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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1897)
SSwSPf.! gaflhiii'i : " j mi " awisnrfii ar . CHYin GIYESTEH OAYSMORE J- A. BURROWS AND OTHERS IN THE FIELD. Hew the School Fund Is being mad Prosperous The School Land is being Leased Rapidly The Prem iums Good and Strong. Lincoln, Neb., Sept 30. Hon. Jay Burrows will stump the state for the onion ticket. The demands for the little campaign book, "Nebraska Re deemed," are exceeding anything ex pected. One county orders 100 for ten precinct. Mr. Bryan will give about ten days' time to the Nebraska campaign, in addition to the appointments already Bade by him. Your correspondent was at Mr. Bryan's home, and found him as usual, working like a never tiring beaver. Letters, telegrams and visitors were pouring in on him all the time, and it is astonishing to watch him dispatch the work which he is compelled to do. Of course, he evinces a keen interest in Nebraska's cam paign however one is compelled to think of him more as a United States man that as a Nebraskan, Judge John J. Sullivan will not Bake any speeches during the cam paign. Investments made by State Treas urer Meserve of money belonging to the permanent school fund in gen eral fund warrants, from August to September 24, inclusive, amount to 48,070, or on an average about a thousand dollars per day. The inter est on a year's investment at this rate, aay three hundred thounsand dollars, takes the handsome sum of f25,000 as an addition to the temporary school (and. The temporary school fund on Sep tember 25 contained $269,000, and there are three months' taxes yet to be re ceived by the slate treasurer before December 6, the day on which the semi-annual apportionment will be made. Up to the present time Land Com missioner Wolfe has leased over 120, 00 acres of the public school land, which the old officials declared was not worth having, nor wanted by any body. The people not only wanted these lands, but they paid Uncle Jake Wolfe over $6,000 in premiums for the privilege of leasing them. This is a pretty good way o make a wave of prosperity wash up against the sides ot the school houses of Nebraska. COLLEGE GIRL BOOTBLACK. Made Enough Money to Take a Course at Vassar. Denver, Sept. 30. Miss Lu Verne Elizabeth Hall, the plucky Denver girl who has been conducting a ladies' bootblacking establishment to earn money for a college education, leaves the Western city today for Poughkeep le, where she will matriculate at Vas sar for a four years' course. Miss Hall has been extremely suc cessful in her undertaking; in fact, the revenues from bootblacking during the summer were sufficient to guarantee at least a year's tuition. She will not close her establishment, which is situ ated right in the heart of the shopping district of Denver, but will continue to run it throughout the four years. The business is no longer an expsri- mentf it has been so thoroughly ad vertised that hundreds of ladies from every section of the city are now reg ular patrons. While Miss Hall is pur suing her studies in the East a youug woman who has acted as cashier will look after the business, and a hai! dozen uniformed attendants will do the "shining." The novel business was conceived early in the summer. The girl's par ents did not have the means to asaibt her in a college education, and as or dinary work at a salary would not en able her to get together the necessary funds, she sought some other way out of the difficulty. Miss Hall, with com mendable foresight, decided upon the bootblacking idea as the one most practicable. She accordingly rented space in the rear of a confectionery store in th? downtown district and hung out her sign. One colored man was employed. and be was busy a very small pat I of the time for the first week or so. W hen the object of Miss Hall's venture be came noised about the business showed signs of improvement. . The rusa did aot commence, however, until the newspapers told in detail all about the enterprise and the young woman back of It. In three weeks Miss Hall Increased her force to three men and enlarged her parlors to keep pace with her rapidly growing trade. Later on it got "to be a "fad" to patronize Miss Hall, and within a remarkably brief period ahe and her admirers were rejoicing over the fact that the success of the thing exceeded her most sanguine ex pectations. By the 1st of August the force numbered seven people, a cashier and six "shiners," who have been kept busy almost constantly ever since. Hiss Hall, who is very modest, was delighted over the success of her ven ture, but was much grieved because the public has seen fit to regard her as something of a curlouslty. She 1h of the brunette type, with a wealth of dark and large expressive eyes, which some one has declared to be heavenly. Che has fine features and her figure is veil rounded and graceful. The receipts