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A $75,000 LOG CABIN IS NEW • ENGLAND’S MOST INTERESTING HOME. i it « • • »•»♦»* 1 1 »» »» * »4** * 1 rtrl 111 1 » ******* ■ntnmmi t AS COMPLETED Workmen are now busy at Belfast completing the outside work of one of the largest log cabins to be found in the state of Maine, and probably the world, a massive structure, which recalls in a way the primitive huts, but is. Indeed, "a thing of beauty." The building is owned by prominent Philadelphia people. It is composed of spruce logs and cost $75,000. This cabin, erected by the children of the late William H. Folwell of Philadelphia, who began its erection but died before the completion, in many ways is one of the finest build ings on the coast. The lower story is entirely of spruce logs cut on the island and in their natural state. Above this the building is clap-boarded and neatly finished. The front room downstairs is 30 by 60 feet, hardwood floor and is artistically decorated with oil paintings, wedgewood, mounted birds, brass work and other decorations. The windows are many and those to the front are of one pane of plate glass, with a frame of gold f.n the in terior, giving a beautiful natural pic ture effect. At the back of the room is a mag nificent fireplace of a gigantic nature. It is built of brick and granite, the mantelpiece being of marble, 12 feet in length, three in width and nine inches thick, the whole piece of work weighing some forty tons. Across the front of the mantelpiece, cut in the marble is this inscription: "How Beautiful Upon the Mountains.” Back of the mantel is another tab let of Pennsylvania marble, five by five feet, decorated with brass ro settes and bearing the Latin inscrip tion, “Mon Reve,” translated to "My Dream." The hall which opens from the back is twelve by sixty feet, and from this is entered the two wings, the main house, and the stairs to the chambers. The main part of the house runs back some twenty-two feet by sixty three feet, in which is located the kitchen, laundry and storage rooms. The two wlngB are each twenty by thirty feet, the southern one being fitted for a dining-room in the style of the old English times, with a fif teen foot table ar.d beautiful decora tions, while the north wing is given over to smoking and bath rooms. Upstairs the main hall is twelve by sixty feet, and there are twenty two sleeping rooms on either side of the large hall, running the length of the house. Each room is thirteen by fif teen feet, while the front rooms are fifteen by twenty feet, three in num ber. All the rooms are equipped with white iron bedsteads and first class fittings, while the gable roofs and the seventeen dormer windows make them all desirable. The lower part of the house Is built of six-inch logs, and the sloping roofs overhang. The building is set upon fifty-eight piers of stone and will have been two years in building, when it is complet ed. There are several fireplaces of tile, and there is much hand carving in the interior finish. Much of the original shrubbery has been left around the buildings and the grounds will in a great part ge kept in their present half-wild state. DID HE FALL SIX STORIES? Or Did He Really Fall Only a Few Feet? A man fell down an elevator shaft a distance of six stories in New York the other day and wasn’t hurt. Con nected with his fall was a circum stance which calls for some expert ness in mathematics to figure out. The man was at an entrance to an elevator shaft at the tenth floor look ing down, when the elevator came whizzing by from farther up the shaft. There was a space of two feet be tween the floor on which the man stood and tne elevator, but the man was leaning over just far enough so that the elevator touched him as it passed. Unnerved, the man lost his balance and fell, following the de scending elevator. The elevator was going down almost as fast as the man was falling, so he did not overtake it until the fourth floor was reached, or until he had fallen six stories. Inas much as he and the elevator were traveling at almost the same rate of speed, the impact was very slight, and the man was scarcely bruised. Together man and elevator went to the ground floor, where the man was met by his friends who fully expected to find him dead. Now, the question arises, how far did the man really fall? Of course he went the distance of six stories before he reached the elevator, but the elevator was never at the farthest more than a few feet ahead of him. Inasmuch as he fell only till he reached the elevator, did he really fall for a greater distance than these few feet; Some one who has more time than we have may