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with symbols Indicating rain. Most of DAUGHTERS OF OUR PRESIDENTS FINE COUNTBY HOME. There la almost no end to the Improvements being made and tbe results are such as to encourage further effort for GOOD THE SODA FOUNTAIN CLERK. Ha Baa Hie Troablea, Ukt the Beat of the World or Worse, Consider now the meek and usable soda fountain clerk. Who draweth off the moistened air with nimble turn and jerk.

His garb Is always spotless white when first be puts It on. But lo, before an hour bath passed its spotlessness bath gone. For then be bath vanilla on the bosom of his vest, and streaks of red raspberry make bis trousers seem a jest. While chocolate and ginger give a tiger-like effect to the balance of tbe garments In which he Is proudly decked. His hair Is limp and languid, and Is parted square and true Above tbe very center of bis nose, which turneth blue.

Because he bath to linger In tbe acid and tbe ice, to fix up funny mixtures for tbe one that batb the price. He maketh strange concoctions In the line of fancy drinks, and all the while be watcbeth for persuasive sorts of winks. From early morn he twlsteth at the soda water spout, and turneth the ice crusher till the ice hath given out. He diggeth In the ice cream and he -H I a la btIiIIa tils HAallv. their gods bare control over clouds and rain.

In each village there Is a large temple around which stand a number of small houses sacred to various deities, In these are deposited the offerings made by tbe people. Woven shields are sacrified for good luck. These bear designs of the sym bols of the deity to whom they are. offered. On others are shown the animals sacrificed to the deity and a picto rial representation of tbe object of the prayer.

A man who prays for the health of his wife will make an offering on which the figure of a woman is represented weaving or painting. When he prays for tbe welfare of bis herds figures of cattle or sheep are represent ed on his offering, while a woman who prays for skill In any kind of handi work sacrifices a sample of It. A symbol of prayer Is attached to an arrow. Tbe arrow Is frequently stuck into the thatched roof of the temple. and is supposed to take a course toward tbe deity, carrying the wishes of tbe supplicant.

In the temples are also found chairs in which the god Is sun-posed to sit. Symbols of prayer are often attached to the seats, where tbey will at once attract tbe attention of tbe deity. New York Herald. PAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE. EacIUhai Woa la's Description of Men and ea He Bow at Baftalo.

Two things will probably Imprest every observant foreigner who comet here. One is the external refinement of the American women whom be wit meet (all or nearly all of them, as be would say, provincial). A large pro portion are pretty, a few are beautiful and nine-tenths of them are well dress ed without being overdressed. The next thing which will strike tbe stran ger is the surprising sturdlness of the men, their air of alertness, their self reliance, and also tbelr lamentable lack of polish. We are apt to imagine that all Americans are of tbe strenu ouns.

wan, excitable, nerve-worn type so commonly met with in Europe. But us they say, "there are others," mil lions of about tbe fat West and the great middle West, whe are not only singularly wide-awake, but also healthy. These, and not the Wall street speculators, or the grasp lng and "chin-bearded" farmers, are the men who are building up this coun try, earning the fortunes which go Into the pockets of the multi-millionaires and threatening Europe with the most formidable of trade rivalries. Taken Id the mass, tbey seem poorly educated far more poorly than the women. Theii manners, to a sensitive Frenchman or cultured Englishman, are the reverse of prepossessing.

They are raw, the are ungraceful, they are often nwk ward. But they are good-tempered without affectation, and in most prac tical matters they are unmistakably in ttdllgent. Women and men alike, whether the be well or ill dressed, poor or prosper oils, talk too loudly and in shrill 01 rasping tones, eloquent of the dlsdair. with which all evidently regard the privacy so dear to English folk. If yoi were to address any one of them in tbe eouventional plyaseology of London "society" it is "dollars to doughnuts' that tbe answer you would get would be a quick and rather irritating "What'i that?" (equivalent to our "Beg par or an even more exasperating nasal.

long-drawn-out. ami wondering "How?" In the eyes of the.womec there is a rude curiosity, but no specu Iation. In tbe eyes of the men there are self-concentration, eagerness and the suggestion of that scheming tun which. In exceptional Instances, pro duce great organizers like Mr. Carne gle, and in the multitude makes bus! ness "hustlers." Buffalo Letter, to Lon don Chronicle.

