IS A NOVEL PLAN.
ROOF GARDEN SUGGESTED FOR
THE CHURCHES.
Iter. KH Harrietts WlilfCr of Colnnilinn,
luil., tlie Orlglnnlor or the .StnrtHnjr
' Innovation What II Saj of ttia
Original Idea.
Tho idea of erecting a roof gnrden
tipon a church originated in the mind
of Rev. EH Burdette Wldger of Co
lumbus, Ind. In Bpcaklng on tho sub
ject Mr. Wldger thus expresses him
self In an interview:
"Tho idea of a roof garden was sug
gested entirely by myself, as the days
bslng so oppressively warm, attend
ance at churches necessarily fell away.
Tho church being situated in a thinly
populated and built-up portion of tho
city of Columbus, Ind., and bolng also
on a slight elevation, -gave us the ad
vantage of cooling breezes from all
four points of the compaus." The roof
garden is C3 feet wide and 7G feet long,
having capacity to seat 1,000 peruons.
REV. E. B. WIDGER.
Tho floor looks like the deck of u
steamer, being highly polished. Tho
roof Is one-quarter pitched, and Is of
heavy slate, supported by substantial
posts. Tho garden Is surrounded by
a balustrade three and one-half feet
high, finished with elaborately carved
brackets at tho four corners. Inside
nro shutters, reinovablo If desired, to
tiso in tho event of severe storms or
unexpected cold spells. The auditor
ium has a movable platform extending
across tho room, nearest the highest
tower of the church; Throe stairways
lead to tho garden, ono from each tur
ret; tho llttlo enclosures formed by
theso towers are utilized as cloak
rooms. Tho ladles of tho parish have
rendered the carrion still moro attrac
tive by potted plants and vines. Ivy,
planted in four corners, will bo trained
so as to cover tho entire church, with
tho exception of the uldes of tho gar
den. Tho body of the church Is 105x53
feet, and has three distinct auditor
iums, together with the roof garden,
offering seating capacity of nearly
3,000. Rev. Mr. Wldger says: "I fully
bellovo this Idea will become generally
popular, and In a short time churches
cost will add roof gurdens to their
edifices, whero divine services can be
conducted with comfort In tho heated
days of cummer, and also used in fall
and early winter months, as not only
moro pleasant places to hold nervlces,
but also in times of largo attendance,
necessitated by revivals, etc., to ac
commodate tho overflow."
Tho church over Which Rev. Mr.
Wldger presides is the Central Chris
tian church.
LIVE IN BLISS.
Sllitrcuci and Maid In l'crfer.t Accord
In Qnernalanrt.
Queensland has tho distinction of
being tho only spot on earth whero
mistresses and maids- never quarrel,
afld tho domestic life there is de
scribed by Mrs. Douglas Cumpbell of
England, who has just returned from
n visit to that country, as an Ideal one.
In that country, she says, tho do
mestic servant botters herself In every
way. Sho has higher wages, more
leisure, more liberty and she Is cared
for better than In any other country.
Tho mistress assists her to establish
a homo of her own, and her success
is all tho easier because she can afford
to dress herself becomingly. No
Queensland mistress ever refuses her
maid permission to attend balls or to
go to concerts or theaters, and very
often tho mistress does the work In or
der that her servant may have a share
In tbo good things of this life. Wom
en who are willing to go into the bush
and work on a station are treated with
even moro consideration. There Is
scarcely nny difference between hor
and tho family in which she lives. Sho
has a horse to ride, drives with the
family to church, Is asked out and
taught music. Mrs. Campbell adds
that Queensland is no place for lazy
or pretentious glrlb. They must bo
prepared to use their brains and think
for themselves, then success is certain.
"In England," sheconeludes, "the ser
vant Is part of a system. In Australia
she Ib a member of the household, and
tho mistress holds herself responsible
for her comfort and happiness."
Iloipltal Linen Ilurned.
