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c \YONIERFUL \ ) CiTY OF IA PAZ
Qaccr reatu of Lifoand Business In the
Hears of Bolivia ,
' FI.AUKED BY WAILS 1,000 FEET hIGH
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CoyrIght 18 , by frank U. Carpenter. )
LA PAZ , Bolivia , May 30.-I3peCiaI ( Cor.
: rpO11eflCe Of The Bec.-Tliere Is no city
tn the WOtIt like La Paz. Away lnck from
time ! 'swlflc ocean , across the highest range
ot motmntalnB on our ImernIRplIere , In the
1ent.knov'n country of South America , It
1k In it little basin on one of the highest
plntcatlff of the earth. I have seen the
witlis of I'cldii , of 3erusnetn and of Sfoul ,
the capital of Corca. None of them Is over
, fifty feet. high. La 1'a has walls a thousnntt
feet imigim , and upon one attic of It towers
. the tnme(1 snow.cappel peak of Iflirnani ,
( I of time three highest of time Andes , which
d3ses the nwrnimig ztmmd evening suns at an
nitituJo of more than four miles above the
ECX' . Man maik the walls of other cIties.
GflI ( matte the walls of La Paz , The great
.
Itoilvian i1atcmmu , which stretches away to
time north and south almost as level as the
'watcrm of Lake Titicaca , abruptly drops at
La i'nz so as to form hero a. basin which
by actual , meaaurernenta Is obout 1.000 feet
deep. In timis haBin time cIty Is built and
, thu green PreciPitous HlOlCS ) ronn ItS walls
except on one side , where the Ammilea , ragged
I anti torn , misc in ragged grandeur lit all
the colors of the Colorado canyon. Conming
to La Paz on time atage fromn Lake Titi-
J caca you ride for forty-five miles across
' ft plmtin , by villages of mud Imuts , through
. little farums of barley , qulnoa and potatoes.
0mm one sIde of you Is thu mountain wallet
j
ot tli great Sorati range , time highest of
the Antics , aimd you gallop on amid on over
a ncmrnlngly endless plain. Time team Is
I one of eight mimics , clmarmged every tlmreo
hotmrs. If you sIt with the driver , as I
I dId , you grow tIred at Inst and look In vain
I thmougli the clear air for the cIty. It Is
xmowhero in sight. At last on the brink of
I , Precipice the mules are Pulled back on
r tlmelr haunches , time stage stops and there
, ) I below you lies La Paz. it Is so far ( lowim
timat you can mnako out only time outlInes.
You see a idaln covered with terra cotta-
! nofcml imotmses , jummmbled together aioimg muir-
, row streets. here and there Is a church ,
at one eimml Is time big svimlto building wimlelm
forms time iinimltemitiary , nail just under you
the vallctl inclosurc muade of wimito iigon
. ; Imnies in ihilcIi the dead La. PazItes are
_ _ ittowed away at so much rent per year
f
- untIl theIr descendants forget to pay anmi
time imoicH are wanted for time generations to
come. The tago winds about over a ronU
: , tlmat curves in and out in looims and figure
- S's In getting dowmm to time city. You see
parallel roads far below you , anti at last ,
; havIng left the imoights , gallop over the cob-
blo.stone pavements of La Paz. The town
you tmOw find to be omme of lulls and valleys.
Ha streets go up and down and time aItI-
tudo is such that you can walk but a very
iev steps wItimout stoppIng to breatime.
A 1'erienaI lmmLstIiIerImmI- .
Thto sigimts of La Paz form a perPetual
masquerade of brIght colors and curIous
scenes. The very houses look as though
timey were intended for the stage rather
timaa real life. The roofs of terra cotta
' tiles look so clean In time clear air that you
can count every piece of wimich they are
made. The walls of the houses are Painted
In tile macst delicate tints of pink , sky
blue , lavender , yellow , creams and green.
They are of one and two stories , so open
to time street that you can see much that
goes on witimln. Thu colors on the strcts
are eveim brighter theim those of the houses.
There are 1mm the city at least five Indians
( to every white , ammd those dress In the
brlgimtest reds , yellows , blue and greemma
that ammihlrmo dyes combined wIth time Indian
taste for the gaudy can make. Th. espe-
daily brigimt garmaemmt is time pommeimo or
blanket , with a hole In time center for thmo
neck , which every Indian man and boy
wears. These are usually colored in stripes
ammii are worn ahimmost cnstantiy day and
nlgimt. Every IrmdIap has also a bright-
colored knIt COl ) with knit ear flaps hanging
ilown omm each side of hIs face , and ime sonic-
; iimmcs has in addition a black felt hat. lie
wcara Imautaloons wlmlch malta one think of
the days when our gins padded their lmlps
and panulers were iii vogue. Ills panta-
100mm are cut full at the hips and time tops
of the iocketmm stick wIde out at each side ,
Thmo lefls of time trousers arc full and from
the knee down at the back they are slit
'wide apart , showing what at first seem to
ho wide drawers , which flop about time
ankles. Investigate timeimi , lmoweyer. and you
find they are drawers made on time ( liCkey
simirt order , or macrely a half leg of white
cotton sewed fast to time inside of the legs
of tue troimsera , in order timat lie may the
easier roll tip the latter when In the wet
grass or crosslmmg a stream. The Indiamm
vonmcn wear hats amid theIr dresse3 are as
gaudy as thu blankets of the men , anti everywhere -
where titers are other queer costimrmmemm , as
we simail see In tue markets ftI timr on.
.
Vimere tiit Csil.iuiittm Iues Nut little ,
La Plaz has about t0,000 people. It Is
the chief comnmerclul cIty of Ilolivin , but
, U has not a street car , a cab nor a dray.
I doubt If It immis a dozen vrlvnte carriages ,
: ' and cmi ror one and two-liorite wagons these
t are tll town , In going about towmm every-
L on WI 4kit , cmiii all of the heavy traffic Is
1 carried on by mnules , donkeys , hitmimmas or
Indians , My trunks are carried front cue
t place to anotimer on the backs of Indians
: ; and I pay each man about 8 cents a trunk.
