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Show a . ' THE SALT LAKE TIMES. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 18U0. j desired. A w he when fchook then 1'asteneS to the ring where back, ana meet, which will fit over a choir the screen is complete. A Novel Flro Screen. A vary pretty and. bandy tiro gcrcc.u nav ' be made out of a lapaate parasol i:oh Is, say, 3.!. tuet across when opened, 'i'iie hnnuie F.huulu be cut out entirely, liiUinj; rare to have Uir plao whero i. is ntiixeU firm and (itrORjr after 5U mnotAl. To th.-- place fasten a cord long enough to act in " ' the. hipdle so far as to hpLd FINANCIAL UTAH NATIONAL BANK. Capital, $200,000. TKEAKCRT DKPAnTMENT: ) OFFICE OP COMI'I'KOIJ.KB OK TUB CUBHENCT. VV'ASAiaiiTON, June W, I8MJ. J Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented U, the uudeiBiKned. it haH been made toapiiear that the -- Utah National Bank of Salt. Lake ritv," in the city of Salt Lake, in the county of 4alt Lake and territory of Utah, has ram-plle- d with all the provisions of the statute f tbe rutted States, required to be complied with before an association Hliall bH authorized to commence the business of banking; Now therefore I. Kdward S. I.acey. comp-troller of tbe currency, do hereby cer ify that --The Utah National Hank of Halt Lake City. in the city of Halt, Lake, in the county of Salt Lake and territory of Utah. Ik authorize! to commeneethe business of bank nsf as provided in section rtftv one hundred and sixty-nin- e or the revised statutes of the United States. In testimony whereof witness my hand and ueal of office this 12th day of June, ISLO. Comptroller ofVhe Currency, No. 4H4I.1 NO DICKERING One Price, and that the LOWEST! My stock of Summer Clothing is so larcre and my store is, so small that, the goods must move right out,, and I am therefore offering the public Astonishing Inducements: 6 You wouldn't think they could be made for the money, but by a fortunate purchase I can manage to get a very small profit on a line of all wool suits in light patterns, with good trimmings and well made for as low as The best of this line can be had for . .Z3TI$IS and 1q A nobby business suit of fashionable cut, well made and well finished, can be had for. .HHo Some very choice ones in this line are selling " for I........ and i8 I have a line of the Verv Finest Dress Suits, tailor made, imported fabrics, of the latest and most fashionable paterns in Sack, Cutaway or Prince Albert styles and most artistically finishedwhich are selling for . . . . . ,'. . .IiT$20 and My stock of Gents' Furnishing goods is the most complete in the city, and the reduced prices in clothing is also extended to this department. , J. P. GARDNER. 141 South Main street. WELLS, FARGO &C0'S j ' BAMS. Salt Lake City, --- - - Utah Ituvs and sells exchange, makes telegraphic transfers on the principal cities of the United States and Europe, and on all points on the Pacific Coast. Issues letters of credit available in tuo prin cipal cities of the world. Special attentton given to the selling of ores and bullion. . Advances made on consignments at lowest Particular attention plven to collections throughout Utah. Nevada and adjoining terri-tories. Accounts solicited. COKKBSPONDENTS: Wells, Fargo & Co... ..London Wells. Fartfo & Co. New V ork Maverick National Hank '. lioston First National Hank Omaha First Nat ional Hank Tieuver Merchants' National Bank Chicago Boatmen's National Bank St. Louis Wells, Fargo tCo San B'rancisco J. E. DOOXjST. James H. Macon. frank T,. Holland, President. Cashier. Bank of Salt Lake. Salt Lake CItj, Utah. General Banting Business Transacted. Interest Paid on Time Deposits. Exchange Bought and Sold. Honey to lend on Real Estate from One to Five Tears Time. - National Bant: OF SALT LAKE CITY. Capital $250,000 Ko, 11 East First South Street. DIEECTOES: II. G. Baih President H. M. Downey . Thos. Makshali M.i ., tux, . V. H. aukhbach, D. C. Bacon. John J. Dai.y, W. P. Noble 1. W.DonNisixan Cashier Transacts a General Banking Business in all its Brandies. Sells sight drafts on the principal cities of the world. Issues circular letters of credit and postal money orders on all parts of and the Orient. Collections Europe promptlp attended to. Loans money at the lowest rates and on the best terms prevailing in this market. W.S. BURTOX, Prest. W. C. BURTON, Mgr. GEO. F, FELT, Secy Burton - Gardner Co., Call the Attention of CONTRACTORS,' BUILDERS and tha GENERAL PUBLIC to the fact that their LUMBER vflUTi