figure out this and the other queries which arise as one pon ders on the queer circumstance. . _ MARK TWAIN AND HIS COLLAR. Humorist Did His Best to Make Amends for Fault. Mayor Low's secretary, James B. Reynolds. Is authority for the follow ing anecdote, which connects the author of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with the originator of “Huek Finn.” The Stowe house at Hartford was situated close to the Clemens place, and not Infrequently Mr. Clemens is known to have "shinned” over the back fence, his corncob pipe in his mouth, his collar and cravat any where but on him. These informal visits were a source of considerable annoyance to Mrs. Clemens, who fre quently remonstrated with her hus band on the subject. On the occasion of one particularly long call of this sort, the indignant wife read her spouse a severe curtain lecture. Returning from this, sad [ The Jnteroceanio Ganalj denec! and repentant, the mournfu humorist carefully wrapped up i collar and cravat in a sheet of browi paper and dispatched them to Mrs Stowe, with the following explanatory note: "Mrs. Clemens tells me that I spent half an hour at your house this morn ing without the inclosed articles Therefore I must ask you to look at them for that length of time. "P. b.—Please return them; they are all I have.”—New York Tribune HER VIEW OF WESTERNERS. Moral of Spinster Landlady’s Story Somewhat Spoiled. "I think that the people of the West are exceedingly interesting, but I dc not like their ways," said the spinstei landlady, as she began her nightly at tack with the carving knife on a leg of cold mutton. “What don't you like about them?” asked her nephew, who sat next tc her and often embarrassed the board ers by saying there was too much wa ter in the soup. “Why, I think that they are too for ward.” said the woman with the knife as she peeled ofT a thin slice for a hard working politician and office holder, who often entertained the rest of the boarders by telling them of his campaign experiences. “Have you met many westerners?' asked the politician, as he saw his almost empty plate set before him. “Yes,” was the prompt reply. “I was out in California and the people out there entertained me almost tc death. The women I met at noon acted as if they had known me theii whole lives by 2 o'clock. They were altogether too forward. I didn’t like it.” “But the men didn’t bother you, aunty, did they?” piped up the nephew. MEANT FOR THE TEACHERS. Boy’s Idea of Sunday School Interna tional Letter Sheet. What appears to be a really new Sunday school anecdote comes from West Philadelphia, and is said to be; a truthful record of a bit of dialogue between a teacher in one of the upper grade schools of that section and a pupil who is neither brighter nor duller than the general average. He wras third in succession who “failed' with regard to a question concerning the geography in and around the Red Sea, and was finally told that he should have interest in that part oi the earth because of its religious and Biblical associations. “Why, teacher," he said, “I never pay any attention to things 1 hear Id Sunday school.” “You don’t?” she asked, in surprise “Why, for what do you suppose is all the expense of getting up the Inter national Lesson sheets every week?” “Huh!” he snorted in fine contempt “Be( ause the teachers don't know what to talk about unless it’s printed out for them.” A County Affair. The ’ate ‘Tom" Marshall, one ol Kentucky's most brilliant wags and lawyers, was always as poor in pocket as he was rich in wit. On one occa sion he found the judicial sentiment setting strongly against his proeesi. of questioning the witnesses involved At last, losing his temper, Marshal: turned on the judge and asked: "Will your honor kindly fine me $10?" “For what, Mr. Marshall?" asked the Judge. “Contempt of court." "But you've been guilty of no con tempt,” insisted the judge. “Your Honor, believe me—I nevei before saw a court for which I had sc much contempt as for this!" "Enter a fine of $10 against Mr Marshall for contempt,” ordered the bench, turning to the clerk. “Thanks!" said Marshall. “And now your honor, will you lend me $10 with which to pay the fine?” "Mark Mr. Marshall's fine remitted,* ordered the Judge, promptly. “The county can better afford to lose II than 1!” Another Impression of America. “Why is it that Americans are sc brave and self-possessed?" asked one European soldier. “They are accustomed to dangei from their earliest infancy," answereO the other. "Every year they have at ordeal of fire and explosion, whicfc the youth of the country all attend something after the manner of certain remote Asiatic tribes. It is known u> the kotirth of july."