Time brt'nti carrier of La Paz is a donkey
h with skin boxes , In whicim time bread is kept ,
tiwuimg across itIs back. The beer wagon Is
it nmtmle who Imas a large case of bottles upon
each of its sides , and time furniture mmrnvers ,
wimctimer the timing muoved be a table or a
piano , are Iimtlinmms , mime carry the articles
upon their backs , Imeatis or shoulders , ( rota
omit. ) house to the other. Freight is brougimt
. tmo the city ott mules , ilanmas , donkeys ammd
mmdIatms. Time fuel of the city is , as I have
said , Ilamna manure. This all coimmes in on
time backs of llamas 1mm bags. Coco is brought
chiefly ott tionkeytm auti l'eruvlan bark and
k rubber from time imotter latmils lower dowim
comae time same way , I saw an odd load on
mm. mnuio yesterlay. It was a lilmil ) bummtiio
about five and a half feet lotig and ver-
baps eighteen incites In tilanmeter tlmrown
over the mmdc , so that time ends hung down
at time saute distance froni time ground on
each sIde. , ileside it on another mule redo
a imolicetnan anti a crowd of Indian wommmcn
. cutno walilmmg belminti , It was time dead body
of a woman rolleti up In a blanket. Sims
I - luitl been mmmurtlered a few days before ( or
about 5O which sue was kmmown to have
saved , ammd time loiiccuumm , was bringlmmg the
,
' corpse ammd the criminals to 14i Paz ,
? The stores of La Paz are immany and some
, carry large stocks of goods , These are ,
, however , chiefly In tint hands of the Oez-
nmans , who , hero as elsewhere , scent to have
Tmlotmopolizetl the trade In all foreign good , .
' .l'he most of time smaller stores are Ia the
. . bands of the Ciioioa , or hs.1t breed. , the off.
-u
springs of time indians and the whites. These
cople tie the real business of the city ,
Most of their establishments are little more
titan boxes or imoles in the walls. In a space
from six to ten feet square a tailoring , a
dusstmmaking or a satidiery business will be
carrlcl 00 , There are no windows to these
stores. Time light comes in through the door
and you can look in and see the employer
anti his hands at their work. Nearly every
merchant is a manufacturer as well. Many
of time establishments are manage4 by
women , All of the fruit of the city is oiti
by them and I doubt if timero it a vimlcima beer
saloon in La l'az which has not Its Cholo
woman as proprietor. Chicima Is , you know ,
the beer of the flollvlarms ,
iii lime Mnrkelt of Lit i'ng.
A vast deal of the bmmsiness of La Paz Is
done in the markets. There is one square in
the center of the city whIch is filled wIth
stalls anti in whlcim all week long the buy-
lag anti selling goes on , On Sundays the
rents outside of this for many blocks are
taken tip with market women and ever-
thing under the hiohIvian sun Is bought and
sold , It Is Sunday tbnt Is the chief market
day of La Paz. Upon that day time Indians
comae from mIles around. They buy little
outside of that wimich lucy purcima.se In the
markets , and iiero we hali sea all time cimar-
actors of La Paz , anti Its life , better tlman
anywhere else , We leave our imotei on the
Plaza In time center of time city anti walk
past time police station , down the hill to the
point where Market street crosses our way
at rigimt angles. Time streets are filled wIth
buyers anti sellers anti we pick oimr way In
anti out of three blocks of l3oiiviamm humanity
before We take our slanti in time center of a
livimig cross of nil time hues of the rainbow
made imy time market people and theIr emma-
tommiers. In frommt arid beimimiti mis , on our right
ammtl on our tort , time streets are filled wIth
timeso curious rtcoluie movlmmg to anti fro in
vaving lines of kaleidoscopic colors such as
you will see nowhere ele in time world , We
talk of time oriental hues of Cairo anti Calcutta -
cutta , La Paz has a dozen different colors
to Cairo's omme and the costumes of Calcutta
would seem tame It nmiued wIth these about
us. Iteds , yellows , blues and greoums are
ever immixiimg one with time other , making
imow conublnatlons everysccommml , The moat
delicate tints of the Antican summsots seem
to have bcemm robbed to ftmrmmlsim time dresses
for time Cimolito girls , Timere arc bummilrcde of
thorn clad In shawls of rose red
and skirts of sky blue. There are
hundreds who wear skIrts of sea
'l'lIt ! itOhiSlImIt lltil , .
\\'imat a lot of babies there are all about
us , We lmave to Pick our way about carefully -
fully to keep from treadIng upon thmemum.
Sumac lie aim the colt ! streets anti paiv at time
cobbles or lday witim time mmmercimammdiso their
imiothers are selling. Sonic are too youmig
to crawl and they muro lIeu up in shawls
out the backs of theIr mothers. who go omm
wIth their business with apparclmt disre-
garti of time irecloums fri'lglmt on their backs.
Timere Is one mmow peepimig out of that ret !
simaui below us. Its face is tmrowmm as a
berry anti its little black eyes blink at us
fromn ummder its yellow knit cap , time ear-
laps of which statmti omit hike lmormms out each
sub of its face. There is another baby a
few nmommtims older being tiamidicti on time
streets by Its Immtiian father , mind on the
dtlmer side of time street we see two little
tots who arc taking their meals at theIr
immotimerim' ' bare breasts. Most of tIme babies
we See are laughimmg , one or two are cry-
jug. Sonic are quIto pretty , tommie are
Imonmeiy , amid nearly all arc dirty nut ! Lausy.
There is one whose head is mmow undergoing -
going a search at the hands of its mother ,
wimo first cracks anti then eats the product
of imer chase as she catches themn. This
business is not , however , eoimfinetl to time
heads of babies , It is common to both time
Indians and the lower class Cimolos , and
men , 'ivomemi and cimlidremi unite in the
hunt , and time feast , time rule beIng that
the hunter Is entItled to nil time game that
lie catches , no matter umpon whose hairy
gaimme iircserves he Is pursumlng the cimaso.
In this connection I might relate my ati-
ventures as I carried my poor Spanish
wIth mmmc fromn store to store In La Paz in
searcim of a flume comb , but the subject Is
too rccemit and painful , and I desist.
( Lteer 'l'ii I mm M SOt ii I a time aimi rIces.
Let us stop for a moment anti make notes
upon sonic of the queer things solti all
about us. The goods are sprcnd upon
blankets or timey lie flat on the cobble stone
street , Time vegetables and grains are tli-
vitied up into idles. There are neither
weights nor measures , and almost all
timings are soiti by time eye. You pay so
much for such a number of things or so
mtmch a pile. Time plies are exceedingiy
smnail , anti timings mure bought in small quan-
titles , MarketIng is done hero ( romn day
to day. I iiotibt If there is a cellar in La
l'az , anmi time average cooking stove would
hardly be big emuoumgh for a doll's lulay house
in America. Thimik of carryiumg home a
unit tiozen potatoes from immarkot. Timla is
time size of many of the potato viies offered
for sale hero. And such potatoes ! Ilere is
a brown-facet ! limmilnu gin who is sellimmg
some mit our feet. I venture you never saw
such lIttle potatoes before. They are not
bigger timan nmarbieum , and she offers us eight
for 1 cents , What queer potatoes they are !
