STOPPED THE YLPINa
WOMAN WHO LOST IN FIGHT !0B MILLIONS.
y m d; l aim luxui jiuat a
The evolution of the steamship Is a gauge to the prog
ress of the whole civilized world In this Inst period of
treicsndous material activity. The modem ship is a
Josely compacted municipality, with every convenience
of the most progressive American city. The steward,
when he Is arranging his menu for the day, takes down
bis telephone and calls up a dozen different sections of
the great supply department, for all the world like the
housewife who makes use of the phone to order from
the butcher, the grocer and the caterer. The passenger
who does not care to dress and leave her stateroom lies
comfortahly in her berth and calls up the friend at the
other end of the vessel for a quiet morning chut. The
r ship would be behind the times indeed that could not
advertise "telephones In all staterooms." Another strict
ly novel comfort Is the electric fan, which effectually
banishes that stuffy sea atmosphere that formerly was
BO disagreeable when the water was tranquil.
The busy man who wants to work on the way over,
and does not care to take his secretary with him, can
have thd services of an expert stenographer and the in
experienced traveler need not make out her itinerary
before leaving home. All she has to do is to apply to
the bureau of Information for advice. Here she can
obtain trustworthy statistics of distances, hotel accommo
dations and cost of travel and lodging; in fact, anything
she wants to know, which Is certainly more satisfactory
than the old way of taking Tom, Dick and Harry's Im
perfect recollection and confused Impression of things
they saw and experienced several years ago. For the
benefit of the same Inexperienced person, the modern
steamer provides another great convenience, the trav
eler's check. This Is Issued In denominations from
$10 to $100, In the currency of the country to be visited.
The woman who knows nothing of Italian money gets
a few small checks translated for her Into terms of the
foreign coin, and a letter of Identification which will
enable her to cash the checks at a certain bank, where
she will receive various other courtesies, as the ward
of the steamship company. Verily, travel has been made
easy for the American who "simply must see Europe."
It has not only been made easy. It has been made
safe! The old, disagreeable rolling Is practically done
nway with, since the builders have taken to providing
the vessels with bilge keels, attached amidships to the
hull. The hull itself is a double construction with from
100 to 200 water-tight compartments, all of which can
be closed Instantly by the ofllcer on the bridge, so that If
one of thein should spring a leak the water could not
be communicated to the others. There Is now no danger
that the first-class, or even the steerage passenger, might
be called upon to do duty at the pumps. The modern
ship Is practically unslukuble.
There are superbly decorated salons, libraries, music
rooms and smoking apartments. The promenade deck
surface Is from four to ten times as extensive as It was
on the old-time steamer, and one of the recently con
structed vessels advertises a tennis court, so that poor
old "shuliloboard" is no longer the chief amusement of
the voyage. Many of the finest staterooms are fur
nished with brass beds, and the berths, built-in, are not
the low, narrow and altogether uncomfortable affairs
the older traveler remembers. In short, the Atlantic
liner Is a floating palace hotel with every luxury and
every comfort to be had on terra ttrma. It is the epitome
of twentieth century progress.
Aotaad'a Peasant Who Had Great
Power Over Ant mala.
"When Edniohd Rostcad had com
pleted his beautiful villa at Bayonne,
he was on the verge of a nervous
breakdown because of his inability to
sleep," says a Paris paper. "The rest-
fulness of the palace, however, and the
charming surroundings "worked won
ders, and after a few days had passed
vthe weary writer was able to sleep,
and his friends looked for his speedy
return to good health. But a dog
blocked' the progress of the cure. One
night the dog began to bark, and In a
short time dogs in all directions an
swered and the concert kept up until
day broke. All efforts to locate the
mischief making animal failed. Every
night at the same time the barking be
gan, and no one could suggest a rem
edy. One day one of the servants told
about a ne'er-do-well In a nearby vil
lage who had great power over dumb
animals possibly he might help. lie
was called, a large reward was prom
ised, and the barking ceased. A few
weeks after the reward had been col-
ected Rostand was again disturbed
;by the dogs under the leadership of
the same unknown barker. The peas
ant was again called, and Rostand
said, 'You must be well acquainted
with the ways of animals to have such
power over them.' The man beamed
under the Influence of the diplomatic
flattery and proudly showed how he
could imitate the whistling of birds
and the noises made by animals in
woods, barn or poultry ward. 'And
I bow about dogs?' said Rostand. Then
-he man began to bark, and immedi
ately the voice of the arch disturber
.iras recognized. 'That's enough,' said
.Rostand. 'Here Is a twenty franc
piece. If we should hear the dogs
.bark again, the police will be called.'
