Long Drive on Automobile
A Trip to Chicago from St.
Loviis Made in 36 Hours -
John L. French of St. Louis in tho
first man to muko a trip from St.
I)IiIh to Chicago on an automobile.
He mude (ho distance of ISO in 1 1 oh In
thlrty-nlx hours, notwithstanding the
fact that tin encountored hail roniln
and whh frequently retarded hy fol
lowing wrong directions. Ho traveled
without a chart, and did not try to
u ho the most direct route, llu made
tho Journey to prove thnt the horse
less carriage could he iihciI sntlsfae
lorlly on dirt roads of the country
und that It could lie depended on to
climb IiIIIh and to wheel through deep
mud.
The automobile In which the Ion 3
drive wnx made la of phaeton pattern
and weights 1,000 pounds. It consum
ed olghteen gallons of gnsollne nt n
coat of $2 for the trip. The average
speed wns twelve miles and a half an
hour, nnd the only accident was tho
puncturing of n tire.
"When I left St. Louis I decided to
tako the roads us they came," said
Mr. French, when neon aftor Ills ar
rival In Chicago. "Tho farmer may
understand all about tho highways
and byways of Illinois, but I found tho
roads a perfect labyrinth. The per
sons whom I met on tho Journey, nnd
from whom I humbly Inquired tho best
route to Chicago so often mlsdlrectod
mo that I lost much time. Owing to
tho section divisions, tho roads are
short nnd I found that I had to turn
n corner every ton minutes. As the
speed of the automobile had to be de
creased In order to mnko each turn,
I could not cover as great n distance as
If I had been on a straight road.
I am sure thnt I could make tho trip
In much better time if I wero to re
peat It, as I know tho route now.
"Leaving St. Louis at 8 o'clock In
the morning, I spent tho night at 1)1
voruou, eighty-live miles away. I ran
125 miles during tho day, but lost fif
ty miles by going out of my way ac
cording to directions glvou mo by per
sons of whom I asked Information. I
took luncheon at Staunton. Near
Litchfield ono of tho tires was punc
tured nnd I had u bad time until I
renched Dlvernon. Tho country peo
plo hud never seen an automobile, and
my machine created a great deal of
excitement. Men, women anil child
ren rushed out of the houses to look
at tho horseless carriage. I wns sur
prised when I saw the astonishment
with which tho automobile was exam
ined. Kveu tho horses wero amazed,
nnd ninny times I was compelled to
Btop my vehicle In order to prevent
ruuawnys. Tho dogs barked nt mo,
but they fled In terror when tho ma
chine whizzed by them.
"At Dlvernon I patchod tho punc
tured tire with rope nnd went on to
Bprlugfleld. After leaving Dlvernon
tho roads were much Improved for a
long distance. In Springfield I had tho
tire mended, nnd then I decided to
como to Chicago. I came through
Sherman, Mlddleton, San Joso and
Delavon. From Mlddleton to San
Joso the roads woro good. At Pokln
I wheeled Into deep sand as far as
Chilllcothe. Near Peoria I was com
pelled to get out and push my ma
chine. "From Chilllcothe to Henry tho
roads wore fine. I spent the night in
Henry. The next morning I had a
splendid drive to Seneca. I ran Into a
heavy storm at Mluoka, nnd tho trip
for tho remainder of tho way Into Chi
cago was through mud, In somo places
six luchcs deep. My brother Joined mo
At Jollet, and tho additional weight
made little dlfforenco with the upoed
of the automobile."
largest Hall In Worl.l,
The Chinese, hnvo claimed to hnvo
tho largest bell In tho world, In u Bud
dhist monastery In tho vicinity of Can
tou, but a bell In tho Moscow cathedral
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THE ROUTE FROM ST. LOUIS TO CHICAGO.
Is really tho lurgcBt. The Canton bell,
which was cast In 1400 A. D., Is said
to have cost tho lives of eight men,
who were killed during the process of
casting. The wholo bell Is covered
with an Inscription In embossed Chi
nese character" about hulf un Inch
long, covering oven tho handle, tho
total number being 84,000. Theso char
acters tell a story, ono of the Chinese
classics.
TIMBER QnOWINO SCARCE. ,
Timber MI11111I Will Htinnly Conitiinpllon
About Fifty Your.'
In the manufacturing Investigations
of .thc'tlcvontli censtiR, made In 1890,
lumbermen and mill owners were nak
ed how much timber land wiib owned
by them, nnd what was tho stand of
timber upon It. These questions wero
quite generally answered, nnd tho re
plies showed that a total urea of 27,
CC4.G2G acres, or about 43,200 squaro
miles, wns reported upon, with nn ave
nge stand upon It of 7,830 feet per acre.
