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OPENING HIS EYES.

a " Bow Sothern and Florence InitiatedHiss fleilson's Husband.

PHB DIM'T KKOW AMERICAN WATS.

The Famous Lee Dinner at the Grammercy

Park In 1S77.

DISMK60ISHED iCTOES IK THE JOO

IWBITTMf FOB TOT DISrATCH.3

A short time ago I happened to be aguest at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, NewTork, when Billy Florence, the populaicomedian, was occupying his apartments

there. I had the pleasure of meeting himand engaging iu conversation with him,whan it occurred to me he might tell me thetrue story of the famous Lee dinner, so oltenreferred to in the newspapers, but nevertold in a satisfactory way. To my delighthe consented, confirming the surmise thathe and Sothern were at the bottom of it.

"Philip Lee," began Florence, "was thehusband of the beatftifnl and gitted Adelaide

' Neilson, since whose death we have neverseen a Juliet upon the stage to equal her.Lee was the son of au English clergyman,and in demeanor and apparel was a gentle-

man. He accompanied his wife to thiscountry, not as her business manager, butsimply as her husband. He was a harmless,pleasant, gentlemanly fellow, with but little.knowledge of American ways. It is sottrue, as has frequently been stated, that heknew so little of this country that he ex-

pected to see buffaloes plunging down Broad-way and Indians tomahawking people inCentral Park, New Xork, nor was his sur-prise at the absence of such adventures theinspiring cause of the joke of which he wasmade the victim. Its inception was in thisway:

BOUNDING THEIB MAN.

"At the time Lee was in New York in thefall ol 1877, he was the guest of the FifthAvenue Hotel, where I was also staying, asI have been for years, and Mr. Sothern wasquartered at the Grammercy Park Hotel.One night the three of us met accidentallyand Sothern and myself desiring to pay theEnglishman some attention, invited him toaccompany ns to the old chophouse, kept byGeorge Brown, and there have a bite andsup before going to bed. "We walked upFifth avenue together and as we were op-

posite the Glenham Hotel our attention wasattracted by a disturbance across the way,evidently caused by a brawl between apoliceman and some jovial young blades.Lee, who was very curious about everythinche saw, exclaimed: "Bless mel "What'sthat?' Mr. Sothern replied in the most non-

chalant manner, as he continued walkingon, 'Oh, only another dead man.'

" 'Another man dead,' gasped Lee, 'Lordbless me, what do you mean?'

'"Oh, that's nothing,' exclaimed Sothernwith a wave of his hand, 'I stumble acrossthem every night on my way home. Tbeyare killing men around here all the time.I trip over them, but pay no attention tothem, bnt keep right on my way home. Idon't care to be summoned as a witness be-fore the Coroner every day of my life.'

" 'Bless mel' exclaimed Lee, '"What a re-

markable country.'BULL ANOTHEB 8UBPBISE.

"We finally reached Brown's, and havingsecured a table we ordered chops and ale.Sothern and myself had notanv joke upon our guest, but lie had givenme a wink which I knew meant mischief,and I was alert to play second to any parthe proposed performing. "While we wereeating Sothern suddenly reached over andplaced his fork in one of my chops, attempt-ing to remove it to hiB plate.

"I prevented this by the insertion of myown fork and then said in calm, but de-termined tones: 'Ned, I don't like that;' towhich Zord Dundreary responded, but not

the feeble tones of that stuttering stagennlilpmnti: 'MV. TTlorpnrp T dnn'r raw- , .whether you like it or not; I want that chop.

"With that I sprang upon him with up-lifted knife, and grabbed my dearly belovedfriend by the throat, and he seized me in asimilar way, while he apparently made des-perate eflorts to cnt my jugular vein. In themelee which ensued the table was upset, andchops, ale, dishes, knives, forks and all theother appurtenances of the table descendedupon poor Lee in a shower. Brown, the pro-prietor of the establishment, who knew usboth intimately, rushed forward and separ-ated us, and, at his solicitation, he thinkingwe were entirely in earnest, we finally shookhands, and renewed our vows of eternalfriendship upon one another's bosoms.

BY WAY OF INITIATION."That was the inception of the famous Lee

dinner hoax. Sothern came to me after-ward and said that he desired to give theEnglishman a dinner at the GrammercyPark Hotel in order to introduce him to thecustoms of the great American people, andsaid that the only part he desired me to takein it was to be sure that Lee should be onhand at the appointed hour, which was noonof the following Sunday. To this I azreed.I knew, of course, that some manner of jokewas to be perpetrated upon Miss Neilsou'ahusband, hut I pledge my word that I wassot let fully into the secret and was not ad-vised of the programme.

"At the designated time I escorted Lee tothe banquet room, which was on the firstfloor in the rear of the hotel office. I loundout atterward that by special arrangementwith Mr. Judson, the proprietor, the doorsand windows had been well padded andcovered so that no noise from within couldreach beyond them. Those assembled wereJohn McCallough, Harry Montague, J. S.Polk, Charles Gaylor, all of whom hadachieved fame upon the stage; Ban Bryantand Nelse Seymour, the most famous negrominstrels of their day; Commodore Dickin-son, of the New York Yacht Club; GeorgeBrown, of the chophouse which bore hisname; a gentleman named Cooper, and, ofcourse, Sothern, Lee and myself. Myl MvlMyl" sighed the genial Florence, losing hissmile for a moment, "bow many of us areleft! McCullough, Montague, Sothern, LeeSeymour, Bryant, Brown and Cooper areall dead! "Well, now to the dinner.

TIES! INDICATION 07 TBOUBLE.

"The oysters had been disposed of and thesoup had just been placed on the tablewhen Ch'arley Gaylor arose and in very im-pressive tones spoke as follows: 'Gentle-men, I think this is a most auspicious oc-

casion to bring about peace between twomen who, while strangers, were once de-

voted friends. I do not think1 that rancorshould exist in any heart at a gathering ofthis kind. To be sure it may ill become meto act the part of a peacemaker, for while itis trae that I have shed human blood, thatmy right band has been red with the coreof another, it must also be borne in mindthat I was triumphantly acquitted of the

'offense and that a jury of my peers saidthat I had acted only in

"You can readily iniagine that this rathertook the breath out of my friend Lee, whohad been seated upon my leit He whis-

pered to me: 'What has he done? Did hekill anyone?'

"I looked at him warninply and pot afinger on my lips as I whispered back,'Eh b h, it was nothing; only his mother.'I heard him mutter 'My God!' as be shrunkin his chair, and then be leaned toward meand whispered: 'Of whom is he speaking?'

