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toria Regina before going to tho polls.
Then too, he had put the picture up SO
cleverIy that 1t looked as II hung from
tho inside.
When the shifts changed and the din
ner-pai1 brigade passed the alderman, $
grew louder and louder as the sun rose
higher. Before one Of the alderman .
children discovered the portrait every
loyal Irishman on the mill S payroll had
seen the picture and good share OF
them had vented their wrath at tho polls
by a vote for Little Danny the "opposl'
ton" candidate.
OF course. the old alderman sent his
husters to every precinct and scattered
money and explanations right and left
or at least attempted to do so. But with
all the help the big men at the mill could
give him he couldn't explain fast enough
to check the landslide Of votes that sent
Little Danny to the Council with bigger
majority than his defeated opponent had
ever boon able to muster.
Some experiences and observations OF
this kind, Ned, make me q little senst-
tive on the subject OF sure things When
I get to feeling that there's nothing lett
to- do but count the votes and send up the
sky-rockets of victory I take an extra
hitch in my belt and go out to see that
some risky steer doesn't get scared at q
rabbit and stamp the whole bunch at the
last minute before the count. *,
# If you've got any sleeping to do. better
stand yourself off with a few cat-naps
until the polls close and take your beauty
slumber after the close of tho celebration.
I hope you'll win, for think you deserve
1t, and besides, term or two In Congress-
would be good for you, and your wife
Will enjoy tiff she spends most Of the
time visiting among your constituents In
stead Of going to Washington and lindlne
out how small figure green congress-
man cuts among the real lawmakers.
When you get down there. Ned, remem-
her that I'm open to all tho garden seeds
that you can send and that I'm red-hot
advocate of -, the irrigation legislation
that you can franc up for this part Of
the country.
Yours as ever,
WILLIAM BRADLEY.
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mighty still and appeared to be as COM
spletely absorbed In holding MS seat on
the fence as boy who Is waiting Tor the
circus parade to pass. All ms interest
In politics appeared suddenly 70 uuae
foozed out of his toes and he was given
the credit OF being ms disinterested spec
tator Of the political field as the most
arIstocratlc millionaire by-inheritance on
Brownstone Avenue
This didn't rack Salve with grlef 70
any great extent. Since his mania LOT
business and economy had grown Oh MN
tho old alderman han come TO resard ian a.,
rs prodiglously expensive luxury, 10
be sure, Tan always got results, but II
rentals on business property were as hish
as Tan's results salve figured he wouldnt
ncea 10 stay In the Council to keep ms
nroperty in good shape. So long as ran
didn't limo up actively with me opp,
sitlon, the alderman was rathct slpu w. ,,l,
the young County Chairman was not u'9-
1rtbuting his money. I, ,tar
old save had looked over all his FENCES
n 0n nronounced his work good. Tan TOOK
'Iiftv dollars to the bank ana hao :.
ntonrnd into dimes, Then ne starteu
ont and began to hit up the Ola trall'
making the rounds of all the river su-
looms. In every one he came across ross = Nv
aloafers with whom he was petso't ths ta =
a
~ treated them to one round OF peers
LIN fine newcomers and strangers
1,nwered and swore in thirsty rage
h',,orink hearty" he would say. TO nom
est old Xavier Flynn" :, r,,od
Rnt Tan's finishing touch when markeu
him as master ln*the GIsa.oh ~ "a 70 ~,
,litical discontent was In solemnly haha.ns
.'N Hime to every one Of these loater cap
,ins' . they were wipingf their ups atteT
tha ono drink, and saying! S, l u
Now boys, get out early ana put N
yo,lr best Hicks for Flynn. He 9 gpt W
be returned, The opposition IS throW!ns
o ~ lots Of coin to put him out OF
business; but he knows ne can aepenu
on you. coin or no con." VI /.
iiThis sort of thing was repeated ~
practically. every saloon IN the river ware y,
nnd n s trail OF curses on the Ilssatu-
Illness OF old Flynn followed from one ,t,e
groggery to nnother-for.f or COURSE co. tne
loafers all thought Tan WIS SUI 1.,,t sne ae
credited distributor for Flynn H.It curses
wera not the only followers that Tan had
Hesbad secretly arranged With the heelerrs
~ the opposition to make the rounds
right after him and spend q dollar for
every dime that had been put out " tne
name Of old salve, You can pet mere
wasn't dry throat ma ahS Of W deal
Ing out dimes to the loafer ca ptalRs 1heY
handed over hverdollar oiils,
Meantime Alderman Flynn was com,
fortably counting up his greatly reduced
election expenses and was giad snat ian lan
houses. lie had weathered 50 many
storms and turned so many sharp corners
that it didn't occur to him that " Was
possible to .llnseat him, Such was his
confidence In his position that after ne
had been told that Tan had been oHt
doing a little work for him he didn't
suspect that some sharp practce was So
Ing on. "a W ]. 4. J.
