THE OiLAJIA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY , MAY 11 , 1895.
BY "FLYER" TO JERUSALEM
An American Engineer Beats All His Pata
Record in Bailroading.
COLCmDO CYCLONE AT THE THROTTLE
An Kx'mnrly Limited KiprrM through
J'liltntlno llxniiiplc * uf Itnllroiiil
iftit In tlio Far Ca > t
mid In the I'nr Wcit.
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' ( Copyright , 1S05) )
JERUSALEM , April 18. ( Correspond
ence. ) Jaffa was the homo of Simon , the
tanner , whose house still stands and is now
for rent. H was the shipping station of Jo
nas , tin port where Solomon landed the
cedm cf Lebanon with wlilch he built his
extravagant palace , and out of the wreck
strewn reef that frowns In front of the
customs house rises the rock of Andre
meda. U was here the poor lady was
chained , but it wns not tbe oca
monster she feared , but a change
In th ? wind. If the wind had blown from
chore and brought to her the faintest whiff
of Jaffa , she could not have lived to toll
her tale.
Wh u you land here which you can ac
complish only when the sea Is calm you
find yourself In a narrow , mean , muddy
atreet , filled with freighted caniels and bur-
ras , through which you are marched for a
quarter cf a mile before you come to a
road wide enough to hold a carriage. Then
you look across the street , see Howard's
hotel , dismiss the carriage , for wlilch you
have r id ! a tourist agency 50 cents or a
dollar , and walk to your stopping place.
We landed at 10:30 : , and by 10:15 : we had be
come tired of the sights and scent of the city.
Securing a guide I waited upon the chief of
the Jaffa & Jerusalem railway.
THE 12:15 : "EXPIIESS. "
It was Saturday. The manager whom I
could not see said ho was very busy , but If
I would come in tomorrow he would bo glad
to give me any Information I dcslreJ. I went
straight to the station , caught the 12:15 : ex
press and entered the only first class carriage
in the train , with a ticket for Jerusalem. Trie
road Is a three-foot gauge , the cars arc nar
row , and only half of one little pine coach
is set apart for first class passc/ngers. This
space la cut by a partition , making two boxes
Blx by seven feet for tourists.
Tliu train Is made up of nil kinds of cars.
The grass Is green between the ties , and the
ecalo that Is crumbling from the sandstone
cornice of the station Is allowed to rom nit :
where It falls , to be crushed under the feel
of the voyagers. The management Is French
vvlth a strong Turkish flavor. The pompous
almost military looking manager , and tlu
brightly uniformed "Chef do Garo" or sta
tion master seem strangely out of place
when you glance at the wretchedness thai
surrounds them. Hero Is a queer mixture ol
the frivolity of Franco with the filth of the
Orient. From the time you get the flrsl
Kllmpso of the Jaffa "garc" till you react
Jerusalem the whole show has about It ar
nlr of neglect , like a widow's farm. Thej
appear to know about as much about railroad'
ing ( M the average Arab knows about tb (
young Men's Christian association.
The lime was up and we were fifteen mln
utes overdue to leave , when I a ked Howard
the hotel man , what the matter was.
"Waiting for Lo DIrecteiir do la Com
pagnle. " said ho with a smile , for he knev
liow absurd It was to hold the only dall ]
train the road runs for the general manager
Another quarter of an hour went by , am
Btlll another.
THE EXPRESS IN MOTION.
Suddenly there was a buttling among th
station hands , the bell jingled , the whlstle-
the deep voiced , North American Baldwli
whistle sounded and wo moved away. A
the last moment I taw the handsome sta
tlon master hurry a well dressed gentlemni
to our car , put him In and then swing grace
fully Into the second-class carriage Imme
dlately behind ours. A couple of olllccrs < >
an English warship , which was anchored ol
Jaffa , cccuptcd ono of the first-class com
partmcnts , and now the newcomer came li
.vrhero I was.
The train started slowly and seemed to b
running over a track made of short piece
of rails , but I soon found that the on
wheel at my .corner had three flat spats o
it and that the two rear wheels had bu
ono. This gave the car'an uncertain sort c
movement , two short hops and a long oni
I ) ooked at my companion and tried to IOD
pleased. He frowned. I raised the wlndo'
and tried to see what made the car cape
about so and my traveling companion burr
n cigarette.
"L'ttle rough , " I said as a feeler , and m
friend blew such a fog Into my lac ? that
M'as cbllged to take to the window again.
"Window too cool for youlf" I asked , ver
turlng another flyer at the Frenchman , ar
lie scowled.
Grcwlng accustomed to the pounding ar
bucking of the carriage. 1 began to look i
the etrange tcsncs along the lino. On 01
side there was an orange orchard , whose1 tre
were laden with golden fruit. On the otlu
was en ollvo orc/nard , nnd hero nnd there ta
date palms hung their banners to the breez
In a field near by a native was plowing wll
two little thin-legged blonde cows , follow <
by another team which was a strange con
folnatlon a burro and a bull and just b
Iilnd that a tall camel came swimming slow !
through the peaceful air , drawing a woode
plow which had but ono handle. This is
beautiful valley , called tlio Plain of STjaro
and if It was farmed as Franco or Englar
are farmed It would bo a veritable garden.
