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DECEMBER 11, 1004,
NUMBER 287.
Gossip and Stories
Commondcr-in-Chle! ol the Grand Army ol thd Republlo
Recent Events in
the
Field of Electricity
COMPARISON of the cost of
( operating a railroad by ateam and
electricity possesses unusual In-
terest. In ylew of the purpose of
several great railroads to use
electricity as tha motive power at their
terminals. An Instructive comparison la
furnished by tha Manhattan Elevated rail-
road of New Tork City. Two years ago
tha company began to change Its operations
from ateam to electricity, and for the
fiscal year of 1904 the whole system was
operated for the entire year by electricity,
Below are the official figures which rep-
resent the cost of operation per car mile
In cents for tha years 1904 a:id9ol, tha
former being the first year during which
electricity was used entirely, and tha latter
being, the last year In which the lines
were operated wholly by etenm:
1904. 1901.
Main, way and struc... 1.047 o.si.7
Main, equipment and power
Plant 1.325 1.304
Inc.
0.1 jO
0.021
rower suppiy snd conduct-
I.m ...... .nat. l.. . r , n o ia a ce
General expenses. ...".'o.'oii6 0.7o0 o.'u
Total operating exp.....-l l,-77
Decrease.
It will be seen from the above statistics
that the tots,) operating expenses under the
electrical system decreased nearly I cents
Tat na mil rnm rarmA with th. avrnt.n.
of operating by steam. While the cost of
maintenance of way and structure and of
equipment of power plant showed slight
Increases In 1801 over those of 1901, this
fact waa due entirely to the higher cost
of material and labor, the company having
advanced th wages of their men sub- omo or " aisappeareo in iransu, ana i
stantlally In the fnterval, while the price WM alao lound that " tn current WB
of ties, rails and other equipment showed lare -d tha wlre carry'"- It was small
a material advance over the price for the Ul greater portion of the eleotrlo energy
same In 1901., For the year 1904 the opera- was transformed Into heat,
tlons of the Manhattan Railway company It evident then that If a little coll of
covered 0,000,000 car miles. Figuring a re- wlr placed on the bottom of a sauce
ductlan In operating expenses at the rate Pan and a current from a lamp socket ll
of 2.809 cents per mile. It will he seen that aent surging through It, Instantly It will
the cost of operations for the year was How to redness and quickly heat the con
tl.5.4U lower than they would have bean tents. This is exceedingly simple, but the
under the steam system, on the same basis wire must be Insulated, It must be of Just
of cost as In 1901. the light length, and be placed In the cor
$ ' rect position In order to obtain the best
Electrlo Water Power. results with the least cost.
Falling water Is slowly but surely die- - new "bstance for electrlo heating is
placing coal In power producUon. This ll called kryptol, being- a recent notable Oer.
true not only aa to electrlo lighting and man Invention, consisting of graphite, car
small motors, but also as to electrlo roll- corundum and clay combined to form
ways and great manufacturing plants. Al- lo"9 m8- ln this method the substance
ready millions of tons of cool have been arranged In the form of a cook stove, in.
saved by the electric transmission of water toad of having the heat applied directly
power. As the more remote power eltee to the vessel used.
are developed, and transmission systems Tho flr,t a"-1 advantage of calling In
multiply and extend, It seems possible that electricity aa an aid In the proper prepara
coal will be crowded more and more out Uon of foodstuffs is. of course, obvious ta
of use until substantially the entire power the veriest cooking school miss, since the
of the world will be drawn from waterfall temperature of the kitchen la removed
By some this may be regarded aa an ex- rom that of the o1" mtn- Wnen tn
treme view, but facts are not wanting that Kasoltne arrangement was devised It was
make It at least tenable. Take for lllus- considered an Important Improvement, and
tratlon Montreal. Buffalo and San Fran- 11 Indeed, insofar as a decreased
olsco, the three greatest centers of trans- temperature was concerned, but Its ca
mmed water power on this continent With Pice, ""on as exploding Just aa dinnoi
development of 'the waterfalls within easy was ready to take up. made it unpopular
reach little more than started, electrlo
motors ol more than twenty thousand
ssvs'r,
.inri. -nmm.r mnnth of l..t vmt thr.
