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Newspaper Page TextU jVIaid rrp HE ubl vu charming. The pearly pxitans f damask that enfolded It was on of th Misses Dormoud's most treasured possessions, saved out of a general wk of family fortuues. The old fashioned silver, of those In imitable pattern which uo modern shop can supply, gleamed Ilk Irregu larly shaped planets at Intervals across th cloth. Moreover, a daffodil bulb cherished la wludowslll warmth, had obligingly thrown out a handful of blossoms. Thla pot, sheathed in yellow tissue paper made a thoroughly attractive center piece. "It Is simply lovely," tald Winifred, with a little sigh of relief aud satisfac tion. "I shan't be In th least afraid to have Mrs. Caulkington's eagl ey turned upou It, even though you are a candidate for her secretaryship, Isabel, and so much dues depend upon making a good impression." "The house couldn't fall to make a good Imprwstou," Isabel broke In. "It Is clean and aweet aud old-fashioned from top to toe. One can't say that a house fans a toe? There's Just oue thing lacking I do wish we had a good maid to wait 011 the table. I hate those eui barrtisslng breaks In a home luncheon, Where the hostess Is obliged to cut off In the mW.llo cf a sentence and bolt Into the kitchen to bring the broiled squab course to table. yes. That's always wretchedly em barrassing," Isabel agreed. "It's harder on the guests than the hostess, too. However, there's no help for It We don't keep a uiald, aud this suburb Isn't a place where you can And a girl to call In for a day at a time. It's a pity, but It cau t be helped." "What Is a pity but can't be helpedr demanded the youngest Miss Dormond, who plroutted Into the room Just In time to bear the last half of the sen tence. "Isabel and 1 were Just lamenting that we didn't have a maid to serve the luncheon, Gertrude. We were saying how desperately embarrassing it la for a hostess to jump up to remove the plates after a course and to bring the next course to table." "I never thought of that Gertrude acnulesced In a disappointed tone. "Our IVg.V MRS. f'AULKIXQTOS. WAS IM- IRVSHSn. eutertulnliig has always been so In formal we're likely to make the guests change the plates and bring In the courses from the kitchen themselves. But It's true, as you say, that kind of thing won't do when we're entertaining Mrs. Caulklngton. She's so critical that her eyes burn holes In anything they full on. We wouldn't mind ber little peculiarities If she were merely an ac quaintance. But If Isabel Is going to demand a big fat salary she must make a big fat Impression. I'm sure Mrs. Cauiklngton would cut her down half If she knew bow poor we are and how badly we need that secretaryship. Something must be done." "Gertrude, dear, you know perfectly well that nothing can be done. There are only two hours left aud, In any case, you can't secure a girl here In the country to come in for just one day." ,HI know that; but whisht my dear! An Idea dawns In my brain! Let It ma ture!" "An Idea for what for getting ns a maid?" 7 "Yes, my denr. A ready maid, so to speak." 'Silly! Do you think Isabel and I have time to waste upon your vapor Ings?" "A ready mnld. No, a maid to order' Don't talk to me for three minutes. I feel the Idea grow in my cerebri) m and It really Is a good one." The young lady sat down In the little oaken window and burled ber face in ber hands. Three minutes later sbe sprang up and plroutted triumphantly around the charming table. "Hum! I've solved the problem," she cried. "And I'll stand for It that you shall have a maid to serve Mrs. Caulkington's luncheon. A stunning maid, well trnined, light-footed, soft voiced; a maid who will not send so much as one plute of raw oysters down the back of your guest; who will do M-.lngs without diagrams and will not cauHe the downfall and destruction of our precious willow pattern china. In fact the maid I propose to offer you lll be an explanatory key with copl ous Illustrations to the entire servant question." Gertrude's sisters were very far from despising the girl'B ready Imagination. It bud often helped to solve an econ omic prblcm which they themselves bad abandoned to despair. But this crisis of the mold to order seemed con siderably beyond Gertrude even, and tlicy frankly announced themselves skeptics. "Do you mean to look for your re markable maid here In the suburbs or elsewhere?" they demanded. 'I shall procure her In the city or, rather, I shall go on a little trip to the city, and I will send the maid to you In my absence." "But, Gertrude! If you leave now for the city you won't have time, child, to get back for Mrs. Caulkington's luncheon." "I'm not afraid, but I'm glad of an excuse to absolve myself. I'm In awe of Mrs. Cauiklngton, and I tremble be fore the glare of her lorgnettes. You can make my excuses to Mrs. Cauiklng ton and tell her that I was obliged to go Into the city on pressing business." It seemed an Injustice that Gertrude should not be there to witness the suc cess of the occasion for which they bad all worked so hard. ' The older girls reasoned, pleaded, rep resented, but Gertrude stood Arm. PART II. Mrs. Caulkington's critical eyes were already boring holes In the drawing room furniture, and tbe luncheon hour was but three minutes In the future. Isabel, In her prettiest silk waist, was arranging the oyster plates upon the table, preliminary to ushering their guest Into the dining-room. Suddenly a purling of gingham skirts brushed the silence of the place, and a soft voice sounded la Isabel's ear. I 111- to Order, ii "If you please, Miss," aald th voice, "Miss Gertrude done seud tue, I am d utnld to rduh." "Good