Nearly nil of this area was In tho east
ern atutes. Tho stand of timber nvor
nged by stntes ranged from 3,000 up
to 41,000 feet per acre, the latter stand
being In the state or California. Tho
orngo stand In the southern stntes, In
cluding pine und hnrdwood, was 6,000
feet, and In New Knglnnd G.G00 feet.
These figures of nvcrngo stand, how
over are misleading, since they repre
sent not tho average of tho timber
land of tho country, but the" best of
It, quality having largely determined
the selection of lands. It woud, there
foro, be unsafe to accept these figures
of stand ns the average, oven for the
lands which nre covered with mer
chantable timber. The uvorago stand
of the wooded regions of the eastern
country must be far below theso fig
ures. Indeed, estimates of the stand
of southern pine show the much low
er average of about 3,000 feet per aero
for tho entire region. Judging by the
nbove facts and numerous other
strnws of evidence which It would be
tedious to enumerate here, I have
como to tho conclusion that tho nvor
ago stand upon the wooded lands In
tho east probably does not exceed 1,1500
feet. Tho area of woodland In this
part of tho country is n little less
KITE
than half a billion acres. The stand
of timber upon It, thereforo, may be
In tho neighborhood of 760,000,000,000
feet (11. M.). With that estimate In
the west, 630,000,000.000, tho total
stand In the country would appear to
bo, approximately, 1,380,000,000,000
fcot (I). M.). In 1890 the cut was about
20,000,000,000 fcot, nnd since then tho
annual cut has somewhat increased.
Tho present stand, would thereforo
supply tho present rnto of consump
tion for about fifty yours. As a ran
dom statement, then, It may be said
Hint we have timber In slock sufficient
to Inst the present demands of our In
dustries for nearly two generations.
Somo species, howovcr, which are ap
pllcahlo to certain purpose's, such as
tho southern pine, tho redwood, nnd
tho red fir, will Inst longer than
others, nnd some species, llko the
black walnut nnd the whlto plno, nre
already Very nearly oxlunistcd. Hen
ry Gannett In Forum.
,(lrnt (Inilil of Worklng.tToiiien.
The women's co-operative guild of
England, nn organization claiming to
be the only ono made up of working
women that holds annual congresses,
held Its seventh annual congress at
Woolwich in August. The guild has
a membership of 12,809 nnd hns 273
branches. Its delegates represent nil
parts of the kingdom. Subjects debat
ed woro "The housing problem," "Fac
tory legislation," "Women and local
government," etc.
Ilall-llooiut for Apartment lliillilliie.
Convenience of npartment lire In
New York has been yearly Increased,
and there seemed to be no detail in
which it could be improved until the
enterprising builder of an upper west
side block thought of n feature which
hns hitherto been lacking oven In the
most expensive hoises. Only half a
dozen Now Yorkapartment houses are
so built that It Is possible to entertain
In them on nny but, a modest scalo.
Uirgo gatherings nre, as a rule, out of
the question. Now nn architect haa
planned a building which Is to be sup
plied with a largo ball room sufficient
ly spacious to accommodate several
hundred guests, nnd there are also
rooms of smaller size for loss claborato
cntertnlnments. Tho builder who set
nsldo so much space for this purpose
bolicvos that It will be nn excellent In
vestment, ns the Increased rent of the
apartments Is expected to pay for the
loss of practically the space needed for
an entire apartment. New York Sun.
FLYINO.
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A PUEBLO LEOEND.
Btory of Ilellvorence of the 1'aebloi by
, the I'attfarei.
Through nil tho grotesque darkness
of Pueblo superstition, writes Marlon
Hill in Frank Leslie's Popular Month
ly for Ootober, runs a bright thread
of poetic legend; nnd ono legend, since
It is woven around tho ruined cstufa
In tho ruined Pueblo of Pecos, has a
right to bo told here. Pecos was
founded by tho man-god, tho great
Montezuma himself, nnd he therefore
probably felt a protective Interest in
It; nt nny rnto when tho usurping
Spnnlards lay upon the conquered
Pueblos n cursed rule of restraint nnd
wrong, Montezuma Invoked ngnlnst
them the nld of his brother gods In
heaven. These told him to plnnt n
treo upsldo down beside tho chief cs
tufa t Pecos; nnd to light a holy lire
upon tho nltnr, and If tho tiro wore
kept burning until the tree fell, then
would thero come to tho rescuo of tho
oppressed a great pale-face nation, nnd
deliver them from tho Spanish thrill.
