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' - UEATIKO BY STEAM. RECENT ADVANCES MADE THIS METHOD. IN It Karly Imperfection Hav Been Orerconie and Splendid Results Ar yjow Oblalned-Deecrlptlon of Model lloueo and Ka Heatlna; Apparatus, Clean and Economical. The vast Increase In tbe number of the very large building, which Is one 0( the most marked features of modern PKBSPKCTIV VIEW. architecture, mis Drought mnuy new problems to the builders. There tins j,ln-en a complete revolution lu methods Hit construction, une or the niiuor ways ju which this manifests Itself Is In the matter of heating. It lews without say 'lug that the old style hot-air funiuce .is Incapable of auy development that 'would tit It for the sky-scraping struc ture one now finds on every city block nor would it suit the huge rambling -country lioum-s that have taken the place of the square, box-like building .Hint contented our forefathers. The world of the present day Is not the world of tweuty-flve yenrs ago. Steam heating. It Is true, bad its origin be fore these architectural changes had tnade themselves felt; but It was crude at first, and has developed to Its pres ent perfection under tbe spur of neces sity. J With Its many early Imperfections stt'fliu-hcntlng was slow In coming Into favor, and there are to-day many wor thy persons who hold a rooted averaiou to It. Iwsed uiMin unhnppy experience, It Is not difficult to understand the rea son for this when one visits a building iilped with a steam-heating ap paratus of a score or more years ago. The temperature Is scarcely even bear Me, for with the steam turned on the rooms become torrid; If It Is turned off they become frigid, and there seems to be no happy medium. Added to this Very vital objection, when the steam Is first admitted to the radiators, one ailght as well live In a bollershop. The tliuinplug and clanging Is enough to Craze a person of nervous susceptibili ties. In view of the splendid results that ire now obtained In steam-heating, It ll needless to Bay that these faults are Dot due to the system, but to the Ignor Mit application of It. Where the heat ?snnot lie properly and perfectly regu ated, there has been no scientific ad justment of heating surface to the cubic r7Tllfl5rSk if fTtlJ. I I k'xii' flJ 1XV14.V I Bt'i Kitchen 2 U. CL-jLL I Dining R. Sitting R I I isxifc' ij 'xiy I jFTtotl Parlor' 13X13' - 14x14' Vernd VaaasT 4'wida J I J MUST FLOOR, dimensions of the room. lu many buildings that have Im-cii equipped with the apparatus, subsequent to their erec tion, there are hundreds of feet of steam pipe exposed, because It was Impossible to carry them from floor to itoor and from room to room within the walls. The radiators themselves have sufficient beating surface, while the steam pipes are responsible for the over-heating. The architect of to-day settles this difficulty In bis plans. If tie matter Is left to hliu. steam-heating becomes a delight to the householder, is It gives sure and equable tempera ture In the most extreme weather, and at a minimum of cost for fuel. J The thumping In the radiators, fhlcu forms a prime objection to the system In the mind of those who re member the experimental stage of iteam-hcating. Is entirely obviated by 'he use of tbe Improved apparatus. It 1 caused, of course, by tbe condensing steam In the radiators, and when this water Is properly conducted baok Into the boiler the system la as noise less as hot air or hot water heating. I The accompanying design Is for a Country villa In which tbe plans call for I "Imple and Inexpensive stenm-heatlnti plant General Dimensions: Width, through olnlng-rootn and back parlor, 33 feet inches; depth, Including bay window, 3 feet. Height of Stories: Cellnr, 7 feet; first tory, 0 feet; second story, 0 feet. ? Exterior Materials: Foundation, "tone; flpgt and second stories, clap boards; band between first and second stories, band under eaves, gables, dor mers and roofs, shingles. i Inferior Finish: Two coat plaster, bard white finish. Flooring and trim In ball, oak; elsewhere, X. C. pine. Oak talrense. Kitchen walls wainscoted. All Interior woodwork grain-filled and finished with hard oil varulsh. Colors: AH clapboards, fawn-brown. Trim, Including water-table, corner "Wirds. cornices, etc., white. Outside "oors ana ceiling, oiiea. Shingles on We walls left natural for weather "tain. Shingled roofs stained a deep red. Accommodations: Cellar under rear 'lf of house with Inside and outside Otrance. Portiere. openings eonne-t 'L. parlor, sitting-room and dtnlng raom. open fireplaces In ball and din- I '"S i"'"". Hat nu.l oout closet In hall S. Ba-fftfLsS" i- i.i.. . : " . lliithrtjtHii in second story, will, f plumbing. Altlc unfinished, except ftr storage purposes. 