"As I didn't know myself, I couldn't welltell him, but I warded bim off by saying:'Yon will learn it all in a moment. Hiswords might apply to almost any two menabout the board, because trery lellow herehas killed his man.'

TWO FAMOUS CONTESTANTS.

Just then Gaylor threw light cpon thesubject by saying as he pointed with onehand towards the clever negro minstrel,Dan Bryant, and with the other towardsthat equally famous delineator of corkhumor, Nelse Seymour; and said in feelingtoties: 'Of course, gentlemen, it is hardlynecessary for me to say that I refer to Amer

iea's most famous poet, William CullenBrvant. and that equally distinguished

j gentleman, M. Seymour, the son of the tal- -entedexHiovernor oi ine ocate oi newYork, Horatio Seymour, and I now requestthat these two gentlemen shake handsacross the table and let the bloody feudwhich has existed between them end here.'

"I had scarcely time to give an affirma-tive reply to Lee's whispered inquiry, 'Isthat really William Cullen Bryant?' whenthere ensued the most remarkable scene whichI ever witnessed in my life. I cannot now,even, after more than one dozen years haveelapsed, think of it without the tears oflaughter coming to mr eyes. Seymour wasa man over six feet in height and with legsthe length of which were absurdly out ofproportion to the rest of his body. He ap-peared to be split up almost to his neck.One of bis most famous feats upon theminstrel stage was to suddenly throw one othis feet about a man's neck 'and draw theother fellow toward him.

BATTED HIM IN THE LEOS.

"Upon thisorcasion Bryant, in obedienceto Gavlor's summons, had reached forth hisright hand when Seymour suddenly threwhis right leg across the table, caught hisfriend and fellow-minstr- el by the bade ofthe neck, drew him toward him and hit himsquarely between the eyes. In another in-

stant both men were on the top the tableamidst the soup dishes and were snarlingand biting and tearing at one another like apair of bull dogs. I could only hold Lee inhis chair br main force. In the midst ofthe contest the table upset and the poor an

was almost drowned in soup. WhileBryant and Seymour were making a mock-ery of struggling beneath tbe debris, Sey-

mour by wetting the fingers of his handsecured a quantity of blacking from one ofhis shoes, and with this gave himself thesemblance ot a mace

"Whan some appearance of order was ob-

tained a trace was patched np between thecombatants, and after Seymonr's blackenedeye had been bandaged they were Inducedto shake hands, whereupon the other mem-bers of the company who were in the secretexclaimed admi.ingly, 'Once a gentleman,always a gentleman,' and declared that 'atrue American gentleman can always betold by bis willingness to settle a little dif-ference amicably.'

"Lee whispered to me in tremulous indig-nation, 'This is most shameful,' to which Ireplied, 'I don't see how you say thatThere was no one killed.' Thereupon heamended his remarks by saying, 'At least itwas most unfortunate. I am dreadfullysorry it occurred.

SHOOTING OVEE THE TABLE.

"The table was got ".n shape again andthings moved along smoothly and pleas-antly for some time, until Polk and Sothernbecame engaged in apparently a very angryand excited dispute about the merits of theNorth and the South, in the midst of whichMr. Sothern suddenly arose to his feet and,drawing a revolver, fired it directly overPolk's head. Immediately a scene of thewildest excitement ensued. In less than 20seconds 20 shots from revolvers had beenfired across the table. Polk, Gaylor, Mc-Cullough, Montague, Seymour, Bryant andSothern were not only firing blank cartridgesfrom revolvers, but were brandishing hugeknives over one another's heads. Dickin-son, Cooper and Brown had by this timediscovered the affair was a joke and simplyadded to the tumult.

"The terror of the Englishman was almostEitiable. He begged to be allowed to go, but

were so thoroughly in love withhim that they would not let him depart.There was upon the table at this particularjuncture a large dish of asparagus, coveredwith drawn butter, and most of the combat-ants managed to get their hands into thismess, and while thus besmeared they wouldtake turns in jumping around to where Iwas holding Lee in place and, bringingtheir palms down upon his shoulders, wouldbeg oi him to be seated and assure him thatthe difficulty was simply a trifling one, andthat tbey Mould regret it to their dying dayshould he leave them. So frequent werethese expressions of hospitality that Lee wassmeared from head to foot with drawn but-ter.

THE GBEAT M'CULLOUQH.

"I shall never forget the spectacle that thelate lamented John McCullough presentedupon that occasion. Having fired his re-

volver he drew a long Boman sword fromhis boot, and with one swirl cut off the neckof a champagne bottle as it he were decapi-tating a foe, and then waving it threaten-ingly over the head ot Lee and myself heexclaimed: 'Why does not the gallant Flor-ence stand by his friends? Where is his re-volver I have traveled with himthrough the West, and then he never wentwithout bis arsenal, and scarcely a daypassed without his killing his man,'

"In the midst of the fracas, Seymour, whohad temporarily disappeared, appeared inthe doorway attired in a white hat andapron, which he had procured from tbe hotelchef, and announced that the landlord de-clared that tbe entire party must vacate theroom. He had not finished the speechwhen everything on the table, includingeven the large, heavy dishes, was hurled athim; and it is really a wonder that he es-

caped the shower unhurt. By this timeeveryone in the room, and especially theEnglishman, was a lamentable sight to be-hold. Each man was smeared and crushedand tumbled and torn from head to foot.

"Lee could stand it no longer. He got onhis feet finally and managed to say that,while he had beard such scenes as he hadwitnessed were enacted in the great oities ofAmerica, he was astounded and disappoint-ed to find that tbey were the custom amonggentlemen, and farther said that he wouldhave to leave to keep a dinner engagement.I put him in a carriage to conceal his dilap-idated condition. When we came to settlewe found that our bill was 600. The itemfor breakage alone amounted to $80.

A CHALLENGE TO A DUEL.

"The story had a sequel, in which thetables were turned upon Sothern and my-

self, althongh I do not see why I should bepunished for the sins ot others. The morn-ing after the dinner Gaylor sent Lee a chal-lenge to fight a duel, the former namingme as his best man. Lee was acquaintedwith Judge Dowling, and handed him theletter. The latter smelled a mouse and de-

termined to play a trick upon Sothern andmyself.

