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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY AUGUST 20, 1892 AMERICANS IN ItOJIE. r I ' THEY USE THE LEGATION A3 AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICE. How 'They IV.trr Minister l'ortar with Mldlrnlons Questions ami Impossible Demand! Unrln 8am Has Une Qnar tart in the Ktrrnal Oltr. ' (HprcUl Nirr,oudcnc,J Routt, Aug, 10. Tho commercial ro tation between tliti country anil tho United States nro greater than with any of the powers save Knglnnd, Franco anil Germany, ami wlillo Uncle Baiu'b trada A. O. rOKTKIt. with tliedo last countries id gradually decreasing, that with Italy is na regu larly increasing. Thin makes tho United States legation hero ono of tho busiest on thU aide. Besides tho regular work to bo han dled, 80,000 Americana visit Rome each year and bring with them an nvorago of 100 questions each, which thuy supposo it in tho minister's business to answer, Thoy run to him for apartments, phy sicians, and ovory last ono of tho 80,000 bega to be put into lino to boo tii6 popo. Thoy suggest all possiblo and ridiculous reasons why tho closed section of tho Vatican should bo opened to thorn, an.l many of thorn urgo tho necessity of diplomatic intercession to gut thorn pro tented to Queen Margherita or lior estimable husband j in fact, Homo ia the best oxhlbitioQ( ground on earth of American curiotity. The Italians know well bow serious transatlantic war would havo been. They know Americana bring here annu ally a quarter of tho 30,000,000 spent by tourist, and that those samo folks bay one-third of all their silka and sul phur and all of their exported fruits, ave a fraction too small to be consid ered. The people of Sicily would starve on their little (island but for Uncle 8am's btuiaesa with them. Every whoro throughout the kingdom, in all branchos of trade, there is an increase in Ameri can basinet which amounts to millions each year. ' Minister Porter haa been Hying in one of Rome's ancieut palaces Palazzo Mat tel. Bis pretentious abode pretentious la that it was oace a noble pile and held a braach of the royalty was originally a collectioa of buildings occupying an entire .block on Via 8. Caterina de Fu sari, fit jraa erected in 1618 by Carlo Maderna, and U ono of the best of this great scurftor'e buildings, who shares the reputation of being the author of the degenerate Rea'aissanco in architecture. Tho passages of the entrance and the aides of the court contain avast number of old statues, including Mars, Apollo with the Muses, the Caledonian hunt, the Rape of Proserpine and many others. some of considerable worth and many of no especial valuo. Tho interior is dec orated with costly tapestries and largo K lutings. Hero it is that Minister irter and his daughter, comprising nil the family, give tho legation receptions, informal and diplomatic. But the min ister does not like to have his horn spokeu of as a palace, as he fears his farmer friends in Indiana might be in clined to use this fact as a political club at Bomo future time. Mr. Porter, who is a very approach able 'and everyday man, was born at Lawrencebnrg, Ind., sixty eight years ago, and ts consequently the senior mem ber of the European, ministerial force. He graduated from Asbury university when but nineteen years old, studied law and was admitted to tho bar the same year he became old enough to vote. At Indianapolis ho served us city attor ney and ouce held n partnership with President Harrison. He was in congress in 1838, a member of tho judiciary com mittee, was re-elected and afterward accepted an appointment as comptroller of tho currency. The nomination for governor was offered him in 1880, and after a memorable contest with Got- Iernor Gray he was elected. This ended his active political life. His term ex pired, ho devoted his whole time to lit erary matter. UNITED STATES LEOATIOH AT ROME. When Mr. Harrison was nominated It was Mr. Porter's speech that did the business. He was urged to accept the gubernatorial nomination by the Indi ana Republicans in the followiug cam Ciign, bnt he absolutely refused. Mln ter Porter has twice been snsirled, bat Li saw a widower. He wanted the Italian atiision because of the great ad vantages it offers for historical and lit erary research. While his reception! and social events have not been as bril liant as 'those of his predecessors, yet bom of them ever administered the pub ilK7 !aCalV MafsaW SF --( " -.. :. .lp ' .n1- 'faff HaHrtiiaaMaft KPflBpMa H ' Jl salabKrB91asSHCU BBkm rBajBJBaBaaaBBBBBBBBBBBBV - JTc duties ratter tnau .Mr. rorter. Me was largely roapotisilnVfor tho amlcablo settlement of the Now Orleans matter. Tho right hand men tho inon in tho legation who work are Charles M. Wood, tho vice consul, who knows the foreign diplomats and members of the royal family no well that ho calls them by their first names, and ox-Governor