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In his early youth he said: II shall g
to America, make a fortune there, ane
return here to build palace and i've
leisure. / shall have a seat In o L0naa
clubroom at the table where the poiiu
clans tell their tales, and listen to tnen
in silence. That is my idea"
George Smith realized both his deslreA
When no sailed for England in 1858 ne W
interested In the organization of the "
Paul g. Rock Island Railroad CompanN
in stocks of other railways. in factors
in real estate. He had a fortune Of w
100000. He became at once menu
of the Reform Club OF London, and nas
seat at the table where politicians Wv
their tales.
He looked on the United States alNsys
as merely b place to make money N. =
Is said that when he and his paftnss'
Alexander Mitchell, were dissolving peLs
nership In Chicago the two had minu's
settling up.
Suddenly, when Mitchell thought ev.lI'
thing had ben accounted for, Smith s'Vv
ped and said, thoughtfuliy:
"oh, by the way, Aleck. there ar ~
bedclothes upstairs" The bedciotp%s
were two old quilts which they had po@
slept under in the room above the ban
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meeting with the bear was good cry over
the mornings and lamentations Of the lit
tie cubs left desolate by the prowess Of the
other hunters. And 1t was the only bear
seen during all the trip.
The single partridge picture obtained was
that of small covey crossing the open
road In peace and security, and the birds
looked altogether too much ike a flock of
little chickens to render this picture of
much value. Besides, the knowledge that
the gun-hunters, whose FIRST turn" 1t was
not at that moment, We're fairly dancing
with impotence and longing, was by no
means conducive to steady nerves, and re-
suited in wavy representation of BIRDS
and roadway less satisfying than unique.
Next year she will so a-huntng partridge
again and bring home some good pictures
she hopes.
Deer hunting she said, was "slmply glo-
rious'-until the other hunters killed the
deer. Then the joy of 1t was dampened
considerably, in more ways than one.
Twice, also. ,,he camera hunter had buck
fever" and simply gazed. speilnound, at
the fine stag driven cut into the open be-
tore her. until It had gracefully lsapsd .
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thicket and FASTENED away The other
hunters, who waited for her to cry dome"
as their signal to shoot, had no chance at
ALL After this experience had been twice
theirs they restricted the camera hunters
chances to one In three instead of turn
and turn about.
Once and once only was a fine deer MIC
ture obtained, and then the camera was
overturned shortly after and the picture
spoiled, but the deer was magnificent
fellow. AS he stood outlined against the
sky he looked noble; the camera hunter
openly rejoiced that no one else "got him.
The ghost was hunted In England and
by the aid of an enormous fiashlight. The
camera hunter is much In the position of
the girl who didn't believe in ghosts, but
who was yet afraid of them. So she took
a masculine companion along when she set
up the camera, and this Individual, going
back to reconnoiter after the hour had
passed at which the ghost was reported to
walk. accidentally stepped upon the string
by which the shutter and fiashlight were
operated and fine photograph Of himself
In an Unusual attitude was the only pc.
turs obtained that night.
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Many Shoplifters Caught
by a Woman Detective.

~ NE of the brightest little women
wv among Boston's wage earners is
~ Miss Edith Thompson. who is en-
ployed as a detective In large de-
partment store. Among the thousands
Of people who visit this great store every
day there is only now and then one who
knows or ever thinks that a professional
detective Is always present on the watch
for shoplifters. pickpockets and slick
thieves. Were II not for this keen-eyed,
ready-witted little lady, the store would
every year be minus many thousand dol
lars worth of goods, and its patrons
would lose many well filled pocket books.
1t is fact. recognized but somewhat
grudgingly admitted In police circles,
that many of the captures of noted pick
pockets whose arrest is heralded In the
newspapers as a clever piece of work ON
the part OF some police inspector, II
really brought about by Miss Thompson.