Contains a full stock of Lumber, Sash, Doors, etc. Finest Planing Mill in the city run by Electricity Is turning out first-clas- s work at their yard. And announce further that they PROTECT THE CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS by refusing to contract, and doing so solicit in return their patronage. Don't forget we Manufacture the COMBINATION FENCE, WIRE MATTRESSES all sizes, and cam the 'HOUSEHOLD' and'STANDAKD' Sewing Machines. Office and salesrooms, 101 and 103 East First South street. Factory and Yards, corner Eighth South and State road. A.L.WILLIAMS, Second Door North of Postofflce, SOLB'AGENT FOE R. G. PLEASANT VALLEY, CASTLE GATE Anthracite, Charcoal, Blacksmith and Pigiron. Yards Cor. Fifth West and Second South. Telephone No. 179. ., ,. .' - , , EVSnS moei tot Ditching and Excavating, 121 S. m & Main St. Street Grading a Specialty. PBiT! STf ESTIMATES ' FURNISHED. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. McCORNICK & CO., 8ALT LAKE, UTAH Careful attention given to the Sale of Ores and bullion. We solicit Consignments, guar anteeing htghtut market prices. COLLECTIONS MADEAT LOWEST RATES ACTIVE ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. CORRESPONDENTS: New York Imp. aud Trad. Nat. Bank, Chem-ical Nat. Bank, Kuuntze Bros. Chicago Commercial Nat. Bank. San Franein.!o-FH- Mt Nat. Bank, Crocker-Woodwort- h Nat. Bank. Omaha Omaha Nat. Banfe. St. Louis State Bank of St. Louis. Kansas City it. Bank ot Kansas City. Dtrovsr Denver Nal. Bank. C'ttv Nat. Bank London, Enpiand Messrs. Martin & Co., S3 Lombard street. Capital Fully Paid, $400,000.00 SURPLTjS, $20,000. Dnion National Bank, UNITED STATES DEPOSITOEY Transacts a General Banking Business. Safe Deposit Vaults, Fire and Burglar Proof. Rents from $5lo$25 per Annum. .T.R. WALKER, President, M. H. WALKER, M. J. CHEESMAN. Cashier. L. H. FA RNSWOKTH, Asst. Cashier. J.KWALKEB, Jr.. Asst. Cashier.. Salt laake Transfer Co. PATTEN & GLENN. T All Orders Promptly Attended to. : S1B Oar Lots a Specialty, JlilH Office, 116 W. First South at. "WW1 Telephone S54. ggjr FRANK KNOX, L. C. KARRICK, J. aTeABLS, President Vice-Preside- Cashier., National Bank of the Republic. Capital,. fe . $500,000. Directors: ; FkaxkKnox. H.L. A. Culmik, Geo. A. Lowe. 1.1. Hvlwy, G. B. Holmes, ' L. C. Kahbick, J. U. Sutherland, Emanuel K!uly, J. A. Eabls. -::- -W. J. KING-::- - Dealer In IHAffiWARl STO! TINWARE & HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS. 279 Scntn Main Street, ' ' Salt Lake City, Dtaft. - T3 EAL EST4TE AGENCY LOAKS, KAL K6T.,''MlNIN8 8rOCS Dikvik Ehasch Oourt House, Uenver, (5ol, Cv. JlvVVSAVMeaager. WARWICK HIGH-GRA- DE SAFETY BICYCLE. Icarry a stock of SAFETT BICYCLES a i ' SB.00, $35.00, NO.OO, $60.00, $75 00 11S.OO. $135.00, TKICXCLES aa LOC1PEDKH. m imrchasini? from me von have a stock to select from and do not have m LrtrCk".nlLOWest Prices on Sport-- (ium, Cutlery, etc. SHOT-GUNSA- T COST. Bicycle and Gnu Repairing. ' Agent CAUGUAFH WRITIXG MACHINE Carbons, Bibboosand Paper. . ' R. EVAJSTS J 22 W. 2d South street, Salt Lake City i Geo. M. Scott. Jas. GLENDENsnra, H. S. RusiFiJtLn, iresideut. Vice-Preside- Secretary. GEO. M. SCOTT & CO, (INCORPORATED.) ""DEALERS IN Hardware and Metal, Stoves, Tinware,' Mill Findings, Etc. Scales. Joffeison Horse Whta, Ktfe jamers and Blacksmuhs' Tools, Etc - - 168 MAIN STBEET, - Salt Lake City, ; . Utah THE PARLOR. - Hint on lKwsoratlons Thm Proper Pro portions to Be Observed. Tho parlor in most houses is kept tot special occasions and visits of ceremony, and' might be termed a room where the most treasured works of art are placed ou exhibition. Tho style most appropriate for this important room must, of course, de-pend upou the taste of the designer and the amount of money at his disposal. For a mansion of great pretensions the various French styles and the Italian renaissance offer the most valuable suggestions for de-tails. In low cost houses the scheme of decorations must necessarily be of a simple order, and as the rooms aro limited in number the parlor must serve the double purpose of a sitting room as well as a room Cor entertainment. The first consideration for appearance is the dimensions of the room. An absolute-ly square room is unsupportable. If the --eillng is too high or the room too long and narrow all sense of comfort is lost; a long room with a low ceiling is likewise unpleasant. ' Hnonoer55boDnoT3c 1 "lira-"- . ::: 9 ::- -, ::: . - FIREPLACE AND MAXTKL. Fortunately the eppeaninco of thtswiu can be greatly