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The morning call., 1893-02-05
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
The Suffering of Architecture in the
Atmosphere of Officialism.
Engineering Magazine


Now that the Worlds Columbian Exhioi-
tIon buildings have been dedicated. writes
Barr Ferree, and every critic, as well as
every writer who can tell building from
sand heap, is rushing into print with his
opinions, 1t is being recognized that by far
the worst OF the large buildings are those
not erected under the immediate direction
OF the Bureau of Construction and its able
chief. Mr.. Burnham. but which were left to
the tender mercies Of officialism-the United
States Government building and that built
by the State of Illinois.
A steady wall of lamentaton has gone up
over the shortcomings of these buildings,
but most unjustly. AS a matter OF fact
nothing could be more satisfactory than
their dreadfulness. and the worse they are
the more they obtrude their lack OF proper
ton and their foregnness to the whole con-
ceptiOn of the fair buildings, the better 1t Is
for art and the more thankful the chief OF
construction and his associates should be
tor them. Doubtless they are not but in
that case we have simply another Ilustra-
ton of the inability Of some men to appre-
ciate their blessings. And tho merits OF the
bad points of these structures lie simply In
this-that they are the most complete and
effective argument for the designing OF the
fair that could have been devised, more con-
wonderful beauty Of the main structures
themselves. There are. unfortunately, in
this broad land Of ours, many PEOPLE VINO do
not know a good building when they see
one; If this statement is not believed, how.
pray, are the atroci0us structures constantly
going up In the most cultured communities
and admired in them 10 be explained?
1t is 10 be feared. further, that there are
many who will look upon the art and
adornment of the Chicago buildings as a
waste that might better have been saved.
To both of these the Government and the
Illinois buildings will make the best posi-
bic answer. Here are two buildings, not
erected under the immediate supervision Of
the fair. designed in the atmosphere OF
Officialsm, by the most approved machine
methods, and seeming more ugly than they
really are, more out OF place. more distorted,
NOR abominable by reason Of their jaxta-
position TO tie true architectural beauties
produced by the Bureau OF Construction,
by the application OF sound artistic kn0wl-
edge. feeling and appreciation Of the beauti-
full. 1t is the story Of beauty and the beast
over again, II the comparison he proper
one. Side by side each symptom shines in
undlmmed luster, and the most casual Wis
ior will be able TO see and feel the force Of
art as opposed TO ugliness.
The morning call., 1893-02-05
AN OBLIGING FATHER.
He Seeks Information and Gets It
Rather Mixed Up.


Business was just closing in one OF Hart
ford's banks when the dgnified president
came in behind the rail and asked:
"Can any of You tell the story OF Jack and
the Beanstaik? TRIED to tell il to my grand
child last night and / was all mixed up. 1
couldn't do It,"
Jack and the Beanstalk@ why, GER
tainly," said the genial teller. at was
this way: Jack brought home some beans
and his mother threw them into the well.
and"
Yes, know, but where did Jack get the
beans?' the president asked.
Get the beans? Why lie had the beans
apd the stalk grew up ont Of the we'll" and
the teller related in graphic way the ALE
goTical tale INTERPRETING little bits of Jack.
the Giant Killer" Little Hop o. My
Thumb" and other nursery LIMOGES. show
ing that at one time he was familiar with
little folk lore.
but where did Jack get the beans? That
is what want to know" inquired the per-
sistent president.
IL can tell you all about that" said the
newly fiedged bookkeeper HE traded his
mothers COW for them and his mother was
so angry that she threw the beans out of
the window, not into the well, and the stalk
grew"
Never mind about the stalk. I've found
out where Jack got the beans. That's
where my grandchild puzzled me-" said the
president, aud the vaults were locked and
he FASTENED home 10 stFaighten out the
story for the little one.
The morning call., 1893-02-05
THE GRAY WOLF.
A Famous Animal Which Now Is
Nearly Extinct.

