Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1896, Page 22

22 . THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY APRIL 25, 1896—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. = PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS. PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY AND MISCEL- cous Supplies—Navy Department, Washington, ©., April 10, 1896.—Sealed proposals, in dupit 5 cretary 0 Stati will be re ih TWO O'CLOCK P.M. on TH URS AY, MAY ENTH, 1896, ing such Stationery and for the Ne artment, including the and the Hydro- graphic Office, ing the fiseal Yet end:ng June 30, Blank forms of pro- Is, giving the p information, will be ished on application to this department. ‘The department : nt to waive defects and to reject any or all bids. Contracts will be regular W. Me- turers of or s to be furnished. ary of the Navy awarded only dealers in ADOO, > MISCEL partment, Supply Divis- April 11) 189 led eous Supplie ashington, edu t tou condi- Will be TWO O°CLOCK Mi. THUL VENTH, 1896, at whieh time the e opened, for’ furnishing Stationery an ies (consisting ) for the dur- forms of brooms, envelope Proposals for Mis- spectively, and addressed . Chief of Supply Division. 4 HURSDAY, ng to the fes in th fiseal towels; for pu: ne statlemery «te. Proposals ‘for stationery, . ice, Tumber, furnitur i* and : material, hardware and miscellaneous supplies ill inelude the qi required 1 t ode tie survey, and those for s' tienery, forage, and ice will include th quantities required by the burean of engraving end py kK forms of proposals, with in- can be obtzined upon appli fon to the office of the superintendent, tre building. ‘The department reserves the ri ject any and all bids, or auy part of a t to wiive defects. S.’ WIKE, Seer struc ROPOSATS FOR Prunes: United States Commission. of Fish Fishe Washington, D. April 11, 1896. led proposals will be received by the under- ned at this Commission until THURSDAY, the SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 1806, at TWO LOCK P.M., at which time and place they ill be opened in the presence of attending bid- ishing such Coal and Ice as may be the fiseal year ending June 30, also invited for Washing Towels. erved to reject any and all bids, technical de to accept any part of any bid and rej Blanks for proposals, with s ire ments to be met in respe and AL, Ie ts and the other part. ificatlons of the req to each article, the estimated quantities probably to be re- quired of each, will be furnished on application to the disbursing agent. J. J. BRICE, sio. apl1.18,25, AES FC OF lent a Nav pertinen ma in ‘dupli- cute, will be re- ceived P.M. ON THURSDAY. to ‘supply the States ¥ ‘aut With fuel ’during th 1s s follows: ash furnai 3 tons of white ash stove coal, 100 cords of hickory Woed, 100 cords of oak wood and 50 cords of spruce pine Woo All coal to be of best quality, from dust or impu won who and t in the court yar lity and inspe the supe in- to bi ted by ay the superintendent ernment s¢ » be of the and esp by the Kk wood buil at such time d , Reserving ence of the ollice require. t to order as mu * or as much less eal or woud quired at the contitet pric Also the right to reje or all bids, er to accept ion of any bid. "The sucersstul bidder 1 in the nin of $5.40 as a faithful W. BAIRD, ndent. OPOSALS FOR MISE fice of the Saper t of the Navy pati proposals, in indorsed vsals for Miscellancous i this office until, TWO 1896, for fiscal year ending soap, brushes rash, “nails, of prop STATIONERY, MATE Printer, Washingt Sealed propo H unt TWO CLOCK PM. ug statione electric sup the Govern- seal year ening proposals will also be for furnishing material for the use of rhment Printing Offi during the fi ding June 30, 180’ ‘The right to re and all bids and to waive def Detailed sche of the stationery. and waterial required, ac- companied by proposals, and giving the regulations with which bidders must comply obtained by addressing this o! EDICT, Public Printer. apl1,18,2 JAL, PROVENDER AND ICE United-States Naval Observatory. nent. Bureau of Equipment, Washingt April 11, 1806.—Sealed proposals, in dupl POSALS FOR for the ressed to the Chief of the Bureau of at, Navy Department, Washington, D. be received! at this bureau until TW: OFLOCK P.M. ON THURSDAY, MAY — SEV ENTH, 1806, and publicly opened fmm the supply of the follow! vende i ice, to be 1 Observater, deli with of be Supplied uj The bureau rese malities: a will rei sous will to the gov Respo be required for the faithful 1s. F. Cie, E. CHADWIC RCE Ci 11, 1896.—Sealed "prop *e t this office until TWO O'CLOCK P.M. THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1SM6. at which ‘time ace they will be open ed in th » of attending bid:ters, for fur- Bishing- th wing classes of supplies during the fiseal year ending June 30, 1S ionery nd Such miscellaneous articles as may Bids are ulso invited for the pnreh: paper from the commission ‘and tow Bids will be consitered each item separately. The right is reserved { to waive technical tof any bid fects an ject t Specith b also. the to be required of e application to the ry. y will be required for the of the contracts. By the A. MOSELEY, Seeretary. FOR ICE, FUBL, FORAGE, owels.—War Dep Washington, D.C. proposals, In di bere licate, ived ‘her ject ‘to usual until ‘TWO EVENTH, od, for fm for W: DAY, MAY quantity of ic © estimated mi nt, required, in such the convenience Is for dozen, furnished by a blank for and s ed In Seale: indors'@ on out Is for Tee,” us for Fuel,” * Fors: Is for Washi respectively ssed to I WHITTON, Chief of Sup _bly_Pvision apl1,18,25,27,my2,8 BMITHSONTAN WASHINGTON, Apol 11, 1896.—S-aled proposals will be recei until TWO P.M.. MAY SEVENTH, 1896, to fur- Bish ty the & wian Institution, U. S. Na- Museum, of Interzaticual Ex- Ethnology, di 1807. | supplies, os following _¢lasses: Chemicals, W Boxes and Unit — Drawers, ints, Olls, Textiles,” Mi le of Wasts Ma- e made only to established * of or dealers in the articles. The | 1 to waive defects and to reject or parts of bids. Blak forms, necas Supp! terial. Aw: ms for proposals, and further In- intending bidders, be furnished on appli ep ea fon at the office of the as- P. LANGLEY, Secretary. sistant DEPARTMENT OF AGRI ¢ the Secretary, Washington, D. —Sealed proposals, in duplicate, ae Lee Get roe ed etary of Agriculture’ until TWO P.M ¥, MAY SEVENTH, 1806, for furnish ee Bs phoney & fe Sh Iture and its branches,* during the ea ye ili 30, 1897. the following supy <n hte plicating Supplies, Printers’ Atates Kets; Laboratory oxes, Fuel, Pa! Material, Tee. Forage: Car Sea Hog Rings: Brooms, Brushes, ; Flower Pots, Cicaning Carpets and Wasting Towels. Te! and Hardware Supplies, Flags Tistrument Sy lies, Map3, Map Frames, and Purchase of Waste Pall information, with ules and an be obtainéd tipod appfication to the p nt or the Weather Doreau. Persns applying should specify the-clnss of articles upon Which they desire to submit bids. Bids must’ be sealed and addressed to the Secretary of Agricul. ture, In accordance with instructions, J. STEIt. LING MORTON. Secre: apl1,13,18,20,25,27,my2,6 NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, _D.0, ‘April 20, 1896.