fond of oil. I've seen a man dump a
whoie cruet of oil Into his plato and
soak ills bread in it and oat it. Anoth
er one mixc? vinegar with his water
and toaks his bread in it. About the
only things they lot alone aro tho salt
and popper. Mustard and horse-radish
thoy eat by tho spoonful, and when
cakes aro in season thoy1 11 tako a whole
half-pint pitcher of sirup to a ton
cent pinto of wheats or
flannels. We've got ono customer who
makes a drink for himself out of sirup,
water and vinegar and drinks it before
meal. Ho says it's good for his stom
ach. I'd like to know what I1I3 stom
ach's lined with." Tho physicians say
that this craving for stimulating codi
menta and odd compounds is duo to dis
eases of tho stomach. Hard drinkora
and dyspeptics are guilty of tho most
extraordinary oxcossos of this charac
ter. Cases aro cited of mon who make
meals of! bread and mustard, and tho
drinking of Worcestershire sauce is by
no means uncommon. In Munich,
whero enormous quantities of beor aro
consumed, the hoaviest drinkers, who
absorb quarts a day, aro constantly nib
bling at raw turnips seasoned with salt
and bread besmeared with mustard.
The wine topers of France, Spain and
Italy consume vast quantities of oil,
aften drinking a glass of it between a
number of stoups of wine, whoso intox
icating effects it is supposod to offset.
In many Italian drinKing-sho'S in this
city a bowl of peanut or cotton-seed oil
is kopt on tho bar, with a dish hoaped
with cubes of sour bread made from
damaged flour, by way of free luiicli.
N. Y. News.
'LOCOED" HORSE.
The Singular K fleet ot Kilting Cali
fornia Weed.
"Look out, that horso is locoed!"
oried a driver, as a couplo of policemen
stepped up to help got his team out of
tho way of tho cablo cars, in front of
the Flood building, on Market stroot.
The hbrsd'pTungod Wildly and "struck
savagely with his foro foot at every one
within reach.
"Yes. ho's locoed," assented another
horseman, who went to his friend's
assistance.
Tho harness was partly removed, and
tho horso was unhitched, but it was im
possible to got him to move. Ifo would
tlo nothing but stand on tils hind feet,
and, using his liind fo it as pile-drivers,
tJiecl to demolish all who enmo near
him. at tho same time snapping right
and loft like a vicious dog.
Four more policomon hastened to tho
spot, thinking that tho two or three
thousand peoplo who had gathorod be
tokened tho beginning of a mob, or Unit
a glovo contest was going on in tho
street. Although earnestly urged by
the crowd to do so, none of tho pollco
men ventured to tako hold of tho
horse.
"What do you mean by locoed?" de
manded ono of tho bystanders, speak
ing to tho driver.
Tho driver said: "In soma portions
of California a plant known as thouloco
weed is common, and when horos or
cattle got it in tliolr feet it drives them
crazy. Sometimes thoy recover, but
frequently thoy have to bo shot. Loco
has been confused with wild parsnip
by many, though thore is really
no groat resemblance. Wild parsnip
is simply poisonous and is dangorous
only to tho animals that eat it. Loco,
on the other hand, drives tho animals
into a fronsy, and pooplo havo fre
quently been killed by horses and cut
tle when thus affected."
Tho horso was finally crowded off tho
track by driving a heavy truck against
hlrn. Ho was then lassoed with strong
ropes, and these being hitched to a
dray, lie was dragged bodily to his
stable. Tho cars wore stopped for sev
eral minutes.
When asked by a reporter whero lie
supposed hif horse got tho loco weed,
tho driver said lie supposed it was in
some hay that was Hhlppod hero recent
ly from a southern country. S.Mt Fran
cisco Examiner.
It is no novelty to find vegotarlans
capable of long endurance of muscular
exertion. In India, whuro the prevail
ing rollgion forbids the oatlrtg of Hush
food, it is a constant subject of wonder
and remark from all newly arrived
English or Americans what extra
ordinary strength and tenacity of mm
lo Is shown by the runners and porters
inure, who live on rice, and but littlo
oven of that.
At High Kulgu, near Stamford,
Conn., thoro is a wife who is tho j
mother of fourteen children, all living, ,
and none of them twins. All but two 1
live at home, and those two, catching
the scarlet furor, went homo to be
nurtod. Thoy guvo it to tho olhsr
dozen, anil tho whole fourteen we 10
tick at on en. and medicine had to be
nixud 111 pile lira ur.d bread paus.
