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through the air ducts up through the hall and

through the air ducts up through the hall and
out at the roof openings.
1t il perfectly feasible for the engineer in
charge, with all his perfected appliances. to
produce any atmospheric condition required in
spite OF climatic changes or physical deranse-
ments. If the air is too cold he will heat il: IL
the air is too dry he will molsten it: he will
temper it as sanitary conditions require and
give volume and current to suit every need
for respiration. He may remain in his office
down in the crypt and by means of a perfected
system Of meters and automatic annunciators
be kept perfectly advised as to the regulation
condition of the hall; or he may remain i'm the
hall in the full assurance that his automatic
damper regulator will keep the engines at a
uniform motion and his recording steam gauge
will betray any useless ''didos" by these usu-
ally discreet motors.
The same system used to ventilate the House
of Representatives is used to ventilate the Sem
ate wing and corridors of the entire building.
with but little modification. The architect in
charge OF the Capitol has also adopted the
same system in the committee and storage
rooms just built in the western terrace to the
mail building. BY keeping a continuous cur
rent OF heated air circulating through these
rooms and halls and through air ducts between
the ceilings and concrete roof the dampness is
eliminated from the walls and the ceiling dried
by being kept at temperature above the dew
point Contrary to general expectation these
rooms are rendered dry and habitable and are
pronounced to be in a perfectly sanitary con-
dition,
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He Went Out to Drop Smith.

At about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, says the
New York Sun, came along to q kentucky
squat" which differed from a hundred others
only in the fact that woman and boy sat on
log in front Of the opening in the brush fence,
which might be termed the gate, and because
six dogs were lying in the sun instead Of the
usual three or four. i asked after the man of
the house, and the woman replied:
HE 'un hain't home Just now"
"Be back soon?"
AZ reckon. He 'un has gone down the road
piece to drop that Dave Smith"
do WHAT" asked
''ro drop Dave Smith"
do you mean he has gone to shoot Smith,"
'.Sartin. They 'uns has bin wantin' to pop at
each other fur a long time"
THAR she clattersr shouted the boy, as the
report Of gun reached our ears, and he was
on down the road like q deer.
Reckon the old man dropped him, calmly
observed the woman, as she went on with her
work of patching an old wooden shirt.
expressed my unbounded surprise at this
sort of man hunting, but she said il was one of
the customs and had to be lived up TO- In
about ten minutes the boy resppeared, and
sitting down on the log to get his breath, he
said:
'Pop's a-coming."
"Drop SMITH" she querisd without even
looking up.
mo; Smith dropped him. Pops got buck
shot in the shoulder. Better git things ready"
Reckon had, JIM" she said, and, getting
up, che folded her work and moved into the
house without the least sign OF excitement. A
few minutes later the husband came up at a
slow walk, with the fresh blood dripping from
his shoulder, and halted long enough in front
Of me TO say:
Evening TO you, stranger. Sort o. make
yourself TO home. went out to drop Smith,
aud the emery varmint was waitin' behind q
bush and dropped me. Git the blood washed
of and the shot picked out and Wen hey q
visit You, Jim, take his knapsack and show
him whar' 70 wash up"
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MRS. VI. i. ORMsBY. IngtOn.' heritage for
future generations. Mrs. Aurelia II. Mohl, the
corresponding secretary. organized the ''Short
story Club" and is It's president She is also a
story winter of acknowledged merit. Mrs. NJ
Mel. Hing. the recording secretary, is a reg
ular contributor to the Farm and Preside.
AN agricultural publication, and her nom de
plume, Mazda Mel" Is a beloved word in
many Buckeye farm house. Mrs. Hannah
Il. Sperry. the treasurer, Is prae-
teal writer and printer as well
Mrs. VI. r. Moore Is the auditor. Mrs Loretta
". McCreery Is the wife OF a poet and the
president OF the Excelsior Literary Club
Mrs Fannie Graham French, another member
Is a lInguist musician and classical student
Miss Cynthia A. Cleveland is the author of
His Honor. or Fate's Mysteries" Miss Isabella
l. Hopkins is contributor to the Century
Magazine. Mrs. II. n. Ralston is the author
OF The Queens Jewels" and The White Flag
OF Savoy. which was written for the occasion OF
King Humbert sending the flag to the Italian
veterans this spring. The Italian minister
Baron Fava. sent copy OF the latter poem to
the Italian monarch. Mrs. Mary Frost Ormsby
vice president for New York Is a weli-known
writer and teacher. Mrs. Lucy Pope Stelle is
an aIl-round newspaper writer. contributing
mainly for papers of the west and south Mrs r
l.. sherwood II a contributor to the sunday Her.
aid and author OF willis Peyton's inheritance"
Mrs Harriet Lincoln Coolidge is high an
thoriiy upon all subjects pertaining TO the
nursery, motherhood and child life. She has
now established in her home a perfectly fitted
nursery and gives object lessons ON the care
and management of children and the work is
largely philsnthropie. Mrs. Lucy A. Leggett
and Miss l. i. Hopkins contribute stories and
poems to magazines. Miss ). I. Townsend has
made extensive researches into Egyptian lore
Mrs. K T. Woods vice president for Massa-
ehusetts, Is the author OF several works of fic-
ton. DIR. G. b. Kinds and Mrs. Ella NJ s.
Marble have both established several success
nj tcolleges Of physical culture. Miss Clara
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CHATTER l.

