Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1896, Page 20

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. CARACAS. LOVELY CARACAS ee er Venezuela’s Capital City and Some of | atspiessure. Its Attractions. aa STATUES OF WASHINGTON AND BOLIVAR A Famous Coffee Region and Its Profitable Cultivation. FINE PUBLIC GARDEN ARACAS, FOR three hundred years the capital of Vene- zuela, presents itscif to view with en- chanting dramatic effect. One goes by rail or other road up from the edge of the sea at La Guayra, winding among the curves and lifts of the mountains until a he is five thousand feet above that city, which the Caribbean iooks like pond, and its fleets like “painted ships upon a painted ocean,” but five or six miles awa The peaks of Naixuita and La Silla mountains tower above Meira- s three thousand feet. - But he winds along through the divide, amid) shrubt and forests of perfect grewth loveliness, and a bewildering md ry and city are the ruins of the old one, destroyed in 1812 in an earthquake of a few mo- ments’ duration, with twelve thousand or more of Its people. The earthquake de- lzyed independence, as the people were ta.ght that thus deity manifested His The importation of the Spanish method of domestic architecture into tropical America was manifestly wise. No style of dwellings can be more comfortable and healthy outside a snowy zone. High and commodious rooms built around a large oren central court or patio secure privacy, shade, open afr and light, with room for plants and flowers, where women and chil- dren are at home out of doors. Caracas is full of such homes, usually neatly plain outside, but elegant and inviting within. They are eminently social homes, suited to the inhabitants. ‘The capitol is 2 massive bullding of stone | and stucco, the legislative part being one grand story, the part for offices of two, and | lding, inclosing a large open | square, of equa! height. The style of archi- | tecture is Grecian. From the impressive 1 all the bi front entran or from an immense salon to its left, which contains portraits in ol! of all the most.disiinguished citizens of the country, mostly by native artists, you may A STREET of wiid flowers, In view of a protected on one side by a livity of 1.500 feet, and with flocks parrots and more brilliant birds and all at once at his feet, below, hes Caracas, spread asin of which all sides are to the south, hazr, as in dreains, but bold re you are passing and mile distant coast. What for the new world—a mosaic nd red roofs, with patches of tress in the plazas, paims beyond the city edges, and outlined against the clear- est of skies the spires and towers of public buildings and churches, and then again, beyond the city, coffee grows on the mountain side and emerald green crops of alfalfa snd cane upon the plain—the city antique as the crusades, its setting new and sh as the youngest babe of time. James ntiago de Leon de Caracas (St The Capitol. of the Lion of Caracas) has its last name werthily from Indian chief. It Is a city of romantic While the buc- Careers swept IN CARACAS. look dut upon a statue of Washington,while still farther to the left, in the beautiful plaza fronting the Casa Amarilla (yellow | house) of the president, on one side, and public offices of large proportions on an- | Washington Statue. | other, you may see the splendid equestrian statue of Bolivar. The 5th of July Is celebrated in Venezuela officially in each city with orations in the legislative or municipal chambers, proces- sions headed by the chief officials and for- | eign representatives, to the churches, end- ing with a mass and fireworks. The writer can never forget one such celebration, in which the orator, as is usual, lauded Wash- | ington and Bolivar as the great liberators, | and In which, side by side with General Carabano, he aided in officially representing the two republics. We of the older republic | do not sufficiently appreciate how the best people of the new ones love the liberties they have and the ancient difficulties they have to combat in sustaining them. On the western edge of the city of Caracas is a round hill of considerable extent, upon which is located the distributing reservoir of the city water works, and a fine public THE UNI haé@ a carriage road to it from the coast, yet it was captured and sacked by Sir Francis Drake. Then, in i811, on the 5th of July, the revolutionary assembly there passed its declaration of independ- ence of Spain. There Bolivar was born, liverated his slaves, was president, dictator and after achieving the independence of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, and dying in exile and poverty, there his bones are gathered in the Pantheon, and his brenze statue adorns the principal plaza. Above and extending down into the newer VERSITY. garden, adorned with flowers and shrubbery along open and shaded walks, centering at a heroie statue of Guzman Blanco, the self- styled and to some extent real’ “illustre Americano” and “regenerador” of his coun- try. He certainly gave it a vigorous for- ward Impulse, and took his pay as he went along. From the hill, which fs reached by beautiful carriage ways and walks, one may study at lelsure nearly the whole city spread below, the greater extent of the plain, and the surrounding mountain masses.’ The view is one of mingled loveliness and grandeur, and when the bells from the numerous. churches ring out their chimes and the music comes back in softened echoes, repeated from the mountains, unti] the air is saturated with softest and almost saddest melody, the unreality of it all be- comes intense. And then, beneath ft all, sleops the earthquake and the possible ruin. This thought returns and mai paradise imperfect. Toward the capitol is the splendid church of Santa Ana, and the face of its pictured Virgin fs as the face of the wife of Guzman Blanco. Nearer is the new theater, the finest in South America, Fay to the front is the Masonic Temple, with its twisted and ungraceful columns, and on ground near the foothills of La Silla (the saddle), where the earthquake made havoc, stands the Pan- theon, where the bones of heroes of the independence are enshrined. In removals there of the remains of Gen. Paez, once president, and Admiral Brion, compatriots of Bolivar, the writer was privileged to take. part and to hear noble orations in honor of Uberty and republican institutions, worthy of any land. If Washington elty knew Caracas as Caracas does Washington city, the latter would be always a more in- terested and willing neighbor. Caracas has street car lines for its 80,000 People; railways reaching inland, and to its Seaport at La Guaira and its bathing resort at Macuto; electric light and telephone service, and the telegraph, of course. Its public and national schools, including the University on Caracas, are of well-known lence. as a large public library, and its book stores and current publications are well patronized. Its people are highly cultivated, intelligent, active, honorable, hospitable and have a genius and destiny of their own. Caracas is flanked and backed by a famous coffee and cacao region, and as these pro- ducts are the principal’ ones of the coun- try’s so-called agriculture, the city becomes the only point of convergence for them be- fore they are shot down the seaward side of the mountain, through La Guaira, into the export steamers, Caracas cacao is sec- ond only to that of Ecuador in the foreign market, though the Mexican is perhaps as good; and “La Guaira” coffee was famcus before it became simply false Mocha and Java. In 1877 coffee was so cheap in all markets four cents and less per pound in La Guaira that large numbers of plantations were destroyed and reset with ¢: cao trees. But since the use of coffee now increases faster than the production, coffee raising has pe- come profitable beyond most produggs, and Venczuela is gaining greatly in prosperity. and Caracas’ planters in easily-eart.cd Wealth, many citizens having country plan- tations, and taking Hfe more without care than the old cotton planters. The enchanting Venezuelan capital would be, with the sanitary care of this capital city, one of the healthiest cities of the world. At present it is one of the safest of South American cities, seldom being troubled even with yellow fever, and then in mild form. Latterly more care has been given to sani- tation, with obvious benefit. But usually {t is a safe as well as a delighiful city to visit, where “English is spoke” as well as Span: ish, and an American may chance to meet several of his countrywomen married and happy there, among them Mrs. Santana, a daughter of Josh Billings, who, with her family, sometimes makes a visit “home.” ALMONT BARNES. > PIGS AN ISSUE. 