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FIFTY SLAIN III GALE
THREE HUNDRED OTHERS IN
JURED WHEN STORM SWEEPS
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
LOSS ESTIMATED AT MILLION
Entire Families in Indiana City Are
Wiped Out by Terrific Cyclone
Homes Are Crushed at Though
They Were Eggshells.
Chicago, Murrh 25. I'lfty persons
were kllk'tl, 1!00 Injured, with dam
ugu estimated at more than $1,000,'
000 In ti Btortn in tlio city of Term
Iloutc, Ind., according to Information
gathered over the long distance tele
phono. Two towns near Terru Haute
also wore devastated, transporta
tion was placed at a standstill,
and the shutting off of the elec
trical power of the city hampered
the rescuers and resulted In many in
Juied persons lying in the streets for
hours until Bcarchers with lanterns
came upon them or until daylight re
vcaled their plight.
Factories Are Demolished.
Two large factories were demolish
ed, homes were blown from theli foun
dations, and members of families were
killed or maimed while they luy sleep
ing. Men, women and chlldrc pin
ioned between scantlings and beams
were crushed to death.
Towns Wrecked by Storm.
Two near by towns which were
wrecked by the storm, where. It is
dnid. thirty-nine persons were killed
and scores injured, were:
Uardentown, n garden community,
which was wiped off the map.
I'ralrlcton, eight miles south of
Terre Haute, a farming community,
demolished: homes destroyed and
many killed.
The factories which were demolish
ed were:
Tho Root Glass company; loss $65,
00. Tho Gartland foundry; loss $15,000
Loss In Terre Haute $1,000,000.
The total loss to city of rerre Haute
and suburbs was approximated ut up
ward of $1,000,000.
The entire county of Vigo, Ind., suf
fered a heavy loss and other towns
than those named are declared to have
suffered severely.
Broken Wires Cause Fires.
The storm attacked Terro Haute
about 10 p. m. Tho electrical powei
of the city was quickly crippled. Wire
broko causing fires In the honieB. The
wind helped the flames, but fortunate-
ly the heavy rain soon quenched them.
The southern portion of Terre
Haute, which Is a new factory district
south of Hulman street, was the first
place to show real damage from the
storm. The next place to be reported
as having suffered serious damago
was a now residence section known as
Chestnut place.
Soon after the worst of tho storm
was over automobiles were pressed
into service to assist in carrying the
-Injured to hospitals. Eyery doctor in
kho city was culled upon to assist the
VeBCue parties. Rodlos of those killed
which were not identified were rushed
to tho morgue, whero 20 are reported
to be dying this morning.
List of Known Dead.
Carter, Moses, wife and baby.
King, Mrs. Fred, and child.
Davis, Charles.
Fox, Jeff.
Yearger, Neal.
Edwards, Chamls, eight years old.
' Drown, JamoB. p
Houk, J. n.
Tully, Mrs.
noil, , twelve years old.
Rogers, , South Second street.
Courtnor.
Found Crushed In Ruins.
The bodies of Carter and his wife,
the first recovered, were found undei,
the ruins of their homo, whllo the man
gled body of their child was found IE
feet away.
In Voorhees street, between Third
and Fifth streets, every house waa
leveled. When the ambulances and
automobiles, which were pressed Into
service, reached the devasted district
tho injured had to be carried two
blocks on account of tho debris which
blocked the streets.
Starts With Terrific Downpour.
The storm started with a terrific
downpour of rain, which was describ
ed as being almost a cloudburst. Light
ing struck several places. Then the
devastating hurrlcan followed.
The town of Perth, 20 miles north
east of Terre Haute, suffered heavy
damage, it was reported. None was
reported killed, but several persons
were Injured. Tho school house In
that town was blown down. Perth ia
a mining town.
Firemen, pollco and cltisons made
up the parties that searched tho ruins
of Terra Haute with lanterns for the
dead and injured.
