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THE sdt?NY SOUTH
l*' Wild NooK of West Virginia
ers Are Absolute King's
By Clifford Smythe
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THIRD TAGE
r
| HE man who pitches his
'cabin in some mountain
wild, collects a band of fol
lowers. and makes his liv
ing by methods that fall
under the censure of gov
ernment and society, is In
all reality a more pictur
esque character than the
Rob Roy and the Doone of
popular fiction. He Is re
garded with superstitious
terror by his neighbors. His
daring exploits become the
theme of wondering gossip, while his suc
cess in eluding capture wins him the hom
age due to a hero.
While such conditions and the outlaws
that make them arc rapidly disappearing
from the United States, there are a few
sections of the country where they still
eslst. wild regions that are the bane
of the United 8tates marshal, and where
the moonshiner is king.
Into one of the ir.ost notorious of these
districts, 30 miles from the town of Hin
ton. In the counties of Mencer and Raleigh.
West Virginia. Dan Cunningham. prince
of government detectives, invited the
writer to accompany him on a three days
raid. For some time past the outlaws
in this far-off region, known as the Flat
Top country, had escaped the active at
tention of the marshal's oflTice at Charles
ton- As a consequence the manufacture
of Illicit or ‘‘moonshine” whisky among
them had reached serious proportions and
a raid by the best officer in the service
became inevitable.
Moonshinlng is an art that glories in a
nomenelatuie and a process of its own,
but briefly, it is the Illicit method by
which corn or rye is turned into whisky.
The moonshiner selects as the scene of
hi* labors some spot conveniently near a
running stream and secure from outside
intrusion. Such a spot Is usually found
at the bottom of a steep ravine hidden by
a thick growth of laurel bushes, although,
sometimes a cave in a hillside is selected
If the approach is sufficiently nrecipitous
to Insure against unforseen invasion by
the ever-dreaded government officer. A
stone furnace, a copper still, a copper or
tin “worm.” the "mash" tubs, and the
barrel or hogshead to receive the whisky
constitute the moonshiner's plant or dis
tillery.
When everything is In readiness, the
corn or the rye is put into the mash tubs
and cooked by scalding water being
poured over it. After it is
thoroughly cooked it is
given another Immersion
and allowed to stand for
a period of three to four
days, during which It
passes through the pro
cess of fermentation. The result is a
light sort of beer, or sour mash. This
Is then poured into the copper still and
boiled. This still Is a closed vessel with
an average capacity of from 100 to 200
gallons. Its manufacture is prohibited by
Into the top of the still is inserted
WeU concealed entrance to stdl shown just to right of rock
Moon-
slain*
Whisky
Is
Distill**
law.
the worm, a hollow tube with a scries of
convolutions and open nt both enfls. As
the mash bolls in the still it turns to vapor
which flnds Its way into the worm. The
latter is either submerged In cold water
or else water from the adjoining stream
is poured over it. This contact with the
cold congeals the vapor inside and it runs
out In liquid form into the receiving Jiogs-
head. "fhe first run from the stili is/fcaUed
"singlings” and produces a low wine. This
low wine Is boiled again In the stil/, pass
ing through the worm into the hogshead
as before. The second run Is called "dou
ble*” and the product Im-tM* -high wine
or whisky. At tbs tla»C#WBeR;he three
Ti
Heard
soul was seen and these evidences of
an aroused community were anything but
reassuring. Until midnight we spurred
our horses over a road that eluded us
more than once in the intense darkness.
Nothing could be more weirdly impres
sive than this stealthy approach in the
black silence of the night, through a hos
tile country, hampered by all the obsta
cles that the roughest section of the Alle-
ghanles could present. No houses were
passed until within a mile of the place
where the moonshiners were at -work.
