The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 18, 1901, Page 4

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(Long Distance Telephone “‘Central 2615.") NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT: C. C. CARLTON Herald Square NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE: STEPHEN B. SMITH. 30 Tribune Building NEW YORK NEWS STANDS: Waldort-Astoria Hotel; A. Brentano, $1 Union Square; Murray Hill Hotel. CHICAGO NEWS STANDS: Shermen House; P. O. News Co.; Great Northern Hotel; Fremont House; Auditorium Hotel. WASHINGTON (D. C.) OFFICE....1406 G St., N. W. MORTON E. CRANE, Correspondent. BRANCH OFFICES—i7 Montgomery, corner of Clay, open untfl $:30 o'clock. 30¢ Hayes, open until 9:30 o'clock. €33 McAllister, open until $:30 c'clock. €15 Larkin, open until $:30 o'clock. 1941 Mission, open until 10 o'clock. 2261 Market, corner Sixteenth, open until § o'clock. 109 Valencia, open until 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh, open until 9 o'clock. NW. second and Kentucky, open until 9 o'clock. erly’s Minstrels. ‘A Gaiety Girl.™” King of the Opium Ring." d Opera-house—'"Romeo et Julief Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every afternoon and evenin Fischer's—Vaudeville, Oakland Racetrack—Races to-day. AUCTION SALES. By F. H. Chase & Co.—Monday, November 15, at 11 o'clock, Driving and Work Horses, at 155 Valencla street. ~ By Wm. G. Layng—Monday, November 15 at 12 o'clock, Carriege and Driving Horses, at 721 Howard strect By Wm. G. Layng—Thursday, November 21, Thoroughbred Horses, at 721 Howard street. TRADE REPORTS CHEERFUL. ’j CCORDING 1t the country’s bank clear- eter of trade, therc was a slight falling of in business last week. There was a gain of 9 per cent over the corresponding week last year, but the weekly gain has for months been so much larger than this that the inference is natural that the veimme of commerce during the week was below the weekly average for the past several years. At the same time the usual commercial reports from the different sections indicated no decrease, and were cheerful in tone, with illustrations of more than nor- mal activity in several parts of the country. As far us the staples are concerned, business is ap- ently good as at any time during the year. The shipments of boots and shoes were 19 per cent larger 1an last year, while the demand for goods is so brisk 12t the usual between-seasons shut-down will mitted this year. Hides and leather continue firm, with no signs of any accumulation of stocks. Gen- eral merchandise is reported in heavy demand almost everywhere, and the holiday retail trade is expected | to beat all previous records. Most manufacturing lines | report so many orders on hand that even should no | fresh business be received the mills will be kept bus; far into the new year. The woolen mills report spring orders coming in liberally, and some lines of woolen clothing are actually scarce. There is no halt visible in the iron and steel industry, the demand for pig iron being so keen that a premium is being paid for immediate @elivery, while the leading stecl interest reports its whole output for 1902 already booked. Cotton has hesitated more or less for sev- eral months, the weather in the South having been against the crop. In the Southwest the scarcity of corn and oats is being feit, and. the upper tier of States is being drawn on for supplies at higher prices than rule at Chicago, while large quantities of wheat are being fed to stock in lieu of the grains usually employed for this purpose. Last summer's drought was not exaggerated at the time, as is now seen, and even at this late day the winter wheat needs more rain before hard freezing sets in, while some parts of Kansas and Missouri are rushing their livestock into market on account of the scarcity of water supplies. It was thought during the drought that the de- creased yield of farm produce throughout the West 2nd Southwest would materially cut down the earnings wof the railroads; but expectations in this direction have happily not been realized, as the earnings in Oc- tober wefe 11.3 per cent greater than in October, 1970. while the scarcity of cars, about which the whole country is complaining, is seriously hampering the movement of ail kinds of farm produce and merchan- dise. Wheat has been unsettled during the past week, and the market has shaded off slightly; but increased speculation at Chicago is reported, due largely to general confidence in the future of the market. Pro- visions are still reported more or less weak, and all cured meats have declined one-half cent per pound. Business in Wall street has been very fair, and in the middle of the week there was a decline in both railroads and industrials, though it