I Tfe Special
CHAPTEK XX.III.
Anil so it was Ki-Tsang who had Just
attacked (he Grand Transnsiat ic on tin'
plains of Gobi. The pirate of Yunnan
had h-trued that a run containing gom
mid precious stones of enormous valiu'
Inn! formed part of this train! Aiul
was tlioie anything astonishing in that,
considering t'unt the newspapers, even
those of Paris, had published the fact
many days before? So Ki-Tsang had
liml time to prepare his attempt, and had
lifted a portion of the mils, ami would
robahly have succeeded in carrying off
the treasure if laruskiar hatl not
brought him to his feet. That is why our
hero had been so uneasy all the morning:
If he had been looking out over the
desert so persistently. It was because he
had been wanted of Ki-Tsang s plans ny
the last Mongol who had joined the train
at Tchertehen! 1'nder any circumstances.
wo had now nothing to fear from Ki
Tsang. The malinger of the company
had done j.istiee on the bandit speedy
justice. 1 admit. Hut we are in the midst
of the deserts of Mongolia, where there
re no juries as yet. which is a gool
thing for the Mongols.
"Well." said I to the major. "I hope
you have abandoned your suspicions with
regard to my lord Faruskiar?"
"To a certain extent. Monsieur Bom-
bnrnae!" Only to a certain extent? Evi
dently Major Noltiti is difficult to please.
The major has the wounded brought
Into the cars and docs the best for
them uniler the circumstances. Ioctor
Tio-King offers his services: but they
seem to prefer the Hussian army surgeon,
nd that I understand. As to those who
have fallen, it is best for us to take them
oil to the next station, aud there render
them the last services.
The thieves had abandoned their dead.
We covered them over w ith a little sand,
and that is nil we need say.
The place where we had been stopped
was half way between Tcharkalyk aud
Tchertehen, the only two stations from
which we could procure help. Unfortu
nately, they were no longer in telegraphic
communication. Ki-Tsaug having knock
ed down the posts at the same time as
he lifted the rails.
As the engine had run off the rails,
the very first thin? to do was evidently
to get it on to them again: then as there
vas a gap iu the line, the simplest thing
to do was to run back to Tchertehen. aud
wait there until the company's workmen
have repaired the damage, which they
could easily do in a couple of days.
We set to work without losing a mo
ment. The passengers were only too g.ad
to help I'opof and the offleiuls, who had
at their disposal a few tools, including
jacks, levers and hammers, and in three
hours the engine and tender were again
on the line.
The most difilcu'.t business Is over.
With the engine behind we can proceed
at slow speed to Tchertehen. But what
lost time. What delays! And what re
criminations from our German baron,
what donner vetters and other German
expletives!
Meanwhile, Faruskiar and Ghangir
were often talking together in a whisper,
and from these interviews arose a prop
osition which none of us expected.
"Guard," said Faruskiar, addressing
Popof, '"it is my opinion that we had
much better run on to Tcharkalyk than
go back; it would suit the passengers
much better."
"Certainly, sir. It would be prefera
ble," said I'opof; "but the line is broken
between here and Tcharkalyk, and we
cannot get through."
"Not ut present, but we could get the
cars through if we could temporarily
repair the line."
Excellent notion, at once approved of
by I'opof, the driver, the passengers,
and particularly the baron. The plan
was feasible, and if there were a few
rails useless we could bring to the front
those already run over, uud in this way
get over the difficulty.
It was nearly 3 o'clock when we began
work. The rails had been Btilfted for
about a hundred yards. As Faruskiar
remarked, it was not necessary for us
to fix them permanently. That would
be the task of the workmen the com
pany would send from Tcharkalyk when
we reached that station, which is one of
the most important on the line.
At 7 o'clock thirty yards of the line
had been repaired. The night was clos
ing in. It was decided to wait until the
morning. In half a day we could finish
the work, and iu the afternoon we could
be off again.
We were in great want of food and
sleep. After ho rude a task, how rude
the appetite! We met in the dining car
w ithout any distinction of classes. There
was no scarcity of provisions, nnd a
large breach was made in the reserves.