"Aconstable,armed with a warrant,issuedby Judge Cowling, took me from my bedone morning belore 6 o'clock, and anotherone took Sothern in charge at tbe samebeastly hour and escorted us to the policecourt We asked not to be thrown into thepen among the cbronio drunkards andthieves, and were placed in a private room,with no one in charge ot us. We could haverun awav, but did not. We waited therewithout Wakfast until 9 o'clock, and thenasked impatiently when Judge Dowlingwould give us a hearing, the charge beingthat of conspiring to send a challenge. Wewere informed by the officer that JudgeDowling was not sitting that week and thatJudge Hagen was on the bench, whereupon,we walked back to our hotels."

LOUIB.

HEADGEAB ttstti to mrr.T.,

Olio Oct Bewildered and the Women Don'tLike tbe Workmanship,

Detroit Free Press. J

"The hardest things in the world to sellat retail are hats and bonnets," said aveteran clerk in one of the leading retailestablishments in this city. "A man comesin and wants a hat and of course he knowsbis size and he thinks he knows the kind ofa hat he wants; bnt when he sees three orfour different shapes and observes the ap-pearance he makes in each bat, as he triesit on, be appears to become bewildered.Very few men make studies of tbeir ownbeads aud faces before &r mirror until tbeyenter a bat store, and then they look strangein tbeir own yes.

"With women it is different "Womenare great devotees of tbe mirror, andespecially as regards tbeir heads and faces.Why are bonnets bard artloles to sell? Itis because ot the intuitive self-conc- otwomen. No woman lives who ever saw anew bonnet for the first time who did notsay to herself that she could have taken tbesame material and make a better bonnet"

mCLARA BELLE'S CHAT.

The Girl Who Has a Bad Complexion

Is in Duty Bound to Faint

DISCRETION WITH A HARE'S FOOT.

Story of a Plebeian Yellow Car land aPatrician French Poodle.

IN H0HE6T FOOTHAH AND HIS LOTE.

rCOBBXSrOXBXNCI OT THX BISFATCH.1

Ne-- Yobk, May 17.N actress of world-wide.!jSe5 fl renown said to

me yesterday: "Its all nonsense to

condemn artificialityin the complexionsof women. If youhave a clear, pnre(kin, leave it natural,mSxto of course; but if itbe muddy and rough,W I I 1C.T 'VU--T- N

paint and powder it( saw a girl in aarlor last evening

wearing an Empiregown and withn ei t h e r touch ofrouge nor bit of

A yffl court plaster on hera 4 pale face. She was

a failure. It is amatter of history that the bewitching Julias,Claudias and others who figured as heroesof ancient Borne applied unguents, cos-

metics, paints and powders to their com-

plexions. The Cleopatras and other fairones of old were wielders ol the hare's foot

and powder-puf- f Jezebel was probably butemulating the fashions of the day when shepainted her face and tired her head.

"Nowadays the scientific improvementsof the age with regard to lighting arrange-ments, in fact, have necessitated a certainamount of artificial coloring. One does notcare to have one's artistio susceptibilitiesoffended by the sight of over-flori- d faces, orhollow eyes and pallid cheeks above perfecttoilets, whose harmonious coloring is so dis-

tinctly displayed by tbe electric light, Doris there any reason why the rough patchesmade by the wind's rude fingers should beallowed' to disfigure a more or less velvetyskin when the powder puff's arttul aid canbe called into requisition to remedy the de-

fectIX HAS BECOME A DUTY.

"We live in an age when we expect every-thing to look its best, and woman, above allelse, owes it as her duty to society to showherself off to the best advantage, eventhough she has to depend wholly upon herdressmaker and hairdresser to bring aboutthat desirable end."

The actress was at tbe actors' fund mati-nee, and on every side were heavily daubedsoubrettes, emotionals and other fair ones otthe stage. "Of course," she continued, "itisn't desirable that the broad effects suitablefor the footlights should be adopted in theunsparing light of day. If these actressesoff duty would be advised on such a matterthey would find that a thinner applicationof blanc de perle, a lighter hand with tbehare's foot, and a less Cimmerian blacknessof the eyes will serve their purpose betterthan tbeir bold but crude treatment ot theirfaces. Women apparently arrange theircomplexions to snit their toilets or the stateof the weather, and one may observelhereastrange variety ot powder hues. There is adeadly white against which the red andblack of lips and eyes have a clown-lik- e

effect; there is a cream or yellowish tinge,adapted for gloomy days, and which toneseffectively with dark toilets; a decidedlypink shade, which, with the rouge, makes asymphony in red; and finally an unmistak-able blue, the precise object of which is notapparent These are the backgrounds onwhich the coloring is applied, and in thislatter tbe only variation is that in somecases it assumes a dull, faded hue, the re-

sult of frequent use, while iu others it hasall the aggressive redness ot a boiled lob-ster. They needn't be more natural, butmore artistio."

PATBICIAN AND PLEBEIAN.A little comedy scene took place on Fifth

avenue before amused spectators. A hand-some black French poodle 'was prancinghappily along at .the side of a stylish, fine-form-ed

and sweet-face-d girl. On his collarwas tied a large and elegant blue satin bow.He seemed proud of himself and his prettymistress, and he disdained a little yellow

The Proud Poodle Humbled,

cur that sat on a doorstep with a small,ragged, snub-nose- d boy. The little yellowdog had watched tbe approach of the poodlewith great interest, cocking his head on oneside and glancing up at his diminutivemaster to see if he had discovered the im-pressive sight

When the poodle came opposite he turnedhis bead and gave a short glance at the yel-low dog. The' latter wagged his tail, andseemed to wait for an invitation to introducehimself. But the poodle ignored him, andwas passing on in his majesty without asecond glance. This was too much for thelittle yellow dog. He was evidently proudspirited, and was determined not to behumiliated in that style before the coldworld. He pattered out to the poodle andconfronted him. Then, as the patriciananimal lifted his nose into the air and con-temptuously sniffed, the yellow dog jumpedat tbe blue ribbon on tbe other's collar.With a little shake ot the head he pulledout the bow and then dragged the ribbon tohis master on the step. That worthy howledwith rage.

"Wot yer do that fur. Bmoke? Aint yergot no sense? Gimme a at ribbon."

The boy fiercely tore the ribbon away fromhis dog, gave the poor little fellow a slapside of the head, and then ran to the younglady to restore her poodle's bow. Tbe girlwas smiling, and, taking a piece of moneyfrom her pnrse, gave it to the boy, and thenwent over and tied the blue ribbon roundthe neck of the little yellow cur. A fewminutes later the boy and bis dog were go-ing up street, the dog seemingly doing hisbest to imitate the jaunty trot ol the con-ceited French poodle.

PANSIES rOB A PBIZB.

