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jreatt'Bt Of th victories of peace
appears In the Bmooth and easy
movement of the peaceful armies
of American pleasure seekers.
Only the other day there was great ex
citement In Washington when President
Roosevelt telegraphed the War department:
"Arrange for 6,000 troops to start for Cuba
aa soon as possible." Inntantly the quiet
gray building on Pennnylvania avenue oc
cupied by the War department sprang Into
an uproar of activity. Orderlies were tent
currying hither and yon, a host of mes
sages set telephone and telegraph wires
humming from one end of the country to
the other, railroad and steamship schedules
were recklerely smashed and easy-going
urini iiucui. utlll ltllsl Flttl Lt'U III iU nuiK
overtime, all In the attempt to mobilize
6,000 troops at the three eparate ports of
New York, Newport News and Tampa,
under the concentrated attention of the
entire country, which was expected dull-
fully and patriotically to marvel at the
wonderful exhibition of what perfect or
ganisation can accomplish.
And yet to the transportation companies
affected the whole affair was of little more
Importance In their dally routine, though
& great deal more troublesome, than a Bun-
day school convention or a political gather-
In.
Army of Mere Pleasure.
Few 'transportation companies are aceus-
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thls-tho armlea of peace and pleasure. In
the spring there Is an army, many tin.es
6,000 ln number, which moves peacefully
and harmoniously upon New York from
every part of the country on Its way to
Europe. In the autumn the same army re
turns, and Is distributed again to the four
corners of the land. In the early summer,
When pavemenU grow hot and cities
tilling, there Is the exodus to the shore
Dominion
(Copyright, 1909, by Frank Q. Carpenter.)
N1EW YORK, IJov. 8.-(8peclal Corre
I spondeneo of The Bee.)-1 recently
I V,uH n alb m-lh An nf lha htirirn.t
men of the British Northwest.
This Is Mr. William Whyte. the
second vice president of the Canadian Pa
ctflo railway, and manager of its many
enterprises between Lake Superior and the
Pacific ocean. The Canadian Pacific Is a
developing company as well as a transpor
ts, t Ion company. It not only has the longest
continuous line of roads under one manage
ment on this continent, but It owns millions
of acres of lands, great tracts of timber
and valuable mines, which It operates It
self. It has under way by far the htrgest
Irrigation project In North America, and. In
addition, has steamship lines on the Pacific
which connect with Japan. China, Alaska
nd Australia and the Bouth seas, and
teamshlps on tho Atlantic which connect
It with England. The comrany operates Us
own sleeping care and a line of hotels. It
la now building in Winnipeg one of
the biggest hotels ln Canada at a cost of
something like $1,000,000, and it h great
summer hotels In the Rockies nnd at the
larger cities along its lines. It has the
chief telegraph company of Canada, and It
operates its own express service.
The Canadian Pacific waa the first rail
road to open up this northwest, and Its
position to a certain extent Is a paternal
one. It gives special rates ot transporta
tion for fine stock In order to help the
farmer, and not long ago, when t.he lumber
lore's were overcharging the settlers for
building materials, this company brought
them to time by threatening to start saw
mills of It own. It threatened to open coal
mines when the coat dealers charged exor
bitant rates, and it now proposes to send
out education cars to teach the farmer
(rain raising. j
The head of all these movements 1 Mr.
William Whyfe, and he has beon at their
head tor years. He has gone over the moat
of this great northwest on horsoback and
la wagons, examining the soil and studying
the resource with a view to increasing
tbe traffic of his railroad system. It I he
who has been largely Instrumental in push
ing out branch lines Into the wheat belt,
and a the head of the land grants whleh
originally comprised aa much land aa the
whole state ot Ohio, he has laid out many
of the town and aided ln populating the
country.
As I talked with Mr. Whyte we looked
over some man of the New 'Canada and
discussed Its relations to the lands acros
the Pacific. Mr. Whyte has ben several
times to Japan and China, and he hue
traveled over, Manchuria und Liberia ex
amining Into thoso countries as possible
trafilu producers. .My first question won
aa to the effect of tbe Japauustj-HuiUn
'war upon the trade of the orient.
Future vf Japan. .