THE FIRST STOP.
Forty-flvo minutes out we stopped i
l > ydd.t , twelve nnd n half miles from Jaff
Here my friend got out , walked up town :
the engine , scowled nnd returned to the cj
The ted-fnced station master from Jaf
catno from his carriage , Just as the stutli
master of Lydda came out of the static
Their eyes met , they stopped , clasped the
liands , and you could se : In a minute th
tlrcy belonged to the sarno lodge. T ]
Lyddlan tilted his head slightly as n hi
does whan she sees a hawk high above , tin
tha unplatted their fingers , and rushed In
each other's arms. When they had embrac
the "chef" from Jaffa held the Lyddtan (
fit arn's length , and looked calmly Into li
oyei , as If to eAy : "Hast thou been fait
ful to thy trnst ? Lie not , for behold t
breath cf the high Chef-des-Gares Is upi
you and will wither you It you speak n
the truth. "
The Lyddlan nodded his head three tlm <
Tery filowly , and the "chef" klsiod him i
the right and then en the left check. A
other deep blast from the Philadelphia whl
tie , and my carriage bsgan to scamper aw ,
llko n wounded hare In the Hubble. Anoth
quarter of an hour brought us to Rumleh
eld Arlmathca , one hour from Jaffa , and U
Syrian cyclona. this Jcrutalem Jerkvrat
lias covered nearly eighteen miles.
I dropped off as tha mln was coming I
and mad ? a picture of the pretty little st
tlon. Ramlnh Is an old town , In fact over
thing Is old here. The railway , which w
opened only two years ago , Is old , and on
a few people came to tee the train go I
It has always been a place of Important
for here the old caravan road from i :
niascus to Egypt crosses the trail trod by t
crusadrr * from Jaffa to Jerusalem.
JIOT IJOX AT 18 MILES AN HOUR.
At Lydda I fancied I smcl ! d a hot box ; th
t laughdd at the Idea a hot box at elghte
miles an hour It was only the odor of t
Orient , I reasoned , and forgqt. But now ,
* tbe train stopped at lUmlth , two clouds
beautiful blue imoke came up from a c <
car n ir the locomotive , and floated aw
ucrosj the rolling plain. The doctor of t
battle.hip. and his friend , the llcutenai
were contemplating one cf these boxes , wh
I cam * up and offered to bet a I ) . & S. tr
my side would blaze first.
"Taken1" said th * game doctor , and wh
.we were niuuMng ourselves thus , my Fren
( rlend came forward , taw the hot box a
.made a bee-line for the station.
Tha next moment IIP wai out again wl
the conductor. You could see that the t
was not tha only thing hot on the J. &
Th ( ilitliiKultlied traveler wai beating 1
lunda together , pushing his nose aldcni
vrlth his front Anger , and tolling the cc
4nctor things that would burn the p i
It vro printed them. Wlitn he stopped
breath a the it tlon-m ter of Rauileh , is'
iitd Already b ea huggrd nnd klsied by I
Mation matter from Jtfla. pulled the lx
and the train itart . My traveling co
then turned on the poor station in ;
for Itiylsjr awrtti the trtla while
was busy rotating the conductor. He raised
both hinds above his head and rolled off
a succatash of French and Arabic for a
whole minute , and when he turned the rear
end of the train was just disappearing over
a little hill beyond the switch , and the gen
eral manager le Dlrccteur de la Compagnlc
was left behind.
I believe ho must have been glad of It. for
he knew enough English to know that Kng-
llsli o nicer a were making Joke at his rail
road , and that I was not overpleaaeJ with
the flat wheels.
THE VALLHY OF AJALON.
The land was still beautiful. A little way
to the south was the broad valley of AJalon ,
uhero Pharoah conquered Gezcr and gave
it for a present to his daughter , Solomon's
wife. "Sun stand thou still on Glbeon , and
thou , Moon , In the Valley of AJalon. And
the sun stood still , and the moon stayed ,
and there was no day like that before It or
after It. " So It Is written of the Valley of
Ajjlon ; and now the sound of a locomotive
whistle floats o'er the plain and echoes In the
hills of Judca.
"I win ! " said the doctor , presently , pulling
his head In from the open window. "Mine's
burning beautifully. "
Leaving the train wo enter a canyon about
COO feet above the sea , up which v > o toll at
a snail's pace. The country grows more deso
late , the hills are barren wastes of gray
rock , with not enough vegetation , to pasture
a tarantula. When we bail arrived at Uelr
Aban , thlrty-ono miles out , time two hours
and fifteen minutes , and the station master
from Jaffa bad embraced and kissed the
station master at Uclr Aban first on the
right check and then on the left , the cloud of
smoke that arose from two hot boxes hIJ tbe
locomotive entirely. For a half hour the
train crew carried water from the tank and
flooded the hot boxes. The same waa re
peated at IJIttlr even to the kissing and cm-
bracing and we were oft on the home
stretch for Jerusalem , which Is 2,000 feet
above the Mediterranean. The canyon grows
narrower as we ascend , and still there is no
earth In sight nothing but rock , rock , every
where. Sometimes wo can see on the sides
of the terraced hills a few rows of ollvo
treo4 , which , llko tlie scrub cedars In the
mountains of America , seem to spring from
the very stones.