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
Frldent (lardner Formally KineM Urinl.
der ,T. X. Canlft.
Ar' Brudder ,L X. Caniff in do halt
to-night?" blandly inquired the Presi
dent as tho meeting opened with thi
mercury in tUe thermometer touching
the figures 99.
"Yes sah." was the prompt reply of
Brother CanltT as lie roe up.
"Step ills way. please. 1 want to
hev a few words of conversashun wid
you. How long since you jlned to dis
club?"
"Two y'ar?. sah."
"F.xaetly. 'Bout three weeks arler
you jined I called at your house an'
warned you to quit loatln1 around sa
loons." "Y-yos, sah."
"A leetle later I had to warn ye dnt
ye inus' pay yor debts."
"Yes."
"Still furder on 1 was fo'ceil to tell
ye dat you didn't own de airth. as you
seemed to believe, au' dat if you didn't
get down to work you'd h'ur stiuthiu
drap."
"Yos."
" 'Bout every two month';. IV.e had to
talk wid you on dis matter or on dat,
an' I'zo finally got tired of it. Two
weeks ago you went home drunk an'
broke de stove wid au axe. 1 tole ye
nex' day dat'de climax wasn't fur off,
an' now she's heah. You were drunk
ugin las' nite."
"I'xts sorry. sab."
"It ar' too late. I reckon Cain was
sorry artor lie killed Abel, but bein'
sorry didn' help de ease any. Brother
CanitT, your name has been' erased
from our books as a member, an1 you
kin take your hat an' depart. You ar'
no longer a member of dis club.
Brother CanitT stood like one stunned
for a moment, and then sank down in
a heap on the floor. The committee on
cold storage were quietly ordered to
remove tho remains, ami when CanitY
recovered his senses. ho was lying on a
pile of tin-scraps in the alley, with a
cold wave from Lake Huron stealing
up his spinal column.
AN OWNER VANTK1.
ii nas oeon a year una a naif since
the last attempt was made to destroy
Paradise Hall, and tho janitor hud
passed from a state of mental anxiety
to serene repose, when lie was rudely
awakened rriday afternoon by the
discovery that human hvenas were
again on the trail. Sometime between
eunosuay anu rriuay access was
gained to the hall by means of the
sky-light 111 the roof, and probably by
two or more fiends in human form.
Their great object was to destroy the
records and the museum; but as they
passed down tho hallway and turned
to the right they encountered bear-
trap No 1. Its jaws wore wide open
and hungry. The villain in the lead
must havo fairly stepped into it. and
he had the closest call of his life. As
the jaws started to close lie made a
spring.' and so close was his escape that
he left one of his boot-hoels between
tho jagged teeth. The incident 11c
doubt frightened the villains away at
once, as nothing was disturbed.
"Dis olub will offer a reward of fifty
dollars fur do arrest of de pusson who
left' dat heel behind." said Brother
fiardnor, "an' if ho ar' caught we will
do our best to make him feel sorrowful
fur de nex' ten y'ars of his life. I hev
ordered 1110' b'ar-traps, an' by to-mor-rer
noon dar will be fo'teen of em
guardin1 dis hall. Fur do safety of
sieh members as desiali to visit de
library, a map will bo issued, wid de
locoshun of ebery trap indicated by a
black ami blue spot." Detroit Free
Press.
A FINANCIAL TALK.
Upon What the Valuation of Furin I.andt
Mioulil He Hated.
Upon what should the valuation of
farm lands bo based? Farmers have
usually priced their farms as much on
tho ground of arbitrary preference and
choice as upon almost any other con
sideration. Of course productiveness,
proximity to market. Improvements,
etc., have figured to some extent in
this valuation; yet after all farms can
not be said to havo been valued in tho
same way that other productive prop
erty is rated in the market. The time
has come, however, when farmers are
beginning to look at this matter in a
different light. Tho farmer is now
more of a business man than he lias
evor beon before, and ho is making an
effort to rate his lands 011 the basis of
what they will produce and the divi
dends they will nfford rather than upon
what havo heretofore been the chief
considerations.
To illustrate: A farm of 100 acres
which in a term of years can be made
to produce a net Income of $600 pro
lit would naturally, in business circles,
bo rated as worth $100 per aero, and
the market price of tho laud would
fluctuate above and below that figure
according as this income could be in
creased or was reduced On this
basis, which is coining more and more
to figure in the market, a great deal of
change in local estimates of real estate
would probably In- miide. Many dis
tricts in which farms have heretofore
been selling at high figures could
hardly sustain tin-It high position, if
lands were to be valued according to
their production.
