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FAVORED BY OLSEN STATE SUPERINTENDENT IN SYM PATHY WITH RURAL SCHOOL. CONSOLIDATION A SUCCESS IN THE EAST Wherever Tried, the Scheme Has Proved Satisfactory, and Ha* Resulted in Increased Economy. SEver since State Superintendent Olsen nssumed office he has given considerable attention to the problem of rural school consolidation in Minnesota, and promises to make this one of the vital issues of his administration. The question of rural school consolidation and transportation of pupils is a very old one in the Eastern states, but it Is practically a new propo sition in Minnesota, owing to the different conditions existing In the rural districts of the state. But conditions existing else where are bound to arise more or less in Minnesota, and Supt. Olson secured the passage of a law at the last session of the legislature contemplating an ex tension of this work. The shifting of country population In the older states long ago forced the problem of consolidation upon the older states. Massachusetts. Connecticut, Rhode Island, Now York. New Jersey and Ohio have given the question important consideration for years, and have gradually created a sen timent among the people favorable for general consolidation. Consolidation is made necessary, it is concluded, by the decreaso of country population, which results in poorly attended schools. in competent teachers, small wages, and a constant deterioration of the quality of work done by the schools. In the older states this condition has been so general and so aggravating as to be a menace to. the state. To accomplish consolidation of • schools it was necessary to overcome a deeply rooted prejudice for the old neigh borhood system. This has been gradu ally done. The result has invariably been, says Mr. Olsen, that the average standard has been greatly raised, better teachers, better, teaching and better equipment of ■!s have been scoured; the whole ton^ of the community has been changed and ' improved, and there has been an actual economy of expenditure. In New .York state- two years ago there were nearly 4.C00 schools, with an average attendance of less than ten. It was equally bad in other states. This is the condition which Mr. Olsen says makes consolidation nec essary. Every state which has tried the new system and introduced transportation of pupils from the farm homos to a central graded school has proved it to be a saving In money. In Minnesota condi tions have not been nearly so bad as in the other states, but there are many op ( portunltles for the advantageous consol idation of districts. The problem is a little hard ■ er in this state because ■ it is more like the Southern states, the town ship not being a natural unit. Supt. Ol &en has studied the conditions in Min nesota for years, and is enthusiastic on ths subject. He has lectured around the ptate about it and aroused much interest. He intends to Issue a bulletin, giving a ■•summary of "conditions * and remedies in other states and outlining his plans for the extension of the work in Minnesota. m —I FILES LARGE MORTGAGE _ / 5 TWIN CITY TELEPHONE COMPANY HAS RAISED $1,000,000. \ The Twin City Telephone company yes terday filed in the office of the city cleric a $1,000,000 trust mortgage covering its : plants in St. Paul and Minneapolis. and ' providing for the big bond issue made ! by the company last May. The mortgage is made out to the Royal Trust company and Albert A. Johnson, of Chicago, its secretary, and is a loan on all the company's property, both per sonal and real. The instrument permits the Issuance of bonds ranging in value from $500 to $1,000 each, and provides for their maturity at the rate of $25,000 worth ' each year, beginning with 1911. The bonds - araw 5 per cent interest annually. . The mortgage Is one of t'ne largest ever I filed in tho office of the city clerk, and ! has been delayed in filing tc escape the j heavy revenue tax that would have-been required had It been filed prior to July 1. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. St. Marj'a Society Una Taken the Mniier in Hand. Minnesota's deaf population at present numbers about 1,000, including capitalists, ■ inventors and citizens. A school for the education of deaf mutes is to be established in this city by the St. Mary's Society of the Deaf. 