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;VOL. XIX. NO. 30.
HARTFORD AND WATERBURY, CONN., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901.
PRICE, 3 CENTS.
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SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
Young African Ruler Has Many
Extravagant Fads.
Pay 91,5.006 for Two Cameras wltl
. . Whlch-to Photosrapli Hi Wive
Lenses Are Set iu Solid
. Gold Instead of Uratiit.
News that the sultan of Morocco
' has bought two cameras, one quarter-plate
and one half-plate, costing
$10,500 and $4,300, respectively, is re
garded by camera experts as sug
gesting1 that , the sultan of Morocco
is a good deal more fond of spending
money than is the sultan of Turkey,
It is doubted if he has any prettier
harem, than has the Turkish sultan,
and if he has it is argued by experts
in' camera goods that he could get
just as good a picture of hik favor
ites with a $100 machine.
' According , to the story of the sul
tan's purchases in London all the
metal work of -the quarter-plate
camera is of solid gold, even to the
screws, and hinges, every piece bear
ing the British hall mark. Its total
weight is 150 ounces. The half-plate
instrument is of silver, with finest' of
mountings. :
Dr. William II. Knapp, of Chicago,
representing the manufacturers who
made th1 lenses for the sultan's
cameras, says in effect that the sul
tan paid through the nose for what
hc.gov, so far as pictures are con
cerned.. ,
"For such cameras we couldn't
make a lens that would cost more
than $100," said Dr. Knapp to a Chi
cago; Tribune reporter. "The best
framework for a lens is brass and
one set in. gold would be less adapt
able in photography. We make ' the
best quarter-plate lens for $77, with
$16 more added for a shutter. The
sultan hasn't got anything better,
though it may be set in -solid gold.
"But even in solid gold, wherever
the metal could be worked in, it is
SULTAN OF MOROCCO.
(Young African Ruler Noted for His Ex
' i - travagance.)
hard to see how such a charge could
be made for such a small camera as
a quarter-plate would be. It would
take a photograph Only 34x4
inches, and the half -plate would be
only 44x612 inches. . '' ' ;
"Counting gold as ; worth $20 an
ounce and the lens of the camera at
$100, the camera would have to weigh
nearly 500 ounces to have ' $10,000
worth of gold in it. That is, it would
have to weigh more than 30 pounds
avoirdupois. This is an absurdity.
Carving, jewels, engravings and the
height of ornamentation might make
a camera cost as much as $10,500, but
you couldn't prove it by a quarter
Xlate negative."
In general, the cost of a camera is
in . the lens. For a sneak thief there
is scarcely a more inviting field than
a first-class photographer's studio.
While men Jock up bartenders in the
ice box to raid a saloon cash register
with $6.85 in it, a sneak thief easily
might unscrew a . $500 portrait Jens
from a camera and sneak out with
.the booty in his coat pocket. For a
costly camera the lens usually costs
ten times as much as the box, and it
has not a hundredth part of the bulk.
The largest lens ever made for a
camera was nearly nine inches in
diameter, was ten inches long, and
lens and metal casing weighed 40
pounds. This lens, made under the
most trying circumstances, cost $3,
000, and was designed for a plate
4x8 feet. The first photograph taken
through it was a life size photograph
of Dr. John Alexander Do wie, short
ly before he -was reincarnated into
Elijah III.
- The plate which registered this
"counterfeit presentment" of Elijah
cost $100, and it cost at least five
dollars to develop and "fix" the nega
tive, the prints from it costing about
three dollars each.
The unusual size of the lens for
this , camera necessitated a camera
box 4x8 feet and a focal adjustment
of 13 feet. In making the lens it
was difficult to find glass sufficiently
large and free from flaws, air bub
bles, and "striae." When one glass
bad beei cut and adjusted it had to
be thrown out because of one of
those . almost intangible blemishes
'ermed striae.
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In a lens of ordinary size the de
viation of one-thousandth of an inch
in its thickness will make it useless
for photography, causing it to dis
tort images. Testing these lenses,
grinding and polishing and fitting
the"m and correcting them to hairs
breadths is the work of the human
hand and eye, but so accurately are
these experts trained that ,in a box
of a dozen lenses of the same style
it is the boast of the manufacturers
that no man needs search to find a
best one.