from her bootblacking parlors during the month of August aggregated nearly $1,000. Some idea of the fame that Miss Hall has so strangely acquired can be gained from the fact that for the past six weeks her all reached several hundred letters weekly. These letters came from every state la the Union. Some of the writers soagratnlatlng her for her pluck, others csmtalaed off era for financial aid and - chooJIng. while not a few were frtyewM of marriage. Miss Hall em f 'yed a typewriter and replied to all, -1 aktag them for the Interest dls , i Til la her behalf, bat declining their .cm. , , JLaoag the proposals of marriage THE CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT. Denies a False Statement Going the Rounds of the Kepubllcan Press. The chairman of Iowa's democratic committee has issued the following card: "In view of the false statements now being industriously circulated by the republican press in Iowa and else where that Mr. Bryan is being paid for hia campaign in this state, I wish to say, first, that Mr. Bryan paid hia own expenses in coming here. Second, that he insisted in paying his own ex penses while here, but this I would not permit. Third, that he has made a most liberal cash contribution to the campaign fund in Iowa. I characterize as absolutely untrue the statement that he Is paid for his services. He is not paid 1 cent or any other amount by either the state or local committees, either to him direct or any other person for him. The pa pers publishings these matters have said that his speeches at fairs and elsewhere commanded $500 each. If this be true, they should give him credit, in addition to his cash donation to our fund, for a contribution to the cause in Iowa of at least $9,000, for he makes eighteen speeches in this cam paign. "Further, I have personal knowledge that Mr. Bryan refuses absolutely all offers of money for speaking at any time except at places where admission Is charged generally, such as fairs, etc., and at that he refuses to speak at all at such places within a state while a political campaign ts in progress in such states. Time will demonstrate whether the opposition papers which were eo ready to publish false state ments to show the avarice of Mr. Bryan will publish these real facts which prove his exceeding generousity. C. A. WALSH, Chairman. UP GOES THE RATES. Eastern Railroads Put a Stop to Cut Rates. Omaha, Sept 30. It developed yes terday that the foreign railroads hav ing Omaha connections had restored the rates on freight which existed ear ly this spring. During the summer these railroads cut the rates all to pieces, each be ing charged by the other lines with making "blind" rates on carload ship ments. As a consequence of this rate war rates have gone down in some in stances so low that the lines hauling the freight have made no money at all. The business affected was eastern freight west bound; that is, consign ments made east of Chicago and bound for the west over such lines as had eastern roads of their own and kept agents in Omaha, A representative of one of the big gest eastern lines said when asked about It: "The fact in the case is that the rates have been restored three or four days, but the matter has not been given any publicity." The restoration of the rates on these lines in no wav affects the low rates made on coal from Chicago to Omaha by the regular Omaha lines. THE FRENCH WHEAT CROP. Official Report to the Government Shows Big Shortage. "Washington, D. C.Sept. 30. The of ficial statement of the wheat product of France for this year as made up from the rfports to the French govern ment by the prefects of the several department?, has been furnished to the state department by United States Con sul Bruyot at St. Ettimne. The product was 88,556,890 hectoli tres (a hectolitre being two bushels and 3.35 pecks), against 119,742,142 for 1896 and 119.967,745 in 1S95. A leading flour journal estimates the returns for 1897 to be 88,120,940 hecto litres, as against 125,048,420 for 1896, a decrease of 30,923,580 hectolitres. Appointments For Speakers. The following ar the appointments of the Hon. Richard Dobson: Holdrege, October 6; Elwood, Oc tober 7; Euistis, October 8; Cozad Oc tober 9: Lexington, October 11: Kear ney, October 12; Kenesaw, October 13; Harvard, October 14; Sutton October 15. Colonel Edward Daniels of Omaha will speak at the following places: Blair, October 6; Tekamah, October 7; Pender, October 8; Emerson, Oc tober 9; Dakota City, October 11; Sioux City, October 12; Ponca, Oc tober 13. Attorney General C. J. Smythe and the Hon. E. Van Farrell will address the citizens of Wahr-o October 9 at 2 p. m. The Dobson and Daniels' meetings are in the evening. , BOILED DOWN. Governor Plngree of Michigan, whose friends were anxious about bis where abouts, has been located at Chicago. Dr. A. J- Phelps, a wealthy planter, and lately president of the Mississippi levee