Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 16, Number 41, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 3 April 1886 — Page 3

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THE LADIES' "GYM."

ONE OF THE NEW THINGS IN CINCINNATI WHICH IS ADMIRABLE.

An Institution That I* Quite aa NccMMiy as Even Intellectual Training School*— Pupil* Delighted With the Work—Bale* and Bcealatioai.

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Twice a week, passing by the

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street entrance to the Grand Opera house, wo see a troop of rosy-cheeked girls -from 14 to 18 years of age come tripping out on the Hide walk and walk away gracefully. Their blooming countenances and hearty laughter at once attracts attention, and the easy stride with which they walk fills tho observer with wonder, being long accustomed to the miiicing French gait. They are the pupils of the ladies'branch of the Cincinnati gymnasium, an institution that is quite as necessary as even intellectual training schools, and one that should be made a public care.

The fact of the existence of a ladies'gymnasium in this city is known but to few, the enterprise at present being in the nature of an experiment. Two classes, each composed of twenty members have been formed and placed under the charge of the veteran instructor,

Professor

Thomas Griffiths, whose experience

in this line especially fitted him for the position. Into the instruction room tho reporter was admitted tho other day, the ladies, of course, being absent Along the wall was a rack on which hung at least fifty pairs of nickelplated dumb-bell*. The floor was as smooth as a ball-room, made so by the friction of feminine feet.

PUPILS DEOOHTED WlTH THE WORK. The professor, who was just preparing to give a waiting pupil a lesson with the foils, and had just adjusted, a largo, ml flannel heart into position, stopped to give the writer .a few of tho details of the oxercise of his pupils. "How do they like itl Why, bless you man, I must keep an oye on my watch for fear they will go over the hour allotted to them," said he. "They are delighted with tho work." "What do they do? They don't use the .glovce on each other I hope?" asked the reporter, as ho pointed to a set of kid boxing gloves hanging on the walL "Oh, no no indeed," was the hasty answer. "They take nothing but calisthenics as yet. They haverit begun to use the .apparatus."

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notice that you have no chairs here, What do they do when they get tired?" "They never got tired," answered the professor. "When they first carne they felt the loos of the chairs very much and used to loan •against the wall and lounge about. But thoy •soon got over it and never think of asking fo/ a seat" "When tho classes come for instructions, -they are received by my daughter, who Assists mo in tho work, and aro prepared for -exercise. Aftor the class is arranged, I am .sent for and tako my place in front of them.

You see tho room is wide enough to place three abreast and give them plenty of room to strotah out their arras. That makes about six rows. The dumb bells used aro tho lightest made—two pounds, aa I am a firm believer in light weights. The course of Calisthenics is complete, and every muscle is brought into play. They like it very much, and as I said beforo, I must watch the clock. "My daughtor told me the other day that «ne of tho pupils had revealed to her in confidence that every day when she wont home «he ate-a big piece of bread and butter. The •*»romisto made her ravenously hunip-y. and broad appeared to bo the only thing that -would satisfy her cravings. Pio or cake she did not wunt, it wasn't filling enough. A gentleman who lives in Covington, and who has a daughter in ono of the classes, stated to me that .he could almost we the improvement in her after ooch lesson. And it's that way with thom all. They never got sick any more, and they 'just feel splendid' all the timo." yii pnQV

KM fc NTS—"APPARATUS—RKQULATIQNB.

Tho professor is very enthusiastdo over his female classes, and takes a great deal of pride in His daughter, an accomplished athlete, is great bolp to him and to the pupils.

In a conversation with Superintendent Murphy, tho reporter was told that if the Ioard of direotore had any assuranco that tho scheme would be a success and be remunerative enough to cover expenses, it was their intention to secure a room in the building immediately beneath the gymnasium pri|Hr, and fit it up in first class style. All tho modern apparatus—walking track, swings, weight pulleys, and a bathing system would 1)0 placed in it In fact everything would bo done to facilitate the comfort of the ladies attending.

As will bo seen by tho following roles, the class system is the order in tho ladies' department Instead of being open at all hours to members, regular hours are set for each class. This is a wise measure and one that is appreciated by the lady members:

First—Tho ladies' and children's department will bo restricted to claw work only. Second—'The classes nmst be made up by tho ladies themselves, the maximum number being twenty persons to each class.