Said Mr. Whyte: "T fhlnk that the war
will greatly benefit the Japanese. " Those
people will exploit "Manchuria and Corea, -and
they will then turn their attention to
Chrna. The Japanese already have many
Investments in China. They !o a largd part
of the carrying trade for the elcstlal em
pire, and they have lines of steamboats
on the Ja:anese rivers. They arc go.nl
organisers, and they realizq that Uiuir
future Is to be Industrial and comnunrial.
They are taking the best elim-nla of our
civilisation and making ' them their own.
We are already trading larguly with,
Japan, and I ex.ect to nee a steady in
crease in that trade. The Japanese are
largely ilea cater, but wc are now sending
them wheat, and they will In time le
wheat eater and meat eaters. It i this
feature of their deveiopnifnt which in
tvretts us, for we eic.eit to supply A
largo I'iirt of those products."
"How aloit the tourist travel to JapanT
Is It Increasing?'
"Yes, wo ore having a heavy pesvenger
traffic between Vancouver and Yokohama.
We have a bhorter route than ar;y of the
steamers from the United Slates, ua we
hiches uy oa Uts) globe than jou are.
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..FROMOBILE." THE FAVORITE WAT OP TRAVEL ON THE BEACH.
nnd mountaini, which turns first to Cap
May. Atlantic City, Newport, liar Har
bor and the Iiundredst cif other aeaslds
resorts along the Atlantic roast and a HtUs
later takes Its flight Vito the mountains.
60 that It seems strange to raue such a
hulabaloo over the mobilizing of a mere
t.000 soldiers when one remembers the
peaceful armies which are continually cam
paigning through the country. Anyone who
hus witnessed the scene of bustle and con
fusion lis the returning advance gunrd of
this army comes streaming into the Grand
Central station In New York on the nrst
Tuesday In September, armed with golf
clubs, tennis racquets and (ishing tackle,
with baggage trucks on every hand plied
hh w(h tho mpejlmerta of travcl, Bl9
some faint Idea of the proportions to which
this movement attains.
More practice, perhaps, would facilitate
handling the soldiers of lTncle Sam's army.
1 r peace. a.i an evem, monmse
raVlay tt,lu y successfully. lney are ai
ways at It. Even now these armies are
gathering again, this time for the annual
advance upon the winter resorts of the
south. The vanguard Is ready to make Its
annual capture of the baths at Virginia
hot Br-Hngs and to find recreation In the
"""""tains of western , Virginia and the
Carolina. In a few weeks these and other
hosts from every part of the land wl'.l be
gin to move on to that marvelous Btretch
unbrokpn Ilne foam the eaatern coa8t
o( Florl,ia from the mouth of the St.
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J.h" ' " tb' nor,ht,"ter" corner !
state, through nearly five degrees of latl-
tude to Mlaml-an entire state given over
to great winter playground, forming the
nearest American approach to the famous
iyVjera
An army of 300,000 tourists visits Florida
each wlntcr-an army five times as large
tnt which wears the uniform of Uncle
of Canada as a Business Competitor of the United States
We are making a specialty of our passen
ger service, and we expect to put on faster
steamers and better steamers even than
those we now have. We shall carry some
freight, but ours will be more of an ex
press than a heavy freight business. Our
freight at present consists largely of
silks, curios and tea rather than ot the
heavier articles."
"Is Canada sending much wheat to
Japan?" I asked.
"Not as yet. We are having some ship
ments from the province of Alberta,
which lies just east of the Rookies. That
province is beginning to raise winter
wheat. It produced something llko
2,000,000 bushels this year, and Its possi
bilities are very great. The wheat Is the
turkey red variety which comes from seed
Imported from Kansas. It Is superior to
tho Kansas wheat and will make more
pounds of bread to the barrel. With the
growth of this product we shall probably
have a large shipment to Japan, not only
on account of the quality, but because
of the low freight rate which we will make
from there to the Pacific and to tho
orient,"
Siberian Wheat Fields.
"Do you expect much competition from
Siberia in your wheat raising!" I asked.
"Ye," replied the vice president. "Si
beria, outside ut Canada, 1 about the only
country which promise to form a new ele
ment In the wheat markets of the world.