So the flro was lit, nnd n sentinel wns
lasted to guard Us Barred flame; and
tho treo wns planted under tho cir
cumstances tho planter would bo ex
cusable In planting tho troo ns Inse
curely ns possible. Hut year after year
passed, and the tree remnlned stand
ing. . Sentinel succeeded sentinol, and
the flanlo lived on Generations with
ered nwny, yet deliverance seemed no
nearor. Ono day there camo a rumor
from old Santa Fo tllat tho city" had
surrendered to a white-faced people.
Wns this tho linnd of deliverers? That
day at noon tho gncrod treo lopp'ed and
fell. Spanish rule was no more. The
prophecy had been fulfilled. If there
be an unbeliever of this legend, let him
go to tho ruins of Pecos and see for
himself that whereas the city was
built upon a mesn so Imrrcii that no
trees aro thoro nor ever have been
thero, yet ucross tho crumbling estufn
lies tho fallen body of a plno of mighty
growth. Tho llko of It Is not for
many mliea around. Whence then did
It come?
SUASION IN DOG.
MlnUter Overcame the AnlinixUy of n
Ilellleernul Ciiiiliie.
A clergyman who wont up Into tho
country to preach nnd lived thero a
considerable tlmo had occasion In his
ministrations to drive reguinrly over a
cortaln road. At u house on that road
lived a big bulldog, which always camo
out and attacked him viciously, says
the Clevclnnd Plain Dealer. The min
ister stood this for a good while, un
til finally, ns ho drove past one winter
night in a low sleigh, a means of cor
recting the dog by moral suasion oc
curred to him. He stopped his horse
In the road before tho house. Tho dog
rushed out madly, barking nnd threat
ening to Jump .Into the sleigh. Tho
minister sat In his sleigh and paid no
attention. The dog retired, returned
to tho nssnult, retired nguln, nnd a
third time rushed out to the attack,
but did not touch tho man. Then ho
loturned to his doorstep and lay down,
apparently utterly crestfallen and dis
gusted with such a mun; and, as ho
paid no further nttention, the minister
drovo off. After jthls the minister
drove many times past the house, but
the dog paid no attention to him nnd
never seemed to see him nt nil. Ho
was cured.
THE FISH KNEW HIM.
A School of Ten Thontntitl t'ollimoil a
Man to lie Fnl.
Mr. Albert Jeffries of Aurny, Col.,
tells a new fish story. He hns recent
ly started n hatchery on the Beaver
creek, five miles nbove Gunnison, Col.,
nnd hns a number of pools constructed
to hold his fish. To keep the fry In
the pools he put screens nt the lower
ends. Hits of liver, which ho used as
food for tho fish, caught In the meshes
of tho screens n fow days ago, causing
an overflow and permitting the escape
of nbout 10,000 trout. Planning to
recapture the wholo lot tho following
day ho went to look for a place where
he could build a dam further down
tho stream. Ho was much surprised,
he says, to find thnt the whole school
of llttlo fish wero following him as he
walked along tho bank. He turned
back and the fish turned and still fol
lowed him. He kept on until he
reached the pool from which they es
cape!, and nn nsslstnnt let down the
screen, making tho wholo school onco
more prisoners. Mr. Joffrles' explunn
tlou Is that tho fish wero hungry from
twenty-four hours fasting and Instinc
tively followed the man who had pre
viously fed them.
Ono Nlxn Told the Truth.
A countryman on a visit to Glasgow,
while walking along Argyle street,
reading tho sign boards and the tickets
In the shop windows, said to his com
panion: "Hoo can a' time ham shops
bo the best and cheapest? Every yln
o them says that and the some wl' tho
clothes shops tne; they nre Jlst a lot
o leeara." They continued along the
street until, coming opposite a plumb
er's shop with a big bill In tho win
dow with the words, "Cast-iron Sinks"
printed In largo letters on It, he ex'
clalmod: "Well, Jock, hero's yin that
tells the truth at ony rate; but any
danged fool kens that castlron wad
sink."
Paper Bhlnglet In Japan,
Paper shingles have been Introduced
Into Japan by an enterprising Toklo
Arm as a substitute for the wooden
article. Tho new Idea Is a slag of
tlilck-tnrred pasteboard, more easily
managed than ordinary shingles, and
costing only half as much.
THE KINO OF COOKS.
HOW HE MADE OVER 100,000
IN THE KITCHEN.
A Hklllcd Cook Mar Uevel In the In
come of a Cabinet MlnUter Sketch
of Charles llanhofer, . Who Wa Horn
a Cook.