During the course of a year she causes
the arrest of hundreds of pickpockets
and shoplifters, and while she does not
herself make the formal arrest all the
work of detection and conviction is due
70 her watchfulness and ability The
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about four feet In length. The old man
said he had seen a picture Of one of these
birds made by his father, and he drew
for the naturalist rude sketch Of a great
bird The natives, or many of them,
thought they were using the claw of a
big bird like the roc Of the Arabian tales,
and they imagined that 1t brought them
good luck; so the piece was handed down
from generation to generation. 1t Is sup
posed that the so-called claws were known
1900 years ago, and that Herodotus refer
red to them In his account of the Ari-
maspi and the dragons that guarded the
gold. Such grip claws were much treas
ured In the middle ages, and 80 well in
formed writer and traveller as Henden-
strom believed that the horns were the
grip claws Of a huge bird, so large that 1t
could carry off an elephant; this legend
may have travelled south and been taken
up by the Arabian story-tellers.
''As late as 1890 this traveller in a leo
ture to a scientific society in st. Peters,
burg described the grip claws of mon
ster bird that he had seen and that were
two feet in length. and the scientific men
of the time failed to convince him of his
delusion.
FINALLY the origin of the so-called grip
claws was found to be real rhinoceros.
A party of natives were camped on the
side of the river Wilni, in "a degrees north
latitude. on their way down to the mouth
for the summer fishing. The ground OF
tundra was frozen solid. There would be
a bed of frozen soil or gravel, then mass
of ice, then more soil, and for thirty or
forty feet deep the tundra was solid, hav-
ing been frozen up since the time when
the great ice cap covered the country.
While they were in camp landslide oc-
CURED on the opposite side of the river.
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REMAINS OF PREHISTORIC RHuNocERos IMPRISONED ARCTIC cE

The water had undermined the bank, and
great masses of the tundra came rushing
down. and with 1t the body of a gigantic
animal The natives crossed over and
found 1t to be a perfect rhinoceros, COW
cred with hair, and on its nose were two
large grip claws as they called Them
These the natives cut of to divide up into
strips for their bows while the flesh of
the animals, which WIS as fresh as
though recently killed, was given to their
dogs. No more remarkable instance of
what ignorance may accomplish was ever
witnessed. The natives were poverty
stricken crowd, travelling hundreds of
miles to exc out a miserable existence
by the capture of few fish, and they
deliberately destroyed prize that would
have brought each of them fortune.
Finally, when they returned to their viii
lagos at the end of the summer with the
grip claws and horns, the story was told,
and an official reported 1t to the authori-
ties at st. Petersburg, who at once gave
orders to have the animal hunted up and
brought in: but the rare specimen had
been devoured by wolves and foxes, the
hair scattered by the wind. and all that
was secured was its head and feet. which
may still be seen In st. Petersburg.
I'm 1877 the last rhinoceros was discov-
cred, and, singularly enough, again its
head and one foot were all that was
saved. 1t was washed out of a tributary
of the Lena river in north latitude So
degrees. This animal was much larger
than the rhinoceros Of today, and was a
formidable creature, covered with long,
reddish hair and bearing upon its head
two horns; the first three and half feet
in length in some instances, and the sec
ond foot and a half. 1t lived contem-
poraneously with the mammoth
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Nv traveller who had the reputa-
- ton Of sportsman as well,
and he held up what appeared to be a piece
Of whalebone.
His companion ventured guess as to
what It was II have seen something like
1t fastened to Eskimo bows" he said.
you have hit It," said the other. taking
down q bow from the wall Here Is the
bow to which it was dashed. But 1t is not
whaiebone l venture to say you would
never guess what 1t is. 1t Is strip from
the horn of a rhinoceros; not the rhinoc-
eros now found in Africa, but huge beast
that formerly roamed the arctic shores of
the continent 1t has been known only
a little more than century to white peo-
pie, and there liz not a perfect skeleton Of
it today. The natives long ago knew Of the
animal and collected Its tusks, which they
split up to fasten in their bows. The dis
covery of one of these bows led to the in
PRODUCTION of this monster to the world OF
science, though not to the general public,
as I suppose not one person in 10000 ever
heard of ii. To make long story short,
a bow just like this fell into the hands of
a naturalist, who at once saw that there
was something strange about it. He be-
gan to investigate the bow, and after the
expenditure of a vast amount Of time,
money and brains, he discovered the ma
tive who had owned the bow. This native
had received 1t from his father. who lived
some distance out on the Lena, In Siberia
The naturalist ran down the father, and
learned that he in turn had received 1t as
q legacy from his father. who, he said,
had taken 1t from the claw of huge bird
covered with hair. the said claw being
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The stables are well stocked with
horses of American breed, the American
bicycle also finds q place, while whole
pack OF American dogs. In all shapes and
varieties. run a Joyous riot all over the
place.
