TO Brf TRIED IN WASHINGTON.
MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT HOME
AFTER LONG EAST ERN TOUR
Supreme Court Decision In the Cms
of Alleged Conspirator.
The supromo court of tho United
States has decldod that State Senator
Goorgo E. Greon ot Now York mast
go to Washington for trial o& tho
ohargo of conspiring with George W.
Boavors nnd others to defraud the
government in tho purchaso of sup
plies for tho postofilco department.
Kcry day tlmt dies.
With Hush nnrt ftnRiuiicv born of June,
I know shall mutr rt nplrndvnl rite
Whoro slimmer nwdt. not huh nop moon.
Anil jttrj bud on lovu's low troo,'
Whose plrtituliiK otlmon II inioM uiill fa IK
In fullest lltmer 1 ji-t lmll
Hlgh-bloomlng liv thi jniii-i wnlK
Xu. oveiy win (hut (Unix ni 1iik
Anil wild regrets thnt veil tlio sun
Shu! I fudo bifoic- those dnxztlng rajs.
And m Ions Kloiy be Ixgun!
Let jonrs come to lilesa or tnult:
Thy Heaven. O Lord, I yhnll not Instt'
Kdlift Doiin l'rortor.
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"If you had had n little patience and
ot flown off tho handle so quick," ro
irtcd Bates, "you'd have found out
hat Boss was helping mo to run, oft
.1th a girl I loved It was a dead
ecrel and sho dared not even tell it
o you. 1 saw you glaring at us when
vo passed you In Newcastle that ovon
ng nnd when you wero missing 1
tuessod at tho whole business. Well,
3ess Is waiting for you, nnd I don't
now how you feel about It"
Mr. Holmes, ns I ought to call him,
'an to Bates and (lung his arms around
llm and I believed ho cried, but I was
aklng down a tot of grog then and
night havo been mistaken. At any
ate the bark was bound for Liverpool
iml I never saw a man so anxious to
set to port as Mr, Holmes, late Mr.
Pablo.
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(Copyright 1903 by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
Seven days in an open boat on that
tropical sea. Seven days of pitiless
sun, burning and charring our throats
ttntil tho miserable pittance of water
we had allowed ourselves'had irritated
rather than satisfied and now that was
t;onc. Seven days of biscuit soaked
with sea water, which mado our tor
rlblo thirst more unbearable, and all
around us that peaceful sea. When I
thought of tho awful storm In which
the Iris had foundered and looked nt
the calm ocean I thought of my sister
of years ago." She like the sea would
have her storms of anger and cry
nnd break her toys and then go to
sleep with just such a smile on her
face as the sea woro then. It was an
odd thought for an old sea dog faco to
face with death, but then I expect my
mind was wandering on account of the
thirst and heat. Four of us had leaped
In tho boat the night the bark went
lown and there were only" two now.
One had jumped overboard in delirium
and the other was curled up dead in
tho thwarts one morning. Mr. Pablo,
tho mate, and I were left to die by
thirst if no other way.
"It looks cool down there," croaked
tho mate, staring into tho sea. "No
wonder Hans Jumped into it"
"For God's sake, Mr. Pablo, don't
get to thinking of that," I cried, for I
had a horror of dying alone in that
boat. Queer, Isn't it, that a man al
ways wants somebody around when ho
is dying.
"I've thought of it many a time,
Bob," said he, "and when I wasn't in a
llx like this. I've been tired of living
these fifteen years."
Ho spoke in a calm way, but I
thought he was losing his mind and
shuddered again at tho idea of being
alono in the boat
"I've never spoken of it to a mortal
before," he continued, looking down
into the water, "and I don't know why
I'm going to do it now unless a man
don't want too much ballabt when he's
going to die. I'm a Tync man and
sailed in the North Sea trade. That
was fifteen years ago, and I used to
look at a small cottage near Newcastle
and dream about living there some
day with a certain girl. You see yon
wave where It curls, what a deep blue
it Is? Well, her eyes were jtibt like
that, and blame me if anyone could
look into them and lie to her. We
were not engaged, but when one night
I told her how I loved her and she
slipped her hand into mine and 1
looked into her eyes and didn't want
any other answer. God, what a happy
night that was!
"I stood well with the company and
had ray mate's certificate, so it was
only wait for a vacancy and then I'd
bo first officer and we could marry.