Here a strange spectacle came into view
that caused each of us an involuntary
shudder. The house of one of the moon
shiners was burning. Not a soul was vis
ible. not a sound could be heard except
the roar of the flames and the occasional,
plunge of a hissing log to the wfeck-
strewn ground beneath. Whi\% tragedy
was marked by this eonflagraflon, what
midnight orgy or deadly mountain feud,
none of the raiders hurrying by with
blanched faces looming through the circle
of fire could fathom. It was a mountain
home gone, and possibly an entire family
of these strange people slumbered beneath,
the ashes. The mystery of It, undoubted
'or- ‘ connected in^orpe .wary v-Wi Yne radii
,jkabetiLV-*jKteAo'ij' r never h* solved. VMore than
i he a> ne Jragedy occurs In those w!l<
u
I determined to say nothing. I would
simply get the drop on the moonshiner.
With my gun all ready I calmly waited.
The laurels swayed, then parted—and the
burly form of Dan. the detective, stood
before me.
- A 9 the sun swept down the surrounding
hills Cunningham destroyed the plant that
the moonshiners had been forced to leave
behind them. About a thousand gallons
of beer or “mash” were thus poured Into
the brook. This represented a net value
of at least 3500. Then we followed a path
that led us straight to a house'that, we
knew to be the headquarters of this.par
ticular gang of moonshiners. It was the
7>0 of Tens Lilly. They are all Lillys
wild community. Lilly seems to
ibal name among them, due, prob-
the fact that a century or more
mily of Lillys settled here, and in
ead over the country. The history
ion is frequently reenacted on a
ale in these remote corners of
■ginia.
Lens, of course, was not at home when
the raiders entered
n wlld-eyedf
^f^FrWTrTUO that HT. I urn »i he •""" Iragedy occurs In those wild moun-
..jSr* torn •r lew Whir, Mth" ns and never a whisper of it reaches
It was nscisaaiV Cor us to pass through, le wor,d outside.
Iterritory, and*i' By what instinct Dan could tell the
In a country, where travelers of any kind I proximity of the moonshlfters’ plant in
Horn
Uf
or
Th
Moon
shiner
A typical moonshiner's cabin
scarce, every stranger receives
of scrutiny that is difficult
Carrying winchester*, also, after
hunting season is over is a hard mat
ter to explain to the inquisitive. Dan.
the deputy marshal, tucked his. therefore,
under his .coat and volunteered the infor
mation to the few people who were me:
on the road that the writer, yho exhibit
ed an ungainly camera box on his back,
was the surveyor of a new railroad line
and was taking pictures for his company.
This apparently allayed suspicion and the
raiders seemed to have a fair chance to
walk quietly in on the moonshiners at
their work and capture the entire party.
By evening. However, this hope was dis
pelled. We had scarcely reached Flat Top
when from the surrounding mountains sig
nal guns were fired and heacons lit. Not
Let Me Tell You
HOW TO GET WELL
no money, simply state the book
-Jn? want. It will tell you what I spent
-lifetime In learning.
with the book I will send an order on
druggist for six bottles of Dr.
«hoop’s Restorative; and he will let you
8 ft a month. If satisfied, the cost is
If It falls. I will pay your drug-
do^just as I say. Over half a mil
lion people have secured my treatment
In that wav. and 39 out of each 40 have
nald for It because they were cured.
Not a penny accepted if It fails.
There are 39 chances In 40 that I can
cure you. No matter how difficult your
case I take the entire risk, for those
half’million cases have proved what my
remedy can do.
My way Is to strengthen the inside
nerves. I bring back the nerve power
which alone makes each vital organ do its
duty No other remedy does that; and in
most chronic diseases there Is no other
way to get well. Don't let doubt or
rejudlce keep you from asking about
| Book No. 2 on the
Book No. 3 on the Kidneys.
Book No. 4 for Women.
Book No. t for Nen,(eemled.)
Book No. < on Rhemnatiim.
net chronic, are often cured by
-Of two bottles. At all druggists.
that dark wilderness It would be hard
even for him to explain.
