SENTIMENT OF THE REPUBL
CAN PARTY.
Tlie Republican party , in declarin
for a single gold standard , does not r <
fleet the sentiments of thousands upo
thousands of American voters in th :
and in other sections of the countr ;
They realize , too , that the Republica
party a party resplendent in illustr
ous achievements in the past declare
for the gold standard because the Eas
era bankers and bond speculatoi
threatened to withhold a corruptio
fund from Ihe party if their demand
for the single gold standard were m
complied with. It was not a matter c
choice with the "rank and file" of th
party , but a matter of fund. The grea
mass of the Republican party instim
lively rebelled against the adoption o
such a plank , but the money powei
backed by the politicians , was to
strong , and to-day the American peopl
benold the sad spectacle of the one
great Republican party , through it
leaders , bending its knee to politics
corruption and worshiping the Britis
gold standard. Where are the Lir
coins , Sewards and Sumners of the Re
publican party ? All gone. Instead o
13ie statesmanship of Abraham Lfincol :
we have Mark Hanna. Instead of th
wisdom of William H. frsward , w
have the low cunning and politics
trickery of Thomas C. Platt. Instea <
of the devotion and patriotism o
Charles Sumner we have the ignoranc
and dishonesty of Matthew S. Quaj
But the corrupt leaders of the Republj
can party cannot deliver the Republi
can vote en masse over to the gel <
standard. The sentiment in that part ;
is almost as strong for silver as it is ii
the Democratic party. The single goli
standard has but few advocates , au <
they are found principally amouj
those who deal in-money. Will th <
Democratic party take advantage o
its opportunity ? Will it be true to tin
principles of Jefferson and Jackson
Will it forsake the principles which i
has advocated since the foundation o :
the Government ? Will it say to tin
Populist , to the silver Republican , am
to the Prohibitionist , we are for hones
money ? the money of the Constitutioi
both gold and silver at the ratio of ] (
to 1 , and we ask you to unite with u ;
and aid in expelling this un-Aruericai
system from our land ? If successful
we will coin all the gold and silver pre
sented to our mints into money o ;
final redemption , and if you believe ii
rising prices and steady employment u
labor , aid us.
Cheap Money Means Higher Prices.
The way to have good times is to in
crease the number of redemption units
There will not be higher prices withoul
cheaper money. Every final redemptior
dollar that is coined cheapens money
Coin both metals at the established
ratio , and then let the Government re
deem its obligations in either gold 01
silver at its option. The silver unit , if
made a legal tender for all debts , will
be as good as the gold unit. The Gov
ernment , by the Constitution , has pow
er to coin money and rejrulate the value
thereof , and why not do it ? What can
be the objection ? What valid reason
can be assigned for not making silver
final redemption money ? The goldbugs
do not want it done for the reason that
the people's burden would thereby be
made lighter and gold less valuable.
They demand the dearest money. Self-
interest is stronger than humanity ,
and greed lakes the place of patriotism.
By changing silver from credit to re-
demptiqn money the basic principle of
money is added to and the foundation
of a sjifiieient volume of currency te
aaiJ. Both metals would iien perform
the 'saline fiiaciiCSS , tiCT strength
ening the whole Monetary system ftntT
making a permanent foundation for
tlie issuance of one dollar in paper , if
necessary , for each dollar in coin. In
crease the supply of money , and pros
perity , like a benediction , will bless
mankind.
. - > Tliey Can't Stop It.
* " Tlie gold standard papers of the Lou
isville Courier-Journal , Memphis Com
mercial-Appeal and Richmond Times
stripe are doing their utmost to dispar-
jig e MJJ. IJjrvey's work t rajse & fun (
'for the dissemination of wlieleSome
Democratic literature between now and
3900. But that recognized leader of
Democracy , William Jennings Bryan ,
has recognized the regularity and im
portance of the movement by sending
his own subscription , and now to clinch
Mr. Bryan's approval Senator Jones ,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee , and also chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee under
which Mr. Harvey is doing this work ,
comes out and gives his hearty indorse
ment to Mr. Harvey's methods. Cer
tainly the movement could not be in
jnore capable and worthy oharge.-
Mobile fAla. ) News.
Quotations on Value.
