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T " j - SECTION TWp SECTION TWO ' PAGES 1 TO 8 ... PAGES 1 TO 8 u - . - tilUJJ Jnl. VJi W II W II Vr ILI 1 v- V TX COST V0F THE PRESIDENTS . ABOUT HALF A MILLION A YEAH tThis la Less Than dent Apiece for Amplf.afliL. ami. fnnMnul ' Wi I. f European Countries ' Very ' Ijow Roosevelt Probably i. . Draw on ITU Own Private For. ' ' tcrtalnmenta Which Have Marked M11U Administration President i v icvnuey was frugal anu is baia L to Have Saved S 1 00.000. v . , v Correspondence of The Observer.'-; v . -i L ram i im . Amflnruui ihhiuid i i. . littleness than 1600,000 a year to pay 4 United States, to maintain his mansion . and executive offices, and the naval . ; sosal. . This la a tax of about stx- eighths of a cent upon every man. i omtn and child certainly - not a 1 t. a. ...... h........ .. ma mA uilt vkl -. It costs to support the royal families of the Old world. Americans are ruled THE PRESIDENTS BUDGET. Balary of ths President President' traveling expenses .... .... Secretary to the President Otlier employe in executive office Contingent expenses Care and refurnishing White House ... Repairs to White House Fuel for White House Gars of greenhouses .... Repairs to greenhouses Maintenance of White Hhuss grounds Policemen at White House Secret service men Naval yacht Mayflower .... Naval yacnt nyipn Total - . v. lit tna accompanying ias, im ti ' . . , ,l. a r Keeping in commiwion iwu - k whnln of these sums Is prop- - WBUIILB ! BJIlWUVVa. " . , Li. I a Wafc 1m..I aT3aaa. tm "wtivt Is a difference of opinion. The na val vessels were not built expressly tar the President's use. nor are they , officially assigned -to that duty. They . V-a. Kaalit tiAmvar at hla iHanoeaL and while they are subject to any oth . or business which may be required or mem, in tnese piping uum i Dease mere is nut iuuvu ". them to do. Those who Insist tnat tne cost ox keeping In commission the Mayflower and the Sylph la a proper charge gainst the cost or tne uniei execu tive argue mat were ii noi lor mo araiaa Ih.l m ITH.l MPni lltMai inam irifl vauoIb could be Disced out of com- . tnisston, tnus enerung en annual mi- lg Oa 1WUI I I at, WW. Ally " - Ing argument Is that the same would . . . l --r AAA Tkrt a n.TI'.P. DOIO, true OI ail ine oinrr vnmacim i the navy, were It deemed wise policy , to lay tnem up ana aiiwnargo inc.r : crews Just because we have no war on hand. . . The second Item In the table, that of S 15.000 for the President's travel- V J .... vni4 for rha flrat . time at the session of Congress Just closed. The ensctment states thst the aum Is "to defray the traveling ex- vlted ruests." and the Item was the auhlrct of heated debate In both liauaee ef Conaress. Opponents of , the appropriation aeciarea was an attomnt to indirectly Increase the sal- m.rr of the flhlef Executive. The law , giving the President thia money to vntuio Hlla, v ty a ..a.- . a k..vm.a a th. . ami mA TAII HI I n centlment against transportation abu- ' . T .naal it wa, rni ann. aidered Improper for the President d travel In special trains furnished - Ay the railroads without cost to him or to the government, but this prac- ' lice came in for condemnation, along . . a i- .a. .n.nt.nn.. nf rx . u . ISv members "Of Congress and the Judici ary, in response m mis erouwu puu Ho sentiment. Mr. ttooseveu snnounc . A thst In the future he would ac cept no transportation favors from the railroads., in tnis situation, in- gress had to make an appropriation would have to stay at home or pay nut of his own pocket the cost of an im Trixiia. . a n . I 117 AAA InMliarlaaai ailH. ; atantlally every expense In which the President Involves the Atnericsn peo each tour years or tne prrniucmmi lection. There is no avaiiaDie way tn which comparative figures can be asecaif-ed from 'other countries, ior .goyalty entails upn a imuiJiti in mendous Indirect expenditures, aside from the amounts voted directly to the rulers. The civil list of Euro Min anreretrna alone, however, fur- " nlsh an Interesting comparison. It Is a smsll and unimportant country Indeed which does not vote Its ruler (or -his personal use. more thsn the tantira smount charged up as expen- ' dltures on behalf of the American President The civil lists of the rul ara of alxteen European states are 1 as follows: Austrlal-Hungary $3.75.000 Bavaria 1.411.000 Belgium ..o.ooo jjenmaTK .. . Siu. Tlrllaln t. ISO. 000 Italy.. .. .. v X.5,000 Netherlanda- 150.000 Portugal . . 617,000 ' Prussia (German Kaiser). 8,851,770 Roumanla Z01.000 KUSSlS.. .. IV.vuu.vvv Nn7 , , , , - tfenrl , 204,000 Ppaln 1,75,000 rnrkev.... .. .. . 