'The eociety was organized three years ago, and is conducted under Catholic auspces. The first effort to aid the deaf in St. Paul was begun some eight years ago by j the Society of Nordines, an order of I g Catholic women. To teach the Up lan- j guage to a class of mutes was one of the many philanthropies projected by the Nordines. But the sisterhood did not flourish in j St. Paul, and was abandoned. The mutes - were.dependent upon individual effort for ! both social and mental advancement. It was about two years later that Rev. • T. J. Gibbons, pastor of St. Mary's Cath- i olic church, organized St. Mary's society. I. The organization waa the outcome of un [ Informal gathering of mutes held one i '; lay afternoon at St. Mary's chapel, ! to meet Father Gibbons. ; Minnesota's deaf population numbers : - 1.000 people. Among these are artisans, j capitalists and inventors, the loss of the i two important faculties of speech and | hearing seeming to be but little, hindrance I to progress in professional and commer- i cial lines. Rode Witli tne Six Ilnndrcil. . SANTA ROSA, Cat, Aug. William Humphrey, a veteran of the Crimean •war. one of the "noble six hundred" of Balaklava. died here today, aged seven ty-seven years. ..YOU.. EMPLOY AN EXPERT In Food Selection when you tat GRAPE-NUTS \ The Most Perfectly Made Food for Human Use, k , ] XTO KEEP FOOD CRISP. A novel way of opening a package of food is shows on. th« Grape-Nuts pack age, where a line indicates that a slit should be made with a knife, and the package squeezed, which makes it gap enough to pour out what Is needed for a meal, then the package automatically closes, preserving the contents from the moisture of the air. As a rule. Grape-Nuts . packages are not kept on hand very long tn a-ny family, but it Is well to know how to keep the contents of the package in prime condition. Grape-Nuts Food Is ready cooked very crisp, and can bo served Immediately with a little goo.i ■ ' cream or milk. This feature is of great advantage to those who appreciate eas* and convfctilencfl !n preparing bre«.v/ajtt. GOETZ'S GREAT TRIP ST. PAUL BOY DESCRIBES AX EX. CURSION INTO MOUNTAINS OF LUZON « EAINED MOST OF THE TIME Scenery Described as Masnllicent AH Along the Tribes Sore Because They Are Not Al lowed to Fight. A highly interesting letter was received by H. C.Goetz yesterday from his son Carl Goetz, who is now serving with the United States troos in the Philippine isl ands. The letter is dated at Manila. July 14. and in it Mr. Goetz states that he has been in the mountain service for twenty days. Only twenty men were detailed for the trip, and Mr. Goetz was assigned to do the cooking. During the trip it gained almost all the time, and while crossing: the country the troops were compelled to ascend mountain.? eight miles in height one way and four miles on the reverse slope. The trip is described as delightful by Mr. Goetz, who gives a graph!-: account of the scenery, of the country, but at the same time he declares that no in ducement could make hi™ do the triy over again. In his letter Mr. Goetz says: "I must tell you a little about this trip, as it was a great one, indeed. There was a detail of twenty men ready to go into the mountains for- fifteen or twenty days. I was to do the cooking for them, as vo were to have a pack train of twenty mules, and we took our rations along on them. We only took a change or two of clothing, and we started on Sunday morn ing, the command consisting of Gen. Cell, two majors and a lieutenant, and three ladies, the latter being out for a pleasure trip. We hid rain the 'firs: day wo-were out. and it rained every day, you might say, during the trip. The first day we went sixteen miles, crossing one river fourteen times in about ten miles. It ran through a val ley with mountains on each side, with some of the finest little waterfalls 1 have seen. It rained until about 9 o'clock that night and let up the next day. We went twelve miles over a mountain trail, which was so narrow at points that two horses could not pass at the same time without being pushed off. It was eight miles up and four miles down, and you could see the last man under you, one hundred feet and more, and you .could look up and ,see wher? you would be in a half hour on the mountain side. It was up and down, every day we were out, and the country was something fine to see. We always had a good place to sleep, and the general had some town to stop In every night. We went to a place called Bontoe, the home of a tribe of Igorrotes or head hunters, as they are called, and the only clothing worn by the inhabitants is a