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not making
ANY EXCUSES
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN
neither disheartened nor dis
couraged BY THE ELECTION.
senator Dnboln’ Explanation of the
Landslide— Rooaevelt'a Popularity
and “Let Well Enough Alone.”
Senator Blackburn Agrees With
Senator Tillman on the Opposition
(o Cram lor the Charleston Col
lectorshlp.
By R. M. Lamer.
Washington. Nov. 24.—Democratic
congressmen who have returned to
Washington for the winter are not
disheartened or discouraged by the re
cent election, neither are they making
any excuses for the overwhelming de
feat of their party.
Senator Fred Dubois of Idaho was
the first Democratic senator to put in
an appearance at the White House
since th* election. When he was last
heard from at the St. Louis conven
tion he was confident of Democratic
success. At the White House to-day
he took a philosophical view of the sit
uation and declared that explanations
ure unnecessary. “It is simply a case
of Roosevelt's personal popularity and
a disposition on 'the part of the peo
ple, Irrespective of party, to let well
enough alone.
“Out in Idaho,” said Senator Du
bois, “the Roosevelt idea was simply
unbeatable. Democrats and Republi
cans got it into their heads that a
change of administration might inter
fere with their prosperity, besides they
admired the dash of Roosevelt, so they
concluded to vote for him. The Dern
o ratic meetings were well attended
and we seemed to have our people
well in line, but on election day the
returns showed a result different from
wliat we had anticipated.”
From Duy Laborer to Attorney Gen
eral.
Senator Dubois relates with consid
erable pride the political success of
one of his protoges. “Attorney General
Guneen,” said Senator Dubois, "who
has just been elected by 20,000 Re
publican majority, was ten years ago
a laborer at the Capitol. I had him
appointed on the laborers roll of the
Senate. He had previously received
but little education, so he worked at
the Capitol during the day and attend
ed night school. Later he studied law
at the Colombian Law College in this
< ity, and in the course of ten years
picked up a pretty fair education. He
secured the nomination for Attorney
General, and his personal popularity,
reinforced by that of Roosevelt, swept
him on to success by 20,000 mfajority.
I regard that as an instance of re
markable advancement in a short space
of time.”
Senator Blackburn's Hopes.
Senator Joe Blackburn is back in
"Washington with strong hopes of being
re-elected when the Kentucky Legisla
ture is t'alled upon to select his suc
cessor. Senator Blackburn is a strict
party man, and he does not know how
to bolt a caucus or vote a split ticket.
He has no excuses to offer for the
overwhelming vote for Roosevelt, but
calmly remarks:
“They had more votes than we could
master and that tells the story.”
“I do not regard the result as de
moralizing to the Democratic party,”
continued Senator Blackburn. “It is
true we are somewhat disfigured, but
we are still in the ring.”
Agrees With Tillman.
His attention was called to a pub
lished interview with Senator Tillman,
In which the latter says that it is
practically useless to continue fur
ther the opposition to the confirma
tion of Dr. Crum, the negro collector of
the port of Charleston.
“I agree with Tillman,” said Senator
Blackburn. “The Democrats In the
Senate have stood loyally by Tillman
in his fight against Crum, but it seems
to me that nothing has been gained
bv our opposition. Crum has held of
fice right along, and now we are like
ly to see him confirmed and his ap
pointment will date from his confirma
tion, thus giving him four years more
6 ® rve - If we had confirmed him in
the first instance, his four years' term
would be nearly out, and it is possible
I™! he ni *ght not have beer, reappoint
ed. However, I propose to vote with
my party on all political questions, as
1 have done in the past.”
Scramble for RockhlU’s Place.
There is said to be a spirited scram
ble for the position of chief of the
® u . r . ea l u °* American Republics, now
held by Mr. Rockhlll, who is slated
0 he minister to China, to succeed
former Representative Conger. One of
the most industrious aspirants for the
Renuh i* Wll * iam L - Scruggs, a white
RepubUoan from Georgia, who once
h! and c diplomatic position in one of
c “ !OUt !* American republics. Mr.
cur?*th, haS . beGn busy tr yl n S o se-
Sm,.h th ? indorse ment of some of the
nmm) Am ? r * an ministers, who are
bureau t! 6 *°y ern ‘ns board of the
i : !5 e appointment is, however,
nade by the President of the United
,i , and ls understood that the
and spls^| a lf already ' been placed at the
dent tL fa pursonal Mend of Presi-
Mr " Allen Plnchot.
division ( ? lfr ° rd Plnchot. chief of the
of Agricultf,°r reStr l ‘ n the
t*nn,s g w, U th U the Pres.denT em ' y
Had to Hng the Floor.
