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B Omaha 1 HE ILLUSTRATED EE NUMBER 280. Entered Second Class at Omaha Pogtofflce-rPublished Weekly by The Bee Publishing Co. Subscription, 3.50 Ter Year. OCTOBER 23, 1904. Nebraska Women's Clubs Choose New Chief New President Nebraska Federation of Women's Clubs Gossippy Stories About s Prominent People A Lincoln Clab Woman. HB Nebraska Federation of Wo man' Club could hardly have elected a more rcpreeentatlv woman to preside over It than M w Xf Rimhnell of Lincoln. mi who wa elected Its president two wecka ago at it annual convention at Seward. Few women In the organisation have served It. In more responsible offices than Mrs. Bushnell. and few are more generally or favorably known over the state. Modest and retiring. It has been among the work er rather than In the show places of the federation that she ha come to be known, and there have been few enterprises or achievements that have required the tact. Judgment and womanly Influence in which he ba not been a valued counselor. Onco before she ha been elected to an office on the state executive board; that was at the Wayne convention when she was elected tate auditor, serving during the year 1002 1903. It wa about ten year ago that Mr. Bushnell first took a prominent part In club work, she having moved to Lincoln from Plattsmouth shortly before. Her first work was done In the society of the Hall of the Grove of Lincoln, which she served as president during the year 1894-196, and since that time she has been ono of the fore moat club women of her home city. In 1901 and 1902 she served the LIncola Wo majti'a club a president In 1900 the Lincoln clubs entertained the annual meeting of the state federation and to Mra. Bushnell belongs much of the credit for that very successful and enjoyable ' meeting, and It la no secret that the enter tainment of a state convention is fully aa great If not a greater tax upon the women .of the cltle than upon the women of the smaller towns, where practically everyone, whether affiliated with the club or not. la willing to de her share of entertaining. tick Close to Education. In club work Mrs. Bushnell -has been Identified chiefly with the educational, home and literary departments, though she has assisted In the various other branches of the department organization. She was a prominent factor In the organi sation of a recent very successful series of ' patrons' meetings held In different 'school buildings In Lincoln to promote co operation between the teachers and parents and also In the establishment of the noon day lunch opened last year and operated by the Lincoln Woman' club In the high school, and this lunch system, by the way, has been used as a model from which clubs and other organisations have pat terned all over the United States. She was also a chsrter member and sctlve worker In the City Improvement organisa tion of Lincoln, which ha accomplished Tersely Told Tales Cam pal an Episode. I of Massachusetts related this con- I ventlon atnrv to a . eoi-tM j nf friend recently. The tory wa told to him, he said, by an ac quaintance who wa In St Louis at the time of the democratic national convention there. "The Incident In the story," said the gov ernor, "occurred at a democratic meeting for worklngmoa In a small hall seme dis tance from where the democratic conven tion was being boll' The story a It was told to me went, as nearly aa I can re peat It, like this i " 'Fellow citizens,' said the orator of the meeting, passionately, aa he brought hi fist down with a bang on the table, 'what, I ask, ' are the republican bringing our country toT And eoho answers "WhatT" '- "'Excuse me, sir,' interposed a man 111 th audience (be must have been a good republican), rising to his feet; 'did I un derstand your question to be "What are th republican bringing our country to 7" ' . " 'Tea lr.' "'And yon say "Echo answer What?" "Thai la what I said, sir.' " Than there' something mighty wrong with th acoustic of this building,', said th man la th audience, aa a sat down." Wo Mysterr. Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania wa reviewing the state militia at Gettys burg. A young staff Officer described to him In a low voice soma unimportant error that had beea mad. "But a to the cause of the error, air," he said, "that 1 a mys tery." Govern or Pennypacker smiled. "If It I a mystery." he said. "It I Ilk the pickled pork disaster that befell two Pennsylvania Dutchmen, Han and Frit. "The two man bought a lot of pickled pork In partnership. They put It In a bar rel and atored It away In the cellar of Han bom. Now, Han, though a Penn sylvania Dutchman, was dishonest. Th combination Is rare. "Well, the morning after th deal la pickled pork Frits met Hans on th road. " "Geo morning, Hans.' he said. 'Is there any news about our pickled porkr " Frits,' Hans snswered, gravely, 'there Is news, and bad news. A strange thing baa happened. It Is a mystery to me.' " 'Well. Han. Call m all about It,' said Frits. " Frit a my Mend. It wa Ilk this,' said Hana Thl morning I went down cellar to gat a piece of pork for my breakfast, and I put my hand down In the barrel and I felt around In the brine, and there was no pork there. It wa all gone all gone com pletely. 8o then I turned up the barrel, and, a true a you are alive, the rata had eaten a hole cleen through the bottom and dragged th pork all out' "Frit wa amazed and stunned. " 'Why didn't th brine run out of the holer be asked. "'Ah. Frits.' said th other, that's th mystery. That' the mystery.' "Pittsburg Dispatch. Trteaapfe , jn.Hee. "I well remember one case before a Jus-' tic In which I acted a respondent s coun sel In criminal action and In which n older and well known attorney wa my op ponent." says a writer In Leslie s Monthly. "Aa I thought than, and aa I know now, th law and th evloence wa well In favor of my client, and at the close of t he. argu ment a I looked wltb great confidence for a prompt acaulttaL Judge of my astonish, ment when my unfortunate client wa found ,gutlty and sentenced to thirty day In jail. I promptly entered an appeal end furnished sureties to proeeeut the same. Hrfore I Iff t the courtroom the Juatlce took occasion to tak n gold and y; bo much and. In fact, takes a keen Interest in all matters pertaining to civic better ment or the betterment of the school or the home. I In the state federation work Mrs. Bush nell haa served on several standing com mittees, having been chairman of the state Industrial committee during 1902-03. She was chairman of the committee that ar ranged the program for the recent meet ing at Seward, and though Judge Ben Llndsey of Denver, who was to have . spoken on "Juvenile Courts," was unable at the last minute to attend, the program, wa otherwise strong and helpful, one of Its especially creditable features being the time allowed for the reports of clubs and for business, a feature that Is too often n effected. Mrs. Bushne'.l has also represented the clubs or Lincoln or the state federation at the last four biennial meetings of the Gen eral Federation of Women's clubs at Denver, Milwaukee, Los Angeles and St. Louis, and she is at present a member of the leglstatlve committee having In charge the work for a juvenile court and probation system In Nebraska. In recognition of her ability and her experience In such work. Governor Mickey appointed her one of the state delegates to the last National Con ference of Charities and Correction. Wot a Bra Band Worker. It I doubtful if there Is another women In the state federation, who ha had so active a part In Its work and still ha kept, personally, so In the background. It I the result that Mrs. Bushnell haa had at heart and she has had the tact to let the office go to by, and In not a few cr-aea to those whose Influence or help wa desirable and who could best be secured by a working Interest in the club or the federation. And In all of her publlo work, Mrs. Bushnell has allowed nothing to come before her hdme responsibilities. In fact, -he ha refused to undertake anything that would Interfere with her duties there. Mr. Bushnell ha been a frequent visitor at the meetings of the Omaha Woman' club and received the unanimous support of the Omaha delegation at Seward. A strong presiding officer, she haa still the graclousness. courtesy and tact that not only encourages the timid woman to take the floor, but enables her to get through ' her subject without embarrassment an ad- , mlrable and very necessary qualification, by the way. In the chairman of a meeting, that Is necessarily composed largely of women Inexperienced in addressing an audience, even though It Is composed chiefly of home makers like themselves.' Mrs. Bushnell Is not a really fluent speaker, herself, but Is forceful and always Inter-' estlng, and ha a way of Illustrating or. emphasizing her