gracious!" shrieked Isabel, un der her breath, She started back, I ha oyster plate in her hand narrowly es caping calamity, She said "Good gracious!" once more, and very fervently when aha turned. For there, not a yard from her side, waiting to be assigned to her duties, stood the most desirable of colored waitresses. fib was tall, well poised, and, bar ring her skin, a strikingly handsome young woman. Her pink gingham gown fitted to perfection and closely resem bled oue worn by Gertrude for morn ings on the porch. Iter dainty ruffled apron was strikingly like one which Isabel herself wore while sewing. Perched saucily In ber black, ripply hair, she wore a bit of a cap, which, when examined at close range, seemed to be nothing more than a tuft of white lace cleverly planed. Isabel took a second look at her new acquisition and dropped Into a chair laughing weakly. "Miss Gertrude done send me, Miss," th maid repeated softly. "And she said fo yo to Jest go set in do parlo' and leav all the servlu' to me," "Oh, Gertrude, Gertrude," gurgled Isabel. "What nonsense won't that child attempt?" The luncheon was faultlessly served. Never was waitress quicker, lighter, softer, more all seeing, more graceful. Even the critical Mrs, Cuulklngton was Impressed. Afterward, when the luncheon party had adjourned to the drawing-room, the guest deliberately led around to the subject of domestics. "Do you And It aa bard to get good girls In the suburbs as we do In the city?" she asked. "I Imagine not, for that young waitress of yours Is perfec tion Itself." "Well, good girls are very scarce here." answered Isabel. "And I've no doubt we'd have eudleaa trouble If we had to change. But you see, w have raised Anna ourselves, Sbe kuows our own ways aud aults us perfectly. We've had her for more than ten year. I know she'll never leave us unless, of course, she marries aud has a home of her own." "My dear girl, you simply have a treasure," cried the visitor with warmth. "If I were In your place I would shiver at the very thought of losing ber. And. do you know, since I've seen how perfectly your little table Is arranged and served, I'm really afraid of what Miss Isabel will think when she comes to me In the city. I hope you will close your eyes to a num ber of things In my housekeeping, Miss Isabel" "Oh, I am not critical. Mrs. Caulking ton," laughed Isabel. "And everyone knows bow bard It Is to get maids Ilk Anna nowadaya. What to Eat Discoverers of America. The Itev. Shuy Sonoda, Buddhist priest of Japan, has returned from Mexico with what be regards as con vlncing proof that bis people discover ed America 1.000 years before Colum bus and carried their faith along the Pacific coats from Alaska to Mexico. Sonoda has been assisted by Senor Bat res, archaeologist of the Mexican government Sonoda followed the chronicles of Iloelrshln, a Buddhist monk, who, In 4W) A. D., returned to his native land with an account of ex plorations that readied to a land he called Fu Bang, now Identified , with Mexico because of the maguey plant Souoda found Innumerable evidences of Buddhist Influence over the natives of Mexico, Some of these were the Mexican sodlac with Its twenty-eight hours. Buddha Z.ica, oriental letter Ings and signs on temples, stones. Im ages and pottery and hundreds of names which are slightly corrupted from tbe Japanese. The temples be found Invariably facing south as In Tibet tbe home of Buddhism, and In the mosulcs at L'ltla he found the com mon cross of Tlltet He also found strong racial resem blances In features between the Mexican and California mission Indians and the Japanese. 8o strong were these resem blances In features that when a Cali fornia mission Indian was dressed In Japanese costume and photographed Prof. John Fyer of the cbatr of orleutnl languages, University of California, declared the photograph was of a Jap anese of tbe northern Islands and bore no resemblance to tbe California Indian. Yellow Journal Profits. "Yellow Journalism Is successf ul from a financial standpoint. The profits of the Herald last year amounted to near ly seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, or about two thousand dollars per day. Mr. Pulitzer's net profits for the same time were five hundred thou sand dollars, his Income having fallen off since the World dropped from two cents to one. Tbe Journal, It Is gener ally understood, came out even, al though Mr. Hearst might have made money had be not continued to Invest more In pushing his circulation. This young newspaper magnet seems deter mined to bave bis papers bought In every towg In the United States, and his ambition to that end knows no limit. Thus far his results are unprecedented. Tbe Evening Journal has a circula tion In Boston alone of thirty thousand. Mr. Bennett and Mr. Pulitzer are each worth twenty-flve million dollars, all of which has been made In the newspaper business. The Hearst estate, on which Mr. Hearst can draw Indefinitely, It seems, Is worth more than thirty mill Ion dollars, and six million dollars, it Is estimated, have already been Invested In tbe New York Journal and Chicago American, without any profits as yet." Alnslee's. Be Dike Papa. A. local gentleman of prominence has become famous for his wonderful self conceit He thinks Mr. Is a little bit nicer and brighter and more moral than any other man In the city. Ills wife has circulated a story about him that almost breaks bis heart He was teaching Ms little boy to pray, and the little follow, pursuant to his father's words, had requested tbe blessing for everyone. "Pray for little boys like yourself," said the parent "Ask that they may grow up like your papa." And the little