Never mind. We can fill up again ut
Tcharkalyk.
Caterna is, particularly cheery, talka
tive, facetious, communicative, overflow
ing. And then our actor had an Idea. Why
not resume the marriage ceremony. In
terrupted by the attack on the train?
"What marriage V" asked Ephriuell.
"Yours, sir, yours," replied Caterna.
"Have you forgotten it? Thut is rather
too good!"
The fact is, that Fulk Ephrinell, on the
one part, and Ilorutiu iiluett, on the
other part, seemed to have forgotten
that had it not been for the uttack of
Ki-Tsang and his band tliey would now
have been united iu the polite bonds of
matrimony.
lint we were all too tired. The Itev.
Nathaniel Morse was unequal to the
task; he would not have strength enough
to support his blessing. The ceremony
could be resumed on the day after to
morrow, ltetween Tcharkalyk and Lan
'J'cheou there was a run of nine hundred
kilometers, aud that was (juite long
enough for the Anglo-American couple
to be linked together In.
At daybreak next morning we are at
work. The weather is superb. The day
will be warm. Out In the Asian desert
on the 24th of May the temperature Is
such that you can cook eggs if you only
cover them with a little Baud.
Zeal was not wanting, uud the pas
sengers worked as hard as they bad
done the night before. The Hue was
gradually completed. One by one the
teepers wet replaced, the rails were laid
Correspoodept j.
r
en! to end. and about 4 o'clock la U
afternoon the gap was bridged.
At once the engine bosan to advance
slow Iv, the ears following until they
were over the temporary track anil safe
again. Now the road Is clear to 'I char
kaivk: what do I say? to IVkin.
We resume our places. I'opof gives
the signal for departure as Caterna trolls
t ut a chorus of victory. A thousand
chters reply to hint. At 10 o'clock In the
evening the train enters Tcharkalyk sta
t ion.
We are exactly thirty hours behind
time. Hut Is not thirty hours enough to
make Huron Weisssehnitrerdorfer lose
the mail from Tien-tsin to Yokohama?
CHAITEU XXIV.
I. who wanted an Incident, have had
one to perfection. I am thankful enough
not to haTe been one of the victims. I
have emerged from the fray safe and
sound.
Our itinerary lay eastward toward
Kara Nor. skirting the base of the Nan
Chan mountains, behind which lies the
region of Tsaidam. The railway dare
not venture among the mountainous
countries of the Kou-Kou-Nor, and we
were on our way to the great city of
l.nn Tcheou along the base of the hills.
Gloomy though the country might be,
there was no reason for the passengers
to be so. This glorious sun, with its
rays gilding the sauds of the Gobi as far
as we could see. announced a perfect
holiday. From I.ob-Nor to Kara Nor
there are three hundred and fifty kilo
meters to run, and between the lakes
we will resume the interrupted marriage
of Fulk Ephrinell and Iloratia Bluett,
f nothing occurs to again delay their
happiness. The dining car has been
again arranged for the ceremony, the
witnesses are ready to resume their
parts, and the happy pair caunot well be
otherwise than of the same mind.
The Uev. Nuthaniel Morse, in announc
ing that the marriage will take place at
9 o'clock, presents the compliments of
Mr. Ephrinell and Miss Bluett.
A little before 9 o'clock the bell of
the tender begins to ring. Be assured
it does not announce an accident. Its
joyous tinkling calls us to the dining car,
and we march in procession toward the
place of sacrifice.
Ephrinell and Miss Bluett are alrealy
seated at the little table in front of
the worthy clergyman, and we take our
laces around him. On the platform are
grouped the spectators anxious to lose
nothing of the nuptial ceremony.
My Lord Faruskiar and Ghanglr, who
had been the object of a personal invi
tation, had just arrived. The assembly
resectfully rises to ruceive them. They
will sign the deed of marriage. It is a
great honor, and if it were my marriage
I should be proud to see the illustrious
name of Faruskiar figure among the sig
natures of the deed.
The ceremony begins, and this time
the Iter. Nathaniel Morse was able to
finish his speech, so regrettably interrupt
ed on the former occasion.
