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i THE TIMES PHILADELPHIA, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1889. 11 OF STRICT VERACITY NEEDED REFORMS THE LARGEST SIGN IN THE WORLD. and from the cost of living, losses by bad debts, Interest charges, nut all these expenses and losses sink Into Inslenillcance compared with the losses resulting from injudicious and hopeless competition. Thcro are whole groups of Industries, there are great ranges of Interests, whose profits are paralyzed by an insane attempt to make money by cutting prices. No one should belittle the dangers of monopoly.

But It would certainly pay two thirds of the traders ot tbeland to board and lodge theremalnlng one third it they would simply get out of business and cease to annoy and impoverish by expensive competition. If one third of the railways, one third of the manufacturers and one third of the stores and olllces were to cease to do business tomorrow the other two thirds could better afford to keep tho parties concerned at the best hotels In the land and let them go to the theatre every night than to stand the terrible expense which unduo and injudicious competition now creates. sick person she had seemed at first. This was strange. Whon the spirits wore produced I watched the waiter, hut not once did ho look towards her.

Enraged at myself for the frightful suspicion that had crossed my mind I sought to quiet the fierce beating of my heart in every way. I could not succeed. At last I persuaded Marie to eat and, when the supper had been ordered, excused myself, saying that I would return shortly, In timo for tho first "As I went to the door I took pains' that the waiter should see mo, but I did not actually leave the room. I stood where I could watch him unobserved. Instantly I was out of sight ho went to the stifll 'Where Mario sat, and pulling aside the curtain thrust in his head.

While I was yet undecided what to do he went in. Then I carefully ap pronched. Tho patrons of the cafe paid no attention to me. I stood against tho curtain and heard Marie say Do you think the detectives will call hero again "And then, pardon my agitation, Mon sieur.tho Chief, the waiter responded for to none of them did I admit that Lemaitre was "I nearly died that instant. Iwish I had.

may prove useful for strategical observations, as the movements of tho enemy can be watched when sixty kilimeters or more away, as far as the most powerful forts for the defense of Paris. If Paris should be surrounded, signals could bo flashed from the top of the tower to friends outside the lines of the enemy and secret messages given to them optically by a cryptographic method. Possibly, says our author, the enemy might fire howitzers at the top of the tower, although he would have difficulty in bringing them to boar, despite the progress of modern artillery, but then each projectile would have no moro effect on the tower than a little grain of lead thrown against the web of a spider some bars of iron will be broken and quickly repaired, and that will be all. Tho foregoing cheerful ideas of M. Do Kansouty are suggestive of an anecdote about the Duke of Wellington.

The latter was said to hate being pestered by inventors, but nevertheless one wormed his way into the Duke's presence whilo he was busy writing and said he had invented and brought with him a suit of armor which was ball proof. "Put it on," said the Duke, and ho resumed his writing. When the inventor had donned his armor the Duke instructed nn officer in the room to order a file of soldiers iuto tho court yard and, said he, Tell them to load with ball." He once more resumed his writing, and when he looked up again tho inventor had disappeared, armor and all. If ever an enemy should be firing with heavy guns at tho Eiffel tower it is to be hoped that M. Max do Kansouty will bo placed in charge of the signaling department at the top of the edifice.

Considerable speculation has been indulged in regarding the solidity of the tower, its re An Open Lettor to tho Trustees ot the Brooklyn Urlilfje From Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Ayer. TO TUB TllTTSTKKS OF THE BROOKLYN BrIMR. Ojsntlkmex: Idealretousothe Brooklyn Brlrig for th purpose ot my UecftmiiT Har ftapartltn, anrt will pay any reasonable price you may name for such privilege. I have consulted many well known persons In regard to the matter and they all Hgree with me that It would be In the line of your duty to thepublin to make a favorable contract with me for the following roasond: KecamterHanttinarllla beyond alt compnrlson the best hoiiseholn remedy for the Ills that attack poor nnd rloh alike through Impure blond, bad digestion and torpid liver, t'rillke other BiirHa parllliiH It dors not deplete the bloorl and (huihh eruptions on the skin.

It (done of alt iwsrtparinan enriches the bloorl at the samo time that It purines It. It alone of all flarHHpnrlllaN does notcoutaln Iodide of Potash, Nitric Av.Ui or Mercury In any of their combination. It is purely vegetable, with the exception of a proper quantity of phos horns and iron, which Is so universally neenod. bottle contains a greater number of doses than any other sarsaparilla bottle now on th market, hence the buver recelvea more for bis money, not only In quality, but In quantity. I shall be pleased to hear from you as soon as Ensslble.

an.1 In the meantime. If any ol your oard would like to try the sarsaparilla personally, I would he glad to furnish you the necessary amount complimentary. Very respectfully. HARRIET HUB BAUD AYER. P.

B. Insist upon having Sarsaparilla, und refuse the druggist's own preparation an well as any widely advertised substitute ho mav offer or recommend. The lovely and accomplished daughter of the treat Chief Justice and Finance Minister of Abra mm Idncoln writes to Mrs. Ayer about her Kecu Wahhinoton, April 4, 1880. Mr.

Harriet HuniiARn Ayer: My DkakMadaji: I find tho TCecAmter Hnr. saparilla superior to all others I have tried, and cordially recommend It as an excellent family Yours sincerely. Kathkrine Chase. The Hon. Daniel K.

Dowllntr. President of the Board of Aldermen, New York, gives his opinion In the following letter Nkw York, JftfT7(188r. Mrs. Harriet HirnBAun Ayer. "Pkau Madam: Havlngtried your Recamler SarBapartlla as a remedy for an annoying disorder of the liver with eminently satisfactory and Immediate results, I take great pleasnre'tn recommending It as a perfect family medicine.

I alsra found It to be a wonderful tonic and appetizer. Kvery household should keep a bottle of It on hand. I bave not felt so well in years as I do now after taking only one bottle of it." Yours very respectfully, Daniel K. Dowlino. President Board of Aldermen, 1888.

The celebrated remnrlr mad hv Cinv Uahat Flanagan, of Texas, at the Chicago Republican Convention of 18KO, What are we here for has become a by word and its distinguished utterer famous from Maine to Alaska. See what be says iu unit iriifr: Hotet, Cham bk klin, McPherson Sqcarm Washi nton. D. C. March 15, 1880.

