Evening Star Newspaper, February 29, 1896, Page 23

-of saving souls. THE SALVATION ARMY Change of Commanders Not to Affect Washington. VIEWS OF LOCAL OFFICERS Headquarters of the Army in This City. MEETINGS AND DUTIES N THE OPINION of the Salvation Army officers in com- mand in this city the Tremeval and defec- tion of Commander Ballington Booth as the head of the or- ganization in this country is not likely to affect in any way the local situation. In point of fact, the two Salvationisis who are stationed here say that they have heard absolutely rothing of the difficulty beyond what they have seen in the daily papers, and con- sequently they are not in a position to ex- press any opinion on the subject, even if 1z were in their province to discuss mat- ters occurring so far above them in their ranks. Up to the close of the present week the only communication which has been re- ceived from the headquarters of the army in the United States is a copy of a circular letter which reached here several days ago. In it the officers were enjoined to pay as little attention as possible to the matter, and not to let their minds dwell upon the subject, as this would only have the effect of restricting their usefulness In the work “Keep your minds un- spotted from the world,”” was the injunc- tion laid upon them. Who is and who is not the head of the army in the United States is a matter more akin to the politi- cal than to the spiritual side of the work of the army, and the captain and the Heutenant who are at the head of the Commander Ballington Booth at His Desk. Washington corps were urged to be more than ever active In prayer and spiritual work at this particular juncture, for now More than at any time the army is likely to be subjected to criticism at the hands of those who are not in sympathy with the methods of the army. Capt. Cranficld’s Views. Capt. Canfield, the head of the Washing- ton corps, said that while she was not in & position to speak with any authority, her own opinion was that the troubles in the army just now arise from the views which Commander Ballington Booth entertains on the subject of discipline. He has publicly stated that he was not a believer in the rigid discipline which is enforced upon the army from the international headquarters in London, but believed that simpler and easier methods might be followed in this country with even better results. Gen. Booth is now on his way back to England from a tour of India, and 1s expected to arrive in London about March 16. It 1s thought that soon after that some means of healing the breach will be found that Will be satisfactory to every one. In the meantime Eva Booth, who was formerly erritorial commander, is in temporary charge of the work in the United States. In conversation with a Star reporter, Capt. Canfield said that she did not think that the idea of seceding and organizing an American army had originated with Com- mander Booth. “I think that the proposi- tion was suggested to . However, I do not really know much about it. We can enly wait and pray, and in the meantime keep diligently at our work. The Lord does not suffer His affairs to go wrong, and I am confident that all misunderstandings Commissioner Booth-Tucker in dian Costume. that may now exist will be done away with inside of a month, so that the good work =< rs Salvation Army will receive no set- At the present time there are but two commissioned officers of the army station- ed at local headquarters. These are Capt. Canfield and Lieut. Briscoe, two cheery, bright-faced young women, who are bound up beart and soul in the work. They are Loth western girls, and have been friends for two years. They have both been con- rected with the army for upwards of a half dozen years, and are more enthuslastic over its methods than they were the dav they joined. They have come to Washing- ton only within a couple of weeks, their work before that having been mostly in the west. They claim to be rather unfamiliar with the work here as yet, but express themselves as more than pleased with the outiook. ‘The Washington district, which includes the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, has its headquarters in this elty, with Staff Captain Blanche Cox in charge, but her office is out on R street, and not @t the rooms of the army on the avenue. ‘The Washington Hendquarters. The headquarters of the Washington corps are located in a building on the south side of the avenue between 9th and 10th streets. It is an old-fashioned sort of structure, the lower portion being used for store purposes, amd the Salvation Army Hall, which is on the second floor, makes rot the slightest pretense at elegance. It would be hard to imagine plainer room, but the zeal and enthusiasm of the offi- ce@s and soldiers more than make up for it The third floor of the building is used by the officers as living rooms, these also being simple and unostentatious to the point of absolute plainness. At one end of the hall is the platform where services are held every evening and twice on Sunday. The walls are hung with @ few banrerets and religious mottoes, while in one corner stands the big banner of the Washington corps. Near it is a piano, not the handsomest piano in the world, but it answers the purpose admir- sgbly and is used as an accompaniment to THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. the hymns which form so large and im- portant a part of the Salvation Army serv- ices. the in the exercises, ices are held