Jlmmv 24.—at. Louis
CiSne* £ e !! y , defeated Philadelphia
Young r' n ten roundß before the
The L* * Gymnastic Club to-night,
to sJv/ ~ US ~° Ver we *S ht ' fe ut had
rlva' ht from his 120-pound
stay the S'"** J he floor ‘ 80 to
y me ten rounds.
*tre. oiln Smith and G. W. Farmer,
Hines rill*.
Mclntosh, Qa.. Nov. 24.-Mrs. Oiln
•’hilth. widow of the late Oiln Smith,
1 in Hlnesvllle Monday from con
sumption. She leaves eight children,
fr oldest son, Marvin Smith, being
m the Savannah postoffloe. Two hours
" r rH - Smith's death, came that of
rr brother, Glen W. Farmer, deputy
•herlff 0 f Liberty county.
William Moore, Nnshvllle.
li Tenn - Nov. 24.—C01. Wil
li <m Moore, once prominent In Tennes-
J- e politics, is dead at his home here.
He was 74 years of age.
Wreck an the f. A. I.
l 0,1 the Seaboard Air
J.ine due In Savannah at 1:10 o'clock
tin" ”\ <> r n lng, arrived us a second nee*
7y. n °f Southern train No. 30 over the
Atlantic Coast Line trucks. The trans-
I, r . w " 8 due to u wreck near Kings
. "ff; Paused by treln No. 31 striking
lumber wagon, which was bring haul
. across the tracks. Mo luforiiMUon
M to the wrack wa obtainable here.
NO YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
So an Expert *ay* and Deflen Any
one to Prove tle Contrary.
Havana, Nov. 24.—“ We challenge the
United States Marine Hospital Service
to point out, as alleged, that several
cases of yellow fever Wave appeared in
various parts of Cuba," said Dr. Car
los Finlay, chief of the Department of
Health and Sanitation to-day.
Dr. Finlay, who has a high reputa
tion as a yellow fever expert, asserted
with confidence that there is not a sin
gle case of the disease in Cuba.
Cuban officials unreservedly admit
and condemn the bad Sanitary condi
tions in some of the eastern cities.
Dr. Guitetas, the yellow fever expert,
has been summoned to inform Presi
dent Palma to-morrow of the existing
conditions.
Minister Squiers will take up the
matter informally at a audience with
President Palma which has been ar
ranged for to-morrow.
DISTRESsTn’ ENGLAND.
London, Nov. 24.—The temperature
in some districts of the United King
dom during the night, although only
twenty-five degrees below freezing
point, was the lowest ever recorded
here. The distress is general and the
local authorities are organizing relief
works. The interruption of road com
munications in the country continues
and the isolated villages are suffering
severely. In a few instances Wayfar
ers have been discovered frozen to
death in the snow.
For Life Insurance.
Portland, Ore., Nov. 24. —A proposi
tion to institute a life insurance de
partment for members of the National
Grange has been considered by the
Grange convention, and referred back
to the special committee for revision.
The report of the Committee on Trans
portation, favoring more effective in
terstate commerce law, was unani
mpusly adopted.
The report of the legislation com
mittee, which was also adopted, rec
ommended the extension of the rural
free delivery system, postal savings
hanks, direct election of United States
senators, governmental control of large
corporations, enlarged duties of the In
terstate Commerce Commission, a pure
food law, extension of the market for
farm products in foreign countries, con-*
struction of a ship canal from the
Mississippi river to the great fakes,
and from the great lakes to the At
lantic ocean, the construction of the
isthmus canal, national aid for high
ways and vigorous opposition to any
attempt to lepeal the Grout oleomar
garine law.
' Lost Print Cloth Market.
Mexico City, Nov. 24.—The Calico
Print Association ot Manchester, Eng
land, recently sent here an expert to
report on the prospects of the print
cloth trade in this country. After com
pleting his investigations the expert
has announced that England has irre
trievably lost Mexico as a market for
calico and cheap print goods, owing
to the fact that such articles are now
manufactured cheaper in Mexican fac
tories. The United States and Ger
many, for the same reason, cannot sell
medium class .print cloths here.