7.500.000 Wartemberg 403,400 - " xjieae ngurva uu nv vw muj invaun ' renreaent what the roval families of Europe cost, aa In almost 'all the ' auiunlrUi fhnra are furthar irranta to relatives ot tne runng prince, ana in a' number or cases tno ruier nas ' sources of official Income aside from Mi civil list 'For Instance, in Great . Britain the tfimalnlng members of the royal famTiy am allowed 1470,000 . a year, and in addition the revenues , of the Duohy of Lancaster, about ' (1600,000 a year, go to the King, and those of the Duchy of Cornwall, about 1100.000 a year, to the -Prince of Wales. Tbe Emperor of Germany ,haa vast estates, castles and forests. from which he drives an enormous revenue. Even 'Impoverished flpaln. after allowing , the King 11.715,000, gives a further $800,000 for the sup- nnvt nf tha roval family. . It la Imnnaw alble to accurately estlmato the In come of the Cxar of Russia, but It Is avail ' aatahltahari tit he larffar than that of any other monarch. To the crown there are attached more than 1,000,090 square miles of cultivated land and forests, and the Cxar also enjoys the revenue from rich gold and other mines In Siberia. The In- , coma of the Sultan of Turkey like wise Is a guess,' as It Is mainly de rived from the revenues from the crown riomlnss. It probably la much lorger than 37,500,000, - The use by the president) ef naval vesxels as pleasure yachts came In for a 'good deal of criticism In Con gress. . The fart Is that while these vessels are at his disposal at all times, Mr. Roosevelt soldcm unes them, i when he does go abroad, It Is genef ally for some official or soml-'utflcial .function. .Mrs: Roosevelt V and the children, however, tike an Occasional pleasure cruise. Dunn the past win tr Mrs. - Roosevelt and two of the children aailed in the Mayflower as lar.aoutn aa mo northern coast ef Cuba, and In the smaller Sylph they take . trips now - and then '.down , the Potomac liver and Chesapeake bay. . The Mayflower, which la generally referred to aa the "President's yacht,'.' is the navy's social palace. It for- merely was the privste yacht of Goe- let the millionaire, and - was our chaaed by the government at the out break or the war with -Spain. Sub sequently It was overhauled and refit ted In regal fashion. Since then tt has unofficially been the President's yacht, and on Its decks and la its cabins have been many notable social gatherings, The Msyflower played an Important part In the International amentles preceding the Russo-Japanese pesce conference, . -The foreign envoys were entertained on board by Mr.. Roosevelt' and. the . vessel, later carried some of tht, envois to Ports mouth., ... . . The Mayflower Is classed as a third rat converted cruiser. She is of steel .. fSO.OM .. 3.000 ,. B.OOO . til.MK) . 30,000 . .ono . 15.000 . 6.000 . 8,0) . 1,000 . 4.000 . 4.000 . 1G0.OO . U.000 .1473.000 bull, with twin screws, has 2,(90 dis placement, with engines of 4,700 horse-power. -. Her armament consists of two guns in her main battery. When the Mayflower has her full complement there are on board nine officers and 1(4 men. Since assign ment to her present diity she has been short two officers and half a dosen or so men. Her present command ing officer Is Lieut. Commender An drew T. Long a native of Catawba county, N. C The other officers aboard are an engineer with the rank of lieutenant; an executive and navlgaUng . of fleer, with the rank of lieutenant; three ensigns, a surgeon, and a paymaster. The pay roll Is about 3(0.000 a year. The Sylph Is a much smaller ves sel, being classed ss a fourth-rate converted gunboat. Her complement consists ef one officer, at present a lieutenant, and twenty-eight men. Not much official Information is given out about the use of these vessels by the President and his wife and children.: but the understanding is that whenever Mr. Roosevelt la aDoard either with guests or members of his family, he pays personally the cost of the meals of himself and party. As the President is commander-in-chief of the navy, he can. of course, go aboard any naval vessel and order it to sail wherever It pleases htm. On his recent trip up the coast from New Orleans he Used the armored cruiser West Virginia, but as a rule he confines his voyaging to the May flower or the Slyph. All Presidents of reoent years have made use of government vessels for pleasure trips. President McKlnley wss not a good sailor and did not onen go aboard, but President Cleve land frequently used a lighthouse tender for hunting trips down the Chesapeake bay. , x The number of policemen stationed at the White Rouse has been greatly increased since the assassination of President McKlnley. The number now on duty there is officially stated to be thirty-eight, with a salary roll approximating 340.000 a year. It Is difficult to even approximate the cost of the secret service men who guard the Presldeht. Sometimes a dozen or more are on duty, while at other' imies mere are but one or two; but the estimate of 34.000 a year for this nem is certainly low enough. In the good old days, before the United States became a world power and Washington a world capital, the i-rrsiacni was able to aave a com portable sum each year out of his aisry or sso.vOO. Even when the re public wss young and the nrenldnn. tlsl salary but 325,000. the Job was iiiucii more prontaoie, rrom a finan cial viewpoint, than It Is to-day. Life was simpler then, snd there were fewer social demands upon the Chief .executive. an me fresideou of recent years. Mr. McKlnley, probably, wss me most irugai. it Is said that dur Ing his little more thsn four years in ma wmie nouse ne saved