Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 23 ER etter tect tete PPPOE OOPS EDS POOOO* Se as ae ae aa sorte Sele ne Sectntet REALISTIC instruments for Producing Them in NOISES. Theaters and How They Are Played. From Pearsen’s We The orchestra attached to a theater which is in the habit of playing realistic drama, thus introducing upon its boards steam engines, ships, race horses and simi- lar startling novelties, uses some very queer instruments, whereby certain sounds necessary to the surroundings of the scene may be successfully produced. Take, for instance, the roaring of a Hon. None of the ordinary brass instruments will give this effect. To produce the de- sired sound a special apparatus must be used, technically known as a “lion roarer.” This a large, trumpet-shaped instru- ment, wu ally made of sheet iron. Two tongues of tin run down the middle, when the instrument is blown, vi- and produce an excellent counterfeit of a Mon's roar. Instruments which imitate the notes of birds are to be found in most orchestras. A wooden tube, down the middle of which runs a reed, joined to a tin cup, is used for imitating the crow of a cock. The note of @ cuckoo is likewise produced by a reed tn- strument; © some short time ago an ingenious piece of mechanism was brought out, whereon the notes of a lark, linnet and the finches could be imitated io the life. ‘Fo produce the effect of a horse galloping along a road several contrivances exist. One wa: take cocoanut sheils cut in two, and strike them upon some hard surface; but some or- chestras can boast of specially made in- Struments for this purpose. These are Wooden blocks cut into the shape of a horse's hoof, to which real horseshoes are attached, and this somewhat queer con- trivance is played by striking the shoes upon a piece of marble or stone. One would have thought that the bag- Pipe, with all its horrors of discordance, might have escaped imitation. Yet such is nowise the case. A very excellent imi- tation, we are informed, can be produced by means of a brass horn with a gradually harrowing bore, the instrument being fur- nished with finger-holes and played after the manner of a flageolet. One of the mc nious and successful contrivar for Imitating the sound of a puffing engine, an effect which, in the prov- inces, ably brings down the house, is as fc an imple ne player holds in each hand what like a brick, com- , and in order to pro- ff of a locomotive strikes r of sheet fron with each ai- the train first starts the es slowly, and gradually in- ace until, when the engine is steam, he strikes kly as he can, le by the screw of a steam- as the puffing of a locomotive, ssfully produced by the nstrument, In appearance ke a large drum, with ment, ra dried peas. This is fitted apon Which {t revolves. From nds project long pegs, and as olves the peas strike against 3 giving a fair imitation by the screw of a steam- the parchment, {the sound made . it fs the gentleman in charge cymbals and triangle to whose to operate upon the above and ral curiosities. It is true that it does not require a vast knowledge of music to play the horse-galloper, the " the lion-roarer, yet we are in- is necessary to practice even ruments before anything fency can be attained. Nor e of the instruments alone . for one has not only got to know how, but when, to play them. — a But Seven Impeachment Trials. Ex-President Harrison discusses “Im- peachment™ in his “Thia Country of Ours” article in June Ladies’ Home Journal. He presents the constitutional provisions for the impeachment of high officials, and re- calls that the process has been put into operation but seven times. William Blount, a Senator from Tennessee, was the first official to be tried on impeachment proceed- ings. His trial occurred in 1707. The oth- 3 were: John Pickering, a United States istrict judge for New Hampshire, in 1803; tice Samuel Chase of the United States preme Court, about the same time; Jas Peck, judge of the United States dis- triet court for the district of Missouri, in 1830; Judge Humphreys of the United States district court for the district of Ten- nessee, In 1S62; President Andrew Johnson, in 1868; Willlam W. Belknap, Secretary of War, ip 1576. re were but two convic- tions—Judge Pickering and Judge Hum- phreys. SS Impossibl tha Chicago Evening Post. Do I rstand you to say that this man never msde a statement that wasn’t true?” < “That was what I said.” The questioner laughed long and loud. “impessible.” he said. “Absurd! Pre- s! Why, he's a government AN EASY as simple as it 1s effective, Is to | HUNYAD JANOS, The World’s Best Natural Aperient Water. 