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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-05-12
Iowa q. A. R. Encampment, Mason
City, Iowa, June 20.

Rock Island System has arranged
open rate of ONE FARE for the
round trip; tickets on sale June 6.s,
inclusive, also on June 9th for trains
arriving at Mason City before noon;
final limit Tune IL,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1904-05-12

Sick headache results from dis
ordered stomach and is quickly cured
by Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by Nick Doffing &
Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
EDMUND GOSSE GETS
JOB WITH THE LORDS

LONDON, April Edmund Gosse,
the famous literary critic, has been
appointed librarian to the house Of
lords, a position which carries with it
the snug salary Of $4,000 d year. And
the congratulations showered upon Mr..
Gosse by his friends are all the more
hearty because it is generally believed
that while filling the position he will
find plenty of leisure to devote to his
own literary labors. The Office has
been treated sometimes as a sinecure
In this fashion it was held by Person,
the famous Greek scholar, who once
received a letter from one of the d.
rectOrs containing the cutting remark:
1--WE only know you are our librarian
by seeing your name attached to the
receipts for your salary"
But Mr.. Gosse is a glutton for work.
and no one imagines that he will shirlx
any of it in his new billet Aside from
his learning, Mr.. Gosse is eminently fit
ted for the place by his practical
knowledge of the librarians craft In
his earlier days he was for many years
assistant librarian at the British mu-
scum, where he laid the foundations for
his encyclopedia knowledge. Since
1875 he has been translator to the board
of trade.
Mr.. Gosse succeeds the late s. A.
Strong, who, although much less wide
ly known, held a high reputation as
an Orientalist and student of ancient
and modern art. His premature death
Lord Reay declared, had inflicted an ir-
reparable loss on English culture
Most English government billets are
recognized as easy jobs, and several
well-known literary men have found no
difficulty in filling them while still sat
isfying the demands Of their publishers
Maurice Hewlett was from 1896 to 1900
keeper of land revenue records and
enrolment Austin Dobson long held a
clerkship in the board of trade, and
w. w. Jacobs was for time a clerk
in the postoff1ce. A. B. Walkley, the
| famous dramatic critic of the Times
lis to this day secretary to the general
postoffice.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

sers and local fame immeasurable az
the recipient Of royal bounty, scores
OF bike-riding urchins in London are
deVoutly wishing that they may have
the good luck to come into collision
with her royal highness' carriage
A very brief sojourn in the hospital
sufticed to repair Johns slight injuries.
Now, quite recovered, he is nightly
proud of his accident, for it was a royal
one and he has been right royalty
treated. His old bicycle had been
worked hard and had grown stiff and
lost much of its enamel and plating.
The new wheel, the best that money
can buy, is resplendent in silver plating
and has all the latest frills and i'm
provements.
And if the lad himself looks upon
the bicycle with feelings of pride, the
neighbors regard it with those of trf-
u4nph, for they feel that at last dingy,.
slum-ridden Clerkenwell has found its
way into royal favor. Young Tarbox
has brought this about and is in con-
sequence honored by his fellow citizens.
When he rides forth on the royal BIZ
cycle 1t is not an episode but an event.
The princess is a lady, she is, all
through said Johnnie, who, having
been through a board school, speaks
fair English for young cockney.
when she told me that I could buy a
new bicycle and I needn't mind how
much it cost she made me promise that
l wouldn't get a racer Gus she didn't
want me to do any scorching through
the streets. Now, if she hadn't made
me promise that, I'd have got a racer
sure, but I wasn't going to break my
word to princess. Besides, on this
machine 1 can beat most of the old
crooks round here, anyhow"
Johnnie" he was asked, are you
sorry Won were RIM OVer2'
do I look as if I was sorry?" he an
swered scOrpfully; say, / wouldn't
mind if it happened to me again, but l
amt going to run any risks, though,
Gus the princess made me promise
wouldn't" Lady Mary.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON April mo longer capable
of playing any part in that maritime pa
geantry by which Britannia claims she
rules the waves, the ancient steam yacht
Victoria and Albert, favorite ship of the
late queen, is to be cremated by the king 5
command. Her entire hull and all her
costly woodwork, furniture and interior
fittings are to be consigned to the flames,
while all her machinery and metal work is
to be smashed and pulverized, till only
the yachts memory will be left
The famous vessel to which fleets in
Vulnerable have Numbered salutatiOns,
and flags of all nations have been lower
ed in homage now lies at Portsmouth
docl1yard. undergoing demolition in prepa-
ration for her august end. Her maSts
and machinery have already been Temov-
ed and while workmen are ripping out
timbers, planking and bul1heads. special
policemen keep vigilant watch that no
scrap of her may be snatched by souvenir
hunters from the huge bonfires that are
being built up in the dock of material
taken from the famous vessel.
On the occasion of his recent visit to
Portsmouth, the king took his farewell
of her and issued the command for her
destruction. But before she fell into the
hands of the dockyard officials to be au-
initiated. some mementos of her were
distributed among the members of the
royal family and a few others found a
Admiral Fullerton, who so Ions command
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