aoorox Imately 3100.000, or about one-half his salary. The McKtnleys gave few entertainments aside from Vie stated official functions, and the official functions were made no more expen sive than tradition required. It Is probable that Mr. Roosevelt not only uses up his salary, but that he draws upon his private fortune to pay for the elaborate 'social func tions which have marked his admin istration. . THE BE.U WAS A COOIC If Not Pad Ronco Was Willing to be Pnt Down aa the Biggest Liar. J. L. Pequlgnot in Recreation. ' "I'm the biggest liar of the hull lot of ye," Ed Ronco used to say, ss he sat In front of the carapflre. Every night when the dishes were washed he would light his pipe, throw a fresh birch log on the fire and be ready to talk on any subject that might come up, and even If he didn't know anything about It, it Is an even bet that none of the other guides ever guessed it, for In some positions his Imagination was apssrb, w "Give us a boar story," I asked him one night, with the following rather startling resultt . "Msny's the bears I have shot In the woods, but I'll never forget the btlg one- I It get away because he was so wise. I thought he would some day maybe find his way Into one of them trained animal showa you fel lers have In the big cities. It was nlsh onto 6 o'clock In the afternoon that i nrst saw mis greeser, aa i was pad din' a back to our camp ground, and there was - Mlstsr ' Besr rummaain' around among our grub. Just .like he was at home, and never a smell of us, and we within handy spankln' dis tance of him so I told the sport to keep , still, and there we sat In the canoe and watched him. First he knocked our Jug. of syrup off 'the tsble, and he rolled in.lt till I thought he'd stick to the ground. Then ha waddled over to the flour barrel and upset mat ana got tne nour stuck to the syrup until he looked mlshtv like a polar bear from Alsaky. , When ne thought he was enough stack on himself he walked over to our fire and rolled around 'pretty near close enough to It to get burned for about five minutes. Now; If he Wasn't mako ing ginger cake for the little cubs be hsd left back In the woods, you can put me down for the blsseat liar you knowV TBAVII ;0xN INtAiND SEAS TOURISTS TAKING WEW ROUTES IIow Americans Are Discovering the , Aiu-at'iions of America The Lltarm and I loins n (o of tho Great' Lake -Wliero Hundreds ot Huge SMam ere tallow Hie Paths Oiue Taken by the War Canoes of tlio Red Men Hardy Mariners Who Never Sail- t ed on Salt Water. . Correspondence of The : Observer. ; x 'v " Buffalo. July 13.When Russell Bags announced that a man did not need a vacation he stirred up a storm of protest which proved that he was in the hopeless minority. This is the vacation season and it Is safe to, say that of the 80,000,000 Americans, at least 40,000,000 will manage' to get soma kind of an outing during the summer or fall. The old saying that all good Americans go to Paris be fore they die has ceased to be rep resentative of the aspirations of the Yankee globe-trotter. Tho love of outdoor life la finding expression In new routes taken by tourists through European countries and the stay-at- homes on this side of the water are showing more and more a disposition to wander far afield instead of set tling down for two or three weeks In the seaside hotel or the country boarding house. , The wealthy, who are given to globe-trotting, are crowding the out going Atlantic liners. Americans are wandering through all the highways and nearly all the byways of the Old world. They have followed the Arc tic explorers northward toward the pole. Some are at the North Cape In Norway; others, more patriotic, who want to. know something about the wonders of the Western Hemis phere, are sailing northward to dis tant Alsska. asm In fact. Americans are finding that their own land offers many attrac tions to the sightseer which were overlooked by nummer travelers of a decade, ago. This new spirit has led to the discovery of the Great Lakes. Everybody has known In a general way that the Inland chain of 'water ways formed a great commercial high way. Newspaper readers are aware that the traffic through the "Boo" canal Is greatly in excess , of that which passes through the ditch which DeLesseps dug across the Isth mus of Sues, although at the "Soo" business is done only eight months of the vesr. But it remained for our English couslns'to discover, the charm which the Great I.akes have for the lover of nature and the person In search of Invigorating and health- giving vacation experiences. Consul tation of literary indexes shows that many nWe Kngllsh writers have seen lit to describe their travels, especially on lakes Huron and Superior, than have Amerlcanx. For many years Eng llahmen trsvellns in the Dominion of Canada have as a regular part of their trio taken some one of the lit tie British stosmers that ply from neorrlan Hav among the Islands of the northern shore of Huron through the "Soo" and along the northern coast of Superior, stopping at little triirilni village, once the posts of the Hudson Usy Company. Now an Increasing srmy of Americans is fol