25 Years’ Success in U. S. Highest Reputation all Over the World. CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,” On the Label. soetete tae THE W: Will Women Rebel Against Wenring the Marriage Frem Pe For 2,000 years, ever since the Romans plighted their troth with a tiny iron band, the magic circlet has kept its hold upon the world, but will that hold be as firm in the future? it must be remembered that, after all, the ring is nothing more than a symbol, that the putting on of a ring is not neces- sary to complete the legal contract of mar- riage. Nor are signs wanting that its star is al- ready on the wane. The engagemen: ring may be regarded as doomed, since Princess May substituted an engagement bracelet for the conventional ring of betrothal. She has not, indeed, declined the ‘mystic symbol cf the union of hearts’ presented by the Welsh people to the Duke of Yor, but the refusal of the engagement ring might quite fairly be regarded as the first step in the path toward the abolition of its more im- portant successor. There is yet another argument against the wedding ring. The ring was adopted as the outward and visible sign of power and authority. In the olden days, when mes- sages were sent by word of mouth, it was the custom, in order to prove the authen- tcity of the bearer, to intrust him with the signet ring of the sender. ‘Thus, when a mat took unto himself a wife, whom he placed at the head of his household, that delegated authority was made visible to the world by conferring up- on her the all-potent ring—the only di: tinction being thai ring on the left hand, as being the Inferior hand of the two, while the man, as lord and master, carried his upon the right or superior hand. In a day, therefore, when the woman claims the authority in her own right, and scornfully repudiates the idea of being “‘del- egated.” 1t would be only consistent for her to refuse the symbol. If, indesd, there should be a conferring of rings at all, it would be more in keeping with the man to receive it, since the spirit of the age is all s favcr of his being tho delegated author- ty. It is not generally known that tn all thers sre about twenty-four different makes of rings and three qualities of gold. The cheap quality fs in favor with the Scotch and Irish, waile in the north of England heavy rings are in demand. Of the two styles of ring—the round and the broad sort—the popular taste most approves the latter as being most showy. The wants of the United Kingdom In this respect are sup- plied, for the most part, by Birmingham, where the trade ts so brisk that {t fs no un. common thing for one establishment to turn out batches of from sixty to seventy dozen a week, and, so far as we can see at pre: ent, there seems no prospect of any dee: in thetr thriving trad —+e+—___ ENDURANCE, Apaches Who Are Fleet and Strong Enough to Run Down Wolves. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader. Captain H. L. Scott of the famous sev- enth United States cavalry relates some marvelous tales of the powers of en-, durance and fleetness of foot of the mem- bers of troop L of his regiment, which 1s cemposed of Chiracahua Apache Indians from Arizona. He relates that on one occasion a full-grown and able-bodied deer ran through the cavalry camp, and instantly, with a series of wild yells, the Indians gave chase on foot, and by ex- ceeding swiftness and skill they actually ran it down, caught it about nine miles from camp and brought ft in unharmed. On one occasion nine of them were re- turning to camp after a full day of hard work, riding upon a government wagon drawn by a mule team. A coyote was seen close by the trall, pursuing a young calf. Instantly the fatigues of the day's labor were forgotten, the dusky driver in his wild enthusiasm even forgetting the team, and the whole gave chase, and after a wild, yelling, scrambling chase of two hours, the wolf was captured, tied, gagged and carried into camp. The mules had meanwhile quietly wended their way to camp. This seems strange to the average pale- face, and the Sioux look upon these won- derful feats as something approaching the supernatural. This, in short, indicates the difference which different methods of life, pursued through generations, makes in people of the same general ra The pal face would fall by the wayside in a mile; the Sioux would shrug his shoulders, grunt and He down, or would fly to his trusty pony, on which he will do more work probably than any other man living, with- out regard to the character of his mount. INDIAN Dried Duck as Food. Gne of the articles of food most prized by the Chinese on the Pactfic coast is dried duck. An American in Contra Costa coun- ty, California, has started a duck-drying business end has a monopoly of the Chi- nese trade. He buys hundreds of ducks from hunters, fills them with sait and hangs them in the sun for six weeks. They become as hard as soleleather or dried cod- fish erd will keep indefinitely. The Chi- nese used to import their dried duck from China, but now patronize the home indus- try almost exclusively. Tv y sister.” ae e Count (a trifle near-sighted)—“I say? Who is ze bow-legged chap wiz your uncle?” the woman wore her | WELCOMEIN FLOWERS What Washington's