Many saved their lives, It Is report
ed, by fleolng to the cellars of their
homes.
Chemists Convene In Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Wis., March 25. Tho
American Chemical society Is holding
Its forty-seventh annual meeting this
week at. Marquotto university, nnd
scorcB of the most promlnont chemists
in tho country nro hero. President
Arthur I). Little called to order the
first session this morning, all divisions
and sections being present. Papors
were read by Joel H. Hlldobrand, D.
M. Duck, H. E. IIowo and Wilder D.
Bancroft. This afternoon soino of tho
members visited tho Schlltz brewery
and the others went to tho gas and
coke plant. Tomorrow the meeting
breaks up Into divisions and sections.
Friday there will bo an excursion to
IMadifton.
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TWENTY OR MORE DEAD,' TEN
MISSING AND OVER 1C0
JURED BY TORNADO.
IN-
YUTAN MAY BE WIPED OUT
Fire Starts In Stricken Town North
of Ashland and the Water Works Is
Out of Commission Storm Causes
Havoc In Iowa Towns.
Lincoln, Neb., March 25. A tor
nado, forming near Greenwood, swept
over the eastern pari or me siaie,
causing tho doath of at least twenty
persons besides those at Omaha,
whllo ten others are missing and over
a hundred are Injured. Yutan. six
teen miles north of Ashland, suffered
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most severely ui uiiy tnj. mr mv
water works out of commission at j
that place, a fire started nnd tho en
lire place was threatened with de
struction. Known List of Dead.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Hammond and
two children.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Starman.
Mrs. Glllstcr,
Mrs. Salnbaugh and baby
Fred Hayens and two children.
Daby daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
.Fred Ohnf, killed on a farm near
Mead.
Henry Hickory, killed on a farm
near Mead.
Heaviest Loss Near Greenwood,
Valley Still, north of Yutan, wan
reported hard hit. Property running
probably into thousands of dollnrs
was destroyed by tho wind. The
heaviest loss occurred near Green
wood and north of Ashlnnd.
Two tornadoes wore reported ns
forming near Greenwood, one going
north nnd the other heading for tho
cast. The one which went north did
tho greater damago. At Ralston much
property was destroyed and tho rail
road lines were blocked with debris,
necessitating tho holding ,of several
trains.
Wire service In tho eastern part of
Jhe state was demoralized and com
paratively meager reports of tho
jstorm were received over telephone
iwlres.
To add to tho delay in restoring
'wire service much of the wire had
been blown away, so that it had to he
jomplotely replaced.
Storm Causes Deaths In Iowa.
Sioux City, In., March 24. Six per
sons were killed, houses were unroof
ed and many thousand dollars of dam
ago was done at Woodbine, Iowa, by
tho storm which swopt that section.
jSovcral persons were killed at Craig,
'Neb. There was only one wire out of
jSloux City after 9 p. m., and it was
Impossible to ascertain tho loss of
Ufo In Iowa.
Havoc Wrought In Iowa.
Dos Moines, Iowa, March 24
Members of tho crow of a Rock Is
land passenger train which arrived
hero at midnight brought news of
high winds throughout western
Iowa. Tho train left Omaha at 4:15
and traveled through tho storm from
Atlantic, Iowa, thirty miles east of
Omaha, to Staurt, a distance of forty
miles. Tho worst damago in this belt
was at Memo, sixty miles west or
horo, where several houses wore un
roofed Telegraph poles and trees
were blown across tho tracks In many
places
ELIOT REFUSES BRITISH POST
Sends Thanks to President Wilson
but He Thinks He Can Be of
More Service at Home,
Washington, March 25. Official an
Tiounccmtmt was mndo ut the Whlto
illouBO that former President Eliot of
jllarvard linn declined President Wll -
son's offer to bo nmbassador to Orcat
tnrltnln. Mr. Eliot wired his thanks,
.but said he thought hv could ho of
more service to the' country nt home,
working In a familiar field, than
abroad.