Dangerous Every now and then
hleh
Task would get on his knees
Of and examine the snow and
Locating frozen twigs for signs. Fl-
Stills nally, after one of these
inspections, he called us
together and announced that we were
within gunshot of the place, pointing at
the same time down a dark precipice at
the bottom of which could be heard the
faraway murmur of a mountain stream.
"Have-your guns ready, boys. Get the
drop on the first man you see. It you
need to. fire on him."
That precipice seemed interminable. In
stead of a short declivity it was after
wards found to be about S00 feet in height,
a glare of Ice and a tangle of laurel
thicket. As the bottom was reached the
snow-covered banks of the stream could
be faintly distinguished in the starlight,
and then a mass of dark objects from
which a thin column of smoke appeared
to be rising. We closed in on the dark
mass before, us. There was row on row
of huge mash tubs, filled to overflowing
with "beer." There was a wide stone fur
nace in which were a few glowing em
bers. But the copper still and worm were
gone and not a moonshiner was in sight.
The possibility yet remained that one or
more of the gang might be lurking in the
brush near by. With whispered instruc
tions. therefore, to hold, up the first man
encountered the raiders separated
momiru- began to dawn, taking different •
directions in their search up and down the .•
ravine. _ •
For a long time nothing came of the !•
effort. But as 1 neared the rendezvous
at the still I heard a rustle, a stealthy
enled
any knowledge of her hus
band'* whereabouts. Prob
ably the primitive cabin
had never held so many
strangers before, and its mistress with
her half-starved children, clinging about
her. regarded the unwelcome intruders
with tile gaze of some female wolf at
bay. until the detective asked some ques
tions about' her dying child and tried to
soothe its cough. This show of interest
had a hymanlzing effect on the women, al
though It failed to elicit any Information
regarding the absent husband. As we left
the house the woman crept out after us
and commenced calling the cows, a fa
vorite signal among these people to warn
moonshiners lurking in the brush that
they are In danger.
For the next two days and nights we
scoured the adjacent country and suc
ceeded In capturing three of the gang.
More than once in the chase we were at
the mercy of ambushed moonshiners, and
the aim of these outlaws is unerring. We
spent three days vainly trying to capture
the leader. Tor the past thirty years he
has nad a master hand in most of the
moonshining In the neighborhood and his
arrest would go a long way toward break
ing up the o^en outlawry that flourishes
in this part of the country. More than
one deputy marshal and revenue officer
has lost his life tracking him to his
lair, and Wily has confidently announced
he will never be taken alive.
For the past twenty-five years the gov- I
eminent through its marshal and revenue
officers has been waging war on moon-
shining. and undoubtedly the latter is less
prevalent than at the time when the first
serious effort to abolish it was made. Ex-
Governor Atkinson, of West Virginia, who
was the first to make effectual..head wav
against this class of outlaws, the' first
marshal to enforce the present revenue
policy of the government, declares that
during four years of warfare between
moonshiner and official in the southern
states, nearly five thousand stills were
seized and eight thousand moonshiners
captured. This was accomplished at a
sacrifice of twenty-nine government of
ficers murdered and sixty-three seriously
wounded. The saving in revenue to the
government by the capture of these dis
tilleries -jovernror Atkinson places at 37 -
(42.500 annuallv. From these figures the
extent and seriousness of moonshining can
be estimated, 'although today, judging
Governor Atkinson's thrilling remi-
Qeorgia, When
Mails Were Snail-Like
'♦
i Continued Cron Editorial
♦
j be in the sitting room ft small table. On
it you would find a Bible. If a whig, you
would find The Augusta Chronicle anti
| Sentinel or MHIedgeville Recorder. If a
j democrat. The Augusta Constitutionalist
■ or Federal Union'. If a Methodist, there
| would be The Southern Christian Advo-
i cate and Methodist hymn book. If a Bap
tist, The Christian Index and Mercer's
Cluster would be on tand. Outside of
Grier's Almanac, this constituted the
reading of nine-tenths of these people.
Another interesjng feature of this age
is that no gentleman dared to wear
whiskers. A full face of whiskers was
taken as the. badge of a rough- and tough.
