The Columbia register., January 13, 1905, Image 3

I
iy Order of the Czar
A Story of Russian Power
Bf MARCUS EASTLAKS
ciur-rat xi.
I hear tiiici more tb harsh grating
of a jrton key behind nie, ad I am
fain to groan aloud I lean again
tha wall. All la dark before my eea.
whllat my augulahed tout rrlaa, "Loatl
Lt! (Sd foraaken!"
Kuddenljr f, a rough band frai
my shoulder. I am awung forward, and
Bud tujaelf h center of a score of farea,
all peering and grinning Into mine.
1 reallio that I am In a general cell;
that that ara my fellow priaonere, aixl
tha m rathful IiI.vkI (rape to my hand. 1
shake mreelf fra and turn fiercely to ara
who baa dart I to molet ma. Id my pree
ant desperate inood I am nut to la trifled
with.
My look a fall on a ahnrt. broad, now
trfully built mau In tha Mack sheepakln
rap of Coaaack, under which a pair
of bold eyes (lit lor and dance Ilka wild
flra. Ha atanda U-fora ma now, with hla
broad, brown banda on bla a!de, bla body
thrown back, and both attitude aud mien
beeklng Inaolent defiance.
"Confound your Impudcucel What
mean you?" 1 roar.
"I merely wlih to look at you, troth
r," ba replies with rod dellltrrstlon.
"1 am Intrreated. wa ara all Interested In
our brother In affliction."
"You luxolciit, prraiimlng hound!" 1
gnaah on blin In fury. Tha laugh that
goee round makes k blaia up Ilka oil on
(lames. I ruakt a ruh ao violently aud
uneipectedly on tha Coaaack that ba
taggers bark, and but fur thoaa behind
blni would have fallen.
A hubbub of volree la ralaed: "Go on!
At blml Khow your mettle, little father!
Kmbrara, brothara! At blml At him!"
Tba Coetark baa regained hla balance.
Hla butt noatrtla awall out, hla breath
ruahta through tham with a anonlng
ttolaa Ilka a horae. lla bends hla head
forward aa dnea a blaon preparing for
attack. In another moineut ha haa dart
ad on ma, and hla praternaturally long
arnia encircle my mlddla Ilka bara of
Iron.
"Hqueete bltn! bug Mm! WU don.
Yerack!" shriek tha voice, accompanied
with auch tuilnea aa ara uaed to ancourng
fighting doga. I draw In my breath, and
lifting tha Coaaack off hla feet, Clng bltn
from eld to alda to try aud ahaka blni
off. but In Tain, lla rllnga to iu Ilka a
bulldog. I cannot fight a man whllat ha
hang to ma Ilka thla, ao wa atruggla to
gether allently, neither gaining an advan
taga for full flva mlnutaa; until a audden
movement on my part, brlnga ua both to
tha ground, I on top of my adversary.
And now ha looaea bla hold, and Inatant
ly I ratcb tha gleam of ateel!
My hand clnaea on hla wriat Ilka a viae.
I wrench tha weapon from bla grasp and
fling It from me.
"Coward!" I blaa, and deal him a blow
on tha head that niakee It reaound, lika
tha cracking of a rocoanut agalaat tha
floor.
Ilia limb relax. A deep groan racapea
bla breast, and I am free to rlae. I do
a4s and ataud gsaplng for breath and
looking down on my proatrate foe. Hla
Jaw dropa, and hla black eyea roll up, in
hibiting Uia whltea, giving bltu tha
ghaatly aemblnnca of death. And now
that my pnaalou haa apent ltelf. I shud
der with diaguat at my own folly and
degradation.
"I faar you bara finlahad him," ob
aerrei aoma ona.
"Served him right!" growla another,
"lla la a coward and a traitor!"
"Yea, yea, aerva him right!" Join in tha
reat "You hara acted lika a trua man!
Yon ara of tha right aort."
Thair compllmenta only Increase my
diaguat. What cara I for tha opinion
of auch aa thoaa? I maka no reply, but
atalk over, to tha furtheat corner of tha
-cell and fling myaelf down on ona of
tha Inclined boarda that ara rouged round
tha wall.