The conductor the starchy , careless , polite
conJuctor came through the car for the last
time , and every ono was glad we were nearIng -
Ing the Holy City. The trainmen are all
French , nnd llko most French people ono Is
compelled to rub up against In the churches ,
theaters , and shops of the republic , especially
In Paris , they appear never to use water , ex
cept the little they put In their claret. There
are moro fountains than bath tubs In Paris.
French people In the lower walks of llfo re
mind one of too Mohammedan making a
pilgrimage to Mecca , who obstinately refuses
to bathe until ho gets there only these
people seem never to get there ! There's the
dea at Jaffa , but these fellows never think of
using It any more than the natives do.
EVEN THE AKAIIS SHAMED.
The conductor Is In keeping , however , with
other things pertaining to the road. I have
never seen such Inexcusable filthlness In any
country. Even the Arabs notice It.
The distance from Jaffa to Jerusalem , ac
cording to Howard's "Guide- Palestine , " Is
thirty-two miles as the ravines make it and
thirty-six by wagon road. No guide book has
been pcrpetrateJ since the opening of the rail
way , but none Is necessary , as the tlmo U
about the same. In fact , "White Sheik"
Howard's Arabian steed beats the train as
often as he Is ridden down from Jerusalem.
The distance by rail Is eighty-seven kilo
metres ( about fifty-four miles ) , according to
the time card , and the same makes the run
ning time four hours and ten minutes ; but
we have lost an hour today.
The fare , first class , Is $3 , second class $2.
and third class $1.25. The road has never
earned operating expenses , I am told , nnd
never will , I am led to believe. The locomo
tives are the best mountain locomotives
made , and that Is about the only thing they
have to speak of.
I think there must ba something In the
Drotherhood of Station Masters prohibiting
the sweeping of floors In stations , as they arc
all covered with sand , dirt and scraps of
paper and things.
AN EARLIER EXPERIENCE ECLIPSED.
I traveled over a little lumber road in
Texas once , whoso Initials were T. & S. , and
the trainmen called It the "Trouble and Sorrow
row , " and sometimes "Timber and Sand. "
I rode on the loctmotlve , for It was the first
wood burner I had ever seen. The train was
carded at twelve miles an hour , and we were
losing time , but U , was the only time I was
ever frightened on an engine. The road
was so rough , and tlie englno rolled so that
tha hazel-splitter hogs would scamper out
of the ditches beside the track. In places the
tracks were so sunken that the ties hunt ;
to the underside of the rail , and when tbe
engine struck a plac ? like that , and drove
the tics down , and mud and water would
shoot out over the face of the earth and
fresco everything Inside the right of way
The passengers. If they had not been to !
frightened , could have picked flowers froir
the windows of the rolling coaches almost
t Till now the T. & S. has baen to me th (
rockiest road on earth ; but now It's al
changed.
Now the whistle Bounds , deep and long
the train lias reached the top of the caner
the end of the gulch and hero before us
nestled in the very top of a group of llttl
hills , is Jerusalem. The sun Is Just golui
down in the hills through which we came
and away to the east , beyond the dead sea
the hills of Moab are taking on Uio wonder
ful tints they wear at sunset. They ar
unlike any other mountains. In that th
crest line Is as straight as the line of th
horizon on a level plain.
How strange It all seems. There Is noth
lug but rocks and scrubby ollvo trees , an
dead-looking grapa vines , and not many c
them. The people are strange too. On th
way to the hotel we pass all kinds of pec
pie of the Orient. , Bedouins on Ugh horseE
with their knees cocked , up , plainsmen 01
thin-legged Arabian -utoeds ; all manner o
men on donkeys and on foot , beggars , an
oven lepers and poor Jews ; Jews with cork
screw curls hanging down in front of thel
cars , and Idle pilgrims who do nothing o
earth but walk all day long up the valla
of Jehosaphat and down the road to Iletlilc
hem. They come , many of them , from Ilns
alo. They have nothing when they strlk
the town , and just about manage to hoi
their own.
Here are some native women with bar
faces ; Christians , they call themselves , wit
their dowcrles , which consist of chains mad
of money , hanging on their necks. They nr
on ( ho lookout .or husbands , llko art hclres
at a summer retort , but they do not expcc
dukes or counts ! CY WARMAN.
JlklMllOUS.
Th Presbyterian church of Goahen , N. Y
celebrated tbe 175th anniversary of Its 01
ganlzatlon last week.
