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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
A Sad Denouement-

The ex-Empress Eugene is de-
scribed in her home in Marlborough,
Surrey, as a sad. white-haired woman,
bent with rheumatism and spending
most of her time in prayer. She is too
inf1rm now to sit in the sanctuary of
the big white church near the mauso-
leum she had built and under which
are two large sarcophagi in red gran
ite, laden with wreaths of immor-
telles, each wreath bearing a card on
which a royal autograph is seen. She
has endowed and entirely supports the
monastery. Three black-robe Benedic-
tine monks pray constantly for the
souls of Napoleon and the prince i'm
perial. The anniversary of the death
of the young prince imperial is day
OF broken-hearted sorrow to the en-
press, who, indeed, mourns her double
loss every hour of her sad life. Her
face is the saddest one can possibly
imagine. Always, even in the zenith
of her power, charitable disposed
woman, she is now benefactress to
the poor within her range.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
c.pp,p AND cnApAc1rR or ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

An address by Joseph Choate, Am
baesador to Great Britain. on the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln
his early life-his early struggles with
the world-his character az developed
in the later years of his life and his
administration, which placed his name
SO high on the worlds roll OF honor
and fame, has been published by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul haii-
way and may be had by sending si1
(s) cents in postage to F. A. Miller
General Passenger Agent, Chicago. Ill
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
A MONSTER ENGINE.
LARGEST IN THE WORLD HAS
JUST BEEN MADE.
Intended to Generate the Current for
Electrict Light and Power of
New York Suburb-Thirty-a i've Feet
High.
(Pittsburg letter.

gigantic compound engine, the
largest in the world, has just been
completed at an East Pittsburg estab-
lishment. 1t is to be shipped this week
TO Bay Ridge. N. Y, for the Kings
County Electric Light and Power
company's plant there. These mon
ster engines. one of which has been
erected temporarily, are of the yerti-
cal cross compound condensing type,
especially designed for driving alter
mating current generators, mounted d.
rectly on the shaft of the engine. The
engines have a nominal capacity of A.
900 horse power and Will carry sue
cessfully overloads of 1000 horse pow
er. The principal dimensions of the
engines are as follows:
Height from floor line to top Of
cylinders, about So feet; length along
the shaft, 3S feet inches; width, 2S
feet; diameter of high pressure cylind-
er, SO inches; stroke, 90 inches; num-
Der of revolutions per minute, rs;
steam pressure, 10 pounds. The di-
ameter of the shaft in the center Is
80 inches; diameter of shaft at bear
ings, "a inches; length of each bearing,
60 inches; total weight of the shaft
without crank-cheeks or fy-wheel
centers, about $4,000 pounds. The
shaft is of hydraulic forged upon
hearth steel, having a hole its entire
length 16 inches in diameter. The
fly wheel is very massive, having 100
tons in the rim; diameter OF wheel, 2S
feet; velocity of rim. $500 feet per
minute, or practically one and one
quarter miles.
Each engine comprises two vertical
cylinders erected side by side on mas
siYe frames. bolted to ponderous bed
plates. In each engine there is room
left between the two cylinders for a
, Westinghouse generator. which will
furnish current for light and power.
The revolving part of this generator
is mounted directly upon the steel
shaft of the engine, and is firmly
bolte6 to very heavy fly wheel.
The new facilities at the works in
the way of powerful machinery have
much to impress visitor, particular
ly the immense new straightaway and
boring mills, the largest in the world.
The equipment of the shops to turn
out huge masses in machinery is. OF
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
AN INGENIOUS SERVANT.
How Brave Housemaid Caught .
Burglar.

A rather curious method of burglar
catching was resorted to by an ingeni-
Gus maid servant recently in this city.
AS the Electrical Review tells the
story, while in pursuit of her house
hold duties the maid noticed a man S
foot inside the clothes closet. She did
not scream, neither did she jump at
the door, nor shut it with n bang; in
stead she took a broom and began to
sweep that corner of the room near
the closet. Her approach was gradu-
al, and the sweeping was done so natu-
rally that it would not have aroused
the most suspicious burglar At last
the groom brushed the door gently but
hard enough to close it to the fraction
of an inch Width five or six more
gentle sweeps that closet door was
shut and almost latched, which she at
length succeeded in doing by gently
pressing her arm against it.
AS the telephone in her house was so
near the closet that the burglar would
be able to hear her if she called for
assistance, she bethought herself OF
another plan. In the back yard some
telephone linemen were at the time
making repairs on a wire that runs to
another house in the block, She went
out and spoke to them. They promptly
tapped a wire, attached a testing in
strument and called up one of the
downtown exchanges. which. in turn,
called up Police Headquarters. From
there the call was sent to the police
station nearest the house and two po-
licemen were sent around and got the
man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
An Irish Lawyers wit.