I watch them draw tha Inaenalbla Coa
aack to another board, and lava hla
brow with water from a pitcher. Almoat
Immediately ha rarivea and aita up, seek
ing ma with hla roving eyea. When they
hava found ma, ba rises aud ataggera to
ward ma.
,"I am. a hound and thou art a brava
man!" ha aaya hoaraely. "Forgive me;
It wee tha avll ona prompted ma to uaa
the knlfa. Ha had possession of ma and
1 know not what I did!"
Ha walta not for my reply, but sud
denly leavea my alda, plcka up tho knlfa
from tba floor where I had hurled It, and
ratnrna it to ma.
"Taka It," ba urgea, "It la thine! I
smuggled It In concealed In the folds of
my aaah. Stay me with It If thou wilt
My Ufa la thine!"
Aa ba apeaka thua, hla voice ahakei
with emotion and hla dark face works
strangely. I am touched with the mnn'a
contrition In apite of myself.
"Keep the dagger," I aay, "It may be
useful to thee, and give ma rather thy
hand!"
"Remember my word! My life la
thine!" he reiterated. "Thou hnat bought
Yerack, body aud aoul."
And without another word, without
giving me the chance of expressing the
regret that ia on my llpa, that I should
have taken hla harmleaa aport ao badly,
be goea back to bla board and atretches
himself on it. Hla fellow prisoners
crowd round him with questions and re
marks, but ha regards them not, and
turning to tha wall, remalua perfectly
till.
In a few mluutes they have forgotten
aa both. A tall, lean Jew alts apart,
mumbling to himself, and swaying his
body to and fro. Ere long the loud,
long-drawn anorea of tha Cossack min
gled with the general din.
Thua tha weary hours flow sluggishly
merging Into each other, until a break
comes lu the shape" of a couple of ward
era bearing an enormous pail of cab
bage aoup, which they dole out to ne In
tin vessels, and a basketful of black
bread, In rations,
I had wondered where I should get
my next meal. Little thought I thnt It
would be supplied to me free of charge
by the Russian government.
After aupper the wardera light two
oil lamps that hnng high up against the
wall. They lllumlnnte with a murky
yellow light the motley scene. For a
time tha ganiea ara renewed; coarse Jests
are bandied, followed by loud guffaws;
tug with rollicking choruses are sung
to the beating of feet; then gradually
tha boarda ara filled. A few linger
wrangling over a game, until the dis
puted point la decided by a majority, and
Utey too seek repoae.
Vainly 1 toaa from aide to aide. My
gloomy rnuelflge are Interrupted by the
appearauce of the Coaaack, gilding to
ward ute In the dim, yellow light. Ha
equate hluiaelf noleeleealy on the floor
at my baad, and iu at me silently for
some minutes. I am the flrat to speak.
"1 am eorry I bnrt you." I whisper.
"Forglre me, Yerack! 1 might have tak
en your barmleaa Jeatlng In better part."
"Name It Hot," be whlapera bark. "It
would bava served me right hadat thou
dashed out my brains. Wilt thou tell
me," be murmur, falling Into tha fa
miliar second peraon which seems nat
ural to him. "why thou art beret I
would help thee If I ran."
1 bealtate. Khali I tell this man my
strange, eventful story? Though I know,
or think I know that It Ilea not la the
power of any man to help me In my
dire strait, yet It will be an unspeak
able relief to me to unburden my mlud
to a aympathetlc listeuer. And there
la that In thla man'a manner which In
aplrea me with the conviction of bla good
faith.
"Haat thou beard of Vladimir Alexan
droritcb I.ubonolT?"
He atarta and stares at me. "All
Ituaala has heard of bim," be ivpllea.
"I am be."
CHAPTER XII.
Aa I otter the words tba Coaaack
gasee at me aa If I were a ghost. For a
moment ha aevuia to be smitten dumb
with smaiemeiit, Hla under Hp dropa.
1'reaeutly a fluah of color ruahea to bla
awartby rheeks and a strange light to bla
ejea. He ralaea bla rap and bow a bla
bead before me aa If I were a king.