"Just then a fellow named Jack
(Bates, a distant relative of the family,
tcame to live with them, and he and
iBess became as thick as bees. They
seomod to have some secret together,
and would whisper and talk in a way
which mado me grit my teeth. Of
,courao I got huffy and stayed away for
awhile, but I couldn't stand it and
camo slinking back like a whipped
dog to its owner, only to havo another
doso of misery. Bess was pleasant to
ma and civil, but when I began to
talk about Bates she'd laugh and be as
close as an oyster. She was very dear
"It looks cool down there," croaked
the mate,
to me, but many a night when I paced
the brldgo with a German ocean gale
battering my face I cursed her and
Bates in my bitterness.
"Things wero in this bad shape
when Just a3 I camo hack from a voy
age they sent for mo from the com
pany's offlco and in a half hour I was
mate of one of the tidiest steamboats
that floated on tho Tyne. Two months
ago I'd mado a course for tho opea
country and shouted at the top of my
voice to heave over the joy that was
in me and now I was as gloomy as a
fog bank. What was the good of liv
ing, I asked myself?
"After I'd thought awhllo I made up
my mind to go to Bess and tell her of
my promotion and ns-lt her fiat to
marry mo. It was no good hanging
In the rigging as I wih doing, so 1
started for her house. 1 had turned a
corner when I saw Bess and Bate?
coming towads mo and 1 stepped back
Into a doorway so they'd pass me, for
it wasn't safe for me to have mot
Bates the way 1 was feeling. They
were talking and laughing together
and went into a Jeweler'B store near
where I was Btandlng. By and by
they came out, Bess looking as happy
I gripped him by the shirt and held
him back,
as a lark and then a thought camo
over mo that turned my blood to ice.
I went Into the shop and mado out I
wanted to buy some Jewelry.
"What did that fellow buy?' I
asked, trying to seem careless; 'the
young man and the girl who Just went
.out?'
"The shopman smirked.
" 'The old story,' ho said; 'a wedding
ring, and she had a timo finding one
to fit her finger. Pretty gal, wasn't
she?'
"I went out in a hurry, leaving tho
man staring after me. My last sail
was blown off the yards and I was
shipwrecked. It was drag out a life
with no good in it or kill myself, and,
as I said, Bob, I've often thought of
it."
"Well," I said, "did ho marry her?"
not that I cared a hloomin' bit for a
man starving .for a drink of water
isn't interested in love stories, but 1
thought as long as he was talking ho
wouldn't jump overboard.
"I don't know," he answered; "that
night I left Newcastle, and as I have
no relatives and havo never seen a
Newcastlo paper I've never heard, but
of course ho did. What did ho want a
wedding ring for, else?"
"The woman isn't launched that I'd
kill myself for or even lose a meal on
account of," I said, crossly.
"I've been knocking about tho world
qulto a bit and have seen all sorts,"
said Mr. Pablo, "but I've never seen
eyes like she had and nvcr spoke to a
woman since unless I was obliged to.
I hated to come to Europe on the
Iris, only I had promised the skipper."
Ho was looking over the port quar
ter where tho blue sky came down
into the bluo sea.
"Dates is a sailor-man," continued
Pablo, "and I've hoped I'd meet him
somo day. The Lord be good to him
if I do. What's that just above the
horizon?"
"Why," I screeched, "it's a 6all and
bearing our way; man, we're saved,"
and I began to sing, or I expect croak,
for my throat was dry as powder.
Pablo said nothing, but kept looking
over the sea as If he didn't care a bit
of spun yarn If the Fall saw us or no,
but I yelped, though the vessel was
miles away and jerked my arms In
the air frantically. The bark bore
steadily down on us and presently
hailed. Then she lowered a boat and
took us aboard, for we were too weak
to row
A big broad-shouldered man stood
at the gangway and as Pablo set his
eyes on him he uttered an awful curse,
whipped out his knife and made a
lunge at him I gripped him by the
shirt and held him back.
"My God!" exclaimed the man, "if it
isn't Tom Holmes or his ghost. Why,
where've you been this fifteen years?"
"It's damned small matter to jou
where I've beep," growled Pablo, with
me hanging on to his shirt tail.
"Maybe not," replied the man, cool
ly; "but there's a woman in Newcas
tlo who's been waiting fifteen years
for a man named Tom Holmes, and 1
think it's a bloody big roattor to her."
"Who's waiting for me?" croaked
Pablo.
"Why, Bess Devon Is."
"What are you talking about?"
asked Pablo; "didn't I see you buy the
wedding ring for her."
FOUND IT HARD TO GET REST.
Woman Had Multiplicity ef Reasons
for Insomnia.