8 of Friends in Philn- delphia. Hadelphia Time Official as well as political circles in this city are ail stirred up at present over the absorbing and important question as to whether or not pigs may be allowed to be kept within the city mits of Philadelphia. City councils have settled the question so far as they are concerned in favor of the pigs, and although the-ordinance granting the right to maintain them on lands as- sessed at farm rates was introduced and pushed through the legisiature by an anti- combine member—Select Councilman Mc- Clain of the first ward—there were no fac- tional lines drawn when the bill was passed. The affirmative vote was practically unan- imous in the select branch, and the nega tives In common did not amount to a cor- poral's guard; so the pigs have had an easy time on thelr way back to the city, from which they were banished some time ago by the edict of the board of health, up to this time, when they stand at. the doors of the mayor's office, grunting thelr ap- peals for the executive to let them pas: Just what action Mayor Warwick will take in the matter of approving or vetoing the ordinance which has been passed for piggy’s benefit is not yet known. The pigs have opponents, but it is entirely fair to say that their friends are largely in the majority. The health authorities, through Director Riter, have asked the mayor to give them a hearing before he signs the pro pig ordi- nance. The Woman's Health Protective Assoclation, with their medical and civilian allies, also desire to protest. Among the prominent citizens who are pleading for the pigs are the owners of the | Kingsley model farm, of 500 acres, and the | Sellers Hoffman farm, of 300 acres, in the twenty-seventh ward, and a large number of gentlemen farmers. However, Dr. Ford of the board of health is dead set in his opposition to the propo- sition contained in Mr. McClain’s. ordi- mance, and when the mayor hears argu- ment on both sides there will be a live! cross-fire for and against the pigs. Until the question is settled piggy will hold the field as an absorbing issue, even in prefer. ence to the national currency question of gold or free silver, or the great combine and anti-combine battle for supremacy in the local republican party. — Caught a Deer in the Locomotive. From the Baltimore American. “Railroading has changed considerably in the last twenty-five years,” said a veteran engineer of the Baltimore und Ohio. “Why, I remember a time when passing along through the mountain region between here and Wneeling hardiy a mile of road would be passed without encountering a few wild deer on the ‘tracks. They used to jump along the tracks before the train as play- fully as kittens. Talking of deer, I remem- mer a pecullar incident that happened one day rear Willet’s Run, beyond’ Hancock. I was firing for an engineer named Dave Dilion. There used to be two firemen to an engine at the time, and we had a funny, froliésome little Irishman with us named Jimmy Giveney. The old Winans engines used to have an enormous footboard. On the day to which I allude Dillon was driv- ing an express train east and we were mak- ing top speed, being long overdue. Just as we came around a bend near Willet’s Run a young deer, pursued by two dogs, rushed down the embankment and leaped, landing on the footboard of the engine.’ Jimmy Giveney leaned out of the cab and grabbed the deer, holding on to the terror-stricken animal, even at the risk of being pulled off the train. Of course, the hungry dogs were left far bel:ind and missed the feast which they hoped to enjo: Jimmy Giveney brought his prize to Baltimore and sold it for a handsome sum. In those days all along the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern was alive with game of all species. We used to encounter flocks of wild turkeys and all sorts of fowls at every bend along the line. Swine Have Lo From the Pi oe A Letter Every Day. From Harper's Bazar. One woman who has a long list of friends with whom she corresponds has a record of never being far in arrears with her letters. She has made it a rule to write one friendly letter each day. It may not be a long epistle, but it is always an in- teresting one, for it gives in a newsy, bright manner the little incidents of the writer's daily life, and is not penned with the idea of simply filling a certain number of sheets. Business letters must be written and take much time. This one epistle a day is only a heart-to-heart chat with a friend, consuming only just as much time as the writer can spare—sometimes ten minutes, on other days half an hour. By this rule of writing a single letter to some one of her correspondents each day this woman says she is never obliged to give a whole day to “catching up” with her friends, and she scarcely misses the few minutes she spends every twenty-four hours in “keeping even.” ——_—_+ e+ —___ The Cow in Art. From the Detroit Tribune. The poster cow quite beggars words, The words our thoughts to utter; Leave her to such as think that they prefer oleo to butter. a eee joarding House Joke. From the Detroit Journal. Star Boarder—“Why is a great singer like