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By' Rudolph Voif EJpbrf. many htrt-bumlng. But'ai t& blll (KKl "
r a M. ,.a . in Mt vniAti in rtiAir tia.va nrt r.niinf!A w' r
trying to hav his pay TUS. too much fear o tttlr haaditronr rulr' flHIl f
He fnd it utterly lmpolb!e to to do ao if they had the right Many g "PJL1 ,C!P XT
, J.r .. g ' .? tore l enorrnoua ooat. aa the reeiJt TPJt TI TP fX
only William." on a rotr 0f the Imperial whim, while buildings fc O IJsAcJPUAVJ
The Fruaslan diet will 9f vaat historical importance, such as, . ' A . 4
!. 1 Lu! u. , ? JDvr' allowed to go to rack and ruin. The?. lr
tial addition to thla already. bvy tax only poseible reason for thU appeara ' W -
on the ratepayers, and i i expected to be that the old places that are now ' . fc.
that there wlU be a lively protest y Mc.!",. t nnXm
some of the latter. For it Will be re- the -mbltioua William
merabered that Prussia assumes tbs. tnB smDitious ,winiam.
whole burden nf tha civil Hat. Km. . - -
peror William taklngr on ths Job ot KOjral Castle on &pri, CJ
oSt'pay ' b German. n,F1 w,h Among the kaiser's Berlin palaces fqj
The reason given for this rsqussi for. tn" Boyal Castle on the Ppree Is one ?2
higher wages is the fc that tha cot of the largest and probably the most g5
nrrn.2.hflWLti..ln?rf?'a? familiar to American tourists. Orlgin-
bTff.dn.,,"nlr .'"K 'run?. " ' f o4-t proportion.
"49 castles'' as cheaply as heretofore, but from time to time additions' have.
Which draws attention to the lnterast- ben wade, keeping pace with the
ing circumstance that the ka sar has ' . ' , . . ,
mSre official residences than any other rwth pf Influence and power of the
monarch in the world. Hohensolleroa. The castle la gaudy.
One would have supposed that with raw and pretentious in construction.
48 roofs to shield his royal head he The walls oUtslde are stucco instead
wouia nare reen supremely content for of stone masonry. The pretentious
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some time to come, Jjut since he bought columns ef the Balona Indoors are of
the Achillelon in Corfu, Jhe ons-ffine ImltaMon marble, while the same key-
resldenoe of the Empress EHIzabeth, and note of show and pretense governs the
made the total number just one short whole structure and all its details,
of half a hundred, the German people of more Interest Is the C'harlotten-
and ejHe,ially the Prussians who foot burg castles, a structure much plainer
the bills, are wondering if there are and Of later construction. It is situ-
any limitations to his ambitions in that ated in a charming park and Is ex-
n;u w i .... .. . traordlnary for its great length. Five
What the ksiser does with all his hundred metres. I believe, are the cor-
castles Is a subject for speculation with reet figures. At any rate, I know that
all but the Initiated. If they eould all t Is only beaten In this respi-ct by
be bunched they would form a good- Schonburg, near Vienna, and Nymphen-
slaed village and a village more pro- burg, In Bavaria. This place was the
tentious architecturally than any other residence of the late Emperor Fredec-
ln the whole, world. For soma of his ick III during his last short stay in
places are of enormous Rise and most Berlin. The mausoleum in the park Is
of them are ostentatious and Hhowy in the burial place of Queen Louine of
their construction and style. As a mat- Prussia and of her grandson. William,
tec of fact, though, they are all In the first German emperor.
German parlance called "kalserllches One of the most interesting of Kaiser
sehloss" Imperial castles very few of William's places, historically, Is the
them.suoh as the widely known real-, Sehloss Konlgsberg, in the province of
dences at Berlin anil af Potsdam, ara- East Prussia. This castle, which was
really castles In the strict sense of finished in 161, was a famous strong-
tne word. Many of them, formerly hold of the renowned Order of'.Teu-
built as strongholds. perched upon tonic Knights, one of the three great
peaks, or squatted In tha middle of military and religious orders to which ?55
o'i " u'udi iv ma, iim- um uiudouci K&vo oirin, ins inner iwu awi
pregnable against attack,, nave given being the Templars and Knights of St
way 10 amumous mooern paiscet out jonn. At one ume tne oraer was tne
the word 'sehloss" is now spplied to undisputed, master of a population of
any. house of considerable st which 1,000,000 people and played the leading
a nobleman owns and occupies. role in the political history of northern
The upkeep of the kaiser's numerous Europe. In the chapel of this famous
castles hss given tha derma n people eastle, Frederick III, elector of Branden-
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burg, crowned himself as Frederick I, lt summer resort of frertsflcK Wnilanj
king of Prussia, in 1701. One hundred I, the second kins; of Pf""?'!" ?