point with some pertinent little story that never falls to provoke a laugh. F. E. S. 1 Both Grim and Gay "Young man, I kinder thought ye were right, but I knowed Judge W (naming my opponent) I a sight older'n you be, and a sight-better lawyer'n you be, and so, of course. I gin him Judgment." The RearalnraV Rellarlon. When Captain Pershing, TJ. 8. A..' on duty In the Philippines, waa sent to reconcile the native datto to our way of thinking, h wa cautioned about th chief's aver sion to Christiana In the eyes of the Fil ipino there are only two religions In the world Mohammedanism and Christianity, hi people representing the former and the Catholicism of the Bpsnlards the latter. On arriving at the datto' bamboo palace' . he found all the chiefs asaembled. with a native band, so he proceeded with his es cort of rugged American regular to where : the chief eat. . One of the first question the native asked wa:' ; "Ar you a Christian?" ' The suddenness of the attack might have ; disconcerted the diplomatic captain, but be - was equal to the occasion, and quickly an swered: "No. your highness; we ar Baptists. "It la well." waa the reply. : They then proceeded to business. Lipsln- cott's Magazine, . Wa B?UWaiitlnaT. ' Bishop P. F. Stevens of South Carolina waa urging on a young man the ether day the Importance of self-appreciation. ' "To think too little of yourself," he said, . "I quit a harmful aa to think too much. Modesty and humility ar all very well la their way, but there I great danger, by overlooking them, of creating a Uriah Heep Impression." Bishop Steven laughed quietly. "I once knew a young minister." he ald, "who was extravagantly modest and humble. "One Christmas eve hi congregation called at th parsonage and preeented bin with a pluah armchair. " Tour eloquence and goodness,' th con gregation' spokesman said, 'ar th In spirit Inn of this gift.' "Tears flooded th eye of th young divine, he wa so moved. " 1 am unworthy of such kindness.' he said. 'All I am I owe to divine assistance. I ' "But he could proceed no further. HI voir broke. " TJon't cry. young man,' sld a deacon, dryly. Tour Mnlrer has a heap to do for you yet' "Cleveland Plain Dealer. lOi Bartholdl'a Art. The late Sculptor Bartholdl waa best known In this country by his statue of Liberty, the chief feature of which I It is. It artlstlo merits war sufficiently summed up by a distinguished foreigner when sailing into New York harbor. Point ing to the gigantic figure he asked: "I that Liberty?" "Yes," said a bystander. "Then give me death," aald the for eigner, who evidently knew his Patrick Henry. Boston Herald. Th llTn?Mana;er. National Chairman George B. Cortelyou has become noted In this campaign for hi universal system of reticence. He dally re ceives th political reporters, but his Inva riable reply to questions Is that he never talks for publication. A crowd of newspaper men were stand ing In front of republican headquarters at 1 Madison avenue several daye ago debat- Ing whether It wa worth while to see the national chairman, and at that time a nick name for hire wae bora which la likely to etlck to him tlh-ough the campaign. "Oh, let's go up and see Cant-tell-you," said on of the newspaper men. New Turk Times, ! . '! "... f2i 'J: 1- ! Romantic Variations in Wedding Peals Modern Enterprise In Knot Tylna. flHB Gretna Green along the Ohio I I and Mississippi rivers have long 1 j, I been famed for their enterprise h I a.; J In promoting matrimony among we" distant beaux and belle. SL Jo aepn, Mich., enjoys distinction aa a haven for Chicago's hasty sets. Clayton, 111., does quite a businesa In the same line for the lovesick of St. Louis. Even Cheyenne 1 not. as shy as supposed when it come to making two heart beat as one, and is growing quite famous for the solemnity and celerity with which Its ministers and Jus tices turn the trick. In none of these places do the knot tyers surround the ceremony with muslo and acenlo frills which lend to romance a modern atmosphere. It re mained for a .Jerseyman of judicial mien to show what wonders are' wrought when the deft touch of genius Is guided by keen business sense. v In the little town of Belleville resides John C. La Faucherle, justice of the peace and promoter of matrimony. In the per formance of hli varied duties he rubbed ' up against all kinds of people and observed that marriage In a Justice shop did not In vest the affair with a dignity