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VISIONS OF A CIIOST DANCER
Woudcrfnl Discovery Made by ft Local Ko
Hgions Editor ,
CONJURES UP A JESUIT CONSPIRACY
Some I'll rln Alton ! ( lie Society of
JCNIIH , llorf It IN Miuingx-il , Trnln-
Mini Duly of MiMiilicrn unit
UN 1're.Hunt
OMAHA , Deo. 11. To the Editor of The
Uec : The smoke of battle baa cleared away
and tlio vanquished battalions have capitu
lated to the electoral mnjurlty which rules
this "lanil of the freu" anil "home of the
bravo. " How the buttle wus fought and
lioxv the victory was won la now a thrlco
told tnlo , which the secular press would
clubs with ancient history. Not so , however -
over , with the religious press. A recent
number of the Omaha Christian Advocate
would liuro ua bellovo tliat this- country
lias h.id a miraculous escape from a Jesuit
conspiracy , which , through the election of
Dryan , sought to gain control of this rc-
imbllc. In Rttpport of this startling reve
lation the Chilstlau Advocate alllrms Its
belief In a statement made onvhat It re-
Eirds 15001 ! authority , that when the
Jesuits ueio driven out of lierlln and
J'riiHfla they declared that they would colon
ize tlie wtntern territories of the United
Stales , and by that means got control of
the L'nltwl States Government.
There was tlmo when the workings of
the Jesuits were wrapped In mystery. That
mystery has long since hern dispelled , and
Information concerning them Is now ac-
rDislblo to everybody. The almost total
MipprcsHlon of the order near the close of
the Inst century , \vhcn Iliclr houses nnd
effects , boolis , records , etc. , were seized ,
offnrilo'l omplH scope for exposure and pub
licity. Still more recently Leo XIII. him-
nolf ordered the most secret recesses of the
Vatican library thrown open to Inspection
end tiaiiHcrlptlon to friend and foe. All Is
now thoroughly revealed and the so-called
weiTi'in of the JoMilts and Jesuit lifo have
ce.iflPd t < > bo secrets * .
ORGANIZATION OF THE JESUITS.
As the embodiment of the church mlll-
tnnt ( ho 30.-loty of Jeans , as It Is styled. Is
organlml llko an army. IU highest officer
Is called "Father Oeneral , " a title exprta-
Hive of tlio military spirit of Its founder ,
the Knight Ignatius of Loyola. The gen
eral's headquarters nro usually In Home ,
but for the last several years ho has been
banished from that city , and has taken
tip bis abode at n village of Flosolo , near
Florence.Thcto he Is surrounded by his
council , which Is made up of flvo assist
ants , as they are called , nnd a secretary.
Kuch assistant represent * the Jesuits who
peals ono of the tending languages , the
Italian , German , French , Spanish and Eng
lish.
lish.The
The Italian asslstancy numbers 1,871
members , the German 3.730 , the French
3.011 , the Spanish 2.U49 , the English 2,435.
Thim tbero arc. nil cotmted.14,0r.9 Jeuults
In the world. A rather small mimnor tor
the Intlucnco they cxcrclso and the nolso
they hove made among mortals. Hut fnctn
nro stubborn things. The Jesuits must
make up for fewness of numbers by thor
ough organization and Individual efficiency.
At the timeof the suppression there were
about 22,000 , and they were then nt tlio
fullest period of their fullest develop
ment. I
Hut what nbout the secret Jesulta ? They
ore counted In the 14,039. In free countries
lllto thta tbero arc no secret Jesuits what
ever. Hut when , In the reigns of Queen
Elizabeth and her successors , to be n Jcault
In Kngland wus accounted high treason , there
was no choice for them but to bo hanged ,
drawn and quartered or to live and labor
Incognito , In nil manner of disguised. In
tlioso days a doctor or merchant , a professor
or lltcrulour , n peddler or a valet , and even
a sportsman or a gonllcinont nt lelmiro , might
bo n Jenult In disguise. When , a few yeam
ago , the May laws expelled the order from
Germany. It I * * now known that a few of Us
inembcia managed to cludo the vigilance of
the magistrates and remain In their fatherland -
land , thus continuing the traditions of dis
guised Jesuits. It Kcenis there arc. iiomc
such lit Corea now , and some years ago there
were a few In Sweden , Norway and Den
mark , lint the persecuting laws of those
lands have been much relaxed of late and
with tyrannical law disguises have cctinod.
TUB GENERAL OF THE JESUITS
at present Is a Spaniard called
Father LoulH Martin. Ho was' elected
In December , 1892 , by a general
congregation of the order which mot by Its
delegates In the College of Loyola , in Spain ,
tlio birthplace of their founder , St. Ignatius.
That spot was chosen because Itomo Is no
safe place now for Catholic ai-semblles , leant
at nil for Jcsulte. The general holds olllco
for life. When ho dies a general congrega
tion IH again convened for the election of bis
niicccnsor. The delegates sent to It are
three fathom from each province , namely , the
provincial miperlor with two associates
tielected by ballot In the provincial congre
gation mimmoncd for that purpose. Provinces
tire divisions of tno nsslstanclcu ; there nro
now In the order twciity-threo provinces ,
two of which are In the United States.
