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2 THE WASEIHGTOIT HERALD SUNDAY ITOVEIOEB 11 1906
TIE DESTEGUELPHS DESTEGUELPHSStruggle DESTEGU DESTEGUELPHS DESTEGUELPHSStruggle ELVHS ELVHSStruggle
Struggle Begun Seven Hundred Years Ago Between Betweena
a Royal Roy l House and the German Empire
Brunswick te a tiny State of some 1900 1900square
square miles Batlea with a population of leu leuthan leutb Iesathan
than tb 1l 51810 W080 all toWone of those pretty prettysovereignties prettysoereisnUe prettyovere4gnt1es
sovereignties indeed that excited the th sar sarcasm sarcasm sarcasm ¬
casm of Carlyle the ridicule of Thack Thackeray ThACkeray Tbackeray ¬
eray and which have furnished the theme themeof themeof themeor
of so many comic operas among aJnO them thembeing thembeing thembeing
being Offenbachs Grand Duchess Duche s Yet Yetit YetIt YetIt
it is this outofthewajrand sleepy Duchy Duchywhich Dueh Duehwhich DUChYwhich
which few American tourists have ever evertaken evertaken evertaken
taken the trouble to visit that Is just justat justat justat
at the present moment the scene eue of a a con conflict COItfld conelet ¬
flict which may be said to have com commenced commenced coinnienceti ¬
menced between seven and eight hundred hundredyears hundredtars hundredyears
years tars ago o the struggle today as In Inthose Inthose Inthose
those olden times being beln between the illus illustrious tUu tUutrlOWl iUuatr1ou ¬
trious House of o GuelphdEste and the theGerman theGerman theGerman
German Empire True True the latter was tiJ per personified persontfted personified ¬
sonified in those bygone centuries by the theHohenstanffens theHohen theHohenstauffens
Hohenstanffens Hohen tutteDII whose place aos has been beentaken beentaken beentaken
taken today by the Hohensolleros But Butthe Butthe Butthe
the Guelphs are the sanfe aan and now nowtJen as astlen satIen
tlen are fighting for their thel throne and to toprevent topltent toprevent
prevent the empire from depriving them themof themof themor
of their dominions The House of Ouelph OuelphdEste G GeelphoEste lpb lpbEste
dEste Este which has in the past occupied occupiedthe oceupledtht occupiedthe
the thrones of Bavaria Mode Modena Hanover Hanoverof
of Great Britain B 1atn and of Brunswick Is torepresented IsrepreaenWd Isrepresented
represented today by three princes a afather afathef afather
father aDd two sons The former was wasborn wasborn as asborn
born as 3 Crown Prince of Hanover HaDoverknown to toknown Isknown
known as the Duke of Cumberland a title titlewhich UtlewhIch titlewhIch
which he inherited from his grandfather grandfatherthe fatber fatberthe
the sourth son of George IlL of England Englandand E Englandand Iaad Iaadand
and is the lawful heir to the ducal throne throneof tbroneIf thronef
of f Brunswick which became vacant by bythe bythe bythe
the death in 1S84 of his hi kinsman Duke DukeWilliam Dukeilllam DukeWilliam
William illlam The Duke of Cumberland as assexagenarian assexagenarian assexagenarian
sexagenarian and married to Princess PrincessThyra PrtnOMSThyra PrincessThyra
Thyra of Denmark sister of the Queen Queenof Queenor Queenof
of England of the Kings of Denmark Denmarkand Denmarkand Denmarkand
and of Greece and of the widowed Car Cxarina CarIna CzarIns
ina has as I r have mentioned above two twoboys twoboys twoboys
boys the elder of whom has long been a aconfirmed aconftrIMd aconfirmed
confirmed invalid while the other Prince PrinceErnest PrinceErntlt PrinceErnest
Ernest Erntlt celebrates next week his eigh eighteenth dcbt elghteenth ¬
teenth t nth birthday and hi consequence cow there thereof tlaereof thereof
of his majority For scions of royalty royaltyare royaltyarB royaltyare
are supposed to attain the age ag of discre discretion discretion discretion ¬
tion and to emerge e from their minority minorityfull mIDol1tytuu minorityfull
full three years earlier than youths con constructed constructed constructed ¬
structed of an inferior order of clay clayThese clayTheIJe clayThese
These three princes are the last of the theGuclphdEstee theGuelpbdEetea theGuelphdetes
GuclphdEstee and it will therefore rest restwith restowith restwith
with young Prince Ernest to perpetuate a adynasty adynasty adynasty
dynasty the name of which was wcnt to toconstitute toccnl5titute toconstitute
constitute the battle cry to some of the themost themost tbemost
most sanguinary san inary and prolonged prolo wars w of ofthe pCthe ofthe
the medieval epoch Should f ouId Prince PrinceErnest PrinceErnest PrinceErnest
Ernest die without issue the line would wouldbecome wouldbtoome wouldbecome
become extinct which hJdI could not but prove provea
a subject for congratulation oo tcm at Berlin DelilnFor BerlinFor BerlinFor
For the Guelph party ever since the theconstitution tMconstitution theconstitution
constitution of o the Teutonic Empire in its itspresent Itspresent Itspresent
present form has been one of the most mostpowerful mostfwerful mostpowerful
powerful factors in German politics so sopotent 110pott sopotent
potent pott > nt indeed indeed that Prince ce Bismarck Bismarckeven Bismarckeyen Blamarekeven
even in the days of his greatest glory gtcrywas glorywa ry rywas
was wa compelled to negotiate with Its leader leaderfor leaderfor leaderfor
for its assistance to secure the enact enactment eBAet111fnt enactment ¬
ment of government measures by the theReichstag theRc1ch8ta theIlcichatag
Reichstag Rc1ch8ta a party which remains the theprincipal theprincipal theprincipal
principal champion of the particularism particularismof
of r the minor States against the policy of ofcentralisation ofcentraUatJon ofcentralization
centralization and absorption by the Gee German Gftman Geeman ¬
man Empire It to not that the Gueipn Gueipnparty Guelpbparty GUSIPIparty
party to lacking In Teuton patriotism or orthat orthat orthat
that It objects to the alliance of all the thevarious thevarious thevarious
various sovereignties IIOYere tle of Germany Intothe IntoLhe Into Intoi
i the he federation known as the theEmpire German GermanEmpire GermanEmpire
Empire But It insists I that each State Stateshould Statesrould StatesIould
should retain its independence deDce without withoutany withoutany withoutany
any interference Inten rence by Prussia p or by the thelatter thelatters thelatters
latters latter s ruler who as president t of the theconfederation theconfe4erUoa theconfe4estIoa
confederation confe4erUoa bears beOl the tQ9e t of German GermanEmperor aenuEmpetOl OeriimuEmperor
Emperor EmperorXow EmpetOlow EmperorNow
Now ow the chief of the Guelphs that Is Isto I Ito Isto
to say the Duke of Cumberland to whom whommo wbolRmo whommost
mo most t of the members of the Gvetph party partyaccord partyaccord partyaccord
accord their Ir allegiance and from whom whomthey whomthpy whomthey
they derive their political inspiration has hasalways hasalways hasalways
always declined to recognize Prussias Prussiasannexation Pruletasinaexatlon Prundasinnexatlon
annexation of hIs b fathers kingdom of ofHanover orHanonr ofHanover
Hanover at the dose of the war of 19K 19KIt 1aIt ldPLIt
It is said that he to bound by b a deathbed deathbedpromise deathbedpromise deathbedpromise
promise to the old exKing never ne r to toabandon toa tothandon
abandon a his claim to the crown of Han Hanover Hanyer Hanover ¬
over yer and that were he inclined to forget forgetthe forzetthe forgetthe
the pledge he would ould be reminded of Its Itsprovisions Itsprovisions lizprovisions
provisions by his aged a ed mother who whomakes whomakes whomakes
makes her home with him in Austria Be Bethis Bethis Bethis
this true or not not it to I a fact that there thereare thereare thereare
are a very large number of people in the theformer theformer theformer
former kingdom of Hanover belonging bekm r tJ tJihe tat tithe
the t he aristocracy the bourgeoisie and even eventhe eTenthe eventhe
the peasantry who ho still look to him himtheir as astheir astheir
their lawful sovereign They represent representfamilies reprt8eDtfamIties reprentfamilies
families whose hof18 members fought gallantly gallantlyfor gallantlyfor gallantlyfor
for Germany ny against France to Inthe the war warof warf warof
of < f 1S70 but who resent Prussian domina domination domination domination ¬
tion who send sendmessages messages es of loyal affec affection aifection ¬ i it10n
tion and of unswerving allegiance to the theduke theduke theduke
duke on the t t e anniversary of his birth and anduf aDdut andif
uf if his wedding eGti day and who receive In hireturn Inreturn Inreturn
return expressions of his appreciation tlon of oftheir oftheir oftheir
their fidelity to his house on the occasion occasionof occasiontheir occasionof
of their family tam I festivals t l The TheGitetphs TheGitetphstherefore Guelphs Guelphstherefore Qelpliztherefore
therefore while hUe they do not constitute constituteany coaaUtutean constituteI4fly
any an danger da er to the German Q empire empI e can cannot eannot cannot ¬
not he bereprded regarded with anything any thine but dIn disquietude tltsltUietude dIntuietude ¬
quietude by Prussia PrussiaIt PrYaIt
It is on this account that when in 188 188the l884 l884the 1884the
the throne t rone of Brunswick became vacant vacantthrough Vacantthrough acantthrough
through the death deathofold of of J14 old Duke William Williamleaving wUUamleaing Williamleaving
leaving the Duke of Cumberland next nextin nextin nextin
in line of oCsucceuIon succession Prussia Pna opposed opposedhis ppORdl1is opposedlis
his being allowed to take possession possessionthereof possessionthereof 1on 1onthereof
thereof until he had formally acknowl acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged ¬
edged not merely his adherence adhe nce to the theConstitution theConstitution theonstitutlon
Constitution of the German Empire but butalso butalso butalso
also his willingness to accept the exist existing exlstjng existing ¬
ing order of things tbln within 1thin its borders by byproclaiming byproclaiming byproclaiming
proclaiming his recognition of the annex annexation annexatton nnex nnexatlon ¬
ation by Prussia PrQ8 1a of the kingdom of ofHanover ofHanover ofHanover
Hanover and his abandonment of all pre pretensions pretension8 protensions ¬
tensions to its crown This the Duke Dukerefused Dukerefused Dukerefused
refused to do and the late Prince BIn Bismarck Bittn1arck BInniarek ¬
marck thereupon tbere pon appealed ap ed to Bundesrath Bundesrathcomposed Bundesrathmpoeed Bundesrathenmposed
composed mpoeed of the plenipotentiaries of the thevarious thealou thevarious
various alou sovereigns IIOverei < ns of tile Confederation Confederationand Confederationand
and obtained from hem t em a vote that the theDuke theDuke the1uke
Duke of Cumberland could not be allowed allowedto
to occupy occupy the throne of Brunswick BrUnswick as aslong unng aslong
long nng as be maintained his pretensions to tothe tothe tothe
the crown ere of Hanover This decision decisionwas dectaIonwag decisionwas
was communicated by the Chancellor to tothe toth tothe
the th government and legislature of the theDuchy theDuchy theDuehy
Duchy of Brunswick who thereupon in inaccordance Inaccordance Inaccordance
accordance with the terms of the ducal ducalicmstitntSon ducalonsUtutlon ducalonst1tution
icmstitntSon elected a regent re nt to fill the thethrone thetbron thethronc
throne < until such times as their thei de jure juresovereign jure80yeretgn juresovereign
sovereign the Duke of Cumberland was wasprepared wuprepar wa waprepared
prepared prepar to qualify himself for the crown crownin CroWDin crownIn
in accordance with the requirements of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Bundesrath Their choice fell upon uponthe uponthe uponthe