was followed by an immediate partial recovery. The local situation stands the same. Frequently recurring showers are keeping the new grass grow- ing and enabling the farmers to plow in many parts of the State. The trade of this port is all that could be desired, both for State and export account. Money continues plentiful and easy, and there are signs of more activity in real estate, both city and country. Prosperity is still with us. B e —— The programme of municipal improvements of the London County Council includes the construction of buildings which will afford homes for 92,000 persons at a cost of $20,000.000. When completed the ‘Coun- cil will own 250 blocks of workmen’s dwellings, vielding a yearly rental in excess of $800,000. It ap- pears the old slums are being steadily cleared away and London wiil ere long be virtually a new city ings, which are accepted as the best barom- | be | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1901, PROBLEMS FOR CONGRESS. S the time for the assembling of Congress ap* A proaches reports from Washington concerning its probable action during the session become more and more contradictory and confused. It is not strange that it should be so. The old issues upon which the parties have fought in recent elections have been settled. Free silver is no longer a live question, and consequently the political leaders will have to align themselves this wintér upon new questions. Repub- licans, of course, have only to stand firm upon the ground now occupied, but the Democratic leaders will try to shift the contest to some point where they may at least hope for an advantage, and consequently; a large part of the debates of the session will be taken up with partisan skirmishing for position. 3 It is gratifying that the isthmian canal question and that of the re-enactment of a Chinese exclusion law are not partisan issues. of these much desired measures may be provided dur- ing the session without much trouble. The opposi- tion to the isthmian canal, however, is still formida- ble, and the people will remember that many a ses- sion in the past has opened with every prospect for. | the passage of a canal bill, but has been brought to | a close without anything more being done than the {appoimmcnt of another commission. The interests antagonistic to the canal are strong, and, notwith- standing no political party avowedly supports those | interests, they have still a considerable following in | both houses and in both parties, and we cannot be | sure of the beginning of the enterprise until the biil providing for it has been duly enacted and is.signed by the President. The partisan interest in the session will center round the efforts made to bring about some kind of tariff revision, or to provide for an extensive system of reciprocity treaties. Ample evidence is before the | country that the Democratic leaders are quite willing | to renew their attack upon the protective system, and { will do what they can during the session to furnish | their party with a policy upon which to appeal to the people in the coming Congressional elections. The skirmishing on these questions is going to be the more interesting because several Republicans have declared themselves in favor of tariff revision and of the reciprécity treaties now before the coun- try. It remains to be seen how strong that element | is and whether any considerable number of Repub- licans will vote against their party on either of the two issues. It is, of course, not likely that the de- fection will be great, but if there be any at all it will | encourage the free traders and the Democrats to | make a tariff fight next fall and the party issue of the immediate future will be practically determined. Along with the tariff issue will be that of the enact- ment of an adequate measuge for the promotion of our merchant marine. The Republican party has not yet fulfilled its pledges to the people on that sub- ject. The shipping bill should have been enacted as promptly as the protective tariff bill, and every de- velopment of trade and industry under the protective system has demonstrated anew the need of giving governmental support to our merchant marine. Our foreign commerce is now almost wholly in the hands | of foreign shipowners and as a consequence we pay to the forcigner a heavy tribute upon our own trade —a tribute that increases as the trade increases. i The partisan skirmishing on these and kindred ques- tions will be the more keen because the increasing surplus in the treasury proves that the revenues of the country are larger than are needed at the present rate of expenditure. There are some who favor the under-. taking of internal improvements on an extended scale, so as to bring the expenditures up