befitting the cleaving of two Uvea With a wisdom that commends Itself to his brethren. Justice La Faucherle set about remedying th defects In his system. First of all, the Juatlce live In a very pretty house, and the parlor has been spe cially fitted up a marriage bower, which bride have declared "I Just too lovely for anything." The Justice has also three grown daughters, charming girls, who have been so thoroughly trained that they can go through the pace usually allotted to bridesmaids with their eyes shut. If th brtdo prefer to have maids of honor, the Justice's daughter have taken Instructions as to how to aot In this contingency, and ua It aa a aid line. Then, ttiere ar th Justice' grandchD dron, who bav gone through a special course of training a flower girls, and ar provided with graduation certificate to shew that they ar proficient In the gentle art f strewing the bride's path wltb po sies (Flowers msy be obtained In th neighborhood.) The Justice's only son la an adept Mn any capacity. Ho prefer to aot beat roan, but at a pinch be will Jump Into the breach and play the usher as If to the manner born. Two constable who reside In the neighborhood and can be reached by telephone can be summoned at any hour of the day or night to act aa wit nesses or to perform any other service not Inconsistent wltb their professional dignity. As the wedding party enter th recep tion hall sweet strains f Mendelssohn's wedding march, played by Mlia Cora La Faucherle, greet them. If the couple haa not had time, for one reason or another, to get a supply of flowers. Miss Leonora Ayrea, one of the granddaughters, hands the bride a bouquet aa ahe atepa up to the Improvised altar, behind which. In all hla . Judicial dignity, stands Justloe La Fau cherle. ' Usually In all ceremonies there la an awk ward wait while the marriage certificate la being made out. Fven here the Ingenuity of the justice Is made apparent, for while thla unromantlo taak la being performed the Juatice'a daughters, who are skilled must-. clan, render appropriate on,ga, nich aa "Blessed Be the Tie That Binds," and the like. So as not" to leave room even for the most carping ciitlo to find fault, the Justice, after performing the ceremony In a way that the bride again call "lovely." pre ent to each happy couple a wedding pres ent, usually auarlor lamp. Justice La Faucherle has had twelve year' experience, and In all that tlm ho. ha aought to add th latest frills to hi ceremonies. It may be said that It la not at all necessary for th couple to send word in advance that they ar coming. The' family Is quite prepared to act la any emergency. 1 i" ; 4 ' .. . . v i . - i- -1 i4 MRS. It M. BUSHNELI OF LINCOLN. A Freak Sartorial WeddinaT. Some wag bas facetiously dubbed th coming 'nuptials of young Bradley-Martin and Miss Phelps of New York as a "hoot mon wedding," and the phrase aptly de scribes the event ' The ceremony will bo performed In a church 4n the Scottish Highlands, and the bride and groom will be arrayed In Highland costume. The bride groom's costume will be a marvelous one, surpassing anything that the old Highland chieftains ever aspired to wear. King Ed ward's own Highland tailors In Edinburgh are making the costume, don't you know. The doublet will cost 225.000. It will be of velvet, lined with rich silk and adorned with gold braid and silver lace. The most costly item of the doublet will be the but tons, thirty of them, which will be dia monds set In gold. The waistcoat will cost almost as much as the doublet It will be made of white satin, creased and diamond-stitched by hand. It will be adorned with six buttons, diamonds aet In gold. The kilt, which will be of specially manufactured Menzle tartan, will cost about $500; the sporran, made of beaver skin, will cost $250; the belt, 1100; the dag ger, $60; the stockings, $25, and the shoes, $25. The plaid will be specially woven for the occasion, and will cost about $5,000. This Is $3,000 more than King Edward paid for his plaid. But a mere king can scarcely expect to be arrayed as a Bradley-Martin. We are net Informed In detail what the bride will wear on this gala occasion, but no doubt this Information, which Is of la tern a tlonal Importance, will bo supplied later. We congratulate Bradley on his out fit. He Is a braw lad, and the fact that he Is not a Scotchman and never saw th Highland until a few year ago, does not detract from the picturesque aspect