—Sealed proposals are invited and Vill be received until TWO O'CLOCK P.M, MAY SEVENTH, 1896, for the purchase of all’ waste per of the Navy Department and its several bureaus and offices, except canceled charts. and books of the hydrographic office, during the fiscal year etding Jone 30, 1807. ‘They should be in- des “Pr is for Waste Paper,’’ and ad- dressed to the Sectetary of the Navy, and be ac- companied by a written guarantee, signed by one or more responsible persons, to the effect that the bidder will, if his proposal be accepted, at once cnter into contract, and give bond, with satisfactory sectrity, in the penal sum of $100, for the faithful performance. thereof. ‘The con tractor will be notitied when to remove the paper, and caust remove it immediately when so noti: fied, “m order to prevent undue accumulatio must furnish necessary sacks, place the pape fherete for wolghing, ind pay’ for the paper, be- W. Med », Acting Secretary ap25arms2 TOWELS April 10, for Et LS FOR 1CE AND WASHIN —Navy Department, Washington, D.C. 1896—Sealed proposals, indorsed “Proposals ice,"* and addressed to’ the Secretary of the Navy, will be received until | TWO O°CLOCK P.M, ‘THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1896, to supply the Navy Department and its Various bureaus and Offices in Washington (not including the Navy Yard, Navy Vay Office, Naval Hospital or Naval Observatory) with Ice during the fiscal year ending ), 1897. The ice to be supplicd must be the city Of northern ice, or fce equal thereto, lear, and free from ‘snow or other impur- elivered daily in such quan- ifices designated. sealed proposals, rest a solid, ities, and must be be required at the e time and plat indorsed “Propo Is," and ad Uressed to the Secretary of Uh . Will be re celved from parties regularly engaged in such , for washing the towels of the Navy De- I and its various bureaus and offices (in- cluding Naval Observatory) in Washington, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. ‘The depart- ment reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive defects in proposals. In case of a tie in the bids the proposals to he accepted will be de- cided upon by lot. The bidder whose proposals is accepted wiil be required to enter into contract and give bond, with two or more gatisfactory sureties, in the penal sum of two hundred dollars with the contract for ice, and fifty dollars for the contract for washing towels, for ‘the faithful ful- fillment of the contract. Bids must be made in te tpon forms wiileh will be supplied upo ation to this departinent. W. MeADOO. Act- I. OF THE SEV- ‘TH DAY OF MAY, 1896, to furnish said De- partment. with Stationery snd Miscellaneous Arti- cles, including Forage, Flazs and Ice, for the year ending Juue 30, 1897, in accordance with a Schedule of articles which will be supplied to persons and firms proposing to bid. The right to reject any and all bids or to accept uny portion of any bid, or amend the quantity given of ant article in ‘the schedule, Is reserved. Each bid- der will be required to furnish with his bid a bond, with two sureties, in the sum of $2.000 as a guarantee of a faithful performance of the ontract which may be awarded him. |All san pmitted should be left at the “Station v of the Department. RICHARD, OLNEY, Secretary of State. apll,13,14,18,25,27,my2, PROPOSALS FOR MISCELLAN! FOR THE POST OFFICE ‘DEPARTMENT. Post Office Department, Wasbington, D. C., March 25, 1896.—Sealed proposals will be ‘received at this de- partznent until Thursday, the seventh day of May 1896, at 2 o'clock p.m.,’at whieh time and plac they wil be opened in’ the presence of bidders or their authorized agents or attorneys, for doing the recessary painting in the department, and for fur- nishing Suci coal, weod, ice, carpets, ‘chairs, cotton cloth (for map mounting), seap. closet paper, dust- corn brooms and forage, as may be ordered ng the fiscal year be = July 1, 1896, and ding June 59, 1807. Klis are aiso ‘invited for irchase of the waste paper from the depar ment; and old jute from the Mail Eaaipment Di- viston, el as for washi propo-als, with specifications giving detaile ut of the requirements to be met in , and also the estimated q oUS required of each, in- ious as to the manne the conditions to be observed by bidders, will he fur- uished on application to the Disbarsing Clerk and. Superintendent, Post Office Department, Wasbing- . D. C. The Postmaster General reserves the ight to reject any or all bids, to waive technical defects, aid to accept any part of any bd and Ject the other part. WM. LL. WILSON, Post neral. EVARTMENT OF THE INT Land Ottice, Weshingtoa, D.C., ated proposals will be received. at WO O'CLOCK PM. THURSDAY, NTH, 1896, for photolith: .000 ‘copies, more or less, United States, and 20 until MAY ing and print- the maps of th less, « the maps of the and territories prepared in the gew cfc fiscal year ending J Asv cations as to the character | of Size of maps, quality of paper, ma cured at this ‘office, where specimens hibited to who must satisfy recuire At the same time 2S Will also be opened for pho me and printing stich copies of toy other official plats constitut icial records of the office as shail wired during the fiscal year ending June 30, Each proposal must be accompanied by a titled ¢ for 5 per cent of the amount bid. nd stmples of the work to be done will -d to Hdders on application. All cepted and contracts awarded subject to an ap- Prpriation vy Congress to meet the expens: Gonds with approved sureties for faithful per- forn ance of the work will he required. ‘The right is mservad to reject any and sil b Proposals must be made in duplicate and addressed to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, indorsed on th United States Maps. ¢ Townsini Plats, ase may be. is will be opened at the time and © stated, © present at such ‘ommissioner. end bidders are invited to 2 LAMOREUX, y2k8 RTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, WASHING April 11, 189 aled proposals W at this v TWO O'CLOCK P.M., THURSDAY, SEVENTH, 1896, for furnishing the following cl: of sup: during the fis ar ending June 30, (1) For Fuel and Tce, (2) for Fur- niture, Photographie