A Boy's Art Critique. Wise men say there is nothing really new In this world, and perhaps the loy who passed tbe following criticism upon the drawing abilities of his big sister was an unconscious plagiarist; but, anyway, his verdict amused the sister so much that she tells it occa-aionally, though tbe joke is on herself. The young" woman has a fondness foi executing those works of art which consist in tbe representation of dead game birds hanging by their heels from a nail on a board, fish on a plattei ready for the cook, and fruit grouped on a table around a wine glass. Thest geiris she turned off at the rate, of about four a year, and presented them to her friends for their dining-room walls. She had iust completed a twin pair for a bride.

One represented a mess of lobsters In a nest of salad; the other a basket of teaches, with down on them. like plush. She was so pleased with liotb that she asked her brother if be did not think they were just splen did. It was evident that the youthful critic liked one and not the other. After looking at them a minute or two he said: "Sis, you're a peach on lobsters, but you're a lobster on peaches." Kureljr a.

Gentleman. In far-off years Sir Walter Scott visited tbe first Lord Plunkett, who was then Lord Cbuncellor of Ireland, and was taken to see tbe ruins of the Seven Churches of Glendalough, one of the sights of Ireland. One of the most romantic spots is St. Kevin's Red, a cave which requires a scramble over the rocks to enter. Sir Walter.

In spite of his lameness, penetrated the "shrine." an old peasant woman leudlng him a willing hand. On the return the Ixird Chancellor asked her If she kuew how great a man she had assisted, adding, "He is Sir Walter Scott, the Illustrious poet." "Itegorra, your honor," the old wom an replied, "he's no poet! He's a glu-tleman born an' bred for hasn't he left in me hand piece of silver?" Truly, there Is more than one way of knowing a man by his works. Youth's Companion. Tbe Modern Prise Fight. "Mr.

Fit z-Jeffries." said the reporter. "a cable message from Purls says the champion heavyweight of France wants to fight you." "Well. If be does." replied the great pugilist, "he'll have to do It in English. I'll be hanged If I'll learn his language." Philadelphia Press. Mra.

8aatCe, Pride of tka Walta Wkn Tyler Wat Praaldaat. The recent death of a daughter of President Zachary Taylor raises tbe question of how many presidents daughters are now living. In tbe Louise Home at Washington Is a charming and interesting woman, now aa octogenarian, who once diffused an atmosphere of gayety and brightness throughout the executive mansion, lending something of her natural brightness and charming personality to such of the White House functions as she presided over, for in those days it was not at all tbe functions by any means that women were present. Indeed, excepting the dinners given the cabinet officers and the diplomatic corps, there was but one occasion during Mrs. Semple's residence at the White House when women were present at public dinners, and that was when tbe Prince de Jolnvllle was entertained there.

To tbe public dinners, which were given fortnightly, men alone were bidden, and when the President received he stood well out in the middle of tbe room, while the women of his household stood modestly in the background. It was owing to tbe semi-invalidUm of President Tyler's wife that the duties of first lady of tbe bind devolved upon Mrs. Semple. and none was better fitted to fulfill them than the gifted and beautiful daughter of President and Mrs. Tyler, who was for a time virtually tbe mistress of the executive mansion, one of the fairest and noblest It has ever known.

Mrs. Semple was a young "matron then. Mr. Semple. who was paymaster in the United States navy, was absent much of the time.

Mrs. Robert Tyler was a member of the presidential household, but was -occupied with her MKS. SkXrLt. young family, and Miss Elizabeth Tyler, who afterward married Mr. Waller, was then but a young girl.

Many are he Interesting reminiscences which Mrs. Semple can relate of the life at the White House sixty years ago. The women wore low-necked gowns. short-walsted. and with scanty, clinging skirts, too short to conceal their dainty, high-heeled slippers.

The hair was worn parted smoothly on the fore-bead, and a cluster of li' tie curls almost hid tbe ears. Pretty faces and bright eyes were enhanced by the gay flowers and ribbons heaped In profu sion on enormous leghorn bonnets, extending far over tbe face, and cushions of hair, or eiderdown, held the huge leg of mutton" sleeves In shape. The men were resplendent in buff waist coats, green coats, frilled shirt fronts and collars so high that they half con cealed tbe cheeks and made the turn ing of the head a difficult task. It was during Tylers administration that dancing was introduced at tbe White House, and owing to his daughter's grace and wit the functions at the ex ecutive mansion lost some of their prim stiffness. Mrs.