the enormously enormou ly wealthly Prince Albert Albertof AJbertof Albertof
of Prussia who died a couple of months monthsago monthsago monthsago
ago agoBefore
Before tore proceedings tn < s to elect another re regent re regent regent ¬
gent the legislature sad government of ofBrunswick ofBrunswick ofBrunswick
Brunswick communicated with the Duke Dukeof Dukeot Dukeof
of Cumberland Cum r1and asking him whether he hewas hewas hewas
was wining now after the lapse of two twoand twonil twond
and nil twenty years to furnish the easer assurances easernceg 1 1an ¬
an ances nceg demanded by the Buadesrath The TheDuke TheDuke TheDuke
Duke after consulting hit principal ad adherents adl1erpnts adherents ¬
herents addressed a letter to the Chan Chancellor Chanecilor ¬
cellor 1101 Prince Buelow as presiding pre officer officerof of ofttcerof eer eerot
of the Bundesrath ratb and to the Kaiser as asthe asthe asthe
the chief of the German Confederation Confederationdeclaring Confederationdeclaring Confederationdeclaring
declaring that he he as well as his eldest eldestson eIcle8tson eldestson
son were prepared to snrrendr their theirrights theirrights theirrights
rights to the throne of Brunswick to his hisyoungest hisYlungest hisycungest
youngest son Prince Ernest t who for forhis forIf forNs
his If part was ready rad to fullnl the require requirements requirements requirements ¬
ments of the Bundesrath by renouncing renouncinglor renovncln renovnclntor
lor himself and for his descendants alt altpretensions aUpreteJ18lctas allpretensions
pretensions to the crown of Hanover HanoverThe HallOv8rThe HanoverThe
The Duke moreover declared that in inthe Int inthe
the t he event of his tIs boy Ernest dying without withoutissue withouti withoutissue
issue i sUE he would regard himself as his hissuccessor hIsSUCCe88Ol hissuccessor
successor being his nearest m arpst relative rt > lAtf and andthe andthe sndthe
the senior Agnate of his House Em Emperor Emror Emperor ¬
peror ror William and Prince Buelow Buelo there thereupon thereIpon therelpon ¬
upon each aeh of them sent replies JtpU to th thUuke thDuke the theDuke
Duke intimating that they were unshIp unabet unshIpto
t to < > agree to t his hi proposal at and that as far fariis tarlS fars
iis lS s they the WPH concerned e ncerned the House of ofGuelnttiEate ofGueJphdEste ofGueJpldEste
GuelnttiEate could not be permitted to
I occupy I the throne thronof of Brunswick until untilall untilall untilall
all of its male members that is to say saynot sayI saynot
not only young Prince Ernest but also alsohte a1sObl5 alsohis
I his Mdar brother and an father had de definitely de deAnUely dothItely ¬
finitely renounced all their pretensions pretensionsto
to the crown of Hanover In fact the theChancellor theChancellor theChancellor
Chancellor did not even take the trouble troubleto
to refer the matter to the Bundesrath Bundesrathas Bunde rath rathAS
as he had been requested to do by b the theDuke theDuke theDuke
Duke of Cumberland Cumber laud and by the gov government Overnment goveminent ¬
ernment and leglstaturo of Brunswick BrunswickThis BrunnvkkThis BrunswickThis
This baa excited much discontent at atBrunswick atBmnrA1eJr atBrunawlek
Brunswick and a certain amount of sym sympathy gympaUly sympathy ¬
pathy for the Duke it being held that thatthe Ulatme thatthe
the Chancellor to l usurping for his b office officea
a function that pertains to the Dundee Bundesrath BuDdarath Dundeerats ¬
rats rath namely the right of deciding deC1d1n mat matter matters matera ¬
ter ters era concerning CODcernlft the constitution and weltare iwel iwelfare wel welfare
fare of tho Empire as a whole wholeThe wholeThe WhOleThe
The Brunswick BMlnli ick legislature and govern government govrnmeat n nment ¬
ment have now by b an almost t unanimous unanimousvote unanlmouvote unanimousvote
vote determined to tleave heave eeYe the matter of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the succetVon su celon n In abeyance for three threemonths threemontbs threemonths
months In the hope that within that thattime thattiN thattime
time the Duka Djk of Cumberland may see seehte Mehis S Shis
his way to comply with the new de demands de demands demands ¬
mands of the Kaiser and of the chan chancellor c ccelioI chatce1or ¬
cellor even although they t y have not yet yetbeen 7etbeeft yetbeeit
been indorsed by the Bundesrath Bunde rath At the theend the8ftd theend
end of that period the legislature in the theabsence theI theabsence
absence I of any satisfaction U taeUon from the duke dukewill dukewilt dukewill
will proclaim the throne as vacant the thebouse tMbollM thehouse
house of GuelphdEste debarred from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the succession ncce and will elect a a new dy dynasty dyaasty dynasty ¬
nasty In its stead Of course there are aremanifold aremaalfolcl aremanifold
manifold objections to this scheme In Inthe Jftthe Inthe
the eyes ey of the sovereigns not only of ofGermany orGermany ofGermany
Germany but also of other countries of ofEurope ofEurope ofEurope
Europe For the entire principle of the themonarchical MJDOIULJChical themonarchical
monarchical system is is based upon hered hereditary heredftary heredfiary ¬
itary succession and upon right ri ht divine divinerather divinerather divinerather
rather than by the will 1U of the people peopleOnce peopleOnce peopleOnce
Once the latter are accorded the peroga perogatlve peICpttve peregative
tlve of electing electl by popular vote not notmerely notmerely notmerely
merely their rulers but their dynasties dynastiesthe dyuadesthe dynastiesthe
the entire doctrine of legttlmtem Je m falls falteto ran ranto fallsto
to the ground and hereditary transmis transmission trl8lDlsieR tranamissiolt ¬
sion of the crown becomes Inoperative un unkwe unIetIII unlesm
kwe sanctioned by b the legislature In each eachinstance eachlutance eachInstance
instance In one word it would mean the thesupersession theupe thesupersesslon
supersession upe lon of the preeeat order of mo monarchical laG laGnarchlcal inonarchical ¬
narchical succession by democratic elec elections electioM dcc dcctions ¬
tions such as those held in America for forthe forthe forthe
the office of President of the republic republicThen republicThen republicThen
Then too it to improbable that the Duke Dukeof DukeOf Dukeof
of Cumberland will company with these thesefresh th8er thomfrssh
fresh r h demands made upon him him which he heregards lierepn beregards
regards as unjustifiable unJu Uftabie He to bound by byno b7no byno
no ties of affection a ecttoa to the people of ofBrunswick ofBruft8Wlck ofBrunswick
Brunswick to whom he is a total totalstranger totaltraapr tOts tOtsstranger
stranger whereas he to deeply attached attachedto
to his old Hanoverian adherents and he hedoes MdGa bedoes
does not see his h way to sacrMctaf their theirloyal tlIeIrJoyal theirloyal
loyal affection for the sake ask of the he Bruits Bruitswickers Bnmswtekenl Brunawiekers
wickers wickersCuriously wtekenlCurlouIBIy wiekersCurIously
Curiously enough at the very moment momentwhen momentwheet t twheIt
when this fight between bet the head of the thebouse thehoae thehouse
house of GnelphdSst Gaelpbd and the German Gemmaempire GenRaaempire Germanempire
empire Is to progress on the subject of ofthe oCthe ofthe
the thrones of Brunswick and Hanover Hanovera
a conflict has developed between the theHobentohes theHohet1Jobes theHobenlohes
Hobentohes and Archduke Francis Ferdi Ferdinand Ferdinand Forthiand ¬
nand of Austria about the woridfamed woridfamedVina worWfaMedViDa worldfamedVilla
Villa dEste at t Tlvoli near Rome While Whilethe WhIlethe Whilethe
the Duke of Cumberland as chief of the theGuelphs tMGUelph theG
Guelphs G elphs Is likewise e the head of the house bouseof bo1ueof houseof
of dEste many of the private estates of ofthe Ofthe ofthe
the latter have passed through the distaff distaffside d taaide dietsside
side of the family to Archduke PraacBi PraacBii FraacilFerdinand Franc FrancFerdinand
i Ferdinand the heir presumptive to the thethrone thethroM thethrone
throne of Austria and who by reason of ofhto othis ofhis
his inheritance e of the dEste te property propertymakes propertymakes propertymakes
makes use of the dEete name and arms armsin armsin
in conjunction with those of Hapsburg HapsburgAmong HapsburwAmo HapsburgAmong mUll
Among Amo these th states stat is the villa dEste dEstej d dEtewhkd Bate Bateblab
j which blab during d the lifetime te of its former formerowner formerthe formerowner
owner the but Duke of Modena was wasloaned WallIoa wasloaned
loaned by him to Cardinal Hohenlohe on onthe ont onthe
the t condition that he should keep It in inproper Inproper Inproper
proper repair That prince of the church churchspent church31pent churchspent
spent the bulk of his fortune upon thIn thtebeautiful tbt8beautlful thInbeautiful
beautiful place which of course at his htodeath hisdeth hisdeath
death reverted to the Duke of Modenas Modenasheir Modeaabelr Modenasheir
heir that Is to say yo his grandson Arch Archduke Archduke Archduke ¬
duke Francis Ferdinand and the Hohen Hohenlone HOO4mlone Hohenlone
lone family now no demand that he shall shalleither sballeither shalleither
either transfer the ownership of the thevilla tbe111a the1lIa
villa to them th m or else restore to them all allthe allthe allthe
the money which Cardinal Prince Gnstave GnstaveHohenlohe CutaveHohenlohe GustaveHohenlobe
Hohenlohe expended e pe upon the place The Thearchduke Thearchduke Thearchduke
archduke who bo trueto hit name of dBste dBsteto d e eIs
Is Quite as obstinate as the Duke of Cum Cumberland Cumberland Cut Cutborland ¬
berland refuses es to comply with either al alternative alternative a aternative ¬
ternative and ancIleal legal proceedings have been beeninstituted beeninstituted beenInstituted
instituted The Th villa was built in 1S If 3 by bythe bythe bythe
the courtly awl clever Cardinal Hypoltte HypolttedEete HypolitedE HypolltedEste
dEete dE t son oC o Alfonso dEste Duke of ofFerrara ofFerrara ofFerrets
Ferrara and of Lucrezta Lucre Borgia the eel celebrated eelebrated I Ieorated ¬
ebrated daughter of Pope Alexander VI VIIt VIlt VIIt
It occuaies one of the grandest sites of ofthat ofUaat ofthat
that Tibur of ancient Rome where here the theCaesars theCaesars theCaesars
Caesars their courtiers and theft sena senators senators seastore ¬
tors were wont to spend their villegiatura villegiaturato 1ne tura turato
to escape e the heat of the plains Emperor EmperorAugustus EmperorAu EmperorAugustus
Augustus Au ustu < indeed held court there Zeno Zenobia zenobia Zonehis
bia spent her long Jon captivity at Tibur and andboth andhath andboth
both Masseanas eana and Horace dispensed dispensedhospitality dispensedhospitality d dhospitality
hospitality at villas which they tbe bad there thereTasso thereTaao thereTame
Tame wrote some of his most famous famouspoems famouapM1IUI famouspoems
poems under the trees of the villa dEste dEstewhen dEstehen dEstewhen
when hen he was as secretary of the cardinal cardinaland cardinaland cardinaland
and Michael Angelo An elo was not only onl a fre frejfuent fre frelfuent fre1fuent
jfuent visitor but likewise devised many manyof manyoC manyof
of the beauties of the place placeThe lIaeeThe pikeeThe
The origin of the house 1Mm of Guelph Guelphmay GueiPhmay Guciphmay
may be Mid to have been lost in the thedawn thedawn thedawn
dawn of ofwtorr history It was a a dynasty of ofconsiderable olconaldera ofconsiderable
considerable le Antfqulty even in I the days daysof cJaJSof daysof
of Charlemagne and in the year yearCu MM MMCunegonde tINCunegonde
Cunegonde Cu e sister and sole heiress of ofGuelph otGuelph ofGuelpb
