The Columbia register., June 03, 1904, Image 3

RUSSIAN WAR VESSELS
DEEN
WANT8 TO BE CZAR.
Cnrte ot Nicholas Credited with Am
bltluu ami Treasonable Deal una.
Grand Duke Vladimir, uncle ot the
present Ctnr, hiu always been credit
ed with ambitious designs upon the
Russian throne. The relations letwcen
Lira and the Into Alexander HI, bin
brother, were not cordial and It la as
sorted that on two occasions Vladluilr
waa Involved In revolutionary move
ments which alined to place tho latter
on the throne. During the last week
of Alexander's life, while the Emper
or lay dying at Llvadla, In the Crimea,
military precautions were taken, say
writer In Munsey's.Mngazlue, to pro
Tent Vlndlmlr (rum seizing the throne.
From the dying Czar General Mous-Ine-rouchktne,
coinmnndlng the Sev
enth and Eighth Army Corps, received
Instructions how to act In the event
of Vladimir attempting to seize tho
reins of power. -
A few daya before the end, the dy
ing Czar telegraphed for his brother-
ORAITD DUES VLADIMIR.
In-law, the Prince of Wales, whom he
knew to be a man of excellent coun
sel, and a useful friend to have on tho
pot at a critical moment The prince,
although be had aeen comparatively
little of Alexander since the latter1
accession to the Russian throne, left
Loudon within a few hours of receiv
ing the summons ,and traveled
straight across Europe by special
train, without stopping anywhere, un
til he reached Llvadla. He arrived n
few houra too late to see Alexander
Alive, but was In time to assist In the
proclamation of the Czarevitch Nicho
las ns Emperor of Russia. The Prince
of Wales, now King Edward, remain
ed with his nephew for nearly two
months, acting as the young Czar's
supporter and mentor Indeed, 6no
might almost sny as. a second father.
He did not return to England until be
Lad seen Nicholas safely married and
firmly established on tho throne. . .
Neither Nicholas nor his mother has
ever forgotten their debt of gratitude
to King Edward. It was this mem
ory that caused the Emperor to keep
Russia from harrasslng England . dur
ing the South African war. - As soon
as It became evident that the Boer
attack had placed the British forces
In a position of serious embarrass
ment, the aggressive element In Rus
sian military and official circles was
eager to take advantage of the oppor
tunity. The Muscovite press, too, was
clamorous In Its bitterness; but the
Czar was steadfast In his opposition
to any suggestion of unfriendly action.
He rebuked his minister of foreign
affairs, the late Count Muravieff, for
bis endeavor to organize a coalition
against Great Britain, so bitterly that
the statesman committed suicide a
few hours after a stormy interview
with his sovereign.
. This attitude of Vladimir Is Inter
esting now In view of the present war
and the naval disasters which have so
greatly shocked and surprised the Rus
sian people. Should Russia be defeat
' ed in the struggle and be forced to
conclude a peace offensive to popular
pride, there la no telling what Internal
if MimkA
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disturbance might occur. In the event
of such dlMorders Vladimir might have
the ambition of his life granted.
ONE WOMAN'S DEVOTION,
Tnu Wife's Loyalty to liar Dead Una
band'a Memory,
An Indianapolis young woman
whose winters are spent. In Texas,
where ber father has thousands of cat
tle aid acres of grass to feed them on,
always brings North ber a fund of In
teresting stories from the Lone Star
State. -
"The greatest case of woman's de
votion to the memory of a dead bus
band I know of," sold she, "Is to be
found on a big ranch In the foothills
of the Sierra Madre Mountains. She
Is a sweet-faced English woman who
Is living a life of sacrifice away from
her friends because ber husband lies
burled In that country. Captain Fol
lett aud wife came to Texas from En
gland and settled on a big ranch. The
captain was successful and made
money. Ills wife, a refined and cul
tured woman, endured the early priva
tions because she was with ber hus
band and because he was doing well.
After years of hard work, when they
had gathered about them great droves
of cattle and had built themselves a
luxurious home, the husband was
taken suddenly 111 and died. Ills wife,
Instead of having him burled In a
cemetery, had him laid In the ground
In the yard In front of their home.
The little mound that marks his rest
ing place Is still there. Friends came
to the assistance of the wife and gave
her advice and all the assistance that
generous Texans can give.