Semple was her father's con stant companion, aud her ambition was to be as good, rather than as clever, as her father. For all that her reign at the White House was "one of Intellect as well as beauty. Another of President's Tyler's daugh ters Is still living. Mrs. Margaret (01 Penrlt Ellis, of Mecklenburg.

the only surviving daughter of his second marriage to Miss Julia Mrs. Elizabeth Iiandrldgc (Betty Taylor), daughter of President Taylor. lived In Winchester. nnd has just passed away. Mrs.

Nellie (Jrant Sar-torls lives in Washington, as does Mrs. Stanley Brown, who was Mollle Car-field. A few j-ears ago Miss Fanny Hayes, daughter of President Hayes, was married at Fremont. Ohio, to En sign Harry Eaton Smith. Ellen Hern-don Arthur resides In "New York.

Mrs. Mary Harrison McKee has her home at Saratoga Springs. Ruth. Esther and Ma rlon Cleveland and the little 4-year-old girl of the late President Harrison rep resent the daughters of the ex-Presl- dents of the United States. What the French Want.

Frenchmen do not want to rule they want to live. The pursuit of life, of laughter, of charming sensations, of individual development of character- It may all be more iinHrtaiit. more vital human existence than the preoccu pation to rule tine's self and others, tc make laws and to tight. From Stee veils Ullllipses 01 1 nree canons. Not that Kind.

Hasherly That Callow 111ust.be model tmng man. Flasherly -What makes you think so? Dasherly- He's always telling people what a devil he City Independent. Hia One Chance. An Atchison man who Is very fond of rhubarb pie never got any to eat un til this summer, when It was found that the new cook was fot.d of It. She cooks it for herself and the man gets a slice.

Atchison Jlole. Ever see a lot of girls get the gig gles, and finally get them yourself? Short I i 1 A sanctimonious bore, whose hobby was anti-Catholicism, went to the great evangelist one day and put the direct question: "Mr. Moody, do you ever in tend to do any preaching against the Catholics?" "Yes, I may some time "When will that beT" "After all the Protestants are converted." Tbe late Bishop Mandell Crelgbton was once asked if be could state the difference between an Oxford man and a Cambridge man. Tbe professor, as be then was, immediately replied: "An Oxford man looks as If tbe world belonged to him; a Cambridge man as If he didn't care to whom the world be longed." Tbe other day in London, a man went up to what be supposed was an ac quaintance and began to talk to him In the course of conversation be said "I beard your father make such an ex cellent speech In the House of "I am so glad." was the reply; "we lost him about ten years ago. and I am highly gratified to hear that be has gone to so respectable a place." Among the wild escapades remem bered of Lord Waterford's youth is one of the time when he was living in Dub- tin with bis uncle, tbe primate.

Com lng home late at night, he had a great quarrel with his cabman about the fare, and left the man swearing outside tbe door. Dashing Into tbe hall, he found his uncle's gown and trencher ly ing on the side-table, and, putting them hastily on, he turnetl, and going out. with a stick and a gruff voice, said "What do you mean by coming here and trying to cheat my I'll teach you not to do such things for the future," and he thrashed him soundly Tbe man went aWay, saying that he had been thrashed by the Archbishop of Armagh in person. When Booker T. Washington began his early attempts to arouse the colored men of the South to work, regularly, save their money, stop stealing chick ens.

lead good lives, one of his agencies was the establishment of schools. Money was scarce, and it was a day of small beginnings. The first class was held on tbe porch of a house, but it rapidly outgrew the ac commodation, and. In casting about for ampler facilities, he found au old, aban tloued hen-house. Finding a venerable darky idle, he said to him: "Sain, you go up to-morrow morning and clean out that old hen-house back of Mr.

house." "Sho'ly. Mr. was the reply, "you won't clean out a hen-house in de daytime?" During the earlier days' of the reign of Queen Victoria, dramatic perform auces were given at Windsor Castle under the management of Charles Kean The audiences being limited and stiffly aristocratic, the applause was natural ly not especially hearty, and the come uians teit tne absence or the more demonstrative approval manifested In the regular theater. One evening the queen sent an equerry to Mr. Kean to know if the actors would like anything (meaning refreshments), when the ac tor replied: "Say to her majesty that should be grateful for a little applause when the spectators are pleased." Back went the and conveyed the message.