Parks Will Ex- press to Endeavorers, A FEATORE OF THE CONVENTION Two Hundred Thousand Plants Will Be Used in Designs. ARTISTIO DEVICES O THE VISITOR AS well as to the resi- dent, one of Wash- ington’s most attrac- tive charms is the number of parks and reservations scatter- ed about the city. Especially in the spring: and summer, when the refreshing spots are clothed in nature's beauty, with their broad expanses of green, their Wealth of shade and the fountains, do the parks attract within their restful borders large numbers of the residents. These attractive reservations in an al- ready beautiful city are owned by the gen- eral government snd cared for by public efficials. Col. John M. Wilson of the army is, under his present detail, the officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, and has supervision over the parks and reservations of the city. Mr. George H. Brown, the public gardener, has immediate oversight of the work of beautifying these reservations with foliage, plants and flow- ers, and the setting out of beds and ar- rangement of designs is done under his di- rection, Preparations have been under way for some time for the annual spring work: much of it has even been already started, and it is expected that by the middle of the month the parks will be dressed for the summer. This year, however, the de- signs for the flower beds will be entirely different from any heretofore used in this elty, and will attract even more than the usual attention. It is the purpose of those in authority to decorate the parks with Christian Endeavor devices and other ap- propriate designs, so that in flowers, as well as in bunting and colors, and by’ the cordial hospitality of citizens, delegates to the fifteenth international Christian En- deavor convention, which meets here next month, may be assured of Washington's welecme. The sentiment ts a very pretty one, and although it has been carried out elsewhere at the annual conventions— notably at Boston last summer—this city will not be outdone in the beauty or pro- fuseness of its floral grectings. Co-operation of Ofcials. The committee of ‘96 feels very much gratified that those in official station have given evidence of their sympathy in the work of preparing for the expected thou- sands. Both Col. Wilson and Public Gardener Brown have by word and action made it plain that their co-operation can be depended cn, and that in every way in their power, consistent with their publle duty, they will lend their aid to the com- mittee. e Mr. Brown is just now giving his atten- tion to a suitable scheme for decorating the parks and squares, and beside the designs he has worked out himself, has received and adopted a number of suggestions sub- mitted to him by he Endeavorers’ decora- tions committee. These include the work- ing out in plants and flowers of the famil- lar FE." monogram, combinations of the letters “Y¥. P. . E.,"" the conyention flag in colors and other devices with scroll work. Some such greeting as “Welcome, ch z will likely be dis- played, and the dat 1-1896,"" the for- mer being the natal year of the organiza- tion, will be depicted in bright leaves. In the principal parks, where visitors congregate in largest numbers, the horti- culturalists’ skill will be shown. The large bed at the entrance to the National Mu- seum will be filled with flowering plants worked out in appropriate legends; around the fountain in Judiciary Square, by the bension office, the characteristic design will Stand conspicuously forth from a carpet of green. It is proposed to cut out in red and yellow letters, six or eight feet large, on the northern slope of the mound at the base of the Washington monument, the words, “Welcome, Christian Endeavorers.” The inscription will describe an arc, and above, in proper proportions, the red and blue convention flag with its “C. E.” mono- gram in the center of a white star, will be attractively worked out. Were it not for the line of trees along B street, it would be quite possible for the Endeavorers to read this greeting from the doors of their canvas meeting places in the White Lot. No Special Fund. Anything lavish in the way of park dec- orations in honor of the convention is this year impossible, for two reasons—lack of funds and scarcity of designs. There has been no special appropriation made for do- ing special design work for the Christian Erdeavor convention, and the only funds available are those ordinarily provided for the care of the parks. And this sum is well nigh exhausted, for it is now very near the close of the fiseal year. Then, again, the Christian Endeavor Soctety has only one official badge, the C. E. monogram, and no matter how productive and skillful an art- ist may be, he 1s necessarily confined con- siderably to one line of effort. Probably the most profuse decorations ever made in Washington's public parks were seen at the time of the Grand Army ercampment, in