an “old salt?" Cheerful Idiot—‘“‘Because she makes her money on the high C's,” THE TENDER FROG. o is Several Meth: From the New Yoit ‘Abune. By midsummer ay, when sentimental maidens seck the 6. John’s wort and the skies of June fillteyéry one with delight, the frog is in supreme*éondition for food. He fe young and plump es spring chickens should be, and ¢go,pften are not. He is a creature in whieh «the patriotic American should take nat@na-pride, and he deserves the place of honor on the Fourth of July. Frogs are easfiy ‘prepared for the table. “he medium-sized ‘Yegs are considered the best for all purposes except for broiling. One of the most deficious ways of serving frogs’ legs is to fry them in butter and send them to the table in Hollandaise sauce. Wash the legs and wipe them with a cloth. Trim off the bones of the claws with a pair of scissors. Season the legs with salt and pepper, dredge them lightly with sifted cracker crumbs, and fry them a golden brown in butter, Meantime prepare a sauce for two dozen pairs of frog legs as follows: Melt a table- spoonful of butter, add six peppercorns, a teaspoonful of grated white onion and a bay leaf. Stir in a tablespoonful of flour, add a pint of stock or water. Pour the stock in slowly and stir the mixture until all the lumps are stirred out. Set the saucepan containing the sauce in boiling water or put the sauce in a double boiler to cook for twenty minutes, Beat the yolks of two eggs with the juice of half a lemon, Stir the hot sauce slowly on the yolks of eggs and lemon juice. Then stir the sauce in the double boiler two or three minutes. Throw a Ralf-glass of pale sherry over the fried legs and dish them on a hot platter with the sauce. Sprinkle a tablespoonful of finely minced parsley over all. The legs are also nice dipped in butter. Sift a heaping cup of pastry flour with a half-teaspoonful of salt. Stir in the yolks of two eggs, a tablespoonful of sweet oll and half a cup of cold water. When these ingredients are thoroughly mixed, let the batter rest at least an hour. It 1s improved by resting longer, provided it is covered closely with a damp cloth to prevent a crust forming over it. When ready for use, whip the whites of two eggs to a stiff froth and stir them carefully into the batter with a wooden spoon. Dip the frogs’ legs in it, after seasoning them with salt and pepper. Immerse the legs in boiling hot fat, one pair at a time, and fry them for five minutes. ‘Take them up with a wire spoon, and drain them on ordinary coarse brown paper for a moment. Serve them with quarters of lemon and a garnish of parsley—or use a tartare sauce. A creole stew of frog legs is an appetizing method of serving them. Wash the legs and wipe them dry with a towel. Season them and fry them brown in butter. For every two dozen pairs of legs add half a wine glass of pale sherry. Let the legs sim- mer and stew for five minutes; then add half a small green pepper, minced fine, and three tomatoes, peeled and sliced. Cook the frog legs fifteen minut . ‘Then take them up and let the sauce cook a moment longer: then pour it around them. Serve them when they are very hot with a good salad and thin slices of brown bread A pair of broiled frog legs {s a tit-bit that not every one can enjoy to perfection, be- cause so few people understand how to pre- pare the legs prope for this purpose. Select the largest legs. Prepare a marinade of three tablespoonfuls of sweet oll, a half- teaspoenfml of salt, a saltspoonful of pep- per, and the juice of a lemon. Roll the frog legs in -this mixture and lay them on a double oyster broiler and broil them for five minutes.on one side and then for five min- utes on the other. They should be an even, rich brown. Sifde them on a hot platter. Mix a teaspoonful of minced parsley with a heaping tablespoonful of butter. Add the Juice of half a lemon. Spread when chilled over the hot frog legs. Fried “frogges” have been in.use among the Spanish and French since the days of Charles V. The, English, proverbially con- servative in matters of food, long ridiculed the eating of frogs, and it was not until the middle of this century that they became a feature of our markets. Next to Paris, New, York is now one of the largest_ markets for frogs. They are only occasionaliy displayed in the markets of in- terior cities, and in rural districts the small boy is the only one who goes “a-frogging”’ and enjoys the result of his fishing. 