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SiSi DOINGS
Topc Leo's Tri-Oate Car.
At Clvlta Vccchln, Italy, Is stored a
gorgeously glided mllwny car which In
Jthc private proporty of I'opo Leo. It
was built nearly fifty years ago by his
predecessor In the papal chair, anil Is
one of the
most re
mark a I) 1 c
rn I I w a y
cara In ex
istence. Its
roof In sup
ported b y
the figures
of 1 h r e o
carved angels, covered with gold and
silver. Its copper dome bean a series
of beautiful paintings by Oeioiuc. The
Interior of the car Is divided Into it
series of rooms, the outer being for
the reception of the papal guard. Jle
liliul it Is the throne room, In which
the Pontiff sits while ho blesses the
crowds which throng about the car on
Its Journeys. At least that was the
Idea when tho car waa built. Aa u
matter of fact, the Pope has never
made but ono Journey In his private
car, going from Homo to Nnplci many
years ago. Slnco that time the car has
never been Used, and thlovns havo cut
from their frnmes many of tho beau
tiful paintings which originally orna
mented the cnr. At the rear of tho
thronc room Is tho oratory, fitted with
u bonutlf-.l altar and surmounted by n
magnificent pnlntlng by (Jerome.
Color Line in London.
An attempt to draw tho color lino
In London has resulted In failure.
When It came to light that some 200
colored delegates to tho ecumenical
council In Wesley ohapol wore to bo
guoHts at ono of tho big west end ho
tels a number of wealthy American
Kticsts were unitized nnd entered nu In
dignant protest. They assured the
proprietor thnt stioh a thing would not
bu permitted In tho United States, and
demanded that tho colored delegates
bo accommodated In a separate part of
tho hotel. Ho declined to Interfere.
nnd his aristocratic American gucat
O.IUI ins nosioiry.
The proprietor Is quote.! ns saying
"I could not think of offering tin Insult
to such men ns Hlshop Derrick of Now
York, UIbIiop Jnnnur- of Philadelphia,
Hlshop Gaines of Atlanta and Ulniiop
Arnctt. T told tho Amorlrans that
when the Indian princes woro hero no
ono objected to meet them, and I do
not propose to mnkovany distinction at
tho expense of the Africans."
News and views
Tho &ehuantcpoo "Railttmy. j
Mrs. Alec Twcedle's lntercs:lng ar
ticle In the Fortnightly Hevlew on tho
new railway route across the Isthmus
of Tehuantopec cnlls nttcntlon to tho
fact thnt tho transcontinental railway's
of tho United States soon will havo a
formidable rival In certain kinds of
freight business, This railway from
the Gulf of Mexico to tho Pacific ocean
was completed by the, Mexican govern
ment In 1805, but lack of hnrborB nt
both tormlnnls has prevented any ex
tensive use of the liii" for freight trans-1
imitation. A new em will begin fif
teen months hence, when Weetmnn
Pom-son, a British capitalist, will have
completed two fine harbors, construct
ed at n cost of $15,000,000, and will be
gin operating tho railway under a mon
opoly concession lnstlng fifty years.
With the opening of this road for
heavy freight there Is likely to bo an
extensive chnngo In the occan-to-occnn
traffic. The distance across the Isth
mus of Tehuantopec la shorter than
thnt across Nicaragua, whllo tho now
route Im fiOO miles nearer to the United
States than N'lcarngua and 1,300 miles
nearer than Panama. Tho gain over
the Pnnnmn rotito will be 1.205 miles
between New York and San Francisco,
or 2.010 miles between New Orleans
and Han Fhinclsco.
15 he WeeKly I HE
"Panorama.
CREAT A A
M STEEL STHIK.E
"CO Oman as a Gardner.
A new field of usefulness has of Into
been entered by two or three women
who havo found It to b so profitable,
so healthful and so pleasant that other
women will bo likely to enter tho samq
flold ere long, Lnndacnps architectures
or gardening Is something thnt any
woman of taste, Intelligence und de
termination can engage In with n good
Girl Appeals to Trcsidant.
Friends nnd brothers in arms of
Phlneas Fonts, the American soldlot
who has been condemned to death for
the murder of his sweetheart nnd l!
now In prison at Ccbu, have espoused
MRS. E. A. M'CREA.
chanco of success If she has real abil
ity for tho work. Miss lieatrlx Jones
of New York nnd Mrs. A. K. McCrca,
now of Marquette, Mich., havo demon
strated thnt women can attain a very
high degree of success In this field of
labor.
Mrs, McCrea Is now consulting ar
chitect of tho city of Marquette, nnd
alio la doing excellent work In bring
ing about reforms along tho line of
city Improvement. Tho board of edu
cation of Mnrquctto has recently ap
propriated $1,000 for the decoration of
tho school grounds of tho city, nnd tho
work Ih being dono under the direction
of Mrs. McCrcn.