West End. It's significance lies in the
recognition of the fact that in the alb
sence of any prohibition to the con-
trary 1t Is now assumed, as a matter
or course, that women are free to
smoke IN fashionable women's clubs
NO such injunction against feminine
use Of the cigarette is found In the
rules of the Ladies' Atheneum club,
the Ladies Military or Naval club, or
the Lyceum club, which have just been
started for well-to-do women.
The woman of any position or cuI-
tture at all who objects to women sluok-
ing is nowadays a very rare person
indeed, said the secretary of one of
these new clubs, scornfully. "Of
course" she added, II could name
dozen or so Of very decent women who
don't smoke themselves, but they don't
turn up their noses at women who do
smoke. The time has gone bv for
that"
Just how far London's feminine club
dom will go in its quietly conducted
but persistent campaign for the eman-
clpatlon of women from the ordinary
restraints imposed upon them by con-
vent1Onality there is no telling What
they aim at is to allow women the
same privileges in women's clubs that
are enjoyed by men in mems clubs
the right to do pretty much as they
please so long as they don't interfere
with the exercise of the same right by
other members. And they are getting
there fast. TobaccOnists say that many
women now resent being offered those
mild and dainty cigarettes which are
manufactured especially for feminine
consumption. Ladies' cigarettes, in
deed!'' said one of them, when return
ing box that had been sent her. 1.-The
idea! I want something with some
taste in 1T. Let me have a box of
Egyptians mems Egyptians
Since a cockney boy named John
Tarbox, While riding a bicycle, was
carriage and consOled for his mishap
by new machine, new pair of trou-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

Representing
Great Speed Attained by the

and equipped with engines of 800
horse power. The other will be thirty
five feet long and of proportionately
lower horse power.
The Thornycroft company, the great
rivals Of YarraW IN the torpedo boat
Huilding line, are constructing a launch
IF very light steel which will be equip
ped with engines of the most powerful
type that can be got within the limited
space. Lord Howard de Walden, a
wealthy peer and enthusiastic auto
mObilist, has also entered a launch. He
has kept her construction a profound
secret, and she is regarded as the dark
horse among the competitors.
OF the French boats the most power
full is that of the Gardiner Serpollet
company, for which something like $50
horse power is claimed. Steam will be
the motor power employed in this
craft, but as, because of the size of the
engines. the boat will be of about
double the displacement of her COM
petitors it is not expected she will
stand much chance despite her great
power. Linton Hope is designing the
hull, which fact, should she win, might
be held to detract somewhat from her
claim to represent a French victory.
Another of the French boats will have
three propellOrs and her performance
on that account will be looked forward
to with much interest. G.. Petre, of
Paris, a builder of motor boats, pins
his faith to her.
The only restriction placed upon
these motor launches is that they shall
not exceed forty feet in length. They
are racing machines pure and simple.
The problem involved in their con-
struction is to combine lightness Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