408. Private Roof Gardens, From Harper's Bazar. Making the roof of your house into a roof garden for the benefit of the girls and men who are obiiged to be in town off and on during the summer has iong been advo- cated all who have the means and proper place for so doing, and jt is a capi- tal idea. On the roofs of some of the large ayartment houses in town there are very nice roof gardens, and many a jolly party goes there to spend warm evenings when lamps and small rooms seem unbearable. But the best private roof garden yet heard of {s at a private house on the west side of the city. Two young girls, sisters, set to work about a month ago to arrange their roof garden and it has turned out to be a great success. They had an opening night the other evening and it was so cool they had to provide shawls and wraps for thir guests. The skylight of the house opens into a large garret, which some time ago the girls had fitted up as their den. There they have their piano, writing desks, work baskets, cozy chairs and divans, and in winter often gave small informal teas, ete. up there. One day the bright idea struck them of going up one flight higher, and, with their father’s consent, they had soon made arrangements for what has turned out to be a most charming roof garden. Boxes filled with flowers and a trellis work of ivy surround the roof. There are plenty of cane chairs, wooden benches and smail tables and there is a hammock swung across one corner. If any one in the house- hold misses one of the daughters the an- swer invariably comes: “She must be up on the roof.’ On the opening night, al- ready spoken of, they were allowed to have their friends and give them ices, cakes, lemonade, ete., provided they gave the serv- ants no trouble to carry the collation up so many flights of stairs. So, nothing daunted, these two enterprising young women laid in their store of provisions, set their table | and had everything ready to serve long be- fore their young friends arrived. With the assistance of one maid they got along splendidly and had no end of fun. They sang, they talked, the men smoked, and it was all so jolly. What will the girls do next? SUCCESSION or TREE GROWTHS. How the Different Kinds Make Way for Another, From Hardwood. Almost universally the notion prevails that when the pines are gone they are gone forever, and that the soil where they grew is worn out, unfit to reproduce good timber qualities. This noticn, so damaging to for- est preservation, also discourages improved forestry on the prairie, where temporary trees are often planted only for the pres- ent convenience of the proprietor. Alternations of trees are as various as the species within the territory where they occur. In the southern states, especially, and sometimes in the northern, oaks take the place of the departing pines, and so the reverse. But the succeeding oaks stan¢ no show compared with the poplars, as- pens especially, and the canoe birches. The latter grow on moist or dry places, and fires cannot eradicate them. Both waft on wings of down their millions upon millions of almost infinitesimal seeds, that alighi everywhere. Burned districts or any clear- ed land ‘are their paradise. Hence, all alone the northern tier of lumber states and th« Canadas, even to the arctic circle, these trees take possession of the denuded lands. Fortunately, they are short lived, and often Pave the way for the return of the pine. Oaks get a foothold, too, interspersed with other hard woods, for their seeds and roots, long buried under the leaves and soil, get sunlight enough to sprout. These facts demonstrate that with proper man- agement we can have the most yaluabl« trees if we only plent and preserve them, and keep out fires and browsing stock. So far from the forests having a worn- out soll, it is the best in the world. The decay of the fallen leaves and limbs, the car- bon dioxide thus evolved for plant growth again, the nitrifying agencies of the net- ‘wcrk of roots, form the rich humus of th: future farms. Neutralize this fertilizing art of nature by injudicious cutting, or burning the leaf mold, and not only is the soll thus impoverished and drouths pro- voked, but sorrowful alternations of trees inevitably ensue. H. B. Ayres, a forest expert of Minne- sota and close observer, avers that burnt land could not be put in condition as prom- ising as an adjoining urburnt tract for te: than $20 an acre. On an unburnt acre, cut the same winter—three years before his in- | vestigations—he counted 1,267 little white pine seedlings, two years old, growing un- der the shade of immature pine saplings, poplar, maple and hazel brush. Every woodsman has noticed like results wherever tires in the pine regions are excluded. ‘The English oaks grow today in places Where William the Conqueror found ther when he invaded