and other Miscellaneous Sup- plies, (3) for Stationery for the Departincnt of the Interior, its several bureaus and offices, and the vil Service Commission. At the si and place proposals will be received Meats, Provisicns, Groceries, Dry Goods, Drugs, Paints, Hardware, Fuel, Iee, Lumber, ete., as may be required by the vernment Hos- pital for the Insane, near Washi D. C., dur- ing the fiseal year above indica such Fuel, Lumber Hardware, Drugs, C! ovatory Apparatus, Engraving and as may be required by the U.S. Gcologic ey and the Howard Unive ely, ducing the same pe-ied. @ id place posals will also be received for the Washing of Commission "for the yenr ending as well as for the purchase during that period of the Waste Paper of the Depa ment of the Interior. Bids must be made on ment blanks. ‘All bids (except those for hase of Waste paper) accepted and contracts ‘arded subject to an appropriation by Congress ineet the expense. Forms of proposals, sched- ules of items, specifications and instructions will he furnished to bidders on application to the Cuict C'erk of the department; requests for blinks should specifically desigpate the class or classes of supplies upon whieh it is proposed to bid. All the proposals will he opened at the time and plac above stated, and bidders are invited to be pres- ent at such ‘opening. HOKE SMITH, Secretary. 13,1 26,my2,6 mmissionsts of the Dist ‘hington, D. C. will Be received O'CLOCK P.M, € ‘DAY, MAY TH, 1896, ‘for furnishing the ‘various $ of the District government with general until supplies for the fiscal year to end June 30, 1897, ising Stationery, Blank Forms and Print- School Bowls, Furniture, Hardware, Tin Ware, Plumbers’ Supplies, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Drugs, Glass, Pairts aad Varnishes, Lum- Fresh’ Meats, ° Castivgs, Fuel, Dry ‘Goods, Telephone Supplies, Saddlery” and Forag ink forms of proposals, together with all in formation, can be obtained upon application at the property clerk's office, Room 1, third floor front, District building, 464 Louisiana avenn vest. Tha right 13 reserved to reject any and all or parts of bids. JOHN W. Koss. 3 ‘TRUESDELL, CHARLES FP. POWELL, ers of the District of Columbia. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON, D. April 10, 1896.—Sealed proposals will be’ re- ceived at the office of the chief clerk, Department 1 TWO O'CLOCK P.M., THURSDAY, HH, 1896, for supplying the Depart? ment of Justice’ with’ the following’ articles. and | services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897; Station Fuel, Ice, “Miscellaneous Supplies and Washing Towels. Biank forms and other informa- tion will be furnished by the chief clerk on applic cation. The department reserves the right to waive defects and to reject any or all bids or parts of bids. apit,15,1 29, OF THE INTERIOR, UNITED t Office, Washingtén, D. C., April aled proposals will be received at of the Conunissioner of Patents until TWO O'CLOCK P.M. OF THURSDAY, MAY SEVENTH, 1806, for producing copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patents and of trade- mark certificates, for producing copies of draw- ings on a reduced scale for the Mbrary edition of Patents, for producing copies of eahausted pat- ents, for producing copies of driwings of pending applications, of foreign patents and publications, reproducing by silver print photcgraphs, photo- graphs of designs, and for producing the illus trated pages of the Official Guzette by the photo- Uthograptic or similar process, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1896, ard ending June 30, 1897. All of said work will'be contracted for and per: formed under the direction of the Commissioner of Patents, under such limitations and conditions as the Joint Committee on Printing may from time to time prescribe. Specifications and specl- mens and a form of proposal will be, finished upon application. All bids accepted and contracts awarded will be. subject to the appropriations therefor, made by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897. Bonds with approved sure- ties for the faithful performance and execution of work called for by contract will be required. The Commissioner reserves the right to reject any and all bids received and to accept bids for the pro- duction of the illustrated pages of the ial Gazette separate from all other work, or any bid may be accepted entire. All proposals must be submitted in duplicate, addressed to the Commis- sioner of Patevts, sealed, and indorsed on the envelope, “Proposals for Photolithographic Work, Patent Office.” ‘The proposals will be opened at the time and plaee above stated, and bidders are invited to be present at such opening. JOHN 8. SEYMOUR, Commissioner. ‘p20-6t A Question of the Times, Fron the Chicago Post. ‘I bought a pair of handsome embroid- ered suspenders today, John,” she said, as she smoothed out her bloomers. “For me or for you?” he asked. DEPARTMENT s Pate MUNYON'S REMEDIES POSITIVELY CORE ALL DISEASES, Hundreds of People in Washington Are Being Cured of Various Diseases by the Use of These Remedies, After Pay- ing Large Doctor Bills and Get- ting No Relief--Sold by i All Druegists, Mostly for 250. a Vial. Office, 713 14th strect northwest, open 9 to 5 daily; "Menday and Thursday evenings, 6 to 8; Sundays, 10 to 12, these 5} scan be consulted on all disezses free of charge. ap2t-t,th,s CUBAN WAR SONGS. The Island’s Yankee Doodle as Sung by the Troops. From the Philadelphia Times, Every nation has its typical war song, and the Cubans have theirs. It is no new song, but dates back to the insurrection of 1868, when the struggle for freedom from Spain started at Bayamo, The song was written then by a patriot and is led “Himno de Bayamo.” The music is thrill- ing and the words to the song are full of vigorous life and impulsive exhortations. The time, or measure, of the music is, of course, that of a march, and the song has always been sung by the insurgents when they marched to the front. It is as famil- iar in Cuba as “Yankee Doodle” or ‘Dixie’ in this country, and when sung by a col- umn of insurgents, or even by a chorus of pretty senoritas, the music is thrilling and the melody and concord sweet and sooth- ing. The first two verses of the song in the Spanish language are as follows: Al combate corred Bayameses Cuba entera os contetmpla orgutlosa; No temais una muerte gloriosa Que morir por la patria'es vivir. Cuba libre y Espana: murio— Su poder y su orzullo veneide— Del clarin nad el sonido A las armas vallentes cored! A rough translation of these verses in English without regard to idiom or to rhyme may be given as follows: Bayameses, AN Caba looks on you with pride; Dread