an(f fifty years later, William, who was th most remarkably monarch thfttjve.
afterward to bs the first German em- sat on a throne, s,n3 the father of Fred-
peror. put upon his head the same, crown erick tha Great Hare he spent lew
In the same chapel. , months every year, arid here he
Perhaps the most widely known royal full, unrestrained vent to the cruel,
residence outside of Berlin is Wllhelms- savage, brutal aspects of his natare,,.
hohe, near Cassel, the famous summer rendering the Uvea of lis qneen aart nis-
resort of Jerome Bonaparte while be children a very hell upon earth. Hera
was kind of Westphalia. Tha "Ver- at o'clock every afternoon Of hl stay,
sallies of Germany," as !t has been was convened the "tobaoop paxllameiit.-
called, was begun by Frederick I, and that ouer assembly ft1 f
finished by his successor. William, and mous in the pages, of MHorr as Iha,
It Is said that 1.000 workmen were em- same ruler's giant giiard t Potsdam.,
ployed for 14 years In its construction. Tbs sessioas were held In
Jts chief boast to the attention of the In tha castle, which to this day ha
sightseer Is the great fountain which been - religiously .fcp."71.fc J"0
throws up a jet of water 12 feet In dl- PIa,I 3t table, choirs of s. Ilk. mte-l
ameter to the remarkable height of 180 rial and style, beef mugs. Pitchers. pipe(
feet. Napoleon III, who was made prls- and tobaoeo Jars sompleted Its odi
oner at BeHan with sO.OOO ff his troops, equipment. Ths J?v?d,i-P,l.i -Si
and sfterwsrd sent by his captors to about tha peat table, which was -wellk
wShllmshnbs T castle, was a greet ad- supplied wfth fwedlshjjeer .adjrtronK
mirer of the place and used to spend tobacec eoajsesaivdwes. brown bread
hours at a time watching tha great and cheese. No order of rank was 0-4
stream of water shooting up Into tha sryd, and the proceedings were demc-
air cralio to tha laat degree. The) lans;;
One of the favorite resorts of Em- made vulrar Jokes, the company re-i
peror William and his family would torted tn kind. Toward the end o J! the,
appear to be his domain c&ainpn, near
Elbing, situated In one ef the most. beau
tiful forest landscapes in me wnoie oi
Germany. Thl plae has become wide
ly known to the outside world through
the emoeror's very successful experi
ments as a manufacturer aud commer
cial salesman. The majolicas produced
under his supervision at Oadlnen are of
fered for sale all over the world and
are highly regarded br connoisseurs.
William II Is also the owner ef a. steam
brick factory and alcohol distillery at
the same place, and he tends to the de
tails, of these various business enter
prises with a care end a caution that
would do credit to that slave to work,
the American millionaire.
Other Landed Possessions.
sessions, whan "King Bung" held the;
upper hand, every appearance of re-j
serve sjid propriety were thrown off'
and the affairs degenerated. intour-'i
roartous drunken carousals. Tet th
members of this assembly were th reali
powers behind tha thrppe, tire rulers of,
the country.
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NEW BOOKS and THEIR PUBLISHERS
"A
N American Patrician; Ths fle-
mance of Aaron Burr.'' by
Alfred Henry Lewis. Time
has removed Aaron Burr far
enough from the present to
lend romance to his life, and toleration
to his schemes of glary and revenge.