Britain. For centurie the pines of Maine have repeated them selves on their native heath. Gi the conditions, and the fittest remain while hu- Man generations ccme and go. —+e+—____ A Pumice Stone Barrier. From the Le ure Hour. A floating barrier of pumice stone, nine- teen miles long, over a thousand yards wide and fifteen feet deep, clos’ ng a sea- port to all vessels as effectually as a boom could do, it not being the sort of thing one Is likely to forget. And yet that was one of the results of the Krakatoa eruption, the port being Telok Retoung in Sunda straits. Formed in a few hours, it would almost seem to be the supreme effort of nature in the pumice-making line, were it not that such immense quantities are found at the bottom of the sea. A queer place for pumice ston but pumice when produced i ; it is only the air cavities is really in it that makes it light, and as it floats it becomes water-loxged, and down It goes. Most of the pumice we use in Europe comes from the Lipari Islands, north of Sicily, “the home of Vulcan,” whence Vul- cano as the name of one of them, and our “volcano” as descriptive of the natural feature of which it is the type. Here are the pumice quarries—at Monte Chirica and {ts craters Monte Pelata and Forgia Vec- chia—where over a thousand men are at work in the narrow tunnels and galleries, lighted by clay lamps of antique form. The whole hillside is perforated with groups of these tunnels, which number between 200 and 300, and are so narrow that the men can hardly pass each other in them. And just as coal is found in beds alternated with sandstone and shale, so the pumice is in layers between harder lavas and ashes. —+0+— On the Ferry. From the San Francisco Wave. Blossom (to Italian sitting beside a large valise)—‘‘My friend, that valise is taking up censiderable room. Will you kindly move it and allow me to sit down?” Italian—“No mova noth. Blossom—"But I want to sit down.” Italian—“No carra.”” Blossom—"But 1 di Will you take that valise off Italian—"No taka noth. I told yo afora. Blossom (getting warm in the collar)—“If you don’t take that valise off the seat, I will. Do you understand me?” Italian—"I unstana what yo’ talka; I no taka eat offa.” lossom (throwing valise off the seat)— here, now! If you want your baggage ou can go get it.” i 0 belonga to mea.” Italian—“Eat no belonga to mea. Yo’ seea thata beggar mana—” . Blossom (as he replaces the valise)—““Why didn't vou say so before? I don't mind standing up; it’s only a short distance across.”" Itallan (to himself)—“Eat no belonga to mea, eat no belonga to th’ beggar man. Eat belonga to mya leetel sis in th’ cit; I take eat to hera.” +o+__ Will Call Again. From Tid-Bits. Young Medical Student (to charity pa- tient)—“I—I think you must have a—a some kind of a—a fever, but our class has only gone as far as convulsions. I'll come in again in a week, when we get to fevers.” —___—--e-_ A Friend to the Poor. From the Indianapolis Journal. “He is a great friend to the poor.” “So he ts. He will keep any of his friends poor if they will give him half a chance.” = +o+ Grafting of Plants. From Leisure Hours. All gardeners know that curious plants can be produced by grafting, and to the ccuntry it is no extraordinary sight to see a tree bearing two kinds of plum or pear as the result of it. Mr. A. W. Sutton of the great seed establishment at Reading has lately described in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society a number of inter- esting experiments made with tomato and potato plants, these two being botanically related to one another. A potato tuber was planted, and when it had attained the height of a few inches above the soll, the stem was cut off and a tomato graft’ was connected to it)’ As’a result, the composite plant produced@a ¢fop of potatoes at the roots, while the foliage above ground bore a crop of tomutoes,; nourished by the po- tato roots, The ‘provess was then reyersed, a potato graft being introduced upon to- mato stafks. The tomato roots did not pro- duce potatoes, but 'the potato plant above ground first tHrew'out potato flowers and berries, and aftevward produced tubers from the axils of the leaves and stems. In this case the desigwatien of the potato as a pomme de terre is evidently a misno- mer. oi) ale et th9-+- Fibrinda’s Deal. From the’ Chicagd,,Recop Florinda has the cycle craze, and, likewise, so have I; < But, gracious? neitter purse displays the cash wherewitir to buy. Yet rare Florinda’s up to things; she said— dear, gifted girl— “Let's blow in our engagement rings and get some wheels and whirl.” — ++ Followed Instructions. From the Halifax (N. S.) Echo. “JT told that lady that in orQer to get a good photograph she must forget where she was.” “Well?” She did so thoroughly they she went away without making the requ#ed deposit.” See Putting on Airs. From the Ualon Signal. “What makes that hen in your back yard cackle so loud?” “Oh, they've just laid a corner stone across the street and she's trying to make the neighbors think she did it.” The Doctor's Daughter—"Oh, Giles, A LESSON IN BUSINESS, The Basis on Which the Selling Price is Arrived At. From the Kansas Gity Packer. “Now, my son,” said the old merchant, “while you are applying yourself to the de- tails of this business, learning how to buy and how to sell, how togauge the tastes and needs of the great public, how to avoid mistakes, how to seize opportunities—while you study these things, keep always before you the fact that the basis of all true busi- ness success is absolute, uncompromising honesty.” “Father,” said the young man, “your business has always been one of large sales and small profits, has it not?” “You know what I advertise, son; I buy everything direct from the manufac- turer, and I sell to the consumer at exactly per cent advance from cost. Such a busmess I believe to be as beneficial to the public as any philanthropic institution. The people should purchase the necessaries of life at a margin above first cost sufficient to pay for the actual handling of the goods. ‘That is a fixed principle of mine.” “But,” said? the boy, in a puzzled, hesi- tating way, “you had an invoice of lace curtains today at § a pair, and I heard you give instructions to mark them $4.69." The old man leaned back in his leather- cushioned swivel chair, smiled blandly and told the hoy to take pencil and paper. “The expenses of this business last year, he said, “were 10 per cent of the sales. Add 10 per cent to your $3.” “Three thirty.” . “There. is always possible shrinkage in value of stock, always a percentage of bad debts, always a hazard of unforeseen con- tingencies. Add 10 per cent more.” “Three sixty-three.” “Do you know how much it costs your father to maintain himself and his family? Have you any idea of the expense of edu- cating and dressing three boys and three girls, paying their way in society, provid- ing them and their mother with a country home and a city home, with servants and carriages and everything they desire?” am afraid I have no idea, father “Well, it is simply frightful. It is, in fact, 20 per cent of the entire sales of the house. Add 20 per cent. Never mind frac- tions. “Four thirty-five “There. You have arrived by a process as clear and open as 4 and by the use of simple business rules, at the cost of those curtains billed at $3. Now add 7% per cent profit “Four sixty-nine.” “That's what I'm going to advertise them at; and you will see a great run on them tcmorro for the public has learned that all my announcements are absolutely re- Mable. ———__—_+«s— Children at the mmer Resorts. Writing in the Outlook of “Children at the ore and on the Mountains,” Cyn- thia P. Dozier says: There are two types of summer hetel or hoarding place to be found in our country: The one, where everything has been done for the comfort of the men and women who go there year after year and absolutely no provision made for the children. There is no play room; the grounds are elther too highly cultivated or ¢lse too much eccupied with tennis courts and the like to leave any room for the_little ones: their only refuge is the bowling alley, the loafing place of the employes of the the children take entire po the terms “rude,” “pert, ctionable,” are applied on al] y the older people. These same children, who go screaming and running through parlors and corridors, are alwa gorgeously arrayed for the dance in the evening. Wherever a nuisance exists we may be sure there is a vital lack somewhere. ‘The truth of this matter is that these same “opiectionable” children are trying to ad- st themselves to new and often trying conditions. Most of them have been in school or kindergarten, with regulated work and play, and in their homes have a king- dom all their own in the nursery. It is nothing short of cruel to leave them to ignorant nurses, avd expect them to create a happy environment. At these same re- sorts heads of families very quickly find substitutes for club and social activity in reading circles, whist clubs, sewing be and out-of-door amusements,” The question arises, what is to be done? First, let us demand a place for our children at the sum- mer resort, play rooms and play grounds. Second, enter into their pastimes and in- terests at these places. What they most need