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14 THJE OMAHA. DALbY BEE , SUNDAY , OOTOBEE 5 , 1890TWENTY PAGES. TIIErEJORBOFHUlIMlIFE , Thrco Score "Years and Ton Not the Standard of Existence , CENTENARIANS SHOULD BE COMMON , "Men e > o Not Die , Tlicy Kill Them- Hflven" Ignornnco of Hygienic n Potent Source or Premature Death , long ought a man to livol and Is it possible by any means at command to pro long human life beyond vhat is now known to bo tlio 01 dlnary length ! Tlicso are ques tions IB which the rare is , and probably always - ways hai boon , deeply Interested , writes llev. li. .1. Templlti in the Statesman , The jicriod of human 11 fc has varied In cllHercnt ages of the world. In aiitrdlluvlan times COO jeurs was an ordinary lifetime , while some of the patriarchs reached nearly one thou sand years. After the flood some of the old -worthies continued on life's ' pll Rrlinagc well onto two centuries. In modern times men nro considered old at eighty years. A few reach ono hundred , and an occasional ono halts feebly on n. few years beyond that pcilod , Some writers on human longevity hold that there are reasons for believing that no human Icing In modern times tins lived or is likely to live beyond ono hundred ando jears. They base this assumption on both physiological and historical grounds. It Is claimed that there Is a certain relation existing ing- between the time It takes an animal to reach full maturity nnd the term of life after It hns reached that period. Buffon expressed the opinion that the larger animals live six crscun times ns long as it requires to reach lull maturity. M. Iflourcns , after careful in- cstlgation draws the conclusion that the period of growth is one-flftb of tlio tthololerm of life. Says M , Flourens : "I find the sign which indicates the term of growth in the union of the hones with their cpiplijscs ( sof t extremities ) . As Ion gas the lioncsaro not united with their eplphjscs the oninial grows ; wlion once they nro united the tmirnal grows no more. " In mnn this takes place at about ten \ ty years of ago. This would give him a life term of 100 jcnrs. In the uuncl it talics place at eight years , giving a duration of about forty years. In the ox at four , duration twenty join's.Vhllo this may possibly Indicate the ordinary term of life , wo arc not authorized to ( .online tlio possible duration of lifo to any such limit. Horses have been known to exceed sixty 3ears of life , nad other animals in almost equal pro portion. So that if this were acceptcil as the mcnsuio for ordinary human life. It docs not necessarily disprove the probability of Its exceeding this limit by decades of years. M. flourcns himself sa > s that extraordi nary life may go on to iicarly double the ordinary. Ho asserts that a century of ordi nary life , and almost a second century , half a century at least , of extraotdmury life , Is the prospect science holds out to man. Physio- lofry docs not necessarily conlhio the extreme of human life to 105cars ns some writers would have us bcllcvo. Modern history bears testimony to the fact that tlio life of many poisons In modern times lias been prolonged far beyond the limit fixed by these writers A Dutch dictionary gives an account of three Hun garians , ono of whom died at the ago of Ib4 years , and an old man and bis wife , who wow still living at the ages of 17:3 : and 1H ( years Thelr joungestson was still living at 1KJ jenrs of ago. Pictures of these aged pco- plo uoro published by Sir John Slnclulr In ' 'The Cede of Health niul Lon gcvlty. " Henry Jenkins of England lived 160 years. Thomas Pair lived from 1483 to 1035 , or IBS years. The countess of Dcsmona lived 140. Bailer , as quoted by James Eastman , sajs "of those who had died between 100 and 110 theiehad been 1,000 ; between 110 and 120 there had boon 00 ; between 1'JO and 130 there had been 20 ; between 180 and 140 there had been 15 ; between 140and 1BO there had been 0 , and as high as 1(31) ) there had been ono In stance. " Easton himself gives the following list ! Of these "who lived from 100 to 110 years , both nnlo ana fcmnlo inclusive , the instances having been 1.U10 ; from 110 to 120 there hnvo been 377 ; from U'0 to 11)0 ) theio have been 81 ; from 180 to 140 there have been 0 : from 140 tolBO there have been 7 ; from 1GO to 100 there have been 8 ; from 100 to 170 there ha\o been 3 , nnd from 170 to 183 thcio have been U instances 1,712. " ' .The names , places of residence , and the dates of blitli and death of many of these per sons are given. And though the authenticity of many of these cases may lack the hlstoii- cal \orlty to satisfy the critical mind , still , In view of the cnro with which the registers of births and douths are kept In England , many historical nnd medical writers do not feel justllled In refusing to accept their approxi mate conectness. The report of the Hcgis- trar general of England , for the j'car 1871. contains a list of sixty-nine persons who had died at nges ranging from 100 to 109 years. Numerous instances nro on record of persons in Iho United States whoso term of lifo has extended considerably bcjondacenturv. In 18b5 there lived in llowaid couuty , Indiana , n woman who was then 114 years old. Whether she Is still living or not the writer is unable to say. In the presence of so many coses of extraordinary extended lives wo may , in the language of the Into Sir Henry Holland , assert thatVo : have sufllcicnt proof of the frequent prolongation of human lifo to periods of 111) , to 1150 or 140 vents ; eases which , thus au thenticated , wo must take into view when dealing with the question of human Hfothntono has well said : "Men do not die , they kill themselves. " Even of these who die at advanced ages ranging from eighty to 100 jears , a very largo per rent die from diseases , anil so had not fulfilled the possible term of natural life. There are many eaupes in operation which tend to shorten human life , oven cutting oft a largo majority of the race before tbo prime of lifo is attained. Can these causes bo removed erse so roodlllod that they will cease to hurry men to premature graves ! The physical organism is governed bv fixed laws , perfect conformity with Which will enable tha organic svstcm to run on till tlio machine stands still by the complete exhaustion of its nature ! forces without the exhaustive or ilo- Btructlvo Influence of disease , Ignorance of the laws of hygiene is ono of the most potent sources of ill health and pre mature dentil. Children are no sooner born than they begin to suffer from tlio ignorance of their parents or nurse , and so on all through lifo the ignorance of themselves or others is con stantly throwing- down the defences of health nnd life and inciting In tbo destroyers of both. The universal teaching of physiology nnd hygiene to all the children of the coming Kcnoratlons will. In time , lend to such an ob servance of these laws as to remove the evils resulting from violations of the laws of life and health. A very larco pro portion of diseases that have a iatal termination are the result of human loiiKoUty. Whatever has hap pened Is possible. If a single individual has lived to liW or HO j cars , then it is possible for others to do