S.mne are of a bright violet color , some are
as idnk as the toes of that baby who is
playing amnommg them , and some are as black
g the feet of the Intiimmn cirl who has timem
for sale. I'otntoes do umot grow large at time
altItude of La Paz , and , though timere are
also large ones 1mm time markets , these conic
from time warnmcr lands hewer down.
grceii and imot. a few wIth skirts as red as
the emma at Its settIng , Thler skirts are
proppeti out with hoops anI they reaclm only
to the full curve of the calf. Seine of time
Cholitomm wear shoes of bright yellow kid
with Parisian imecis mmnder time insteps anti
with hugh tops whmichm eimtl , In some cases ,
in rose-coloreti stockings , but more often
the bare skin of a rose.colored leg. There
are scores of Intilan women imi still brighter
tiressea carrying buntiles on thoii backs iii
striped blankets of red , hmlue , yellow and
green , anti there are Iumtiian lumen and boys
wcarimmg poimeimos of time seine gorgeous Imues ,
There arc ivolmion in black with black crepe
shawls wouuid tightly about their olive-
skiuiied , faces witit fur prayer mats amiti
prayer books in their imammtis. They have
stopped at time nmnrkets on theIr way homo
frolmi church ama ! sonic are accompanietl
by time mcmi of their families dressed in
imigh black imats , black ciothea anti black
gloves. 110w ( iuilet It isi There Is time lmumn
of conversation , time chatter of gossip anti
now and then the jangle of bargaining ;
but time crowd moves in ammd out without
frIction , and timnmmgh there are tlmotmsaads
about you hear searcly a footfall. 'Fake a
look tiowmmward , Most of the feet about
you are bare , anti a iargo number of the
Immdians wear leatimer sandals , wimleim immake
hardly a sound as their owners pass over
the streets ,
nut time nmmost curious of all time potatoes
sold Itt l.a I'az are those known as cimummo
( chmoon.yo ) . These are olti in largo qualm-
tlties ammd you immay see plies of thiemn at every
step as you go through the market , There
Is it woman wimo has a large stock spread
out upon a blanket before imer. The potatoes -
toes are as white as bieachctl bones. They
are almost as hard , imnd when you break
thorn apart you timid them almoat as tougm ,
They are ordInary Imotatoes froza anti dried ,
aXtr whIch process It is sail that they can
be lept for a year wIthout spoiling. Time
metimoti of preparatIon is to soak them in
water anti allow them to freeze night after
night until they become soft. Then time
iskins are rubbeti off by treading upon them
vitii time bare feet , anti the potatoes are
thoroughly dried in the open air. After drying -
ing they are as white as snow and a hard
as stones. Such liotntaes fornm one of the
cimief foods of the l3olivians. They are a
staple article among time Indiana of the An-
( lean highiantis. They have to be soaked
for three or four days before timey can be
eaten anti are often served .mm the 'orm of a
stew , I hays tasted them several timmies. All
time life of the potato seems to rme to have
been taken ommt of them and I tint ! them 1mm-
sipld and by no means appetizing. Perhaps
I might be able to cat them If I dId not sb
frequently see the thirty bare te t o time hum-
diamms with which they are sauced , In amitil-
tion to the above potatoes lioilm'in has a
number of varieties which we tl not hmruVe.
It has bitter potatoes of a tlirty yiio. color ,
wlmicb will grow on time highest plateau , It
has timbers which look like potmioel , but
which have an nciti taste and must be cx-
poseti to the sun before cooummg , nut ! others
which hook like dahiia.roots ann whicim taste
BOlflCVhmTht like turnips.
Immd limit Cortu of lie ! Isiti.
I nun much interesteti also in the Indian
corn wimicim I find here. There are innmiy
species of maize imere which we never see in
North Ammmericn , Iloilvia has varieties of
corn thmo grains of which are twIce as large
as those of the largest species of corn
grown by our farnmers. Some klmmuis arc of
ft bright yellow color , every grain being
as big as my thumb nail. This corn , whemi
I bIt into it , crumnbicui up alnmost like flour ,
alit ! I eami see that it can wltim a slight
bruisitig lie turneti Into mmmcmii , Another va-
ricty is wlmito , anml a third is of a mumiberry
color , bcimmg called "maize imioratlo. " It also
has a very iloury kernel mmd I nmn told that
it Is useti In mmialciumg anti coloring liquors.
Time ummost of timese varieties of corn are
grown in the Tumngas coummtry , to the east
anti far iowem' dowmm timan La Paz. Time
corn there grows ( mum ten to twelve feet
in height. It seemims to ale the varieties
migimt grow \meli lii the Umilteti States , and
I have forwarded sanmplcs to oimr secretary
of agrIculture with a view of testing time
mattel' . Another plant , of which I have
already spokemi as growing lmtitc , Is time
qtmintma or quminea ( pronounced keen.wah ) .
It mIght be gromri at Leativille or on sommme
of time imlglmest Imarts of time Rocky imioumi-
tam piatenim. Yotm see it almost everywimero
Oll tliesmt Andean lmiglmiands. It is carefully
ctmitlvatetl ammtl its grmuimis wimuum timraslmeti oumt
are of time size of lmitmstartl sceds. Timey arc
sweet to time taste and mmmake amm exceliemmt
ltmtmsht wimeim cooketi ,
't'Iie l"rimlu , of tIti' % imsles.
It sceimma ctmrloums to lint ! all sorts of flume
fruits away ill ) imero on time roof of time
m rid , Timere are fruIt metitilers on mmcarlv
every sqtmare of La Paz , and time umarket
is fillet ! \vltim flue vnmietii's of quinces , pears ,
oranges nmmti Iiimmealples. Timerti are sweet
aummi sour lemoms and timero are whmito grapes
emeim berry of svhiclm is time sIze of a tiamumsomi
plimmn. Timero are ciiimgstomme peaches as big
as time wimito heath , anti timere are figs. nut !
otlmer fruits wimicim we do mint have. One
pcctmiiar article Iook like a immanimmuotim green
imcan p0th. It Is known as time "i'icae. "
\\'Iiemi opemmeti it shows big black beans incased -
cased In a pulp whIch looks like tile fimiest
of whIte spun silk , You eat timis puip , numul
when coiti it tnstes to you mmmcii like a flmmeiy
Ilavored ice ereani. Timese fruits conic from
forty to sixty unties away froumi time eastern
sioIes of the AntIcs , perimaps a mile lower
down timnum La PIai. tVithiuu train fifty tea
a huntireti mallet from here you cami get
iimto tropical BolIvia , amid by golmig timat
distance can imavc all of time ciimnates tromii
tropical imeat to ( rigid cold. Time smmow
never melts on Illimammi. The ciimmmato hero
is about tlmat of Paris anti in the Yungas
anti the IlenI regions not far away time
pineapples and the Palm trees grow. There
are wilt ! oranges and wIld cotton trees.