The young people rise, and the clergy
man asks them if they are- mutually
agreed as to marriage. Before replying,
Miss Bluett turns to Ephrinell, and says:
"It is understood that Holmes-Holme
will have twenty-five per cent of the
profits of our partnership."
"Fifteen," said EphrWII, "only fif
teen." "That Is not fair, for I agre to thirty
per cent from Strong, Bulbui & Co."
"Well, let us say twenty per cent, Miss
Bluett."
"Be it so, Mr. Ephrinell"
All is arranged. Tl .terests of the
two houses have been safeguarded. The
deed is then signed, first by them, then
by the witnesses, then by Faruskiar, and
the other signatures follow. At length
the clergyman adds his name and flour
ish, and then closes the series of for
malities according to rule.
"There they are, riveted for life," said
the actor to me, with a little lift of his
shoulder.
"For life like two bullfinches," said
the nctress, who had not forgotten that
these birds are noted for fidelity.
"In China," said Fan C'hao, "it is not
the bullfinch, but the mandarin duck,
that symbolizes fidelity in marriage."
"Ducks or bullfinches, it is all one,"
said Caterna philosophically. '
The ceremony l;t over. We compli
ment the newly married pair. We return
to our occupation. Ephrinell to his ac
counts, Mrs. Ephrinell to her work. Noth
ing is changed in the train. There are
only two more married people.
Faruskiar no longer disdains to mingle
iu our conversation. He is a charming
man, well informed and witty, with
whom I shall become better acquainted
when we reach IVkin. While the train
is running at full speed, we talk of one
thing and another. With regard to
Kuchgariu, which had been mentioned,
Faruskiar gave us a few very interest
ing details regarding the province, which
hud been so greutly troubled by Insur
rectionary movements. It was at this
epoch that the capital, holding out
against Chinese covctousness, bad not
yet submitted to ICussian domination.
Many times numbers of Celestials had
been massacred in the revolts of the
Turkestan chiefs, and the gurrlson had
taken refuge in the fortress of Yanghi
IJissur. Among these insurgent chiefs there
was one, a certain Ouuli-Khan-Toulla,
w ho for a time hud become master of
Kachgaria. He was a man of great
intelligence, but of uncommon ferocity.
And Faruskiar told us an anecdote, giv
ing us an idea of these pitiless Orien
tals. "There was at Kachgar," he aald,
"an armorer of repute, who, wishing to
secure the favors of Ouali-Khan-Toulla,
made a costly sword. When be had fin
ished his work, he sent his son, a boy
of ten, to present the sword, hoping to
receive some recompense from the royal
hand. He received it. The Khan ad
mired the sword, and asked if the blade
was of the first quality. 'Yes!' said the
boy. Then approach!' said the Khan,
and at one blow he smote off the head,
which he sent back to the father with
the price of the blade he had thus proved
to be of excellent quality."
The day passed without Incident. The
train kept on at its moderate speed of
forty kilometers an hour, nn averag
that would have been raised to eighty
had they listened to Baron Weisssrhnit
rerdorfer. The truth Is that the Chinese
driver had no notion of making up the
time lost between Tchertehen and Tchar
kalyk. The country Is changing its the railway
runs south of the fortieth degree, so lis
to skirt the eastern base of the Nan
t han mountains. The desert gradually
disappears, villages are not so few, the
density ,.f the population Increases. In
stead of sandy Hats, we get verdant
plains, and even rice Holds, for the neigh
boring mountains spread their nbiiud-tut
streams over these high regions of th"
Celestial Empire. We do not complain
of this change after the dreariness of the
Kara Kotini aud the solitudes of Gobi.
Since we left the Caspian, deserts have
succeeded deserts, except when crossing
the I'aniir. Front here to IVkin pictur
esque sites, mountain horixous, and deep
valleys will not be wanting along the
Grand Transnslatic.