CHAPTER l.
The summer day was drawing to q close. and
il was time for the picnickers to return home.
They had battled with abandoned mosquitoes.
fired stones and disguised profanity at itinerant
pigs, changed their camping ground two or
three times on account of bumblebees' nests
sunburned their noses and caught one small
mud cat, sixteen crawfish and one snapplnp
turtle. The only thing yet to be done was to
finish the contents of the lunch baskets and cal
what remained of the ice cream.
littls apart from the others sat on a buggy
cushion Oliver Peduncle and the young lady to
whom he had devoted himself during the day.
CHAPTER II.
Inland" he said, as he brushed an ilI-bred
country insect from her dress and threw Q
sycamore chip at an inquisitive haif-grown
pig trying to be sociaole, ~ managed to get
this saucerful Of ice cream before il was all
gone"
And he set it down on an inverted bucket
There is more than want Oliver" she
said. I'VE will eat it together"
divers heart beat wildly. With trembling
hand he took two spoons from the basket beside
them, gave one to his fair companion kept the
other himself, and waited.
CHAPTER III.
The young Lady opened the basket, took on
another saucer, emptied half of the ice cream
into 1t, and proceeded to eat her portion.
And then Oliver put his saucer down, went
on and sat on the bank of the stre am and
looked pensiveiy over into the marshes beyond,
where the builfrogs were sounding the opening
notes Of their evening overture.
IL didn't work." he said TO himself. al
needn't hang around that girl any longer"
And the buggy in which Oliver and Maud
Travelled homeward reached its destination
three hours ahead Of any the othera
TIE EXp.
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MRS. H. d. LINCOLN p Breandle. nom de
plume, "PiPs:" its first secretary, Mrs NJ D.
Lincoln, and the first treasurer Mrs Nettie
SANFORD. Some time atterward the club was
enlarged and took the name of the Women
National Press Association. and il has grown
and relolced in its existence ever since. 1t was
composed. at the beginning. of some only of
the women workers for the press OF this and
other cities. for be sure there never has been
that feeling OF complete good comradeship
among newspaper women that exists among
newspaper men. The association enjoys the
use OF a handsome apartment for its head
quarters at Wizards Hotel. for which the men,
Ders ever sing praise to Col o. q. Staples for
mat and other eourtesies.
PURPOSES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
The primal object of the WNPA. is TO adj
vance women in all literary work and to secure
to them the usufruct OF organized effort. All
women journalists. magazine contributors, cor
respondents, reporters Or any woman who has
published original-packages matter in book
form, poets and story writer's are eligible to
membership. Observe that the Washington
association Is a national one and that any
womens press association may become aux
illary to this association by subscribing to its
constitution and paying ten per cent per capita
annually into its treasury.
The chief officer of each state association is
vice president and must reside in the state
or territory for which she is elected, and must
be a member of and elected by this assoeia-
tion.
THE FIRST EVER ORGANIZED.
The Washington Association is the parent
stem, as it was the very first womens press
club that ever was born since the world began,
and the members are justly proud of the fact.
III there were such a possibility as that the
newspaper women of this country could form
society among themselves pledged by oaths
and VOWS and promised word of sacred honor
TO fealty and allegiance 20 their united interests
and to forwarding the general good and pros
perlty of womans work. whatever it might be.
In the newspaper world. they might find them
selves a magnificent power for good in the
land and the position attained of vast comfort
to the league.
WHAT IL DONE AT THE MEETINGS.
At the fortnightly meetings of this associa-
ton short paragraphs on current topics are
papers are read on some topic that has been
lowed by free discussion. Some of the sub
jects have been as follows: women of Ancient
Egypt" Legends and Myths of the North"
Will Woman Ever be President OF the United
statesI" What Constitutes Good Reporting"
'Woman's Political Influence" and the latest
matter under consideration is the ''Interna-
tional Copyright Bill" Like the Pro Re Nato
Society, all the meetings of this one are con-
Quoted according to Roberts rules of order.
The annual dues for each member are 81.
THEY GOT AN APPOINTMENT
That women of the association possess some
political influence was shown in the appoint
ment of Mr.. Writ Sykes, who is the son of Mrs
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Lincoln. the president.
has been wn for
years as a writer of
Washington letters, over
the signature of Bessie
Beech, for various
leading Journals. and Is
now seeing through the
press a volume of poems
and prose selections
Beech Leaves. a"
The vice president is
Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood,
who organized the
Travel Club and re-
Gently published "His-
tOric Homes OF Wash
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Olive Logan Sykes, to
the consulate recently at
Bristol. A delegation OF
members from the asso-
citation petitioned Mr..
for the Office, he
had no other hackers,
and 10 it is his
One of the unwritten
laws of the association
is that its members shall
not write grstuitous
contributions for news
papers.
ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT
Another proud achieve
ment of the valiant as.
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Hudson did not respond.
1t was during the warm
summer OF the long
session of 1882. when
the capital was all
ablush of roses, that
the Ladies' Club again
took position as an or
saniZatiOn. Its first
president was Mrs.
Briggs, whose pen name
was OLIVIA" its first
vice president was Rose
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WOMEN WHO WRITE.
The Women's National Press Assocfa-
ton aud its Members.