Guelph in sovereign Duke of Corinthia Corinthiamarried Corlnthlamarrtecl Corinthiamarried
married the Margrave Albert dEste dE te so socalled 80caU socalld
called caU on account of his ownership of the thelittle thelittle thelittle
little Lombardlan town of Este the At Attest Atteste AtteSte ¬
test teste of the old Roman era He was the thegrandson thegrandllOn thegrandson
grandson of tho Carlovingten Duke Al Albert Albert Albert ¬
bert II of Tuscany TU8C8 Y The son of this mar marriage marriaP marriage ¬
riage succeeded ed not only to the Este Estepossessions EKeons EstepossessIons
possessions ons of his father In Italy but butalso butal butalso
also al to the Guelph dominions of his htemothers hismotbers hismothers
mothers brother in Germany as Guelph GuelphIV GuelphIV GuelphIV
IV and marrying a daughter of Otho H HDuke nDuke UDuke
Duke of Bavaria became on the latters tettersdeath lattersdeath lattersdeath
death without Ithout male issue Duke of Ba Bavaria Bavaria Bavarl ¬
varia varl by the favor of the Emperor Dur During DuriD Drlug ¬
lug iD the twelfth thirteenth and fourteenth fourteenthcenturies fourteenthcentnrte fourteenthcenturies
centuries the rivalry of the GuelphdEs GuelphdEstea
tea and the Ghibellnes may be said to toI whave tohave
I have kept all Southern South rn Germany and andItaly andItl andItaLy
Italy in a constant condition of turmoil turmoiland turmoiland turmoiland
and warfare and it is on record r rd that in inone Inone InOne
one year alone alon as many as 160000 ll ooe lives liveswere Jiveswere lIveswere
were sacrificed in this way Duke Guelph GuelphIV GuelIhIV GuelhIV
IV of Bavaria hAd a younger brother of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the name of Frteo dEste from whom whomall whomall whomall
all the dEetes dm tes who lto subsequently occu occupied occuptecl occupled ¬
pied the thrones of Ferrara Modena and andReggfo aDdReggio sadRegglo
Reggfo were > descended de The last of this thisItae thisline thisline
line was that Hercules III Duke of Mo Modena Moden Io Iodena ¬
dena den who dying without male issue at atthe attbe atthe
the beginning of the nineteenth century centurybequeathed centurybequeatbed centurybequeathed
bequeathed his Duchy of Modena to his htesoninlaw bls8OItInJaw hiseonInlaw
soninlaw Archduke Ferdinand of Aus Austria Austria Austile ¬
tria who wh took the name of dEste and andwho andI andwho
who ho was the grandfather of the present presentowner presentoWlter presentowner
I owner of the villa dEste The descend descendants descenduta descendants ¬
ants of Guelph IV lost the throne of Ba Bnvaria Bavaria Bavans
varia vans but received in lieu thereof the theDuchies theDucble theDuchies
Duchies of Celle and of Brunswick BrunswickErnest BrunswickErncat BrunswickErnest
Ernest GuelphdEste GU lphdEtJte Duke of Colic and andBrunswick andBrunswick andBrunswick
Brunswick had two sons Henry and Wil William W11Uam Wll11am ¬
liam From the elder of the two t de descendetl deded desceudetl
scendetl ded that line of Burnswfck which whichcame wldehcame whichetme
came to an end e d with DUKe William who whodied w whodied O Odied
died in 1SH The younger son William WilliamGuelphdEste WIlHamGuelpbdEstf WilliamGuelphdEste
GuelphdEste was the founder of the theline tMline theline
line of Hanover which occupied the thethrone thetMOIIe thethrose
throne of England from the beginning beginningof
of the eighteenth century until the death deathof deathoC deathof
of Queen Victoria and which Is ROW JKJWrepresented ROWreprefnted nowrepresented
represented alone by the Duke of Cum Cumjberland Cumberland Cumborland
borland and by his two sons sons who whoprinces whoprinces whoprinces
princes of Great Britain and Ireland Irelandowe IreIaDcJowe Irelandowe
owe their rights rI hts to the th Crown of Bruns Brunswick Brunskk Brunswick ¬
wick kk to the extinction of the senior line lineof lineof lineif
of the > GuelphdEste family of which whichindeed whichInd whichIndeed
indeed Ind e 1 they are the only lineal repre representatives repreentatives reprosentathes ¬
sentatives in the male line direct directEXATTACHE djrectEXATTAfIlE directxTTAuE
EXATTACHE EXATTAfIlE
AN INGENIOUS JUDGE JUDGEA JUDGESherlock
A Sherlock Holme on the Bench in inLondon IIILoudon ittLondon
London anti How He Thinks ThinksProa Thin ThinPrG ThinksPmo
Proa the London Chronicle ChronicleThe ChronicleTl
The 110 Tl e wits of Londons Edst End County CountyCourt CountyCourt CountyCourt
Court judges aVid d magistrates are sharp sharpened sharpened sharpened ¬
ened by continual contact with litigants litigantsof lItlgat1lsof
of every nation nat nation ol1 and of the lowest olass olassmany oIas oIasmany Iass Iassmany
many of whom with their witnesses lie Hewith liewith liewith
with a fluency tl that t all the shrowdhoss shrowdhossof
of the bench to needed to expose exposeBut exposcBut exposeBut
But the bench is usually master of the thesituation thesitUAtion thesituation
situation As an Instance of a Judges Judgesfecoteness judgoseuteneA judgesacuteness
acuteness and painstaking care take an aninteresting anInteresU anlnteresung
interesting InteresU g decision of Judge Smylys Sm Smy1y lys the theother tbeoUter theother
other day in the Shoredltch Shore ltch County Court CourtIt CourtIt CourtIt
It had been suggested by the defendant defendantthnt defendanttmt defendantthat
that an invoice produced had been re rewritten re rewritten rowritten ¬
written and made out to another person personthan persontha1 personthazt
than the original document His honor honorsakl honor1IBk1 honorask
ask he bad made a minute examination examinationunder oxamlnatIonunder examinationunder
under the glass of the invoice and the thefnveiope thef theenvelope
envelope f elope in which It was contained He Hefound Hefound Hefound
found that one pan had apparently been beenused b beeflused h hu
used up to a a certain point antf the pen penthrown penthrown penthrown
thrown down On carefully careCull reading ItthroU It Itthrough Itthrough
through h however Use writer seemed seem senied d to todiscover todiscover todiscover
discover that he h had omitted to nil in insome Insome Inseine
some most important words as per peragreement pera peragreement
agreement agreementTrying a agreementrrying nt ntTryiDg
Trying to draw dra the picture in ones onesminds onesmind onesminds
minds mind eye continued c the judge it could couldeasily coullleatl eoultleasily
easily eatl b be Imagined fd that the thewrltor writer picked pickedup pickedup pickedup
up another pen the nearest t to his hand handoff hanaoff handoff
off the desk and filled in these words wordsafter words wordsafter wordsafter
after which tUch he picked up an envelope and andaddressed andaddre andaddressed
addressed ed it itThe ItThe ItThe
The last three words of the invoice and andthe andthe antIthe
the envelope were in a different pen writ writin wrttg writlug
in lug g That to his honors bo s mind mla4 under underthe undertile underthe
the circumstances cllCUmata stamped them as a con contemporaneous contemporaneou contemporancous ¬
temporaneous documents If they had Imdbeen hadbeen hadbeen
been copied it was only natural to sup suppose amppaM suppose ¬
pose that the person would have started starteditttd startedanel startedand
itttd finished With with 1th one pen penHe penHe penHe
He found for the plaintiff for the tJ1eon sum sumon sumon
on the invoice produced producedSIDEWALK produceclSIDEWALK PrOdUCedSIDEWALK
SIDEWALK TALK TALKIt
It has been suggested S1IC that that as udated ease associated easeelated ¬
dated with street Hluml IYdon nation and clean cIeanlIneM cleanIlnesi clsannnees
nnees bad sidewalks might well reserve reserveattention rMdvattention rosciveattention
attention attentionThe attentionThe attentionThe
The subject of sidewalks te certainly an analluring aftaJlvMI analluring
alluring one one and not unworthy of treat treatment treatment treatmont ¬
ment by the poets poet pen In plain phd prose prosehallowed prohallowed prosehallowed
hallowed associations uudatlondreams dreams of countless countlessfeet count countftet countiesefeet
feet bearing their mortal burdens of joy joyand Joyanti joyand
and care and hope and fear by which It Ithas Ithas Ithas
has been worn wommay may ding < about an anancient IUtancient anancient
ancient sidewalk however dilapidated its itsappearance ItaappearanC8 Itsappearance
appearance As a matter of fact the more moredilapidated moredilapIcJtecI moredilap4d
dilapidated dilap4d ted the better so far as the her hovering bovering herering ¬
ering nuse r iuse to concerned concernedAmonj oemecIAmon concernedAmon
Amonj Amon bad sidewalks all have known knownthe kDOWftthe knownthe
the old plank village sidewalk of Messed Messedmemory bhaedmemory blessedmemory
memory that tapped and Hopped beneath beneaththe behthe beneaththe
the passing tread and rattled and banavd banavdand bangcdand 1 1and
and sagged and creaked and rose up to tothe tBthe Inthe
the night and smote the shins of belated belatedwayfarers belatedwayfarers belatedwayfarers
wayfarers Is distinctly worthy of ort orNor men mention mentisa ¬
tion t
tionNor
Nor should one forget the suburban suburbansidewalk uItMIIsidewalk suburbansidewalk
sidewalk of gravel la good condition it itserves 1tMrVn Itserves
serves Its purpose wen although It has its itsfaults Itafaul Itsfaulia
faults faul and te the source of some irrita irritation Irritation Irritation ¬
tion of soul to the unfortunate ntOltu mortal mortalwho JIIOrtaiwho mortalwho
who te on his uppers But it sometimes sometbaeswanders 1IOID4It 1IOID4ItwaDders sometimeswanders
wanders by hedges and town 1 wn and beneath beneathspreading HMaueMtnc beneathspreading
spreading eMtnc trees and with all Its faults faultspeople faalspeople faultspeople
people love it stilt stiltThe dll11M stillThe
The flagstone f1a RoDe sidewalk k to i its crabbed crabbedold fbedOld crabbedold
old age se with its ragged edges eels and ear corrugated eornJ5ted earrugated ¬
rugated surface and treacherous paddles paddlesto JMICkI JMICkIIs
Is perhaps perha as desperately wicked wtck as any anywhich anywhich anywhich
which peripathetic humanity was ever everharassed everIaaraI everharassed
harassed and nd maddened But after all aU K Kto Jtaa Itis
to aa aristocratic old sinner and In Inyouth KB KByouth unyouth
youth made a spacious apacl footway about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe
the lawns Ia WD8 of costly mansions 0 or led ledstraight ledht ledstraight
straight ht up to hospitable doors tIocJra a as likely Rkttlyas
as not along a stately 1Ita 1 colonnades of elm or orpoplar orpoplar orpoplar
poplar pine pta or r hemlock As the old oldstone flag flagstone flagstone ¬
stone sidewalk baa almost t entirely given givenplce givenpIice yea yeaplhce
plce to the parvenu but trim and fIId ser sericeaMe Hrle serlceab4e
iceaMe le bIe granolithic sidewalk its faults faultsmay laultsmay faultsmay
may as well IJ be forgotten in remembrance remembranceof
of its fcrmer high h estate estateThe estateThe estateThe >
The old ld brick sidewalk lk of o Washington Washingtona Wuhl Washingtonposa OII OIIpoul
poul posa JSed utt a deviltry which was all Its Itsown Itaowa Itsown
own and to its day was a holy terror terroraad terroraacI terrorand
and a a woe forever At its best it was wassoon waswona wasmoit
soon worn down do to a rough aad pebbled pebbledsurface pebbledRrface pebbledsurface
surface which caused the development developmentof
of a a cakewalk tread in all our oldest oldestInhabitants oldestlahablt4nta oldestinhabitants
Inhabitants In I rainy ratn weather eather its end endless tadIe8 endless ¬
less chain of puddles brought despair to tothe tothe tothe
the heart of wen we114reaecl dressed women and andbad andbad andbad