Gamblers and sports wore whiskers. A
man wearing whiskers was not. tolerated
good society. There once came a
to a well-to-do neighborhood in
He was polite, pleasant and gen-
in dress. Habit and deportment
He wore whiskers,
else against him. But the ban of
society was down on whiskers. There
was quite a revival of religion in a Bap
tist church going on at this time in the
community. Some strong preachers were
conducting the meeting, notably a prom
inent factor in the faculty of a neighbor
ing college, whose brothe, sin law has
since nobly illustrated Georgia in some
of the highest positions in her gift, and
whose son at this very time is a promi
nent and trusted business man fn the city
of Atlanta.
The whiskered man presented himself
as a subject for prayer at this revival,
and this prominent Baptist divine de
clined to pray for him unless he should
cut off his whiskers. This he refused to
do, so Mr. Whiskers could not come Into
the church. Whisker's continued in dis
repute till the advent of the Mexican war.
Out in the camps ever in Mexico our
boys did not have the opportunity to
shave, consequently grew whiskers. It
was a great honor to be. a Mexican sol
dier, so when the soldiers in the last
of 1847 and spring of 1848 came back all
full-bearded the prejudice against, whis
kers soon vanished, and It became an
honor to appear in full heard, and so
continued for many years. I had the priv
ilege of seeing the above mentioned ec
centric Baptist divine arra: j In a full
set of whiskers about ten years after the
Mexican boys brought them into fashion.
♦
Another peculiar fashion at that time
was that. ladies did not wear heels to
their shoes. They were expected to walk
with no noise; to glide along sylphlike.
The strong masculine walk so often seen
today would have been considered by
those good staid people as quite repre
hensible. I think that it was in the year
1845 an excursion was given from Madi
son to Charleston. The first excursion I
remember ever' to have heard of.
Several Madison boys, myself Included,
went down and stopped at the Charleston
hotel. Next morning after our arrival
one of our party, about 18 years of age,
just the time to.be impressed in such
a way, came all in excitement, saying
to me, “Come here! come here! I’ll show
you the prettiest taring I ever saw In my
^to the street. What
pretty miss of some
on the gran
ts on her„boots.
Scion of Lrtton Bids
Fair to Uphold Glory
of Name
DID NOT KNOW SHE
HKD KIDNEY TROUBLE
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect It.
Gertrude Warner Scott Cured by the Great
Kidney Remedy, Swamp-Root.
The Earl of Lytton
F there is anything in hered
ity, a young man who has
just come Into public no
tice for the first time ought
to do something worth
while. He is the Earl of
Lytton who was selected
for the heavy function of
seconding the king's
dress at the opening of the
house of lords. As the
mover and seconder of the
address from the throne are
not expected to say any
thing In particular, it has been the cus
tom to choose, for the seconder of the
address, at least, some young legislator
who has not ventured previously to open
his mouth. The resulting speeches are
not ordinarily brilliant, but on this oc
casion the youthful earl really did well.
“It is my deliberate judgment.” - a
Lord Rosebery in the house of lords rffter-
wards, "having heard many movers and
seconders of addresses in this house, that
his speech stands out as by far the best
that has ever been delivered in my hear
ing on such an occasion.” Coming from
the finest orator among the peers, that
was praise worth having.
The earl, who is only. 26 years old. is
the son of “Owen Meredith." whose "Lu-
cile” was the most popular poetry of its
day. and grandson of Bulwer Lytton, the
novelist-statesman who was made a baron
for his work as an ambassador. The sec
ond Bulwer Lytton. who was made an
earl, died in 1901. The present earl was
born in India, and Is a handsome, modest
fellow who has not yet followed his fath
er and grandfather into the field of liter-
lure. He Is rich, has a fine old mansion
to live In, and wpuld be a splendid catch
for some American girl.
t
life." I followed
should it bte but
fifteen summetft (j
pavement'wil
l** beauttjgfc ,'44>*»T»^^^plt-a-pa^' that
is of i "ft perfectly en
tranced tug aad we^gjilowed her to the
batter, and at least a mile down the bat
tery Just to -bear the "pit-a-pat” of the
first boot levels j had ever seen a girl
wear. To our youthful minds it was
music indeed, and such a novelty—a pret
ty gtri with boot heels.