A
SWEPT
, FOR WOMEN
! STORM CAUSES BIG LOSS
IN CHICAGO; HOUSES RAZED
Residences Arc Demolished and Occu-
I . i-i.. -I .j t al nitnlii t? m is
pants
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Per3onc Logo Lives.
Chicago, March 25. Tho list of tho
dead and Injured, the ruin and
devastation wrought by tho galo that
swept Chicago nnd btiburbs was aug
mented by Iho latest reports.
A dozen of the lire and wreckage
victims reported Injured uro oxpected
to die.
One of the victims, Ywanowlc?, lived
at 1453 Redlleld street, lie was elec
trocuted while trying to repair a
broken wire In the rear of his homo.
Young Sloconibe was buried under
the debris of his overturned home. Ills
body was found In his bed.. Ho had
not awakened and the bed clothing'
still was wrapped about him.
Twenty-five buildings were blown
over by tho tale and hundreds of lire
started. An accurate estimate of the
dead and injured still Is Impossible,
though the pollco and fire departments
have been nctlvo since, midnight. Their
completed reports havo not been made
us yet.
The gale furnished one of tho most
spectacular nights Chicago has seen
sliico the great Chicago fire of 1871.
In some parts of tho city whero the
where fire and ruin followed, resi
dents fled down the streets, not know
ing whnt disaster waa at hand.
The galo camo from the northwest.
It brought traffic to a standstill. "L"
trains rocked on the structure, tho
screams of passengers echoing above
tho roar of tho storm.
Tho dead:
Slocombo, Orlo, twelve years old,
3193 North Sawyer avenue.
Thomas Ywanowlcz, thirty-five years
old, 1453 Redfleld street. v
Two unidentified men in Dcsplalncs.
FANNIE CROSBY 93 YEARS OLD
Noted Hymn Writer, Blind Almost
Since Her Birth, Continues
Her Life Work.
Drldgejiort, Conn., March 25. Fann
Crosby, tho blind hymn writer, cele
brated here ninety-third birthday an
niversary. She is In good health and
continues to take an active interest
In her work. During the last year she
has made several trips to points in
New York and New England to speak
at public gatherings. Miss Crosby
is, the author of more than 6,000
hymns, many of which are known
throughout the English-speaking
world. The writer has been blind al
most from her birth. In hor youth she
was a pupil in the New York Institute
for the Ulind. Sho was afterward a
teacher in tho institution. Miss Cros
by was married in 1858 to Alexander
Van Alstyno, who died in 1902.
MADERISTS ARE EXECUTED
Adherents of Late President of Mex.
Ico 8laln by Military Au-
torltles.
El Paso, Tex., March 25. Three
more adherents of the late President
Madero were executed recently at
Jimenez, say mall advices received
hero. Juan Rosales, ex-stato senator;
Jose Menn, former municipal ofllco
holder ut. Parrnl, nnd Juan llacn, cap
italist, were tho victims. Each was
arrested on political charges ut his
homo In Parral and removed to
Jimenez, whero the executions wore
carried out by military authorities.
American Oriental Society.
Philadelphia, March 25, Tho annual
meeting of the American Oriental so
ciety opened tbday at tho University
of Pennsylvania, and will continue
through Thursday. An Interesting pro.
gram of papors has been prepared for
tho sessions. Tomorrow noon the vls-
iltlng members will be tho guests or
! Dr. Cyrus Adlor at luncheon at tho
Dropsle college In tho evening the.
Oriental club of Philadelphia will en
tertain the men at dinner and Mrs,
Cornelius Stevensou will eutertalu tho
ladles,
DEATH AND DESTRUCT0N
CAUSED BY BIG STORM
Dead. Injured.
In Omaha, Neb ISO 300
Houses burned. State troops
ordered out to prevent looting.
Communication cut off.
Dead. Injured.
Terre Haute, Ind.... 18 61
Three hundred homes destroy
ed; many on fire. Property dam
age estimated at $1,000,000.