It Is ono of life's mnny perversities
thnt tho man who cats n dinner is
often poorer thnn the man who cooks
It, and that, whllon man of high in
tellect mny hnvo n hard struggle to
earn n few hundred pounds a year, a
skilled cook may revel in tho Income
of n cnblnct minister. It must bo as
sumed, however, that theso Incomes
nre within tho reach of any but men
of "culinary genius," the Napoleons
of their profession, who arc as great
artists In. their way as a Mll'als or a
Lelghton. Theso aro tho men who
"put brnlns In their sauces," and
compose n new dish with' as much lov
ing care nnd skill as Mr. Swinburne
puts Into one of his sonnets. Ono of
the greatest of these "kings of the
kitchen" hns Just died, but not until ho
had coined his art Into .C 100,000, und
had enjoyed for nt least thirty years
the Income of a minister of the crown.
Charles Ranhofer was born a cook,
Just as Byron was born a poet; and ho
held his nrt In Just ns high reverence.
Even as a boy, when ho was learning
tho mystery of washing dishes, ho
would sny, "What Is more Important
thnn our food? Nothing. Then can
there be any higher art thun Its prop
er preparation? Persons who eat
three times n day often consider the
nrt of cooking as n matter of little Im
portance; but Isn't a mistake in cook
ing that affects the health more vital
than ono In architecture that may of
fend the oye?" After a period as chief
baker to Merclcr, of tho Boulevard du
Temple, young Rnnhofer, whoso famo
wns now known throughout Paris, was
taken Into the kitchen of the Prince of
Alsace, of which ho was quickly mado
chief. It was in 1850, when Ranhofer,
even then not of nge, went to the
United Stntes, that his fame became
world-wide, nnd he began to feel tho
power of an ajitoerat. "It Is a won
der," this beaidiebs boy said, "that
you have not entirely ruined the na
tional digestion with your careless
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The Chocolate
KingN N N N N?
M. Menier of chocolate fame, who
recently attracted much nttention and
criticism by evicting the Canadian
fishermen from his island of AnticostI,
In tho Gulf of St. Lawrence, is now
said to be fortifying his little princi
pality, and the Canadian authorities
nre looking rather askance at the pro
ceedings of the "man who would bo
king." Menier bought the Island sev
eral years ago und paid five cents an
aero for the 3,000,000 acres which It
contains. Then he set. to work to
build up his domain and establish
himself 11a Lord Paramount und the
law and the lawmaker generally for
AnticostI. He has gone so far that the
Canadian government has cautioned
him not to exceed his civil rights, and
his status Is a burning question at Ot
tawa. Ho lives In n castle, when he
Is on tho Island, and having driven
away the Newfoundland and Canadian
"squatters" has peopled the land with
Frenchmen, who are more umenablo
to his law than to thnt of the Domin
ion. He has n nnvy of two armed ves
sels, which vessels alone aro allowed
to carry supplies to the Island and to
fetch away Its products. These gun
boats, when not employed In trade,
have been cruising about the Island
waters with shotted guns run out,
warning all fishermen to keep outsldo
the "three-mile limit," for the Prince
of Chocolate and Grand Duke of Anti
costI asserts that his Jurisdiction, llko
that of other sovereign rulers, extends
a marine league from his chores. Me
nier has spent vast sums In the Im
provement of AnticostI, nnd It ,j sur
mised that the French government la
The population of tho city of Lon
don within the municipal and parlia
mentary limit, is very much smaller
than most pcoplo imagine, and Btrange
to say it is decreasing as years go on.
In 1881 it wns 50.G58, In 1891 it had
fallen to 37,703, and In 189G It was
only 31,148. This is due to tho fact
that the city Is devoted entirely to
business, nnd tho tradesmen nnd oth
ers who have their shops and offices
thero nre gradually moving out Into
the suburbs. It Is only the residents
In a district thnt are Included In the
census, so that no mutter how many
people are there during the day, If
thoy live elsewhere they are not
To Lengthen the IUI1.
The new tendency in railroading Is
to longthen the rail. The present
standard length Is thirty feet, nnd a
sixty-foot rail has been tried In its
stead. This length showed good re
sults, but did not afford space enough
for expansion In hot woather. The
longer tho rail, the fewer Jolnta in tho
track and tho fewer Jolts. But the
mntter of expansion In hot woather Is
troublesame, and It Is bellovod that
tho standard length will be 45 feet.
I Population of London
rnnllnr ntit finati !.- .
teach you something." And he pr.
ceoded to revolutionize American cook
Ing In New York, Washington nnd
Now Orleans. In 18C0 he returned t0
Pnrls, whoro ho reigned for two years
as emperor of French cooks before
again returning to America and enter.