1 IiIm house would cost nlKitit $a.ts,V- IK it l....l.IUg I lie lieutliiir ,.,,., rang,, uud mantels-built wlihln loo MUH 01 my. although many sections of the country the co-it should Ik; much li-ss, w here labor or materials are cheaper. iiau.aiora snouiil he placed as ne ir placed as ne the windows as possible, and In all rooms but the kitchen. Including the bathroom and lower hall. A fair esti mate for the apparatus complete, set, would licniiout JJlsi. The Co-operative Hulhllng Thin As soclatlon, Architects, 100-108 Fulion street Xew York. Copjrliiht, ISfW. THREE OF A KIND. Steer that Has Three Horn., Three r.yes ami Three NoatrilN,- There were many strange uiiIiiihIs at .Madison Square iiurden, Xew York. uuring the recent animal show, but the strangest of them ull was a steer with three horns, throe eyes ami three uos- trlls. lie Is the strangest animal In the country. In fact. Ills owner culls him a "three time winner." Each or tho queer animal's three horns is jerfectly formed. Two of them are where the horns of a iH-n'ect steer should be and the third Is alstut midway between the others. Two of bis eyes are like those of an ordinary steer. The third Is not fully developed. but It Is an eye nevertheless. Each of TUB 8TRANOK STEER. the trio of nostrils Is well proportioned and the animal breathes and smells with all of them. The extra horn, eye and nostril are In a straight Hue from the top of the head down, each being a little to the left of the middle. The amount of hooking and snorting that can be done by this marvelous beust can easily be imagined. A MONKEY'S WARDR03E. Brammel, the licat llrcaacd Monkey In AH Creation. A white-faced Japanese monkey, own- ed 1 a member of the Union League Club of Xew York, Is quite a dandy lu bis way. fie Is certainly the best dress ed and best groomed simian In the world, nnd very appropriately Is named Hrummel. It was lu Uuulon recently that the owner conceived the Idea ot providing his monkey with decent clothes. Man, he argued, owed a cer tain debt of gratitude to dead monkeys. which they could repay In no lietter fashion than by showing a decent cour tesy to the living ones. And to this forcible reasoning Itruinmel owes" his wardiobe. Ills master sent to Toole. Mr. l'oole Is the most fashionable which means the most expensive tail or In Loudon, and therefore in me world. One has to be Introduced be fore l'oole will make clothes for one. Mr. Poole sent Dent, the famous Dent, his luad cutter, to measure Hrummel and within two weeks the monkey had the neatest little wardrolie that ever mortal monkey possessed. Ills dress suit Is made of the costliest broadcloth, faced with satin, and stitched through out with silk. His walklnir costume Is of heavy English tweed, aud w hen you see Hrummel with his cap perched Jauu.Ily upon his head and a walklug tick In one hand you have a vivid im pression of having seen something like It before probably upon n trans-Atlau-lie llnw. Ills pyjamas are of the light est, finest Chinese silk, and the mon key has liecome so accustomed to them that he refuses to go to sleep without them. The bath rols-, which Is of somo fleecy material, soft to the touch, pleas ed Hrummel so much that he actually learm to take a liatli every morning, for the pleasure of feeling It upon his inck. Of course, Hrummel has a vilct to loo'K after him. nnd you may depend upon It this valet earns bis wages. There Is no monotony lu his life. 8Trn New Women In Oklahoma. Robert Smartwood of Beaver City, O. T., formerly No Man's Laud, arrived in Topeka I he other day and reports the organ i it ion there of a cattle com pany by seven yooug women teachers in tbe district schools. Each has filed a claim ou a quarter section of bottom laud, aud they now propose to consoli date their interests aud engage lu the cattle raising bnsinei-s. Heaver county was formerly the rendezvous of outlaw! of tbe worst class. The eyes should be bathed every night in cold water just before retiring, aud they will do better work the following day. Ml; - I J I LI RKCOM ri swill I M 1 "WEYLEU'S SIDE OF IT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE SPANISH COMMANDER IN CUBA. He Eiplalna a - Thiua- to a Woman Reporter Cuban Women Who Fight and Wield the Marhrte On Now Id