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FEMiUAKY 20, 1003.
President of Omaha Pork Board end Public-Spirited Citizen
A Haaband by Chance.
If 1 Uflia PITT m-lrl-n nt 11 llh
V I more than ordinary nerve stood
' I nn In a vmhllft rreetlnr Hnfl
claimed for tier husband a young
man who offered himself - aa a
price In a lodge drawing.
The drawing for the benefit of the lodge
wns conducted In the way common In all
semi-charitable fair. A little blindfolded
girt drew numbered tickets from a box. The
woman holding a number corresponding to
the one drawn was entitled to the prize.
Two women held prise winning numbers,
but the prise did not look good to them and
they passed him up. The third to hold the
winning number . was Miss Catherine
Knoche, a stenographer. She rose from her
seat and started for the platform, holding
out her ticket and blushing furiously. The
crowd cheered frantically and pressed for
ward to offer congratulations. At length
order waa restored and the, chairman said
to tho couple:
"Do you want to be married here now?"
The prise pulled himself together by an
effort, braced himself against a convenient
chair and looked up long enough to say:
"It's up to her. Whatever she says goes.
I'm game."
Then he discovered some new charm
nlout his feet. The chairman said to the
girl:
"Do you want to get married here or
not?"
Barely she met his gaze and said In a low
voice:
"Not."
"What do you mean by that?" asked the
chairman. ' .
"I mean not here, now. We will talk It '
over and decide later." ' 1
Miss Knoche Is what moat persons would .
term a pretty' girl. She ha brown eyes,
wavy brown hair, a bright smile and Is
graceful and tastefully dressed. Arnett is
not "long" on looks, but If his advertised
accomplishments are true he may prove to
be a desirable husband. The . description
read:
"B. L. Arnett waa born In Virginia Jan
uary 12, 18S0. making him 25 years old. He
was educated In the University of Virginia
and Is In business In Kansas City, Mo. He
has chestnut hair and brown eyes, his
height Is S feet 8 Inches, weight 150 pounds.
Does not use narcotics or Intoxicants, haa
no bad habits, and is a gentleman in every,
sense of the word. He has a Jovial dlsposl
tlon and la very popular." ' . ' .'
Marconi's Bride-to-Be.
tTnleae there la wireless interference,,
which haa happened four or five times be-
' fore, Marconi will be married In the aecond .
. week of March. Of course, there's no tell-'
ing what may happen, but this time It
seems to be: sure, i The .bride-to-be la the;
Hon. Beatrice O'Brien, ft daughter of v
Lord Inchiquln, and conceded!? the most
piquant beauty of the five. She baa the
true Irish" sparkle In her blue-'eyea. whlchi
as Tom Moore once described the dark
fringe of the lashes of an Irish lass, "look '
aa If they had been put In with smutty
fingers." It'a thousand to one there will
he no broken engagement now, despite the
record Marconi haa of winning; heart and
breaking them.
The announcement of the engagement la
official, and disposes effectually of the
romantlo story of the engagement of the
wireless wlsard to a mysterious "Italian
princess." Marconi haa got bravely over
hla jilting here by an American girl. His
friends say he grieved for full twelve hours
and then recovered his usual cheerfulness.
The mother of the bride-elect Is a daughter
of the second Lord Annaly. Her uncles.
Henry and Robert White, were heroes of
the Boer war. The Inchtqulns are num
ber" r -ng the oldest families In the Irish
peerage.
Marconi met his sweetheart a- year ago,
when staying at Lord Dunraven's- house,
near Limerick. ' Slgnor Marconi was en
raged to Miss Josephine Holman' of In
diana, but the engagement was broken be
cause of his attentions to Lulu Glaser.
Then it was reported that he was engaged
to Mlsa Nina McOIIlivray, but she said It
waa only a summer flirtation. Dame Rumor
recently connected his name with that of
rrlneess Glaclnta Ruspoll.
Bridegroom Earned si Million.
There is food for thought In the story of
the marriage, at Plttsfleld, Mass., recently
of Wlnlhrop Murray Crane, Jr.,' son of
United States Senator Crane, and Miss
Ethel O. Eaton. The youthful couple start
put on their . matrimonial career with a
goodly fortune of ll.OOO.ono, given to them by
the wealthy senator from Massachusetts,
but this sift, which will make their life's
pathway an easy one, is tho reward of the
bridegroom's merit and should be thought
fully nnd carefully considered by all Amer
ican youths, whether they have wealthy
parents or not.