At 10 o'clock one morning, a girl that canaafely be called the most beautiful of all thebeauties in the Four Hundred was walkingdown Fifth avenue between two young fel-

lows that were both very mueh captivatedby her lovable charms, and to these this fairmaid stid that she had been searching in

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pftpfrsfitteo- - tasPAScm,vain for some pansies to wear to Mrs.

dance that evening."I am to wear a gown that pansies would

go beautifully with, said she; "and theyare my favorite flower, too. How stupid itis ot all the florists to miss having them to-day."

The young men deliberated for an instant,and then offered simultaneously to secure abunch or pansies and send to the beauty be-fore evening.' "If you should get me some you would de-

serve a prize," said she."Then offer a prize," exclaimed the young

men together."Oh, I tell you what I'll do," oiled tha

girl, suddenly struck with a brilliant idea."The one who brings the flowers to me firstshall kiss my hand."

"Ohl" exclaimed the young men. "Youdon't mean it?"

This arrangement was agreed to, and, bid-ding the girl g, the young menstarted off upon their missions. At 7:30o'clock that night a disconsolate lookingfigure ascended the steps of the pansy-lovin-gbeauty's residence and asked to see theyoung lady. In a few sad words be ac-quainted her with tho fact that he hadtraversed Manhattan Island from one end tothe other and that he had failed to find apansy. While relating his story the otheryoung man was ushered in. His face wasaglow with joyous anticipation, as he ad--

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i Got Them at Philadelphia.vanced enthusiastically to the tremblingmaiden, and, with a quick movement, threwaside the paper covering from a huge hunchof the most perfect, velvety pansies.

THE BBATE DESEBVE THE FAIB."Where where did you get those?"

gasped the unfortunate loser of the race."I went to Philadelphia for them, my

boy," cried the other.'"'Oh, how absurd," said the girl, pleased

beyond expression at the compliment thisexertion implied.

"Why, I would have gone," rejoined thevictorious youth, as he extended his handto receive hers, "to New Orleans if you hadonly made the time limit a little longer,"and bending over the snowy, little hand bepressed his mouth long and warmly upon it.

"I have been compelled to go withoutfood and drink since leaving you," sug-gested the glowing youth, raising his eyes tothe girl's.

"Oh, then you must take dinner with us.""I was not thinking of that I thought

the fast might be worth an extra prize."The look that he received from the proud

beauty reassured him to such an extentthat he bent again and took at least a half-doze- n

kisses from the tiny flower of thebeauteous maiden's hand.

"Now, what do I get," asked the discon-solate one.

"Oh, I'll give you a boutonniere out ofthese pansies," laughed the girl.

According to all romantio laws theof the lovely lady and brave man,

who so richly deserved the fair, ought to beannounced in good season, I regret to say,however, that the fair coquette will in alllikelihood wed the other.

AN HONEST SCOTCH FOOTMAN.

Here is another absolutely true love story:A citizen ol the Murray Hill stamp wasasked by a yalued footman recently for aprivate interview. When by themselves inthe library, the gentleman, attentive andwaiting, was surprised to see Donald's honestface, which topped 6 feet 2 of sturdy Scotchbrawn, paling and flushing liko a girl's,while he vainly tried to speak.

"Maister," he gasped at last, "I maungang awa' the morrow."

"Donald, my man, yon don't mean youwish to leave my service? Are you not satis-fied with your wages and your privileges?"

"The saints in heaven could na' findfault, sir, bnt I maun gane awa'."

"I cannot let vou go, Donald, without agood cause. What are your reasons forwishing to go?"

"O, Maisterl" tho poor fellow groaned,with an effort, "the bonny lassie, MissBessie I canna', canna' stay, sir."

"Miss Bessie, man! Has Miss Bessietreated you unkindly? I would not sup-pose it possible."

"Ne, no, sir," and then by much prod-ding ot the reluctant man it transpired thatDonald had lost his heart to thedaughter of his employer, and felt in honorbound to leave the house.

AND DONALD SAILED AWAY.

"Does my daughter know this? Haveyou spoken to her? Why, Bessie is only achild, you rascal!" exclaimed the father Inrising passion,

"Miss Bessie's na balm, sir Miss Bessieis an angell" declared Donald, with a vagueimpression that in speaking of the angels,age is never mentioned: "but she dunnattcnaw pure Donald's heart she dunnatknaw."

"Ob, come, my man, this is too silly. Idon't want to lose you, and you don't wantto throw up a good place. Confound it all,this is preposterous!'

"So it is, sir," assented Donald, humbly,"but oh, Maisterl yestereen when MissBessie came trom her drive in the park herfut slipped on the step I caught her oh.Maister"' with a dramatio gesture towardhis broad chest," "she do have sick een,and sick a futl I maun gang awa'."

And go he did. The morning a'terwardMiss Bessie's maid found a small box at hermistress' door addressed in a painful sprawl.The wondering Miss Bessie found that itcontained a bunch of Scotch heather and agold ring a plain band engraved with athistle Scotland's national emblem. Thatday poor Donald Bailed in the Caledonia,carrying his wounded, honest heart back tothe "auld countree." Claba Belle.

BIBBS THAI DA50H.

A Wonderful Sight In One of tho DenseForests of Brazil.

In his "Pioneering in South Brazil,"Mr. Bigg-With- er relates that one morningin the dense forest his attention was rousedby the unwonted sound of a bird singing-songs- ters

being rare in that district Hismen, immediately they caught the sound,invited him to follow them, hinting that hewould probably witness a very curioussight Cautiously making their waythrough the dense undergrowth, they finallycame in sight of a small stony spot ofground, at the end of a tiny glade, and onthis spot, some on the stone and some on tbeshrnbs, were assembled a number of littlebirds, about the size of tomtits, with lovelyblue plumage and red topknots.

One was perched quite still on a twig,singing merrily, while tbe others werekeeping time with wings and feet in a kindof dance, and all twittering an accompan-iment He watched them for some time andwas satisfied they were having a ball andconcert and thoroughly enjoying themselves;they then became alarmed and the perform-ance abruptly terminated, the birds all go-

ing off in different directions. Tbe nativestold blm that these little creatures wereknown as the "dancing birds."

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BETTER-- MT MARRY.

Pacis and Figures for Young loversof Moderate Incomes.

EXPENDITURES OF A MODEL YOUTH.

Itemlxed Accounts of a Harried Man Withas Average Family.

FEW PLMA8UBEB ON $30 PEE WEIK

tUHlVtKX ro THB PlSrATCH.