Utuo Snakes May Groto as One.
Occasionally a college professor who
Ib liberated from his books nnd turned
looso In the green fields nnd byways
of nnturo makes a discovery that Is of
real pcrmnnent valuo to humanity.
A PICTURE ILLUSTRATING THE KIND OF HARD WORK FROM WHICH THE STRIKERS HAVE 11EEN EN
JOYING A VACATION THE TEMPERATURE IN A ROLLING MILL GENERALLY RANGES FROM 115 TO 130.
The JSfeta Torpedo Boa.t Destroy err.
The thrco torpedo-boat destroyers i work; and in the successfit. mannge-
launched at the yard of tho Maryland t ment of such n vessel, her whole com
Steel Works recently arc csseu- plement from the skipper down to tho
tlally typical of the whole class of slx-
G. A. K. Delegate "Bad tic.
The only ofllclnl bndgo which will bo
worn by delegates to tho Gruud Army
encampment ut Cleveland Is u medal
lion In gold nnd bronze and a yellow
ribbon, ' Upon it appears tho emblem
OFFICIAL G, A. It. ENCAMPMENT
BADGE,
of tho Grand Army, tho son! of Ohio,
figure of a soldier nnd u sudor and pic
tures of tho soldiers und Bailors and
tho Garfield monuments. Tho bndgo 1b
inscribed: "Delegate, Thirty-fifth Nn
tlonul G. A, R. Encampment. Septem
ber 9-14, 1001. Cleveland." Thero tiro
1,000 of these badges. Thoy will bo
distributed by Gon. F. M. Sttrrott, nd
jutnnt-gcneral, to the dolegntoa either
from hendqunrters at St. Louis or nt
tho cuenmpmont In Cleveland. No
body except u delegate, will bo per
inltted to luivo ono They are fur
nlshed by the Grand Army executive
committee.
NINA FOUTS.
his cnuno nnd aro taking vigorous steps
to secure pardon or a commutation of
sentence for him. Powerful political
Influences havo been enlisted, but llttlo
hope "for tho success of tho movement
la ontortalned. Meinbom of compnny
L, Tenth Ohio volunteer Infantry of
Zanesvllle, wftb whom Fonts served
during tho Spanish-American war,
havo sent an appeal to President Mc-
Klnley. Goitcinl E, C. Ilrush, ono of
Sonntor Forakor's closest personal nnd
political friends In Ohio, has addressed
a personal letter to tit u president, nnd
both tho Ohio senators havo prom
ised their support, Miss Nina Fonts,
the condemned man's pretty young sis
ter, recently visited President McKIn-
loy nt hla homo and tho chief executive
promised to do what ho could for the
soldier.
FontB' friends hasn their fight on tho
plea of temporary Insanity, Tho foro
man Undor whom tho young miin for
merly worked at n Zanesvlllo factory
and sovoral ofllcors under whom Fonts
served stato that ho wns queer ut
times, but never violent. In lottors rc
eolved by friends Fouls deals with his
crlpio nnd probable fate almost Indif
ferently.
The crime tor which tho young sol
dim Is under nonteneo of death Is the
murder of Senora Geuovlova Torres of
Cobu, whore Fonts was atutloncd. The
couplo, It seems, became mutually In
taiiiaicu, mil tue young woman s par
cuts objected on account of the sol
dlor'a nationality. Fouta slow his
Hweotheart with a sword cane, mnng
ling her In a terrlblo manner. Sonorti
ToItcb was n meinbor of u promlnont
Spanish Filipino family und was beau
tlfuL
Whllo camping on Indian Creek, out teen authorized by Concrcss In 1808,
In Colorado, Professor Dickson of Yale Just nftcr tho declaration of war with
succeeded In demonstrating after ro- Spain. Tho country ut Inrgo was com-
pentcd experiments thnt two snakes forted by thnt provision, but had It
could bo welded together so that tho known thnt threo years would pass ere
two bodies will unite nnd continue to ono of them should be ready for trial
grow ns ono. Ho sowed tho rear nan
of an tiddcr to tho front half of a rat-
tlesnako, nnd nftcr twenty-four hours
his scientific soul was onrapturod by
tho Bight of tho rattler swishing thq
It la doubtful thnt tho appropriation
would havo carried with It a present
dense of security. Strikes nnd the dif
ficulty in getting structural steel have
much to do with the deluycd comple
tall of tho adder about as though iqUon cf nil of tho "destroyer" class bc-
belongcd to him. Of courso there waa
a look of Biirprlso nnd disappointment
In tho fnco of tho rattler when ho
found that ho must drng tho tall of tho
silent adder through life, but It was
noted Hint his sting was Just as deadly
as over and that thero was no abate
ment of bodily energy.
yond the original time limit of eight
cen months), hut tho nowness of that
type of work has nlso been a conald-
orablo handicap.