board, died last night at Nltta Yuma, Miss. He was Grant's surgeon general In the siege of Vlcksburg. The secretary of the Interior has awarded the contract for the proposed Indian school building at Flandreau, 8. D., to Owen Hllle, on their bid of $40,000, and has signed the contract A coroner's Jury at St Louis decided that Hon. B. F. Lamar of Falrland, I. T., whose body was found in front of the Gaiety theatre with his skull crushed, died from injuries received in falling down a stairway. The will of the late Ogden Goelet was filed for probate at New York City. It places the value of the real estate at more than $5,000,000 and the value of personal property at more than $4,000, 000. Frank E. Nye, for some time su perintendent of the city water office at Chicago, was arrested charged with embexxlement. It Is claimed that Nye entered Into a conspiracy with other employes to defraud the city. Mrs. Martha Moore Avery, the social ist orator was found guilty at Boston of having loitered in a public thorough fare in Rosllndale and obstructed travel on the aldewalk by delivering an ad dress, after having been ordered by a policeman to move on. She wax fined flO oa each count la the complaint TAMMANY IGNORES SILVER. NEW YORK DEMOCRATS NOMI NATE VAN WYCK. Platform on tooal Issues, for Home Rule, Municipal Ownership and Against Raines Law Nomination For Mayor Hissed. For Mayor ..ROBERT A. VAN WYCK For Comptroller .. ..IilRD S. COLEh, For President of Council JACOB RUPPERI New York, Oct. 3. The democratic city convention tonight nominated the above candidates for officers of Greater New York. . The ticket had been agreed upon by the Tammany ex active committe be fore the convention met and the dele gates simply ratified the choice of the leaders. The platform favors home rule and repeal of the Raines law and other restrictions on personal liberty and de mands dollar gas and municipal owner ship of franchises. The nomination evoked disapproval rather than enthusiasm in the conven tion hall. Congressman Ames J. Cummingi was temporary chairman. In his speech on taking the chair, Mr. Cummlngs said: "This is an age in which associated wealth is marshalled, organized and equipped for municipal state and na tional control. Gradually and steadily it has taken possession of the citadel, seized upon all its approaches and now raises its braxen front to terrify all who venture to question its supremacy. "Want, if it does not obey its man dates, Is threatened with greater want Destitution, humiliation, and finally death, follow in its wake. Millions in a day made by a government pawn broker is hailed as a great achievement, while honest wages are deplored as an intolerable burden upon the savings of the pawnbroker." The platform reported by the com mittee on resolutions was adopted. The platform practically Ignores national issues, declaring at the outset: "We regard as the supreme issue of the municipal campaign the inaugura tion of a wise, liberal, honest and dem ocratic government in place of the pres ent costly, wasteful, illiberal and in efficient administration." The platform declares for home rule In city government and denounces the dictation of the state legislature in municipal affairs. Laws that "curtail the personal liberty of the citizens in the pursuit of harmless pleasures," are condemned and their liberal adminis tration Is demanded until they are re pealed. The Raines liquor law is condemned. The public franchise plank declares: "We favor municipal ownership and municipal control of all municipal franchises." The platform demands that the price of gas be reduced to $1 or less per 1,000 feet. The progress of organized labor, the platform views with rej iicing; enforce- j ment of the labor laws is insisted upon i and the "extension of the law of In junction in suppression of the stn:i;g: of the laboring masses" evokes a pro test. The platform pledgps the democratic party to hotter the high schools, im prove rapid transit; recreation grounis, good roads, bicycle paths, small parka and pier gardens. The resolution recently adopted by the democratic union recommending for consideration as candidates for the mayoralty nomination the names uf Robert A. Van Wyck, Hugh J. Grant and Charles W. Dayton were read by the secretary. There were ceers and hisses as the name of each of the gentlemen referred to" was mentioned, but Dayton's name received the most applause. The announcement that Van Wyck was the choice of the convention was the signal for a storm of hisses from a large portion of the audience and from the Brooklyn delegation from the Twenty-flirst district, which it took the band to drown. The name of Bird S. Coler was pre sented for comptroller. Coler's name was received with cheers. There was no counter demonstration. Mr. Coler was unanimously nominated. Jacob Ruppert was unanimously nominated for president of the council. Robert Van