to the in- | come and thus provide for a prompt return of the | money in the treasury to the channels of trade. | Others would cut down the income by reducing*in- | ternal tax Still others would reduce the customs | on foreign imports. It is to these questions Congress { will have to address itself, and around them party | leaders will skirmish for position. It is going to be | an interesting session. ' The English railway officials who have come to this country to study American railway methods are said to have been astonished by what they have.seen, {and the report is not surprising, for there are some things in American railway methods that astonish the natives LACK OF EXERCISE. INCE the physicians and surgeons who at- i S tended President McKinley reported that the i fatal result of his wound was due largely to’ conditions brought about by lack of exercise, there has been a good deal of study given to the habits of high officials at Washington, and the general,conclu- sion is that very few of them take anylhing"like the amount of exercise reeded for the preservation of | health. The average American official is a man of simple but severe dignity. The British statesman, even when a member of the Ministry, does not hesi- tate to play golf or cricket, ride a bicycle or spend weeks on the moors shooting; but the American, ex- cept in rare instances, dares not do anything of that kind. He seems to regard anything less than official work as beneath his dignity, and consequently he breaks down when he should be “full of vigor and health. / There is, moreover, another feature of Washington life that is perhaps even worse than the lack of exer- cise. It is the unhealthful condition in which the offices are maintained during the winter. One authority says that as soon as the weather justifies any fires at all, the public buildings are kept intolerably. hot. Even the corridors of the great department buildings are fairly stifling and the offices are like ovens. Men who work in such overheated rooms for eight hours a day almost inevitably losesvitality, become bilious, dyspeptic and tired out. Living in that kind of atmos- phere, taking no exercise and working hard, the pub- lic official exhausts himself and breaks down when- ever any severe and unusual strain is put upon him. . Grover Cleveland, who was one of the hardest working Presidents we ever had, was wise enough to take holidays at frequent intervals and to spend them not in idling round a farm or a watering place but in fishing or duck shooting. Thus, despite his corpu- lence, he managed to maintain his strength and health and is still a vigorous man, President Roose- velt has always taken plenty of time for exegcise and will doubtless continue to do so. Thus Washington officials have good models to follow if they choose and have the energy. . It is probable the climate of Washington has much to do with the habits of the Government officials. In summer it is too hot for out-of-door exercise and in winter the damp, cold weather almost forces the of- { ficials to keep their offices overheated. If they lived jin San® Francisco they would live differently and be healthier. In our climate not only is almast every day in the year suitable for out-of-door exercise, but most days are so fine and the air so bracing with brisk breezes that they fairly tempt men to get out | who bet on him - 1t is possible that each’ ! which contes from the attainment of personal from their offices and recreate-themselves- by some kind of exercise. Shotld the time ever come when we feel it necessary to assure the health of our high officials, it will be worth while to move the capital from the Atlantic Coast to that of the Pacific and set it up in this city President Roosevelt has declared himself opposed to the use of political or social influence in getting promotions in the army or the navy, and it is to be hoped he can make his opposition strong enough to put an end to the practice. HILL AND JOHNSON, S UT of the tidal wave of Republican successes O which swept the country and submerged Democracy in the late elections two Demo- crats ‘bob up serenely, smiling ‘to their friends and assuring the public that everything with them is lovely and prospects are bright. Those two men are David Bennett Hill 6f New York and Tom L. John- son of Ohio.! % : _ Hill's happliness’ was ‘such that immediately after the election He went to New York City and showed himi:eif smiling conspicuously, above the wrecked remmnants.of Tammany Hall. . He was not at all -averse to expressing Lis gratification over the fall of Croker. Henis reported té have said two days after the ‘election: “It goes without saying that I am greatly gratified with the result ‘of Tuesday's elec- tion. "My fight