For a few years before the war Siberia
waa producing about 30,000,000 bushels ot
wheat Tliat was It average during the
years between ISM and 1902. In 1903 the
crop amounted to 80,0(0,000 bushels, and it
will probably exceed that now that the war
le closed. Ill ere Is a vast tract of land
adapted to wheat raising between the
Ussurl and Amoor rivers extending from
the Pacific westward. That region Is be
ing settled by Rusolana, They corao across
from Europe on the Transslberlaa railroad
or by sea from Odessa on emigrant steam
ers subsidized by the government. That
region can produce millions ot bushels of
wheat. It will probably furnish a large
part of the supply of Japan and China.
There are also wheat lands In Manchuria
and farther west in Siberia. Indeed, it is
hard to estimate Just, what northern Asia
will do in the wheat markets ot the fu
ture." Canada Wheat Farmers,
The conversation hex turned to Canada
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whlch Roes to Europa ln tne course of s
ycor Yet there Is no undue excltemen
over tho comIng of 8Ucn a no8t. poetic,
Practice
has prepared the, way for Its every step.
For its transportation a fleet of ocean
going Fteamers ply regularly from the
northern coast cities throughout the sea-
on. From New York and Chicago and
other cities of the north and west, parlor
Froni New York and Chicago and
tr,na ,,,.. oonvf-vtn thi.
plea8ure Peking army ln Jts pursuit of
8ummCT.
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There Is no mad scurrying for tents, or
tinned coodsi as is the case w4en a. raw
thousand boys in blue get busy. In the
commissariat for the ear of thla vj.t
Brmy are Included the facilities afforded
a our chief competitor ln the foreign mar.
kets. Mr. Whyte said:
"Your people do not appreciate our possi
bilities. Your wheat lands are well defined.
You had something like 48,OO0,0W) acres un
der crop last year, and your average was
about thirteen bushels per acre. Canada
has 2&0,000,000 acres upon which wheat can
be grown. It ha five time3 as much wheat
land as Is now cultivated ln the United
States, and even If you deduct 100,000,000
acres on the account of swamp, muskeg
and other bad lands, we have three times
as much good wheat land left as you have.
Aa to our acreage crop, it Is twenty bushels
and upward per acre. Instead of thirteen.
When our land is all under cultivation we
shall be able to supply the greater part
of the European demand and uid in feed
ing you."
"Who are to be your chief cempetltors ln
the wheat market of the future?"
"The United States will compete for a
time," eaid Mr. Whyte, "but your popula
tion is growing so rapidly that It will
eventually consume all you raise and wilt
probably have to call upon us. Among
other competitors Russia and Siberia will
probably lead, but Russia Is still ,very
poorly farmed.' Argentina will always be a
competitor and India-and Australia like
wise" Xew Railroads for Canada. '
"Can Canada handle Its big wheat crops
when they come?"
'T think so," replied the railroad vice
president. ''"The march of railroad build
ing la rapid In this part of the world. The
wheat belt is being opened up by trunk
lines and branch roads will be constructed
to meet the demands of the farmer. We
expect! to build a great deal of new track
this year, and we ahall double our tracks
wherever needed. We have been sending
00 grain cars a day from Winnipeg to
Lake Superior, and by this time next year
we shall have a double track between
those two points. There are other rail
roads being constructed ln addition te ours.
The Canadian Northern Is building a line
through the wheat belt above us, and the
Grand Trunk Pacific will have Its route
through the same region. Our explorers
have surveyed that country to ascertain
where the moil fertile of the wheat lands
are, and we shall have our own tracks, with
branch lines. Railroad building in the
wheat belt will go steadily on, keeping as
tar as possible ln advance of th settle
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TWELVE-FOOT 'GATOR TAKEN WITH A RIFLE IN A
by hundreds of hotels and boarding houses,
from the J8 or $10 a week cottage, accom
modating half a dozen guests, to the pala
tial hostelry fitted with every convenience
and luxury for hundreds. At Jacksonville
Is located the distributing point for the
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transporting ot tne onio Dl p,.urB
seekers as they progress down the coast
from one famous winter resort to anether.
On one side the ocean Is always at hand,
and boating and bathing may alternate with
tight seeing and excursions by land through
deep forests or orange groves full of fruit.
An enthusiastic flank movement is gen-
erally executed by a detachment of the
m.in o-mv r,t r.n n.urh It done
in r.ni wur Th Hntnchmnnt is mailo uo
of those who like to invoke an icy shiver
ments. Such construction Is not a matter
of experiment. We knot? that we shall
have the settlers just as soon as the lines
are built. Indeed, they begin to buy be
fore the tracks are laid, and we are finding
that our branch roads pay from tho very
start. The farmers know that they will
get the roads and they are going ahead and
taking out their homesteads on faith."
