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In Some Respects the Deutschland is
Expected to Break the Records.
This summer a now ocean flyer will
bo put Into service across the Atlan
tic. The Deiitschlaml of the ilam-burg-Amorlcan
line Is ilnfmioil us a
smaller ones have a partlalltv for
lountlerH. They hail last Reason four
"llrst-elaas" matches of football, two
of 'Milch they won ami two they lost.
In the first her majesty's ship Fox
scored four goals to their one; In the
second, the same ship snored one goal
to their nil; In the third, against a
coml)lned tnam of Europeans from
town, they scored four goals to nil.
They would like very much to have
thin Jerseys, with a badge of the col
lege, to piesent to hoys who win their
"colors" by playing In three "first-
shows In striking contrast with that
under ordinary circumstances. After
a wet snow In a manufacturing city
the air was almost as puro ad In the.
country, Iho soft particles having lit
erally scraped out of the air the soot
thai was there held In suspension.
Some of these days when wo havo
Brown more scientific than at present,
wo may bo able to make artificial snow
storms to cleanse the atmosphere.
This certainly would bo a great tri
umph, nnd one which the dwellers In
smoke-laden cities would value very
highly.
A Hoi at Dnkti nt Church.
The most original character we meet
In the "Memoir of the Princess Mary"
Is her father, Duke Adolphus of Cam
bildge. He was a strong churchman,
but "his religion sometimes took rath
er an unconventional form." On ono
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THE DEUTSCHLAND BEFORE THE LAUNCH.
competitor of the North Gorman
Lloyd's Kaiser Wllhelm dor Grossc,
but she Is expected to beat the latter
ship In all essential particulars. Her
length over all Is GS1 feet, her beam
67 feot, molded depth 41 feet, displace
ment, loaded, 23,200 tons. Her draught
Is estimated at 30 feet, and her speed
at 23 knots. She will be able to carry
1.057 passengers and a crew of 525
men. Her cost will be 13,332,000, and,
as In tlmo of wnr, she will bo at the.
service of tho German government.
Her rudder nnd steering Bear are pro
tected and under her water line. She
has a double bottom extending tho
entire length, which Is divided Into 21
compartments. It Is said that if two
adjoining compartments should fill
with water the ship would not sink.
It Is a long way In the matter of
speed, at least, between tho magnifi
cent big flyers of today and tho Great
Eastern, tho monarch of her tlme.and
In somo respects of nil time to date.
The Great Eastern, built In lS.'.S, was
eight feet longer, 13 feet deeper,
and of 380 tons moro displacement,
than tho Doutschlnnd, but her speed
was 8 knots slower. Tho Oceanic,
built last year, and which Is 12 feet
longer than tho Great Eastern and 20
foet longer than tho Deutschland, has
a speed three knots less thnn tho es
timated speed of tho Deutschland.
Whllo In length, breadth, depth nnd
displacement tho old conditions have
scarcely been surpassed, a steady in
crease has been made in draught and
speed. The draught of the Groat East
ern was 25 feet; that of tho Oceanic
Is 32 fcrt nnd tho estimated draught
of tho Deutschland Is 30 feot.
Sports AinniiR thn African.
London Correspondent Birmingham
Post; Long ago it was noted that
wherever Englishmen went they took
their natlonnl paBtimes with thorn;
and on a recent "off day" at Mafeklng,
when tho Doers hnd for n few hours
ceased bombarding, a cricket mntch
was organized by tho beleaguered gar
rison. There nro other parts of tho
dark continent In which civilization is
accompanied and stimulated by nthlot
lcs, and an Interesting testimony Is to
liand upon thnt head from St. An
drews' collego, Klungnnl, which owes
existence to tho Universities' Mission
to Central Africa. Of all the games
Played there by tllo boys, somo of
whom nro freed slaves, football has tho
m first place in popularity, though a fow
txys havo shown a deslro to learn a
llttTo more about crlclcot, and tho
class" matches, and It will be no won
der If English friends provide these,
as well as the footballs, which are
wanted for twenty villages In Nynsa,
and tho tennis balls for boys at Maglla.