Forest ana stream.
The largest wolf of North America Is COM
monty known as the timber or gray wolf.
1t was formerly generally distributed
throughout North America, from the Arctic
regions to the tropics. but has, of course,
disappeared from all settl portions Of the
country.
Over the larger portion of its range this
wolf is gray in color. but in Arctic regions
1t is white, or nearly so, while in Florida
and some of the Gulf States and in British
Columbia black form exists. 10 Texas
there are red or bay wolves
Except in its color the large wolf Of North
America (Canis occidentalis) Is every where
the same. but in Its habits there Is more or
less difference, caused by the circumstances
of its environment The wolves OF the
North feed to considerable extent on
reindeer aud caribou. those of the East
on deer, while those Of the South prey
on deer and on the wild hogs which
run at large through the pine forests
and swamps. A few years ago the
center Of abundance of the gray wolf in
America cOrresponded very closely with the
center of abundance of the buffalo. Great
bands of these gaunt and ever hungry ami
mails accompanied the buffalo herds, killing
calves or old bulls, and sometimes cutting
out from the herd strong young heifers,
which they had little difficulty in pull ng
down. ii they could once separate them
from the companionship of their fellows.
Notwithstanding the fact that ever since
the settlement of America the wolf has
been pursued with guns, traps ana poison.
1t Is certain that no blow was ever dealt
this race rs severe as the extinction of the
buffalo. Their natural prey gone. the
wolves turned their attention to the herds
OF the st0ckmen, and for years now their
depredations have resulted in very serious
losses to raisers OF horses and cattle on the
northern plains. They do not attack the
herds when they are alarmed and closely
punched together. but prowl about their
outskirts, trying TO cut off the young stock,
which they can easily pull down. Some
times a band Of wolves will round up a
little bunch OF cattle. which stand in a
close circle, their heads outward, prepared
for the attack. After crcling about them
for short time. two or three of the wolves
will dash at the bunch. and IL they can
scatter the animals it is the work of an in
slant only TO pull down a yearling or to
kill two or three calves. We have seen two
wolves thus destroy a yearling steer with
no greater apparent effort than setter dog
would use In killing cat.
The morning call., 1893-02-05

As it now everything comes to the Secre-
tary first and has TO be sent by him to them.
l have of late been getting the matter
better in hand. and during the past year L
have not had much trouble"
wv hat will you do after you leave the
Cabinet, Mr.. Secretary"
Il don't know that | will do anything"
was the reply. 81 think ! have earned the
right to rest. ! have never taken vaca-
ton in my life. | DO not go TO watering
places in the summer nor south In the
winter. have never known how it feels to
loaf, but | think IN try it,
"W hat is the result of your experience in
publie lie? You have been Congressman,
Governor and Secretary of the Treasury.
You have had all the aunoyances and all
the pleasures Of a Government official. |
want yen to tell me whether the game is
worth the candle.
Il don'tknow that is" replied Governor
Foster. "It is certainly not IN the money
way, but it Is different if you look at 1t
from the higher S standpoint that Gai field
took. tie held that the rewards of public
life were greater than those OF money
making He held the satisfaction of soul
which arises from the dealing with great
questions, the having the esteem of your
friends and the applause of the word a.
Things not TO be compared with money. l
think he was light"
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Washington Jan 30
The morning call., 1893-02-05
IN THE TOLLS.
A Lover Who Was Too Generous
With Cupid's Vocabulary.

With Cupid's Vocabulary.
Detroit Free Press
A very anxious young farmer, rugged out
In his Sunday clothes, and his red necktie
visible half mile away, called at the
Twelfth-street police station the other day
and asked the sergeant in charge if be
would answer legal question for him.
Perhaps so--what is it 2" was the reply.
''Well, what is breach Of promise ?"
cit is going back on the girl you are en-
gagged 10 be married to"
But what is an engagement 10 law 2"
LEADING lie girl to think you intend to
marry her"
"Haven't you got to ask her to have You
right OutY
mo. What is your casep How far did
well, I said to her that l thought we'd
make good team if hitched up, but that
wasn't nothing.
at wasn't, eh? 1t was the same thing as
asking her to DE your wife. Ever call her
pet names?"
Il think / called her Birdie few
times"
Ever write any loving letters to her?"
II began my letters Darling One 1
think"
''Wen, you are stuck. and If you want to
60 TO State Prison for fourteen years you
just try to give that girl the shake! Better
90 right home and marry her"
Jupiter! but I've got tol | kinder
thought she had the lift on ME and wanted
10 be sure. I've offered her boss to give
up my letters and quitclaim on ne, but she
wouldn't do it. I'll add twenty four saw
logs and four cords of wood. and if she still
refuses I'll have to toe the chalk line. SO,
calm gal Birdie is askin' her 10 marry
yon?"
About the same thing"
"Saltpetpri but il that's the case I'll have
about twenty of EN- in my hair. Which
street leads TO Canaja?"
Keep right down this street,
And he WAS walking in the snow in the
middle OF the road as far as they could
trace him.
The morning call., 1893-02-05