Mrs. Harriet Hithhakd Avkk. Dear Madame: Owinir toexijnmrpdnrlnirth. recent Inaugural ceremonies, while serving us an aide de camp upon the personal statf of Chief Marshal General Beaver, I contracted a severe) cold, accompanied by constant headache, loss of appetite and even threats of pneumonia that dreadful malady that has stricken down so many who participated Iu that niaRntrtoent pageant. Although suffering Intensely and advised to take to my ted.I remained up and attended to mv business.

I commenced using your Recamler'Sarsa narllla on the nitrlit of the 4th of March. nrul nntn date have taken all of two bottles und deem It a duty to tell you of Its wonderful curative powers. i mu now iPcnriK penecuy weu aim eating neart Uy and sleeping soundly. i ours very iruiy, ebster lanagax. A Few Words About Soap.

P. Bulklev. Phvslclan for skin dlseAsex At the New York Hospital, says in tie Sanitarian a majority oi soaps, viewing tne highest perfume, and commandine the hlehest nrices. are not only InelUcaclous, but absolutlv pernicious when applted to the skin, even in health. I neve many sum diseases areoriarlnatefl and others indefinitely kert un bv the usa of soans made frnm Impure fats, the remedy lies In tho use of soaps made from vegetable oils." Mrs.

Harriet Hubbard Ayer says: "I ask my customers to use llecamler Soap because I know It to be pure. Every cake contains a large percentage of the healing Ingredients used in the other Hecamier Preparations. I make a special point of this request that my preparations mav not be retarded in etiectins a cure, as tbey must be when the patient uses a soap contalulng alkali. I supiwse there are many pure soaps. I onlv know of one.

and that I manufacture myself and' am responsible for. "His made with or without perfume, and I do not hesitate to stake my reputation on Its excellence. 1 ask my customers simply to nivo it a trial, and am more than willing to let Rcamier Soap rest on its own merits, confident that no lady after using It will buy any other." Madame Pattl gives her opinion of Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Ileoanal er Soap in the following words: Ckaio Nor Castle, Oct. 13, 1887. 'Hecamier Koan Is nerfect.

I thonrrht nthor soaps good, but I had never tried the Recamier. I shall never use any other. It far surpasses all toilet soaps." Ademna Patti Nicomni. Mince beautiful women will Insist on preserving: their complexions; since homely women will Insist on beautifying theirs: shire those who have had their complexions ruined hy poisonous cosmetics will Insist on attempting to restore them, it Is but sensible to use something that Is safe and quickly etliclent, and to demand proofs In its iavor. 3o oiner preparations ior me lace nave been indorsed bv such hiifh authorities or mora thoroughly Investigated and guaranteed than Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Recamier Preparations.

They have withstood tbe attacks of venal newspapers, unscrupulous druggists, rival manufacturers and base imitators, and to day stand alone as the only preparations that are not cosmetics, that are at once healing and beautifying, aud hav ing tne enure continence oi tne puniic. a society euuor estimates tnac mere are over lialf a million women In the United states who re using Mrs, Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Hecamier Preparations. It is said that Mrs. Ayer has over thirtv thousand unsolicited letters recommending the Uam ier Preparations. Mme.

Adeline Patti Nicollnt writes: "I must reneat once more mv hellef there never has been anything equal In merit to the Hecamier Preparations. My skin is so immensely improved by their use: It has grown so smooth and so fair that I need not dread old age while these magic inventions of yours exist. Clara Louis Kellogg writes: I indorse them consvlentlously and enthusiastically. A year's constant use of the Keen mlers certainly gives me the right to an opinion, and I unqualifiedly recommend them as the very best In existence. Sarah Bernhardt Bays: "The Recamier Preparations are the perfection of toilet articles.

Helen Modjeskasays: "I find the Recamier Preparations absolutely peerless, and I shall al 1 A Budget of Animal Stories Which Defy Contradiction, THE GAUCHOS1 HORSES The Snake Charmer and His Pet A Dog Fireman Shooting a Fox In the Dark. From thn V.w Vni1r Rtn M. Thenar, tho French explorer, who made himself known by his explorations In tbo uran Uhaco, that part of the Argentine He publlo whore the UereeToba tribe had already killed several explorers, has Just published an account ot his tlrsl expedition In 183.1. whon he fought his way mllo by mile through tho Indian Territory until ho had traveled about two hundred miles up tho rlvor. Hav ing ascended tbe rivor by tho land route, he out down trees ana mado canoes for the pur pose of descending by water, When ho was nearly ready to start ho told his Argentine oseort that they must kill tholr horses to pre vent them from falling into tbo bands of tho Tonas.

None of tho men would take part In killing ms own animal. Tbouar set tho example, His horse was thrown to tbe ground and an artory being opened In his breast his suffer ings wero Boon ended. The mon said aftor ward that the horses seemed liko human beings to them, so appealing and reproachful were the glanoes they cast upon tho men who wero taking their lives. The butchery was soon over, and Tbouar says the big, strong Oauchos turned from tbe soeneof slaughter crying like babies. For a whole day tbo men seemed to have boon struck dumb.

They would answer only In monosyllables when their leader addressed them, and they all hopod tho Toba would attack thorn again that thoy might wreak vengeaneo upon the enemy whoso hostility bad compelled this slaughter of their faithful four footod friends. But the Toba kept their dlstanco and the party launched their dugouts and startod on their exciting journey down the river. An Unpaid Eire Department. From the Hew York Sun. Mr.

Elmer Partridge keeps neither hand grenades nor fire extlngulshors In bis house on Halsey street, near Hill street, Newark, because he owns a dog of the Irish setter breed that can put out flames as quickly as a fireman and with far less damage to the threatened property. Twice he discovered small fires In the night on his master's premises and pawed them out before be aroused the family to show them his good work. On both occasions he was slightly burned. Mr, Partridge has no doubt that if he had tbe least fear that a lire was getting beyond his control ho would sound an alarm at once. A bundle of straw or newspapers Ignited and a cry of Fire" brings Dan, as the dog is called, at a gallop to the place, If he cannot extinguish the blaze with Is paws he rolls his body over and over upon it, quite regard lcssof the danger of singeing his handsome redcoat, But the strangest prtrt of his performance is the afterpiece.

As soon as he has put out the Are he llos down and deliberately eats all the ashes with great, apparent enjoyment. The animal is, otherwise, a vegetarian. He will eat no meat, but devours vegetables greedily and delights, especially; iu musuea potatoes. Tills Goes ns a Record. From the San Francisco Call.