Hurt by Boiler Explosion.
Memphis, Tenn.. Nov. 24.—While re
moving office records from the shops of
the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail
road Company In South Memphis to
night during a fire that consumed the
plant, Sam Massey, a machinist, was
seriously injured and Master Mechanic
Briggs painfully hurt by the explosion
of a boiler. Massey was removed to
the City Hospital. The loss by fire will
approximate 150,000. Beside the shops,
eight box cars were burned.
Was Being Started Oat.
London, Nov. 25.—The correspondent
at Moscow of the Daily Telegraph
claims authority for the statement that
Gen. Stoessel’s dispatch sent by the
torpedo boat Rastoropny informed Em
peror Nicholas that the Port Arthur
garrison was being starved out, with
other frank details of its actual con
dition, showing that the fall of the
fortress is inevitable.
Dan Patch Paced.
Dallas, Tex.. Nov. 24.—Dan Patch,
the world's champion pacer, went
against time here to-day negotiating
the mile, paced by a runner in 2:01 1-5.
The time by quarters: 0:30V4, 0:29H,
0:30, 0:31 1-5. With a strong breeze
blowing against him, the pacer slowed
up in the stretch. Ten thousand per
sons witnessed the event.
Fnehlml on Hla Tour.
St. Louis, Nov. 24.—Prince Fushimi,
Japanese soldier and nobleman, who
has been visiting the exposition since
last Saturday, departed to-day for
Philadelphia and will continue to tour
America before returning to Japan.
——
Lord Carson Departs.
London, N or. 24.—Lord Curzon start
ed this morning to resume his duties
as Viceroy of India. A large gather
ing of friends at the station gave him
a hearty send off.
WRANGLING
An Old Couple’s Troubles.
There is an old couple of Hilldale,
Kansas, the husband 71 and the wife
67, who made a discovery lete in life
that would have saved lots of their
troubles. something they learned
about diet.
The old gentleman says: ‘‘One day
the doctor told me my wife's trouble
was not heart dlseuse but her stom
ach, but she thought he was mis
taken. As I had read several state
ments In the papers about Postum
Food Coffee my mind was soon made
up, and it was in the fall of 1901 that
I got a package of Postum, asking
my wife to try it.
“She said she did not believe it
would help her, and so it was laid
asidt and she suffered all the winter,
drinking coffee all the time until
about the first of May when she was
in terrible distress.
“One night about our bed time she
said she must have the doctor, but
before you go fix a little Postum and
I will try it.
“So I prepared half a pint of Poa
tum according to directions, and as
soon ns she had drank it sne felt warm
and nourished all over and in a little
while her pain was gone, it was like
magic. For u few meals she used a
little coffee and then a wrangling be
gan In her stomach each time, so
finally she gave up coffee altogether
and used Postum only. Better and
better she got and grew stronger and
finslly all the old disease left.
“Since that time we . have used
nothing hut Postum, nor have we had
any occasion to call for the doctor
since, and l now advocate Postum to
everyone I meet.” Name given by
postum Company. Battle Creek, Mich.
So many people say, "Coffee don’t
hurt," and then tell you they “know
a man 70 years old fho has drank It
all his life,"’ That doesn't prove that
you can drink it. "One man's meat is
another’s poison.” If coffee agrees
and the drinker keeps well, stick to It,
but If any kind of alls or disease show,
better heed the warning and quit cof
fee.
“There’s a reason."
Look in each pkg. for tha famous
little book, “The Road to Wallvllla."
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 25. 1904.
What Shall We
Have for Dessert?
This is an important daily question. Let
uu answer it to-day. Try
Jell-O,
America's most popular dessert. Received
Highest Award, Gold Medal, World’s Fair,
Bt. Louis, 1904. Everything in the package j
add boiling water ana set to cool. Flavors: ■
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry,
Chocolate and Cherry. Order a package ttf
each flavor from your grocer to-day. 10c.
THREE SHOCKS NEEDED
TO KILL LOVELAND.
Columbus, 0., Nov. 25.—A gruesome
scene attended the electrocution of Otis
Loveland, the last of the trio of rob
bers who killed George Geyer, a farm
er, near Alton, 0., more than a year
ago, which took place in the annex of
the Ohio penitentiary shortly after
midnight. Three shocks were neces
sary to produce death.