Tho woman who boastR that she
never sleeps well has many reasons at
her tonguo's end, nnd nobody dares
dtsputo them. Thorc is ono woman In
particular who has no family, and
spends her life In traveling and visit
ing. She therefore has an opportunity
to test all sorts of places.
"I can't sleep in Now York on ac
count of tho elevated trains that run
within a block of Cousin James'
house," sho explained to a friend ono
day, "and In Philadelphia thero is
an electric light that shlncB from tho
corner right on my bedroom wall, and
I never wlsn to havo blinds closed.
"In Boston my friends llvo on a
street through which tho milk carts
como very early.
"In Washington, at tho Duncans',
there's a dog, and he's liable to bark
at any time, so I keep expecting to
hear him, even when he doesn't
In Buffalo, at Henry's, thoro's a
cuckoo clock that keeps waking mo
up. When I'm with the Sallsburys I
just lie and listen to tho sen booming
and splashing all night long. And at
dear Anna's, of course, thero are
babies."
"I should think you'd love to go out
to tlio Henderson's," said tho eym-
pathetic friend. "Right in tho woods,
and no farm animals, llko hens, or
anything to disturb you."
"Tho Hendersons'!" and the sufferor
from Insomnia raised her eyes to
heaven. "My dear, I tried it once, nnd
tho quiet was so fearful! I never
closed my eyes till daylight!" Youth's
Companion.
Causes for Stupidity In Children.
Tho teacher should bo a closo ob
server of his pupils, and should know
when they are falling in bodily stam
ina as well as when they are not keep
ing up their scholarship record.
Many children havo defective eye
sight, and suffer for want of properly
adjusted glasses. Their astigmatism,
myopia, or sdme other error refrac
tion, does not cause serious discomfort
until the eye strain required to accom
modate the vision for close work
brings on headache, irritability of tem
per and digestive disorders, which so
often perplex even the' physician, who
falls to look in tho right direction for
the causes ot these disorders.
Often little consideration Is shown
the stupid members of a class. Tho
dull boy or girl Is always expected to
bo at the foot, yet tho cause of tho
dullness may be only natural timidity
duo to Imperfect hearing, mouth
breathing, the result of enlarged ton
sils, nasal catarrh, or growth In the
nose, all of which conditions can eas
ily be relieved. The health would bo
more vigorous, and the normal activ
ity of the brain would be manifested
in Increased ability to acquire knowl
edge. How Monkeys Sleep.
"Look at them," said tho keeper
softly. "A pretty sight, Isn't It?" Tho
rays of the lantern did not awaken '
the multitude of monkeys asleep in .
tho great cage. They lay In a hun-1
dred attitudes. Hero a slumbering
mother held her slumbering baby In
her arms; there a formldablo male
lay by himself in a cleared space; a
fat monkey in a corner snored. Not
one of theso monkeys slept on his
back.
"Do you see?" said the keeper.
"They He on their sides, on" their
stomachs, every which way, but there
isn't one a-lying on his back. There
never is. No monkey ever was found
sleeping on his back. Sometimes as
I consider their intelligence and their
manifold virtues It seems to me that
the fact that monkeys never sleep on
their backs is the chief difference be
tween them and human beings."
A Dream of Opulence.
Were 1 n multimillionaire
I'd have a lot of thlnp:
Mv pomp and splendor should compare
With earth's most potent kings.
I'd build a score of churches great
In which I seldom knelt;
I'd own a forested estate
Where shada I never felt.
I'd have a pay roll full of names
Of folks I never knew,
And pictures set In mnsslvo frames
Which I would seldom view.
I'd build great palaces wltti rooms
Where I might walk alone.
And splendid gardens rich with blooms
Which died to me unknown. -
A lot of colleges I'd rear
Whose precepts I d not heed;
And libraries both far und near.
With books I'd never read
Awake or dreaming night and day,
I'd nurse my golden store
Where others worked eight hours u day
I'd toll ths twenty four
Washington Star.
Lese Majesty a Heinous Crime.
One hundred and twenty-five para
graphs of the German statute book
are devoted to detailing how fine or
imprisonment may beearned by that
most henious of crimes, leze majesty,
Words or action, private or public, are
liable to be challenged, and there is
nothing In law to prevent one or
two people talking together denounc
ing the other lor speaking disrespect
fully of the wlelder of the mailed fist
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MIbs Allco Roosevelt sot foot on f
American soil at San Francisco, Oct.
23, after a long tour In the far East
Sho arrived on the steamer Siberia
from Japan. E. II. Hnrriman, tho
railroad magnate, was also on board.
To the friends who greeted her
Miss Alice told wonderful tales of tho
sights she witnessed in tho orient, of
tho gifts henped upon her by dusky
PRESENT TIME IS THE BEST.