always has been for a pure Democ- racy which represents government for the people and by the ‘people. It is oniy a question of time when Tanimany will work out its own ruin. This election i is only the beginning of the end for Tammany Hall. There is no room in the United States for an organi- zation founded on pure personalism. The result of Tammany’s defeat on the Democratic party through- out the nation is bound to be good. The people are good judges, and they may -be relied upon in the end.” i The satisfaction of Hill is hardly more than that re- venge. Croker turned him down at the Kansas City conventjon and threatened to drive him out of the Democratic party. Hill has his innings now. It seems certain that Croker will be forced out of poli- tics, and his rival will remain to be an important fac- tor in the Democratic camp for many a year to come. With that quarrel the general public will feel little or no concern. Croker was never a national states- man, and Hill can no longer aspire to be one. It is different with Tom L. Johnson of Ohio. That en- terprising gentleman sees a brilliant career ahead of him. He expects to be re-elected Mayor of Cleve- land, then Governor of Ohio, and then President of the United States. His dream is bright enough to interest the nation. Johnson claims that he is the only Democrat who achieved any success at the polls or received any kind of indorsement from the people at the elections. Quincy was beaten in Massachusetts, Croker in New York and Bryan in Nebraska. Moreover, Mr. John- son notes that the Democratic candidates for State offices were beaten in Ohio, while his local ticket was successful in- Cuyahoga County. He regards that as a ~proof that the McLean Democrats in Ohio are as weak as the Bryan Democrats proved to be in Nebraska. Taking that view of the situation, Mr. Johnson is unable to perceive above the horizon any Democrat but himself, and naturally he rejoices in his boom and feels sure of the future. 3 As no other prominent Democrat can see things from exactly the same standpoint as Mayor Jaohn- son, it is not to be expected they will agree with him as to the importance of the position he now occupies. None the less, the appearance of Johnson as a can- didate for the Democratic nomination for the Presi- dency is an interesting fact. He is a lively man, is Tom, and he hails from Kentucky, so Colonel Wat- terson will have to be watchful or his aspirations for the nomination will be defeated by a man from his own home. R She is doing something more than construct Siberian railroads and Baltic canals. In spite of the condemnation pronounced against Tol- stoy by church and by state, and-in spite of the in- cvitable conservative reaction produced by the crimes of anarchy, the public mind of Russia is becoming more tolerant and more liberal. Recent reports from Europe reveal the fact that Russians of official posi- tion now feel themselves free to say many things and to advocate many policies in public which a com- paratively few years ago they would hardly have ven- tured to whisper among their most intimate friends. One of the most notable instances of the change that has come over the Russian people is to be found in the report recently given of the address made by M. A. Staknovich, marshal of the nobility of the province of Oral, to the missionary congress of the province. In his address he is said to have argued frankly for a repeal of many of the restrictive laws now in force, and to have declared that orthodoxy is so well established among the people that the church and the Government might well afford to leave every one free hereafter to choose what religion seems best to him. Furthermore, the story gots he denounced the policy of making people orthodox by force, and declared that the present practice of trying to whip religion into a man is as futile as it is barbaric and cruel. It is true the speech roused the wrath of a good many of the orthodox leaders of the missionary congress and created so much of a sensation that it was communicated to St. Petersburg, from which place the reports of it wete sent to Western Europe and to this country. Such results of the address were of course.to be expected.. They do net, however, weaken the significance of a speech made to such an audience by such a man and under such circum- stances. Here, at any rate, is a clear case of the ut- terance of liberal sentiments in the face of an an- tagonistic audience, and it undeniably proves that liberalism -in Russia has taken courage and dares to assert itself. There is truth in the old saying, “One swallow does not make a spring,” and so we are not.to expect that one free utterance of a plea for religious liberty will make Russia free. When one swallow