Wyck, the candidate for mayor, was born in this city forty-nlns years ago and bis family has been here for some two centuries. He was grad uated from the New York Law school in 1872, Joined Tammany, left it to go into the county democracy, then went back to the old organization. He was elected to a Judgeship In the city court In 1889. Now be is presiding Justice of the city court. Bird S. Coler, the candidate for comptroller, is a Brooklyn banker. He is, it Is reported, a free silver man and supported Bryan. Jacob Ruppert, Jr., the candidate for president of the council, was born In this city in 1867 and Is a sen of Jac'b Ruppert, the brewer He has never run for office. In 1889 h- was unpointed a colonel on the staff of Governor HIII. STATE IRRIGAT'ON OFFICERS. A. G. Wolfenbarger Is Elected Pres ident of the Association. Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 3. The Stat Irrigation association have elected of ficers as follows: President, A. G. Wolfenbarger; vice president, W. R. Akens; secretary, Joseph Oberfelder; treasurer, L, C. Lloyd. The committee on resolutions was Instructed to report to the executive committee. President Wolfenbarger announced that the appointment of committees would be made later, and the names would be published In the newHpapers. The meeting then adjourned. Big Prairie Fires. Webster City, la., Oct. 1. A de structive fire Is raging In Twelve Mile Lake township, Emmett county, and Is weeping everything before St. The fire la traveling In a northeasterly direc tion. It Is estimated that over 12,000 tons of hay have been burned. Several small buildings and residences have also been consumed. LITTLE CHINtSE DIPLOMATS. How They Are Educated In This Country. No better test of the gradual loosen ing of the bonds which for many cen turies have made China the most ex clublve and least progressive of na tions could be cited than the fr-edom with which the children of the Chinese legation are not permitted to mingle with American playfellows. It is Indeed but a few year since the women of the legation Were induced to somewhat modify the absolute se clusion of which they were accustomed in their "celeftial" homes, Mrs. Tsin Kno Yin being the first to exchange social courtesies with women of the diplomatic corps. Nor was this accom plished without serious misgivings on the part of the minister himself and considerable clever management on the part of his frunds. Mrs. Yang Yu, her succcessor, easily slipped into the way which had btn opened tor her, her picturesque ap pearance and charming personality making her a social favorite. At her first appearance In public she was the object of which friendly interest and undisguised curiousity, but it soon be came no uncommon event to see her in public, surrounded by her little fam ily. The children were, therefore, early introduced to American customs, and under American tutors advanced rapid ly in the language. The spirit of Free Masonry existing among boys made it a comparatively easy matted for the eldest son, a boy of eight, to make ac quaintances, and gain friends. He was placed In school, and possessing an un usually quick mind, soon acquired enough English to prosecute hie ordin ary studies in that language. He be came so attached to his school friends and American ways generally that when In April last a change in the ministry was made the thought of turn ing his back upon it all was a source of the greatest grief to him. It was rather hard upon the boy, too, Just as he had got a good grip of his English to be obliged to drop It and begin the same grind on French, for as soon as It was known that his father was to go to St. Petersburg that Is what he had to do, French being the court lan guage In Russia. Master Y'ang Yu al ways wore his little Chinese costume, which made him rather a conspicuous figure among his playmates, but once a boy proves himself a thoroughly "good fellow" his clothes count for little with his chums. The new minister, Mr. Wru, being a protege of LI Hung Chang, and. there fore of the more liberal party, be sides having studied law In London four years, had, perhaps, fewer pre judices to combat upon coming to America than any previous Chinese minuter, though to distinctly reverse one's social code is always more or les of a wrench. Mrs. Wu, however, early made her entree Into Washington so ciety, and their only son, a lad of ten, was Immediately placed in a private school. Of course his school life seems a little dull at first, as about all he can do Is to sit and listen to the other pupils rpciting, his teacher occasion ally railing bis attention to som par ticular object and requiring him to proniMr.ee its name. However. Wash ington teachers have had consideratl? experience with the children of for eigners and have consequently learned to adapt their methods to th"m with a goodly degree of skill. Recreation time is quite a different