influenced by the decoration, and the treatment should be such as to correct any errors ot proportion as far as possible. If the ceiling appears too high it can be Drought down by the uso of hori-zontal bands of color on the walls, by a frieze or dado, or both, if desired. Or, the ceiling may be coved, and moldings placed at the bottom of the cove only. If the ceiling appears too low in any room the treatment must be reversed, that is, all horizontal divisions must be avoided, and vertical ones substituted. Or if a room be too long it may be improved by divisions across its narrowest dimensions; this may be done by color, but more effectively by screens and draperies, which give much scope for design, as they may be made light and dainty and picturesque, or solid and richly carved, as the case may require, and by their aid we can secure cozy nooks and cornel's for chairs and ether details of com-fort so desirable in a modern parlor. The treatment of doors and windows has great influence upon the effect of the room. Broad doors and large windows give an air of lightness and hospitality to a room, while a single door will give the appear-ance of seclusion and privacy which is not possible to attain where there are several entrances. Bay windows are always an attractive feature of a house and are es-pecially appropriate at the side or end of a parlor as regards appearance and cheerful-ness. Parquetry floors may be considered a luiury only suitable for expensive dwell-ings, where the rooms are furnished with richly colored rugs and elaborate furniture. The colors formerly considered the most suitable for the decoration of a parlor were white and gold, or cold gray tones, which make cheerless rooms unless very cleverly managed. A more effective result may be obtained by a delicate yellow in place of the white, with gold, provided that the de-tails of the woodwork are kept in har-mony. Since tho choicest of the owner's pictures will be hung in this room the walls should have a tint which will form a good background. Soft subdued shades of olive or red will in mbst cases best serve this purpose, and the walls can be made rich enough with the pictures. If there ore few pictures the tones can be deeper and richer in color. Moresquo fretwork and panelings are suitable enrichments for a parlor, which may bo partially covered with proper draperies, giving a most charming effect. In cheap work these results may be ob-tained by papering instead of painting t he walls. Kalsomine colors are objectionable as they are not durable. The fireplace and mantel are perhaps the most susceptible of rich decoration. A neat design in wood wir,h shelves and mir-rors, brass frames and beautifully colored tile facings, and hearth witha wrought iron basket grate, complete, can but satisfy the most fastidious. David W. Kino. FOR THE IIOUSEKEEPEU. Some Splendid Suggestions for Dining Eoom Decorations Sideboard, Table and Chairs. DECOBATICIT OF THE PAELOE. The Proper Proportions to be Observed Fircplacs and Mantel --Some Useful Information. TIE mind of man is so sus-- f f Voiibln t0 outward influences I that lie naturally lulls, into (8 lmnuotiy with his kuitouuiI-- 9 ings, ami lakes upon himself fl - tho tone of thought ami feel-- 1 in;? which is suggested by B (hum. If tho room in which he lives or dines strikes him us unsuitably const meted, or ill adapted to its intended use, tho sense of incongruity widen arises harasses and an-noys hiui. Badly combined colors, or rooms which are awkwardly planned, and whosa decoration and furniture are ugly and in-harmonious, set the example of discord Kid ill humor to Its Inmates. It has been aid that t ho planners of our houses have a greater intiuenca ia forming our charac-ters than tho preachers, as tho Influence of one's surroundings is more lasting. If blue sky, bright sun and green fields make our hearts rejoice, why should not pleas-ant, comfortable homes t If dull days, dreary landscapes and barren fields make people feel gloomy and sad, why should not sour tempers and morose dispositions be fostered by badly lighted, awkwardly planned and hideously decorated rooms f For the four walls of a room are the only landscape many people see from one day to another. DINING KOOM CHAIR. The proper aspect for the dining room is the east or south, as it is more cheerful, warmer in winter and cooler in summer. One can scarcely imagine a pleasanter greeting t han the rays of the morning sun, which temper the air with a softness which arouses all the