THE COUNTESS TOLSTOI.
Wife of the Aoted Russian Reformer
and Sociologist Has Shown
Rare Devotion.
Countess Sophia Andrerovna Tol
stoi, wife of the famous Russian nov
elist and sociologist, may be account
ed one of the most remarkable wom
en in Europe. She has stood fast by
her husband's side in all his ups and
downs of fortune and was his main
stay during his recent disgrace by
the Russian government for having
defended the liberty-loving students
of St. Petersburg. Countess Totsloi
is a genuine wife and mother and
very different ri her tastes from her
philosopher husband. The count de
COUNTESS TOLSTOI.
(Wife of the Noted Russian Reformer and
'-:'.' Novelist.) , ,.'
scribes her, as a v"high flyer at fash
ion.'' Judging from accounts of a re
cent visitor to Russia, the same dis
tinction characterizes the j husband
and wife..; This . visitor describes' his
interview with the great author and
:rc6X4fsont waaln peasant
dress and received his guesin' a
plainly furnished study;' "But . when
the two repaired to the reception?
room they found the countess, vin
magnificent court costume, and ; the
ladies, who were with her were' sim
ilarly attired. These things, how
ever, are mere matters of taste.
From the events of the late uprising
in Russia it would seem that the
countess has a peculiar right to be
heard and honored by everyone. Her
husband's excommunication gave her
an opportunity of - issuing a public
letter which was especially appeal
ing. The brave wife closes her letter
in these words: "God will be lenient
to those who even outside the church
have lived a life of humility, renun
ciation of the good things, of this
world, love and devotion' His ' par
don is surer for them than for those
whose miters and decorations sparkle
with precious stones, but who strike
and J expel from, the church those
over whom they are set as pastors.
Hypocrisy would vainly distort my
words, for good faith does not err
in judging people's real intentions."
Countess Tolstoi for many years has
acted as her husband's friend secre
tary and critic. The romance of
their lovemaking is found in "Anna
"Karenina."
Krngi-t Sticks to Beer. ,
Paul Kruger's daily tipple is beer,
and he rarely takes alcoholic spirits
He once drank a glass of champagna
at Bloemfontein, after the signing oi
an alliance with the Orange Free
State. He looked surprised as he
drained the glass, then snorted dis
gustedly, and champagne has not
passed his lips since that day.
Lightning; Strikes Feathers.
.The popular idea that feathers are a
nonconductor of electricity, laboring
under which delusion many people
scary about lightning climb under
feather beds, even in 'summer, was ex
ploded in a very .remarkable manner
during the recent heavy thunderstorm
at Chambersburg, -Pa. "While the
storm was at its worst a bolt of light
ning struck the center of the public
square of a country town and struck
a rooster which was running acros's
the opening. It hit him square on the
head, and, of course, killed him in
stantly, and also burned all the feath
ers off his back and sides.
' Horse Coughs Up Bank Bills.
Elwyn Philips, employed by O.
C.
Gardner, a baker in Southampton, L.
I., lost $230 a few days ago, and was
unable to find any trace of the money.
The bills were in a roll held together
by an elastic band. One of the baker's
horses had a coughing fit the other day
and coughed up th"e roll of bank notes
intact. The rubber band had held se
curely, and the money was returned to
Philips. He believes that he acci
dentally dropped the roll., from his
trousers pocket, and that the horse
picked it up. and swallowed it. :
THE If ATE OF HAWAII
Politicians and Statesmen Are Much
Interested In It.
Natives Want Statehood or Annexa
tion to California Others Think
Territorial Government Is .
Good Enongh, .
While Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii,
is urging that the archipelago (now
a territory) be admitled to the union
as a state, the recommendation is
heard in some quarters that the is
lands be annexed to California. The
Honolulu Sunday Volcano, for exam
ple, says: . ; '' ; f
"The Volcano, in advocating the an
nexation of "Hawaii , to California,
does so with the most patriotic mo
tives. The Hawaii of to-day is carry
ing all of its eggs to market in one
basket. We are raising two products
sugar and children. The contract
labor laws having been abolished,
children are hardly a commoditj7 of
commerce. Hawaii under present
conditions to be prosperous must' have
a stible market for its sugar., ( The
market for Hawaian sugar is' Ahier
ica. Under the Downes decision of
the United States supreme court' con
gress has the power to levy a dutj' on
any or all goods shipped from a ter
ritory of the United States. Now we
do not believe that congress will ever
place a duty upon Hawaiian sugar.