The British torpedo-boat destroyer,
to-day, represents a good many years
of tollsomo and heart-breaking cxporl-
humblest stoker must tako a vory
nctlvo and a, very skillful hand. To
keep these boilers working at their
topmost demands a constant, weary,
wearing attention, nnd to hold to a
given course n creation Unit travels
with tho speed of n startled deer is
something demanding n firm grip, n
clear head and tho steadiest of eyes
nnd nerves.
Tho torpedo-boat destroyer Is only
the torpedo-boat magnified; the mos
quito multiplied into tho gadfly, with
all that such nil Increase would natur
ally carry In tho way of BpeeJ, endur
ance und wickedness of possible per
formance. Whon tho boats just launched were
conceived the ofllclnl mind was atlll
full of the recollection of thoso Span-
apced In overy line. When ready for
actual scrvlco they will represent a
dead weight or total displacement of
420 tons, und It will bo possible for
them to operate In waters not exceed
ing nine feet In depth. Their relative
ly shallow draught gives thorn a par
ticularly wide rnngo of action, and
promises to maKo them especially
effective In safeguarding tho broad
reaches of many of our bays and rivers
nnd the land-locked waters of certain
portions of our southern coast.
Unlike tho destroyers of tho British
servlco. our boats aro not built with a
turtle back forwurd, but, Instead, tho
bows nro cnrrled straight up, tho pur
poso being, first, to prevent tho boats
burying their head in u seaway, und
then to provide moro commodious
qtinrters for the crew of some GO odd
persons. This may seem to bo a
minor matter, but It is really of prlmo
The -President's yacht.
Formor yacht Mayflower, owned by
J. Ogden Goelct, now In the American
navy, Is to be used as tho president's
private boat.
JVoted French Composer "Dies.
Edmund Audrun, tho French com
poser who died In Purls Inst week nt
the age of CO, was beat known In Amur
lea for his opera, "Lu Mascotte,"
Territorial Tariff Question.
Tho decision of tho Treasury depart
ment In tho Porto Rico coffee cano la,
of course, tho only ono that could have
been reached under tho Fornker law
nnd tho recent presidential proclama
tion suspending the Hi per cent tariff
und extending tho Dlugley net to tho
now territory, Porto Rco Is now part
of the United States and of tho frco
trade union, and she can havo no spo
elul duties and exemptions. She la
naturally pleased with the change, but
alio desired u & per cent duty upon
Brazilian coffee and contended that
this duty was not affected by tho ro
moval of tho Fornker tariff.
Having been overruled on this point,
It Is announced thnt congress will be
Fall "Ri-dcr Cotton Mills.
Tho Fall River manufacturers of
common print cloths who Iiuyo given
notlco of n cut In wages do not tako
kindly to the suggesting thnt they cut
down their production Instead and
thus gtvo tho mnrkct a chanco to nb
Borb surplus stocks nnd opon tho way
for u stiffening of prices. Thoso man
ufacturers way with soino truth that
if thoy woro to rcduco production
whllo their competitors did not tho lat
ter alone would bo tho gainers. Re
duced production to bo really cffectlvo
must bo genernl. There aro so many
cotton mllln and thoy nro so widely
distributed thnt unanimity of action is
Impossible, At the aamo tlmo tho Tex
tile Manufacturers' Journal has Its
doubts whether tho cut In wages; It
inude, will ndd materially to tho profits
of the Fall River mills, It says that
i price reduction may como ns a con-
senuonco of the wngo reduction. Man-
ufaRuroro seldom retain any boneflt
from speclnl advantages. Tho buyor
Is usually tho bonctlclnry. The fact
of the matter Is thnt thoro Is so much
competition lu the manufacture of
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A TYPE OF THE NEW TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS BEING CONSTRUCTED FOR THE U. S. NAVY.
menting, combined with a money out
lay mounting way up In tho millions,
backed by n record of failure such, per
haps, as only a phlegmntle English
public would countenance. From an
engineering standpoint, tho destroyer
is tho very exemplification of the pres- j
out cllmnx of too tut; she Is the race- j
horse of the sea, anil. In performance,
her fast-moving screws far outdo tho
record of the fleetest of locomotives,
In form of hull contrlbutlve to speed
nnd seaworthiness, within tho llmlfd
compass of such n modest-sized craft,
fsli destroyers tho finest products of
Uritlsh slilp yuids, thnt had filled the
whole nation nnd no Hinnll number of
our fleet with a goodly sense of ap
prehension; nnd the Whipple nnd her
mates may best bo termed the Spanish
Terror Improved.