of the affair. So long aa ho ha the money to sat isfy the tailor, It would be nobody's busi ness If he took a fancy and married In Es kimo costume or according to the customs of Patagonia, Married Twice la aa Hoar, Twice married within aa hour th second time In an automobile while speeding over a country road at the rate of forty-five miles an hour was th romantic termina tion of the courtship of Christian SUIstla, a young business man of Parkston, 8. D., and the woman of bis choice, who came from Iowa for the purpose. With the. Idea of surprising his friends and relatives at Parkston Mr. Blliatla, after procuring a marriage license, met - hi sweetheart of Scotland, Bon Homma CountV. where they made their way to the boroa of Rev. A. M. Thurston, who pro nounced them maa and wife. When the marriage certificate waa being prepared it was discovered that the mar riage license bad been issued In Hutchin son oounty. - The clergyman's wife suggested that they Induce Dr. Beagley, a Scotland physician, to take the wedding party In his automobile to Hutchinson county. The bride and groom, together with the clergyman and physician, were bundled Into the automobile, and as soon as the party had entered Hutchinson county, and while the automobile was gliding along over a publlo highway, , new marriage ceremony wa performed. 'Galas Fertnn and Raibaal When Mis Lllllade Robertson became the brldo of James Oehman In South Chicago last week she fell heir to $20,0u0. Ml Robertson wa married on her Hat birthday, the day aet by ber foster parents before their death for her to get control of the money they bad willed her to make ber wedding day a doubly Joyous one. Th meeting of the young woman with the roan who 1 to share her good fortune waa a romantic one. Several years ago Mlas Robertson lived In Farmer City, III., as the adopted daughter of F. O. Robertson- Her foster parents both died. When Robertson died be uud bis foster daughter the beneficiary of hla will, the girl to be entitled to $20,000 when ahe bo- came 21 years of age. Shortly after the death of her foster parents Miss Robertson learned that her brother, of whom ahe had not heard since she was a little child, was living In South Chicago. Aa aoon as It waa possible the young woman Journeyed to South Chicago to find the long-lost brother. As she stepped from the train at the Illinois Can-, tral depot she walked up to the first man she saw and asked: "Do you know a young man living here named George Avery?" "George Avery?" replied the young man. "I should say I do know him. He is my sister husband." , The speaker was James Oehman, and after the girl had told the story of her long-lost brother and explained the pur pose of her visit Oehman hastened with her to her brother's home, where sister and brother renewed an acquaintance after their long separation. Miss Robertson's 21st birthday, the day she became heir to her foster parents' for tune, she celebrated by marrying Oehman, who Is 23 years of age. "Off Agin, On Aln. Front the divorce court to the altar was the experience of Mrs. Lena Taylor of May field, Ky., at St. Louis. Mrs. Taylor was granted a divorce and the restoration of her maiden name, Long, by Judge Holder, her husband, Samuel Taylor, being charged with Intoxication. Ten minutes afterward, accompanied by Samuel Slaten of Waco, Tex., she applied for a marriage license. The clerk refused the license on the grounds that the bride elect was not of age. She. expressed sur prise and exclaimed: "Too young! Well, I guess not Why, man, I was Just divorced." . v They secured the license. v Oat It Oat. I Th Hobokon bride who Insisted that not only the word "obey," but also the word "love" should be omitted from the mar riage form, certainly was unconventionally disposed, but who shall say that ahe waa not without Justification T "I like my hus band very much," ahe told the juatloe who performed the ceremony (It waa a civil marriage); "but I do not love him yet; nei ther doea he love me. So, why ahould we promise to do eomethlng which we may find Impossible? Love, you know. Is hard eating. Did you over try to live on love. Judge?" After a pause to give the Justice an opportunity to blush, If he felt like It, ahe went on: "And I don't propose to pledge myself to obey anybody. I am an American girl, and don't mean to be bossed; nor do I want to bos anybody else. I am the business partner In th firm w have this day organized. I