September, 1 On this occasion there was more money to be spent on the work, special ision for such a feature having been made, and the many varied corps insignia, the 'G. A. R. badge and the medal of honor afforded excellent scope for the designer's clever handling of flowers and plants. But while it 1s not ex- pected to equal the display made then, no one will be called on to apologize in July for what will by that time be accomplished in the way of park designs. To one unfamiliar with the methods em- ployed by the landscape artists in working out their figures and sketches the results accomplished seem almost marvelous. No matter how often one sees the work, it Is always fascinating. Yet the gardener says that with the proper plants at hand he can delineate in flowers any design that can be drawn with the pencil. There are cer- tain varieties of plants that never grow mcre than a few inches high; all shades and colors can be obtained either in leaf or flower; all that fs required ts the necessary knowledge and experience and skill in foi- low!ng out the sketch, In the matter of designing the convention flag, Mr. Brown finds himself somewhat handicapped because of a total lack of one certain variety of plant which would be especially useful to him. It {s difficult to get a plant that Js profusely covered with blue blossoms in July, or one with blue foliage. The prevailing colors in flowers are red and yellow, and it is always puzzling to a horticulturist just what to substitute when a design Includes a blue color. Some- times gardeners have been known to use painted stone among the flowers in the de- sign in order to produce the desired effect. Here, however, the whole flag will be worked out in flowers, and Mr. Brown is confident that it will be correct In color, as well as true in tts proportions. An Elaborate Decoration. Workmen are now engaged on one bed, and a few days will see the entire planting force setting out emblems, flags and de- signs in the public places of the city. Just east of the monument, not far from the lit- tle lodge on the edge of the roadway, is a ngular plat, in which one of the most elaborate of the convention decorations is being worked out. In the center is an im- mense circular bed, thirty-eight feet in diameter, in which are being planted about 12,000 plants of several varieties and various shades, harmoniously blended and symmetrically arranged. In the center is a large silver star, an emblem which has been adopted by the convention, and finds conspicuous place in the center of the con- vention flag. From between the six points of the star radiate in alternating colors broad bands of red and gold, gracefully curving and crossing each other in pairs, each strip terminatirg if a circle near the circumference of the,bed. ‘This part of the d is not unlike a pair of sctssors, with.one point of the star between the helf-op&ed curving blades, the circles resembling the handles. Be- tween the pairs, in the trregularly shaped spaces thus formed, the letters of the word “Mizpah” are displayéd, one letter in each spece, while in the twelve wheels or circles on the outside of the bed the greeting is worked in foliage, “Welcome, Y. P. 8. C. E." In July, during convention season, the plants will be in full ‘development, and the bright silver of the and brilliant red of the lettering, together with the rich gold of the s2roll work, will make this bed one of the finest and most attractive, as it now is the largest, of-any in the clty. In the three smalley, circular beds in the apices of the triang ay Plat, of which the large design is the principal feature, Chris- tian Endeavor emblems will be attractively arranged in scroll work, to set off the main design. The bed in the monument grounds is but un earnest of what will be scen in all the principai public parks. In about two weeks between two hundred and two hundred and fifty thousand plants will have been util- ized to work out in accordance with pre- conceived designs a fioral welcome to the Christian Endeavor multitude so soon to be entertained in this city. see The Fate of Old Pianos, From the Kansas City Star. About eighty thousand pianos are now being manufactured annually in America, and they are practically all for home con- sumption. Last year only S10 instruments were shipped abroad. Most of them went to South America, but a few were sent to Germany. We get from Kurope far fewer pianos even than we send there. There has been an effort made among fashionable folks to introduce here an English make; it is a fine instrument at home, but it won't do for America, because our climate is so much dryer than the English that the wood shrinks and warps here ruinously. Pianos ttle need protective laws. In every case It Is the same; changes of cll- mate affect all makes injuriously. One famous American firm has met the difliculty by establishing a factory in Ham- burg for the German