were distributed in the last named city
enough electrlo energy from water power
to displace 7.81S tons of coal, at the rate
of four pounds for each . kllowatt-houi
Only a trifling part of the water at Nlag-
ara Falls has Uius far been diverted for
power purposes, and only a fraction of
r w r r
the power thus developed has been trans-
mltted to Buffalo. Nevertheless the eleo
trlo energy from the falls distributed ln
Buffalo during a single month of a recent
year saved no less than 14,000 tons of coal
on the basis of four pounds per klllowatt
on me nasis or rour pounas per aiuowaii-
hour. The figures for the exact amount
of water power distributed In San Fran-
Cisco are not at hand, but the plant at
Electra whose lines enter the city has a
capacity of not less than
than 10,000 horse-
use of the trans-
rower. If the averase
mltted power in San Francisco amounts to
the full capacity of the generating plant
during only ten hours per day, the saving
of coal throughout the year must reach
(4,760 tons, on the basis of three pounds
per horsepower-hour. Numerous other
cases might be cited of single cities that
consume the energy of hydroelectrio plants
of several thousand horsepower capacity
each, but one or two instances where the
aotual output of energy is known will
sufnoe. Such a esse exists in a city of
v--aa mm sea m w
medium else in the east, where the electric
enarffV from Water MWtf fl 1 Hi H h ll t -H ritir-
inw tha flaral mip anritna- in 1903. ranra.
sented a saving of 14.760 tons of coal, on
the basis of four pounds per kilowatt-hour,
Theee figures for coal displaced by trans-
mltted water power are not very imposing
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as to any one place, but they must be
mulUplled by scores and sven hundreds to
n.i .w- i -. l ,
obtain the total saving that la now bslng
made In our coal supplies by utilization of
distant, falling watsr. Of course no one
. i .-i- . . . . v. - n-t-n -.
-v.riu w.wt ww ir w.w .u .
aavlna1 AnaJ. hnwavar daalrahla that nut
be for future e-enerattons. and the eon-
sjqi
w
uest whioh the trsnsmitted energy of
water Is making In the field of coal la due
to the cheapness of the former. Boston
Transorlpt.
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EnlarsrlnsT the Telephone's Field.
The telephone Is steadily enlarging the sent for a piece of cable to stretch across M " WaT,on driest., BL, LouisDear would have been murdered. He alleges' brother, B. B. Cuke, are said to be the
field of Its usefulness. The Vanderbllt lines Stanley Pool between the settlements. Friend: You know that I told you I will he was then subjected to abuse and brutal largest stockholders of the great oorpora-
between New Tork and Chicago are now $ write to you aa soon as J can. But now treatment at the hands of the four e- tlon.
constructing a complete telephone oiroult Redaeed Wela-ht of Meters. you understand me that I have not much fendants. Nelson striking him a fearful Mrs. McCredy as Mrs. Duke will have
which, when finished, will displace the Electricity notes as "one of the dlstlnot Um t0 wriu Pl,e excuse me the short blow ln the face and declaring that Lawson little need for the great gray stone man
telegraph for train dlspatohlng. In some advantages of design" the equipment to re- letter- oa remember when you stood had been slandering him and his family In slon she owns in West Sixty-eighth street,
respects it ie strange that Its employment duce the weight of street car motors. An on th Plke ri"nt out ln front ot our en" connection with Lawson's decision not to in the first place, her husband owns the
by the railroads should have been delayed aro lamp of fifteen years ago bears the trance then? I saw you and my heart say marry Miss Taylor. Passersby interfered property at Fifth avenue and Seventy
so long. Train dlspatohlng by telegraph same relation In weight and construction ou ery muwch' ,0 my ey8 wtch yu prevented further trouble, but Law- sixth street, and for a country home there
requires the dispatcher to be a skilled op- to those now in use as the first car motors " th" Ulna " 1 thought you understand son's facs is badly battered up.
is the, great Duke estate about one and
erator. With the -telephone aa the agent of that period do to those of the present y ey" yU .1 , , . - . Vr' Mjrh,w asserts thst his arrest is Cns-half miles from Somervllle. N. J.
of transmitting train orders the dispatcher's hour. Not only have they been con- "m' yoU t0 m then 1 my he'rt' unJu,t n th,t h w" onIr ""n the t'pon few country places In the United
work will be greatly simplllled. it ought
to provide absolute security against error,
and reduce the liability to accident on the
run. The telegraph has probably been re-
talned thus long because It preservee a
record of the message transmitted, through
which. In the event of error In tranamla-
alnn ne H I Iv.pv , ih. . 4 v. 1 1 . .. n ..