material, both In hull and machinery
With engines of the highest power
Other things being equal, the boat OF
the lightest displacement will go the
fastest. Recognizing this, the Eng
l1sh aspirants for the cup are employ
ing their best yacht building and me-
chanical skill that every ounce posi-
any sacrifice of driving power and
strength sufficient to hold machinery
and craft together.
Something of the progress that has
been made in these directions may be
judged from the fact that whereas the
winner of the cup list year, the Napier
designed by Linton Hope, had engines
of sixty -six-horse power, most Of the
launches building In England for this
years contest will have engines well
over q hundred-hors power, and the
displacement of the hulls will be no
greater. > ...->-4-4e
Mr.. Hope calculates that the hulls
Of the boats he is designing, despite
the powerful machinery they will have
to carry. will weigh something under
seven hundred weight. He expects
that the winning yacht this time will
have to make twenty-five knots an
hour, whereas the Napier's best speed,
which sufficed to win all her races both
mere anu Was
teen knots an hour. From this the
American challengers will be able to
form some idea of what their boat
must be capable of If she is to take
back the cup. Englishmen have great
reputation for building needlessly
heavy machinery. But to imagine that
they cannot, when put to 1T, turn out
machinery and boat huIls that are both
light and strong is a great mistake.
The race for the International motor
launch cup will take place on the So
lent on July 80, over course of twelve
nautical moles. But before it occurs
the trial races among the aspirants for
the honor of defending the cup will
show what speed can be got out OF
them.
Builders here are rejoicing over the
prospect of a boom in motor launches
this year. On the water they are sub
ject to none Of the restrictions with re-
gard to speed imposed on the mar
who "motes" on public highways. Fol-
this reason the sport is growing in
popularity. They are not built fol
rough weather and are of very light
draught, but the sensation they afford
when going at full speed of seemingly
flying over the water, is said to be
sufficiently thrilling without the ex-
element that comes from the risk OF
breaking neck in a smash-up or be-
ing landed in Jail by a policeman, which
confrOnts the automobilist who tries tt
get all he can out Of his machine.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, April 2.-Great interest
has been awakened here by the receipt
of a challenge from the Automobile
Club of America for the British inter
national cup for forty-foot racing mo-
tor launches. AS a challenge had pre-
viousIy been received from the Auto
mobile Club de France, the contest
will decide which of the three coun-
tries can turn out the fastest aquatic
motor machine But recognizing
America as their greatest sporting
rival on land and sea, it is the Amer
lean challenger whom the British rep
resentatives Of the sport are most anx-
tous to defeat. And they are counting
with great confidence on their ability
to do it.
Each country is allowed three en-
tries but it is not known here whether
America viii be represented by more
than one boat. but SO far only one en-
try has been received. Several trial
boats are now building in England, of
which three have been designed by
Linton Hope, secretary of the Marine
Racing association, who, though a
young man, has for some years held
first place as a designer of small racing
yachts. They will be constructed of
cedar, and the Hutton Motor company
will supply the engines which will be
of the six cylinder motor car type.
S. F. Edge, Of automobile racing
fame, has two launches under way
which the YarroW company, of torpedo
boat fame, are building. They will be
constructed Of bronze. One Of them
will be built up to the limit-forty feet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
SENTIMENT MOVES EDWHRD VII.
Orders His Mothers Yacht Burned to Beat the Relic
Hunters.