instincts of our better na-ture. A dining room with a western -t is objectionable, as it is cheerless and cold in the morning and receives too much sunshine in the latter part of the day, and. lighted directly from the west those sitting' at one side of the table would receive the light directly in their faces. The light in a dining room should come from one end, as fewer of those sitting at tho table will bo inconvenienced by having the light shine directly In their eyes. Again, if the light be at the side of the room, the plates of one-ha- lf of thorn sit-ting at the table will be in shadow, as well as their faces, which will also be unpleas-ant. When lighted at the end it is better to separate the windows so that the light maybe evenly and uniformly diffused in the room, which would not be the case if the windows were closely grouped in the middle. It is also advisable to secure a secondary light at the other end of tba room when possible. Tie sideboard, which is an important feature in the dec-oration of a din-J ing room, should be placed in a provided for it (g T at one side of the A room opposite or i at right angles to ej the dircctiou of the principal light, as nothing is more destructive O $3? anv nrt's,'',J ect tnan tne t- - n from a wiudowdi- - ) nr rectly above tho f"" -- v sideboard. Since -- - C I tbe dining room is END OF SIDEBOARD. mitaA morg . fectively from tho end, likewise the fire-place will bo more convenient aud artistic In effect if placed at the opposite end; be-sides, fewer people will have the fire at their back, a point worthy of consideration. A dining room should not be a mere eat-ing box; there should be sufficient room at the sides and ends for seating space, furni-ture ugninst the walls, and a passage be-tween for serving. Supposing the smallest width of a dining room tablo to be 8 feet, the sitting space from table to back of chair 10 inches, space for serving back of chairs B feet and 8 inches, without allowing any space for furniture against the wall, the least width for a dining room, possible, would be 11 feet; if the tablo be 7 feet long the shortest length admissible would be 12 feet and six inches. If we allow space for furniture against, tho walls with addition of above, it would require a room 14 feet C inches by 17 feet, Tho colors of the walls may be rkhei aud "deeper iu tone than would bo suitable for the parlor. Tho woodwork which seems best adapted for the finish and furnit ure of this room is oak. Kither in its natural ' color or stained to resemble antique oak. In either case the color of the walls may be olive or subdued red or yellow. A hard-wood floor neatly polished adds much to the neatness of the whole finish. r ,,p Si-- .. .hfi j j J ' l Fl.'ONT OF SIDEBOAKI). Furniture should not bo too elaborate. A simple design for a sideboard, with heavj ieatiier covered chairs, seem most pleasing. Mr.' h, of course, must depend npou indi-vidual taste. I). W. Ki:;o. with a pick and shovel, ana livea on suit meat and hard crackers, but all the time there was one thought running through my mind, ono ambition, and that was to go back to Missouri some day and buy the old home in Franklin county and end my days thero. Well, after a time things began to come my way. I got hold of soma pood property, and made money. For a fow years I was protty bny with large enterprises, building stamping mills, opening up new mines, and so ou, till eventually I bad two thousand men in my employ. But I hadn't forgotten the old home, and after a fow years more I got to fueling homesick one day and just pulled right tip and started for Kt. lonis. Arriving thore I stopped only long enough to get some drafts turned into currency, and with a big bundle of bank notes under my shirt I took tho train for Franklin county. It seemed to mo that I was feeling twenty years younger th$m at any time since I had started for the coast, I can't tall you what my feelings were as the train neared the old place. 