The body jerked and writhed under
the heavy electric force. The physi
cians attribute the hitch in the elec
trocution solely to the strong resist
ance shown by the condemned man.
HURT AT FOOTBALL.
New York, Nov. 24.—Harry Sheridan,
fullback of the Seaton College football
team, was severely injured during a
game with the Forest Hill team near
Newark, N. J., to-day. Two other ac
cidents occurred near here in Thanks
giving Day football games.
At Tarrytown in a game between the
Calumet Athletic Club and the Tarry
town Field Club, George Miles, son of
a rich resident, -had his right ear torn
off.
At Long Island Clpy, Thomas Ken
nedy had several ribs fractured and
was internally injured. He is in a
critical condition.
THREE~MEN WERE
PROBABLY DROWNED.
Astoria, Ore., Nov. 24.—With three
men of her crew missing and probably
drowned, with her decks awash and
the surviving members of her crew
nigh exhausted from five days’ ex
posure from the elements the old Amer
ican barkentine Webfoot, waterlogged
and disrrfasted, has been towed into
port here. She sailed from Coos Bay
for San Franciso, on Oct. 14. The
vessel is a total loss.
STEAMER CAPTURED.
Che Foo, Nov. 24. —The report that
the steamer Tung Chow, laden with
30,000 tins of meat, was captured by
the Japanese yesterday while trying to
enter Port Arthur, appears to be cor
rect. The Tung Chow was a British
vessel and belonged to Butterfield &
Swire of Shanghai. Last Monday,
when leaving Shanghai she was trans
ferred at the last moment tc a man
believed to be acting for the Russian
government.
CAPTAIN DROWNED'-
CREW SWAM ASHORE.
Mexico City, Nov. 24.—The Mexican
schooner Volunteer has been sunk in
the gulf of Mexico, while taking a car
go of salt, cocoanuts, and sugar to
Vera Cruz from southern ports. The
vessel met with rough weather and was
sunk by a huge wave which broke
her in the middle. Capt. Moult was
drowned, but the crew swam ashore.
Closed tile Session.
Vienna, Nov. 24.—Disturbances
marked the session of the lower house
pf the Reichsratli to-day, and this
evening the president abruptly clos
ed the sitting 'amid great excitement.
The uproar commenced when a Social
ist member, replying to the president’s
strictures on language used the last
few days, said Social Democrats never
attacked the wearer of (the crown,
but would not be prevented from tell
ing the truth about "the Camarilla
which ruled Austria.” During the con
sequent disorder, the president declar
ed the session closed. The gallaries
created tremendous confusion By shout
ing and showering the house with slips
of paper, inscribed, “Down with the
clerical spoilers of the schools.*
Monument Ilnvrilrd.
Eufaula, Ala., Nov. 24.—The Con
federate monument w*as unveiled here
to-day. Five thousand people witness
ed the ceremony and the spirit of the
Old South was in the air. The vete
rans in grey, who crowded the streets
were happy over the consummation of
the project.
Snovr In Austria.
Innsbruck, Austria, Nov. 24.—Snow
has been falling incessantly for thirty
hours. Telegraph and telephone com
. munic&tlon is interrupted at many
points. The trains to Vienna and Italy
have been stopped. A train is snowed
ud at Brenner Pass.
GIANT SHARKS ARE TERRORS.
Some of the Monsters Are Said to
Exceed Whales In Slse.
From St. Nicholas.
Of the numerous kinds of sharks
noteworthy on account of their size
there are four in the front rank: these
are the sleeper shark, the man-eater
shark, the basking shark and the whale
shark.
The sleeper shark, whose scientific
name (Somniosus mlcrocephalus.
meaning sleepy small-headed fish) fits
it so admirably, appears to have de
veloped Its body at the expense of ils
brain, for it is a sluggish, stupid glut
ton. übout six times as long 'as the
average man. Its home is in the Arctic
regions, but it sometimes makes visits
as far south as Massachusetts, Oregon
and the British Isles. It ls usually
seen lying quietly at the surface, ap
parently dozing, and is easily approach
ed by vessels; but sometimes, when
hungry. It rouses Itself and goes in
search of its prey, fiercely attacking
and injured whales, apparently uncon
scious of the .great difference in their
respective sizes.