have as much Interest In the scheme as my husband, and . have equal right to say what shall be 'done." For a number of years there has been more or leas dlaouswlon aa to the re tention of the little word "obey" In the marriage service; but this Is the first time that one of the contracting parties ha balked at the word "love." Marriage as a Show. James Sutton will be married in Evans villa, Ind., pn the night of October 30 to Miss Newman. It will be his fifth wedding. He has been divorced four times, and all bis wive aire alive. A few year ago he wrote a book entitled "The Up and Down of a Young Murried Man." He haa engaged Evans hall for the cere mony and will sell JU.OuO tickets, charging 26, (& and 60 cents for admlsaion. One hun dred tickets will be reserved for the news, paper men Of Evansville and points within fifty miles of that city. Sutton is 60 years old and Is well known. He believes hi enterprise will be a finau ciul succtea, I'p front the Ranka. MURRAY CRANE, the new United States senator from Massachu setts, was born at Dalton, Mass., April 23, 1S53, being the son of Zllnaa M. Crane, whose father, w Zllnas, was the founder, ffi 1S01, of the paper manufacturing business now directed by the ex-governor. He attended the pub lic schools at Wllllston Seminary, but at 17 left school to begin business as a rag pickerone of the lowest positions in paper manufacture. After working through the different grades of the paper making busi ness h finally became (superintendent of one of the largest paper mills In Dalton. Later he was admitted to partnership In his family's Arm. Cool Audacity, On one occasion Wayne' MaoVeagh suc ceeded In adjourning the supreme court be fore the usual hour. Mr. MacVeigh never remained in Washington over night If he could help it, and on this occasion he greatly desired to take the 4 o'clock train for Philadelphia. Although talking to the court, he kept his eye on the clock, and at :45, giving himself Just enough time to reach the station, he ceased his argument and said: "May it please your honors, I move that court do now adjourn. I want to catch the 4 o'clock train for home." The cool audacity of the request seemed to paralze the justices, but the ohlef justice made the customary order without a pro tea: and Mr. MaoVeagh got bis train. "Father otllata Ball." . Henry W. Chadwlck, the "father of base ball," Is still in the front ranks of those actively employed In newspaper pursuit. While over 80 years of age, Mr. Chadwlck conducts a syndicate of chess, whist, cricket anl bas ball specials, and his article on these subjects are as vigorous today as they were forty year ago or more. The old gentleman is hale and hearty and attributes his good health and longevity to a Ufa free from tobacco and - stimulants and with plenty of outdoor ex ercise. Lonarstreet Incorruptible. The late General James Longstreet was once offered the presidency of the Louisiana lottery at a salary of $50,000 per year. He was in sore straits financially at that time and as there was absolutely no work at tached to the position, it took that heroic nerve for which the general waa famous to resist the tempting' offer. When the offer was made General Long street was living In Gainesville. He con fided to some of his close friends the ten der made him. They, knowing his financial condition, urged him to accept It. He eald he could not do It. They begged him to think over the matter before re fusing It. Their entreaties caused him to hold Recent Progress in . New York's Great Subway. k'.VT Thnrmlnv. October 27. la the N latest date aet for the formal I nnenlnv of the New York subway. This is the fourth time a date has been fixed upon to. start the wheels "to Harlem in fifteen minutes." No postponment is looked for this time. Every thing appears to be in readlnesa. Far weeka past experiment traina have been running on the road for the purpose of "breaking In" a small army of motormen and con ductors. One experimental train, with 800 guests, made the trip from the Battery to Harlem In twelve minutes, a fact which Justlfiea the express train schedule of fif teen minutes. The safety appliances and general equip ment are aald to be the best that human Ingenuity haa yet devised. Te begin with, the oats are steel, thua obviating the risk from fire. The electric motor of each car and all the car are fitted with the appa ratus necessary for leading a train la so arranged