John Philpoot Curran. one of the
wittiest lawyers who ever faced a
court, was once arguing case before
Lord Glare, the Irish lord chancellor.
Clare cherished a cordial dislike for
Curran and in order to show his con-
tempt for thPt person affected to pay
no attention to the argument and de-
voted himself to fondling a mastiff
which he had brought with him to
court. Presently he stopped down os-
tentatiously to pat the dog. Instantly
Curran stopped speaking. The lord
chancellor looked up and said: go
on, Mr.. Curran." Il beg your lord
ships pardon" replied Curran; "I
thought you were engaged in consul
tation"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
His visif TO tbe vnred Sfafes.

The people of this country were too
thoroughly engrossed in presiden-
tial campaign to pay much attention
to the Prince of Wales when he came
here in 1860. He was sent over by
Lord Palmerston, the British premier
on a secret mission, the real purpose
of which had never been divulged. NO
official recognition was taken OF his
presence but many receptions were
given in his honor by society in De
troit, Chicago. st. Louis, Cincinnati
Boston and Richmond and at WASH
ington where he was introduced oy
Lord Lyons to President Buchanan ana
Miss Harriet Lane, and was elegantly
but privately entertained at the white
house Washington was village OF
magnificent distances" then. and the
president showed the royal party over
the public buildings without being in
commoded by the crowds that had
half frightened, half fiattered them
since their arrival in America. His
visit IN this country lasted from Sep
tember II to October 90
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
Danced tOifb Dauebferr of The
Ffrhprmpn

While attending a reception in his
honor at st. Johns, Newfoundland, In
1860. the Prince of Wales. now King
Edward VII. of England. soon left the
official circle and danced with the
wives and daughters of the fishermen.
The Lanciers was a new dance then,
and the prince not only explained the
figures to his partner but called out
to the other dancers: Now. you fol-
low me-" Now, forward, march" OF
course, he won all hearts. The next
day he was taken through the fac
tories in which cod liver oil is made.
There is a custom that visitor to the
factories must have his boots creased
by the employees and pay his foot
ing" in drink money, and the prince
cheerfully submitted to these exac-
tions. and laughed heartily when the
dignified duke of Newcastle. the pol
ished General Bruce and the gallant
Major Teesdale were compelled to go
through the same formalities.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
EIoped on a Troily Car.

Bribing a trolley car conductor is
the newest method of eloping when an
irate parent is trying to catch the car
and put an end to the proceedings. Re
Gently on Long Island two lovers were
on the car, and papa came chasing
after it at top speed. He was gaining
rapidly; the car was slowing down;
the young mans fears were rising.
With an inspiration worthy of the mo-
ment the young man fshed a bill out
of his pocket, pressed into the con-
ductor's hand, and he of the punch.
who comprehended the situation in an
instant, pulled the bell cord and away
shot the car. The young mans father
in-law arrived in time to see the par
son give the young people his bless
ing
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
Co oln esa Under Fire.

If no man is a hero to his valet it
cannot be said that Sir Redvers Butler
was not hero to his orderly. Cor
poral George Ashley rode behind his
chief from the time he arrived at "the
front" and returned with him to Eng
land. Corporal Ashley, who belonged
to the military mounted police of Ma
tai, entertains unbounded admiration
for Sir Redvers. He cites as an in
stance of the generals GOODNESS under
fire that, when a shell passed only a
few feet away, he turned to his order
ly and, with grim smile, quietly said:
did you get that. 1t is a great thing
In a commanders favor when one and
all who have followed him feel so
strong an attachment for him
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
IN LONDON.