1 was a boy again. "Well, I finally reached the house, but I hardly knew it. Nothing seemed familiar to me. The barn had no paint on and the doors were falling off or banging by ono hinge. The fences had been movod about and permitted to run down, and you know what a change the tearing down of fences will make in a farm place. The beautiful lawn in front of the house was a cow pasture. All t he shrubbery had been destroyed. A big elm tree, in the branches of which I hud taken many a Sunday afternoon nap, had been chopped down, probably for the fire wood that could be got out of it. The house itself was in a sad state. The paint was peeling off from exposure to the weather. The green blinds wero hanging every way, and the vines which I had myself trailed tip the columns of the galleries had been torn down and ruined by the cows. Worso than all, the German gardener and dairyman, who owned the place, had built a cowbarn almost over the dear old well, and its waters had been polluted by the drain-age. When I saw this I gave up and went back to tho railway Btation. I car-ried my bundle of bank notes with me, and I did not buy the old place. I give yon my word and honor that I cried all the way to St. Louis." The most perfect house in Washington, and the most beautiful, ia that of Mr. Warder, a retired reaper and mower manufacturer of Springfield, O. It is a Dutch house, with a stone court and gable roofs. It was built by Richardson, the greatest architect this country has as yet produced, and the designer of many of the finest private houses in Washing-ton. He not only designed the Warder house, but the furniture which it con-tains, and under his direction the very hangings were selected and patterns cut. The result is said to be the most artistic home in America. There is nothing os-tentatious about it, and it was not so very costly. I am glad to add that it is a real home. There is one house in town, and cer-tainly the handsomest house in Wash-ington considered as a sample of modern residence architectnre.that is, in fact, too large. H is the chateau of Senator Saw-yer. The mansion was designed before the death of Mrs. Sawyer, and she was very fond of going over the plans, sug-gesting changes here and thore, and arranging in her good housewifely eye the whole domestic establishment from carpets and curtains to the mono-gram on the linen. When Mrs. Saw-yer died the senator said there was no ' mason why he should go on with the house, except that Mrs. Saw-yer had wanted it built. He had no use for it himself. So the house was finished, and as soon as three or four rooms were ready for occupancy the senator and his married daughter moved in. I am told that the senator, while proud of the house, is oppressed by its vast size. AH tho rooms seem empty because the wife is not there. In showing one through the groat house the senator pauses here and there to remark that "mother'" planned this and "mother" wanted that so and so. Senator Sawyer is in many ways a very sweet old man, even if ho is fat and waddly. "I suppose it was foolish to build such a big house as this just for two or three quiet people to live in," he said, "but I don't regret it. If I got only $5,000 for it when I sell it 1 won't be sorry I made the investment, because mother took so much interest in it." The finest house for the purposes of entertainment of large crowds in Wash-ington is the British legation. The lega-tion building is nearly as large as tho White House, and much more conven-iently arranged. All the rooms on the lower floor, including a ballroom half as big as the east room, two or three large drawing rooms, a dining room and a number of smaller rooms, can be thrown into what is practically one huge apart-ment, along with a long, wido hall. It is said by raperts that the legation can comfortably accommodate a larger num-ber of people than the White House. Above tho drawing rooms on the lower floor, and running round the grand stair-case, is a gallery on which two or three hundred people can stand and overlook the brilliant scene bolow. The British legation house was for a long time the only one here owned by a foreign gov-ernment. The bricks with which it was built were imported from England. Now tho Mexican government has its own building in Washington. When tho British minister bought tho property on which the legation house stands, somo ten or twelve years Rgo, there was a great outcry against him. It was charged that the site was away out in tho coun-try, and that the minister had been play-ing into tho hands of the real estate speculators. iow the property of the Uritish government in Washington could be sold lor twenty times the sum paid forii, Walter Weixkax. OSHIMi'M HOUSES. '.. They Are Yearly Growing Larger and More Costly Large Sums Ex- - ' penued ia Homes. A WONDERFUL IMPROVEMENT. Washington Will Be a City of Palaces and Modern Castles A Striking Dis-- s play of Beautiful Architecture. --w- July 7- .