—Washlngtoi Star. CURES DIPLOMATIC AMBITION. A Short Term in the Zanzibar Con sulship Generally Sufficient. Undesirable consulships have long given rise to humorous incidents. Hut Zanzibar, to which the President has appointed Mason Mitchell, a rough rider. seems to be in the lead in un attractiveness, If the length of con sular terms proves any test, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post. Indiana has usu ally claimed the honor of furnishing candidates for this place, but after the resignation of a man named Rog ers of Shoales, the Indiana senators notified the President that they were through with It. They had constitu ents who were willing to take chances, but the senators were not prepared to promise that these ven turesome individuals would stay more than a month. Before Rogers took the place it was held for nearly a year by “Bob” Mansfield, at one time pri vate secretary to Senator Beveridge, and now consul at Valparaiso. Mans field came back, according to Indiana descriptions. ‘ as thin as a toothpick and as yellow as June butter." He said he had stuck It out as long H3 the Insurance company would let him, and that he returned to save his pre miums. Before Mansfield, there was an Indlanian named Billhelmcr, de scribed as a husky Hoosier, with a large nose and frame pickeled in materia. He was cured of diplomatic ambition in about two months, and has never asked for a place since. Before Billhelmer, Judge Riley of Vir ginia served; he remained as long as his aversion to the negroes would permit. Finally, he Is said to have taken a gun and emptied a load of fine birdshot into the dusky natives who persisted in taking a daily bath in front of the American consulate, which, the Judge “allowed,” was an Indignity to be resented by this gov ernment’s representative. HE LIKES FRIED POTATOES. Grand Duke Alexis Has a Favorite Dish, So They Say. Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is very fond of fried potatoes, and dur ing his recent visit to Paris he was wont to buy a few every day from a woman in the street ana to eat them beside her stall. The woman did not know him, but as he paid her in princely fashion, she was very anxious to find out who he w'as. “I can tell you who he is,” said a neighbor one day. ‘‘He is Grand Duke Alexis, uncle Of the cjar and one of the greatest men in Russia.” Utterly amazed, the woman asked: ‘‘In heaven’s name, how should I ad dress him?” “Oh, call him ‘Your Excellency,’ or ‘Your Royal Highness, ” was the an swer. The woman resolved to do so, and the next day, as she was sprinkling some salt over the smoking potatoes which the grand duke had bought, she saiiD "1 can recommend them to your royal highness, for I know your excellency has never tasted better potatoes.” The grand duke burst out laughing, and paid more for the potatoes than he had ever paid before, but he was annoyed at finding himself recognized and never returned to buy another potato. Girard Was Considerate. One of the sea captains in the em ploy of Stephen Girard had a rural Yankee’s fondness for whittling with his jackknife, and on one trip suc ceeded in getting away with a large part of the rail, although, feeling that he was not without the artistic sense, he really regarded the rail as greatly improved in appearance. When the vessel came to Philadelphia Girard went aboard, made a general inspec tion in the captain’s absence, and, as he was about to return to shore, asked one of the seamen who had been cut ting the rail. The seaman told him the captain, and then, afraid his tell ing might have unpleasant conse quences were the captain to learn of it in a roundabout way, informed that official of the interview with Girard. The captain was in terror of a repri mand, but, hearing nothing from his employer, supposed the incident closed. As he was about weighing anchor ready to leave port, a dray loaded with shingles drove down to the wharf, and the driver hailed the vessel. “There must be some mistake! shouted the captain. "Our bill of lading doesn’t mention shingles!” “This is where they belong!" sung back the driver. “Mr. Girard, him self, told me to deliver them! He said they’re for the captain to whit tle!” Standing on the Bias. During the trial of a street railway damage suit in one of the circuit branches of the supreme court of the District of Columbia a few days ago an important eyewitness of the acci dent took the stand in the person of an elderly colored man. The plaintiff had been injured while the car was at a street crossing, and one of the at torneys was endeavoring to elicit from the witness Just where the