appears, however, there is very Iikelyv to be another ere long, and the example of Staknovich may rouse others to emulate it. Freedom of religion would be a boon to Russia ,in many ways. It would go far toward checking the tendency of the people toward anarchy and- atheism, for those - things ‘are more often the offspring of tyranny than of liberty. It may be safely said the Russian church gained NEW LIGHT IN RUSSIA. USSIA is advancing in more ways than one. nothing by the excommunication of Tolstoy, while it would gain immensely by putting itself on the side of liberality and enlightenment. Ruhlin feels sore, of course, hut not s0 sore as those - : . SPANISH ADMIRALS MAKE PROTEST AGAINST HAMPERING OF THE NAVY % BATTLEHIP ALABAMA THAT SUFFERED SERIOUS INJURY BY THE PREMATURE EXPLOSION OF A SHELL RECENTLY DURING TARGET PRACTICE. THE BIG GUNS, THE MAIN SUPERSTRUCTURE AND . MAIN BATTERIES WERE DAMAGED, NECESSITATING EXTENSIVE REPAIRS TO THE VESSEL. s HE Spanish admirals are in revolt against the Govern- ment and sent the senior officer, Admiral Valcarel, to seek an audience with the Queen Regent. This he easily obtained and laid before her the grievances of his Agriculture for five large and three small/ fast steamers for the Casplan Sea. They are building in Finlahd, and with the open- ing up of navigation, about May, will proceed to the Caspian by way of the Volga and its canal system. The object of these vessels is said to be for the protection of fisheries at the Cas- comrades. sion. for all, if a navy is wanted, and in that its necessities. to the present navy should be dismissed. comment severely on this incident and declare that discipline in the navy is undermined. The general declded hostility toward the navy since its war with the United States, evidently ignoring the fact officlal corruption and incompetence were for its defeat. tain Carballo of the Spanish cruiser Rio that'during a commission of fifteen months the vessel steamed 24,000 miles, consuming 3500 tons of coal, and that the tubes are still in good condition, none of them belng chocked or having suffered in any way. The stokers were not a picked crew, but of the average found in the Spanish navy. The tubes of the bollers are only 30 milimeters in diameter—not quite one and The San Rafael and San Gabriel, two small cruisers; are also provided with these boliers, which are giv- The Rio de la Plata is a sheathed cruiser of 1800 tons, built in France in 188. Ir data relating to speeds maintained and other varying condi- tions extending over the period, during which 24,000 miles were steamed, no idea can be formed of the economic quality of the one-fifth inches. ing satisfactory results. boilers, but the fact that they are in good ing been in use for so long a time and that none of the tubes have suffered, and consequently need no point in their favor. A The navy @f Greece is said to be in a Prince George has made a speech, in which he declared that the naval arsenal is in a state of confusion and that the ships He ascribed this condition are simply rotting owing to neglect. of affairs as due to politics and declared ‘dream of anv reform until the supreme command of the navy was rendered ‘immune from all political influence and inter- The only remedy would be to place it under the im- mediate direction of a prince of the reigning house. ference. ‘The devious ways of Russian policy are very much like those of China, tae latest being an order placed by the Minister of They object to the civil control over naval afairs and credits, declaring that officers of the navy are not guided by political motives, but solely by the dignity of their profes- They want the Government and Parliament to say, once If not wanted the officers and others belonging The letters of Admiral Cervera and other offi- cers showed that the navy .was unprepared for any service whatever; that the fighting personnel realized this fact and did its very best under the most adverse circumstances. The Normand Sigaudy water-tube boiler comes to the front with a record better than that of any boiler of that type. case to provide for Madrid newspavers public has shown a flasco in the recent that largely responsible Cap- de la Plata reports hauled. In the absence of condition after hav- renewal, Is a great | in any navy. wretched condition. that it was idle to tober 1. pian mouth of the Volga, but as there is no necessity for such protection it is surmised that the flotilla will become & part of the navy to be used in the event of further troubles which have recently developed in that locality. The Raussian torpedo-boat destroyer Nyrok, of the Sokol type, had a trial October 10, in which she developed 26.18 knots. The contract called for 26.5 knots. ekl o six are laid up