Snow us H l''rllll7cr.
Farmer havo long understood and
appreciated the fact that snow Is a
great fertilizer, but Just why this Is so
they havo probably boon unable to
say. Science has demonstrated that
snow In falling serves a double pur
pose. The soft, damp flakes cleanse
tho atmosphere of a very large amount
of Impurities, carrying them to tho
earth. The amount of solid matter car
ried dowii In an ordinary snowstorm
nnd the cleanliness of tho ntmosphero
afterwards are best appreciated by
chemical analysis of the snow melted
into water and examined. Small par
ticles of soot, free ammonia and solid
matter are all taken from tho ntmos
phero nnd precipitated upon tho earth.
Tho air In cities after a snowstorm
occasion, after tho oillclatlng clergy
man had repeated the usual exhorta
tion "Let us pray," the duke was heard
to reply "Dy all menus." During a very
dry summer tho vlcnr read tho prayor
for rain; at the close the duko Joined
fervently In the "Amen," milling In
exactly the same tone of voice: "But
we shan't get It until tho wind
changes!" On Sundny, when tho words
"Behold, tho hnlf of my goods I glvo
to tho poor," wore rend, he astonished
his fellow worshipers by rejoining:
"No, no; I can't do that; a half Is too
much for any man, but I havo no objec
tion to a tenth." Again, on hearing
tho text, "For wo brought nothing Into
tho world, neither may wo enrry any
thing out," he ejnculnted: "Truo, true
too many calls upon us for that."
London Dally News.
About one-hnlf of tho railroads In
Japan are owned and run by tho gov
ernment. Tho profits last year amount
ed to $2,700,000.
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Tho evolution of tho English army
rlllo Is an Interesting study. Tho pic
ture horowlth shown gives a very good
Idea of tho changes that havo taken
placo in tho modern fighting rifle. Be
ginning at tho top Is tho old-fashlonod
matchlock of tho tlmo of King Wil
liam III., and next below it is the flint
lock that wa3 known to tho Tommy
Atkins of former times as his "brown
Bess." Then conies tho Enflold riflo,
with a Snider breechloader and a Mar-tlnl-Honry
uaxt. Tho last is tho Leo
Enflold, with Its short, trlanglo shaped
bayonet, the weapon used by tho Brit
ish soldier of today. These guns ara
tnado at tho English ordnanco factory
at Enfield Lock, which was nlso tho
blrthplaco of tho Lee-Metford maga
zine riflo. Tho recent relntroductlon
of tho triangular bayonet Into tho Eng
lish servlco nroso from a peculiar
cause. It was based on an incident
which oocurrcd nt tho battlo of At
bara. An English soldier hnd vigor
ously bayoneted a dervish but, to hla
disgust, found thnt ho could not with
draw his weapon, Its shapo rondorlng
it peculiarly llablo to bo retained. So
tho old bayonet was abolished and the
triangular bayonet reintroduced.
QUEIMCASKOJMRAEM
HOW BELMONT DROVE HISTRA
DUCER OUT OF AMERICA.
(Ilrl In tho MjMrry Trinity Clmrrli
TrtKlrn Who Vtrtitn Shiiulori Aliiiut
ltelniont I'limlly Di-lrrtiMl, Hit Win
1'urroil In lti'li;ii I'roin t'ltilH,
Henri M. llraem. who died In Vien
na a few days ago, Is remembered by
New Yorkers as the man whom tho
Into August Belmont drove Into exile
sixteen years ago. llraem was a club
man of grent wealth and high social
position. He was a trustee of Trinity
church. Danish consul gent nil, and a
power In Wall stieet. August Belmont
was a banker, bead of the llclinmit
house, and father of the three Bel
mont boys, well known today for their
connection with Democratic politics,
their wealth, and the more or less
tnlkod-about marriages they have
made with Sloane and Vandcrbllt di
vorcees. After four yenrs of unparalleled de
tective work, Belmont discovered that
Henri Braem was the author of anon
ymous letters, with which the Belmont
family were persecuted for a long
time. Ho gave Braem tho alternatlvo
of going to tho penitentiary or of re
signing from his church, club, and of
fices, and submitting to social ostra
cism. Braem chose tho latter, and for
a tlmo endeavored to live with his
family on a splendid estate nt Lenox.