boy prayed tbat all boys should grow up to be great men like bis father. Louisville Commercial. "Either I am a fool." a man said to day, "or other people are." Fortune Is usually seen In the com pany of Industry and charity. Hf STUCK TO THE FLAG. Ti-as Blorr of a Naval Hti Wbia Hs Was a MtdahlumaM, They tell a story, a true, unvarnished story of htm that touches the patriotic vbsni of every man lu the navy who happ.is to hear It for th Brat time. Tit clv.l war had just broken out wheu brother was to meet brother aud fathers shouldered their muskets to kill sous. Tit Niagara had Just com horn from tbe Aslullv station, proud aud as Im pregnable lu those days as the Iowa or the Puritan is today, (letting Into soundings, tbe boys heard the news, the sad uewa that threatened to divide a union, the grandest and greatest tbat God bad ever blessed and thnt men had ever foMtered. The word came aft In th usual way thnt bad news travels and shipmates of many day looked at one another, shook their head and aald: "You are a southerner, Jack, t can't fight you I" "And you, Bill, are a northerner. I'd be a dog to fight you!" Tbat was the spirit nud they tin men, Tbe South wanted men, wanted them badly. The North called for patriots and bauds went to the gnu butts. But It wa bard to ask those of the Niagara. North as well as South, to draw arms against one another. Military law re cognise no other law where military law rule, and It just had come to the moment wheu the captain of the ship bad to ask bow many of his old ship mates and friends rami to stand by the old ting. II railed ber otttcer to gether and a they gathered shout tbe long, old fashioned table In th old wardroom be said to them, bis voice trembling with expectancy with every word: "Gentlemen, this question of the civil war Is the parting of the ways, Some of us will never meet again nud some of us will die doing what we believe to be right. Uncle Sam has educated, fed and clothed us, and we bave sworn to stand by him. Yet no oath can bind a man beyond the strength of his con science, and changed conditions tnsko a changed man. On that table 1 have written out the dear oath of allegiance. I bave signed It. I stay by the (lag, 11 each of you go to hi cabin and think it over; then let him come back here and sign below m or let blm go hi way In peace." Then they went away, white faced and undetermined. A half hour passed before tbe first man came back to put hla name to the paper tbat meant that Uncle Sam could have not only hi sword but his life if needs. Then other followed until nine names spites red un ,ler that of the commanding officer. Th others bad gone, gone to the South tbat claimed her sons, Just as the North wss doing. As the ninth man appcuded his slgnnture to the document the cap tain came Into the cabin, picket) up the natter and shook his head. The name be looked for was not there, II drop ped the paper and turned to go away, when he heard a heavy, determined foot coming down tbe compaulonway. It seemed to blm that he recognised thnt foot Yes. he was right A young, handsome, tall midshipman from Maryland approached the table and tbe captain' voice faltered as he asked: "Winnie, do you sign?" "Aye. aye, sir. Same flng and aame Uncle Sain In Maryland as In Massa chusetts, you know," God bless you, boy." said the cap tain. "Your father and I fought side by side as lad In 1812. and. white there are some of us who are going awsy, t prayed God that your father's son would stick to us." Tbe midshipmen? Go ask Wlnfleld Scott Schtey, He stuck to the flag when others didn't Mull and Express, Sermon Was HUH There. A curate up north, ssys rumor, has furnished another example of the pseudo apology at his own expense. Having preached a very clever sermon on tbe Sunday, be cttfled upon a certain colonel on the Mouday especially to ask bis opinion. "How did I like tho sermon?" said tbe colouel. "Very much Indeed. It's oue of my favorites." "Oue of your favorites," stammered the curate, slightly puzzled. "I do not understand." The colonel regarded blm with a twin kle at tho back of bis eyes. "Of course. I won't say a word," be said, "but I know very well that you stole it aud also where you stole It from." "Sir!" said the curate, and he spoke from out the whirlwind of his righteous Indignation. "I am not In tbe habit, sir. of stealing my sermons. I fear you are laboring under a mistake and-er-for-getting yourself, sir. 1 must ask yon to apologize." The colonel was silent a moment, then be said: "It may bo that I have made a mlmake. Walt a moment, i will make sure." Going to his bookenae he took down a massive tome of sermons a rare and almost forgotten work. He turned to a certain pago and an apologetic, hum ble look came upon his face as he glanced up at the curate. "I beg your pardon," he said. "I apologise. You did not steal It, after all, for I find It Is still here. My mistake, sir; my mis-tnke!"