Refutation of Nonsense About the
"Good Old Days."
Sir Edward Fry, a scholar and a
gentleman of the old school, has been
lecturing in London before the Blr
bock collcgo on tho passing of tho
good old times when llfo was so much
more joyous, and n venorablo gentle
man of Brooklyn writes to tho New
York Times to stato his own recollec
tion of "the good old days." This cor
respondent is about tho same ago as
Sir Edward, but ho does not lament
the passing of tho times which tho
Drltish gentlemnn recalls with so
much regret. And why?
Those are some of tho significant
teasons why tho gentleman of Brook
lyn does not mourn tho "good old
days." Ho recalls that when ho was
a lad he was present at tho trial of
a body of workmen in an iron foundry
who were convicted of conspiracy and
imprisoned for having struck for high
er wages. Ho remembers that in
those days the great majority of me
chanics could not read or write, that
tho lowest priced nowspaper cost C
cents, and was entirely beyond tho
reach of the working people if they
had been ablo to read it. In those
"rare old, fair old .golden dayB" thero
was little life, ho says, for the work
ers but days ot hopeless drudgery, re
lieved by nights of drunkenness.
The gentleman's conclusion is that
tho best dayB are the present days,
for the great mass of mankind.
IDEAS IN JAPANESE CARTOONS.
Artists Severe on Negotiators of the
Peace Treaty.
Somo ot tho Japanese papers print
od immediately after the news of the
acceptance of the peace terms becarao
known contain Illustrations depicting
the prevailing sentiment In the
Hochi Bhimbun (Tokyo) of Sept 4
there is one entitled "Tho End ot tho
Game," in which Baron Rosen and M.
WItte, tho latter with his tonguo out,
are soon holding opposite ends of a
string which they are pulling tightly,
strangling Baron Komura, while Pres
ident Roosevelt sits near by, with a
severe aspect, playing on the samlBen,
the Japanese guitar.
At Yokohoma tho Boyekl of Sept 3
has a cartoon representing Baron
Komura on a scaffold painting tho
rising sun black, his official colleagues
helping him. Count Katsura, the prime
minister, has his portrait surrounded
by skeleton hcadB of Japanese soldiers
killed in the war on tho ono side and
tho angry faces of the populace on the
other.
In the Hochi Shlmbun of Sopt 5
Baron Komura's portrait is shown
flanked by two grotesque figures, that
on the left with a long iron instru
ment covered with spikes, and the
other with a Samurai sword. Tho
two figures signify that he should
have his tongue torn out.
Monkey With Spectacles.
In tho Breslau Zoological Gardens
thero is a spider monkey which was
operated upon for cataract and now
wears glasses. For more than a year
after It -wnn received nt the zoo It was
very healthy and lively, then it be-
camo very quiet, ceased to play, and
! crouched in a corner. It was exam
ined and found to be suffering from
cataract, so was immediately taken
to tho eye hospital and operated upon.
In less than a month it was fitted
with a pair of spectacles, which It
wears with becoming gravity.
7&m k
monnrchs, of her visit to tho empress
of China, ot tho "proposal" mado to
her by the much-married sultan ot
Sulu, and of hor experiences In tho
Philippines.
But sho-dcclurcd that sho was de
lighted to get back to her native land,
and that the attractions of America
wero not approached by tho strango
scones in tho comic opera countries
sho had, visited.
KEEPING THE "WIRES" CLEAR.
Device to Prevent Air Messages From
Interfering.
In ordor to provent wlroloss mes
sages from interfering with ono an
other, endeavors have been mado to
send electrical waves only in ono
direction, as luminous signals aro
given off from a concave mirror. Prof.
Braun has been engaged In experi
ments of this kind, and In a locturo
boforo tho Strasburg University Asso
ciation of Electricians and Natural
ists ho announced that these experi
ments had como to successful con
clusion. Prof. Drnun's methods are
based on tho fact that thrco nntennao
arranged in tho angles of a regular
trlanglo aro excited by wnyes of tho
same periodicity, but of different
phases. The Inventor states that one
of tho threo nntennao begins vibrat
ing by 1-250,000 of a second earlier or
later than tho two others, this differ
onco in tlmo being kept up, accord
ing to experiments, with an accuracy
of about one second in threo years.
This will result In different radiation
according to tho difference of tho
space, and by simply inverting a
crank tho direction of maximum ef
fects can bo shifted by GO or 120 de
grees. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Spectacle of the Lobbyist.