At tbe end of the act there was a slight suggestion of hand-clap ping and exceedingly gentle foot-tap ping. James Wallack. who knew noth ing of the mesttage sent to the queen bearing tbe mild demonstration, prick ed up his ears and inquired: "What is that?" Mr. Kean replied: "That, mj dear Wallack. is applause." "God bless retorted -Wallack; "I thought 11 was some one shelling peas." Englishmen are proverbial in remem bering the sense of puns aud in forget ting the words, so that their attempted repetitions of them frequently require explanations before the humor Is per ceivea.

11 ere is a cnaracteristic one ent us by a reader: "There is a strained feeling between the aspiring cities of the South, I OS Angeles and San Diego, and the dlsesteem of the former for the latter found expression lately In a story told at a public banquet. This is how an Englishman, laying down a Los An geles newspaper lu a San Diego club In a burst of laughter, proceeded to tell the cause of his mirth: "This paper saye that at that banquet, a fellar told a minstrel story about one fellar saying that he didn't like Ios Angeles; hei streets were crooked: they weren't as straight as streets in San Diego; ind the other fellar got back at him by saying that when Los Angeles had Deeu dead as long as San Diego, hei treets would be as This wa followed by a fresh burst of laughtei from the story-teller, amid, the calm peculation of his hearers. One of them, picking up the newspaper, antl reading, enabled the rest of the company tc share in the gayety. when it appeared that the retort was that 'when Los Angeles has been dead as long as San Diego she'll be as well laid Tears, Bottled Tears. A physician who has recently returned from Persia says that the native still believe that human tears are remedy for certalu chronic diseases.

Ai ivery funeral the bottling of mourners' tears is one of tin chief features of the ceremony. Each of the mourners is pre sented with a sjioiigc with which tt mop his face and eyes, and after the burial these siMinges are presented to the priest, who squeezes the tears int bottles, which he Dtic tor. Street-Car Comfort. lu iM-lpsic the street cars are furnish ed with some weekly journal, and a leaflet giving particulars 'of thcatrlca; and music-hall performances. The reading matter hangs on a hook at one end of the car.

aud passengers may tnke it to their seats for perusal. A Wonderful Kcho. The most remarkable echo in the world Is that which comes from the north side of a church in Shipley. It distinctly repeats any sentence not exceeding tweuty-one syllables. Pleasure Is often but a change 01 pain.

A man who has had the gout feels first-rate when he gets down tt ordinary rheumatism. W.K.VANOERBILTS "IDLE HOUR' ON LONG. ISLAND. A Palatial Stractara la the KnsrlUh Style oa Great Boat a Bay Boaae of the Boeata aad Their Decora ttona-Preperlaa; the Groanda, W. K.

Yanderbilt's new country bouse, Idle Hour, the ground for which was broken last October, is practically completed, only a few minor touches being now lacking. The new mansion which P. H. Hunt has been the architect, is built of alternate tiers of brick and limestone, trimmed with marble, and supported by Immense Iron and steel beams. To prevent a repetition of the fire which two years ago destroyed tbe old Idle Hour, while Mr.

and Mrs. Van- derbllt were spending their honeymoon there, as little wood as possible has been used in the construction of tbe new house. The new Idle Hour has, besides the basement, three floors. Tbe ground plan Is L-sbaped. with a frontage on (Jreat River of 1HO feet, tbe wing meas uring a hundred feet.

In the angle of the building is a court containing conservatories, fountains and stone and marble basins. Tbe other two sides of the court are formed by covered cloisters leading to an elliptical palm garden, built wholly of ornamental steel and glass. Tbe bouse is massive in appearance and resembles the typical substantial English manor. There are two entrances on the front, each guarded by two crouching lions in stone. The main entrance opens Into a spacious hall lined with pillars, each bearing brackets holding torches for lights.