Maxine Elliott, Mr.. Goodwin's beauti-
full ana talented wife. says It is the place
OF all others in which to rest.
The guests at Lakewood. and there have
been many, remark on the beautiful taste
evidenced In the furnishings This was
all the work OF Maxine Elliott. and she
has performed her task with a master
hand. Articles collected all over the
world and numerous gifts Of friends are
everywhere displayed.
Among the horses in the stables 10 one
known as Kentucky. This animal was,
and still IL a favorite OF Mr.. Goodwin, al
though he nearly cost him his life SUM
mer before last. Mr.. Goodwin was riding
the animal when ne started to bolt. Find
ing that a collision with gate was inev-
liable, Mr.. Goodwin pulled the horse onto
his launches SO quickly that he fell over
backward on the rider. 1t was feared for
a time that serious injuries had resulted.
Existence at lakewood can truthfully
be described rs Utopian in its delights,
and to an American 1t IL doubly pleasant
after the rush and hurly.burly Of bust
ness In this country. And over It all pre-
sides gracious lady to whom nature
has been very lenient In the way of
beauty and talent She Ii good Ameri-
can. too, and she brings to the English
home just that vivacity and good fellow
ship which is perhaps the only thing
lacking In the more stole Britishers. 1t
is home of which Mr.. Goodwin may
we'll be proud.
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time the result was gratifying IN Y,
end, and the correspondence teacher Y.
since had all the business that sne y
possibly attend to. Her pupils are aiao,'
without exception young women 81 'e's
ligence and fair education. who have ~
lected the cultivation of the art Of cst, \,
spondence and are DESTROYS OF makins ~ y
for their deficiency In this respecL = Z
gift OF being able to write good ie.s 1870
not given to everyone. but fair dySi q.
of proficiency may be attained by * n,sIs
telligent persons who care to give W.. ~
consideration to the subject. IL - nsa. \.
all sides that letters are not In iasu M
these times of note writing, telegraph ".
telephone messages. Long letters nase ~ ~,
tainly gore out OF fashion among He M
Elephants In the active, busy hts -.
large cities. but the gracefully woruss ~
ter. just long enough TO convey W n.
meaning of the writer's message WV
ways be welcomed by every rec'pae ~
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Letter. Writing as a Means
of Gaining a Livelihood.

cTN EACHING people how to write their
letters properly Is the means of
u earning her livelihood recently
adopted by Western young woman, and
she is said to make a comfortable living
out of the application of her talent for
graceful composition. This instructor in
correspondence Unexpectedly found herself
obliged to earn her living, and the idea
that teaching letter. writing might prove a
profitable field was the result of request
from a girl friend who knew of her tai
ents in this direction that she would teach
her the art of composing graceful epistIe.
The young girl did not know Of her friends
altered circumstances, but when she learn
ed the truth she set about forming cor
respondence class among her acquaint-
ances, and although it was uphill work for
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Harvard students for the first time by
Baron Coubertin, Of Paris. After three
trials he was the first chosen to represent
Harvard against Princeton In the annual
debate in Cambridge December is. Bruce
proved himself convincing speaker, of
considerable persuasive powers, good COM
mand of gestures and of excellent form.
He promises to rival, If not surpass, the
best debaters Harvard has had in the
past.
When his father, Blanche X. Bruce, first
entered the senate, 1t Is said, no one APP
peared to conduct him to the president
chair, until Senator Conkling spied him,
alone and friendless. Senator Conklings
natural generosity was panied at the in
territorial slight put upon Bruce, and offer
ing the colored senator his arm; he led him
down the aisle with all his courtly grace.
Senator Bruce was SO grateful for this act
of courtesy that on the birth of his first
son he named him in honor Of the senator
from New York. This son Is the young
Harvard student who promises to surpass
Frederick Douglass In his powers of ora
tory.
