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HOTELS IN The BRITISH ISLES

MOUNT Observation-Disclosures WELLS.
HOTEL WELLINGTON
nETTws-Y-coED NORTH WALES,
WATERLOO hotel
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HOTELS IN SCOTLAND.

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FLoURIsHED KNIFE

ought to have waited until 1 able to
give you a home, but l couldn't take the
chance of never seeing you again"
viii you really care year from now?"
said Miss Ethel: not that she doubted. but
that she wanted to hear him say he would
Stanley was about to reply when Ethel
held up a warning hand. Hush" she
cried. Mamma and Stanley turned to
see Mrs. Higgins and Count de Brissac
coming toward them.
The concert over Mrs. Higgins was hunt
ing for her daughter, severity in her eye.
Where have you been, Ethel?' she
cried. THE count and l have been look
ing everywhere for you. / supposed you
were right behind US, and instead l find
you sitting out here in this damp air. Most
tmprudent. l call it. l should have thought
Mr.-er-Stanley-I am SO forgetful of
names-would have had more thought than
to ask you"
We've only been here a few minutes"
replied Ethel hurriedly. II was just going
to look for you. Mr.. Stanley has been
telling me all about his new invention.
Simply fascinating. / was so interested.
You must get MIR. Stanley to show it to
you" she added to the count.
Il shall be most happy" replied that
gentleman politely. II know Messing of
mechanics, but 1 am interest Tomorrow
l will view him, but now Madame Higgins
is waiting. Permit me-.
Stanley watched the two until they dis
appeared and cursed the luck that sent
Mrs Higgins and her Internal count. Then
suddenly happy thought struck Stanley.
He went down to his cabin, turned on the
ipcandescent lamp, and hauling out his
trunk, took from 1t a small model of COM
plicated machinery. He put 1t on the edge
of the basin and, sitting on the edge of
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on Southern Pacific extending Armistead
breach of promise case decided. Verdict
against defendant for five hundred thou
sand, or two years in penitentiary.' He
promised to marry his cook and didn't" ex-
planned Stanley.
But your law, does 1t force him to such
mesallAnce?"
mo. but they made him pay half q mil
lion or go to jail. We are very strict with
monstrated against Russia's attitude in
Manchuria," continued Stanley.
''Ah. that doctrine of Monroe! Some day
you will get into much great trouble wiz
Europe over 1t. You will have to fight u.s."
Il expect we will" returned Stanley
cheerfully. and when we do-Hullo!
What's this? Jove!
What is what?'
Stanley held up warning hand. "'Silas
B. Higgins of Chicago drops all his fortune
in wheat speculation. Totally ruined
Whew! He was one of the Napoleons OF
finance. you know. But 1 expected 1t. He
was too much extended"
''Silas B. Higgins! cried the count why,
Eat Is the father of mademoiselle, is 1t not?
Re millionaire of Chicago2 Impossible! He
lose his fortune! 1t cannot be. He is many
times millionaire. All, my dear friend
tell me- is 1t of certainty?'
Sure thing" said Stanley IT didn't
know Miss Higgins was a daughter of old
Silas B., though. Its pretty hard on them.
l don't wonder you feel for them"
ut is myself I feel for" replied the
count. Conceive that was to marry Miss
Ethel. She is very charming. 1 have ad-
niration for her. but now-what would you
cannot do 1t. I am desolate at this mis-
! fortune that has come upon me. 1t Is good
! luck Eat l know In time. When l arrive
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ty-five miles in width. After the first few
hundred miles it costs only 10 cents to
cross one Of these zones, making the ordi-
nary long distance fare less than four
tenths of cent a mile. The rate from
here to Warsaw, about as far as from New
York to Detroit, is s.. From st. Peters
burg to Odessa, or as far as from New
York to Omaha, is $3.50. and from ST Pc
tersburg to Sebastopol is $3.50. The third
class rate from Moscow to the petroleum
fields about the Caspian sea is less than
So and to Irkutsk, distance farther
than from New York to San Francisco, SIS
All the above fares are third-class. The
second class is only one-half as much
again. and the frst-class is only two and
one-half times the third-class rate.
On a Russian Train.
1. have travelled many thousands of miles
on the Russian trains. l go first class and
take sleeper when I can get it, and as 1t
is the accommodations are not the best.
The trans-Siberian express has fine cars,
it is true, but the ordinary sleeper leaves
much to be desired. On some roads one is
expected to supply his pillows and bed
linen. He carries his own towels and soap,
and as for combs and brushes he would be
brave indeed who dared use such things in
common with the average Russian. The
second class cars are d little worse than
the first and on Somess0fSthe roads the
third class cars are fitted UP with benches
and are without modern conveniences
Some of the are lighted by candles
The peasants carry their baggage with
them wrapped up in cloths or in great bags
and the cars are packeds full of such things
Everyone takes as much with him as pos
sible, for only thirty-six pounds can be
checked free and the balance is charged for
according to weight and distance. AS to
sleeping car tickets, they must be bought
at the offices and not Sof -the conductors.
The ordinary rate is from a dollar to a
dollar and half a night, or, If you want
a compartment to yourself So. A pas
senger has a right to his compartment
from pm. to 8 am. If one is without
bed linen, he can, If he wishes, rent a pill
low case and two sheets with blanket
for fifty cents a night.
On Second-Class Sleeper.
The other night rode in a second-class
sleeper from Moscow to the Volga. The
first-class accommodations were all taken
and the second class was cheaper. Besides
wanted the experience. got it, My car
was divided up into compartments or pens
open at the top like the box stalls of
stable. Each compartment had four long
berths, two below and two above. There
were no curtains. We undressed in the
open and lay down facing each other. The
cars were filled with Asiatics and Russians.
There were half dozen pig-taied Chinese
In silk gowns, Persians in turbans and long
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MAKING OF RAILROAD CURVES.
Delicate Engineering Required to Make
Safe Riding.
From the Worlds Work.