- - - , a naifvaiaiuiiai. j uaaa ayo
traced to Its proper source. Possibly some
yaiciia hi raauuruing irain orders as sent ana in some instances street railway com
and received by telephone will be adopted panles clulm that repairs eat up their
... - -"- puipoue. wnen me ruiiuo, j. ugni ana powerrui motor nas ,n. , .. .,, ,. . ""i"" " - me ihtoi .ha two vein ani4 mm. ain. m- r..L.
irstzvEr zsxsrz zztLss xjzss --'.rrrri;, c. ESSH
a-, . S;:-r.r.rr fVSi zrzwzxzx ssisBjits
,rr.,b:.v.T.;.r.;:.",ir,:: ir.rrr.zzri irv.E -.-STw2 msz
. i-- .n v. ini . .... . . """ preparing tor a trip toner . Teily tni -i ,uted that aha waa am. which was constructed at ta cost of
eieciriciMD, wno nas oevinea method of
uvervuimng me ao-caiiea uue iiaipeaxnoe,
...ivuiiiui. an- rj-w. . ,nj uue aiiijjeuitnoe,
whirl, obstrui tsth. transit of long-distance
telephone message Prof. Mm. hin. of the
lalversuy of Koche.ter ha. put the m-
ventlon to the severest tests, and he pro-
nounres It a complfte sueres. He assume
that Its employment will make telephoning
across the continent possible, and the In-
ventlon Is so simple and Inexpensive that It
can be applied to any line and be used for
commercial purposes. If so. It will doubt-
iF. revolutlonlie long-distance communU
cation. Ban Franclaoo Chronicle.
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Klectrlclty In Cooktnsr.
That love Is the greatest thing In tha
world no one who haa ever had the slight.
eat attack will gainsay, but the pessimistic
fact still remains that nothing so appeals
to one when cold aa does a fire or whan
hungry as a properly cooked meal,
When man first found himself on earth,
gazing into every cave for the sight of
woman, who be knew, instinctively, must
be somewhere, he was even then trying to
circumvent the need of Are, which he much
disliked to build, yet how? For neither he
nor she cared much for green grass, nor
Vet iUn raw meilt though the formation
of their teeth showed plainly that In their
previous existence they had been generally
fed on both.
Now cooking by electricity approximates
perfection and during the last few years
there have been developed three different
'yttVna bY 1"' 7 T"?
can be accomplished easily, simply and ef
fectively through all of these and modi
fications of ono fundamental principle.
Long ago It was ascertained that when
an electric current flowed through a wire
w,"
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n&na. Mauri. bnllara. broilers. rrlddla
in me xnoaern eieoino micnen vaiei
P". blasers. boilers, broilers, griddle
cake cooker, waffle Irons, water urns.
electrlo ovens, portable stoves and what
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to "ok- Then there are no
ftandord Oil odors financial or mineral
no. p.rd"ct! ?' combusUon. and
. -
that 4nm 4) Visa, snnlr al ra. Tr tnrl 4vt I r a VtSirv-,
, "
lutely uniform temperature.-New Tork
Herald.
Blsr Cable to Sta.ler Pool
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north bank of Stanley Pool, as the great
widening or the Congo is caueo. it is more
than 100 miles from the sea, and the fact
that it had prevloualy been so Isolated
Intensifies the pleasure of the French of-
flclals and settlers, now that they are able
to telegraph to France and receive an
answer on the same day.
A while atfo a telegram wire waa strung
from Loango, a port of the French Congo,
Inland through the forests and over the
plains to Brazzaville. Than they began to
stretch wire from Loango north along the
ocean to the Ogowe river, which at Its
mouth la six miles wide, so that It was
necessary to oontlnue the line as a cable
laid down on the bed of the river.
At the other side of the river the cable
WMive sjsv W - s -W vekwi
became a land wire again and went on to
T.lhrnvllla whar It waa nnr n mr t with th
ana.n oahta . IV..