not a death’ that Is glorious, Since to die for one’s country is to’livet Cuoa free aud Spain dead Her power and her pride conquered— Hear tie blast of the trumpet Aud rush to aems, ye braves There is another song now h great deal by the Cubans who r America. It is ealled “Ml Patria. of new vintage and’smacks of the insurrec- tion that is now going on across the waters on the disturbed island. The air is tmeful and catchy, anu the words very fitting, The first verse of the song is as follows: Cuba, patria querida, Aunque d+ ini distante ha tiempo estas, Tu eres mi cute, mi idolo, mi vida; Que ai suelo do Se nace no se olvida Por distauelas jamais! Translated at random, this may be put in English without the rhyme as follows: Cuba, dear land of my birth, Although thou art far away ‘now, Thou art wy love, my idol, my life; re one is’ born Some of the Unions and Organizations of This Army. From the New York Sun. More numerous than the United States army is permitted by law to be, the waiters of New York city and its vicinity are more than 25,000 strong. There are seven organ- izations of waiters, and practically, on the same line of division, seven groups or sub- divisions of New York waiters. The Mag- nolia Association, a branch of the Knighis of Labor, consists of men employed in the large downtown restaurants, and has from 300 to 400 members. It is the largest of the waiters’ organizations, ana, pecumarily,the mcst substantial. It includes a larger num- ber of American-born waiters than any other. The rman Waiters’ Union, also afliliated with the Knights of Labor, is made up chiefly of down-town dinner wait- ers who are also employed evenings at con- cert halls and balls. They number 300 members. Thé Herbert Association of col- ered waiters has about 10 members who work in up-town restaurants chiefly. For some reason which is not very clear colored Waiters are much les in demand in New York than in other American cities. In Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati colored waiters are regarded as the most capabale and trustworthy, but in New York city, how- ever, they seem to be less in favor. The Liberty Waiters’ Alliance is an organiza- tion having at present.a membership of 200, recruited from the ranks of those who are employed in east side coffee houses, though the larger proportion of coffee house wait- ers are women. In addition to these, there is still another organization known as the Germania Waiters’ Protective Association, made up of down-town dinner and bail Waiters, with a membership of 200. The Geneva Society of Hotel Waiters is an organization which numbers 25), and maintains its own club house. Members of. this society are employed in up-town ho- tels. Nearly all of them are Germans or Swiss, and a majority of the latter are from the canton of Ticino or Tessin. It is in the southern part of Switzerland, on the Italian border, and with an area of 1,000 square miles has a population of only 125 009, But the peculiar admixture of Italian, French and German characteristics—Italian activity, French politeness and German steadfastness—makes a combination which is a particularly good one for waiters, it would seem, and a waiter from this part of Switzerland is accepted, the civilized vorld over, as belonging to the first-class. The Delmonico family came originally from Ticino, and so did many other restaurant and hotel keepers and chefs. Waiters from this part of Switzerland speak French with greater fluency than accuracy, and they are known very generally in the large ho- tels and big restaurants by the generic name of French waiters, though in a ma- jority of cases they have never been in France, and, in fact, know much less about it than about Italy or Germany. The system of organization which pre- vails among the veritable French waiters in New York is not based upon the idea of the labor union, but is managed by cer- tain recognized saloon keepers who act as brckers or employment agents for cooks, waiters and cooks’ assistants. In the rear of each saloon they maintain an intelli- gence office, where there are always to be found, day or night, unemployed cooks or waiters, ready for service. Might Be Worse. From Brooklyn Life. Mother—“My dear, your father cannot stand this. Your husband, the count, has lost half a million at poker within six months.” Daughter—“But, nmamma, that is not so bad. I understand that the Earl of Tuf- fick and.the Marquis du Debris have each lost twice as much as that.” ERCURIAL - = POISON Is the result of the usual treatment of orders. The system is Potash remedies—iro-e disease—and in a short | Condition than before. The common result RHEUMATISM for which 8. 8. 8. 1s the most reliabl A H bottles will afford relief where all cise bes fatten, I suffered from a severe attack of Mercurial Rheumatism, my arms and legs being swollen to trice Ge natural size, causing the most excruct- ‘spent hundreds ating Paing. of dollars without SSS Brookiyn Elevated R.R. Our Tr at! Blood a aes on and Skin Diseases matied any ress. e SWIFT SPECIFIC 00., Atlanta, Ga, blood ai filled with Mercury anal to be dreaded than the While is in a far worse is after aie ce see bates of prove | aor “Soe mend it to samy one AS MONEY SAVERS wees ee Ta France the ‘Government: Fosters This “Habit, SMALL SUMS INTHE FOSPAL BANKS System of Providing a Pension for Old Age. AT POST OFFICE STATIONS eer eter Special Correspondence ot The Evening Star. PARIS, April 14, 1896. N PARIS YOU bo not drop your letter in the corner lamp- box, but take it to the subpost office in- stead. A few blocks’ walk in any direction will take you to one of these useful and many-featured insti- tutions, of which there are hundreds scattered about in the great city; and a few hours spent in one of them will disclose an astonishing variety of business transacted. It is always a stuffy corner store proper- ty transformed to meet the requirements of the service. A counter, a cage and wickets fence off all but a small portion of the room from the public, who are left standing huddled together in an insufficient common space around the wickets. Theré is always a crowd, and by reason of the savings bank and pension departments of the system, the majority of the crowd seems to be of the high-smelling kind. All the social world, however, hustles together under the drooping tricolor flag that deco- rates the doorway. Posting private letters is a delicate matter, and many people like to attend to it in their own persons. The mere service of the telegraph brings a great many people to the Paris subpost offices. Here you cannot ring for a boy. ‘The only messenger service is that organ- ized by the telegraph department