Mgr. del Val , the son of a we
known Spanish diplomat , is at present tb
fashionable preacher In Rome.
T. C. Dulla , for seven years clerk In U :
record and pension office , at Washington , lit
resigned to become the pastor of a Methi
dlst church at Hoanoke , Va.
Rev. William N. Cleveland , brotlu
of the president , will continue pastor of th
Presbyterian church at Chaumont , N , 1
Such was the decision of the Presbytery ,
The death of Cardinal Desprcz , nrchblshc
of Toulouse , leaves the Catholic church wit
but sixty cardinals , of whom thlrty-threo or
Italians and the remaining twenty-soven (
other nationalities.
Rev. 0. A. Ilartholomcw turned tl
first sod the other day for the foundation <
a now church In St. Louln. It will be tl
cuvcnth which lie has built in that city. Tt
reverend gentleman draws the plans , ordei
the material , and superintends the constrm
tlon himself.
U Is said that when the pope writes h
inuna bis right hand trembles BO much tbi
he la obliged to hold his wrist with the le
hand. The trembling ho attributes not i
old ago. but to thn effects of fever wjilc
attached him while ho was bishop of ! . ; agl
over twcnty-fivs years ago.
The American board receipts for Marc
were J17.09 , against $53,734 for March , 1
The total for seven months has been $363
121 , against ? 3S2,321 fcr the first seven luoutl
of the last financial year , Tbe recelp
for the month chow on Increase of $1.916 I
regular donations and of $ lSC9 in donatloi
for the debt , but a fulling off In thoie fi
special objects and legacies. The total r
oelpts show : Decrease'In regular donation
$ Cs:7.44 ; decrease in special donation
{ 2CS.G7 ; decrease for the debt , $22,127.43 ; li
crease In legacies , $10,323.63 ; net loss , $18
900.00.
Tbo mlcrob U still making war on kttsn (
In Hungary it has been tbe custom for cho
children to kbu tbo bands of their teachei
on coming and going , but now the anther
llej havu ( orblildon the practice on the grout
of possible Infection *
FLO AND DICK.
By Anthonr Hope.
Copyright 189 ; . )
"They're admirably suited to one another , "
tald I.
"Oh , admirably , " said Cousin Flo.
There was a pause ; Flo frowned nl the
flre ; I drummed my Oncers on the table. 1
don't think that vro cither of us looked very
pleased. Yet it was a most fortunate ar
rangement.
"The only thing tint surprises me about
It , " I observed , "Is that Phlllppi should have
don > It. I'm very glad , you know , but I'm
surprised. "
"I'm not so surprised about her , " said
Flo.
Flo.I
I looked up , much annoyed.
"You might be above that. " said I , se
verely.
"I'm not blaming her , Dick. When be
likes , Captain Worsley can be very "
"Oh , I suppose he humbugged her about
culture and all that. It I'd llkdd W go on
like that "
"Well. Dick ? "
"Oh , nothing. Don't -worry a fellow ! "
"I'm sure that Captain Worsley did noth
ing that a gentleman wouldn't. "
I was so much annoyed at this remark
that I Raid to Flo :
"Ho got over his dlsappolntnunt nbout
you pretty soon , though. "
Flo laughed with extraordinary nonchal
ance as she answered :
" 1'lilllppa doesn't seem to have been dis
appointed at all about you. "
"My dear Florence , " said I , "I have no
desire to discuss Miss Mr.rch with you. "
"Well , then , why did you begin about
Captain Worsley ? "
"Come , come , let's say no more about
them. We're well quit of them. I don't
bear them malice , do you ? "
"Not the least , Dick. In fact , I quite un
derstand what Fhlllppa must have felt
about you. She likes people people who
have high alms , you know. "
"I have very high alms , " said I.
"Yes , but you don't hit , " observed Flo.
"At any rate , " I cried , "I don't flirt whole-
le with anybody who "
"What do you mean , Dick ? "
At this point and very fortunate was
he occurrence Aunt Maud came lu.3he
as been married to the colonel for "three
jonths , and was recovering her power of pat-
oiilzlng persons who are engaged.
"I'm so sonto Interrupt you , dears , "
; ald Aunt Maud , "but I've got a piece of
ews. An engagement ! Now , guess whet
t IB ! "
AVe neither of us spoke.
"Why , I'hlllppa March and Captain Wors-
ey ! Aren't you surprised ? "
"No , " said Fin , viciously , "but Dick Is. "
"The preclsa oppos'te ' of that statement
ould convoy the truth , " said I , stiffly.
Aunt Maud looked from Flo to me and
rom me to Flo.
Has anything gone wrong ? " she ashed ,
.nxlously. But as she obtained no answer ,
he went on : "I've been to see Phlllppa
nd he was there. I never saw a more radl-
nt couple. "
At this moment Aunt Maud certainly saw
less radiant couple.
"I'hlllppa took me aside , " she pursued ,
'and ' told me that she had escaped a great
"
anger
Flo laughed again most viciously.