the Fainou Morro ('entla. Tho New York Journal sent a woman torrespoudeut to Culm to interview the rpunisn commander In chief, Ueuerul W ey ler. The following is a purt of tho couvenwtiou between them; "Then I run deny tho stories that have Utn published us to your beiua cruel?" I The general shrugged bis heavy shoul- ucrs ss no n.iicl carelessly : "I have no time to puy attention to Stories. Some of them are truo and some are not. If you will particularize I will give direct answers, but these things are not important." "Does not your excellency think that prisoners of war should be treuled with consideration and mercy?" Tho generul's eyes glinted danger ously. "The Spanish columns attend to their prisoners just as well us auy other country in times of war," he replied "Wur is war. You cannot mule it oth- HW'K,- ''y as you will." I "Will not your excellency allow 1110 I to go the scene of baitle, under an escort 1,1 soldiers 11 uccrsrary, that 1 may write or the fighting as it really is and cor j nit m jui-n.-ii, 111111 iiretiiiiB m America that inhuman treatment is lo lug accorded the insurgent prisoners?" "Impossible," answered the general; it would uot be safe. "I am willing to take ull the danger ir your excellency will ullow me to go," I exclaimed. beueral weylir laughed. "There would be no danger from the rebels." he said, "but from the Spanish soldiers. They are of a very ufTcctionuto disposi tion aud would all fall in love with you." "I will keep a great distance from the fightiug if yon will ullow U10 to go." Thegouoral's lips closed tightly, and be said : "Impossible! Impossible!" "What would happen," I asked, "if I should be discovered crossing the lines without permission ?" "Yon would be treated just the same as a man." "Would I be sent to Custle Morro?" "Yes." lie nodded his bead vigot ouely. That settled it I decided not to go. "Why," I then asked, "is tho rulo 'incommunicado' placed npon prisoners? Is it not cruel to prevent a man from seeing his wife and children?" "Tho rnle 'incommunicado,'" said the gcueruh "is a military law. Prison ers aro allowed to see their relatives us a favor, bnt we exercise discretion in these cases. " "There are stories that prisoners aro shot in Morro castle at daybreak each nioiuiug, and that tho shots can bo plainly heard across tbe bay. Is this true?" The general's eyes looked unpleasant again. It is fulse," he said Shortly. "The prisoners go through a regular court murtiul, und no one could be shot at Morro without my orders, and I have not given orders to shoot any one siuce I huve been here," 'Do you not think it very cruel that innocent women aud children should be uiude to suffer in tiuio of war?" 'No innocent women aud children do suffer. It is only those who leave their homes aud take part in battles who tire injured. It is only the rebels who de stroy peaceful homes." 'It is reported," I said, "thut UO women are fighting under General Ma- ceo. is tins truer 'Yes," replied tho general. "We took one woman yesterday. She was dressed in man's clothes aud was wielding a machete. She is now in Morro castle. These women uro fiercer than the men. Many of them are mnluttcHts. This par ticular woman wus white." What will be her fute?" 'She will go through the regular form of trial. " "Will no mercy bo shown her?" I usk- od. "Mercy is always shown to a woman. While tho law is tho sumo for both sexes, there is a clause which admits of mercy to a womuu. " 'There are several Cuban women in surgents iu Morro uud the Cuhanas. Would your excellency," I asked, "ul low me to visit and converse with thorn?" No," he said. "Thore is a law that no foreigner shall enter our fortresses. It is a military luw. We can make no exceptions. You understand thut I do uot wish to be discourteous, sonuritu." "Some of these women," I continued, "aro said to be imprisoned for merely having Cuban flags in their homes. Is this possible?" "Treason, "expluiiied the general, U always a crime punishable by imprison ment." A Tear From Now. A year from this Mr. Oluey will go back to bis largo Boston practice, or may be into the Whito House; Mr. La niout, to his businoss interests in New York, if not into the governor's chair; Mr. Herbert to the practice of low in Alubama, probably; Mr. Wilson either to the practice of luw or to the presi dency of some university or to congress; Mr. Hoke Smith to Georgia as a lawyer. or to the United Stutes somite; Mr. Harmou back to the bar: Mr. Morton to a furni, possibly iu Virginia. Tho presi