This basis of valuation probably linn
more to do with the present depression
in real vtntu than any thing else. It
is simply a question of how much can
be gotten out of a given iiive-tmciil in
farm laiuU. Tho iiiioslmonl will
stand about so much, and 110 more: and
values are rated hccoi dlnt'ly. What
ever els may figure in determining the
pi'io at which a given farm IN. the
ruling consideration hereafter will
the ability ut roHlhui dividends upon
the In ct ,n.-'it. --National Stockman.
a drop of Water.
? Other Traveler Journey Can Com'
pare with Those Made by It,
"It has been moro than two hundred
yoars since I passed along hero tho first
time, was the astonishing statement
of a stranger who had beeu. paddling
down hlte river, and who stopped in
tho shade of the old covered bridge at
Washington street.
"There were no bridges over tho
stream then, and no reporters here to
Interview me. In fact, there is littlo
here to remind mo of my first trip.
This stream has drawn into its bed like
a turtle into its shell since my early
days. It used to swell out through all
these lowlands. There was no bottom
to the water and you couldn't see
across it when 1 was a boy. 1
Ate you sure this is tlie same
stream?"
"There can't be any mistake about
it. I never err in these matters. The
course of streams do not change even
if they shrink from rivers to brooks.
I speut several days iu this latitude
before, and for a wholo week was laid
up ugainst a biir hill which stood out of
tho water north of here (now Crown
Hill."
"How often do you make these
tours?"
"Irregularly. I am always on tho
go, but I can't control my course en
tirely. I belong to axroving, restless,
irrepressible and almost indestructible
race. Ono year I am in Australia.
Anothor I am up on tho Andes moun
tains, now 1 am upon HudsonBay; anon
in Yucatan. My periods of rest are few,
yet I nevor tiro. Sometimes I am cut
off from many of my tribe, but If I can't
reach them ono wny I do another. My
favorite routes aro down tho courses 0
rivers. I never travel over land, and
if 1 loso my way or get off into n pond
or slough that has no connection with
living waters, I bide my time with tho
frog and snake-feeders."
"You mean that you stay with them
until a freshet comes, which enables
you to sail out into the waterways?'1
"No. Sometimes that is tho case,
but if I get tired of waiting, and be
come weary of my companions, I shake
tho mud off my feet, put away terres
trial shape and form, fade, into the in
visible, and, rising high in the air,
3eek friends and congeninl climes."
"Who are you, that you do these
things?" '
"I am a drop of water. Now you can
understand why I am old without be
ing gray; how it is that I travel con
stantly by stream or air, range over
the wido creation, and, sometimes by
chance, as fluid or vapor, make second
and even third trips to the same place.
But I must bo away. I am billed to
play a part in a cloud-burst in Cuba on
the eleventh of this month."
And tho shining drop ran along a
drowsy fisherman's line and dropped
off on to a black bass' back and was
lost among a million fellow travelers.
Indianapolis News.
A NEW PRESERVATIVE.
I'roTliIoni Treated by a Novel Sulphur
Fumigating l'rocen.
A remarkable discovery has lately
been made which promises to revolu
tionize the provision business. At the
present time it is impossiblo to ship
eggs to Southern points, milk to any
place more than two days1 journey dis
tance, and some of tho most delicious
frame must be eaten in Cho vicinity
whero it is killed. The most skillful
refrigerator produced serves only to
preserve meat and vegetables for a
brief period, and leaves them when
taken from the freezing chambers in
such a condition that they must bo
cooked at once or spoiled. If a timo
shall come when the farmorunay send
his eggs or milk or other produce to
Brazil or the antipodes, and Chesa
peake reed birds sent to London and
Paris, the value of such commodities
will be tremendously enhanced, and
overy cornor of tho world will bo bene
fited by tho change.
A Chicago man claims that ho has
found a preparation which will do just
this for tho producer of foods. Hav
ing in mind tho indeflnito preservation
of human bodies in tho shnpo of mum
mies, he has called his production tho
"Egyptian Food Preservative."