"Wonderful! Wonderful!" be mur
murs. "1 bettered not the rumor of thy
ruarvi'loua eacape. There la truly noth
ing too atrange to happen In thla atran
geat of worlds. Tell me about It, 1 pray
thee."
Then In low tones I relate to blm my
hlatory. When 1 hava coma to an end
he rlaapa bla brow with hia broad fin
ger, and loaea hlinedf for fully ten mln
utea In profound thought. Rometlmea be
draws a heavy breath, aa one does when
encounteiiug some obstacle that must
ba overcome. At last he looks up.
"I bava hope," he aaya. "Be of good
cheer, my noble brother. Listen," bo
aaya. "Ona of tha wardera about the
prlaon la a friend of mlue. He la a Coa
aack, though ba haa donned tha gov
ernment uniform, and we come from tho
same district. My term of Imprison
ment expires tomorrow, aud If money
and old acqnalntanceahlp fall to win
him over, I am not the sun of my moth
er. 1 know my Coaaack. I will a roue
In him the slumbering longing for the
wild free life of the Steppe. I will
make the sight of a uniform hateful to
him, and discipline an unendurable yoke.
Then I will tell him of thee. The Coa
aack love generoaity and worship brav
ery: moreover, he la ever ready for ad
venture. Nor ia gold without Ita charm
for blm, and I hava the wherewith to
bribe blm. Ouly wait patiently until we
bava laid our heads together ajid plan
ned. And when time la rlpa wa will
act!"
Again he wrinkles hla brow and seems
to think doeply with his eyes on the
ground, and again he bends toward me to
pour Into my ear tha result of his cogi
tations. "In a few hours, probably, thou wilt
be led before the Prefect for private
examination. Kncourage the suspicion
thnt thou art an Important political of
fender, then they will moat likely put
thee la private cell or, better etill,
ronfeaa at once who thou art, and thou
wilt make sure of solitary confinement.
Under uo circumstances canst thou gain
aught but time by withholding thy name;
It must be dlacorered sooner or later."
"Ha It ao," 1 respond resolutely. "I
will follow thy counsel."
At thla Juncture the gaunt figure of
the Jew rises In the opposite corner, and
bla mumblings reach us. Yerack gives
my arm a equeeze. "Courage! Hope!"
ha murmurs, ere ha glides back to his
board.
Yerack Is gone. He waa removed
from the Cell an hour ago, throwing to
ward me a significant glance aa he pass
ed out And now again the door of the
cell la opened. Thla time for me, and I
am led along several corridors, down a
short flight of stone stops Into an ante
room. I find myself standing at the end
of a long table.
OppoNlte me In nn armchair alts a
little, gray man, lu the uudresa uuiform
of a general. At a glimce 1 ascertain
thnt the Governor occupies another arm
chair somewhat apart and that Andrei
l'lotrovitch and the two gomlnrmesvvho
took me In custody are also present.
The littlo gray man, who Is of courae
the Prefect eyea me with severe fixity
out of a bush of fuxty gray hair in a
manner that ia Intended to strike me
with awe,
''In the first place," he begins, "please
to Inform me whether the name on this
envelope," here he lifts Maruscha'e let
ter from tho top of aome papers that lie
before him, "Wnldemar Nlcolaivltch All
kunoff, Is your real name or an assumed
one?"
"It la an assumed one," I reply
promptly.
"Humph!" he ejaculates. "Ah In
deed! Perhaps, aa you seem disposed to
be candid, you will a too inform me by
what name I may with confidence have
the honor of addressing you?"
"Certainly. My name la Vladimir
Aloxandrovltch Lubanoff."
If a smoking bombshell had fnlleu into
their mldxt It could not hnve created a
greater sensation. An amazed exclama
tion nrlxea to every Hp, followed by a
atlr as of a sudden breeze among the
trees. Andrei Pintrovitch la the first to
break the Bilence that eiicceeds.
"lift!" he exclaims. "Hinted I not so,
my uncle? I rocognlzcd him, aud mine
ia tba rewardl You must confess, Vlad
imir AUxandrovltch, that I recogalwd
yoor
F'-r r-;-'r I csu ca V.n a b:k cf srers.
