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IOf St mxts 0St-giti Sittto, iTgust 10, 1S90. surprised tbe visitor by saying: "My brother. work had to be accomplished with the back. HENRY DAVID THOREAU. ON THE TRAPEZE.

ever, is much harder to learn than the latter. The feats that can be done on the slack wire naturally more restricted than on the trapeze, as It has much mora stability. The basis of operation In one being a light rope and the other a heavy Iron bar. APVICS TO LEARSKRS. There are six things that I would advise a beginner to head as the most important lac- TO Fair white hands.

risrht clear Soft healtMM side. 0 FEfiRS'-l! Great Enilis!) eptaion SOAP, Said EvEtjare." complexloB. a73 I tarn HiJGT Monday and Tuesday, September 8 and 9, to Close Out property of Tyler Place not sold at recent sale, commencing at 10 a. in. each day.

HAKKlETT-AfiDERSON-WADE, 213 North Eighth Street. as tna reauer will see at a glance toe move ments of the back, forward and backward, are essential tn preserving the upright, and these movements, with the motions of the arms, are hard to acquire, especially when very rough, and I bad to make very violent motions with my arms in ail my balances. The next style of balance that I attempted is Illustrated ia No. 2. This was rather hard to learn, as it differed materially In execution from those Just mentioned.

A great deal of one is just beginning the -may 01 mis una ui wort, nnen Had succeeded in mastering this I fancied I was In medlas res. Subse quently, however, I discovered that I was merely at the outskirts. A push up balance, aa Is shown In No. nearly broke my heart, without making any reference to mv bones. The object of this, feat is tn get into a sitting position and afterward back into an upright balance, as In No.

1- This "must be done, too, without touching the ropes or the bar with the hands. The beginner should acquire this balance at first on the floor before trying it on the trapeze, and he must look out for numerous fails. After learning all of the above named feats he will find the remainder of the still balances, with the exception of a few wbich are made In "fancy" postures, comparatively easy of acquirement. A "81111" balance, I may explain, is one that is made while the trapeze is motionless In the air- The "swing" balances are made while the trapeze is in motion, forward and back, from right to left, or while describing an ellipse. Still balances should be thoroughly mastered before attempting the swings.

The side swing, as is represented in No. 4, is a good oae to begin with. This is the way Ring Balance. It is done. First try it with a gentle swing.

and gradually increasing the momentum make it wider. After this a backward and forward swing on one lag might follow, and should be treated In the lime wav. A difficult swine to laarn is the back and forward. Tbe balancer stands as I did in No. and the trapeze Is gently at first and then more rapidly awung backward and forward.

The learner must guard against a fall, aa the ropes are harder to eaten while doing this trick than in any ether, with tbe possible ex crption of tee knee swing. Ibe neatest Dalance oi mem all, and one ot the hardest, is the circular swing. Tbe bal ance changes at every point. This the wav I do it: I place both feet on tbe trapeze tn tbe ina position 1 had in -No. i and start a for ward and backward swing, which is gradually worked into an enpse.

THE DIFFICULT CHAIS BALA9CB. When one is proficient In the above, tbe chair balance may next be tried. A good way to learn tma is to try tne Dalance on the noor with the chair so near the wall tbat the back of it may find an easy rest so that when the beginner loses bis Dalance, as he certainly will do on his first attempts, be will not lose his personal dignity as well as his general equipoise. hen he can take a chair and place it in the middle of the room and strike a balance and bold it, tben let him turn to the trapeze and persevere on it until the feat Is accomplished. He should not tola his arms until he Is absolutely certain of bia balance.

After be has reached tbat state ot assurance, the trapeze should be elevated to its natural height, from fifteen to twenty-five feet from the floor. My state of mind on first finding mvself in the air with tbe bard floor visible through the meshes of a decidedly skimpy looking net was that of extreme nervousness to aay the least. This feeling, however, gradually wears off and in its place comes confidence. The Beginner should not be uisoouraged at his failure to paform all the task he has laid Side Balance. out for himself In a single day or at first trial, and he should no worry because one day he may be able to acbleve success and tbe day following may be marked by repeated failures.