market. Germany sends some pianos to South America and to Australia, and altogether she makes as many as we do. France and England only turn out 40,000 a year. The growth of the business here has been great, for in 1860 our output was only 30,000. ‘There are about a hundred factories in and about New York. Pianos seem to disappear from the world almost as mysteriously as pins; perhaps, considering their size, the fact that the streets are not blocked with cast-off planos is more curious than that the face of the earth fails to be overlaid with pins. An experienced New York dealer says that he has known of but three that were cut up for kindling wood. Yet they often sell for litte more than so much pine would Dring. One second-hand dealer says he bought six last week for $50. It ig the custom of most houses to take old instruments and allow something for them. The deduction ts punted as almost dead loss, but it brings The old instruments are refitted and up, however, and sold again. To whom? Where do they go? is the question. “Well,” says the dealer, “most of them go, but 1 can’t tell why, to Philadelphia. Perhaps it is because there are so many boarding houses there. Boarding houses are the chief refuge of second-hand pianos. Then there ts a good deal of business in Philadelphia in selling them to country peo- ple all over the land. Men that go into that branch of trade can get pianos pretty cheap, for the first-class houses sometimes Set so overloaded withthem that they are almost willing to pay/to have them carted away.” : ees Couldn't Stand His Support. From the Lewiston Saturday Journal. An old gentleman who, was in trade in a Kennebec village for more than half a cen- tury used to relate an anccdote of a busi- ness rlyal, who was'a famous liquor seller in the days when “everybody kept it.” The temperance agitation of 1544 had changed the notions of many persons In Mame as to the propriety of sciling Mquors, and at length the matter of fer or against the trafic came up for a yoie in town meeting. seller alluded tq was very strenuous in opposition to all cestraint in his busi- ness and labored heartily with the voters the croachment on their course of the vote it became : to have a division of the house. All for the traffic went to one side of the room, all opposed to the other. ‘The common use of alcoholic drinks had left its mark upon the faces of its victims, and the crowd that assembled on one side of the Town House to insist on their cus- tomary toddy was not so pretty as it might have been. ‘To the surprise of every one the famous old seller, after a moment's hesitation, deliberately went to the tem- perance side. “What are you over here for?” the astonished people began to ques- tion, “You don't belong here. ‘That's your side over there. The old man looked around with disgust and retorted, “You don't sup- pose I'm going over there in that crowd of cabby noses, do you?’ A look at the un- anny assemblage of his customers had ap- patied him, ie ley He Reads His Paper A-Wheel. From the Kansas City Star. A man who lives on the South Side and 1s an ardent wheelman pursues the dan- gerous pastime of reading his evening pa- per while wheeling from his office to his home. He comes up Troost avenue from 18th to 14th, both hands off the bars, read- ing his paper and occasionally looking up. When he comes to car tracks he puts one hand on the bar and steadies his machine over. People stop to look at him and wonder whether he 1s really reading or making a bluff for admiration. A man followed him on a wheel one even- ing from 11th and Grand avenue to 1Sth, out bth to Troost and up Troost to ith. ‘The man following eapecied to be in at the death. But the man who was reading while he rode went or his way recklessly and without harm until he turned down 4 side street, Then he folded his paper, put it in his pocket and coasted to his front Bate. That is saving time with a vengeance. ‘The reading bicyclist probably inad been in the haoit of reading his paper on the cars, and when he subsi{tuted the bicycle for the cars he could not give up the news- paper habit. to resist “rights.” Eee A Giant Hos. Kaufman (Texas) Correspondence of the Gulveston News. There 1s a hog on exhibition here which is perhaps the largest living hog in the known world. It will be four years old in June and wag raised in Robertson county, Tex., by Mr. Briggs. When he sold the hog six months ago it weighed 1,430 pounds. He is 8 feet 8 inches long, 4 feet 1 inch high, measures 6 feet around the neck, # feet around the body, and 23 inches around the forearm. His feet,are as large as a common ox, and the ieg bone larger than that of the largeststeers. He is Poland China and Red Jersey. He eats corn like an v4, takes the whole ear in his mouth at once and eats the cob 4s well as the corn, eating from forty to'fifty ears of corn at a time. There seems'to be no surplus flesh on him, and physicians who have