"At length ahe settled down to liv
ing again absolutely alone and unpro
tected. She keeps no help on the
ranch, as none Is needed except wnen
It Is necessary to brand her cattle or
when they are taken to market On
these occasions she calls in the neigh
bors. But she has no one living In the
house with her, and prefers to be alone
with ber dead lying there In the yard.
Her home Is furnished luxuriously.
She has a piano and ber library and
her magazines. People visiting her
home could scarcely believe from the
Interior that they were In the very
heart of the cattle 'country, far from
civilization. She plays the piano ex
quisitely, and all of the best class of
music finds Its way Into ber ranch
house. People passing that way late
at night are often astonished to hear
the sound of a piano plnyed by expert
hands coming from the house." In
dianapolis Journal.
Put Tfiein Off tbe Boenu
As the Immaculate young woman
and the tired but nappy-looking young
man entered the Pullman, followed by
a grinning porter, the other passengers
became "wise" In a moment The
stout drummer leaned over to tbe man
behind him and remarked:
"Bride and gooom; 100 to 1."
Every one turned to view the new
comers, who had deposited themselves
vls-a-vls In No. 4. As If unconscious
of any scrutiny, the young man said in
a high nasal voice:
"Well, do as you like about it; either
Increase the margin or let it gol You
didn't follow my advice In the first
nlnce, but if you want to pull out you'd
better take it now."
"Oh, I know," the woman replied.
"What's the use of going all over It
again?"
"Huh!" said the stout man's com
panion. "Guess you lose. Been play
ing the market . Not much bride and
groom talk about that."
The rect of the passengers sniffed
and then turned their backs on the
new couple. Whereat the young man
smiled at the young woman and they
softly Joined bands as he whispered:
"Mlllcent my dear, my shoes are
full of rice." New York Press. ?
A true hero is a man who. fights for
his country and refuses to scrap with
his wife.
Tears often say what the tongua can
not. ,
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GREAT GOVERNMENT BUILDING AT THE
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Copyright lOOi by LouliUot PurcbaM
ine unitea States Government Building at the St Louisilutely free from
World's Fair Is the largest exposition structure ever erected
by Uncle Snm. It Is 704 feet long end has a width of 250
feet It Is distinguished among the ottier exhibition struc
tures by the durability of Its construction. Huge girders
of steel support tbe superstructure, leaving an Interior abso-
THE OLD, SWEET FIELDS.
Yonder, where tha valley Is
Where tlia rivers rush,
"Welcome!" sings the mockin'blrd,
"Howdy!" pipes the thrush.
And to tlie host o' them we say,
"Wt've come to spend a holiday V
Sure, that bird's sweet singing
Rounds familiar still;
Valley-voices bringing
Echoes from the bill X
That voice we heard 11 far away '
Sweet calling to a child at play.
And there are wild, sweet Joys there,
Where barefoot fellows roam
Juftt as of old, the bors there
They drive the cattle home.
And some, one near the battle-bars
Looks winsome 'neath the twilight stars'
0 loved, remembered placesl
I greet yoa once again;
Recalling In strange faces
Youth's passion and its paint -But,
more than all,- Its joy that seems
An echo in an old man's dreams!
Atlanta Constitution.
BETWEEN ACTS.
NNICE WHBATLEY strolled to
the window and gazed idly out
This was strictly in accordance
with the Instructions conveyed in the
little blue-covered book of typewriting,
which read:
"And I will explain It all to you.
(Gertrude walks to window R and
gazes Idly out"
Considering that this was the 217th
time she bad done this, the view from
the window bad lost somewhat of its
novelty.
She knew exactly what she would
see there. At her right would be a
huge electric calcium pouring its green
rays upon her white dress. It had
been decided that green would be bet
ter than blue. The moon had been
green ever since the night when tbe
stage manager had arrived at this de
cision. There were also a couple of stage
braces holding up the scenery, and
sometimes a couple of stage hands 'n
my dirty sleeves lent animation to
the view. .
Though the men were absent and
Annlce was able to give her whole at
tention to the floor, on which some one
had chalked, "I love you," in a clear
print.
She wondered idly who might have
done this. Some stage hand, probably
considering it a good Joke. Surely no
one would make such an open confes
sion and expect to be taken seriously.