Augustus O.lkmril, consul general. Mr. Wood loft Vermont ia 1878, ami is one of tho twelve secretaries of legation un pointed by tho government practically for life. Ho has lived hero so long ho is aa thoroughly an Italian as tho most pronounced American peanut man, but ia thoroughly American in tastes and all that pertains to business. Mr. Douru haa had n career similar to to Mr. Portcr'a. Ho was Iwrn in Provl donco fifty-eight years ago and gradu ated from Drown university in 18.Y1. Rev. Dr. Plum, of Boston, and ox-Chief Justice Turner, of Alabama, wore two of his classmates. Ho served in tho Btato sonnto eight years and was gov ernor of llhodo Island in 1881 and 188(1. Ho haa boon in Homo dnrlng tho present administration. HIh family consists of Mrs. Doum, two daughters and ono son. Mrs. Bourn holds weekly receptions to visiting Amot leans, and hor entertain inouts are it feature in tho quiet llfo of tho American colony. Tho legation headquarters in Home, nuliko thoso in many of tho other Euro pean capitals, nro in aa good a building aa tlioro is in tho city, and nro on one of tho best streets Via Nazloualo, tho grand old thoroughfare which trav erses the ridge of thoQuirlnal hill ono of Home's ancient seven. Uncle Sam's offices are only a block from tho piles of buildings whoro labor tho minister of war and his associates in their dreadful task of endeavoring to keep tho army and tho triple alliance from throwing tho country into immediate insolvency. Near by aro tho American church, where congregate American painters and sculptors and tho members of tho student colony; tho Palaco Barboriui and other historic palaces, making tho quarter tho most aristocratic in tho city. The ofllces aro on tho second floor, a spacious suito, with Mr. Bourn's on ono sldo of tho entrance and Mr. Porter's on tho other. Busts of Washington, Liu coin and other heroes, portrait of states men, tho country's flag and a fow other ornaments comploto tho decorations of tho rooms. All in all the United States has reason to bo proud of its quarters in Rome. H. R. Lowhik. USE AND ABUSE OF ICE. A Physician Furnishes Noma Timely Hints on tho Subject. Special Correspondence Newark, N. J., Aug. 18. It is reason able to suppose that if tho people knew more about tho why and wherefore of tho use of ice to reduco tho bodily tempera ture its abuse would then cease and with it tho hundreds of fatalities that follow every year carelessness in this regard. We must understand, first, that tho normal temperature of tho body is tho resultant between tho amount of heat produced in the organism and the amount dissipated. This is governed by the great heat regulating nerve centers in the brain, whose duty it is bo to con trol tho circulation that by a proper mingling of tho blood of different tem peratures from various parta of tho body an averago of tho whole at about fi8J degs. ia maintained. Now, there are two principal ways of abstracting heat from a body in other words, of cooling it. Ono is by evapo ration, which is tho means used in the manufacture of artificial ice, where rap idly evaporating fluids aro placed around tho water to be frozen. Tho other is by bringing a cold substance in contact with a warmer one. The colder body abstracts tho heat from tho wanner. The first of these ia nature's principal method of cooling tho body, But if, on account of the moisture in the air, evap oration of tho perspiration does not go on rapidly, the amount of heat taken from the body does not keep pace with the amount produced. We therefore in stinctively make use of the second method mentioned and pour large quan titiesof ice cold water into our stomachs. Nature then makes a desperate attempt to equalise the heat of these parts by its withdrawal from 'others by means of the blood, and here is where the trouble lies. Tho great heat regulating nervo center, thus called upon suddenly to equalize this violent abstraction of heat at a moment when it is under a great strain trying to restore tho loss of bal ance caused by the stoppago of evapora tion at the surfaco, has tho strain in creased when it is least ablo to bear it. The result is a breakdown almost the same as in sunstroke This is the abuse of ice, and its proper use is at once suggested. Have your drinking water as cold as you wish, but take it in small mouthf uls, and bo grad ually as not to put anypossiblo strain upon the heat regulating centers. Iu this way, instead of being demoralized they will be relieved in great measure of the strain put upon them by tho fail ure of tho perspiration to evaporate, and good rather than harm will result. It U because the eating of ice cream is such a gradual introduction of cold into the stomach that it does no harm. It rather stimulates digestion by bringing mora blood to tho parts. Another point suggested hero is the fact that thirst is not a demand of the system for cold water, but merely