"Hold thy prating tccgae, Andrei." I
bear the (jorernor wblaper. as he fiuihee
dreply, "or tliou wilt cunipai tna to ex
thy Ilea'"
Mean bile the Prefect baa recovered
Llmaelf.
"You admit that yoa are tha Vladimir
Alexandrovltch who ty aoma marvelous
bilacbaiice escaped tho fata you ao richly
merited V be queatlona.
"I am that man." I answer firmly,
who Buffered ay, aufftrtd to tha full
the death be was condoetuued to dial I
waa hung. I endured the shame of It,
the pala of It, even to the final death
throe! I satisfied Juatle that demanded
my life; for I waa dead. A Higher
Power than the mighty Caar bimaelf
reatorel ma my Ue! Thla Ufa I now
hold I declare to be mlue by tbo gift of
Ood! I bad a right to do my utmost to
preserve It, and ha who would rob me of
It commits a theft on the llvlug God!"
"The Ktate of which you are the ene
my. Vladimir Alexsndrorlub, must de
cide that question," says the prefect
"Meanwhile wa must consign you to
prison until we hava communicated with
tha authorities la Bt Petersburg. Your
caee I out of our Jurisdiction. Your ex
amination will taka place where your
heinous offenae waa committed, aud tba
authorltlea there must pronounce your
sentence. Officers, withdraw your pi-la-ouer!"
The gendarme are leading me away
when the Governor atepa forward, and
taking one of them aside, says something
to him In a low, imprearlre voice. Tha
man aalutes, and rejoining ua, wa pass
out My guard conducta me to the right
and wa enter another part of the prlaon.
Here a warder Join ua and we tramp
on, the air becoming even more opprea
alva with damp, the walla ahowlng
patchea of vivid green mould and gray
mildew aa we advance.
At the extreme end of the corridor wa
pauae at last. One of the heavy oaken
doora la opened. I enter a cell which
baa the air of a cbarnel boue. Tha
door shuts behind mo with a groan, tba
key ia turned In tha ponderous lock and
I am alone.
(To ba continued.)
8HOWER BATH FOR FICEERS.
Children of the Flowery Kingdom Do
Ht range Penance.
Atiionj the many curlotm customs
thnt offer auch endless source of Inter
estlnif atudy to the westerwr traveling
In Japan perhaps there Is none that
arouMi'a hla Interest ao much aa that
which obtains throughout the flowery
kingdom among; the rich and poor alike
of waahlng away their children's lies
by a iecloa of ahower bath that Is a
cleanser of the physical as well as the
moral bring, aays tho Detroit Tribune.
Ablutions may play a large part In
every form of Japanese worship. Be
fore the shrine which la to be found
In almoat every home there la a sort
of crude bathtub made In the stone
floor. The water for these Is supplied
from pipes which send a heavy stream
down from the roof. Seated before the
altar In the middle of the "tub" the
prevnricntlng culprit la made to Buffer
the penalty of hi many Ilea.
The volume of water cornea dnshlng
down upon hla defenseless head with a
force thnt would make a robust Ameri
can Ind "see stare." nut the Japanese
liar kuowa there Is no other way to
appenmi the wrath of the Injured god
of truth, ao he succumbs to the Inevit
able with a much better grace than
that with, which bis western brother
takes bis whipping;, and slta before the
shrine of hla family dhinltr rending
aloud for the benefit of a number of
bystanders the long list of lies that has
brought him to this uncomfortable
pnas.
The shrine before which this moral
wntcr cure takes place resembles those
which are so common In the bouses of
Catholic countries. The decoration of
flowers and numerous candles la much
like that rlth which the pious Italian
adorns the altar of the Virgin or of
his patron saint Only the hideous lit
tle sguattlng figure of the Japanese
god shows thHt this Is an Infidel shrine.
In the morning the reverent head of
the house puts a cake, a, little heap of
rice and a sprig of green upon the al
tar, an offering Intended to propitiate
the god and draw down his blessing
upon the family. When darkness
comes a little lighted, lamp ia placed
beside the Idol to cheer blm In the long
hours of the night, during which, ac
cording to Japanese belief, he faithful
ly guards the household from all harm.
1
Cane Sent f.tr H.-tilroad Cars.