Such are common experiences. Balancing, Ilka all other rvmoastic feats, can only be ac quired by faithful and persistent practice. Ine ring uaiance, as is wuj nu. is done both with a swing and at a standstill. It should not.

be attempted until tbe muscles of the legs are well developed. After these feats have been learned tbe balancer should pay attention to his style and learn to be graceful, as well as sure in his work. SLACK ROPE. Balancing on tbe slack rope is essentially different from trapeze Dalanclng. On the alack rope the balance has rot to be kept by working the body from tne waist down and la mainlv done with the legs.

It is the reverse in the trapeze. The legs must be kept rigid and the balance worked from the waist up of course a balance on one leg Is helped consid erably by its fellow, wutwnen ootn leet are on the bar It Is all from the waist np. Tbe slack rope should naraer 10 learn at first than the trapeze, as it is radically differ--nt from tha man's natural balance, which la kept more with the arms ana ooay and less with the lees. For instance, take the small boy walking on a railroad track who swings bia arms like a windmill and wrig'les his body like aa eel. Besides the beginner has Stooping Balance.

not tha ropes to catch at when he loses his equilibrium as on tbe trapeze, and it is harder Work ana mora languiag. A simple balance oa one leg ia harder to learn en tne siaca rope tnan on tbe trapeze. The feats commonly performed are: Walking forward tbe length or the rope and back aaaln: also running tbe leneth of aims, tha Impetus thus acquired allowing tha performer to get near the ena 01 ttie line, which is at quite a slant, and then, while still seeping his balance, to slide backward toward the middle of tbe rope, la lie down at full leneth on tbe rope and to cet down to a kneeling posture are i i I Henry, nas a passage in nia aiary cuuuuinn tbe same things Mr. Emerson has said." The book was produced, and tbe statement snrti- iently verinea. ins may reportou tne met Emerson, who desired ber to bring Thoreau see htm.

she aid so, ana tne two rare, minds were at once and permanently attraoted each other. The expedition to Maine was a failure and taught for awhile in tbe grammar school. also in tbe academy, of Concord. He had already though not yet xi appeared as a lecturer in tbe same town. LECTURING AMP AUTHORSHIP were hereafter bis legitimate profession.

But he depended upon these tor broad he would certainly have starved. Neither his lectures nor his booka were popular, and so continued school-teaching when he could. Emerson' Old Home. and finally fell back npon penell-maklng. In which he became very skillful.

Nor did he disdain the doing of "odd Jobs" In carpentry anything else, ana waa wnac is cauea in Yankeedom "a bandy man to have about the house." He worked to live: he did not live to worg. His wants were the fewest and simplest possi ble; only tbe absolute necessities of Hie food, clothes and shelter aud what was as necessary to him, books and writing material. plain liver ana niun tuinter, ne never in dulged in luxuries of any sort; nor is there any hint that any tiran ne ever seriously thought of committing matrimony, or even ab much as "fell in love." But stoic as he was all these things, he was capable of deep and strong affection, aua those who knew him best loved hi in best. In 1840. while teaching school In Concord, Thoreau seems to have been fully admitted to the circle of which Emerson, Alcott and Margaret Fuller were the recognized leaders.

He associated on equal terms with all the mem- Ders of that circle, ana with others woo couia not be called members, but yet were in close communication. Such men as Theodore Parker, F. H. Hedxe, C. A- Bartol, filiery C'hanuias, Hawthorne, Freeman Clark, and the brilliant women whom Manraret Fuller drew around her.

But Thoreau was always himself never an imitation or reflection of anybody else. He bad his own Ideas, and so borrowed none: tboueh readv enoueh to ex change, when the other party had Ideas of Af's own. That familiar Intercourse with such choice spirits as then made up wbst i may be called Emersonian society had a profound Influence upon him cannot be doubted, I ut it did not inthe least diminish his originality; rather stimulated it, I fancy. At any rate he soon took an entirely new departure which astonished even the most original and unconventional of his friends. And it is to this departure, directly and Indirectly, that Thoreau Is mainly indebted for the immortality he has apparently achieved.