"There is no such thing as intrinsic
value. Qualities are intrinsic ; value is
a relation between exchangeable com
modities , and , in the eternal fitness of
things , never can be invariable. Value
is of the mind ; it is the estimation
placed upon a salable article by those
able and willing to buy it. 1 ha.vo seen
water sell on the Sahara at 2 francs a
bucketful. Was that its intrinsic val
ue ? If so , what i ? its intrinsic value on
Lake Superior ? John AV. Bookwalter.
"An object , in fact , whether gold , sil
ver , cotion or any other article , is said
to have risen or fallen in value when it
will command In exchange a larger or
mailer cjWJsWf of other tilings in th
gross than before. The expression
purely relative. Nor can there be sue
a thing as positive , absolute or re :
value. " A. Potter.
"The term 'intrinsic value' is used b
many writers with a total disregard c
the idea involved in the word vain
An article may have estimable qual
ties that are intrinsic , but no articl
whatever can have intrinsic value. II
'value' is the mental estimation of ii
qualities as modified by the limitatio
of its quantity and the amount of sa <
rifice necessary to obtain it. In othc
words , value is subjective , not objee
ive. In economic discussion , howevei
value is treated as though it resided i
the object , rather than in the mind , an
while , for convenience , I may occasioi
ally use it in that sense , it is importaii
to bear in mind the distinction. " Joh
P. Jones.
The Quantitative Theory.
It was admitted by the advocates o
gold in the Omaha debate that the olde
authorities , Adam Smith , Ricardo , Joh
Stuart Mill and others , all held to th
quantitative theory , but it was insiste
that the later ones , excepting Ger
Francis A. Walker , were all against ii
This is reiterated by "Sound Money.
It was observable , however , that tlie ,
named none of these modern authori
ties excepting Edward Atkinson and J
Laurence Laughlin , neither of whou
will be remembered as an economist fil
teen minutes after ( he is dead. Th
truth is , that there is not a disinterest
ed economist of any standing in th
world now who de ies the "quantita
tive theory. " There were iutelligen
gold men in the audience who frankl ;
admitted to the writer that their peopl
made a mistake in denying tlie "quanti
tative theory , " saying that the denia
of so plain a proposition "was not ii
accordance with good common sense. '
Millions for Mark's Crown.
Dingley's protective tariff produce !
its first year a deficit of $98,248,108 , bu
it putvmany millions in the pockets o :
the men who subscribed to Mark Han
na's fund to elect McKinley.
PupprcssinR Scliley.
Admiral Schley is a Democrat , am
that is the reason the adminisrratioi
has tried to suppress him , and has kep
him from maintaining his place on thf
naval roll.
Free Coinage , Free Institutions.
Free coinage is inalienably allied l <
the free institutions of the country
without it we pass to the vassalage ol
the plutocracy.
The Empress' Photos.
One of the royalties whose pictures
American tourists were rarely able tc
add to their collections of photographs
was the late Empress of Austria. The
Emperor of Germany is possibly the
easiest to obtain in any fashion thai
may be desired , and the rest of the Eu
ropean sovereigns , in somewhat less
varied styles , are accessible enough ,
But the Empress of Austria had not
been photographed for many years be
fore her death. The picture of her thai
was sold most frequently shows her iu
evening dress holding a fan , and turn
ed , with three-quarters of her face vis
ible. Her hair falls low over her shoul
ders and she wears a tiara of diamonds
This photograph is tlie copy of a portrait
trait painted more than a score of
pears ago. Since that time she has
never been photographed even for the
members of her family. She was a
beautiful woman at the time the portrait
trait was painted. After that she faded
greatly and little of her former beauty
remained. It was her desire that her
? ubjectg' gl-SUld remember her as she
ippeared then , ailu 2 tater Hkenesse.1 ?
ever published.
a i Ibeath Notice.
Frail lleghia Deixner died recently ux
Yerschetz , in South Hungary , at Ihe
ige of 111 years. The death notice
ead as follows : "Filled with grief , we
uform all relatives and friends of the
lecease of our beloved mother , rnother-
n-law , grandmother , grejat-granduioth-
? r , great-great-grandmother and great-
jreat-grcat-grandmothciy CollQV d by
lie signatures of thrco sous , two daugli-
thirty-flye grandchildren , ninety
en , twelve of the
iii and three of the fifth generation ,
n all 145 living persons directly sprung
"rom her , besides those of their 1ms-
) ands and wives. She had lived under
: he Emperors -tF&seph II. . Leopold II. ,
ind Francis I. , df the Holy Roman cni-
> ire. and under JPrancis L , Ferdinand
r. , and Francis 'Joseph L , Emperors of
Austria.