We shall enter China, the real China,
that of folding screens and porcelain,
iu the territory of the vast province of
Kin-Sou. Iu three dars we shall be at
the end of our Journey, and it Is not I,
a mere special correspondent, rowed to
perpetual movement, who will complain
of its length. Good for Kiuko, shut up
in his box. and for pretty Zinca Klork,
devoured by anxiety iu her house iu tlie
Avenue Cha-Coua!
We halt two hour at Sou-Teheou.
The first thing I do is to run to the tele
graph office. The complaisant Pan Chuo
offers to be my interpreter. The clerk
tells us that the posts are all up again,
and that messages can be sent through
to Europe. At once I favor the Twenti
eth Century with the following telegram:
"Sou-Tcheou. LVtlh May. V. p. m.
"Train attacked, between Tchertehen
and Tcharkalyk, by the gang of the
celebrated Kl-Tsang: travelers repulsed
the attack, and saved the Chinese treas
ure: dead ami wounded on both sides;
chief killed by the heroic Mongol gran
dee, Faruskiar, general manager of the
company, whose name should be the ob
ject of universal admiration."
(To be continued.)
RELIG OUS REVIVAL NEAR?
One of the World's Great Spiritual
Movements Indicated.
From England and from nil parts of
the United States ooine reports which
would seem to Indicate the possibility
of one of the great religious move
ments which have manifested them
selves at various times during the last
century. In many large cities, notably
In some of the Western States, the re
vival of religious Interest has led to
the occasional suspension of business
In order to facilitate attendance uikjii
special meetings.
For some time, ami particularly dur
ing the last twelve mouths, says the
Hochester Democrat and Chronicle,
prophets have not been lacking who
have predicted the revival wave, the
advance Influence of which is lndl
cated dally in the news dispatches, nnd
the manifestations do not greatly sur
prise other thinkers who, without as
suming the gift of prophecy, base their
belief in a coming revival upon the
precedents afforded by history.
As a rule, with the usual exception
not greatly In evidence, all of the great
manifestations of religious interest In
the nineteen th century were preceded
by aggressive assaults upon some one
or more of thu fundamental principles
of what Is broadly denominated evun
gelism. In the earlier years of the
century these attacks were based upon
the writings and teachings of Paine,
Voltaire and others. It was subse
quently realized that these writers and
thinkers, while they attempted to cut
the underpinning of religious faith, af
ford nothing tangible as a substitute,
In simply denying fundamental doc
trines they were destructionlsts, pure
and simple.
It has never been considered sur
prising, therefore, that the men, some
of them of gigantic Intellect, who dif
fered from the iconoclasts, rallied to
their standard and organized for de
fense. This defense had the twofold
effect of arousing public Interest In
theological questions not only but of
attracting the attention of people oth
erwise conservative In religious mat
ters. The result was such notable re
vivals os that which swept the coun
try in the time of Finney. Midway In
the century and again Just before the
beginning of its last quarter there were
special manifestations of religions In
terest, in each case following more or
less violent attacks upon cardinal doc
trines of faith.
While it would not be strictly accur
ate to say that these attacks are ante
types of the trend of thought In many
quarters on doctrinal lines in the first
four years of the twentieth century, it
Is clear to every iionprejudleed observ
er that that there is a certain tendency
to discredit authorities and beliefs
which have been understood to under
lie the entire evangelical structure. .So
true Is this that many who have hith
erto adhered to certain doctrines now
find themselves adrift on a sea which
Is, to say the least, sulllclently tumul
tuous to produce an undercurrent of
doubt In their minds. Many of these
Iconoclastic views, which Just now find
such wide and rapid dissemination, are
no doubt at best founded upon specu
lations which form as yet but hypothe
ses; yet they are none the less unset
tling in their effect on the faith of
mankind.
It is not strange, then, that follow
ing the precedents of the past, there
should be a reaction and that this re
action should still follow precedents In
taking on the form of renewed relig
ious activity.
Kaslly Described.
Ostend Paw, what Is a platform
humorist?
I'aw A platform humorist, my son,
Is a chap who stands on the back plat
form of a car and makes Jokes when a
woman steps off backward?