This is a patonted article nnd con
sists of a powder made up of fivo or six
Ingredients, among which aro sulphur
and cinnamon. This powder, when
ignited, smolders slowly and gives out
a dense, heavy smoke that sinks at
onco to tho bottom of tho room. Tho
process of applying it to any subject is
simple. If it bo a steak, or a gallon of
oysters, or a roast, or any other sub
stance whatever, it is placed iu tho
bottom compartment of an ordinary re
frigerator which has boon made air
tight by lining it with rubber. Tho
powder is placed upon a porforatod
shelf in tho under part of tho box and
ignited, Tho box is then closed and
not opened until tho powder is burned
out. This may tako half an hour, and
it only censes to smolder when tho
oxygen contained in tho box has been
exhausted.
After that tho subject of tho process
is found to bo unimpaired iu appear
ance and quality, nnd rendered per
manently sound and wholesome. In
the ease of meat and vegetables, It does
not matter whether thoy havo beeu
cooked or not before being subjected to
the process. Tho result is tho same.
Even milk, when thus treated, will
Ktund indefinitely without souring and
without losing any of its nourishing
qualities. Kggs that have been treated
are found to have lost pimply tho vital
oleinent- that is, if placed under n hen
they will not hutch. A number of eggs
that had been thiiH treated nnd placed
under u hen wore left with Iter for
twenty-oiio days, after which thoy wero
taken a why and cooked and found to be
entlrelj wln.lciome. - Clilcuo Herald,
the dog'S exaltation.
quotation Showing That ire Wat In For
mer Time .Much Heaplted.
A correspondent of a Boston paper
has given much study to tho subjoct of
tho dog, and dlsoustes thus learnedly
on that much potted animal: Tho faeh
lon of parading tho dog belongs to tho
world of to-day. It is supposedly an
English fashion, therefore to be imita
ted. But how different in England!
In vast domains where grooms nnd
lackeys look after them thoy aro ad
mitted to the master's hearth on occa
sions and attend him out of doors.
But one must go out of doors to see
the dogs as well as the horses. Ani
mal do not live on equal terms in Lon
don with men or women. In what
well-bred Loudon house does a bull
dog live with a family? With this it
is like many other foreign fashions
which wo endeavor to imitate, but only
in part, without regard to tho condi
tion, circumstance, or social bearing
of the case. A house that one has to
enter by way of a dog is not an agree
able one. Ho is not wholly odorless
in a room. This is not his fault, but it
is a reason why ho should not be thrust
upon one's society. It is the attitude
and nltltudo given him by man
to .which I object: ergo, it is man
that offends mo man who is dog
bitten. 1 confess I shnro somothiugiof
the Jewish repugnanco to the dog
when I see him lifted so entirely out of
his natural element and made to play
30 important a part alongside of man.
But considered only in the light of
good breeding, is it not a serious of
fonso to this when the dog is permitted
a social position which nature novor
designed him for? I alludo to persons
so blinded by their dog-lovo that thoy
hesitate not to call at a friend's houso
in company with tho animal, and hesi
tate not to walk him into another's
drawing-room. Could want of con
sideration and ill-breeding go beyond
this? In our Boston Athotuuuin, among
tho printed rules framed and hanging
on the wall, is 0110 to tho effect that
"no dogs aro allowed inside tho li
brary." Yet day after day visitors
enter hore with all sorts of dog pots,,
from tho huge mastiff to tho terrier!
It is curious to observe how directly
derogatory to the dog aro tho teach
ings of tho Old and New Testaments,
therefore it is comfortablo to reflect if
one does not share tho worship given
by man to the dog that at least tho
sympathy of Holy Writ is with him.
For oxample: By the Jowish law wo
know tho dog was declared unclean
and was very much despised. Tho
most offonsivo expression they could
use was to compare a man to a dead
dog. Christ excludes dogs, sorcorors
and Idolaters from tho kingdom of
Heaven. How about tho idolatry of a
dog? The name was sometimes put
for 0110 who had lost all modesty. St.
Paul calls the false apostles dogs. "Be
ware of dogs." "Is thy servant a dog?"
"Mydaring from tho pow.er of tho
dog.11 "10 shall cast it to tho dogs."
"Not bring price of a dog into tho
house." "Tho dog shall eat Jozebol.1'
"For dogs havo compased mo.11 And
ono might multiply texts of this sort
and nowhere find in tho, Bible any
thing different to offset this denuncia
tion of tho dog. Shylock, being 11 Jew,
mado use of tho dog to express his ha
tred of his enemies, but throughout
Shakespeare wo llnd the dog employed
to express contempt of porsons, such
as:
"Blasphemous, uncharitable dog."