It Is tho custom to deride the sons of
wealthy parents and to gibe at their sup
posed Idleness snd want of self-reliance and
character, comments the New Tork Herald.
But young Mr. Crane's career thus fsr,
which haa been and Is being repeated all
over the United States, goes to show "how
unfounded and unjust, aa a rule, are these
Jests and this criticism.
While at Tale Mr. Crane waa a member
of the Skull and Bones, one of the most
fashionable of the Yale secret fraternities,
and had every advantage that his father's -large
mesne could give him. He figured In
the fashionable society of New Haven and
It was supposed there that after graduating '
he would lead a life of leisure. He did not
neglect his studies, however, and his col- .
lege career waa a creditable one. '
When, nfter graduation, he returned to
the paternal mansion, at Dalton, Mass., his
father advised with him as to his choice of
a career. Tho family fortune comes from
the Crane writing paper manufacturing
mills, and the youth expressed a desire to
go Into the mills as a workman and learn
the business from the ground up. Ho waa
given the opportunity, and, donning over
alls, began as an ordinary workman and
labored with his fellow workmen for some
time and until he haa mastered all the de-.'
tails.
When he had, through his own merit and
ability, gradually advanced to a position of
responsibility, and fell In love, he still pur- .
sued his work, until at hla marrlRge he was
rewarded by the substantial gift, aa told
above,, of $1,00900. ; .
It is .this American spirit which "has the
effect of preventing any rapid growth of
an Idlo leisure element In this country
Cornelius Vanderbllt. as Is well known, has
for some years past been studying, and .
atudylng practically, the details of locomo
tive construction, and certain of his inven
tions are in use today.'
These are only a few of the many In
stances of young Americans of wealth and
position who have willingly chosen to
democratically learn a trade or business
and to begin at the first details.
Gave Her Mother Away.
Mrs. Ida McKinley Morse, favorite niece
of William McKinley and namesake and
companion of the widow of .the late presi
dent, slipped away to the Little Church
Around the Corner in New Tork City to
become the bride of Harry Powelf Cooper
of San Francisco.
The only witnesses of the ceremony were
MaJorla McKinley Morse, the 8-year-old
daughter of the bride, and Colonel H. L
KowaHrky tf California, special representa
tive la this ' country of King. Leopold -of
Belgium. Of all the relatives Mlsa Helen
McKinley. an aunt, waa the only one noti
fied In advance.- '. "r '.
Mrs. Morse has been a widow for six
months, her former husband, Oeorge C.
Morse, haying . died suddenly, leaving her
a comfortable estate. Ho was a chum and
lifelong friend of Harry Cooper, a prosper
ous bookseller of San Francisco.
On his deathbed he sent for Cooper and
asked him in the name of their old friend
ship to shield and advise his widow.
Cooper promised, and from that time has
been Mrs. Morse's confidential friend and
man of business. Cooper is a handsome
fellow tall, athletic and agreeable in man
ners. He is a brother of Lieutenant Morse,
who was recently killed while fighting In
the Philippines.
He gave his time freely to the affairs of
the charming widow, and when, soon after
the death of her husband, she was Invited
by her aunt to go to Canton as her com
panion, he urged her to accept. Mrs.
Morse went east, remained with her aunt at
the Ohio home of the late president, and so
far as could be seen there was no prospect
of her marrying again.
But in the meantime she and Cooper have
maintained an animated correspondence.
At first the letters were devoted chiefly to
a dlsousslon of financial affairs, but grad
ually they turned to other subjects.
Last Monday Mr. Cooper wont to New
'Tork on business. He stopped at the Hoff
man house. There he saw Colonel Kowal
sky, his old acquaintance. To the colonel
he confided his secret love for the fair
Mrs. Morse.
"Have you ever proposed?" asked the
colonel, being a wise counsellor iu such
matters.
"Well, no, but I-, well, I think she Is
fond of ma," was the hesitating response.