"And was now happier than words. Oh ,
nd when Captain Worsley was putting me
nto the carriage ho said that Phlllppa was
bsclutely the only girl who had ever really
ouched his heart. "
Did he , though , " said I , with a smile ol
rlumphant malice.
"Though he didn't deny that he had fell
a passing fancy for one of two others. "
I slapped my thigh with an appearance o :
great merriment. Flo had become quite red
So the air's full of engagements , " beamec
\unt Maud. "It's quite "
"Stifling , " eald I. thoughtlessly.
"My dear Dick , what a funny thing tc
iay. Hut I must leave Flo to have tha
mt with you. The colonel's waiting foi
me. "
Aunt Maud withdrew. Then Flo. with ni
air of dispassionate curiosity , observed :
"I wonder If you think you've been be
liavlng like a gentleman ? "
"My position , " fald I. with elaborate po
Iteness , "Is rather a difficult one. Whei
, he lady who has accepted my hand no
only displays obvious regret at another man'
engagement , but further twits me "
"With your obvious regiet at anothe
girl's engagement. Yes ? "
"I see no use In this sort of thins. " sail
I , with dignity. Nothing else occurred t
me to say at the moment.
"People always say that when tliey'r
scored off. "
"I hate girls who talk slang. "
"Nobody need stay to listen to It , " sal
Flo , with a curtsey , antl she turned he
back on me and looked out of the window.
I sat still fur three minutes. Then
stretched out my hand , tcok my hat , an
arose to my feet. I made some little nols
In moving perhaps more than I need. Du
Flo did not turn round.
"Just fancy , " said she , as though she wer
enjoying a conversation with the wlndoi
pane , "If this sort of thing happened whe
we were married ! And unless you change
very much , It "
"If It were enough for me to change "
begau , loftily.
"Now , " Interrupted Flo , still addressln
herself to tlie window pane , "It doesn't raal
ter. We can Just separate. Dut then w
should have to go on being together. "
Something struck mo In this last observs
tlon. I laid down my hat.
"Gad , so we should ! " said I. "Thit , woul
bo rather queer. " -
"Wo should have to stay In the earn
house even ID the same room sometimes !
And Flo's graceful back was agitated wit
a studdcr.
"Wo should. " I assented. "I suppose yo
wouldn't speak for the whole evening ? "
"We should have to keep up appearancs
and seem to be friendly when the servanl
were there , and oh , It would be awful ! "
I put my hands In my pockets and sui
veyed Flo.
"What should we have to do ? " I askei
with curiosity.
"Make a loathsome prstense of of stl
caring for one another , I suppose , " said Fl
with a groan of prospective horror.
"Hut what should we have to do ? " I pe ;
slsted. I wanted detalli. "Should we hate \
to talk ? "
"Yes , " snapped Flo.
"Should I , " I pursued , taking a step towai
Flo. "have to kiss you ? "
"Oh , I suppose I wonder why you don
go ! "
"And would you have to kiss me ? "
To this question I received no answer i
all. Dut I was bound to extract one ; I cou
not leave the matter unsettled. So I rang tl
bell.
bell."What are you ringing lor ? " said Flo , fa
Ing around suddenly.
"For the footman , " said I , nodding n :
head.
"I should hive thought you could find yoi
way out. " and she right-about-faced again.
Then William opened the dcor.
"Did you ring , air ? " he asked , observing ,
suppose , that Flo did not appear to want an ;
thing.
"Yes , William. I rang. I want "
"It'a a mistake , William , " came sudden
from the window ,
"No , It Isn't , " ald I. "I must ask Wl
Ham "
"Nonsense , Dick ) It'a only Mr. VansI
tart's Joke. William. "
"Well , then , " said I , "can we do It wltho
WIlllamT If so , ha can go. "
There was the slightest of pauses. Tin
Flo said : "It's a mistake. William. "
"Yes , you may go , William. "
William , looking somewhat puzzled , wit
drew , and then Flo , much flushed , * turnli
round once for all ,
"I can't think , " said she , "how you cou
be so foolish. I don't know what you'd ha1
done ID another minute. "
"I Bhould , " I answered , "have kept up a
pearancei. "
Flo's Upi twitched a little. I taw It In
moment.
"It Is perfectly uieless for me , " I observe
plaintively , "to try to escp from you. Yoi
resentment li not to be relltd upon for
quarter-of-an-hour. I am nearly heartbrokt
( bout Phlllppa March. "
"Well , I'm mot ore about CipUIn Wor
I y. "
"But , " Mid I , "I'm going to be a ma
I'm going to forget Phlllppa and keep my
word to you. Will yon put the captain out
of your heart ? "
"I'll try , " ld Cousin Flo.