Omaha belongs to tlie western or Missouri
province , whoso superior resldca in St. Louis ,
Jlo. . and Is at present Ilev. Thomas S. Fltz-
Kcrald. well known tiv this city as a former
president of Crelgbtoii university. The
present assistant for the English-speaking
Jesuits , who lives nt Flesolo , Is Hev. Hudolph
Meyer , a native of St. Louis , Mo. , and n
former pupil of St. Louis university.
nut we must hasten to consider the ways
In which these 11,059 men are , or nt least
used to ho thought , dangerous to the wel
fare of the human race. They are divided
Into three classes. The priests count 5,995 ;
those In tiiilnlng for the priesthood , called
scholastics. 4,316 ; nnd the lay brothers , 3,718.
From the lay brothers no special evil Is ap
prehended. They are employed in prayer
and other religious exercises , nnd In house
hold duties of the colleges nnd rusldencca
of the order , ns sacristans , portcro , cooks ,
rejectorlans , etc. , for no women are ever
admitted Into thu interior of Jesuit houses ,
further than the parlors nnd the public halls.
In times of bloody peiisocutloiis some of the
lay brothers in England made themselves
very odious to thi > magistrates by construct
ing most skillfully hiding places for the
missionaries to elude the vigilance of the
"pursuivants , " The scholastics , too , inspire
no special dread. They are cither receiv
ing their own education or employed as pro
fessors in the classical courses of the col
leges and universities. It may surprise a
thoughtful reader to learn that they are so
numerous , almost equalling the priests In
number. The reason Is that a Jesuit Is
usually kept fifteen or 'seventeen years Lie-
fore tils education Is completed and ho Is
euuiltieii to ins mini VOWH.
TRAINING OF TUB JESUITS.
Received Into the order after the conclu-
elon of their classical studies , the young
men spend two years of novltlato In prayer
and initiation Into the religious life , after
which they are admlttted , If the life suits
them and thuy suit that life , to their vows
Uy llltlo boy trnii nffllctrd with Kemna 111
Acute form for n year , durlni ; which uu itlcd
OOllioul micri-M ervry known ruim-dy. Tim dl .
onlur npjK-Auul on the rljflit clu-rk und wui of a
tilUtrry nnd bloody form. Ill * pillow , mornlni ; * ,
would bear the Muady Imprint of llui title of lilt
luce , vlillu It w liiipo'i-llilo to prrvi-nt him
from ( crntchlnK bin f.icu aulnu to tlio Itching.
AdvUrd to try Ctrricuiu , I bousilit a l > o , Tim
ilt t uiipllcnuuii wni nm do nt ulghf. and It U a
fad , that the amx-ariuica of I ho niTectcd [ wrU
lioued iinotlftalilttiniirortintntlAtntilmorn'
ing , nntl , conllnulnif tint Irnatnivnl. n roull , '
my child Jwn it * fair ouj niuoulb aklu w caa bo
found " nuynhcrc ,
: + W. H. NKKDUAU , Patukala , O. '
Krittpr Com T IIWI T. W rm b > U , with
CvTICUlli
SiiAf.erlilU pitirtllont '
| of Cl'Ttcri4lHill-
lototl.IM cnrtt > klucut , u4 lullj JOKIc ( CVtlcuiA
KBIOLTIKTffrr ti' i of htimcr ciir ,
SoU ilirouihnut the wniU , I'rirt ,
riTicvit. .
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fotr. * . | lutuirriT. * * . > ml II , l'un < u Jiuu
4nn CIIKU. Cuitr. , &tl i'roi * , HU.IUQ.
njr"lldvlo Cutt trur Sliu UIIUM. " uilltd fm * . I
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of poverty , chastity and obeillcnce. Tlio next
two ) cars nro spent In n post-graduate course
of .indent nnd modern literature , then three
yearn nro devoted to logic , metaphysics ,
ethics , the higher mnthcmntlcx , astronomy ,
physics and chemistry. After this the echo *
jastlc , being then some 25 yearn old on an
average , spends five years as a professor
or prefect of discipline among college stu
dents. Four years of theology follow , after
which ho Is ordained n priest. Ono year
inoro la given to further studies In spirit
uality and self-abasement In the novitiate.
Then ho Is allowed to take his last vows
nnd Is rendy to enter upon the exercise of
those duties to which the Jesuit * owe the
warm love of earnest Catholics , and the
fear and hatred of the world nt large.
The number of Jesuit priests tints employed
within the boundaries of the United States
Is about CIO. With these we arc chiefly
concerned. They excrclso most of that In
fluence for good or evil which Is no doubt
very great In reality , nnd appears still
greater In the mists conjured up by fervent
Imaginations from the marshy soil of Ig
norance. Let mo adjust my x-rays so that
In their bright light I may count and locate
nil the skeleton bones of this dark hand.
I see It extending Its grasp over the entire -
tire map of our beloved country ; 230 Jesuits
are scattered over its eastern portions , 1B2
over Its center , 03 over the south , 63 are Jn
California. 42 in New Mexico and Colorado ,
52 among the Indian tribes of the Rocky
mountains , some 50 more along the borders
of Canada , and n few In far Alaska , doing
such work In our day ns Marquette did in
bis. There are about CIO in all.