In after years this gentleman, who for
many years was a trusted official of the
Western and Atlantic road. In terms of
pleasantry, would refer to the Charleston
incident and declare this Hie boot taps
of the pretty Charleston miss- gave to his
youthful ears the sweetest music it was
ever to his lot to hear.
Buys Animals for the World
Field and Stream: Mr. Carl Hagenbeck.
of Hamburg, Germany, conducts one of
th? strangest and most difficult businesses
In the world. It is that of supplying dif
ferent zoological gardens and parks with
tlielr assortment of wi!d animals; in fact,
be practically makes “zoos to order.”
From his home he plans stocks and
keeps supplied numerous public and pri
vate collections, and is at present engaged
In sending a complete collection of rare
wild animals *o t b/* emperoy of Mtffiicco,
who Is starting a large private park. f 1
This .Yrnkiba business Mr. Hagenbeck
"SFi?Tfiatly inherited from Ms father, who
began in 184$ with six seals that were
brought him by fishermen. He bought
more seals and added other wild animals
to the collection. Finally he turned the
business over to hl3 son, which, under his
skillful management, steadily Increased
until now he is the largest animal dealer
in the world. In his park.at Hamburg.
Mr Hagenbeck keeps a large number of
tigers, lior.s, beam, panthers, etc., having
at cne time on hand as many as 156 large
carnivorous, animals and sixty lions and
tigers. Strange as It may seem, the de
mand far rare wild animals increases ev
ery day, and occasionally the demand
exceeds the supply. On these occasions
Mr. Hagenbeck sends to some of his de
pots which he has established ail over 1
Vinton, Iowa, July 15, 1901.
DR. KILMER & CO., Binghamton. N. T.
Gentlemen—In the summer of 1893 I was taken violently 111. My trouble be
gan with pain in my stomach and back, so severe that it seemed as if knives were
cutting me. I was treated by two of the best physicians In the county, and con
sulted another. Nbneof them suspected that tbc cause of my trouble Teas kidney disease* They all
told me that I had cancer of the stomach, and would die. I grew so weak that I
could not walk any more than a child a month old, and I only weighed 60 pounds.
One day my brother saw in a paper you r advertisement of Swamp-Root, the grSat
kidney remedy. He bought me a bottle at our drug store and I took It. My fami
ly could see a change in me. for the better,,so they obtained more and I contin
ued the use of Swamp-Root regularly. I was so weak and rim down that It took
considerable time to build me up again. I an' Bow well, thanks to' Swamp-Root,
and weigh 148 pounds, and am keeping haoao for my husband and brother, on a
farm. Swamp-Root cured me after tbs doctors had failed to do me a particle qf
goed.
A trial will convince anyone—and
(Gertrude Warner Scott.)
Women suffer untold misery because the nature of their disease is not cor
rectly understood; in many cases wheti doctoring, they are led to believe that
womb trouble or ft male weakness of some sort Is responsible for their Ills, when
of their distressing troubles.
r and bladder
BUHI _ .... highest tor fts~^
wonderful cures of the most distressing <
you may have a sample bottle sent free, bv
, . |SOU
Samole B 1 h hls co '
oainpiv >id General Thomas
EDITORIAJiorth Carolina, not
taoaWe, ---. r, -tan and soldier^
Kilmer A Co., Bing. .. . ’
ately, without cost t Tall W?s. Sample
about Swamp-Root at, Containing man;
testimonial letters ret/ived from men i
mer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., be sun
In The Atlanta Sunny South.