One of the largest, and perhaps the
most formidable, of sharks is the
“man-eater," or great blue shark (Car
chnrodon carcharlas). It roams
through all temperate and tropical
seas, and la everywhere dreaded. Its
maximum length Is forty feet and its
teeth are three inches long. While
there are few authentic record! of
sharks attacking human beings, there
have undoubtedly lieen many cases of
sttarkH simply swallowing people who
have fallen overboard, Just as they
would swallow any other food. How
easy It would be lor a man-eater to
devour a person, may be Judged fmm
the finding of a whole 100-pi>und sea
lion tn the stomach of a thirty-foot
shark sn the California soaat. A oor
tain man-eater, thirty-six and a Waif
feet long, had jaws twenty Inches wide
inside and teeth two and a half Inches
long.
The basking shark, known also as the
elephant shark and bone shark (Ce
torhinus maxlmus), is an inhabitant of
the polar seas, but it occasionally ob
served as far south as Virginia and
California, ‘and some years ago was
not rare on the English and New Eng
land coasts. It reaches a maximum
length of fifty feet and is exceeded in
size by only three or four animais
now alive. Provided with small teeth.
It feeds on fishes and floating crusta
ceans, and is not of a ferocious dis
position. It ts dangerous only because
of its great bulk, and when attacked
its powerful tail easily demolishes
small boats. The basking sh’ark was
formerly hunted on the coasts of Nor
way and Ireland for Us oil. It was
also sought on the shores of Massachu
setts in the early part of the last cen
tury, and many of these sharks from
twenty-five to thirty-eight feet long
were recorded. The liver of a large
specimen sometimes yielded twelve bar
rels of oil.
The largest of all fishes, the largest
of all cold-blooded animals, and the
largest of all existing animals, except
a few kinds of whales, is the whale
shark (Rhlneodon typleus), originally
discovered at the Cape of Good Hope,
but now known In Japan, India, South
America, Panama, California, and else
where, a specimen having recently
been obtained in Florida. This shark
is said to attain a length of seventy
feet, and is known to exceed fifty feet.
SEA SNAKE BEIoNGS INLAND.
Apnehe Indian Tradition Tells ot
tin* Monster nml Why It Left
Its Snlt River Home.
From the Detroit Tribune.
Among the traditions and legends of
the Apaches is one which they never
tire of relating to open-mouthed young
sters—that of the great flood. This le
gend is connected with the great natu
ral bridge in Arizona that spans the
precipitous flow of the mountain tor
rent known as Pine creek, a tributary
of Salt river, 170 feet above the water.
The limestone walls on either side rise
in a architectural beauty to the span
above, forming a perfect arch, from
which are festooned stalactites of fan
tastic shapes.
The Apaches believe that this bridge
once formed the lower barrier of a
crystal mountain lake, which was in
habited by a monster of great size and
power, which they seldom saw but
feared and revered. It lived upon deer,
antelope and fishes. The monster is
described as having been 200 feet in
length, with the head and neck of a
serpent, the pectoral fins of a very
huge fish, the legs and body of an
immense Gila monster, terminating in
a double tail, jointed and flexible like
that of a scorpion, but having affixed
at the two ends very large and flat
like that of a rattlesnake, but the Jaws
were not so heavy, and a sharp-point
ed crown projected above the inter
section of the neck, as on the horned
toad of Arizona. In addition to the
two eyes of the snake, which allow
only an oblique forward vision, a large
eye was in the middle of the forehead,
and added ferocity to the appearance
of the monster. Its head was about
It feet long ar.d 10 feet wide, while
the neck, (he fore part of which was
covered with long, reddish-brown hair,
extended fully 30 feet from the body
proper, which had a length of about 60
feet, while the tails measured 70 feet
each, being Independent of each other.
With these the animal, when excited
kept churning the waters into foari
by the hour. The lower part of the
neck, the entire body, legs and tails,
were covered with heavy scales.
But, continues the legend, one time,
without warning or previous ruins, a
tremendous flood came down the Salt
river, sweeping away the Indian tepees
for many miles on either side of that
stream, drowning thousands of people.
as well as the greater portion of the
live stock they possessed, and utterly I
destroying their irrigating canals. The I
flood passed away as suddenly as it '
had come, and while the people won- !
dered much, and mourned their losses '
of kindred and property, they could |
not account for the mysterious fresh- i
et, and set about repairing the damage I
as best they could. While these re
pairs were going forward, a squaw who
had been down the river fishing came
back and told the Apaches that she
had seen the mountain lake monster;
that It had devoured one house before
her eyes, and had attacked another
one before she was out of sight. The
woman was immediately taken in
charge for being a witch. The coun
cil decided that she was indeed be
witched, and having become a Borce
ress was the guilty cause of ail the
suffering that had befallen the tribe.