The Saloonkeeper in Ihe Jilbhilrkc.
Champagne brings -$25 a bottle in
Dawson. The regular price of'ii drink
) f whisky is oO edits , and the'saloon
keeper claims that he is milking no
) refit at this price , when he has to pay
i > 40 to $30 a gallon for it wholesale
iccaus ; tlie miners takb such large
Irinks. The saloonkeepers , however ,
ire not unable to take care of them
selves. They adulterate their whisky
'reely with Yukon wJUcr , and they are
ilways careful to have the balance on
, heir side when the weigher puts the
' scales. Underneath
customers' dust on the
neath the scales is a piece of Brus
sels carpet , and any particles of dust
; hat may accidentally fall in the opera-
ion are hidden for harvest after the
. losing hour.
Gen. Miles' son , Sherman , accompan
ied his father to forte Rico as a volun
teer aid , serving without pay and
without commission. He was offered a
jommission by the Governor of Massa
chusetts , but refused it.
TREES WHICH DRAW LIGHTNINC
Select Beeches for Shelter During i
> tor in and Avoid Oaks.
Alex. McAdSe has asked the wea he
bureau to investigate the question wh ;
some kinds of trees are more frequent
ly struck by lightning than others
Apart from the importance of this sul
ject from other points of view , it dc
mauds attention primarily as a matte
of saving human life. As Mr. McAdl
shows , many people , particularly farm
ers and those who work in the field !
exposed to thunder storms , will worl
until the storm is almost upon them
and then run to the nearest tree fo
shelter.
If tha tree is an oak , and the chargec
thunder clouds are moving -toward !
with high electric potential , the persoi
or persons under the tree are in tin
line of strain and all unconsciously an
contributing to the establishment of i
path for the lightning discharg <
through themselves. On the othei
hand , if the tree selected for sheltei
happens to be a beech tree , there is
some reason to believe that it will af
ford safety as well as protection
though the reason why is not at prcs
ent made clear. It is known that the
oak is relatively the most frequently
and the beech the least frequently
struck.
Based on the somewhat loose colla
tion of figures on the subject hereto
fore available , it is estimated that ii )
the matter of relative attraction of
lightning , if the beech is represented
by 1 , the pine stands at 15 ; trees , col
lectively , rank about 40 and oaks 54.
The trees struck are not necessarily the
highest or the most prominent. Oak
trees have been struck' twice in the
same place on successive days. Trees
have been struck before rain began
and split , and trees have been struck
during rain and only scorched.
It is suggested that the division o !
forestry and the division of vegetable
pathology shall combine with the
weather bureau in an exhaustive in
vestigation of this subject , and that
those familiar with forests in their re
spective neighborhoods will tender
their experience as to the relative fre
quency of lightning strokes on differ
ent kinds of trees. But before any state
ment is made as to the danger of stand
ing under certain trees ( luring thun
der storms , the more general ques
tions of the effect of lightning upon
trees will have to be jrone into. Such
a study will deserve the co-operaiion
of statisticians , physicists and vegeta
ble pathologists. St. Louis ( llobe-
Democrat.
A Ti er of the Sea.
The shark is a creature gifted with
great strength , a savage temper , dogged
perseverance and exceptional power of
jaw. The lion and tiger may mangle ,
the crocodile may lacerate , the bulldog
may hold fast the shark alone of living
creatures possesses the power of nip
ping off a human limb at a clean bite.
One ill service Nature has done the
shark namely , that of placing a trian
gular fin on its back which acts as a
danger signal , and gives warning of his
approach. Happily the shark has not
been gifted with sufficient sagacity to
be aware of this peculiarity , for if he
had been so he would unquestionably
abandon his habits of swimming close
to the surface of the water , and would ,
in that case , be enabled to approach his
victim unobserved. The shark is a slow
swimmer , for its size and strength.
Byron observes , "as darts the dolphin
from the shark" ; but Byron was a poet
and does not appear to have been a
close observer of the habits of the in
habitants of the water , or he would
have known that a shark would have
no more chance of catching a dolphin
than a sheep would of overhauling a
hare. A shark will keep up with a sail
ing ship , but it is as much ns it can dote
to folloAV in the wake of a fast steamer ,
and a torpedo boat would be able to
give it points.
Habit.