The parlor is In the extreme south of the house, and is finished in white and gold and carpeted In fawn-colored Brussels. The dining-room has a ceiling of heavily quartered paneled oak. hand-carved, and a huge fireplace of variegated marble. In an alcove above it is a statue of Diana. The chandelier bangs by an Im mense deer's foot, from which branch' out three horns liearlug lights.

Tbe dining-room table is a low, massive, antique, mahogany piece, supported by hand-carved tiger legs. Tbe chairs are old-fashioned, with high wooden backs. In this room there are also five smaller tables and chairs to match. The side walls of the dining-room represent, in stucco work, studies of Green and Roman tyies. The library and salon are small rooms.

In the banquet room Is large piM organ, which may lie played by. hand or steam. -The of this room are covered with green taiestry. with a top iMirder of hand-painted arlxireal designs. The feature of the reception room Is granite mantelpiece, whose finely chiseled vine and grape clusters are said to have taken five sculptors six months to complete.

The table in the billiard room is inlaid with mother of iiearl, us are also the cues. On the third floor is a handball court. Mr. Vanderbllt's suite and the eighteen guest chumliers are 011 the second floor. Each guest chauilier has a con necting bath room.

Tbe third floor Is exclusively for servants, with the ex ceptlon of a large number of cedar chests for storage. In the basement are the wine cellars, kitchen, pantries. silver safe, men servants' quarters and servants' dining-room. There is a broad terrace before the house, with marble and granite stops leading down into the river. A few feet out from the base of the terrace steps Is moored a great floating landing stage.

A steam dredge has been at work for months dredging gravel from tbe bot-ton of Ureat River, which is being used to form a solid bed for tbe several miles of roads upon the Idle Hour es tate. The newly constructed canal. which separates the mansion from the farm section of the estate, has beauti fully sodded banks, and Is spanned at the many road crossings by pretty bridges. Tbe estate will have one of the finest henneries In the world. Including an elalwrate incubating department.

New York Sun. A PRIMEVAL TRIBE. Qoeer Race of Indlaaa Recently Dla-corercl In Northwest Mexico. Carl I.umholtz. the noted explorer, has recently returned from an expedition Into the wilds of Northwest Mexico, bringing back a wonderful 'collection of ceremonial objects, which have Just lieen placed on exhibition on the first floor of the new west wing of the Museum of Natural History.

This material Is the work of tbe Hul- chol Indians. The area of this race I difficult or access, as tliey occupy a deep ravine in the Sierra Madre del Norte range, in the State of Jalisco. They are hemmed in by huge mountain walls to IO.O110 feet In height. Here they have been able to defy all invasion from the outside world, and have expelled the missionaries who came to teach them. No churches or priests are allowed in their country, and they are living In the same grade of culture as when Cortex first put foot on Mexican soli.

Having preserved their ancient customs and beliefs unaffected by white contact, tbey are more than ordinarily Interesting to ethnologists. For the first time their products have now been brought to civilization, and their myth ology reported on. The Hulchol number about 4.000. They dress In garments of their own manufacture, decorated with elalwirate and artistic designs. The most interesting Industry of the people Is weaving.

The women make belts, sashes and pouches of cotton antl wool. The riblstns and sashes are ornamented with odd and lieaiitlful figures, all of which have a symbolic meaning. Dr. Lumboltz's collections among this trllie not only cover the whole range of their Industries, but illustrate In a most exhaustive manner the liellefs and ceremonials of the ieople. Their country is coiiqiaratlvely arid and their food supply depends largely upon the regularity of tbe rainfall.

For this reason most of their ceremonies are Intended to propitiate the gods of rain, and all tbe objects tbey use in their ceremonial worship art covered IND. om A.SOO. In scaling precipice a man op gainst a nig blue. It's a poor physician that's unable to relieve a patient of a fee. A crust and a kind word are better than a feast and indigestion.

Equality is thus denned by a French writer: "Equality is a desire to be equal to your superiors and superior to your equals. There are exceptions to all rules. No doubt it is true, as the. women declare, that men are all alike excepting your wife's first husband. Two Brooklyn telephone girls have just lieen married- to young nien who were charmed by their voices over the wire.