-Modern Society. ' Deft and Illght. Bank clerks are so often called upon for Information that they fall Into the habit of giving It In a hurried, mechan ical way. A Philadelphia exchange cites an Instance which wits followed by unexpected and amusing results. The usual formula when a stranger Is cnlled upon to sign tils name Is "Sign here, pen and Ink, left blind," One morning a stranger entered a New York savings-bunk and asked for a considerable sum of money, and was directed as above. It took. him a long time to sign his name. A month later the same man appear ed and presented the certificate. He lgned his name, but when the clerk looked at It he saw that It was vastly different from the first signature. "This Is not the slgnnture of the man to whom I issued this certificate," b sold, severely. "Well," sold the stranger, "when I was here a month ago you told me to write my tin mo with my left hand, and I can't write very well that way." A light dawned upon tho clerk, and he asked the man to write his name again with his left band. This he did, producing a facsimile of bis first slgnn ture, and the money was puld. How Wulchos Are Adjusted. Watches are adjusted to heat and cold by being allowed to stand first lu a room heated with dry heat to 120 de grees and then in cold storage, being regulated after each treatment. After a girl becomes engaged, she goes into training for the serious duties of wifehood by hanging on tbe gate to see her lover pass, by writing blm notes twice a day, aud by spending more at the dry goods stores than ber father can afford. CIGARETTES DECIDE A TRIAL Tbat a husband la not bound to sup., port wlfo who moke cigar? la -th effect of decision mad by Judge Flnietter, of Philadelphia, Fa. Uetbtrt Staulan wa be for th court charged with non-support of hi young wlfo Marie, to whom h ha been married only lx month. , Th woman stated Stnnlnn had failed to provide either home or fund for her, The Judg wa about to mak th usual order for Herbert to pay hi wlf so much a week when th husband's counsel asked tbe wlf if It wsr tru she smoked cigarette. "Yes, I amok them,' wa th anappy reply. Then th lawyer asked her to show the Judge her fingers that ho might sea the nicotine stains on them, "Is that a fact?" queried th court a ALL AMERICANS AR1 LIARS. On of the Nam ber Olvaa Hi Coacla- slons After taveslliatioifc "Do you know tbat th average American la a hopeless and Incorrigible aud unmitigated liar?" aald an ama teur cynic of Baronne street "1 dou't mean he ilea viciously, but suave men dacity glides off th end of hi tongue a easily as molasses flow from a spi got on a warm day In summer. It dues it unconsciously, babltustly, automatically-Just aa hla iuuga and hi heart palpitate aud hla balrgrowa, without any special attention from tba rest of his system. II doe it bee us he can't help It; the thing ha beeoui a second nature. I had all thla brought bom to me," continued th amateur cynic, "by a very sltnpl llttl experi ment which I tried on myself and a few others no longer ago than y ester day morning. Did you ever see a pocket counting macu.? Well, It' a little device shaped Ilk a watch. Whenever you press th stem th need le on the dial Jumps a point 11 reg ister In that way up to several thou sand, pit the principle of a cyclometer. They are used by anybody making long count and are very bandy because they uever forget where they leav off. But to come to th polut, something happened to remind m of our nation al vice of untruthfulness as I waa get ting up yesterday, and I determined to 'keep tab' on myself and ascertain, if possible, how many actus!, out aud out lies I put Into circulation In th course of tbe day. "I chanced to have on of tho llttl counting machlue I ha v Just mention ed, so I slipped It into my pocket and started out Th first II 1 told waa right at the door. Smlthson waa pas, lug and stopped to shake band. "Hello, old tuanr said I, 'delighted to see you? when, as a matter of fact I waa deuc ed sorry to see him, because I owe blm ten. I gsve the counter a squeeze and hurried on, but before I got to the oftl c had jogged It nln time. What did I jog It for did f ask? Oh, trivialities -mere trivialities, but at tba earn time polntblank ilea, every one of 'em. Whenever I opened my mouth oat drop ped some confounded hyperbole. 1 told Jones the Joke be Insisted spring ing on me was the 'best I ever heard,' aud then made a double tally by assur ing bis wife sbe was looking remarka bly well, when she was looking extre mely like a scarecrow. I told another friend I never laughed so much In my life as I had at something or other l dou't remember now what and still another that 1 hadn't slept a wink for three nights wheu I bad neuralgia lately-all lies, bald lies, In spit of their harmlessness. When I reached tbe office and looked at the dial I waa horri fied, 'Good lies veils! I said to myself 'It seems to be physically Impossible for me to teak the plain truth In tbe paltriest matters. I'll Jnst remain per fcctly quiet for half an hour aud keep check on Bogga.' New Orleans Time Democrat CAPTURED BY PIRATE CREW. Ofllctra of a Chilian Bark Were IXosbl lets MardareJ, What has been the fate of Captain Gllmore. hi wife and the officer of tbe Chilian bark Latona, which sailed Isst fall from Port Blakely, Chill, for Eaton, Peru? Have they been killed by their own crew, or have they been captured by pirates? One fate or the other must bave befallen them, for It Is pretty cer tain that the bark Leuora, wrecked in the Philippines In January, waa th missing Latona. Captain Gllmore, his wife and most of tho officers of the Latona were Eng lish, aud, as tbe crew came from the slums of the southern Chilian porta, It Is not unlikely tbat they mutinied, killed their officers and, being unable to steer correctly, went to destruction. The crew may have been heading for the South Sea Islands, where safety might be assured, and, having lost tb way, brought up on the const of tb Philippines. None of the crew who reached Manila was communicative, and no one could get from them a def inite story of what had happened on and to their shjp. The tirst report sent to Lloyd' In London from Manila was that the Leonora had been wrecked, but no ves sel with such a name Is known to tbe shipping world, and, the Latona, from Chill, being missing, It la believed that she Is the wreck. ' Only a part of the crew was saved, tbe rest being unac