The more we study, tho more we dis
cover our Ignorance Shelley,
lfljr yV-rXlyf .about the construction or il silo tint
fcVST-N Kv:21-3t: 4V l r Lost has been materially reduced, not-
- . - - f J ft .. r- f. i
Stalls for n hutrjr Stiib'.e.
Here is a dairy stable lilted with
stalls that are easily constructive. In
expensive, comfortable and clean for
the cows. It Is described In the Jer
sey Bulletin, us follows:
A Is of pure clay, lamped bard and
sound. The cow's front feet stand w
this part, and when she lies down the
bulk of her body rest on this part of
the platform. B Is a hard wood board,
ltl Inches wide mid 1 Va Inches thick,
on which rests the cow's hind feet
The clay and the board make a plat
form 4 feet (1 Inches at one end aud 4
feet 'i Inches nt the other. The outer
edge of the board I nailed to the In
ner edge of the gutter.
The manure gutter (C) Is Id Inches
wide aud A Inches deep, with hard
wood sides and concrete bottom.
The manger shown in the sketch Is
wood, but should be of cement, and
SIAI.1.8 WITH STANCHION T1K8.
so arranged us to be flushed with wa
ter to clean It thoroughly.
For ordinary dairy cattle no fasten
ing Is so economical of room and feed
as the swinging stanchion. For high
priced cows 1 would like some other
fastening thut would be less restrain
ing.
The bucket (l) Is the patent water-
lug device.
The Advantage of this platform
over wood and concrete are: 1st. In
cheapness; 2d. easy repair, and re
newal when necessary; .'Id, the comfort
to the cow especially to her knees
causing no big knees; 4th. the ease by
which It can be kept from getting
foul.
Having examined the multitude of
patent stalls and devices for cows, ami
having tried several ol them, I know
of none better even If the owner b
a millionaire.
Of course a moderate slant I given
the platform, including the board, and
the clay Is kept built, up flush with
the surface of the board. The body of
the cow including her udder when
lying down,- rests on the clay, which,
when bedded lightly with the usual
litter, makes an easy and clean rest
ing place.
A lloma-Mado Htnoks House
A large cask or barrel may be used
for smoking a small quantity of meat
To make this effective, a small pit
should be dug, und a flat stone or a
brick pluced across It, upon which the
edge of the cask will rest. Half the
nit Is beneath the borrel and half Is
outside. Tho head and bottom may
be removed, or a holo can be cut in
the bottom a little larger than the por
tlou of the pit beneath the cask. The
head or cover Is removed while the
nams are being nung upou cross sticks
as shown In the Illustration. The crosi
sticks rest upon two cross bars made
to pass through holes bored in the
sides of the cask. The head Is then
laid upon the cask and covered with
moist sacks to confine the smoke. 1.1 ve
coals are put Into the pit outside of
the cask, and the Are Is fed with damp
A BAItlll.L KMOKK-IIOt'SK.
corn cons, nam wood cnips, or une
brush. The pit Is co.ered with a Hat
stone by which the fire may be regu
lated, and It Is removed when neces
sary to add more fuel. .Montreal Star.
KtuckiiiK Alfalfa.
Throughout the western half of the
United States ulfalfa hay Is commonly
stored In stacks in the Held. Alfalfa
stacks will not shed water as readily
as stacks of grass hay. In the arid
regions there ,1s little danger from
rains during tho season of storage, hot
in humid climates It Is necessary to
store the hay in barns or else cover
tho stacks with large tarpaulins, or
they may bo topped with grass. Oth
erwise flie percentage of waste is very
large. In any caso there is likely to
be some wuste, for which reason the
stacks are made large, thus reducing
the proportionate amount of waste. In
the alfalfa regions of the west the
stacks are as high as the hay can be
handled easily and may be 200 feet or
more In length. The size of the stack
Is then limited chiefly by the conre
nlence In bringing the bay from the
surrounding field.
Will Yon Itulld RIloT
Ten years ago it would have been
somewhat risky to advise that a man
with as few us a dozen cows built a
ilia, but as builders have learned more
withstanding the Increase In the
of lumber. It Is not within (lie pro
vince of this department to give the
names of silo builders, but they are
easily obtainable from advertisements
In various agricultural papers or by
Inquiry to the experiment station of
your State.