Through his TWO YEARS' ENCAMPMENT on the shore ot a small lake In the Walden woods, a mile south of Concord village, he is bet known to the world at large; and the book which tells how be lived and what be did, saw and thought there, always has been and will be tbe most popular of bis works. When It was that be first conceived tbe novel idea is unknown, for he never bad a confidant; but in a letter to his friend Channing, dated March 5, 1S45, be alludes to it in a way that shows the idea was tben fully developed in bis mind. Near tbe end of tbe same month "I borrowed an axe," be says, "and went down to the woods by Walden Pond, nearest to where I intended to build my bouse, and began to cut down some tall arrowy white pines, still in tbbir youth, for Hawthorne' Old ilante. timber." The axe was borrowed from Bron son Alcott and the land from Emerson, "who, for tha sake of bis walks and his wood fire. had bought land on both sides of Walden Pond." He does not seem to have been in a hurry (It being part of his pbiloaopby of life neither to hurry nor worry about anything) and not until late In the autumn was the chimney finished and tbe hermitage ready lor the her mit.

Then he writes: "1 have thus a tight shingled and plastered house, ten feet wide by fifteen feet long, and eight-loot posts, with a garret and a closet, a lai re window on each side, two trap doors, one door at tbe end. and a brick fire-place opposite. The exact cost ot my house, paying the usual price for such materials as I used, butnot counting the work all of which was done by myself was as follows, and I give the details because very few are able to teil exactly what their houses cost, and fewer still, if any, the aeparate cost of tbe various materials which compose them: Boards 8 031, Mostly shanty boards kefuoe eblnirles lor roof and slues uo Laths 1 25 Two second-hand windows with glass. I is One thousauu old brick 4 on Two casks of 2 40 al Mautle-tree iron 15 That was high. More than I needed.

Nails 3 SK Hinges and 14 Laicn 10 Chalk 1 Transportation 1 40 I carried a good part VU Ui UICJ1 In all S'JS 12li Eliery Channing, writing after Thoreau's death, said: Ihe fact tnat our author uvea lor awhile ALONE I A SUiHTT. near a pond, and named one of bis booka after tbe place where it stood, has led some to say that be was a barbarian or a misanthrope. It was a writing case; herein this wooden inkstand be wrote a good part of his famous 'Walden' and this solitary woodland pool was more to bis muse tban all oceans of the planet, by tbe force of imagination. Some have fancied because he moved to Waldea he left his family. He bivouacked there and really uvea at nome, wueieno went every hy The last sentence is not iiierauy srue, Dy any means for ne oiten remamea in nis nut for days together, going nowbere and seeing no one, unies tney came to sea mm.

cui ne was never unsocial there, and the friends who sought him out in bis voluntary seclusion were always aure of a cordial welcome. Here curiosity visits he avoided, and. It neces sary, ran away from, lie nau a purpose lu this retirement." I went to the woods," he says, "beesuse I wished to live deliberated: to front onlv the essential facts of life, and see if I eonld not iearn wbat it bad to teach: and not. wben I came to die, els cover that I bad not lived." Again he says "My purpose in going to Walden was not to live cheaply, nor to live dearly there, bnt to transact some private business witn tne ie est obstacles." His commissariat is a curiosity. "By but veylng.

earoentrv and day labor of various kinds in tba village tn the meanwhile for I have as many trades as nneers I bad earned (13 34. Tbe expense of food for eight months. namely, Irom Julv 4 to March 1. the time wben these estimates were made, though I lived there more than two years not count lug potatoes, a little green corn, and some peas, which I bad raised, nor considering the value of what was on hand at tbe last date wai Ktee SI 781 Molasses 1 7S Cheanest form of tha saecbarlue. 1 044 Rye meal Indian meal luur sftt Cheaper than rye.

U2 bo Costs mors than In-dian meal, buth money and troulil rtl 65 25 23 10 6 2 3 Sugar. Lard Appla. Dried apples feweei potatoes. Una puimkin One watermelon. Sail 'Yes.

I did eat 18.74 all told I should not thus uBblusnlBgiv publish ujKuUt.U laid THI AMERICAN STOIC WHO BEIXT A HUT IS THE WOODS AND LIVED THERE. Parentage and Barly Kdueatioa of Tbsreaa Graduates at Harvard, Teaches Scheol and Makes Lead Peucils Friendship With Emerson Life in the Walden Hermitage rHia Lots af Katnre. Written for the Sunday LIFE of Thoreau Dy 11 Mil, 3, will be published in London inthe autumn. S. Bait" is.