so. Hut the question with which this paper Is most concerned is , can or dinary human life bo brought up to a century or morel " \\'o \ know that a person is consid ered old at eighty , nndory old at 100 jears. Is it possible , by any means at command , to raise the standard of human lifo till a man Will not bo considered old before ho Is 100 jears of ago. Is It | K > sslblo to bring about a condition of things In which people will not be expected to die under 100 years , except by Occident ! The author of this paper believes such a consummation not only possible , but probable. Indeed , he believes this result will natur ally follow from agencies now ut work. No Olio believes that men generally live ns long 01 they might and should. There is such adisrcgard of tholaws of our belng-suoli prod igality of physical powers and suchawasto of unsanitary conditions of buildings and their surroundings. Until within the last two or three centuries but little attention vas &h en to the laws of sanitation in the ar rangement and construction of buildings and In the conditions of the environments of tbo homo. And though through these and other means contributing to the same end , the ivcrago of human life in England and America lias been about doubled within the last two centuries there Is still largo room ind Imperative demand for more &ud greater BuprovemonU ui cm these linca. There are comparatively few houie.i. especially among the homes of peoploln modcrnto and poor cir cumstances , that nro properly arranged to secure both narmth and perfect ventilation at the BHIIIO time. Much sickness results from the use of poisoned nlr in IhIng and sleeping rooms , Out ills in the school room that this evil readies It ? climax. A pupil vrlll exhaust the air of about twenty cubic Indies of oxjgcn per minute and will eilmlo nearly as much carlranlc acid. This would be equal to about fifty cubic feel to a school of forty pupils during a U\o hour's session. Besides this the school room generally contains car bonic oxide , ammonia , sulphur , sulphuretted hjJrogen , besides organic matters , aqueous vapors. Inorganic matters , epithelial cells' , and animal exhalations. Some of these sub stances aru deadly pofoons , 'Ihcso enter the circulation through the lungs and thus poison tbo whole system. 1'robablv not ono school room in ono hundred is ventilated as it should be to secure the health of the Inmates , Is it tiny wonder that so nmny of our bright lads and lasses lay tbo foundation for a premature death while preparing for usefulness In life I These evils are clearly preventable nnd the time will como uhcn both the homo and school house \\111 be built on scientific principles , and \vhcn parents , teachers nnd school officers will apply both conscience and common scnso to the use of tbo proper means to pen-cut this slaughter of the innocents. When that time arrives the aveiago of human lifo will innko u long leap upwards. There remains a wide Held for improvement in the methods for the sowetlng of cities nnd the drainage of insalubrious localities that now breed disease and death , few. if any cities In the world , can boast of o perfectly satisfactory system of disposing of their suwago. Too frequently the city is relieved of It at the cx- pcnso of contiguous rural districts. No one knows the dlfllcultlcs Involved in this work belter than those who luuo it Iu charge. And e\ery Intelligent person knows that these are sources of almost unlimited evil to lifo and health. When these evils shall bo brought under the complete control and dl- icctlon of perfect sanitary science , as they doubtless will bo , who can doubt that human lifo will icccho an Important extension. Wo are now In tbo earlier stages of n reform In dress that is doubtless destined to exert an important influence on tbo health of largo numbers of people , In certain strata of so ciety fashion is the only standard of appeal. When Mrs. Orundy takes snult all tlio fash ionables must sneeze even though they may have iheumatlsm in the neck. Whatever is fashionable in diess must bo adopted and voni icgardless of Its absurdity , Inconveni ence or crue.ty. livery ono knows that in obedience to this tyrant tight corsets , thin dresses nnd light shoes are often -\\orn to tbo ruin of boaltli and frequently of life. How often In obedience to the demands of these fashions has the chest been compressed upon the lungs till nature rebelled nnd disease and piemnturo death have been the reward. How common for persons clad too thinly for the weather , to conform to fashion , to take cold and consumption fastens its relent less grasp on the \lctiui , or pneumonia cuts him down In the very bloom and vigor of life. It is then in order for the minister to console the weening friends with the God- doctrine that ' "Xhis is dlshoiioring a mysteri ous Piovidenct' . " Even little infants nro neb cxciuptfrombeingoffoiea on tbo shrine of this modern Moloch. Just at the time -w hen they need tlio utmost freedom of action they aio conllned , nml bound , nnd wrapped in swaddling clothes , shirts and skirts , long dresses and caps and frills till about all tbcycaitdo is to squeal. Is it any wonder that they use this liberty with n vengeance ! Why should -v\e think it strange that so many babies take themselves oft U ) a happier cllinol Could all who die ' promatuiuly'froin unhealthy clothing ll\o to bo a hundred years old , centenarians would bo more numerous proportionately than they have over been since the Hood. Ilappllythis loform is at hand and the time is not far distant when common scuso and sciencelll rule in the clothes wo wear and many lives will bo greatly pro longed , The longevity of human lifo is af fected by the financial condition of the people. Statistics show that these in fair , easy cir cumstances have a better chance for long life than cither the very rich or the very poor. It is easy to understand how the manner of lifo Indulged in by the wealthy may tend to curtail life. Idleness and abundance nro not conduci\o to long lifo. On the other hand the very poor , with whom the neces saries of lifo nro uncoitaln , oltcn scanty and poor in quality , are not la a favorable condi tion to secure long lifo. Constant anxiety about what wo shall cat and what wo shall drink , and wherewithal wo shall bo clothed , seems to wear out the nervous system and reduce - duce vital energy to too low a standard to carry ono forward to a very great ago. Doubtless the environment of the poor is generally unfavorabloto longevity. Crowded Into snail , 111 lighted , worse ventilated , un- comfoitablonpaitmcnts , often surrounded by noisome , iniasnmtlo conditions , it is not strange that lifo wears out before it has reached its meridian ; and that pestilence sweeps down like an avenging Nemesis and bears the little ones away ooforo the roses of manhood and womanhood have bloomed on heir checks. Thotcnmcnt house sjstemln vogue in the cities of tins country seems to bo as success ful In breeding disease and shortening lifo as if it hud been devised ivith that special cud la viow. JJut this condition of things can not perpetu ally endure. U'ho conditions that pour un numbered millions of wealth into the bands of u few , and doom millions to a