Third—The length of time devoted to work by any ono class shall be one hour, twice a wwk.

Fourth—Raeh class shall have the right to •elect any exercising hour not already taken up, but the hour once decided upon must be adhered to.

Fifth—There shall not be more than six chuaee, Or twelve hours per week, devoted to this department

Sixth—Tho board reserves the right to reject any class they may see fit, without any question.

Seventh—Each

to the

class must submit entirely

control and command of their authorised instructor during class hours, every member giving strictest attention and doing all in their power individually for the general good of the whole claw.

The first class at the ladies' gymnasium it composed of children and misses bo the ago of years. The second is made up of young l*dk« over that Several married ladies am in th* latter class.—Cinoinnati "MoMft-Stor.

A W«w»«Serft»l Man for Oo.

Wonderful man of 90, as the Emperor William is, and obstinately as be persists in ikMtig everything he used to do it twenty years ago, save to go riding. I hear that be is in an extremely prorations condition and that any day the candle may go out Hie ones broad, full chert taw quite in his votes has become so weak, and come* from so far txv-k in the throat, that it is very difficult to catch up Kb utterances and hob very, vet? tottery on iris ljys.—Cor. London World.

A Qnvrr Kind of Wnlrh Cfc*ln« And sp 'ing of the wafeh repairer in Dubme^ ^nda we that sometime ago be wa» very much surprised at the sight of the nest unique waach chain imaginable. I belonged to a Keotucldan whose beard is very )oag. He had braided it in fine pleats and the end Lis watch was tied with a silken cord. It is very probable that then not mch another watch chain in th® United States, the world, for that matter.—Cincinnati XlnM»titar.

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THE TONE MASTER.

Wonderful music there was one day, Chopin to listen, Liszt to play. Bflid Chopin to Liszt, "Fain would I learn If the ear may, through music, the colon discern." Then Liszt struck clear from the highest keys The swig of bright skies—the Summer breeze Anri Chopin cried out with keen delight, "I sea soft azure and glistening white." Then Liszt smote slowly the deep bass chords Anri summoned the shadowy trooping hordes Of doubt and despair that rend and rack The soul in dark hours. "Away with the black, Awful vision!" cried Chopin. It passed And away from the bass Liszt's fingers flew fast. Then a witching, palpitant, brilliant strain Which thrilled and kindled and thrilled again And Chopin cried quick, as the melody sped, "Mine eyes rest on roses.and cheeks that are red"

AnH so by his wondrous, exquisite art T.iggfc touched, through bcth senses, the one human heart, And showed as arose might, transformed to a bird, That sound can be seen and hues can be heard. —R«.n Francisco News-Letter.

DRIVING MEN FROM EMPLOYMENT.

Statements of a Young Lady in San Francisco—Secret of Cheap Living. According to the statements of a young woman in San Francisco, she and her sisters are fast driving men from the employments they have been engaged in since tho Pacific, coast was first settled. She declares that women have already superseded men as stenographers, telegraph and telephone operators, copyists, and type-writers. They are now beginning to obtain places in banks and commercial business houses. Educated girls are filling most of the easy positions that were till recently occupied by men. Girls who have little or no education are also driving men from many light occupations. They mnirw clothes, shoes, and cigars, and in many cases sell them. The transaction of several kinds of business has passed almost entirely into their h»nd« In her opinion it is only a question of time when the girls of the Golden state will monopolize every employment they think it desirable to engage in.

Being asked by a foreign gentleman how they had been able to accomplish all these things, she prompt} *plied: "By adopting the Chinese metj and beating them at their own game .jo then went on to give the particulars Vr mode of procedure in every occupa'^X. iat they had monopolized. They quietly prej5hred themselves for it, often pretending that they were simply practicing for sport. A smart girl would induce a clerk who was paying her some attention to give he? .a insight into the mysteries of bookkeepingptelographing, or the use of the typewriter. She then obtained a book and began to practice. If she met with difficulties, she knew where to apply for assistance.