On the evening of October 14 a dispatch
came to the French at Brazzaville that
cable connections with Franoe had been
established. The next morning one of the
- ,.m v. v.
French officers suggested that a dispatch
be sent to Paris with a request that an
. . . .. .
answer be returned Immediately
Ths disDatoh was sent . io o-aiarv a-
though it was delayed at several points
.
uy ua necessary relays, it reached I' axis
at S .'.lb v,. . .
.r it ... nia a-
celved at Brazzaville earl, the next morn-
log.
When Br..vllle wa. connected with
Europe last month, the Belaiana took thalr
messages across Stanlev Pool bv hoat to
place them on the wire. They havTnow
structea to suit the severe requirements
of city service, but their efflolenoy and
weight have undergone advantaa-eoua
changes that yield excellent returns in a
commercial sense.
"It must be understood that the motor
of a cur is a heavy weight that pays no
1. - - n. . . . n ..
, w aa vui auu uava yvwer 10 carry
itself. It Is an expenae in every manner,
mean the equivalent of S.0U0 passengers, or
an increase In pro tit of thW amount for
au increase in proni or 11114 amount ror
exactly th. sain, output ot power, other-
wis. an expenditure o? just fhlt much i
power with empty c..'' ,'
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CAPTAIN A. W. BLACKMAB ENTERTAINED TESTERDAT AS A DISTINQOISHED VISITOR TO OMAHA.
and
m
Blo-x Chief Woo In a- Boatom Girl.
PECULIAR romance,' In whioh
many of the features used by
modern romandsts to deplot their
tolea of love auDear and ln which
the daughter of a wealthy Bos-
bilker plays a prominent part, is re-
laied by the Chicago Chronicle. It is a
tale of love of a Sioux chief, stationed at
th. c, t..,i - fair mdunt. of
Wellealey college.' Friends of the young
woman In Chicago regard ,the matter as a
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J" ' , . ' " , xii 1 M.-t
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coe Prieat of Boston, Mass. ine rea i war-
rior whom she fears Is John a. wear, one
01 the prln
at the fair,
of the principal chiefs of the Sioux Indians
A few weeks ago Miss Priest left Boston
for a visit to the St. Louis fair. With all
of a young woman's enthusiasm for nov-
eltles she was greatly interested ln the
now famous "Pike."
While standing before the Indian exhibit
on the "Pike" she noticed a tall Indian
"chief dressed In full war costume, his bon-
net of feathers trailing out behind him,
eyeing her Intently. Chief Bear Is one of
the handsomest of the red men in the west
and his earnest stare caused the airl much
stUU Uisl WUU.aV IS l .UUPGU Vila oft UUVJ
embarrassment. She was about to turnc
n n c ...Van V. n Awmr n a., n n..n Annun-nA ha-
In !. .. o. l.-n n,....i .
earning his manner of living, ths women
of the tribe and other things of Interest
to her. Chief Bear then took his turn at
questioning and learned from the girl her
MuVVHv...HS ' u - . w...
name and the addresa of the people she
was visiting. Before ahe left he took from
his war bonnet a large feather and pre-
.t.rt it hr a rihhnn h.. h. wa.
wearing attracted his attention, and he
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asked for It. Miss PrleBt at the time
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m k.i mnA l.,,.hi.i.
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a-,-. f h.. .h Lh h.
l. .. ,T t7 "I" ,,7 '"..r".r -
for her .7i w teloan
w engage ner in conversation.
Prl1 wa becomln' 'rightened,
Whe ,h reo"lvd tftt folowlu' lettr:
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I could see you all the time where you are
or with my tribe. Well dear friend I
write some more next time. I am getting
along pretty good so I hope you the same
condition. Well I must have to close
UIUSI aaeSTV V a,SUC-nj
with kind regards with many kisses and
good Wishes
well
From one who lovee you
JOHN H. BEAR."
St. Lou., friend, of M... Priest could
eastern hnma
" When
seen at her hotel, she said:
"I
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Tll tL tc wr?,T , 7" 1 l"'
"mo.t ri-nteneJ W Th' "t" "L 7
to7ln l??tV? "".t
or ooeton in a few days, and he won't
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Mi
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Romantic Capers of Cupid
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dare to come there. Indians are suoa pe-
ouliar people, aren't they?"