out of doors. Comparatively few out-door services are being held just now, for the reason that neither of the women is particularly hardy, and the ex- posure would be rather more than they could well stand. In fact, that is one of the reasons why they were transferred to this city from the more rigorous climate of the far nerthwest. The Soldiers’ Meetings. Every Monday night the services are not open to the public, but what are known as “soldiers’ meetings’ are held. At these there are brief religious exercises, the work for the future is mapped out and the new recrults are encouraged to hold fast to thetr new marner of living. At these meet- ings the soldiers are urged to “fire cart- ridges” for the cacse. In a church this would be called putting money in an en- velope for the support of the work, but in the Salvation Army military methods are followed to the minutest detail. They are made to fire a cartridge if it be only a blank cartridge. In other words, they are taught the lesson of regular giving, no mat- ter how small the sum they may be able to give, toward the support of the army. They are willing givers, althcugh the army methovs are intended for the poorer classes and appeal to them most directly. The Public Meetings. On the other evenings of the week the meetings are open to the general public, and as a rule the hall is crowded to its fullest extent, sometimes as many as 400 men and women being in the crowd. The men predominate and they are of all class- es. The locality is such that of a cold win- ter’s evenirg the lights and the sound of music are likely to attract a set of men who mignt be considered as soctally unde- sirable, but who are just exactly the set that the Salvation Army workers desire to reach. There have been innumerable cases of men under the influence of liquor stum- bling into a Salvation Army meeting to scoff, becoming impressed by the services and the earnestness of the prayers and staying un- til they asked for prayers themselves. Many a man has been saved and started on the upward path in just this way, and it is precisely this sort of work that has chang- ed the publie estimate of the Salvation Army from what it was a decade ago, when people jeered at the uniformed work- ers and looked with the greatest contempt on the whole army, to what it s today, when the Salvation’ Army is regarded as one of the most influential factors in the evangelization of the world. An Officer's Duties. “I haye been connected with the work for atout eight years,” said Lieut. Briscoe to The Star reporter. “I have never regretted that my footsteps were led In that direc- tion. My father was a Methodist minister, and I was brought up among religious sur- rourdings, but I became convinced that my field of usefulness was with the Salvation Army, ner have I ever had reason’ to be sorry that I enlisted. It is not an easy life and no one knows how hard a faithful sol- dier has to work. When we are holding cut-door meetings it means from twenty to thirty services a week, which I think ts rather more than the average minister would care to undertake as a regular thing. We are liable to be called upon at any time cf day or night, and on my way here when I stopped off in Philadelphia for The War Cry. three weeks there were any number of times when I did not get to bed before 3 o'clock in the morning, having been out nursing the sick. It is not always pleasant work, but I thank God that He called me to it and has let me do my little share for the spread of His kingdom on earth.” Speaks for Ballington Booth. A prominent officer of the Salvation Army, who has been at the head of the work in this city, in conversation with a Star re- porter today, in reference to the Ballington Booth incident, said: ‘For years I have been in close relations with Commander and Mrs. Booth, and, with all sincerity, I can say that they are as true, sincere, falthful and untiring as any one connected with the Salvation Army. From personal knowledge, I am able to state that Commander and Mrs. Booth have never indulged in luxury of any description whatsoever, but have always lived plainly, and time and again have gone without necessary sleep in order to carry out their plans for accomplishing good. I also desire to deny the ailegations that Commander and Mrs. Booth have con- Eva Booth. fined their efforts solely to the rich classes and have disregarded the poor. I have seen them working just as conscientiously and as steadfastly with the Rumble and the low- ly as with the proud and wealthy. It Is no longer open to doubt that Commander Booth and his wife had good and sufficient reasons for asking delay when directed to leave this country. I say this in order that the public may know that there are two sides of the question, and from the standpoint of those in the best position to know, the course that has been followed by Commander Booth was fully justifiable.” —_——.—__ The Real. ‘The heart it hath its own estate, ‘The mind it hath its wealth untold; It needs not fortune to be great, While there's a coin surpassing gold, No matter which fortune leans, not ha secures Wealth makes ppiness A little mind bath little means, A heart Barrow 1s always poor. 