GoTernment nnd Railways
"I see, Mr. Whyte, that both the Domin
ion and the provincial governments of
Canada are going Into railroad building.
Ontario Is pushing a line northward to
ward Hudson's bay, and the Grand Trunk
Pacific, from Winnipeg to the Atlantic, 1
to be built by the federal government. Will
It pay the governments to own and operate
their own railways?"
"I think not," was the reply. "Railroad
ing is a profession, and it takes trained
men to manage the business successfully.
Politicians cannot make good railroad
operators. They are dependent upon the
people for their election and continuance
In office, and they must take their con
stituents, into consideration In making rall
oad appointments. Ba4 men may, there
fore, through political Influence, retain rail
road positions, and good men may lose
their Jobs. Indeed, I do not see how a
railroad can be successfully handled by our
government with our present political ma
chinery. It will not pay."
Lines to Hudson' Bay.
"What do you think of the plan of mak
ing the future wheat route to Europe via
Hudson's bay?"
"That matter is yet to be settled. We do
not know how far th bay or the straits
which lead into it can be navigated. Hud
son's bay is said to be free from ice, but
It Is uncertain how long the straits can
be kept open. If a clear channel can be
maintained there for a good part of the
year much of the wheat may go to Eu
rope that way. The haul from the Sas
katchewan valley to Hudson's bay would
be much shorter than to Lake Superior,
and Hudson's bay Is much nearer to Liver
pool. If the straits are to be open for
only a short time the grain would have
to be stored until the year following its
harvest, and that mean elevator charge
aud heavy Insurance. Indeed, (here are
many questions entering Into the prob
lem. We ought to know exactly what we
can expect as to the navigation of th
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AT WINNIPEG.
Seekers for 'Winter
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through gazing on gruesome relics of past
tiays wnen History was written in oioou.
The objective point in keeping with the
simile Is old Fort Marlon, a relic of Span-
lsh dominion, whose construction was be-
gun more than three centuries ago and
within whose rrim walla are still to be
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B,..n chlir3unKeon8, 8ecret passages, wells.
qu)cU8an(1 trap8 and al) the terrifying lu-
Btrulnents of torture which attended a
Spanish regime In the fifteenth century-
HM. of lio.el Army.
Were all this an invasion of troops, even
without resistance, the story would not
move so quickly. Neither would the ln-
vnslnn. for the fact already becomes 8D-
narent that to Dreoare the way for an army
of pleasure seekers another subsidiary
straits before building roads or projecting
them."
Amerlcanaln Canada.
"Is the Canadian Pacific railroad bring
ing In aany Americans?" I asked.
"Yes; we are getting your people from
all parts of the United States. They are
settling everywhere throughout the wheat
bolt. They are the most desirable immi
grants that come to Canada. They un
derstand our conditions and make more
headway than any other class. Many of
them are well-to-do and they are bring
ing stock and money with them. They
buy lands and go right to work, often
putting in a crop the first year."
"What size farms do they purchase?" I
asked.
"The moBt of them begin with sections r
half sections. A farmer ought to have
about 81 acres to operate successfully.
He should let his land rest at least one
year out of three, and this gives him
about 300 acres to put in wheat or other
crops. So far we have but little bonanza
farming in the northwest. Several Amer
ican companies have bought large tracts,
a few having purchased 1,000,000 acres.
Such land companies buy to colonize and
sell again. The most of them have dis
posed of their lands.
"In addition to the land purchasers,"
continued Mr. Whyte, "we have the home
steaders. The government Is still giving
1M acres of land to actual settlers. Many
farmers take up homesteads and buy the
quarter sections adjoining."
Foor Cnnndlan Farming-.
"What kind of farmers have you here In
Canada?"