According to Mr. Lewis he was su
perior to most of his illustrious con
temporaries. But Mr. Lewis is an
Iconoclast when It eomea te hero
worshiping of our Revolutionary fore
fathers. The story hers presented Is
accomplishment of which the material
body Is capable. It Is not a hook of
theorising, nor does it attempt to make
any systematic presentation of a phil
osophy, but It indicates everywhere a
triune ideal of normal well-being and
happiness, and is based upon a definite
conception of symmetrical life and
frrowth a conception which attributes
o aspiration, effort and education equstl
and coherent values. In his preface tha
author explains himself by SHying:
"Ths paths of mental and spiritual
training are well marked, and phvslcal
education Itself In growing rapidly In
popularity na eiiiciency, dui me worK
simply a resume of ths part played by relating tne tnree in any coordinate
Asron Burr in the affalri of ths pstlon Personal culture has as yet hardly been
from his nineteenth year to ths close recognised as a desirability. Such
of his career In New York, at 10 years wor,K V "s dosi cannot oe merely a
of age He began life before the r,Bos- profession, it Is essentially a most
ton Tea .Party and became a haro by uoue t
the house for the use of the family must
pay a duty necessities 10 per cent,
luxuries 30 and the books for the new
arrangement to be opened under the sig
nificant beading of "The Domestlo Tar
iff of the Commonwealth of 'Bobhsrts."
Each member of the family, including
Bridget, the cook, was to be one of the
"United States of Fenelby," with Bob
berts as a territory until such time as
he could falk. Every visitor must enter
as a state Rnd become subject to the
tariff regulations.
Before it was well under way two
visitors arrived, and both at onoe en
tered Into the compact, but Just about
this time things began to grow merry
and the smuggling began. -This feature
of good-natured satire If they so de
sire. Tnings began to tangle and every
attempt at extrication made the matter
worse, and before the end is reached
the author has the entire "United States
of Fenelby" in hopeless insurrection
and ludicrous misery, with the redoubt
able Bridget sole dictator.
It is a book full of original fun and
humor and fairly scintillates with ri
diculous Incidents and situations.
It la Illustrated by Mav Wilson Pres
ton. The Centu.ry company. Price $1.
'Three Weeks in Holland and Bel
gium by John V. HiglnbothamT Tha
next best thing to traveling one's self
Is to see foreign lands through th
eyes of an intelligent, wideawake and
observant tourist. Not tho tourist in
the common acceptation of tho term,
but the kind of a tourist the author
means when he says In his preface:
carrying away the dead body ef Gen
eral Montgomery after the attack on
Quebec, and died during the term or
Andrew Jackson's presidsncy, whom he
had maneuvered Into the office by fine
political strategy. Washington, Jeffer
son. Adams and tha entire eoterla whose
fame has coma down to us as gods of
wisdom. Justice and Integrity are here
and oomorehenslve art tha set '
of appreciating;, interaretinr and edu
cating personality."
The writer evidently considers the
body the outer manifestation of the
spirit; not in traits nf character, as is
too well known to comment upon, for
in centuries gone it was said by holy
writ: "Out of ths heart the mouth
speaxein. mr. vnrman goes further
man for the humble and despised class
grouped In travel books under the name
of 'tourist.' Tourists are condemned
by the universal law of human nature,
which Judgua all grades of society by
the noisy minority. To the great ma
jority of tourists a trip abroad Is fruit
plucked from a tree of slow growth, the
roots of which are sunk deeo in the
soil of hard work and self-denial, and
whose blossoming branches represent
years of studious preparation intelli
gently to appreciate the present beauty
or past grandeur of the things spread
bpfore them In foreign lands. They do
not talk In strident tones. They give
Just compensation for services ren
dered end pay due homage to genuine
freatness. whether living or dead,
hey glide quietly in and out with wide
open eyes and minds seeing, enjoying
and understanding. They bring home
to family, friends or pupils all of th
reflected radiance of a trip abroad that
can possibly be transmitted.'' And cer
tainly In this acceptable little book
of the storv is very cleverly drawn and "I have a 'mission.' Briefly
between ths lines one may read a bit stated that mission Is to act as spokes-
FIFTY-YEAR-OLt) APPLE TREE For Years It Has
Thrived and Brought Fortk Fruit in Rick Ro gue River Soil
shown as mere men; scheming, lntrlgu- ar)d sets up the theory, and proves It
Ing and not wholly honest In word or
deed. '
According to Mr. Lewis the trlsl of
Aaron Burr for treason was founded on
the jealous prejudices of President Jef
ferson. Nor does he throughout, or in
fact at any time, present Burr as
hero, but always as tha kesn. cold
patrician, "the gentleman volunteer
with the ophidian yes," whose culture
was superb, whose vanity was Intoler
able and whose vengeance was In
satiable. Though tha grandson of
Jonathan Edwards, Burr nad no re
ligious connections and according to
mat tne occupation or rtamts of men
change their spiritual nature, saying
"The long playing of a role, like Ham
let, if it be well enacted, works so In
sidiously upon the spirits of the actor
as to become a formidable danger. No.