that it ceases to move when the pressure of th motorman' hand 1 re laxed on th controller. Thl 1 not naw th elevated train motor ar th same but the tunnel train bas a supplementary mechanism that shuts the brakes auto matically la case the raln tries to rush past ' a danger signal. If the -motorman hould die or fall ill in hi box, the current would cease to turn th wheel at once. If the grade were upward, the' train would top without the help of the brakes, but If It were a down grade the air brake would force It to stop a soon a th next danger signal had been passed. The signal are set automatically by the passing trains, and the arrangement by which no two trains can run in adjoining blocks simultaneously was designed te pre vent a collision due to a failure of the automatlo brakes. Should the brakes re fuse to work altogether, allowing the train to rush Into the block ahead of the danger signal, it Could not strike the forward train before running a considerable distance un checked. In the Interval there would be a econd chance fdr the automatlo apparatus to get In Its fine work, aa well as almost a certainty that the platform guards on th rear car would discover "something wrong." Any guard through too entire length f the train Is enabled to stop th train from bis platform, and any switchman or other em ploye along the tracka oan atop It by press ing an electric button that shuts oil all power on every track. The electric button la an all-Important feature of the aubway. It la handy at sta tions and in little boxes placed at frequent intervals along the tracks. There is no point from which a button cannot be reached in a few eeconds, and ono prens of the button bring everything to a siandstlll. At frequent intervals throughout th tun nel are hydrant and long line of hose, which can be brought Into use on the in stant. These are for a jaat retort. The tunnel company does not expect a fire to get started. The only way a dangerous fire can originate In an electric train, it? Is as serted, Is through some accident in the ma chinery beneath the car, where the elec'.ic lty is converted Into power. The subway car are built to make this impossible. Ev ery car floor Is a multiple affair practi cally five floor laid on top of each other. The lowest one is made of asUeutos a quarter of an Inch thick. Next to this . come a luycr of wood, replaced over th motor by plate of ateel. Then there i a layer of fireproof felt, above which ia a ma ple floor with an asbeatoa lining. The top floor, on which the passenger walk, is a stratum of wood seven-elvhtns of an inch In thickness. Besides th Aveiold protect lug floor, tn cur Is inielded. from flaiue hi answer In abeyanc for a day or two, though he gave no Intimation that he would ever accept. Finally, the morning arrived when hi friend had agreed for a further confer ence to get him to accept it, and he gav a final "No!" to their overtures. His reason was this: "I cannot 'allow the use of my name for the presidency of any Institution In which there la a sem blance of a game of chance. However much I may need the emoluments of th office, my duty to my people and to th young manhood of the south, aa well a my duty to my Master, forblda my ao ceptance of Uie offer." Ilerbert Spencer's Temperament. Sir Leslie Stephen, the long-time friend ot Herbert Spencer, the recently deceased philosopher, tells thla to Illustrate Mr. Spencer's excitable temperament: "He would not Join the Metaphysical club," Sll Leslie eald, "because he and hi tarn pel would not stand It. I remember seeing htm "at a diner brandishing his knife and fork In the face of a woman with wN-m be had entered into an argument. He was quite unconscious of the act; his seal had run away with him." Sir Leslie tells an other story of Mr. Spencer: "A woman who was kindly disposed toward the phil osopher conducted a party Including Mr. Spencer and Sir Leslie over Hampton court. When the maze was reached Herbert Spen cer undertook to be the first one at th oenUr. The rest of us,' said Mr. Leslie, with a, smile, 'decided that whatever rout Herbert Spenoer should take we ahould take anotlier. The result justified our' se lection; the philosopher reached the center last Mr. Spencer was chaffed, but quit unabashed he replied: "It proves my the ory. If I had taken the other way I should have been first" , Stanley as a Fighter. "A thoroughly good man waa Henry M. Stanley, whom I