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statesman. Sir Charles Dixie,
called the worst in London. These
new buildings have proved suf-
fcient1y interesting in themselves
to draw populations from the
United States, Germany and Austria
LA to inspect them while In course OF con-
struction; but they are especially signifi-
cant by reason of being ono of the first
material results OF the great effort that
municipal London Is making TO solve the
problem which has nasged her for years
and which Is beginning to puzzle Ameri-
can cities. too-the housing of the work.
ing classes. In the last year millions OF
dollars of public money have been spent
with this object. and In the next few
months more millions will be subscribed,
allotted or borrowed from the govern
ment to carry on the reform In every
part of the worlds metropolis. which.
after jogging along far behind other big
cities In this respect, 10 preparing now to
jump In and show the way.
London VIGOROUSLY makes haste slowly.
and ten years have passed since the late
Lord Shaftesbury drafted his oddly word
ed Housing of the Working Glasses Act
of 1890" Under that act the Ehoredith
enterprise was launched, ana under 1t a
great project at West. Ham. plan for
rebuilding st. Lukes district and a man.
nothing OF dozen less important enter
prises-wil be carried out.
The new buildings make fine appear
ance outwardly and are cherry and COM
Portable within. 1t seems probable that
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the contrast they present to the re- Z
this old-fashioned neighborhood WIN Y.
suit I'm its entire reconstruction.
The entire success of these operitin.
In Shoreditch by no means has been iore
upon other administrative bodies. Is.
couraged by example, the West Hsn
town council has determined on pudhlue
through the biggest scheme yet form.
lated within the municipality This I'D.
ject entails the buying of 100 acres Of lara
and the building of workingmen's hou1es
the whole scheme TO cost q matter Of ~
millions or more. AS a beginning IL
council has received from parliament n.
thority to buy the sites oompulsofily.
Another indication of the popular ~.
Ing II the action OF Joseph Chambefi1tn
who has Just fathercd Small DwellIner
Acquisition Act" aimed to enable. ~
tenants Of small cottages to buy tksm
aided by municipal loans. This bill. nv.
ever, has been anticipated by the wort.
iDgmen of South Wales. who have fofr6a
building clubs for this purpose,
Hand in hand with these scheneu
comes a proposal to light grixaly ~
Whitechapel with electricity. This al.
trict, once the chosen haunt OF zach ~
Ripper" soon will possess Its own "
tenn of electric lighting. and the MS
charged unit for the light will be ioWx
than in any part OF London. Shoreditck
perhaps. excepted.
Almost all Of the great sum Of inonoy
which is required for carrying out Tins
schemes is borrowed from the. puhlio
works loan board. body placed Il Ii
charge of the resources of the postciDet
savings banks. In a blue book AD( r.
sued by this board they state that IN
amount of their loans In the last year m
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xnn ACKWOOD, Nat Goodwin's Eng
fish estate. Is in Kent county, one
OF the most beautiful sections OF
rural England. Every one who
= has visited The country section OF
the British islands Is familiar with
its lovely climate. never not or debilitat-
ing, and the charming surroundings Of
the highly cultivated lands and resi-
dences.
Penxance, and is regarded as the SHOW
estate OF Kent county. 1t Il but short
distance from London. and the trip can
be easily and quickly made by carriage.
The house II one Of those comfortable
mansions In which the ancient and the
modern Il combined. giving all the pic
turesQueness OF the old with the comforts
Of the present day. 1t is situated In the
center Of f1fty-eight acres OF ground. all
IN the highest state OF cultivation. with
9limpses OF hin and valley, woods and
streams, all that goes to make UP beauti-
fal landscapes. The driveway which leads
70 the house passes the lodge ct the en-
trance to the grounds. This Is one of
those beautiful. picturesque buildings,
0vergrown with ivy and having oil the
quaintness of English architecture. The
winding roadway passes through over
hanging trees until It reached an open
space, where Is the main entrance to the
mansion. Within everything Is arranged
for elegant luxury The grounds are laid
out In terraces. some Of them covered
with roses and all arranged with the
highest artistic taste. There Is an Inn
1nense tree under which afternoon tea IL
frequently served, and the tennis court,
the woods. the ramblcs and the open
spaces on the terrace afford many oppor-
tttnities for pleasure-seeking.