But the scorn of men who had known
and trusted him drove Braem at last to
give up the struggle for reinstatement
In business and society. He left New
York for Europe, mid died the other
day of pneumonia, at Vienna, nt tho
age of 71.
August Belmont. Sr., has been dead
several years. The story of tho quar
rel between the two rich men Is ono
to work, backed by all the resources
that money could command. Finally
a handwriting expert suggested that
tho chlrugrnphy was probably tho
smooth, round hand of a woman copy
ist. Several hundred women copyists
wrote at dictation, but none of them
In the hand of the anonymous author.
About that time the typewriter came
Into common use, and the letters ar
rived In typewritten form, and thin
added a now and more dllllcult com
plication to the case. Assuming that
tho assassin of character hired a public
stenographer to write the letters for
him, a sweeping search was made of
the olllce buildings and hotels of New
York city. Some of the letters were
mailed In Boston, so Boston was In
cluded In the hunt.
This was the beginning of success.
When the question. "Did you over
write this letter at dictation?" was
propounded to a stenographer In a
leading Boston hotel she balanced her
pince-nez for a while over the copy
and then said, decidedly:
"Yes. I did."
"When, where who dictated It?"
There the typewriter girl's Informa
tion failed. She could only remember
that sho had written the letter for n
dnrk, slender stranger, who wore a
mustache. She described him as a very
handsome man. well dressed, nnd she
surmised that he might be a broker.
He hnd let fall some remark about
stocks. Mr. Belmont thought tho situ
ation over.
"Tell that girl If she will come here
and piny tho detective In Wall street
she can earn a handsoino salary," he
said.
But tho girl had relatives In Boston,
she was of a good family, she had
never heard of August Belmont, she
didn't care nbout tho detective busi
ness, and, in short, sho decided that
sho wouldn't come. A check big
enough to make her an Independent
woman for Ufa was dangled before her
HENRI BRAEM.
of tho dramatic Incidents tit real lifo
which rival tho Inventions of romance.
Ono point In tho strnngo web of His
tory hns never been made plain, and
probably will never bo, now that tho
principals arc dead. It Is not known
why Henri Braem ever wroto tho In
criminating letters to August Belmont.
Vnguely, a woman has always figured
In tho background, as a woman does
In bo much of tho Belmont history.
Braem was madly In lovo with a wom
an, and this woman was tho pivot on
which tho sensational cplsodo turned.
Bolmont never choso to explain, and
Braem for reasons of his own kept a
closo tongue
August Bolmont nnd Henri Braom
had been closo friends. Why Braem
should turn upon his former lntlnmto
with such unexampled and cowardly
fury must always remain moro or less
of a mystery with shrewd guesses by
old-tlmors who knew both families
well. In 1880 anonymous lottors be
gan to reach different members of Au
gust Belmont's family at varying In
tervals. Somotlmes tho letters enmo
every two or threo weclfs, somotlmes
at Intervals of several months. They
assailed tho character of August Bel
mont In ovory way that mallco and In
genuity could suggest. Belmont was a
man of largo social connection nnd ex
tenslvo business Interests, nnd theso
covert attacks becamo not only painful
but dangerous. Neither tho handwrit
ing on tho lottors, tho papor, or tho
placo of mailing gavo tho slightest
clow to tho author. They woro written
In various hands, nnd tho stationery
was such as might bo bought at a thou
sand stores In New York city. At tho
Instanco of Mr. Bolmont tho police ex
hausted tho cunning of tho department
In an effort to trap tho writer of tho
letters.