She was ordered to be tortured and
burned that night. The entire tribe
was made happy by the opportunity
offered to appease the wrath of the
Great Spirit. But now a dusty and
prespiring runner came from the camp
of Yah-knl-yel, a sub-chief, located
with his people near the Pinto moun
tains, distant ten or twelve miles from
the natural bridge, the nearest point
to it at which the Apache ventured to
live. The runner related that, three
days before, his people felt the earth
shake and heard a mighty roaring in
the direction of the mountain lake;
that aftor waiting two days some war
riors were sent to ascertain the cause
of the disturbance. The messengers
found that a mighty hole had been
wrought in the barrier of solid rock;
that the water had vanished, and the
monster had disappeared. The news
caused general consternation, and the
pleasure of torturing a fellow being to
death was postponed. Three squaws
told that, while searching for wood
wherewith to burn the witch they had
seen two of their companions seized
and devoured. Through fear of being
themselves burned as witches they
would have said nothing had not the
runner arrived. The council then de
cided to send a band of warriors to de
termine whether or not the monster
was indeed in the neighborhood; but
the search proved unnecessary. That
night a stampede of horses and the
unearthly cries of those in pain, min
gled with the horrifying angry snorts
of the monster. left no doubt, and the
Apaches Add to the mountains.
The Apache Indians never afterward
made their homes anywhere else than
in the mountains, although, as the le
gend runs, the water serpent lived In
the Salt river valley but One year
longer, when, finding it too warm and
the water too shallow, he went down
into the Gila, thence to the Colorado
river, and finally into the Gulf of Cal
ifornia.
A French Consul from China, inter
viewed by the Paris Eclair, says that
the work of the Japanese in China is
Immense, and Its efferts are already
striking and disquieting for Europeans.
Everywhere Japanese 'are to be found
organizing the country and Instructing
the people. These instructors act as
spies, and have even pushed down to
the French Tonkin frontier.
The Indian rhinoceros is nearly ex
tinct. There are two specimens in the
London Zoological Gardens and two
on the European continent. Very few
are left In a wild state In India ‘and
Assam, and unless special measures be
taken for their preservation they will
soon disappear.
Odors of Perspiration grjLS*-"" Royal Foot Wash
•tops Chafing, cures Sweating, licliing gwollen. Tired Feet.
•*- druggists, or prepaid from BATON DRUG CO., Atlanta. Oa. Money
fcMk If not aatlaHod. Sample for I- rout slump.
10 O’clock. 14c Me 47c
This Morning at 10 O’clock Sharp
The Curtain Department of Leopold Adler’s Store
Presents to the Public
A SALE OF
Lace Curtains
Manufacturers’ Ends and Closing Out Patterns, which for
variety and cheapness of price excels anything in the way
of a lace curtain offer ever attempted in this section of the
country.
2,000 Lace Curt? *
Ranging from 75c to $5.00 a pair, of Nottingham Lace and
Net designs, with decorative borders of Insertions, Artistic
Lace and other characteristics, many of which are of the high
art order, and which you would never in your dreams sus
picion to find in this sale, are divided into three special lots
at the fabulous, unbelievable and ridiculous prices. First
come, first served.
14c 24 c 47 c
And They Are on Sale at 10 O'clock Sharp.
No housewife of economical ideas can afford to remain
away from this, the largest of all Curtain Sales, and we are
convinced not many will remain away.
Over 200 Patterns
Are here to select from, and the daintiest lace designs, the
sheer spidery fabrics come prominently in for their share.
Sale on the Main Floor Instead of the
Curtain Department.
Lace Curtain Sensation
LEOPOLD ADLER
HE WAS THE FIREMAN
ON FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
Mnn Who Rnn the Famous ‘'Rocket”
7!t Years Ago Is Still Alive.
Des Moines Cor. New York Herald.
A model of the famous Rocket, the
first engine to draw a pasenger train,
stands in the Transportation building
of the St. Louis Exposition, and Ed
win Entwlstle. the man who acted as
fireman on the epoch-making day, sev
enty-three years ago, when the first
passenger train in the world left Man
chester for Liverpool, lives in an hum
ble cottage In East Des Moines, and
when he thinks of his Inability to visit
the exposition and see the Rocket mod
el tears come into his eyes and course
down his cheeks.