lowing this advance guard of Eng lishmen. Lake Superior never falls to possess the Imagination of those who make the trip across it. The traveler who has boarded a steamer at Huffalo, Cleveland or Detroit leaves pretty almost pastoral scenery behind as he passes our of Lake St. Clair and De troit's famous American Venice, the Flats, where summer homes In thous ands have been built on low, tangled Islands Lake Huron serves as an In termediate approach. It Is large and stormy but Its waters are bright green as are those of all the lakes except Superior As the tourist leaves the canals at the "Soo" he Is embarked on the largest of the world's bodies of fresh water. From It outlet to Dnluth, where the St. Louis rrver tumbles In to the waters -at tho head of the lake It Is 430 miles long. 1(0 miles broad, with a coast line of 1.(00 miles and an area of 32,000 square miles more than eftual to that, of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts. Uhode Island and ConnecUout. The great passenger ateamera which now ply upon Its suriaci, mine i M,viia. are so deep that the bottom of the lake Is about 400 feet below it,, lavai of New York harbor. Sea men will tell you that there are places whara the dark blue water is un fathomable; "Th bottom 'as fell out. sir," said an jcngiisn, sauor, wnen the .plummet failed to strike any thing. The autnoriliCB Bay, nowever, that the lake la nowhere much more than 1,000 feet deep, which, as 'Its surface la 127 feet above sea level. means that If tne miana sea couia be drawn directly Into the ocean there would still be lake nearly (00 feet deep In the centre. Travel on the lakes has much of the cbsrm to the lover of tne sea which Is afforded by a voyage upon the ocean. Vessels run . far from land. There Is life In the breete and at times the waves roll high enough to show what the lake can ne wnen It anser I aroused. But during the summer season severe storms are 'of rare occurrence ana tear or seasick ness need not disturb travelers here. Whin voyaging on these summer seas, the sightseer finds abundant evi dence that the captains of Industry long ago discovered the value of the lakes, Great ore and grain carriers are constantly passing, 'and most of these craft fly Uncle Barn's flag, a condition In marked contrast to that which exists on the ocean. Only about ten Dr rent, of the vessels on the lakes are British. ' With the discovery of the lakes themselves has come the discovery of nearby localities. - Many tourists take a side trip to tne pictured rocks in i Bohoolnraft county, 1 Machlgan, about 100 miles cast from the "Soo," where 1 I II fa,' fi . ; U Ml i. k. sl iriMIW .f I v.if B I II the winter northwest winds lashtng the waves have wrought tho sandstone cliffs Into strange and fantastto forms. These always excite the wonderment of the stranger, although to the native they are of little consequence. "Sure, they are high and rough and stained and rather curious,"-said a man who had lived near them most of his life to a traveler not long ago; "still, they ain't nothing but rock, after a1l. Strange why folka come all the way from New York to see them." Then,'- too, , there are opportunities for - the sportsman to the north of Lake Superior in one of the wildest hill countries of the continent, with reaches of mountain and valley thick-" ly overgrown with Bpruce trees, with lakes and trout streams Innumerable, and with very " occasionally a little hamlet or even a single farmstead in some exceptionally fertile spot. A recent traveler In the region to the north of Lake Superior speaks ' of finding 80 miles from a habitation a literary Englishman who occasionally geta to ' the - nearest railroad station and gathers in a bunch of The Lon don, Times to which he is a regular subscriber. Large cities are spring Ing up on the edge of this wilderness. Thus the city of Duluth, which ex tends for 21 miles along the sharply rising shore at the western extremity of Lake Superior, la so near the for est that bearssactually Invade its sub urbs, and moose have been Been wan dering in Its streets. The lake region hus had its share of romance and the twentieth cen tury traveler1 Is following pathways over which centuries bxo the Indian paddled their war canoes. Later came the missionaries and the voy agers, and long after appeared the rude Bailing craft which marked the beginning of the modern commerce which has since grown to such enor mous proportions, t-'ome of the sto- rles told of late history niuie to more recent events. Thus the Eng lishmen who write of their truvels in America generally tell, sometimes niiii minemuiiun, ine mury in nil ver Island, a little one-acre rock near the northern shore of Lske Superior. It was once owned by a Montreal company which declined to spend 320,000 In Investigating a report thut the little bit of rocky land contained valuable silver ore. The Canadians I'"' to a New York syndicate for .3250,000. The, new owners In the first year took out ore to a value exceeding -a million and a half of dollars, and a holder of one-eighth of the stock .of the company refund 35,000,000 for hla share. Thut story is now