TV. . , , . . . -
iue peasant saw mat ne naa fallen
Into a trap, the dogs were heard no
nore, 'and that,' says the writer, 'is
ny dog story without a dog.' "
GOING TO COLLEGE.
A Southwestern man describes, it,
:he New York Sun, the rise and prog
ress of the college In the Middle West
Up to the beginning of the Civil War
the college man In the Middle West
and the Southwest was an exception.
Hie president of a small college In the
Interior of one State visited a town
several times In search of students.
SOUND DOCTRINE.
rhs signs Is bad when folks commence
Flndln' fault with Providence,
And balkin' 'on use the earth don't shakn
At ev'ry pranciu' step they take.
No man Is great till he can see
How Iras tliau little he would be
Ef stripped to self, and stark and bare
Ue bung his sign out everywhere.
My doctrine Is to lay aside
Contentions and be satisfied.
Jest do your best and praise er bin me
That follows that, counts jest the same.
I've alius noticed great success
Is mixed with trouble, more or less;
And it's the man who does the best
That gets more kicks than all the reHt.
James Whltcomb Riley.
At the Extremes
ft
il
Mrs. Rosemere sat surveying the lit
tle room unseelngly, because It was
dim and she had come In from the out
Side glare. She surveyed It silently,
because she was stout and, being un
used to climbing four (lights of stairs,
was out of breath.
Her old Irritation at Maggie's leav
ing iur comfortable ten years' position
as cook In the Hoscmore household to
marry rose In full force again as she
recalled the room that was almost lux
urious with Its running water and
enameled Iron bed and pretty rug
which that misguided Individual had
abandoned when she left the Uosemere
home for matrimony and a man who
had enlivened her subsequent Hfo by
chronically being without work.
Maggie certainly had not Improved
her condition by linking fortunes with
Tom Vamey. She lay now, worn and
111, ou the dismal little black walnut
bed Jammed up In the comer of the
small room. The faded, soiled looking
wallpaper had onco been blue and once
upou a time the window panes had not
been cracked.
"Where's Tom?" Inquired Mrs. Rose
mere, severely, her breath having been
regained.
Maggie turned her face toward the
wall. "Inking for work, I guess," she
aid. "He he ain't been home for
three days!"
Mrs. Rosemere sniffed and choked
nd Maggie turned ou her. "Oh," she
said weakly, yet violently, "I know
what you think but It ain't so, Mrs.
Rosemere t He does try! He's Just
unfortunate! There ain't a better man
alive!"
Mrs. Rosemere surveyed her former
cook helplessly, a wouder growing In
her small, commonplace eyes. It was
entirely beyond human comprehension
why In the face of her poverty and dis
comfort Maggie should so valiantly
cling to and defend her husband. She
certainly had always displayed abound
ing common sense when she ruled the
Rosemere kitchen and had sharply re
sented being Imposed uixn, but In the
two years since her marriage she had
developed queer whims. Chief among
them, In Mrs. Roseniere's eyes, was her
continued fondness for her husband,
who certainly did not amount to much.
She actually seemed in love with the
man !
. "I hate to see you situated like this,
Magjjle," her visitor burst forth, get
ting up and restlessly raising the
shades and wandering about. "John is
bringing up some things just n few
little things that may be of use to you
most of them are cooked and ready
to eat. How on earth did you find such
a ridiculous dresser anyhow, Maggie?"