THI : MISSOURI PROVINCE.
TaUo n , glaneu over the central portion
of the United States , the part denominated
on the Jesuit map , "tho province of .Mis
souri. " They nro distributed as follows :
St. Louis , Mo. , has thirty-six ; St. Charles ,
Mo. , two ; Kansas City , Mo. , two ; Floris
sant , Mo. , where the Novltlato Is situated ,
twenty ; Chicago , 111. , twenty-nine ; St.
Mary's , Kan. , seven ; Detroit , Mich. ,
twelve ; Cincinnati. 0. . nineteen ; Milwaukee ,
WIs. , thirteen ; , Onmha , twelve. Of the
thirty-six put down for St. Louis , six are
over on the move , giving missions In cities
nnd towns , wherever their services are In
vited. Ono of these Is Father Thomas EwIng -
Ing Sherman , the eldest son of General
Sherman. This Is the little regular army
of Jesuits that causes 93 much dread to
the Omaha Christian Advocate and the
1'atrotle Sons of America. Why Is this
band so efficient ? Not because It Is n
secret society ; that notion Is a myth ; there
are no secret grips or signs or passwords
whatever , and no inoro secrets than be
long to any business firm. Hut It Is n
band of picked nnd trained men. No one
Is accepted among them who is not n
promising subject , of pure blood , sound
mind , sound body and bright parts ; and ho
goes through seventeen years of further
training. Then they obey every command
of their offlco with military precision.
Obedience to their order Is their watch
word ; prompt and perfect of obedience
they carry It Into everyday life as soldiers
carry It Into battle. Theirs Is more per
fect than the soldier's ; for no one nmong
them has n right to any rank or ofUce. Llko
the ten Oreclnn leaders who commanded day
by day In turn , he who Is an ofllccr today
Is In the ranks tomorrow. The cause Is all
with them , nnd that cause they understand
to he the extension of the kingdom of
Christ In the hearts of men. History
( ipeak.H of many a bold llttlo army that
achieved wonderful success ; imch seems to
bo tlir.lr bond.
GHOST STORIES.
Vet even nil this Is , humanly spoiklng. In
adequate to explain their efllclency for good
or evil. ThProforo all manners of secret
devices are excogitated. They must plot
nnd scheme , ply the dagger here nnd use
poison thcro ; make kings end nobles and
politicians theirEiklllful tools. Senator
Illalr , n few years ago raid In n speech to
the senate , that he saw then nnd there eight
Ilvo Jcmilta en the floor of the bouse. Have
wo not lately hnd occasion in our own city
to PCO how such Htorlcs are fabricated ? In
the fall of 1S94 , when political excltemcjit
ran high In' our midst n rumor had been
spread In Omaha that a treasonable plot
existed to murder Inoffensive citizens. The
paper stated that a largo number of thew
traitors drilled every night at the Je. un
Institution called Crelghton college. Of
courno , mott people understood It was an
election fake. Many others blindly believed
It to be a foot , ah < r some may , perhaps to
their dying day tell their children and
grandchildren how they once actually lived
In n city wlioro the Jesuits were plotting
murder and bloodshed.
Whether the editor of the Omaha Chris
tian Advocate Is ono of these can only be
purmlcod , but his alleged discovery of a
Jesuit connplrncy to capture the govern
ment of the United States has no inoro
foundation In fact than hap the plot to
drunch the streets of Omaha In human gore.
X RAY.
A .SIIUi\VI > THICK.
Glinrnifi of a I'n-lty ( ilrl SpoIIcil ! > >
She. was visiting in the city , and she was
the prettiest girl In the room , relates the
Chicago Tribune. AVhcn she stood up to
sing the other girls regarded her enviously.
A pretty girl who can sing Is doubly danger
ous , nnd they considered that the visitor had
already received more than her proper share
of masculine attention.
While she was arranging her music and
whispering to the accompanist the two girls
Just behind the piano were exchanging con
fidences.
"I do think it's a shame , " salJ the first
girl , vexcdlx. "She's captured all the men
already with her airs and graces , and If she
slnga well and I Just know she does we
won't have a bit of fun tonight. "
"Oh , yes , wo will , " answered the second
girl , smiling happily. "We'll be all right. "
Hut the other was not to bo so easily con
soled.
"I wonder who asked her to sing ? " she
fretted. "H must have been some ono who
knows ' nil about her llttlo tricks , too , for
all'the girls in the club are talking about
It. "
"I asked her , " said the second girl , calmly.
"You'll know why In a minute. Just wait a
bit. "
Two minutes later the first girt leaned
over the other and touched her arm.
"Why , she makes awful fa.ces , " she whis
pered , delightedly. "She's positively ugly
when she opens her mouth that way. "
"I know It , " responded the second girl ,
with a satisfied smile. "That's why I asked
her to sing. "
"You clever darling ! " exclaimed the first
girl , and only the fact that thcro were
others present kept them from hugging
each other as they urged the visitor to sing
again.