a part of ancient history, for history Is made fast in this region, and these events happened buck In the seventies. Hut Silver Island con tinues to be productive. The stories of the development of the copper mines of northern Michigan and later the romance of .the Iron Ranges are closely connected with the history of the lakes. The navigation of the unsalted sea has created a race of sailors who, while salt water tars may scoff at their accomplishments, are neverthe less brave snd hardy mariners, who fsco danger of shipwreck in the fierce storms which sometimes descend up on ine taxes just before tho season of navigation is closed by the freez ing up of trie rivers and canals. At these times, long after the tourists have gone home and resumed their ordinary occupations, the lske sail ors make their trips when the great wsves dssh over the decks of. the vessels and cover, houses, masts itnd rigging with Ice Just aa the ocean steamers are similarly coated after a fierce winter voyage. i ravet on tne lakes gives many glimpses or America in the making. To the east. Huffalo. Cleveland and Toledo, and farther west. Milwaukee and Chicago aro not young as Ameri can cities reckon age. But Duluth. at the far western extremity of the cnain, counts among its people those who lived there when the place was only a trading post, without railway and with a harbor yet to be made by cuttina tho canal which now affords, access to the quiet waters of St. Louis Bay. The tourist travel on the lakes Is Of, recent development. Should It Increase as has the water- borne commerf-e of the Inland sea, they will become as famous as those Old' World bits of fresh water whose attractions have been known for gen erations. City of IjoiMlon Churches. SundaV Strand. Within the narrow limits of the citv of London, with its mere handful of residents only sufficient to people a mall provincial town there are still so many churches that you might worship In a different one every Sun- osy or tne year witnout putting foot inside them all. Within the Rural Deanery of tbe East City there are to-day no fewer than ten churches. each of which ministers to a popula tion of less than two hundred; the ag gregate number of parishioners Is 1,- 473, while the churches have accomo dation for 3.760, thua providing al most two seats for every possible worshiper, Including the Infanta In arma. James B. Reynolds, of 'Boston, haa been Assistant Secretary of the Unit ed . States Treasury for -fifteen months, and In that time haa signed his name somewhere close to 100,000 times. Hla signature Is of a rather fanciful character, and consequently he uses three pens in day. Dur ing a hot spell in the weather at one time 13,000 Indian warrants came In. They had to. be signed. The other secretaries were on their vacations, and "Jlmmle" signed them, the whole Hardly' anyone ha so much time tor fun as the man who has to stay and work In the hot city while- hla family are away for the summer. A girl would never be so deceptive as to make a man believe she loved bins when the die v PfilNCE OF PKErYABICATORS , ',-." - . ' V,'- - : CASE OF "MY FRIEND, THE WAIf . ., .,. ,. , , v A Craftily laaUl Plot for - Revenge That Confounded the Plotter- Tlc Man W1k Had an Intimate Hoy liood Acquaintanceship Willi All . the Celebrities of Ills Day- Ad vantages of Hoosier wrtn. BY STRICKLAND W. GILLILAN. I may' have met somo man some where some time who wasn't a llaf. I forget. . ' 8olomon said: "I said In my haste all men are liars." Solomon hurried needlessly. He mlgh have taken the entire day for hla accusatory state ment and never been contradicted or humiliated I have friend who Is an extreme and signal Inatance of the Ilarus vul garis. I have met many feeble airug glers along the line of his specialty. but never one that, even though my friend were anointed with - gasoline or llmberger cheese, could get within Hsmelllnir distance of him in a straight away, free-for-all lie fast, this rriena of mine came from the outlying dis tricts, and he could, therefore, ut ile any other amateur. Beside him, the biggest other prevaricator I had met was as a bartender s shirt stud to the Koh-l-noor. He was an edi tion de luxe of a liar, hand-bounded. full morocco, numbered, with au thor's autograph on the fly-leaf. The strong point of this person to whom I refer so feeling Is claiming an intimate boyhood acquaintanceship with celebrities. I have mentioned to him. accidentally and experimentally, some hundreds of great people who have grown up this side the tossing brine, snd every mother's son of them had gone to school with The Liar. I believed him for a year, felt tired toward him for another year, and. fop an additional twelve-month, sore ! at him. I figured out the number of i such persons had risen from his side I to great nena, snd made some calcu lations. He could not have gone to school with them sil at once, that much was certain. There must have been other schoolmates st the ssme time. The answer to my problem was that my mendacious confrere had had at least 60.000 schoolmates in his youth, and attended, during his ususl allotment of 10 or 