conscientious actor could repeat the per
formance of such a role as Pr. Jekyll
and Mr. Hyde through an extended run
without incurring grave responsibilities
upon himself, while the portrayal of the
characteristic habits of' Rosalind, on
tt) other hand, acts as an Irresistible
nsrvoua tonic." The reader has but ti
run his mind back over the history of
Mr. Lewis died with ths protestation almost every great actor to know this
that his duel wltfi Alexander Hamilton is true. Why it is true and whv a
had been Justifiable. great many other things that relate to
While the author announces the book the importance of the body are true, to
"a romanoa," it has much of real his- author very clearly and interestingly
tory in It and little of love-making, reveals as the work develops from
Burr's love and courtship ef Madam ths meaning of personality to the high
Provost. th m ladle-aged woman. wa est possibilities of which the body is
prosaic in ths extreme and the- author capable.
considers it worth but a page or two of To the names of some of his sub-
his book, while hs dismisses his second jscts Mr. Carman has lent poetio fancy,
and still mora inexplicable marriage to hut ere the esssy is finished the reader
the wealthy Madam Jumel with the sen- lies a clear idea of tts suggtsttveness,
tence that, Aaron at does a foolish and sees at ones the application. "The
thing; he marries marries, tha wealthy , Underflow." for Instance, treats of the
Madam Jumel. They liva- in - the Instinct: "The Lucky Pilot," Js the rea-
madam's great mansion on ths heights eon! "The Winged Victory.' the power
overlooking the Harlem. Three months of poise; 'Ths Silver String" personal
later they part and Aaron goes back vibration, eta.
1o his books and his pipe and his svine, literary stylo of the work Is
.in. his .rooms by the Bpwllng Greeit V. ahova reproach and. It la. full of good
Out of ths entire life of this hrlUIant, things, excellent for both body and
merciless man, the best thing Mr. Lewis mind, and should he read hv every ona
has shown us Is Burr's, domestlo rela who seeks perfection in either. L. C.
tlons during the life of his ftrst wife p,,, & q0. Prtce) a, 80
and ills deep love and devotion for bis
daughter, "the lustrous Theodosia.'' 'Ths Cheerful Smuggler," by Ellis
Indeed, that she may ha a princess Parker Butler. The author has set at
and her son an emperor the sutnor defiance the conclusions of many aua-ust
statesmen and proven in his amusing
mus uoo iwo racts, nameiy, mat a
tariff is a complex question that works
two ways, and that It is a caldron to
continually brew trouble in.
To bo surs Mr. Butler's tariff was
but a ludicrous domestlo affair, not in
a
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moke tha motive nower for Burr's plan
to found an empire in Mexico and place
himself upon the throne. Ths style of
the book Is quite original, and carries
' with it the Impression that ths actor
are still upon the scenes and ars play
ing out their parts befors.jrour very
The book has II full-pags lllustra- any way ,f meant to be taken seriously,
tlons. principally portraits reproduced ""J"' t.800"! a
from pictures by famous artists. XX TTurAe(luJt " ,oni ot tn antics of our
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.. Laura and Tom Fenelby, the anxious
The Making of Personality," by Bliss Parents of t-months-old "Bobberts."
Carman. When the reader finishes thU finding a, penny bank did not accumulate
series of It essays he cannot fall to rapidly enough to Insure their young
l,va o hlahar raanant fer tha hod V and hopeful a ollese education ' when ha
believe it of more eonseouence than should have grown to man's estate, do- has reached its present state of perfec
some, writers,- panicuisriy i:
religious, would have us to
ginning with ait essay on 'The Mesi- out tha wise brain f Tsther Tom , r""""1 " 7 tS tlma it has occupied its pesltion on. the
jng of Personality the .author takes grew ths tariff scheme, which was. In t any kind. Planted In the early fifties, commons alone and unattended 'hr tha
cis fuunuv.. miv j iv ui-M.Buei auyi s "v vveryiumg mat eams into Pr ettier oy thj ttama or Hainea, nana 05 tu fHDsn4maat . it a
THICK OF SIITBTWAIST.
That Huttona fn the Back Saltl to
He JUiajr If It Doesn't Sound So.