counted for by the survivors. Tb wreck was dying an American dag when discovered, but th Latona, which was a coasting steamer, curried tho Chilian flag Late In November the schooner Azalea, Captain Fnrdellus, sighted a vessel thought to be the Latona." She was several hundred miles off Sao Francisco and was headed westerly. On dt swing near, the Identity of tb stranger as -established, but no oue answered the Azalea's hall. Several members of the crew were seen loung ing on the decks, but no officers. Fear ing that pirates might be In possession, Captain Fnrdellus contented himself with circling around the Latona, And finally continuing his course. Shipping men of San Francisco and the Pacific coast say they feel sure thnt tbe wreck on the Philippine shore Is the missing Lntonn, and that the crew must have mutinied and killed the cap tain, his wife and all the English ofU cers, and then started to And the path ways to the South Pacific, where the cnrgi could he sold at good prices. If this Is correct, then tho reticence of the survivors of the vessel Is explained. New York Press. WAS NO MATCH FOR RHODES tow tti Fonth African Magnate Got tho f'eitof Burner llsrnato, "A cousin of mine who lives In South Africa," said B. A. Conyers, of Cleve land, Ohio, to a reporter, "told me a curious story of 'Harney' Bnrnato and Cecil Itbodes, aud how tbe latter out reached tbe former. My cousin told me Bnrnato told blm the story himself, aud said at the time tbat iu the course of "rss, MORI THRU." h tried to get a glimpse of tbe finger which Mr. Htanlsn would not show. "1 will not mak any order la thla east and now declare it dismissed," he announced with emphsala. hla (Baruaio's) adventurous and re markable career Cecil Itbodes wa lb only man wbo bad aver thrown dust in his eyea. It seems that tb work of porting out diamond lu th rough I an extremely loug aud arduous task. Keen stou ha to be weighed, examined with minute car and then valued, and th process consume a great deal of time, tt I the custom to sell th output of tb diamond field to tb highest bidder, and, at you probably kuow, tb din aioud Interests bav all been consoli dated, and they aro all under an Iron clad agreement that only so mauy stones shall b sold In tb cours of any on year. Ithode mad this plan year ago to prevent overstocking tbe dia mond market, aud so welt ba It worked that It la to this day rigidly adhered to. Well, to return to th dory; after some dickering Ithode sold tb year' supply of diamonds to Barnato. Tbe stones bad of cours been carefully sorted be fore Barnato bid and both side were well satisfied with th transaction. A bottl of champagn and a coupl of good cigar completed their Joy In each otber'a society. "Stories wer being swapped, and th two men wer bavlug a thoroughly good time. All at once Ithode turned to Barnato a though the Idea bad Just (truck blm. 'Barney,' said be, 'that year's yield of diamonds will fill a bucket Now, 1 dou't believe anyone ever heard of, much less ever saw, a bucketful of diamonds. What say yon lo filling a bucket with them aid hav ing our picture taken with the bucket ful of diamond between usf 'All right,' said tbe guileless Barnato, bring on your bucket and your pho tographer.' Tb bucket was secured and th picture duly taken. Then quoth tb guileful Hbodes. 'I thought "Har ney," you'd fall Into tbat trap, I've got a number of left-over stones to dispose of, which It will take me about three months to work off, and that I opine, Is Just about the time you will need to resort and revalue those stones.' Bar nato sat with bis mouth open for a few minute and then a twinkle cam Into bis eye as he got up and solemnly shook Ithode by th band, but th only com ment b mad was, 'Well, I'll be!' " New York Tribune. MAKING NEWS. Artaar Rrlstiaa Oet Job U to Bpar liefer th I'rlac of Wales. Th layman who I uuacqualnted with uewepapcr methods may be inter ested In knowing Just bow on goes about making a piece of news. Tbe beat Illustration or this, perhaps, la Arthur Brisbane' arrangement for Johu L. Sulllvau to box before the Prluca of Wales, At thla tint Mr. Brisbane was London correspondent for th New York Sun. tt should be understood thst th competition among tba Loudon representatives Is Just as keen a though they were serving their separata papers on Park How, aud. though living la an atmosphere of leas aggreaslv Journalism, they never, for a moment forget their American educa tion, lo this matter Mr. Brisbane waa actuated by uo other motive tbau to triumph over bla rival with a legiti mate beat aud be found the great American bruiser but too glad to second the Idea on tbe percentage of free ad vertisement Tbe Sun man worked quietly, quickly, and so successfully that the night for the preformanc came without any one knowing of It ex cepting the Prince, hla friend and the members of the fashionable club that sheltered the twelve-foot ring. "At the moment when the referee stepped out to announce the fighters th Prince' equerry discovered that flier was present an untitled person, and, what was more deplorable, a news paper man. As the result of this dis covery, Mr. Brlsban wa ordered to leav the club Instantly. " 'But he objected, '1 am responsible for this whole thing. You are not going to put me out? "The equerry would not bear him, and Mr. Brisbane, desperate and angry, played hla last card. 'Well, John', he said turning to where the champion stood toying with one huge pickled paw, 'I've got to go. Whnt'll you do?" ' i " That' what I'll do,' replied the champion of the world, picking up hi coat and glaring savagely at tbe equer ry. 