12 winters In dis trict school, several hundred schools. I learned also, from similarly bssnd calculations, thst he had acquired measles at leant nine Union from sn many different embryo eelebrltlen, that, had he been engaged In as many ftfftlculTs with unfledged military he roes as he claimed to have licked In boyhood encounters, he would have been covered with scratches and scam until he resembled a seismograph's record of San Frunelaco's earthquake. My discoveries made me Indignant, and there grew up within me an un governable thlrnt for revenge. Some months ago I was suddenly plunged Into comparative opulence by means of the kindly and consider ate death of an old tight wad who had borne unbluHhlngly for years the dlKtlngulxhed honor of being an uncle to me. The old man had often, dur ing the mortgage-foreclonlng lifetime. j ,)rou(lly exhibited to hla nephews th first dollar he had ever earned. We did not then know that the old eagle teaser slmoleon. together w-th a lot of other valuable a suets he hadn't earned, but had acquired In other and leiw-to-be-boasted-of ways. Much less did we dream that when he hmitft fatna, f i r ti i tw r & ha nmtli1 Ieave me. his most disrespectful neph ew, the bulk of his ill-got gains. When I realised that Ihi had left me all this. I was touevhod. 1 should say I was. I hadn't Intended to be, but I couldn't help It. The touches all come so suddenly, and from peo ple I had so frequently touched for similar reasons, that It was some time before' I could build up a wall if re serve about me and head them off. Often there were tears In my eyes when I considered thst. If my uncle had only' foreclosed on a few more widows and turned a few more penni less orphans out to make self-made men of themselves, I mlnht have had twice as much tainted money left to me. He might lust as well have done It as not. He had done enough dirt to Insure his spending eternity In the mntch factory, anyway, and a few more sins wouldn't have raised the temperature noticeably. Shortly after I got the money and had found by contesting the will thai I couldn't get any more of It, I be gan to study out plans for spending It foolishly. Much had been done In that line by other ambitious young men, snd I Wanted to outdo them. 1 figured that the money uncle left me had never bought any fun for any body; It had never bought anything but hopes that wero subsequently blasted. That money was entitled to the pleasure that comes from giving others a large time. The demise of money-mad kinsmen has ever caused their beneilclarles to reflect thus, and tho money hoarded by a miser In one generation is Inevitably spent most recklessly In the next. An Idea came to mo that mado ms fairly tingle with the effulgent de light that comes only to the rich. Abas the Idea that only the poor ars happy! Haven't 1 tried It for forty five years? I hit upon a plan for bringing to confusion the liur friend who had been the universal schoolmate of the great., I should visit pink shame up on his bald head. Accordingly I compiled a list of the celebrities of the day, beginning with tho greatest playwrlter, the most sensational and spot light-seeking flfure In national politics, the best writer of popular novels, the greatest cartoonist, the greatest la bor leader, the most prominent presi dential aspirant, the greatest poet I listed them rsrefully and began at the top. Writing each man a deftly worded letter, I engaged him at a sum so goodly he could ; scarcely re fuse to do anything honorable there for, to visit the clly where I re sided and tako a brief walk with me, during which I should guarantee that no harm br discredit should come to him.' My sincerity and In tegrity were vouched for by a prom inent political figure, to whom I had confided my plan, and not a man of all ths list succeeded In making his first threatened refusal stick. The dates of their prospective visits were arranged for succeeding days and nothing remained but -the working out of my scheme. p . On the day to him appointed came the great playwright. . Meeting him at the train with a carriage, I drove him swiftly to within half a block of the building-where my mendacious friend toiled , day after day. v Wt alighted, and were soon darting un the elevator shaft. Entering 'ths room where my friend was at work, I bushed the cetubrlty ahead of ma and waited for the bald head above the desk to turn, t My cruet triumph was nesr.