for the Postman Brings Her Bank Book. delivery of telegrams. Telegraph, telephone and letter post—all three are managed by the same set of clerks in the same sui post office, to which everybody in the quar- ter is forced to tun, much to his own convenience in the end. The telegraph blanks for sending are very much like our own in America, except that, the postal and telegraph services being united throughout all France, the proper sum in postage stamps affixed to a message is talsen as an equivalent for cash. When you receive a dispatch, however, it is never written, but ‘aiways printed, after the man- ner of the stock-reparting slips familiar to American brokers’ olfices. These slips, torn off at convenient lengths and pasted inside a sort of envelope that comes to you sealed, constitute the “Petit bleu,” or regular tele- graphic dispatch.. Its tariff is fixed by the number of words employed, as with us. A mere liberal if not quite as swift a ser- vice is operated in Paris by means of the pneumatic tubes. By Pneumatic Tube. These are the most fascinating machines and attract much attention from foreigners. Behind the post office counter and occupy- ing a large space by itself is a great iron frame that has the look and makes the ncise of a spasmodically working printing press. A boy and a girl are generally serv- ingit, the boy to do the heavy work and the | girl to have the ornamental task of sitting at the desk and taking the money for seai- ed and unsealed pneumatic service post cards. You aproach the lady and put down a ten-cent piece. “One carte-depeche, closed, if you please.” Or, putting down three, two-cent pieces, ask for an “open one” (which is a mere postal card in appearance): or, putting down twelve cents, you ack for an “open one, with response;” or, still more expensively, you give a twenty-cent silver piece for “a closed one, with response.” The response cards have the answer to your communication prepaid, and are addressed to yourself in Posts Her Own Letters. yeur own handwriting. The closed cards resemble open cards,of double size, folded in the middle, to be gummed shut after your message is written., Naturally, as many words may be written as one’s handwriting can crowd into the. space. Waiting your turn to write the, message at one of the three or four desks, with one of the three or four bad pens, you have an opportunity to breathe in any disease that may be season- able in Paris at the moment. Then you give it to the young lady at the desk. “When will it go, if you please? “Tn five minutes.” As a matter of fact in about this time or a Kittle longer the boY who has been serving the puffing and *spasmodically grunting printing press ceases to respond to its clec. tric bell jingling, ahd proceeds to leisurely gather up such ‘ artes-depeches” as the 8 young lady has dropped into the box, Then, with infinite patieace, he yawns, stretches himself, and placegthe whole batch inside a light tin cylinder. oving down a lever of the pneumatic?wtachine, he drops the cylinder into a_hol carefully closes the door, and pulls the lever up again. “Puf-f-f-f-f-f-ff!" A giant sigh is heayed by the machine that looks like a printing press, and all is over. Compressed air in an air-tight tube that runs underground all the way across Paris to the central station wafts the cylin- der full of messages to its first destination. At the central office they are sorted for their different divisions of Paris and sent flying again to the subpost Office of their final des- tination. Here the service from post office to house is performed by ordinary tele- graphic messenger boys. Postal Savings Bank. Where a telegraphic message would be an hour in getting across the city, the pneu- matic service takes from an hour and a half to two hours. In every other respect it is much more satisfaz@ory than the telegraphic dispatch, and sa is in great favor, being permitted by the usages of Polite society to be used for regrets, acceptantes and even for invitations, A very different species of operations is going on at some of the other wickets. Every now and then you will see a workingman or a smart servant maid or a serious-mind- ed child come up with a pass book and a sum of money. It is for the postal savings bank department. Any cne may open an account for him- self or for any one else and continue mak- ing deposits up to $400, on which the gov- errment will pay 2% per cent a year in- Ordering by Telephone. terest. A child may have an account in his own name, without the intervention of his parents. ‘Indeed, school teaghers are authorized to form branch savings banks for pupils’ pennies, ives may open ac- counts without the intervention of their Fusbands; though neither wives nor minors may withdraw their deposits if husbands or parents make express opposition the! The postal savings bank is established clusively in the interest of small savings, and the goverument does not seek to make a penny profit out of its depositors. In cider that none shall be di: couraged de- posits as low as twerty cents at a time are received. Not only this, if the budding capitalist cannot scrape together even twenty cents, he is permitted to buy post- age stamps, and, pasting these in his bank book, thus credit himself with whatever modest sum of three cents, five cents, eight cents, that he may have at the moment lying disengaged! Making Money Savers. It is extraordinary how these minute ac- commodations succeed in making every one in France a money saver. For ex- ample, the post office savirgs bank depar ment, after receivirg your poor little de- posits, will take charge of your bank book for you free of expense. No one need know that you are saving. It likewise holds it- self ready to buy up stock and bonds for those who have saved sufficient money, in order that they may begin another $400 savings bank account. Written advice is given free as to the choice of investments and particular attention is paid when citie: communes or the gereral government about to negotiate a new loan to give each one of these little investors an opportunity to take part in the “popular loan.” Often- est it is not a question even of $50 bonds, but $4 bonds and $8 bonds. Then, to make it complete, the service includes a loan de- partment, where the holders of bonds in small quantity may hypothecate them without m los and paying only a low rate of interest. The savings account of any individual may rot exceed $400. Regular! nstituted #ssociations, like agricultural clubs, mutual benefit societies, fire companies, army of- ficers' clubs and trades unions, may de. posit up to $1,600, and this without. pre- venting individual members from having their own $40 accounts. When the thoughtful French man, woman or boy has saved up to this sum of $100 he receives a letter of advice, stating that he has reached the maximum, praying him to continue his sweet habits of financial care- fulness, and suggesting various methods of investing his lump sum preparatory to the opening of a new account. Shail the clerk, the workingman, the servant maid Writing a Letter. 