dent, who could uot h ud an idle life if he tried, will probubly go back to New York, resume the practice of law, aud work as bard as ever. Washington Post Judge Fined nimarif In the law aud equity court the other day Judge Sterling U. Toney of Louis ville, who is a greut stickler for prompt ness, turned up lute, and ou presentation ordered himself fined 5 for contempt of court. When his docket bad beeu clear ed, be remitted the fine and all others of a like character that hud been im posed on jurors and others during the week. New Yotk World. froblrm Play. Scribbler My new drama is a prob lem play. Scrawier What's the problem? Scribbler Well, there are several, but tbe greutest one is to pay salaries at the ud of the week. Philadelphia Record. POSTOFFICE ON WHEELS. The Elertrte Motor Carrlace to lie I'ted In Lara t'HIra. Horseless mail wagons will soon be cod iu all the largecitiesof tho United Stutes. The credit for the ui plication of the horseless electric motor carriage to tbe mull scrvico belongs to Second As sistant Postmaster Uoueral Neilsou. Ho has for several mouths been studying the project, uud a few days ugo com pleted the plans for tho model carriage. It is now in course of construction aud will bo completed veiy soon. Tho dimensions of this uew wugou will be 13 feet long, 0 feet wide uud a trirlu over 0 feet high. It will simply be a small postomce ou wheels. It will bo I lilted np precisely as iu a mail street car or a steam railroad postal car, ex ! cept that tho se-ale will be smaller. The body of the wugou will be hung ou springs and the wheels shielded with ' heavy rubber tires. ! For a long time Ueuerul Neilsou bus : boon engaged iu making investigations I of tho various means by which tho mails ! may be transported. These iuvostiga- tions included street cars, pueumutio tubes uud tho electrio horseless wagons. It has now been definitely divided by the postofilce department to employ the horseless wagons in the transportation of mails iu city und country districts where thero are no railway Hues uud where tho service can be improved by making "separations" (assorting mail between offices) while iu transit. It is intended to place tlicso wagons in service in cities which cover a largo area and wliero "separation" between four or five stations will greatly facili tate mail deliveries. Cincinnati Com tuerciul Uazetto. CURING HUNDREDS. Wonderful Kruult i.f the lllacktmlth II sal rr'a Work. Brudley C. Newell, the blacksmith healer, arrived at Brut tie boro, Vt.ro ceutly ou bis tour, after making 600 enres iu Greenfield, Mass. Tho place is thronged with cripples, the bliud and tho deaf. Tho heuler, under the direo tiou of his munager, treated more than 300 patients, and in a majority of cases with instantaneous success. There was a dramatic sceno in the ho tel when Dr. J. Owen of New York of fered Newell $.'0,000 to perforin cures for him. In tho presence of a large crowd, the rustic heuler spurned the of fer, saying, "I wouldn't tukoa million. " Nowell is making money uow. Wheu he first discovered his power, he refused to accept any pay und stuck to his work at tho forgo ; uow be bus a business mun ager and charges a head. Iu four days he bus cleared inure thuu $1,000. Newoll positively refuses touiukeany contract whatever, no matter how big a sum of money is ottered, because be can not guarantee thut his power will con tinue, even from 0110 day to another. He doesn't know what his powor is, and promises nothing. He only says be will try, uud clusps the putieut'a hands in his own for a few moments. Thut is his solo treatment. Healing bos au injurious effect upon Newoll, and he may give way under the straiu. Wbou he treuts so many patients in a day, be says it leaves him weak, al though he has a remarkably poworful physique. New York Recorder. ARID REGION EXPOSITION. Plan to Ilooiu the Country lletween the Kockiea and the Hlarraa. It is proposed iu Utah to orguulze in co-operution with neighboring stutes 11 u "urid region exposition, to be held successively in tho principal cities of tbe eust, for the purposo of showing tho products and resources of tho urid region uud of trying to dispel the notion thut still exists in some quarters thut the country between the Rockies and the sierras is a hopeless desert, given np to sagebrush and coyotes. Tbe exposition would lw something on the lines of the California exposition soon to bo held in New York. Speci mens of products from tho fields and orchards would be shown, with samples