If you are already convinced that
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-
everywhere. Don’t make any mistake.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the addfSSS,
mail
V-'
you
is what you need, you can
bottles at the drug stores
ember the name, Swamp-Root,
diamton. N. Y.
the world, and for which he has men
traveling constantly to keep up the sup
ply and looking for new animals. These
agents employ the natives to hunt the
jungles and forests for wild animals;
many of these are working In Siberia,
Mongolia Borneo and in Africa.
These native hunters know well haw to
captur? unharmed the animals of their
own land. Lions, tigers and bears are
caught ir. baited traps and by strategy;
others are chased on horseback and las
soed. The rhinoceros Is the most difficult
animal of them all to capture, and is con
sequently more in demand than any of
the others.
Hohenzollern, Floating' Palace of Prince Henry
by
niscences. the moonshiner is not "so for
midable as he used to be. Indeed, with the
continuance of the present official activity
by another generation the moonshiner
with all his strange social environment
may become as much a matter of fiction
as the highlander of Scotland or the out
laws of itobin Hood's England. Meantime
many a brave deputy marshal may bite
the dust amid the solitudes of these
southern hills, many a dating outlaw
spread the terror and fame <S>f his deeds
over a country that he dominates with
the authority of a chieftain of old.
1, promenade deck. 2, upper deck. 3, salon deck. 4, between decks. 5, smoking room. 6, skylight for dining room. 7,charthouse. 8, commandant's bridge an^
pilot steam apparatus., 9, pilot house and bridge far emperor. 10, steering wheel. 11,skylight to mess room of secretaries, l^skylight to mess room of Imperial suite.
13, main stairway to emperor’s apartments. 14. blue salon. 15. emperor's reception room. 16, emperor's library. 17, emperor's bed room. 18, emperor's dressing
room. 19, emperor's bath room. 20, cabin of imperial princes. 21, room for valets of imperial princes. 22. dining room. 23. pantry. 24. dumb waiter. 25, cabin for
imperial suite. 26, office of secretaries. 27, cabin for four secretaries. 28, pantry. 29. steam steering engine. 30, sitting rooms for commandant and officers. 31, officers’
mess. 32, skylight to officers’ mess. 33, electric reflector. 34, larboard lantern. 35, cable. 36, cabins for crew. 37, engine room. 38, starboard engine. 39, larboard en
gine. 40, condenser. 41, alrshaft for engine room. 42. boiler rooms. 43, starboard boiler. 44, larboard boiler. 46, coal bunkers. 46, railway to and from coal bunk-
crew, 47, propeller tunnel. 48, starboard screw. 49, larboard screw. 51, rudder. 51. kitchen for emperor and suite. 52, dish pantry. 53. cabins for engineers. 54,
cabins for engineers. 55, propeller deck. 56, anchor. 57, emperor's steam gig. 58, commandant's steam gig. 59, life saving boat. 60, foremast. 61, main mast. 32, rgjz-
zenmas.t. 63, sun sail. 64, rapid fire guns.
High-Grade Flower S<
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J Aster,
u i unite, a sicauuj — »»*- — _
tread in the laurel thicket ahead of me. £ g£%tto n .ia SSSHroVS m° uJ
The desperado was coming directly to- io-W’k*Stck.5 Eschselioltxla. Sw
ward me. I got my gun ready, and then • £??kajur. ? jT e1
hesitated as 1 remembered that I had not !® J; Nasturtium, 10 C:
been told the correct form of address to ’ ”
use on such occasions. “Stand. In the
king’s name!" sounded well. "Under
which king. Bezor.ian, speak or die?” had
also done good service in Pistol's day.
But. though excellent in themselves,
neither of these adjurations appeared par
ticularly appropriate to mqonshiners in
West Virginia. Fearful, therefore, of dis
playing Ignorance of moonshine etiquette.
FOR
lac*, , »•
O'clock. •
old. it •
Villiam, S •
Poppy.
nia, 10
it Alrsamn.
>pais, 8
Balaam. 12 ¥
Sweet Mig
metre. •
;aeut to any •
d, for 10c. •
cent stamps. 9
All of the abo
address-, post
silver or six t
silver or six twf-cent stamps.