'Tis not the house that honor wenn Noe, js a thing divine; Tt is the spirit wakes the shrine. —CHARLES SWAIN. THE NATIONAL GUARD Taterstate Drill and Rifle Match at Savannah in May. >—— BILL 10 RETIRE OFFICERS AND MEN Regimental Contest for Febiuary Won by the Second. AT WORD OF COMMAND The announcement of an interstate com- Petitive drill to be held in Savannah, Ga., in May, under the auspices of the Military In- terstate Association of that city, has created @ near approach to excitement among the drill companies of the District Guard, which had almost become resigned to the feeling that the year 1896 would be an off one as regards such contests. It is stated that the first prize in the announced competition will be $2,000, the drill to include close and ex- tended order. There will be a second prize of $250. Maiden companies will have a try at first prize of $1,000, with a second prize of Rifle competitions will be a feature of the gathering and outside of two trophies, one to cost $1,000 and another $400, $1,000 in cash is to be offered. The first prize in the big drill is not so large in amount as is usually offered at interstate drills. However, the distance of Savannah from this city will cut a pretty big figure in the financial consideration, for the saving in rallroad rates to a nearby point Taust necessarily make a difference to the Iccal companies that may attend the drill, being much smaller than if the drill was held at a western city, such as Memphis or Little Rock. So far ag is now known, the Morton Cadsts, the National Rifles, com- pany C, Washington Light Infantry Corps, and the National Fencibles are almost sure to send teams to the drill and action to that end may be expected in the near future. It is rumored that companies not mustered in- to the National Guard will be barred from competition at Savannah. Such action would result in the shutting out of the National Fencibles. Although the department of rifle practice is not burdened with funds, it is safe to say that a rifle team will be sent to represent the District in the Savannah matches be- cause of the generous prizes offered. The Georgia meet, where prizes aggregating $2,400 are to be distributed, compares favor- ably with the annual Sea Girt matches, as not more than $150 in cash is put up in prizes each fall by the New Jersey Association. Second Regiment the Winner. In the regimental match for February, the team representing Col. Clay’s com- mand bested Col. Moore's riflemen by 11 peints, the score standing 452 to 441. The second regiment team row holds the record at 300 yards for teams of ten men, the en- gineer corps having hereiofore been entl- tled to the honor, their total being ‘The scores in detail of the regimental match were as follows: First regiment—Private Colloday, 49; Pri- vate Taylor, 45; Private Crist, 47; Capt. Shilling, 47; Sergt. Shilling, 38; Corporal 40; Corporal Barry, 46; Lieut. King, 48; Private Getzendanner, 47; Lieut. Gib- . Total, 441. regiment—Col. 47; Capt. Capt. Simonson, ; Private Groome, Moyer, 46: Lieut. Shaw, 7 The company match for March will be shot, as heretofore, in two sections, the companies of the first five battalions March 5, and those of the remainder of the bri- wade March 12. The battalion match is scheduled for March 19, and the regimental match, March 25. It may be important to some of the companies to know that the in- spection of the teams, so far as uniform and equipment Is concerned, will be very rigid hereafter, and any team that does not re- port in the gallery as required must shoot at the end of the list, after repairing the defects in its equipment. This is a matter to which very little impcrtance has been attached in the matches to date, and in one instance the order was totally disregarded even by an officer of the department of rifle practice. The donor of the Burkart medal has been requested to amend the conditions regard- ing the possession of the same, to provide that only the officers and men who score at least 90 per cent In one match each month shall be entitled to enter into final competl- tion for the prize. Drill Again a Possibility. Convention Hall, it is announced, will Positively be at the disposal of the Na- tional Guard Mcnday and Tuesday even- ings during the month of March, but some changes have been rendered necessary in the assignment of companies because of the fact that Saturdays are eliminated from the schedule. The third battalion, to which the hall has been assigned heretofore the second and fourth Saturdays of each month, will share the inclosure with the second battalion the second and fourth Mondays. The engineer corps and the separate companies grouped with it, which heretofore drilled the first and third Satur- days, will have the use of the hall the fifth Monday and the fifth Tuesday of March. After the first Saturday in April ft Is expected that the regular schedule, covering Monday, Tuesday and Saturday evenings, will be followed. The National Guard fa entitled to the use of the hall on the nights specified up to and including May 30. Discharges Honorable and Otherwise. The dishonorable discharge of Private Frank P. Sutro, company A, second bat- talion, has been revoked and an honorable discharge granted in its stead. On their own applications the following have been honorably discharged: Private James H. Howlin, corps of field muste; Private William H. Prosperi, corps of field music, and Private W. P. Evans, jr., com- pany D, third battalion. Because of expuleion from their company the following have been dishonorably dis- charged: Corporal Stephen Boggs and Privates Richard W. Ambush, Silas H. Hill and Eugene Ross, all of company D, first separate battalion. Officers’ Ansociation Meeting. At the regular meeting of the Officers’ Association