There are coffee , Plantattomma anti in tile
forests the Intiians are gathering rubber
to be shipped down time Anmazon to Pam ,
whence iome of It perhaps will go to time
United States to be used in your bicycle
tires. FRANK C ] . CARI'INTEit.
- l'ECULLtIt i'l'i liS ( ) i' i'lIOl'LK.
John hoyt ! Thacher of Albany , weii known
as a collector of American historical matters -
ters , has sonmeiiow acquiremi four wampummi
belts of the Onontlagas , Senecas and other
York state Intilans , atmd refuses to give them
up , though It would seem lie got themmi without -
out the knowietlge of the chiefs. One of
the belts is of time time of hiawatha , tile
lamnous Imoqtmois cimief.
The famous Shelley guitar imas at last
ieen preseumtemi to the iiotiieiaim library at
Oxford by E. W. Shisbee of Ihostoum. Much
ilIUm been written of this interesting instru-
meumt and Mr. Siisbee' purchase oft cx.
prcssly for the library. It was originally
gven by time poet to Mrs. Williams , wife
of Lieutenant Williams , who was drowned
with imim off Viameggio , in time Mediterra-
rican , cmi July 8 , 1822. Time guitar partly
inspired the beautiful poem , "To a Lady
vith a Guitar. "
The meanest man turns tip in our highest
latitude , which hums has lately vacated. lie
was a miner anti caine out of the ICiommilike
with postage money to mall about. 2,000
letters given him by men there or on time
trail otmt. lie kept time postage mmm000y and
went , leaving all time letters at Dyca , where
they have just been founti. It is true
benevolence as well mis enterprIse whIch
prompted a San FrancIsco newspaper to
ctmd for all tbose letters anmi mall timem
to ieopie all over the world who have beemi
waIting for themn.
What police magistrates in Now York do
not know , or pass upon witit the air of
knowing , wimilo on time benciu , is very lIttle ,
but recently in a suit betwson a
dressmaker anti a customer , in which tim
uasatisfactory dmess was protitmeed In commrt
basted , tiagistrato Kudiicim was forced to
atlmnit timat lie was a inero man and ignorant.
Time seanma were ctooketl , the cmmstomner said ,
anti In despair of unulerstammtling the
umigistrate called up three women who were
spectators anti asked their olmimmiomma , Those
were so unaumlmously against time dressmaker -
maker , as far as he could interpret timem ,
that ime suspected time womenm of being friends
of time customumer , anti , pronouncing the whole
question as too deep for him , lie put time
clse off in a imope that time parties to the
suit would comno to a scttlcnmeut. .
Time Philadelphia Record tells of a rich
man of that city wimo has a queer fad , lie
neiiher gives nor accepts any money that
has ever mreviousiy been used as legal
tender , Wimether Ime fears contamination in
the excharmgo or only likes to bandlo the
bright new coin3 amid bills fqr the pleasure
of it is not dlvuigetl , hut , whatever the
reason , the rule is absolute. lie carries with
imimmi a stock of undimmed coimms of every
denomination imp to imaif-doliars ; beyond timat
crisp bills to the amount ho coimsiulers neces.
sary. That which imo buys he pays for with
tbo exact chammge , and , should he by elmanco
ho caught without nmeans of such precision ,
time seller Is entitled to time full amount given
hIm In excess of his bill , It is a sanitive
measure , no doubt , and very interesting ;
but to cleave to it strictly one must needs
have obliging bankers or & lien on the mint.
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COIIANDlNC BIli1Sl ! FICURE
Personal Side of Joe OiaThi1ain ! , Minister
of' the Oodioi1e ,
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AMERICAN NOTIONS IN DR 1SII POLITICS
Sacstmmnti f lInItd , l'upulnrllbut
Vtimilieis l'titiilc Adnmiruitlosi ttmmtt
Simport-iI I. , L'tuli lent Mtit-
oil , , stud Su ce , , .
The most commanding fgimro ) in British
public life today Is timat of Joseph Cimam-
berinin , time amen who huu innuic popular
the celebration of the quen's birthday In
Aummerica amid of time Fourth.ot July itt Eng-
lamiti. in many quamtsra ho is regarded as
time greatest conservative hnglish statesman
of time Period and the imopeof Britain's ccii-
timmueti coloimial eimlIire ,
Twcimty-flvc years ago , iiowe'rer , the pres.
emmt coiommiai secretary was , considercd a very
dmummgcromms ummnn Ills sork as uminmyor of
ihirnmlngimammm hat ! a thmm4 of socialistmm , if
1101 comummitimmisnu , about it , amid to be oremi
suspccte of a leaning ivard sociallamim
in those days when time. excesses of time
Fremich colmlmmmune were fre1m in mmmcmi's imiimmtis
was to Imavo nil time propertied classes lii
England nrrayed agnimmat one. It was rhmls-
pemeti , too , timat Cimamimbeiain wemit evemu
furtimer thmamm this , that him was somethmlmmg
worse timan an extreme radical ; that Ime was
1mm fact nntt-monnmcimlcal to the itoitit of re-
pubhicanisin , Intlectl his repimbhicanisuum ias
said to be such timut his rneieetomm to time
ummmiyoralty of llirnmingimnin wrms actimaily op-
posemi on the grounds tima4 his primmclpics
might be consitlereti aim insuit to time priimcc
ofVnies , wile was payimmg mn olflciai visit
to time city that year. It eenms odd now
to think that the qumeen's fmVorIto nmimmistcr ,
time statesman whoumi sue maost deilgimts to
entertain at Winuisor , muimoii courted anti
flattered by Loimtlomi societmms ierhmaps no
public man ever was bee hum , should
immivo been locketi upomm , iess than a quarter
of a ccmmtury ago , us at id1emit imicentilmiry
with whom it. was mmot safe o be seen talk-
big In public. That is reail time repimtatlon
Mr. Clmanmberlain once enjoyd. It was said
at time tune that if Englammq'ouiti by some
mumiraclo be changed into a 7ptmblie , , Cimamn-
bemlain would ho its first. p'reiuldemmt ,
It , s ( nit t Sumecess I ii Vaui I a utteum t.
