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NKW YORK. March 17. (Special
correspondence.) Picture that are
taken to Illustrate the news ol the
day reveal the constantly Increasing ef
ficiency of the men who operate the
camera In ull parts of the world. As
umiai, Theodore Roosevelt Is occupying
the limelight-Just now by reason of the
near approach of the date of his leaving
for the wilds . of Africa on a hunting
expedition. In this connection the re-"
production of a photograph of Roosevelt
as a hunter, taken some 20 years ago,
when he was a ranohman in the West, is
Interesting.
Jiwt ns the Government has under
taken a teat of the Hudson Maxim noise
less sun another inventor comes info
the field with a device which he declares
will make guns not alone relatively
noiseless, but recollless; . and he claims
also that by the use of his device black
powder becomes smokeless. This Invent
or is . J. C. Coulombe, of Northfield, Vt.,
and ha l " shown in this picture dis
charging one of his guns equipped with
his patented device. It will be seen that
he holds it at arm's length without fear
of the recoil.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor is one of the
oolety women of New York, who has
taken an Interest recently in public af
fairs. Her activities are confined to
the question of vivisection. She is an
antiivlvlsectlonist; and she has Just sent
a letter to the members of the State Sen
ate and Assembly urging the passage of
the compromise Brough-Murray . bfll.
known as the "open door" bill.
The. 'Princess Hatxfeldt has been well
known In the social life of Kurcpe. for
many years, though almost a stranger
to her native land. The Princess was
Clara Huntington, daughter of the great
railroad man. She married Prince Fran
cis Hatafeldt, but the marriage, as Is
not unusual . with international . unions,
prowl to be unhappy, and she has been
separated from her husband for years.
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rrlnceki Dorothea is the daughter of
Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
ITer great grandfather was King Louis
Philippe of France, but the Princess is
distinctly of the German type, showing
nothing ;of her French blood. She is
married to Duke Ernst, of Schleswis
llolstein.
t Js reported from I,ondon that the
famous yacht Valhalla has been sold to
'a firm of New York; ship brokers and
Will como to Itus. country lor use a a
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training ship. ' For ten years the yaclit
has been the floating home of Earl
Crawford. Those who witnessed the
start of the Kaiser's cup race in 1905
will never forget the quaint figure of the
bearded Earl togged out in sweater and
sourtvester, as he stood on the deck' of
his yacht the " typical . "old salt:" For
the Karl was no fair weather ' sailor
he was the master of his ship, as well
as Its owner. ' He brought it In third
in the race for. the Kaiser's cup. Karl
Crawford has not glveri up his life on
the sea. He has sold the Valhalla' be
cause he has bought a large clipper of
the mercantile type. The . Valhalla ' la
ship-rigged and carries a crew of about
100.- She. Js .of- 17W tons displacement.
It is reported that she" will take the
pla.ee of the St., Mary's, the old naval
ship which recently went to the Junk
Pile. ' " -
Grace. Filkins is the chairwoman of the
committee of ' women appointed by the
auxiliary of the-Army and Navy League
to agitate in favor of the raising of the
Maine. She holds this position because
her husband. Captain Marix, was the
Judge Advocate of the board Vvhich in
vestigated the sinking of the ship. Miss
Filkins is In "The Third Degree," which
is playing an indefinite engagement in
pw York, and she has plenty of time
outside her stage duties therefore to give
to this - work.
Although James J. Jeffries still emu
lates the Sphinx In the mafrer of a pos
sible match with Johnson,, he is going
ahead with' his training during his two
weeks' stay in New Tort and he TnaV
Sam Berger, his sparring partner. Is
traveling with him, and. everyday they
go : through a thorough ' course at -some
local gymnasium. - "
Tewnk Pasha is likely to be " the cen
ter otnews interest any'day if the tele
grams from Constantinople telling of un
easiness at rhe "k ildiz Kiosk ar correct
his;BUge appearance a part of U.-wolxew vlrZZZ ST aT
fairs -under the - old regime, and when
the young Turks gained control In Turkey-
he was - retained In that, place. It
is a. position of no little importance at
this time, ; for the ' foreign, relations of
Turkey are Intimately interwoven with
her domestic troubles. .The talk of dis
affection among the troops promises a
new turn in Turkey, and those who were
the Sultan in -the recent revolution may
realize- that the crafty - old man was
merely temporizing with fate till .' he
could-regain his old strength.