'If tbat young teller goes, then I'll go, understan' ?' and the audience waa dismayed to see fighter and reporter abandon the ringside. It would not do, however, to disappoint His Royal High ness so disgracefully, and tbe equerry and Mr. Brisbane finally compromised by tbe latter promising to write the ac count only for tbe American press, The Sun, of course, bad a grent beat next day, and every newspaper In America and England quoted the anecdote of John L.' reception by Albert Edward. "Mr, Sullivan's speech at that period bad extreme limitations, and when In troduced to a distinguished person he Invariably used the same set phrase. To the present King of England, after shaking hands, he observed with dig nity and cheerfulness, 'Prince, I'm glad to meet you. I've often heard of you.' "Alnslee's. An Kssay on Itabit. . A story Is told of an English school master who offered a prize to; the boy who should write tbe best composi tion In five minutes on "How to Over come Habit." At the expiration of five minutes the compositions were rend. The prize went to a lad or nine years. oiiowing Is bis essay: "Well, sir, habit Is hard to overcome. If you take off the first letter, tt does not change ' 'ablt' If you take off an other you still bave a 'bit' left If you take off still another, the whole of 'It' remains. If you take off another, it Is not wholly used np; all of which goes to show that If vou went to get rm or a nauu you muse throw It off altogether." , What has become of the old-fashioned woman wbo made one chicken do the work of three by cooking It with, dumpling T i I ORE A T RAIL RECORDS MADE Fast Runs on the Steel Highway, Here and Abroad, but America Is In the Lead, (A INCH th Invention of th rail ft way locomotive, since tb day when th first train went shriek ing oer th Iron rail to tb tntenga consternation of th natives liter has ilway existed th greatest popular In terest In fast runs. Tim and again records bav been made only to be smsshed until It would b difficult to pick out a run and mak the uncondi tional statement that It was tb great est run ever mad by a railroad train. A disagreement sometimes arise even as to what la a railroad train, for sotn great examples of speed ar to credit locomotives to which were attached slngl coaches, and some authorities do cllne to admit that such combinations tr trains, Americans aud Englishmen have always been and probably always will be the leaders of th world In ail matters pertaining to railways and tb peed of trains, Between the two coun tries there baa always existed mora or less rivalry over th apecd accomplish nients of their reectlve locomotives, and tbe rivalry will likely continue aa long aa it Is possible to mak Improve ment of any character, l'erhsie Amer icans a a whole give the subject great er attention than do the British, for we seem to le Interested In all thlnge of tb superlative degree much more deep ly than our cousins. Every uow.and tlieu frleudly rlvalry-sometlmes. hnyr. ever, It Is not extremely friendly breaks out between tb various great railways of th country, and every t'rao there Is a contest one great record or more Is completely smashed. On of the greatest If not the great touting aa K illh KacoH. est runs ever msde in th world waa accomplished on tb Uk Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad between Chicago and Buffalo on Oct 84, DftKt. It seems tbat on csuse of this race against time was a desire to eclpse an English record made on tbe tweuty- ENGINEER ON tecond of the preceding August be tween lmdon and Aberdeen. .The die- lane between these two town Is WO miles, snd a tralu ou tbe Loudon and Northwestern made the trip at ou aver ge speed of 03.03 mile per hour. Tb Eugllsh public was quite Jublluut over the fact that thla trip broke all previ ous records and tbat the world's record was once more held lu England, But the very next mouth a train on the New York Central road ran from New York to East Buffalo, a distance of a little aver 4,'lti miles, at an average sliced of M.atl miles per hour. Of course, this beat the English record, but It seems that there waa objection to It from tcross the water on the ground the trip was not long enougn to be claused n a longdistance run, which should be at lesat 500 miles In length. So the rec ord for a run of BOO miles and over was still In England. There are few ttretches of railroad 600 miles In length In this country which are perfectly adapted for remarkable runs. There are hills to mount or curves to cut around which Interfere more or less with efforts to break record. One of the stretches of road having no such Impediments is on tbe Lake Shore and Michigan Southern line between Chi cago snd Buffalo. The officers of the road concluded tbat they would try to best the loug-dlatanc record over this bit of track. Over Ninety Mils so Hoar, Arrangements for the speed test were quietly made, for In view of the possi bility of a failure tbe officials did not care for any premature advertisement At 3:30 o'clock In tbe morning of Oct. 24 the train pulled away from tlie starting point, which was at 100th street, Chicago, and plunged Into the dnrkness on what was to be a rcmark ablo and a record-breaking trip. Jt goes without saying that the fewest possible number of stops and the few est possible changes if engines were arranged for. Tbe tralu stopped about-) five times, at four of which enghies were changed. In less than eight hours tbe tralu shot luto Buffalo with tbe English record hanging In tatters ou the cowcatcher of tbe engine. The dis tance of R10.1 miles had been covered at an average speed of (15.07 miles per hour. During one burst of speed the :nilii flew over the trucks at the rale of 92.3 miles per hour. Although