If Benjamin Franklin had waited untilthe present time to write that delightful let-

ter to young people in which he advocatesearly marriages, he would never have writ-

ten it He was too observant a man and tootrne an adviser to have done it conscien-tiously in this day. Perhaps in the dayswhen enr grandfathers' grandfathers wereyoung men and were contemplating seriouslythe advantages and disadvantages of matri-mony, that was good advice. It is good ad-

vice now for young men who have wealthyfathers or large and sure incomes. Bntthings have changed since Franklin died, touse an adaptation of a slang remark of somepopularity.

I have been making some inquiries amongmy friends, married and unmarried, to seejust how much things have changed. Thereare even now some alleged philosophers andphilanthropists who advocate early mar-riages as a means of saving and increasinghealth and happiness. The health and hap-piness are all right; no one doubts they willfollow a judicial mating, but can a savingfollow? If those advisers would do a littleobserving for themselves and not let an""improved theory" back up any and allstatements, they Would have discovered whatI shall endeavor to show below.

MEN OE 2IODEBATE MEAN'S.This argument refers only to those young

men who have moderate and small meansand incomes. The youth whose papa isworth half a million, more or less, and hasno brothers and sisters, may marry as soonas he chooses. But the young men who areearning from, well, say $10 or?12 a week upto $25 per week may be interested in thefigures given below. Aud perhaps youyoung men, yet unmarried, who have largeincomes or rich papas will find the figuresworth reading, for you know riches some-times, in fact very often in these days, takeunto themselves wings.

The first yonng man I spoke to is single,and I endeavored to get him to tell me howhe manages to live on a salary of $12'a week,about the minimum I take it of the salariesreceived by the average young man of hisage and station, for he is 25 years old andfairly well educated. He is a salesman ina book and stationery goods store not farfrom the Pittsburg postoffice, where he hasbeen employed about six years. When hecame to this city he was green, and for thefirst two years existed on only a little morethan half bis present income. It was then,no doubt, that be acquired the habit ofkeeping an account of the principal items ofhis expenditures. He Is always d,

always has a few dollars in his pockets, isnot known among his friends as a "closefellow," though never does he spend a greatdeal. He permitted me to copy off this pageo? bis little memorandum book. It showshis expenses for the year ending January 1,last:

EXPENDITTJBE3 POB A TEAS.One summer suit $ 25 00One winter suit 25 00One percale vest 2 00One spring overcoat 15 00One heavy overcoat ...., 20 OuOna extra pair trousers. 6 60One silk hat S 00One still bat 2 50One soft hat...., l 25One pair button shoe 4 00One pair low shoes 5

Two heavy undershirts. 3 00Two heary underdrawers B 00Two light undershirts 75Two light underdrawers 75hix unlanndrird shirts 3 00Fonr pair heavy merino hose 1 6UFour pair summer hose 1 00One pr suspenders. 38One dozen linen collars 2 00Six pair linen cuffs l 60Bix neckties l 60Eight handkerchiefs 2 00One pair kid gloves 160One pair cloth gloves , 60One pair robber shoes 60Two nightgowns 1 60

Total $133 83

In addition to the above cost of his cloth-ing he gave me the cost of his other littlenecessities:62 weeks' room-ren- t at S3 per week 8104 0062 weeks' board, at 13 50 per week 182 0062 weeks' laundry, at 75 cents per week.. 89 00Places of amusement eto 12 00Incidentals... 20 00

.??.! 5357 00Add clothing 133 83

Qrand total 8490 88Dividing this by 2 we find that his ex-

penses for living, clothes, amusements, etc.,were about 9 45 per week, leaving him$2 65 per week, or $132 60 per year to layby lor a rainy day.

Of course you will say that this youngman is poorly dressed in a $25 suit and a $15overcoat, six months worn. But he isn'tThere is not a neater, cleaner, better-looki-

young man in the city this day than myfriend, bearing in mind that "better"doesn't mean "richer" in this case. Youwouldn't know from hu appearance butthat he is receiving $25 a week instead of$12. He is dressed comfortably, too,

BOUGHT NO SHODDY GOODS.

You will notice that be paid $1 60 for theundershirt he has on. For that price an Alarticle can be bought. His shirts are madeof New York mills cotton and have goodlinen bosoms. He told me that he managesto get a shirt for 60 cents by buyingthem at a time when some one of the bigstores has marked such garments down. Tbebalance of his outfit cost about the usualprices paid by yonng men. I did not askhim how he expended the $12 foramusements, but if he goes to thetheater he can get a good seat for 50 cents.Thus he could accompany a lady friend 12times during the year, or go 24 times alone.The $20 charged to incidentals means, Isuppose, a glass of beer occasionally, a cigarnow and then or maybe a brief vacationtrip. If be has banked his savings, and con-tinues to do so, in ten years he will haveabout $1,700 provided be doesn't marry.

We see that he saved last year $132 60.If he had earned but $10 a week, that wouldhave been $104 less, but still & saving of$28 60, and the same good clothes and foodthat he did have. So a man on $10 a weekcan live quite comfortably. I kuow that,for I am well acquainted with one who didand conld now It be were not married,

AN ECONOMICAL MAREIED MAX.

It took me sometime to find a marriedman whose experiences would fitlyrepresent the average married manand bis expenses. But finally Idid find one. He is drawing towardthe fortieth year mark in his battle withlife, and has been a husband ten years anda father almost as long. He receives $30 aweek as a salesman in a well-know- n Pitts-burg wholesale house, and supports his wifeand children well, if not lavishly. Thechildren are aged and sexed thus: Boy, 8years; girl, 6 years; baby, 2 years. I knowthat these figures, together with those above,will gain eligible-lad- y enemies for me, buthere goes for the itemized expenses lor cloth-ing for those five persons. Tbey representthe expenditures for the year ending Janu-ary l; last:

OXOTHZNa TOB BIMSELT,One winter salt f 18 00One summer suit 16 00One overcoat 15 00One thin coat for store 1 75One silk hat........,..,...,,..,,,,,,,,.,,, 6 00One stiff hat... 2 60Two pairs shoos, cost prtoe 4 75Heavy underwear, two suits 6 CO

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One winter dress, 15 yards, at $1 a yard.. J 15 00Trimmings and making 6 00One summer dress, 15 yards, at 60 cents

a yard........ .... ................ 7 60Trimming and making 6 00One light dress, complete 6 00Three calico dresses, complete 4 50One wrapper, complete..... 8 75Undervesta 1 60Two pair corsets, at 75 cents a pair 1 5060 yards cotton cloth at 8 cents ayard.... 4 008lx pairs bose. 25 cents 1 50Two pa rs shoes, cost prlc 5 00Two pairs slippers, cost pnee 2 00Linen rollars and cuffs... 2 00Handkerchiefs 1 60Two pairs kid gloves 2 00One pair cloth gloves 75One pair rnbber shoes, cost price 80Two bats.... .................. ............ 0 00One cloak 16 00One summer wrap 8 00Incidentals 20 00

Total 1116 80

CLOTHZBTO TOB SOW.