TO HIS mill.T OP fJI.ASS.
An ArcliUvutiirnl Oilillty to lie Krretoil
lit XuTVimrl.
A magnificent mansion , built entirely of
colored glass bricks , has been planned to
bo built at Newport , R , I. , for n Pacific
coaat millionaire , The architects are not
yet permitted to dLsclojo the name of the
prospective owner of this unique archi
tectural oddity first , because bo Is still
abroad , and , second , because certain details
of construction have not yet been deter
mined. This building , which will bo de
signed somewhat after the style of an old
Pompellan palace , is to bo begun during
the winter. On account of the elaborate
ness of the defclgn and the great euro and
skill required In the construction of the
building. It will not bo completed under two
years.
The architects say that the ground plan
of the liuuso will In some icopects resemble
that of the house of 1'ansa , familiar to
readers of "Tho Last Days of I'ompeil. "
The bricks will bo of various sizes , shapes
and colors , nnd the effect will bo of an ori
ental richness which will defy description.
ThLi will bo the first residence in the
world constructed of such material and on
thrco lliics. It U to hu built In the form of
a square , Inclosing an open court , Inside of
which a fountain will play , llymeans of
electric lights In many-colored globes con
cealed at the source of the fountain the
water will fall in a shouir of varl-colorcd
hues. It Is said that the owner of this
fountain contemplates on certain occasions
having perfumed water How from the foun
tain , thus scenting the entire court , and on
occasions of fratlvlty a continuous current
of California wlno of his own vintage will
flow from thu pitcher held In the uplifted
hand of the Dacchante In the interior of the
fountalu.
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Cups nnd Saucers , quadruple . to 4.00 1.50 . .
pinto G.75 3.00 1 square- Iron , black enamel , $2.50 Price. Price.
Cups and Saucers , quadruple 8-day Clock , hour strike , Sterling sliver Hon lion Solid Gold Dress Pins $5.00 $2.50
plato 5.00 1.50 cathedral gong Clock $12.00 JO.00 Spoons $2.00 to fi.OO $1 to 2.00 Solid Silver Dress Pins 2.00 1.00
Sterling Court Plaster Cases , 1 Gothic Iron , black enamel , S- Sterling silver Orange Solid Gold Hill Pins $2 to 8.0$1 to G.OO
2.50 1.50
Jl.SO to 4.00 75c to 1.50 clny Clock. < i hour strike , otc 22.50 10.00 Knives Indian Souvenir 1 Sterling Itaby Raltlc , I bells
1 blaek cnnniol and gilt Iron Omaha ami rattle G.OO 2.50
Spoons , very heavy , 11- 1 Sterling Haby Rattle , dumbbell
SOLID GOLD WATCH CHAINS AT EX- Clock 13.00 G.OO
- 2.50 1.00
ouncc- bell 7.50 3.00
THKMISLY LOW PRICES. , 1 HJiiall square ) black enamel Storllns Fruit Forks 75 .30
Irpn Clock ti.OO 2.03
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"ECONOMY IS THE ROAD TO WEALTH , SAME AS EVER. "
THE COLOSSUS OF RAILROADS
Fiftieth Jubilee of the Greatest Corpora
tion in the World.
NET EARNINGS OF 86,000 , AN HOUR
Flirt * About tin- London mill .Vordi-
n Itiillroml , KN Knormous
Trnlilc , Capital , Mod ;
anil ' .
1'rolltH. i
Thin country is so indubitably Impressed
with the belief that the hughcst things In
the world belong In America that it comes
as a bit of fresh news to learn tha't the
greatest business Institution in existence lies
on the other Hldo of tlio water and that It
Is merely ono of the many railroad lines
which radiate from London. The fact comes
Into notice from the celebration this year
by the London & Northwestern Railway com
pany of Its fiftieth jubilee. This , the first
of the great railway lines to come into ex
istence , Is still the first In point of capital ,
tralllc and Income among all the transporta
tion companies of the earth. It began when
thcro were not a thousand miles of railway
yet laid , and It still maintains Its primacy
then thrco hundred thousand miles of track
cover the globe as In a network of steel.
At the present tlmo the London & North
western has 120,000.000 of capital. $600-
000,000. And Its stock , 100 per sharo. IB
worth 200. In other words , the pret-ent
valuation of the line Is close to a billion
and a quarter of dollars. Thcro IB no rail
way line In America which Is worth one-
quarter of this , nor Is thcro any American
line which has an income which will coin-
para for a moment with this great English
corporation. Very close to 12,000,000 , a llt
tlo short of $00,000.000 a year. Is the princely
revenue' of this tiinglo railroad. With every
stroke of the minute hand of the clock It
lias earned $100 ; when the hour hand has
made a slnglo revolution $ .6,000 Is added to
its wealth.
Yet , whereas many American railway
systems have five , six an even ovcn thou
sand miles of tralllcthat of the London &
Northwestern to this day is only 1,900 nil lea.