"We have all kinds ome wise and seme
otherwise. At present much of the land is
poorly cultivated. Right here about WinnU
peg are farms which do not yield mora
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army la necessary. Taking Into account
enly the ten greatest and most famous of
Florida's hundreds of hotels, 2.700 peoplo
re employed solely to minister to the com
fort of the Invading boats. The maneuver
ing of thla subsidiary army alone Is no
mall task, for It Includes on Its staff
even generals of division called managers,
thirty-one housekeepers and assistants. 240
chambermaids, 270 laundresses and assist
ants, ninety clerks, seventeen auditors and
bookkeepers, seventy porters and assist
ants, 241 hall boys, eighty-six engineers and
assistants, thlrty-nlno electricians, twelve
lilumbers and fifty-six cleaners. In the
quartermasters' department of this army
there are nineteen stewards and assistants,
forty storekeepers and forty-four wine
ctrwards and assistants.
Everything must be done on a large
cale in the running of these hotels. The
grape fruit that the guest ate with his
breakfast was one of 214,000 consumed dur
ing tho season. More than twice as many
oranges about 436,000 were required. Cof
fee was brewed from a supply aggregating
63.C00 pounds, or more than .twenty-five
tons. The cream was gathered from 89,000
quarts of milk and 113.000 quarts were
neerlej for other purposes. The butter
U8e(1 weghe(j nearly 150.C00 pounds. Egs
were eatfln Dy the million, 3.400,000 being
a SPason-8 supply. Of other edibles. 51.000
poa, of nalrii 46iooo pounds of bacon. 8,400
Hvera, K0.0f0 lamb chops and 3,37(1,000 steaks
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v VI 3 vuiieuuicu 111 iticpo iiudiuii 1 o , i vi
dlnners tnere were Bervej ,a8t winter,
amonK oUleT thlngI 1S8000 ot rlb
roaets an(j 153 m sides of beef
a.u anj .r w.r. n .,n-itips
BMt an4 pper were used In quantities
astonish the housewlfe-.000 pounds of
salt and 81,000 pounds of peopor. As a fcjrt
of frill to the menu there were served 00
gallons of olives. 0,000 clams and 825,000
oysters. Another Item too Important to be
overlooked waa 1,600 barrels of flour, whioh
went Into rolls, bread, pastry, dressings
than twelve bushels of wheat to the acre.
They are so fl led wilta wec; that the wl eat
grown is almost .worthless. Our country
roads bps almost twice aa wide as they
should be, and the waste lands along their
sides are nurseries for weeds and trash.
Some of our farmers are not careful in their
seed selection; they will sell- their best
wheat and save the poorest to ww for the
next crop. Indeed, I have known men who
have shipped their good wheat and kept
that which has been frosted for seed."
Teaching; the Farmer.
"We have much to learn about farming."
continued Mr. Whyte, "and we are making
new discoveries every day. The latest Is
thnt to which I have already referred aa to
the winter wheat for the dry lands. We
had no Idea that we could produce grain
In the semi-arid belt. "One of tho settl-rs
tried It and succeeded. Then the Canadian
Pacific railway brought two car loads of
turkey red seed to Alberta and gave them
to the farmer at rost. This was planted
and If was largejy from that seed that we
got the 5,000,000 bushel crop last year. We
are doing all we can to Improve the farm
ing conditions; fer the greater the crops the
greater our traffic. We have now what I
mlrht call education cars, which we have
equipped with different kinds of seed wheat.
We expect to send them from stciUon to
station and have lecturers who will explain
the different seeds and show the farmer
how to make the most out of their lands. I
understand a similar educational movement
has been going on in the United States."
Mixed Farming; In Canada.
"Tell me something about the Canadian
west, Mr. Whyte. Is it dependent entirely
upon wheat for its success?"
"Ey no means," replied the railroad vice
president. "A large pait of Alberta and
Saskatchewan is adapted to mixed farming.
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and other good things. Ten cheff, CO eook
and assistants, fifty-five bakers and as
sistants and 1,000 waiters assisted ln the
preparation and service of the food. To
contribute to the happiness of seekers for
rest and recreation, 110 musicians, six golf
professionals, four swimming teacher and
ninety gardeners were employed.
Mores In ltlnre Cure.
Unlike the "regulitrs" In blue uniforms,
this pleasure-seeking army travels de luxe
in Pullman conches. With tho extension
now in progress of the road to Key West
and thence by car ferry to Havana the
soldier of the recreation-seeking army will
be able to go from San Francisco to Cuba
by train. Moreover, should the much-talked
of railroad across Behrlng straits be com
pleted, an all-rail Journey from Paris to
Havana will be possible, so that the dandy
of the Parisian boulevards may take his
railway ticket straight through for a sea
son ln Florida or Cuba. If he prefers the
long Siberian Journey to the storms of the
Atlantic.