great records for single miles had been pre viously made, It Is said, that never before did a train reach a speed of eighty miles an hour and maintain it for half an hour, eighty-five miles an hour and hold It for ten minutes or ninety miles an hour and hold It for tbree or four consecutive miles. Ev ery one who was In Chicago or most anywhere else In the country two years ago will well remember the great races which took place for several days be tween the Burlington and Chicago aud Northwestern roads over their routes between Chicago and Omaha. The dis tance between tbe two cities Is 500 miles In round numbers. The North western route Is 480.0 miles loug, while the Burlington Is 500.2 miles. The Northwestern train was due to leave Chicago at 10 o'clock at night and to arrive In Omaha the next morning at 8:15. The Burlington left ojt 0:!10 in tbe morning and arrived in the Nebras ka city at 7:55 the next morning. Thus tbe two trains ran practically tbe same rate of speed. v Th Burlington train bad i llttl over t-. m CSsvi 'Mi, -I': ' i ten mile morlbsn tb Northwestern to run, and ah used ten minute more tban tb latter to mak Omaha, so It would be splitting hairs to ssy which road operated tb fastest train. In tb contest which took pine tb train of both road did such remark Id work tbat tb government uisll contract, for which they wer contending, was divid ed between th two Hues, It I said tbat no train on esrth ever mad such remarks bl runs dally and kept up th pace aa these trslus, These runs of about fifty miles an boar ar made without making any allowance what ever for stoppages, slow down and delays of any kind. This means tbat tb train necessarily attain a speed In some parts of tb routes of eighty or ninety, or perhaps even a hundred miles an hour. Horn hare mad tb claim that tho train occasionally reached a speed of 130 miles tier hour. ' Less tban three years ago another great run waa mad which attracted much attetitou, especially in Chicago and tb West. Tbe Hock Island road bad concluded to Increase Its servlc between Chicago and Denver by tb addition of four new trains. Two of the train wert sent out to Denver and two wer kept In Chicago, so that tb new servlc could b properly in augurated In both cities at tb ssm time. It waa decided by th official tbat on of tbe trains going should at tempt to break tba record 1 1 in to Den ver. This was a magnificently equip ped train, with a full complement of sleepers, dining car, buffet smoker, etc. The psssengers were composed of Rock Island official and a large party of newspaper men from Chicago, Denver and a number of other cities along tb route, all of those from a distance hav ing com to Chicago especially to ac company tbe party. , At exactly 2 JO in tbe afternoon on May 5. 1808, th train pulled out of tbe Rock Island station on Its way to Den ver, in a rew seconds to train was well under way and making great time through tbe city. Wheu ooc beyond tbe suburb full steam wss turned on and tbe train waa soon going at tb rat of a mil a minute. Everything Indicated that Rock lslsnd would be reached In record-breaking time. - Tbe passengers began to wonder what was tbe matter after th train bad been stopping for several minutes uesr the little station of Green River. Shortly tbe train backed up the tracks and several of the party became aware of the nature of tbe trouble for the first time when they looked out of tbe win dow and aaw a great three ton and s half driving wheel iylug on Its side lu a wheat field. The Jourual of the rear drive wheel on tbe left side bad broken squarely off. having been over heated In a hot box. and the momen tum of the' train had hurled the wheel down tbe track aa If It were a buggy wheel. For some time the wheel bad remained on edge like a boy's hoop. It hopped over to a side track and men gradually veered to th outer edge, where It crossed the outside rail and ran off Into a field, where It soon went down In tbe soft eartb. This accident of course, caused a most seri ous delay. Tbe railroad officials tele graphed to Rock Island for another engine, but It did not arrive for over an hour. Finally, however, the relief locomotive came and tbe train was a few aeconds afterward speeding on Its Way. Nearly all of the rest of the way to Denver the train was pushed to rec- frd breaklng time. It arrived at the cnver station the next afternoon, af ter starting at 1:32, exactly twenty four hours and two minutes after It left Chicago, breaking the record for a full train going from this city to the. Rocky Mountain city. riah for Ma'l Connection, In November, 1807, a very remarka ble run was made between Cheyenne and Omaah, over the Union Pacific railroad. It Is still maintained by many that this was the fastest long-distance run ever made, for tbe running time was not properly reduced to the correct A FAST RUN. MILLION DOLLARS FOR A NORTH POLE SEARCH. Baldwin. iikolrr. i hivelyu B. Baldwin, who Is to com- mand the Baldwln-Zlegler expedition In search of the north pole, Is rapidly eotn- pletlng the great outfit which bis plana require for the Arctic quest and ba aunouueed that everything poluti to- figure by deducting Urn for stop. Tho distance between th two cttle la 819 mil and tb mall train oa Mot. 29 mad tb distance in 620 slant. In cluding stop was stated. Thla run wa not mad ba any vainglortoo da Mr to smash records, but for tb pur pose of avoiding a beery gavornmrat fin which would bav been Imposed tf tb train had missed connections for tb East at Omaba. When tb discov ery was mad at Cheyenne tbat nnles an extraordinary run wa mad tb mall connection would be missed tb two nisll car wer cut loos from th rest of tb