As a premium/and to intro
duce our
into every
1 also send a
Iflne beauti f
with Catalogue. #
NUBSRBI. ■
f£lb£iwrt
SOM EB VII
Prince Henry
E MPEROR WILLIAMS steam yacht.
Hohenzollern, which is now on its way
' to the United States to serve as a floating
| palace for Prince Henry, is one of the
j handsomest yachts of its kind. It is 11
; years old, and has never met with acci
dent. although It has traveled over many
seas.
Ever since Emperor William made the
regattas of Kiel as important in the his
tory of nautical sport as .are those of
Cowes the Hohenzollern has been the chief
■ point of attraction in the great German
port. When the yeilow flag is lowered
from the mainmast to indicate that the
imperial family Is absent from the boat
inspection by card is granted to those who
are fortunate enough to secure that priv
ilege, but the time, is limited to the ho.ur
and a half between 11:30 and 1 o’clock
noon. Privileged visitors are admitted by
way of the fallreef which leads to the
upper deck, and there a sailor takes
charge of each single person.
The dining room and the "blue salon,”
numbered Nos. 6 and 14. respectively, are
the largest rooms on the vessel, extending
its entire width. The hangings and fur
nishings of these two spaces are superb
in their simplicity. Walls and furniture
are in light American ash, highly polished,
handsomely, though not gaudily carved, and
delightfully clear and fresh. Windows of
unusual size for a ship's body admit sun
light from all sides and make these rooms
resemble those of a handsome residence
much more than an ocean vessel. Sky
lights everywhere carry daylight almost
down to the hold of the ship, the body of
which abounds in pantries, closets and
wall compartments that would bring joy
to the hearts of an American housekeeper.
The most interesting part, of course, is
amidships, which contains the emperor's
quarters, those of the empress and the
imperial family.
The stairway leading from the upper
deck to the imperial .family's cabins Is
numbered 13, and with rare good nature
Emperor William selected the ominous
number for that part of his own domain,
bearing in mind the superstitious inclina
tion of all sailors.
Here Is the famous “Blue Salon," in the
center of the imperial apartments. Those
of the emperor are situated on the star
board side of the vessel, the empress’ on
the larboard side.
The emperor has a suite which includes
a reception room, a library, the desk of
which is fitted out with telegraphic and
telephonic connections to every part of
the .vessel, his bedroom, dressing room and
bath room. The walls of all these rooms
are lined with charming aquarelles and
oil paintings by famous painters.
The imperial princess and their valets
are quartered next to their father, while
the IXtie princess has a cabin of her own
on the larboard side of the boat next to
her mother’s rooms.
The ladies in waiting, who usually ac
company the empress, the secretaries, who
attend to the state business which the
emperor carries on constantly on board his
yacht, and the entire suite of the Imperial
couple are handsomely quartered In pri
vate apartments according to rank and
position.
The engine room is equipped-with triple
expansion engines of 10,000 horse power.
The boilers are colossal, with coal bunk
ers between them. A small train of cars
facilitates the transport of coal from
bunkers to fireholes.
Electricity is the only illuminating
power employed, generated by a special
dynamo.
Emperor William, who is a great lover
of naval spots, is the possessor of other
famous yachts. His sail yacht Meteor, to
which the newly built American yacht
will be a companion piece, has won many
of the annual regatta prizes. Another
favorite yacht, tljp oldest of those he
owns, is the Kaiser Adler. Prince Henry’s
yacht. Irene, named after his wife, who
was the Princess Irene of Hesse, usually
SHiss
fights out the Kiel battles with the Me
teor.
Emperor William has the peculiarity of
haming his war vessels the same as hls
yachts. In this way he has a series of
ships "by the same name. For example,
there is an ironclad, a schodlship, torpedo,
boat and yacht all named Hohenzollern.
The name Meteor likewise runs through
a series of vessels belonging to th* Ger
man war fleet, and the set will be com
plete when the new American steam yacht
ip christenedJlJeteor. _