From the Worlds Work
Mr.. George Pullman once said. when
asked the secret of easy riding, that the Sc
crets are many that no one can keep
them. This is true, but the easing of curves
is one of them.
Curves, no matter how slight, have al
ways been laid as ares of true circles. The
outer rail is raised according to the sharp
ness of the curve and the estimated speed
of the trains that are to round 1t. A mile
a-minute train on a one-degree curve needs
an outer rail five inches higher than the
inner rail; a slower train a lower eleva-
ton. 1t is clear from this explanation that
a train going faster than the maximum for
which the track is prepared would shoot of
the rails. Conversely, slower train than
1angeS off its wheels. Any road must strike
serviceable average for trains of varying
speeds, and engineers must nurse their 10
comotive5 around the curves close to 1t
as possible. That puts an inevitable check
on high speeds. The Empire State Express
once made a burst for two miles at the rate
Of 102 miles an hour on straightway sec
ton of track. A heavy curve would have
shot the engine at that top speed a quarter
OF a mile cross country On most roads,
however, sixty miles an hour is quite safe,
though very costly.
To permit such speed the engineers of the
last few years, in relaying tracks, instead
of starting a true circle curve with the
sudden lift of the outer rail that causes the
jolt and lurch that travellers know, have
laid light parabolic curve from point q
hundred yards back on the straight track.
and have elevated the outer rail impercep-
tibly along that curve to the maximum.
The result of the device-in practice quite
new-has been the humiliation of curves
as regards a passengers senses. With eyes
shut he cannot tell whether the track 10
straight or curved
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Volga is connected with the Don by a ca
nal you can reach the Black sea as Well
The Cars New Harbors.
The car is now spending a great deal in
improving his harbors. The government
has built new port at St Petersburg and
reconstructed that of Odessa. There are
new auays and moles at Batoum for the
coal oil tank steamers and the channel has
been deepened at Archangel There are
new quays al Rostov-on-the-D Dom and much
dredging has been done at the mouth of
the Volga.
Among the great improvements is to be a
ship canal from the Baltic to the Black
sea. which will accommodate the largest
men of war and the biggest merchant ves-
sells. so that 1t is almost impossible to pre-
dict what the waterways of this empire
may not be in the future. Russia is fortu-
nate in having broad gauge men at the
head of its affairs. and especially so in
such practical thinkers and executive man.
ayers Mr.. Sergius Witte and Prince HUI
koff. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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Russian Freight Trains.