than the way in which one handles DOCK:
"All those who have had any experience OF
the deeper life." he said, think OF DOCKS
almost as human beings. Even BOOK
which Is not worth much In Itself is SUN
treated by them with respect since 1t wears
the outward guise OF what they nave
learned to nsider their best friends. he
went on to condemn the senseless and Oh
fensive manner in which choir singers often
abuse their hymD-D books, bending them
backward until the covers meet. ana hoid-
ing them thus throughout an entire hymn.
This vandalism is not alas confined TO the
class mentioned.
A certain housekeeper, who also takes
Just and noble view OF books. almost
frightened her parlormaid into spasms by
the stern reprimand which she gave her On
this subject. The poor maid had just let
fail one Of her mistress favorte volumes.
"Neverl" she uttered in deep and trem-
bling voice, ''never drop book In my house
again. would almost as soon have you
dro D the baby!'
Cover with paper or cloth books which
are in constant use. Break" a new book
gently and rejoice in the new method OF
binding, which obviates the necessity of
"breaking" it at all. May 1t soon become
The morning call., 1893-02-05
AN OPEN QUESTION.
The Day Was Cold, but the Man Who
Pulled Down the Sash Got Left.
New Y ork sun.

1
She sat alone in the cross seat Of the ele-
waited car. Her tiny feet touched the seat
before her, a bundle filed the seat beside
her, her head rested far back and she gazed
at the stars.
Her hair was golden. her eyes were blue
she was pretty. and she seemed o0livious to
all the glances that the meh directed toward
her.
At every station man after man walked
down the aisle, hesitated a moment as if 20
take the seat opposite her. met those blue
eyes, and-took another seat
The window beside her was raised pei
hapS three or four inches, and every man in
the car would have liked 10 be bold enough
10 ask her:
Isn't it too cold for you?"
But for time no one asked.
Finally the man arrived. He got on the
train at the Thirty-third street station. H.
was big and strong and handsome and
bold. He fell into the seat opposite her
and looked pleased.
She leaned forward and placed her hands
on the window. She could not move il,
She arose aud tugged. In vain.
The big man leaned forward and with one
hand, apparently without effort, pulled The
window shut.
The other men looked envious. He looked
happy. She said not word.
She elinched her teeth, seized the window
firmly, and with a. desperate effort raised il
wide open. Then, with BRET bat ScoTniUI
glance at the man. she sank into her seal
and gaZed at the stars.
The man picked up copy OF the Mall
and Express and read furiouSly.
The train drew up at the station and ths
wheels sQueaked ''Irl-lI-l-euI"
The morning call., 1893-02-05
A BLACK CAT FARM.
Establishment of a Skin Factory in
Which Sable Tables Are Used.

OAOuA OALJ JOuKudi
81 had heard of skunk farms, rattlesnake
farms and other novelties in the farming
line" said Nick Hansen yesterday to party
of friends who were congregated about the
stovei in the court of the Exchange Building,
while waiting for the Illinois Central to
double the receipts OF the day, "but never
heard of black eat farm until l went out
10 Washington. The year that | went out
there jim Wardner. an old-timer who used
to stage it with Fred Evans in the early
days and who is quite we'll known To MANY
Sioux CityaDs, conceived the idea Of raising
black cats for their fur, and proceeded TO
organize stock company TO push the enter
prise.
"A company was organized with capital
stock of $4,000 and an island OF about
1000 acres IN extent. located in Bellinghsm
Bay, in the upper part CT Puget Sound, was
obtained to carry on the farming Then a
grand skirmish was made to get black cats
The Pacific Coast States were ransacked
and nearly every incoming train was loaded
with black cats which were Immediately
taken to the island or cat factory as we
called il. They were in charge of number
of men, who furnished them with food by
seine fishing in the bay. and certain num-
Der were killed during the year to pay the
current expenses When | left good black
cats pelt was worth 81, aud the company
was making mint Of money.
Cats fur makes up elegantly into NUTS
and capes, and see they are beginning TO
be quite popular. The pelts that are spotted
are colored black and sold as cheap grade.
There is going to be plenty of money in
the industry tor Jim Wardner and his com
pany, and | think that IL will only be the
matter of short time until other companies
are formed and like industries are estab-
lshed on some Of the numerous islands on
the sound. 1t beats skunk or rattiesnake
farming ten TO one, is less dlsagreeable, aAd
much more profitable"
The morning call., 1893-02-05

Tennyson Never Forgot That He Was
Writer of Verse.