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Joyoos MSead-OS.
Throwing rice and old shoes at a newly
married pair and tying their trunks with
white ribbon was quite outdone by friends
or a couple marnea in rnuaoeipma a xew
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street station they were preceded all the
way by a farm wagon, on which three
hilarious couples blew noma A cow bell
Ued to a string dangled from the back and
dragged along the solid asphalt paving.
making a hideous noise, and fastened to
W(j.a -g7l. wUh
Mim wbloh read.
Does She Love Him?
Well, I Quess.
They Are Just Married.
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Groom-to-Be Chances His Hind.
A wedding which did not take place, a
brutal assault upon the young man who
ref ussd to be the bridegroom, and the ar-
rest of a prominent young married physl-
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, , ., . . caapiers m
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BridgetOO, N. J., JUSt UOW.
p 't i TV
, f,7,?W' ?, f ,
and William - King. Justloe Samuel M.
Hall Issued the warrants and placed them
..nHn- C9AA Kail n n L,,Jn.
ur "w D for ; , Tr., ' T .
C mp IUn " , 1AW,0' wno
ch.fl.m-aa than with atrofiloua aaaault linnn
bim- UwM was engaged to be married
i Nellie Taylor, and the wedding was set
far laat Ha t u rH a v hut tha brldArronm da.
7, . . . . " .
oiuo al vne last uwnui, iur reasons oeai
known to himself, not to marry.
Acoordlng to his story. Lawson was ln a
dance hall when he was summoned out by
Klng Wh b,m W" wa,Un
t0 .e, hjm. Going out. he says, an un-
availing attsmpt was made to entice him
Into a dark lane, where, he believes, be
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Dyaamlte as Messenger.
Miss Lulu Lunn, a young girl ot 20, was
laat year working In a powder factory at
Greenup, Conn., at a salary the reverse of
OVa t-a.il a- 1 a
-"""' -no. a.
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I"' t0 vrJ' Hrl s happlneas. she wrote
TDrt a . ."L".:
h r.i ifc V w 7. hi '
ployed In a powder factory and that ale
was nor happy, and would Mr. Jubtt write
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" T clon""T .Tn courteous Mis-
IT'1" chMrfu"' to -V
J orr',ondeno- 0"riou.ly begun
lasted many months, when oue day, by
arrangement, the two met. Then the ao-
qualntance ripened into something warmer
than friendship, and ln the end Mr. Jubb
laid his heart and quarry at the feet of
Miss Lunn and was duly accepted. A
month later the marriage took place.
Catholic Weds Mohammedan.
The first international marriage ever per-
formed in the New York city hail was cele-
brated there last week, when Mahmoud
Lahlb Moharrem Bey. a full-fledged Mo
nammeoan ana a scion or Egyptian no-
blUty. was Joined to Miss Mien Scott
Marks, daughter of Samuel B. Marks of
Montf.omery xu Xh, brli who u an
American and whose father is a man of
considerable wealth. Is a Cathollo. The
immediate family does not sanction the
union, because of the fact that her husband
Is a devout worshiper of Mohammed and
Allah his prophet, For this reason her
parents were not present at the ceremony.
Mahmoud Lahlb Moharrem comes from one
of the oldest and most noted families. Mrs.
Moharrem met her husband a year ago
whUe traveling abroad.
A
A Real Dukt Married,
jame, r. rUke. head of the Tobacoo
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tru8ti was married in New Tork City
last week to Mrs. Lillian N. McCredy, a
wealthy widow living ln the metropolis.
So quietly had the courtship been con
ducted that not even Mr. Luke's business
associates of the American Tobacco com
Vtt M VUIII1USUUH VUlUUVa
oa hla great country home near Somer-
Ville, N. J., knew of his plans. None of
' ' u D vl
pany, nor even his confidential employes
Mrs. MoCredy's friends bad been Informed
either, and her servants declared they
'likewise surprised when
auBiiaou wucu
told they
would not be needed for aavarai months
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lr. Duke U 48 years of age and his bride
oouiwu years -as junior, c ne rounaa-
uou or nis great lortune was laid ln Dur-
, h . , Du,ln toundeI
W ther gVew to Immense proportions,
AnaUy becoming the nucleus of the Amtr-
lean Tobacco company. He and his
States have more care,' attention and
money been bestowed than UDon tha Z.ouo
acres of land that Mr. Duke turned Into
one piece of property from more than a
dozen farms.