Tho profession of lobbying makes
men inexpressibly coarse, disgusting
ly sly and dlscouragingly pessimistic
on tho subject of human character.
No man can be a lobbyist without be
ing all things to all mon. With tho
religious humbug bo must affect a
sanctimonious demeanor. With the
rake he must bo ready to exchange
luscious Jests and prurient stories.
With tho dull, pragmatic purist he
must be tho sly, sleek hypocrito until
he lands his thick-witted victim. All
these activities are severe enough up
on tho character of tho lobbyist, but
when ho knows that they are perhaps
only preliminary to caBh payment it
Is scarcely to bo wondered at that the
professional lobbyist becomes a sick
ening reptilian spectacle in tho eyes
of honest mon. Minneapolis Journal.
Gold In Madagascar.
Consul Hunt of Tamatave writes
that there aro bright prospects of gold
being found In fairly large quantities
In Madagascar. He says the exports
of gold in 1303 and 1904 amountou to
4,211 and 5,423 pounds, respectively.
The gold output of 1905 was 6,621.5
pounds, valued at $1,477,500, Quito
a largo number of persons are pros
pecting for gold, but most of them are
men who have had little experience
in prospecting. What Is noeded is
experts. Gold dirt has been found
that yields 134.70 per metric ton (2 200
pounds). Gold-bearing reefs and al
luvial deposits have been found In
various parts of tho island. Some
have attracted a great deal ot atten
tion. Smoking Extraordinary.
Tho Spaniards are tho most export
smokers in the world. A native takes
a heavy pull at his cigarette, Inhales
tho smoke, takes up a wine skin or
bottle, pours half a pint down his
throat, holding tho vessel a foot from
his mouth without spilling a drop,
and then with a sigh bt satisfaction
closes his eyes and exhales tho smoko
from his nose and mouth' in clouds.
He will also inhale the smoko, cop
verse for a few minutes in a natural
manner, and then blow out the
smoke.
N A..
Tho decision of the circuit court for
tlio northern district ot Now York
was confirmed.
WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL GUN.
Composition of the 16-Inch Breech
loading Rifle.
Describing tho making ot tho most
powerful gun In tho world, Day Allen
Wllloy says, In "Tho Tochnlcal World
Magazine:"
"Technically this great 'peacemak
er' Is called a lG-lnch breech loading
rlflo. It is, porhaps, unnecessary to
say that tho '16 Inchon' refers to tho
dlametqr ot tho boro, of the calibre.
In fact, this is so largo that a man ot
ordinary slzo can crawl inside tho
muzzlo without difficulty. A better
idea of the gun can bo gained when it
is stated that tho forgings for tho
tubo and jacket weigh no less than
184 tons. Tho tubo itself is 49 feot
In length, and, ns tho gun Is ot tho
bulltup typo favored by artillery offl
cors of tho present day, it is reinforc
ed at tho base by tho jacket, which
waB shrunk into position. The tubo
Is further strengthened by four sets
of hoops, which really make It of four
thicknesses of metal betwoea tao con
tro of tho tubo and tho breech."
BROWNSON NOW REAR ADMIRAL
Well-Known Naval Officer Advanced
a Step in the Service.
Wlllard H. Brownson, one ot the
beat known naval officers In tho ser
vico has been promoted to the rank
of rear admiral. For several years
ho was superintendent ot the naval
academy at Annapolis. Rear Admiral
Brownson is now In command of the
powerful armored cruiser squadron
which consists of tho West Virginia
(flagship), Colorado, Maryland and
Pennsylvania. Ho brought President
Roosovelt back from Now Orleans on
the flagship.
Rockefeller Would Play Violin.
John D. Rockefeller, denied the sol
aco of teaching a bible class because
of his physical condition, is learning
to play the violin. He is said to be
making considerable progress, though
as yet he is the rawest kind ot an
amateur. He was rather discouraged
tho other day when a friend told him
of Victor Herbert's advice as to learn
ing to master the 'cello: "Simplest'
thing In tho world. All you have to
do is buy your 'cello, secure a com
petent instructor and then practice
about eight hours a day for three
years."
Macla'ren Talks of Life Work.
Ian Maclaren la -retiring from tho
Congregational ministry, Those who
havo folt tho charm of his work aa an.
author will bo interested In his con-
elusions concerning his work and Its
methods, deducted from the ripe ex
perience of his long public career.
"If I were beginning instead pf clos
ing my career," he said, "I would be
careful about three things In partic
ular: I should preach shorter ser
mons; I should be more attentive to
my English, and I should preach
more comfortingly," '
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