"But you'll lie like dogs."
"No moro pity in him than a dog,11
"But that sad dog that brings mo.
toed."
"Stay, dog, for thou shalt hear mo."
"A plagilo upon him, dog!"
"Ho's a very dog to tho common
alty." "Away, inhuman dog."
"You false Danish dogs."
"A semblance that very dogs dis
dained. 11
"Dog-henrted daughters."
But enough of quotations in which,
nevertheless, I tako some comfort, find
ing that when friends flout mo with
their dogs I havo Holy Writ and
Shakespeare to Btay by me.
No Small Cups In Chicago.
Several gentlemen who havo visited
Now York told us some timo ago that
in polite socioty in that city thoro ob
tains u pretty fashion of sorving coffeo
In miniature cups aftor-dlnnor coffeo
it is called, as wo recollect. It la
deemed vulgar to serve coffeo in largo
cups, because when a gentleman foods
ho should prefer to food delicately and
not out of a trough. Wo onco asked
Prof. Fishbladdor why it was that
smnll coffees hudii't boon Introduced
in Chicago society and he said that it
was bocaiiso thoy wore regarded dan
gerous. I. seems that tho Calumet
Club years ago did Import a lot of
thoso miniature cups with a view to
utilizing them for after-dinner coffee.
But at tho very start thoro befol an
accident that drove tho innovation out
of favor. One of tho wealthiest and
anise influential members of the club,
while endeavoring to make away with
his usual after-dinner coffee, swallowed
tho cup, and for weeks his lifo was de
spaired of. Ever since then In tho best
Chicago society tho regulation coffeo
uup has been tho size of a sltz bath.
Chicago Nows.
-Seo that lady nuttfiiL' on her
gloves," said a Frenchman, discussing
national peculiarities witti an Ainurl
an friend. "Do you know thnt's tho
first means of recognizing an American
udy on Ihostreotsof Paris? We would
A.i soon think of buttoning up our vasts
or putting 011 rnir tlet after leaving the
d')r for a walk, In Paris, Many and
many a time havo wo picked out Amur
U'v.b hi Paris by that li;u.
, HOGSHEADS OP WINE.
Frioee llm Now a II life llarret Which
ltlval the Tun of llrldt-lberi;.
The great tun of Heidelberg in to be
deposed from its proud supremacy ovor
all other wine casks. Thore Is on tho
road to Paris a hugo barrel (sent by
the peoplo of Epernny) which will
compel the colossus of Heidelberg to
take, in future, a soeondnry place. Tho
cask was naturally declined as freight
by tho railways, for tho obvious reason
that it could not pass under th 'lr
"arches. However its triumphal jour
ney through France, dragged by twelve
yoke of oxen and mounted on a lordly
wain, was iu better keeping with the
object It is to servo than any more pro
saic mode of dispatching it to the grand
exhibition which this overgrown ves
sel Is intended to grace, and a 11 appre
ciable portion of which it will un
doubtedly till. The good Uquw with
which It is to bo consecrated will fol
low by a more commercial route.
Kpornay is understood to be tho dis
trict which tho tun is to advertise in
an especial degree. But K,uruiiy.
with its vast cellarage hewn out of the
limestone rock, is the headquarter of
a number of famous firms, each of
which would feel that It had suffered
irretrievable disgrace if a drop of its
precious vintage wore mingled with
tho less noble blood of Its neighbor's
grapes. How, then, are thoy to agree
on the contents of the groat tun which
thoy have sent to Paris?
Franco has hitherto regarded tho
hugo tun at Heidelberg with mingled
feelings of envy and regret. It ap
peared to the vino-growers of tho Gl
rondo and the Cote d'Or that to eouso
crate such a gigantic vessel to tho sour
julco of the Khinoland wan a degrada
tion of mechanical art from the func
tions which it was intended to perforin.
The present tun is comparatively mod
ern. Even tho ono which Thomas
Coryat describes in his "Crudities1'
was not the first of tho sorios, which,
as a matter of fact, was begun in 1313,
when it was made to contain twenty
one pipes of wine. Wlion Coryat camo
to Heidelberg lu 1008 tho cask he do
scribes was only seventeen yoars old.