first met In. the Ashantl expedition," says Lord Wolseley In his Recollections. "No noise, no danger ruffled his nerve, and be looked as cool and self possessed as If he had been at "target practice." Time after time a I turned la his direction I saw htm go down to a kneel ing position to steady his rifle as he plied the most daring of the enemy with a never falling aim. It Is nearly' thirty years ago. and I can still see before me the close-shot lips and determined expression of ' hla manly face, which, when be looked In my direction, told plainly I had near ma aa Englishman In plain clothe whom do dan ger could appal. Had I felt Inclined to run away, the cool, firm, unflinching manliness of that face would have given me fresh courage. I bad been previously somewhat prejudiced by others against him, but all such feelings were slain and - burled at Amoaf ul." the Field of Electricity by a covering of lacquered copper extend ing from the bottom up to the window sills. One feature of the tunnel' aafeguardlng la the aeperatlon of the electric power. Th current that operates train 1 entirely dif ferent from that which regulates the slg cala. Botb ar different from the current for the thousands of light strung along; th walla Though an accident ahould ren !der useless the third rail and the signals, the lights would stay aa brilliant aa ever. The motive power of the subway 1 fur nished by electricity, generated in a great powerhouse between Fifty-eighth and Fifty ninth streets and Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, Manhattan, The generators In thla mammoth powerhouse, the largest In the world, have a capacity of 132,000 horse power. The machinery Is run by eleven engines with a copaoity of 12,000 horse power each and seventy-two boilers of 600 horse-power eaoh. Eleotrlolty and Steam. Steam Is to be abandoned on the heavy traffio line of th Long Island system, controlled by th Pennsylvania, and stanch, adherent of eleetriclty see . In the deter mination of the offiolal of th road a sur Indication of a apeedy change of motive power all along the line. It Is almost a certainty that steam will be largely super seded by electricity, but that the change will speedily b? made Is not within ' the bounds of probability. Three roads entering New York now 'use electrloity aa their motive power. The New York Central uses It exclusively within 'tha limit of th city and th New York, New Haven c Hartford road la Increasing 'Its olectrlo equipment by the construction . of a four-track system from the limits of th city of New York to the Connecticut line, with the Pennsylvania the third syatotn. Within ten years the Increase in trolley mileage In New Tork state has been mora than t.m miles, and when the lines now proposed shall have been built the aggre gate will be more than 4,000 miles, with a capitalization of about $300,000,000. At th Vanderbllt offloes It was admitted that a controlling Interest had been secured In the Andrews-Stanley syndicate; that ; all th desirable existing traction properties would gradually be acquired, and that th electrifying of the West Shore road be tween Utlca and Syracuse would begin' Immediately. It also is the Intention to electrify, th Auburn branch of th Central between Syracuse and Rochester, and to close-the gap between Rochester and Buffalo by purchasing existing lines or by electrifying a branch of the main railroad. On. th best authority it Is stated that negotiations for the Schenectady railway system ar .' about consummated. Thl will give ,the syndicate lines connecting Schenectady with Saratoga, Troy and Albany, and It also will afford an entrance to Albany. Extending south from Albany to Hudson I a third-rail line now vatlng between Albany, Troy,' Waterford and Glen Falls, over 106 mile, being the longest link to the New York-Buffalo chain. Other central branch lines. Including th one from Syracuse to Oswego, and another from Rome to Ogdenaburg und Massent Springs, are to be electrified sIho. Following lshown at a glance th stride taken In electrio line construction In the Empire state In the lst ten year: . 1904. Miles of trark operated. I.SfiO 8 tiO? Capital stock $ftl.4N,Mi5 210.6'6h0 ; 1 W,4i6,0i i.l.l4a.l3 Liabilities HI.4so.hJ 43.fi2 6 Id Cms earning 21,4.7 VMt'b-0 Operating eienaes .... 16,t7o,(M is Cars, lx anil open, of all kluda a 4fl jj 7ns Jr Jl'iO Kmneiigera carried 424,".0,ii0 t,t7,7ta 8' NuutUr uf employe m.M