John Lewis, ono of the pioneers of Cala veras county, California, tells of a remarkable shot that be once made. It a true story. too. ror many months a fox had been play ing havoc with Mr. Lewis' hens, and do what ho would he could not catch or shoot the fellow.

There was a big treo, about 300 feet long, that had fallen just above his cabin, and when be tried to shoot the fox the sly beast would dodge around the upturned roots, sheak along the further side of the tree until it reached the top and then make a bolt and escape. Ono moonlight night Lewis heard a commotion among the hens, and, running out with his gun. saw the fox, as usual, slip around the root end of the treo. He raised his gun and with the muzzle followed along the tree at about the rate he thought the fox would travel, and when the muzzle cleared the upper end of the tree he fired Into the shadow. Then he went back to bed.

The next morning he went out to the tree top, and there lay the dead fox, riddled with buckshot. A Dovll Flsh Takes a Tow. From the Fort Myers (Fla. Press. A few days ago, at the end of Naples wharf.

a forty foot pile of about one foot diameter was loosely tied with one hundred feet of cable. Tbo bands suddenly noticed the cable running from the coll, and before nnyono could secure It both pile and cable were moving rapidly to sea. A dcvtl flsb had got tan ged In the cable. Boats were at once secured and started in pursuit, and after a two mile race they captured the line and log. the monster having becomo loosened, which fact accounts lor them being able to overtake it.

When we consider that this species of rov attains a weight of three thousand to live thousand pounds, and strength tocorrespond. this is not astonishing. Some months ago tne possongers or the steamer fearless harpooned one of these fish near San Carlos Bay and, after towing the steamer for some time, the engine being reversed and pulllngagalnst him, they were compelled to cut the lino to prevent oeing carried on to samuei oar. The Snnke Charmer. From the New York Tribune.

He drew forth his arm, aud thero, writhing In bis grasp, was the long lank body of the copperhead. He held it up by the neck and deftly loosened tho canvas, allowing it to fall to the floor. With bis naked fingers closed tightly about the snake's throat he turned round and held It high in the air In glee. The snake's eyes were flashing wickedly; the blood red forked tongue, tipped with black, darted out like lightning, while the pliant body now became rigid and now twined itself about the man's arm until it worked itself down to the wrist, where it closed in Uko a rubber band, causing the veins In thokeeper's arm to bulge forth swollon and dark. Alltho while the man only lainrhod at Its vicious struggles, snapping it out like a whip when It loosonea Its hold, and again shaking' It roughly.

At length he threw tbe copperhead heavily into the box. A Cat Adopts a Rabbit. From the Toccoa 'Squire J. T. Mulkey has a cat that possesses motherly affection, though she has never had any children of her own.

The other day. Iu her rambles, she discovered a nest of young rabbits about the size of littlo kittens. So pussy grabbed one in ber mouth and started home with it, her tail straight up in the air, manifesting a high degree of cat pride. For 24 hours she nestled and purred around the baby rabbit, as happy as a little girl with a baby doll. Finally some ono of the family took the rabbit away and put it in abox where It could be fed.

At first Mrs. Tabby mourned for the loss of hor baby, but after awhile she started off nnd brought back another rabbit from the nest and she takes great motherly pride in watching over her new found baby, and If she could feel it her cup of feline happiness would evidently be full. A Hardshell Squirrel. From the Atlanta Constitution. Mr.

J. T. Brand, of DeKalb county, reports that the Hardshell Baptists are ahead. He says that bo attended a meeting at ltock Spring, about three miles from town, recently and there found a converted flying squirrel. nest was up in otio cornor of thecuuixjli and every timo the congregation began to sing the squirrel would oome out to the edge of the nest and join In, and when the congregation ceased It would disappear into Its comfortable quarters, only to reappear when the singing commenced again.

Jndigestion 18 not only a distressing complaint, of itself, but, by causing the blood to become depraved and the system enfeebled, is the parent of innumerable maladies. That Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the best cure for Indigestion, even when complicated with Liver Complaint, is proved by the following testimony from Mrs. Joseph Lake, of Brockway Centre, "Liver complaint and Indigestion made my life a burden and came near ending my existence. For moro than four ycars'l suffered untold agony, was reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly had strength to drag myself about. All kinds of food distressed me, and only the most, delicate could be digested at all.

Within the time mentioned several physicians treated me without giving relief. Nothing that I took seemed to do any permanent good until I commenced the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, which has produced wonderful results. Soon after commencing to take the Sarsaparilla I could see an improvement in my condition. My appetite began to return and wiili it came the ability to digest all the food taken, my strength improved each day, and after a few months of faithful attention to your directions, I found myself a well woman, able to attend to all household duties. The medicine has given me a new lease of life." Ayer's Sarsaparilla, riusrARiD ar Dr.

J. C. Ayer It Lowell, Price six bottles, $5. Worth 5 bottle. Where "Will Improvement vance Us Most as a People THE CRYF0RPHCORESS A Notable Symposium of Prominent Men and Women on a Theme of Beep Fublio Interest.

"What great reform In our social, political or educational system is most needed and will advance us as a people?" This question was lately asked of a large number of tho leading men and women of America by Thb Times. A wide variety of answers have becu received, including re sponses from Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Frank Leslie, General Clinton B. Fisk, late candi date for the Presidency Professor Sumner, of Yale College George W. Cablo, tho nov elist; Eev.

E. Hobor Newton, Angustin Daly, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, General Franz Sigel, P. T. Barnum, General Greely and Professor Abbe.of the Signal Service Bureau Professor Ely, of Johns Hopkins University Amelie Bives Chanler, Charles Dudley Warner, Thomas A.

Edison, Periston Com raissioner Black, A. M. Palmer, Julian Haw thorne, Henry George, Surgeon General Hamilton, Patrick Egan, Professor William Kelson Black and Erastus Wiman, and The Times to day publishes them in the form of a symposium. A wide variety of subjects are discussed More liberality in religion, manual training in our schools, the necessity of a pure electoral system, the dangers wrought by indiscriminate charity, tho benefits of building associations, the dangers of strong drink, the abolition of child labor, the outrageous condition of our libel and slander laws, the laxity of our divorce system, the restriction of immigration, the teaching of patriotism in the school room. These are some of the subjects touched upon by the foremost thinkers of the day and the views expressed by them are well worthy the attention of all wno have at heart our national progress.