Of honour in the Vestry Hall. 1t has
now been decided to transfer the to-
bacco-box to the public library. where
1t will be under the care of the librar-
ian. This interesting Rotherhithe relic
is octagonal in shape, and stands about
twelve inches high. 1t is box within
box, the outer shell being intended
to hold tobacco, whilst in the interior
were placed the balloting balls used
at the election of THE Amicable So
ciety of Churchwardens and Overseers"
a century ago. The box is beautifully
engraved, and contains panel with a
silver medallion portrait of George Ill.
and is inscribed in commemoration of
the Grand National Jubilee, celebrated
on October 23. 1909. There is a panel
recording Nelson's triumph at Trafal-
gar. and another in commemoration of
the victory obtained over the French
army at Waterloo.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
A. An Extra Inducement to Trade.

The Merchants Review tells this
story on drummer for an Ithaca gro
Gerry house: The grocer recently sent
out an energetic young man to canvass
for new customers. He worked hard
for the interests of his employer. and
also somewhat wearied the good house
wives whom he called upon. AT one
house he used up his whole line OF
argument and gasped for more, as the
lady of the house still said she was
perfectly satisfied with her regular
grocer.
Then a happy thought struck him,
and he said. Mrs. Jones' l wouldn't
for the world say anything against
that grocer you patronize, but let me
ask you If you think that he cares any
thing for you except your money? DO
you think that he intends to plant roses
on your grave? Now, you just trade
with my firm, and l guarantee that
they will give you entire satisfaction"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
BY Balloon Over Desert.

Mr.. Leo Dex thinks he has solved
the problem of crossing the desert of
Sahara. He has chosen as his mode
of travel a balloon. The airship will
have a long trail rope on the ground
thus obviating the use of ballast. The
rope will have an electric wire run
ming through it, so that If the natives
of the desert get hostile and try to
seize the rope, a shock of electricity
can be sent down to it from the car
of the balloon. The route proposed
is from Tunis to the Niger river.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
A orewoe1Y cAAP4L.
Monument to Grief over Paris Charity


BAZAAR.
monument to grief, one of the
most noteworthy in the modern world.
has been consecrated in Paris. 1t Is
in the chapel of the Rue Jean Goujon.
built over the site of the Charity Ba-
zar, where so many women lost their
lives by fire. A young artist named
Guilbert has made himself famous IN
a work in which every detail speaks
the threefold message of mourning,
resurrection and glory. The exterior
is in the Italian style, surmounted by
a golden dome bearing aloft golden
statute of the Virgin of the Resurrec-
tion. The entrance is guarded by
statutes of Faith and Charity. A low
door conducts to the tombs, and above
is the sanctuary, an exquisite jewel
box. The light falls from above upon
a colonnade, in the Louis XIV style,
of marble pillars. surmounted by capt.
tails and with sculptured bases. The
place is dominated by a gigantic stat
ue of the Virgin of Pity, above whom
two seraphim bear the inscription:
DO Not Mourn as They Without
Hope" Between the columns the
twelve stations of the cross, concealed
by bronze doors, are dedicated to the
victims who perished when the bazaar
was burned. Before one of these sta
tions is a costly monument to the
Duchess d'Alencon.
The guardians of the memorial VIII
be body OF women, who. dressed in
Grape, remain always cloistered and
spend their lives in prayers for the
dead
This mausoleum has had the chance
to escape by a hairs breadth situa-
tion of embarrassment. not to say OF
disgrace. Immediately after the fire
s160,000 more was subscribed for it,and
100000 more was wanted. Count
Boni de Castellane, husband of Anna
Gould. came forward with a magnif-
icent gesture and offered the needed
amount outright. BY great good for
tune he preferred that this money
should serve the living, so he built
with it a new charity bazar. But the
courts have decided that the new ba-
Ear, opened and dedicated last year,
has still to be paid for and may per-
haps have to be sold to stop hole in
Count Boni de Castellanes fading for
tune.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