I do not know, but my ignorance is no deeper than is that of nine hun dred and ninety-nine Americans out of the thousand concerning the countryman whom Salt is to bio Thoreau is among the very least known of American literary men at home as well as abroad. Yet it is an encouraging sign of posthumous vitality that twenty- eight years after hlB death there should be the promise of an English Ufa of him; for supply In literature as well as everything else- Is usually the product of demand. And no one can be more surprised at this sign than Thoreau himself, if he knows anything about it in bis present disembodied condition. He cared less than nothing for fame, ante-mortem or posthumous, and probably never suspect ed toat he would be troubled by it. But Mr.

Salt's proposod book whether it be a ilabor Henry David Thoreau. of love or of money is not without sufficient Justification, and fortunate indeed would it be tor tbe reading world if there were as much to justify tbe ten thousand or million other biographies past, present and future. The train of thi statement will, I think, be visible to any in telligent person who does me the honor to listen to what I have to say concerning OCR AMERICAN STOIC. The Tboreaus were, as the name Indicates of French extraction. Jobs Thoreau, who emigrated to Xew England in 1773, bavin been born in the parish of St.

Helen, lslan of Jersey, in 1754. lie married in Boston in 1781, Miss Jane Burns, the daughter of Scotchman from the neighborhood Stirling castle, from Boston he move to Concord In the same State In 1300, and died there the following year. His son, John, married in 1S12 Miss Cyntbia Dunoar, a native of Keene, N. and four children, two boys and two girls, were the results of tbat union, Henry David, the third child and subject of this sketch, making his first appearance upon the stage of life July 12, 1817. The lather, after losing the little money left him by his ir- ntal progenitor, denartea from Boston where he bad lost it and settled in Concord, where he managed to make a very modest living lor himself and family by the manufacture of lead pencils.

He Is described aa "a small'. deaf and unobtrusive man. plainly clad and minding his own business." His wife was to use a familiar phrase "on the con trary quite the reverse," being a large woman, a lively and long talker, and general unervlsor or everyDody'a business. ot a bad woman by any means, but rather loud in conversation, and occasionally in dress as be following anecdote indicates: in lso7, ie- Ine then 70 years old, she made a neighborhood call upon Miss Mary Emerson aunt of Ralph Waldo a maiden lady of 84. She wore on that occasion very lengthy bonnet ribbons ot bright yellow, and 1 .11 A The Walden Hut.

seemed to enjoy them. As sbe rose to go, after tbe nsusl extended discussion ot tbe weather and public and private affairs. Miss Emerson said: "Perhaps you noticed, Mrs. Tboreau. that I closed my eyes auring your call.

I did an because I did not wish to look on the ribbons you are wearing, so unsuitable for a child ot boa ana a person or your years." alra. Tho reau's reply is not recorded. So far as I can discover. Henrv David did not resemble father or mother physicallv or uioutaujr, vwmg buiujuk tu mueritance AN OKKilNAL In everything, from first to last. He took a decidedly practical view of things even when a cnua of 4 years, lieiog men informed by some friend more pious than wise, tbat he must die and would go to heaven If he was good, he said, after listening to an exolana-tion ot heavenly joy: "No, I don't want to die and go to heaven, because I can't carry my sled to such a fine place as tbat.

Tha boys say It isn't shod with iron and isn't worth a cent anyhow!" His earlv eduoation was received in tbe schools of Concord, where be developed such acbolarlv taatea as inuueeu nis relatives to send him to college; the.expcnsea reduced to tbe lowest econom icar point being paid by his father, aunts and sister Helen (herself a teacher) supplemented by his own efforts and tbe beneficiary fund of tbe institution. He entered Harvard at the age of 16, and was graduated in 17. tie aia not specially dis tinguish himself in the college course, but had been a great reader from cnildbood, and continued the practice here, perhaps to tba neglect of bis regular studies though his education in the broadest and best sause ot the word was doubtless tbe gainer thereby. As tbe custom then was, and is, for poor students, he baa tauirut scoooi auring vaca tions and after graduation naturally con tinued to do so whenever aucb employment could be obtained. In 1838 he went to Main for that purpose, carrying with him a strong letter ot recommendation from Emerson, who speaks of "bis bigu moral cnaracter and in tellectual ability an excellent scholar and man of energy and kindness." The origin of the me-Jong friendship be twaen Emerson and Thoreau Is tbus related While the latter was in college a lady connected 1th tbe family ot tbe former was vis iting tbe Tboreaus.