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BY
Frederick Uphdm Adams.

- ~~O~~SOSN<><~Ih
| lombiq, ECUADOR, Peru. Bolivia and tho
Argentine Republic. with its southeas tern
terminus at Beunos Ayres. a spur
would connect with Rio Janelro, ana per-
haps follow up the coast, but the STRAIT
egtc line would be the one which would
oIen communication with the vast I'm I;
developed empire that reaches from Pan
anna to Buenos Ayres, a distance CT near,
" 1000 miles. With 5000 miles OF rail -sI
road the best section of South "A merica
would be united to Panama. For mill-@
tnry purposes, II no other. double track
railroad should be built by our govern
ment from Panama north through Mex
leo and connect with Galveston or New 4
Orleans This would have Il length OF i
J 600 miles, making the total 1900 miles.
we will add 1000 moro for spur and
branches, which gives us a. system Is, 0Cl !
miles long" AS ss sa{ ~ s {ytS
There Is nothing new about your props Il
osition except that you would have the
government do work which should be-
reserved for private enterprise obsery-
ed Judge Sawyer. "The best proof that
such a system would be n financial failA 4
IRE Is found In the fact that capital cans
not be enlisted In q Pan American rail- y
road" s n s s3ll rs
"our posofnce system is a financial i
failure, as you term It," remarked Co.'s
Insisting that we turn It over to Mr..
Rockefeller or Mr.. Morgan, The Russ
sian government has constructed q much 4
moro extensive system ncross and
through Siberia, and 1t was fore-doomed 4
to be n financial failure for years and 4
perhaps generatort No one much cares !
whether or not the Panama canal will 4
yield q profit In actual revenues, It Is \
not tho province Of government to
make money on Its services. There liz
no money In fleet. There Is no money I;
IN conducting m agricultural depnrt-8f
ment. or IN maintaining " life saving SER
Vice yet tho first thing you ask about my s
proposed government railroad Is whather
It viii directly pay In dollars and cents,
"Let me tell you something continued
Colonel Monroe. "If Germany virtually 4
owned Panama as We do, SHE would N
spend little time In ascertainlng II sucl,
a road would pay dividends on money in-8
vested. And | will make the assertion
that were 1t not for our determination to
force the Monroe doctrine Geemany&
would gridiron South America with rail-Ei
roads paid for out of the imnerlal reFe-f4
nues. The money thus exnended wopid
give her u greater commercial adSantagsi9
than five times the amount squandered
In war ships, It Is only question or
time when Mexico and tho Central Amer .
lean republics viii demand admission ~
states In our Union, Every considera-4
ton from geographical commercial aud
military view points demand that the
construction OF the Panama canal os
supplemented by the building OF y nation. Y
llly owned railroad system linking tAf Il
two continents.
.How much would Il cost?'' asked /
Postmaster Jenkins
5nNIr. Rockefeller could defray the en-, &a
tire expense and have few hundreds ol v
millions left, said Colonel aIcnroe.
(CopYrlshted 1903. By Frederick Up n
ham Adams9
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| SE4&Gl rabid lingo would DO salts
fed with the rapidlty with .whichwe are
fastening our grip on South America
Now that it is practically settled that we
arc to build our canal through Colon
bias terrtory-whcthcr she wishes It or
rut-what Is to be our next move?"
II do not see anything remarkably pre-
cipitate about our progress In this canal
business said Colonel Monroe. I'VE
have been talking about 1t ever since
can remember, and l have been voter
| forty odd years 1t has taken more than
| half a century to bring enough pressure
| to bear to begin work whichs Mould nave
been completed q generation ago. Our
lack of interest and enterprise IN TINS
great work does not speak well TOR our
ntional acumcn., 1t Is more GOOD luck
than good Judgment that we are now en-
nbled to complete this work, instead OF
watching France secure the credit and
rewards. ma 'si -@56sa
nWhnt is to be the next move In the
lingo programmed" asked the Judge. u
do not use the word lingo as an en-
preston OF reproach. but since party
| lines are broken down on this and KIN
dred questions know OF no word which
so fully conveys the ideas you and 9th
ers advan CO.. E lsG,
N am content to be called n lingo"
laughed Colonel Monroe. "a reading OF
the history OF my own country as well
MS that OF others convlnces me that the
LIMOGES have contributed more to the
worlds advancement than have the
Bourbons. When the lingo spirit dies out
In country 1t soon loses Its place on the
map President Monroe was lingo
when he enunclated the doctrine which
bears his name. The mere fact that lie
~ ~ pI1 If tlroe-Ouar-
tiers OF a century ago does not make u
right or wrong at tho present time, !