The freight cars here are much smaller
than ours and the traffic is less heavy.
The rates seem low. Heavy goods cost
one-eighth of cent per ton per mile and
the dearest freight rate is less than five
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cowls Of fine WOOL Armenians in red fec
tarbooches and Tartars with long gowns
belted in at the waist, wearing high caps
of black astrakan. Not few Of the Tar
tiers carried daggers and there were also
Russian soldiers and officers with guns and
swords. Fortunately the windows were
open and the wind from the plains kept the
air comparatively pure.
shall not soon forget my two room
mates. They had dark faces, Roman noses
and long, curly black boards. They laid
aside their astrakan caps a short time af-
ter entering and little later on pulled of
their high boots. showing boots of soft.
black leather within. asked them whence
they came, and they answered by signs,
telling me that they lived in Asia and were
Kirghiz. I replied, pointing to myself, that
I was an American, saying "Amerikansh."
They were surprised and seemed glad to
meet me. l noticed that both men were
we'll to do. Their clothes were Of the finest
broadcloth; they had inlaid daggers, and
their watches were gold.
On the other side of me. with board
wall between. slept Turk. and with him
Mohammedan Tartar from Kazan on the
Volga. Both these men kneeled and prayed
as the sun rose. They had their faces to-
ward Mecca and bumped their heads on the
cushions again and again as they went
through their devotions. Another Tartar
read the Koran aloud until late in the even
ing. His tone was sing-Song tone, and he
was still reading when I dropped OF to
sleep.
Well-Built Railroads.
This road from Moscow to Mini Novgo-
rod is in good condition: 1t is we'll ballasted
and the road bed is weeded as carefully as
we weed our gardens. I saw women on
their knees scraping out the weeds between
the ties with knives and everywhere the
trackmen are smoothing the ballast and re-
pairing the rails. Many Of the Russian
roads are too lightly ironed. but this is be-
ing improved. and the roads re-railed.
The ties are wooden. and some of the rails
are of American steel Most of the rolling
stock is made in Russia and there are
great car shops in Moscow and in other
parts of the empire engaged In building 1t.
1 am told that the cost of construction
has been high. So far about two billion
dollars has been spent upon railways and
of this 95 per cent has come from the gov
eminent either directly or in the form of
guaranteed capital for private concerns.
The average the whole country over has
been about $4,000 per mile. which is eX-
cessive. considering the low cost of labor.
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RUSSIAN RAILROADS
Projects the Gar Has on
FARES ARE VERY CHEAP
FOUR THOUSAND MILES FOR FIF-
TEEN DOLLARS.
Experiences in a Second Glass Sleeper,
Restaurants and Tea
Stands.
FARES ARE VERY CHEAP
Copyright, 1903, by Frank c. Carpenter.)
pecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.

IL
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
MOSCOW
The car is building new railroads in ev-
cry direction He is gradually forming a
network over the European part of his
empire and laying out trunk lines in Asia.
During the present year more than ten
million dollars is to be spent on the trans
Siberian railway and seventy-two million
dollars on other lines. So much is pub
lished about the trans Siberian enterprise
that the other new roads are lost sight Of
although they are costing many times as
much. They are planned to open up the
country on the other side of the Caspian
sea, where fifteen hundred miles are now
in course of construction and an equal dis
lance has been surveyed The Russian
roads are gradually approaching India. In
an interview which I had with Prince Hill
koff. the cars minister of ways and COM
munications. he told me that the time
would come when the Anglo-Indian lines
and the Russian lines would be joined He
thinks such union will stop all talk of
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tary necessities rather than as CONNER
cial proposition. They were laid out with
out regard to traffic conveniences, and as
result you find towns miles away from
the track when a slight curve might have
brought them right on it.
You may have heard the story Of how
the road between Moscow and st. Peters,
burg was built The engineers were Ameri-
cans and they made the line curve in and
out like a snake, taking in all the large
towns. The car took ruler. laid 1t on the
map and drew a straight line from st. Pc
tersburg to Moscow. That's the road
want said he. and so they built 1t. The
result is one has to drive four or five miles
to reach some of the cities. and the villages
lie far off the line Of the road. All these
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A Summer Noon.