"(iot It second hand," explained the
sick woman. "It dm look funny after
what I had at your house but It was
cheap. It was so old the dealer was
glad to get n couple of dollars for It.
It's good of you, Mrs. Rosemere, to
trouble to conio here and bring things
Itke you do!"
Mrs. Rosemere did not answer. She
Blood with both hands in their delicate
HI
IV
His first visit was an event. It was Mabelle Snell McNamara, "soul
announced in the pulpits that the presl- t mate" niece of Thomas Snell, the ec
flent of the college would address the ' centric Clinton (111.) millionaire over
citizens In the court-house on the ad- whose will two sensational trials were
vantages of college education. The ,leld. Is conceded to be the prize letter
Jourt-house was filled. But when the , writer of the United States, If not the
president had finished his talk, and whole world. According to the claims
marred the piece of furniture with hi! asked for students to enroll, there was of relatives of the dead millionaire his
knife, his other arm about her as thej no response. j niece obtained fully $100,000 from her
stood laughing like a pair of Ill-be-, it was not because the citizens were entrlc grand-uncle by means of her
hnved children. For It was their dress- Ignorant or too poor. They appreclat- .classic and philosophical essays on love,
er and they could hack It if they chose. ;d education to a limited extent, but Evidence produced at the trial show
Mrs Rosemere was gazing upon the believed the private school offered all ed Mabelle McNamara wrote ninety let
Identical piece of furniture that had the advantages necessary. I ters to her grand-uncle, the effect of
adorned her bedroom when she had Another obstade ,u the way of t'each being to bring her a certain
marr ed George Rosemere all thos lege education was the home tie. j "mount In cash or real estate, bank
(ectues ago ! People then were not accustomed to stock or other collateral which quickly
She had done her own work then ano travel a8 now and fathenj and could be converted Into cash.
bu! o mZlTcPTtTlIy dfRT', mothm were W0Hed t0 an-thin that 11 thus 13 " that Mabelle McXal
er I,n mL nf m "ouId take thcir dliklre from home.'mara's letters realized for her greater
hev tal aoDTliSr 1.2? ' The I,re8klnt f the C0l,ege Went flnandal retUrDS than the best selling
lin tlI: ui Q" !' " k t( t town three times before he
. Ann, in. . fl.,.i i Y " 8"-eded and got only one boy at the
oi y, bunging a flush to her face, nink- lagt i
lug her heart thump for a moment at n t . i ,t, . ,
It had when she had climbed Ls ' EfTT 7 ' T
frightful stairs ,cator, the boy secured was dull, and
The dresser had been a grand aequl- ftUrDed fr0,'" ?lllge du,ler, ,tnan ever
sltion then-funny, dumpy ugly, wTp-jIe hU") f e o college train-;
ed thing that it was to-lay. Sh" " th,nt ,T n ? 0r,
thought of the one which ministered . Af er ! ,e Incident died out, another
to her needs at the present a wonder- . . u,e TO""' wuose Iatner eam8 It Is estimated that New Zealand has
fill piece of mahogany with inlays and , 0"'"o", was sent to in available coal supply of 1,200,000,
hand enrvlnea nml ..rrat-ni o-io. the university of Virginia. The day q0O tons, of which not more thnn 20..
the rest of the house matching It lo e started for coIleSe wns an event 000,000 tons have been touched. This
costliness. ,'" tue town. The best people went to was the first of the British colonies to
Suddenly her whole rose-burdened, tbe 8teamboat to see tue J'oung man try the experiment of State ownership
hampering, rushing existence, with Its off- The Jurne' theu was a lon8 of colliery property,
many engagements, and George always water- 8ta8e alld rail- The weekly j Sj,eakIng at tne Royai institution,
hurrying, abstracted, bowed beneath newsI)al,r n lts ext issue made tho ' UliAon Hon. It. J. Strutt said that in
miAlit 4- hla tl KHn - Il 4.1... - . 1 I
fn vv
5 wmww. 'ft :
A -i
lit i iMk apeQ$ lm
I 1 1 54
ii -sjim . z. - . m i -'w;r ji , just
books of some of the most noted au
thors. Figured on a scientific basis-It
would also be shown that Snell's niece
received a higher price per word than
the best known magazine Writers of
the present day.