ana tbe cob jrtatlon turned upon a lecture wnich Emerson had recently dtUyored la tcuceia. morem 11 to to to and bad he or A in Hazardous and Dangerous Feats That Are Terformed in Mid-Air. Star Amateur Gymnast scribes His Most Difficult Acts. De- How a Beginner May Acquit the Necessary Skill and Confidence TUe Easiest Balance and Maw ta Acquire It Tka Chair Balaaca thn Mast Difficult Thins The Balancing a Slack Repa Unit a Different Ihiag Advice from aa part That Will be Valuable ta a Novice. fWritten for the Sitsdat Post-Dispatch.

I TKANUJS as It may seem, the athletio clubs do not award championships or give medals fur fasts of balancing on the trapeze, rings and slack i rope. I believe there is no phase ot gymna-i slum work tbat requires more patient and faithful study, more steadiness of nerve or a greater command of the True, it is not work 'that brings ont a 'large amount of mus cular strength, but a beginner who finds himself lucking; in general physical development is apt to make that discovery about as rapidly and as conclusively while attempting to recover from a slip on the practice trapeze as in any other department ot gymnasium exercise. To balance well one mast be systematically developed, and each Forward Balance. muscle must be ready to act instantly and do its work with certainty. The legs must be strong and firm to sustain the body in Its various poses.

The back mnst be sinewy, so tbat the recovers may be made quickly and the upright maintained without a chance of failure, and the arras and hands must be hard and strong, for when a man falling from a trapeze grasps at the bar he must catch it and hold on to it if he desires to preserve the wholeness of his skin. Still, in spite ot these admirable qualities that balancing calls into play, most indoor athletes prefer the bar and the rings, the trapeze and the bells. This may in a measure be the cause of the lack of literature bearing upon the subject. In the hope that a Drier sketch ot my own experience, short though it be, may be ot interest to those who are about to Degia a coarse of practice in this line, I will try and describe how some feats are accomplished and how some of the mis takes that I made at first may by caution be avoided. i was Dorn in July.

1870, and entered the New York Athletic Club nearly three years ago. Although I bad ample Opportunities for undertaking gymnasium work I never at tempted exercise of any kind until last December, when, partly In an emulative spirit, alter a "iaaies-day" exhibition at the club. ana partly to strengthen myself generally I took np work In the gymnasium. After kecpiag at it pretty faithfully for the best part of a month add trying my hand at pretty much all of the apparatus, with little or ao success, became very mncb dlscour- Swinging Balance. aged at my want of ability to even make a tart at anything.

One day when wandering aronad the gymnasium I came across tbe balancing trapeze, which for practloehad been bung wU'iiln a few feet of the floor. Stepping on It I found that I could maintain a balance for a few seconds at a time. Mr. George Goldle, the club Instructor, who was standing near by, suggested that I make balancing specially. Keeping in mina mac "iteme was not ouut in a aav.

TBS EASIEST BALANCE. After practicing for some time I was able to keep my balance lor about half a minute 1 one position, 'l he outgrowth of this step In in practice is i or wia illustrations tba accompany this article. The reader should bear in inina that the instantaneous photo prapnstnat tne artist made of me were not taken when the trapeze was at Its practice height, but when it was suspended twenty leet irom tne noor, witn no net spread ou above tbe mattresses that covered tbe boards 1 followed this up by balancing alternately on the right and left foot. Tbe next step on the trapeze waa to attempt a balance with both feet, and for a long time I thought should never learn it. For many weeks I bad this experience.

I would be sole to do it afte a fashion one day, but when I tried it the fol lowing day 1 would utterly, and I could count my falls by the score. However, I finally mastered it. To make a half turn on the trapese without toocblng the ropes bothered me for a good while, as also did balancing on my toes with Bur legs crossed. Uy work all this time was I Silting Balance. tors In a courses of training in all kinds of balancing.