"Because you know If , after we are mar
ried , you speak of him with regret "
"Or If you seem to wish Phlllppa had "
"All those terrible things will happen. "
"Ye , I know , Dick. Are we really wise
to to risk It ? "
I knitted my brows. It was really a seri
ous question , I studied Flo's features ,
"I'm puzzled , " I answered. "You're very
charming , Flo , but "
"I don't trust you , Dick. "
There was a long pause. Flo held out her
hand with n gesture of farewell. I looked In
her eyes. I took the hand.
"It Is really best , " said Flo gently.
"I suppose It Is , " said t , rather forlornly ,
squeezing her hand.
"Marriage Is such an Irrevocable step , "
Flo reminded me. . . i
"Well , anyhow , HJs , vary troublesome
to " , „
"And If , " lnlerrupteaFlo. , | "when It was
too late we awoke to thjjlaptj No ! Q good
bye. Dick. " , ; n
"Good-bye , Flo , " salc .I much moved.
Thus we parted. I topfi rjiy hat and with
out a backward glance f/axled for th ? door.
At this moment , curiously enough , the door
opened. William came I p. .
"Please , mUs , " said lip , " /eVs / ready In the
drawing room. " , . j.
"Thank you , William , , sa.ld Flo , In a very
low voice. , , .
William withdrew. I stood meditatively
In the middle of the roojn. Then I put my
"
h t down.
"Hang It , " said I , ( resting my eyes on
Flo's face , "we shall always have the ser
vants. "
"The servants , " murmured Flo , In ques-
on.
on."Why , yes , " said I , and I began to smile.
And , If the worst comes to the worst , wo
nust " I paused and took Flo's hand
gain.
"We must what , Dick1 she asked.
"Wo must , " I answered , "rub along on
: eeplng up appearances. "
We wen ; disgracefully late for tea.
HOOKS
The Nebraska Literary Magazine Is the
atest venture In the western Beld of letters.
\dvance sheets of its first number , the May
idltlon , define Its purpose "to furnish to the
Indents of the university. Its graduates and
thers a medium for the publlcillon of llter-
ry work of value. " In other words , literary
Nebraska will find In thl ? Journal an over
pen home for Its thoughts and fancies , pro-
Ided they come dressed In proper literary
tyle. Those appearing In the present num-
er speak well for the state and the unl-
erslty and set a high standard for what Is
, o follow. In "Studies In Adobe" Marie
tarullsli Burnett deptcta life among a queer
nlxturo of humanity In the old city ol
ilbuquerque , composed of swarthy Mexicans ,
ndlans , Spanish and Americans. "Waterloo :
Nebraska , " Is a delightful sketch of frontier
Ifo from the pen of Ilheta Louise Chllde ;
Memories" Is a piece of reminiscent fancy
jy G. E. WcoJberry : "Her Happiness , " by
\nnle Prey , Is a pathetic talc of love under
evere trial ; In "Distributive Justice" W. G.
Langworthy Taylor , building on a restricted
nd narrow premise as to what constitute
conomlo law , naturally arrives at similar
inclusions as to Interferences with economic
aw. The poetry of the number Includes :
'Song and Singer , " by Peter II. Thomson ;
'In the Time of Plum Blossoms , " by Fraud !
rey : "A Dream , " by Katherlne Mellck ;
A Song of the Drouth , " by Herbert Bates
'Tho Roses. " by Amy C. Bruner. and "Chrlsl
s Walking. " by William Reed litmroy. The
Nebraska Literary Magazine , Linroln , Neb.
A new novelette , "The Princess Scnia , " b >
'ulla Magruder , begins In the May number
f the Century , end Is Illustrated with t
ilozen pictures by Charles Dana Glluon , th <
ell known artl't , the characters In the open
ins scenes being two art students fn Paris
one an American girl and the other !
rlncess. Alexander McArthur , well knowr
n musical circles , contributes a paper 01
Hubenstcln : The Man and the Musician , " :
personal sketch Prom the point oflev of i
upll and friend of the great pianist. An
jiouncement I' made that Mr. 15 , J. Ghve
who was with Stanley In his last c.xpedftlor
n Africa , has been engaged for many monttii
.n making an irvyenigiitfon for the Centurj
of the slave trade In Central Africa , and ' !
'orerunner cf his articles' ' appears In thi
nape of three photographs ' of the Inscribe !
itfe under which Is burled.the heart of Dr
Livingstone , the Identification having bsei
mads by Mr. Glave after the failure of olh'i :
to find tfco tree. Mr. Noah Brooks contribute
he last cf his pipers Jon Waihlnston li
Lincoln's time , dealing . wath the jMose o
Lincoln's car < er , and giving reminiscence
of the trial of the consplrjatprs In 1865. Wll
Uam E. Smythe , one of < the leaders of th
Irrigation movement , writes on "The Con
quest of Arid America , " , and Illustration
are furnished by Mary .ILallock Footo an
Harry Fenn. Mrs. Burton ; Harrison's "Ki
rant Wooing" conus to 4 jiaPPX ending , th
icene of which Is laid In Granada , with at
tractive descriptions of 'the Alhamhra an
Its surroundings. Mr. 1 Marlon Crawford'
"Casa Brucclo" contains' ' some strlkln
scenes , which In Intenelty'iof action probjbl
surpass anything that Jlr. Crawford ha
heretofore done. Other fiction. In varlou
keys , is contributed by Langdon E. Mltchcl
Richard M. Johnston and Kate Chopin. Th
Century company , New YoYk.