She was still wondering when Rhe
heard the cue, which was her signal to
turn with a cry of Lorror to perceive
Lady Gwendolln prostrate upon the
floor, struck down by Hugh de Malt
ravers, who in private life was a most
unvlllaln-like villain.
After that it was a busy time until
the fall of the curtain, when she nad
to run for the dressing-room for a
change to the third-act costume. She
gave the chalk marks no further
thought until the following evening. .
There, again, .were the eloquent
words neatly chalked for her inspec
tion. She was the only one required
to use the window. She could not sup
pose that the message was meant for
any. one else.
Gradually the legend began to annoy
her. Every evening the same words
appeared, only to disappear before It
came time to make the change for the
next act . t '
She complained to the stage man
ager, but that official could offer no
practical suggestion.; He was certain
it was none of the stage boys, and that
was all the satisfaction she could ob
tain " '
The matter both annoyed and inter
ested her. It takes but little to make
talk in a 'company, and she wlseiy
held her peace; but she kept a sharp
eye out in the hope of discovering the
offender.
She even made a practice of running
ri HIV -'ii
Kxpfitloa Co.
to the window tbe moment the curtain
fell in the hope of discovering the
writer erasing the lines, but by that
time the marks had been obscured and
sbe could only wait for time to unravel
the mystery.
On the 250tb performance Agnes
Carleton celebrated the event by intro
ducing a new gown. In place of tbe
white satin, which was beginning to
show the marks of wear and tear, she
appeared in a handsome black satin,
which caused every woman In the au
dience a pang of Jealousy and inci
dentally got her several newspaper
items.
As usual, Annlce rtood by the win
dow wondering who her unknown ad
mirer might be. Lady Gwendolln gave
her customary shriek and Annlce
turned with a scream of terror to be
hold the villain's wicked work.
To-night she supplemented her stsge
horror with a cry more natural. Lady
Gwendolln fell with her face toward
the audience, that they might marvel
at the play of ber facial expression
as she slowly died from the effects of
Maltravers' cruel blow. There on, tbe
back of the black satin were the marks
of a man's fingers clearly outlined in
white.
In a flash It all came to her. Hugh
Cameron, who played Maltravers, was
tbe only person who left the stage. He
made hla exit from the very window
cut of which she had been looking. All
of the other characters were supposed
to enter from the castle on the opposite
side of the stage.
It was an easy matter to chalk the
legend while she was having ber scene
with Miss Carleton. Then when' he
fled from the consequence of his mur
derous assault he could rub out , the
chalk marks.
Only the black satin dress had been
out of his calculations. When he had
grappled with Lady Gwendolln, the
chalk from his imperfectly cleaned
fingers had left their mark. On the old
white dress they had not been notice
able. All through the last act the incident
kept running through her head. She
liked Cameron very much, better than
anyone else In the company. He bad
been so kind to her In many ways, so
deferential, she could not believe
that he had sought to Insult her. She
could not even imagine him doing such
a thing even for a joke. He was not
that sort of a man.
It hurt her to think that he had a
hand in his joke. Just as the curtain
fell at the close of the act she turned
to Cameron.
"I should lyce to speak to you after
you have changed," sire said simply.
He bowed, but It was with no easy
heart that he awaited her coming on
the dark stage.
She broached the subject directly.
"Mr. Cameron," she demanded, "why
do you annoy me by chalking such ab
surd sentiments underneath the win
dow In the second act?"
"How do you know?" he countered.
"You left chalk marks on Miss
Carleton's black dress this evening,"
she explained. "Now I want to know
why you played such an absurd
prank."
He colored like a guilty schoolboy.
"Believe me," he 6ald, earnestly, "It
was no prank. I meant It, every word.
One night I stood by the window. The
stage hands were all busy with a card
game at the rear and I knew no one
would see it before I came off after
the murder. I picked a piece of chalk
off the call board and wrote the words.
You see, while I play villain on the
stage I am anything but a bold man
off. Just as I was going to sign them
I heard the cue that brought you to
the window and I had just time to
whisk round the corner. I have been
trying every night since then to get the
courage to sign my name, but If it
hadn't been for the blessed dress 1
never should have done so. I mean it
every word of it Miss Wheatley.
Won't you believe me?" '
By special request Miss Carleton will
wear her black dress at the wedding.