breechclout and a little hat stuck on the back of their head. A tomato can cut in half is about the size of it, and, in fact, I caw some with tin cans-stuck on their heads. They all carry spears and shields, and they fight a great deal among- them selves—that Is, one tribe . against the other, and they leave the bodies where they fall, after cutting the'; heads off. After killing their man, they take the head to their town and put it up on a pole, when a feast and dance is kept up until the lower Jaw drops off. Recently the United States government has put a stop to this proceeding, but as they practiced the horrible rite under the Spaniards, they cannot understand why the privilege should be shut off under the government of Uncle Sam. There is some of the finest pine timber in the forest I ever saw, but it cannot be used to any great extent, as it is impossible to get it out of the moun tains. It is probable. that the Ameri cans will soon find a way of getting the timber from the mountains. These people live on rice, potatoes, hogs and clogs, and at intervals they come to the towns and buy up all of the dogs, which are fattened, after which they have a big feast. The Inhabitants are dirtier than the most degenerate American In dian. PANCIESToTIIGHT STATE FOOI3 AXD DAIRY DEPART ME XT EXEHCiSEX> OVER ODD PACKAGE Colored Citizen of Minneapolis In dignantly Demands Analyzing of Specimens of Mill City . Restaurant Cooking:. The pancake as an issue in Minnesota politics is a spectacle to -contemplate with fear and Trembling, and yet it is one full cf picturesque possibilities. The present administration is wondering just how largo a hole this unpretentious product will make in a political fence. | George L.. Dlngman, the assistant dairy and food commissioner, has become so accustomed to receiving odd packages from the rural districts that he is not easily shocked, but yesterday morning he found a package on his Minneapolis - desk that gave him a real thrill. Upon opening it he discovered three cold pancakes and a letter. Upon reading the letter he lcarnod^hat the little break- i fast ornaments were neither souvenirs, nor portents. It seems that a colored gentleman living in Minneapolis stepped j into a down-town restaurant in that city to partake of a frugal m«al, and inad vertently ordered pancakes. Tho pan cakes did not strike the gentleman as being built upon an approved model and he thought he detected a violation of ihe amendments to the constitution. So he carefully rolled them up and put them In his spectacle case for future reference. The more he examined the cakes the more satisfied did he become that he had' been trifled with on account of his color. Burning with indignation he decided to i appeal to headquarters, and acocrdingly i he sent the pancakes to Mr. Dingman with an urgent request that they be submitted Immediately to his chemist for microscopic examination and analysis, to the end that he be informed whether or no the pancakes were made according: to law, right weight, color and ! size, and of the proper quality for a gentleman to eat. He wanted the de partment to; rush the matter, and If the restaurant had attempted to pass off a forged article upon him he wanted it punished and its license revoked. Com missioner Dingman realized the Im portance of the matter and gave it his immediate attention. The decision of the chemist has not been received as yet. ; WEATHER SHARPS TO MEET. Forecast Officer Lyons I*iuc lor Milwaukee to Attend Convention. ; By order of the secretary of agricul ture. Washington. D. C, a convention of the weather bureau officials will be held at Milwaukee, Wls., on the 27th 2Sth aM 29th of this month. a.nd at which numer ous topics relative to the weather bureau and its work, instruments, etc," their nqA and exposure will come under discussion V. F: V^' 0, 713! forecast official in charge of tit Paul, leaves this evening to at! i tend and open the discussion "on the fragility of certain Instruments in use and-the manner of remedying defects in thcs.-i. He will also submit papers on on« or mora topics m addition to the above William O. Oliver has been authorized to iraka forecasts and otherwise conduct the St. Paul office oath Mr. Lyons re turns. ■-.;;.-.