' My friend , " said the benevolent citi-
fcen , "you ought to break away from
your present mode of existence. "
blister , " replied Meandering Mike
you've sounded de keynote of me am
bitions. l'in tired o' Ojs life. "
"I'm glad to hear you .sjiso. . * '
"Yes , sir. I've been doin' me best to
live on no meals a day fur de last thir
ty-six hours , un' I'm williii' . wit' de
lielp of anyt'ing from ten cents up. ter
reform. "
"I am afraid thai ii is habit that
brought you to this , Beware of habit ! "
"Looky 'ere , mister , You don't need
to warn me. I'm UP soyfirt of habit a °
anybody dat travels. I kftow wet hub-
it'll do fur R Ulan. I had : \ s'r'ioyid once }
ilat got n job. ' '
"And he lost itV"
"N * sir. He got in de Ua'bfi V worn-
In" , 'an' now ho don't do uothin' day in
ill' day out excep * go to work in c ) &
niornin' , work all day an"go home hi.
night ter git a little sleep so's he'll \ > e
able to work nex' clay. It's dat way
fight along , only on Sunday , an' den
dey locks "hn mit'n do shop. "
Chinese Imperial Ceremony.
On the accession of a new Ernporor
H' China ho goes in solemn state to the
Temple of Heaven , in Pekin , and for
mally announces to his imperial prede
cessors the new titles : md dignities
\vhifh he lias assumed. These ances-
lors are then dutifully invited to the
banquet of commemoration , where
seats- are duly reserved for them.
Besieged.
"Those Perkins girls seem to be
ular. "
"Popular ? Their father has advc r
ised for bids to build a barb-wire tro-
Lha around the house. " Washington
Star.
"Whenever a girl begins to lecture a
fouug man on financial economy , he
? an safely ask her to name the nappy
lay.
The Cause and the Cure.
Wholesale grocers from nearly ever ,
eity in the United States recently me
In the city of New York for the pui
pose of forming an organizatioi
through which to dictate to the retai
giocers. Prices that wholesale grocer
may chargearealready fixed for them b ,
great trusts in many articles , such a
sugar , starch , canned goods , and crack
ers. It is in response to this law tha
the great trusts are being formed. Th' '
world has embarked upon a protraete <
and indefinite period of falling prices
lae goal sought is a gold standard
.Tust what compensations a gold stand
ard can offer for the ruin of the worl <
it is difficult to understand , and as ye
no one has attempted to explain. If J
< 5old standard is ever attained it can b <
appropriately written on that stand
rrd : "The happiness and prosperity o
the human race have been sacrificed ii
order that I might exist. " If the whole
sale grocers , the retail grocers , and tin
consumers of groceries understood th <
meaning of a gold standard , that i
meant a contraction of the world' :
money supply and a consequent fall o :
prices to a point probably not inor <
than one-fifth the present general level
they would understand that industria
competition could not survive th <
strain , and that even the formation ol
a trust could only afford temporary re
lief to the members of the combina
tion. Such a shrinkage of values anc
fall of prices as must take place before
a gold Standard is a reality will not onlj
confiscate the property of all who arc
now in debt , but in the end must sc
concentrate the property of the world
into the hands of the few , that the
masses will be reduced to a dependent
tenantry from whom rents and taxes
can only be collected by means of a
soldiery such as Li Hung Chang and
the other Chinese viceroys have em
ployed for centuries in the celestial em
pire. Twenty-five years ago a prosper
ous and progressive world , in which
the sum of human happiness was
yearly increasing , was interrupted by
an attempt on the part of a combina
tion of the world's creditors to restrict
the world's money supply to gold alone
for the purpose of giving to money a
greater command over other things ; in
other words , to give it a greater pur
chasing power in order to compel
debtors to pay money of greater value
than they received , thus enriching cred
itors unjustly at the expense of their
debtors. It would doubtless be giving
too much credit to the intelligence of
the creditor combination to believe that
they comprehended or anticipated the
disaster that would befall the world as
the result of the demonetization of sil
ver. We think it more near the truth
to say that they understood that enor
mous and unjust gain would accrue to
themselves and that they were not
prompted by any desire to destroy mau-
limd , but were actuated and impelled
; olely by an inordinate and uncontrolla
ble desire for gain. The amount that
t he world suffers through debtors hav-
: ug to pay creditors in larger , fatter ,
md more valuable dollars than they
i greed to , constitutes a small part of
.he evils of a gold standard. A far
greater evil is to be found in the fac-t
; hat , falling prices makes enterprise
: he unerring road to bankruptcy , and
Iocs not permit the enterprising , thrif-
: y. and industrious to pay debts out of
: he proceeds of current production.
