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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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,
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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.
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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,
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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