Andrew Carnoste on Charities. Certainly among tho foremost reforms Is to impress upon people who have the will ana the powor to srlve, that except when they help those who have helped themselves their aid produces more evil than good. One great obstruction In the upper path of humanity Is indlscrlniato charity, which sets a premium upon sioiu ana vice. Andkew Carnegie. Mrs Frank Loslle Suys Train Art, A course of art training which should occupy as Important a place In the common school curriculum, as for instance, grammar or pbs'slcal geography now holds, would surely represent a irreat reform in our educa tional system.

Without art and tho true feeling which inspires and directs It material spienaor is no more than a hollow vanity. Frank Leslie, Professor Sumner for Free Trade, The most important reform now needed Is the abolition of all the protected demands in tne tax system oi tne country. W. O. Sumner.

Mr. Cnrtls Wants Political Reform The reform of most pressing Importance at tbistimelo that of political methods, a move ment of which the effort for the regulation of the uso of money at elections, and what is caiica electoral or Dauot reiorm, ana a wise license system and civil service reform are all Draucncs. (jEokge William Curtis. Take Risks for Progress. I would call attention to tho fact that thera is growing to large proportions all over our land one perfectly natural but very danger ous abuse of the blessings of peace and wealth.

This Is the forgetting of those Ideal political principles, which a people set up In the exultation or beroic times. If we can change the old maxim to read: "Intlmeof peace kocp tho courage of war," wo may avert wars themselves. The nation that fears to take risks for progress in times of peace ana commit, snail taue tnose risus Dy and by, without comfort and without peace. Geo. W.

Cable. Lnnd Reform and Mannal Training. Of reforms In our social system, under standing by social system our economic sys tem, 1 should put first to day the following: The reduction of hours of labor as for as pos sible, the carrying out or an elaborate system of education, and the initial steps of a thor ough land reform the taxing of unimproved land in tbo suburbs of our cities up to the point wbich would bring thorn into the mar ket, and the establishment of tho principle that all mineral lands hereafter to be discov ered are to bo held in trust for the people at large. In our educational system the most urgent reform, as I see it. Is, first, the balancing of our excessive Intellectuallsm by a more general manual training, and by a more thorough training in our scnoois.

It. Heber Newtou. Angustin Daly Snys More Religion. It would a benefit If there could be do vised some way of putting more religion Into our educational system. At least there ought to be given proper recognition of the Inliors oi tnose wno are enueavoring to do good in this war.

Tho Henublic will never be iiHnred by having too many religious peoplo, but mere is grear aanger to De apprehended from those without religion. Auoustix Daly. Woman Suffrage. Woman suffrage appears tome tbo reform most immediately needed at this time. The political helplessness of woman stands In the way of the social and moral progress to which our country and our age are pledged.

Like the slavery question. In Its time, it takes necessary precedence or otner questions and must bo settled before we can carry civilization further toward Its perfect development. Julia Ward Howe. Purify the Ballot. The reform which will secure a pure ballot is the one essential reform with which will come all others, and without which no genuine and lasting social, political, religious or educational reform Is practicable, nor can be so long as society sees the beneficiaries of a corrupt ballot welcomed to Inner circles and to the most, exclusive positions.

No other reform is so great or so much needed, and none other Is so dllllcult to accomplish. Society should refuse Its countenance to ballot box corrupters, but It will not politicians should Ignore them, but they dare not churches should expel them, bin thevdo not. John C. Black. Manager Palmer an Optimist.

There Is nothing In our social, political, religious or educational system so far wrong that It will not bo righted after a while. The greatest reformation that the world has ever seen was the establishment of American liberty, with Its simple system of government. I have absolute fait In the destiny of this peoplo and iu the expansion of Its Ideas under this system. A. M.

Palmer. Julian Hawthorne on Education. Social and religious reforms cannot bo effected by law. Marriage and divorce, social and business morality, Infidelity and agnosticism are not to be Improved by legislation. The reform must begin very for back, so I nm led to the conclusion that our educational system should first bo regenerated.

Teach children how to become upright, useful and healthy citizens. The present school curriculum, methods and alms are nearly as bad as they can be. Julian Hawthorne. Jlonry George on Tax Reform. The single tax reform Is tho most pressing.

This Is tho one great reform that by relioving Industry of all burdens and preventing tho monopolization of the one otemcnt necessary to all production and all life will enormously Increase production, will secure an equitable distribution of wealth, will solve the labor question, wbich lies at the root of all our and religious difficulties, will make Christianity possible, will give tho masses of men opportunity for more than a struggle to exist, and will open the way for an advance to a far higher and grander civilization. Henry Georoe. a Patriotism In Our Schools. The great reforms that suggest themselves to me are the restriction of Immigration, the stricter enforoement of naturalization laws and the teaching of patriotism In the school room. John B.

Hamilton, Supervising Surgeon General, TJ, S. A. Amelie Rives Pleads lor Children. I consider that the children claim our especial thought and attention, "Men do not gather grapes of th orns or figs of th lstles. If we allow vice ot all kinds to be planted In the breasts of the children, we eatmui look for a harvest of virtue In after years.

It seems tome that the ghostsofchlldselves, those children whom we will never see again, and yet which seem more real than our present selves at times, should pic ad with us for all children who have lived, or who ever will live. Amelie Kives. Do We Over Compete There Is no luxury which the American people are finding quite so expensive to day as that of unbridled competition. The outcry which Is mode against combination, drifting Into trusts, corners and agreements to regulate prices, Is so blinding that the real mischiefs resulting from unrestricted competition arc uttorly lost sight of. We talk of losses as resulting from speculation; we are thunderstruck with the expenses from busl ness extravagance, iu rentals, olerk hire.

sistance to wind storms, lightning, etc. The peculiar and practical construction and form of its base insures its solidity beyond all question of doubt. The foundatfon of each of the four division! of the base are built four stories under ground and are of solid ma sonry. The most violent tempest ever known in Paris or its vicinity produced a pressure ot less than 300 pounds to the square yard, and the tower is calculated to resist wind to tho extent of 600 founds to the square yard. or.

in other words, to survive a tornado twice as violent as any ever known iu the neighborhood. A great many people probably belonging to that large class which hide under a bed during a thunder storm have expresAd the opinion that the tower would be an unsafe place on account of danger from lightning. Fortunately, however, the inventor foresaw the objection which such people would be sure to raise, and by an ingenious system of construction tho tower has been made its own protector, so that ac cident from lightning is an absolute impossibility. I hat the tower will bo made the scene of fatal tragedies, however, is more than probable. To people of a certain temperament and thera are many such in France, it will offer irresistible temptations for self destruction.