Twenty-three portraits of Bismarck , cover
Ing a p ° rlod of sixty years , from his studen
days down to the present time , are th
most striking features of McClure's Magi
zlne for May , all of the portraits being ver
Interostng , and a number of them ran
But quite ns remarkable In Its way Is a
Illustrated paper by E. J. Edwards , recltln
the dramatic events of the period when th
Tammany society first began to gourmand ! *
on the spoils of office , and when the notorloi
Marshal Rynders and his "plug-uglies
held the city of New York under their vl (
lent sway. A paper on "Journalism" b
Charles A. Dana , editor of the Sun , Nr
York , gives the opinions which Mr. Dan
has gathered from his own remarkabl
full experience , regarding the opportunist
Journalism offers to generous-minded an
well educated young ; nen , and regardlr
the best preparation for newspapar worl
Mine. Blanc of the Revue des Deux Mondi
furr.lshes a study of American co-educat.o !
as she saw It exemplified In a college of tl
mtddls west , so sympathetic and vivid tin
whoever has himself shared the life of
typical American college and qollege tow
will read It with delight : and ho will all
be much Interested In the pictures whlc
accompany It. Other notable features i
the number arc : A profusely Illustrate
autobiographic Interview with Tlssindle
the eminent scientist and balloonist , when
In he tells of his many daring balloon ascci
slons , Includlne one In which his two con
panlons were killed and he himself near
lost his life ; short stories by Ian Maclan
and Gertrude Smith , author of "Tho Rouslr
of Mrs. Potter. " and an account by Clev
land Moffett , drawn from the Pinkerton a
chives , of the operations and final destru
tlon of the notorious Reno gang , which fi
severM years held a wide reulon under con
pleto dominance while It robbed trains or
county treasuries with perfect Immunlt
S. S. McClure , Ltd , , New York.
Scrlbner's for May contains a unique fcatu
In magazine fiction the first part of the on
terlal story that Mrs. Humphry Ward h
ever contributed to a magazine. H Is eni
tied "The Story of Bessie Costrell , " ai
Is a most realistic and dramatic study of II
among the very poor class of English far
laborers. This novelette will run throuj
May , June and July Issues. It has this d
ference frorri Mrs , Ward's longer novels th
there are almost no passages of soclologlc
or philosophical discussion , the purely hum
Bide of the tale moving rapidly and wl
great dramatic Intensity 'to Its closing ecem
The special frontispiece o ; thli number
a remarkable engraving by Pannemiker , w
Is also the- subject of a short descriptive ar
cle. Another art article Is. about the "li
presslonlsts"by naffaelll , the distinguish
French painter , who wa 'cnt ' of the origin
group of young nun who -started this artlti
movement twenty years , agOi Robert Gran
series on "The Art of Living" Is contlnu
with a paper on "Occupi lcm , " dealing wl
the problem that confronts the Amerlc
young man and his father1. William Wlnti
whcae poims are seldom "been In the mag
zlneH , has a weird poem , "Into the Dirk , "
conversation between lovers , , cno of whom
dying. Charlei Scrlbner's Sons , New York.
The complete novel In the May Issue
Llpplncott's Is "The Lady , of Las Cruces
by Christian Reid. It givesn , liter ( and t
kit ) episode in tha life bf'that beautiful ai
glttid Mexican who was the heroins of "Tl
Picture of Las Cruets , " in the magazine f
February , ISsl. "OJJa on th Qua" Is
stirring anecdote of South Africa , the first
of sundry surprising adventures of a war
correspondent which will bo offered. "Tho
Heart of the Flro Spirit , " by the late Lieu
tenant Alvln F. Sydeuham , sets forth ono of
the many devices of the Indian medicine
man. William T. Nichols solves the mystery
of "The Ghost of Rhodes House. " The
poetry of the number is by Grace F. Penny-
packer , John 13. Tabb. Clinton Scollard and
Joseph Wharton. J. D. Llpplncott company ,
Philadelphia.
Among the many attractions of the Cliau-
taiiqua for May Is an account of the queer
customs that prevail In regard to certain
public ceremonies In the city of London ,
among them the < passing of the loving cup
nt the lord mayor's banquet , the annual dis
tribution of livery cloth by the court of al
dermen , and the observance of Plow Monday.
The article Is by n popular English writer ,
Mr. J. C. Thornley. "Some Curiosities of
Scottish Literature" Is the title of a bright
and witty article by William Wye Smith.
Two short stories of unique Interest form
the fiction clement. One Is "A Story of Fi
delity , " the scene of wlilch Is laid In the
south nt the time of the civil war , the other
a Turkish romance , vivid with local color.