Pralrletown, Ind., reported wiped
out.
Dead. Injured.
Galesburg, III 3 10
Yutan, Neb., In flames 16 30
Ashland, Neb., destroyed. Many
dead.
Dead. Injured.
Greenwood, Neb 20 100
Council Dluffo, la.... 7 40
Perth, Ind G 20
Craig, Neb 1-1
Sioux City, la 6 40
Acklcy, la 3 10
Carroll, la 1 25
Woodbine, la 0 30
Ncola, la., many hurt. Property
destroyed.
Mcnlo, In., great loss of property.
Number Injured.
Dead. Injured.
In Chicago 4 75
Scorch of houses down. Many
fires. Telephone and telegraph
wires down. Great property loss.
STORM IS THIRD IN SERIES;
HUNDREDS HAVE PERISHED
Tornado Attack Started March 13,
When Disasters Occurred In
Several Southern States.
Chicago. March 25. Tho terrific
storm that dealt death over a wldo
area Is ono of a scries steadily in
creasing In force that has been bom
barding the western und southern sec
tions of the United States In the Inst
12 (lass. Within that period hundreds
of lives have been lost in tempests
of rain, wind and snow, with de
structive electrical arcompanlments.
Tho storm attack started March 13,
when severe electrical disasters were
reported from Georgia, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Ixuilslann, Mississippi and
Texas. From 80 to 100 lives were
lost in various localities.
Nine days later n stilt more terrific
blast struck the sumo region, with off
shoots running up along tho west bank
of tho Mississippi in the west and
into Ohio nnd Indiana In the cast. Chi
cago got a slight slap from tho storm's
tall In the blizzard of last Friday
which caused $2,000,000 damago in
wire connections. In other parts of
tho storm-swept area tho havoc was
greater nnd the Iobb of Ufo, ns tabulat
ed, showed 123 dead, with many others
supposedly unreported becauso of tin
crippling of tho telegraph lines.
Professor Frunkenlleld, acting fore
caster of the local weather bureau,
says that the causes for tho unusual
chnrncter of tho severe storms of the
laBt few days are unusual conditions In
tho upper atmosphere, of which little
is known. Tho storm at Omnha, ho
said, was duo to oxccsbIvo develop
ment of a storm contor in nnd about
Omaha early In tho morning, but be
causo of communications being cut
off In that territory tho forecaster has
little knowledge of conditions thnt pre
vailed. Belgium Strike Sanctioned.
Brussels, March 25. Tho congress
jof tho Labor party ratified tho order
for a general strike, to bo called April
14, Issued by tho national commutes
on universal suffrage
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.
Chlcaco, March 24.
Open- High- Ixm-
Wheat- Inn. est. est.
May 90K-H .91K .90-
July 90-90 .90H .89-
Sept tH-tt .90V4 .89H
Corn
May J2H-H .M .Mtf-H
July B4J4-JI .65H -MJ4
Sept 66H-S .68 -65H
OaU
May S3- .Mi
July SWi .3414 .33
Sept 33 .33T4-34 .33
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FLOUIl-Bprlnir wheat, patent. Minne
sota brandB, wood, $4.8005.10 .to retail
trade; Minnesota and Dakota pntenta. M-ZO
4.36: Jute, atralght, $4.0O1?4.15; tlrst clears.
Juto, t3.404f3C0: second clears, Jute, $2,700
2.90; low Krade, Jute, $2.60f2.70; winter
wheat, patent. Jute, $4.f0&4.75; straight
Jute. $4.2604.35; ryo flour, white, patent,
$3.150'3.25; dark, Jute, 93.0OS3.15.
BUTTKH-Croamery. extra, 35c; extra
Hrsto, 233lc; nrstn, 31032c; seconds, 2Sc;
storage, extras, 33c; prints, 37c; dairies,
extra, rtiSc: flints, 25c; seconds, 22c; la
dles, 22c; packing! stock, 21c.