perpetual struggle for a bare subsistence , must , come to an end. In the very nature of the caeo such a state of affairs can not bo enduring. True , it may bo worse before it is better , but that will only hasten the bettor timo. It is possible to stretch a line so taut that it will snap When wrongs are righted It will bo better 'or the tolling millions and for the rich man too. And righted they will bo. Not. wo confidently believe , by revolution and anarchy , but by righteous and Just laws , faithfully executed and Implicitly obeyed. When this stage oC the oild's progiess is touched , the condition of the world's \\orkars will bo so modified as to eliminate these ele ments of poverty , squalor and wretchedness , - ness that now cheat them out of a goodly share of their natural inherit' once of life. Wo believe that conditions may , should and will bo so modlilcd as te give a poor man all the advantages of the moro favored classes for a prosperous and prolonged life. Another factor that is destined to exert a potent inllucnco on the longevity of future generations is improve ment in the science of inedlcino , The cele brated phjslcinn and physiologist , Magondlc , ono opened a lecture before the students in the national medical academy of Franco in the following words : "Gentlemen Medi cine Is a great humbug. I know It is called a science ; science , Indeed. It Is nothing like science. Doctors are empirics , whcro they are not charlatans. Wo nro as Iguoiant as men can bo. Who knows unj thing In the world against medicine ! * * Wo are collecting facts in the right spirit , nnu I daio say in a ceqtry , or so , the accumulatlou of facts may enable our successors to form n medical science ; but I repeat It to you there is nosuch thing now as medical science. " No intelli gent mnn would mlto or speak in such a strain at the present tlmo. What Dr. Mngen- dle thought might possibly bo accomplished in a century has been brought about in loss than half that time , And though medical men are noted for conservatism , the progress in this profession has been ijuiio ns rapid as bos boon consistent with safety , Intelligent physichns estimate the prog- rosss made in both the theory and practice of medicine during the past fifty years was moro than double that of the previous lifty years. And there are valid reas ons for anticipating as great a ratio of increased nrogrcss la the next llfty years. This progress results largely from two causes : Tbo won drous discoveries in tbo science of chemistry and their application to medicine ; and the discoveries in biological science that are throwlngso much light on the nature and or igin of diseases. Almost If not all , epidemic , contagious and infectious diseases are now known to bo tno result of the presence of mi- cro-orgunlsms acting as a poison and produc ing disturbance in the system. This is true also of many sporadic diseases it is now a question whether all dis eases of humanity will eventually bo traced to the same origin. Having learned the causa and traced it to Its origin and studied IU nature - turo nnd natural history , the physician Is la a position of advantage with regard to the application of remedies that it scorns reason able to suppose will , In the near future , give the Intelligent practitioner almost absolute control of disease. When this desirable con dition Is attained it seems a necessary con clusion that the average of human life vrlll , from this causa alone , bo extended some decades beyond its present limits. Dr. Blrney cures catarrh , Boo bldj. . PATHS ACROSS THE PLAINS , How the Overland Journey was Made Before - fore the Days of Railways. THE SEVEN HISTORIC TRAILS. Corontulo'H Sonroli Tor tlio "Seven CltlcH of Clbola" Tlio IjawU nnit Clnrk Eiplorations AVorlc ortho'Tathnmlcr. " There nro seven historic "trails" on the great plains , all ofvhl ch traverse for a portion tion of their distance what Is now the state of Kansas , writes Henry Inrnan In the Kansas City Star. These are the "OW Santa Fc,1' the Oregon and California , General Jolin C. rroniont's , that of the Mormon heplra to Utah , the Dem or , General Emory's and General Sheridan's Curing the Indian war of 1808-9. Of course there are many minor ones purely local for their purpose at the period of their Inauguration. There have hccn many famoua expeditions , such as Colonel Doul- phan's ' , Colonel Stephcnson's , General Kear ney's , the exodus to 1'lko's Peak and Califor nia , but all of them follow one or the other of the trails named here , adding to the story so full of interest and thrilling adventure which has made these "tracks" across the continent the scene of our American classics. Bvory ono of the trails abovoenumerated , although abandoned years ago , their usefulness having ended ut the uuvent of the railroads , may stll bo seen iu many localities distinctly , yet each rccuirlng season is making thorn dimmer , end _ loon they will have faded into nothingness. The first of all trails started from the west , and. was made by Francisco Vnsqucz do Coronado - onado , ono of Cortcz's general , In search of the mythical "Seven Cities of Clbola" In the "Kingdom of Qulvira. " Every vestige of his trail was obliterated centuries ago , for the mighty interval of nearly four bun- prod years has elapsed since the celebrated Spanish explorer and his little band of faith ful followers made their march across the great plains , \vhlch , when considered in all the circumstances surrounding the under taking and the era In which it occurred , stands as ono of the grandest exploits re corded on the pages of history. It was only forty-eight years after the landing of Colum bus on the Island of S.ui Salvador , and re morseless tlmo longslnco inusthavo relegated trees , water courses and the entho landscape the hardy adventurers loooked upon , to the domain of vast modification , at least so that tholr exact line of inarch can never bo de termined from any legible marks they loft. Coronado probably looked on the Missouri river about where Atchlson stands , from which point he turned back from his bootless missiona disappointed and hcaitbrokcn man. In tbo early part of this contury. Captains Lewis and Clark commenced their remark able Journey of exploration and adventure across the continent A part of their trail was what is HOW Grnnd memio In this city , at some point on which they camped. They crossed the Kaw , went north to where Atchl- sou Is located , and thcnco northwesterly to "Where rolls the Oregon. " Traces of their route may yet bo seen in the mountains , and in many other places. Much chnngo has taken place in the landscape in this region since they llrst gazed upon it. It was in July , 1804 , that Lewis and Clark reached "tho upper point of the river Kan sas , " and between that date and sixteen years afterwards , the position of the mouth of the river had materially altered , which a glunco at tbo old maps will conlhm. Tlioro were many other expeditions after that of Lewis and Clnik General Adltin- son's ' , Plko's , Long's , etc. , whoso lenders' names I have forgotten the story of which , in all its most interesting details , may bo found by the caioful student of history ; but they practically followed the trails of