of the mineral treusures of the region. Tho exhibits would be displayed in the chief cities first, aud then divided up for exhibition in smaller cities und throughout the eastern stutes. T lie main idea is of oourse that such au ex hibition wonld attract immigration aud capital to the urid west. THEY CARRY STOVES. How Ohio People Keep Warm at "Syndi cate" Wllsou'a Itevlval. An evangelist known as "Syndicate" Wilson is holding a tevivul at Albany, O., that is stirring np tho people iu a wonderful way. Uo is a splendid speak er, aud his evident sincerity gives greut weight to bis words. Albany bus been notorious ss u tough place, but it is different now. Every night the Albany Cornet baud gives a sacred concert at tbe church door, and people for milos around go in covered wagons, with a stove iu the rear uud provisions enough to lust several days, and have a halleluiah timo. Every saloon iu tho villago has shut up, and when It is uot too com uie con gregation marches about the streets, singing songs and shouting, in the old Methodist way. Thero never was such a revival in Ohio. Everything is conducted in the most reverential way, und thero Is nothing that is in the least ridiculous or mirth provoking. No Loncr ''Baby" McKee. Young Benjamin McKee, who was In Washington with bis mother recently, deeply resents the mime Baby McKee, by which be is generally known. Ho is a manly little fellow, und the uume Ba by ds not appeul to nan. lie was go ing through one of the departments the other duy uud was especially Interested lu some old aud valuable stumps. As he wus going away one of the men hand ed him a collection of rare ones, suyiug, You may have these, Buby McKee. The boy wanted the stumps, but he would uot take them, nor could the of fender who hud called biui Buby concil iate him. New York Press. A Motto F"r Ornrrel Weyler. A motto can bo found in Hhukewpeare fur every tyio of churucter. That lor Ueuerul Weyler (i:urs in 'Corioluuus," "There is no more mercy in him than there is milk iu a mule tiger." St Ltiois (ilobe Democrut Very I'nhealthy. Tl. rlimate of Africa seems to be en tirely unfavorable to the European con stitution. Waahiugtou btur. HAND ALWAYS OPEN'. BARON DE HIRSCH'S BENEFAC TIONS WERE BCUNDLESS. Ilia Death Will Not Interfere with Munr of Ilia I'lmi for the Ameliora tion of Ilia Kuce Ilia Fortune Waa Largely Pclr-Muile. Lived I.Ike a l'rlncr. The death o! Huron Maurice ile lllrs Ii will not put an end to his prince ly lx-iitractloii. Many millions of the fund dedicated to the nnsTloratloli of the coiidltlou of the oppressed Jews in Kuroiie. und to other clniilliilile tin 1 poses upon the death of his son, slid reina'n for disbursement In years to come. The I ta inn's title was Inherited from his father, not bestowed In recog nition of his philanthropy, ns many have (.opposed. The greater portion of bis e-.iormous wealth was won hy li'H own efforts. It was while traveling through llie rich countries bordering ou the lllack Sea that he contrived the Idea of the vast enterprise which laid the foundation for pcihup the greatest In dlvld'inl fortune In Europe. This wm the building or a railroad from Varna, ou the Hluck Sea, to Hiida-I'eslh. It is nniKbly estimated that Huron IUrschdied worth $JiNi,lMUHs. In ISM. be retired from the business of nioiicj making and married Miss HlschouV lielm, the daughter of one of his part ners, who brought him ns a dowry loo,. inhi.OIi'j francs. This money was in fested apart from the husband's wealth., Iloshuml and wife gave themselves up, to the business of distributing their, money among the poor, and vied with each other In good deeds, lie founded five schools In Egypt, Asiatic Turkey, nnd lu the countries of Eiii'om. These charities were chletly beneficial to the pimr, of the Jewish mil'. The Hebrew s of Poland and the country of the Dan ube were his favorites. Tour or live years ago he gave the (toverumeut ot Austria lU.ISHMHiO francs for the estab lishment of noii-sectarluu schools In that country. About the same lime he donn'ed n similar amount for tho edu cation and Amerlcuul.lng of Russian Jews emigrating to the Stutes. Rarou llli-Hch lived like a prince. Il l maintained lu the most ciegant fashion magnificent residences In London, Par Is and Berlin. Ills country estates were rich nnd princely, more especially his largest estate in .Moravia, lie resiiieil chiefly lu Purls, and In that city he had a greut olllce filled with recorders, clerks and managers, w hose only occu pation was that of carrying on tho charitable work of the benefactor. Per sonally the Huron was a very handsome man. lie was of medium height and gracefully but compactly built. (Jen tlcncsi nnd Intellectuality were strong ly marked ill bis face. Ills eyes were larg.