3 or little boy invest in government bonds (with the regulation lottery attachment these are very attractive), in higher inter- est-paying bonds of private trusts and cor- porations, shall he take a speculative “fly: er?” The posial savings bank itself offers a very tempting plan in its pension selling. This is a mixture of life insurance, ton- tine and savings bank ideas under the guarantee of the government, and free from all profit-meking. To the working- man it offers a sure pension in his old age. To the fath r of a family it permits the as. surance of his daughter's dot, when she shall come to marry, and his son's send- off when he shall be of age to go into busi- s. To boroughs, agricultural socletics, church and secular school prize founda- tions it offers a suggestive recompense for studiousness, good conduct or meritorious actions on the part of individuals. The Government Pension. If a boy has distinguished himself at school, if a girl has been crowned “rosiere” for her filial piety, if a fireman has he- roically saved lives, or any poor person has particularly distinguished himself, these “prizes of virtue” are very quick in coming in France. The actual money vague of the prize may not be so great, but every little counts in a land of saving. And these par- ually paid-up government pensions are a favorite means of recompense. They work something like this. Accorad- ing to one “plan’—the prospectuses and tables resemble very much the ordinary life insarance “‘literature’—a iump pay- ment may be made of, say, $100. The in- vestor or prize recipient has then nothing to do but to grow old to come into its yearly ‘enjoyment. He has no annual pay- ments to make. Should he die before the fixed time, the money is lost to him—be- cause, indeed, he will not need it. Should he live, on the other hand, this gambling chance increases the annual sum he will thenceforward receive during his old age. A hundred dollars thus paid in for a child of ten years will give him at the age of fifty years an annual pension until death of about $40. A young man. investing a hundred dollars at the age of twenty will begin receiving at the age of fifty an an- nual pension of about $25. Another plan operates by way of annual payments up to a given age, say, fifty years; after which time the government turns around and pays the investor an an- nual pension until death. So, a hundred dollars a year—paid in in such installments as you please, or as you have the money— if begun by a young man of twenty-one years and continued until his fiftieth year, will realize for him an annual pension thereafter of $460. Should he die before his fiftieth year, all that he paid in is, of course, lost. Other plans include the re- funding of the annual payments without interest in case of death. Others still com- bine life insurance and pensions. In each of these cases, however, the actual yearly amount of the old-age pension is materially diminished thereby. For ex- ample, to obtain at the age of fifty an an- nual pension of $70 and $200 life insurance at no matter what age one dies, a young man of twenty will have to begin paying annually about $20. Hard on the Clerks. These annual premiums are accepted by the subpost offices in such monthly, weekly or irregular installments as the investor pleases. It is the commenest thing in the world to see a girl come in with sixty cents or a dollar and a half. The patient post office clerks, who spend their whole lives over these petty accounts, turn mechanical- ly and unccmplai ingly from one greasy book to another. The work of these clerks is as monotonous as vexing. One moment it is to sell a postage stamp, anojher to register a letter, another to receive a tele- graphic dispatch, another to handle a bank book. The air is heavy with the smclis o: an overcrowding public. All the quarter seems to run to the subpost office. Before leaving it ourselves, it may be curious to read 4 strange sign which one may fre- quently see pasted up: ‘Telephone subscribers desirous of hear- ing the first representation of the new opera of (say) ‘Taais’ at their homes are requested to make arrangements thereto before such and such a dvte.” The telephone in France is not yet a gov- ernment menopoly, like the telegraph and the post, but every subpost office has its public-pay telephone, which it requires the company to put in free of charge and all profit going to the pcst office department. In return the telephone company takes many privileges from the post office de- partment, and this annourcing of its “the- atrical and operatic auditions” on the sub- post office walls is one of them. Along the footlights of the stage of the Opera, the Opera Comique and, in fact, of all the lyric theaters and important cafes- conceris of Paris there are placed long rows of receivirg telephones. Orchestra and singers may thus be heard perfectly by any subscriber to whom the service may be turned-on. You may lie in your bed drink- ing sherbet, and still hear Sibyl Sanderson in “Thais” cr Yvette Guilbert in “Les Vaches.” It is only a question of paying a good round sum for the luxury. And so, while Jenny, the sewing girl, is banking her cixty-five cents in the subpost office, the Count of Monte Cristo may be stand- ing in linc behind her to order the Grand Opera to be brought to his wife's boudoir. ‘The subpost cffices of Paris are for the rich and poor alike. STERLING HEILIG. coo AMONG THE CLOUDS. Home Nests on the Roofs of Twenty-Story Baildings. New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch. High life on lower Broadway differs somewhat from high life on Fifth avenue, of course. But both are picturesque. High life down town is confined to the roofs of the skyscrapers, and the colony is grow- ing. These curious little homes are well worth inspection. Some of them are set exactly on a line with the pavements of Broadway, while others have been built a few feet behind neat little front gardens, which bloom in season. Many of these quiet home nests rest on foundations some fifteen or twenty stories in height, and sre con- sequently free from damp cellars and sim- ilar causes of complaint. These depar:- ments, the highest in the metropolis, rent for a few dollars a month, which is very reasonable considering the value of real