The colonel led Cooper, who Is 89 and of
imposing appearance, to the telegraph
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office. ' fihowimr a lav neb of blanks t his
companion, he sald ( . s . ,
'"Harry, it takes about three hours to get
a reply from Canton.. . Pitch int old chap,
and good luck to you."
And the answer was back in three hours.
Mrs.' Morse arrived at the Herald Square,
hotel Friday evening. Awaiting her ar
rival were Cooper and Colonel Kowalsky.
A dinner followed and the preliminaries
were easily .arranged.
Majorio insisted upon giving her mother
away.
"If I. do that," she archly remarked, "I
guess I can never object, because I will
have done It myself."
And so it hapened that when the happy
party walked to the Little Church Around
the Corner, where Rv. Dr. Hopghton
awaited them, Majorie as one of tho cen
tral flgurwi. '
A Frostbitten Honeymoon.
. Dennis Holanso, an Italian, and Amelia
O'Brien, a neat little Irish miss of 15, were
married at Her father's home in Imperial,
;neaf Pittsburg, recently. - The bride had her
'toes frostbitten some days ago, but that
did not Interfere with the wedding.
Four days before Dennis and Amelia
started to elope. They did not have any
' money," so they walked to Steubenvllle, O.,
through the snow. The distance was forty
miles, but they made It, camping by a fire
In the woods at night. Once they were
overtaken by angry Papa O'Brien, who was
promptly whipped by Dennis,' and the flight
was continued.
They reached Steubenvllle all right, but
Dennis and Amelia were heartbroken When
told that no license could be Issued because,
the girl was but 15 years old. Back they
tramped through the drifts to her father's
home. They begged forgiveness. The father
of the child went to Pittsburg with Dennis
and the license was taken out.
Famous Beauty Weds Asniln,
A daughter of Illinois, who is one of the
seven "most beautiful women in the
world," has just become a bride for the
second .time. . She is Mrs. Edith Cooper
Atchison Roberts, who was 'married In
Louisville a few days ago to Eugeno Rob
erts, chief attorney for the railway and
light companies of Knoxvllle, Tenn. Mrs.
Roberts was one of the seven contestants
selected out of 10,000 entries In ' tho Pan
American exposition contest in 1901 to de
cide the two most beautiful women In the
world. The choice of the Judges finally
fell on Maxlne Elliott, the actress, and
Miss Maud Coleman Wood, whose minia
tures adorned the exposition medals. But
they had a hard time solcctlng these two
over Mrs. Roberts, to whom Senator
Chauncey Depew, one of the Judges, wrote
a personal letter Informing her that her
mouth was the most beautiful of any in
tho contest. She also received, honorable'
mention. Mrs. Roberts Is a brunette of
beautiful face and superb figure. She was
the. daughter of tho late W. P. Cooper, an
attorney of. Effingham. 111. Her . first hus
band was Ben Atchison, a newspaper man.
Passi tig of Two Sturdy territorial Pioneers
Quaint Features of Current Life -
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Vein Motker of Flfteea Children.
.RS. COVINGTON, a woman living
near Hanover Courthouse, Va.,
has given birth to' five children
within tho last eighteen months.
Just one and a half yeura ago
triplets were - born all girls well formed
and healthy children, snd a few days ago
twins were born, both boys. All are living
and doing well. This makes nine children
born at four births. She is now only 34
years old, and Is the' mother of fifteen
children All, however, are not living.
fonrt Fnvorea spanking;.
Judge Frederick: 8. Spiegel of Cincinnati
favors spanking runaway brides. When
the mother of Mildred Closterman Fried
man, in the suit tor the annulment of the
child-wife's marriage to Charles A. Fried
man, was put on the stand, Judge Spiegel
said to her:
"Did you know your 'daughter was going
to get married?"
Mrs. Closterman replied that she knew
nothing of It. 8he said her daughter dis
appeared and reappeared weeks later, an
nouncing that she liud been married.
"Did you spank her?" querlod the court.
"Oh, no; I was too grieved."
"Well." concluded Judge Sptegul. "It Isn't
too late yet, and you had better do It "
Judge Spiegel reserved his decision on
the question of annulment. The bride W
daughter of a rich . merchant. Bite ran
way with Friedman and they were mar
led It) Covington at 4 a. In.' They Itvsd
ogvther only three or four weeka '
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An India Speech.