Three salts at $5 each 15 00One overcoat 8 00Two hats, one cap 3 00Four pairs shoes, cost price 6 00Two pairs slippers, cost price 150Two pairs rubber shoes, cost price 35One pair rnbber boots, cost price 1 25Underwear.... ....... 3 00Bix shirt walita at 50 cents 8 00Eight pairs bose at 25 cents 2 00Bix linen collars 90Three neckties., 75Handkerchiefs, gloves, etc 2 60

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One best winter dress and making 8 2 75One flannel school snit 2 50Bix summer dresses at 81 60..... 9 00Underwear 3 CO

Eight pairs hose at 25 cents 2 00Three pairs shoes, cost price 4 50Three pairs slippers, cost price 1 50One pair rubber shoes, cost price 80One pair rnbber boots, cost price 1 25Three hats ; 6 00"Winter cloak 8 00Light cloak 6 00Incidentals 10 00

Total f 64 80

OLOTETJIO TOB BjBV.Dresses S 8 00Cloak.: 5 00Two hats 2 60Three pairs shoes, cost price 2 25Underwear 2 00Eight pairs hose 2 00Incidentals .-

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Total 27 75This string of figures has grown long, so

let us stop here to glance at the manner inwhich this married man is dressed. It willbe seen that his clothing costs him some $51less than that of the single young man,though his salary is one and one-ha- lf timesgreater. His clothes are all ready-mad- e,

and be made last year's light overcoat doservice this year. On all sides he econo-mizes. His wife is really well dressed; thatis she looks so. Bhe wears a seal cloth coatthat cost $45, but as she gets three years'service from it. he eives me but $15 as oneyear's expenditure in that direction. She,m 1f i J 4ldh AkilHvAii'aiuaea an uer owu auu iug kuijuiu adresses, and the 50 yards of cotton clothcharged to her, he tells me. is used to makemnch of her own and the little ones' Under-garments. He gets all footwear at costprice, saving a little there.

Now that we have got the cost of clothingthis family of five persons, let's take up theirliving expenses. The gentleman lives intbe suburbs because he can find a bettersuite of rooms in a better locality and forless money than down town. His children,too, get a plenty of good air and have roomto play, while the school facilities are asgood as elsewhere. He gives me his livingexpenses as follows:

HIS LIVXHO EXPENSE3.House rent five rooms, suburban S 240 00Car fares i 00Grocer's bill, average of to a week 2C0 00Provision bill, average of S4 a week 208 00Natural gas.. ....... 55 00Illuminating gas 10 00Milk bill average of 70 cents a week.... 63 40Paper bill, 70 cents a month--. 8 40Incidentals 60 00

Total t 811 80

Now to recapitulate:Clothing for husband f 82 40Clothing for wife 118 00Clothing for son 46 25Clothing for daughter. 54 00Clothing for baby 27 75House and living expenses.. 811 80

Grand total 11,239 80

ONLY ONE CONCLUSION.Now divide this by 62, and we find that

the average living expenses of the five per-

sons were $23 84 a week, and that the hus-band might possibly save $6 16 per weekfrom his salary of $30. This would amountto about $320 a year, or in ten years, withinlavasl rn anmA Lt flflfi Annnrri frt hflT It

nice little home, and provided always that Jmere is iiiue sionness in ius laouir nuu uua heavy expenditure for furniture, carpets,distant visits, etc.

From tbe two instances given it is seenthat a single man can live well on $10 or$12 a week, and a married man with threechildren on $30 a week, and both save money

until one marries, and' the other's chil-dren grow up. The question is oiten asked,how can a man support a family on $12 aweek? He can't except bv observing thevery strictest economy, leaving all luxuriesby the wayside and denying himself andhis wife ot much that seems at first thongbtnecessary, for the children's sake.

The man on $30 a week with a family offour besides himself about tbe average sizeof families ten years established may seemto have a "fat" thing, but cast your eyesover tbe figures given above again and seefor yourself that he wears poorer clothes,has fewer pleasures and perchance poorerfood than the single man on $12 a week.

It isn't 10 "fat" after all I W. A P.

A COHFOET TO EDITOEa

Inventlaa for the Benefit of tha WritingGeniuses ot Kentucky.

Any one might guess that a Kentuckyman is entitled to the credit whioh attachesto the invention of a "combined inkstand,pistol case and burglar alarm." No Ken-

tucky editor's desk should be without itThe application may be illustrated: Aneditor sits at his desk writing. One of the

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Hatfields or one of the McCoys enters toask a correction of the report about that

creek. Tberow over on in

editor reaches forward as if to dip his penin the ink.

He touches a spring in the top of the ink-stand. A shallowidrawer flies open towardhim and his hand drops upon the revolver.At tbe same time tbe alarm goes oil like oneof those new devices to call people at 5 A.M. in country hotels. Tbe mountaineerJumps back as if he heard the of arattler, and belore he recovers he is cov-ered. The editor is master of tbe situation.This inyentor lives in Louisville.

Wall of tha Washington Girl.Washington Post.;

A charming young lady who doesn't be-

gin to be near the first corner-ston- e, hasevolved from her Inner consciousness thefollowing refection on masculine Washing-ton:Tbe saddest words of tongue or pen.There are too many woman and not enough

men.

Bough ou tha Arcbltaeu.Detroit Free Press,

If 70a happen to strike a New Yorkarchitect when he hasn't had a meal ofvictuals for two days you can get tbe fullplans of a $40,000 bouse for 60 cents. If heisn't very hungry he will charge you $5.Architecture, like chromos, has got down toDro-roe- jc. -

THE CUESE OF LABOR

Bessie Bramble Sees Hope in theFntnre for Both Men and Women.

PROSPECTS FOE EIGHT EOUES.

What Bciencs and Invention Hay Accom-

plish for Housekeepers.

COOKING BI MEANS OF ELECTRICITY.

rwmrrxx fob thz dispatch."The grandfathers worked 14 hours a day

for a living, the fathers worked 12, thetoilers of the present 9 and 10, but tbeirchildren will work 8 hours" probably less.