examined the hog say he can easily be made to reach 2,200 pounds. The fresént owner, T. Rati- gan, palu $260 for ‘the-hog, and has been offered $1,500 for him. He has a fire policy on the aaimal for $5,000. No other hog, it is sald, ever reachetl sich tremendous pro- portions. ) ree No Wonfer. From the Chicago Recgrd. », “That newly wedied couple next door do not seem {8 be ‘bn good terms. “No; she inted the porch chairs and forgot to te hime a + —______ Bangor’s Haunted Hotel. From the Somerville Journal. First Commercial Traveler—"The boot- black told me this evening that that room you slept in last night has the reputation of being haunted.” Second Commercial Traveler—“Well, shouldn't be surprised if that were 80. Killed @ few there last night myself.” ———+o+___ The Poetry in Fire. From the Toronto Record. Sho (sentimeutally)—“What poetry there is in fire!” He (eadly)—Yes; 1 great deal of my pretty poetry has gone there.” HOW TO KEEP COOL Inventors Have a Variety of Ideas on This Subject. : SOME OF THE DEVICES PATENTED Hot Weather Defied in a Number of Ingenious Ways. COOLING BREEZES keep cool, not only our duty to ourselves, but to our neigh- bors and the com- munity in general, according to recent revelations made by sanitary — climatolo- gists. Discase germs within our bodies are believed by them to develop much morc cxtensively in the heat of summer than 1 the coolness of winter. This is for the reason that most discase germs are veguia- bles, and hot weather 1s most favoraule to vegetable life. And there is this considera- tion of still greater importance—the human animal is found to be more criminal and pore liable to insanity during hot than during cold weather. Valuable lessons in the art of keeping cool may be learned from the specifications of recent patents granted by the govern- ment to hundreds of inventors, ingenious and otherwise, who have struggled with the problem for commercial purposes. A western Inventor recently patented a scheme by which, he claims, he can ar- tificially cool a whole community at Httle expense. At certain intervals he would erect skeleton towers—iike wind-mill tow- crs—each having an electric trolley wire running from bottom to top. The wire transports peculiarly made bombs to a@ shoot at the top, where they are exploded by electricity. The bombs contain liquefied carbonic acid gas, which, when Iberated by the explosive, wiil instantly evaporate and severely chill the surrounding atmos- phere. A Canadian inventor patents a unique system by which air passes through a con- servatory or hot-bed of flowers before be- ing cooled and circulated through the house. By this means the air is not only cooled, but purified and scented with the sweet odor of violets, hyacinths, lilies of the valley or what not. Some Ingenious Ideas. Another inventor, claiming to have solved the hot-wave problem, would consiruct a lerge gas envelope shaped lke the section +. Along the lower edge runs pipe of cluminum thickly per- like the rear spout of a street To this is connected a hose of ie IS OUR DUTY TO torated sprinkler, light rubber or other material, which may be screwed to a fire plug or spigot. At the ends of the gas envelope are cables fastened to carriages at elther side, containing pul- ley attachments. In dry weather this con- triva: may be sent aloft, against the wind—if there be any—being controlled by the vehicies below. It can be directed over » tops of high buildings and high trees. A Nashville citizen would do away with the popular custom of playing the hose upon front pavement. In § 1 there- rhe would resort to a y vi solness and sanitation omplished. He woald uy the streets Son either side with large pipes, the curb. At short intervals would contain spouts spreading streams upon the concrete street in frent and converting it Into u troash, to by ciean- ly drained by sewers at the terminailon of a slope at each side. ‘This system of flushing jets being turned on at certain umes each day, it 1s claimed, would coul the entire city as well as cieanse the streets, For smaller and cheaper 1 3 patents are even more plentiful. An ente:prising buckeye inventor sntly patented a con- trivance by which any person suffering from the heat may convert himself into a living fountain of cold, crystal water. The contrivance consists of a loosely 1itung col- ur of rubber and a large basin ur dish, several feet in diameter. Fhe collar its over the neck and shoulders. It contains many perforations on the under side. To keep cool by its means the wearer sits in a chair placed in the middle of the basin, connects a hose to the 7ollar and enjoys the continuous passage of 4 slowly flowing current of any temperature over his limbs and body. The same may be utilized as a shower bath for cleansing as well as cool- ing purposes. The Delightful Spray. But for a shower bath proper, the most tempting design depicted in modern specifi- cations 1s a cylindrical frame of pipes cov- ered with a curtain of some waterproof material. The user steps in the center of the frame, draws the curcain, turns a fau- cet, and receives against his body the de- lightful spray of a thousand little water Jets protruding from every pipe in the frame—up, down, dlagonaliy and on all sides. he effect is really a cold vapor bath. If you are a chronte sufferer from the heat, besides supplying yourself with some of the ingenious devices mentioned, you should purchase a mattress and pillows, as recently patented—made of a light water- proof materia!