February Serbner.
Tenny>on made up his mind pretty early
in life that he was poet and a great one.
The evidence he submitted In support of
that conclusion was less conflicting than
Wordsworth's. and the public was quicker
in conceding that he was right. And hav-
ing demonstrated that be was poet. and
chosen poetry for his vocation, he revered
his office and stuck 10 it. lie took his work
seriously. and himself seriously as the man
10 whom 1t was appointed to do the work.
Always and everywhere where he went as
a man he went as poet too. He must
have been poet even to his valet. To him
there was nothing more absurd in the figure
of himself in a cloak and SLOUGH hat rect-
ing his own verses on the deck of a yacht
than there is in the presence of an Arch
bishop In full canonicals doing his Office in
the chancel of ST. PauPs. That poet
should be picturesque and poetical seemed
no mere a thing to smile at than kingIness
In king.
And the beauty of it was that he was
right. BY magnfying his office he digni-
fed IL and gained dignity for himself as its
fit administrator. His safety lay in his
possession: of the ineStimate treasure of
simplicity. He did not assume. he deyel-
opeG. lie did not pose, he simply behaved
as he felt His ideals were lofty. his
thoughts were trained TO clothe themselves
in poetca images. and his conduct and
bearing were simply the shadow of the in-
ner substance. Neither were absolutely
contempordueous, but much about both had
the imperishable quality which Is never in
From 1.-The Point Of Fiew,' in the Febru-
arv Scribnpr
The morning call., 1893-02-05

to military service. an element which has to
be- taken into serious consideration, Tor
Guatemala, like the other Central American
republics or the great powers OF Europe. Is
armed TO the teeth all the lime and her soil
is liable to invasion and pillage at any hour.
White men going TO Guatemala TO setIe
will soon find that there are three climates.
On the coast it is blazing hot; in the
higher attitudes, on which the plantations
uncomfortably so; in the highest elevations
the climate is an eternal spring
All kinds of provisions are very dear and
tobacco Is worth 81 pound. In Guatemala
City wines are cheaply obtainable at the
hotels. but bottled beer is worth about 80
cents or 81 a bottle. Hotel accommo da-
tons are quite high.
Perhaps the most discouraging feature to
be settled Is the want of transportation
facilities; the long distance from the plan
tations to the towns (0ften forty miles OF
moro and the difficulty of obtaining social
recognition. Once this recognition Is OBJ
tanned life Is pleasant enough, and there
are many dark-eyed damsels of old Castilian
stock in Guatemala City whose Chances are
apt to soften the pangs OF exile.
The early coffee crop is ready for picking
by December and the season lasts till May.
The plantations near the line OF railroad
running 10 the coast at San Jose OF course
use the railroad, but elsewhere the trans
portation 10 OcOs and Champerico Is by OK
teams and other primitive means. The old
fashi 0ned bOngos or boats In which the
coffee bags were showed off on the beach,
amid a tremendous surf. are now replaced
by lighters pushed off from long iron piers.
The steamers do not come up to the piers
for the reason that the heavy rollers would
The morning call., 1893-02-05
ComnleteIx unrnnt.d.

How many remedies there are which merely re
lieve without uprooting disease. The contrast
with sterling medicines which such paniatiYes
afford not only enhances the dignity OF the former
but serves to emphasize the folly OF employing half
way measures when thorough ones are available. A
marked instance of this Is the effect, on the one
hand, OF Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in cases OF
chils ana fever ana bilious remttent and on the
other OF ordinary remedies in malades of this type
BY the Bitters, malarial complaint In every stage
and of the most malignant type, are completely
conquered and lose their hold upon the system
They are rarely, II ever. dsIodged by the ordinary
resources OF medicine, although their symptoms
may unquestionably be mitlgated through such
means. he same holds good OF Indigestion
biiiousness. kidney. complaint. rheumatIsm. ner-
vousness and debility. by the Bitters they are
cured when many remedies fail 8
The morning call., 1893-02-05
LIFE in GUATEMALA
Social Conditions i'm the
Land of Manand.
THE COFFEE PLANTATIONS.
Peon Labor-The Modern System of
CuIture-Lack of Transporta-
tion Facilities.
Written for THE MORNING CALL