When a Frenchman decides to kill 1. Washlnflrton. a. Pyr.of Cheops rEg't). 8.

St. Peter (Home). 4, StrashurB Cathwlral. 5. St.

Denis 6. TCotre Dame 7. Boulogne Monuin't. 8. Bordeaux Hrldjre.

H. Tower liroj.ln 1845. 10. lilffel Tower. himself because his eirl has crone back on liim, he is apt to choose some striking method ot suicide.

Ihe Column vendome was the favorite haunt of such misguided people, but as soon as the Eiffel tower is constructed it will offer inducements of a kind that the wildest Gaul never dreamed of. And it will not surprise us next summer if a largo number of them take advantage of it in this way. It is only recently that Editor Stead, of the London Pall Mall Gazette, had a narrow escape from destruction while on visit to the uncompleted work. While at an immense height he slipped and fell, but was caught by part of his clothing and quickly drawn to a place of safety by some workmen who happened to be near him. For all that we venture the prediction that the Eiffel tower will bo ascended by a large proportion of the many thonsands who will visit the Paris Exposition this summer, and it is probable that the inventor and the cap italists who have pluckily advanced their money will reap a rich reward.

Comfort of Chinese Clothing. From the Chicago Herald. "A Chinaman is not pretty to look at and his clothes do not fit him like the traditional paper on the wall, but I think his attire the most comfortable In the world, "said a man yesterday morning. "To begin with, he resumed, "the Chinaman wears a soft, low crowned, broad brim felt hat, wbich is easlor on the bead than a stiff derby or silk hat and a greater protection to the eyes. Then his neck is dressed more comfortably than ours, too.

He wears but a single band around tbe neck, or two at the most. Have you ever counted up what, we wear? No! Well just iijrnrc it out. rnc unacrsnirt Dana is one, a possible chest protector Is two. a shirt band is three, a collar is four, a necktie is five, a vest collar Is six. a coat collar is seven, an overcoat collar is eight, and a neck scarf sometimes manes the total nine nmo bands around tho neck.

What a chance for respiration I Yes. the Chinaman's rise is more comfortable." Privileges of a Royal Baby. From the Boston Transcript. The KIiir of Spain has fallen out of hlshltrh chair and taken the skin off his royal nose, bos ho? Ho may thank his stars that he is not a year or two older and can do such things without bavinit dispatches sent to this country saying: First, that ho was In astato of beastly Intoxication; second, that he had been rh, hflnif the all nlpht; third, that he was knocked out of the chair by the indignant fat her of Dona Snngreazul. Fall out of chairs while you areyounir, Alfonso, for when you are older you cannot, without arousing the gentlemen who live by twisting the British lion's tail and plucking the feathers of ali the imperial and royal eagles.

One on Siegfried's Dragon. From the Boston Transcript. Tommy was taken the other evening by his father, an ardent Wagornite, to see "Siegfried." All went well till he appearance of the dragon, which, as It grotesquely balanced from side to side on his squatty forelegs, appealed strongly to Tommy's powerful sense of humor. He was finally calmed down by his indignant father without creating a public scene, and it wasthen that Tommy was struck with his URual great Idea. Papal" he whispered, "why didn't they why didn't they Why didn't they whatf "Why didn't they have It ahydra, and then tliey could have hod it sing a chorus? Prevention of Bribery.

A reform that will prevent men from bribing and being bribed In eleotions and compel every candldato for olDoo and every election committee to account publicly to the State or town, under oath, for every cent of money spent in an election, is greatly neeueu, Charles Dudley Warner. Reform and Finance. The greatest need for reform Is in our financial system. Wo need a measure of re form which will enable men to become contributors to tho capital by which the mani fold operations ot Industry and exchange are carried forward. The masses of men need a large stake In the well being of society, and however small their income the means of transmitting property to their families after death.

There is a bill now pending before tho Legislature of New York Slate entitled 'An act for the Incorporation of bond Insurance companies. It Is a good bill and should De moae a law. Alter it tins been aaoptea an men will rnDldlv becomo capitalists bv tbe or dinary process through whlcb capitalists are made, and there will finally be no such thing as families left In poverty and dlstross inrougu me aeam or tueir providers, ineti we may look to see the condltlonsof society rapiuiy improvea socially, politically, reng i ously or morally and Intellectually. William Nelson Black. Mannal Training.

Manual training in our public schools Is a reform very much needed and one that will au vance us very much as a peoplo. Thomas A. Edison, Acquisition of Unimproved Lands I would suggest that if all or at least a great part of the money now spent for maintaining public and private Institutions were applied by the city of New York, for instance, to the acquisition of unimproved land in the State for the purpose of agricultural settlement supervised by public olflcers to afford relief ana instruction in agricultural ana mechani cal worn, nunarons ot unemployed workmen unn wnoie iamiues might taue reiuge in suen settlements and by a nroDer svstom of labor. not only transform an uncultivated settlement into valuable property, to be exchanged for new lands and a new settlement, but also offer to the settlers tho opportunity and the means to go West, as Horace Greeley said, and so become farmers on government or private ana. inis wouia perhaps be one or the measures of preventing or lessening pauperism, one of the principal sources of disorder auu crime.

tllAK2 DlUEL. Temperance. The permanency and happiness of a Re public must depend on honest hearts and clear brains. The use of intoxicants as a beverage is the parent of most of our ovtls. V.

T. Barnum. Citizens Should Vote. It seems to me that the reform which will most advance us as a people would be the In culcating of the idea that every one should akn sufficient Interest In municipal. State ana national arrairs to cast at every election a ballot and In further devlsiug such legislation and methods as will secure tho accurate count of ballots so cast.

A. W. Greely. Religious Reform. The reform which is most needed by the American people Is a religious reform and tins should amount to a retormation, wbich would inevitably bring about all other re lorms needed.

Whon Christians begin to make philan thropy the concern of their hearts and minds all other reforms, political, economio and social, will follow Inevitably. People who are trying with all their might to do rlgbt will find that God will, sooner or later, show them the right. Luxury and extravaganco and all the train of evils connected with them will cease to be familiar sights among Christians. A Christian woman will shrink in horror from large outlays for articles which minister to vanity, when ou every side there are so many ways in wnicn one money can do expended In the service of humanity. If Canon Freemantlo's work.