train and started with tb engine and tender alou on tb fast trip. Sis atop of from tbree to fir minute wer mad for coal and wat er, and tb train bad to b slowed down for ten minutes In passing through South Omaba and tb yard of Omaba. So there can be no donbt that this wa one of tb swiftest.rona over mad on rails. In April, 1800. a re markable run was msde by a train on tb Burlington road between Creston, Iowa, and Omaha. When tb train ar rived at tb former town it waa an hour and six minutes 1st. When tb flyer arrived at Omaha It waa only 20 minute late, having covered tb Intervening distance of 104 mile lo 113 minute, or, deducting atop. In the actual running tiro of 103 minute. Tb Burlington consider this section between these two cities It poorest di vision for making fast time, on account of bills and curves, so all thing con sidered, tb bunt of speed mad on April 5, 1809, waa most remarkable. KINO OF ITALY. H I Pessstsag af Orast Will Pa war aa4 Maajr Acc aplWaawata, From on wbo was Intimately con nected with blm In bis yontb I learn tbat bis chief characteristic 1 earnest ness, gdded to great will power. What ever be does, no matter bow trivial, la at tacked (I use the word advisedly) with such force and such determination that It is Invariably carried to a tuccoeaful Issue. For Instance, all tb world know of bis collection of coins, but few bav beard of It origin. On day wben a small boy be was playing In th garden of th QuIrlnaL and found a Plus IX. penny, with which ho rush ed delighted to Queen Msrgberita. Bb explained what It was, and Incidentally told blm about others more Important From tbat moment be began to collect and he baa now become on of th greatest numismatists In the world. It Is tb same with swimming. II learn ed quickly, and reached such perfection tbat It waa hla custom to jump from a man-of-war Into tbe open sea, bav hla swim, and return without help. Other accomplishments are music and painting. Queen Msrgberita, who la exceptionally fond of music, seeing her husband so indifferent to It de cided that ber son must play at least tbe piano, If be bad any talent at alL Masters were procured wben be waa a small boy, with tb result that ba la a very fair pianist and satlsfiea oven tbe critical taste of bis mother. Of painting he know less, but can dash off a very respectable sketch, showing verve, but a lack of knowledge of color. But, above all and before all, tho king I a man of will, and, try aa b may, no one can turn blm once bla mind Is made up. Rom Correspon dence Pall Mall Gazette. His Prophecy Came True. Edward Wlggleswortb, "Hollls pro fessor of divinity at Cambridge,' In a little pamphlet published In the porten tous year of 1775, must bave bad a cor rect Idea of the prosperity of this coun try during tbe century Just closing, aa be predicted tbat tbe population of tbe "British American colonies" in 1800 would be 80,000.000. Included In this estimate waa Nova Scotia, now tbe Dominion of Canada, which with Ita last recorded censua re sult of 4.800,000 added to the 78,000,000 of tbe United Statea fulfill almoat to the letter the accuracy of the Wiggles worth prophecy. And this somewhat remarkable forecast was not based up on any species of guess work, but upon a well defined and clearly constructed mathematical theory, which, reduced to plain words, can be best described la the language of It author: "The British-Americans have doubled their numbers In every period of twenty-five years from their first plan tation." Taking this statistical fact as a basis for bis calculations the Harvard divin ity professor constructed a system of reckoning tbe Increase of a country' population which history lias shown to be as correct as hla method was simple. Assuming tbat the 1775 population was 2.500.000 Mr. Wlggleswortb esti mated 5,000.000 for 1800. 10,000.000 for 18 20.000.000 for 1850, 40,000,000 for 1875 and 80,000,000 for 1000, and tbe record of the United States census since Its Initial taking In 1700 shows sub stantially these figures, as follows: Census of 1800, 5,308,000; 1825 (1820), 9.033.000; 1850, 23.191,000; 1875 (1870), 38.058,000; 1000, with Canada, 81.000,-000,-Nstlonai Magazine. i. PUcoa raged. "You used to be something of an al-' trulst," said the friend. "Yes," answered Willie Wlshlngton. I was a Theosopblst for a while, too. But I had to give up. I've tried being a whole lot of things, but I never got far enough along to find out what the names by which they are called actu ally meant" Washington Star. No Grammarian. "No man batea verba wuss'n I do." "Why do yu hate 'em, Weary?" " 'Cause dey express action!" Cleve land Plain Dealer. "My boy, don't put augar on your hash. It's very bad form." Willie B it It's awfully good taste.-Yale Rec ord. ward the middle of June aa th date when the expedition will leave New York, Four portable bouses, two steam launches;.; photographic outfit and fifty ton oi dog food are among the latest, list of supplies for which Bald win la negotiating. This expedition, which will have practically uullinlted financial backing by Wm. Zlegler, will probably go Into the Arctic regions bet ter prepared to accomplish tti object than any similar expedition since the quest for the pole begau. Zlegler has announced that he la prepared to spend a million dollars. Baldwin went with the Peary expedi tion of 1803 as meteorologist and In 1897 went to Spitsbergen to join An dre In the latter'a balloon expedition. but was prevented by lack of room In the balloon car. Hla plans for the com Ing attempt to reach the pole wer formed after five years' close study, Baldwin will bave tbe most exteusiv transport train ever carried on such a voyage.