Whether tbe demand for a working dayof eight hours with the same wages begranted generally now or not, it is plain to

see it will come eventually, as even now thedesired end is being conceded in spots. Inthe poem of Mrs. Osgood, so popular in theschools, she says: "Labor is worship;" andurges very poetically that labor islife, and health, and rest fromsin 'promptings and petty vexations, butstill it requires little showing that men do

not hanker after such worship, or women

either, but ardently long for the joys ofleisure, the sweets of rest, tbe freedom ofthe will to pursue their own devices and de-

sires in the pursuit of happiness. In order,however, to appreciate the sentiment that"Labor is worship" and all tho other prettythings said by tbe poets on the subject, no-

body wants too much of it The great andgeneral impression is that a little of it maybe health and rest, but like the "longprayer" at church an abbreviation of thetime would be most grateful to the majorityof mankind.

LABOB IMPOSED A3 A CTJBSE.

The poem, however, does not tall in wil&the old Genesis story that labor was imposedupon mankind as a curse for tbe dis-

obedience of the first husband and wife ineating of the forbidden truit There in a par-adise tbey bad love, luxury, leisure, all thatcould most delight tbe soul, and yet like apair of "blooming idiots"they destroyed hap-piness in the world, and introduced originalsin. The ground was cursed for tbe sake ofAdam, thorns and thistles it was decreed tobring forth to make the work of getting aliving out of it hard, and to make nira earnhis bread by tbe sweat of bis face until heshould return to the dust out of which hewas made.

But whatever may be thought of laborwhether imposed as a curse or bestowed as ablessing given for a form of prayer orworship it is certain that nine-tent- of thepeople of the earth have to engage in it, andtn the "demnition horrid grind" to find foodand clothes, and their best condition of lifeas it is, whether they desire to do so or notDryden says "mankind has a natural re-

pugnance for labor." But tbe necessity ex-

ists for it all the same. Tbe doctors saythat labor adds to health and the cure ofdisease, but this must apply only to whereIt is carried on with moderation.

WEECKS FEOM OTEBWOEK.Look at the people upon the streets.

How many workingmen of middle age thereare who have a weary, overstrained, used-u- p

look, while the women are as plainly over-tired, shattered and broken down I All havetoo much of toil, too much of poverty, toolittle pleasure and enjoyment of life. Sighthours a day is enough for any one to work,either man or woman.

The work of the farmer, the gardener, theman whose toil has to be governed by theseasons, or the demands that make cessationa loss cannot come up to the general law.The crops upon which the living of all toil-

ers depend must be gathered when in pronercondition, regardless of rules of trade, orKnights of Laborregulations, or Federationedicts. Bnt in city shops, and trades wberetbe work goes on without reference toweather, the eight-hou- r law couldbe adopted to advantage. It wouldalso be a boon to the miners,to the clerks in thethops, and to bands em-

ployed in factories. All shopping couldjust as easily be done inside of eight hoursas ten, as all buyers would soon adapt them-selves to the new rules.

BECEPTIOX OF HEW IDEAS.

It takes a long time apparentlv for a newidea to grow. People resist innovationsimply because they are afraid of change.Plenty of talkers say this plan would neverwork in tbe world, but just sneh peoplefought the telegraph said Stephenson'siron horse would never run by steam. Butit can be tried at all events, and thepeople will either adapt themselves to it orlet it go.

In tbe old days of the nation,when the pioneers were laying tbefoundations of the country, it wasconsidered a sort of sin to devoteany time to the luxury of leisure jr ratherto the pursuit of anything in which theworker took pleasure. Beading was deemedby tbe good housewives a waste of precioustime that might be given to viecing quiltpatches. In families of old, reading was onlyallowed upon Sunday in the intervals of go-

ing to church. Tbe catechism and the Bibleof course took the lead, but Plavel's"Method or Grace" or Doddridge's "Riseand Progress of the Soul"might be indulgedin with propriety. But tbe frittering awayof time on anything that could not make orsave money on wees days was most sternlyreDressed. But even in the davs of JonathanEdwards human nature revolted againstsuch strict rules.

NO BEST TOB WOlfEX.Then, as now, however the commandment

that on the seventh day "Thou shalt do nomanner of work" is ignored in the case ofwomen. Tbey have always worked on tbeSabbath. Their three meals a day have tobo prepared, their children have to bewashed and dressed, their rising up and ly-

ing down have to be sanwicbed with toildecalogue to the contrary notwithstanding.Now bow are they to secure their weeklrholiday, and to have their dav's work re-

duced to eight hours? In the hospitals,nnder orders from the doctors, nurses areonly on dnty eight hours a day, but whenwomen nnrse their families or their relativesat home, and have no money topay help, they are at work if needbe tor 24 hours a day, and this too fordays and nights in succession. Thissubjectis a broad and deep one. The martyrdomot the kitchen and the nursery needs to betalked over and thought over by both womenand men. A broken-dow- n wife is an afflic-

tion that many men bear by some patientlyand sympathetically, by others impatientlyand perhaps brutally. It cannot be doubtedthat it tbeir hours ot toil could be short-ened homes would be brighter and liveshappier and longer.

A BAT 07 BOPS.Natural gas has done much to save labor

in the homes, bat it is too expensive for themany. Women still have to carry coal,take out ashes, drudge and scrub, and cookand wash, and sew and darn, and at timeshave five or nz children to nurse throughthe measles and whooping cough aiyl all therest of it, taking up both night and day.

What is needed for relief is that Prof.Perrv's prophecy should speedily be realizedand 'everything in tbe household from sew-

ing machines, mangles, sweepers, downto apple-parer- s, be run by electricity.He adds that with properly constructed ma-

chines the energy of Niagara Falls conld beconverted into electrical power and be trans-mitted to New York and there be used foreverything to which human labor is ap-plied.

But while these advances are said to becoming by virtue of big brains, chemistry isnot idle, bnt is seeking to find such com-

pounds as will furnish nourishing andhealthy food in snch form as will do awaywith all cooking. This would be a ditcor-eryt- o

lighten labor indeed.With such blessings in view it will be

seen that the coming men and women havefair promise of a good time, and will nothave so mnch trouble with tbeir politicaland domestic, economy as do the people of

y, BaaaDB Bramblb.

SPBING CITY, TENNT

THE IBON CENTER, TOE GARDEN CITTOP THE SOUTH.