These vessels havo greatly outgrown
tho Cushlng. the first of our torpedo
craft, nnd a boat thnt haa vary recent
ly gono through a pretty thrilling ex
lmportnnep; for the endiiranco of a de
stroyor setting nsldo for the nounco
tho question of coul and water sup
plyIs In direct ratio to tho physical
endurance of tho crew.
At full speed, and under the stress of
warfare, tho nervous tux upon the
complement of u torpedo boat destroy
er Is something closely akin to tho ten
sion upon nn engineer making record
tlmo over u roadway suspected of
porlenco In n stormy run from Nor-1 wenkness; and anything that may con
folk
hor
to Now York
mates nro 216
Tho Whipple nnd
feet long, with a
common cottons thnt whllo mills which tho destroyer likewise typifies the an- maximum benni of only 2.1 feet; their
havo now nnd improved machinery and
nro well mtinagcd are able to mako
money mills with Inforlor machinery
cannot do so unless thoy can bent
down their workmcn'B wages. Tho
omploycB nt Fnll Rlvor tiro not ready
to submit to the proposed cut, nnd It
it is liiBtsted on thoro will bo an ugly
Inuor wur m that city.
promo cunning of the naval architect's long, flno, clean cut hulls bnopoaking
which
EDMOND AUDRAN.
ho composed In 1881. It
j "Ruined Cruiser.
After tho navy department had de
cided to stop using tho old Vermont as
u receiving ship at tho Brooklyn navy-
yard It concluded to uao tho cruiser
Columbia for that purpose. Tho ves
sel waa towed from the Iaguo Island
navy yard, whero It had been lnld up
for the last two years, to Brooklyn.
After Ita iirrlval thero an officer wns
Incorporation for 7nions.
was it H Biauiu iu u iiispaicn mini ruts-
bright and tuneful nnd had u long run "g that certain otllcora of (the United quoted na aaylng that tho machinery
In New York, Chlcngo ami nil tho oth- mates aicoi corporation havo an- of the Colunibln, which cost $U00,000,
or larse cities of tho United Status, nounced a now policy toward tho wns roveri'il with rilt thnt nnt n ntanm
urged to re-ennct a Bpeclal tariff law Tlio most popular nir in tlila opera wns auuwkuuiiiicu association. uenco- pump would work, und thnt only the
to protect Porta Rico coffoo nsnlnst railed "When r uolioiu," but It was Jorui moro win oo no tieanngs, nogoti- uao of hnnd pumps kent the vessol
hotter Known ns "The UotiUlo Huot, cuiueruuccs wun inai oouy, afloat,
It always' received numerous encores vvnouicr ror a sottlomom of the present
1 ........ 1... k .. . in i I t t'illilA rtt f lint iiti fnnan it 111 It ...
' iu uv,y wm8uiUB uo 7" z . r" " " ko. u. total C0Et boi.,B $5looo,
Brazilian conipetltlon. Hnwill may
maKo common cause with Iter slstor
torfi'ory, us alio too Hitffors from tho i
itnporiauotj or jirnziiitui coftco.
Tho Columbia was built about ten
destroyer, and wna extremely swift,
crossing the ocean once at an avorag9
spoed of 22.8 knotB per hour. It cost
too much money and wnB too good a
ship to havo been allowed to degener
ate Into Its present unserviceable con
dition. Tho Now York. Texas, Detroit,
and Machlna, btillt about the same
time, nro still In active service.
1 00(, It was designed as u commerce
President Castro's Statement.
President Castro of Venezuela evi
dently has ii wholesome regard for tho
opinion of tho American people.
Though not absolutely unprecedented,
It la rather unusual for the head of n
government to address to the citizens
nf a foreign nation nn explanation of
his conduct. Yet President Castro In a
trlbuto to rest and physical recovery Is
a consequent promlso of bettor per
formance In tho hours of sorest trial.
They may bo Jn commission by 1902.
mcssago from bis secretary Jimt pub
lished lias practically dono this un
usunl thing.
Secretnry Cardonas. speaking for his
chief, asserts that the present govern
ment of Colombia has been fomenting
Insurrection In Venezuela, and that
Venezuela has been Invaded by Co
lombian troops, Ho avers that tlieso
cliargos are confirmed by official Co
lombian publications, nnd not denied
by the Colombian envoy at Caracas. Ho
sayB Venezuela has repulsed tho In
vasion, nnd massed troops on her fron
tier to provent Us recurrence "Ven
ezuela has not," ho adds, "accepted tho
Invasion as an international attack by
tho people of Colombia," but blamea
only tho present Colombian government.
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