A curious official regulation demands
that all tho old linen of tho Ceylon
hospital shall bo burned every three
months. A government official comes
round on a periodic linen Inspection
and condemns wornout sheets, towels,
etc., to a fiery fate.
Ohio's cities and towns gained 48C,
021 In population during the last ten
years, or 792 more than the increase
, In the rest of the entire state.
DISCONTENTED CUBANS.
1'roKpeoU Are Not Ilrlght for the
Future of That Country.
An army friend of mine Just home
from Cubn, writes a correspondent,
says that Americans nro not very pop
ulnr at present with tho natives, who
resent their presance nnd chafe at hav
ing to obey tho laws enforced by tho
Americans. In fact, he had frequent
ly of lato heard Cubans state In clubs
and cafeB that If they had to choose
between the two rncea, tho American
or thn Spanish, us to which should ex
orcise control over their destinies, they
would unhesitatingly chooso the rula
of Spain. Tho Cubans, la spite of all
that has occurred, look upon Spain as
tho mother country; they speak the
same language, nnd being of tho Mimq
blood, think that their characters, alms
nnd ambitions are therefore better un
derstood by the Spaniards than by the
Americans. Among other things that
have tended to make our control un
popular in the island my friend
thought a large part was due to cer
tain orders that had been promulgated
by those in authority. Stopping bull
fighting greatly angered the Cubans.
But it was another order that most In
fluenced them. It seems it Is tho cus
tom thero for the men to go about clad
in elbow sleeved undershirts of the
gaudiest description. Considering this
Indecent, those In authority In certain
provinces decreed that all males must
wear a shirt. If over a silly order wus
put forth that waa it. The nntlves
nro now looking eagerly forward to tho
time when we shall depart and leave
them to their own devices. My friend
does not consider the Cubans as being
capable of self-government or of any
thing approaching It, and looks for all
sorts of trouble to follow after they
start In to govern themselves. Ho
says that all the materials for a scrap
exist there, and once our restraining
hand Js removed, all sorts of compli
cations will be likely to ensue. Emi
grants will not go to Cuba so long as
such uncertainty us to Its futuro ex
ists, and even could you rcmovo that
uncertainty ho thinks that the future
outlook for niuny reasons would bo
by no meatiB clear.
SEEKS PLACE IN CABINET.
John L. Wilson, who represented tho
state of Washington In tho house of
representatives and afterward In tho
senate, aspires to a placo In tho now
cabinet of President McKlnley, says a
Washington dispatch. The secretary
ship of tho Interior Is the post on
which his eye Is fixed. He says he Is
thoroughly familiar with conditions In
the west, and has had sufficient ex
perience in public llfo nnd in the de
partments at Washington to make an
acceptable official if appointed. He
believes that tho political conditions
make his appointment desirable for
tho administration, as ho says some
thing should be done to hold the new-ly-ncqulrcd
states In the northwest to
thet Republican standard, and says that
if a cabinet place Is given to Wash
ington this will be done.
If tho ex-senator should be ap
pointed, his former colleagues In con
gress say tho interior department
building would not bo a dull place, as
ho distinguished himself during one
of the sessions of congress In engag
ing In two fistic encounters on tho floor
of the house. Ho is also known to have
"mlxod it up" with ono of tho clerks
in ono of tho corridors In tho interior
department building on another
occasion. His chances of appointment
JOHN L. WILSON,
are slender, as Secretary Hitchcock is
believed to bo willing to servo another
term. But Wilson's candidacy has
croated a little stir in political cir
cles. Ilnw Funs Were Invented,
The following Chlneso legend ac
counts for tho Invention of the fan
In a rather ingenious fashion: The
beautiful Kan-SI, daughter of a power
ful mandarin, was assisting at tho
fcaat of lanterns, when she became
over-powered by tho heat and wns
compelled to take off her mask. As It
was against all rule and custom to ex
pose her face, she held her mask be
foro it and gently fluttored It to cool
herself. The court ladles present no
ticed the movement, nnd in an Instuut
100 of thom were waving their masks.