-, dark and soft us a woman's. Ills continental life gave him n thorough knowledge of most of the languages of Europe. He spoke English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian, and was familiar with many of the o! scure tongues of Europe. He was a man of polish, and his knowledge of po litical social and economic questions was broad and deep. It Is said that his gifts to charity summed up more than 12,000,(SKI. In at Ten. Tho Viennese take their pleasure ns regularly as they do their meals; but they do not neglect business, nor keep very lute hours. A correspondent of the New York Tribune explains why they come home early: One thing, perhaps, which helps to keep the young Viennese of moderate means ami economical mind regular In his evening hours Is the fact thut he must pay to get Into bis owu rooms after 10 o'clock. Vienna Is one vast system of apart ment houses, uud a house-master Is lu charge of each one. At 10 o'clock he locks the front door, and any one desir ing to get In after that hour must pay him, and the old resident has 110 more right to a key than the bird of passage. The nouse-uiaster Is no respecter of persons. Several times we have raced home to outwit blm, nnd once so narrow wus our escape tliM we met lu the hull, key in hand. The chagrined expression on bis face made us happy nil the way up-stalrs. Many Wlvra !! OlMerved Tlibw "When yon say I do uot love you as much as I did, " expluiiied the young husbuud, "you do me an injustice. You must remember, my dear, that the amount of love I used to condense into a once a week visit now bus to do for the whole seven days. " Indianupolis Jour nal Curious Yvonne. The most curious creature of the worm family Is the dlplozoon, a singu lar puruslte which infests the gills of several species of llsh, uirtculurly the bream. Each Individual dlplozoon has two distinct IhhIIcs, united In the mid dle so as to form a perfiit St. Andrew's cross, each half of the creature com tulnlng precisely the same kind of or gans, viz., an alimentary canal, a ven eris system, reproductive organs, etc. They Like TM Kind. Cecil Rhodes Is said to be a Jonah. If he Is he Is that kind of a Jonah that can ts-at the w hale at Its own game of gobbling up everything lu sight. He Is just the kind of a colonial Jouah that England likes. Philadelphia Press. mm mm 11 A HON IIIIISCII. 1 I I I SILVER MAY SPLIT PARTIES. V.l (iovrrmir Campbell llellvrra the 1 1 ohm Will I Iota to Kleet thu Nrl I'mlilrnt "I want intcrnutionnl free ooiuuge of tilver at a ratio of II '4 to I." mid ex ''overnor .liinics E. Campbell of Ohio. "I consider single gold standard advo cates us much wrong on one side as I believe single silver standard men on I he 01 lu r. 1 11111 opposed to our country going ahead uloiui uud coining silver 'rce. No one nation can do it and stir t.v. but the United States. Ocruumy ful Fiance could do so without Eng land's co oHratiou. With an interna tional ugr.vmcnt all troubles with the money question would vanish, and I ex pect to live to see such an arrangement HTivled." The ex governor was tulklng with l-vcral local politicians when he made this statement. The conversation then twitched und Mr. Campbell said: Any giMxl man who wants it have the Dcmocrulio nomination can for president this year. " "1X you want it?" was asked. "I am not 11 candidate," wus the re ply. "Would you accept it?" "Tho possibility of having a chance to do so seems so remoto thut I don't think it worth considering, but just now I should refuse. Whitney und Mat thews would make n splendid team if they would accept. New York and In diana is a good old Democratic combi nation, nnd I don't know how wo would feel if the two slates were uot both rep resented on the ticket. "Hut I believe," bo continued, "thnt the next president will tie elected by the bouse of representatives. Thero will be a fight in both the national conventions between the extreme gold men aud the extreme silver men. Both uro cranks. Tho two parties as IVmoeruts uud Re publicans have really no difference on the money question. The silver men will not be satisfied with the Repub lican platform, and they will bolt and loso the party enough s(atts to throw thu olectiou of tho president into the house. " "What sort of