bad language p to the lips 11 of gent saa geuts In topants Inpants Inpants
pants And after att < a a hard frost followed followedby fol1oweclby followedby
by a thaw It rose and fell In bilkrws on onthe onthe onthe
the sodden ground crou 4 and the rich rich thick thickjuices thickJI thickjuices
juices eftI of the generous Iff l1erou > soil gurgled and andseeped aDdpeel andseeped
seeped peel and squirted forth until the nether nethergarments DetllerSWDaeftts nethergarments
garments of every living soul were werestriped weIestriped werestriped
striped and mottled In dirty yellows and andbrowns aacIorow andbrowns
browns orow with Just plain mud as a a back background bAckounct background ¬
ground groundNumerous ounctNulD8lOUS groundNumerous
Numerous relics ei this meet remarka remarkably remarkably remarksbly ¬
bly bad of all bad sidewalks still tln re remain re remain remain ¬
main But as they have hav been rapidly rapidlydisappearing rapidlydJaappearinC rapidlydisappearing
disappearing during recent years and in inasmuch laamsuch InaSifluCh ¬
asmuch as it to the poltey of the Com Commissioners CoInMlssIone Cammlsslonen ¬
missioners to have granolithic ranolUhSc replace replacewontout replacewornout replacewornout
wornout sidewalks si we do not think thinkthere WDtthere thinkthere
there is much room for complaint in this thteconnection tit titconnection thisconnection
connection connectionIt
It would be a a source of some satisfac satisfaction sstlstcthin tistae ¬
thin however and would add materially materiallyto
to the attractiveness of our streets if all allproperty aUproperty allproperty
property owners oyners as so many have ha Ye al already already atready ¬
ready done would replace their side sidewalks stelewalks sidewalks ¬
walks with the regulation material soon soonafter iIOOIIafter soonafter
after noticeable signs of old oh age appear appearinstead appearInstead ppearIJMteed
instead of waiting until their condition conditionbecomes oonctttJonIntoleT8b conditionbecomes
becomes intolerable intolerableHE IntoleT8bHE IntolerableItE
HE REALLY HAD A SNAKE SffAXEAfter SNAKEftcr SNAXEAfter
After ftcr Being Discharged Dr foul I Ex Exhibited fixhlbltcd lixhlblted ¬
hibited It in Police Court CourtPIM Courtdte CourtFzea
PIM th the Kawaa City Jonas JoonmLHe JLHe JonasHe
He was wa staggering along about Ninth Ninthand Nlatband Ninthand
and Walnut streets and taking most of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the sidewalk When I approached him himhe himbe himhe
he threatened to open Ids valise and turn turnloose turna turnloose
loose a lot of rattlesnakes rattle nakes on me He Hewas Hewas Hewas
was in no condition to be on the streets streetsSo streetsSo streetsso
So testified Patrolman Patrol mall Elvin Gray re regarding re repnli regartling ¬
garding 1 Doctor Otto Bobl when the thelatter thelatter thelatter
latter was arraigned is Police Court on a acharge acham acharge
charge of being beI drunk drunkAfter drunkAfter run1c run1cAfter
After court was over Dr Bohl was taken takenbefore takenbefore takenbefore
before the Judge given a lecture on so sobriety 0 0brl6ty sobriety ¬
briety and told to go on his way w and am amno sinno eli elino
no more moreWhat moreWbat moreThat
What have you In that thfttgrlpll grip asked askedJudge ukeclJudge askedJudge
Judge Kyle I le out of curiosity curiosityDr oorloll3Dr
Dr BuM opened the the grip slowly stewl placed placedin
in Ida Iii hand and came out with a squirm squirming qulnnIng quIPmIns ¬
ing writhing reptile TeDtileti a snake genus gar garter prtr gnrter ¬
ter The soaks In the courtroom COy covered COyered coyered ¬
ered their eyes with their hands Itnn s and made madea
a bolt for the door doorThte doorThl doorTh1s
Thte one said < 1 the doctor I found foundrecently foundrecently foundrecently
recently in Troost Park Its my m friend friendand friendand frIendand
and constant companion eats and sleeps sleepswtth s sleepswith ps pswith
with me It will follow me anywhere I Ioften IoCten Ioften
often take it out and let it play around aroundIn arouooIn aroundin
In the grass of the parks Ajtout bout thin thtetime thl8time thintime
time the snake had run up the doctors doctorssleeve doctorsIIeeve doctorssleeve
sleeve The spectators shuddered dIg distinctly dlstlaet1y dIgtinetly ¬
tinctly tinetlyBrrrrmn tinctlyBrrrnnn
tlaet1yBnTn
Brrrnnn eaai lame from Judge Kyles Kyleslips 1yesUPS Ky1eelips
lips which were tightly tfgbll pressed thatll thatllbe Ulfldlbe thetHbe
be about all You may go 0 but dont lot lotany loteJlY lotany
any of your pets get into h to your ur boots bootsHlgrli bootsj bootsIlI bootshigh
j
high IlI h Feed In Knnttnx KnnttnxFrem linnnFram KnninaFrom
From the Msaraie KamJ IejwWtoM IejwWtoMThe RetMb1IeMTIle RqnbImmThe
The followb following menu was pot pot up for four fourmen fob1men foIrale
men ale in thi this town townRoMt townI townltmst
RoMt I Walnut Rlicr flI Crawds CrawdsOn cedthoil
On the Half Slid SkeMBekeg SIIeIIBIMI SlidBelied
Belied Walnut Itiwr It Iljacfc Bass BassGatc4 BusG Banlilpaset
G lilpaset Gatc4 Sod dEn Bread BreadDnBed BrsadBudet tI8d tI8dn
DnBed Better County Prairie Cbkkvn CbkkvnBnwH ClillIktnBIow Ghlclnnflssca
BnwH flsscaB EawHee EawHeeBafts I8HecBIic
Bafts BIic B Sweet Petattar PetattarBeealtoprt Ptn PetateesEeesflbpid s sEaaJJoped
Beealtoprt Seeds SJMOSFrM SPINkPriIIlIk SeedsFdsd
FrM PriIIlIk Drtfer Helm < Uer county Quail QuailWslsat Qaallw QeallWa
Wslsat w Wa Kter FrasT Legs Salad SakuLChlH SaltdCllIIt Saladchill
chill Sauce SauceApple SneeAJIII SauceAp
Apple Ap and PwapkJn Pie PfeCake Pi PiQ1ke PieJabs
Cake and Fnrit FnritB FmitntJer FrnitBeclir
B ntJer Uer CoMstr Chust ChustSotkait Cheese CheeseSwgkwa aeeecS4qIpua
Swgkwa and Honey HomyMarriBMd HOMfUaIi HoneyMarykaid
MarriBMd cl Iltocalta nI nI0Ih BInulteChloe IltocaltaCoftee
Chloe aad Buttermilk ButtermilkEvery U BstlsnniEvery Uennill UennillEcry
Every item on this bill of fare except exceptthe exceptthe exceptthe
the coffee is a Butler County product and andif andIf andif
if there Is any city paper that can present presenta
a better one we would like to see it it iti itit
i
it
MAGNATE HARRIMAN HARRIMANOne
One of Five Men Who WlloCon WlloCont Con Control Contiol ¬
trol t ol Our Railways RailwaysROSE Railwa RailwaysROSE Ts TsROSE
ROSE PROM A BROKERS CLERK CLERKHl CLERKI1IN CLERKIlls
Hl Ills Remarkable Remnr nble Success in Reorfijnn ReorfijnnIxlns ReorjtnIxing n nbing
Ixlns and Combining Railroad RnUrozulh Sys Systenss SystemsA
tenss h temsA mflA A Lover of f Agriculture Agri n1turc and andPond nudFond andFoiid
Pond of Literature und Art ArtHow ArtHowUe How Howlie
lie nominates the Residents Residentstt ReJdcflt1L
tt 1L FL H Harriman who has just defeated defeatedStuyvetant def defStu defeStddStuyvent
Stuyvetant Stu vetant Fish In the flgtot 11lIt fpr cdntfrol cdntfrolOf c C6UtQ1of nfiQl
Of 0 the Illinois Central CefttralR Rallcoad ltDIld Is d lit c con conosJlcuous conuplouou n nsntcuous
sntcuous figure ulf and an interacting one oneIn oneIn oneIn
In the world world of finance and d railroad de development devPm doveloiinenL ¬
velopment vPm nt He row from a brokers brokerscl brokersck brokerscIk
ck cl rk tobe t be a oepftftllet 0f f national fame fametook fjtmeit 1Jc 1JcIt
It it took some n nerve rye W tlpjow tJt waway away swayot i ior 5 5mjK9
mjK9 or RDOO 8OO OM worth ol railroads railroadsand r rallroadand dlroad dlroadaDc1
and to put JMOMOO oui4x10or 000 or jTeW000 more new newones newones
0 ones in to do the same business I only onlymm only11M onlyuse
mm that as an ilhwtratton IllustratIon lt of what wJ wJdone waCdon wEdone
done don on the th Union Pacific That That from fromMUM froD801M frontsome
MUM remark by Harriman to the tileholders stock stockholdera tock tockholdHa
holders of the Union Pacific and the theSouthern theSouthern theSouthern
Southern Pacific at a Sam Francisco PNn 18co ban banquet banquet banquet
quet is typical of the man He bAa nan an anIron anIron aniron
Iron nerve neorveand and it ought to be added that thathit thathi thatIda
hit hi nerve is backed up by good judgment judgmentA jud t tA
A doom years or so ago no one had hadeard hadJtear4 hadheard
heard > eard of E E H Harriman in the railroad railroadworld r railroadworld lnMHl lnMHlWC
world Today he to one of the fire ft men memwho meRwho menwho
who practically control the policy of the therailroads t1Mrall therailroads
railroads rall of the country countryMr fOUI1trylr countryMr
Mr Harriman was born at Hempstead HempsteadL
L L I L His father wa was an Episcopal cler clergyman elerman clergyman ¬
gyman man and beyond bring able to give givehis mthIB givehis
his son a commonschool commo eeIMJoI education and andthe aItdthe endlit
the lit benefit of hi I own college acquire acquirements acquirementa acquiremonte ¬
monte he had nothing nothlll to offer At the theshowed theot theale
ale ot fifteen n the son went to work said aactwed saidliowed
showed wed no signs aIp of future prominence m pTanlbaenoeexeept prominenceexcept
except to the excellent Judgment t that be hepossessed bepouened bepossessed
possessed in agricultural matters and andbis andhIs
hIs knowledge of horse He was laying layingup 1afafup layingup
up a stock of knowledge however but buteven butev buteven
even ev an a a boy he wa was taciturn and few fewpeople fe1Ipeople fewpeople
people knew much about him himliccaii him himDCJKIl himHegati
liccaii ns n Broker BrokerHe BrokerHe roler rolerH
He H became a New Ne York broker m tn Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet Wallstreet
street and then a private prlvaabaBker banker II IIwas lIe lIeant iiwas
was first beard from through his activity activityin
in opposing as a minority securitybold securitybolder ¬
er the reorganization D of the Erie 1e Rail Railroad Ita1lroad Italiroad ¬
road by J Pierpont PlerpoatJlforpa Morgan Later he heappeared heappeared heappeared
appeared as the controlling contmlIIu power In the theChicago theChIeI he heChlca
Chicago Chlca and Alton Railroad and ancltnaaDCe then thenhis thenIda
his Influence as a railway financier IDancterto be began e eIan ¬
Ian to attract attention He directedthe directed directedthe neted netedthe
the reorganisation of this company He Henext l lnxt Henext
next turned his attention to the Kansas KansasCity Xaa8MCity XanmsCity
City Plttsburg and Gulf Railway which whichhe whichhe whichhe
he reorganised into the Kansas City CitySouthern CItY8outMn CitySouthern
Southern A recent writer wrlt of railway railwaynotes raDwafnot raliwatnotes
notes not quotes the late CollIe P Hunting Huntington HadD5ton Huntington
ton as saying Keep your eye on Bar Harrlman BarrIInaD HerrimEa
rlman He Helsgothgtobablgmanln Helsgothgtobablgmanlnthe Is gotftg to be a big man in inthe intbe
the railroad affairs of this country He Hehas Hehu Hehas
has a genius for reorganizatIOn and com combination com combtnatktn cornbluathin ¬
bination When the Union PacUhv PacUhvSouthern PacifteRou PselflcSouthern
Rou Southern Pacific combination Ion was ef effected etfectel ofteced ¬
fected the prophetic wards worse of Hunting Huntington Huntington
ton came true EL K H Haniman sue succeeded neeH4M sueceeded ¬
ceeded the t prophet at the head of the theSouthern theSoutlMna theSouthern
Southern Pacific PacificBy PaclacBy PacificBy
By this time the MorganHill Interests Interestswere l terestawere interestswere
were watching wat hnc Harriman closely closelyand and a agood aKOOd agotal
good many things happened Speculators Speculatorsin
in railroad stocks are not likely to for forget feret forget ¬
get that th t fight of t Harrhnans which kept keptWall keItwan keptWail
Wall street in a ferment for many days daysHarrinum daysHarriman ya yaHarrlnmn
Harriman Is quick farsighted farst ted aad a abold abod ahold