"The World as the Subject of Redemption," could be wmeiy circulated ana generally reaa, 1 rjoucve It would do a irreat deal to brinir about tho reugious reiorination needed. Kichard T. Ely, Johns Hopkins University, Foreign Land Owners. We need an amendment to the Constitution to provide that none but American citizens shall be permitted to own the soil of the United States. The present system of pur chasing vast tracts of Western land by foreign syndicates and foreign speculators will, if not checked, lead to a svstom of foreign landlordism with its attendant train or evils.

TATRICK EGAN. Overthrow the Saloon System. From my point of view tho most noeded re form Is the overthrow of our saloon system. Oh, that all lovers of our country and Its homos wou strike hands In a movement to lift this one great reform out of partisan politics and by a union of forces advance us as a people to the conquest of the American saloon. Clinton Fisk.

Reform Journalism. As time progresses It becomes more and more evident that the social, political, religious and educational welfare of the intelligent people of Europe and America is coming more and more to depend upon the character of tbe news articles and the editorials of the press. With scarcely an exception the daily and even weekly press too often admit to their columns articles that must Inevitably do more harm than good articles that please the lowest tastes without elevatlnir them: arti cles that pull down one man or party for the purpose ot setting up anotner man or party at whatever cost to the defeated one. Any reform that contributes to Intellectual and ethical improvement in thecharactor of tbe literature daily read by the American people must tend to our advancement as a nation. Cleveland Abbe, Of the Civil Service Bureau.

WANTED TO JIXE. How a Tar Heel's Mormon Trip Was Interrupted. From tho Detroit Free Press. While waiting at a station In North Caro lina one day was Joined by a man who car ried an old fashioned satchel on his shoulder, and who had evidently walked many miles through tho mud. He was fully sixty years of age, scrawny and homely, and he simply nodded to me and sat down on a bale of cot ton.

In about ten minutes along came a woman In homespun, fully his age and about as homely. She bad also bad a long walk. She nodded to me and sat down on another cotton bale. Not a word was said between us for ten minutes. Toon as the whistle of tho trul was heard in the distance she said to tbe roan "Then, Jim, youar gwlne off terllne tbe Mormons 'I am, Hannah," he replied.

"An' you won't take me!" "No "And I'm to be loft "Yes." A nd it won't do no good to argufy "Not a bit." "Wall, then, good bye to you. She started forward with extended arm. but Sassed his hand and seized the satchel and ung it thirty feet away. Then she grabbed nun d.v tne natr ana tney went on tne platform Into a mud hole together, and. as the train moved away she was on top and jamming his head into the old gold soil and say ing between the jams "Want to line tho Mormons, do you? Want to leave the old wife who's dun lived with you forty years.

Want to jine Jlne line, you old rascal, you And fifty passengers gave her three cheers and a tiger as she got a now hold on his patriarchal whiskers. Modern Romance. From the Washington Critic He (tenderly). Will you be mine, darll ng She (cautiously). "All yours, George, doar He (intensely).

"All mine, darling; all mine." She. "We no. Georgo: but 11 tell you what I'll do. I ll divide with you. How She Got In, First Little Girl.

"Do you live In a flat? I thought they didn't take children in flatu. How did you get in Bbuond little girl, "I was homed in." Pucle. I SAW THE CABMAN." WHO KILLED LEMAITRE? The Tragic Story of a Parisian Amateur Detective's First Success. One of the attaches of the bureau brought in a card one day and laid It on the desk with the words Insists on seeing yon personally, bnt will not explain the nature of his business," A hasty glance at the card showed me that the man was a stranger. I have it still and here it is Henui V.

de Beaussant, No. 16 St. Hub db Victoire. Paris. A ty, slim man entered, and, hat in hand, addressed me Monsieur tho Chief Inspector Byrnes Yes," I answered.

"I am de Beaussant," he replied. His face was dark and thin, and a pointed moustache and imperial gave him what we recognize as a typically French appearance. His manner of speaking was about as I have quoted it above, delivered with a slight accent and usually with good choice of words, but a little stilted and pompous. "What is your business?" I asked when he had taken a chair. "I wish to be employed as a detective on your staff," he replied.

"I presume you have had some experience," I said. What has it been "Ah, Monsieur the Chief," he responded, "that is the question difficult to answer, but I knew that it must be asked, and I am prepared to tell you. It will bo brief." Then he told his story. I shall give it as nearly as I can recall in his own words. It is not necessary that I should say hero whether he eventually became a member of tne Iew York detective force or not.

"It is well that you should know," he began, that my parent were well to do and brought me up as an educated gentleman of leisure. At thirty a disaster of business left my little fortune a wreck, and a few hundred francs represented all I possessed. I went to work with a friend as a book keeper, but my habits were such that I could not live on my salary. Moreover, I was deeply in love with call her Marie. She sung in one of the opera companies.

We were to be married Under the circumstances I must make more money. I had no trade, no skill at any thing, bnt I had read everything in French literature about detectives, and it occurred to me that the life of a detective might satisfy my craving for activity and adven ture, and that there might be prospects of obtaining high rewards in it. It was my only hope. I felt confident that I knew the methods to be pursued, and that experience would lead to success. In this Marie encour aged me, and promised to marry me, whatever my circumstances, at the conclusion of my first successful effort.

I applied to the chief of the department, No matter how I gained his interest perhaps I did not but at all events he ended our conversation by showing me a paragraph in a newspaper. It said that Monsieur Lemaitre, a wealthy gentleman, had been found dead in his fiacre at an early hour in the morning by the cabman who had driven him to the door of his hotel. There was no evi dence of violence, but murder was suspected because Lemaitre's jewels and money were A post concluded tho chief, 'has revealed the presence of morphine in the deceased's stomach. You may undertake to find the murderer, but others are ahead of you. I will tell you all th'ey know the cabman's "With the greatest zest I undertook the task.

I saw the cabman, as had the others. He had picked up Lemaitre at a certain street corner at 8 A. M. The gentleman was, as usual at that hour, somewhat under the influence of liquor. With him was a woman I NEARLY DIED THAT INSTANT." heavily veiled.

When they had gone some distance the lady culled upon the cabman to stop. "'I will get out she said; 'this is my house, and you may leave M. Lemaitre at his That was all he knew. I visited the hotel and 'the woman's house, only to find that several women living in the neighborhood were already under arrest. Such information as I secured gave me no assistance.