mat'er. " games and toys, the universal language of boys, are fortunately about the iau.e the world over. Balls, marbles, tops, hide-and-go-seek, etc., are as much the part of a Chinese boy's life as of an American's, and with these as pass ports, Master Wu already boasts his circle of boy friends. He has even learned to ride a bicycle fa diversion as yet little known In China), but ow ing to his costume, Is obliged to con tent himself with a girl's wheel. Foot ball Is also a new game to nlmi, though baseball Is quite a favorite game among the Chinese. Kite flying Is much more of a pastime among Chinese boys than among the Americans, and even old men Indulge in the amusement with the greatest delight Chinese boys are also extremely expert at playing battle dore and shuttlecock and amuse them selves with it hours together. The Fourth of July was the first fete day that Master Wu witnessed in America and It seemed a very home-like cele bration to him, as fireworks, especially fire crackers, are used on almost every fete occasion in China. The evening display in Washington, however, was a great revelation to him, as, though the Chinese were the hrat nation in the world to make and use crackers, and tUll continue to export tbetii in enor mous quantities, tfiey know little or nothing ot colored lights and tnt. bril liancy and magnificence of modern py rotechnical uibpiays. Life, however, is very far from being all beer and skittles to Chinese boys. They are accustomed to spending man; more hours a day at their studies than the ordinary American youth. Master Wu besides bis rtguiar bmwi vork bag a Chinese tutor with wbotn he i expected to work several hours a day at his studiee in Chinese. Chine parents are indeed exceedingly strict fend careful In the training and educa tion of their children, rarely turning them over to the nurses during their hours of play. The Chinese mother of the higher class expects to spend the greater part of her time In the com panlonshlp of her children. Mr. iu ttidu uruugm with her to America a nephew of sixteen, who is bard at work taking dally lessons in English, with the hope of entering the high school in Washington this au tumn. Mr. Sze, an attache of the lega tion and a very Intelligent Chinaman, wag graduated from the nigo school In June, and Is already entered as a student at Cornell. During a recent Interview with Mr. Sze, be remarked that very much more work was ex pected of university men In China than front the men bpre., their principal tudy being in the line of their litera ture, which Is complicated, involved and difficult, but which they are taught to adore. Mr. Sze having Just returned from a "spin," was dressed In the con ventional English bicycle suit. In which be looked very smart. He does not bave his bead or wear a pigtail; and at Cornell will wear the ordinary dr of an Amerleaa cltistn. HOW UONEY MAKES MONEY GEORGE COULD S GREAT FOR TUNE RAPIDLY INCREASED. A Sample of the Republican Wave of Prosperity A Stock Boom Heightens the Fortune at No Ex pense or Effort on Hl9 Part. Sw York Journal. Over 125,000,000 $23,641,037, to be eiact shrank away as If by magic from the Gould estate during the time that Jay Gould, the founder of the for tune, died on December 2, 1892 and the present big boom In Wall Street It was no reflection on the steward ship of George Gould, the eldest son of the Wizard of Wall Street, who suc ceeded to the management of the vimt estate. Those five years were not yea' s of prosperity and stocks and bonds kept depreciating 1n value to an exten1 that sent many theretofore wealthy men to the wall. The fall in values of almost all classes of security, indeed was alarming even to such great for tunes as that of the Gould's. LOSS ABOUT $5,000,000 A YEAR. It was this long-continued deprecia tion in stock values that sent the Gould fortune from $84,001,917 down io $58.35,280 in a trifle less than five years, or at the rate of about $3,000,000 a year. Nothing that George Gould, clever business man that he is, could do availed wholly to stem the disas trous tide. Indeed, It is said In Wall Street that with a less capable man than he at the helm the shrinkage could easily have been one-half as great again. George Gould, however. It was point ed out fought the current at every turn, manipulating the market with such skill that In many Instances val ues were prevented from falling as low as they might otherwise have done. HIS MIND EASY NOW. Now he stands where he can contem plate the situation with an easy mind, tor In the last three months the vast estate, under his management, has re covered almost three-quarters of the louses entailed by the bad times of the previous five years. Instead of being $25,644,637 behind the figure at which Jay Gould left It to his children It is only $9,778,528 short, and tt Is believed in Wall Street that it will not be long now before the estate will