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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN. IN CHARGE OF BRITISH TROOP TRAINS f ' ft oj v,. ui uie Great Eastern splendidly, and I am proud of my gang. They are up on their toes and act like a bunch of Americans. The entire outfit Is pulling like one man. "I saw the German ambassador oif yesterday. He la Prince Llchnowsky. The princess, his suite and about two hundred Germans accompanied him. It was a pathetic and historical sight Many people were on hand. The am bassador and the princess arrived by motor. They passed between the rows of people to the platform, where the train Btarted in absolute silence. There was not a hiss or 'boo.' Not a foot moved. There was nothing but a deadly, uncanny silence." , ' . STICKS TO HIS POST Hon. Myron T. Herrick, American ambassador to France at the time of the outbreak of the war, though he has been joined during the past week by his successor, x whose appointment ,..wst made previous to the start of hos lies," was . the only-lipoinat.4a,r6- JJn"In Paris' "after the French gov ernment removed Its headquarters to " Bordeaux. ir. Herrick has been re quested by the United States govern ment to remain at the Paris embassy for a time, until his successor can get the run of affairs, and he has consent ed to do so, believing he can best serve the Interests of the United States by remaining and looking after the welfare of Americans.! Many banking Institutions which have the money of Americans, on deposit would have transferred their cash if he had not remained.' In the event of the , surrender of Paris Mr. Herrick, as the representative of the most powerful neutral power, will be of great help to the French. At present he is handiiue ..o wiu ui uicui umuui, Russia, Germany, Austria, Servia and lam G. Sharp, the new ambassador, dor. Mrs. Herrick Is also remaining according to recent dispatches is recovering. Mrs. Herrick is a native of Dayton, Ohio. tutu uia tiblld liclC, cbiic.Cia.UJr UIO NATURAL BORN FIGHTING MAN i ' ' ' w fti-. J-s Tgfcv Boer war when at about the age of twenty-eight. i The key to his character , is that flchtine man. He is a true Churchill, ent duke of Marlborough, whose heir to the dukedom he was until the birth of the two sons of the present duchess, still remembered as Misa Consuelo An American railroad man is di recting the work oí transporting Brit ish troops on the Great Eastern rail; way in England. He is, Henry W. Thornton, who went from New York recently to take charge of the affairs of the Great Eastern. . ' ,.- In a letter to George D. Blau of New Castle, Pa., he writes "It is a wonderful but terrible ex perience for me. Terrible, not that we are in danger personally, but be cause it is pathetic to see the chap you dined gayly with last night, pick up his rifle, kiss his family good-by and calmly Join his colors. "The railways of England have been taken over by the government, but are operated by the existing staff and men. An executive committee of general managers acts as a medium between the war office and the roads and issues the necessary instructions for movements. We have worked out all our mobilization schedules and are troops. We are doing our Jod on we Japan. With hjm now in Paris are Wil and Robert Bacon, the former ambassa with him in Paris. She has been ill, but Winston Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, has all the stamp ol genius and high daring, and has crowded more into his forty yeai a than any man of his day. He has been through five wars; he has writ ten seven books, one of them being the biography of his father, which ranks among the first half-dozen in the English language; he was first elected to the house of commons as a Conservative, but has been a Lib eral minister of the crown for nearly nine years, and he has proved him self one of tb most active and pow erful as well as sagacious and far- seeing of modern English statesmen, He has journeyed in most parts bf the world, spent long months In the sad die, and yet by some process that must be called - genius combines the literary style of a ripe scholar with tho voracious habits of á man of action" This country he knows well both by reason of his relationship vumo ""'vu "o imuciiuu aira iu he is a soldier. He is a natural born very different irom nis cousin, tne pres - I ' ! ...v. v.v. v.íí).Aj X : V I M Vvv " NOT ON THE MAP. Mrs. Norman had a maid, Jane, who had a lover in, the army. One day, after receiving a letter from him, sue sought her mistress and asked if she might see a map. A while after she returned to Mrs. Norman again ana said she could not find the place where her lover was. "Where is it, do you say, Jane? asked the mistress. "Duranceville." reülied Jane, after another careful perusal of the letter. Mrs. Norman searched the map, but no such place could be found. "Jane." Bhe said. "Dlease let me see the part of the letter which gives the name of the place where he is." Jane complied, and Mrs. Norman read: "I am in durance vile, but hope soon to be sent home." National Monthly. The Usual ' Penalty. Little Dick, who was in the habit of receiving a good old-fashioned pun ishment when he Bald naughty words, was much excited the other day when he found his mother washing out the new baby's mouth with an antiseptic. "Hooray for her!" he cried, looking at his little sister with dawning ad miration. "Aw, mother,. tell me what she said, won't you?" Woman's Home Companion. ; ' Meant No Harm. "Patrolman Murphy charges you with trying to flirvt with this young Woman"' - 1 'A- "She sent me a wireless message across the street, your honor." . "Is this true?" "Er yes, your honor, but I merely flashed the distress signal for an Ice cream soda." USED TO MAKING UP. Mrs. Hickson She's always quarrel ing with her friends and then making up. Mr. Hickson That's only natural. She used to be an actress. Relations. . . "What is your opinion of our for eign relations?" asked the patriotic citizen. ; ( "They don't do you any good," re plied the local politician. "What you want is a lot of relations right here in your own country that'll vote the way you tell 'em to." Forgot Themselves. "How does Piiyn stand with his fashionable neighbors?" , "Several of them spoke to him once when there was a fire in the vicinity." "Indeed?" ' "But they exclaimed later that It was due to the excitement of the mo ment" . NO NEED FOR PITY. Newwed Look how your coat is torn. I feel sorry for you poor bachel ors. Now, when a married man get a little rent in his clothes Wise He goes and pays it to the landlord. The Nuisance Now. "I don't see why you won't let us have the flat My children are grown up." . ' - . "Can't help it, ma'am. Grown up chijdren are the worst kind in flats nowadays." "I don't understand you. My daugh ter is nearly seventeen and my son is nineteen." "Yes, but" , "That's the worst combination out. The last family in that flat had a phonograph and grown up children, and what with their one-stepping and turkey trotting all night long nobody in the building got a wink of sleer." A Long Shower. The patriotic Scotchman had in duced two Lancashire friends to go to Argyllshire for a holiday. On their return he met them. "Well, how did you enjoy yourselves? Did you have good weather?" "There was Just a shower on our first day," replied one of them. "Didn't I tell you that it was all lies about the Highlands being wet?" "That shower hadn't ended when we came home," was the severe re tort. Manchester Guardian. Misleading Inference. "I suppose you think that candidate you've picked out Is honest because he's poor," said Farmer Corntossel. "That's likely to be inferred," re plied the political manager. . ( "Well, the Inference is liable to go wrong. The reason he Isn't well fixed is that he went broke trying to get rich quick buyin' green goods." An. Interrupted Philosopher. "I am convinced that the world gives too much attention to frivolous things," said the thoughtful man. , "How are you going to stop it?" "I'll tell you. We must proceed' in a cautious yet radical manner to hi there! Walt a minute! Grab your hat and let's get to the sidewalk. Here comes a circus parade!" Nothing to Worry About. An optimist was pacing along a country road when an automobile struck him in the middle of the back , and knocked ' him 20 feet. f "Oh, well," said the optimist, as he dust off, "I was going in this direction, anyhow." . . " ' " f yanderbilt . .... - - - - - -