for water, to take the place of what has been lost. The knowledge that a largo amount of blood Is exposed to the air in the lungs, and that about half as much water es capes there and is evaporated as by the perspiration, aiso suggests tne very rational method of keeping ice in the mouth and o cooling the blood by re ducing the temperature of the air wnich euters tho lungs. These points make plain where the abuse lies, and point to the right and reasonable use of ice to reduce tho tem perature during the heated term. Tho wise man needs no further word of warning. Tlra man who reads but heeds not should expect the reward of his in difference. Jossph M. Woodmjff, M. D. SOME WORTHY WIVES WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN OF HELP TO IHEIR HU9BAND8. Marriage nirtlnie fay as an Invent meat Tint ltriiilr'niriiU of Wifehood. Woman as an AilvUttr ami Counselor as Well aa a Companion. There has lawn hysterical and protracted discussion of marrlago as a failure, jrcssl nilstlo agitation of marriage as a luxury and poetic description of marriage an nil Ideal state of esoteric blessedness; but has any ono considered marriage In tho light of an investment to the young man ambitious for place Iu the literary, social or political world? Under the old regime the perfect help meet was tho careful housewife sha who "looked well to the ways of her house hold" mid was wise In tho science of clear starching linen, In compounding pastry and seasoning soups. Under tho new dis pensation the llter-ry man whoso coin pan Ion cannot enter lutcltlg'ontTy Into the deeKr Interests of his life, the politician whose consort Is not diplomatic In the tieatment of his political allies and ene mies, tho llnaiicler whose wife cannot dis pense with elegant grace his bounty, are handicapped In tho racoand rarely win the nrlr.ii f nun tho men whoso choice of wlvi r has been Miser. It was a man of most astute Intelligence, nccordlng to the woman's side, who saldi "As a rule it Is safe to say every public man of prominence owes Ids position large ly, perhaps chiefly, to his wife. Then are exceptions, of course, which will occur t( every one, but nevertheless this In the rule. Bright, studious, well Informed, they not only perform all their own duties, but they supervise correMindence, collect au thorities and Information, draft and revise speeches, and even when their ministry Is of a purely domestic character Its infill encu is simply Incalculable." And this man, whom may the gods rewanl with a wife aa fair as Aphrodite, as wise as Athe na, aa faithful as Penelope, ts uencrous cnotiKh to believe and gallant enough to say that Martha Washington is as worthy of a monument as the Immortal George or his mother. Woman Is beginning to realUu that there Is no gift or grace c4 mind or man ner, no loglo in the realm of philosophy, no Ianguago dead or living, no data known to the savant, which may not be of service to her In the fulfillment of hursltnplu wife ly duty to tho mau of her choice. For what she may Ini called upon to stand and deliver it is difficult to determine when the wedding ring Is fitted. Of Josephine, thu obscure and unpolished soldier lover with neither rank nor title demanded as a wife the rare grrclousncss to wear right royally an emprers's crown. Of the talent ed Jane Welch, (Jarlyle, the great scholar, demanded devotion absolute to his nerves and to his dyspepsia, and how much of the brilliancy or Ills work is duo to her vigilance in keeping at undlsturblng dis tance the annoying small boy of tho high way, or to preparing the food least Irri tating to Ids stomach, the world will never know. To the Influence, the wealth and tho never falling Interest of his wife the great premier who made the queen of Kuglaud empress of India acknowledged that his political success was largely due, and an Impertinent questioner who asked him "what feeling could bind him to a wife older than himself" was answered by Mr. Disraeli with, "A feeling unknown to your nature that of gratitude." Very easily disturbed was this great man by any di verting Incident occurring before he de livered a speech in the house, ami it Is said that his wife, who always accompanied him when hu spoke, once rode the entire ills tauce from her home to the house of parlia ment with her fingers caught lieneath the carriage wlnuuw rather. 