,
W'lmen Mr. Chatmthemlaium nerct1 Parila-
meat , imo fount ! that the fam of his "Ammierl-
can notions , " as they wer Ipalleti , Jmatl pre-
cedeti hmiumi amid nmatlo biig'uin advance unpopular -
popular with both sides of the House. Time
old-fashioneti liberais , immen bike ( liatistone
and Johmm ilmigimt anti Lord lIartingtion , tlis-
trusted him as aim extremist. Time tories ro-
gamuleti imimn with a ( letestatloim timat caine
near to being frenzy. Gladstone was imarumi-
ioss anti John Brigimt respectable by time
side of timis low-class , BirmIngham agitator ,
Men who had never set eymm on Chamber.
lain , wiio knew imim oimly by his peeciies
amumi opimmioums , hated him frem the depths of
timeir hearts. Time surprise was complete
wimon from his seat in tue House rose a
view anti Imagination thmt Is essential to
the best oratory is very hard to obtain anti
Mr , Chamberlain did not obtain it. ills
speecimes , first anti last , are those of a bus-
ness man who knows wimat he Is talking
aboumt anti has a consummate gift for lucid
and concise expression , At tinmes lie can
be frigidly , brutally sarcastic , but it is not
the sarcasm of a poiIheti , cultured nature ,
The Itouso likes to hear lmlmmm because ho has
always something to say worth bearing and
never talks over the heads o ( , his autliemmce.
Men who wore frightened by Glatlstone's
earnestness anti invoivet ! semitemices
founti it a relief to come down to
Chamberlain's plain , straightforward
way of putting things. Ills voice
is as clear as a bell , but cold tint !
hart ) anti precise. Every word , every syl-
labia isimeard and beard dlstinctiy , but tlmey
leave the listener unmoved. The gestures
are few and neither natural nor dramatic.
They remiumul one rather of the ebtormic
I spasrmms of a railroad signal. Ills great
merit as a debater is that lie Is always ready
with an argument and aiway able to tirlvo
it hommmc with point antI directness , Imagine
a very clever presitlent of a conmnmerclai
company setting forth time results of tIme
year's business at an annual mmmecting anti
doing battle frormi time to timmie witim an in
quishtive or ( lisappointed simarelmolder anti.
ynmm get a very fair itlea of Cimanmimemlain's
Immanner anti imiotimod of atitiressing time house.
No lumterrmuptiomi can flurry hini ; no disorder
drag Imlmmm frommi his point , lie Is always , as
lme omice remarketl 1mm time l'toume of Corn-
mona , as cool as a euci'ummbcr , To see Chain-
beriaimm witim Imis back to limo wall in the
l'arliammicmmts of five or six years ago , Imateti
by imis old allies , tilstrusteti by lmis mmcmv ommes ,
cuttimug and slashing at limo Ciiatlstommiamms in
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JOSEi'II C'iIAMIIERLAIN ( REPILODUi'ED IROM IllS FAVORITE I'IOTOGRAI'll , )
cican-almaven , boyisim-lookimmg man , fault.
lcssly frock-coated , wearing a. rare orcimid
amid tito single eye-glzmss of aristocracy , and
begnim In a quiet , convincing manner anti a
perfectly clear , weii-mnbduinuted voice , to
speak on the subject ummder , tiiscussion. lie
made his mark at once. Atthme close of imia
maiden speech imeavy coqseryatives wimo
would have willingly have ciappeti 1mm into
prison as an anarchist , found timemumseivi's
crossing over time 1Iouso ID imake lmaumtla
witim imimn amid offer their ctuugratulatinums.
It is not a amniuhl or easy tiiog to catch time
ear of time house of Conmmpiu. Chamberlain
imot only cauglmt it at tiu' 14st attelnlt , but
imas never lost lila hold oh U , Whenever time
word goes round that "CiuariThermiin ) is imp , "
men como tuummbiinmg out of 'tIme library anti
lobbies anti smoking room in their eager-
fleas to hear imirn , The limaci of parliamneum-
tary speaking , by iaabfllty to learn which
nmany a clever man has ruium d imis career , is
with Chamnbcmlain an insttiict. Within time
lsst ten years tlmero has not been a single
nina on eltlmer sltie of the house who could
cross swords with imitmi in a ( sir , stand-up
debate anti come off the victor ,
As it 1'imbii Leuiisrr.
In time way of oratory one does not ex-
poet ummuch from a man of Chmamberiaium's
surroundings anti up-brinBing , Until lie
entered Parliament at the pgc of 38 his life
was thmat ot a business nina and to this day
Imia tbougluts ammti habIts pat ! Immstinctlyo way
of looking at timiuigs are founded on the
busimmess spirit. Somebody once said of
liadstono timmit he was Oxford above mind
Liverpool below. Chamberlain is Liver.
pool all through , Ills educatlomm as a boy
was strictly commercial anl be mnissoti
something by aot gotuug to citlmer of time two
great English unI'ersIties , where his rmar-
rowness might have beemi rubbed off and a
Certain degree of tolerance forced into 11mm ,
Fronm the school room ho went to ' the
counting office arid there be Tewained for
twenty years , building up a large fortune
by means that were neither above nor be.
how thu morality of ordInary business maca ,
Under these circumstanCes the breadth of
time coolest and most. confident manner ,
kmmowhimg that wimemi hue sat doWn . he woulmi
be ovemwhelnmeti with it storm of aimuse and
Contempt anti wimat was far worse. qtmota-
tloims from his former speecimes , waa to see
0110 of time finest Parliamentary performances
of time last hmalt century. Time eupreme
courage of the imman was patent anti admir.
able ,
Cligiimmleritilim' , . llmmml tul ImmM.
It sitouuiti be added timat there breaks out
in Mr. Chainberiaimm ( rein time to time a
Vein that is not lovely to look upon. His
cleverness and atlaptablilty keep him from
nmany immistnkcs timat his immstiumcts woulti be
likely to lead hini into ; hut timere arc situations -
tions that canimot ho saved by mere clever-
hess , situations \vhich strip the natural man
of imis veneer anti set imim before tIme world
as Ime really Is. 0mm such occasions Mr. Chain-
bemlain does not cut an advantageous figure.
It was noticeable , for instance , timat Mr.