Carved Furniture,
To dust carved furniture there 1b
nothing better than a palnter'a brush.
ST. LOUIS FAIR.
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olllars. The dlsnlav from tha Vation.i
Museum and the 8mIthsonian Institution is unrivaled. The
original treaty between France and the United States, by
which the Louisiana Territory was transferred to this coun
try, is exhibited by tbe State Department
DRESS WITH MUCH TASTE.
Brltiah Hooae of Common la tbe Beat
Garbed Body In tha World.
Taking It ail round the House of
Commons Is the best-dressed assembly
in the world. It has an air of good
breeding, of men accustomed to drawing-rooms
and good society. The gen
eral deportment comes up to a fairly
high average. You see honorable
members wearing their, hats in the
house and the sight offends, but that
Is not a point of manners, but a cus
tom with a picturesque history at the
back of It You sometimes, too, see
honorable members asleep and you
often bear unmannerly interruptions
from the Irish and tory benches. On
the other hand, you never see an En
glish M. P., at I have often seen an
American Congressman, enjoying the
luxury of a "dry smoke" and relieving
himself by profuse spitting.
The House, too, is much more punc
tilious than Congress on the small
points of order. Whenever a member
violates them he is instantly hauled
up. not merely by the speaker, but by
his fellow members, to many of whom
It is part of the spice of life to pounce
upon offenders. As for the oratorical
standard of the House it is difficult to
speak with precision. The late Em
press of Austria used to say that she
saw more good and more bad riding in
the English shires than anywhere else
in the world. Much the same sort of
criticism might be passed on parlia
mentary eloquence. Some of it is ex
ceedingly good, better, I think, than
anything one is likely to hear In Con
gress, but much of it is atrocious. On
the whole, In this, as in many other
spheres of Anglo-American compara
tives, I should be Inclined to say that
while the House of Commons best is
better than the Congressional best
the House of Commons average la be
low the Congressional average. Har
per's Weekly.
Sbe Gets Cigars.
A nice looking woman walked Into
one of the stores of the tobacco octopus
the other night and asked to see some
of the store's best cigars. The clerk
handed out a dozen boxes In a Jiffy.
While the new patron was taking a
dry whiff of each fifteen men lined up
along the counter to make various pur
chases. They might just as well have
been wooden Indians as far as the one
clerk was concerned. But just about
the time the entire line began to dis
play a nervous desire to get away, the
fair one selected a 12-cent cigar with
a bright band, and asked the customer
next in line if he didn't think it was a
good one.
"I've been smoking thirty years and
couldn't have selected a better one my
self," he replied gallantly.
"Then will you please wran this one
up?" she sold, tendering the clerk a $20
Dill.
It took the clerk five minutes to
change the bill, and then he tripped on
an empty cigar box and droDDed all
the coin. It was finally handed to the
purcnaser. W hen she had her band on
the door knob she thought of the cou
pons. She turned back.
"Don't you give trading stamps with
cigars?" she asked sweetly. whereuDon
the clerk thrust a quarter's worth of
coupons into her hand.
"It does beat all how dead easv a
lady can paralyze a cigar store," said
ono of the men In line when he finally
got the package of tobacco for which
he had waited twenty minutes. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Case of Very Bad Luck.
. ' uid you ever ask your husband not
to bet on the races?"
"Once," answered Mrs. Torkins.
"Didn't it do any good?"
"I should say it didn't That was
the only day he ever srot a tin nn
horse that actually won." Washington
star. - ' ;
Eye to Eye.
A person with good sight can see
another person's eyes at a distance of
eighty yards. '
The iceman and the coalman both
swear by the thermometer.
MHMHIIHlllUMUHm
I rORGOT TKE UWUR'S ILL ?
Thuiiiiiiiiiiiiiuhh?
aaMWaa
There was an auction sale in a Vir
ginia tows, and one after another the
Mowa raw poiM-.;! W.l WmdU '
the hammer. Among the people pres
ent was Henry A. Wise, a former Gov
trnor of Virginia, whose kind heart
made him the friend of all who knew,
him. The Advocate and Guardian da
cribes tbe auction:
Presently tbe auctioneer took op a
large bowl which happened to be full .