am not one of those who go digging pack
into tho teachings Of tho early leaders OF
tho nation in order to determine what
We should do to-day, The mandate de-
clarcd by Monroe has lived all these years
for the simple reason that IT mas peel
right all these years. Monroe SAID lot
Of things which have not stood the ties
Of time, So did Jefferson. The fame OF
man rests, not on the things which no
believed, but on those which we lndorse,"
HWhat would Monroe do next We're he
President noW?" asked Postmaster Jell-
klns.
~ don't know"
"What would YOU dor demanded
Judge Sawyer. "What is Colonel Mon-
roe's Doctrines?
"T have so many doctrines that can'
[ not give a direct answer to your ques-
tom said the colonel, with u quiet smile,
'pThis South American problem Is I'M
portant, but there are social and INDUS
trial questions. which take precedence
over ii. All over tho world two great
movements are In progress, One IS So
cial, the other commercial 'Ihe ilrst is
for the establishment OF a worldwide
democracy; the second is for the eon-
quest OF the earth by commerce, Both
ere onward movements, and beth wv
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.5L h i =
OF the King OF Denmark produced needle,
thread and material, and made two ex--
quisite gymnasium costumes-for herself
and sister. 1t was not long before she
was the envy OF her class and naless
than a month all the other girls had
initiated her gct-up.
b Queen Alexandra showed abilities for
management even at this very early age
She always took life very seriously, and
II anything went wrong around her--lt
there were evidences OF slackness ana
disorganization-s imme dintely3 took
steps to set It right. She became a
skilled musician and dancer, and made
up SO many pretty dances that she and
her sister We're Commanded to dance
In the palace at Copenhagen.
She worked very hard at everything she
undertook. and was loved by all around
her for her charity and sweetness Of
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QUEEN HOLDING NEW royal BABY" WITH THE
PRINCE OF WALES CHILDREN.

q
resort such as Lakewood. or Bar Fla rbor.a.
The scheme Of the whole place is sim +.
$pllcity. There Is nothing elaborate or
royal about the entry or the la u @sof$
jsandrngham Castle. The house is large
and spacious, with rambling passages
and enormous rooms s
Queen Alexandra's rooms are on the
first floor and command q beautiful view
over the Norfolk marshes Sandring ham
House stands on a terrace In park Of
about 800 acres. The house lis of red
brick faced with stone. The 1t Queens
rooms are decorated In pink-herS IA vor-
lite coor-tho walls being covered With
paintings, sketches and photographs re-
sminding her OF III personal friends. The
Queen isia clever photographer, and many
! of the photographs We're taken by Her
Majesty. Si ~
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Dear scd:
My father used to say that ne nete :.
Lnew of horse being stolen excepting
frorIa barn that had been locReu W q
hov-And generally by a boy who haa tn "a.
verynight been back. nlter start'ns -,
the house. to wiggle the paolocA ""0
.mite sure. -,
+ins that I've seen administered nave
Saa In the nature OF elcventh-hour sur
nries, In one respect, al least, the ar
rial OF the new political victor ana the
iat coming Of the Lord are str4KEnslS
snilar; bothsare Illuminating descrl6ed
:, tho words of Scripture reading like
,,hief lni#the night and "in an hour
hen you think not.
This Is by way OF reply to your stat :
nent that there ism t a gap. a weak ran
rotten stake or n split rider ~ all your
political fences; that you've got e1els.
only waiting for the Congressional con-
IyentIon to drive the delegates right into
line "stanchels" and have them counted
Now, Ned, II all political cattle were ex-
actly alike you might safely. 80 orr ana
visit your wfe's relative until the morn
Ing Of tho convention; but y the oia a'sI
trict is anything like 1t used to be when
rode 1t in an open buggy and kept list
of tho farm dogs names. 1t Is safe
Milan to go out every hour or two ana
wiggle the paddock on the barn door ana
put In the rest Of the time patrolling the
line fences, After you've turned yourself
three times around and bedded yourself
nicely down lnton political situation like
"A young hound In a haystack. make UP
your mind that It's time to hit the trail
again and to hang to It until the pet OF
the fox Is nailed to the barn door.