Figuring on a basis of $100,000 foi
ninety letters, It will be seen that Col
onel Snell paid his niece $1,111.11 for
each letter. The average number; 'of
words in each letter may be set at 3j00.
Thus this letter writer got $3.73 or
every word she wrote. The average
number of letters to a word maybe
fixed generally at six. Thus Mabelle
McNamara received for every charac
ter written more than G2 cents. This
may be tabulated as follows : i
Each love note .$1,111.11
Each word .73
Each letter .02
And Judging from some of the bet
ters, the aged banker reckoned fhls
"soul mate's" love notes cheap atihe
price. For Instance, following the! re
ceipt of one of her letters he sent 'her
notes amounting to $2,000. They Were
as good as gold, being secured by' 150
acres of good farm land, ';
On other occasions, in respons to
the soothing touch of one of her soul
notes, the colonel would deed her 'val
uable real estate or give her good divi
dend paying stocks. All through; the
trial It was shown that the niece's ap
peals for funds were almost as fruitful
as King Mldas's golden touch. L
iiSnvention
the yoke of wealth and Its stern de- event tue blS 110NVS or the wk
consequence of experiments he had
globe.
A sun motor was one of the objects
shown at the recent exhibition In Mad-
"GOT IT SECOND UASU,
gloves pressed on the edge of the dress
er, leaning forward, looking at the
carved grains around the mirror. Some
thing at the back of her head was alive
with excitement, which as yet meant
nothing to her comprehension.
The light struck full on one of th
bulging grains and over and over agalu
she read the twined Initials still show
ing, cut Into its surface, "O. and S."
Theu It was as If a curtain had been
Jerked away from that day thirty years
back when George had so daringly
mands on his time, arose and smote het! "e dld not retu tm he llad flnIsh- 'come to the conclusion that there was
as she recalled sharply those earlj u,s courso- "uen ue "'u return, radlum in every rock of the earth's sur
(lays when there had been nothing In ",lu UUUUIB u,s coining was use r face Xne qUantity of radium In the
life for either of them but ench other. ,ubiIce- 'surface of the earth would be sufficient
The picture hung before her eyes as a IIe rode 1,1 an baruche through to account for the Internal heat of the
mirage to a man In a desert. tlie Du"ess portion or tne town as if
, he were a hero. Women greeted him
Mrs. Rosemere Jerked her hear. fro,u tue grounds by which the ear
around toward M'lei-io In a iiin.h riHkro nassed. In (h evpninir the vmmfr
attempt to regain her mental balance mm was serenaded. He responded rld- U ,s useful for PumPin8 water-
She saw a strange lighting up of the from the old portico of the home. The working threshing machines, creating
sick woman's face as she raised her People who listened were stirred. They electricity, etc., and, of course after
head and listened to footsteps coming followed him exultingly into his home, the machine has been bought there ls
up the stairs. where they were liberally entertained, no furtber Pm- On,a cloudf dar-
"It's Torn!" Maggie said Joyously, 'or his father was a Virginia gentle- bowever' " W1 lluPosslble for
She waited eagerly, happily. man. j much work to be done.
