Che Conservative *
is fouiid most gratofal. Tlioso at easiest
reach will probably receive the prize.
Keep them constantly at hand , which
ever you like best , so that there will bo
110 danger of swilling them ; drink at
the beginnings of thirst , and in no great
quantities at once. A whole glass of
ice-water at a draft will probably seldom
bo desired , by one who has properly
studied his true inclinations. In like
manner , while ice is the soul of the
virtue , while the sight and touch and
music of it are very life , it is doubtless
most enjoyed in subordinate quantity ;
the forties of temperature bettor than
the thirties , for its effect. It is drink
with ice in it , not ice with a little drink
in it , that wo want ; let the waiters and
fountaineors bo suggested , not to give
us more heaps of cracked ice , which we
cau neither drink nor oat , but only
mumble in an unsatisfactory way , and
which indeed may leave us thirstier
than they found. But the quietest of
contempt for all pretence that the
rational use of ice in drinks is of such
effect. This is the more lack of brains ,
however common it may be , which can
not distinguish between the use of a
good thing and the abuse. Everything
witJi brains ; suppose that ingredient
understood from the beginning , and
throughout.
Replace Coft'ee With Iced-Tea.
If at the zenith of the season then , a
man at breakfast , instead of customary
coffee , take a couple of glasses of iced-
tea , he may pass the forenoon in com
fort of measurable coolness , with perhaps
but sips of water. About noon a bowl
of lemonade , distinctly iced , may put
him in such condition for the afternoon
that he will hardly kno\y by physical
sensation what time of the year it is.
The day having passed in moderations
such as these , of course there is likely to
bo increase of thirst toward evening ;
best never get far from cold drinking ,
and on bedtime , have a well iced pitcher ,
wet-wrapped so as to keep its treasure
till morning , set in reach.
Avoid Solf-Prlvution.
Nothing is here put down except on
the basis of direct experience ; the ex
perience of near half a century , very
carefully noted That space of life has
been passed almost without sickness ;
csrtaiuly with no sickness which could
be referred to such causes as are here
indicated. The writer , comfortably
situated no doubt , is almost a stranger
to the dread of heat , or to suffering from
it. These are associated only with the
night , not the day ; if any great hot
time were to be remembered by date , it
would be , for example , not August 5 ,
but August 5-0. Only where sleep was
interfered with he has found trouble ;
and not that , if there were any chance
of a ground-floor ; the heated air that
gathers in upper rooms is sometimes a
little beyond comfortable endurance ;
this may average once a year. The
exemption from usual tribulation he
would ascribe in large measure to such
practices as described. There is cer
tainly not much genius in them , as they
consist in doing what one wants to do ;
only with consideration and conscience.
But there is a curious disposition or sur
vival in mankind by which some merit
or advantage is supposed to accrue ,
from torturing others or oneself. Es
pecially in any form of sickness or
suffering is it supposed , that if only
some privation or infliction poignant
enough can be devised , the sufferer will
bo somehow better off. Privation of
course will be keenly felt in proportion
to desire. A little child , near of kin to
the writer , lay many years ago in burn
ing fever. He begged piteously for
water ; it was denied him , according to
medical ideas of the time. As his tor
ment increased , he implored that they
would give him warm water if he could
not have it cold ; but nurse and family
stood over him , like the blest over
Dives , except that they were not "com
forted , " at the sight. So the poor little
fellow agonized to death , where water
might have saved him. Exactly so
much intelligence and humanity are in
the maxims which would refuse to
suffering mortals the comforts they
naturally crave in hot weather. The
case is not so extreme , but as far as it
goes , the principle is identical.
Bath. Breeze and Diversion.
Thus in regard to "stimulants , " also
expressly proscribed in these manifestoes.
So far as spirituous drinking in general
is concerned , I know little good of it at
any time , and certainly it would not
occur as a remedy for heat. But if a
man finds value in his glass of boor or
wine , all he is likely to come at by
omitting them is loss of a pleasure , and
reminder that it is hot. In all things ,
the nearer he keeps to usual ways the
better. It is supposed throughout , that
he has ways to go work in the world
to do. If not , Heaven keep him ; no
sensible writer will try to. Even before
all this gospel of comfort , which is
certainly the one of health , is that of
activity ; protective against cold and
heat and all other ills alike. It is bath ,
breeze and diversion , all in one. If yon
can get a machine to fan you , well ; but
woe to the man. who fans himself , at
least as far as comfort is concerned ; he
merely haunts the beholder with a type
of imbecile wretchedness. Go straighten
on with what you have to do , a little
straighter that the glorious world with
out does not at the moment draw you
away so much. Saint Loyola said that
the enemy was essentially a woman ,
only powerful as allowed so. No ex
haustive acquaintance with either Devil
or woman is here professed , but it is
claimed for certain , that the loss con
cession to the canicular demons the loss
is to be feared of him. COM.
COLORADO GORGE. , ,
Canon of the
Colorado river is twelve miles wide , ono
mile deep and nearly two hundred miles
long.
Very few people have seen it. It is
nndispntably the greatest natural won
der of the world. Many have an idea
that they passed through it on the Den
ver & Rio Grande Railroad , which does ,
not run within 800 miles of it.
Thousands of sight-seers will now
have an opportunity to witness this I
wonderful freak of Nature because of anew
now railroad from Williams , Arizona ,
now completed to within ten miles of
the Canon.
Those who have seen the Oafion are
never tired of telling about it.
BRYAN AND THE BOERS.
Does any reasonable American believe
that , if elected President of the United
States next November , Mr. Bryan firmly
intends to raise the sword of the repnb
lie against England and say , "Restore
South Africa as it was ? " By that time
the Transvaal will be a British colony.
The Orange Free State is already British
territory , by right of conquest. Not one
government in the world has protested
against the annexation of the Orange
Free State. It is done. All the world
expects that the Transvaal will meet a
like fate.
Yet , as candidate for president of the
United States , Mr. Bryan , in the pres
ence of the people and to the Boer en
voys uttered language which was mere
buncombe , or which meant that , if elec
ted , he would interpose the powers of
the United States to restore the indepen
dence of the South African states. It
may be claimed that Mr. Bryan meant
that the United States government
should formally express sympathy for
the defeat of the Boers and enter a pro
test against the acts of England. But
America would be placed in a ridiculous
position by saying to England : "We
protest , but , please understand , we
mean no threat. We simply wish to go
on record , not to fight. "
Neither Mr. Bryan himself , nor any
other sane American , entertains a belief
that the people of the United States will
consent to a war with England now , or
if Bryan is elected president. But to
the Boer envoys did not the words of
Mr. Bryan seem to carry a promise of
intervention ? Would not these envoys
be justified in sending word to their
countrymen to keep up the war , to
maintain a show of opposition in God's
name , until the election of Bryan ?
Under the circumstances Mr. Bryan
stands convicted of cruelly imposing
upon people engaged in a hopeless war ,
which can bo continued only with the
result of needless misery and a wanton
sacrifice of life. Kansas City Star.