bold financier and has ha the Gould faculty facultyof
of gathering hea1aIII around a Mm executive executiveof e e1adftof nsea nseaof
of firstclass lint ability ahlllt In iMsjfteess iMsjfteessthose bss v to tothol tothose
those in his employ be is IIIan4 taap imperative imperativeand nttivc nttivcand
and wants to be obeyed with mftttary mftttaryprecision militaryprecision 1 1pnodstoft
precision He is a kind employer mploFereYer hew hewever bowever
ever and if an n employe does doe his work workright workrlPt workright
right he is I appreciated app latecl and need not notworry DOtwqrry notworry
worry about his to relations with 1th the bead beadof bea4of beadof
of the Harriman house Although re reputedly re reput reputedly ¬
putedly put a brusque and uncomfortable uncomfortableman uDC uncouefurtableman llltvrtabieiliaD
man to Interview at his office where bus business busi buslne ¬
iness i lne dominates everything ft thJJt away from fromhis fromhis fromhis
his desk he discloses social qualities of a amost alDOst amost
most charming character He is well to toformed lBformed Informed
formed on literature art ar the sciences aeaeacme sciencesand sciencesand
and other topics Several years ago he hefitted 1aeIttee hefitted
fitted out a carefully equipped and andplanned aadplaJmed andplanned
planned scientific I expedition to Alaska Alaskawhich AJuIrwhich Alaukewhich
which he accompanied pan in person He Hechartered Hehartered Hachartered
chartered a vessel v 1 and ad paid all the ex expenses expeI oxpennes ¬
penses peI the result of the expedition being beingcleverly beIaIrcleftr17 beingcleverly
cleverly and instructively described tat a avolume aoIume avolume
volume printed for his own personal use useand IIatand useand
and distributed among his friends friendsInterested trieDctaIntcrcItcal friendsInterested
Interested in Blooded Stool StoolIt StooJIt StockIt
It is at his h stock farm however that thatXr thatMr thatMr
Mr Harriman is seen at his beet best On the thesubjects theubjeeta thesubjects
subjects of agriculture a ture and horses he hestands 1MstaD liestands
stands staD high His splendid d estate at Ar Arden Arden Arden ¬
den den New York State is In a high stats statsof Mateof stateof
of cultivation His pastures are well wenstocked wellstocked wellstocked
stocked with blooded animals and his hisstud hisst1l4 hisstud
stud farm is the tb best in the country for forthe forthe forthe
the breeding of trotters and pacers Ar Arden Ar Ardell Arden
den is near Tuxedo in Orange Oraol OranGounty OranGountyand County Countysociation Countad
and ad the Orange County Hone Show As Association Assodation
sociation owes its existence to Mr Harri Harriman Haflli1DJI Heralman ¬
1DJI man w who ho organised o anbled it and is Its presi president pnIIIIdelat president ¬
dent He started the goodroads move movement mGftmeat movemeat ¬
meat there building at his own expense expensea
a splendid road from Southfield to Arden Ardento Arntl Ardento
to connect with the good roads roa all over overhis oyerhis overhis
his own estate following foJ1 > wlns it up with gen generous lfMerous geterousgifta ¬
erous erousgifta gifts IfIft wherever whe r an effort fCort was IUI made madeto madeto madeto
to build bU d a road in the country countryThe couatryThe countryThe
The growth of stock raising ra1 ing by Mr airHarriman MrIIan1man MrIarrbnan
Harriman on his Arden estate is Interesdng Intereating inter interesting ¬
eating When he bad been on the farm farmonly itnIiouIy frnionly
only a a little while he wanted nted to own at atleast atJea atleast
least one horse with a national repels reputation rettUtatlo repelsties ¬
ties tlo and so he bought Stantboul the themost themot themost
most famous stallion talhlen Uen in the country Ultr in inhis Inhis inhis
his day Shortly after the purchase purchaseStamboul puteJutseStamboul purchaseStamboul
Stamboul was taken to California a where wherebe wherebe wherebe
be was entered for the 28039 purse for fortrotfcnv fortzotInrs Gr Grtro
trotfcnv tro winning Ybm easily to 25 2O4 mak making maktn nashlug ¬
lug tn the worlds record which he held Iteldfoe heldlor lickfor
foe a considerable period The horse net netIn nextJn nettIn
In fame owned by Mr I Harriman Harrh whs whspurchased WkspurchlUleCl whapurchased
purchased after the death of Stamboul Stambouland Stambouland Stainbouland
and is the famous fam us trotter John R Gen Gentry Gentry Gettry ¬
try
t tWas
Was a ti Selfrcllnnt Boy BoyThere DoyThere BoyThere
There are a few fcwpersons persons still in l Wall Wallstreet wanstreet Wailstreet
street who 00 remember It ber a setfr selfreliant li nt boy boytaciturn boytaciturn boytaciturn
taciturn energetic ene and Independent to tothe tothe tothe
the point of surliness who ranor ran Jr < rather ratherwalkederrands ratherwalkederrande ratherwalkederrands
walkederrands for a firm of small brok brokers broken brokera ¬
ers for a year or two James Stlllman Stlllmanpresident StillmanprMklent Stilimanpresident
president of the National City Bank who whois whois
is a congenial chum ctn of Mr Harriman Harrlmansaid HarrimanMId Harrimansaki
said some time ago agoI I do not believe believethat believethat believethat
that Ed Harriman ever hurried except exceptat ceptat exceptat
at his own volition Young Harriman Harrimanhad Harrimanhad Harrimanhad
had rich connections but he disdained disdainedtheir cJladai cJladaitheir disdainedtheir
their help He primarily announced his hisintention hisIntention hisintention
intention to work his own way y up the thefinancial theftnaacIal thefinancial
financial ladder As It boy he was a aspeculator ftspeculator apoeulator
speculator and it Is a a tradition of Wall Wallstreet Val1 Val1streett Vsllstreet
street that he was invariably successful successfulHe SU successfulle MSClI MSClIIie
He le had a genius for divining the quick quickest qutekt quickeat ¬
est t way to make malc money mon He was scarcely scarcelymore SCIlrcel7more scarcelymore
more than twentyfive years old when h hwas fa fawas hewas
was able to buy a seat in th thp New York YorkStock YorkStock YorkStock
Stock Exchange It was on August 3 318W 11 111S1t
18W that he became a member of the thestock thestoclt thestock
stock exchange He started in the sjtoak sjtoakbrokeragd to took tookbrokerg k kbroltera
brokeragd business witi mtJl a brother and andhis aDdhis andhis
his immediate success was In deeding in inthe Inthe hithe
the securities of the Illinois Central Rail Railroad Railroad Railroad ¬
road of which company he subsequently subsequentlybecame subsoquentlybecame subsequentlybecame
became an influential director directorAt dl diiCtOTAt tor torAt
At this thl period according cording to wellau wellauthenticated wel1authnUctPd wellauthentlented ¬
thenticated reports E H Harriman Harrlmansfirst Harrimanrst Harrlmanifirst
first rst milion was acquired The purchase purchaseof
of the th Yazoo Valley and Mississippi Ml8Bts Val Valley VatIcy YIIe ¬
Icy Railroad by the Illinois Central was wasreputed wureputed sasreputed
reputed to have ha ve been n preflitable to Mr MrHarriman MrHarrlmtn MrHarriman
Harriman as well as to other men who whowere whowere whowere
were Interested in carrying through the thedeal thedft8 thedeal
deal dft8 I IEcry
dealEvery Every man who lives in Arden trrl n excapTtj excapTtjthe excatb excatbthe
the station agent and train dispatcher Is I
4
directly dIrect In tho employ of otllr Mr Harriman Harrimanand HarrImanand Harrimanand
and probably prQ bly no railroad man who was wasdistasteful wasdistasteful wasdistasteful
distasteful to him oould hold his lf placo placot placothere i ithere
there t ere The poefofflce is s In a grocery grocerystore groc grocerystore ti tistore
store in which Mr Harriman owns an In laterest Interest interest
terest The public school oh l to in i a building buildingwhich bulkJtngwhich buildingwhich
which stands on his property The rest of ofthe oCtho ofthe
the citizens of Arden work en his hisnere 20999 20999acre G Gacre
acre estate Many of ofthe the young men JDeftcmptoyedto ar aremployed are areemployed
employed cmptoyedto to look after the game meyoung The Theyoung Theyoung
young women find work about the cream creamaries CIMJlloorles creamones
aries ones rles Onele OncI Hank sod Pop are their taeirfavorite uetrfavorite theirfavorite
favorite names for thai the railroad man and andlie aadhe andlie
lie seems to like them When he to at athome atnome athome
home he spends s a good bit of his time timegiving timegiving j jgiving
giving the Arden youngsters rs rides m tn his hisautomobile h1aautomobile bliautomobile
automobile a big red touring tourln car into intowhich Intowhich Intowhich
which he has crowded as a many as as twenty twentyat twentyat twentyitt
at one time Mr Harrinum tirrim in New NewYork NewYork Nework
York ork and Pop Po Harriman in Arden are aretwo aretwo aretwo
two very different d1tr < mt men said one of the theleading theleading he heLeadIng
leading eft ttJ cfteais Jam Opt here he > te e forgets forgetsthat forgetst3mt or ta tatJult
that he has ha nas millions upon millions and to toJust Iajust isjust
Just a good kind friendly neighbor He Hewont Hewont Hewont
wont talk to you about railroads n lroadli or orfinance ortlnance orfloance
finance or public arfalrs att He IT will tajk tajkfor talktor tajkor
for or the hour bo r about the crops ero crops the coWs coWsthf co4th cons consthe
the th condition lt1 n of the timber the presence MMeftCeof j jof
of game or anything that baa to do with wJtkthe withthe j
the country he loves so well wellMr wellMr wellMr
Mr Harriman is t president t of the Happy HappyLife HappUfo HappyLife
Life Club which to a social organisation organisationCsr
The the ffrowni grown > folk of Arden A tdeI His Htodaughters H HdauChtel8 Hisdaughters
daughters are members of the Worth WorthWhile WorthWhile WorthWhile
While Club Cl b the basketball organization organizationof orgaDitloof
of the sir girls rls Is of the village His son be belongs be belongs belongs ¬
longs to the Arden Jockey Club a hunt hunting huntIng huntlng ¬
ing organization the membership of ofwhich oCwhich ofwhich
which to confined to the young men of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the estate tate The ruler of a principality principalityhas principalityha principalityhas
has ha not more power over a settlement settlementthan ettJem aettlemCntthan nt nttban
than Mr lr Harriman has over Arden yet yetno yetnolUbjects yetno
no nolUbjects subjects Sn the world are more con content content conteat ¬
tent than his retainers ta For instance he heonly heonly heonly
only allows two New York newspapers newspapersone neW lpapen lpapenone
one morning and one afternoon issue to tobe toI tobe
I be sold to Arden He will allow no liquor liquorthere liquorthere liquorthere
there milk being beta < the principal beverage beverageHEAVY be beHEAVY beverageHEAVY
HEAVY ORDNANCE ORDNANCEI
I see Me according aceordI to a dispatch in The TheHerald TheHerald TheHerald
Herald said the Grouchy Philosopher Philosopherlifting PJ PItilosophorlifting lOt1Opber lOt1OpberIIttJ
lifting aa ancient volume oi Milton from balDita fromIts fromits
its dusty shell that England proposes proposesto P Pto
to build a new type of monster gun to tomeet toMeet tomeet
meet the condition brovght about t by byGermanys byGermanys
I Germanys plan pi to outclass the Dread Dreadnought DreMlIOurbt Dreadnought ¬
nought The Tb dispatch says n the pattern patternchosen patternchosen tera
I
chosen will probably be a gun of thirteen thirteenand tblrteeaancl thirteenand
and onehalf Inches lac tatter about fifty fiftyfeet attyteet fiftyfeet
feet in length lid weighing w nearly nearlyninety DMIIJbeoty nearlyninety