When it came Into existence Just fifty years
ago it represented tlie consolidation of three
of the largest lines In England and their
total length was only -100 miles , The amal
gamation brought together the London &
lllrmlngham railroad , which wan partially
opened In1837 , the year of Queen Victoria's
accession to the throne , and completed on
September 17 , 1S3S ; the Grand junction irom
nirmlngham to a point on the old Liver
pool & Maiichcster railway , opened on July
4 , 1S37 ; and the Manchester & lllrmlnghnm ,
which wna never more than a Manchester
and Crowo line , thirty-one miles In length ,
opened in 1S40.
THE MAIN LINE.
Of these llreci the most Important , the
London & Olimlngbam was laid out chiefly
by Robert Stevenson , with the assistance of
bin father in the earlier staged of the work.
It was intended at first to start from far
on the auttiklrts of London , at Chalk Farmer
or Camden Town , about a mile and a half ,
then , from the outer residence portion of
the city. It was a neighborhood where fields
and market gardens were only Just begin
ning to yield before the advancing ttdo at
brick and ir.ortar , which has long ago
stretched far beyond them. But It was noon
found necur.ary to reach farther Into Ixin-
don and an extension was made to the pres
ent Kutiton utatlon. On this oxtciwlan was ,1
connlderablo gradient , and as the arloto-
cratlc and exclusive residents near by could
not tolerate thu Idea of locomotives hUsliig
and pulling past their windows , this portion
of thu line had to bo walked by two sta
tionary eiKlneu , dragging endless ropcn
packing round horizontal wheels , placed Just
ouldldo the ntatlon at the foot of the In
cline. Thh worked well enough for a few
months , but one day the munalvo hempen
cable , two nnd a quarter mile * In length ,
full uevcn Inches in circumference and
weighing entire nearly twelve tons , snapped
In two , and ono portion ( lying hack , daahcd
out the brains of a passenger. Tills was
before the days that people had become
accustomed to the railroad aa an agency for
the declination of the population , aud ! Cng >
I
land -was horrified. Thereafter the lines
were run with locomotlVes , and the aristo
cratic residents n-nvcd. Out.
The London & Ilrnilnghmn | was ono of
the costliest lines of'railroad of any con
siderable extent over built , the outlay on a
little over 100 miles amounting up to nearly
$30,000,000. This was before the days of
steep grades , and Stevenson would have no
gradient worse than n foot rise In 300 feet
of road , and the country through which
the railroad ran was for the most part
hilly.
THE ORIGINAL COST.
The Grand Junction line was built by
Joseph Locke , a pupil of George Stevenson ,
and posalbly a greater railway engineer
than cither bis famous master or the lat-
ter's son , Robert. Locke believed In the
climbing power of the locomotive when
no ono else In England did , nnd by adapt
ing his lines to the surface of the country
was able to build them far more cheaply
than any ono else could , and just as sub
stantially. The London & Southwestern
railroad from London to Southampton , was
built by Locke and coat only 28.000 , or
$140,000 per mile , and the Grand Junction
line but $11,000 per mile , while the Lou-
don & Birmingham had cost upwards of
$250,000 per mile.
Tbcso figures of railway cost sound oddly
to the cars of the present day , when steel
Is cheaper , in a builder's sense , than Iron ,
and railroads are irracled and tracks laid
largely by machinery. The railroads of
the United States have an average capital
ization of only $60,000 per mile , and this ,
if experts are to be believed , Is a sum
enormously In excess of the actual ex
pense of construction.
Shortly after the consolidation of the Lan
caster H Carlisle , and the Cheater & Holy-
head lines were added , and the London &
Northwestern then attained that monopoly
of the London and Ireland traffic , and the
largo xhira of the Scotch , which It has held
ever since. At the tlmo of the Incorporation
the united system had a nominal capital of
17 000.000 , or an average capitalization of
$212,000 per mile. The line has boon con
tinuously extended until it now comprise ? , as
already noted , about 1.900 miles , of which
3SI inllea are t'lnglo ' track. It will bo seen
that with a capitalization of 120,000,000 the
average capitalization Is now moro than half
again no great as It was fifty years ago , or
$333.000 per mile. Even stocked nt this
enormous rate , it earns . steady dividend
of about 6'/6 per cent per annum , which , as
securities rule In England , puts the. stock
at 100 per cent premium.
CONTROLLED UY THREE MEN.
It Is rather curious that -this colosaal cor
poration has been dominated almt/ct from Its
very Inception down to last year by but
thrco men. Thu first chairman of the board
of directors , a position which answers to the
presidency of the railroad In this country ,
was Mr. Glyn , who held the pci't down to
1S62 , when , after a short Interim , Mr. Mroii ,
now Sir Richard .Moan , became chairman. The
latter lu liv odds tbe.iinoCL't Interesting nnd
easily ono of the greatest llguros In the rail
way -world - o5 the last lialf century. Ho hid
beiti a director In tau London & Northwest
ern for fifteen years , > vhcn ho became lis
head , mil its head I'o remained In literal
fact as well as In name for moro than thirty
years. i. . / ,
Moon was ono of , thirao Englishmen who
ulvo their lives up to the bmlness they con
trol. Thcro wiu not a foot of tlio London
& Northwestern hd did not know almost
as accurately an the trackwalker , and over
the conduct anil affairs of the road tils vigil
was unceasing. Down to the day of his re
tirement , about a } < oar and a half ago , l-o
was accustomed to 1m fit bis olllco by 7
o'clock In tlio mornlnB and It was not Infre
quent that ho was t'r > bo found thcro at mid
night. As a manager'he wan stern und un
bending , a good doil of a martinet , but
withal no respecter of perrons.