That the silo Is one of the most ceo
mimical ways of preserving food for
cows Is well known and frequently one
can Hud a structure In the neighbor
hood which he can copy with a few In
structions If he Is bandy with tools,
for they are not dltllcult to build. Thu
silo does away with much of the disa
greeable work of corn harvesting and
furnishes a food for the cows as good
a the green food In the shape of
steamed clover that I so valuable for
poultry. If you can II ml any farmer
within reasonable distance of you who
owns a silo It will pHy to visit mid talk
with him.
Sowed Corn for Koraue.
While the pasture may be all that Is
desired throughout the summer, there
U always danger of drought of con
siderable severity, hence It pays to
be prepared for it by having a forage
crop of some kind. Possibly It may
not be needed, though It will not be
lost, for it can be used to furnish va
riety, which I always desirable.
While a number of grains and grnsse
are used for this summer forage,
nothing Is more reliable than sowed
corn, and by making repented sow ings
at Intervals one will have something
t'i feed In the late summer and fall.
While there are differences of opin
ion as to whether Held or sweet corn'
Is best for this piiriHiso. both are good,
although we think the sweet corn fur
nishes the most desirable forage.
Compromise the matter and test It for
yourself by sowing both. Of course.
If one has a strong Held of alfalfa, this
will comu In handy to help out the
pasture, but still the corn will not
mine amiss, nnd It Is not an expensive
crop to raise Iu this way, costing but
the seed and the use of the soil.
HI uiple Waicon Med Moist.
A simple arrangement for removing
the beds or ladders froi i a wagon may
be made ns shown In cut. To the Jolsl
of loft attach two pulleys, c. Through
ach of these pass a Inch rope, one
ml of which Is connected with a
stretcher made of two cross bar, d
nnd e. The other end of each rope Is
waooo nr.n hoist.
passed around the windlass, a, and
fastened. When the wagon Is driven
into the shed, the slinks tire slipped
over the ends of the box and the wind
lass revolved by means of a lever, b.
druwlug the box upward and out of
the way. For iu'dders or racks of any
sort In place of cross bar. e, attach a
ring like f to the end of each rope,
which cun be fastened by hook to he
frame. The windlass, a, should be
about t Inches hi diameter and pierced
at a convenient height with four boles
for the levers. B. M. Scully, in Furm
uud Home.
Poultry Notes.
When alfalfa cannot be hail, give
the chirks a chance at red clover.
Give the'liens and young chicks a
chance for an occasional dust bath,
w hich will drive a way lice.
Quarreling hens should he separated,
as a hen that Is worried will not do
her best at laying.
Poultry raising is now the fad In
Florida, where the Industry lias long
been neglected.
An ugly rcoster should be dispose I
of. He Is as dangerous in the Hock
as when running at large.
When killing fowls, let the bloo,
drip Into a pall of bran, as the mix
ture makes u tqdcndld food.
(irlt, oyster shells or a baked mix
ture of salt nnd charcoal should ul
ways be available for the hens.
It will soon be time to dispose of
the old hens, which should be done
ulong In the summer when they quit
luylng.
A poultry rulser gives the follow
ing combination for morning feed for
laying hens: Mush of bran nnd dry
cut ulfulfu, equal parts, 5 per cent
meat and blood meal, same umount
of crushed charcoul, tho whole season
ed with salt.
Gathered In the Oarden.
Keep the soil well stirred.
Keep the weeds out of the straw
berry patch.
Hoe the lima beans and train them
on the poles If necessary.
No plaut so strenuously demand,
freedom from weeds as the onion.
Don't cut asparagus much after the
third week In June. Clear out the
weeds, stir the soli and apply commer
cial fertilizer or manure.
t .1 J t
General I.luevttih, who I said to
have reported lo St. Petersburg Hint
owing to the destruction of Hie Bus-
Mill II fleet his troop
practically are In
revolt, has been In
command of the
forces In Manchu
ria since March 15
last, when he suc
ceeded Kuropulkln.