The plush Beat Is the central evil
which the Kentucky board is attack
ing. It has been placed under State
bun, and the board purposes to Indict
every railroad otfkinl it can reach In
the State who can by any possibility
be held responsible for operating cars
with such seat coverings. Either leath
er or cane la permitted as a substitute.
Tho requirement extends both to sleep
ers and day coaches.
There Is no question but that the
plush seat Is one of the finest recepta
cle for tilth that could be devised. The
dust that blows In through the open
car windows Is caught and held fast,
and if any disease germs are In the
air they are pretty sure to find a camp-Ing-out
place ou the plush until a hu
man victim comes along.
Leather seats are not open to any
such sanitary objection, bu they are
hot and often uncomfortable, and not
at all to be compared for downright
enso with the cane seat9, which are
used In tourist sleepers and the least
pretentious cars. Another good seat
covering Is of linen, which can be tak
eu off uud cleaned at frequent luter
vu Is. Chicago Record.
Caauht on the Rebound.
Slowboy (ut summer resort) I am
going to the post ofllee, Miss- Peachly.
SJiall I ask for you?
Miss Peachly Of course you may,
Mr. Slowboy, but It isu't necessary to
go to the post otilce. You will find
papa dwn In tho billiard room.
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MMMIHMMIIIIIMIIHHtlHIMMMHMMMmhM?
Tha Bey Cbtld.
I have ao many tblnga to do,
I don't know when 1 shall bo throogh.
To-day I had to watch the rain
Coma aliding down tba window pane.
And I was bumming all tha time.
Around my bead a kind of rhyme.
And blowing softly on tha glaaa
To see the dimnesa come and pas.
I made a picture with my breath,
Uubbed out to show the underneath.
I built a city on tha floor; .
And then I went and waa a War.
I
jAnd I eacaped from equsre to square
That's greenest on the carpet there.
I TutH at last I came to Us;
'Hut It waa very dangeroua.
' Becanae If I had etenned ontidd.
I made believe I ahould bava died!
And now I have the boat to mend.
And all our aupper to pretend.
I am ao busy every day,
I lis Ten' t any time to play.
PitUburg Pre.
A diwrtoncT
studded liltt do
Upon hit Uncle
Job Toiti e.
Vd like To know-
ts th&T & vaatcri
AU Hare Their Toyaw
There Isn't a place in the world
where the children have no toys. ETen
In Australia among the degraded and
animal-like bushmen, the children have
toy fire sticks which they rub to pro
duce flame. In the Polynesian islands
the baby savages have toy blow gnna.
Eskimo land Is a perfect Santa Clans
land of Ivory and bone toys, many of
which are made to move, so that the
little Eskimos have dogs harnessed to
sleds and little seals and whales and
canoes which are so carved that the
tiny man In them bobs back and forth
as if he were paddling, and will even
throw .a harpoon.
But all savage children try to copy
new things. Now, In the very heart of
Africa, travelers find the little negroes
playing with pieces of wood that they
have carved Into Imitation of the rifles
that they have seen the white men
carry. They even stick a ball of cot
ton In tlie mnxle end to imitate the
smoke.
The Siamese Twin Pa axle.
Here Is a lot of fun which some of
our younger readers have perhaps
never tried on their friends. Look at
the picture and see If you can find
out a way for the two boys to get
apart Two small girls who were tied
together In this manner rode home in
a street car together, slept all night
over it and did not guess the riddle
BTBUQ0U50 TO QKT FAST.
until after breakfast the next morn
ing. The antics which they cut up in
trying to get apart furnished fun not
only for themselves, but for a whole
room full of people.
To make It really exciting, a num
ber of couples should be set going at
once and a price offered to the pair
who first get apart Such a wriggling
and twisting Into all sorts of absurd
positions aa this will result in could
hardly be equaled by a nest of boacon
strictors. And the problem Is, after all, quits
I, iia
f lyTl r- rTAnir
LI i I LL SlUiiiLD
AND INCIDENTS t
That WU Ifltcrcst aad
Entertain Youxs f
Readers. X
easy of solution. The center of one
of the handkerchiefs has only to be
slipped nnder the loop made by the
other handkerchief where It la tied
about the wrist and the loop thus
made carried over the band.