Somewhat nonplussed I went to the corner where the fiacre had been hailed. The regular detectives, I thought, are doubtless searching the drug stores to find where the poison was obtained. I will try to find whore Lemaitre spent the evening. The others may have done that already, but we shall see. "I knew the neighborhood well.

There were several cafes in easy reach, where gentlemen and ladies might enjoy in quiet an after opera supper. Without going into details I will say that in one, which I knew well, I found a waiter who admitted that M. Lemaitre, or a gentleman answering to his description, had been there ou the evening in question with a veiled lady. The waiter did not suspect my errand, for he had known me as a customer. To my mind his forget fulness of all details in tho apprarance and demeanor of his customers on this occasion, led me to susnect very strongly that he knew more than he would tell.

I ordered a lunch that I mieht have time to reflect and an op portunity to watch him. It was already evening, but tho theatres were open and custom was dull at the time. As I reflected I concluded that a deliberate murder would not have been committed in this way without an accomplice. The woman would not enter a public cafe for the purpose of drug ging her victim nnless she was sure that her identity would be preserved a secret. At last I concluded that this waiter must be the accomplice.

'Then, Monsieur the Chief, I acted upon this theory, that no long time would elapse before the real murderess would come to that very cafe to see her accomplice. I went out, but no further than the door, and presently I returned and telling the waiter that I hod an appointment there sat down to wait. Three hours passed and every woman who came in received my careful scrutiny. None came unattended until at last whom should I see but Marie. I was rejoiced to meet her.

She was very pale, complained of feeling ill and I at once ushered her into a private stall, one of the kind that close by means of a curtain, and sent for spirits. As I drew the curtain I saw her glance at the waiter in a way that sent a terrible chill to my heart. For a moment I was unable to speak. It was not exactly inquiry or terror or recognition in her glance, but something of all threc.and so brief 1 Noting my distraction, she became all smiles and vivacity, wholly unlike the Am well. 1 thrust aside the curtain suddenly and entered, Marie stifled a scream, and the waiter precipitately withdrew.

I whispered, 'you murdered M. "She gave one look at me and fainted. Thcro was a scene, of course, and a half hour later I was assisting Marie into her own cliamber." De Beaussant paused. Well," I asked, what came of it?" "She confessed, Monsieur tho Chief, and vowed it was done for love of mo, that she might supply me with means. Oh! what came of it? I left Paris the next morning without making a report, and have not been there since." Thomas Byrnes, Alsatian II on not.

Fancy straw, Interlaced yellow and clectrio blue and enhanced with an Alsatian bow In plain ottoman ribbon. Tufts of primroses In the centre. Tho fashionable bonnet of the season. THE VAJiDEKBIliTS OX TOP. How They Have Risen to Leadership In Sew York.

At last the Vsnderbllts are on top. They have penetrated the frolden veil that for many years has bidden them from the great world of fashion in New York. The social season just ended has been one of irreat triumph for the whole family. Their dinners bavo been the best given in New York, and the various entertainments at the Vander bilt mansions bave boon on a scale of magnificence scarcely if ever equaled in the world. It was not long airo that tbey wero rated as second class people.

They were never spoken of In the same breath with tbe Astors, tbe FIsks. tbe Rhinelanders or the Stuyvesants. But five years bave made a irreat difference. The revolution has not eomonbout In a single day. It has jrrown slowly, and now whatever the Vanderbilts do In fashionable life Is quickly followed by others of smaller fortunes who swim In the irreat social sea.

Mr. Cornelius Vanderbllt. the head of tbe family, is as ordinary a looking man as you will find in a day's walk. He looks like a well fed and prosperous banker, and to seo him passlngrthe plate In St. Bartholomew's Church on Hundav mornlng.noonewouUldreamtbat hocoulddraw Thero Is nothing about him and his wife In the slightest decree showy.

They dress well, but never loudly. They give fortunes to charity every year, but never ostentatiously. They irlve elaborate entertainments, but the facts never get into the newspapers except at second hand. In a word they are as modest, gentle and affable as any couple whose income Is not over $2, 000 a year. It is interesting to know that the entire family goes in for rellirlon, art and literature.

Even tbe children arc religiously Inclined, and there Is not a book sale of Importance or an art sale or a brlc a'brao sale, whero there Is likely to be a rare piece of lace, embroidery or china, at which the Vanderbilts are not represented. Tbo ladles of the family are accomplished women. They embroider, paint, sing fairly well, are clever In amateur theatricals and recitations, are well read and can perform on several musical Instruments. Whon they srlve an entertainment at their house they employ the best talent the metropolitan staire affords, the best singers from the Opera House for their guests and frequently artists of the calibre of Coquelin and Jane Hading to recite for them. Their afternoon teas are marvels of good taste.

Guests come and go as they please. There Is no restraint and all the pretty society buds nnd it advantageous to shelter under the wings of the daughters and wives of this wealtbv family. Even for an afternoon re ception tho refreshments are of tho most elaborate character. let there is no vulgar extravagance anywhere visible. There Is always enough champagne to fill a hogshead.

The Vanderbilts have established the English fashion of decantcrlng the champagne into pitchers, and it is served without the froth, In regular continental fashion. The wine and supper are always served separately. The family is never too gay or too much oc cupied to pay strict attention to devotional exercises, and every Sunday morning they are found In their pows at church. They walk to and fro. They believe in giving their horses a day of rest.

The aigregate Vanilerbilt fortune Is placed at HftO. 000. 000. Tho family is the richest In the world, and It Is now uhdisputably at the head of social Now lone. Tho vast wcaitn, tne tact, tne education and the good breeding of the third and fourth generations bave accomplished their purpose.

ANOTHEB BRITISH OUTRAGE. London Comments on the Appoint ment of ltobort Lincoln. From the Toledo Bee. Tbe London Court Journal, when It wants a little variety, dips into Americau politics. Here Is a specimen The Americans bavo elected Mr.

Ilobert Lincoln as Minister to the Court of St. James. Mr. Lincoln Is a brother of tbe famous war President, and Is said to be an excellent judge of horse flesh. He took no part In the great struggle presided over by his brother, preferring, he declared, to be merely an on lookor.