<;:>■ <" THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1901. NEW FLATS GOING UP OVER $100,000 TO BE SPENT ON NEW APARTMENT HOUSES BUILDING BOOM CONTINUES Contractors Are Certain of Being Kept Busy Until "Well Into the Winter Months. ■ . With the latter part of October gener ally comes a cessation of active building operations, but local contractors are con fident that the present building boom will keep up well into the winter. Every architect in the city ;s busy, and seme of th*3 contractors have taken work to an extent which precludes any possi bility of it being completed this year. Possibly the biggest improvements to be projected this year in the apartment house line are three large flat buildings which will be erected jointly by M. ,T. O'Neil, of St. Paul, and Carl Peterson, of Minneapolis. They will cost their own ers about $90,000. The structures will be erected at Dayton and Nelson avenues and will have a frontage of 59 feet on the latter thoroughfare and 'M feet on Dayton. The three buildings will bo di vided into eighteen flats, of six. end seven rooms each. Pressed brick and marble will enter largely into the construction of all the buildings. The interior finish ings will be the handsomest on the nill. Another big flat building proposed, and for which plans are at present being drawn by Louis Lockwood, is one to be erected on St. Albana and Grind avenue by D. P. Roussopoulous. The building will be of pressed brick, three stories high and divided into six apartments. It is hoped to have the building completed this winter. The structure will cost *'20,00 C. The St. Stanislaus congregation is pre paring to put $18,000 into a new school building to be erected at Western and Goodrich avenues. It will consist of two stories and • a basement and contain tour rooms and an assembly hall. The build ing will be constructed of pressed brick, with cut stone trimmings. E. J. Donohue is preparing the plans, and hopes to have them completed so as to allow work on the building to be started this year. Another parochial school building con templated is one for Rev. Mr. Meier's congregation at Thomas and Gaultier streets. It will be 67x90 feet in size, of pressed and ornamental brick, and will contain nine school rooms. The improve ment will represent an expenditure if *W, --000. St. Vincent's church, on Virginia street, is also to have a new school building. The contract has been placed vith the Butler-Ryan company, and the coct will reach $15,000. In respect to residences, the. number now in course of construction and con templated is heavy, and includes many of high cost. Among the number reported this week for which plans are being pre pared is one for G. L. Cox, to be located on Laurel avenue at a cost of $5,000; -one for J. G. Murphy, Portland and Oxford avenues, cost 14,000, and a brick addition to their building by the Memorial hJvan gelical church, on Sixth street, at a cost of $4,000. The latter will be a residence, and will be occupied by the pastor, A. J. D. Haupt. Reed & Stem are preparing plans for the addition of two stories to the Oppen. helm building, on East Fourth street. The cost will be about $15,000. NEW TRAIN SUED. Of permanent Improvements, the union diepot possibly represents the heaviest ex penditure, and in order that it may be completed this year, men will be kept working well into the winter. One of the biggest items of cost in the work is the addition to the train shed, the contract for which was secured by the American Bridge Company of Minneapolis last week. The addition will be 640 feet lontr. and will have a width of 310 feet. Under the contract It must b« completed be fore the close of the year. BUREAU OF INFORMATION COMMERCIAL CLUB TO CARE FOR STATE FAIR VISITORS. The Commercial club proposes to main tain during the week of the state fair a free bureau of information for the con venience of strangers visiting the city at that time. The location of the bureau will be in the union depot, and there will always be some one in attendance to answer questions and to direct applicants to the different hotels, and when those are full to other suitable places of ac commodation. The club, therefore, asks the kindly co operation of the hotelkeepers and the boarding housekeepers in this work, and also invites those who may have rooms to rent, or who are willing to entertain strangers temporarily with both board and lodging to communicate with the secretary of the club, Mr. C. P. Stine, Germanla Life building, giving him ex act information as to the character of the accommodations offered and their cost by day. The state fair is growing in interest and importance, and has become so at tractive a ferftOTe of the earliest autumn