Tie two of yoor frleiida together in
thla' way and follow the directions
given. Ton will soon catch the Idea of
how to quickly separate them.
Children of tbo Wild.
Captain Jermann, of Rio De Janeiro,
who recently returned from a Journey
Into the rubber districts of east Bo
livia, almoat In the heart of Central
America, vial ted a town In the very
Interior, ao far from civilization that
it required a horseback ride of three
days to get to It There be found two
schools for boys and one for the girls
of the place, bnt only one) teacher,
who waa an old half-breed.
"But" says Captain Jermann, "the
children were Just as good and well
behaved as If they were enjoying the
best educational chances In the world.
They were aa polite as the most cul
tured people In the outside world, and
were eager to show me attentions,
without however, pressing them upon
me. They never entered a house, not
even a a bop. without knocking at the
door or the side and obtaining permis
sion to come In. After this permis
sion was given they always took off
their shoes, which they left outside."
II Had Coincidence.
"Johnny," aald the teacher, "can yon
tell me what a coincidence Is?"
"Yea. ma'am," answered Johnny.
"We've got one at our house."
"Well, what Is Itr asked the teach
er. "Twins," was the prompt reply.
Teeth that Would Not Ache.
"What shall I get yon for your birth
day?" asked a father of his 5-year-old
daughter, who waa suffering from
toothache.
"I'd like some teeth like mamma's,
so I can take 'em out when the ache,"
replied the observing ml is.
A Oraa Widow.
Little Margie Mamma, the lady up
stairs la a widow, isn't she?
Mamma Yes; that la, she's a grass
widow.
Little Margie Why, mamma, did
her husband die of hay fever?
AMERICANS IN CUBA.
Lars Industrie Paaainar Into Hands
of Prog-reoatT Basineaa M en.
The real estate and mines of Cuba,
as wellaa new manufacturing indus
tries, are going Into American hands.
Some Spanish-speaking Americans,
American born, but naturalized Cu
bans, have told the writer that already
40 per cent of the Cuban land is owned
by Americans. This probably is an
overestimate, but the truth Ilea in that
direction. During the terrible war
owners of large plantations of from
5,000 to 10,000 acres were driven by te
butcher, Weyler, into the cities. Sup
plies arose to starvation prices, for
200,000 people starved to death. Their
plantations were useless. Spaniards
burned their sugar plantations, de
stroyed their buildings, and even cut
down their mango trees, leaving noth
ing to support life. Rich planters
mortgaged their bind to the utmost to
get the necessities of life. Once the
war was over, they found themselves
prostrated, unable to get from under
mortgages. The result has been that
vast tracts of the best land in Cuba
have been on the market for one-tenth
their value fifteen years ago. Ameri
cans with capital have bought thou
sands of such plantations, as well as
smaller ones, in some instances sub
dividing and selling to smaller invest
ors, in others turning by their own in
dustry a wilderness Into fruitful fields.
At Banes Is the second largest sugar
plantation in Cuba, operated by capi
talists from Boston. It shipped last
year 150,000 bags of sugar of S2Q
pounds' each. A number of others are
measurably as prosperous. There are,
at present no sugar refineries in Cuba.
All sugar Is shtpped out crude. But as
refined sugar costs much more In Cuba
because of shipment to the United
States and return, plus the price of re
fining, already plans are on foot for re
fining plants there, where sugar cane
grows sixteen feet high, needs plant
ing but once In twelve years, and two
crop a year are cut. In Havana are
three shoe factories, the first In Cuba,
where shoes are made by machinery fit
for a man to weair for a Cuban shoe
Is an instrument of torture. In all Cu
ban cities are many factories for mak
ing shoes by hand In Cuban fashion.
One of the proprietors of uiese com
plained to the writer that the Havana
factories were ruining his business,
and would that of all his fellow crafts
men. For the good, of humanity, one
would say who had tried to wear a Cu
ban shoe, may they do so speedily!
The celebrated copper mines of San
tiago Province, one of the richest
known, have recently passed into the
hands of an American syndicate. Pil
grim. '
A statesman often Is good at repar
tee but the politician Is generally qulcit
at figures.