This condition compels tlie sacrifice of
Capital invested in production to meet
meh obligations as would not be con
sidered imprudent on the part of any
msiness man to incur , and which could
> e easily met and still leave enterprise
L legitimate profit under normal mar-
cot conditions. The experience of the
> ast twenty years has clearly demon-
itrated that business cannot be success
'ully prosecuted under the laws of free
lompctition while the general level of
iricos is sinking. This knowledge ha *
[ riven individuals and corporations
laving large capital invested in com
petition with them to form gigantic co-
mrtnerships or trusts with sufficient
tower to dictate , unconditionally ,
erins , and prices to their customers.
5y this process industrial competition
s displaced by industrial despotism.
Che trusts being outside of economic
aw industrial despotisms no longer
ubject to the liuv of competition can
lictate terms to the trade in their par-
icular lints and by increasing the bur-
lens of llie people secure to themselves
or the time being immunity from lo.-s
m account of the fall of general prices.
Chus the law of self-preservation has
iriven the manufacturers and trailers
> f the country having large capital in
heir business into trusts to such an
sxtent that the profits of the industry
> f the whole country now flows into
he pockets of a comparatively small
mmber of men. In the formation of a
rust only the great and powerful com-
ictitors join together. After these
lave combined they use the power of
: heir united capital to crush and drive
> ut of business all small operators uu-
il the field becomes exclusively their
> wn. In the smaller industries not re-
luiriug large capital in few hands
vhere trusts have not been formed and
: ompetition has held sway , baukrupt-
: y and ruin is the inevitable fate of
arge and increasing numbers as time
) rogresses. The trust is able to secure
! or itself immunity from these condi-
ioiis only for a short time. The bano-
11 ! effect of falling prices when lonir
ontinued falls with crushing force
ipon the laboring population. Those
vho employ labor in production realize
hat in order to avoid loss they mu.si
: ut down wages and thus cheapen pro-
luction in anticipation of the inevita
ble lower prices they must meet in tL
market. Thus the power to purchas
and hence the consuming power of tli
people is reduced until the labor of
small portion will suffice to produce a
the goods that can be sold , when th
trusts will find themselves compelle
to continue to reduce the price of thei
products as time goes on. Hence th
capital representing a trust has to I
scaled down year by year. On the roa
to the gold standard the individiu
competitor falls first by the wayside t
make room for the trust , but it is enl
a matter of time when the trust itsel
will be forced to sacrifice its oapit :
through loss of profits. The only sa
vation for the people is to understan
the forces that are at work , and appl
the remedy by restoring bimetallisi
and providing for an adequate ii
crease of legal tender money to key
pace with increasing population an
business and give stability to geneni
prices.
Silver Still Lives.
Finding harmony an impossibility
the Republicans again proclaim to th
world that the currency issue is "dead
damned and delivered , " that Bryan ha
sunk into oblivion , and that in the cam
paign of the future nothing will be sail
or heard of the "silver craze" or "tin
crime of ' 7o. "
And so every few days we read ai
obituary to silver , and again and agaii
do they declare its death. Surely i
must have more deaths than a cat , o :
else these headline enthusiasts mus
have strokes of inssnsibilitj'- and g <
into fits more often than the mooi
changes. Like Banquo's ghost , it wil
not down.
All this talk about silver being deac
comes from those who acted the part o :
party traitors , joined the Republicai
Aid Society in 1S9G , and assisted in th <
election of McKinley. That said , it is
useless to add that such statements arc
false. The masses of the people wen
never more in earnest than now on tlu
money question. They were never more
aggressive in their demands for tlu
restoration of the nioiioy of the Cousti
lutioii. They expect , by organized fight
ing , to restore a government by the people
ple and for the welfare of all the people
ple , and get re-enacted the law author
izing the coinage of both gold and sil
ver , as formerly , into primary money ,
instead of the silly and unsuccessful
experiment of coining gold alone.
Gold Standard Problem.