for repairs, aecording to the London Express. They started for a cruise with the reserve fleet, October 3. when they returned all but one were more or less Within a few days the Vulture and Crane put back with ling deck plates; the Brazen, with bofler tubes leaking. had to seek refuge at Spithead. and the Electra, Petrel and Spiteful were damaged by collision off the Tyne. rel and Fawn as unscathed, but the latter is to be paid off as soon as she can be replaced, in order to be thoroughly over- Of the Portsmouth flotilla of eight torpedo-boat dntro!:n Buck. This leaves the Kest- A satisfactory trial of the Spencer-Miller contrivance for coaling ships at sea was witnessed by the Lords of the Ad- miralty at Porsmouth two weeks ago. The experiment will be tried again with ships actually at sea, for which purpose the Trafalgar will be selected. along which the traveler carrying the coal runs, being fixed be- tween the collier and the ship. The contrivance was tried with success about a year ago in the United States mavy. It consists In an elastic cable s s s The Italian battleship Benedetto Briu, launched Noyember 7 at Castellamaxa, is of 13,427 toms, carrying four 12-inch, twelve 6-inch and eighteen 12-pounders. The intended speed is 20 knots, which, if realized, will make her the fastest battleship i, St ie Germany will shortly have thirty-one war vessels in foreiga waters, disfributed as follows: erica, 4; Mediterranean, 3; West . China, 20; East ccast of Am- Africa, 2, and South Sea, 2. CEE A #icinch Canet gun burst while being tried on the prov- ing range at Ruelle, of the gun weye scattered over a large area. . France. No one was injured, but pieces y Y Fifty war vessels of 375,045 tons were in course of construc~ tion in private and government yards in Great Britain on Oe- .« s . Cramps are building a 100-ton derrick for the Brdoklyn mavy h’fim to be used chiefly for ordnance purposes. Its cost is L R e S s s s o] ANSWERS TO QUERIES. NAVAL APPRENTICES—S,, City. Na- val apprentices who are enlisted in the East are given a course of training at Coasters Harbor Island, near New- port, R. I, and those enlisted on the Pacific Coast at the United States naval training station, San Francisco, before belng sent out to sea. Enlistments are made on the following named ships: Con- stellation, Coasters Harbor; Columbia, navy yard, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wabash, navy yard, Boston, Mass.; Richmond, navy yard, League Island, Pa., and Pen- sacola, United States naval training sta- tion, San Francisco. WHO WROTE IT?—C. E. I, Sonora, (C'al. This correspondent wants to know the name of the author of a poem en- titled “What Is Time?’ of which the fol- lowing are the opening and the closing verses: I asked an aged man, a man of cares, Wrinkled and curved and white with hoary halrs, “Time is the warp of Life,” he said, “Oh! tell The young, the falr, the gay, to weave it well.” T asked the mighty angel who shall stand One foot on sea and one on solld land, “By Heaven!” he cried, *I swear the mys- tery's o'er; Time was,/ Time is, but Time shall be no more!" GIFT DEED—O. 8., City. If husband and wife each own property in their own name either can give a gift deed of the property to the other and the gift is abso- lute, providing there is a delivery. 1If either party makes a gift deed and there is a delivery then the party making such deed part§ with all interest in the prop- erty. Such a deed may be placed In escrow with instruction not to deliver the same until the death of the maker. If a gift deed is made but there is no delivery there is no conveyance and the party who made the deed would have a right to dis- pose of the property by will, notwith- standing the existence of the undelivered deed. ROSE SPRINGS—George Tinney of Au? burn has kindly fufnished the following information relative to Rose Springs, about which a Berkeley correspondent in- quired some time since:, ‘“Rose Springs was at one time a thriving little mining town fourteen miles east of Folsom, nine miles west of Placerville and three and a half miles north of Shingle Springs, in El Dorado County. Thére is still there a ho- tel or stopping place, a saloon and gro- cery store and quite a little settlement. with a fine school system, known as the Tennessee schoal district. Up to eight years ago the postoffice name was Rose Springs, but since the postal authorities have changed it to Rescue postoffice. The mail for there is delivered at Shangle Springs. There is also at the place an ex- cellent literary society with a member- skip of 'y-seven, of which the writer has been a member for five years past. It is known as the Rose Springs Literary Society, C. C. Burtsin president ani George M. Skinner secretary.” e : ENCHILADAS—A. O. 8., Nevada City. Mrs. M. E. K. of Salinas has kindly fur- nished the foilowing recipe for making enchiladas: Take three cupfuls of flour, one cup of cold water and a teaspoonful of salt and mix into a stiff dough. Roli very thin and bake on top of stove or range in cakes the size of a pie tin o: large plate. These enchiladas are eaten with the following sauce: Take one dozen dried chili peppers, break open and remove seeds, put them in a sai N cover with cold water and place on the 4tove until hot, but do not boll. This PERSONAL MENTION. Charles L. Smith, an attorney of Sacra- mento, is at the Lick. H. Silver, a banker of Los Angeles, is a late arrival at the Palace. W. O. Watson, a business man of San Jose, is a guest at the Lick. M. Hochheimer, a business Bakersfield, is at the California. W. J. Nelson, a mining man of Los An- geles, is registered at the Palace. man of H. M. Reed, interested in oil properties ' in Reedley, is a guest at the Grand. James Griffitls. owner of steamboats in Seattle, is at the Lick for a brief stay. Dr. C. A. Foster of New York City is registered at the Palace with his wife and child. J. 8. Hackley, proprietor of a large dis- tillery in Louisville, Ky., is one of the ar- rivals at the Califorma. ————— Real Glass Houses. How would you like to live in a glass house? Jules Henrivaux, one of the greatest French chemists, considers glass the most serviceable, available and sanitary material for building houses. He has executed a model building made of glass held together by angle Iron. There are pipes for hot and cold water, electric wires, sewerage, everything need- ed for the comfort of a householder. Staircases, ceilings, wall decorations, fire places—all arejof glass. The decorations ar: remarkable both for beauty of design and color. They are made of opaque glass, arranged in prisms and crystals, with facets like dia- monds. Chairs and tables are of vitrified glass, and the residence and its furniture are indestructible. The entire surface of everything, from top story to basement, can be washed clean with soap and water and dried in ten minutes. There is mo dust and no cobwebs. The walls of the house arc colored and entirely impenetrable to light except through window and doer openings. M. Henrivaux is an enthusiast on glass. He points out that there Is an inexhaus- tible supply of material for making glass. It ean be manufactured out of sand. It never wears out. It can be molded into any shape. It is easily made non-breakable. Paris has already begun to pave her streets with glass. F: Glass is also made into dresses, pipes, baskets, and Is now being substituted for many pleces of iron machinery. @i R @ softens the peppers so that by removing them from the water and thoroughly mashing them with a potato masher they can be passed through a sleve, thus sepa. rating the pulp from the hard part of tha peppers. Return the pulp thus extracted to the water in which the peppers were heated. Heat two heaping tablespoonfuis of lard in a f~ying pan. ‘When boiling stir in a large spoonful of flour, a tea- spoonful of salt and add the pepper sauce - This makes a thick sauce, into which each enchilada must be dipped, after which cover each enchilada with a thick layer of grated cheese mixed with one eggs. Roll each enchilada, place them all on a thick earthen vhnn'.u set in modm_'.o a oven for ten minutes.” A CHANCE TO SMILE. “Those people in front of our cage say they are descended from us,” observed the First Monkey. “Well,” commented the Second Monkey, ‘“‘we are about the only ones of their an- cestors that they would pay an admission to see.”—Chicago Tribune. Miss Quickstep—I declare, I'm almost ashamed to be seen in company with Ma- bel Harkalong these days! Miss Flyppe—So am I. She does such outlandish things. Look at her now, blusing Hke a great, big, bashful boy!— ‘Washington Star. “No!" exclaimed Milwaukee, assuming for the moment the form of a beautiful maiden, and drawing her shadowy robes about her. “It is not beer that has made me famous! It is I, rather. who have made beer famous!™ { Then she vanished In a ereamy, misty, | foamy cloud.—Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Schermerhorn (at piano recital, re« proachfully)—Mortimer, you actually look as though you were sorry you paid five dollars to hear Professor Clawer play! Mr. Schermerhorn '(bored)—I am. Ia- stead of exclaiming “Brave! Brave!” I feel like crying, “Stop, thief!"—Washing- ton Star. A little Southern fairy of the brunette type, who had been asked to represent an angel at some entertainment. was radiant at the thought until some one malctously suggested that she had never heard of an angel with dark eyes -and hair. 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