Telephone girls everywhere reading this will begiu work with new courage. Prof Roberts, of Cornell, is credited with saying that it Is generally accepted now by the scientific world that frog spawn can be carried In atmosphere and hatched out In the clouds, and that shower of frogs will result. WKI the scientific fworld' Indorse this extraordinary statement? The French tnx-on street sign "varies with the size of the offense." hast year It added over S70.0u to the iui'ii iiramj. i iir iium flairs vast street signs can shut out th" air nd the views overwhelm everything In sight without paying a eut in taxation. The huge nuisance Is managed Iietter In Frauee.

licrmau folk-lore tells of a iwacock' wbich thrust the glory of his plumage 11 1 hiii all other poultry till a young hen cackled. list, look at his The peacock had forgotten his ill-formed extremities. "Just look at his feet:" is not aii uncommon expression to-day. The growing summer fashion of dressing children's "feet, with sandals only lias much to commend it. It will create healthy and a good understanding" that will refuse to Wfllt fur t)li mlllmiiitnni tji shoes are Invariably made too tight.

Coal to carry an ocean liner across in live and a half days costs The new turliine engine, passing the steam around the tins spirally, will give a speed of four days, it is claim. -d. with iil fuel costing leaving uiuch more room in the hull for freight, leaving for passengers the Lest part of the ship now occupied by the coal-using iii.inmiiT. company Iias given an order for such a ship to he in service next year. That all the promises will be fulfilled may ho doubted, there is no doubt tiiat an era of improved ship construct ion lias arrived.

One of the most ingenious and eminent of the country's educators has "ventured a new definition of "gentleman." He opines that the distinctive mark of a gentleman probably consists In "the readiness to accept trusts, even when tbey are crsouully dlsml vantag-cous the readiness to- Milx.nlina te a man's own convenience and desires to a social tilde." A distinguished female student of sociology and the humanities generally has laid down the rule that the infallible mark of a gentleman consists in good form, ami that, for example, a iK-rson who took the wrong fork to his oysters could not Hissihly le a gentleman. And another educator, us eminent as the first, is alleged to have expressed his doubt as to whether any one who was not familiar with classical literature at first hand could by any means become a gentleman. This confusion among the authorities Is extremely discouraging to young men. Thev have heard tl.m it iu desirable to be gentlemen. Yet.

with such conflicting definitions as these, how can they tell whether they art making-for the delectable state? They may learn a whole liook of etiquette by only to Is? ruled nut at last lie-cause they cannot toiistrue line of Or they may diligently read the classics and cultivate the widest cadlucss to accept trusts nnd then meet their Waterloo through wearing the wrong kind of 'necktie. xThe matter' Is so ii in fusing that young men. on the whole, may give It up in despair and try to content themselves with lx-lng merely good ami useful persons. When the paicrs are crowded with reports of accidents, the rcxrt of the Interstate Commerce Commission supplies assurance to those who are rather timorous a I Mint trusting themselves to passenger trains. The reiort shows that for the year ending June 30, oo.

the railroads carried as-sengers, an increase over the previous year of ra.iWH,Tti and that the passenger mileage was Iti.g!t,fMiT,21?l an Increase of 1.44,!.1S4. figures that are almost Incomprehensible. The total number of 'casualties on account of accidents was 58. ltd, of which 7.8ti5 were fatalities, and of this number were employes ami were trespassers. Hut the nuuilicr of pas sengers kiueti was only or one for carried, and only one passenger was Injured for every carried, a ratio that should culm the fears of any person who reads the rcMrts of accidents In the pajiers.

These figures show a substantial reduction of casualties from the previous year, and this Is tlue to improvements not alone In rolling stock, but In the trackage Itself and In safety appliances adopted. The cars are now equipped safety couplers and automatic air brakes, the rails are: heavier and held bv devices which, minimize danger in this direction, and the tracks on every first-class railroad are governed by the blin system. The double track is now lx-lng fast superseded by the four, track system, which entirely separates passenger trains from freight, and at stations where many of the worst accidents nave taken place, gates bar the entrance ta trains until tbey bare taken Aboard their passenger and departed. BKOFORD, OTIS BBOOKSt MM kH a Pvpnlattoi the safety passengers and employes. Many years ago Sir Arthur Phelps maintained that tbe amelioration of the race would not come through political reforms nor the Labor of social aglta tors, but through the discoveries of science and the work of inventors.