As soon as she became proficient she applied for a situation, often offering her services gratuitously till she has afforded evidence that she could do the work in a satisfactory manner. They obtained places and kept them because they worked much cheaper than men did or could. Many of them were in a position to live 'even cheaper than the Chinese. Most of them lived at home, sc their board cost them nothing. Their wash ing was done in the family laundry. They spent no money on billiards, cigars, wine, or stronger kinds of drinks. They belonged to no sooret societies, social clulw^er military organizations! They

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not assessed on the

eve of evory election. The consequence was that the girls wero getting rich on small salaries, while the men remained poor even thoy obtained large salaries. Employers were as fond of obtaining cheap labor as cheap goods. Tho time had come when houses en gaged in certain kinds of business and employing inon could not compete with those that employed girls.—Chicago Times.

Taste for Insects and Animals, Lately, in Paris, at a gorgeous reception one ologautly dressed woman woro on the edgo of her low-cut bodice, with its head bont as if it had just pierced tho white shoulder with a sting, an imitation hornet It was so real that it made tho looker-on start with on involuntary horror. The body of the creaturo was in Labrador stone, yellow striped with brown, the head a deep hued sapphire, tho legi golden, the whole, in such close proximity to the fleoh suggesting horrible possibilities.

In commenting on this exhibition an English writer from Paris says that the taste Cor insects and animals is all very well, so long as it is confined to the harmless and more refined species honored by poets and prose writers. The diamond butterfly, with blood red ruby spots in its outstretched wings, looks very beautiful hovering over posy of fresh blossoms, or among the soft undulations of ostrich plumes. Every one has grown accustomed to the serpent, the beetle and the tortoise, accepted as they are by antique tradition. A lizard may be used as a clasp for a corsage bouquet, so its hues aro brilliant enough. The homely fly, in precious stones of different kinds, introduced into the decorations of brooches, bracelets, ear-rings, cravat pins, amber mouth-pieces for cigar# and cigarettes, gold book-markers and paper knives, and other costly tops is unobjectionable, and one can afford to laugh a*J» fancy that produces pins and charm^ j* form of

bean, poodles, monkeys, elephiuts, pigs, and shrimps. But the line ought to be drawn tbove hornets and wasps, green-gold grassloppers and black enamelled ants, great itaghend beetles, and huge crooked-legged ipklori.— Boston Herald.

Is One of the Fine Art*.

Conversation is one of the fine arts, and we venture to assert that it is a rarer one than music. There can be found dozen people who can render a sonata acceptably, who can produce an average drawing or painting or write a readable novel, to one who has the gift, the grace, the supreme charm of conversation. It is the art of arts. It necessarily includes all others, not in matters of technical knowledge, but in tboir essential elements. Only true culture—that culture which is an achievement, not an external no-qufeewentr-can product conversation. Talk is cheap, and largely mechanical, and is of no importance save as one of the conveniences of existence but conversation is a gift of the gods.

Conversation, is, too, very largely spiritual relation. "With one man," says Emerson, "I walk among the stars, while another pins mo to the wall" Conversation is stimulated, drawn oat, or repressed and extinguished to a great degree by these mutual magnetisms of temperament.—Borton Traveler. __

The Word* of Old Writer. About 130 years ago a clever man that The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in not making cages." And tho words of the cynkaal oid writer apply wbB to-day as when they we tot penned. The fashion of the day stems to be one of hasty marriages and quick repentances and (baa as bMty sspareTfcw Hew York Tow* Tcj**

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GOYERNMEFT WORK.,

THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

Responsible Petitions to the Treasury Department—!ln the I«aw Division Interior Depwtment—Fostofflce Worker*—State, War and Narry.

Then are about 4,000 women employed by the government, end although the work is chiefly clerical they are also valuable assist­

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in a variety of other occupations, many of which are comparatively new to women. The greatest number are employed in the treasury, which was the first department to make use of their services. The occasion arose firing the late civil war, and was entirely a question of expediency and even necessity, in order to fill the Isrge number of vacancks mode by the enlistment of the employes.

Women were first employed as counters of currency, and soon afterward as clerk?, copyists, etc. As counters of money—work requiring chiefly quickness of sight and deftness of hand—women have always excelled and have been uniformly preferred to men. Their undoubted honesty has also contributed much to their value in this work. It is said by the officials in charge of the currency division that a case of dishonesty on the part of a woman has never occurred eince their employment in the treasury. TTiHAgTTRr AND INTEBIOB DEPARTMENTS.