But, believing this, would it not be
presumptuous to say that congress
never will do it? There is no telling
what an Hawaiian legislature or an
American congress will do.
"Is it not best to be safe in this
matter? Haven't the people of Ha
waii had enough dearly purchased ex
perience in assessment sugar stocks
without investing in an assessment
government. By becoming a part of,
California, Hawaii would be forever
free from a tax on its sugar. What a
strong argument this isTfor annex
ation to the Golden State!"
The semi-official Philadelphia Press,
Vowever, expresses its' belief -that
N ROBERT W. WILCOX.
(Delegate in United States Congress from
Hawaii.)
Hawaii will remain a territory. It re
marks: ,
"Delegate WTilcox, of Hawaii, who
is enthusiastically advocating state
hood for the territory of Hawaii, is
wasting his time. Hawaii is not fit to
become a state, and it will be a long
time, if ever, before it will be so fit
ted. There is no evidence whatever
to show that Hawaii would be better
off. as a state than as a territory,
while its expenses would be greatly
increased.
"The talk of uniting Hawaii with
California meets with no favor either
in Hawaii or in California, and is chi
merical. Congress, would give no con
sideration to such a proposition. Un
der the decision of the United States
supreme court, Hawaii needs no
statehood, and, like all our other pos
sessions, can be well governed under
a territorial form of government
euch as it now has.
"As to complaints about the al
leged ignorance and corruption of its
legislature, they count for nothing
in view of what some of our state
legislatures do, particularly that of
Pennsylvania. No territorial legisla
ture will probably, ever, exhibit such
rottenness as has characterized the
Pennsylvania legislature, or that of
Montana, and fortunately no terri
torial legislature would , have the
power to rob the people, of ..the terri
tory in the way the Pepnsylvania leg
islature has robbed the people of this
state.,,r. . "
Trees Die from Insomnia.
"Insomnia dries trees up and kills
them after awhile," said a tree fan
cier. "Trees need sleep, just as in
dividuals, and if powerful lights are
glaring upon them all night long the
leaves will gradually wither and drop
from the branches. This deadening
of the tree is often plainly notice
able upon the side affected by the
light, and a . number of trees in the
city are slowly being killed by elec
tricity." .. .
The Power of the Press.
The Kansas City man who adver
tised in a newspaper for a wife
and got one in the shape of a widow
with fire children lias no longer 'any
doubt as to the power of the press.
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
Conmelo Vanderbilt's Husband Will
Fete 7,000 Persons at His Castle
of Blenheim.
The duke- of arlborough is about to
appear in a new role. There will oc
cur at Blenheim palace, the duke's seat
at Woodstock, Oxford, August 10, one
Of the largest political demonstrations
of recent times. Its object is to cele
brate the third unionist victory in the
elections. Three thousand delegates
from, the conservative and liberal
unionist associations throughout the
country will be present, , while the
gathering will number in all about
7,000.. Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamber
lain will make addresses, and the
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH. 1
(Will Entertain 7.000 Guests at Blenheim
. Castle.) .
duke of Marlborough will preside.
The duchess of Marlborough will en
tertain this great throng at luncheon
in a huge tent especially erected upon
the historic grounds. AM unionist
members of the house of commons
have been invited. The palace will be
-opened for public inspection, and, in
fact, 'Blenheim will ,be en fete as it
has not been for many years. A dis
tinguished house party, will follow,
several of the most prominent per
sons present remaining to the end of
the week. Among the features of
the fete will be a recital, upon the
celebrated organ in the' long .library,
boating upon the lake and the render
ing of . band music during the entire
day.