ninety tons Let us eee what the toeauthor theuthor theauthor
author of Paradise Leaf has to torepnil say sayregarding sayregarding
regarding repnil heavy ordnance in his ire tremendous tft tftmeadoua iretneudous ¬
mendous battle haiti of the angels The angel angelRaphael DPIRapbael ai4elRaphael
Raphael describing deIIerIbt the contest eoat teU tells how howthe Ito Itotbe 10the
the van of Satans tans army to right and left leftdivided leftcltvt leftdivided
divided dividedWMrt cltvt dividedWhieb ed
edWI
WMrt to ear em emtoe ud udJ Sad 1b55j 1b55jA
J hiple at em ma of JI8us prs
0 0 es I to iisxs i ttoy el elOr
0 hwsd inon a of ask askWith Gr
With e toe IeIIt IeIIta te wood ea r rIf asonotato issJi issJienb L
a enb INS 7 1 aoI ad adwtdt on tWit to toWItk
wtdt sw swU rn sued on
If Milton were writing today hed hedhave beelhave hedhave
have to improve on that or Rudyard RudyardKipling RudyardKlpUDC RUdyaZdKipling
Kipling or some other heavy artillerist artilleristwould arUliertatwoulduaee arthleristwould
would woulduaee silence his guns eh Sad comment eolDlltllMJnn commentmi commenton
on human progress pIOIfe Isnt laD it itSIGNALS itSIGNALS ItSIGNALS
SIGNALS FOR VISITORS VISITORSHow VISITORSHow VISITOBShow
How Artist Lets Ict IH IIIH FrienD Know KnorrWhen KnowJltn KnowWhen
When Jltn lie Is I Home HomePrat Hometaw llomcFism
Prat the Sew T York tk Pirn PirnThere PnILThere PmaThere
There to an English b artist famous for forhis torhis forhis
his pictures of the sea who has adopted adopteda
a a seamans device for or letting Iet 1lC his friends friendsreceive frielMkkaow friendsknow
know whether he Is at to home or not not ad adaIao andalso
also when be Is at atwoet < work and too 1 to toneeIft toreceive
receive callers Ills Rh scheme consists of a amast aIIIII amast
mast set U9 at the entrance to bin htogrounds hJaou bingrounds
grounds ou the mast being fitted with withyuds cross crossyards cromyards
yards and a gaff like the mhawnmast of ofa ofa ofa
a ship hlp On this gaff he baa a halyard < to towhich towblch towhich
which to fastened a black ball such as Is toused Isuaed Isused
used to the navy for signaling When it itM ItlIIted itIs
M hoisted > lIIted half way op tog to tile gaff ga end endfrIea1da his htoMeeds hisfriends
friends know he is not at home e while whilemade wbU8whell whilewhen
when It h run U up 10 O be p1k they tlaeaware are areaware
made aware of the fact that he to at atleisure atIeJIwe atloin
leisure leisureA IeJIweA loin
loinA
A scheme of the same sort wa wu tried by bytwo 117two bytwo
two bachelors last summer who lived to a alittle aUttlf alittle
little bungalow on one of the salt water waternear waterhays
1 hays > ay near New York Owing to the dis distance dltance dl dltance ¬
tance of their house from a base of sup supplies nppUs supplies ¬
plies it was often on Inconvenient for them themto themto themto
to have any n more visitors drop di to 1 to a ameal ameal aniesI
meal than they had provided for yet yetas yeta8 yetas
as such was the habit of other members membersof mem memOf
of the little colony colon along the shore the7 theydecided the7cIectdecI the7decided
decided to take a leaf out of the yachts yachtsmans YChmIlIaD yachtsniani ¬
mans IlIaD book and use a meal pennant pelUlatAtArat pennantAt pennantAt
At AtArat first the rectangular Mt of white bunt bunttog buntInc buntlag
tog dying from thf iii staff t to front of thencottage then tbcIreotaa theireattage
cottage excited a good deal of derision to Iatile Inthe tothe
the cokmy until the folk to the other bun bungalows buD buDplows buThgalowa ¬
plows tad l4 It explained to them that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the star sigi4 meant t those particular two twoyoung twoJOU twoyoung
young 8 men and their t1k > lr guests were at atmeal atThe atmenlo
meal menlo The tip wa w was not only taken to toheart toheart toheart
heart by the other housekeepers to the theplace theplace theplace
place but the custom of running up upmeaI a ameal ameal
meal pennant became general to the theI Uteeoueque theeansequent
I consequent t relief from occasional em emoarraeement emOalTallllmellt enQarramment
oarraeement of a boat caught ca t with not notl BOttGo nottoo
l too well supplied a larder larderONE lanierONE larderONE
ONE OCEAN UTTLE LlTTLEKNOWN LlTTLEKNOWNYnd KNOWN KNOWNVnst KNOWNVast
Vast Aren Between Africa frloK nnd India IndiaXot Jn Indiaot lIn lInot
Xot ot Well rel1 Traveled TraveledVvm TnncIothIM TntveIotlpro
hIM pro UK Gwgapkkal Jonas JoaraftlPerchance JLPerchaace JonasPerchance
Perchance of no area of our great t oceans oceansdo oeeanado oceansdo
do we at the present day know less than thanof uanof thanof
of the Indian Ocean within the tropics tropicsFifty tropicsFIfty tropicsFifty
Fifty years ago In the days of the great greatChina sreatCblDa greatChina
China and Indian clippers cllppe it was was save savefor Avefor savefor
for a small area to the north of Mada Madagascar Ka4apacar Madapesear ¬
gascar alive with white wings inp anxious anxiousto
to take advantage of every slant ant of wind windor Windor windor
or the smallest current Its minutest char characteristics charaeterf characteristics ¬
acteristics ttcs were then the subject of anx anxkras anxIous anxbits
> Ious study whereas now its It greater part partte IU partIs
te to most navigators an unknown unkDOWbWUh sea veaWIththe seaWith
WIththe With the opening of the Sues s Canal Canaland Canalthere Canalthere
there lM a profound alteration of trade tradeIiUldthe tradeand
and IiUldthe the most Important routes roUte now noW start startnot stanDOt startnot
not from Mauritius or the Cape but from trcmthe fromthe fromthe
the Red Sea Hundreds of steamers steamerslaughing steamers1wgblnr steamerslaughing
laughing at winds winGsa114 and currents jam an annually 0nually annually ¬
nually from Aden to Bombay and Coiom Coiomi oIom oIomlilt ColomIlL
i bv on the one hand and to East ast African Africanr Africanpon Africanpert
r ports pert to Madagascar Mauritius and andSeychelles andycheJlea andSeychelles
Seychelles ycheJlea on the other otherFrom otherFrom otherFrom
From Colombo again there are regular regularlines renlarlines lar larlina
lines to Calcutta Singapore West Aus Australia AugtraItk AustrlIk ¬
tralia Mauritius and South Africa But Butexcept Butexcept Butexcept
except on ont1I8 the lines from the Red Sea to toColombo toCclombo toCc4ombo
Colombo a ait from the hitter to the tb far farEast farIast farkast
East and to Australia there to a relative relativeabsence relattveabeeaceoC relativeebeetce
absence abeeaceoC of competition a a want nt of that thatnecessity thateity thatneceselty
necessity eity for accurate knowledge bowl of th thwinds thwinds thwinds
winds currents and topography to phy which is toonly isonl Isonly
only onl called tor by a keen desire for say saving sayhag v vI ¬
hag I time or mileage mileageThe mileageThe mileageThe
The routes it across her surface are also ateowide akowide alsowide
wide apart and her islands are commer commercially commerc1aJly coinmercLlly ¬
cially unimportant Great areas are eel seldom HIcktJD eeltk4n ¬
dom or never crossed c by ships IPI In our oursix oursfx oursix
six month cruise Oii o i his majestys JD t8tsshlP t8tsshlPthe ship shipthe shipthe
the Sealark S 1ark we never saw except in port porta porta
a single steamer = r and only one solitary solitaryTirig aolttarYlri solitary1rig
Tirig lri a small trader from Maudlins l dtlus to totha toth tothe
the th Chagos ChagosTUB ChAbOSTHE ChagosJ
J TUB KICIvlXBST KICIUN Sl OXE YET YETKidr YETKts YETK
Kidr K kick Idea kfaklTow kiIIssr I IYCIIIII
Tow short stout k he Ofc a Qcel QcelI OMlrMriYe GeaIIMrie
I rMriYe strive hud not to ieTIM otter otterTb sUSrThe
Tb TIM tbonffcu Ut amela II 1a 1aKIcK jl jlKick at atKids
Kick kick kick kickT kktTill kidTill
T Till the bed is bereft of ellKiek 1 statmc statmcKfak aisdin1cI
Kfak Kiek 1cI kkk IddcYam ktek ktekYaw kI kIYonkmmtosisteae
Yaw Yonkmmtosisteae YonkmmtosisteaeIGdLkIkII tare pisk JilekKIek be and tmo tmoKick
Kick IGdLkIkII kk kill Me MeTfll kick I IKes
Kes JdcaIDg kkis awallle awallleTIll aleadsapi aleadsapiT51
TIll at the bow k of eCTIle atThe mttsickt mttsicktTltt
TIle blankets aN Ja a aKIM aKim betftl betftltoo
KIM Kim ki kid 1ddI 1ddIlJUa kbalPies
too Pies seals sofa s t dn te ItaKtet tfeti tfetiKick riselKI
Kick KI kkk kkt kick kickDapfte IdctDeIPfe kictntn
Dapfte all taUafcntKick taUafcnt JulJa IUUSWSSIgiek
Kick kkk kick kickThrough kktThri
Through tout long nights and mid eridTill midTill
Till the east grow opaleaeent opaleaeentAnd opalnepiatAnd
And the weary night grows old oldKick oldKick
Kick kk 1kk kick kickYot kictYo
Yot Yo gladcyrd crowing tot totthat totli
li
that yets dad Ua has gof gofJiuualon gntjivuston
Jiuualon rest
I GOING GOINGABROADi ABROAD ABROADObservations
1 Observations of a Feminine Rambler S
I
The most interesting features of Ant Antwerp Antftrp Antweep
weep are close eto to the QuaL The steamer steamerstops ateamerstoJil steameretols
stops at this port three days to coal coal wa water water WaIcr ¬
ter and provision and take on immense immensequantities llIUMftIequanUUes immensequantities
quantities of freight from Belgium anal amisouth uK180IIth analsouth
south and west < Germany Jack and I Ihave Ihave Ihave
have rambling1 rambIba notions hOU about sightseeing sightseeingand lPtMelnand
and we decided < to cut out Brussels B and andafter NI4at andaftera
after at aftera a glimpse of Antwerp t tak take k flying flyingtrips Slylnttrips flyingtrips
trips to Bruges Brug and Glacial GhentI Gbe t tI
I loved Antwerp for fortile the JUde Christmas Christmastre CINIIItmaIJtnM Christmastisea
tre tnM 6 selling hi n the t market pfce plieS tw lotad tt ttand 15ad
and ad eetfifc and thought regretfully of ofone ofwe ofone
one I paid to 10 for f last winter The market marketftlace marketjlaco rkt rktR1ace
ftlace by the way wa was the lovelieSt loyelleBtlmaltnable HgM sibtImaginable j jimaginable
imaginable with cut flowers M great greatwicker geatwicker greatwicker
wicker trays and bunches built btlUt1IfX six x fet fetinto f fInto feltInto
into the air as well as the n most o t magmfl magmflcent mag1Wlent mgitJlcent
cent specimens of potter pott plants The TheReubens TheReubeD8 TheReubens
Reubens and Van Dyck saUsfted UdecI my love lovefor lovefor lovefor
for pictures and in The Descent fromj fromjthe from fromthe fromthe
the Cross a sibilant guide pointed out outwith out outwith Outwith
with an air of oftntlJDate intimate acquaintance acquaintancewith Aequamtancewith acquaintancewith
with the Reubens family fasnuy the perfect perfectlikenesses perfeetlike perfectikenesee
like likenesses ikenesee of the first wife toe second secondwife HCODdwile secondwife
wife the cousin the friend and even the thebig thebl thebig
big < Ftsmteh horse with fetlocks like likebunches likebunche likebunches
bunches of celery which hleh was w wont to tocarry tocarry tocarry
carry the master master upon u n his hl journeyings journeyingshere journer1DThere journeylngThere
There here Was also a dog in one of the the pic pictures pictures plclures ¬
tures that Van Dyck DyekReuben Reubens pupil pupilthough pupil pupilthouclft pupilthought
though should figure ft amon amo Reubens 5 re relations re relatfona relatfons ¬
lations and pets so be Van Dyck took tookthe tookthe tookthe
the liberty of painting pc < his canine majesty majestyinto Daaje majestyInto ty tyloto
into one corner of the canvas can v thus com completing comp1etin coinpleting ¬
pleting < a domestic picture in a great greatmasterpiece greatmuterpIe greatmasterplecof
masterpiece masterplecof of art artWithin artWitbilt artWithin
Within tb t thoeathedra1 v a4h dr NJ J guMes are re kept keptbusy keptb keptbusy