There are 1,349 women employes in the treasury department, including 450 in the bureau of engraving and printing: They are employed as corresponding clerics, accountants, stenographers, copyists, counters, librarians, and in some few instances as chiefs in charge of sections, their duties being supervisory. Some of the books kept by romen are models of beauty and accuracy. In the issue division a lady has for several years had charge of the books containing the exact amount of currency issued, redeemed, destroyed and outstanding also the amounts of daily currency redeemed and destroyed in the several states and territories. This involves a vast amount of detail and accuracy of accounts which it is difficult for the uninitiated to conceive of.

The «nnim1 report of the controller of the currency, with the bewildering columns of statistics, is almost exclusively the w'ork of women clerks. In some of the auditor's offices the women are obliged to have a knowledge of banking as well as of mathematics.

The difficult and responsible work of the redemption agency is done entirely by women. This division is devoted entirely tc identifying burned and mutilated money, which is brought here under all sorts of strange and remarkable circumstances, from every part of tho country, to be redeemed. Sometimes it is so badly defaced as to seem almost to defy identification. The most successful expert in this work has been here for twenty j'oars, and has in that time saved many millions of dollars.

Another conspicuous example of ability, and also in quite anew line, is that of a woman employed in the law division of this bureau, and who prepares the brief* for the solicitor of internal revenue in the various cages arising out of violation of interna] revenue ltiws. She is coiuidcrod ono of tho best law clerks in the bureau, and is engaged upon the most difficult and complicated compromise cases.

The interior department employs «18 women as examiners of applications for patents, clerks, stenographers, typewriters, accountants, tracers of drawings, copyists, pasters, etc. The work of women as examiners of applications for patents deserves th« hipbeet oommonda*ion, oinrait raqpirM a knowledge of physics, mathematics, chemistry and machinery—branches of study with which at present women have only limited opportunities to become thoroughly acquainted, the smattering of science taught at the average girl's school being of little yalue for any practical uses.

PCjpTOFFICH, STATE, WAR AND NAVY, The postofflce department employs 124 women, principally in clerical work, but some branches of this work aro of a difficult naturo and require a peculiar fitness and pinog

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qualifications. A knowledge of the

modern languages and a complete and minute familiarity with localities are requisite in many departments. A lady in the dead letter division is the most skilled expert in deciphering misdirected and illegible letters in this country, and as illustrating her peculiar powers in this field she is called "the blind reader."

The state, war, and navy departments have fewer Women in their employ than any of the others. A few women are employed as translators, but in this work, which, according to popular ideas, would be especially suited to the acquirements and taste of women, few women succeed. Their knowledge of lan guages is usually not exact and thorough ehough to qualify them for the service which requires a grammatical and idiomatic knowledge of foreign languages. Tho official translator of each department is a man, and generally a foreigner. In the same connection it may be stated that it is a singular fact that in the occupations in which we would naturally expect women to excel, such as translators, botanist*, etc., we find no conspicuoni cn*»6f ability, while the universally acknowledged and notable instances of superiority are in those departments where we would least expect to find them at all, much less to find them taking high rank.

There are fifty-five women employed in the quartermaster's office in the war department, and about the same number assisting in the preparation of the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion." In the navy department a few women aro engaged in the work of the hydrographic office, in map drafting and tracing, and as telegraph operators, typewriters and clerks.

Th^ "agricultural department employs 112 women, including those engaged in the seed room. They are chiefly corresponding clerks, keeping an account of seods sent to each senaator, representative and delegate also, the records of all applications for seeds, plants, shrubs, etc. Much of the work is manual, such as making aeed bags, labeling, and patting up seeds.

The government printing office, which is the largest establishment of this kind in the world, employs 1,300 women as stitchers and folders of pamphlet?, gold-leaf ornamenters, operators of ruling, folding, and sewing machines, press feeders and compositors.—New York Times.

An Awkward Oentlemw Ssva Why will gentlemen in good society and in the company cf ladies insist on keeping their twmfc in their pockets? The question has frequently been asked, but as yet no satisfactory answer is forthcoming. It is true that some do not appear to know the use of their neither do they seem disposed to learn. The habit of patting one's hands in one** pockets seems to be on the increase, and the queerest part of it ail is that the transgressor* this breach of etiquette are msaeroa* among what is generally known as the betf people. Tailor* are frequently consulted by yoong men affected with the pocket habit far a at oaring the sama. In al pocket inn tnrasero are at enre.—Brooklyn

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HFE IN FLORENCE.