Chmanmbomlain pronounced no funeral oration
over Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Baifour spoke anti
ir William ] Inrcourt spoke , hut the man
who was ( or ten years Mr , Gladstone's most
promnhmment colleague aimd for another ten
years ont of Imis foreummost olpouments ) said
nothing. The fact Is , Mr. Chnniberlaium
sinmpiy cannot ticilver a funeral oration ; he
imas not time right instincts , lie tried to ,
once , whmeui John lirighit dieti , anti lie made
a pitiable mess of it. lie told the House
timat Birmingham iuiul umever allowed Joimim
flmighmt to pay his election expemmses , and time
Ilotmimo writheti tmtmdcr time tactlessness of a
rnnum who coulmi tirag in such a reference on
I , ticlm aim occasion. Mr , Chamberlain has otimer
qualitIes besides a tiuiiness of time artistic
scimse which provoke honorable members
against. imimn , The house foils him a little
too bumptious. It was remarketi that wlmen
Ito became colonial secretary he began to
speak abomit the British empire as though
I lie imaml created It himself. Sonmetimimig of thIs
arrogance appears when things are goIng
his way in a debate. 110 has not time art of
taking victory modestly. A triunmpim is no
triumph to 1mm unless ho can round it off
with time tomahawk mind scaipimmg knife ; anti
it has imappemmeml again anmi again thmat imis
ferocious mmmd trucumiont cleverness imas driven
supporters away. Melt walk limb time oppo3ite
lobby to veto agaimmat imim , jmmst for time pleas-
urn of "dlshmiimg Chaummberlmiin , " It is saij
timat in imis yomunger days Mr. Chammiberinium
onto asked an oiti parliamentumry imantl imow
best he might iunprove his position in time
' house , "S'ehi , Mr. Chamumberinmn , " saitl the
veteran menmber , "if I m'ere you , I simould
try to make a failure now anti then. " lie
Is a little too "cocksure , " and time House
takes as unkimmdiy to cocksuroneas as it does
to genius. hut timeso detects arc easily cx.
plainetl wimen It is reunembereti that Mr.
Chamberlain Is a immami who imas hind to hew
out his own success , with a strong self-
assertive character , c'nmpimasized by imis life
in a imarti anti narrow provinmciai towmm.
! tNt Amut'ricnut 3iumui iii Ilimghiumtl ,
It is almost a comnnmonpimmce in England
to say that Chuamnberlain is time rnos Amer.
baum nman 1mm Eumglisb public life , By that
is meant that Ime approacimes inure nearly
thman ammy one cIsc the ideal of a political
boss , Wimeum ito was mayor of Illrmnlngimanm
hue took everything in hula own Imands-gas
works , water works , slums , sewage , farms ,
parks , libraries , art galleries , evorytiuleg ;
so much so timat a hmelplcss opponent used
to growl out : "lie is not only mayor , but
town council , too. " Later on when lie sat
in J'ariiarnent for one of the Iiirmmmingimasmm
divisions , he allowed no public nmmanm of any
Prominence to mmhmaro time representation of
time city with him. Lord Randolph Cburchiii
attempted to and was turned down. Lord
Charles Bercsfortl tried to break through
the hedge atm ) ) ' three years ago , lie even
issuetl his electioum address anti commenced
a canvass. Sutidcnly "Urimrnmngeumi Joe" up-
pearcd ; there Were mneetimigs , aba1s , warnings -
ings , threats ; timings imnppcnetl-mmobotly
quite knows iihiat , but the enti of it was
that for the first time in imis life licresforti
turmmed tail ant ! fled. Before ho hat ! beemi
imi Parliament four years time irrepressible
Joe hiatt organized a nmacimlne in the Mimi'
lands on time recognized Anmerican lmattern
anti owned a little over sixty votes-enough
to titru time scale agaimmat any mnitiistry-as
commmplt'ely as the mmmost astute boss imm the
Uniteti States , That shows how Chamberlain -
lain can work thmimmga , lie worked time Ilir-
lmminghnnm town council ; hue worked both time
liberal nnI time conservative Imartics ; now
lie is working time liritish eunpire. , nti the
secret of his success Is imniuly timis-that
he hums always known precisely what he
wanted and time quickest way to get It.
II I tiumi Iplummmmtle lletlttis ,
'limo colonial secretary is sommmethmlag of an
Anmerican , too , Iii lila dislike for ret ! tape
ammtl the piotltling ways of omclmildoun , lila
business instincts rebel ngmilumst the cuumm-
brous immaclminery of time lumghishm govcrummmment
offices anti the vintling Pathms of ditmionmacy.
lie likes to go straight to time point in time
eyes of all time people , lrnrtiy because it
keeps him well Iii evidence amid i'artly because -
cause lie really believes ( hint a good deal
of iumternntionni nmisummtierstaumtling is due
to tue ivnumt of a little frammk speaklumg. lie
hint time uicmv diplomumacy to a very immncticai
test only time oilier tiny , ivlmemi at a imumbhic
ummeetimmg iii time lmrovimmccs ime mmmdc ami oiemm ,
bit ! for time friemitisimlim of time Ummiteti States
numti nit eqimahly undisguised attack tmpomm
itimasia. Time SPeech was tlmoroimglmiy cimarac-
teristle of time mmmnmm. It startled amid Bean-
dalizeti by Its boltiumesa ; bumt It lund its ef-
feet nut ! atitleti to hum imuiportmimmec. Thmat is
time way vitlm ulmost of Cimtmmmiberiaumm's nc-
tiomma. W'hmcmm time excitemmient has died away ,
it is usuaiy fomund that time did hue hat ! in
'iemm' imas been rcaclmetl. 1mm hula owmm words
lie was "time best atamseti mnaum in luuglnumtt' '
ivhmemm hum dcsertcti ( liadmmtomme anti broke time
back of time hmommme rule agitation ; yet tiumme
serums to hma'c jmmstiiieti his imoiic , A gtmotl
mmmnmmy limgiisimimmen simeerett mit imis way of
treating time I3ritisIm empire as tlmotmgh it
were so mnnmuy hiimmtiles of mimerclmammtlise ; yet
sommiehow or other Cimnmmibcrlaln hmamm mmmmin-
aged to send a timriii of flatriotism from
tmmmo cmiii of time euumpire to tue oilier , amid 1mm
three years immia lmrobably done mmrnme to ccii-
solitiate it tluni nil his Iiremlecessors Put to-
getimer. Ills oppomiemits ucti to ny that
"too clever by luaU" would he his political
eimilnpiu ; but today there is lmnrthiy imny olin
wimo tiocs muot look upon hum as time one
.strommg mmmii iii Euuglnmmti , as time emily i'ngiisim
stntesmmmami ivimo sees lila vuiy clearly auti is
luot afraid to take it.
A t'niiiutr 'tVu.aum.
For mnammy years after the Imonmo mimic split
( 'hiammmberlain was tiistrumstemi anti thisiikcti by
iui couumtrymmmen. Tpday time tiiatrust. iu.m
vaumisimed , but time popularity imas mmot commme.