Au Oklahoma paper prtnU the. following
aa a speech delivered by an Indian chief:
"All that the red man la today he owes
to the paleface. We have been so benevo
lently assimilated that one measly gov.
eruaient agent could round up and herd.
a whole Indian reservation. The paleface
lobster. gives, us a bottle of whisky with a
string tied to it. And the string reaches
to the federal court room, where we lie
'around for a couple of weeks while the
witnesses are cashing In their pay vouchers.
Then we walk home in a snow storm. The
sun of the red man Is setting In the west.
Soon will his copper-colored tribes be as
'slmllated by the Copper trusts, and he will
be extinct. You may put him In a bicycle
suit and tan shoes, but he will continue
to yearn for planked muekrat and Jamaica
ginger. Ills days are numbered. For a
few years he may powwow with the smooth
government commissioner, but he Is fading
away and you can see his finish.' ' I have
spoken."
Ha by with a Tall.
A baby was born near Evansvlllc, Ind., a
few days ago with a caudal appendage
almost two Inches long. In every other
respect the child la perfectly normal and
Dr. Cleveland, the physician who brought
th llttlQ fellow into the world. Is at a
loss to explain why In this one particular
he should be different from other" babies.
The uppendage, or tall, is located Just at
the end of the spinal column and Is ap
parently composed of cartllagenous sub
stance, which, the doctor says, may or
may not be directly connected with the
spine. Medical records show but few siml- v
lar cases. Doctors who were seen said the .
case was a very remarkable one and was
worthy of close study by the profession.
As far as could be learned, no similar case
has ever come under the observation of an
Evansvllle physician. The parents of the
child have consented for a number Of local
doctors to examine the child, when the
doctors will try to arrive at an explanation
for the strange freak of nature In endow
tug the llttio fellow with a tulL
LI Englander by birth, having been
I Knii In t'urmnnt In 1"7 Tn aorlv
manhood ho went to California,
where he mined for gold four
years with good success. Returning homo
via the isthmus of .Panama, , he , was not
content, and believing the west presented
better opportunities for a young man, came
to Nebraska tn June, 1856. He took up a
claim and broke some prairie, and built
a log cabin for the reception of a bride,
and returned to Vermont, where he was
married to Miss Julia Pollard. They came
to Nebraska in the spring of 1857, and they
often recounted with glee the fact- that
Mr. Sheldon could not stand up at full
length In the house except In the middle
under the cone of the roof. .Mrs. Sheldon's
father gave her 8100 with which to furnish
her new home, and she always laughs
when telling about the furnishings, which
cost only I'JO, leaving the balance for other
Investments. Having great . faith In Ne
braska soli, they bought land from time
to time and at his death he was the owner
of about .goo acres. Air. Stoldoa .T.&a a
strong, original and positive character,
and was the last of that notable group of
very strong pioneers, Samuel Maxwell, 8.
M. Klrkpatrlck and I. M. Marquett, who
made Cass county a power In the legisla
tive halls of Nebraska, and each of which
left his impress on tho state. Mr. Sheldon
was a member of the territorial house of
representatives and the territorial senate
and once a member of the state senate.
Judge James C. Crawford was born in
Northampton county, Pennsylvania. Oc
tober 23, 18C6. He received but a limited
education, as his father's family was a very
large one and possessed of but limited
means. ' In 1867 he left Pennsylvania to
better his fortune, and went to Iowa City,
la., where be worked tn a brick yard at
hard labor, helping to make tho brick of
which the Johnson county court house at
Iowa City was built. In the autumn of
that year he came to Omaha, where he
engaged In cutting and hauling cordwood
and rails, doing this work for his board.
In March, 1868, he arrived at what is now
Weit Pulut, totally without money. Ha
formed an acquaintance with the late John
D. Nellgh, and together they cut consider
able cordwood, which they used in burning
brick, the first made north of Omaha up
to that time. In 1862, during the civil war
and Indian troubles, he became a member
of Company A, Second Nebraska cavalry,
and participated in the Indian war of the
northwest, as he previously bad In the
Pawnee warfare of 1859. He was united In
jnarrlage on May 11, 1864, to Miss Kate
Moore, a daughter of Benjamin B. Moore,
who was the first settler of Cuming county.