busy b y lowering and raisins ra llDirthe the rep hang hangings baq111f hang1tg ¬
ings 1tg before the pictures The exquisite exquisitefact exqullliteof exquisiteface
fact of Christ Chr fronted inted ted by De Vinci on onmarble ona onarble
marble arble and andc ands c s fine ne as a miniature can cannot canDOt cannot ¬
not be seen without ctymbiftg c1mbIng < onto some somesteps 80IIICIaIICI someitepe
steps and having ha a lighted candle held In Inexact Inexact Inexact
exact position to catch the divine radiance radianceof
of the countenance JaK 1 Ja liked the Fleas FlemISSB FIeIDoak Fleaslam
lam oak pulpit that represented the dif different cUfet diffeient ¬
ferent et nation nations of the world and the tilear fig figure figur ¬
ar ure of Africa on t the deck aids wm wu of ofImmense of11ft ofimmense
Immense 11ft Interest tat that it had a a Foes Pocanelffhbor PoeaUat Foesbeams
beams reeeeuttog 1 tIII AIMrtca Aaeriea for a Mar MarSDIaJ nearnelgbboi5
nelffhbor nelffhborSsuday nelgbboi59eaday
Ssuday mornings a service 1enIceat at the Cathe Cathedral CatheQ1dta CathedreI ¬
dral is qutte quIt a a cheerful c r affair All the theStile tbee thelittle
Stile chair e are sefc with backs to the thealter theaItM thealtar
alter People Psoplewsaider wander in Sa kneel for ton a i idown ass assmeat
meat sad 114 then turn t them oet about D lit litIL elidown
down IL After a brief rest they rise again againreturn apIamana againreturn
return the chairs to their original position positionand poeIdoatel positionand
and saunter tel out Women 0IIIeJI come to church churchwithout charchwitIIMIt churchwtthsnt
without their hats to the most Informal Informalway 1af0llDa1aa Isforinaway
way aid an army of poor feminine feminineminutes feudD18eI
se I nJ go about at Interval of ofaa tea teaminutes
minutes beseeching alms Warders WardenpIct to topicturesque hiun
pIct picturesque un loag tocetrinaned coats aDd aadblue aDdblue andblue
blue sashes sasbosUke like the one worn by the thepmtfent thePft8I thepresident
president general of the D A It RcnT RcnTtbeIr Rourrytheir carry carrytheir
their great t staffs of miles up and down downthe dOWRthe downthe
the aisles and parties of little children childrenhand cIdIdreobaDc11D childrenland
hand baDc11D to hand ba1Id saunter 1IItler Croat nave to nave naveThe naveThe 1 1The
The Cathedral to solarge that all sorts of ofthing ofthID ofthings
thing happen at the sane time For ForInstance For1Mtaace ForInstance
Instance I listened to an organ recital recitalla ndtaleener recitalin
la cue earner while Jack sat t under a aFrench aFrfneb aFrench
French sermon mon In the center aisle and andour andour andour
our friend tri the Countess COUD 9chHeften 9chUe cm lis listened u utentcl 11 11toned ¬
toned to mass to another part of the thechurch thednlJcla thechurch
church About bout the entrance trance to the theCathedral theCat theCathedral
Cat Cathedral IedraJ it it seemed eM ned rather like a railway railwaystation railwayRMIoIa railwaystation
station so many peoplewere people were < passing la laand laout Insaul
and out awl there wet wen so sonaany > Maay ascot ascoting JIieIttIDp meetlags
ing lags between bef oU friesste and aa so ntuenFrench ntuen ICdtkIIaIDc nanehbissilki
kIIaIDc Q5 on ameag tile and aftIIIreecla andtrench
French Thi Tb way the mon of these two twonation twotIoaa twonations
nation tIoaa kiss to something assaying They Theyare TMrre Theyare
are re never content with one salutation salutationbut AI1ItatIodbut salutationbut
but they Ms k each oth rs cheek e at least leastsix ItaIx leastsix
six times U In order to express the proper properdegree properdegree r ror
degree of friendliness Jack tsed Ui UiMush 1bluall inblush
Mush a beautiful crimson every eIT time he hewitnessed bewit hewitnessed
witnessed wit one of these osculation matches matchesA
A promenade bridge Is built above the thedocks tbedfXb thedocks
docks at Antwerp and nd her hen the natives nativescame nadYncame nativescame
came to hundreds hundred s every afternoon our ourship ourIIbIp ourship
ship was hi Bprt to listen to the deck deckconcert deckconcert deckouncei
concert aad nd behold boIcI aa Bart Asian liner Mnermaking 11 11maid linermaking
making maid ready rJ for her long I voyage It was wasrather wasrather as asrather
rather dfseoncerdag dI8eoDeerd8 to find people gazing gazingthrough palngtbroucta gazingthrough
through our porthole or wandering about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe
the interior of the vessel at any and all allI allura allbourn
I hours ura Up to the smokingroom too the theay they thenay
nay ay y visitors disposed of sandwiches and anddrinks and4rhtb anddrinks
drinks was startling to behold Evident Evidently Evklentb Evidentty ¬
ly it to a great occasion to Antwerp Antwerpwhen Antwerpwba Antwerpwhet
when mail steamers bound for the Orient Orienti OrleRtare Orientare
i are to port portI portbtwerp portAntwrp
I Antwerp has a reputation for rather ratherFrenchy ratherFreDchJ ratherPreachy
Preachy shops but I went Into about abouttwentyJive ovtteDty abouttwentyfive
twentyJive teDty e looking to vain for ordinary ordinaryneck orc1IuryDeCk ordinaryneck
neck mching The TlaetallldonaWe fashionable aabloeasble neck neckadornment weeka4erament neckadernment
adornment seemed to be an enormously eaorJDOU8lyhigh enormouslyhigh
1 high blundered collar that turned over a abillowy abU10wy abillowy
billowy bunch of lace a most villainous villainouscombination vIUaJDoaeomlJlnatiOD villainouscombination
combination of discomfort and elegance eleganceFinally eIetIaaceFinallJ eleganceFinally
Finally at a milliners shop I purchased purchasedfor
for the equivalent of 85 8 cents a neck neckniching BeCkrucIItD neckruching
niching that went once and a half around aroundmy aroundmy aroundmy
my neck and was a fat roil of white whitechiffon whiteI whitechiffon
chiffon made upon an inchwide band of ofblack Ofblaek Ofblack
I
black percallne Prenchy JI1eneh wasnt it iti It ItI ItI
i I laughed at the remembrance oC the thehoaeymooners thebODeY1DOOJH18 thehoneymooners
honeymooners gone off to Brussels for fori forSpitse forSpItze
i Spltse when the best t lace manufac manufactories maaufaetortes manufactories ¬
tories in Belgium are right at Antwerp Antwerpi ADt AutweepGbcnl rerp rerpGhent
i Ghent once numbered among tn t tle fore foreI foremost foremost
I most cities of Europe offered to me a asingular asingular asingular
singular picture of the contrast between betweenthe betWEfnthe betweenthe
the memories of its brilliant hrllJ nt past and Its Itsmodern itsmo4ern Itsmodern
modern industrial life The celebrated lebrated old oldFlemish oldI oldFlemish
Flemish h town carried us back to the tenth tenthcentury tenthcpntury tenthcentury
I century and when 1 reached that period periodit
it happened at the Cathedral of St St Bavon Bavontar Bavenwhere Bavonwhere
where w we Went to see the Van yck > al altarI altarI
tar tarI I refused further retrogression retr n and andi anddecided noddecIded
i decided upon a visit v1 to 0 the former abodes abodesof abodesof abodesof
of the counts of Flanders But at GraY Gravenkasted Glcl GraYenkasted v venkaatM
enkasted it was even worse the ninth cen ceni century continT
i tury looming out of the past to reproach reproachJack reproachJack reproachJack
Jack and me with 1th our modernity modernityOh modernityOb
Oh Ob oh groaned Jack when we got gotto 80tto gottoBruges
to toBruges Bruges ee 60th this to Isacityofthedead a city of the dead for forsure for8Urt forsure
sure sureEverything 8UrtEVfTTthlng sureEverythIng
Everything was of the past and full of ofmemories ofmeJDQrles ofmemories
memories of vanished gauntness I al almdpt a1 a1m a amct
mdpt m mct t wept over the guides Ides plaintive tale taleof taleof taleof
of how Bruges was once one one of the most mostbrilliant mo mostbrilliant t tbrilliant
brilliant commercial cities of the > world worldhow worldhow worldhow
how It vied with Venice Ye lce as a center of ofworld oCworld ofworld
world commerce The deserted de loneliness lonelinessand loaeUneuand lonelinessand
and quiet stillness stlU e58 of the streets wee and andalleys a aaUeys andalleys
alleys once gay with life ltte were w tomb tomblike tenthlike iamblike
like in i their effect Life was only ap apparent apparent apparent ¬
parent in the principal thoroughfares thoroughfaresElsewhere tboroadttaresEl8ewhere thoroughfaresElsewhere
Elsewhere people either slept and dream dreamed dreamed dreamed ¬
ed of the ti days ds gone by to the greatness greatnessof
of which the magnificent magnl cent surviving su monu monuments mannments monument ¬
ments ment attest or there are no people to tosleep tosleep tosleep
sleep Workmens small houses 00 dating datingfrom elatingfrom datingfrom
from Middle Udcll Ages A lined the tran tranquil tranquil tramquit ¬
quil streets through tbro which we mad made our ourfinal ourfinal ourfinal
final way to the solitary ary peaceful pacer Be Beguinage BeInage Begulnage
guinage Inage Jacks Jack countenance was ca so solugubrious solugubrious solugubrious
lugubrious that I wajgtod MY glad to get him himback himback himback
back to Antwerp Ant and safely on board the thePrtnx diePrtBS theP11112
Prtnx Regent R ent With the prospect pro of again againlifting againlIttln againlifting
lifting lIttln anchor anchorUpon anchorUpon anchorUpon
Upon leaving Antwerp to the gayest gayestof gayestof gayestof
of male and waving of handkerchiefs handkerchiefsfrom b handkerchiefsfrom D kerchlefs kerchlefsfrom
from enthusiastic Belgium nu tugs took tookCAarp tookcharge
1 charge of the vessel until we were safely safelybeyond safelybeyond safelybeyond
beyond the shipping when our own steam steami steamcarried teamearned
i carried us through the tortuous wind windIngs windlogs 1nd 1ndIngs
Ings of the West t Scheldt The landscape landscapeof Jand cape capeof
of typical Nstherhtad character was washeightened washtightened wasln1ghtefled
heightened in charm by overhanging overhangingclouds overhangingclouds overhangingc1oud
clouds Broad green marshy pastures pastureswith pft8turewith pastureswith
with cattle solitary wind mills trim vil villages vilJages vfllagos ¬
lagos and comfortablelooking peasant peasantfarm peasantfarm peasantfarm
farm buildings formed a succession su of ofcharming ofcharming ofcharming
charming pictures It all looked very veryromfy veryand veryomfy
romfy and peaceful until we reached reachedthe reacbEdthe reachedthe
the ancient Dutch Dutchharbor harbor town of o VHs
Ingan slngen which was formerly a aand l land gt gtand
and Is now a sea ea bathing b resort resort and the thestarting theSUlrtI thestarting
starting f point of one of the channel serv services senlce services ¬
ices to Sngiand SngiandWhen BD EnWhen nd ndWhen
When we v reached the Wandelaar Wan 1ur Light Lightship Ughtahtp Ugtitship ¬
ship we noticed Ueed a decided difference in inthe inthe inthe
the appearance of the water High foam foamcrested foamerellted foamcrested
crested waves broke on either side the thesteamer theuam4ll thesteamer
steamer The North Soa looked like likeglacier Iik IikPeter lIkeglacier
glacier water wale1UPt light green with a milky milkyshimmer nalikyshimmer I IahlmJlNtl
shimmer and sometimes > metimOs shadowblack shadowblackAs hadowblackAt
As tar as we could see gulp hlS with bulg bulging bulgIng buIjtog ¬
ing galls and steamers trf f all shaptg shaptgataes shapisines haJ > 8 8s
s ataes and nations arose ftro and fell upon uponthis Upoillb upoiithis
lb this most frequented of I ocean < > < ean an routes routesPast routp8Ptult routnPast
Past lightships l1gtu blps and into the Engllsli EngllsliChannel Engll EngIIItChannel 11 11Channel
Channel we soon sighted the EngiisU EngiisUcoast Engii Engiicoast I Ieoat