A miser Is known by the money he
keeps.
?EAX CANNON.
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So far aa keeping the House i.i a
good frame of cilad la concerned,
fpewker Japa Cannon has been Die
most successful presiding o'2--er lu
many yeara. Mr. Carlisle wa cold and
unsympathetic. Mr. Crlip wa tI:nUl
and did not keep Lis aUe well in han l.
Mr. Keed waa atrong, but Lis strength
waa that of an autocrat Mr. Iien
, dersoo waa Jolly, undignified, and Ul
fitted for the task. Sir. Cannon may
seem to lack dignity at times, but he
haa the absolute respect and devotion
of the entire House, Democratic aa
well as Republican. They regard him
,' as a sterling figure, and his very nig
i gedness and hatred of sbam appeal
to sll who come In contact with htm.
One of the secrets of Mr. Cannon's
success lies in the practice he indulges
la of keeping In close touch with the
Hons membership. Ho makes a
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study of every man on the floor. When
an Important bill is up in committee
of the whole, Instead of remaining in
the Speaker's room, be is on the floor,
listening to the debate and observing
how each man acquits himself. If he
la not in committee of the whole be Is
In the cloak room smoking or chatting.
Sometimes it Is the Republican cloak
rooa and sometimes it Is the Demo
cratic cloak room.
Wbavt "Lloyd's" Really la.
How many newspaper readers who
find dally references in the news dis
patches to "Lloyd's" have any clear
idea aa to the exact natnre of that
famous British institution?
Perhaps the most of them have a
vague Impression that It Is a huge
marine Insurance concern, having a
large measure of control unofficial,
but real over the shipping regulations
of the world. The great corporation
which still retains the name of it
founder of Elizabethan days and
which has had Its headquarters In
the Royal Exchange In London since
1774 haa nothing to do as such with
marine insurance or the taking of
risks and paying of losses, but Its
members have. It Is, in fact, a great
maritime exchange, incorporated In re
cent years by parliament and it la to
the world of shipping and through Its
members of marine insurance what the
house of Rothschild is to the banking
world.
Aside from the fact that Lloyd's af
fords marine Insurance brokers a place
of meeting with their clients, lta great
function is the collection, publication
and diffusion of information with re
spect to shipping. It is the direct out
come of the enterprise of the keeper
of a London coffee-house. . Edward
Lloyd was brought much lu contact
with seafaring men and merchants,
and his foresight and enterprise led to
the development of a system which;
has become world famous.
Hoare Bible of the XMbetna.
The kah-gyur, or Thibetan bible.
consists of 108 volumes of 1,000 pages
each, containing 1,083 separate books.'
Each of the volumes weighs ten
pounds and -forms a package twenty
six inches long, eight inches broad
and eight Inches deep. This bible re
quires a dozen yaks for its transport
and the carved wooden blocks from
which it is printed need rows ui
houses, like a city, for their storage.
A tribe of Mongols paid 7,000 oxen
for a copy of this bible. In addition
to the bible there are 225 volumes of
commentaries, which are necessary
for its understanding. There Is also
a large collection of alleged revelations
which supplement the bible.
Careless of Honors
Pastor Knelpp, the famous discover-
er of the "barefoot cure," ' who waa
appointed chamberlain by . the pope,
cared little for the honor. lie did not
even take the trouble to opon the let
ter announcing the appointment and
first learned of the honor conferred
upon him by the arrival of deputation
at the Woerslhofen cloister to congrat
ulate bim. lie declined to be ad
dressed, however, as "monsignore." It
was with difficulty that he was per
suaded to leave his retreat to go to
Rome to thank the pope, :
Ewore Like Seward.
Secretary Seward was an Eplscopa- "
lian, and this story la told: On one of
the occasions when President Lincoln's
patience waa tried by a self appointed,
adviser, who got warm and used
strong language, Mr: Lincoln Interrupt
ed him by saying, "You are an Epis
copalian, aren't you?" And when asked
why he thought so he said, "You swear
Just like Seward, and he is." That
was Mr. Lincoln's way of getting rid
of such advisers.
Mr. Conservatism gets more cuffing
and lays up more dollars than any
tiv fever heard of. .