latter was standing at the moment the plaintiff was struck by the car. “As I understand you,” remarked the attorney, after a number of questions had been asked, “you were standing at the street corner diagonally oppo site the point where the accident oc curred.” “No, sir, I wasn’t,” declared the wit ness. "I guess I was standing kinder sort er on the Was from the spot.” Wild Animals Kill Many. Tigers killed 357 persons and pan thers 295 last year in the Indian cen tral provinces. gjmmmm mm mm mm mm mmmm mmmm mmmnng |S§ OLD SOLDIEF/S STORY § ; ZZJ. cr. Regular Effectually Dampens the Joy of Successful 35 West Point Cadet 3 stium mm immiiiu ituti mm min mm itiimmimmmimR One of the recent graduates of West Point tells this story: “1 fell in with an old army officer after the exercises. He looked me over and asked me a good many ques tions. Among others he asked how ' came to be appointed and I told him that it came about in the usual way. “ 'A recommendation does not nec essarily mean merit,’ he said. “I assented to this. “ ’I do not think that passing an ex amination always means merit,’ he added as a - rusher. ‘ I said I supposed not. I had re solved that l would not violate any of the rules by getting into an argument with an old regular, now on the re tired list. “ ‘I knew a young man who got here,’ he continued, ‘just after the civil war, because he was mentioned by 1 He commanding officer in an en gagement. for bravery, and the youngster never intended to be brave —he did it because he did not know what he was doing, or because he could not help it. He is dead now and i do not mind telling you about it. “ ‘He was at headquarters in the Army of the Potomac, and as he was a good sort of a fellow he got in with a general of one of the divisions who lived pretty high. He and this young man went on a bat on one occasion. Not to speak disrespectfully of the dead the young man got as drunk as a sailor on shore leave. “ ‘While he was in that condition the division got orders to go to the fiont and this young fool was put in the saddle and told to go in the other direction. But. the engagement came on quickly and the horse on which he sat being like Job’s war charger, smelled the battle and turning, dash ed into the thick of the fight. “ ‘The young fool who rode him had just enough sense to hang on and the horse plunged and neighed into the fray. It was a miracle that horse and rider came out of it alive. “ 'The commander of the division witnessed what I related, and in his report to Grant he made special men tion of the daring of the fellow. The result was that the fellow was ap pointed a cadet He was a graduate, I believe, of the Missouri university before he went into the army, so he was able to pass here. “ ‘But what I want to impress upon you, young man, is this, if this fellow had not been drunk he would have kept his horse from being so reckless. And in that case he might not have been mentioned for bravery, and con sequently he would not have been ap pointed a cadet. “ ‘He was a good fellow—peace to his soul—but he owed his education by the government to his horse.’ “ ‘And to getting drunk,' I added. “ ‘Well,’ said the old regular, ‘you know what Lincoln said w'hen some body told him Grant got drunk.’ “And with that he turned away, evi dently satisfied with his lecture.” NEEDED SYMPATHY j£ And the Physiclnn Wm Perfectly Willing to Give It to yh Her a.I $5.00 an Hour \ nhen I)r. Pills went abroad," said the young physician, “he left me in charge of his practice, and opposite one address in his book he made a mark—I won’t say what it was—but it meant that 1 was to call at that house every day, without fail. I naturally expected to find the rase a serious one, hut owing to another mark beside the name I learned that nothing in the world was amiss with the patient. “It was a woman, and she lives in a handsome house in the best quar ter of the town. She has a husband who is wrapped up in his business, and two grown sons, who have their own affairs to attend to. I found her in bed, her elderly face topped by a coquettish invalid s cap. A lace shawl lay about her shoulders, and a silk quilt was spread carefully over her. “Every time I went to see her I found her in a different toilet. Even the quilt was never alike two days in succession. There was absolutely nothing the matter with her but what I may call heart ennui. She was rich, but she hadn’t anything In the world to interest her, and that is all. They didn’t pet her. nor make of her. She was simply pining for a little sympathy. It diverted her to see me come in. “It pleased her to be able to talk about herself to somebody who would