- i .' v ' -v , ... When the face above the ledger was finally presented , to view there wss a double cry of Joy, and the celebrity, and my bald-headed com panion rushed Into each others arms with sobs of ecstscy, , ,tJ . , "llenryr sniveled ene, m. t rAbe I "slavered the others' V Then both men turned to me with tears of gratitude In their eyea and strong hands lighting for mine. I had done them the greatest kindness of their live they declsred. and neither could thank me sufficiently. Then they turned to each other again and began asking who Bill, and Jim, and Sadie married, till I felt even worse out of It than before. Abe ask ed his boss for ths rest of the day off. and got it. and I excused myself on the pretext of a previous engage ment The engagements was to kick myself severely, which I did. But one failure shouldn't daunt a man with a purposo In view. I had failed through a peculiar coincidence. Every liar tells the truth occasionally, for variety and recreation. I should accept the thanks of tbe reunited pair with what grace I might, and depend on the next day for the coveted re venge. The sensational Senator was to arrive on the scene at an early hour, and I was to meet him. The programme was carried out without a hitch, and before the - noon hour I led the dignified figure Into the dus ty den of my frlona. Again the bald head turned; again two muffled shrieks of delight again two strong men sobbing on - each other's shoulders. While I stood transfixed with amasement, they re called Incident after incident that I had set down to mendacity on the part of my friend, and reminiscences of tho old scarlet education-box flew thick and fust. Again two grateful men turned to thiiftk me, and again I tied. To tell my thoughts on the occa sion would be to relate a history of Sutan's -good deeds. There were none. I was dazed beyond tho power of speech or coherent cogitation. I could only remember with dread that I had coming on the next succeeding days the novelist, the cartoonist, the labor leader, the presidential aspirant, the poet. Surely sll could not turn out to my discomfiture. Hut alus! Every man of them all recognized Abe even before he recalled them. snd my friend had so many days off that his boss had to restrict him to two drinks snd an hour's visit with each Hon that came along. At last. In my utter humility. ,mv coursge gone and my money depleted. I called on Ahe alette. Grasping my hand, ha said: "Hilly, old man, you're a wonder. I never suspected the boundless kind ness of thut big hesrt of yours. You have made the last week or two a series of tho happiest possible sur prises snd given me a reunion with neb of a number of old school- ma'.,M w ho en'-e ftiMtn'.t me In life s race without Incurring a tirup ot my envy. 1 " "Hold on, Abe." I said, unsble to stand for any more of his misplaced gratitude. "I must confess thst I nev er believed on word you said about these celebrities snd your familiarity with them, and I schemed to confuse you snd cstch you In a pack of lies.' 1 waited for his chiding, but in vain. "Old man." ssld he, tenderly laying his hand on my arm. "you had evi dently forgotten thst I was born and reared In Indiana." Th fresh re pnnrte of suspected st life of King Alfonso re- tiritt on the mlml one. says The London eMail. . that In the Koyal Palace st Mivlrld there Is a curious collection formed by the Uueen-Mother. of sll objwts which have been harmful tn or have threatened the life of the young King. .The murderous attempts In 1'urla and In the Calls May or at Madrid were, of course, not the only attempts on His Majesty's lire. Home years sse Alfonso XIII wss walk ing In the streets of Madrid when a man suddenly stepped In front of him wielding a knife. The king, without a moment's hesitation, lifted his cane snd knocked the ewapon out of the fallow's hand. He then picked It up and took It home to hla collection. On snother oe. oaalon st San Sebastian the king, found a narrow street rendered Imrmssalile by s number of chairs snd tablei wajeh a wine dealer had taken out of hla shop In order to clean It The youthful mon. arch lespl over the obatecfes, hut In do ing so bis spur caught and tripped TTtn. and hs fell with such violence sgainat the doorstep thst It waa feared his skull wss broken. Luckily he escaped with a severe bruise; but the stone which hnd received the royal Impact wss bought-and added to the jaurlous collection.' Herman I.. Dln. of Altoons. Pa., who has Just passed his seventieth birthday, has retired from the service of th Pennsylvania Kallnvsd snd wss plseed upon the pension list. He entered the service of the company In 1KV4. at the same time that .Andrew Carneale and Robert Pltcalrn did. He has completed 53 years and three months' service, with the unusual record of never having missed a day from ths pay roll. Preston If. Robinson, a well-to-do eltl-. sen of Plain City, Ohio, st times ex neiienees sn uncontrollable desire to live the life of a common tram?. Me wss arrested at laogsnspert. Ind., a few davs sen for stealing ride on a freight train snd Is now serving a Jail term. When taken Into custody hs bad In his r-osses-ston a sold watch, a draft for 1175 snd some blank cheeks Robinson, who Is rut mm otd, owns property worth more than 330.000. ., ..... ., . ? . ;y The annual rermtr of the Wshary So ciety nf the Grand Duchy ot II ease. In cluding numerous stations on ths Rhine, Main, snd Nockar, for th year tS- elate that they storked W.NiO one-year and l.4no two-year earp and 3,440 two- rear tench. - Large numbers of rainbow rout were Placed In the Rhine, and oth er river flsh In the waters of the Oden- waio. At tne general meeting nel4 at Mlcheletadt the other day. I. was de- elded to restock numbers of the waters In the Rhine, Mt aad Neokar districts witn ears ana much. h y M i. V "Pw CHAT yiTir A. BIG