Chammmberlaio is admired and immmrnetmseiy mc-
specteti amid the naUoiu imas commiblence in
iuinmi , but timere Is iittic in tIme ivay of cmi-
thtlsiasnmm for imimmi arnoumg tlmo masses. lie
th'eti mmomme of tlmose thimmgs whmicim Iimgiislu-
muon hike timeir statesmen to do. lie does
mmot play golf like Ilaifour , or breed horses
like Ilosebery , or puictice wood euttimmg like
Mr. Gladstone. Ills one hobby , orchid grow-
lag , I not of tue kl'nti to fuiseinato tIme you.
uimmcc. his only forums of exercise are amok-
lrmg , getting In anti out of Imis brougimamum aiim !
mmmouimtinmg platforms. In fact , except in con-
imection mi'htii politics , he comnes very little
before the imbue ; anti in England a man
imami to be somnethimmg more titan a politician
to be really liked. in society ho is a greht
favorIte , partly no doubt owing to his wife's
houniless popularity. Mrs. Chmammmberlaln ,
formerly Miss Emmtiicott , iths heon poimmteti to
again and again as time mumost popular Mimer-
lean woman who ever eanme to Eimginmmd , mint I
exceptiumg even Lady Itanmlolph Churchill.
11cr husband was certainly the most popular
Emmgiisimman ii'hmo ever came to America. It
is saiti that the only adverse conmuument on
Mr. Charnberlaiim mvlmea lie was over imero I
Caine from a Washington girl : "lie's nice ,
real nice ; html ime tloean't dance well. Ills
steps are too shart. I slmouid think lie
iearumed on a postage stamp. " Mr. Chamber. I
lain's short steps arc hot his only llmmmita-
tiomus ; but with all its obvious deflciemmcca ,
lie is still a strenuous amid remimarkumble cimar-
actor. SYDNEY BROOKS.
ItlilztU $ .
fey. Etiwnrd A. Park of Andover , Mass. ,
is time oldest liviumg graduate of Andover
university anti was grmitiuateil in 1826 ,
Itev. Deimis O'Callaghmnn , D. D. of St.
Augustine's church , Soutim lioslon , is to ho
lotion's Fourth of July orator timls year.
Time United Presbyterian Gommeral as-
eemnbly lli.s ciilietl time presbyteries to vote
on tim question , "Is the use of tobacco a
simm ? " -
Time Jesuits have a cimurclm , a sclmoai house
r.nti a. hospital in Dawson City , ammd Sistars
of St. Aumnmo are on their way from Moimtreal
to iltirse time sick ,
The Eadeavomers at Nashville are to have
excursions to Mamumimmotim cave , Luray cay-
crrs , Niagara , Natural Bridge , Lookout
Mountain , Gettysburg arid \Vasimingtomm.
'Time Sommtimeun I'resbytorians have sue-
ceeded at last iii getting their negro
churches ommd mnimmimuters to set up for theta'
Lelvea , and an orgammization has been
efecteti ,
'Fimu stntement of a New Jersey soldier
in a lmtter to lila sister that "this mmiuip is
full of heathen uumd Phi bet there Isn't a
bible cmi board , " indmmced the Ilulutitt cimumch
in Ciummmtiemm to imurehmaso 1,000 New Testa-
mmmCumt mud send timemn to the soitlicmmm.
A maim in benrimmg away a large cimlp from
r. tree timat. Giamiattimue imati cut dowmm , said to
imia commmramics "Hey , Intis , wimeit I dee , tlmimi
shmmmli go iii my colilim , ' ' ' 'izmun , lath , ' ' salt !
Imis ivife , ' 'it timuu'd worshmhi , Gomi as thee
worships ( ilamistoime , thiou'd stand a better
chunimee of going where timy chip woumldn't
burn , "
Tue Cimurchmnman , states imat time Episcopal
Hoard of Mihmmions bus been obliged to do-
chums scathing young inca to mission Ileitis
unless thmtiy could first Becmmre thicir own
suiport , but nmow they "will tent ! every fit
applicant. " The cimurchu is coiled upon to
"simow huem' daring by furnishing amen and
money. "
CltoSSlN 'I'i1Ii HAIl ,
Alfred 'l'ennyeon.
Ilunset and evening star
Arid oume call for mci
Anti may timere be tin moaning of time bar
\'hcmm I mit ( tilt to semi ,
Hut umuchm a tithe mitt moving seemuis asleep ,
'J'oo full ( or * Itlmfld antI ftmamn ,
'imemm ilmat wimicim drew from out tIme boundless -
less deep
Turns ugitinm hmome.
Twihiglmt anti evening boll ,
Arid after tmat ) time darki
And may timemu lie no sudimeums of farewell
Wimt'n I embark.
For thmm' from out our boumne of Time and
I'immco
'I'imu Ilooti may bear me far ,
I imopu to see Rim ) ' Pilot ( ace to taco
W'hmemu I have crosse , ! time bar.
zmrater , ' .
Ictroit Journal : "She will marry me in
spite of my jmovertyi" ho cried. "Bravo
girli"
his eyes ivero filling with tears of joy ;
suddenly timey desisteti ,
"html im'hat , " imo faltered , "It she were
brave enough to spenmd the Emuunnner at tue
seasitie ? hal"
Aim , he would think up many stories of
promhitmg Spanish fleets , and all might yet
be well.
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Bowser Sod louse at the Exposition Attraoth
Much Attention.
PRIMITIVE DWELLING OF MANY YEARS AGO
Queer little liomimieiie limuilt of ti * ,
Tmmrf ( , f tue iehrnien i'rnirieo
ii 1'iemotl ly 'lhmnu-
nuiai ,
The Nebraska sod house on time bluff tract
is one of tue greatcat attrmmctiomis ammmong the
group of state bulimhimiga. This imoumse , representing -
resenting a class of ilonmicile , unkmiown to
any seetiomi of coimtmtry except the treeless
prairies , is intended to represent time imabi-
tatlomu of the iuiotmecrs of time vest , as time
log cabimi illustrates a eorrespondutmg Pencil
In time settleummeiit of the spreuuiiuig forests
of time eastern nmmtl eeumtnal states , There ann
still In existence 1mm various limirt sot Nc-
braska alit ! oIlier iirainio states , sot ! houses ,
aroummt ! which cling ummauiy ( cmiii immemmmorIes of
humuppy days , aiim ! whmosc malls hemir time sears
wimicli tell time story of mmmamuy mu conlhict with
thin Iumdimimms , who resisted time encroacimiucuits
of time white settlers ,
Sommie of thmese oti houses were quite ; irc-
temmtiotma amid boastet ! of several
rooumma , but the great uuimurit
were simmmilar iii every immirticular t
limo sod house erected by time Nebraska cx-
position comummmissiouu its nut ihitmmmtratiomi of
early days in Ncbmnslumi. 'I'iue Nebraska oti
house comitalumS butt mimic mcmii , thus being
tilviticul by mmmeamms of a mmtoveable scrotal so
115 to imisure imartial prIvacy. 'lime house is
aboumt 11x20 feet emi thin outsitho mind time walls
arc six feet 1mm height omit ! two feet iii
tiuickumess.