'of sugar, and th) poor woman, anx
ious to nave its contents, baateucd
into the next room to find something
In which to put It
Juat as sbe returned the auction
eer cried, "Sold!" and tbe pur
chaser Insisted that tbe sugar was
hla The widow pleaded for the lit
tle that meant much to her, but the '
buyer was obdurate. The protests of
the crowd wre so strong that be fin
ally turned to Mr. Wise and said:
"Mr. Wise, you are a lawyer. Am
I right or not? If you say 1 am not
I will give back the sugar, if you
say I am entitled to keep It I'll keep
if.
"My friend," replied Mr. Wise, In
Lis gentlest tone, "you put a delicate
and unpleasant responsibility on me.
Hadn't you better decide the matter
for yourself?"
"No," replied the fellow, curtly. "I
know what your opinion Is going to be,
and I want you to give It so that this
whole crowd can hear It"
"Then," said Wise, "I advise ou
that the sugar is yours. The widow
cannot take it from you. She has no
redress.'
"Aha!" cried the man, turning to
the spectators. "What did I tell your
"Stopr continued Wise. "I've ad
vised you at your own request as I
can prove by these people. It remains,
for me to tell you that my fee for the
advice is five dollars, and I shall be
obliged If you will pay it at once.
The man turned scarlet bat pro
duced a five-dollar bill and handed It
to Mr. Wise. The crowd yelled its
approval, bnt suddenly became silent
as Mr. Wise walked up to the widow
and said, "This money is mine; I have
earned it Take it and buy more su
gar.'' A GENTEEL ANARCHIST.
John Turner, the Eng-Uah. AnarcUat,
Now La Thla Country.
Most people class social reformers
among tbe freaks In personal appear- '
ance. Long hair, red neckties, dlsor- -
derly clothing,
shaggy beards and
irregular meals are
I ' " Y J supposed to mark:
f anarchists in naitb
ular.
John Turner, the.
English trades union
leader and anar
chist now In this "
country, is not sen
sational. Neither in .
his looks nor in his
JOHlf TTJRNEB. Bpeech doe9 hft aQ.
swer to common notions of an anar
chist So mildly has he spoken as to
be almost suspicious. But when he is
seen face to face, the mildness is found
to be unassumed; it is temperamental ,
He has blue eyes, smiling and quizzi
cal; a humorous mouth, close cut fair
beard and hair, and a general well- .
groomed appearance.
Soon after his release on ball from
the cage on Ellis Island In which Mr.
Turner spent the early months of his'
visit to this country he was the guest
of honor at a meeting In Boston. One
of the speakers, Lloyd Garrison, re
marked jocosely: .. , 4
"I begin to understand why the
American government considers Mr.
Turner a very dangerous character.
The calm and studious manner in -which
he presents his views might well
give cause for alarm because of his
moderation, and thus may well be con
vincing to other calm and studious
minds."
i Speaking of his arrest Turner said: "
"It is pathetic to think that a great -people
like the Americans, with tbe -sweep
and breadth of their great land, ,
and their varied peoples, cosmopolitan
oi native, should become petty. It Is !
peculiar when the reformer, the dream
er, who has in mind the ideal state of '
society a hundred years In advance of '
ours, Is classed among criminals and '
degenerates. Why, historically,' Amer- f
I lea is Indebted to anarchical ideas for
its very independence. - You had anar
chy here during the whole heroic per
iod, 1776 to 1787, the first eleven years ;
of your existence as a free country."
Cost of Electricity.
The census office estimates that elec-'
trlcity has entered into the life of this
country to the extent of $7 worth per
year for each man, woman and child
of the population. Of this $3 worth is
supplied by the electric traction com
panies, $1.50 worth by the electric light: '
concerns and 75 cents worth by, the,
telephone companies. The telegraph
also takes about 50 cents a year from,
each of the 75,000,000 people, while,
the rest of the $7 is charged off to.
electric fire alarms, signals and gen-:
eral supplies.
Education In Germtny.
Germans seem to be more eager for
collegiate education than the people of
other countries. In Germany one man
in 213 goes to a university, in Scotland,
one in 520, in the United States one In
2,000, and in England one In 5,000.
Finger Nails. '
The nails of two fingers never grove
with the same degree of rapidity. Tha
nail of the middle finger grows wiU
the greatest rapidity and that of tha
thumb the least '