Mr. Crawford settled at his marriage upon
a homestead' and In connection with his
farming operations made brick up to the
year 1870, when his increasing law practice
absorbed all his attention. , He was the
first postmaster of West Point and the first
treasurer of Cuming county. He was twice
elected from this state as a member of the
national democratic, convention, was four
years district Judge of tho (then) Seventh
Judicial district and was appointed In 1894,
by President Cleveland, as special Indian
disbursing agnt, a position which occupied
his entire Urn (or about two reara,
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Gossip and Stories
About
Prominent People
rvn nlhrr hlnr. Oenrsp W.
L I I.lnlnger Is the only real Mown
' I In-ihe-iiottle aneel which art haa
found. In Omaha. He hs ixnt
years of study and ef travel In'
collecting pictures and mnrlils. In Addi
tion he has been the head and front of all
local art organisations. Even bifore he
ramo to Omaha in 1S74 he was deep in tlio
lovo of color nnd form. He was at the
heed of about the first outburst of art In
this city, which whs In 1NW. when he man
aged the Interstate rxinitlon. Sixty-four
of the paintings and ten statues were from
his own collection.. In June, IRKS, w.is
formed the Western Art association In
Meyer's art rooms nt Sixteenth and Farnam
streets. Mr. Linlnger at the first meet
ing told what could be dour by such an as
sociation nnd announced his Intention of
building the art gallery tn which the pub
lic hafi since had access and which Is ono
of the finest private collections In the
country. Mr. I.lnlnger became, the first
president. Miss M. F. Mm ray wns chosen,
vice president. Mls Kate M. Hall secre
tary, C. D. Kent assistant secretary and
Mlpi Maggie Roeder treasurer. The asso
ciation had several exhibitions nnd Mr.
Linlnger and others nffeivd prises. In 10,
however, wss reached tho crowning mo
ment of art -In Omaha, when the Omaha
Art Exhibition association was formed and
thousands of dollars worth of pictures
brought here and exhibited.
Mr. Linlnger was born at Chambersburg,
Frankllu county, Pennsylvania, in 1833. Ills
first step in the right direction was a re
moval to Peru, 111., where ho lived until .
18C8. He then camo to Council Bluffs
and engaged In tho agricultural v tm
"plement business. It becume u. habit
wtth him. Before leaving Peru.:' In'
1858, ho was married to Miss Caro
line M. Newman of Knoxvllle, 111. Mr.
Linlnger, being a man of foresight and an
artlstio temperament, could not long stay
In Council Bluffs, so he left his partner,
I:. L. Shugart, and came to Omaha In 1873.
founding th firm of G. W. Linlnger & Co:'
He Is tho oldest Implement deuler in this
part of the country. In 1S79 he sold out
his business and went for a cruise around
the old world, picking up art and doing
other congenial things Returning he or
ganized In 1881 the Linlnger & Met calf com
pany with the late J. M. Metcalf as vice
president The capital stock was 8100,000.
H. P. Devalon," Thomas Metcalf and Mrs,-;
Linlnger wtrec the ' additional .stockholders,
tn the first year Messra Linlnger and-Dev-'
elon managed., to get. along .with one helper,'
but business would ;pllo .up, -so 'that now
there are- a good many more. The house
now hns an establishment at .Sixth and
Pacific streets covering three acres. It
has many branch houses tn the state and
is one of the largest, implement' firms -in "
the world. -
In addition to art arid business Mr. Lin
lnger has found tlma to go In for politics
and Masonry. In 1878 he was' elected to
the city council. During the samo year
he was one of a committee which tried to
get funds to build a combined board of
trade and theater on the lots of James E. ,
Boyd at- Fifteenth and Farnam streets.
He was a member of the Twenty-eighth
state senate, which convened January 4,
1887. May 14, 1889, ho was chosen one of
the members of the first Board of Park
Commissioners, to serve five years. With
him were named Dr. George L. Miller, Au
gustus Pratt, Georgo B. Lake and Alfred
Millard. Ho has served continuously on
the Park board Blnce and Is now president.
In 1891 he was chosen one of the advisory
board of the Real Estate Owners' associ
ation In the formation of wblch he took a
prominent part.