KGOS-Curront .receipts, 16o; ordinary
flrsts. lG!4c: tlrBts, 17c; prlmo Units, lVc;
extra. 20c; checks, UWJttc; dirties, 1214
1314c
I.IVB POULTRY Turkeys, 16c; chick
ens, fowls, IClic; roosters, 12o; springs,
lCc; Reese. lu; durks, 17e.
DRR8SI3D POULTRY Turkeys,
chickens, mixed, ICcs roosters, 12c
10c; canons, 21c; ducks, 18u; noeso,
POTATOBS-MInn iatn. 43fMc;
JS21c:
fowls,
He.
Mlchl.
Stan,
an, 450c; Wisconsin, ej'u-itc.
Live
Stock,
ChlcnKo. March 2t.
CATTLB Oood to cholco steers, ?S.W9
9.20; fair to good steers, J7,2fafS.5i); coin
linon to fat beeves, tO.OW.SS; distillery
tccrs, H.OOffS 03; Inferior killers, $J.6QfcH0;
ennner IiiiUh. $1 SOffS.OO; fair to choleo veal
Ws. $11.0 12.00: heavy talves, $S.2CW.00:
'.feeding steers, J7.2MiS.23; mockers, frt.wvfj
7.25; medium to good lieef rows. &.2Mjfi,00;
Jfalr to good heifers. K.OOffT.T&i good to
-choice cows, $.l.0e(&7.00! common to good
cutters, U i.vr(t.75; Inferior to good can
Iners, $tt0fjl.00; tiolngnn bulls, $n COftfi.M,
IIOGH flood to prlmo heavy, $8.9.'fi9,0G;
good to prime Imtclicr hogs, $3.007W,15;
IrouKli heavy packing, $S,ffS.75; fair to
'good heavy packing, $S,900 00; good to
(Choice light, 1703200 lbs., 9.05Ti9.20; pigs,
'110 lbs, and under, $7.6033.25; pigs, 110QU441
lbs., $8.5003.75. ,
KEEPS JOINTS LOCKED
NEW SCHEME THAT RAILROAD
MEN CONSIDER OF WORTH.
Will Make for Greater Safety and
Kwnomy If the Claims Made Are
Justified When Device Is
Proved,
A radical change from tho regula
tion rnll-joint is proposed by tho In
ventor of n new
Interlocking Joint
described and
Illustrated In Hall
way and IjOco
motive Engineer
ing. This device
Is marked by sim
plicity In struc
ture and opeia
Hon, which, as
the writer of tho
notice reminds us,
Is a necessary adjunct in the appll
mice Intended for use on railroads.
He says:
"Any new device which Is a radical
change from the regulation appliance
which may be In use Is always sure to
excite comment, both fnvorable and
unfavorable, and tho result is that
Loth lines of argument bring such a
device prominently to the notice of tho
general public, it is a well known
fact that frequently unfavorable com
ment Ih productive of much good, as
It very often brings to light some or
ganic defect which may havo been
overlooked, and remedies and Im
provements naturally suggest them
selves to the inventor. In regard to
the rail-Joint, It may bo said briefly
that It Is the result of many cnreful
iixporliuonts, and Mr. Ilarnhlll, tho In
ventor, has submitted tho resultH of
his experiments to a number of emi
nent experts, all of whom ngrco thut
the problem of forming a perfect rail-
joint calculated to meet tho" growing
demands of railway service has been
completely solved. It has been tested
and retested and Improved until the
present product appears to bo a per
fect article In tills lino or endeavor.
It precludes tho clicking of tho roll
ing stock In traislt, as well as tho but
terlng of tho rail ends. The track is no
more liable to spread than elsewhere.
A low joint is impossible, as one rail
can not spring below tho other. Fish
plates, bolts and nutB are necessary.