is a directing word; they crave intel- ligent and comprehending sympathy. Sherlock Hol Fro 1 > law clerk was in communication with ypewriter in another office. “Ah, you have red hair,” he remarked. “How in the world can you tell that “A white horse has just passed. hair is not very red, though “How can you tell that? “The horse is not very white.” ‘For the land’s sak. “And you once lived in the agricultural district: Your I did—once; but how did you know your exclamation, ‘for the land's too,” she de- how did you know that the way you rang that telephone bell. you were still turning a grind- “Then it was a feed cutter, a coffee mil!, a corn sheller or a cider press. It's all one. And you have whiskers—no, it may be the wind whistling through the telegraph wires ~t0- A Moving Speech, From the Yonkers Gazetze. Bellows—“Talk about your moving speeches, I heard a more thrilling and ef- fective one than Sparkins delivered at the mass meeting last evening.” Fellows—“Sparkins made a moving speech? Impossible!” Bello’ Tis, eh? You'd never think so, if you'd been at the meeting last night when he got up and yelled ‘Fire!’ ” I have a message for you from my father. He Says you must take some quinine in all the whisky you drink.” The Village Toper-—-“Lor’, missy, quinine in such quantities!”—Punch, I'd be feared 0’ doin’ myself a injury takin’ DESCRIBED BY SYMPTOMS or Deafness? YOUR CASE CAN BE CURED The Knowledge Which Enabled Doctors McCoy and Cowden to De- scribe Diseased Conditions Has Con- Superb Mastery tributed to Their Over Them. R PROM THE VA- RIOUS MALIGNANT POISONS IN THEIR RLOOD, WHICH PRODUCE OR RESULT FROM CA- TARRH. MAY OTHER PERSONS FROM NERVOL KIDNEY 1 THE RESULT OF IRRITATING SONS IN THE BLOOD. (FFERERS £O NOT HAV! DERSTANDING OF THE NaTt AFFLICTION, THE FOLLOWIN MPTOMS HAVE BEEN ara DeCTO rOOX TO ENABLE SUFFERERS TO UNDERSTAND cn ‘NITE UN- THEIR JUST WHAT IT IS THAT AILS THEM. AL- THOUGH WR:TTEN AND CoryRIGHTED BY HIM, THEY PAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY COPIED BY OTHER CONCERNS WITHOUT HIS At 3 THE PROPER COURSE OF THOSE ED IS THIS: READ THESE SYMP- CAREFULLY OVER; MARK THOSE THAT APPLY TO YOUR CASE, AND B THIS WITH YOU TO DOCTORS McCOY AND COWDEN. IF YOU LIVE AWAY FROM THE cITy, SEND THIS BY MAIL AND ASK FOR HOME TRI T- DISEASE OF HEAD AND THROAT The head and ased from neg! Catarrh w is, cansing ondition of the you spl Do ‘yuu nen Do ‘you snore Do you blow “Ts 20 © Does your * Does Uh “Is this w ‘out xtopped now se toward ni teb and bar ind in tn ound in the ew sounds Le “Do the moines * When you ble “Ts sour “Is there roaring like a fall Int DISEASE OF BRONCHIAL TUBE This conditi 1 often results from catarrh extending from the hend and throat, and, if t unchecked, extends down the wind into the bronchial tubes, and in time at- cks the lungs pain in si Do you tak “Is your * Have yo + Do yor ” DISEASE OF THE STOMACH. Thin condition may result from sey= eral causes, but the cause in catarrh, he mocus into the throat a “Is there u light hei tong hawk and spit? pain afte you distress after “Is your throat filled with li “De you at times have diar Is there rush of blood te t “Is there coosta “Do you feel as if When you get up suddenly - h is empty d Teel faint “Do houp material that burns throat When stomach Is full do you fecl oppressec yim the « cand correct idea rful results of nition of the wi den have gean to give to has institu McCoy System ofifiedicine Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. 715 13th Street Northwe. Office Hours, 9 to 12 6 to 8 p.m., dail 4 pm. COPIES OF DOCTOR MeCOY'S MONOGRAPIT ON DEAF WILL BE MAILED ON APPLICA TION TO THOSE DIRECTLY INTERESTED LN THE CURE OF JIS CONDITION. Where Work is Pleasant. From the New York Weekly Neglected Wife—“Why don't you go to work Husband (a ne’ tool Neglected Wife—“Deacon you five dollars to fix up his have a saw and a 5 nail: What more do nd—“The saw ain't no good. t got no file to sharpen it. Ole kin fix his fence hisself. me_hust (ten y, wife, I've escap tiary. Gimme some Night out agin.” Wife—"M How did you get out Husband—“I dug forty feet under with a two-tined fork, and then cut way through two feet of p wall and ¢ inches of boiler iron with a saw made « of a tin dinner plat An Outspoken Politicia From the Cincinnati Eaquire: “Perhaps you can gu said the reporter, afte read the proffered card ascertain favor of.” The statesman opened the door, looked out, closed the door again, locked It, pulic down the windows and whispered’ i ear of the waiting newspaper man, “ paign fund: r do well) peniten- my tesman had alled to you a mission,” “I have what sort of money