From this Incident, it is said, came tho
birth of the fan, and today It takes the
place of tho mask in that country.
Mint Let Hnltm Win.
The Sultan of Turkey Imagines him
self a sport. Lately ho has dovoloped
a passion for playing cards for money,
and tho man who Is unfortunato
enough to win the Sultan's money in
curs his enduring dislike. Public of
ficials permit him to win, and thus
save their places.
Thoughtlessness Is often selfishness
with only another name.
APOSTLE OF ANARCHY
MAN OF WEALTH PROPOSES TO
AID THE CAUSE.
George Do Don Will Devote Ilia niche
to Spreading III Doctrine Will I'tir
chaie Lars Tract of Land and K
perlnient.
Tho richest anarchist In tho world
is George De Lion, of Dawson City,
Aln8ka.,.Ivo years ago Do Lion was
livlng"inCallfornia and did not havo
a cent to his name. To-day he is
worth upjlaUho hundreds of thousands
of dollars and by spring it Is said his
fortune will reach the million-dollar
mark.
When Do Lion struck Dawson in
1898 ho had one nickel In hla pocket
and that was given to him by a man
to buy a postage stamp to post a let
ter to his folks in Lob Angeles. Do
Lion started out to dig for gold, but
changed his mind and resolved to let
others do the digging while he profited
through business channols. Now he
GEORGE DE LION,
owns several lnrge structures and
much land In Dawson and vicinity.
De Lion will establish an anarchistic
colony in southern California. Ho
snys of the project:
"My plnn is to purchaso 100,000 acro3
of land, which I think can be done at
a cheap figure In tho southern part of
this state, and then to locate upon
It 1,000 families who shall be found
to bo congenial." Each family Is to
havo Its hundred acres of land, sharo
and share alike, and for each family
I shall have a house built, and each
I shall supply with tools and seed. I
shall tnke no moro land nnd no less
than any other member. In this way
wo shall all be on nn absolute equality
and when no one Is superior to nn
other thero can bo no dictatorship.
Other than tho mere Incorporation Into
a company to satisfy the legal require
ments of this stato, thero Is to 'bo not
the least sign of government. This,
however, shall not preclude co-operation,
so long as co-operation may be
perfectly voluntary.
"To Insure a true solidarity It will
bo necessary to get only those families
While It Is probable that most of
President McKlnley'B official family
will remain with him when he boglna
his second administration, it Is certain
that there will be somo change. Ono
cabinet officer whotc retirement Is a
certainty and whoso services will bo
mlssod by tho President Is Attorney-
: General John W. Grlgps. Mr. Griggs
cmt'rtu inu cauinei at ino solicitation
of Vice-President Hobart, when Judge
McKcnna left tho legal department to
become a member of tho Supremo
Court. The Vlce-Prealdent and Mr.
Griggs woro neighbors unci Intlmato
friends at Paterson, N. J and tho for
mer believed that the brilliancy and
profound legal knowledge that had
mado Mr. Griggs a power In Now Jer
Bey affairs would contribute to tho suc
cess of tho McKlnley administration.
Mr. Hobart'e predictions have been
more than Justified by Mr. Grlgg'
conduct of the legal department.
Griggs to Retire
that will be congenial. To thl end I
I shall employ, expert phrenologists
nnd physiognomists to examine all ap
plicants for admission, to tho colony.
"Onco established In thn colony, It
Is expected that each member will re
spect Uio fullest freedom in oyery othor
and carry out tho spirit of Proudhon's
paradox: 'Proporty Is robbery."
Nanltarr Measure In Hydney.