overcome this handicap and pass the value It had at the time of Its founder's death. The boom that has sent the value of the Gould estate up began shortly after George Gould sailed for Europe three months ago. Then the business world of the United States was still In the dumps. There was little sign on the horizon of the wave of prosperity that has since had such a magical effect nn the fortunes of m-any, but while Mr. Gould, accompanied by his entire fam ily and a large retinue of servants, was enjoying himself Bbrotid. participating In the festivities of the Queen's Jubilee In iondon. watching the Rovnl Yacht Club races at Cowes and indulging In pleasures on the other side that are only possible "to owners of princely in comes, his fortune increased by phe nomenal leaps and bounds. WEALTHIER BY $15,910,112. In those three months he grew wealthier by almost $1G.(iO,000. yet he had turned not a finger toward that end. Not only had he given no care to business, but he even spent moro money than ordinarily. It is not giv en to many men to burn the candle at both ends by relaxing their efforts at getting wealthier and spending more money than ordinarily and then find themselves richer when they return from their vacation than when they Btarted. That was the fortunate experience of the fortunate George Gould, and It is therefore no wonder that when he land ed from the American liner St. Ixmis lagt week he was so Jubilant that he was described as the wealthiest man In sixteen counties. The big boom In the stock market that followed the great rise In wheat, consequent on Europe's failure to har vest an adequate supply for her own consumption did It for Mr. Gould. Clev er bu6lnees man as he Is, he could not have done It better for himself If he had slaved from early morning until late at night at his desk In the Western Union building. No effort. In fact, was necessary on his part. All he had to do was Just to see himself grow richer as the three months went by. ALL GOULD STOCKS PROFITED. Almoet all the Gould stocks profited Immensely by the boom while he was sway. The main cause, of couse, was the heavy movements of grain that In creased to a remarkable extent the earnings of the railroads In cluded In the Gould property. Then there was the sympathy of the market that followed, for Wall Street Is immensely responsive to promptings of prosperity, and now that an accounting Is cast op It Is found thai In only a few Instances did the Gould stocks and bonds fall to appreciate con siderably In value. Missouri Pacific, in which the Goulds &re heavily Interested, about trebled It. value, for Instance, rising from 14, the figure at which It stood whpn George Gould sailed for his European Jaunt last June, f.o 39' on his return. That alone meant an Increase of almoet $2. 000,000 to the Gould fortune. WG JUMP IN MANHATTAN. Then Manhattan Elevated, another Important Gould hold Ins, took a big Jump In those three months. from about SO to 112U. As the Goulds hold mor than 100.000 shares, not to mention bone's, 'which cliwe of Manhattan "L" securities alao participated In the gen eral rle. here la another addition to the Gould riches of about $4,000,000. A FAST TRIP ON WATER. Plan to Build a Boat to Cross the Ocean In Twenty-Four Hours. The partial failure of the new RFreneh roller ship did not discourage Mr. P. A. Knapp. the Inventive Scotchman, who has not a roller-ship bee of his own In hia bonnet, which Is otilte distinct In Ha lines from the French craft, which floundered around a few miles In the lower Seine and then, was laid up for future and In definite rnnalderatlon. Put In a nutshell, what Mr. Knapp proposes to do Is to build a ship on plana of hi" own which will " the Atlantic In twentv-four hours or UMer. That li all, About 120 inllce an hour, he think, will be moderate fair-weather pate for the rrnft. run from Iondon direct to New ut Mr. Knapp ollev., thould be made In something like twety-four bouri. I This la by no means an on-pa.per dream of Mr. Knapp's. He la actually at this moment btllldlng a trial tb P ln Toronto, and expects to Le aUs to experiment with her on Iake On- , tario before the month of October I out This craft was launched only a few days ago, and with plenty of money to go with her the work of completion is being rushed ahead wl b as much rapidity as possible. Mr. George Goodwin, of Ottawa, Canu.a, is supplying most of thee apiial i,r the trial Ebip, and Is enthusiastically confident of success. The boat, a it now lies in Toronto Day, looks liie a huge tank resting on the water, ;.nl is about as little suggestive of fp el as anything ever seen afloat. m length it Is 100 feet, by 22 feet in di ameter. The diameter Is the time to within five feet of the enda, wh'ie it then tapers down to fifteen feet, l'-.v this means each end is kept well out ef the water. Inside the vestf! .it each end a track somewhat wider th; n a railroad