estate on Broadwa: They are inhabited by the janitors of the immense buildings which form the founda- Uons of the modest cottages. Keal estate on the lower end of Manhattan Island has arewn so enormously in value that even the roofs of twenty-story buildings can- not be allowed to go to waste. The archi- tecture in many of the small homesteads follows the style of the eighteen or twenty- story foundatioas on which they rest. in many cases the cottages have been con- structed at a cost of many thousands of dollars. Some of them are built entirely of stone, or terra coita, or other valuable mater: and are elaborately decorated. The most picturesque of them all is located in the tower of the produce exchange building. Viewed from the street this tower loc more like a dovecote than a human habi tation, But it is two and a half storic hish, 1 contains a dozen comfortable rool which helter the janitor and his family, not counting the dog. A parapet Pretty keeps the household gods from dropping to death while viewing the passing show on sea”and shore far below. These high homes have their advantages. Few nomes here can boast of so large a iront yard as the one enjoyed by the ten- ants of the produce exchange roof top. It Ss nearly a block in length, and quite as bright in summer as any city or suburban yard can be, barring natural effects. He has fresh air to burn at all seasons, both of the land and the sea breeze sort. House- keeping goes on up near the sky much the same as on the solid earth 200 feet below. The front yard is well supplied with clothes lines, on which the wash is regu- larly hung out to dry. The roof 1s covered with sand, giving it a ground effect. There are no trees or 8rass growing there to be sure, but in sea- son there are several flower beds arranged in boxes, which add a pleasant touch of color to the whole. The dog kennel stands beside the kitcher door, and the bow-wow roams at will, with no opportunity to ex- ercise his jaws on tramps or burglars. The children who live in these high altitudes have carried their bicycles, wheelbarrows and other toys up with them and dave a ground all to themselves, which is not equaled by any millionaire’s child's play- ground in the city. Just at present they are running up their sleds to enjoy the sledding in their airy playground on lower Broadway. The in- teriors of these lofty habitations are cozy as well as quiet and secure, providing the occupants do not dream of fire, cyclone or earthquake. The occupants of’ these high homes are as a rule not very neighborly, as calling after nightfall is a physical im. possibility. After the express elevators stop visits necessarily cease. It would con- sume an hour's time to reach a neighbor living within speaking distance, as stair climbing is both hard and slow, especially in a one-floor town that is full’ of “lifts,” Rut the high iife population is increasing, and the ouiskirts of the settlement now ex. tend as far north as Central Park and will soon be hugging Harlem. +o-+— as A BED ROOM BICYCLE. A New Machine Which Affords All the Pleasure of Racing. From the New York Sun, Two machinists of Berkeley, Cal., have perfected and patented a racing machine, by the use of which a bicyclist may reel of “centuries” in a hall bed room, or a series of races may be held in a parlor. The machine affords every opportunity for the scorcher to get in all his fine points of manipulation, and he fs able to do all the hard work and experience all the sen- sations that he wovld on a circular track or a.country road. Of course, a scorcher doesn’t care for scenery, but only for “‘cen- turies.”” The racing machine, or bicycle track, as the inventors call it, consists of a set of three hardwood rollers secured in a frame. The rollers are four inches in diameter and two and one-half feet long. Two roll- ers are placed five and one-half inches apart, and the third roller is placed a bi- cycle length further ahead in the frame. The hind wheel of the bicycle rests on two rollers set together and the fore wheel on the first roller. The lower part of the tire of the hind wheel sets about an inch be- low the level of the upper surface of the rollers. This prevents the bicycle from slipping. The rollers are connected by a strong rubber band. The bicycle is placed on the rolle: bicyclist is held up until he has secured a good start, and then he and his machine are released, and he can pedal, away for dear life, reeling off miles of revolutions, but not advancing an inch. The wheels hold their position securely on the rollers, and are subject to the same conditions as they would be on an ordinary road. The apparatus is exceedingly simple, but many experiments had to be made before the proper size and exact adjustment of the rollers could be fixed. The track is sub- stantially the same as that on which horses race at record pace in a theater. In front of the rider is a dial, which is connected with the rollers on which he is riding. As he pedals, the finger on the dial revoltes accurately, marking the dis- tance the rider has traveled. For racing a double machine is made. Two sets of rollers are set in a frame facing each other, and the riders pedal head on to each other. The machine has been tested by bicyclist experts and under the auspices of bicycle clubs, and is said to be entirely successful. — She Had Brothers. From an Exchange. “Yes,” said the principal of the young ladies’ seminary to the proud parent, “you ought to be very happy, my dear sir, to be the father of s0 large a family, all the members of which appear to be so devoted to one another.” “Large family! Devoteé! What on earth do you mean, ma’am?” “Why, yes, indeed,” said the principal, beaming throrgh her glasses. ‘No less than eleven of Gussie’s brothers have been here this winter to take her out sleigh rid- ing, and she tells me she expects tie tall one with blue eyes again tomorrow.” the — A Terrible Ride. From the Evening ‘Times, Buffalo, N. Y. Along one of the dismal roads in western New York a man and wife were driving as rapidly a8 the darkness and inclement weather would y The rain beat down upon the rubber ing and found its way into every crack and opening. The occupants of the buggy were Dx and his wife of Springville, N. Y. familiar with the name. He is the starting judge, who has become fa impartial and fair treatment of jockey post. It was about ten years ago when Mr. and Mra. Jones took that fateful ride that came near oo her her lif well-known, for his at the Mrs. Jones’ clothes were thoroughly soxked before town was reached. There was no f p their hotel room and she became chilled to the bone Lefer little wi ed the atmosphere. From that time on