A Good Point for Pri fltafale Investment.The question is often aseed, what is the

substantial basis of all the "booming" townsin the South, and the prediction is con-fidently made, with a shake of the head,that the "bottom must drop out" sooner orlater. The very word "boom" has a kindof suspicion of rborlatanry about it, and itis often inappropriately used to describe astrong and vigorous growth entirely healthyin character. When one reflects that in thaEast there are 540 iron furnaces, and that150 of them are now idle because the priceot pig iron on tbe market is lower than itcosts them to make it; and when one furtherreflects that all the turnaces in the Chatta-nooga and Birmingham districts can makeiron and carry it to market at from $2 to $4a ton cheaper than tbe Eastern furnaces,a reason begins to be apparent for the

"booms" of many Southern local-ities. As compared with the 510 lur-nac- es

of the Eastern States there are but 31in tbe whole Chattanooga and Birminghamdistricts, and every one can go on makingiron at a profit long after low prices havedriven every Eastern competitor from thofield. These facts can easily be demon-strated, but the most eloquent certificate ofthem is found in the situation as it is inthe East 150 out of 540 furnaces being idle30 percent and in the South 1 ( or localcauses) out of313 percent There is avery eeneral feeling among tbe iron men oftbe'East that a material reduction of tbetariff rates on iron cannot long be post-poned, and if the market price of ironshould be lowered Southern furnaces mustbe indefinitely multiplied.

Of all the new cities oi this favored regionSpring City, Tenn., is, by actual count, thamost favored. An energetic body of capi-talists of large means have bought $1,000,000worth of property in the thriving little cityand the rich mineral lands adjacent andare following the most enlightened policyto give permanent value to their possessions.

SPBING CITT

is a remarkable combination of pastoralbeauty, of picturesque scenery, of agricul-tural and horticultural richness, of wonder-ful mineral wealth, and strategic industrialand manufacturing situation. It stretchesout, a beautiful level plain of 3,000 acres,between Walden's Bidge on tbe west andWi'nell Heights and Laura Hill on theeast, its fair bosom cut in twain by the greatTexas, New Orleans and Pacific Bailway,and washed by the ever limpid mountainwaters of Piney river.

The sum total of its advantages over allother locations in the favored region of theTennessee Valley, when weighed in thasensitive scales ot industrial competition, issufficient to turn the eyes of all thoughtfulbusiness men and capitalists toward it

Bead a brief and temperate summary ofits advantages as a location for manufactur-ing and industrial enterprises, iorresidence,health-seekin- g or investment:

First Two inexhaustible fields of iron,Shin Bone Bidge and Iron Hill, the formerone-ha- lf mile, and the latter six miles fromSpring City, from which ore is being minedin large quantities daily. Spring Citysiron ore is no experiment

Second The Cincinnati Southern andCentral Tennessee Bailways meet here, thelatter striking the Walden's Bidge cokingcoal at two miles and the newly discoveredAndrews or Pocahontas coking coal, '

Third The best coking coal in the world(yielding 91 i per cent ot fixed carbon), ata distance ot 27 miles, made available bythe Central Tennessee Bailway, and thaopening to the market of the wonderfulblock coal through the same medium. Thisblock coal, the only coal in the world thatcan make iron without bring convertedinto coke, exists in vast quantities in theline of the Central Tennessee extension.

Fourth Cheaper iron than any other lo-

cality Spring City's iron ore snpply andher coking coal are nearer together, and bythe extension of the Tennessee Central sixmiles to Iron Hill, ber transportation of oreand coal, without breaking bulk, is neces-sarily secured cheaper than any other lo-

cal itv.Fifth Cheap transportation to market-Spr- ing

City is nearer to the Eastern marketby rail than Cbattanoo?a by 55 miles, thanBirmingham by 135 miles. She is only sixmiles from the Tennessee river, whicn af-fords cheap transportation to the Ohio.

Sixth A cheap river outlet for manufact-ured goods by Piney and Tennessee rivers,the former stream flowing on the outskirtsof tbe city, with power enough to run manyfactories, and navigable for one and one-ha- lf

miles from its mouth, affordinz a splen-did natural harbor for a dozen industries.

Seventh The most beautiful town site lathe Statecertainlycan be claimed for SpringCity. It is high and dry, perfectly level,dotted with blooming orchards, marked withcomfortable and substantial dwellings, andsurrounded by productive farming lands.

Eighth Extensive farming lands-Fie- lds,

pastures, meadows, orchards, vine-yards, nurseries, gardens, etc., surroundSpring City. Peaches and strawberries andother fruits grow in great abundance, onafarmer for the past two years having shipped2,000 crates of fine peaches per year from14J4 acres of trees.

Ninth Wonderful Bhea Springs are buttwo miles from Spring City, approached bya beautiful drive from thelatter point Hereis a handsome hotel with the most charmingsurroundings that nature can bestow, and amineral water that has become celebratedthroughout the South for equalizing thacirculation and restoring the secretory or-

gans. Bhea Springs is a noted summer re-

sort for invalids and pleasure seekers.Tenth Large deposits of fire clay and

metallic paint Tbe finest building stoneand inexhaustible limestone. A thrivingcity ot 1,000 inhabitants with excellentschools, churches, and business houses.

The Anglo-America- n Association is com-posed of practical business men of largemeans who, after tbe most careful examine,tion, have settled upon Spring City as thomost advantageons point in the South forthe manufacture of iron, and for tbe estab-lishment of a great industrial center. Theypropose to make here a permanent city oflactones and furnaces, as well as acity of beautiful homes. Blast furnaces,a $50,000 hotel, water-work- s, elec-

tric lights, street cars, etc., etc., aresome of the things that will be set onfoot immediately. The first auction sale ofbusiness and residence lots takes,pee June3, i and 5. Lots for sale privately untilMay 26 at very low figures.

For fuller information see prospectus oraddress

The Anolo-Amebioa-k Ass'ir.,Lrsi.Spring City, Tenn.

Many thousands of dollars have beenmade by hundreds of people lately by smallinvestments in the "booming"cities of the South. Have you a few hun-

dreds, or even less money, that you wouldlike to have doubled or qnadrupled in 80days? It so, by going down to Spring City,Tenn., now, before their great sale of lots onJnne 3, 4, 5, you can secure Irom the Asso-ciation at private sale lots that will go faythree or fonr times as much in SO days.

Bpbino Citt, Tenn., is the Iron center,the garden citv of the South. 8he canmake iron 60 cents a ton cheaper' than anycity In the South. While she has adjacent(in addition to the Walden's Bidge cokingcoal) a body of ooking coal 3,400 squaremiles in extent, unsurpassed in the world.She mast be the distributing point for thisremarkable coal for all the TennesseeValley lurnaces. Go there and invest in alot at low figures before the great sale Jnne3, i, 6.

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