Ing tho service of tho famous De.
monlco at an Initial salary of 2.01)0
n year. Even Dclmonlco had to take
tho role of oubject to this kitchen an
tocrat. "You are tho proprietor," Han
hofor said to him. "Furnish the num
and provisions, toll mo tho number of
guests nnd whnt they want. I do the
rest."
Ranhofer was now recognized as
king of tho world's chefs, and he wi
consulted by all the world's epicure
Ho founded a school for chefa, and
counted nmong his pupils such gluim
of the kitchen as Lnlouette, Heiletcr
Lnperruquc, nnd Wcndllng. His din
ners were n now heaven to epicures,
and furnished the talk of tho world s
clubs. Some of his dinners have pjm
ed into history. It wns Rnnhofr wtio
prepared the famous "Swan Dinner
nt which tho seventy-four guests wore
enchanted by the spectacle of a num
ber of gaily decorated swans swim
ming' gracefully in a miniature lake
In the center of the table. This dinner
cost a "king's ransom," and was en.
thuslnstlcally described by one of the
guests as "nn exquisite poem from the
first course to tho lust." Ranhofer, t.io.
prepared the dinner which Sir Morton
Peto gave, in 1865, to a hundred
prominent men of New York. The
dinner cost 4,000. The saloon w.is
smothered In tho rarest and costllou
exotics, the menu was printed on em
broidered satin In letters of gold, ami
much of tho wine cost G a bottle. Hut
Ranhofer, although ho wus petted ami
almost worshiped by many of the
greatest of the earth, always recalled
with especial pride the dinner g cii
to Charles Dickens In 18G0 by 200
Journalists. "After the dinner," the
great chef used proudly to relate, ' he
asked to seo me, and his ono wonl
'Perfect' with which he opened the
conversation, told tho whole storj
Think of a mnn who knew better how
to dine thun any man of his time tell
ing 1110 that my dinner wns pcrfot'
Why, I haro been seeking perfection
ull my life, and I nm told that I lue
reached It by n man who could wr.te
out a mutton chop In a way that
makes the reader's mouth water'
OF ANTICOSTI
AND HIS LITTLE
NAVYvvvvw
behind him. At nny rate, the French
government sent the cruiser Isly to
make a survey of the waters around
AnticostI, and nn army of French
workmen Is employed In making roads
and in Improving the bay at Gur
manche, at the western end of the in
land. When M. Menier Is not on the
island a French "governor" lives in
the castle nnd rules In his stead. An
ticostI abounds in game, and its
streams nnd tho wntera which wa-h
Itii shores swarm with fish. The Is
land Is 135 miles long, and its maxi
mum width Is forty miles. Until ie
ccntly It was spoken of ns n barren
place, and government llghthou."o
keepers and tho fishermen who had
"squatted" there mostly from New
foundlandwere Its only Inhabitants,
But chance visitors to the Island be
gan to speak of Its possibilities, ami
it was found to be nnythlng but bar
ren. Most of the coast Is dangerous,
and it wnB n place, of frequent ship
wreck when the winter storms stirred
up to rage and thunder the waters of
the Gulf or St. Lawrence. Menier
owns a great nnd magnificent steam
yncht.ln which ho travels from France
to his islnnd domain, and In It he fre
quently steams up to Quebec, where
his arrival makes a sensation. This
!b gratifying to the Island prince, and
among tho Canadian French he is
looked upon with awe. Quebec society,
also, receives him with open arms.
and the French clement In the Cana
dian government are disposed to close
a kindly oye to his erection of Anti
costI into an independent principal
ity. counted In the population. The real
population of London, however, Is
very much larger than the above. Us
ing tho term In its widest Benso, the
city may bo said to includo all tho
territory within tho Metropolitan Po
lice district. This extendB ovor a ra
dius of fifteen miles from Chnrlng
Cross, and embraces an area of up
wards of 688 square miles. The popu
lation of this district Is not shown in
the census of 1896, but in 1891 it wna
5,G96,101, exclusive of tho city proper,
or, Including the city, 5,633,332. In tha
middle of 1898 the total population of
London, as estimated by tho registrar
general, was 6,408,321.
Return Stolen Money with Interest.
Nearly thirty years ago Jonas Sil
verman, n farmer living near Spring
field, O,, was swindled out of ?1,500 by
sharpers whllo on a train near Val
paraiso, Ind. Tho criminals escaped
and ore long one of the three died.
Tho other two drifted to tho Klondlko
a year or two ago, becamo rich and
hnvo Just returned to tho states. Thoy
hunted up Mr. Silverman, paid him tho
$1,500 nnd gave him $1,000 moro by
way of interest on the forced loun.
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