The. duke of Marlborough said to a
jrepresettative - of the Associated
"JSoijHTiiiicance is attached to this
fete, fo far as I am concerned; I did
something similar'five years ago, only
on a much smaller scale-. I thought
this would be good for! the unionist
party, effectively .prove its cohesion
and the concord which prevails in the
party, and also give the leaders a
chance of personally thanking their
agents and workers; so I asked them
all to come . to Blenheim." 1 -
The duke of Marlborough is not go
ing to thte United States, and has not
the faintest idea of succeeding Lord
Mmto as governor general of Canada;
he characterized both reports as ut
terly unfounded. .
HIGH TELEGRAPH POLES.
Greeted at Beaumont, Tex., on Op.
' poslte Banks of the Sometimes
Turbulent Nechei.
The highest telegraph poles in the
United States have just been put up
in Beaumont, Tex. So far as known,
they" are the highest of any in the
world, the top being 150 , feet above
the ground. They were erected on
the opposite banks of the Neches river
by the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, in order to string its cable across
HIGHEST IN THE WORLD.
(Teleg-raph Poles at Beaumont, Tex.,
Feet High.)
ISO
the stream. The span is 144 feet in
length. This height is necessary to
admit the passage of ships through
the drawbridge, their masts being 100
feet tall and more.
This aerial span was preferred to
laying a submarine cable, for it is ex
pected that congress may at some fu
ture day have the Neches river
dredged, and this would ruin the cable.
It is also much cheaper.
Autocars for Paris Police.
Autocars are to be utilized by the
police in Pars to overtake cars driven
at excessive speed. Several policemen
are now being' trained to drive the mo
tor carsvy
FRANCE NOT AFRAID.
Plot Against the Republic Hatched
by the Bonapartists.
Followers of Prince Louis Napoleon
Propose tor Make September 14
Memorable in the History
of Their Country.
Bismarck's saying that an enemy
who names a day for his attack is
not formidable, will be recalled by
the story which comes from London
of the new plot against the French
republic. This tale is given with a
good deal of circumstantiality, and it
comes from Paris, from a person who
is said to be favorable to the scheme.
Prince Louis Napoleon, a descendant
of Jerome, one of the brothers of
Napoleon I., is an officer of the Rus
sian army. On September 14 Nicholas
II. is to promote the prince to the
rank of general in the Russian forces.
On that day a big demonstration is
arranged in France by the friends of
Bonaparte pretensions, in the inter
est of the prince.
This is the programme as outlined
by the tale from Paris, published in a
London paper, and- cabled to the
United States. Young Louis Napole
on is represented to be a good officer
and a popular person, and a favorite
of the czar. All this is true. Possibly
there is some truth in the story that
he is to be promoted by the czar at
an early day, and September, 14 would
be just as good a day as any other
for the advancement to take place,' so
far as the world can see. But will the
promotion cause a Bonapartist dem-
onsjtration? Will this demonstra
tion, if it occurs, have any influence
on the political fortunes of . this or
any other member of the Bonapartist
house? These are queries which time
only can answer.
Meanwhile, says the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, a few considera
tions can be shown to stand in the
way of -the success of any Bonapart-
PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON. .
(Bonapartist Pretender to the Throne oi
France.) '
ist plot which may be hatched at the
present time. The . present republic,
which will be 3 years of age on Sep
tember 4, 1901, has lived nearly twice
as long as any other political system
which has appeared in France since
the abolition of the Bourbon mon
archy in 1792. There was once a be
lief, incited by the experience of the
Orleanist monarchy and the second
empire, JNapoleon , ill. s; tnat tne
eighteenth century was the dead line
in the life of a x rencn government,
The third republic has left that line,
so far behind that it is hard to figure
out off-hand just when it has crossed
The present French ministry, if it
lives a few weeks onger, will have
outlasted all the other cabinets,
about three dozen in number, which
have come to the front since Thiers'
days at the head of the republic. The
republic is apparently stronger now
than it ever has been in the past. In
the chamber of deputies only a cor
poral's guard is left of the avowed
enemies of this form of government.
As Prince Louis Napoleon, however,
is an able and popular person and a
capable soldier, andi as he has great
prestige in Russia, the country of his
adoption, he has often figured in the
popular fancy, in and out of France,
in the role ' of the "man on horse
back." There are persons, therefore,
who will await with much interest
the coming of September 14, 1901.