“I'd give anything I possess Just to
see and handle it again," the aged man
said recently, ’as he told the story of
that memorable trip. "But I’m old
now and feeble, l'tn not the lad I
was when George Stephenson gave me
a word of cheer and 1 climbed into
the Rocket and we started on our
trip.”
Edwin Entwlstle was a lad of 16
when the trip was made. He was rec
ommended to Stephenson by the Duke
of Bridgewater, whose steward declar
ed that Entwlstle was the best me
chanic In his shops.
It was in September, 1831, that the
Rocket made Its trip. Stephenson had
triumphed over many difficulties, and
tire test was to be made. He had com
pleted his .plans, obtained a charter for
the railroad between Liverpool and
Manchester, and laid his track.
Stephenson had one strong friend,
the Duke of Newcastle. When he heard
that Stephenson was to appear before
the committee the Duke bade him be
careful of his answers lest the commit
tee refuse the charter.
"George heeded well the Instructions
of the Duke,” said Mr. Entwlstle. "The
committee asked him all sorts of ques
tions, but the answers were always cau
tious and hardheaded. In particular
they tried to find out what the ca
pacity of the train was to be in the
way of speed and the handling of
freight.
“ 'lt will travel fast enough and pull
freight enough,” answered Stephenson,
"to pay the interest on the money in
vested."
“That was all they got out of him,
but the charter was granted. Work
was begun on the road at once, but
there were ten miles that were a bog,
and gravel and dirt had to be hauled
In, so that it was four years before
the rails could be laid.”
When the track and
Stephenson was enter the
competition he was wlThout a fireman.
He applied to the Duke of Bridgewater
and was sent by the latter to his ma
chine shops. Here Stephenson repeat
ed his request to the foreman of the
shop. The latter replied:
“I haven't a man to send, but that
lad will serve your purpose if you care
to take him and get an order from the
steward.”
The order from the steward was not
long in coming, and Edward Entwlstle,
then a machinist's apprentice, went on
the Rocket. ,
Stephenson took Entwlstle out the
following Sunday to let him try his
hand at the throttle. They ran the
engine down to the bog, a dlstunce of
fifteen miles, and return. Stephenson
was more than pleased. The next day
was the day for the competition. Enl
wlstle, speaking of the trip, said:
“I don't remember much about the
weather. All the days in England are
pretty much the same, and along the
sea coast there is always more or less
of a fog. The thlrty-rone miles were
what might be called level country.
Where the bog had been filled In, of
course, was level. It was slightly down
hill between Manchester and Liverpool.
The country was not rough.
“I don’t remember the time we made
on the trip, but It didn’t mean much,
os the trip was marred by a fatal ac
cident. We were übout half wy down
when a stop was made. The Duke of
Wellington was talking to Mr. Huskls
son, and they were standing on the
second track. Suddenly a construction
engine came around the corner and
bore down on them- The Duke of
Wellington Jumped and escaped safely,
but Mr. Huskinson was struck down
and the wheels passed oyer his legs
above the knees. He was taken to
Liverpool, where he lived about ten
hours.
“Strange as it may seem, this acci
dent did not prejudice the people
against the railroad. They understood
that it was an accident and did not
blame the road.
“The Rocket pulled on that trip five
coaches. They were small affairs and
looked much Uks stage coaches on
wheels. Each coach contained three
seats, each accommodating three peo
ple, making nlnq to a coach. People
rode on the tops, however, and hung
on the sides of the coaches, so that In
all seventy-five persons rode that day.
Thousands of persons were lined up
along the railroad track on both sides
to witness the strange performance.”
After operating the Rocket thirty
months young Entwlstle found himself
almost a nervous wreck and refused
to serve any longer.
"When I was 18—that was In 1837 —I
left England and came to this country.
Fifty years ago I came West, and built
a house right on this very spot,”
ILL TEMPER OP ANIMALS.
Some Conclusions Concerning the
Psychology of Roasts.
From the New York Evening Post.
Many anecdotes have been recorded
with Intent to prove the Innate feroci
ty and general bad temper of most
wild animals, whereas If we consider
only those creatures which have not
been domesticated or radically affected
by man, there are few Indeed which
deserve such blessed judgment.