of the second regiment Thurs- dey evening last, Sergt. Hodges of com- pany D, fourth battalion, read a carefully prepared paper cn “Military Law,” which proved of decided interest. Col. Clay re- lated some persoral reminiscences showing the operation of military law immediately after the close of the civil war. A committee, consisting of Maj. Campbell and Capt. Moyer, was appointed to arrange for the annual banquet of tho association to be held in April. Meeting to Adopt Rules. A meeting of the Athletic Association of the National Guard will be held Monday evening at 9 o’clock in the quarters of com- pany A, second battalion, when the rules governing the organization are to be pre- sented for consideration. It is probable that Mr. Fay Templeton of the Young Men's Christian Association will be en- gaged as athletic instructor by the re- cently organized association. To Retire Officers and Men. Major Otto L. Suess of the fifth battalion has prepared a bill to create a retired list for the officers and soldiers of the militia and National Guard of the District of Co- lumbia, which should be of more than passing interest to all concerned. The bill as drawn up provides that the brigadier general commanding be author- ized to place upon the retired list all offi- cers and enlisted men who, first, shall have served honorably ‘either as an officer or enlisted man for a period not less than five years, and who shall have become six- ty years of age; second, who shall have served not less than five years honorably as an officer or enlisted man and have be- come incapacitated for the further per- formance of military duty, and, third, who shall have served honorably as an officer or enlisted man for a period not less than ten years, and have become fifty years of age. It is provided further that the serv- ice mentioned shall include, in the aggre- gate, all honorable service rendered as an officer or eglisted man in the District of Co- regard to continuity, All officers and-enlisted men placed on the retired list the provisions of the proposed act, it pulated, shall be en- titled to wear the tiniform of thelr rank and grade on the tite of their retirement and shall occupy ugh place in ranks with the command from, which retired on all occasions of paradé or ceremony as may be determined upbi' by the commanding general, but the attémdance at parades and ceremonies shall be-voluntary and not com- pulsory. 5 ‘ All retired offizér& under the proposed bill, shall be eligible to perform duty as members of courts ‘of inquiry and boards of survey, in thej discretion of the com- manding officer of the organization, from which retired, and shall be exempt from all other military duty. Major Suess’ Views. ‘The proposed bill is. now going the rounds of the regimental and battalion command- ers of the District Guard for an expression of their views, and it ts accompanied by the following letter from Major Suess: “For the sole purpose of advancing the prestige and usefulness of the National Guard of the District of Columbia, I have drawn up the inclosed bill. It has occur- red to me that by some such legislation the members of the National Guard who have grown old or otherwise unfit for ac- tive service could retire, leaving their places to be filled by younger or more en- ergetic men, and at the same time their influence and interest in Naiional Guard affairs would not be withdrawn. “The plan works admirably in a number of states, and will no doubt have the same effect here, should it become a law. “The position is a fit one in which to end a long and honorable career as a National Guardsman, and I solicit your earnest con- sideration and favorable indorsement.” Maj. Suess is of the opinion that a re- tired list in the National Guard will ad- vance the general interest in the organiza- tion in many ways. As at present sit- uated, he says, an officer fs elected on ac- count of his capabilities and military qual- {fications; he goes to the expense of uni- forming himself, and for years devotes his time, energy and money to building up his command. At the conclusion of five or more years’ service he may become inca- pacitated for the further performance of military duty, or he may have reached an age when active service becomes too ar- duous, and, in justice to himself and his command, he resigns and retires to private life, without any compensation, and often- times not even thanks for the years of hard work performed in the interest of the National Guard. This {s hardly fair, and certainly not just, states Maj. Suess: and the same thing may be sald of the enilsted men, who are also provided for in the bill. The bill does not entail the expenditure of one cent of morey; it simply gives the retired officers and enlisted men a legal status, and, in the opinion of Maj. Suess, should command the support of every one interested in the National Guard. The brigadier general commanding, it is said, views the proposition with favor, and would, no doubt, have created a retired list before this could ft have been done with- out further legislation. It is the intention of Maj. Suess to ob- tain the opinion of every battalion and regimental commander, and then submit the bill to Gen. Ordway for his considera- tion, revision and approval, with a view to having it enacted into a law. The bill has already been passed upon by Maj. Campbell of the fourth battalion and Maj. Bartlett of the sixth battalion, and 1s now in the hands of Maj. Ross of the first