Hov THE ORGANIZATION WAS foaMED-rTs PuR-
POSES AND ITS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WRITERS WHO HOLD MENBERsHIP-wHAT Is
DONE Ar TIE AEETINGs.
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new YORK NOTES.
Happenings Of the Week In the Great
Metropolis.

THE sMUaaLERs OF TODAY, AND HOW THEY
CARRY OUT THEIR scHEMEs-sEARcHISa FOR
TRUTH IN PoLITIcs-DANGERs on SEA AND
LAND-NEw YORK STREET EXPLOSIONS
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GOOD AIR FOR CONGREssMEN.
HOW the Atmosphere Of the Capitol Is
Kept Free From Impurities.

THE EXTENSIVE vENTILATIya APPARATUS OF THE
BoUsE-A PNEUMATIC LABoRAroRy-MAKISa
THE AIR COLD, DRY, MOIST or WARM TO SUIT
HOW TIE WORK Is MANAGED.
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@HE first dim dawning OF the
-twomen's press organization glim-
"a EsJ mered forth when in 1881 some of
liz the lady correspondents" got to-
" gether and organized themselves
into what they called 1.-The Ladies' Press
Club" and they appointed Mary Clemmer
hudson president Of the club. From over
Ltress Of work or other excellent reason. Mrs
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MILD DRINKS THAT FOLKS LIKE.
Mysteries OF Soda Water, Mineral
Waters and Root Beer.