-»OW THE BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN CITY PASSES THE WINTER SEASON.

Basking in the Sunshine Daring Midday Hours—How the Cafes Are Warmed Games Played by Permission of the

Authorities—Twelfth Night.

Those whose only business is pleasure may 3nd some compensation for the discomfort jf their rooms in the open air. The coldest lays are generally sonny, and walks whi.'h, like the Lung' Arno are protected from the wind, are pleasantly warm during the midiay hours. They are thronged by Florentines, who come forth to bask in the sunshine, but like the lizards, which occasionilly steal out of their holes for a similar purpose, ihsy look depressed and lifeless. All the sprightliness of summer has vanished, the swift light grace of eyo and gesture h»« given place to a forced and preoccupied energy if glance or motion quicken, it is only in response to a conscious act of the will the exuberance of life which at jther times distinguishes both the Italian *nd the lizard is quite gone

After sunset, when the outside air growl sharp, almost every one seeks a sheltar. What bccomes of women of the lower or middle class it is difficult to say probably in such weather they go to bed as early and jet up as late as they can, unless it is a Sunday or a festival, and they can persuade one of the male members of their family to let them sit beside him in the small .cafo he frequents. Almost all such houses are furnished with stoves or warmed by hot air, and frequented by ladies under proper protection. Draughts, dominoes and the games of cards which are permitted by the authorities are played at the different tables, and whoever pays for a single cup of coffee asserts a right to remain as long as he fpels inclined.

DANGEROUS RIVALS OF THE CAFES.

The wine shops are dangerous rivals of the small cafes, ard are greatly preferred by the old-fashioned Florentines, though they rarely aspire to the dignity of a newspaper, and no ladies are to be found there except the relatives of tho hoit. In most of thesa the old Italian system of heating is still continued. A large metal vessel full of glowing charcoal is brought in shortly after sunset and placed upon a tripoi. The guests gather round it, every now and then a fan woven of grass or rushes is used to remove the white ashes and increase tha glow, the doors are kept shut as closely as business will permit and the heat soon makes itself felt in the small, low room. Then in most places the guests betake themselves to cards but in some a little circle is formed around a teacher from the elementary school or a sub-offlcial with a literary taste, who roads aloud to those who fre./ient the shop, either every evening or twice or three times a week. He is not paid for his services, but one o: t'other of the guests usually treats him to a gijivss cf wine and the hoist most likely supplies him with a frugal supper.

Onfc hoiiday tho wine room brightens, particularly if there are marriageable daughters or nieces, and the evening fre quenrfy concludes with a game of lotto, for an Italian is by nature a gambler. In such places, however, the risk is not great. A single card costs two centesimi, so that five may be bought for a penny.

WINNING AND LOSING AT PLAT.

No one, however, is likely to indulgo in such extravagance as that, unless it b3 some aspirant to the daughter's hand, who is ignorau&pr careless of the old proverb which j«tyj» fft.t those who win at love are sure to lww'w^lay, two cards, pr at raoafc four,,are the rule. The person who collects tho money and draws the numbers—it is never the host or hostess—does not play himsolf. The happy ownor of the card which is first filled up receives a lira, and if anything more reoiains in th© pool tho play is continued and the second winner receives it It is pleasant to watch such a game in which children of 7 and old men of 70 seem to to take an equal interest, and to see the solemn eagar ness with which withered and chubby hands alike place their white beans on the num bers that are drawn.

Twelfth Night is the great winter festival of the Florentines, though it is now celebrated almost exclusively in domestic circles. After the children have fallen asleep the mother takes their stockings away and fills clean ones with fruits, sweetmeats and little presents, among which two or three pieces of charcoal carefully wrapped in riapcr are usually to bo found. Those treasures are carefully hidden in different partb of "the room, and as soon as the children wake the search for the stockings begins. —Cor. Saturday Review.