"I will spend $100,000 to discover tho
author of theso scurrilous letters," Bol
mont declared.
The banker took tho caso In his own
hands, and private- detectives wore Bet
oyes. Sho rcconsldorcd tho mnttor,
and reached Now York on tho first
train. For weeks she strolled up nnd
down tho narrow street of millions or
occupied a seat In tho stock exchango
balcony. Always sho kept an eyo out
for a dark, slender, mustached
stranger. Sho never saw him. Ho was
not In tho crowds that fought tholr
screaming battles out In a pit carpeted
with bits of whlto paper. Thoro aro a
groat many speculators In Wall street,
and brokers populato tho stock ex
change. "Hlro a Wall streot ofllco for that
stenographer," said Mr. Belmont nt
last. "But let no machines click there.
Curtain tho windows with lace, and let
tho girl watch tho passers-by In tho
street, hidden behind this Bcrcon from
morning till night."
A detective was posted opposlte.wlth
lnstruptlons to watch tho window no
tho girl watched tho street. Tho girl
from Boston becamo as great a mys
tery to tho brokers as tho anonymous
lottors wero to tho Bolmonts. Day
nfter day sho sat at tho window, her
eyes on tho throng In Wall street.
Nothing escnpod her.
Finally ono day tho curtain was
drawn back hastily. A tall, dark man
was passing, a man handsome enough
nnd dressed well enough to command
nttontlon for that. Tho dctcctlvo un
derstood tho slgnnl and fell In behind
tho tall, slondor, mustached mnn. Ho
followed him to his ofllco, that of tho
Wostmoreland Coal company, whore ho
was presldont, for tho man was HonrI
M. Braem. Tho typewriter girl Iden
tified him fully, nnd Jio confessed to
having written tho lettors. It seomod
lncredlblo that ono of tho foromost
men of Now York should hnvo carried
on n campaign so despicable and un
derhanded. But there was no doubt
ubout tho facts, nnd Belmont spared
his antagonist only ono humiliation
tho penitentiary. This may havo boon
prompted by a certain quality of morcy
or by somo selfish Interest. Tho story
goes Hint Mr. Belmont got Braem In
n Wall street ofllco one nfternoon nn
dictated terms. Braem resigned his'
membership In the clubs, his plnce In'
Trinity church, closed up his business
affairs, and retired to his estnto at
Lenox. Wllhln n few weeks tho story
came out, and neither money nor Influ
ence could buy Braem back a position
in society or In business. Ho sacri
ficed his Lenox property for a fraction
of Its value and went to live in first
ono European capital nnd then anoth
er. Ills death has revived the old story
and the old riddle.
WHEN MEN ARE SHOT.
NoIiIIitm llu Wlilnly DlfforiMit Wiiyi
of Iti'ri'lvliii; mi In jury.
If you take u dozen soldiers as llko
enchother us peas so far as bight,
weight, strength, nge, courage and
general appearance, anil wound them
nil In precisely tho same way, you
will find that scarcely any of them nro
nffected ullke. One man on receiving
a bullet In his leg will go on lighting
as If nothing hud happened. He does
not know, In fact, that he now con
tains a bullet. But perhaps In two or
three minutes he will grow faint nnd
fall. Another mnn, without feeling
the slightest pnln, will tremble nil
over, totter and fall at once, even
though tho wound Is really very
tdlght. A third will cry out In a way
to frighten his comrades and will for
get everything In his agony. A fourth
will grow stupid and look llko nu
Idiot. Somo soldiers wounded In tho
slightest manner will have to bo car
ried oft tho field. Others, although
perhaps fatally Injured, can easily
wnlk to tho ambulance. Many dlo
quickly from tho shock to tho nervous
system. A very curious caso Is record
ed In tho surgical history of our civil
war, In which mree olllcers wero hit at
Just the H.inin time. One hnd his leg
from tho knee down cnrrled away, but
he rodo ten miles to tho hospital. An
other lost his little finger and ho bo
came a raving lunatic, whllo a third
was shot through tho body nnd,
though ho did not shed n diop of blood
externally, dropped dead from shock.