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- AMEs SMITH, the man who In
herited the fortune of George
Smith, the London banker, is
known as ''the silent man of Wall
street." or as Fifty Million Dol
lar smith, In one respect, and
only one. does the character of the
nephew resemble that of the uncle. James
Smith refuses to talk. His policy ia
silence. He carries his taciturnity to
such extremes that all sorts of stories
are told to illustrate 1t. He Is SO opposed
to talking that he will not tell his valet
what suit of clothes to put out for him
In the morning. He is very particular,
too, In dress. He walks to his ward
robe and points out the coat, trousers
and waistcoat that he intends to wear.
He makes signs for his hat and his care.
and 1t is said that he has code Of panto-
mime arranged with the servants of his
bachelor apartments.
George Smith, to whom the ''slent man
of Wall street. owes. his fortune, was
once ii banker In Chicago. He left here
and went to London TO live about thirty
years ago. 1t has been said of George
Smith that he was one Of the few men
who realized exactly their ideals in life.
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Y
~ among other things-this autumn
with her camera, and who found
life so delightful while thus occupied that
she can hardly stop talking about it. The
ghost hunt proved the most exciting. epl-
sode. The bear stalking was productive
of the keenest Disappointment
For three days the regulation hunting
party of which the girl made one. hunted
hear with much energy and persistence;
then its members rested from their labors
long enough to attend a rural wedding
ceremony at little forest church. Leav-
ing the church half an hour later they en-
countered vociferous shout from some of
Their fellow worshipers. A few yards down
the road huge black oear numbered easily
along her cubs on either side.
The guns of the more seasoned hunters
were at their shoulders en- the instant. But
the camera. alas! was still under the
church seat, where the instinct of conven-
tionaiity had led the girl to slip it while
the service was in progress The only sat-
isfact.on which the girl got out Of that
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HERE Is a girl in Chicago who has
hunted various kinds of game
bear, deer, partridge - ghosts
among other things-this autumn
with her camera and who found
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URINd the past. week Lord Rose
berry formally opened In London
the model dwelling houses which
the shoreditch Vestry has sub
stituted for e. slum that another
statesman Cir Charlaa Dixie
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LL~ ERE is something that would

not attract much attention
but value 1t highly" said 6
traveller who had the reputa'
ftn,1 of q cnn r : ,v,, a., 90 uyal1
Washington sentinel., 1899-02-11
Six Years Vacation, Full ray.

First-On Jan as, 1898. Mr.. Nc
Kinley and Alger took Charles P.
Eagan, then sixty eighth in the list
Of lieutenant colonies, jumped him
about I2s numbers, made him a
brigadier general, and put him in
full charge of the Subsistence De
partment OF the army.
Second-On Feb. IS, 1898, Mr..
Mckinley and Alger took Henry
{. Corbin, then iorty-fourth in the
list Of colonies, jumped him about
forty numbers, made him a briga-
dier general, put him in full charge
Of the adjutant generals Office and
exalted that office above the Office
of Commanding General Of the
army.
Third-Alger and Corbin,
through Eagan, gave enormous
beet contracts to contributors to
Mr.. McKinley's campaign fund OF
1896. These beef contracts were
filed in large measure with "em
balmed beef"
Fourth-Major General Miles.
pursuing his duties as Command
ing General, discovered that this
"embalmed beef" was not only
useless as food but positively pois-
onous, causing disease wherever it
was used. He was sustained in
this by Col. Roosevelt and by sew
eral score officers of the regular
army.
Fiith-Brig. Gen. Eagan, infuri
ated by the exposures OF himself
and Alger and Corbin and their
friends the embalmers, gave way
to one Of his frequent attacks Of
indecent vituperation. He pub
licly denounced Gen. Miles. Every
word that he uttered against Miles
was false, and not only deliberately
false but destructive OF good order
and discipline in the army.
Sixth-For this Jealous
defense OF himself, Alger. Corbin
and their friend and shield, Mr..
Mckinley, the President has given
Eagan six years vacation with full
pay.
Is this an exhibition Of bad cour.
age or Of the instinct Of self-preser-
Vation, or both2