months as to insure so large an attend ance that the usual accommodations of fered to visitors are likely to prove in adequate. It is believed by the establish, ment of this bureau of information, the city's reputation for hospitality will be maintained, and that no stranger will be left without easy means of finding suitable accommodations and of obtain ing any other information with regard to the facilities for shopping, for see ing- the city and for getting to the state fair that he may desire. chickensWnotcome PLAN OF MINNEAPOLIS CUBJIAX NIPPED BY CAME WARDEN. "Send eighteen prairie chickens at once; price no object." The above message, or words to that effect, were received by a man in Web ster City, S. D., a few days ago from, the Minneapolis club, and thereby hangs ! a tale. It is said that the sender of the j telegram was no other than the steward i of the Minneapolis club, who was more i than anxious to secure a nice brace or two of chickens for a dinner that had been ordered by a prominent member of the Mill City club. The member in question had Invited a number of friends I to participate in a little spread and be | thought "himself that a bunch of festive j prairie birds would akld zest to the oc casion and be much appreciated by his guests. "Now, what I want is some fine South Dakota hens," said he, so the story goes, to the steward. "I don't give a whoop how much they cost so long as the goods are delivered." So Mr. Steward wired the Webster City man the wants of his patron and but for the diligence of Deputy Warden Meyer, all might have gone well. Mr Meyer is a constant reader of the Slier lock Holmes series, and he got wind of the affair and wrote a disclosure of the awful perpetration to Executive Agent Sam F. Fullerton. Mr Fullei* ton will investigate the matter, and the Minneapolis club may have to raise it* rlgOit hand and swear to some things I about the doings of Its members when it comes to breaking laws of this su preme state. Through Official Sleeping Cars. The North-Western Line will run through official special sleeping cars from St. Paul to Cleveland for the benefit of veterans of Acker, Garfield, Gettysburg Gen. Ord Posts, G. A. It., and the Worn en's Relief Corps of St. Paul? to the an nual encampment at Cleveland An nouncement of the date and rates will be rcade later, through the papers or may be had by calling on E. A- Whlta- FIND MORE FRAUDS Continued From First Page. missing certificates were found. They were immediately given to the county at torney and a demand was made on Audit or Johnson for "the moijey due^on them. There still remain eleven certificates on which tax refundments of from $500 to $1,000 have been paid, and for which tho county has nothing: to sJhow except the canceled warrants, and' they, too, may be found missing if the original crr tiflcatfs are unearthed. They are as fol lows: DETAILED DESCRIPTION. Two Certificates, C. A. Hamilton lot 3 block 28, West St. Paul Proper. Applica tion for refundment by W. T. Cassidy and warrant drawn to the order of F ll "VVels. One Certificate—Anthony Yoerg Jr., Whittaker & JLeppen's subdivision of lot 9, block 1. Application made to W T Cassidy; paid F. H. Weiss. Two Certificates—Mrs. E. R. Bucklin lots 1 and 7, block 7, Winslow's addition' Application made by Carl Ducius; war rants payable to James Sehoonmaker One Certificate—Mrs. B. Cummins 'lot 8, block 1, Ehren's addition. Application made by Carl Ducius; money paid to F H. Weis. One Certificate—Mrs. Bucklin, lott 22 of Willlus' subdivision of Lyman Dayton's subdivision. Application made by' Carl Ducius; paid to F. H. Weis. One CertiiicatL—A. C. McKelmle lot 8 block 1, Whittaker, Turner & Lepper's addition for ISSO. Application made by Carl D:idus; paid to James Sehoonmaker One Certificate—St. Paul Fire and Ma rine Insurance company, lot 9^ block 1 Whittaker, Turner & Lepper'a addition for l&O. Appl cation made by W. D. Da vis; paid to James Sehoonmaker. Two Certificates—Mrs. M. C. Sullivan and Mrs. M. M. Cole, lots S and 9, Rob ertson's addition. Application made by W. D. Davis; paid to James Sehoon maker. In all the applications made the name of Carl Ducius figured prominent ly, but at the investigation made by Gov. Van Sant, Ducius admitted that he had never seen the certificates which he was supposed to have in his possession when asked for the refundment. Griswold contended that he had seen them, and his statement had to be accepted. ' In the two certificates found