So cial and economic reforms are slow: It takes a long time to get a majority. Inventions, on the other band, are almost Instantly available and can be universally applied. Remarkable changes In tbe condition of the people and in the cost of living will be wrought If Mr. Edison's discovery of a cheap method of producing a superior quality of Portland cement proves, to be practicable. Ills prediction is that the cement can be sold profitably at $5 a ton.

The future bouse will not be built but poured. The contractor will nave a number of moulds of various sizes and styles of architecture. The excavation for the foundation will be made, the mould set over tbe site and the cement poured In. In a short time the cement will be hard as stone, and there you are with a cottage or a. Palace poured to order.

For a few hundred dollars a structure may be erected, which, under present methods of construction, would cost 110,000. More over. Mr. Edison says, tne work may be done by unskilled labor. the social and political reformer must welcome every factor that reduces the price of living and lends toward, the betterment of the race In material things.

Indeed there are those who believe that moral betterment conies only with material well-being and a political school Is founded upon this precept. Preachments at both ends of this article aside, inquiry at the lumber yards, brick kilns and hardware stores of the city discloses no present apprehension respecting' Mr. Edison's discovery. Few of the sticial changes wrought by the requirements of the times are greater than is the change In the tests applied to tne ministers or city churches. Not many years ago the 'candidate" for a city pastorate was judged, as was the country parson.

chiefly by the soundness of his doctrine, by his spirituality and by his eloquence. It is hardly too much to say that all these qualifications are now more or ess subordinate to new tests. Not one of them is obsolete, or can lie neglected. No minister who sows the seeds of doubt instead of those of faith, no one whose soul is not in his work. 110 one -who lacks the art of attracting men and women by the grace or the power of his oratory, can be an acceptable pastor.

Hut the one Indispensable requirement now is that he have larga executive ability. He must know how-to organize his people, and to keep their organizations well 111 Hand, so that they shall not conflict with each other or with him. To glance at the of a city church Is to dis cover organization 011 organization wheels within wheels, societies, guilds. classes and associations for nil sorts of purposes, religious and philanthropic. How to guide the choice of A as Chair man of this, and as secretary of that, and as the head of the other, and to see to it that all the letters of the alph lwt nnd the place where they can do the most with the least friction this taxes the brains and patience of the twentieth century minister.

In the case of "Inlstltutlonal churches" the problem is still more complex. Here mission leagues, employment bureaus, lecture courses, cooking schools, evening classes in French or bookkeeping, reading rooms, loan associations, rec reation rooms and other devices for promoting the welfare of the people form a iart of the church machinery; and the pastor Is the chief executive, with a staff of assistants. One such church In New York requires a pamphlet of three hundred pages merely tc catulogue ami descrilie these activities. If these multiplied organizations detract somewhat from the tranquillity of a spiritual life, at least they bring the church Into contact with humanity and its needs at many points, and so enlarge Its possibilities of usefulness. COL.

O. R. ANTHONY. Kansas Editor Who Turned the Bom on Actor Caatlebcrrr, 'Colonel I. It.

Anthony, editor of the I-avenwtirth 1 Kan. Times, who silenced Ernest Castlcberry, the actor. by turning the hose on him. Is a brother of Susan B. Anthony, and has always borne the reputation of being the most aggressive edltot west of the Mississippi.

In 18fi3 Colonel Anthony was elected Mayor of Leavenworth. In 186S of the Republican tOU ASTHOJtT. he was chairman State convention, and since 1801 he has been a prominent newspaper man In this part of the country. lie was never known to flinch before any man, and he was one of the bravest of the volunteers In the Civil War. This was the kind of a man Actor Castleberry tried to bluff for criticising his work on the stage.

Several years ago Colonel Anthony was shot by a rival editor, but fortunately recovered after a remarkable, surgical operation. His assailant. W. W. Emhry, was afterwards killed.

A Disadvantage- As a rule, tall men have 1 todies out of proMrtlon to their lower limbs that is smaller than they ought to le with the natural result that they are unable tc bear fatigue, or to compete in the struggles of life with lesser men harmoniously proportioned. Army expert ence liears out these observations. 1c a long and fatiguing march the tab' men usually fail out first, or succumt to campaigning, unless, as Is very rarely the case, tbey have well-knit ant! symmetrical frsnies. A soldier lietweer five feet five inches and five feet eight inches or nine Inches Is usually th man most capable of bearing tbe strata of life. Did you ever swear that you did not afterwards feel sneaking? MM hated rival buys tbe soda for the lass.