Dr. Theodore Flood , Meadvllle , Pa.
Godey's for May contains as leading
features Milton's beautiful May poem , Il
lustrated by Newman ; n continuation of the
"Fair Women Series ; " "Artists In Their
Studios , " by Coper ; "Circe , " by Miller ; and
"The Angora Cat. " This last article , which
Is beautifully Illustrated , cannot fall to at
tract considerable attention , on account of
the fact that the Angora cat is one of the
fads of the day. There are also sketches ,
short stories , poems , book reviews niul
Gody's fashions , giving excellent descrip
tions of the correct fashions of the day. The
Godcy company , 32-31 Lafayette Place , New
York.
York.What
What Is thus for Owen Winter's most am.
bltlous story appears In the May Harper's.
It derives Its title , "La Tlnaja llcnlla , " from
a spring , around which cluster the tragic
elements of the tale , a love story of Arizona.
The heroine Is of Spanish blood , and of her
two lovers one IH , like herself , Mexican ,
while the other , the preferred one , Is Saxon.
For a background the story has the sand anil
sage brush of the American desert , and Mr ,
Witter Is at his best In describing a forced
march across this waterless waste. The
famous picture gallery at Madrid , "The
Museum of the Prado , " Is the name or
which Royal Cortissoz hangs a treatise ol
Spanish painting nud its culmination In
Velazquez. Dr. Andrew Wilson of the Uni
versity of Edinburgh Is such a person , and
ho has succeeded In giving to "The Story ol
the Liver" the fascination of fiction. Not
only is his paper Interesting from the popular
standpoint , but It is valuable In showing
the result of the latest scientific research
In this 'flew. Alfred Parson's series ol
charmingly Illustrated papers on Japanese
life and landscape ends with "Some Wan
derings | n Japan , " In which travel In the
empire of the mikado Is delightfully de
scribed. Mr. Parsons made ninety miles In
a canoe in ten hours , which Is rapid transit
In Japan. Mr. Charles Dudley Warner , In
the "Editor's Study , " discusses the com
mon European view of America. He admits
that we must seem crude and foolhardy to
foreigners , and against this Impression ssts
the fact that Immigrants annually flock to
our shores by hundreds of thousands In
obedience to "a kind of blind Instinct as
to the existence of better opportunities and
freer lives. "The great thing" for the Imrnl-
priint Is that hero "he can not only have
an opinion , but an opinion that will be
counted , and that he will be a real unit In
the state. " Harper & Brothers , Now York.
St. Nicholas for May opens with a quaint
story of the land of dikes and windmills ,
"What Befell Melaatlj , " by George Wuartor
Edwards , full of Dutch flavor. "What the
Lights Tell , " by Ensign John M. Elllcott of tin
United States navy , Is an entertaining de
scription of the eyMcms of signaling al
night by means of lights In USD at sea.
Jurnes Baldwin , who Is well known by Ills
"stories from legend and history , and wht
has recounted the adventures of Slegfrlei
and Roland , tells of the bold charioteer o
the heavens In "Ilellos's Four-ln-Hand. '
The first of a ssrles of papers called "Hen
Talcs from American History , " by Thcodon
Roosevelt. Is devoted to "Daniel Iloonc anc
the Founding of Kentucky. " This takes HI
nno of the most picturesque characters act
one of the most stirring periods In the his
lory of the country. Mr. Ilrooke's serial , "A
Day of the First Empire , " reaches the stagi
of Napoleon's defeat at Moscow and his n
turn to Paris. Tudor Jenks has a ballai
of "Lcng , Long Ago. " A king , to choosi
u worthy husband for his daughter , Instl
tutes a series of contests. A prince whi
btmely essayed them all , but failed In each
carried off the prize. There Is the usua
quota of poems and pictures. The Centur ;
Company , New York.
HOW THE REPUBLIC IS GOVERNED D
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Charles Scrlbner's Sons , New York. Fror
Me piitu Stationery company , Omaha.
A more practical guide to enable a clea
understanding of the structure of our gov
ernment could not be Imagined than till
simple and conclso volume. We believe ever
citizen who fieruscs the little book will con
cur In the opinion that It fills a long an
much felt want , being , even to those al
ready versed In the subject matter , n hand
work for ready reference , 'iftie dlfferen
branches of the government are describe
and the functions of each closely outllnei !
the national and state right ; are ably statrc
matter relating to the territories , the Ir
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IdentUl elections , and other Important phase
are given given In such form c
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In order to be complete , the Declaration i
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tlon are Incorporated in the little voium
with an Index to the latter and a genen
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JIM OF HELLAS By Laura E. Richard
C'loth , scvanty-two pages. Estes & Lai
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A couple of delightful short stories ai
bornd under the above title. Jim of Helli
r is a sketch delineating the droll and o
3 ways of a group of retired sea captains (
nn Inland , over which their word Is la'
Jim IB a Greek sailor whom fate lias sei
among them , and he Is a striking flgur
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quaint New Eengland spinster , and has
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