They are as toliowa: First A moderate use or topacco ana aico hoi: the nerves should be steady a man who drinks makes a Door balancer. Sycond The moat assiduous attention ana nractice until the balances have been well learned, when a very little practice win Keep one in trim. TiiirU In learning to Dalance on tne trapeze ilwivs catch the rope when tn Dalance is lost. This should be kept ia mind whan prao Using near the floor, so that wuea elevated in the air it will be second nature to catch the rones when a balance is lost. Fourth Never try to ao any Balancing feeling out of sorts or unwell.

It will do no irnnd and a discouraging fall wight ensue. ntn Mrensinen ice various uiubcicb oi the bodv which are called Into play and this, may aay, ia about all of them ao that they can perform what Is required of them instant It. This Is what IS Knowu as Deing set. bixtn Always pars your uair in me miums. JBKE 15 ALL.

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Tickets on sale August 8, 9, 10 and 11, good to return until September 30, 1S90. For tickets and further information call at ticket office, corner Broadway and Chestnut street, or at Uulon Depot, or on agents of connecting lines. PATENTS AND TRADE-MARKS Issaad ta Southwestern Inventors and Bnsi ses H.i llnrias: the Past Week. HIpilon A Hiirdon, solicitors of XT. S.

and foreign r.tn?fi. havlnar offces In St. Louis, iodiiii 215 snd 216. Odd Fellows' Buildine. 9th and Jlie and In athintrton.

I. ramus 36 and 37 Le Droit opr. V. S. Patent office, report the follow ug patents allowed during the week: MISSOURI.

Cable grip Frank A. Yard, assignor of one- half to More. Jones s. uo. or fct.

Composition of matter for plaster Delagnel HsiKb. bt. Louis. Toy velocipede Jos. N.

Clouse, assignor to St. Louis Toy Uo. Game apparatus Ferdinand Gammeter, St. Louis. Apparatus for manufacturing gas K.

M. Mitchell, assignor of one-half to John Deli St. Louis. Curtain fastener Morrison Benshaw assignor to fcWifi-Kenshtw Manufacturing St. Louis.

Clasp John Drexler, Osceola Store-service apparatus Chas. A. McKIer. nan, assignor ot one-half to W. II.

Salmon Clinton. Type-writing machine Wm Kansas City. P. Qulntell Hip-strap attachment Bottger, Clin ton. Churn Harry G.

Sanders, assignor of one half to F. J. Pollock. Louisiana. Troiley for electric cars Franklin Wheel-r, assignor of one-half to H.

Corbett Bt. Joseph. Road cart James H. Williams. Benlck Frame clamp John M.

Wilson, Montgomery city. Artificial lea H. v. wmtermote. assignor of one-half to H.

Ltthgow, Kansas Citv. Churn Frederick H. wniimyer. La Grange. ILLINOIS.

Railway track cleaner Edgar Andrews, Sterling. Host valve I DOS. rseai, assigner to Sandwich Enterprise Sandwich. Hair singer, also curling iron James H. Bevlngton, assignor to C.

VV. Koblnson, Peoria. Adjustable folding ironing table John W. Bowen. Jacksonville.

Ore sampler Henry L. Brldgman, Blue Island. Nail for box corners Kenry 11. Brown and W. M.

Bold, said Bold assignor to said Brown, Decatur. Mechanical movement Hosea M. Huntley, assignor ot one-haif to M. Kconey, spring-field. TEXAS.

Velocipede Wm. P. Akers, Fort Worth, as signor of one-hall at. a. Linaaey, jacas-borough.

Riveting machine Thomas M. Cass and X. Cass, Cameron. Wrench George W. Hooks, Hooks" Switch.

Wrench Frederick W. Kaseh, Austin. Baling press Geo. A. Nelson, Woods.

Cottonseed linter E. J. O'Brien, Tsxar- kana. Gate latch Gabriel Rohrbacb, Del Bto. Tf.ADK-MARKR.

18.25. Clears K. Eeiioers. Molina, III. Used since June 15,1885, tbe words, "Plow Cltv." 18.279.

Cigars F. R. Rice A St. Louis. Used slnca May 1.

1890, tbe word. "Mercan tile." Total Issue for the week: Patents, 404: trade marks, 29; labels. 0. Ta tha Sanamer Resorts of Calorado. The Burlington Boute is the only line run ning solid through trains from St.