money plunks will the uutioual platform contain?" "Thut 1 cannot say, but this is the day of straddles. The Republican party claims to favor a gold standard, yet none of the leaders will come out und declare for it in so many words. If Mo Kiuley bus done it, I huve uot beard of it. Therefore a compromise plunk with tho Republicans will lie a straddle." "What about the Republican nomina tion for president?" "Well, Ih. don't seem to have ar rived at any understanding yet." "How ubout McKiuley r" "Oh, nothing, only he'll find a great deal of green giMHls iu his grip wheu he unpacks it iu St. Louis." THE PARSEE EDISON. Raya the X Hays Have Lena lleea Kaowa to Kastera HcleatUU. The "Pursue Edison" is In New York. He wus the first lecturer ou the electric al light iu India uud is here to leuru psychical powers and to show to the people tho cxislenco of spiritual powers. Ho says tho X ray is a wonderful thing, as recently developed, but also cluima thut it is a buck number, it being a lower manifestation of the astral light ou the psychical plane, and as such has long been known to eastern occultists. He admits, however, thut the east has never know n in its physical brariug the X ray, nnd ho exiecls to have lots of fun with it when he returns home. The "Pursue Edison" never leaves his head uncovered, wearing a turban by day and a tight fitting skullcap at night The magnetic extremities of the body he believes should ulwuya be covered, so as to prevent the loss of vital magnetism, which is otherwise passing out of the body uud being wasted. Before he finishes his peculiar mission nightcaps fashioned after those worn by our grandfathers may be placed on salts fsqiocially if the Parses teacher becomes a fud. Pittsburg Disputed. HIS OWN FIREMAN. Prealilent Cleveland Will lie (liven an ICS tlnguUher For Uray (labia. President Cleveland will have to be bis owu fire department hereafter, whether he wunts to or not Tho towu of Bourne lit Iho recent towu meeting voted un appropriation for the purpose of supplying every residence lu the towu with u baud fire extinguisher. "Tho appropriation means," stated onn of tho officials to a reporter, "thut every house will lie provided with ex tinguishers, aud iu his home each resi dent will be prepured to fight fire. This will be tho only mount we will huve for putting out fires. We have beun relying upon Provideiico in tho past. "Uray Uablns, the president's sum mer home, uud ('rows' Nest, where Joe Jefferson rpeuds the summer, will be supplied with these extinguishers tho same as the other cottages." Tho dis tribution of the fire extinguishers will begin iu a few days. Another Hcandal at Hand. A gentleuftin iu the swim tolls me that another divorce scandal will soon ihock a giKslly section of society. The nun iu the case is known the couutry over, and bad long boou a high roller un two continents wheu he wedded a beuutiful aud wealthy woman aud set tled down after first sweuriug off. The hoiieynicxm has lusted for soma time, but hubby is now a backslider, and an agreement to disagree is the outcome. Iu duo time the lid will be lifted aud the "I told you so's" will be in clover., New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatoh. Aa Abwatmlnded Customer. You n-cull the old story of Lamar, who wus so forgetful and ridden by ab straction thut once, getting into a bob tail cur, be dropped a CO cent piece into tho fare box and then sut contentedly down to reud. The driver felt a nuturul horror at tho proceeding, aa ho oould uot muke change, for money once it Mas iu the box. He stuck his head iu tbe door and bailed the supreme judge re proachfully. " You dou'l ooghter pot a CO cent piece iu the box," be said. "That's dead wrong. Yon ought to put iu a nickhL" Lamar wus much ttricken of conscience at tbe fuult thus found with him, und, husteuing to repair the wrong he hud done, bustled out a nickel and put thut lu the box along with the CO cent piece. At this tbe driver looked it him with an air of knowing sym pathy, and, tapping his forehead signifi cantly, shut the door and said no more, while Lamar went ou with his reading. Washington Post BAD FLOUR DETECTED PROCESS OF MOST SCIENTIFIC EXACTITUDE. Ihe "Teeter" Can Tt-ll If Their la Might Clianue In the Manufacture) of the Hnur-le an Auulvat, a Mllli-r and a linker. A Teat Made Harh Moriiluit. In a building In Minneapolis Is a nmii ulin has tin oower to sav ihat this Hour can be manufactured and this cannot. He Is the Hour Inspector, ,1110! t-ui-h morning gives