The stories that are told of his oddities and
uliarpneiuof upeech are ondloxs. It is rulatfld
that one day one of the chief directors of
the line made an appointment with him for
9 o'clock In the morning. Arriving ten or
fifteen mlnutea Into , the director jestingly
apologized for his lack of punctuality , "i're-
cloely , dr. ' ' the old manager retorted ,
bluntly. "It's a very bad habit , sir. "
On another occasion at ono of tlie direc
tors' meetlnns , a noble lord was obnorveJ
reading a ncwxpapnr. Sir Richard rapped
sh'arply ' on bis denk nnd announced abruptly.
"A directors' meeting Is no place for readIng -
Ing newspapers. John , " turning to hU norv-
ant , "Go and take Lord So-and-so's news
paper away. "
Occasionally , however , the old gentleman
caught a tartar. Riding on one of the brunch
linns one. day , passing Lyldvaltty Hanks bo i
heard the guard sing out "Tldslcy Hunks. "
The Btntion paused. Sir Richard called the
guard and gravely treated him to a lesron
In pronunciation. Returning toward evening ,
when the stimo station was reached bo had
the satisfaction of hearing the guard call the
name correctly , though with some hesita
tion. Hut jiirt as the train was starting
again Sir Richard heard a roar from a third
clans apartment :
"Lord here's our Sam ! "
And forthwith tliero was a lively scram
ble of worklrg men out of the co'iipau-
ment. They had failed to recognize their
station under the now names. Thereafter
Sir Richard left pronunciation of the guards
alone.
THE MANAGING FORCE.
Associated with the London and North-
western's management for an even longer
period , and likewise onu of the most remarkable -
markablo railroad men of the day was Sir
GeorgeKlndlay , who was the general man
ager of the line down to his death three
years ago. Flndlay came to the road with
one of tlio lines represented In the con
solidation , and remained with It , rhlng
from ono petition to another , throughout
his entirelife. . His successor and present
active manager oC the road Is 'Frederic ' Har-
rtcon , for n long tlmo chief goods' manager ,
a position corresponding to but rather moro
important Hum that of a general freight
agent In this country.
Tim hllnn rr.fnnMMnM la rnlnrl l i. n linnril
of thirty dliectors , of whom the duke ol
Sutherland l.s allowed to name one. The
business head Is the chairman of the board ,
and under him Is the general manager , and
then como the chief goods' manager and
the superintendent. The line Is divided
Into ton districts , each of which U In charge
of on Inspector , and there are likewise six
district goods' managers. Each is held
strictly accountable for the conduct of lib
department , and so in turn U each nubor-
dlnato in charge of nome miner division.
Whether It bo the system or the otrlct
regimen Irauguratod by Plr Richard Moon.
It Is certain that the London & NortbwriU-
crn Is ono of the most carefully , profitably
and perfectly managed corporations in the
world.
U is , everthelcss , exceedingly conserva
tive , and mi ny curious old customs stilt
obtain ; th < guards of the road still carry
liugo time-pieces suspended on a leather
belt , decorntci1 with heavy tdlver brass
buckles , and pursuant to a resolution
adopted inoro than a generation ago , the
Sutul.iy trafllc Is still discouraged as much
as possible and kept down to a minimum.
This , however , does not prevent It from
carrying ecirctblng llko 70,000.000 passen
gers , and 3S.OOO.OOO Ions of merchandlso
and minerals a year.
THK ARMY OF EMPLOYES.
The employes of the London & North
western alone comprise an army of GO.OOO
men. At Crcwe , whcro its machine shops
nnd rolling mills are located , is a man
ufacturing town of 30,000 people , supported
r.lltlrplv liv tin * rnllrnnil Ilnr , * Mm rnn.l
builds all Its engines , all Its cars , rolls HA
own rails , makes Its own machinery ; In
abort , does almost every variety of man
ufacturing which the road requires. The
machine shops and rolling mills of Eng
land or the rest of the world might close ,
but this colossal enterprise would go on
undisturbed. It even owns Its own coal
mines and docs Us own laundry work.
It boasts of 2,800 engines In actual use ,
all built at Crewo. which last year covered
upwards of 41,000,000 miles on the North-
western's own linen , and some 20,000,000
in I lea moro on adjacent lines. The rollIng -
Ing stock comprises over 5,000 coaches and
half again as many moro vehicles carried in
the passenger trains , and it lias 58,000
goods and coal wagons ( freight cars ) and
some r ,000 miscellaneous cars , chiefly bal
last wagons.