Louis to Denver without change of cars. These trains are composed of Pullman buffet sleeping cars and free reclining chair can. The Burlington Boute is also the best line for Colorado Springs, Manitou and all the summer resorts of Colorado and the West, to which points very low reduced rates will be made during tbe season. Ticket offices. 112 North Fourth street aad Union Depot.

SHOW THE WKISI. Its Fine Lines Add Vastly to the Effect of a Toilet. From tbe London Truth. Do you know. Amy I tave come to the eon clnsion that a women's toilet Is never quite successful nnless it shows two or three Inches of slender wrist, whether gloved or very tightly sleeved.

I noticed one or two women in tbe park last weak who looked oetler dressed than tbe rest, and after puzzling over tha matter for tome Httls time, settled In mv own mind that it was be cause tha nrattllv shtDSd wrists were not wrann.H In fur dden 1U OIUUI. 1 Hill as much to Charlie, and he went further than inirt ha said, "and ankles, too, thirv what a horse would look like if his i. rniii an and swatbed and bidden tin! What a thoroughly clumsy animal he would seem to be!" T. dropped the subject, dear, but continued it in my thoughts. For hnw much nicer a maa looks in rid ing breecbes that are tlubt to the legs than he does in the ordinary tro jsers.

And the former mnst ha warmer, too. au appear to con eeal with care the fine lines of wrist and ankle, in fashioning which nature seems to have taken particular pains. Special Tax far Street Spriakliag For tbe year 1890 Is due and has been pay- able since August 1, 1399. Tba same will be come delinquent on October 1,1890. By prompt payment additional cos'oan now be avoided.

J1EKRT ZlkGINHBIW, Collootoi ot the Eeyeaae. may add that I am enjoying existence aa much as ever and regret nothing." He is burled In "Sleepy Hollow" Cemetery, near Hawthorne and not far from Emerson. His most appropriate monument Is the cairn of stones, marking tbe spot by Walden Lake. here the but stood, visited bv hundreds every year and each visitor adding a stone irom the shore of tbe bright water to which he has given Immortal life ana light. A.

B. C. To all AT pains, subdue inflammation, heal foul sores and ulcers the most prompt and satisfactory results are obtained by using that old reliable remedy. Dr. J.

U. McLean's Vol- canic OU Liniment. Kailway Punctuality. From tbe London Times. Tha bi-monthly retnrn to tbe Board of Trade showing the percentage to time and three minutes late of tbe trains arriving ia London on tbe principal railways for tbe month of May last gives tbe following results: Uraat Eastern, 88.73; Great Northern suburban trains, 90.791; local and through trains to and Deyond King Cross.

e3.Kl; express aad longdistance trains, 83.221 Scotch trains, 28.671; Great Western. 68.42; London Northwest ern. 65.68; London Southwestern, 63.31; London. Brighton South Coast, 84 88; London, Chatham Dover, including Continental trains, Midland, 66.50: Southeast ern, charing Cross. 74.33; Cannon Etreet, 78.3; London Bridge.

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Price, large ataa, ti.t); smail, tl.ou. Aead fnp descriptive pamphlet aad oertlflettas, or asU at ctCiee. Vl'l HBAZIt.lA-V gPtClrVf) ITl Koom M. Olive a Ui immwi as ass II IL- not know that most of my readers were equally guilty with myself, and that their deeds would look uo better in print." And here is a GEXJEBAL. KXPS-V6E ACCOUNT: House Jiji Farm, one year A Food, eiht months 'v Clothing, eight months Oil, eight mouths In all $61 904 And to meet this, I have for farm produce io 37 Earned by day labor 13 34 In all 56 78 which subtracted from the sum ot the outgoes leaves a balnnce of $25.214 on the one side this being very near tbe means with which I started, and the measure of expenses to be Incurredand, on tbe other beside the leisure and Independence and health tbus secured, a comfortable house for me as long as I choose to occupy It." To xnow icoreau at an, as ne ummim be known, one must read his "Waiaen." is a Dook "RACY Of THE SOIL." one of the very lew originals in literature, and the like of wbich canrfot be found in all literatnre so far as I know.