There are three causes rather sharp
ly defined In point of time during
which they are operative, to which are
due most of the real HI temper shown
by animals. First, the selecting of
mates by the common method of bat
tling among them the males; second,
the choosing and taking possession of
a home already occupied by some other
creature; and, third, the defense of
the young. It is to the credit of
animals that of these causes, the two
latter are especially unselfish, the ulti
mate aim being the protection of off
spring.
When we consider animals from this
point of view, ordinary classification
breaks down and new, unexpected
segregations appear.
In discussing the temper of animals
In this connection, we must, of course,
not consider those feelings which are
aroused tn the minds of carnivorous
creature* when they are engaged tn
capturing and killing their prey. One
argument of vegetarians Is the appar
ent effect of the antithetical diets of
two such animals as the lion and the
deer, the life of the former being por
trayed In glaring colors, as a continual
routine of mad slaughter, while the
gentle-eyed gazelle is held up as a
symbol of gentleness and strength,
wltlmi. Now, vegetarians have mui h
of truth In their beliefs, but In this
ease and from the standpoint of this
article, they are wholly wrong. The
feeders on flesh--the great cats and
the eagles -kill from hunger not from
hatred, and among their own kind they
seldom show anv animosity. Even
the selecting of inatss among tbs birds
ef prey is usually accomplished pec Ml
ally, and indeed many of them pair
for life.
On the other hand, while deer and
other herviborous animals obtain their
food only at the expense of blades of
grass and leaves, yet they are any
thing but gentle in disposition, es
pecially at the mating season. The
fierce battles of the antlered 'bucks
are well known, and when those grace
ful creatures are seen gouging with
the sharp tines, and striking with their
hoofs, (here Is no getting away from
the fact thut by some strange alchemy,
ft good deal of ferocity and high tem
per dan be extracted from a simple
vegetable diet. The lion in striking
down a young antelope, exhibits no
more ill temper than does a deer In
tearing off a tough mouthful of grass.
Zebras, wild horses, and a few other
animals are noted us being generally
111 tempered, but we should abandon
the idea that anv race of creatures as
a whole can be branded with haying
such a characteristic. This applies to
animals in a wild state, hut when man
comes upon the scene and domesticates
or confines the wild creatures, he
places th“m under such unnatural con
ditions —circumstances which their phy
sical and mental evolution could In no
way anticipate—that II! temper and
other falus!) human characteristics,
are acquired.
Although animals under such condi
tions are In some ways not ns valuable
for psychological study as strictly wild
ones, yet they give us undoubted clues
to the explanation of certain feral
traits ‘and moods.
Individuality ls the keynote. Very
rarely an elephant in a wild state be
comes a “rogue.” That ts, he becomes
so 111 tempered that he Is ostracized
from all herds, to roam the jungles
alone, morose and sullen, ready to at
tack anything which crosses his path.
Dozens of elephants in captivity de
velop this "rogue" temper, and slay
keeper after keeper until flrfaily they
themselves must be killed.
The race of cranes has been called
domineering, but this is not Just. I
once had the opportunity of studying
four Sandhill cranes, which were as
different In temperament as four birds
could be. One, a male, was tame to
n ridiculous extreme. Nothing could
klarrn the bird, nothing anger it. It
would follow any person about and
allow any liberty to be taken with it.
A second bird, also a male, was a
veritable fiend. He would fly and run
fifty yards to attack any one approach
ing, and would Inflict most painful
wounds unless beaten off. He had
to be thrown down many times with
thrusts from a stiff branch before he
would walk Blowly away, even then
not admitting defeat. His mate. •,
smaller bird, was still different. She
Imitated her lord and master In hla
preparations for attack, and rushed In
a very ugly way toward one, but when
the . crltlc'fll moment came she never
dared to make a real attack, for she
was an Inveterate coward at heart.
A fourth Individual was stolid. He
showed signs neither of tameness nor
of hostility, but simply acted os if
all he asked was to be let alone.
It Is certainly true that ill temper
ts fostered among animals associated
with man, whatever the reason, and
tWat conversely creatures In a wild
state as a rule show only good nature
toward their cwn kind and to other
species with which they come In con
tact.
—Lord Milner announces that he will
remain at Johannesburg until the fin
ishing touches huve (>een put to his
native and inter-colonial policy.
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