And it's surprising how trinng thing
1t takes to confound tho mighty and turn
,olir Ion ppr ,IIpt Dtn "Reminiscences
Perhaps you didn't know the Honorable
Xavier Flynn-they called him "Sulve"
for short up In the city but there's a
powerful parable In the story of his fall,
1t came like sharp frost ont Of q cloudy
sky and struck so deep down to the roots
that it hasn't got thawed out YET Save
had run things In the old Eighth so long
and with so high n hand that he didn't
dream anything on earch could unseat
him. Not that he got careless and didn't
keep his promises-he was too good pol
itician for anything Of that sort-but he
blocks on the West Side and always
lacked n little OF paying for one. III.
This was mighty stimulating to his sense
OF thrift, but somehow It kept him cons
stantly pairing down his campaign fund
until some of the young bucks IN his
got tired of this passion OF economy that
had gradually taken possession OF Salye.
ran Finnegail was especially sore, as the
alderman had turnded down some of his
pet schemes In the Council and had re-
fused to refund thousand dollars that
ran had scattered along the leyee In the
course Of the preceding campaign.
Right then and there Tan notified salye
to count him out and consider him as
unattached; lie might, he said, do a little
work and he might conclude, to go oyer
to tile enemy. Anyhow. you'll hear from
me ono way or the Other" Well, after
+ the new campaign opened ran kept
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flowers the Queen hit upot most exaul--
site harmony Of tint. Tho flowers arc
SO placed that tho plot Is In bloom nll
tho year round. For Instance, hardy
winter flowers In the cold season. and
others for spring and summer. Tho
flowers do not actually grow In the
ground but are placed IN pots so that
they can be changed according to season.
J-luect, Alexandra and her daughter have
wor, many prizes at flower shows for their
beautiful flowers These prizes were not
given merely because It vas the Queer
who was competing. The Queen herself
would consider such partially an Insult.
Animals Follow Her.
whenever the Queen goes about Sam
drngiam estate She Is followed by many
rrts. She usually drives about In Il low
seated cart drawn by her four pet pom
les They are SO we'll trained that they
know almost exactly where the Queen
wishes them to go, and nre not actually
driven, the Queen holding but one rein
and calling out to them by their names;
the two leaders turning to right or left
as their Names are called out.
The Queen always goes about the esq
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hey are afraid to say otherwise.

they are afraid to say otherwise. III
At sandringham, the Queens iavorite
home in England, is q most successful
dnIry-farm. which pays its own expenses
and produces butter that has no peer
anywhere else in the world.
All the butter produced at this DAIRY
farm is made under the QUEENS own
supervlsion She engages all the dairy.
maids and attends to all the details OF
the farm. from purchasing INC co"s =
5,,r.tting new handles on the churns
Works With a Purpose. ,s
when the Queen Is not in the re 'ss q
ton rooms OF sandringham Iast.c -.
eelving distinguished guests, ten chances
~ one you will find her in the .t.l;
form. she is not like the queen IN the y,
nursery rhyme: She does not !; SIT up az
davand ''eat bread and honey"
-That was we'll enough for a mcdiaeyval
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ham schools soma Of tho best technical
experts In England have come, and they
arc always proud OF their royal patron.
10 have learned at tho Queens school
which, Is FREQ and only for poor country
childrcn--is considered ono Of tho high
est hot,ors.
Places In these schools are much
sought after. and the Queen finds herself
spending great dcnl Of money on them
each year In bringing them up to date.
and engaging for the instruction OF "her
boys' somd OF tho finest schoolmastcrs
to be obtained.
It might interest Americans to know
that the electrician Of the Queens schools
Is an American hallng from Plttsburg---
Mr.. Charles w stone Fs,sr
where's Your Crown"
, Around sandrlngham Palace. tho couh-
try folk arc really devoted to tho sim
pie English Queen. She visits many Of
tho cottages personally, and often sends
her own doctors to look after the I'LL.
Some amusing stories arc told Of the
Queens visits among the poor One day
pho called at tho cottnEe OF Mrs. Pow
ors, who CHANGED to DO out Her daugh--.
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QUEEN ALEXANDRA WITH HER FAVORITE WOLF
= HOUND a"BALMORAL'' a$s4@@

4 l. = -. ~.
The Queen, being a native OF Denmark,
has introduced in the Sandringham Dairy
Farms Danish methods Of making put
ter. Some OF the forewomen are I'M
ported form Denmark, and when the
Queen herself Is not present, the IN.
sliuct the English dairy-maid now 70
make butter after the Danish metho JUS
Quite a Big Output.