For a space, a very brief space, still That was the beginning of college J The New York Zoological Society has
harnssed by that mental picture at education in the town. A company of a toad said to have been exhumed from
which she had been looking, Mrs. Rose- students went to the old university limestone at Butte, Mont, at a depth
mere bitterly envied her former cook, the next term. A year after that col- of 150 feet This toad has now lived
Theu as she went down the four leges sprang up all over the State. 'for eight months in a porcelain jar
flights to the French touring car waiting If these incidents make a strange without feeding. It should not be as-
to whirl her back to bondage and the picture to an Eastern man, they also sumed, however, that the animal lived
inlaid mahogany Mrs. Rosemere had illustrate the spirit of the country. No In the rock without air, or without
one of the rare flashes of real thought missionary work for colleges ls now nourishment of some kind. Limestone
that existence afforded her. required in the Middle West and ls Jul1 of pores, holes and fissures. The
"I suppose," she said, "that nobodj Southwest .color pattern of the toad has faded
In the word can exjeet to have every- - from Its confinement, but nobody be-
thlng ot tho same time! It's It's A Smooth Tongue. ,lleves that It was born In any other
kind of hard !" Chicago Dally News. I "No. Mr. Smith," she said gently but way thaD the normal Ue' r that lts
'flrmlv. -I can nevor ho vm,r Jif- life was sustained In Its prison without
Hr by Purrhaae.
firmly, "I can never be your wife.'
Then he struggled to his feet and said
the usual means. Scientific observation
The woman wh m-r-t,i ,. in hmi-n ,-.. "4r nil ,-. "is toao omy oegan upon its recep-
rlch fellow has 'simply sold her youth be thus dashed to pieces? Am I never tlon museum,
and loveliness." to be known as the husband of the 1 By proclamation of the President the
"Well, If you could see her account beautiful Mrs. Smith?" This was too Jewel Cave National Monument has
at the beauty doctor's, I bet you'd find much, and she succumbed. New Or- been established in the Black Hllb Na-
she had bought 'em." Baltimore Anier- 'eans Times-Democrat tlonal Forest in South Dakota. This
lean. I formation ls In some respects, unique.
A man has his clothes made to fit
him : a woman makes herself fit her
clothe-
Give a man a chew of tobacco and It was explored In 1000, and consists of
set him talking about his favorite sub a series of chambers, connected by
cite crystals. It Is situated In a 'can
yon, on a limestone piateau, 6,000 j feet
above sea level. It Is believed to have
beeu the channel for the' waters jbf a
now extinct geysey.
Objects that the early navlgitors
and explorers never dreamed of now
draw learned men to some of the re
mote oceanic islands. The Canterbury
Philosophic Institute of New Zealand,
with the aid of the government, is
about to send an expedition of investi
gators In terrestrial magnetism, -(geology,
botany and zoology to the Auck
land and Campbell islands, which lie
respectively 200 and 300 miles tw
the south coast of New Zealand. The
Auckland Islands have no inhabitants.
Among the objects of the expedition ls
the collection of evidence concerning
the ancient antarctic continent sup
posed to have Joined New Zealand to
South America on the one hand and
to Australia. Mauritius, Madagascar
and Africa on the other.
HU Chance.
At a recent wpri.ii
em town the officiating clergyman! '
after the ceremony and the usual corf '
gratulations, turned to the assembled 1
friends, and said : "Friends, you all
know these young people; you. havJl
seen -them grow up from children, and
now that they have entered the holy t
state of matrimony, perhaps some ol,"
their )!d neighbors may have Bm,i
cial word to say to them" i 1.
There was a silence: no on -i-
r.A . . . '"'I
uiument; men the father oil.
iu i.nUe stepped out from his position
near tils daughter and said: '
I don t know as I can add .n'rtM..
to what has already been said ' and he '
looked solemnly about the llm
ering, evidently uncomfortable and em-'
oarrassea; Dut fortunately his eyes
fell upon a neighbor, a political nmw
nent, who would never listen tn hi.'
views upon certain matters relating to
loinuwu, shu me speaker's face bright
ened, and he exclaimed with energy
"but this seems an excellent opportuni
ty and I should like to say a few
on tne single tax r-Touta's CompanJ
IUU.
e uaie jei 10 see any man with!
so much family pride that he longed!
Ject, and he soon becomes a disgusting passages and galleries, the walls of I to be the first In a photo-ranh erouu
vvjcib --.in uc tun ua.tru mm umuiuui caj- j or nve gccerauous.