- -The
marines have been . left between
earth and water. The President put
them ashore and Congress restored them
to the sea; but. the ' President nartlv
of i. nullified,. Lite . act f Congress. So that
today the position of the marines is un
certain. The individuals of the corps
go-about their work and their play on
board ship without much concern on the
subject. In fact. It has more individual
meaning for -the officers. The" marines
were originally- the. policemen of the
Navy. In later years they have "been
fighting' men,, helping the sailors to man
the- guns and fight on shore.
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Old "Cy" Young, who ' is goinp 'from
the Boston - to the Cleveland club this
year, is never sx happy as when-he is
living on his farm at Peoll. His wTfe
runs the farm in his absence. When Ed
Bang, the sporting writer, called on Old
"Cy"'-a few days ago he' found him
cleaning harness, chopping corn and
keeping himself in condition for the com
ing Summer by '. good hard work. -' He
said he was glad to get back -to Cleve
land, -and especially glad ' to play with
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The literature of tire air . will receive
another imaginative contribution -when
Rudyard Kipling's new book is published.
Mr. .Kipling .has, .done fo.r .aeronautics
the remarkable work of creating a ter
minology for the conditions of 100 years
hence. He "tells' the: taU 'of" "The Night
Mail," as it starts from the central
postal tower in .London . for its. destina.
tion in Canada, and narrating the condi
tions and circumstances of its journey,
he pictures the' 'developments of a -e'en-tory.
In aeronautics. The book Is as
terse as "The Ship . That- -Found . Her.
self," and as full of technical terms.
But Kipling has had to Invent for him
self the terminology of future aeronau
tics: and -it., is the use of these -coined
terms which helps, to carry the imagina
tion forward a century.
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"Alfred G. ' Vanderbilt ha run back to
New York for a few days pending the
completion of. his preparations for run
ning a coach between London .and
1 Brighton this Summer. The horses were
shipped to I.ondon more than a month
ago. so that tbey might become thor
oughly acclimated. . There are nearly a
hundred of them. Mr. Vanderbilt made
this essay in. road coaching a year so
and met with .such success that he is
enoouraged to repeat the experience.
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General Fraser Is the ' Governor of
Bengal whose life was in danger re
cently from . a fa.natlc. and who was
saved-by the intervention of the Maha
rajah of Burdwan. The growth of the
native disaffection - in India makes ' the
life of the provincial Governor uncer-
tain. Bengal Is the most seditious of
the provinces.
Lady -Rood, wife of the new British,
Ambassador to. Rome, was LilUas Geor
gina Guthrie. She is a woman of tart
and Is expected to exercise a great deal
of Influence in diplomatic circles in the
Lternal City.
At tile Masquerade.
Detroit Free Press.
I was it cowboy and she was & queen
At tbe annual masquerade;
And our faces couldn't be guessed or seen.
And our manners were not displayed.
I danced with a gypsy and ahe with an earl.
She with a clown and I a tlovfr girl.
The sodaess of night or a. tramp of the
street,
We tripped the fantastic with untirint; feet.
We lauKhed as we danced, and we took one
and all.
And our hearts were in tune at the mas
querade ball.
We never could tell who our partner might
be.
. 'And - 'twas little we cared at that maa--s.
querade ball;
Whether pauper or prince, whether servant
or she
Who bad handmaids to come at her beck
and call.
What mattered it then? No distinction
' was- made
Whether Topsy In rags or Louise in bro
cade; And she with the Irish policeman was
proud .
To circle the ball in full sight of tSe crowd;
While I took the homeliest freak from the
wall.
And was slad of the chance at that mas-
auerade ball.. ...
X was a -cowboy and she was a queen.
Apd never a one in that ballroom was
made
To . feel that, unwanted, she blotted th5
scene
Equality -reigneil at that gay masquerade.
The bars of distinction were broken in
twain.
The mighty,, tbe humble, the fair and the
plain.
Their faces were hidden and nobody knew
Of the cheeks -that were pale or the eyes
that Iftrked hue;
And none was too awkward, too short or too
tall.
Before we unmasked at that masquerade
ball.
and . I still think
this old world
And I thought to myself.
it now.
What a glorious place
would .becoma
If it could be managed, some way or some
how, That 'we" Would wear masks when our
faces were glum:
Tf by wearing a domino, as at a ball.
We could humble the great and lift up
the small.
Then love 'would 'creep 'in' and all hatred
creep out;
To all we'd be kind- without shadow or
doubt
Then th rich would be poor and the-poor
would be rich."
For nobody hr then 'would care which.
w as which,