—to be filled with ice water. ‘This migat be comfortably combined with a device patented by a Ja le in- ventor, who would inclose your bedstead in a conical sack of mosquito netting, this in- closure terminating in a metailic cylinder at the top. Inside the cylinder revolves an electric fan arranged to suck the uir direct- | ly up, sending it out at che top. You are thus left to sweet repose in A coolness without either a draft against the body or the stifling atmosphere usually produced by mosquito netting. Should this not suifice, you might employ the unique contrivance designed by a patentee who calls his in- vention a “fanning cover.” An ordinary sheet is placed over the usual bedciothes and 1s mounted upon a wire frame, one end of which is hinged to the footboard and the other toa light motor. By simply touching a switch at your side you may cause the cover to shake up and down at a lively Pace, causing a refreshing breeze and ter- rifying all denizens of the night which seek to disturb your slumbers, A Lawn Fan. While sitting upon your lawn in the even- lag you may enjoy the invention of a Min- neapolis. citizen who utilizes the water pow- You deserve as much rest as your neighbor. She uses FELS-NAPTHL SOAP. Sold everywhere, FELS & CO., Phila. er in an ordinary garden hose to turn a rotary fan at a high speed. The fan is Mounted upon a metallic pedestal, nnd may be turned to create a current in any de- sired direction. While riding upon your wheel you may further enjoy the breeze from a small fan revolving in a guard of 1etwork between the handie bars. A friction wheel beneath rubs against the tire of your front wheel. While driving in your carriage you may en- joy a similar adaptation to your wheels. In fact, you cannot get outside the realm of automatic fans. If you ure in the coun- try, where no electricity is to be liad, you may enjoy the comforts of a combinazion rocking chair and rotary fan, or you may Wear a new-fangied hat—recently patented ~having in the top @ fan wheel to be ac- tuated by clockwork Thus the modern genius of invention has inproved upon the expensive ~ystem of the King of Slam, who, when ‘overheated, sorts to his diving palace of xlass, or of the East Indian noble, who sle2ps while his Slaves take turns at waving a hue fan of matting above his head by rocking a long handle extending through an opening in the | wall of his apartment. — How It is Done. From Puck, The Spanish general gazed intently at @ map of Cuba. Polsirg bis lead pencil in the air, whirled it gently in circles. Then, closing his eyes, he began to re- peat a Spanish translation of “Dickery, dickery dock.” As the last words left his lips he brought the pencil down, and, opening his eyes, saw that the point rested on the name “Ar- reye la Vieja." That sounds all ccmplacently Then, tur he right,” he observed, etary, he said: ame of our latest we defeated the y in a tremendous bat- feja.” commanded Kents yes t Arroyo la Were they by Gomez or the general, petu- e turn {s it to be defeated? you attend to the details without ring me? I have enor &h to do to ar- we the general plan of campaign.” reo hout Any Aim. From Harper's Berar. Dawkins—“I wonder why it ts that when a woman throws a stone at anything she is apt to hit something tn an entirely dif- ferent direction.” Jawkins—“That’s because she Is brought Gp without any aim in life.” tee A Parent’s Advantage. From the Cineinnatt Enquirer, “A child,” said the oracular young per- son, “can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer." “There's one satisfaction,” said the man of family, “he can’t ask very many of ‘em witbout getting sent to bed.” Regular Habits. nem the Chicago Record. Do you exercise after your bath in the merning? “Yes, I generaly step on the soap as I wet out.” see Trying to Reach the Lev From the Philadelhia North American Milson—"Haveat you gone to keeping yet?” wly Married Man—“No; we're waiting to save up enough to live in keeping with the style of the wedding presents.” Had Hung Six of Them. From the Atianta Constitution. A Georgia justice recently sentenced a house- man to be hanged. On the lawyer ex- plaining that there was no law which em- powered him to pronounce the death sen- ence, ke replied hat may be, but I’ve ung six of ‘em jest the :ame!” - se The Right Thing. 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