battalion. Maj. Campbell indorsed the bill as foilows: “I most heartily concur in all of the foregoing.” Maj. Bartlett said: “I heartily approve of the bill in general, but would make the service continuous.” Noten. Captain James K Bell, inspector of rifle practice of the second regiment, will ad- dress the Rifle Association of ihe <chird battalion this eveniug om the general sub- ject of rifle practice. The stag party of company A, second battalion, announce for the evening of February Was postponed until next month. An election of captain, frst and second Neutenants in company C, fifth heattalion, has becn ordered tor Monday evening next: Major Suess will preside. ‘irst Lieuten- ant James L. Mock, adjutant of the ba talion, has been assigned to the temporary command of the new company. ae THE ORIGIN OF PEARLS. They Always Form Around a Foreign Body—Caune of Iridescence. From the London Chronicle. Prof. Stewart's lecture at the Royal In- stitution was about the shell-forming habits of the lamellibranchs, or cyster family. The shell-bearing mollusks, he said, are all en- dowed by nature with the very valuable capacity of depositing beautiful films of calcite or carbonate of lime frem the cells of their soft cuticle or outer skin. In this way they build up their shells. The detailed structure of the shell is well worth studying. The layers of calcareous matter nearest the cuticle are beautifully smooth and polished, forming the well- known mother-of-pearl, known to zoologi as nacre. The deposit takes the form of exceedingly thin, semi-transparent films, and it is from this cause that the beautiful iridescence of nacre arises. Brewster, many years ago, thought he had proved conclu- sively that this iridescence was due to ex- tremely fine lines on the surface, because a cast taken of the nacre in wax exhibited the same iridescence. Prof. Stewart men- tioned that he had repeated Brewster's ex- periment, and found that the iridescence of the wax v.as due to fine films of nacre ad- hering to it. It may now be taken for grant- ed that the nacre films produce what are known as “interference” effects in diffract- ing light snd give rainbow tints on the same principle as Newton's rings and soap bubbles. The usual source of pearls found within the oyster appears to be the intrusion of some smal! foreign body, which sets up an Irritation of the cuticle. The only means of defense open to the mollusk is to deposit @ layer of nacre round the Irritating par- ticle, and thus cut it off from the soft, tender skin. A grain of sand, a small crus- tacean, or a diatom may slip in between the lps, and, setting up irritation, provoke the cuticle to deposit around it a series of thin films of nacre. These are added to from time to time, like the skins of an cnion, until ultimately the little nucleus is completely, encysted, and a pearl is the re- sult. In this way many curious deposits are to be seen in mother-of-pearl, for the oyster applies th» sarne remedy to all sorts of for- eign bodies, of whatever character they may be. Prof. Stewart tad even scen little fish imbedded in the nacre. The Chinese, with their ingenious habit of turning nat- ural phenomena to account, have taken ad- vantage of this to artificially exclte the growth of pearls in oysters. A favorite de- vice is to 1. sert pn H-shaped piece of wire into the mantle border, by means of which ordinary pear-shaped pesrls are produced. But the process is not cor fined to producing ordinary pearls. Larger objects are insert- ed and costed with nacre, especially metal figures of Buddha, which yield much-prized copies in pearl of that divinity, generally usedascharms. When the Moose. Sheds His Horns. From the Minneapolis Journal. Very few people: have ever seen a bull moose ehed his hors, This transformation usually takes place between January 1 and January 8, during which time the animal is very ugly. The: bull moose in the Eller- ten moose park ‘fh Roseau commenced shedding his horng ‘gn the date mentioned, and during the process performed some queer antics. He would run and jump at everything in his way, butt trees and fences, and his mates were driven by the big fellow hither gnd thither. A kicking bronco was turned in the park, and for a few minutes the fight was terrific, the broneo coming out winner with his heels. Finally the moose. backed away and made @ run for the horse. This was too much for the bronco, who fled for dear life, with the moose in full pursuit. The race was made around the corral ten times before the moose could be stopped and the horse taken away from the enraged animal,which was accomplished with no little trouble and danger. ILLIPS 2 Reesten: cocoa A cocoa with rich chocolate flavor, retaining all the nutritious and fat- producing properties yet not distress- ing to the most delicate, can be pro- duced. Proven in lumbia militia and National Guard, without MADE NYE FAMOUS. His Letter ef Resignation Which Called National Attention to Him. From the Kansas City Star. In 1881.Bill Nye was a briefless lawyer, dabbling in country newspaper work at Laramie, Wyo. The thing which drew him out of his obscurity and eventually made him a famous humorist with a good-sized fortune was the letter in which he re- signed his place as United States commis- sioner. That letter, which was reprinted everywhere, marked the advent of a now comic writer and the turn of the tide in the affairs of Edgar Wilson Nye. Here is the famous epistle: To the Department of Justice, Washing- ton, D. C.: Several months ago I resigned as United States commissioner of this ju- dicial district. The government did not ac- cept my resignation, thus tacitly asserting that there was no one who was considered competent to take my place in holding up this corner of the national fabric. I now once more resign. I do not do so because I am displeased with the govern- ment, or because I am displeased with pub- lic life. There is no reason why the gov- ernment and myself should not continue to be friends, but under the new regime for United States commissioners of district courts I am compelied to retire from the official capacity which I have so long filled with so much skill and credit, both to my- self and the United States. The Department of Justice now requires me to furnish a detailed statement each month of all the business done by the com. missioner, with his official certificate at- tached. I am also required to keep a large volume in my office as a record of the United States cases examined by me. Iam to do this at my own expense, in order that the honor and high moral tone of the na- tion may remain unsmirched. All these requirements I could, of course, comply with, but I am cursed with the horrible apprehension that in the future I shall be required to do more of this till the expense will be more than I can meet. I could now, of course, get little chores to do around town, enough for necessary funds to buy the records, etc., but before another year the government may require me to buy a marble-top center table, and two or three paintings by the old masters, in order to give the popular amount of terror to the United States criminals. This would compel me to go without a new overcoat and underclothes, of which I am sadly in need. I had hoped that with the financial prosperity of the past year there would be one case, at least, for examination, for which I could realize $6 or $7, and which would ease this branch of the department of Justice temporarily, but I have been dis- appointed all the way through. I could Squeeze along without the overcoat in order to get the required record this win- ter, but the underclothes I feel as if I ought to have. I might die suddenly while on the bench, and it would sound harshly if the tele- graphic dispatch were to state that when the post mortem was held the jury found a verdict that the United States commis- sioner had died from exposure and a tem- porary stagnation of underclothes. Our winters here are quite severe, and if the Department of Justice should some day require me in my official capacity to buy an upright piano and keep It on file, I would have to clothe myself in my un- swerving integrity and a pair of gold- bowed eyeglasses. There is no question about the air of cheerfulness that a piano would give to my office, especially If some lady were to be tried on some charge or another, for she could beng an overture out of the in- strument while waiting for the United States attorncy to come, and it would help him kill time, but the court would either have to lock itself in an adjoining closet till the defendant had gone, or ask her to loan him her shawl during the trial. You will see from these suggestions whither we are drifting. I will now turn the office over to the de- partment. It consists of a pine box, with some speciments of second-hand chewing tobacco, preserved in sawdust, and a bald- headed feather duster. The department will please send a receipt to me for these archives, as I desire to have everything done correctly and with the usual amount of precision and delay. The United States, in my resignation, sustains a loss which it can ill afford, and the national superstructure becomes al- most a tottering wreck. The popular man may be raised up for this crisis, but it is not at all probable. Dr. Tanner would be a good man. I simply throw this out as a suggestion. Still, he would require clothes. I hadn't thought of that. It is very seldom that you find a man with the happy union of qualifications necessary for this office. You may secure a man who can live on the delightful cli- mate and what cold food he can secure among the neighbors, but he is Hable to have an ungovernable appetite for clothes, while, on the other hand, you may find a man who is the exact vice versa, or what- ever you may call it, of the other man. You will, perhaps, wonder at the delay of my last monthly report, but it Is easily explained. 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Beware you an imitation, be honest—send it back. “this is as Peddlers and some unscruj good as” or **the same as Pearline.” FALSE—Pearline is ipuious grocers will tell you, IT's never peddied, if goes send 2 Ped JAMES PYL New York. left to overmaster my fiendish desire to embezzle the coal hod and the front door of the office. Hoping that no further explanation will be necessary, I subscribe myself, Yours, with a moderate amount of firm- ness, and a passionate desire for grub. ——___-«-—____ Authors and Their Digestion. From the Queen. The amount of intellectual work a man can do depends, to some extent, upon his digestion, though not entirely, for many of our best writers are martyrs to bilious- ness, and some of them to indigestion. But the men who get through an immense quantity of work, and also are considerable figures in the society of their fellows, are, as a rule, those who can eat with tmpun- ity, drinking being more a matter of ar- rangement. 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