their predecessors , or deviated only relatively short distances from them. "Tho Old Santa Fo Trail. " most famous of all , perhaps , has a history that in its entirety can never bo written. Its ancient "land marks. " Pawnee Kock. Chotcnu's Island , Cow Creek , Point of liocks , and a dozen other prominent places in dajs long siuco vanished , if they might speak , what a story they could tell of the blood-curdling events that have happened on the now peaceful pralrio surrounding them. It was from Bent's forton this "Old Santa Fo Trail" that General Stephen Watts Kear ney ( undo of that "fighting Phil Kearney" of the civil war ) set out on hU expedition and took possession of New Mexico as soon as war bad been declared against Mexico by the United SUtos. Ho was made a briga dier in the old army In Juno , 1840 , and was in command of the "Army of the West" when ho left the old fort. Ho followed the Santa fo trail over the Raton mountains and on to .ho . quaint Mexican village of Las Vegas , ilroost the bamo route that thu railroad now , akcs. Colonel A. W. Doniphan , too , of the First Hssourl mounted volunteers , who was or- lorcd by General Kearney to Now Mexico , allowed the old Santa Fo trail its whole cngth. Tlio bravery of this gallant soldier s p.irt of the country's history. I had the onor of knowing him very well , and in 1831 teed with him on the very slto of some of : iis famous skirmishes , when I mat him on ; ho occasion ol my third visit to New Mexico. There Is another trail , established In 1848 , , hat is as plainly visible from the xjwn of Fowler , in Meade county , to Meade Center and beyond , as a country road. It Is that or Major William Homsley Emory , then of the United States topographl- : nl engineers , a corps that iu the e.irlv part ) f the civil war was consolidated with the en gineers proper. Emory was a Mnrylander , mid resigned when Sumtcr w.xs llretl upon , bclluving that his state was going out of the union ; then , disco\erlng that It was not , ho managed to have his resignation suppressed or recalled , and rose to the rank of major jcncral of volunteers. I know him very .veil ; ho was an admirable scholar , a good loldlor and a martinet. Ho was an astron omer and In charge of the survey of the boundary between the United States and Mexico , and the trail I refer to is his , of his expedition to discover the sources of the Hod river ( of the north , of course ) . Our people then know no more of the country they had acquired by the stipulations of the "Guadalupo-IIldalgo treaty" than wo do of the hieroglyphics of Uxmal " and Pnlcnq.no , in Central America , today , so "Emory was scut to go and learn something about It. Ho went as far as the Peuos , and was the first to sketch and describe the old Aztec tcmplo on that historic stream. It was the reputed birthplace of the Aztoo "culturo hero , Montczuma , " and is also thoCiouyo of Coronndo's wonderful m.irch. Many tourists confound the old Catholic church , alongside of the temple , with it. The tcmplo has been razed to the ground these many years long boforoNow Mexico know anything of modern travel while the church itself has been a ruin for more than a contury. Erected nearly ' four hundred yean , ago , wii'en the Aztec tcm plo was intact , it must have been a Htrango sight , that blending of the two religions the black smoke fiom the cstaufas of the temple.lilch had becni burning iroh.ibly for 1,000cars , and the per- 'umed ' smoke of the swinging censers of the Catholic church ascending heaven ward In parallel columns. I have spent whole days In these ruins , so interesting to the arehoolocist and situated la ono of the most romantics and historic spots in all Now Mexico. In Lincoln cotintv. Kansas , Just over the northern line of Ellsworth , my homo , lira still dimly to bo srcu two trails , ono that ol General John C. Fremont his expedition ol 184U the other that of the Mormon heglni from Illinois some three or four years lator. Their crossing of the Ulkhorn and the tracks of their wagons on the primitive buffalo sod on the bills above the stream may easily be seen. It was on that expedition ofl8 < 3thnt Fremont named that river whicli Hews from the western portion of Kansas through several coun < ties the SmoVy Hill to whcro it de bouches into the Republican ut Junction City , tbo two there forming the Kaw 01 Kansas. The Denver trail follows the vnlloy of tin Smoky Hill throughout its entire length traces are still visible ccar and beyond Ulln worth. Tbo Oregon and California trul crossed the Hluo , and on to the crust of th < Sierra Novados , where , at Lake Truokeo , li 184U , stood a cabin whose history is a chaptoi of human misery and Buffering that ban fov parallels in fact or tlctlon. Its story wouli iliock thu readers of the Star , and I euro no attempt a recltol of Its awful details , but these of us who have reached the meridian eof II fo remember the futo of the Rood and Donner company , jVh wcro snowbound and driven to cannlbMbnV on tlmt old Oregon trail in 1810. GendHUKearuoy , on his return from the conquest , ijC California in 1847 , halted at the spot and destroyed by llro every estiBo of < that heart sickening tragedy. l ' iho Sheridim-Ciwtcr trail of the winter expedition of lbOS-9 against the Indians , starts from Fort Uodpo on the Arkansas , follows the north bank twelve miles east , crosses the river at that point , and at the north of the Mulberry1 on the south sldo of the Arkansas runs ui the Junction of the Wolf and Bcmcr , In the Indian territory , whcro Camp Supply , wits established. The trail Is la four trucks , and Is plainly dis cernible for Its whole length whcro the laud has not been plowed. One of Its n.ost historic spots is where the town of Ash land , in what Is now Clark county , rests In the shadow of Mount Jesus. It was there iu April. 1803 , tlmt Sheridan first received notice of his appointment to tbo lieutenant generalship , made vacant by the promo tion of Sherman to that of general , caused by Grant's retirement on account of his elevation to the presidency. Sheridan was riding north in my ambulance , and when a point on the broad trail was reached where Mount Jesus | q , a horseman was discovered coming toward the ambulance enveloped in a cloud of dust. His animal was flecked with fotin. and as the scout drew near , recogniz ing Sheiidan , ho pulled a paper from the breast pocket of his ilanticl shut , at the same time waving his hat and jelling at the top of his voice ; "Hurrah for the lieutenant gen eral. " Ho was carrying the telegram from Washington notifying Sheridan of his con- lirmatloii , Mount Jesus was named in this wise : Ono cold morning in November , 18 8 , during the expedition's ' initial inarch south , I was riding , vlth General Custcr ahead of the column , following the hounds who had routed a pack of wolves from ono of the rocky ravines. Wo saw In front of us , in the fog , what appeared to bo thodotached spur of a well dollnud range , as it loomed up In tbo mist , over what ourguido-"OldJohiiSmith" told usj our route lay. Suddenly Ouster turned to mo as wo commenced to climb the steep hill and said , "What Is thlsl" Hooked around the region , whoso desolation reminded mo so much of the scenery