His life, however, has not been wholly uneventful, for several years ago he was Secre tary of Illinois and Nebraska. He has a won derful talent for mimicry, and one of our correspondents heard him recite some time ego, before a stag party, In the rooms of tbe Chicago Press Club. 'We understand that he Isnowon a lecture tour In Australia, but that be will cancel his engagements In view of tho fact that he bos been elected to a serious and responsible posi tion, president Harris eno fcuivrresiaent Morris are thus far giving satisfaction, and It lSnot likely that there will be a change in tne government tor some time to come. mr. Illalno.

secretary to rresiaent riarris. has succeeded in. electing his son to the Senate. Mr. Outlaw, who was elected to France, has token the oath of ollice.

Ho is said to be a vorv handsome gentleman, and to his looks more than aDy qualification can be accredited his election. For number of years he has been a type writer In Now York. No Truo Lover. From the Lewiston Journal. Twin sisters who formerly lived In Waldo county, Maine, looked so much alike that no one out of the family could distinguish Jane from Susan, and their father himself was sometimes puzzled.

Susan had a "beau, a very devoted young man, who called often and stayed late, so often and so Iato that the young lady began to feel tbe lack ot sleep and remarked one aftornoon that sho almost hoped Oeorge wouldn't oome to night. "Why can't I take your place for once and givo you vacation asked her sister. Tho oner was at ouce accepted, tbe tired damsel got a good night's sleep and Oeorge never knew that he spent one evoning from 8 P. M. until 3 A.

M. in Jane's society until several years after he and Susan were happily married. The Surplus Again. From the Boston Transcript. A recent circular Issued by the Treasury De partment proposlug to ship, freo of charge, to persons desiring them, nickels and pennies In certain quantities, on receipt of tholr face value, bos suggested some Inquiries In re ord to the cost of these coins to tho United tates.

and bow it Is that the governmento an afford to ship them at par value, paying ex firess onarges upon mem. no result oi tnese nquirles has been the discovery that the nickel costs at the mint less than three minr ters ot a cent, while It is put in Circulation at a vaiueoi nvecents. THE EIFFEL TOWER. THE EIFFEL TOWER France's Lofty Engineering Triumph. Its Height Compared With Other Structures.

The French Exposition to bo held in Paris this summer promises tocxceed in magnitude, interest and variety of features all previous attempts of this kind, and of all things to be seen in the gay French capital this summer it is certain that none will attract greater attention or excite more discussion than the enormous tower projected by 31. Eiffel and already nearly completed. In this toner the great French engineer realizes the dream of a certain SI. Cabillet, who as far back as 1S45 planned a tower of similar height to be made of Btone. In plac ing before the public this scheme, which wa3 never realized, II.

Cabillet issued a short pamphlet, in which he advanced many rea sous in support of his enterprise, and in his attempt to prove that the tower would be liberally patronized by the public, he said "Even our ladies, who for the past quarter of a century have been amus ing themselves by riding on roller coasters, which lead to nothing and leave no souvenir, would not be the last to avail themselves of an opportunity to be transported to an enormous height where they could comfortably behold the rising and the setting of the sun." From 1815 until thotpresent decade the idea of a great tower remained dormant and it remained for the famous civil engineer, backed both by the government and by private capital, to push the scheme to completion. So much interest indeed did the work excite through out all France that II. Da Lesseps, who was then struggling tooth and nail with his colossal Panama bubble, induced 51. Eiffel to identify himself with the canal as a con tractor simply on account of the prestige of his name. In Tjrder to give some idea of the magni tude of this Exposition it may be said that over three millions of square feet on the Champs de Mars are covered with magnificent structures of glass and iron, illuminated by the most brilliant electric lights and made in every way as commodious, convenient and handsome as the latest modern inventions, coupled with the most refined taste, can make them.

The Eiffel tower stands at the grand entranco to the Exposition, and around it extends the beautiful park of the Champs de JIars, with its cascades, fountains and pleasure gardens. Near it is the seventy five thousand square feet of space allotted to the United States, in which will probably be found many of the most interesting exhibits of tho Exposition. The Edison Company alono are spending nearly a hundred thousand dollars on their display, which will embrace all the most recent inventions in electricity. Among other things will be 20,000 beautifully colored electric lights arranged to represent our national flag. Tiffany Co.

have also gone to a great expense, and have sent a collection of diamonds and other precious stones which will readily bear comparison with tho crown gems of any court in Europe. The tower, when completed, will reach the enormous height of 1,000 feet and will be by far the tallest structure in the world. In order to form some idea of a building 1,000 feet high let us compare it for a moment with the other tall towers in the world. The dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, is 404 feet in height, and that of St.

Peter's, in Borne, 433. The top of the spire of St. HYDRAULIC WORK ON TOWER. Stephen's, in Vienna, is ten feet higher, while that of the Strassburg Cathedral is 406 feet from tho ground. Tho famous Cathedral in Cologne enjoys the distinction of being a dozen feet moro than half the height of the new tower.

The cost of this vast structure will exceed five millions of francs, of which one half was contributed by the government and the remainder by M. Eiffel and his associates. The projectors of the affair will receive all the money taken in doting the Exposition, after which the tower will become the projicrty of the French Government At the first grand landing, which is situated 250 feet from the ground, there will be a superb cafe and restaurant conducted by Messrs. Speirs Pond, the well known London caterers, and also a variety of little shops and booths devoted to the saleof small souvcnii'sof the Exposition. Four staircases will lead to this landing, and beside these four elevators of American manufacture will run from the top to tho bottom and it is expected that tho whole trip can be made in from seven to eight minutes.

The charge for ascending to tho first landing will be $1 and to the top of the tower $4. It will bo seen, therefore, that if 2,000 peoplo make the ascent each day the receipts from that source alone will be $3,000 and in addition to this there will be the profit derived from carryiug people to the first landing and also from the rent of the cafe and shops situated there. The platform reached by the elevators includes a balcony of square form measuring about sixty feet on each side. There will also be a large outside promenade formed of glass plates in movable frames. In tho centre of the platform will be a cabin divided into laboratories to be used for making experiments.

Above this platform is the highest landing on the tower, the summit of which contains a lantern twenty three feet high, in which will be placed an optical system similar to that employed in the finest light houses. There will be a fixed light and in addition to this two optical projections giving the power of illuminating at will the principal menumcnts of Paris. The Engineer, the well known English authority on such subjects, says that the question of the possible use of the Eiffel tower for scientific purposes has been often raised, and as yet we have seen no authoritative documents on that head signed by any scientific man or indorsed by any learned society, but scientific utility is possibly a secondary object in its construction. The' tower will bo such a curiosity in itself as to draw many visitors to Paris during the Exposition. On the first of January a book on the Eiffel tower by if.

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