The problem of how to put on a shirt
waist that buttons in ths back and but
ton it without the aid of maid or other
assistance has been solved by a New
. - Vl. ! . . mi.lc. I. Kftf ak. naa 44. iwf
But all of the kaiser', other landed l"e puts the waist on, the opening In
poHWk'8!an, b they proud castle, pra- froul without putting: br arrms through
i . i. I 4.a. . U , 1 . - fThan a. Via nUaaa. 4Ka ..Anl,
tentlOUB moaern palaces or exLtsimtv mw rinuuwi. ahcu tuv vo tun Mwvsd
villas, sjnk into Insignificance, hiatorio- "".h 'ns down about thre-
ally, when compared with one small, SI- mivtons and than turns the . garment
most shabby cottogs situated at half at around In its proper pluf s. Lifting tha
,ii.i.nn. k rail from Berlin waist up about the neck sh slips her
T?ils lace ?s caBeof KolgsWsterhau- arm. though Into the sleeves, pull, it
sen and was once a famous hunting clown at the waist and by reaching tip
ground situated in the heart, a It Is. the back she very easily closes the re-
of a very large forest. To this day it main Ing buttons. -
la still frequently scoured by royal Thissounds complicated and on tha
sportsmen. The 'Wstle" is a plain, face ef it doesn't seem as tnoughit
solid building, resembling in appearance could bo accomRllshed, but as a matter
a respecUble farmhouse of ths second of fact the Inventor of tho metltodde-
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Konlgs-Wusterhausen was the favor- in ths world. . .
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record in high mountain climbing for
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Tbs account of the difficulties and
dangers of ths ascent, of the many!
ways In which these, the greatest:
mountains in ths world, differ from alt,
other mountains, tha wonderful descrtp-
tlons of the scenes and views at th;
tremendous altitude attained, make ai
book of intense interest to mountain)
climbers and to git lovers of travel and!
adventure. Tha highest peak reachedl
was Pyramid peak, at 28,894 feoui
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ERGS is a picture of an apple tree whose family was killed by the- Indiana tlrely girdled by a smalt boy with his
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.which the Harpers have Just Issued.
Tha original is a Buddhist legend. Tha
god . Sakkria, disguised as a Braham,
Pretended to be starving and went to
the animals for help. The monkey got.
him a bunch of- mangoes, the ' coot
picked " up a fisherman's neglected
string for htm, tha fox stole him a
pot of milk. At last the god approached
tha hare. "I nave nothing but grass,"
said the hare, "and you can't eat that."
"But your flesh is good." . suggested
the pretended Brahman. Tha bare as
sented. "Then." said - the Brahman.
'Til kindle a fire at tha foot of this
rock and you Jump off Into It. That'll
lira ma the trouble of killing von."
The hara assented again, but as he
leaped from the rocks, tha god caught
Mm in his arms and then drew his
figure In the moon as a perpetual re
minder of the excellence-of self-sacrifice.','
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'Ths Ice-Bound Heights ' of Mus-:
tagh," by Fanny Bullock Workman.
This Is a book of travels and mountain
Tlimbiiig of a very unusual kind. It la
the account of two Reasons of explora
tion . and high climbing in unkuewn
Electric Gardening. - c r-"- ;
The new system of plant : culture
which has Nea introduced by. B. II.
Thwait.s an electrical engineer, under
tk U supply all tha necessiUe ef the -
living plant. i - , r
-- From, a single gas engine, connected
with sit electrical apparatus, it Is pos
sible to obtain artificial light, carbon! i
acid gas, heat snd enersUing current.
. Ia these experiments. says 'llm
World Today. It baa been found to b
a very important one to have the elw
trlo are 'continuously on the move. Thin
la arranged "by affixing tha lamp to a
small motor which, runs up and down
the feduse on rails. '
A moment's thought will show the
purpose of this device. Owing to thi
apparent mevementa of the sun the
rays from tha solar orb are never Kta
tlonary for a single minute on any t int
of vtgetation. .
. Another special feature Is the it.n-ing-of
a water screen so tht the !...
trie rsys pasalng through this liit-.l..
are robbed of most of their hunt. , ,
much tb same process on
case of the sun end our word, lu i .
of light as they renr ti ltv . .
toned down from much r.f i'i.ir P '
pens because Mia 1 nv ... ; i t
that which lit pr-' tl-t. ,
creen, wimpnwt ''!" (. . r ; ,
of nm!tnre i ' . vi.i-. u t t , ,
Ui cur atwiOKi htr.