yester day, Commisaioners Lott and Whitehorn attested to the regularity of the pro ceeding's attending the petition asking for their refundment. Commissioners Ivott and Whitehorn were members of the county tax committee, and accord ing to Gen. Pope, approved the payment of money on instruments they never saw. They never made the examination re quired by law. GEN. POPE'S CONTENTION. Said Bank Examiner Pope last night: "I have all along held that the cer tificates claimed to have been mislaid were never surrendered. Two of them have come forward to support my con tention, and others will follow. The investigation I made covered' only one month, but was sufficient to bring to light no less than thirteen certificates, of which no account has been given. What a thorough Investigation of Mr! Johnson's books would do iy conjectured! It would take time and money and might add heavily to the gross irreg ularities that have already been shown. The two certificates are now in the possession of County Attorney Kane, and a thorough investigation will be commenced Monday for the purpose of finding the party or parties who are now enjoying county money by claiming to be the lawful owner of thf certificates. Gen. Pope says their prosecution wili have to come from the county attor ney. Any information that he is in pos session of concerning the alleged deals he will cheerfully supply. FAST BUILDING WORK SEW: WAREHOUSE OX THIRD • STREET GOING IP RAPIDLY. As an Instance of rapid building] work under disadvantage 3 cirrnmstanciia. the record for tho soil probably belongs to the contractors engaged in the erection of the large warehouse opposite the Griggs-Cooper building on East Third street. It was about the middle of May before a fore© of workmen was put at clearing away the piles of rubbish with which the vacant lot was covered to the depth of several feet; then the work of driving fifty-foot piles was commenced. The foundation -proper was not laid until r over six weeks later, but now the building has been practically completed for four of the five stories, and the contractors expect to turn the building over to Messrs. Koehler & HJnrichs by the middle of Oc tober. • • si* As an idea of what building on such swampy ground as this structure is placed on means, it may be mentioned that no fewer than 1,000 piles were sunk to a depth of between fifty and fifty-five feet before any concrete work was attempted. These piles are, of course, invisible, but they represent an outlay of between' $8,000 and $10,000, as, according to the contract or, each of the long poles is\worth be tween $8 and $10. The front of the structure is to be of Twin City pressed brick, the trimming will be of Kasota stone, and the inside work is supplied by the Chaaka woi's. When completed the building will have cost $85,000. Newman . & Hoy are th« contractors 1, and the former, speaking of i.he job yes terday, said that it had been one of the fastest pieces of work in his experience as a contractor, the quality of the work and the natural handicaps to fast prog ress being considered. i . ; t ■■■ ; > — _o». —;';•'— ; — Rioting in. Arizona, ' CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 24.—Serious disturbances are reported w to' have oc curred at Mush, Armenia, but no details have been received. Lunch *^Jy Has been rudely defined by some cynic as "slops and sweets." And after all there's more truth than poetry in the definition.. Ice cream I and cake. may satisfy the palate, but they are far from satisfying to the stomach, which requires that food be nutritious first and nice afterward. By careless eating women pave the way for stomach ** trouble," and its kindred miseries. 'j Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discov ery is , confidently commended as a . cure for diseases of the stomach \ and other organs of digestion and nutrition. By curing diseases -which prjjrvent the assimilation of food it enables.the body to be built up and strengthened in the only way known to nature—by food digested and assimilated^ " "For twelve long months I suffered untold misery," writes Mrs. Mollie Colgate, of Ran dolph, Charlotte Co., Va. "No tongue could ex press the pain that I endured before I com menced taking Dr. Pierces medicine. I was pot cbl« to do anything at all. Could not eat anything except bread and tea—or if I did the top of my head hurt so it seemed it would kill f>e; with all that I aould do it would burn Mice re. But now. since usiug your ' Golden Med ical Discovery' and 'Favorite Prescription," I can eat a little of almost anything I want, and can do a good day's work as well as enybody can. Am c<etter than I have beeu for years." Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets cure tick headache. E?f^;-'" Hamm's Beer is healthful because it is W/mt j^gjS ■ brewed' from good clean nutritious barley, T&jlli ffj^m bright, properly cured hops, and the purest of A^ pS^ water taken from an artesian well nearly a F^VQ lOra® thousand feet deep. M W)\^ \\W7l The brewing of Hamm's Beer is a purely jftf(f [I l£A natural process just as is the making of a cup B^f^ Extreme precautions are taken to keep ift^ ■W/Bss everything' used in the... process clean and ' wfjm r sweet, and brew kettles, storage vats, kegs w^K, fe^Vj and bottles are thoroughly sterilized by various *--/\J methods. 1 pa^/V /J \ I We call this Honest Brewing and defy the T/JLI mL \ world to produce a'more healthful beer than mi\A m[ V •■ nS^'iim vl J^M B'i'i'- -\ ■■■■■■■ a^m MHk^BB jßj^L JOh j^k^ Evil \2 "Ji ? _^3 H| _*B I . - i- . .1 H^D^HHI mEbSSHHI SESfiB^Sl :^■' (.*«««?• -*-.- -* ■ ... Sr c f ''■' CELTIC 18 MONSTER SEW \. HITE STAR LIXER IS THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP IX :. '.-.( THE WORLD IS LONG AS FOUR CITY BLOCKS Quarters for Steerage Passenger* •Superior to Those of Any Oth er Vessel Afloat—Accommo dates 3,000 Passengers. i Since the new "White Star liner Celtic, the largest steamship in the world, came Into this port there have been many clever comparisons intended to convey to the public mind some idea of her enormous size. Paragraphers have said with truth that she was four city blocks long and as wide as -Broadway; that t*» city hall - could be stowed away in her yawning hold and leave nothing but the clock tower in Big] One can "hardly believe tftt i s»tai pints, says the New as "Yes, I oncet rode a wheel, but I had ter give It up." "Why did you give it up? 1' "De police made me." York Tribune, until an hour or more has been spent on board the vessel, walk ing miles over the white decks, of which there are nine; climbing up and down enough companlonways to take one to the top of the St. Paul building, for there are no elevators on the Celtic. The captain's bridge, which on the Cel tic is well forward, Is a good place to stand and let the enormity of the steam er soak into one's brain. It cannot be grasped in a minute, for there is entirely too much to grasp. Looking forward, there is a vast stretch, of open deck, punctured In three places- with large hatchways. One can peer down into the hatch that is nearest the bridge and gain some idea of the depth of the ves sel. It is a veritable chasm that yawns below, and if one's eyes are good five or six shelf-like decks can be counted be low the main deck. The sharp bow Is more than 150 feet away, an<J so high above the water that It seems impossible for the ocean to profluce a wave big enough to wet the top of her nose. Then one must cross the narrow bridge and look towards the atern. First there Is a pile of deck cabins, which comes up to the bridge level. Beyond one can see long rows of davits, with a big, white lifeboat suspended from each pair. Al most so far away as to necessitate the use of a glass, quite 650 feet, is a flash of color, rod and white, the flag of old England, which marks tho end of the floating monster. It extends beyond the outer bulkhead of the big White Stir pier, and the Jersey shore does not seem to bo very much further away. Th-e crew of the Celtic have been on board nearly a month, but they h^-ve not become used, to the size of the ship. "She's a bloomin' wlldernee.9," said one sailor, who was Bcraping down tho decks. "Can't seem to feel at homo In her," said a steward's boy, who had been hunting for half an Iwmr for a certain storeroom. After getting an idea of the Celtic from the decks, one goes below to wonder at the size of everything, from the monster dining saloon of the first cabin passengers to the big staterooms. The saloon is much like the saloons of other big trans-Atlantic liners, only larger. It is not so elaborately decorated as the saloons of several other ships, but it I* OF C OURSE. comfortable and everything is in good taste. The library is large, of course, . finished in finely grained oak, with floors of polished wood. There are a number of writing tables, a few easy chairs, and many stationary seats of padded leather. Across one end! of the room Is a large "bookcase, filled with recent novels in fancy covers. The smoking room Is perhaps the handsomest room on the 3hip. It is brill iant in coloring, as smoking rooms should | be; elegantly furnished, roomy and com fortable. There are enough marble top ped .tables for 'a. small regiment to find seats.. The room Is lighted by day by a score of square portholes, th* - glass of which Is figured with mermaids. The light of 100 eleatrlc globes is reflected about the room at night from golden shells. The floor Is of tile, in red. gray ; and brown design. The walls are coy- 3 ered with imitation leather, on which gold squirrels and green sparrows are pictured. The ceiling has a fancy de sign worked out in silver. In the center of the room la an arched skylight of stained glass. The cabin galley and par.tries are as big as those in hotels on phore^ A dozen couples could dance a livily two-step on the top of the big square range without knocking against each other. Besides, I there are a half-dozen other ranges, grill ers, boilers and soup m yes. The bak ers have a room to the tnselves and the dishes are washed in still another room. The Celtic has all toiw of staterooms. There are a number In suites of three rooms, fitted with beitha for four or -ix persona. There is a large bathroom be tween the two stat ooms and a dainty parlor at the end c.f the suite. A novelty In the line of ■ rooms are those which have only a single berth. They are roi the traveling l Bachelors, male or female, and fill a decided want. Until one comes to the steerage tin Celtic does not differ decidedly from other big liners, but once the third-ciasi quarters are reached her superiority is obvious. She has the finest steerage qua!ten* of any vessel afloat, and the passengers who came over on her first trip thought some mistake had been made. That steerage passengers should have a piano in their dining room and a smoking cabin for the men was utterly beyond belief. Equally wonderful was the fact that married couples could have staterooms to themselves, and families separate compartments without extra charge. The Celtic's steerage piano is the pride of the ship. The steerage stewards come into tho saloon several times a day to see that it has not wandered away. They think that they are dreaming about it and are afraid of waking up. It Is a little red wood affair, but its tone is sweet, and there were many among th© emigrants who could play. The steerage smoking saloon Is at the stern, and may be used by the men. ex cept at meal time. All the saloons are fitted with long tables, and each pas senger has a revolving chair Instead of a place on a crowded bench. The steer age pantrie3 are not shut off from tho saloons, and the passengers can see Just how clean and carefu 1 the ste<rapo stewards are In the preparation of their food. The steerage quarters for single men are forward in a well lighted room, run ning the entire width of the Ship between decks. The bunks are two high, two abreast, and there is a wide aisle between every set of bunks. Single women ar« quartered in the stern of the ship. The staterooms for married couples are com- able, and no more than six are quar tered in a room. Young married couples may have a room to themselves if they apply early enough. The second cabin passengers ar< almost as well quartered as the saloon passen gers. They havo a smoking room and library amidships, both of which are elaborately furnished. The tables in the second cabin are well Supplied with china and silver, and the eervice is as good as in the first cabin. The Celtic can carry between 2.7C0 and 3,000 passengers without crowding. Of these 350 are in the saloon, 150 in the sec ond cabin, and 2.300 in the steerage. Her crew numbers 350, nearly half of whom belong to the steward's department, and lack after the wants of the passengers. ,— — No Paper Next Week. Philadelphia Record. The rural editor had gone fishing, leav ing- his sanctum In charge of the otltce boy. Next day tho paper came out with this announcement: "Summer has came, and tho green apple Is in our mtdat." .— Don't be too Hasty IN SELECTING A PIANO ■The greatest care, thought and erperisr.ee should b» exercised In deciding upen the Instru ment yea will tut Into your home. If popular favor ctn influence ycu. your choice will rarrow down to one of these throe superb Irutru m;st«: - CHICKERINO, FISCHER or FRANKLIN. Each supreme tn its claw. HDWAR D 4°? i" 3t, FARWELL&CO. Grant P. Wagner, Treat, and Ttgr.