It had been begun lu 1689 and finished
In 1591. As history records that anoth
er tun was made in 1604 to hold 000
hogsheads and was destroyed by tho
French In 1088, the 0110 which Is at
present inoldering away In unhoiiored
emptiness must bo the fourth of Its
race. It was begun in 1751, and In its
height of twenty-four foot and length
of thirty six the groat tun is, as Long
fellow has put it. "next to tho Alhain
bra of (iranada, tho most magnificent
ruin of tho middle ages.11
Nevertheless, the famo of tho Holdol
berg cask is somewhat undesorvod.
The tun Is really much smaller than
many beer vats iu British breweries,
which attract no crowd of gaping tour
ists and are not described iu volumes
of ninoteeiith-contury travel. For in
stance, there is in one great English
brewery a cask which Is said to bo ca
pable of holding twtco as much as tho
Heidelberg tun. At any rate, this vat
measures ill! feet lu diameter at the top,
or 113 feel iu circumference, and is 40
feet iu height. London Standard.
A CHAPTER OF JEWS.
One That l Full ol Itoth Information and
Kugirmtlon.
Miss Potter's chapter on the Jews h
ftiwt London strikes a wholly different
note. It tells us of a class well capa
ble of making its way in the world
and of adapting itself to tho con
ditions under which industrial success
is to bo attained. Tho Jowh of East
London form a distinct community,
numbering from 00,000 to 70,000, ol
whom 30,000 wero born abroad, while
of the remainder at least 0110 half am
of foreign parentage.
Tho Jews are a picked race. Per
secution has weeded out tho inapt and
incompetent, .and has sharpened the
wits of the rest into what Miss Pottet
terms an instrument for grasping by
mental agility tho good things with
held from thorn by brute forco. It I
thus that tho old promise to
tho Jewish peoplo has been ful
filled in these latter days: "Thou
shalt drive out nations mightlor than
thyself, and shalt tako their laud as
an inheritance." Of social morality
among the immigrant Jews Miss Pot
ter can find no trace. Thoy aro a law
abiding peoplo; thoy koop tho peace;
thoy pay their debts; thoy abide by tholr
contracts; but this is the measure of
tho obligations which thoy acknowl
edge to the socioty in which they live.
Tho struggle for existence and welfare
for themselves and their families
marks the limit of their interests and
tho conduct which conduces to success
in it tho limit of their social duties.
Wo huvo tho picture of the race ol
bruin workers competing with a class
of manual laborers, and getting the
best of it and steadily rising iu the
world.
The lesson which it points is on the
folly and mischief of Indiscriminate
charitable relief. Tho Jew lias booti
sharpened by suffering. Kindness
might have made liim a better man,
hut would havo left him without the
offeiisivo'aud defensive arts which are
tho great Inheritance of his race. In
discriminate charity kindness it In
not to bo railed -has a twofold evil in
fluence. It weakens and it degrades.
It unfits its recipients for earning their
own living and it deprives them of the
wish to do so. Mr. Booth's volume I
tells us, among other things, how large
a part of the misery of East Loudon
has been due to this cause. London
Times. .
When a pretty girl turns her head
to look at a young mini 011 tho street it
Js almost sure to turn his head com
pletely, ltiiightiiutuu Republican.
T THE EIFFEL TOWER.
Some Interesting Facta Concerning That)
and Other Tail Structure!.
William A. Eddy, in writing of tha
Eiffel Tower in tho Atlantic Monthly,
gives some Interesting fncts regard
ing the limitations upon thoorection of
high structures of masonry by reason
0 the great weight of tho mass of ma
terial. Ho says:
"Aside from tho question of outlay
or serious dllllculty in the construction
of any kind of material to such an
altitude, there are questions of pres
sure and danger that daunt experienced,
engineers. M. (J. Eiffel, constructor of
some of tho greatest works In Franco,
notably tho trestlowork viaduct at
Onvablt, 407 feet high, concluded that
the building of such a tower had not
Ihhmi attempted iu ancient tlmos, so far
as known, because iron then lacked tho
lightness, strength and adaptability
seen in modern work. Tho enormous
weight of masonry In so great a mass
would not only Imperil by Its tremend
ous pressure tho courses of stone
I near the ground, but would causo
un irregular settling of tho foundations,,
as in tho ' well-known instance of tho
leaning tower of Pisa. In modern
work a pressure of sixty-six pounds for
each square contimotor (two-fifths of
an inch on each sldo-) is considered
dangorous. It Is estimated that fifty
five pounds in this proportion is too
extremo for safety, although, owing to
peeuliarltes of construction, this has
been exceeded in somo of tho following
instances, cited by Mr. Nnvior:
Pillars of the domo of tho Invallilos,
Pari 2JV5 pound
Pillar of St. Peter's. Homo 3fl.0s
Plllnrs of St. I'niil'o. London 4I.T0
Co'umnsof St. Paul, Koine 4.'1.&H "
1'illan ot tha tower of St. Merrt,
luris tM.)tt
Pillars of the dome ot the Pantheon,
Part. fr'l.M "
Mr. Navlor includes an estimate of
99.25 pounds for tho church of
Toussaut a Angers, which is in ruins,
and so not a convincing example. It
thus appears that tho resistance In
some daring structures is from 33 to -impounds
and only rises to nearly 65 in
two instances. M. Eiffel cites tho Wash
ington monument, which, in its sim
plicity and boldPMsa, ho considers re
markable. In M. Navlor's ostlmatos
given for tho greatest foats of archi
tectural engineering in tho old world,
tl'.is huge obelisk stands, high on tho
list of wonderful structures, tho pros
sure at Its base amounting to 68. 35
pounds In tho proportion above given.