The ancient farm houaea hava h.-n
- a.-'-.a w r -
moVed and where there were fields a great
park ha, heen made by landscape archl-
tecU a-d gardeners. Trees have been set
drivew"' b" . walks laid
out and gardens have been atarted. For
U.wO.WO. and on it today are geese and
e"4"" and imported water fowl. Pert of
the plan Include, a mansion which is t
eo't' TAi"'!th'p,n' """.d.
more than 1.X.. Wor e this ha.
ot yet been completed,
About
Prominent People
t APTAIN WILMDN W. PLACTC-
I I MAK, commander-in-chief of the
I Grand Army of the Republic
was elected to that exalted posi
tion at the national encampment
at Boston, Maxs., In September last. Cap
tain liiackmar entered the federal army
as a private soldier of the Fifteenth Penn
sylvania cavalry early ln the war of the
rebellion. Completing his enlistment In
that regiment, he wns made a lieutenant In
the First West Virginia cavalry, and con
sequently served ln both the eastern and
western armies. lie was engaged in
twenty-two actions, inclusive of Antletam,
Stone River, Chlckamauga, Wauhatchle,
Chattanooga, the Shenandoah valley cam
paign of the fall of 1864, and was In at the
finish at the surrender of Lee at Appo
mattox. He was promoted to the rank of
captain for gallantry on the field at the
battle of Five Forks, Va., the final en
gagement of the war, and was awarded
the medal of honor for conspicuous bravery
on that occasion.
Shortly after the war he waa appointed
Judge advocate on the staff of the gov
ernor of Massachusetts, la which position
he served ten years, through four oon
secutlve administrations. He has been
prominently connected with the Grand
Army of the Republlo for the past thirty
Seven years, was a department commander
of Massachusetts, and has twice served on
the national council of administration.
He occupies a high position as a member
of the legal profession of Massachusetts,
which profession he has followed since the
close of the war.
Proof Wanted.
The late Senator Hoar, being learned him
self, had a great respect -for learned men.
Mark Pattlson in" particular waa to him
an object of reverent study, and in
speech making Senator Hoar would often
Illustrate to some point with an appropri
ate Incident from Pattlson's life.
This, ln condemnation of youthful pert
ness and forwardness, he said one day In
Concord:
"Mark Pattlson, with all his knowledge,
was perhaps, a difficult man to get along
with. If you talked small talk to bim, he
snubbed you. If you plunged Into deep and
weighty, matters he exposed your Ignor
ance. "A youth once took an afternoon's walk
with Pattlson. The latter was silent The
youth talked of the birds, the trees, and
the flowers, but he got no reply. Then,
quite irrelevantly, he said with a pompous
lr, that Euripides was richer in human
interest than Aeschylus.
"Pattlson glanced at him impatiently.
" 'Quote, sir, quote,' he said."
Revensre on at P-ormer Fiance.
The renunciation of her faith by Mar
quise Nlea Mans'tlets brings to light some
gossip about her when she was Mary
Gwendolln Caldwell of Louisville. Ken
tucklans remember when Miss Caldwell
was one of the beauties of Louisville and
waa engaged to be married to Isaao Palmer
Caldwell. Although the surnames were the
same there waa no blood relationship. The
engagement was broken off through family
interference, and it is said that the young
heiress became furiously angry. Boon after
Inaao Palmer Caldwell was a candidate for
the state legislature. His opponent was
Henry Clay, a grandson of the great Henry
Clay. When election came the Caldwell
adherents, who expected a walkover, were
amazed to And the other side provided with
a campaign fund of extraordinary propor
tions, and so judiciously was It used that
young Clay was defeated only by an eye
lash, horsemen said. It was generally be
lieved that Miss Caldwell had supplied the
sinews of war ln the effort to defeat her.
former fiance.
Aa Interesting Letter.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale tells. In Col
liers' Weekly, an amusing rebuke once
given by Thomas Bailey Aldrlcb to Prof.