listen. She gained in her own esti mation from having her pulse felt every day. She wanted the doctor to plan her day for her. Some days I ordered her to drive in a closed carriage. Other days I told her a drive in her victoria would do her a world of good. I always cautioned her to wrap up well. I gave her sym pathy and attention, and I made her feel that she was an object of inter est to at least one person. “Of course, she was silly and sel fish too, but if her thickheaded fam ily had only thought of flattering her, of making of her. of treating her with anything besides their unvarying, un emotional kindness she’d never have fancied herself an invalid. As it was, and as it is, she pays $5 a visit for the chance to talk to somebody who is sympathetic, and I'm willing to supply sympathy to the whole town at that price."—Washington Post. j RECALLS TRAGIC EVENT J jdjk Loss of Chinos# Man-of-War Causes Honowed Discussion W ^ of MeJne Explosion ^ Recently there has been a good deal ! of quiet discussion among naval men concerning the explosion of the Maine, excited by the news which arrived from China that the warship Kai Chib exploded and sank within thirty second while lying in the Yang tse-Kiang river, killing 150 officers and men. The explosion of the Maine was one of the most mysterious affairs that ever happened in naval history. Notwithstanding the report of the board of inquiry into the manner of her loss, there are naval officers who maintain that the cause of the ex plosion of the Maine has never been cleared up. They say that no positive evidence was adduced to show that the Maine was exploded from the out side, although the report of the board pointed out many significant facts which supported this contention. On the other hand there was some evidence tending to show that the i explosion was of Interior origin. Among this was the fact that about half an hour before the explosion there was an unaccountable and suif THE EXTREMES OF INDOLENCE. Japanese Women of Rank Are the Laziest on Earth. In a recent address in Tokyo a prominent Japanese educator said: “The indolence of Japanese ladies is something amazing. I know a daugh ter of a certain peer, neither an old court nor a feudal peer, but a brand new one, and this young lady's indo lence is really beyond the idea of or dinary mortals. She will not even open her mouth of herself. As soon as the time to retire to her bed ar rives she issues her order, 'Now I will retire,’ and at at once three or four maids spread the underquilts, help her—or, rather make her, for she simply stands like a doll—to change her clothes, and at last the girl, swaddled in her night garment, is put to bed just like a person suffering from a serious illness, and so the poor thing goes to sleep and releases her maids from their trouble till the morn ing, when the daily routine is resum den rise In the temperature of one of the magazines, which fact was report ed to Capt. Sigsbee and entered in the records. Some thought this was occasioned by spontaneous combustion in one of the coal bunkers and which subse quently exploded one of the maga zines. Such combustion is known to be liable to occur, especially when vessels are lying in tropical waters. A British man-of-war had previously been exploded by fire from spontane ous combustion reaching one of the magazines. Now comes the mysterious explos ion of a Chinese warship of large dimensions. She went to the bottom in about the same time as the Maine, and although the total loss of life was not so great as on the American ship, it was relatively higher, as only two escaped. The Kai Chih was an up-to date ship, having been built in 1884, and she resembled the Maine in many particulars. The Chinese general code was founded 2,000 years ago. ed. First of all she issues to the maids waiting in her anteroom this extraordinary order, i shall get up now,’ and then the process exactly the reverse of that of the night before is forthwith commenced by the girls. Day after day this routine is gone through and the spoiled child of the proud upstart peer forces herself from her mistaken notion as to dig nity to lead the life of an invalid and to cripple the normal develop ment of her body.” Gillette a Real Sherlock Holmes. William Gillette, whose impersona tion of Sherlock Holmes has become so famous, has acquired much of the cunning of the character he portrays, and on being interviewed by the news paper reporters extracts from them all they know without himself impart ing any information. On his return from Europe the other day all the Bos ton scribes sought to learn of his fu ture plans, but were obliged to aban don the effort