- B I At the wedding of Mar-a- ll Karet K'aine and Walter I iJamrcsch it was fouud .111 jineessary to limit tho 1 1 H Dumber of invitations on If If account of the smallncss W W of tho house. Yet tho house which Mr. hlaino occupies is not a small one by liny means. It has au enormous drawing room and two or tbro large parlors, apartments which can be readily thrown into one. It is one of the largest houses in the city, and probably can accommodate as large a throng on a social occasion as any other. Washington, is full of large houses, de-signed for social entertaining, and yet the general complaint ia that the houses are too small. Parlors are often crowd-ed almost to suffocation. In no other way can the growth of the society of the capital be better illustrated than by this increasing inadequacy of tho houses which do the official entertaining. The official society of the cupital is built on such lines that it has outgrown even the handiwork of the architect and the builder. Mr. Blaine'e own house, occu-pied by Mr. Leiter, is one of the largest private houses in the country, and at times it is not large enough for the de-mands made on it. All the cabinet officers find the same trouble, though they rented the largest dwellings they could find in the city. The palatial home of the rice president comes nearor filling the bill than any of the other official houses, but even it is sometimes uncomfortably thronged. The fact is, at no distant day the leading official homes in Washington will have to be palaces, or prove inadequate to the needs of the elaborate and extended society which flocks to thorn. One of the most magnificent houses in Washington is that which Senator Hearst has just occupied. That is to say, the Hearsts have occupied a part of the house; though it is hardly fair to say that Senator Hearst has occupied this house, either, for he is not much of a factor in the domestic organization. The great house has been built and furnished entirely by Mrs. Hearst. The senator has not bothered his head about the mat-ter, except to pay the bills, an easy task for him. He told Mrs. Hoarst to go ahead and pick out her site and see her architect and tho contractors and build up a house, and when she was ready to move in he would move in with her and that would be all there was to it, so far as he was concerned. He has faithfully kept his part of the contract, and when Mrs. Hearst decided to move into a part of the house while tho remainder was be-ing finished Uncle George, as the senatoi i known by all of his friends, took pos-session of the little corner assigned him without a bit of grumbling. But Mrs. Hoarst was a bitterly disappointed wo-man. The great bouse was promised het by the contractors the first day of last October; then it was to be ready in No-vember, and finally in December. "Surely," Mrs. Hearst thought, "we shall be able to get in for the social sea-son." But it was Lent before even a part of the house coitid be occupied, and to this day the workmen are hammering away in some of tha best rooms of the house. The lesson of this is that if palaces are Deeded for the leading houses of the American capital, the palaces should be built. They cannot be ordered one month and be ready for occupancy the ' next. The American stylo of building homes to order, much as shoemakers make shoes or tailors trousers, will not apply with satisfactory results in the 'creation of palaces such as Washington is becoming the seat of. The tendency here now is toward great houses. Probably there are fifty housen in town which would do credit to any European capital. They are not exactly palaces, but the palace is the next step Iwyoud. Oue may look forward a few years and in his mind's eye see the hills which surround Washington covered with castles and chateaux of princely grandeur. These will be the homes not .of earls aiid dukes and barons, but of the 'wealthy citizens of America who seek along with a delightful climate the sochd advantages of the capital. A cordon of hills surrounds the entire city, at a dis-tance varying from two to four miles from the Capitol, and when these are crowned by modern palaces and ca,4'os, as they some day will be, the result will lie a city the fairest on earth. Going back again to the Hoarst house. It is said its mistress has discovered al-ready that a mistake was made in not planning for a mansion twice as large. It is a house of seventy rooms, and one hundred and fifty rooms would be about right, ehe thinks. This is encroaching upon the domain of tha palatial, sure enough, and such quantities of furniture as tiiat house has swallowed