There are men who in the face of
proven facts still maintain that gold is
not appreciating in value. To such we
would say , as Sir Richard Thompson ,
M. P. , did say in England , "let them try
ind get some , not by borrowing , but as
owners of it. " They will then see. This
DUO patent fact being admitted , then
ivhat honest man can defend gold
monometallism ? If he doubts the fact
hat money is appreciating , then he
needs to study the proofs offered.
One argument advanced against the
estoration of silver to mint rights is
: hat it will inflate values. Examine
; hat for a moment. If ail the annual
reduction of the silver mines of the
vorld were added to the present vol-
inie of gold and silver , it would be only
in increase of about 4 per cent. If cut-
ing off that supply has not appreci-
ited the value its purchasing power
) f gold , then how in Hie name of com-
non sense could its restoration inflate
o any injurious extent ?
The fact is , the masters in the
vretched scheme know the truth , and
lelude ignorant people with vain argti-
nonts to conceal the real question ,
vhioh is one of public justice. For the
irst time in recorded history we see
he unblushing attempt to give a
uonopoly value to gold. If any man
vill examine this subject with an open
niiul ho will see the truth. It has been
he invariable result , and to-day many
f the strongest advocates of bimetal-
ism were formerly on the other
Telegraph Blunders.
Two funny telegraph stories jsn
irinted by the Pittsburg Dispatch or
lie authority of a former employe ol
ho Woteni Tnion Company.
Itc was receiving a dispatch fion.
Jbany. in which the sender was not
vercareful in the matter of spacing
is letters. Li\vtou took the adclro- ?
"
s follows : "Dr. A. Winy. room cat
irent. Central Depot. New York. "
The d 'spitch oaiue back with the.
uirginal lopon that there was noiic'.i
or ou at the address named. T'uo op
mtor ; si Albany was called up. and
xplanatiims followed , in consequCJier
! ' which the address was chsnci'l tc
drawinjr-i'Jom-car nirent. ( Vnnvil Do-
ot. " A still more absurd mistake v.-.i ?
nee niado in the same offices when r.
L'letrraiu was received for "Jamesy
files. jio clerk , Brooklyn nasty yanl. "
'hisvis afterward amended to r-ad.
.laHIPS AV. Oillcspio , dork.
: vy Yard. "
KlTcc't of Ir.me on tliu System.
A medical scientist is nuthorit.v t'n.
tie statement that children and old
eople especially suffer from a lack cf
me in th" system. Persons who halhl-
aily drink soft wator. wink5hoy may
njoy immunity from certain of the II1 <
f life , expose themselves to otherpt raps -
aps quite as much to bo : ivu ! Ul. l.
lard \vater h'lps the teeth a d ; ! rr-
ones by furnishing lime , whi'-h > . > c-
ss.iry tu health , givtvth and < h > v- ! >
if nt. ( .ild per > ons v.-lu drink but lltilo
) < e their teeth more quickly than thf > se
rlu > take a reasonable nniuunt of driuk-
nj ; water. Lime , or food products In
fhieh it abounds , should be a parr of
lie regular supply furnished , to the sy---
? ni. One of ihe Jiiost valuable vc.getu-
iles Tor this purpose is the yellow tur-
Ip or rutabaga , \vhich should bp given
i ) jrrov.iii-z children at least once : i
reek. Properly prepared , it is very
I'Hshablo. juid its fnoil vilue : lias never
eon appreciated.
Progress is the onward stride ol God.
-Victor ITugo.
THE KASEROFF ! DUTY.
_
Insight Into thT Priv te We of tlia-
Emperor.
The imperial family have been leading -
, unconstrained- :
ing a delightfully Quiet
life at Wilhelmshohe , rare enough
event , and just what the Kaiser and his
wife enjoy. Ilis Majesty has even been
wearing civilian's dress , a thing he
hardly ever does. JJe wore alternately
a black serge suit and a knockabout
pepper-and-salt jacket suit of rough
, tweed , with a collar a la Prince of
Wales , and a large navy plastron tie.
The Kaiser sported a plain straw hat
with black band generally , but occa
sionally chose a small soft blade doth
hat , and in this overy-day attire he was -
frequently passed in Cassel unrecog
nized , to his intense amusement.