The plaguo which recently visited
Sydney, New South Wales, and mado
evident nil tho hideous defects of its
sanitary systems has caused the civic
nuthorlttcs to wnke up, nnd, llko Rip
Vnn Wlnklo, to formulate stringent
sanitary regulations. Noxious sub
stances must be conveyed through tho
city between midnight and 6 a. m., and
In water-tight buckets. Unhealthy
premises nro to be made healthy by
proper system of connection; no live
poultry will be allowed in the city un
der conditions dangerous or Injurious
to health. The manufacture of any
matter Intended for human consump
tion must bo carried on. under sanitary
conditions, nnd the smoko nuisanco
from factories must bo abated by tho
consumption of smoko in tho chim
neys. Marino stores, which, as a rule,
nro moat unsavory, have a special pro
vision rcgulntlng their control. Baths
nre mndo compulsory adjuncts to all
dwelling houses; lodging houses must
register nnd bo licensed, nnd further
general provisions have been Issued
regulating other matters likely to af
fect the well-being nnd health of tho
community. J. Hunter Stephenson in
Chicago Record.
Germany' Growth.
Tho most rcmarkablo phenomenon
of modern Europo Is tho growth of
Germany since tho Frnnco-PrtiBslan
war. Tho treaty of peaco was signed
in 1871, nnd since that time Germnny
lias not extended hor territory by a
single acre of tho continent of Europe,
with possibly tho exception of Heli
goland, but she has increased her pop
ulation by 10,000,000. Tho GermanR
numbered 40,000,000 In 1871; thoy
number 50,000,000 'now, nnd yet,
though thero arc so many mouths to
feed tho Germans aro better fed, bet
ter clothed, and In every wny more
prosperous than thoy wcro thon. This
la attributed to tho fact that for 20
years Germany devoted hcraolf to tho
elementary education of her people.
Htrc on a I'auae.
Mark Twain lays groat stress on tho
pause Just beforo tho point, In tho uso
of which he regards Artomus Ward
nnd James Whltcomb Riley as tho
greatest adepts. For Instance, Ar.to
mus Ward would say eagerly, excited
ly: "I onco know a man in New Zen
land who hadn't n tooth lu his head"
hero his animation would die out; a
silent, reflective pause would follow,
then he would say dreamily and its it
to himself "nnd yet thnt man could
beat a drum better than any mun I
ever knew."
German silver is 'not silver at all,
but an nlloy of various of "tho baser
metals, which was Invented In China
and used thero for centuries.
The Attorney-General now finds
himself unnblo to remain. Ho Is a
poor man and naturally has an ambi
tion to acquire a fortune. His great
legal ability onnblcd him to mako largo
sumH while engaged In tho prnctlco of
his profession, but ho Is a liberal man
and spent most of his Incomo In enter
taining and educating his daughters.
It wns a financial sacrlflco when he
gave up his private practlco and went
to Washington, but tho earnest solici
tation of President McKlnley and
Vice-President Hobart and his keen
appreciation of tho honor conferred
Impelled him to lay nsldo money con
siderations. It is a well-known fnet,
of course, that a cabinet position re
quires greater expondlturoa in tho way
of entertainment thnti tho salary
covers, and Mr. Griggs now feels that,
In Justlco to himself and his family,
ho should return to uctlvo work in his
profession.
Wonderful
Few men in tho whole wldo world
draw n bigger annual salary than
Chnlcs M, Hnys, the successor of tho
Into Collls P. Huntington, na president
of tho Southern Pacific rnllrontl.. Presi
dent McKlnley gets 150,000 u year and
Charlca M. Hays gets (5,000 moro.
Twenty-seven year ugo, at tho ago
of 19, Charles M.Hnys was a clerk
in tho San FrnnclBco railroad offices
in St. Louis with a salary of $40 a
month. A few weekB ago Mr. Hayes,
now in hit; 4Gth year, became presi
dent of tho Southern Pacific railway,
tho second largest In tho world.