coast eoat and then into Southampton w wt3 wt3between 4tr 4trbetveen < xtei4 xtei4between
between the solid land and the Isie sie i iW1bt < 2 2Wight fWight
Wight We came to anchor near lI ar Nttky NttkyHospital XdfJ1fearpftal Ntt1cylItI
Hospital In the green een tbnberland o oHampshire 0Hamsbire oHampshire
Hampshire that rose on onelthtr either hand handthe h hindthe n nUe
the most delightful country homes show showed SIlO SIlOed iiu iiuad ¬
ed through the trees Beautiful sail sailboats sailboats sailboats ¬
boats raced by us and before long the thetenders theteaden tiCtenders
tenders appeared with the London pa paseagers pa paMagers paaseagern >
seagers freight and fresh vegetables vegetablesI bhs bhsI
I never in my life beheld such ucb inordl inordinate inordlDale inordlnate ¬
nate quantities of luggage Jq iigt One English Englishadmiral Engliha4miral Englishadmiral
admiral and his ds family bad thirtytwo thirtytwonieces thirtytwopieces thirtytwopieces
pieces all systematically numbered aum red I Iimagined Ilaaastned Iimagined
imagined they were bound for the Orient Orientbut On Onhut Orientbut
but no indeed tn e4 they were only book bookdfor bookdforItaly bookd d for forItaly forItaly
Italy The assortment a ent of crated bicycle bicyclebaths bicclltDam bicydei1 bicydei1baths
baths Dam dogs perambulators hamper aad aadboxes aaboxes omjboxes
boxes was a beautiful tribute to the th Esg EsgHclunans BIrtCWIu1Ians Ee4lehmans
Hclunans domestic instinct The admiral admiralhad adllllralad admiralhad
had apparently apP8 atly refused to leave leavehouHhoId one onehousehold oshoupehold
household god at home behind the thewWta thewWtacliffs white whitecttlfs wMieclUb
clUb but was w carrying the entire lelecdon eel eellection ollecilon
lection Into fleabitten bltten Italy ItalyThere ItalyThere ItalyThere
There wa was a a French governess goveruenuucrat goveruenuucratedattached < 0 1IIftB uacratr uacratredettacned 1IJICIatedattaCbed
edettacned to the party part which whlelleel egplahi egplahied eacpIalaeu
ed eu why a a small school formeR formeR1ubIoDed form e old oldfashioned aimfashioned
fashioned deck deckwas was aa included ia ladle 1 the log teggage IegNow loggage
gage gageNow gageNow
S
Now to i truth tNtJI we settled for or a de deUghtfat eM eMUchttld dollghifut
Ughtfat Tarawa Ho farther f1IrtMrGIbra1t8r step wrttt wrtttGibraltar usd1GIheeliar
Gibraltar The rugg J1I IIIof dangerous mont csattof montof
of the Island of Usfaant U brought us etas etasto cIIJi8 cIIJi8to ds dsto
to France i iwith aU nmoer e AM AMwith fishing aeha aehawith
with tancolored sails steered through tIuvaProcka throughrockn the therocks
rocks In reckless disregard of shipwreck shipwreckAs
As we weI JOt well IIIto lbs Bay at BtRat BtRatI
I Judged team the numerous falling aft aftagonised eaof nifof
of deck psalengees aM sundry pale psi ud udacoa1sed anda
agonised a countenances OOUIat coun that tIItaa here beeswas toil toilwas
was aa the sailors roughest wad tMILBIht seednight Tha Thanight
night I stayed e4 up late to watch watchwonderful thy thywonderful dIf dIfw
wonderful w phosphorescent eifect tJetwafts on the thewaves t twaves
waves The be captain took Jack aad aadever ISJB ISJBover ae aeover
over to the second cabin t deck cleektbe to sea seathe seethe
the whirlpool stirred up by the twin twfatscrews t1rtJIac twinscrews
screws ac of the 11 steamer It was wu5ght a asight asight
sight hut we didnt cU t stay very veI7account long on onaccount getaccount
account of several chatty chaU parrots parntUwere who whowere whowere
were carrying on animated conversation conversationwith 0011 0011with coaveentlaswith
with their owners There Then1Ieen mast have havebeen hewnbeen
been forty parrots in the see seeall second eaIIIa eaIIIaaU cablaaU
aU together I inferred that a aH aI 1JhI lh
H I part of the regular outfit of tIM tIMcNIIcer theotflcer thoofficer
officer when he goes for Indian IDCIIaaI service servioI serviceI
I hated to retire that night I Iatralct wa waso w wso
so afraid of mIssing the theJack Spanish Mate MaleJack MateJack
Jack called it coast coast but I liked 1IDdthe better betterthe bsUerthe
the buccaneering sound of Main and andthen adtho saidthen
then tho too I had a reverential tial leaning to toward to toward toward ¬
ward the Province of QaUcia GaUdawhich abofct abofctwhich abebtwhich
which I once recited a poem to school cttI ant antI a aI
I did not wish b to miss it it But aimee aid aadbeyond aidbe70ncI andbeyond
beyond these t thugs Cape Fiateterre held hehta
a grandeur ur for me that may or may not notbe JIMbe notbe
be understood under tcod by the average vera reader readerIn NeAterIn readerIn
In my yearning yea days I once extract extracted extraeteel extractad ¬
ed from an art supplement supplementto tto to which soy soymother lIlYmother mymother
mother subscribed for a year on the in installment lit litlltalJmeat bestailment ¬
stallment ptena vague and andeepJa ladlatfoet ladlatfoeta Is4lst < ai r rsepia
sepia a copy of Jules Bretons set to toFiateterre JRFtAIaterre htFinisterre
Fiateterre I took a Child hildEat1ng Eating Bread Breadand Breadand I J Ja
and Milk from an ornate frame rrame aad aiid aiidIts bj JUs bjIts
Its place put Ffoisterre which wh1ekafter wh1 Ihesr thedeafter Ihesrafter
after graced every room in my chMhoosTc chMhoosTchome cITt choddiborne W WJaome
home During Dun the spring and fa faJt closet Mvital ctaftftfag closetlag
fag a a vital question was whether t tb r rSu hgSunset haws hawsSunset
Sunset In terre Pba As depicted lla llaCGPJ to Ineapy jr jrcopy
copy the sun had long set set for not a glow glowof ewof glowof
of It remained visible As a work of art artI artI artI
I considered the group of ofwomeR gossiping goselplpgwomen gossipingwomen
women in the foreground perfect and the thequency theeottap thecottage
cottage was a thing I sketched with tre trequency tie tiequency
quency Into my own art productions roductJou My Mybrothers Ifybrotlaen Mybrothers
brothers referred slightingly 8U ly < to the two twocats twecata twocats
cats to the picture and cast slurs upon 1QIOIlthe uponthe uponthe
the citizens dtl of Ftoisterre for pexmittter pexmittterporkers pJItfitIItIporke pormttfbgparkers
porkers porke to grovel in I the streets meetBat But Butto Buttome to tome tome
me Ftateterre represented a a hallowed hallowedspot hallowedspot hallowedspot
spot and could I now renounce my early earlyideate eadrI sariideals
ideate I and sleep the while our vessel vesselpassed eIpueed vesselpassed
passed by Ftoisterre A thousand tboi times timesNo tbDIIJNo dinesNo
No NoI I did not obtain a a wholly satisfying sat1edp in inpreedon Im ImpretrtIoft tinpresdon
preedon of the cape but I consented ecI my myself Ja7SitU y ¬
self with addressing a aeanI souvenir owoui poaiiU poaiiUcard esl4 esl4card
card to my most skeptical epUcaI of > brotia9 brothers brothersa brotherssad s saad
sad a d upon it I wrote Sunset off oilterre n Fish to toterre S Sterre
terre terreR terren terreIt
R was about here I believe that I Icane IeuDe Icame
cane a a cropper with my German Jfrft Jfrftmorning Ey Eymorning I Imo
mo morning as I luxuriate lux1 to my berth Wrtb Wrtbdermc won woadertog wonderlng
dertog whether I should or should not DOtup net gatup netup
up for my breakfast I hear one 0I oA Ifftkfei Ifftkfe 1I11iie0CImaB ftls ftlsGerman
i German steward pipe a musical order in inthe IIItM inthe
the direction of the pantries far terat teratao1IftdecI Wtttt Wttttsounded r rsounded
sounded to be Eta Em Voices V VoicesFelons er T TFetona a aFeI
Felons I was curious enough to toS MMsc MMscfor Itfor
S for fQ the word to my dictionary al7 al7pbbook sad my myphrasebook myphrasebook
phrasebook When I failed to toI It ItI ItI
I asked casually of the Bavarian variag oovat oovatWhat 0UIIAt 0UIIAtWhat ousatWhat
What is Em Em FekmaT When I found foundhim adhim fo ad adhim
him ignorant I inquired of ofodIer man manother nnmerus nnmerusother
other Germans and they were 1ftNonaecl aa aaformed asia asiaformed
formed as th the count I was seven lays laystrying tIIystrying dayatrying
trying to learn the meaning of the word wordand wontand wardand
and on the eighth as I propounded the thequery diequery thequery
query to the captain I saw w aa nhMsmat nhMsmatrag flimelnaitleg t tlag
rag smile break over the face of atrd a a stew steward steward ¬
ard who came to tao captains i iwith re remuswith eaewith
with an explanation explanationIt r rIt
It seems that Germans have BO way of ofsaying atMylag ofsaying
saying poached egg e in their language languageIt
It to a manner er of cooking an egg foreign foreignto toAtlnto
to Germany Germa y and when Eggs American Americanstyle AaaerIaaAstyk Americanstyle
style > became popular the cooks and andstewards aadstewards andstewards
stewards on the German liners resorted resortedto IeIIOrieclto
to a slang expression to meet the theThis de deThte demand demandThis
This expression to Ein Em Forlorn Forlomarag Forlorntag mean meantag
tag an egg no longer whole and aIICIt perfect perfectbut perfectbut
but t a forlorn one oaeIt OIIeIt oneIt
It to a good thing to remember 6 tar tarfailing rfalUalf farfalling
failing uEhtForlorna Eto Porlorna there to no way wayof lftIToC wayof
of explaining exp1al to a German waiter that thatyou tllatyou thatyou
you desire e a poached egg eggThe etJIThe g gThe
I Iih
The German pancake to a breakfast breakfastjlMfti brdLsstjii
jlMfti jii ih that Jack took to readily Ifc is Iavery a avery avery
very large affair upon which pi p may of ofbutter ofbutter ofhotter
butter should be spread then a alayer lRILIL lRILILJayw gsaslayer
layer of Jam made from German evaa evaaberries Cth Cthwhich erenberries
berries which are something aometh1 r Hke Ilk earcm earcmr ear cu curnu m mrents
r rents nU and the whole w e aftripfig spctd with withsugar Withsugar withsugar
sugar and rolled To me It It tp veil veritable wdtlWte veiltable ¬
table sinker but the GsfflpsjsjMslve G GenIv ett ettto It ItI Itto
I to their young OUU children smir elsiiilIder ssWiilili i it itdigestible itdlpattble ItdIgestible
digestible digestibleMy dlpattbleKy S
My Vienna purchase the TishLsnnii1 DL T < ilLlI did didI didJIOt didnot
I not prove a good sailor WfclM It1tIDk eba 3sttfc Zhi gave gaveIt aVfIt gaveIt
It a a pancake poor Kaiser Kats er r tsiesnmbed tsiesnmbedand sueCtimbedand 1II1Md 1II1MdAM
and I paid a visit to the thfcg cabin biD in tosearch inseArch Insearch
search of a nurse For Forn a sinai cod consideration coderation tonildoration ¬
eration I induced In ueed a Chinese Chi Hgr b t ti become becomea Mea Meaa
a earetakeingeneral oaretakeIR to nor fog Wheth Whether eth ether ¬
er It was home or sea slckaea s1ckIMIM there was wassomething wassomething wassomething
something unpleasantly the Hotter ster ter with wtththe withthe withthe
the little beast befwt and I said Id te hijack Jack You Youmay YoumY Youmay
may as well give up the ld He of going goingout golDOUt goingout <
out to China I never could stand travel traveling traveilOt travellog ¬
lOt all that way 7 with a DnvfestiBSJd Dft Jack Jackargued Jadeargued Jackargued
argued that we might get et ridlrf lid Of the dog dogbut dbut dogbut
but I bad set ray heart ssa pem Jnkinr It Iti ItbGme Ithome
i home to the children It seuafti sI ner xSher in inane inane Inane ¬
ane to say that a trip te t CW I1a o a de depended depended depended ¬
pended upon the temper a aaidi dsmittSt of ofsmall a asmall asmall
small dog do but that was exMdy the situ situation ttuAtlon situStion ¬
ation when wo w sighted the coast of POI Portugal POItuga1 Poetugal ¬
tugal Jack said Wait till we reach reachGibraltar reaQltGibraltAr reaohGibraltar
Gibraltar then we will settle it one way wayor wayor wyor
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