up, continu-ing to cry lustily for more. Every day for three months big wagons have been emptied of their contents iu front of the Hearst mansion. I have heard it said that thore is already in the hou.so $170,-00- 0 worth of furniture, rugs, pictures aud hangings, and I can easily believe it. Many of the fine pictures and antique ruga were purchased by Mrs. Hoarst while abroad, and her fancies and not the prices dictated every investment. Much of the furniture wasmudetoordei from designs furnished by tho architect or .by Mrs. Hearst herself. . "This is a pretty tine house, of course," said Uncle George Hearst, while smok-ing his after dinner oijjar in a room linod and coiled with his favorite California red wood, "but it is nothing like the old home we used to have dowu in Missouri. Think-o- au old fashioued southiru farm house, with a big gallery or porch, run-ning around tha whole structure, a great lawn in front, filled with trees a hundred years old, a well . which contained .the best.waleH" hn world, and an orchard tint f!i m v. Vfli etiw the fine rmjt tuo lips or man ever touched. That was our old home in Franklin county, Missouri There I lived till I was BO years old, working on the farm and en-joying life a only farm boys do enjoy it. In 1850 1 was taken with the California fever and went out to the coast. I had some hard times. I worked in the mines ' (...,... - .. . Missionary Work In Africa. "You talk about tlie old days of Meth-odism, with saddlebags and horseback," said Bishop Taylor. "In Africa work is back in the days of Abraham. Traveling is almost entirely on foot. We can do about twenty miles a day, making three miles an hour, with a (short rest at the end of each hour. "I learned the cience of walking when a boy, and have taught tho mis-sionaries so that they do not tire in those walks, but are as fresh after along walk as when they begin. "As for fatigue, I hardly know what it is. I am fond of walking ten hours a day under the hot sun, with head bare. It does not aifect me iu the least. "There is a theory advanced by learn-ed doctors that a tourist migrating from England to Africa must go through an acclimatizing process, but I entirely ig-nore that idea and find it unnecessary with myself and workers. "Doctors also Bay that no work must be done in Africa by new comers, but as we have no time to wait we begin work the first day on striking African soil, aud probably are better for it." Boston Ad-- A "uiunelcss bee discaso" has appeared during tho hust few years, and tho rs have had to lament not only de-pleted hives, but largo numbers of dis-eased bees. The bees look black because of loss of hair, much as do robber bees or old bees in spring, and frequently make btrango motions in front of the hives, as though dancing or iu convulsions. The disease is supposed to be duo to fungoid attack. Tho remedy ia found in super-tedin- g tho queen with a healthy oue, and also in having a plentiful supply of salt water close to tho hives, where the bees can gain ready access to it. New Mow Portuguess Carry Water. Spanish, Portuguese and Indian peo-pl- o have a way of cooling water com-mon to them all, but the Portuguese in-habitants of tho Azores and Madeira have a little touch of their own which travelers in the east have failed to note. They draw their water fresh from deep, dark wells, or the public fountains, into big terra-cott- a water coolers. Then they wash some big ferns and thrust them down into the water, there to give up their earthly coolness. This little scheme, which ia highly satisfactory from the Portuguese point of view, was evolved in tho same way, evidently, as the In-dian learned to make soup by dropping red hot stones into the potage. The ferns aro used by the Portuguese milk-men also to act as leafy umbrellas to the big gourds and jars of milk they carry ou a pole across their shoulders, fresh ones being plucked from time to time. Thty also answer the same purpose as does t he block of wood which horsemen put into a pail of water that goes into a freight car with a traveling horse. Thev keep the milk from sloshing. New York World, v Kscamma jouuiy cau ooast or a weather prophet to whom Wiggins could not hold a candle. This prophet is a negro boy, 7 years of age, who it is said makes prophesies about tho weather many days ahead, which in nine cases out of ten come true. It is alleged that he is as black as the ace of spades, has red eyes, and lives near Millviow, a vil-lage on Perdido rivyr, about seven miles wet of Jacksonville. |