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Authors of the. Rate BUI.
Representative John Jacob' Escli of La
Crosse, Wis., and Charles E. Townsend of
Jackson, Mich., Joint authors of a rate reg
ulatlon bill that pleases' President Roose
velt, are exponents of tho strenuous llfo.
Their points In common with each other
and also in common with President Roose
velt are now much compared. Both the
lawgivers, who seek a rate wherein there
will be no loophole large enough to drive a
locomotive through, ore university bred
men. Both are comparatively young and
both are lawyers. Both also are great
pedestrians, usually covering between eight
and ten miles daily as a matter of physical
exercise. ' Both are base ball enthusiasts,
willing any day to mltss a hot dinner to see
the homo team win.
A Typical American Career.
A striking and typical American career
was that of the late Charles Hackloy,
lumberman and philanthropist, of Muske
gon, Mich. Hockley came to Muskegon
when a mere boy. in 1866, with only 17 In
his pocket, having worked bis passage
across Ike Michigan on a schooner. Be
coming successively a bookkeeper for a
lumber firm, then foreman, and, finally,
nn owner. In the lumber business, ' he
nmassed a great fortune! Jiis wealth at his
death being estimated at 815.000.000, while
Ms benefactions to Muskegon alone
amounted to over 8-',000.000. Although- he
Is said to have contributed- to every church
In tho city, ho never attended any and
never witnessed u performance In a theater.
Disraeli's Courtship.
Apropos of the Interest excltsd by tho
puMlcation of n novel by Disraeli, tho story
of his courtship, or' rather an episode of
that courtship, may bo worth repeating.
The statesman was in love with a widow,
Mrs. Wj iitllinin 1-owls. One day when he
went to coll, the lady, sitting by the win
dow, saw hi in upproaclilng and ordered the
servant to say that slu was not at home.
When the maid reached the hall the states
man was hanging up his overcoat.
"Mrs. Lewis, sir, is not at homo," said
the flurried maid.
"I did not ask for Mrs. Lewis," was the
calm, utatesmaiillko reply.. , ... .
"But I don't know when she will" be
back." urged the maid.
"Neither do I," philosophically replied
Disraeli, "but I t:m going to wait till she
comes back, so pieaso make me a cup of
tea."
He did wait, ho got his tea and he mar
ried the widow. , ,
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In a Tlaht Box,.
' Brigadier General Frederick Funston was
iu Cincinnati for a short time the other
day. en route to Chicago, and had an ex
riling experience. H started to leave the
depot' to get some lunch, but waa buffeted,
buck every time he tried to pass through
one Of the Rates by a big woman carrying
several god-sled bundles, who was trying
equally hard to enter the samo gate.
The woman, of course, did not know Fun
Bton. They met half way.
"Get out Of tho way, young man," she
exclaimed, half angrily.
Funston is not so old a man, but It was
evident ho did not like being railed
"young." Ho did not move, so the woman
placed a slzo 10 hand on his breast and
pushed him backward, step by step, until
ho was again In the shed.
'A- look of. despair showed beneath the
flush on 'General Funsfon's faco as he ap
pealed to the gataman. That official showed
him . how ' to " get ' out. ,
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Conld Not Leave Iowa,'
Senator Allison waa observing the Inclem
ency weather conditions In Washington,
shivering the while as he: thought of the
frigid temperature at his Dubuque home.
Senator Perkins of California remarked:
"It looks much nicer out In say state.
There we have a balmy climate, all the
sunshine one wants and a profusion of
flowers." "Yes, that's very nice when the
thermometer keeps below zero out in
Iowa," replied Mr. Allison. "Come out to
California and live with us," added Mr.
Perkins, with mure alluring description.
"We - will elect you a senator for life."
"What, and leave Iowa?" said Mr. Allison,
with unwonted animation, "Not for an
other Btute In the union." . -
$ J 41.1 ill
A Thrifty dneen. , ' " "'
'Tls an old story that the kings of Ba
varia have long derived a very considerable
profit from their breweries In Munich, and
now from a neighboring corner of Europe
conio tho details of another instance of
royalty in bujlnoss. Wilhelmtna, queen of
Holland, Is making money by selling milk
and butter.