' One Way to Get a Wife.
The accidental dropping of a dime
down his back secured a bride for
George Holden, of Scranton, Pa. Hold
en is 23 years of age" One night at
the theater a ten-cent piece slipped
from the hand of Miss Hatty Sturgis.
Although a thorough search was made
by Miss Sturgis and a girl friend, it
could not be- found. The girls were
dismayed, for they had no money and
their homes were nearly two miles
distant. Holden, although five cents
was the, extent of his belongings, and
he an entire stranger, gallantly offered
to escort them home. His offer was ac
cepted. In bidding adieu to the young
women he explained that the lost coin
had slipped down his back and was
then reposing in his left sock. Cap
tivated by his neat speech, Miss Stur
gis encouraged his attentions, and the
other day they were married. - -
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A KING'S MONOGRAM.
Kins Edward Has Adopted a Sew De
stg-n for Use Throuehont the ,
British Empire.
King Edward has chosen a new
cipher for monogram to be worn on
all badges, buttons and other devices,
used throughout the royal service and
wherever the royal monogram is borne
at present.
The new monogram is really very
pretty and is given below. The cipher
NEW BRITISH CIPHER.
'Adopted at the Special Command of King
. Edward VII.)
consists of "E" for Edward and "R"
for Rex, which means king, you know,1
the, two letters mysteriously, but
plainly woven together. In 'the lower
loop of the "E" the numerals. "VTr'
are inclosed and the ' whole reads:
"King Edward VII." Above the mosno-v
gram is a crown, made very plain ac
cording to the wish of the king. The
monogram is chosen for the whole of
King , Edward's reign, and avat evea
the slightest change must be made
by the workers who place ' it upon '
the royal service. No device or orna-7
ment may be placed above or upo-a ii. ;
Special instructions have been givea
through the secretary of war as to tie
crown to be used, alsxv&There are now "
in use some half dozen crowns of dif-'
ferent patterns, some of them of
shapes and patterns foreign to the
British. The one which " ha is bren
chosen and which is to rc.oin-: i.1
sealed pnttern frr "fhr rr "
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is stated, was the fuvurite cf Ljfz.
Victoria, and was always used by ths
late sovereign. All other patterns ar
to be destroyed , v . - '
SCHLATTER IN JAIL.
"Divine Healer Committed at Wa,h
lnston, D. C, a a Vagrant After :': .
Long Drunk. .
Francis Schlatter", who still claims
to be a divine healer, has been com- '
mitted to the workhouse in Washings ;
ton as a vagrant, charged with drunk- ".
enness. Schlatter once had many fol
lowers in the west, who believed, in.
his divine power as a healer, but in
the , police' court he satN among hard-
ened criminals,, and the police officers
testified. to finding him drunk with a
FRANCIS SCHLATTER.
iDIvine Healer Sent to Workhouse Aftev
Long Debauch.)
crowd of boisterous boys around him.
A few days before he was arrested
as insane, but was discharged. To the
officer who last arrested him Schlat
ter admitted that he had been drunk,
since July 3, and said he believed that
about two days confinement .would
do him good. He will have "30 days.
In his own defense Schlatter testified
that he came to Washington to find
his wife, who had deserted him, and
get her permission to sell some prop- -erty
in England. Becoming discour
aged in his efforts he got drunk.
"What is your occupation ?'? asked
the judge.
"I am a divine healer," was the an
swer. V
"Then," said the court, "you should
obey the Scriptural injunction: 'Physi
cian, heal thyself. "
Schlatter begged to be released from
custody, but the court fined him ten
dollars, with the alternative of 30 days'
in the workhouse. ; "
After he was taken back to his cell.
the "healer" became alarmed lest the
prison authorities should cut off his.
long blonde curls. i
"If I am shorn of my locks," said he.
"I will be ruined." ...
Ministers Have Lona; Lives.
The longevity of ministers has lonff
since passed into a proverb. A reader
of the Church finds that of 12 deceased
clergymen whose age was given, the
youngest was 64, the remaining 11
were 70 years old at least, and four
were over 80.. The average age of the 12
wu over 77.