of the "Holy Land,1'that Isold. "Wo'll call this 'Mount ' Jesus.1 " Some of the supcrsensitivo people there now , iu their Ignorance fancying a blas phemous connection with the title which there is not the slightest tinge of. Jesus being ono of tbo commonest of Spanish names- have made several abortive attempts to change It to Mount Lookout , but Mount Jesus ills , and Mount Jesus it will probably 10- maln , for it is u historical spot iu our Ameri can classics. THOUGHTS IS JjlGIlTUR VBIN. Straws Gleaned From the "World's ( Harvest of Wit and Humor. St. Paul Ploiiecr Press : "Ono vice leads to another a little lower in degradation , " solemnly observed a pattoniziug stranger , as ho leaned over thoscat of a young man on the train from White Hear. "You are right , sir , " briskly responded the youth. "Every ono should realize that. Good advice. Good advice. Unfortunately , I got chunk once myself. " "IndcenJ I am pained and surprised. You can hardly go much lower in degradation. " "O , yes , I did. 1 actually got so maudlin , so gibherlngly intoxicated , that I smoked a cigarette. " it Iiidu't Conic. Detroit Free Press : In a case before a Tennessee Justice ono of the lawyers made fun of the other's grammar. Tbo court at once aioso nndsaid : "Mr. Perkins , if you air ono of thorn what thinks grammar runs this court you'io ' bark ing up the wrong tieo. If I hear anymore sich remarks I'll flno you $10. " Proverbs for the Trntlc. Pharmaceutical Era : There's many a wink twlxt the fountain and lip. The proof of the prescription is in the cur ing. ing.A plaster la ttmo will oftca saves nine stitches. A creek in the field Is worth two cricks In. the back. When the fizz is away the soda water can't Jneasy rests the too that wears n corn. The pill roller gathers few shekels. Gelatine pills in hot weather stick to gether. _ _ _ _ _ " \VIint Would I bo Then TUamina ? " Boston Glebe : A little boy who was play ing around a grocery store a short tlmo ago listened intently to a conversation in which several men were engaged , concerning a lady whom they described as "a gross \\idow. " On reaching homo the child went to bis mother and asked : "Mamma , what is n grass widow ! " The mother explained by saying : "If jour papa should go away and not live with mo again , I should bo a gross widow. " "What would I bo then , mammal" askod. the youngster , "a grasshopper ) " The Wink of an Eye. P/iarmficeiilc.il ( Kra. The shades of eve had long been past ; The time to close had como , at lust ; And as ho balanced cash , ho drew A sigh as deep as ono o'er know. For thoro. upon the credit sldo , Thocnteilcs few his patieneo tried. "Stamps , 10 cts , " "Salts , 5 , " thus nnd so- Such days you'vo seen yourself , you know. The outgo largo , the sales so small Did not make profits "loom" at nil. But look I a smile creeps o'er his face ; Ho has forgot the separate place Where soda water crash is hid ; Ho hies him there and lifts tbo lid. "What , all that pile , " you , doubting , say , "For soda water for ono day I" Friends , need I more than this relate ? 'Twas in a prohibition stato. Did Not Know Her Whereabouts. Albany Argus : An amusing incident oc curred at the Albany term of the United States couit , Judge Ooxe presiding , a few weeks ago. A queer-looking , solemn little man had been called by the defense to estab lish an alibi. He had testified that the de fendant had been at his house during the tlmo the offense was committed , and that others wore present also , among them a Mrs. Hoblnsou , when the following examination ensued : "Was Mrs. Hoblnsou a neighbor of you rs 1" "Yes. " . "Is she herol" "No. " "lo you know whore she Isl" "No. " 'Is she dead ! " "Yes. " Hut There IH Halm In Glleail. American Stationer : Miss Alice I learn , Mr. Howies , that you intend to make tlie grand tourl Howies Yes , Miss , Alice. Miss Alice And you promise to write mo from every country you Visit ) Bowles Promise I Ah , you may not know how I will value the privilege ! When I am ar from friends will it. not bo a veritable heaven to think of 3on and address you I But you will really care to receive so m any fetters ) Miss Alice The nioro'tho bettor. I am coV looting the postage etamps ef all countries. A friend Indiicod'ino to try Salvation Oil for my rhuumutlo foot , I used it and tliorhou mutism 1s entirely gone. ) Jens II , ANDKKUON , liultlmoro , Md. Positive and unhollcltod testimony fron every section conllrius every claim uiudu foi the wonderful rfllrfcny of Dr. Hull's Cuugli Syrup. 1'rico M cents. Worcor , munlc'uro101 Heo bldg , xoiirHlim Union l'i\ t on Ootolioi Till , Hill and Illli. The Ohio ft MlHHlHHlppl railway wil Boll tlckotH from St. Louis at ouo fart ) foi round trhi to Cincinnati , C'olnmlHiH Dnjton , Ulovoluiul , Gallon , Akron mu YoimgHtown , Ohio , I'HtHburi ; , 1'onu. , IJulTiilo and Saliiiiiunou , N. Y. , L'aikorH and Harpor'ri Kerry , "VV. Va. Foi Information addroHH A , J. Lytlo Konorai woHtwn piimioiiL'or afutit , w > N li roadway , St. Louln , Mo. Dr. llli i my eurosicatarrh , Hue bltlg. loisxull Humlimry , Aubiiimlulo , Mans , lui turned away thin tuumuor , for wunt of room ubout as muuy as it ha * been ublo te tuko. I 80 HOME WITHOUT A WIFE , A Reprimand to a Bachelor Repeated for the General Public , HOW THE WOMEN REGARD MARRIAGE. They Taken Much Moro Sensible View of It Than Jlcii ( Jlovo Fitting Gowns Columbia's Fair Daughters. [ Copi/rfflMfd.J NKW YOUR , Oct. 1. [ Special to TUB DPE.J On the stage , In the newspapers , by the novelists and among the people who dis cuss things , today the mirringo question is again to the fora. Why men don't marry and why xvomoii don't marry is talked over and talked over until It would seem as if the sub ject were worn threadbare , but it Is always taken up again at the next meeting. I hc.ird a man sny the other night , a man uho had been educated In the most conscrva- tl\o manner , nnd uho had seen much of life : "What I want Is u companion who will be af fectionate. I do not look for an Ideal love , I do not expect to find an angel , but I would like to meet a companion and a comrade ; ouo who , when I wanted to be silent , didn't c.iro to talk ; ono who , when I wanted to discuss a book , a picture , or a bit of news , would bo In terested in it ; ono who uould bo on ono sldo of the fireside when I was on the other and would make for mo a homo. And yet I am not willing to bind myself to any noinnn. I will not , oven with a wedding ilng , bo tied. " Sweet selfishness , Ibis was 1 A MTTLB MtllllttaBOCItBVONr. 1 told him this , nnd felt myself n defender of the cau o of inntrlmony : "You will novcr get what you wish except in a wife. Tlio wife makes the home , inilcoa tbo homo feeling , and Is auQlelently loving and uusclllsh to give in to the whlnu and va garies of a nnu. The other woman may in- tcrestjou , may bo atnusingyou may aclmiro her beauty , you may bo proud of her wit , but she novcr can mnlco the place for your soul to rest in that must bo enciiclcd by a golden band. As for ties no ties are so strong as these that bind a man to his sins and none so difficult to break. "As to marriage , vomen nro getting to look at it in a much more sensible way than do men. And a woman just as carefully thinks out uhat sort of a companion .sho is going to have as she ( iocs what soitof ahonio she intends to make for him , It goes with out saying that she loves him. Tor women are more essentially sensitl\o of llesh-lhau men , and seldom marry whcro they dislike. January and Juno do occasionally wed , but usually Juno hns gone a-mnylng with joung love , had her hcait hurt , nnd is willing to ac cept a more or less chilling affection from Januaiy and to bo satlsllod , Eveiy woman can marry , even these with wooden legs , for If she can't marry a man v.