E. 8. Morse for the tatter's illegible hand
writing. v S
According to Dr. Hale, Mr. Aldrlcb got
back at the professor ln this wlwe:
"My Dear Morse: It was very pleasing to
me to get your recent letter. Perhaps I
should have been more pleased had I been
able to decipher the same. I have not been
able to master any of it beyond the date,
which I knew, and the signature, which I
guessed at There Is a singular and perpet
ual charm In a letter of yours; it never
grows old; It never loses its novelty. One
oan say to one's self every morning: 'Here's
that letter of Morse'a I haven't read It
yet I think I'll take another shy at it to
day, and maybe I shall, In the course of a
few months, be able to make out what he
means by those t's that look like Ws and
those t's that have no eyebrows.' Other
letters are read and thrown away, but
yours are kept forever unread. One ot
them will last a reasonable man a lifetime.
Admiringly yours, T. B. ALDRICH."
CThlnese Wit.
The present Chinese minister, Sir Chen
tung Liang- Cheng, K. C M. O., la as witty
as hla well known predecessor, Wu Ting
fang. Sir Chentung waa an Interested spec
tator of the marriage ceremony of certain
young friends in Washington. At the con
clusion of the wedding, as tha minister was
leaving the house, he made some Inquiries
of a friend with respect to the origin of
the custom of throwing rice- after the newly
joined couple. "Oh," replied the friend,
"that's by way of wishing them good luck.'V
"In that case," suggested the Oriental with
Just a suspicion of a smile, "why la it not
the custom to throw rice after tha bearse
at a funeral?"
A Nevada Cemetery Promoter.
"Sara Brown, the champion bad man of
Nevada ln the old days," says Senator
Stewart In the Washing-ton Post, "was a
giant, six feet four Inches high, 2H pounds
and as ferocious looking a man as ever
mortal eye beheld. Killing was his trade,
and one winter In Virginia City he slew
sixteen men. I had been retained by a
client whose interests were oppeeed to the
desperado, and I thought It btst on the
day of the trial to put a couple of old.
fashioned derringers ln - my overcoat
pocket When I saw him enter tha idea
came into my mind that he had come to
make me his lateat victim. His favorite
weapon was a big bowls knife, and the
knowledge that the villain meant to stab
me to death made me feel exceedingly un
comfortable. But I knew It' would never
do to show the creature that he hud me
scared, and, looking him squarely in the'
eye, I brought tha pockttt of my over
coat around to where be could see the
full shape of both my derringers. My ha,uj
was grasping the handle, ana I was read
to shoot on the second. These pistols shot
with terrific force, snd would knock down,
even If they did not kill. I saw his eye
fall on the weapon. Before this he ha 4
been fumbling at his knife, but immedi
ately he ceased, and presently he walked
out of the room. When the busln-.se was
over I found him ln a saloon, taking a
drink. With a smile Intended to be amia
ble, he Invited me to Join him, A week
later he asked me to represent him la a
mlniosT suit"
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Bryan's Ksrly Antbltlena.
"My first ambition," said W. J. Bryan ta
a lecture at Topeka, Kan., "was to be a
Baptist preacher. I dropped that ambition
after I had seen a baptizing- when I was
still a boy, but my republican friends have
been mean enough to say that my giving It
up was due to the natural aversion of a
democrat for water. My next ambition was
to be a farmer and my third to be a lawyer.
I fell Into politics accidentally, but stayed
there by choice. I had no intention when
I went to Nebraska of going into politics.
It is easily proven by the fact that at the
time I went there the state was republican,
the district republican, the county repub
lican, the city republican, the. word repub
lican and the voting precdnot republican,
and I, regret to add that there haa not been
so great a change In their political oom
plexloa aa I would like."
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Tonebed lor a Tip.
During a recent shooting expedition
Grover Cleveland spent the greater part
of the day with the guide without any
substantial results. In the end he gave
up the chase for the time being and sought
the nearest railroad station. Before leav
ing the scene of his adventures, so the
story goes, Mr. Cleveland chatted pleas
antly with his guide, good naturedly be
moaning his hard luck. The guide waited
for an opportunity and then remarked
gravely: "Anyway, sir, tha ducks today
may have made fun of your aim, and there
may be some who think you wasted cart
ridges, but nobody oan say anything about
your liberality." The tip he received is
sold to have completely covered the case.