The fact that cooperative colony, to be
composed of young Calfornians, has been
proposed TO be started in Guatemala has
directed attention to the existence and social
conditions OF the colony.
Guatemala is not bad land to live in,
especially in the elevated region devoted to
the culture OF the coffee plant. But the
truth of the matter is that while the climate
of the region is delightful and by no means
insalubrious. there are drawbacks which,
from an American point Of view, are serious
obstacles.
No one who has travelled in any part OF
Spanish America from Mexico to Patagonia
can have failed TO recognize and record one
bitter fact. The man who goes into any
Spanish-American State to till the soil or
to labor with his hands has no social
future. He Is, to all intents and purposes, a
peOn, a labOrer.
The Spanish traditions have not been
rooted in the institutions of Central Amer
lea for nothing. There was a time when
the Arch bishop OF Guatemala was primate
of all North America. There are families
in Guatemala which can trace back their
pedigree for a clear 800 years. and though
Guatemala is nominally a republic the
American citizen who takes his capital into
the country and tolls with his hands TO
amass competence will find the doors of
Guatemala society hopelessly short against
him.
The politician proper reaches his highest
development in lands where wealth and
aTistOcratic traditions 90 hand in hand.
In the higher circles CT society in Guate-
mala, Nicaragua, Salvador, Honduras aud
Colombia nearly every brainy man is a
professional politician.
Tine land of Manana" pronounced
Manyan-na) Is country in which nothing
is hurried. Everything can be put off till
tomorrow, 1t takes time to think, and
nothing Is so repugnant to Spanish
American traditions as the feverish haste
of the New Englander or the business
energy Of the Western man.
1t is a characteristic OF all the represe u ia
tive men of Central America that they alb
soluIely refuse TO be hurried. They never
lump at a bargain, and their business
transactions are marked by provoking
GOODNESS of deliberatiOn strangely al vari-
ance with their warmth ana energy In the
secluded circle of social life.
A word about the coffee plantations Of
Guatemala may be in order after this in
PRODUCTION.
These plantations lie on the Pacific slope
of the country, at distance from the coast
varying from forty to one hundred miles
and at an elevation ranging from 1000 TO
5000 feet.
There Is very little railroad communlca-
ton, and transportation is mostly con-
Quoted by the most primtiue means.
The present coffee planters of Guatemala
are of all tionalities-English, Ameri-
cans, Germans and Spanish Americans
Many Of the old coffee planters began life
The morning call., 1893-02-05
Russian Mendicants.
Chicago Tribune.

st. Petersburg is troubled with large
numbers of mendicants, who grow holder
every day. Every person of Spectab
standing is importuned by begging letters
and oftentlmes by the personal intrusion oil
beggars, who impertlnently insist upon
compliance with their demands. Even SOL
diers are approached with the demand that
they share their ratians with the poor The
chief of the st. Petersburg police has there
fore issued an order that house jluitorS
and policemen on duty shall arrest every
beggaT pointed out to them by private ciii-
zens. In order 10 prevent the crowGing Of
mendicants at the entrances of tneatrUS
and other places of entertainment, liaes ara
drawn at a distance of two blocks around
them, within which no erOwiing of reOple
and no loungers are allowed 10 remain. We
hieles bringing passengers to such publ c
resorts must withdraw beyond the line aud
not approach the gateway until they are
called. The police force was considerably
increased to give effect to these new reguia-
items,
The morning call., 1893-02-05
A Family of DWarfS.
Rome Tribune.

The appearance Of dwarf on the streets
Tuesday attracted considerable attention.
He was from Admission, and was the smallest
man seen in Rome since the days of Tom
Thumb. His name Is w. +. Darneli, and
his lliputian appearance Is something re-
markable. He is CA years old. and is feet
inches high, and weighs 9S pounds. He
old man, but when he is seen walking the
observer is constantly reminded of the
small boy.
Mr.. Darnell came to Rome in search Of
assistance for his son, who is afflicted with
a spinal trouble. His son Is u years of age.
and Is 81 inches high and weights Al pounds.
On election day MIR. DarnelI, who is an en-
thusiastic Democrat. carried his son TO the
polls In his arms aud both voted for Cleve-
land. There is another son who is "A years
of age. and is AZ inches high and weighs So
pounds, the same as his father.