\\o \ \ will bo a com panion to her , she can marry a man she can take care of ; and on my honor , there are uomcn in this world in whom the maternal is so strongly developed , that the gicatest happiness of their mauled lifo is TAKING CVIli : Or TUB MAX who ought to bo looking after them But it is just a question of taste , nnd if jou prefer to care for Charlie and to study out how his lifo shall bo easy , and I prefer to care for Jack , and believe it Is his duty to study out how inino shall bo made most comfoitublc , that is entirely your business and mine. "Just as many people get married now as over did , and it Is something that will never , never go out of fashion. Past men may rave against it , crack-br.iined novelists may write against it , and morbid souls may inonn over it , but over since the first marriage in the garden of Eden wo have all had moro or less of an inclination to go ana do liken Iso. Some marry and repent , and some repent because they don't marry ; but as for anybody except ing n wife malting a homo for man why , it is utter noneseusol" It Is needless to say that after this thado oven the scltlsh brute In the shape of a man who had given his opinion in the beginning , wilted wilted perceptibly , and my heart throbs with a proud beat as I think it possible that I have made a convert , Between you and me , I am hoping that some nice , rosy-faced girl v ho has just gotten back from tha seaside will assist iu the eon version , make him a more sensible man and n husband. MOULDED TO TUB FO1I5I UIMSU. "Wo are flitting around in summer frocks with warm jackets over them , and admiring the latest evolution of the American girl. She Is glove-like in her get-up. Her gown is most mysterious co behold , nnd the - wonderment ment among the club men is how she gets in it. I could tell but I won't. But I may mention that neither a shoe-horn nor glovo- buttoner are used in the process. The skiit ( cloth of course ) fits her figure exactly , a tiny gore Just in front making It nuito smooth there , while the curves about her bips are fitted over as exactly as uro the gloves on her hand. In the back are a couple box-pleats that give the necessary fulness , hut they never interfere with tbo smoothness of the front , and are only there to permit made moiselle to take the long swinging step t hut Just now she is nffectinij. Her bodies is rather a long basque , untrimmed - mod , and not showing a crease or \\rinkle. . yet she can bond easily , and indeed in nil her movements suggests an undulation such as the waves make. Only an American girl could dress this way , for she is the only wo man In tbo woild who has the figure to do it , Seldom over medium size , she is usually ox- troinely well shaped about tbohlns , achieves the line of beauty in her oack , and if her bust is small she goo ? to a tailor who knows the value of curled hair and cotton , and slu does not present the disgusting appearance of Frenchwomen ] who e\en when they are quite young grow enormously laigo about thobust. As her feet are small they show from beneath the plain skirt , shod to perfection , and when I sou her , this exponent of good form , I feel like rushing up , shaking hands \vith her , tel ling her how much 1 ndmlra her , how abominably minably vain I am at heart of the American girl , nnd then rushing away waving the "Stars and the Bars" and the "Stars and the Stipes. ! COI.UMIIH'9 FAIll The American girl is going to bo the woman of tbo century about whom everybody talks. She is what Kudjard Kipling calls "knowledgeable ; " that is to say , she is will ing to linow and she doesn't need to bo told anything twice. Tno high-pitched voice her cousins from over tbo sen used to object to has become subdued ; the v.curing of jowchy on the street has been given the go by , and the curious Inquisitlvenrss , really a form of childishness and a desire to know , has be come absolutely nil. and she sits placidly nnd permits herself to bo informed. She doesn't eat any moro an cots than any other woman , and she is u hundred times mote interesting to a man than cither a French or an Dnglhh- woman. When she gets niAnled she loves her husband and her babies , and you seldom see In her household tbo violent quarrels tint are countenanced la ICnglisli ones , She is worth a great deal more to the country than either the Declination of Independence or the Chicago fair , nnd if her own country don't ' appreciate her , some other will , tuuUliowill botulfon off In the Highland disappear as mjstoriously as do most other blessings. So bu considerate and careful of her , American men , because she Is x\orth it , and you know you nro great ones for looking out for the value of things , TUB BOUIIIIBTTK OPFT1II5 8TAOU. The Houbretto is missing fiom the streets , She hns irene to Join tbo company on the rend- and 1 miss her beautiful audacity and her happy little face. Slto didn't seem to know much , but she utilized the knowledge she had inupaiticulnrly fascinating way. Nine times out of ton she had on a blue or black cash- mem Bklrt that hud been mended andp.itclatl and seen a great deal of service ; then she wore n loose blouse and drew her belt in about her wilst so tight that her muasuro- ini'tit win Juste\nctly eighteen Inches. Her Hiillor hat Mas tilted over her fuco mid her nhort hair showed fluffy all about It. Butii was nt her waist anil her feet that ono must look te BL'O her charm. Mo matter how shabby her frock , her shoes -were as brlcht and her stockings as black as possible. She rather fimulcd standing some pluco near the corner talking to tbo heavy villain of the play , and Homctlincs quite unconsciously ono hand would goon her hip , and one foot wouli oomo out from under her skill , as if she was lust going to do u little duneo hiho was laughing ahvujs. She laughed us uho was drinking tiodi water , because It v/ns HO cool , and she luucuud rtheii sbeoa tutint' iluui-chowdcr > ccnuso it was so hot. She didn't teem to invoAcnroln the world , but , dear soul , wo on'tknow what her cares wero. She was list a girl who danced and nnng in a sort of variety piny , nnd yet somehow when I pass ho corner , and she Isn't there , and 1 roincin- > or the heavy villain , I do hope ho isn't ' play- tig his pnrt off the stage as well as on it , nnd just make one of tboso strong wishes that n the sight of God are prayers , that next unimcr'a sunshine may look down on the lit- lo soubrctto ns merry ns ever and on the icavy villain with the clearest sort of ccti- clcnco. WHAT sun wisiinn rou AND GOT. Do you ever wish ? Do you remember that wedenborg said , "Mnn , beware of that vhich thou wlshost with intensity , for it vlll surely come unto you. " \\cll , the ther dnv I was taken to a wishing veil , and thinking this over , I got cry much frightened nnd concluded note o \\Mi anything very much for in > self , but 0 do a lot of wishing for other people. So I wished that 1 might have a now pair f shoestiliigs. I got them. I ulshcd that I might have some now silk lockings. I got them. I uisim ! that I might have nbltthday cake. got it. I wished that women were more loving , ; hildrcn more polite , nnd men less scltlsh. don't ' know whether that's come true or not ct. ct.I \\lshed that somebody would write some teed books , hooks that ueio Interesting , > ooks that were bright , without n nasty Idea 'or the plot. I got a fowof these , piiiiclpally Cipllng's and Jerome's. \\ishcd \ that the girls might get all tbo irctty clothes they wanted and see their nthcr's bo willing to pay the bill. The re- riirns from this wish have not come In yet. I wished that women never had to do n bit f work except that which comes in their hnractor as the head of the household. Evidently I didn't wUh this with enough In- enslty , for it wasn't answered. I wished that men weren't ' so snappish vhen questioned about the reason why they .Idu't ' como after you in time to go to the heater. This wish seemed to go to tbo very bottom of thouoll , and will probably bo found vhen truth is discovered. Then I grow seltish , and I wished Oyit I light like everybody and everybody might ike mo , nnd that 1 could have all the books nd plctmes nnd babies in the uorld. Out of ognrd for the people with whom I ll\e , noth- ngliiis been heard of this wish. Curious , sii'liU ' _ UAH. Dr. Birnoy , noao and throat , lleo blilff. t'O.VX VJU.ILITIKS. Growing palms in ornamental pots and jars re now wedding gilts. A Now Yoik wedding party broke up in 1 general fight bccauso an udmiiing guest nslsted upon kissing thobildotoo often. In Hussla , no matter how young and inex- > erlcuecd , a married woman Is perfectly in- opcndeut of he. ' . lusband in her property Ights. "There's ' ono thing I've never quite under- teed about Adam anil Uvo , " said old Mrs. Bankerson. "That Is , who was the clergyman who nianiecl 'cm ' < " Toinpklns How long his it been the fash- on foremen to gho their husbands wed- liug rings , dear ? Mrs. T. Ever since Uvo juta ring in Adam's nose , love. A Brooklyn woman , Mrs. Augusta Kkbloni , vho is seeking a divorce from hcrhusbaud , ins been tnarued three times within nje.ir. r\\o of her husbands died soon after mar- iago. An exchange sajs that a nnn named Corn vns married to a "lady named Wheat , in the church at Crcston , la. , nnd tbo choir stunned ho audience present upon tlio occasion by singing. "What Shall tbo Harvest Ie1" ) One Oiegon woman is hard to please. She las just brought suit for divorce against icr lif th husband , having previously rid her self of three of the others in the same way. Two of the rejected mates were brothers. Henry W. Mooro.forinerly managing editor of the Kt. Louis PostDispatchvho eloped with the wife of John W. Norton of the 3raud opor.i house writes to a friend that ho ias not hcen ono day of happluess siuco the day of his elopement. A Wisconsin man won ? 10 In a novel man ner. He met n lady , who in a jest , offered to > ct him $10 that ho dared not marry her. Ho , ook the bet , picked a quarrel with a young ady to whom ho was alicady engaged , and narricdtho fair betier , Tlio special premium offer to the couple vho would bo married in a balloon at the fair grounds at Franklinvillo , Pa , , was claimed by Miss Elsie Von Vandall of Cleveland. Dhlo , balloonist and parachute jumper , and Vf. M. Basset , ouo of tbo balloon party. Any pitriotic and unsophisticated couple ; bat will stand up in cotton bagging in the fair grounds of the Piedmont exposition , nt Atlanta , during alliance week , and there bo wedded for bettor or worse , will receive (100. Xho second cou plo that fancies this soi t of a wedding gets $50. Tbo city of St. Charles , Jllun. , is excited over a statement in a local paper : md blgned by twenty-four piomiuent clti/cus , including U\o preachers , announcing their belief in Schwelnfurth's ' theory , nnd s-iylng they "hivo laid aside the ideuof mairylug and giving In mnniugo. " A Ncosho , county , Ivnnsis , farmer sent this mixed older to a Chanuto merchant : "Send mo a sack of Hour , five pounds of cofo and one pound of tco. Mylfe gave birth tea a big baby boy last night , also live pounds of corn starch , a screwdriver and n fly trap. It \velghcd ten pounds and a straw hat. Tew princesses in the royal and semi-royal houses of Europe nro so sensible as the Prin cess Maria Anna , of Portugal , \\lio is about to marry an utititled doctor of medicine. In reply loan intimate friend , who asked her re cently , now she could marry a imn of such low riinkwhen somanyprlnccly suitors wore nt her disposal , she said : "I prefer to marry a man wit hout a name r.ither than n naino without a man. " Daniel Perry , an elderly carpenter , of lion- dcison , Ky. , has brought suit for divorce from bis wifo. lie advertised about a year ago in a Chicago piper for a wife and secured ono. The female sharper for such she turned out to bo onlv lived with tbo old gentleman three diys. During that time she icllevcd him of S10U. with which amount she left the sUite and has not slnca been hcaid from. There is n prejudice In thoiural districts of this state iigilnstbtichclorasnys tbo Portland Oregonian. People in every outlvIng settle ment are opposed to bachelors taking up claims la ttielr vicinity , An exchange says : "Thoioiiio some splendid claims on Deadwood - wood cieok not yet taken , ns good as any on the coist. Tbo citizens want good men with families to settle on them. Tlueo of tnoso claims wore taken by bicholors last fall. Tbo ladies of Dciulwond passed a resolution plac ing a tbreo j oars' limit on cclibioy in that district , and providing all buholors not mar- lied at the end of that time bo run out of the settlement or hanged. " rive hachclois moved out.ono gotinanled and Uvo have gone into the spaiklug business. Dr. Blnioy cures catarrh , Boo bldg. E. I ) . Caliotu visited Llbby prison war museum yes to relay and inspected the on- rloiisrollcsof the war , bayn the Chicago Herald. Mr. Ciiliotn la a native born Chinaman. Flo lnus lived In this country nearly forty yearn , having left the land of hln birth vvhon but nix years old , Long before the Chinese exclusion liivv was over dreamt of ho hud proved his lltncbs for tlio duties of American citi zenship by taking up arms indofonso of hla adopted country nnd marching to tlio front. Although hut ilfteun years old vvhon the war broke out ho declared that ho wiia over are , and enlisted In tlio Twenty-third Miissuuhu fcctts voluntom-8 , under command of Colonel AndrovvK 11- wood. The only roprotontntivo of the Mongolian race among tlio millions of mon thus facing ouch otherin a otrutf glu of lifo and ( loath. Culiota was a unique character. Under llro Cahota proved that ho was mudo of stem htuir , for his bravery was commented on dm-intf vu- rlous engagements , notably at Cold liar- her and in the building of General Uut- lor'd signal station in front of 1'otors- burg. At the close of the war Cahota was mustered out along with the surviv ors "f his iogimontthori , under command of Colonel Itnyinoml o ( Jliirblohoad. Since that time Mr , Cahota has devoted himttolf to business , there being little In common between him and the oiillnary Cliiim.