How SODA vATEB II MANrFACTURED IN RrrI
AND DISPENSED TO MILLIONS OF CUSTOMERS
MINERAL WATERS RT CHEMICAL FoRMULE-
GATHERING rHE DsREDIESTs ron WEIRD Root
BEER
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MRS. N. MI KING. sociation has been to
secure in both houses of Congress a gallery for
the exclusive use of newspaper women The
club is also well satisfied with the results of
the Mary Washington tea that was held on
February %. this year. After paying all ex-
penses Sl69 were credited to the account of the
Mary Washington monument fund.
The reception given by the ladies of the
club to the delegates of the International
American Congress on the 27th of March. at
Wizards Hotel, gave the W.N.P.A position
among the bodies that entertain elegantly upon
u grand scale.
HOME FOR JOURNALISTS.
Among the ambitions that are burning for
realization in the golden future of the associa-
ton is one that beautiful memorial temple be
reared and dedicated to the memory Of Mrs
Hayes. IL shall be a practical home for
journalists, q haven and shelter for those who
come to the capital unfriended and where they
viii ind, besides more substantial comforts
writing rooms, furnished reading rooms and
always friend to advise. newspaper svndi-
cate and correspondents bureau and a head
quarters for newspaper women; to establish
such Is the dearest wish OF the heart of this
corporation
MEMBERS OF THE CLUB
The personnel OF the club is highly interest
ing. The membership has increased a half
more during the current wear Mrs NJ II
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Mrs. Katie Hoffman and John Whitman a
Lebanon. Pa, were arrested in HARRISBURG %
q charge Of clipping. subsequently Ma HoAN
Lebanon, 10 which place Whitman Wa sAksn -
constable. Both parties deny thsrs vas an1
elopemenk
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From the St. Paul Pioneer Press
1t has often been exploited in print how use
full the smooth and accomplished Dan Lamont
made himself to ex-President Cleveland during
his residence in the White House. In the Rev.
D. J. Burreu and his faithful factotum, L. B.
Williams, Minneapolis has even as remarkable
an example of this usefulness in all the details
of Office to which the subordinate can at
tain. without his efficient assistant DIR. Burrell
would be as Q chip without . rudder. 1t il he
who parcels out tho pastors duties, keeps tab
on all the requirements Of the week and re-
minds him Of each and every engagement he
has made In little book which he carries in
his inside pocket Mr.. Williams jots down all
the details Of the week. 1t maps out
the pastors work 10 the smallest detail
and without it he Wouldn't keep half
or quarter of the engagements that
he makes. Every appointment, sometimes,
for a month ahead, goes into this little book,
and at the proper time Pastor Burrell gets his
pointers from his secretary and then goes
ahead By this method all the details Of his
place devolve ON some one else, leaving HIM to
unincumbered thought ON his sermons and the
various other intellectual work with which his
days and weeks are plentifully fllsd
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NEW YORK. June Is.
[3SSS5l the good old days Of the romantic
(SlaVbGH dramas and novels the smuggler was
(;StNSl an interesting and picturesque per-
(SIgtSI% son, with . high-colored sash. con-
lAnM tanning q nerfect arsenal of nistnls
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! HERE was quite a crowd OF thirsty
PENSIONERS about the soda water
counter awaiting their turns for .
drink OF the refreshing beverage.
Isn't IL awfully rasSvP" said q
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ROSES RAISED FOR MARKET.
How the Business Is Carried On In the
Nurseries About Washington.