Reinforcements at the Joints add
strength whero It Is needed, and tho
laying of rails costB less than by
some other methods. It Is only neces
sary to raise tho rails eight inches to
lock or unlock, and in laying now
track tho rails can bo laid upon their
side and locked very euBlly, and then
set over right side up. Tho use of
bent wires is no longer necessary
where this rail-joint Is UBed."
Trains, Trainmen and Signals.
An eastern railroad has Issued a
special order Insisting that signals
when a trnln stops bo carried back
tc the required dlstanco: "Never
mind about tho engineer's whistle
calling you In." Hut It would help
toward tho efficacy of tho rule if tho
train crow were Instructed to allow
tho necessary time for taking the
flag back. Trainmen hate being left
afoot, and many accidents have been
duo to their hurry to get back to tho
train before it starts. This nvorslon
la natural and will always bo a
source of temptation to negligence.
Either there should bo a special com
pensation sufficient to overcomo this
reluctance, or the train should always
be held for the tlmo which experi
ment shows to bo necessary to carry
'out tho flagging rulo to tho lotter.
Springfield Republican.
Monocle In Use 100 Years.
Tho monocle, usually associated
with the sterner although perhaps not
less vain sex, has been worn for Just
a hundred years. The first person to
screw a glass in his eye was, accord
ing to Sir Horace Rumbold, a Dutch
exquisite, the Jonkheer Rreele, whose
anonoclo startled the diplomats assem
bled for tho congress of Vienna. The
fashion spread rapidly. In Dr. Kltch
Iner's "Economy of the Eyes," pub
lished nine years after the congress,
ho deplores tho fact that "a single
glass set In a smart ring 1b often used
by trinket fanciers merely for fash
Ion's "ike. These folk havo not tho
least feet In their sight nnd are not
aware of tho mischievous conse
quences of such irritation."
Shadows of 8ound.
As there nro shadows that interfere
with sight so also there are "shadows"
that Interfere with hearing. This fact
Is well known to pllote. When, as In
donso fogs, tho boat Is guided largely
by the sense of hearing, there Is a
constant risk that these so-called
"shadows" may cut off tho sound of
tho fog homo.
In ccrtntn cases tho sound waves
seem to "Jump" Ilka bounding balls.
At tho distance of a mile tho sqund
is henrd perfectly, at two miles It .may
be impossible to hear It, whllo a mllo
further on it may begin to be .audlblo
onco more. Harper's Weekly
Artist's Work With Matches.
A French artist, M. Amlot, has late
ly exhibited a collection of articles
mado entirely from tho ends of
mntches picked up In tho streets of
Paris.
Hh weaves his material In a design,
nprondn tho backs of tho matches with
gum and presses the whole firmly to
gether, M. Amlot has 'mado sovornl
Vases In this way and an excellent
modol of a violin. !n the latter, which
has movable- pegs nnd strings, thoro
nro np fewer than 1,500 matches.
t.-TS
DOG DIES RACING WITH TRAIN
Greyhound Followed Master Seated Iff
Express, but Collapsed After
Game Struggle.
Metror, a blooded racing greyhound
that was the pride and pet of his mas
ter, Luclan Gray, of this place, ran
himself to death the other afternoon
In a sl.xmlle speed contest with a New
Haven railroad locomotive, says a
South Norwnlk (Conn.) dlspntch to
the New York Herald.
Mr. Gray boarded a lloston express
for Stamford, believing his dog, which
had followed him to thu station, would
go linck homo. Hut ns he sat by a
window nnd tho train moved out tin
was surprised to see the hound hound
ing alongside, glancing up uffcetloi
ntely. '
The master tried to raise tho wlnt
dow to order Meteor home, but by tlui
time he was able to do so thu train
wan going so fast and the noise was so
great that the dog did not understand
and kept pace gallantly with the car,
"Please stop the train! 1 love thaf
dog of mine and I'm afraid he'll b
hurt," Mr. Gray begged of tho conduct
tor, but the train was an express and
couldn't bo stopped until It reached
Stamford.