-naiibojond lei-tain nice chnnic- teribtlcs of loatiiro. In njieedi and dress ho in an oulhiury dti/eu , Dr , Birnoy , uos > o and throat , fico THE PERILS OF PROHIBITION , Evils Which Follow in the Train of Sumptu * 017 Legislation. A LAMENTABLE SHOWING IN LITTLE RHDDf 'It May 1'uIrI ) Do Bald tlmt Thorn < \r No Oprti HtUomiN In Newport , Vet iJiiuor In Itrongltt Hereniul Sold. " Heport of tlio proceedings at the tenth an. nual meeting of tlio Clnu-lty organt/atton so * cioty of tlio city of Newport , H. 1.1 A difficulty encountered by our visitors ivltti Increasing frequency during the put two ) oars , and ono likely to become still roater , is the sale of liquor Iu duelling louses. Our policy lias been , \\licu tw ! fact s well-ascertained , to bring it nt once to the Attention of the person visited ntid to cease visiting unless n promise Is given to tin- nodliitoly stop the objectionable niul unlavr- 'ul imictieo. OfcoiirsowociidcavortosL'o thai .ho promho is kopt. Theio are cn es now uuler our care whcro there are uncoiiifoi t.iblo niul veil-founded suspicions thut nuili pinc- tlccs prevail , but whcro. Novcrthcloss , tha evidence Is not sufUdontly clour to Justify the erinliiatioii of our oversight and euie Tlmt the gravity of the situation in this logunl nay bo apparent , HOIUO facts of a general na il ro may bo stated. During the oniclont administration of tha ofllco of mayor forthopvjt three years In this city , the sale of liquor lias piaetio.illy icon driven from our public streets , it may fairly bo said that there nro no open saloons lore. Yet the ovidcnco that largo quantities of liquor mo brought hero and sold is utilities * loncd. ly ) accounts olllilaUy kept , It up- > cars that the Importation of liquor has nrgcly Increased duilug the past eighteen months ; that by the Old Colony steamboat company alone , dining the past summer season , from foity to two hundied haui Is ol kegs , ch icily of in nit liquors , arrhi'ii hcta daily. During the nlno months of 1 from Fobiunry to Octobci inclusive , thoio \ \ < ie In Now port 127 searches for anil seizureof li- quow on warrants in buildings Wheio it was Jllcged to bo sold , nighty-onoof these \\oia In dwelling houses kept by llfty dllTitent persons. Thisshous that there wcie re peated seizures In several cases The lorn mi- Ing forty-six searches were In stoies and small snops kept hy se\enty-ouo dllToient persons , many of which places were Immed iately adjoining to or lonncctcd with tha dwelling houses. Devon of these seventy- one persons were women , The ropoits of po lice ofllccr3ns , well as the statements of these whom duty culls to Usit such localities liow that these plates which have been i.ilded , do notconstltuto u majority of these where li quor is sold. Indeed , there Is a good reason to believe that there ate streets whcie liquor lias been sold during the pist jear in nc.uly every houso. Many of these people have novcr sold before , nnd thod.uightois of soma or them are in our homes as buvnnts They arc cosily led Into it. A friend and miphbor lias perhaps started In upon the business , in duced , it may be , by the lili- ernl terms of the wholesale denier , wiio is reported to put In the Hist barrel on credit , to ho piid for lnn ' old. Tha example Is contagious : hero nppo.usto bo an opportunity to make a little money In a household Wheio spire pennies nra not oNor- abunilunt : the inoi.il forces are not stiong enough to resist the temptation ; such scru ples as exist against the 'v-rctched business RO by the board , and soon , poihnps , the ma jority in some little neighborhood mo cngag- ing , to u greater or less extent in tliis > miser * able employment , and if It Is thus eas\ for persons removed from piesslng want to taUa up the business how much easier is it fo these upon whom the biiulcu of extreme pov erty bears heavily , "if I don't .sell Uquotf how can 1 livel" is n question which has ikca heard moro than once tlio past jo.ir. In this city In innny homes liquor Is sold to men by women In the picsencu of their ihlU dren. J\s ono thinks of the iiilliioneo of such , practices not only upon themselves , but upon their children , of tlio future evils to llo\v from these lessons so cisily learned in the ovusJoii and bic.iking of law , of the pioDibil- ties of these young people becoming f uturo drunkards , of \ulBinlzlnfjand degrading" inllnonco upon girls resulting from the ion * version of a niothei's kitchen into n bar ioom ( visited by course , aninkcn , indecent 111111 , the simple sugHCsllon ofluit possibilities tlvl" future lias for them In store is appalling Of ; what avail nio this and other ehniitiil > ! e or- giinizatlons against the disorganising cor rupting power of this evil , poisoning tha homo , and the moiid tone aiulllloofliola localities ! UespCLtfully submitted Kdrauiid Tweedy , piesldont : P. AV Tll'on ' , vice president ; J. T. llnrdoclt , tu'iisinor ; M. S. Biirdick , scciotaiy ; Joseph 1' Cot * ton , AVIllInm P. liuffum , John II Crosby , Jr. , William 1' . Slionield. } r , Uaiius P..ikor , Anna F. Hunter , .Anuicw K ( Juinn , Catheiine White , 1C. 1' . \ \ 'ormtloM. . Downing : M. T Herry , fiom the DOIIMS society ; Lydln Melvlllo , fiom Tcm iiscnd Aid toAge'd ; P. U liainiiictt. fiom Iloma for Friendless Children ; Emily B Uluice , from Tlowcr mission. Dr. Blrney , nebo and thiout , lluo lililgb Joslo Koppel and Percy Belt lived in nd Joininghoiiscs in St. Louis yeais ago In lbs.t Percy's parents maml to New Orlems. Two weeks ago L'eiov , now tuentyonc ar- I'lvcdlnSt. Louis and claimed the fullllinimti of a promlaoJoaio had made to IIIUT.N bun when tie became of ago Parental ob/1 tioa led to an elopement and mnrilago. Dr. nirnov cures f.itarrh , Bee bM , ' NRW OCTOBER , Contains : A WORD AS TO THE SPEAKERSHIP. By JAMES DRYCE , H. P. , Author ol "Iho American Commonwealth " American Girls In Europe. UyMkin AIMM The 1'an-American Conference. II. Ily ' 1 he Mexican Minister , M. RoMLRi ) A Key to Municipal Reform. Ily F. U GODKIN Crowni and CoroneU. ( An Anl > t' Keini mcencw. ) Ily G.r. A. 1FAIV. ! ( The Kuiute of American Uiiivmitie * Ily the Hon. ANOKBW D. WIIITF Lilxir Tendencies In ( Jreat Iliilali ) . IN MiciiAst. DAVIIT Falih and Credulity. Ily JOHN HUHHCCOIIS The Pecullaritiei of the boutli Ily Pitor. N. S. SIIALHK MR , B AlFOUR'S ANSWER TO MR. PARNEll Bftho Right Hon JOHN MORLEY , M. P. Police OulraceiIn New Yorle Ily I'.J. EDttAKI--- Are Women Mannerleut IlyV. . A CKOFUJT tance. JKOKOK I ) Ktnmi Protojtandlmprnvti Your Normal VlHlon Rsstorotl. Hitiid.ichu ( iircl > 1)7 ) mini a pnir of our "PEKFHCTION1 , HI'KCTACLEH OH EVK-OhASSES. { tr Tlioy are the J3E9T In tlio World. _ jC | 8 ahd Gold Spectacles any style , from $ U up , FlnoStoolSpocUclosanybtyloifrom il up , Colored Glasses { or fchatUnc the oyet , , from Every pair fitted by a Practical Optician , OCULISTS ORDERS 1'ILIJiI ' ) . OporiOla erfFioU Q nssea , Aneroid Barommsr , Thonnnmfcterh , Iito. MAX MEY12H& : JWO. . 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