track of ordinary gauge i fastened to the outside cylinders. u, on each of which a platform will be placed. On these platforms will bo the motive power, which will cons st of four fifty horse-power steam boil ers, two at each end, together wth high pressure engines of 130 pounds pressure, two of these also at earrt end. The two platforms will be abov wheels resting on the tracks. These wheels will be three feet In diameter, with their interspaces filled with highly compressed pat.rr to deaden, the sound and give a greater amount of friction. To get the boat going the driving belts from the engines will be con nected with the wheels, so that when the engines are started the platform will correspond to a locomotive on a railroad track. The boat will progress by the rapid rolling over of the cyl inders In the water in much the same way as It waa planned the French sblp should do, only the power In the French ship was utterly Inadequate to what was actually required. Mr, George Goodwin, Mr. Knapp's finan cial backer, gives to Sunilay World the following terse description of the craft and of Its method of propulBioo and carrvlng passengers: "The Knapp roller ship, as designed. Is a long cylinder. It will be driven by steam and will roll over the water. The passengers will be on a platform on the Inside swinging from the shaft, or, as In the trial ship, running on wheels from which engines will alVr work against gravitation In turning the outer cylinder, on which paddles will be placed." Of course the actual Rervire ship will be of much larger size than the experimental craft now In process of construction. Instead of 22 feet, it will have a diameter of 150 feet and a length of 750 feet, as against the 10O feet adopted for the trial ship. The engines will be geared two to one, and can be run at a speed of COO revolutions per minute, altho'irrh they will be rnrly driven at that hleh rale. They will lie run at a a peed of 3"0 revolutions. At that rate the wheeU. being 9 fet In circumference, would1 give the platform a progressive ppeefl of 5,400 feet per minute, or about 6& miles an hour. Mr. Knapp had a great deal of dif ficulty, as all men do who advance great and startling Ideas, to get scientists to even so much as look. Into what he had to show them, but he Is persistent and not eahily dls couraeed. He had been working at ibe plan f'-r years, and had made models which gave him evety reason to believe he was on the track of an application of steam power to navi gation which meant nothing more nor less than a complete revolution of ex isting methods. He at last got the scientists and finally the capitalists to look Into his acheme. and although the scientists st ill are skeptical and are particularly lacking In faith a to his ability to drive hi craft against a head wind, he yet found capitalists more open to conviction. It only re mains for him to go on. having the cash In bank to do It, and complete his craft. By the middle or the latter part of next month be will be In a position, he believes, to demonstrate by conclusive experiments that he Is all right and the doubting Thomases all wrong. When the proposed transcontinental electric elevated railway between Chicago and Jersey City Is running. It la asserted that the traveller will be able to eat breakfast In Chicago and on the evening of the same day bave his dinner In New York. Prob I ably by that time Mr. Knapp will have j a line of bis lightning express roler steamera plying between New York i and Southhampton, io that the trav j ellcr will be able to take his break fast In Chicago on a Monday morning ! and his dinner In Iondon on Wednes day evening next following. Four-Leaf Clovers For tuck. As a good lurk charm the rabbit's foot has a rival. Just now It Is the four leaf clover that superstitious maldena are looking Mpon w-lth favor. Even the rabbtt's foot m,nnnted In gold has lost much of Its subtle power. Fashionable girls are wearing the four leaf clover an a belt buckle, a watch charm, cuff buttons, a pendant and as the newest ornament to wlng from the chatelalna. And it Is a real clover which they are wearing, and If possible one that they bave found themselves. The clovers are mounted In a moat clever fashion, and make an excep tionally pretty ornament as well as a lucky one. The clover la first carefully pressed, and then each petal mounted on a small, round piece of white silk or satin. Thla la then In en sell In a glass, and the charm la complete. Thla lucky clover leaf forma the cen ter of many an exquisite belt buckle, thla season. One of the prettiest show ed the clover motinted In malachite and gold. The belt Itself consisted of oval pieces of malachltecaughttogether by gold chains. One of the newest lorsmette has down In the corner of Its golden handle a tiny ItirVy clover, mounted on white aatln and covered with glaaa. It to sunk and then surrounded by tiny diamond!.