Exercise Is the Best Medlcinc. Exercise is the best medicine in the world and the cheapest. My father said it was the best remedy for rheumatism he ever tried. When the pain struck him bad he would get up and take a tramp over *he farm, and would go in a walk or a fox trot, according to suffering. Walking is very good for genteel exorcise, but it takes a variety of work to bring all the muscles into play and make the whole body strong! Tho cross-cut and the ax are very gocd. Shoving a jack plane is first rate but if

How Far Can Wo Hear.

It has been asserted on good authority that at Gibraltar the human voice has been heard at tho distance of ten miles across the- strait A Swedish physician relates that he heard guns fired at Stockholm, on the o:casion of ths death of one of the royal family, in 1085. at the distance of thirty Swedish or lHO British miles. The cannonade of a sea fight between the English and Dutch, in 1«72, was heard across England as far as Shrewsbury, and even in Wales, 2ft) miles from the sans of

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action.—Philadelphia

•4 Peculiarities of the Toccl Twins. The Tocci twins, John and Jacob, who

are

at present attracting popular and scientific interest throughout burope, wero born in Italy in 1877. Their bodies are perfectly united. They have two heads, two pairs of arms, bat only one body and one pair of legs. Sight, bearing and taste belong separately to each of the twins, but the sense of touch is common to both of them. Their legs are rather fertile, and the twins walk bat little. John and Jacob are intelligent, having learned to read and write. The doctors say that each has his own heart and •tomack—Frank Leslie's Illustrated.

Sassafras Tea for the Khon Sanafras tea, strongly infosed, is credited with wonderful properties for inducing cheerfulness, hsppluMs, free conversational poweraiud a^Mmlfeelingof well-being. Tmpnrmfiil doee* of sassafras oil, taken in water, or soda water, are said to produce a daUgfrtfol spedes of intoxication, and to remove pain of colic, cramp, etc. The externa? application of the saneoH Mid to relieve neuralgic pain. Bmmlrm tes long been used in England as a domestic noaedy or palliative for ehronio Amnmr ttan.—Medical World.

THE BRAVEST BATTLE.

The bravest battle that ever was foughtl shall I tell you where and when? On the maps of the world you will find it not 'Twas fought by the mothers of men,

Nay, not with cannon, or battle-shot, With sword, or nobler pen Nay, not with eloquent word, or thought.

From months of wonderful men.

But deep in a walled-up woman's heart— Of woman that would not yield, But bravely, silently bore her part—,,

Lo! there is that battle-field! 4

No marshaling troop, no bivouac song No banner to gleam and wave! But, oh! these battles they last so long-5' .... ..From babyhood to the grave! —Joaquin Miller.

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A COMMUNITY OF BASKET-MAKERS.

Rude Homes in the Mountains—Poverty in a Wrotcbsd Hovel—Intermarriage. The road up the mountains has coma to an end in a tangled wildwooi. Here, halfhidden by trees and rocks, is a roughly built log cabin. It has one door hung at an opening too low for a man to enter without stooping. The roof is partly shingled, partly covered with a rude thatch, and is so buried in earth and snow that tho whole thing appears to be a portion of nature's handiwork. It seems mossgrown and ancient enough to have been built when the precipitous rocks about it came into existence. The chimney is built of rough stones cemented in clay. The door does not swing on hinges, for it never had any it is lifted bodily from its place, as it has been daily for perhaps fifty years past. The room looks like a cave, for ono small opening with four panes lets in but little light.

A wan and haggard woman sits on tho floor. Her dross is torn and insufficient to cover her form, as glimpses of cuticle sadly show us. She is surrounded by an assortment of childpen, ragged, unwashed, unkempt. The woman docs not rise—when we sea her poor garments we can exmse her —and scarcely looks at us she is at work weaviug baskets. One or two of the older children are helping her. Everything in the room beto'tens abject poverty. A broken stove into which a small boy is constantly pushing pieces of wood is nearly red-hot. On tho apoloSy for a chair the visitor scarcely trusts himself to sit. A heap of rags in ona corner is supposed to be tho b?d. This wretched hovel is one of many similar houses wherein dwell an suffer the poor basket-makers of Rockland county.