TRUE TO THE LAST.
Until Hit lylng Dny I'IiiidIiu Vim llnutrn
Trimti'il Hit I'hIIIiIi- l.mer.
In the little Now York town of
Mousey the other day l'hoobo Van
Ilouten, after vainly waiting fifty
years for tho man she loved, died,
trustful, hopeful, as she had lived.
When l'hoobo Von llouton was 18
years old a line young fellow caiuo n
cnurtlng her. At times in after llfo
sho told thoso who wero fortunate
enough to gain her confidence of tho
love affair, nnd to them sho proudly,
fondly, showed a faded daguorreotypo
of a handsome youth, curly lialred,
broad-shouldered, stralght-llmbed.
"Our wedding day was fixed," saldi
Miss Bhoobo, when she grew thus con
fidential; "my wedding gown was
made It's In tho cedar box up stairs.
A week beforo tho day that was to
make mo hnppy my true lover disap
peared. I waited for him; I nover
saw him, nor heard from him again.
I know ho must havo met ouddou
death, else ho would havo returned to
mo. When my tlmo comes I will re
join him." Miss Van Ilouten was
wealthy, and lived In a fine cottage at
Mousey. Sho had few friends and was
considered eccentric. When neighbors
wont In tho other day they found thnt
sho was 111, and had been In bed for a
week. It is too Into for medical aid;
tho spinster died that night. Her ninny
years of waiting wero past.
Olil-Tlmo Mnrrliica Tnrlff.
In olden times a tariff on matches
was established In Franco, In which
tho various degrees of wealth' neces
sary for n girl to enter tho different
ranks of French society wero sot down
as follows: A young woman with a
dowry of 2,000 to 10,000 francs a yenr
was a match for a retail trader, a law
yer's clerk or a bailiff; a dower of 12,
000 entitled ono to nsplro to n dealer In
Bilk, a draper, an Innkeeper, a secre
tary to n great lord; ono with 20,000
francs might look as high as an advo
cate or a government olllccr of con
siderable rank; ono with from 30,00
to 100,000 francs might hopo for a
marquis, a president of parliament, a
peer of France, a duke.
A Wife With No Noiiieiue.
Mlchaol Collins, n well-known farm
er living near Monmouth Junction, N.
J,, hns at last secured a wlfo to his
liking. Tired of living alono nnd find
ing no woman In tho neighborhood
who suited him (or whom he suited),
ho advortlsed for a wlfo "who must not
be too young or too pretty, nnd who
had no foolishness nbout her." Thoro
woro several applicants nnd from the
number Collins selected Joanna Hnse.
Joanna assured him that thoro was no
nonsense nbout her and that she know
nil about taking caro of a man, as she
had already had four husbands. Tho
couplo seem to bo getting along qulto
satisfactorily.
Furmcrs Who Wage Wnr mi IIorr.
In tho farming communities of tho
province of Ontnrlo, Canada, a peculiar
sect called Zionists Is still flourishing,
In splto of tho efforts of tho authorities
to break It up. Tho cardinal doctrlno
of tholr creed Is that hogs aro pos
sessed by devils, and should thoreforo
bo killed, it hns been found uocessary
thoreforo to restrain otherwise reason
able farmers from destroying what In
many cases was a chief means of tholr
support. Tho Zionist farmers, In Bomo
Instances, havo Joined together, drlvon
all their hogs Into ono placo and there
killed them, In no Instanco allowing
any of tho meat to bo used as food.
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