It Is with the aid of those , un onortnoiu
number of freight vans and horses for dis
tribution , that the Northwestern Is able U
perfcrm feats of quick carriage and delivery
of goods that seem Impossible In this coun
try. A merchant may buy a stock of goodi
in London ono inornliur and find it delivered
at his door In Illrmlnglnm or Liverpool the
next morning. In thU country tlio average
merchant , la happy If he gotu a consignment
ultl-'n ' a v/oak. In ttiln regard the En&iui :
railways are unquestionably far ahead of our
own.
own.With all ltd vast traffic a policy of rigid
and -alnioit scrimping economy prevails. The
onglneo are painted black bucaupo black If
the cheapest paint obtainable , and many of
the parts of their machinery uro nmdo of cast
iron and palntud , where In thlt * country they
an < undo of nickel and poll6hod dally for
the pleasing appearance they prc-icnt. Accl *
are tmrprUlngly few , and Sir Richard
Moon was never tired of detailing figures
to show that passengers on his line were
rafer than If they were In their own car
riages or In their own homes. Until recently ,
too. the Northwestern held the world's rec
ord 'or fat lon -dlstanco runs.
In the history of the world there has
r.ovcr been n. human enterprise BO colotuil In
all Its proportions , and Its successful man
agement allko without scandal , periodsof -
Insolvency or corruption , presents a cisrlouj
contrast to the average American rallrend.
CARL SN'YDER.
SAVHH MY A DIII3AM.
Vision of a Null llrnuulit llopr mill
ItcsiMir In CiiMlmMijN.
The American brlgantlne , May T. Klmball ,
sailed from Mobile for Guantanamo , Cuba ,
on August 29. Head winds bothered her and
she was fit 111 In the Gulf off South Florida
on September 22. At ono bell of the forenoon
watch that day , relates the New York World ,
a howling gale jumped out of the southeast.
Under naked poles the hrlgantlno ran before
It. Soon the seas had cbargo of her decks
and all hands nipnned the pumps.
A chain pipe , leading down Into the chain
locker was knocked away by the sea and
the cap that covered the mouth of the pipe
went floating from tlio side. Captain Uowers
ordered the second mate to close -tho aper
ture with canvas. It was too late. The
brlgantlne began to sink. Captain Ilowcra
ordered all hands aft and sang out to the
mate , Mr. Flood , to fetch the ax that was
In the cabin.
Whllo the innto and the Htcward were car
rying out the order the second mate with
another ax chopped away the main rigging.
Spai'J , braces , cargo ami a confusion of
wreckage crashed over the side , mnaahlng the
boats.
An onslaught of destroying waves knocked
James JcfUra and two ahlpmatca , Elijah
Cajh and I'eter Madison all
, negroes , over
board. Though that wave brought them face
to face with death , it really oaved their
lives. Jcffers caught bold of ono of the top
sail yards that drifted near him. With a
reverberating crack llko thunder and a "rip.
rip , rip , " the compressed air burst the cabin
roof oft and It shot Into the air. A large
splinter from it was driven by tlio force of
the explosion four Inches .Into Jclfers' right
leg.All
All three sailors , Madlran , Jcffcrs and
Oisb , gained the cabin roof and , turning ,
they raw the brigantlno'H flvo remaining men ,
Captain -Rowers , the tno mate ) , steward and
a fourth tca < mitn , Peter Mitchell , I'tandlng '
together on the -woitlier bulwark , which was
ono foot above water.
At f > p. m. , while tlio flvo men OR the rill
were looking wistfully at tlioi frail raft with
the three castawayp , the Mny T. Klmhall
sank with all who were left aboard. The
raft on which the three tallorD depended for
Ilfo wain fifteen bv lim feet , with a broken
Hkyllght , to which they clung with despera
tion. The men had no food , no drink , no to-
hrcco and very llttlo hope , Joffors In an
Episcopalian. He. told MJ fellow-castawayD
that their only chcnco for Ilfo- lay In i rayer.
So Jcffcrs prayed , und on the uccond day
after the Fhlpwrcck Cash nnd Madk'jn ' be-
cimo convened and confessed their n- ! : > .
For six days tbo turbulence of the wave.-
did nc/t nbj'iu. ' There was not a inlnuto when
the caxtaways were not half Mibmerr.e , ! .
Muny tlmcii they were wanhod off tlio rcof ,
but ri'galnod their raft. Thcro was nothing
to do but pray and keep watch for a pall.
On the fourth day hunger puica bcc-imo
almost liviolcruhlo. Soon nfUr the desire
for food gjve way to thlr&t. and tlio men be
gan to drink cult water , which Increased their
nifTorlnuJ. At.I p. m. of the plxth day a
HChnonnr was righted a inllo und n liRli < a
leeward , but film mode no robponso to tl.ilr
signals. Tlio men then resinned thcm ovei ! >
to iloiih.
That night a pleco nf board became do-
tarr-od and wounded Jpffera in the other leg.
Maill'on's feet were badly owollon from tlm
constant beating of the wait Bea. On the
seventh day MadUrcn bocainu dtdlrloun. At
midnight of the name day Jcffem dreamed
that ho was clone to land and called to the
other boys : "Come , lot's go ashore. " Ho
cbovcd a board undcniuith thelaft , but
found no bottom. Ileforo ( bey could rciitralii
him , Jeff era Jumped Into thu ( tea. Ho waa
lx feet away from the raft , when , by nwlin-
mlng on his part , and by hln brother ccamon
funning a human chain , bo wad pulled ba-k. ;
It wax twelve IIUUM before ho came out of
hl delirium.