'than put't'o flight his carefully prepared periods by telling hint or tiio crushed ana aclilug members. Very pleasant it Is to read Gladstone's tribute to the wife who Is the closest friend, the best adviser and tho severest critic of the Grand Old Man, where he says: "No words that 1 could use would ever suffice to express tho debt I owe her In relation to' all the ofllces she has discharged on my behalf and oil tbe In-half of those who are nearest and dearest to me; not only Is she the dearest of companions, but the most devoted of helpmeets, but for whoso self cousecratiou to the service of her husband and her children my own public work must have been seriously fettered and hin dered." Over all the domestic comfort of the household she exercises untiring watchful ness, feellug herself responsible to the na tion, as well as to her own happiness, to preserve the health and prolong the life of the famous statesman. A bright, enter tabling conversationist, it Is iu her cheery companionship that be seeks rest and for getfulness from the cares of state. When ever he makes a great speech she is pres ent to share his triumph, and when the speech ts over she It is who wraps him iu warm garments and brings him hot tea, in loving, wifely ministration, which has never failed slnce.thtv.then beautiful Cath eriue Glynue, more tban' fifty 'years 'ago, joined bands with him at the altar. And Mine. Carnot, wife of tbe French president, who acts as secretary to her hus band, has the care of his private corre spondence, and during his absence takes bis place and transacts all current affairs with a perfect knowledge of business rou tine. In addition to this she deputes to no one tbe care of overlooking the menus for her household, designating the apartments to be occupied by her guests ami the gen eral supervision of all domestic details. She frequently expresses her regret at not being able to explore the beautiful neigh borhood of Fontalnebleau because shu lias uo time for walks and excursions. And every good man who rejoices iu the possession of a good wife and isn't too con celted to acknowledge the truth knows of a thousand ways Iu which his wife ha been instrumental to his success and one of tbe best investments he ever made, even If she has little ways of her owu; if she makes him wait half an hour after he is all ready while she pins her veil and puts the last little dab of powder on her nose: even if she does get her dear little reelings hurt over things he doesn't understand, and when she gets over it insists on for glviug him for something he knows he hasn't done; even if she does think that the Declaration of Indeendence and the book of discipline of the church to which she belongs put her in possession of all the top drawer and more than all the closet books, and give herthe privilege ot reading bis old love letters awl being jealous and unhappy for a week afterward, and the right tomuke him wheel the baby cart and carry knobby bundles that she has done up herself aud fastened with a pin. New York Sun. Woman's Kindness. KladasM ita women, not their beauteous covertueirKoo.l looks with heavy vells. tooks, shall wis my lote. Shakespeare. Atchison Globe. Olrls Hhoutil lluaril A jnliut Two faults. If I were n girl nun In I should know there Is no life better than that which In- tludes the common lot of woman the !oys and sorrows of wifehood and mother iwsl. While lives may lie noble without these, no life, however humble, can be Ignoble If It worthily contains thrill. There ran I mi no success without con scious or unconscious preparations. The successful wife and mother will have both. Unconsciously to her, the discipline aud Innocence and justice and love of child hood's experiences will teach her, and consciously the discernments, activities and observations of a true maidenly heart. With the conscious preparation I would have to do If I were a girl again. Two foxes destroy the vines that would otherwise produce the sweet and peaceable fruits of u glad existence. They are tho foxes of aulty and selfishness. Because this is true the llrt duty of tho young girl Is to destroy these foxes. Vanity Is a subtle destroyer. That it Is an Imperfection iiecullar to women I deny. That It Is one of her conspicuous faults 1 admit. It mars her beauty, enfeebles her will, blunts her.aiMiitlvenesB-nud under mines her modesty. Selfishness Is perhaps more cruel. It Is greedy of personal case and corresponding ly Indifferent to the easu of others; it Is treacherous In methods and unscrupulous In execution, Given vanity and selfishness with intel lect, and you will have the society woman prospering In her heartless, ambitious schemes, or tho public woman, whether bo called reformer or other worker, sacri ficing her cause or her fellow worker to her own advancement, or tho wife making wreck of her husband's love, means and happiness for her owu gratification. Mrs. George Archibald. DaiiKi-r In Milk Ilottlcs. "There was a time when the mere fact that milk was put up in bottles was a sura guarantee of Its purity," said a dealer, "but of late many unprincipled men have taken advantage of tho popularity It hud gained, and now much milk that couldn't 1st sold by the measure nt any price Isdls Iiosed of In bottles. My experience has taught me that It Is a safe plan never to deal with a man who sells both kinds. While some nro no doubt honest enough, the temptation to get three cents a quart extra is