Yea, verily, tbe soda clerk, be bath a sorry time, for be must know tbe way to get nine cents out of each dime. And be must be a hustler, that there will not be a loss of Ice or gas or water, or he'll tremble at the boss. How often, oh. bow often, bath tbe soda jerk ex grinned at tbe one who pay-eth nickels for a penny's worth of wind; How often, oh, how of ten, doth a calm and peaceful smile' go flitting o'er his visage when a drink goes' out of style. But, ah, alas, my son.

sometimes he feeleth very bad. and then Is when the ladles come with garments rich and glad. Tbe ladles fill the rockers and the doorways and the stools, and insist upon a liquid that both elevates and cools. And one declareth that she'd like some chocolate with cream, and, when he draweth It, straightway "Oh, no!" the maid doth scream. And then she voweth that she hath already changed her mind, and wantetb just a phosphate with a piece of lemon rind.

And yet, again the othen maids declare they do not know just what they wish and on and on their mild objections flow. The weary soda fountain clerk sug-gesteth this antl that, from plain old lemon phosphate to a dose of anti-fat. And finally the ladies fair with one ronsent conclude tliat chocolate and rream suau oe I heir soda loiint.iin rood. Now, when he draweth all the driuks, nis troubles are not done-Nay, verily, my trusting child, they are but half begun: For each antl every maiden there doth straightway rise ami say: "Now, girls. I'll think it's awful if you do not let me pay!" All all protest, and all object, and all their plans defend.

And not a one takes out her purse her lovely cash to spend. Now, finally, the soda clerk suggeet- eth that each maid shall pay for what she drank and then begin net the tirade. For all the ladies vow In wrath yea. yea, they almost sob that they will his employer see. and take from him his Job.

And then they take their parasols and sternly go away, and not a cent of all ihat bill do they take steps to pay. The gentle soda fountain clerk, he falleth a daze, and leaneth on the vichy tube, and wicked things he says. Is this not true. Just as we have com posed it, with much work? It surely Is and If you doubt, go ask the soda clerk. Baltimore American.

Htady of Delirium Tremens. The familiar symptoms of delirium tremens, known as "snakes," have been made the subject of study with some interesting results. It appears, says the New York Ledger, that what have been supposed to be hallucinations have a certain sort of evidence in fact. Certain blood vessels in tbe eyes become congested and assume a dark color. These, when they appear on the retina, which is ordinarily transparent, suggest to tbe nervous and overwrought patient the presence of some-moving, living creature.

Imagination, of course. Increases the nervousness, and finally the mind becomes so disordered that the form of au offensive' reature is suggested. As these fan-. cles grow by what tliey feed on, it is easy to see how creeping and crawling things may till the soul of the victim with the most horrible sensations. Gypsies on the Increase.

It has lieen jiopularly supposed that the gypsies of Europe. like the Indians of North America, were becoming an extinct race, aud tbe conditions of their existence are not such as would seem to ussure longevity. But a recently published official report of the English Jovernment shows that the number of gypsies In England, so far from declining. Is actually on the Increase, and the same Is true of some other European ountrles from which figures are at hand. By an authentic computation made recently there are gypsies in tireat Britain, more than at the.

time of the last previous enumeration, though fM-rhaps that may have lieen somewhat lniierfcct. There are In the whole of Kuroie nearly T.VMaio gyp sies. A Paper Church. Bergen. Norway.

iMiasts of a paper Inirch large enough to seat l.tHNi per sons. The building is rendered waterproof by a solution of quicklime, cur- Uetl in milk, and white of eggs. Just the Haute 'Bring tne a glass of milk?" Certainly, sir." returned the waiter. 'I asked that other fellow for a glass of water, but he paid no attention. So bring the milk; it will lie all the Afternoon Nap.

The New York Medical Record says a nap tif half au hour or so in the afternoon after a meal Is helpful, and favors rather than hinders good sleep at night There is uo man so deep hut that be has at least one shallow spot..