On tlm eighth day a mnall buttnrfl h was
tossed by a wave upon the cabin top. Cauli
with bin knife divided the i'sh Into tbreo
equal par La , and thu famlehnd ealloru ate and
felt refreshed. In two days more their Buf
ferings were more Intense than before.
At SI a. in. on the eleventh day , when all
wcie asleep , Jcffcis had another dream. Ho
thought a man stood near and said : "Arise !
Arise ! There's a ship which I have prepared
for .you " Jeffcrs did arise. IIo looked
around for the 10,000th tlmo In that light
for Ilfo. and there , flvo miles to leeward , ho
saw a brig.
Jcffers waked the others and after they
had raised their signal , they all prayed.
They were seen and the ship , which was
the Norwegian brig , N. S. llaiisen , bound
from Apalaeblcola for Liverpool with nnln ,
picked them up. Captain Rasmu& on did all
lie could for them and landed them In Llvcr-
| iool. Madison Is now In the Marine hoipltal
In that city. Jeffeiu and Cash arrived lu
New York on the Umbrla.
} I > UICHUN ; THAN coi.n.
Itill-c .McliilH ( lint Arc l.nrKdjCurt. .
oxItlfM of I IK * I.llliornlor- .
Gold Irf commonly considered the most
valuable of metals , because It Is the moot
prccloun metal produced In sulllclcnt quanti
ties for general uso. There are many metals ,
however , that are far more cnwtly than gold.
Gallium , for example. Is quoted at $3,000 an
oiinco avoirdupois. Traces of gallium are in
zinc ores , tons of which must be worked over
to obtain a small quantity. Gallium Is a
temperature of S6 degrees It becomes liquid
like mercury , the latter becoming nolld at
38 degrees below zero.
Germanium comes next In Its co.it. It Is
quoted at $1.120 an ounce. Numerous other
metals range dcw-n In price till palladium In
reached. That Is worth $21 an ounce and In
about equal In valueto gold.
Most of thcs metals mentioned have nn
commercial value , but are curiosities nf the
laboratory , having been originally discovered
by accident. It has beni suggested that
noiuo of them might be- coined , but the nup-
ply Is no uncertain that the plan Is not
fuislble. That was the dlfllcuUy with
platinum , which tlio Russian government
mined In the Ili'.H part of this century.
Irlillum Is used to Home extent to make. In
struments that must not corrode. U Is ob
tained from an extraordinary natural mlx-
turo ol Irldlum , osmium , rhodium , platinum
and ruthenium. Tills mixture Is a piifo
white and much of It U found In wa lilii ; ;
for gold In the bench amla of Oregon. It
resists the action of all alngle acids and lUi
only Important uao Is for tipping gold pens.
For this purpose , the grains of It , whlrh
are flat , like gold dust , .nro picked out with
magnifying glasses. It makes a great deal
of trouble at the mint , where It lias to bo
separated from the gold dust.
o
Wlint In Kill.
There IH a great difference In tlio wants
of different people In the matter of food.
Many have tested and become firm advocates
of tlio two-n eals-a-dny plan and found U
ami Homo car. get along with one meal and
feel better for the abstinence from food.
A physician who lias gene seven teen yearn
without brcBkfosta advocates the plan for
general adoption. Ills theory la that thu
dlge-utivo organs are not thoroughly awuko
and ready for work HO early In tlie. day ami
no food should be taken until the person
Imn Htirrcd around , got the blood to circulat
ing and the glands to secreting dlgccitlvii
fluid ) . Hu especially recommends the plan
for these who are dyspeptic , fat or addicted
to an iixccMilvo use of alcoholic utliniiluntB ,
Homo men advise dltipcnslng with thu noonday -
day meal , xaylng that when the nerve and
blood forces are drawn to the head In aetlvo
ImelnoBu affairs food taken Into the utomaeit
will not dlce-Bt. The fact In that the stomach
ach Is u much-abused organ and every man
li.i.i to leurn what his own will xtund and do
accordingly.
The ovcrfod brain worker who dines nnd
wlnim late and who arises In the morning
with n thick tanto In bin mouth may well
hreakfaot on a glass of cold water , but the
farmer who rkea at1 o'clock and duett two
hours' work before breakfast Is ready tind
prepared for u hearty meal. Yet the latter
hhould cat lightly at noon if hu hna to work
In tlio hot nun afterward. Food uhould not
bo tnl'cn after severe oxorchiu nor xhoulil
very hearty exerclKO follow u meal , Too
much fr.od It ) exactly aa bad an too llttlo.
In the parish nf
register Klrton-lo-Moor ,
Cumberland , England , under date of July
31 , 17S1 , mention Is made of a man and
wlfo who , together with their thirty chil
dren , walked to church no an to bo present
nt thu christening of their thirty-first child.
Thomas Orcunhlll , "nurgcn" to the duke
of Norfolk , In IC'JS , wan the seventh MOII
and tlilrty-nltitU child of emu father auU
mother.