of Edward VII, King of Great Britain
and Ireland and Emperor of India. 1t
is as follows:
Albert Edward. X. G.. X. p. G. c. B..
G. C. S. l., G. C. NJ. c., p. G.. eldest son
OF Victoria and the Prince Consort.
born at Buckingham Palace Nov. 9,
1S41. received his early education under
the Rev. Henry NJ. Birch, rector of
Prestwich: Mr. Gibbs. barrister at law;
the Rev. c. F. Tarver and Mr.. II. w.
Fisher. and having studied for ses-
sion at Edinburgh. entered Christ
Church. Oxford, where he attended the
public lectures for a year and after
wards resided for three or four terms
at Cambridge for the same purpose.
His ViSif 10 America.
His royal highness spent most of the
summer of 1860 in visit to the United
States and Canada. where he was most
enthusiastically received, was in 1858
gazetted to a colonelcy in the army
and joined the camp at the Curragh in
June, 1861. Accompanied by Dean Stan
ley, the prince travelled in the East and
visited Jerusalem in 1862. His royal
highness is a X. G.. a field marshal and
colonel in chief of the Household
Cavalry Brigade. colonel of the Tenth
Hussars, and has the titles of the Duke
of Cornwall (by which he took his seat
in the House of Lords in February
1868. in the peerage of England); Duke
of Rothesay, Baron of Renfrew and
Lord of the Isles in Scotland, and Earl
of Dublin and Carrick in Ireland, and
enjoys the patronage of twenty-one liv-
ings, chiefly as owner of the Duchy of
Cornwall.
His MARRIAGE 10 4Ie xandro.
His royal highness married March TO-
1868, the Princess Alexandra of Dem
mark, by whom he has issue The
Prince of Wales became president of
ST. Bartholomew Hospital in April,
1851 Towards the close of the year
1871 his royal highness was attacked
with typhoid fever, and for some weeks
his life was despaired Of but he slowly
recovered and was able to take part
in the Thanksgiving service in St
Paul's Cathedral. Feb. 27, 1872 He
was elected Grand Master of the Free
Masons in England in succession to the
Marquis of Ripon in 1874. and on April
s, 1875, was admitted to the office at a
lodge held in the Albert Hall, South
Kensington. On May 5. 1875. he was
installed at the Free Mason's hall as
First Principal of the Royal Arch Free
Masons
Visited India in 1857.
In 1876 his royal highness visited
India. The great interest he took in
the Paris exhibition of 1878 contrib
uted in no slight degree to render it
success. He attended the court festivi-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
BRITAIWS NEW KING.

some opposition. he at last succeeded
in establishing in 1898. In 1888 the
Prince and Princess celebrated their
silver wedding.
Visiting the RuSSian Court.
During the autumn of 1894 the Prince
and Princess and the Duke of York
fastened to join the Russian imperial
family at the time of the death OF the
late Gar, and the Prince, by the cour-
teous attention to Russian etiquette
and constant attendance at the pro-
longed funeral ceremonies, won the af-
fections of the Russians to marked
degree.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
How's Thiay

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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

the Princess, made a tour through Ire
land. In 1889. with the Princess and
their sons. he visited the Paris exhibit
ton. and in October OF the same year
he was present at the wedding of the
Duke of Sparta at Athens. In May,
1891. he was made grandfather by
the birth of the Duchess of Flies
daughter. He was appointed a mem
Der of the Poor Law Commission in
1898. and attended its sittings with
great assiduity.
OtOner of Famoul >ocbf.
In the summer of this year and in
1894 the Prince raced his yacht, the
Britannica. in most of the chief re-
gattas round the coast. and secured
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
A Oueer Wedd,n.I

A novel wedding was ce.cDcated In
San Francisco New Years night A
couple We're united in marriage while
the clock was striking the midnight
hour, in order that they could claim to
be the last pair welded during the
nineteenth century and the first Of the
twentieth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
Biographical Sketch *
~ of EdtOard VII.

The death of Queen Victoria and the
ascension to the throne of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland of the Prince of Wales
brings another striking personality
into the ranks of the worlds SOW
ereigns. A glance at his life's biog-
raphy will therefore be of interest,
especially since he has taken the title
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
You Can Get Allen. Foot-E.s. Free.

Write to-day to Allen S. Olmsted, lie
Roy. N. Y, for FREE sample Oh
Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t cures
sweating. damp, swollen, aching ieet-
Makes new or tight shoes easy. Ger
t,in cure for Chilblains and Frost-bites-
A. ali druggists and shoe stores; 25c
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

ties held at Berlin in March, 1888, to
celebrate the silver wedding of the
Crown Prince with the Princess Royal
of England. On this occasion he was
nominated by the Emperor as field
marshal in the German army.
ViSif TO Ireland in 1885.
In 1885 the Prince. in company with
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
The Nicarnrua Canal.