II alit t'itttt ( itt' ti1ji'tt , ,
All kimitis of cumriotms qimeatiotma mire naketi
1)1' the emowuls of pctmuio frommm cmmstemmt states ,
nut ! mmmnmmy ft oimi Ommmaima who tInily visit time
SOt ! house , A getmcrnl igiiom'aimcu ticeimia to
lrevaii as to time mmmnimner of ctmimstrtmrtimig a
mioti imoutso mimid its ticsiruibiiity aim cm tiweliltig ,
in title eimmiieCtiomi , a recital megmtrduumg hut )
coumatitictinim of time Nebrmislmut oti house mmuay
hmemi a little light nil this sumliject.
\Vhueui tim Nebmimsima exposition commmmmmis-
miltum ticclded to creel a emi hioumse as a part
of time Nebraska exhibit at time expoaitinmm ,
arrnimgemumcmita m ere mumrmtle wIth Mrs. L. how-
ser of Norftmlk to erect tIme imotuse anti in.
lmabit it. tltmriumg tIme exposltimmm. Mr. amid tra.
hitmvser cammie to Nebramikum iii 11S I mimmti took
mmli thmt'ir realdemice In Rock coututy , 1mm time
nortiiemtm central hart of time state. They
erected a sot ! imommse hum thtu Dlimumioimmi valley
at a timno mihuen there were tin other settlers
Iii thuat section of tim' state amuti liveti In
time imoimso for several years , other settlers
comuming iii rapIdly mud ereetimmg sail houses ,
uintii qumite a settlemimetul had formmmeti. hay-
lag hind actual experience in time erectioti of
a sot ! lmouse , as iveli as living in 0mm , Mrs.
! ! owser was quahilieul to look after time erce-
tIon of a Sllecimmmemm of this uniqimo forum of
dwelling. Shin s'eimL in peruomi to flock
county aimd emmiistcti time nit ! of time old set-
tiers aaml frientis there , wluo formuem ! a large
party anti gathered time miccessary otl iii ammo
day. The occasion was inmitie mu jolllfleatiomi
and all time people iii that vicinity took i
imummd in gathiering time sod or in Imreimanlng
a big feast for time workers.
Gmmilierl'sc I itt tiuitu'rInl.
A place was selecteti where time virgin sot !
haul miever been disturbed by time plow numd
whmere there bad been no travel. Time sot !
was turned up with a ldo' ' in long ribbons
tivelve immeiies witie aimmi several hmuummtlrcd feet
iommg. Gangs of cutters followed time plows
anmd cult the sod in two-foot lemmgtius. Timmi !
was loaded into wagons ammil hauled to thmo
railroad anti hoatied into freight cars. Time
virgin prairie soul has mu stremuglim numd tenacity -
ity which nmakes It easy to imaummlle and very
desirable for this litrlOSe. ) )
Whemi the sod arrived iii Omaha time wails
were erected iii mmmuchm tIme baum fuisimion a
brick wall is Initi , time pieces beimmg laid
crosswise ant ! time joints broken. Whcmm limo
wails reachieti time proper imeigimt , a board
roof was put eu aumti a hoar was laid iumsitie ,
the latter an inmmovatioim of whiiclm few of the
early sod houses could imoast. The interior
wails were then piastercti whim clay amid the
hmoue wnmm ready for occupancy.
These imoutses nro cool 1mm tIme stmmnmtmer anti
warnu iii time whiter , time timick eartimea wails
beimig gooti muomm-coimdtmctors.
Mrs. IJowser is very ummimehu at home in her
sod house , and her callers are very nuuner-
ous. Old settlers of western states who
imave thuemumselves lived in sot ! hmouscmm , are
tile most umumerous nimiong her visitors , but
large numbers of people iuuspect tbe place ,
who hmave never seen sucim a strtmcturo , nut !
timey usually express sumrprise thumit atmy cal
would think of llvimmg in such a place.
IAiiOil. A1) liIIS'i'ltY.
Veronm , N. J. . imasagiri blacksmith ,
Paper floors gnimm favor 1mm Gernmammy.
In Spain biackslmmitimmi get $3.00 a wck.
A Texas ruumchi contains 10,00t ) head of
cattle ,
'We consume 450,000,000 pommmmdmm of coffee
annually.
Time Loumiaville & Namihmviilo railroad corn-
pany has restoreti time 1893 rate of wages.
Time immcrease bemietits 17,000 emnnmioyes.
Time report of time building theparttnent in
New York City ( or tue first quarter of 1198
imows 1,909 lerumuits for uiow buildings to be
erected at a total estimmmnted cost of $25,414-
486 ,
Time new city clmartcr of Smumi Francisco ,
Cal , , comitaimma a pruvisiomu that eight butnmrs
slmmhl : commatituto a day's labor aim all nimummic-
iimai work , with $2 per tiny as the mmuinimuura
wage.
What will probahuly remain for a simon
iliac time largest electric generator for street
railways hmas becum erdereti for time hlostoum
Elevatetl railroad. It will have a capacity
of 5,000.hmorume , power.
Time total output of coal in time Bulled
States for 1897 was 198,250,000 mmimort tons ,
time largest over kltowmi. Ittu average value
was a fraction lemma than $1 her ton , a mmhhglmt
decrease as compared with time jmrcvious
yea r.
Time Central Lalmor uniomm of Springfield ,
Mass , , hums tiecitieti to start a uetmmii' simoo
store to iuaumriio only utmioum mnudo almoes , as
time imhmoe stores of that city mb not imeenmi
to he disposetl to huammdle Umat class of
goods ,
One unman can do time work of eigimtecn
moen whim mm. now mnachimie just pmmt on timu ,
nmarket , to Ime used in hnyImmg aspmmtlt Pave.
merits while In i'imlindehimimla
, a box-mnmmkin
rnacimbne imati been lmmveimtetl wimicim will turn
out 1,000 boxes her hour ,
The Ammmeriemmn MachinIst umotemi thmmut timero
is at presemmi some coummplmuiumt by time lucy-
do nmakcrmt that their foreign trades has
dinminmisimed in voimummme , 'lime aumsignem ! cause
hero is limo difficulty of aecmmring at the seaboard -
board ocean-carrying room ,
Time average annual output of wood umov-
cities in Maine has mu value well over $1.-
000,000 , 0mm of the insist interesting
branelmes of time industry is time mnmmnumfocturo
of woomi nuns for bIcycles , Time factory where
limo unanufacturo is carriemi oum has a floor'
aliaco or 74,800 feet ; its timmihy output averages -
ages about 1,800 rims , juno time value of its
yearly product Is about $120,000 , Time wood
umseti Is rock immaple , anti each rintm Is corn-
POseti of three pieces , gluetl anti pressed
togcthmer with such force ammd exactitudu
that the rink appears like one ideco urmt
exawIuatio Cil