For two miles the contest of muscle
and steel went on evenly, watched by
scores of passengers. Then the hound
began to drop back. Mr. Gray walked
from car to car, trying to order the
dog home. As ho reached tho real
platform of tho last car Meteor was
,passed by the train.
Surely tho dog would give up then,
thu mnster thought, and ho yelled a
Until order for tho hound to stop. Hut
tho roar of tho trnln drowned his
voice. ,
Passing through Rowayton nnd tbon
Darlen, tho latter town bIx miles from
the starting point, Mr. Gray could still
glimpse his pet struggling along des
perately, far hack In tho distance. Hul
a llttlo boyond Darlen ho saw Mctoort
fall, then roll over n couplo of tlmeB. ',
Tho master got an automobile as
soon as the train stopped at Stamford
and sped back to tho outskirts of Dart
ten. There ho found a llttlo crowd;
around tho dog.
"Wo tried to do something for him;
Mister," said Bomo ono. "Hut It wasn't
any use. Ho was dead when wo picked)
him up."
WHERE HURRY IS FROWNED ON
Railroad Porter In Syria Regaled Pas
sengers With Honey While
Awaiting a Train.
They have a curious way of manag
ing somo rallwnys In Syria. Weary ot
much riding, a party of travelers on
their way to lleyrout resolved ono day
to go by trnln. They arrived at a
primitive station, but could And no
station master.
Presently, however, one of the
camp followers arrived, looked about,
nnd, spying a small red flag lying on
tho platform, mado oft with It along
the lino. When a train camo In the
mnn wuved his ling, the engine driver
pulled up, and the travelers got In.
Later, while tho train was puffing
on Its wny, the guard came along the
footboard nnd Issued tho tickets, care
fully noting down tho names, national-'
lty nnd occupations of the passengers.
Two stations further on they got
out, and hero there was not only a
station master, but a porter, and the
latter stayed with them all day In an
orchard till the camp arrived, mean
whllo feeding them with honey from
tho comb.
Whero clso, ono wonders, could such
a chnrmlng railway Bystom be found.
Wldo World Magazine. i
Relict Fascinate Kaiser.
Dr. Leo Frobenius, chief of tho Ger
man Central African exploration oxpe
dltlon, who asserts that he has located
tho oxact alto of the lost Atlantis, has
Just expounded his views and the re
sults of his travels, before the kaiser.
Tho kaiser la much Interested In the
trophies that Frobenius obtained In
support of his Atlantis views, particu
larly the collection of terra cottaa.
"One Bees that these never were made
by negroes," was his majesty's com
ment. The emperor also thought the
torra cottns were portraits, as every
head is different. Dr. Frobenius ex
hibited the photograph of a Byzantine
imperial cnstlo which he had discov
ered in tho heart of Africa. He ex
plained that most ot his exploration
had taken place on British soil, but he
had run across the ruins of a Persian
city on Gorman territory. This state
ment evoked a spontaneous outburst
from the kaiser, to the effect that
everything must bo dono to enable a
thorough excavation of the ruins. Dr.
Frobenius, therefore, will probably
soon return to Africa with imperial
backing.
Goose and the Golden Eggs.
A'cortaln man had a gooso which
laid him a golden egg every day. A
foolish friend advised him to kill the
gooso and realize at once on tho fu
ture. "No," said tho man, "that Is not the
proper way. I know a hotter." There
upon he organized a company and Is
sued stocks and bonds which he sold
at a good round figure. Then ho gave
out the' report that the gooso had quit
laying. This enabled him to buy the
stock back at a low figure. Then he
gnvo out tho report i that tho goose'
was laying two eggs n day, which en
nbled him again to sell tho stock at a
big advnnco. After he had repeated
this process a number ot times he was
so rich that ho didn't care what the
gooso laid or when. Accordingly, he
Invested his wealth In gilt-edged se
curities, journoyod abroad, and vest
in for art. Ellis O, Jones, Llpptnoott'a
Magazine.
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