With the exception of tho Eiffel tower.
It Is easily a bolder undertaking than,
any other of its khid known in tha
world, becauso It stands upon a rela
tively small baso with no sldo support,
with a weight upon its foundations ol
45,000 tons. This Immonso square
shaft, about flfty-flvo foot on a side,
served as an illustration of tho danger
of attempting to carry masonry to a
greater height than boforo achieved.
Fortunately tho foundation settled
evenly, but to prevent probablo demoli
tion, the baso was reconstructed and
filled in with concrete. Meantlmo'tha
structure began to loan to an extent
that caused great uneasiness, and,
finally, the suspension of tho work.
Tho reconstruction was begun in 1848.
and in 18.11, when it reached a height
of 1.V-' feet, its dangorous condition be
came somewhat marked. Its originally
intended nltltudo of GOO feet was thea
reduced to 600. In 1880, after great
difficulties tho baso had boon widened
and the foundation enlarged and deep
ened. Work was thon recommenced
and tho masonry continued upward at.
the rate of about 100 feot yearly, until
tho topmost stone was laid Docomber
6, 1881." Tho monument is 555 feet
high.
ROUMANIAN LAOUTARI.
Mmlo that U Krer Weirder Than Tha
the Hungarian Tslgann.
An interesting; feature of tho exhibi
tion will be tho laoutari or gypsy musi
cians whom tho Roumanian committee
has brought to Paris. A few ovenlnjfs
ago they delighted a select company afc
a soireo glvoiuby MmoEdouard Horve,
the wifo of tho well known Orloanlst
journalist, and Inst night thoy oarned
golden opinions at a private perform
ance to which thoy treated a party ol
very competent judges at the head
quarters of a leading Parisian nowapa
per. The band Is composed of about a
score of members, not ono of whom
can read a note of music; yet tho btyle
in which thoy playod a variety of thol.
native airs, throwing In Vlonnos
waltzes and scraps of operatic music
perfectly charmed tholr hearers. Vio
lins and stringed instruments of tha
jslther type predominate in tlieso gypsy
bauds, but the piece do resistance Is a
species of pan-pipes, in tho manipula
tion of which thoy aro remarkably pro
ficient. Hungarian t.igans havo al
ready performed both here und in loti
don, but tho appearance of these Rou
manian laoutari is a now departure
which will bo highly appreciated by
visitors to Urn exhibition, whero thoy
aro to play overy afternoon and even
ing. It is from tholr earliest childhood,
oven boforo thoy can speak distinctly,
that these musicians begin to l,c infla
ted by their progenitors Into tho mys
teries of tholr art, tho talent being he
reditary in curUln famlllos, iu their
native country they aro in high re
quest lu tho cafe-gardens on u sum
mer's evening; at fairs, and 011 festive
occasions like weddings, though they
also figure at funerals. Tho niuslo ol
the Hoiimaula laoutari is more wlurd
than that of the Hungarian Ulgaas,
and Is probably heard to the host ad
vantage among tho mountains of Tran
sylvania, tho minstrels of tho hills be
ing less affected by surrounding Intlu
uncos than tholr brethren of tho plains.
Loudon Telegraph.
Strange that when tho dyapeptiu U
forced to give up his du.ssoru he but
gets hU dosorlr Hotel Mull.