b CONGRATULATIONS per-
son in a corduroy jacket and a pro-
fuse perspiration was gazing over
~ the edge of an ordinary vegetable
- wagon that WAC hacked nm AGAINST
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buildings and plying their trades above the sub
terranean perils that lie in hiding along our
streets. Yesterday We had another explosion,
and one Of such serious proportions that it may
lead to reform before the whole town goes up
in a puff and vanishes in bad smell. As on
previous occasions the steam heating company
seems to be chiefly responsible. Then the mis-
cradle state of the gas mains furnishes another
easy explanation. The fact is that the whole
soil of the streets is saturated with gases that
it is q wonder we do not burst out, three pops
to the block, up one street and down another
1t is difficult to suggest remedy, but that fact
only increases the worriment in the situation
The radical cure would be to scoop out the
streets bodily to the depth Of twelve or fifteen
feet and run rapid transit system in the space
thus made. This plan has been proposed but
it encounters such stubborn opposition from
property owners that its realization ID remote
at best But could it be carried out it would
solve one Of the most perplexing problems
which confronts the city.
NOT YET oUraRowN THE INDIVIDUAL.
We are fond Of Saying that machinery has
overtaken and outstripped the individual, but
this boast OF material age is absurdly false.
Instead Of whitening" Is Tennyson suggests.
it is the individual who is ''more and more /"
find an illustration in remark quoted by the
papers today Of . singularly successful man.
who sscribes his business triumphs to the fact
that some years ago he made the simple rule
and since that time has stuck to it-of talk
ing personally each day on business with at
least seven men. By faithfully sdherinc 10
this rule he soon gained . personal acousint-
ance along the line Of his chosen career which
led to fortune. As I have noticed in previous
letters, business in New York is marked by the
influence Of direct contact Letters and mid
dlemen are Of immense service, but the sue
cessful business or professional man. in most
cases, is he who has the gift of meetine his
contemporaries face to face. So true is this
that know Of one eminent merchant Who
spends the best hours Of the day st . down
town club, where virtually is his office. and
where, in quiet, leisure and retirement, he
transacts the most important negotiations.
HENRY r ELLIOT.
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I on hear it said that the venom of
one snake is SO much more apt to be
fatal than that of another" re-
marked a traveller from the far
east to a STAR reporter "but the
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But even with all this perfection of Vanilla
ton complaint will sometimes be made. A
member from q back country district. whose
respiratory organs we're cultured through a
system of mountain chasms, engenders a gen.
eral lassitude or is attacked with Sporadic
headache; he at once concludes that the circu-
lation of the air 10 at fault In these emer-
gencies the engineer will produce a little
French aromatic smoking pastills and ignite il
upon the desk Of complaint The smoke and
aroma will take the direction of the air circula
ton and thus dispel the halucination. These
pastilles the engineer facetiously denominates
his smelling committee" Complaint is some
times made that the volume and current of air
are rot sufficiently strong. In this ease the
engineer will invite the parties TO the openings
81 the ceiling or Roof of the hall, and while
directing their olfactories to the openings FOR
the discharge Of air from the hall he win by
means OF an electrical annunciator desiQnate
the moment for his assistant down in the crypt
to drop frankincense upon heated iron. This
test shows that in all favorable conditions il
takes Just one minute for the fumes 70 pass
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A HOME FOR JOURNALISTS.

The personnel OF the club is highly interest
ing. The membership has increased half
more during the current wear Mrs NJ IL
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to pay the mountain for the plant. The sew.
enth plant found has q special medicinal value
and the first four plants discovered must NOS
be touched, though after others have been
gathered the searcher may 60 back and collect
those four"
''In what way are the plants thus gathered
brought to market2"
1.-The pickers have no market Of their own.
They sell what they gather TO big firms in
neighboring towns, which collect the crop 90
obtained by . sort OF contract system. These
firms employ skilled botanists 10 sort the pro-
duct, and the various herbs and bark--after be-
ing properly cleaned, dried or otherwise pre-
pared-are put up in barrels or bales for mar
ket Each arm sends out circulars 10 spoths-
carries and other dealers all over the United
States giving information 10 the variety Of
goods il has on hand, with prices attached, and
soliciting orders The retail men everywhere
get what they want in this way, put up in
boxes, and sell IL 10 their customers at big
profit or make medicine out OF 10 for sale. The
dandelion roots come from Lebanon, NY,
where the plant 10 cultivated for medicinal Dur.
poses, like any other vegetable, by the Shakers
Hops are put In for their stimulating effect and
o little Jsmaioa ginger for the stonaach's sake
Such roots enter 70 considerable extent into
the composition of so-called bitters much used
in temperance communities These sbifters'
have the advantage of ostensible respectable
ity, although in reality they almost invariably
contain . large percentage Of alcohol-nos in
tersted whisky Of commerce"