The ancostors of some of these people are known to have come from Long island in the last century. Some aro descendants of persons who for safety betook themiolves to the mountains during the Revolutionary war. Th9 number of families was originally smal', and through marriage and intermarriage in the second generation, nearly all became related. They did not always trouble themselves in their isolation with tho forms of matrimony, and it became difficult sometimes to determine the degrees of consanguinity of young persons who sought to bo united for better or worse hence the union was very often, for the offspring, the latter.

The means of support for human life in this region aro l.ut meager. The men have found employment in cutting wood, and some of them have worked in the iron and nickel mines, or at burning charcoal. At present all these labors are at a stand. Their only resources at present are the picking of berries in the summer and the making of baskets.—Cor. New York Tribune.

Carpots want thorough swooping before they aro lifted.

That

slight cold you think so little of

may provo the forerunner of a complaint that may bo fatal. Avoid this result by taking Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, tho best of known remedies for colds, coughs, catarrhs, bronchitis, incipient consumption, and all other throat and lung diseases.

It is said to bo easier to get a divorce In Maine than it is to get a drink of whisky.

Pierce's "Pleasant Purgativo Pellots" aro perfect preventives of constipation. Inclosed in glass bottles, always fresh. By all druggists.

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wants to get tired ail over let him dig post holt's for half a day.—Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution. ,*

A tailor in Albany testifies that in the hip pocket of three-fifths of his customers ho finds hard, cold, shooting-irons.

"Hay, why is everything Bttber at sixes or at sevens?"

Probably, my dear nervous sister, because vou'are suffering from some of the diseases peculiar to your sex. You have a "dragging-down" feeling, the backache, you are debilitated, you have pains of various kinds. Take Dr. K. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" and le cured. Price reduced to one dollar. By druggists.

A. C-A-IRD.

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Moore's1 Lozenges.

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They are the best remedy In the world for Whooping Congh or a hard cold. Mooreilxwtenges are truly the best medicine for Throat and Lungs ever produced. Sold in 10 cent and 25 cent boxes. By drugcft&ft* or

DB, C, C. HOOBE, Cortland! JT«w York City.

CIVIL-SERVICE SEFOEK.

Civil-service reform comes hard, bccause the evils against which it is aimed have been long intrenched in the body politic and can only be^removed by heroic treatment. Because an abuse is of long stands ing, however, is no reason why it should be tolerated, and the assertion of such a principle is without rhyme or reason. Diseases which afflict the huraun body are not looked upon as blessings because long endured, nor should those which alUict the state be considered so. Everything which is inconsistent with the most perfect working of the body and government mubt be gotten rid of. Such, at least, is the belief of Mr. W. D. Murphy, of No. 310 Yamlcs street, Indianapolis, who has recently been cured of rheumatism of twenty-five years' standing by that great remedy, Athlophoros. Ago gave the disease 110 cliarm in his eyes, and he swept it awny at the first opportunity. He himself tells all about the matter in this way

My rheumatism dates wny br.ck about twenty-five years. I first contracted it in the war, in which I served four years and six months. After returning home from service the disease seemed to assume a periodical form. I would have at least two severe attacks every year, but even between th€se attacks I would sufier all the time. These attacks prevented me from getting about, and many times I could not walk or get ou of bed. They would catch me in tne legs so that after standing awhile I would feel suddenly weak and in danger cf

"'"las it during ono of those attacks thnt you used Athlophoros?" Mr. Murphy was

a8"

Yes that's the time nnd that's when it did its work for me. I saw it advertised and sent to B. Brelim, the drugget on Columbia avenue, for a bottle. It was the afternoon I took the first dose and then at nittht I took another. I slept soundly that night. Tho next morning when I awoke I had no pain. I took a few doses more, onlv using about two-thirds of a bottle altogether and my rheumatism was all gone. That is over a year ago and I have only felt a liUlo twinge of the pain since, but nothing to speak of." "i vou know of any others who have used Athlophoros?"

Yes. I have recommended it to many different persons. My contidenrc wni» so great in tno medicine that in several instances 1 have bought bottles of it and given them to people, saying at the time that if it did not do its work they need not pay for it but there is not a single case in which I did not have mv money within a week. There is Mrs.Wright, on aged lndy of seventy, living a few miles from here, who, after suffering from rheumatic pains for fifteen years, was entirely rid of all pr.m by three or four bottles of Athlophoros. I recommended another lndx»wh° was supposed to be

Buffering

from

it will

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Phvsicfians lioro tako Athlonhorr/j themselves for rheumatism and proscribe it for others. We recommend it to those afflicted with rheumatism or neuralgia, and they are pleased with it. Laughlin iV: Rushton, 21 East Main street Lebanon, Ind.