Mrs. J Her trouble—well, it was about « fi ttendant started warm- erything Which human flesh can be afflicted. She strange, queer feeling in ber head, that felt as if several shot were rolling around loose on ber brain, Ten caunot describe the torture she suffered, Local doctors told her she had water on the brat A Times reporter called upon Mrs. Jones, who said: “Ever since that terrible wetting I received, up to a year ago, I was an invalid. I had terrible neuralgia pains in the head, which often went to my fect and limbs. I was often in such # rible state that I had to use a crateh to or else slide a chair before me to move around bout the house. I was very ill for five years, in spells, and never expected to get well. a blood disease, 1 guess. One of the doctors I consulted seid I had clotted blood in my head, und perhaps I did. He could not cure me, neither could sev= eral other doctors I tried, 1 also used many patent medicines, but they did me no “My complexion was a perfect white, aud my cars were so transparent you could look through m. My blood wax turuing to water. ‘Louk at me now—do I look sick?” The reperter was,forced to admit that be had om seen & md abodiment of health 2 per With pardouable pride Mrs. Jones suid: “L Williains’ Pink Pills for Pale People aid it : > now, While before 1 come Williains’ remedy 1 could not out of the house. For three years, would you believe tt, I aid not even go to church. 1 was not alweys coufined to my bed, but could not leave the Lous: “Wherever I go people “Why, Mrs. Jones, how well you are looking. How did it happen and J always tell t ‘Pink Pils did it." “I have not had the slightest touch of my old illness for the last six months and fel as if I never had been ill in my life.”” Mr. Jones said: “You can readily imagine how ly we regard the remedy in this houxe where Re have had a wife and mother restored to perfect wealth”? Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold bj dealers, will be sent post paid on receipt ot price 0 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.60— they ver sold in bulk, or by the 100) by addressing Dr. e Company, Schene DRUGS FOR THE Interesting Scenes in the Wholesale District of Gotham. New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch. There is one dingy spot in this great city where the products of the entire globe are brought together. It is the whol » drug district, and Gold street is its artery old dy, Ne KE Williams’ Medic street is narrow and busy and ili-paved. It leads from Fulton street into a network of dingy streets that are never crowded, save now and then with wagons. That network of narrow, crooked, and seeming- ly decayed streets is one of the busiest in town. It is here that the wholesale drug trade centers. Spacious drug shops uptown seem to contain enough medicines to kill and cure the whole town, b re is scarce one of them that upon any unusual demand for the commonest drug would not have to draw upon the wholesale district. You find in that downtown network of shabby streets almost everything in the materia medica in crude form or prepared. The region is redolent of spicery and reek- ing with opium and afoetida. It has mples in bales, pill the barrel, and the cheap drugs by ton. re are by the casks of liquids so grec.ous that they must be dealt out at rej by. the dre ) save waste. There is the potable gold of the old chemists, and there are essential oils at fabulous prices per ounce. The wholesale drug region seems to bring together the ends of the earth. It dc bring together the agents of houses the country cver. Every concern that distills helpful agents from plants, or compre Ses cng prescriptions into tiny tablets or grinds quinine or refines crudities or pre- pares standard drugs by special processes must have an office in this maze. You smell the gardens of Asia at one door, see gums from Soudan at the next windgw, and buy dried plants from Australia the way. The man on the fourth floor will sup- ply 100 barrels of epsom salts, and his neighbor owns half a ton of cough drops. The frequenters of this strange region are teamsters, messengers from the drug stores vptown, clerks, drug manufacturers and wholesalers, and persons of kindred oceu- pations. The stranger to the trade occa sicnally strays in, who finds dead and quiet streets much of/the time. The older houses take pleasure in signs that threaten to fall apart, and many of the signboards bear in- scriptions that convey nothing to the lay mind. Noon time finds a bit of unwonted commotion in the streets, when men are hurrying out to luncheon. There are mo- ments, too, when a line of teams blocks the narrow streets,encroaches on th walks and explains the worn appearance of the curbsiones. There is scarce a new tall building in all the region. Nightfall finds shutters closed, lights out, and the streets silent and deserted. All who doubt the truth of the old saw about competition be- ing the life of trade should take a peep at Gold street and its shabbier neighbors. sos By Way of Chicago. From the Chicago Chronicle, The hens of China lead busy lives. When rot engaged in hatching out a brood of their own kind they are put to the addi- tional and novel task of hatching {ish eggs. Chinese cheap labor collects the spawn of fish from the water's edge, places it in an empty eggshell, which is then cally sealed with wax, and places or the unsuspecting setting hen. After some days the eggshell is removed and carefully broken and the spawn, which has been warmed into life, is emptied into a shallow pool well warmed by the sun. Here the minnows that soon develop are nursed un- til strong enough to be turned into a lake or stream. Gladness Comes ith a better understanding of the transient nature of the many phys- ical ills, which vanish hefore proper ef- forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual dis- ease, but simply to a constipated condi- tion of the system, which the pleasant family laxative, Syrup of Figs. prompt- ly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with millions of families, andis everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value d health. Its bencficial effects are due to the fact, that itis the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acts. It is therefore all important, in order to get its bene- ficial effects, to note when you pur- chase, that you heve the genuine grti- cele, which is manufactured by the Cali- fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, che may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in necd of a Jaxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest and is most largely used and gives most gereral satisfaction.