The transformation of the entire east
coast of Florida from a barren waste of
sand and alligator swamps into the most
extensive pleasure resort in the world, to
gether with tho building of the first sea
going railway, haa been the result of one
man's daring enterprise. A number of
years ago Mr. H. M. Flagler conceived the
Idea which has added 30000 to Florida's
winter population, and has since devoted
to its development the millions which came
to him as one of the pioneers of Standard
Oil. The hotels and the railroads have
advanced together from Jacksonville down
tho whole length of tho coast as necessary
to nnd a part of the same unique enter
prise, and now "on to Havana" Is the
watchword of the annual army of Invasion.
Incidentally, it has fcreught te Flerida a
tremendous development as the winter
kitchen-garden of the United States.
There la a great dairy1 country right neat
Edmonton which is now producing butter
for British Columbia and the western mar
kets. That region Is adapted to mixed
farming, and a great many of your Penn
sylvania and Ohio people are settled there.
They have big barns. Just as in the United
States. The land there produces the finest
oats. I know farmers who grow from
eighty to 100 bushels per acre and. the oat
will weigh forty pounds to the bushel. It
grews timothy as tall as a man and also
barley and other grain. It Is not so coid
near the Reekie as farther east, nnd In
many respects It Is more desirable for
settlement than the wheat belt proper.
"British Columbia promises to develop
somewhat like your states of Washington
and Oregon. It has many small valleys
whioh can be irrigated and which, will pro.
duoe the finest of apples, pears, peuche
and prune. That country is Just opening
up and we expect it te have a great In
crease in population In tho near future."
FRANK Q. CARPENTER.
Quaint Features of Life
Indian Highballs.
"Pusky" is a new sodawater fountain
drink at Eufala, Okl. Pusky was invented
by the Creek Indians. Corn that is Juut
hard enough to shell is heated ln a pot
until it la brown. Then it is broken in a
mortar Into a fine powder. "Mixed with
sweet milk or with carbonated water and
syrups, 'pusky,' " says an enthuslastlo
local paper, "is a drink that niahea a man
carry his wife around ln his arms Just
lor the exercise."
Ilroken Weeding Bell.
Out of the divorcs dinner given by Mis.
Soytna Fioreuce Jjiebenger to ceicUraie the
awarding ot toe decree which mains her
permanent separation from Albert Ulesen
ger, a Wall street broker, has grown the
Brokeu. Wedding Hell association. Mrs.
Liesengur's guest were so deiigUled with
the dinner and the entertainment that they
are uetermined to have a peroianeut or
ganisation. Mrs. Dleaenger' dinner was unique, and
it was not ended until early morning.
Nearly all the guests had undergone ex
periences similar to those of the hostess,
and many wtre the sad stories of exueri
euces with "brutes," "monsters," "fiends
ln human shape," "deceiving wretches"
und ' heart 1 o beauties."
James P. McQuadu, father of the hostess,
who himself went through tho courts suc
cessfully, was a happy guest, but feared
he would become Ineligible to membership,
as he contemplated another experiment in
matrimony.
Statisticians at the dinner suld afterward
that South Dakota and Rhode Island were
about evenly represented, while Pittsburg
appeared to lead In point of nativity.
A Movable Cafe.
"They've solvrd the meal station problem
upon the Burlington's high line ln tho
Uiaik Hills," said a man quoted by the
Record-Herald. "You sue, the Burlington
changes time very often, and between
E!gi moNt and Deadwood they don't run a
diner. It would be inconvenient to move
the meal station every time they changed
time, because there aren't many towns
along that line that are available, and
then It I expensive to be moving from
one town to the other. So they have
fitted upo a couple of boxcars, one for a
dining room with a little office In one end
and a buffet kitchen In tho other, and tho
other cur for the woman who has charge
Of the thing to live ln. Then, you sue,
whenever the road changes time, they Just
couple their meal station onto the train
and carry It along to the point on the
roid where they'll be at dinner time, or
supper, or whatever It Is. and leave It
on a handy sidetrack. And there It Is,
always at the right place at th right
time, and they serve good meals, too. I
suppose If the train is late they ran Just
hook on an esglne and take' the eupaer
down to the travelers. I donft know
about that, but It' a good Idea anyhow."