ed her as Queens Skipper" was also
presented with a souvenir of her.
. Nearly half a century ago the vessel
was launched from Pembroke docI1yard.
TO the queen. in her earlier days, she
was much more than yacht. she was
a veritable floating home. where she could
enjoy with Prince Albert a seclusion she
would hardly find ashore. All the internal
arrangements and the scheme Of decora-
ton We're designed by the prince consort
himself in conjunction with the queen,
down to the pattern of white chintz. dot
ted with moss rosebuds that covered the
walls of the royal apartments. These
included music room and a school room
and nursery for the royal children. So
intimate were the associations of the yes
sci with her husbands memory that at
his death she issued strict orders that
everything on board should be maintained
in the same condition as when he lived.
When the designs for the present royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, were being
drawn up, the queen at first proposed that
the new craft should be called the Bal
moral. being 10th to the last that the YES
sci that she was so attached to should
share her name with a newer ship even
her own royal yacht of the future
Fitting@it was that the last voyage of
the old vessel should have been made on
that Sorrowful February afternoon three
years ago, when with King Edward on
board she followed the remains ofAQueen
Victoria borne BY the little Alberta,
through the fieetNat Spithead.
And equally fitting it seems that now
her mission is finished, instead of being
allowed to rot i'll some mud fiat. she
should expire in a burnt Offering to the
memory of her beloved mistress. :. England
will understand the filial feeling which
prompts this act on King Edwards part,
and no carping criticism will be heard
on the score that she might have been
sold for some thousand pounds in solid
cash.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

especially those of Dublin. The Dub
lin people, in striking contrast to other
capitals of Europe, are the most re-
bellious against the government. The
dukes father was numerically carica
tured during his term of office. 1t is
said that he was so parsimonious that
he used TO sell the fruit and vegetables
which grew around the viceregal lodge.
He was depicted on one occasion wear
ing a ducal coronet standing behind
a counter selling cents worth of milk
and cabbages. The poor man was at
the time in a state of bankruptcy. 1t
was twenty-five years ago that the
present dukes father and mother were
lord and lady lieutenant of Ireland,
and they had an exciting time of it al
together. The country was convulsed
with political strife, while devastat-
ing famine swept the land, but the late
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
HHPPY HOMES IN THE WORKS
Families Settle Down in Comfort in the Amshouses
of London.

ma, the third daughter, has contented
herself with only occasionally burdening
the wOrkhouse with the cost Of her own
keep. At present she is not a guest
there.
II be fairly comfortable" said the
grandfather, when inquiries were made
as to his welfare at the workhouse
fairly comfortable" But he added after
a moment, thinking that he had conced-
ed too much to the institution which had
sheltered and clothed him for thirteen
years, things might be bit better; yes,
they might be a bit BETTER
r Another equally instructive example is
furnished by a family named Glass
Glass and his wife entered the Workhouse
some twenty years ago and there settled
down. Their son was sent to the pauper
school at SOuthall and received an educa-
ton with the addition of such frills as
are there deemed necessary to fit the
scionS of the lazy to become future orna-
ments of society. In due time young Glass
was turned loose on the world to shift
for himself He got married and then
with his wife shifted to the workhouse,
where misguided beneficence solves the
problem of existence for him and relieves
him of the necessity of working for a
living
DIR. Rayner, the medical officer to the
institution, stated that the samples of
means exceptional. AN intimate &C
quaintance with the inner life of work
houses" he said, reveals many things
which can only be described as gro
tesque."
The MaryIebone workhouse is spotless-
ly clean. All its rooms are comfortably
heated by steam. 1t is equipped with all
the latest up-to-date improvements in
the matter of ventilation and sanitation
It has now nearly 1000 inmates.
I'VE are always full up here" said one
of the attendants to the writer "And we
shall continue to be as long as the guard
| ians make the workhouSe what it is
nova refuge from work At the church
army shelters every applicant for relief
| who is not physically incapacitated must
earn a meal before he receives it. If the
same system were introduced here we
should Immediately get rid of one hall
| of our able bodied paupers'
| Meanwhile the Marylebone ratepayers
! grooming under an increase in the rates
| of cents on the dollar in the last sever
years, are DANGEROUSLY demanding tc
| know where this sort of thing is going
to stop, and whether it is not possible
to strike some economical, common sense
medium between the hungry Oliver Twist
| of Dickens workhouse crying for more
and the well fed and comfortably cla6
| maiden Of the modern Marylebone insti.
| tuition receiving instruction in golf? Mary.
lebone, by the way, is the borough thai
| rejected Andrew Carnegies proffered gift
| of a free public library
1.-THE man who dies rich dies disgrac.
| ed" declared the multi-milIionaire phil.
anthropist. And the MaryIebone guardian:
| are doing their best to make things easy
| for those who by the; simple and effective
/ process of eschewing work elect to di.
poor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