Mr. Hnya was 19 years old when he
became a clerk in tho St. Louis freight
CHARLES M. HAYS,
office of the old Atlantic & Pacific
railroad, now tho 'Frisco. Ho wns a
nutlvo of Rock Island, 111. He en
tered tho St. Louis office In November
of 1873. He began pushing himself
tho day ho went to work. In March
of the following year ho hud pushed
himself from the $40 per month posi
tion Into a place In the auditor's of
fice, which paid $50 a month. Next ho
became n clerk In tho superintendent's
ofllco and In 1S83 secretary to tho Ken
oral mnnnger. In two yearB ho was
assistant general manager at a salary
of (200 a month. A year lator ho be
enmo tho general manager of tho Wa
baBh himself, aud Ills salary, which
always keeps abreast with tho man,
went up to $12,000 a year. Ho con
tinued In this position six years at a
salary of ?12,000 a year, and tho Wa
bash system manager much In dornand
A YOUTHFUL
Among tho flvo refugees who ar
rived In this country from South Afri
ca the early part of tho week, tho flrBt
Boor righting men ever neon here, wns
a youth of 10, C. G. Snymnu, son of
one of the members of the party. This
youngster wus tho hero of Gon. Do
Wet's division during tho war. Ho
was llttlo mora than 15 yearn 'old when
hostilities began and his father, who
was a sheep herder In tho Orange Frco
Stato, took him from school and placed
a rifle in his hands to fight tho Eng
lish. Ho Joined tho Boer forces un
der Gn, Do Wet, being mndo n member
of tho general staff. Ho fought In 15
regular battles and Innumerable
skirmishes and never as much as re
ceived u scratch. Ho has tho honor
among his people of having killed tho
first British soldier In tho Orange
Free Stato during tho war. It Is Bald
that no less than a dozen of tho queen's
troops fell boforo his unerring rifle.
Young Snymnn'B heroism on tho field
of battle attracted tho attention of
President Steyn of tho Ornnga Free
State, who promised to reward tho
young horo with a farm if peace was
ever declared und the Boers got back
their property. Ho frequently nd-
BALL ON SNOW.
Two 8hlp Crew Ilnd un Knotting Game
In the Aruthi Keglon.
Baseball was Introduced Into tho
arctic regions by tho crew of tho
nchooner Thallium, which, under com
mand of Cnptaln Kent, nrrlvod yostor
day from Ivtgtut, Greenland, with a
cargo of cryolite. It la Bitfp to say
that tho national pastime was novet
boforo attempted in tho face of such
difficulties.
Tho British bark Silicon wos at that
lonely Greenland port with tho Thal
lium, nnd also loudlng for Philadel
phia. Tho tomperature while tho two
vesHels woro receiving their cargoes
bordered close on to 30 degrees below
zero. The sailors, not being called
upon to handle tho curious mineral,
shivered around tho galley fires and
rapidly becamo Imbued with tho lassl
tudo which Is almost Invariably tho
portion of thco called upon to ondtiro
extreme cold, Cnptaln Jansen of the
Silicon proposed- moro In Jest than
In earnest that tho men play ball.
Tho Idea Impressed them and thoy de
termined to brave tho temporaturo and
essay tho sport with which nil of them
woro tolerably familiar. A level plain
was found near Ivlgtut, with a floor
ing of powdered snow, frozen to tho
consistency of adamant. Under tho
midnight sun, and with a wondering
audience of fur-elnd Eskimo, homo
runs and three-baggers wcro knocked
out. It was necessary for all tho play
ers to bundlo themselves up in truu
arctic fashion. All hands woro gloves
so that wild throws and errors galoro
were muny, Boatswain Brawn of tho
Thallium tied tho score in tho fourth
Inning by coming home from 'second
Tho Motooric Riso of
Charles M. Hays
by railroads' which needed men such
as tho Wabash hnd found In Mb hour
of need. Among these raids wns tho
Grand Trunk. Tho Grand Trunk peo
ple sont to St. JxmiIs for Mr. Hays.
Thoy offered lo glvo him a salary of
$25,000 a year if ho would come, am
he made a contract with them to servo
u b general mnnnger Ave. years nt thin
salary
Tho eyes of railroad men followed
Mr. Hays to tho Grand Trunk. HI
genius for result llkowlso followed
him there. Within three years ho hfld
become so valunblo to the road that
it broke tho conditions of Its contract
with Mr. Hays and Increased M sal
ary to 135,000 a, year. ,
When Collls P. Huntington died tho
Southern Paclflo railroad was without,
n president and tho ofllco was offered
to Mf. Hays, who accepted It,
TERMS MEAN LITTLE.