A Remarkable Family.
John and Henry Gibbons, twin brothers,
have recently celebrated their 73d birth
day at their home near Lee's Summit, Mo,
There are nine brothers tn this remark
able family, all of whom are living. The
eldest Is 84 years ot age and lives la
Georgia, where he conducts a 1,100-aore
fruit farm. The combined, weight of tha
family Is 1.710 pounds and the combined
ages amount to 715 years. The twins weigh
exactly the same number of pounds and
even ounces. They are so alike in person
that they are indistinguishable. They mar
ried wives who are sisters. Both ot the
brothers are devoted fishermen and they
pass much of their time In the enjoyment
of this sport.
Talent la tnderalsed Men.
When a man la described as "a great
criminal lawyer" the mind naturally pic
tures a person of imposing presence, a
fearsome eye, a voice of thunder and a
menacing forefinger, constantly tn action.
In New Tork the three men who have
gained the greatest celebrity In trying!
criminal oases do not fill this bill at alL
Abe Levy, counsel for Nan Patterson, Is a
mite of a man, not much above five feet
tall He haa a small, boyish face, a soft,
purring: voloe, and a smile tike a Sunday '
school superintendent He never roars,
never becomes angry and never shakes his
finger, even under the greatest stress. Tet
he has been uniformly successful In de
fending some pretty hard-looking criminal
oases. Abe Hummel, the famous divorce
lawyer. Is another little fellow. He la no
taller than Levy and not half so stout
one could think of. Tet he has a hundred
Hummel wilt probably tip the beam at 120
pounds, If that He Is bald as a china -teapot,
and altogether the quietest little man
great victories to his credit and even such
tnen as Ellhu Root ex-Senator Hill, former
Governor Black and District Attorney
Jerome have fallen before him.
Jefferson and Hla Watches.
Joseph Jefferson has probably given away
more watches than any other man ln the
country. Whenever he wanted to make a
present he never cudgelled hla brains aa
to what it should be. That point waa al
ways settled In bis mind, and It was al
ways settled on a watch. In the course
of bis career and tourlrgs Mr, Jefferson
hat scattered watch es broadcast all the way
from Sandy Hook to the Golden Gate, and,
from Penobscot bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
"About fifteen years ago I had my watoa
stolen as I was In the crowd going Into
the Fifth Avenue theater, where Mr. Jef
ferson was then playing," said Jerome)
Eddy. "I was bis press agent, and when
X went back on the stage to see him X
casually mentioned the fact tbat my watohj
had been stolen. Mr. Jefferson said. 'Oh,
that's too bad,' and asked what kind at
watch it was.
"The next morning a package was sent
to my house containing a watch very like
the one 1 had lost There was no card or
note with It but I suspected whore It was
from, and soon found out that the giver
was Mr. Jefferson. He wouldn't let ma
thank him even. There's the watch. I've)
carried It ever since. He always gave gold)
watches."
A Wonderful Cook.
Rudloff, the chef at the new As tor hotel.
Is said to be a great marvel as a mem.
orlzer. He carries the recipes of 1,000
dishes In hla head and never thinks of con
sulting a book. Although the hotel at
tracts a more cosmopolitan crowd than
any other ln New Tork, be Is never
baffled. He has eooked In all countries.
Rudloff does not employ a single woman
In his kitchen. He says they are too hard
to manage. The Waldorf has a number
of women downstairs, and so haa ths Hot
land and tht.Bt Regis. What Rudloffg
yearly salary amounts to Is nobody's busi
ness. That it Is more than (10,000 he ad
mils. This comes pretty close to the high
est price paid a chef in New York City.
Years To neb, m Llsjhtly.
Tennessee's nrand old men Is General
John A. Kite tt Lehanon, who Is 93 years
old, but would readily pass for a man 40
years younger. On being asked, "To what
do you attribute your long Ufa aid wonder,
fully youthful appearance?" ho replied: .
"To nothing- tn particular. I have always
used good whisky, chewed good tobacco
end smuk'd good cigars. My mother died
at the age of 101 years. My grandmother
lived to be 110 and had ten diving children,
and over (iWi dtsuentlunU living aad dead,