some alien 1 tiou to the sample that are brought ' to til lit to test. Ile can tell when the lltihti-Ht change has Ix-eii made at the mill, and often order a milt not 10 manufacture a certain kind of Hour. This Inspector of necessity Is au anal yst, a miller and a baker. It Is the duty of this tester or "In spector," as he Is technically known. Id lake these samples or wheat i;.o ii :day and -ascertain first what propor tion of gluten light and dark, what proportion of pure starch, nnd whar of mixed starch and gluten they contain, j The germ at the center of the kernel Is I the vital life principle; the gluten Is I the most Important commercial as well ns economic clement, that w hich makes I for wealth or purse and health of lsdy, j and mind as well. In Ihe Inspector's room at one hand Is a tiny roller mill, run by ehi-tricl'y. a duplicate, lu miniature, of the grinding machinery or the large nu'l. 1 lie w In-at front one of the sacks Is ground lu this mill, the steel rollers crushing MAS WHO TXSTS T1IK ri.Ot'll. the kernels Into a flaky dust Below the rollers are silk sieves which sep arate Ihe bran from Ihe Hour. When the Hour has becu secured It Is washed thoroughly so oomplctcly that the starch and the gluten are wholly sep arated. There must be not less than -Id per cent, of gluten In the flour to keep up the required standard, and tho Inspector knows wheu he has fin ished his washing, by the amount of the gluten residuum, whether the wheat of tho day Is up to the required standard In this ressrt or uot , The glutcu thickens or solidifies Into a little patty, about tho slxc of a tooth sotuo marshmallow, and about Iho color of a maple sugar caramel, but having more nutriment In It than all the candy you could pat In a mftuth. It Is very nearly the color of the wheat kernel as It lies In a round disc ou the piece of silk where It bus boon col lected. But not only must the Inspector know by color, weight and consistency as to the quality of the gluten -he must bako It ns well. The Inspector carefully weighs out slxteen ounces or flour. It must lie exact to the fraction of a gram. He mixes this with water In n white earth en bowl, ten ounces of water to the six teen of flour. He Is planning for a pound loaf, and when he turns It out of the tin fully baked It will be such a one If the flour Is what It should be. He does not knead tho flour at all' singular statement to a housewife lie pulls It, as candy Is pulled. Fifty pulls mixes It thoroughly. At the end of sixty minutes (ho loaf Is found to be baked through and tiik Ei.tcrrnic ovkn. through, wbh uo triicu of dough or heaviness. Then It must be weighed and measured. It must be so muny Inches high, so many lung; so many Inches around It one way, so many ' (he other. This loaf of bread Is sub ject to Iron-clad rules from the time It enters the tiny mill as wheil mull It stands before the Inspector as a fin ished loaf. When the loaf Is cooled It Is cut open for Inspection. It must be of just tho right hue, Inside as well as our. If the Inspector finds It has a peculiarly white Interior, be kuows thut there Is too much starch, too little gluten. Your Ideal flour disss uot make the chalky white bread so muny people huve come to consider the best. All around the Inspector's rooms are shelves on which are glass jars of sam ples or each day's flour. Each sample Is labeled with the details or thu vari ous tests. The Jars are kept s',x mouths. H In that time a dealer In Liverpool or Havana, or New York, or sumo little Iowa towu for thut mutter, re ports that bis patrons comphilr. of the Hour ground on a certain date, a re quest Is made for a sample of the Hour. When It Is received Iho Inspector subjects It to precisely the same test ho gives to all his flour. Then, after be bus washed and baked and color-tested It, ho takes the little record jar show ing what the flour of the mills was like on (he f1T of Hip rnminf icinrn nf tlile particular lot of flour aim compares this record with that of the lest of the flour under suspicion. Immediate ly he kuows from the agreement or the disparity of tbe two flours h tther the consumer has made groundless complaint or whether some unscrupu lous dealer Is trying to palm off au In ferior grade of flour upon tho cousuiuer. Temporarily. "Will yon be uilii.-t" he timtilly sulil. And the maiden replied, "I'ntll we are wed." 'And aftiir UmM" "After that," -lid she, "You. of ouureo, wlU U'liins to ii.u. " IwlnuiuiKjlU JuuruaL vm .... 7 it m $ UBS ' Ih 1 I ' 'n in