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constipation.

I'M TIRED OUT.

"T do not think I can stand this terriblo suffering from the Rheumatism much longer. The pain has not left mo for one minuto during the past week."

am sorry for you, nut it is vour own fault. You should use one ofPomeroy's Plasters. It's effect is quick and sure." Such was the statement and answer made by two parties in the writer's presence, and it is the truth. No other remedy has curcd so many cases of Rheumatism, Backache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, etc., as Pomeroy's Petroline Plasters. But in order that you may not be deceived bv an imitation, always insist upon having Pomeroy's Petroline Plasters, in envelopes.

dvnpepsin,

but

who in reality had neuralgia of tho stomach, to try Athlophoros, and

it

soon curcd her.

My neighbor, who had a severe attack of neuralgia, his faco being swollen out of all shape, was cured bv a few doses. My confidence in Athlophoros is very strong, and I believe that if any one sufiering with rheumatism or neuralgia

will

take it

right

cure ninetv-nine cases out of a hundred. It is worth $100 a bottle to every sufferer from rheumatism."

If you cannot set Aimornonos of your (lruftrist, wo will send it cxpreM pnifl, on receipt ot rcRulnr price—one dollar per bottle. We p^'fer that 3 hnm' else. ATM!

gAVE EVERY THING

AND CONVERT IT INTO

MONEY!

The undorKlRned has opened a Receiving Room, No. 18 south Second street, where he

jnenc

1(1 Ktl'Ouiji «vi

is prepared to receive Rough Tallow and Grease of any kind, Pork and Beef ('rackling, Drv or Green Bones, for which he will nnv tho Highest Cash Prices. IIo will also ur car load. Hogs

pay tho Highest buy Dead Hogs ved at tne Factory, City on the Island. Office No. 13 south Hcc-

Houthwest of the

»"y Dead Hogs b£ single or car load. received at the Factor City on the Isln onci street, Tcrre Haute, Ind.

HARRISON SMITH, Tcrre Haute, Ind.

ANTED inTERRE HAUTE

VV All energetic business woman to solicit and take orders for The MALM MK OltSHWOLD Patent 4klrt Supporting Corsets.

These cornets have been extensively advertised and sold by lady canvassers tho pant ten years, which, with their superiority, has created a larjje demand for them throughout the United States, and any lady who gives her time and energy to canvassing for them can soon

huild up a permanent and prcifltable business. They are not no Id by merchants, and we give exclusive

territory,

thereby giving

the agent entire control of these superior oorset* in the territory assigned her. Wo have a largo number of agents who are making a grand success selling these goods, and wo desire such In every town. Address,

J. B. WYGANT Si CO., Fredonla, N, T.

CBATKIUL-COMFOBTINO.

Epps's Cocoa

BREAKFAST.

"By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the tine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr. Kpps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavored beverage which may wive us many heavy doctors bills. It is by the Judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to dlfcaw. I CundredH of ftubtie maladies arc floating around us ready to attack wherever there Is a weak point. We may escape many fata! nhaft by keeping ourselves well fort:lied with pure blood and a is am S Gazette. ...

Made simply with boiling water or milk. Hold only In half pound tins by groccni, la^ be led thus: .JA51KS EPM A CO-

Homoeopathic Ctieixf*ti»« I«on£onf Kng»

PETROLINE

^\PDRDUSED/L

A trial trill convince tho most skratiesl tb*t they are the best., Ttoer are msdicsted1 with cspslmim and the active principle of petroleum, bemg fa* more powerful in their action than ptfrr pUsters. Do not be induced to taJt« otoer Blasters which are inferior, but be sore *od get UMMpmniae "Petroline.*' which is alwsys endosM in an envelope with the signature of the proprietors, Tbe P.W.P. Co.. also »b£T» seal, 1" fresn and gofd, on each plaster. *Jd tar gxnggists, at 85 cents each, and our Agents.

Jf J, BAUR A BO'S, Terra Haute, Ini