Name of Article In Commua Uo Thn
Carry Mlaconcoptiun.
The following arc a few mistaken
terms which mean anything but what
thoy Boom to mean: Gayenno poirfr,
for Instance, Is prepared not from a
pepper plant,- but from ctipBlcuai.. Jeru
salem artichoke do not come front
Jerusalem. Tho plant In not a native
of tho Holy land. Turkeys do not
como from Turkey. Tho bird la n na
tive of America. Camel's hair brushen
are made from the soft, bushy tail of
tho common squirrel. German silver
Is not silver nt all, hut an alloy of varl-.
ous baser metals, which was in vent til
In China and used thero for centurion.
An Injustice In donn to Gormnny lu
culling tho cheap, but iisoful, wooden
cased clocks slo has so lone pro
duced Dutch. Tho mistake- nrlHoe from
tho German word for Gorman
"Dontach." Cork legs aro not con-
striictcd of cork neither did thoy
como from tho olty of that name. Tim
usual matcrlul for tv cork log 1b wcop-
lng willow, covered with rnwhldc. Poo-
plo with or without cork logs some
times prldo themselves thoy aro wourJ
lug porpoiso hldo boots. So-called
porpulso hldo Ih In reality tho skin of
tho white whale. Irish atow Ib pot
Irish, hut an Engllah dish; and Turk
ish baths did not originate, in Ttirkoy,
but In Ruusla. Cleopatra's nucdlo has
nothing to do with Cleopatra, but wn
set up ubout 1,000 yearn before. Uit
lady was born.
BOER HERO
vanccd to within 200 nud 300 ynrda ot
tho British lines in tho taco ot n rnln
ot bullets, bringing back Information
to his commander. Young Snymqjn'H
relatives, except his futhor, with thoso
C. G. 8NYMAN.
ot the other refugees, aro in tho hands
of tho British. Thero is a prlco upon
all their heuds. '
base on it nnsscd ball, with thn unn.
satlonal accompaniment ot a slldo
from third baao cloar to tho p!nto
Tho Thallium's crow eventually won
by a score of 48 runs lo their oppon
ents' 31. Tho Thallium Is the lliub
schooner to nrrlvo from Greenland In
twcnty-flvo years. She Ib a now veHBOl
launched at Bucksport, Malno, . Inst
August, and built with a hoaVlly tim
bered hull, especially for thla porlloii.t
trade Philadelphia North Ainorlcun.
Growth of SoclnlUin. I
Despite all oppresslvo measured
taken by tho government, feudalism;
or, rnther, tho Socialistic party of Ger
many, galnn constantly In strength,
and even Brandenburg, which ban beer
uffectod least by tho movement, ban hm
turned to the Reichstag n Socialist for
tho first tlmo lu its hlntory. Tho re
sult of tho election haa caused much)
oxcitoment In Germany. Pa,itB, tho
cnndldnto, got a mnjorlty of- 048 voteu
In 15 yenrs tho number of Hoclnllnt
memborB of tho Reichstag hna In
creased from 23 to 58, two momborH
having been added In by-elcctlonH
Hlnco tho general election In 1898.
In 1885 500,000 Socialist voteu woro
recorded, and theBo-Increancd 750,000
In 1887, to 1,500,000 In 1890, nnd In tho
last general oloctlon to 2,250,000. It
Is estimated that tho noxt general
election wiHgive thti,SoclalHti 100 out
of 397 votCH In tho Relclintng.
Now Zealand' Mali Norvfco.
Now Zealand proposed to Bend a let
tor to any part of tho world Included
in tho postal union for 2 cents. Tho
theory Ih that IncrcuHcd buBlnesa' will
eventually make tho fcystcm' self-uuD-portlng.