General l.lnevltch
was born In IM.1H,
nnd flrst saw mili
tary service In the
tit.fi. i.iNKvm ii. Cm lieu sus rrom i.u
to I.HUI. Next he fought In the Turkish
war, und was made a colonel In xM
while battling with the Turkoman In
North Persia. In IMC. he was flrst
sent to Manchuria, and In the Boxer
outbreak In China In H"" he partici
pated In the march to Peking. When
the war with Japan opened l.lnevltch
was In command of the First Siberian
Army Corps. Twice he has received
the Cross of St. George for marked
personal valor,
Henry Clay Frick, chairman of lbs
committee that made the report scor
ing ttie lax business method of oili
er r of the Equit
able I.lfe Assur
ance Society, is
well known a a
manufacturer and
capitalist. He con
trols the II. .
Flick Coke Com
pany,
c
c i
world; Is chiilrm.fi tniiK.
of the board of directors of the 'nr
uegle Steel Company, and In various
financial enterprises take a leading
part. Mr. Frlek was born at W.'st
Overton, Pa., Dec. Ill, 119. lie began
life ns a clerk, but after n few years
embarked In the coke business. Dur
ing the strike at Homestead. Pa., In
IS'.C, he was shot by a striker.
George Von I.engerke Meyer. I'nlted
States Ambassador to Kussla.wlio con
ducted the correspondence between
President Itoose
velt and the C.ar,
with the object of
effecting arrange
ments by which
ItiiHsIa ami Japan
might be brought
within reach of
peace negotiations,
Is a distinguished
ami wealthy citizen
of Massachusetts.
He was appointed
ambassador lo Italy
UI.NINTHl Mt.Yt.IL
Iu 19M) and a short lime ago was trans
ferred to the Uusslau capital. Ambas
sador Meyer 1 47 years old. mid win
graduated from Harvard I'nlverslty In
1H79. He has bwn u member of the
Bostou Common Council ami of His
Boston Board of Aldermen, and also
hu served III the Slate Legislature,
having been Speaker of the House
three terms. He Is u director Iu vari
ous corporations.
John F. Stevens, chosen to be rail
way expert of tho Philippine Commis
sion, has attained au enviable reputa
tion ui a civil en
gineer nnd In rail
way operation. His
first engineering
service of note was
In connection with
tho City of Minne
apolis. Eater he lo
cated the Sabine
Puss and North
western, served In
the engineering de
partments of the
Denver and Itlo
Grande, St. Paul, Canadian Pacific,
I ml ii t h. South Shore and Atlantic, and
Spokane Fulls and Northern. In l.HHU
he became chief engineer for Hie Great
Northern and served In that capacity
until he accepted the position of sec
ond Vice President of the Kock Island
System In charge of operation.
Itev. Dr. Erie Norellus. who has been
re-elected President of the Swedish
Lutheran Aiigustana Synod of Ameri
ca, is one of the ph
ncer church work
ers In the West.
This is the third
time he has been
elected to the olllce,
having been first
chosen in 1 ST I and
ii gal n In IN! IS. Af
ter graduating from
the Cnpltal Univer
sity at Columbus,
Ohio, ho was or
dained In 1M,V, and
jn. Noithiji'ti.
seven years later founded at St. Peter,
Minn., the school which has developed
Into Gustavus Adolphus College. In
l!o:i Dr. Norellus was made a knight
of the Order of the North Stur by tho
Swedish King.
J
Maurice Maeterlinck, after witnessing
a performance of "King I.eur" recently,
said; "It Is safe to declare, after sur
veying the literature of every period a.nd
of every country, thot tho tragedy of ths
old king constitute the mightiest, ths
vastest, the most striking, the most In
tense dramatic poem that has ever been
written."
John Kendrick Bangs, recently editor
of Puck, Is preparing au adaptation of
"The Taming of thu Shrew" for coinlo
opera purposes.
i ii. ii
I 4VS - J
oke producing IVT'. V
o n c e r n iu the "
fy;kr
JOHN K. STKVKNS.