duchess was equal to the occasion.
She worked hard to ameliorate the con-
ditions of the people and by her person
al aid many Irish families We're kent
from starving. She even enlisted the
cooperation of music hall artists.
The poor old duke stood silently by
while the duchess worked in fact she
practically administered the govern
ment of Ireland. 1t is believed in Ire
land that the Identical position will
be repeated when the present duke and
his wife act for the time being as king
and queen of Ireland. At any rate. an
enthusiastic member of parliament,
discussing with the writer yesterday
the prospects Of the duchess going to
Ireland, summed up his remarks thus:
THANK God the Irish people have an
opportunity of placing the name of an
American woman on its roll of queens"
Marshall Lord.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

Special Foreign Service.
LONDON, April Poor law guardians
of the London borough Of Marylebone
have Just advertised for a woman to
teach the girls at one Of their charity
schoolS-itS dollars to dOughnutS no
American reader would ever guess what
how to play golf.
These benevolent officials have estab
lished the nearest approach to a pauper's
paradise to be found anywhere, and in
consequence Marylebone has become
haven of refuge for folks who were
''born tired
Interpreting in an uncommonly gen.
erous spirit the law which requires that
the destitute shall be given food and
shelter, these purveyors of civic charity
provide the dependents on their bounty
with comfort. rest leisure, recreation and
a little sport when desired even unto the
second and third generation! Not only
are the offspring Of the lazy, shiftless
and improvident who come under their
care instructed in such rudiments of
learning as are taught the children of
the Woodworking classes in the board
schools, but they are instructed also in
music and other accomplishments calcu
lated to inspire them with fine .scorn
for anything like mental toll and drudgery,
escape from which is made easy for them
by emulating the examples Of their pro-
genitors and living on the rates.
In MarylebOne there has just been
brought to light a striking Illustration
of the natural consequences of it's sys
TEN Of pampering pauperism. In 1891,
Patrick Downs, a day laborer, by being
turned out of home for nOn-payment of
rent acquired the necessary statutory
qualification of restitution which entitled
him to relief for the asking and accord
tngly he entered one of the Marylebone
warehouses. There he has lived ever
since freed from the necessity of hustling
for a living and mourning no risk of be-
ing evicted. A few months after his adj
mission his wife, Catherine charmed by
his reports of the soft snap" he had
found, obtained admission to the same
hOspitable institution, and there she has
since resided.
Three daughters they had, who were not
slow 70 emulate their parents example
and profit by MarylebOnes civic hospital
ity. One of them, Elizabeth, brought
with her her husband, a man named
LaWes. She died in the workhousa. but
her four children are being maintained
and educated out Of the rates at the
guardians school at SouthaIl, where ac-
comphshments and instruction in the
art of golf playing constitute part of the
curricuIum.
The second daughter, Kate, now about
thirty years Old has never encountered
herself with a husband, finding that the
Workhouse renders such uncertain aid In
the struggle for existence superfluous
Her four ,(illegitimate) children were born
there. Tfree-of them died. The surviving
child, boy. is now in the Shaftesbury
training ship, being trained for a sailor
Marylebone taxpayers meanwhile defray-
ing the expense of his maintenance
Most considerable Of the family, johann
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
On the Programme.

Here" said Smarticus to his wife. who
was fond of music. is number Id like
to hear at the piano recital
What is it?' asked his wife, pleased
to note his awakened interest in her fa-
Vorite art.
Heaven Hath Shed a Tear With
ViolonceIo Obligato.' Now, I've seen heav-
en- shed ali sorts of tears, but I'll be
blamed If l ever saw any fool sit out in
the shower and play a Cello s-57
And now she won't Speak to him.
Baltimore American.