From the Criterion.
The dog star refgns! No wandering cloud
Festoons the clear. unpillared SKY;
Gold-bloSsomed fields, hills grassy browed,
The lazy river, stream-beds dry,
Are flushed with Soils ierce etfiuant tide.
Poured from his flood gates far and wide.
They leave their prandial boards who toll,
To browse in sun-eXcluded bowers;
Bees. antler- bronzed. slow seek their spoil,
Sounding their reeds to the fanting flowers;
The garish jay. the fussy wren,
Find refuge in the NOISY glen.
Flocks, herds. to woody aisles have strayed,
Soft and subdued the insects hum;
By tn feverish air leaf is swayed.
Silent the grouse = huttering Glum,
Lone midnight's hush enthralls wan noon,
And nature rests as in a svoon.
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trouble between the countries, and that an
enormous trans sentimental trade will be
the result He says the trans-Caspian
road which runs from the Caspian sea to
beyond Samarcand, is paying well. 1t has
great traffic in cotton and other goods. and
the lands through which it passes are
growing rich
Cheap Railroad Fares.
Russia has now about 40, $50 miles of rail-
ways. of which all are controlled by the
government. and two-thirds belong to the
car. The freight and passenger rates are
carefully regulated, and the passenger
traffic is the cheapest of the world. A zone
system. by which the fares calculated.
has been introduced, each zone being thir-
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towns may some day be connected by cleo
trio railroads.
Russian Depots and Restaurants.
The Russian station arrangements are
different from ours. Everything goes
slowly, and one must come early to avoid
red-tape detention. The ticket agent may
demand your passport, and if you have 1t
not trouble you in checking his baggage.
The offices are open an hour before the
train starts and bell is rung three times
before the cars move out OF the station.
Every depot has its first second and
third-class waiting room. each Of which
has its Own restaurant There are also tea
peddlers notion stores and news stands,
so that one can buy what he needs with
out going out of the depot. The restau-
rants are excellent. The food is as good
as you find anywhere and remarkably
cheap. plate of soup is enough for a
meal, and Russian soup is as good as any
In Europe There Is one kind called
'stchee,' made of cabbages and other veg
etables with a chunk of meat about four
inches square and two inches thick in each
dish. The proper way to take 1t is to eat
the soup first and after that the meat. A
bowl of thick cream is furnished with the
soup. This is poured into 1t to thicken
it and a green cucumber or so Is also
furnished to eat between the spoonfuls
1t is not at all bad, assure you.
Tea Peddlers.
There are always tea pedders about a
Russian station. Tea Is brought to the
windows at the stopping of the train. it is
served in the depots and is drunken at all
hours of the day. The Russians have
better tea and more Of 1t than any other
people of Europe Most Of the people
drink Chinese tea, which is brought in
caravans over the mountains Of Thibet,
and consequently escapes the long sea voy-
age, which is said to injure the flavor.
The tea is served in glasses instead of in
cups. 1t is always taken hot and usually
without milk. A slice of lemon is generally
dropped into the glass and several Jumps
of hard loaf sugar placed beside It, The
favorite way Of drinking is to take one
Of these sugar Jumps between your lips and
suck the tea through it. The sugar is as
hard as rock candy, and 1t Is made SO for
tea drinking. The custom Is bad for the
teeth and has opened up a great field for
the American dentist. venture one-half
of these Russians have bad teeth, and the
cavities awaiting filing with gold or ANAL
gam may be counted by millions.
Russian Freight Trains.
The freight cars here are much smaller
than ours and the traffic is less heavy.
The rates seem low. Heavy goods cost
one-eighth of cent per ton per mile and
the dearest freight rate Is less than five
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Thousands Of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns Of The
Star.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-19
SEALED BIDS INVITED
For the Erection Of Crematory for
the Incarceration of Garbage in
the City of Shreveport.

Sealed proposals are hereby invited
for the erection Of a crematOry for the
incarceration of garbage i'll the city OF
Shreveport Plans. specifications and
daily capacity together with a certified
check in the sum of five hundred dol
lars, as evidence of good faith and guar
antee to sign contract, to accompany
each proposal. he plant to cost not
exceeding $4,000. The contractor to
accept payment in three annual install
mentS to be provided for in budget Of
expenses for the years 1904. 1905 and
1905 with 5 per cent interest added, The
city will provide location, and reserves
the right to reject any or all bids ard
return checks. Bids to be in hands If
comptroller by Monday, May I8, 1903,
at g pin.
&C RIVES, Comptroller.
3 April 8, 1909. -. .-ss-c.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-19

If majority in number and amount
of the property taxpayers qualified to
vote, shall vote in favor of granting to
the Kansas City. Shreveport and Gulf
Railway Company the right to close 4
certain street and alley, as above in'li
Gated, or shall vote in favor of granting
to the Shreveport Base Bail Association
the right to close a certain alley, Is
above indicated, then the said street :
and alleys IRE to be closed accorduglr
NNDi>I.W QUERIES Mayer
\prll :. 1908
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-19
NOTICE OF ELECTION.

Whereas, the city council of the city
of Shreveport, in lawful land regular
session convened, on April end, 1908,
did unanimously pass the following
ordinance, to-wlt:
pv Mr. Dickson
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-26
To Protect Publishers.

In the Senate Mr. McComas reported
bill from the Committee on Patents
providing for the protection OF foreign
exhibitors Of artistic, musical and hit
:rary works at the St. Louis World
Fair, and at his request the bill was
given immediate consideration and
passed.
Protection is afforded foreign exhib-
tors by giving them the sole right OF
producing and vending their literary or
lrt works for term OF two years un-
Ter the copyright law upon payment of
fee OF SIS for each title or descrip-
zion recorded at the Library of Con-
sress. The full term OF copyright privi-
'ege may be obtained by filing two
copies of the original text of any book
,r copies Of any work of art brought
INTO this country for the purpose OF ex-
1ibition at St. Louis.
Another bill favorably reported in
:reases the protection given to authors
Or proprietors of books in foreign Ian
Suages in obtaining TRANSACTIONS into
the English language for sale in this
country.
The Senate also passed bill au-
:horizing the purchase OF 1000 acres
Of land near Columbus, Ohio, upon
which to erect a military post. The
dill appropriates $I8o,ooo.