HAN THE CHINESE MINISTEH TALKS Sir Client ung Liang-Cheng Detail , Ills Ijsh( Kxpertcnce Wlin an Ae ' tomobllc Ho Is a Crank on Base- ball and Attends Every Game That . lie Can I wed to PUy Himself at Amherst College, Which Fart Cana rd Ills vernment to Transfer Him Tto ltilUips-Aadovcr. v wnimt hale. Washington. July II. -"Now, please don't let us' discuss automo biles," said Sir Chentung Llsng Cheng, tho" minister from China, "be cause my own experience with ; tbe things has been so unhappy that I can't talk reasonably on the subject at all." "Why, what happened V ' It skidded." The laconic reply was all that Sir Chentung would vouchsafe for ' ser- era) minutes, till the memory of hla ' automobile wrongs spurred him to . a recital of them. -") "It happened out In California. , about a month ago. I was going over to the State University to make . a talk to some of my countrymen , there, and the trip was about five miles In; extent. Just exactly In the mlddlo of the distance, I noticed tn front of me a long, wet stretch of muddy street, and without any warn ing, the machine headed for the near. est lamppost. I told my chauffeur to straighten his course, and he Just stuck his nose further over the wheel, .. and I decided he was Intoxicated, "But, do you know, he was Just aa sober as he could be. and he said the automobile 'skidded.' At any rate, we smashed into the sidewalk, and I had the whole right side of my head bruised and swollen, and I had '. to get out and walk to the univer sity." "Have you tried It since?" "No, indeed. 1 never was very fond of them, and now that their lit tle peculiarity of 'skidding' nearly cost me my right eye, I shall leave them strictly alone." "Hut about the Injuries. Didn't you have to be repaired before you -spoke to the university students?" "Not st sll. because I Just went out end told them why my face waa in this ror.dltlon, and addressed them aa bent I could. My face got bigger 1 with every word, though, and I think I didn't look very handsome when I was through. "Hut you know my hobby Is baseball anyway. Kvery chance I get I slip . out to the Nntlonal baseball park, snd watch the play, for you know I used to be a player myself, and I slwsya know when they make errors. Uiil you play In America?" "I played myself right out of Am herst College. I was sent over here by my government to learn American waya. and I was a big. lively .fellow, so I took up with your national game.' It got back to my government that I ' was 'over there In America, doing nothing but playing baseball, and ' they decided I wasn't doing what I -waa sent for. I flnslly had to be ed ucated at Philllps-Andover. In Mas sachusetts. "Couldn't you win over the govern ment to the cause of baseball?" "I hardly think I could. In the first place, if we Chinese men want ed to play, our clothes would be too ' much in the way. Do you think c I could make home base' In this c6s tame?" pointing to his light klrt with smiling derision. - "Well, you don't want to play, any- . way. do you?" (.i "Indeed, there are times when X should certainly like to play again, -but you see, it would not be at all dignified If (.played baseball now. It ' would not sound very nice at home."' "Hut I go up to Amherst every sum mer, and we have splendid tennis ' courts there, where we work Just aa hard as though It were baseball. . "Are you a good player?" ' "That Is not a diplomatic question, " though I will make you a diploma tlo reply. I have a son who can beat: me playing, and he plays very wen.' - Thia with such smiling diplomacy that One was forced to admire '. the gift of aaylng ao little and telling so much. . r,- -. , "I would like to, go to . my own country for my vacation, but It takes so long to ret there and back. Then, . too, every time a foreign minister re- turns to Pektn It Inaugurates a time of feasts and rejoicing; he must be ' presented at court and receive all the courtesies due his rank; and If he doesn't he Is guilty of a grave of fense." ' ,4 .. - - -... "A vacation In your own country doesn't rest you much, then, does it?" "Not very much. In Amherst it la all very different. There la just nice little colony there, and we all ; know each other, and do not need' to be formal. There Is ne water hear, there, bat do you know," he said, rather wistfully. - "there la so much water between me and my own coun- . try that I do not go where I must see it. or course, wnen one decides this 'vtaeatlon' problem, ' one must 'choose between the country, the greeh trees, the wtde rolling hliia, and the sea, I always take the country."".;-f .. V "Don't you ever want to awim or fishr' ,v :...,' ; v ; w, : !Never, he replied, emphatically; "f like tb! watch the elouria over- a hill or see green trees, df see a storm gathering in th Connecticut Vaii v: but the rlver-whlch Is Just four mil. i from Amherst, I rsrely visit. "Oh, I would not have you think T undervalue the beauty of water?; 1 then," he added, smiling, "one 1. always choose lu this lUo." .,.,. ;.V...r r Uv-......,:,..,'
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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