When built. will prove the link between
prosperity and many people. 1t Will prove
q blessing to humanity in general, i'm
proving the condition of the nation. as
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does that Of
the individual Nothing to equal this
remedy has ever been discovered for all
ailments OF the stomach. liver. bowels and
kidneys. 1t will quickly cleanse the
blood and sharpen the appetite. See that
our Private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck of-the bottle.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
An A,c,,nt Tobacco Box.

There has been much discussion in
England lately among the parochial
fathers of Rotherhithe as to the dis
posal of an ancient tobacco-box, which
was discovered a few years ago in an
iron safe, and had been given a place
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Professor returning home at night
hears noise)-ls someone there2 Burglar
tunder the bed)-No, Professor-That' >
strangel was positive someone was un-
der my bed.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
Another Prophecy AS to Winter.

A Missouri weather prophet, who
reads the future in the leaves Of trees,
says this viii be one of the mildest
winters ever known on the continent.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H II
Green's Sons, Atlanta. Ga. The greatest
dropsy specialists in the world. Reac
their advertisement in another column OF
this pAper.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

A Colorado professor of chemistry
says there are LOO explosives known
not counting his wife when he comes
home late from the lodge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

1t is beginning to be understood what
a great man Kruger really is from the
way he shuns the American lecture
platform.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
During the winter

AS safeguard against la grippe, 1t
is well to cleanse the system WILD
Garfield Tea.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES pro-
duce the fastest and brightest COLOR
OF any known dye stun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

'Oh, mummy. do come and speak to
Johnny! He's tweading on all the wormi
In the garden" How unkind." Yes
and he won't let me twead ON any;
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallibls
medicine for coughs and colds-N. W. SAMUEL
Ocean Grove, N. j.. Feb. II. 1900
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Being a woman, the Chinese empress
dowager Will probably change her mino
a few more times, powers or no powers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

The grip is bound to get you If you
don't watch out-and 1t may If you do.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Isn't It wonder how wars are kept up
when so many men quit the front and
come home to lecture?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

wANTED-Live lady agent OF experience
in every town to advertise Russ Bleaching
Blue, the modern bag Blue. Good wages
made The Russ Co.. South Bend, lno-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
Interest in Exbibfions.

His royal highness has taken great
personal interest in all the exhibitions
recently held at South Kensington, and
was executive president of the Colonial
and Indian exhibition opened by the
queen in May, 1895. He also originated
the Royal College Of Music. and was
the chief mover in the Jubilee scheme
of an Imperial Institute, which. after
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

many victories. He was present in
April, 1894, at the wedding Of Princess
Victoria Melita of Coburg. and with
the Princess of Wales attended the
marriage of the late cars daughter
at ST. Petersburg. In July, 1894, as in
the Jubilee year, the Prince and Prin-
cess were present at the Welsh Els
teddfodd, on which occasion the Prin-
cess was admitted a Bard.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

ITO be brief" said the preacher-ano
then he went on and talked for an hour
and fifty-nine minutes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

1t is to the credit of Delaware that IL
does not talk of abolishing the whipping
post and substituting hazing in its stead.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Mr.. Bangs neighbor describes up
right plano as one that doesn't play rag
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

When a man is out of money he doesn I
show any, but when he Is out of temper
he shows a lot of it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
LARGEST STEAM ENGINE IN THE
WORLD.

course. a source of wonderment, but
the devices for handling the colossal
working machines and the simplicity
of their guidance excite the admira-
ton as well.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Fruit IL . necessary article of dist. Its
prime essences are In Primlsy's California
Fruit Gum
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05
We DAY 61S a Week

We pay SIS a Week
and expenses to men with rigs to introduce our
POULTRY COMPOUND. JAvKLLK Mre. Co, Dept d,
PARsoss, KASBAs-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1901-02-05

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUININE TABLETs. AL
druggists refund the money IL 1t fails to cure
E. W. Groves signature is on the box 25c-