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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. CASTOR! A For infants and Children. 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