Tboreau did not take to the woods merely to read, write and think undisturbed, but he went there to be nearer the Nature he knew and loved so well. and to study her, so to speaK, in ner own haunts. This knowledge and love of Nature seem to have been born tn him, and certainly were tbe ruling passion of his life. Had circumstances favored he would have been a great naturalist, for he was always a careful, Intelligent and enthusiastic observer of natural objects, animate and inanimate. He would spend days In looking for a rare flower in tbe field or forest, or in studying the habits of bird or beast, or In watching tbe growth of plants In bia garden or tbe movements of fish In the lake.

He would spend nights ia search and study of animals that do not go abroad by dav. and could find bis way through the thickest forest tn the darkest night like an Indian or ratber, like one who bad tbe in stincts of tbe animals themselves. He occasionally caught fish for food, bnt never used a gun. His hunts were for observation, not destruction. The Inmates of the woods knew hla wavs aa well as he knew theirs; knew he waa thair friend and not their enemv.

and treated him accordingly. Birds would fly arnnnil bia head and peroh at hla feet: squir rels would run through bis hut and over his table wbile he waa reading or writing; tne mnih.r nnall would hardly take her brood out of his nath wben be stopped to look at thum. ana tne aweuers in iiuies tuu uuuo logs never hurried borne on bis account. Ia hla latimate communion with the animal creation ha reminds me of Donatello In "The Marble Faun," and posslhiy tiawtuorne may have caught the Idea of tbat character irom bis friend and neighbor. So "Walden" Is full of Nature as Tboreau saw ber from his nut, ana in wanuenng through the woods and neias, nins ana noi- lnwa arnnna it.

in winter anu summer, iu auu abine and atorm, by day and by night. The book baa a peculiar charm, therefore, for ail who sympathize witn mature, anu wuo ua to ha hrnnrht contact with her through the medium of those whose sympathies are keener and stronger than their own. nut it nas an attraction of a very different, if not higher, sort. Scattered all througn its pages are BITS OF WISDOM AKD WIT 1 IVa thaaa Public opinion is a weak tyrant compares with our own private opinion. bat a man tbinks of himself, tbat it is which determines, or rather Indicates, his fate.

Think also of ibe ladles of tbe land weaving toilet cushions against tba last day 1 As It you could kill time without injuring eternity. It la never too late to erive ur our praiu dloes. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proct. There are nowadays proiessors eipuuosu- pby. but not Philosophers.

It la an Interesting Question bow far men would retain their relative rank If tbey were divested of their clothes. I say beware of all acternrises tbat reoulre new clothes, and not rather a new waarer of clothes. Bankruptcy and repudiation are the spring boards from wbich much of our civilization vaults and turns Its somersaults, but tbe savage stands oa tha unelastic plank of famine. And wben the farmer bas got his house may not be the richer, but tbe poorer for it, and It be the bouse tbat bas got mm. Tbe morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted but few are Ibe ears that bear it.

Olympus is but tbe outside of tbe earth everywhere. superfluous wealth can buy anpernuitias only. Money is not required to buy oa necessary of tbe soul. And these are tbe last lines in the book: Tbe light which puts out our eyes Is dark ness to us. Only tbat day dawns to whlcb are awake.

There Is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star. inorsstt leit nia Hermitage tn JB47, ana lived nrteen years longer, dying May 6, lab, ot con sumption, contracted prooaoiy Dy reckles exposure In some of the night wanderings and watchfngs to which I have alluded. He wrote other books, all of them original and good nut none so original and so good Walden." He tnade only one extended Journey- to Minnesota In 1861 after his health began to fall. With this exception nia travels were confined to New England aad a abort visit to Canada.

It Is no exaggeration te say tbat he loved his Concord home better than ha loved hi life, and never willingly left it. RIB LAST DATS were pasted under tbe borne roof, with those nearest and dearest about him. He was caina and cheerful to the end, only once or twice showing any emotion. Hearing1 a street ntla strel plaTlng acme familiar tune of bia eblld hood he migbt never bear again, ha shed tears and said to bis mother: "Give hint soma money for me." To tba friend who would talk" to him about tbe next world tha reply was: "One world at a time." And thi la the last paragraph In bis last letter, dlctat to bis sister wben ne was too weak tn writ I You ask particularly after bit health I twvvote tbat I have not many months to 11 i but, ol know nothing about It. "0,1 5 are both neat in their way.

The first, how- 2l tear.