From fifty to one hundred pounds OF
butter are made day at the Sandring-
nam dairles. and as this butter Is mar
keted at about fifty cents pound Y the
tallngs OF the business vary between
so5 and $50 day-not bad showing
for country farm. 8,
The Queens Dairy Is one OF the pref
test spots Imaginable. All the little cot
taees are built after the Queen's own de-
signs. The interiors OF the houses are
lined with hand painted tiles which were
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ter, who was only an ignorant country
girl, insisted on the Queen telling her
who had called:
'.AIomma allus wantster know COS ben
and come ere.
Queen finally said: "My child, tell her.
the Queen called
Not the least taken aback by the au-
gust visitant, the girl blurted out: Git
elong wi you; you amt no Queen
where's your crown an diminds2
The appearance OF q a simply dressed
lady, alone and unattended was too
much for the girl The Queen subse-
Guently told the story on herself with
much amusement.
Made Her Own Dress.
Queen Alexandra comes very naturally
by all her home-ike qualities Her Dam
ish home was run on very simple lines.
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brought from India by the King In 1876.
Tho floors are Of cement. and tho dairy.
Is fitted with oil the most scientific app
planes Of modern times. Tho shelves
In tho dairy houses support pretty mod
els done In marble Of prize animals
bred on tho sandringhai1, estate. which
Is ono OF tho finest private farms In tho
wEolo Of England. 65i 5l Y
Queen Also a Farmer.
Very frequently, visitors TO sandrlng-
ham are shown over the dairy farm BY
tho Queen herself. who takes great de-
,lIght In exhibiting all the working ma
chincry Of the place. Each guest Is
provided with little pat. Of butter
made III the Queens own dairy house
q small detached building--nnd on this
little cake OF butter Will DO stamped tho
royal crest
After visit to the dairy. tea Is served
In pretty little summer house which
the Queen has dubbed "rhe Folly"--for
some occult reason known only to her
self. VI ts III
But making butter Is not the Queens
only occupation at snndringham. It IS.
In fact, only an incident OF her days
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queen. IN these days, things have changed.
Queen Alexandra Is ono OF the busiest
women III England to-day She Is thor
oughly practical, ana never puts her hand
to anything useless, or merely amusing.
tAll her work Is With q purpose. BY
3crtnblshlng tho dalry-farn1 ut sahdrlnE.
ham, she has given employment to hun.
dreds Of country, girls who have learned
a valuable trade In tho Queens Dairy.
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ENGANDS QUEEN AS "a DAIRY MAID--BY w: B. NORTHROP.

She was taught TO make her own dresses
and became one Of the finest needln-
yemen In Denmark. She always mani
tests tho most exquisite taste In drcss.-
making When duitc little ;;lrl, she OBJ
jectcd to tho ugllness Of her gymnasium
costume.
4 she was told thatlit could not be al.
tered unless she made her own dress.
The result was that tho little daugnter
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The Queens Rooms

sandringfnt1 Is cilc Of the Queens ta-
vorite homes because 1t Is III the depth
OF the country completely cut off from
the bnneful, influence Of any large city.
Externally the palace very much resen,-
bles an American apartment OF the bet-
ter class; or rather quiet hotel at =,
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work. She is a practical farmer I. as well vel
as dairy-maid.
she knows mo erd'' about raising veg
etables. and has a plot OF ground -
acres in extent which supplies nearly az
the vegetables for the royal tapie; 49,, ~
1this gardening work she is assisted by
princess Victoria, who has developed
passion for, horticulture
Her Own Garden Bed.
4 Not far from the West front OF San,
drlngham Palace Is a tract OF terrac &c lan INC !,
the whole of which has been pla nned
by the Queen and Princess Victoria I a
photograph OF a garden plot laid out ana
,,,o : ted ~ the Queen herself is shown
herewith. Queen Alexandra las planted
every flower in this bed, and made the
drawing OF the design for the laying out
Of the plot.
In planning the color-schetne for the
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tate followed by a veritable pack Of dogs.
small and large. Her tavorites are jap
lanese spaniels and elbows. Or course
some OF her dogs are Of the finest stock
4 In the world. She has Borzols. New.
foundlands, dcerhounds. spitzes. dachs-
hunds and Eskimo sledge dogs. Two
quaint Japanese spaniels own up to the
undignined names Of Punchie and Bill.e.
One because he resembles Punch: the
other, from Du Maurier's Little Billie IN