As a child Wllhelmlna "kept chickens,"
relates Success. . She loved them dearly,
had pet names for most of them, fed them
to the queen's taste (literally), and, quite
Incidentally, mado pocket money out of
them. With her accession to the throne
the barnyard was forgotten, but perhaps
the royal stato lias become a matter of
course, allowing the queenly thoughts to
travel back to the more prosalo pleasures
of othor days.
Whatever tho reason, not long ago Prince
Henry bought for his royal wife several
cows, which are placed on the rloh land
adjoining the palace at Loo. These pros
pered so well and their milk and butter
udded so much to the delights of the palace
tublo that the queen decided to engage 1n
the business of dairying. Tho manager of
her estates has since visited all the famous
stock farms of the country and has pur
chased" thirty-four of the beat cows to be
had In all Holland. These have Joined their
fellows who led the way In the experiment
and dairy products are now on sale under
tho pukice auspices, for the venture haa
proved fur uiore than solf-supportlng.
Junks in San Francisco Bay
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JaIIES C. CRAWFORD.
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V ALL the craft that plow the
waters of Ban Francisco bay
none are more curious or pictur
esque thun the Chinese Junks.
Few people are aware of the ex
istence within tho portals of tho Golden
Gate of a fleet of these strange llttio boats,
built on almost precisely the same lines thut
Mongolian marine architects made fashion
Able many long centuries ago. They fre
quent the bywayr rather than the high
ways of the harbor. One might visit tho
busy water front section every day for a
month and not bo rewarded with the sight
of a Junk.
Tho greater part of till oriental fleet In
occidental waters Is employed in the s:,rl:np
Ashing Industry a branch of human ac
tivity which in this city U almost exclu
sively In tho hands of the Chlneso. A few,
Indeed, Journey among the townships lo
ra.ed around tho bay and collect old horse
shoes, kelp and hrokin glass the latter
utilised In th manufacture of sandpspir.
Others are used aa fishing smacks. Many
of them, It Is sold , arc available when
there u a chance to smuggle a little opium.
From vessils urrlvlng from the east par
cels of the drowsy drug, with floats at
tached, have been dropped overboard, and
a. keen-eyed Junk captain has generally
bern near enough to secure the valualilo
contraband. But the vigilance of the cus
toms authorities has pretty well put an end
to this practice, and the Junks are now per
force engaged In legitimate busltics. Tho
oilier Is too rU-ky.
The Cliliifcse Junk is in Itself on llhitlru
tlon of the characteristic Celestial Impor
vlousness to all changO. It Is built along
lines that have remained practically unal
tered for hundreds of years. Yet,' though
apparently a relic of past ages, this craft
Is not to be dlsplsed as a useful boat for
bay purposes. It Is a very fast sailer. Is
capable of resisting squally Weather and la
easily hunded.
The laws of Uncle Sam take no more
cognizance, of tho average Chinese Junk In
this hurbor than of a floating log of wood.
Tho vessel Is as a rula forty feet long by
ten feet on the beum. It carries one mast
thirty fret high. The crew of a shrimp
boat comprises six men. "
The unmistakably distinctive earmark of
the Junk Is Its sail. It is typically Chinese
a huge, nearly square thing, measuring
perhaps twenty-live foci by thirty feet.
Nothing Is more odd about this sail than
tho fact that It Is stayed or slatted with
rane sticks ut regular Intervals, three or
four feet apart, over Its whole length, The
effect Is something on the lines of a Ve
netian blind, stiff Instead of limp, like the
everyday Kuropeun and American sail. This
is another very odd Idea, carried down to
these modern times by Chinese conserva
tism. The purpose of the slats Is not clear.
Probably they are meant to obviate the
necessity of carefully furling and folding
the sail when It Is down. The Junk sail is
run up and down by a pulley Instead of by
means of a ring. W'len lowered It remains
wheri It falls, dees not becomo tangled and
may le hoisted again Instantly and with
out trouble.
A Junk Is built on the beach by Chinese
fililpbiilldt rS. During last summer a new
one was constructed at Hunter's Point. It
took three months to put It together. The
builder c hargod H60 for It, Inclusive of labor
and tnaterluli. Ban iiaucisc Caranlule. ,
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