unquestionably too strong for the others to resist. Then, again, there Is a strong sanitary objection to bottled milk. Tho customer Is supposed to wash the bot tle lajforo returning It, but this is practi cally a dead letter. "When the residuum is allowed to remain In the bottle over night If Is dlfllcult to re move It, nud the washers In the milk stores nro apt to shirk their work, even under tho most favorable circumstances. Ah a consequence, while milk cans are well scoured, the bottles aro very often al lowed to remain In an impure condtion. A case iu point, aud one that came under my personal observation, happened to iv cus tomer who, returning a bottle, apologized for a stain on tbe inside, which, she said, she could not remove. 'Oh! never mind,' replied the denier, 'it has probably been there a long time and will work off In time.' "It is well to remember that there is ono test which is as sure as it is simple. Take a clean glass nnd fill it with milk. Then pour It out. If tho milk is pure, the wholo inside ot tho glass will bo white with milk." New York Kvening Sun. The llest Method of Discipline. If the child Is unhappy who bos none of his right respected, equally wretched Is the little despot who has more than bis own rights, who has never been taught to s aspect the rights of others, and whose only conception of the universe is that it Is an absolute monarchy, of which he isBole ruler. Children rarely love thoso who spoil them, nnd never trust them. Their keen young'sense detects the false note in the character and draws its owu conclusions, which are geuernlly very just. The very best theoretical statement of a wise disciplinary method that I know Is Herbert Spencer's: "Let tbe history of your domestic rule typify in little tbe his tory of our political rule; at the outset autocratic control, where control Is really needful; by nnd by an incipient constitu tionalism, in which the liberty of the sub ject gains some express recognition; suc cessive extensions of this liberty of the aubject, gradually ending in parental ab dication." The mother who Is most apt to infringe on the rights of her child (of course with tbe best intentions) is the firm person, af flicted with the "lust of dominion." There is no elasticity In her firmness to prevent It from degenerating into obstinacy. It is not tbe firmness of tbe tree, that bends without breaking, but the firmness of a certain long eared animal whose force of ch wacter liar. Impressed itself on the com mon mind and become proverbial. Kate Douglass Illggln iu Scribner's. The Ventilation of Schoolrooms. In k recent book treating of physical de velopment and exercise for women atten tion is called to tbe contrast between the way in which tbe most highly civilised states treat criminals' aud lunatics, and the way In which the children ot wealthy parents are often treated In reganl to pure air. Asylums ana prisons are often pro vided with the best systems of ventilation known to science. In many nurseries and schoolrooms the bodies are poisoned and brains stupefied by breathing and re- breaching an Insufficient quantity of air. This evil, the writer points out, will only be remedied "by tbe firmness and Intelli gent co-operation of parents who will re fuse to send thelrchildreu where the requi site provisions for ventilation do nqt exist, and through the intervention of boards of health who will pass laws forbidding the use of rooms for school purposes which do not permit of proper ventilation or limit the number of pupils to Is- allowed in rooms of given dimensions." New York Post. lleware of the Spring- llalance. That there is it great deal of deception perpetrated on the unsuspecting public by certain street hucksters and produce vend ers was Illustrated at the meetiuu of the city and town sealers yesterday. Among other suojt .measures shown iy City. Sealer reins was asprmtf uaiauce wmen, irom all appearance, was correct, but when tho weights were put on It readily showed its deficiency. When a standard 1-pound weight was placed In the balance the hand Indicated ( pounds; when a 2-pound weight was placed in the pan tbe dial said )i pounds, and so on, the band showing a gain of over 3 pound when the 10-pound lest was tried. Providence Telegram. Tho Heavily Veiled Woman. If a woman appears 011 1 he st reets heavily veiled those who like the mysterious im agine she is some famous laauty, Hut she Isn't. Good looking women do not VaplsasSjsaaw jiAVING just assumed personal control of my handsome new stables, It will be my aim to conduct a first-class establishment, giving bcit of care and attention to horses cntruitcd to our keeping. STYLISH CARRIAGES. Single or double, and n fine line of wcll-tralncd bortics for livery us a, nlshed, day or night. DAVE FITZGERALD, Prop. M. R. STANLEY, Foreman. Telephone 550 Stables 1639 and 1641 O Street. 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