, Almost at break of day the German-
ruler and his family were up and ?
about. The Kaiser only allowed him
self twenty minutes for his toilet. andL
punctually at 7 all met for morning *
coffee in the dining room , the Kaiserin
pouring out for her husband and sons-
like any other hausfrau. After break
fast the Kaiser rode with his sons , or
took a long walk till luncheon ; then his-
Majesty superintended the swimming
or riding lessons of the younger boys ,
frequently standing in the center of the
riding school with a long whip , a la'
circus manager < to assist in tnkipg the
jumps. In the afternoon the Kaiser .
and his wife went arm-in-arm round
the farm , where her Majesty fed the
chickens and pigeons with the assistance -
ance of princesschen , inspected the
dairies and tasted the butter. The
young princes looked for eggs , helped'
to gather fruit and enjoyed their holi- VT
days like any farmer's sons home from' *
school.
Dinner was at G ; before and after
the meal the Kaiser retired to liis study ;
for an hour or two to settle the affairs
of the fa/therland , while the Kaiserin
drove her pony carriage , with her smali
daughter at her side , into Cassel , whera
she did shopping. Every evening wa
devoted to music. The Kaiserin. who
is a very fair pianist though not the
magnificent performer the women'3
papers say she is played Wagner and ;
Bach to her husband , and accompanied
her eldest son , who is becoming an excellent -
cellent violinist. At 10 o'clock the eldest -
est boys retired , and by 11 o'clock all
the lights were extinguished in Schlosa
Wilhelmshohe. London Society.
MOTOR VEHICLES.
One Style Intended for Gentlemen
witli Bibulous Tendencies.
A recent parade of about 100 moton
cars in London exhibited all the latest !
and best devices in the line of horseless
vehicles , and many new designs-
brought over from the continent wero-
seen for the first time on English' '
roads. Lighter modes of construction
were especially practicable , and some
of the turnouts stand comparison wltbj
first-class victorias and broughams *
One car in particular , which has earnefl
for itself the sobriquet of the "drunk-
ard's car , " by reason of its adaptation
for alcoholists , attracted not a little at-
tention. It is steered by a bath chair-
handle , which is kept slightly pressed
down when running , but if the pressure -
sure is relieved or the handle is" turneci
in wide and erratic fashion , it runs off
the pressing pin , and the motor automatically -
matically stops.
The motor bicycle was also represent *
sd in the procession- neat little machine -
chine , hardly distinguishable from the
ordinary safety bicycle , except by the
addition of a tiny petroleum engine attached -
tached to the handle bars , which la
[ oined up by an endless band to- the
front wheel , so that it is both a front
Iriver and steerer. In ordinarj' use the
pedals can be used as boot rests , but
: he petroleum can be switched off , and
; he machine driven by pedal and chain'
; he ordinary way at the rider's pleas-
ire , and the motive power restored
vhen a steep hill has to be overcome.
jomplete , this motor bicycle weighs
ibout sixty-five pounds. Baltimore
The Drift of a Derelict.
If a derelict is full of lumber she Is
ike a rock. If water-logged , these si-
ent freebooters cannot be sunk unless
> roken in such a manner that the car-
fo is released. Fire has been found ef-
ective in destroying derelicts. It wall > .
uccessful in all but four cases In forty- 7
ive. One of the failures was with the
Tannie B. "Wolston , an American.
chooner , one of the most remarkable
[ erelicts of which we have record. She
t-as abandoned Oct. 15 , 1S91 , between
he capes of Virginia and Ilatteras. She
[ rifted about half-way across the At-
antic ( the hydrographic office recelvetl
lumerous reports of her ) , her course
eering to the south , until she wa i
.bout opposite Madeira. There she zig-
agged until Februarv , 1893. Then she
irifted south until May of that year.
"rom May until early in 1894 she was
[ rifting toward the Bah'amas. Feb. i' '
he was about north of Nassau. On the
tilot chart for June , 1S94 , she is located !
n the eastern border of the Gulf
treamand southeast of Cape Hattera ? .
n June , 1894 , she had been a derelict
50 days , and had drifted over 7.000
jiles , the longest track of the kind'on
ecord , to find herself within a fejv
niles , comparatively speaking , of the
oiut at which shf was abandoned. St.
Nicholas.
Ijenrned the Vows by Heart' .
A recent marriage service was
lore attractive because the bride and
room , instead of saying their vowsj
larrot-like , after the minister , learnstJ
hem and uttered them to each othep
imply and naturally.
It is said that sunlight is of less
t to a growing crop of wild oata than
lie electric light.
A scientist has discovered that thirst ' > - .
rives 99 per cent , of mankind to drink , / *
cience is a wonderful thing. -
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