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BERLIN July 25 1905
Made incautious by too frequent pota-
tons from the flowing bowl, Friedrich
Greulich recently remarked to an acquaint
ance, apropos of a certain speech of the
kaiser's: "AlI is not Solomonic wisdom that
falls from the emperor's lips" The next
day Greulich, who is a small miller in Ber-
lin, was arrested, and has just been SEN
fenced to three months Imprisonment for
lese majestic.
This case is typical of the workings of
the law against lese majeste--which is one
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Nearly 10000 harvest hands are reported
needed In the northwest, according to cir
cular issued by the Northern Pacific road.
Wages range from $1.75 to S250 a day The
towns wanting the largest number of men
are Grand Forks, 5000; Fargo, 1000; Nc
Henry, 400; Jessie, Sheldon, Moorhead,
Grafton. Hannaford and Darcy. BIO each
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GEORGETOWN REAL ESTATE.

fort music hall because It was adtudgcd to-
be a case of Iese majestic
MaXimillian Harden, editor of the Zukunft,
and perhaps the most brilliant political
writer in Germany, has twice been inn
prisoned for lese majestic.
Herr Ferdinand August Bebel, leader OF
the socialist party in Germany, has been
imprisoned several times for leSe ma jeste
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Of the terrors of life in Germany. 1t
creates distrust and suspicion between
friends, binders the friendly discussion of
current events between casual acquaint-
ances, and offers a wide field of mischiev-
GUS activity to those who take a delight in
malicious denunciation of their neighbors
Lese majestic, briefly expressed, IS the
crime of uttering an insult to the ruling
monarch Of the country. The character Of
the offense IS expounded In no less than
125 paragraphs of the German statute book
and 800 books of legal reference have been
published for the information of lawyers
on this complicated question.
The laws relating to lese majestic are so
worded as to make every remark which is
even suggestive of disrespect to the ruling
monarch a criminal offense The clauses
of the acts relating to lese majestic seem to
have been purposely worded so loosely that
they justify the widest possible conception
of the offense. Lese majestic can be com
mltted by words or by actions, In private
conversations and in public speeches. in
private letters as well as in newspaper
articles and books If one of two persons
who are carrying on private conversation
in secluded room In private house ut
tiers a disrespectful remark about the Ger
man emperor his companion can denounce
him to the police for the offense of Iese
majestic, and his conviction will be almost
certain.
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What makes the matter worse is that the
committal of the offense is not limited to
insults TO the emperor, because the emperor
is not the only reigning monarch in Ger
many. The federal German empire con-
tains twenty states, over which Independent
sovereigns reign. These monarchs, insig-
nificant as many of them are, are constitu-
tionally on an equality with their fellow
sovereign the King of Prussia, who Is the
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1t Is curious that the evidence REQUIRED
by law to convict a person of the crime Of
lese majestic is less than that REQUIRED to
convict him Of any other offense The owl
dence of one witness alone Is under all cir
cumstances sufficient to convict A person
OF lese majeste in Germany. If a father
in the course of a private letter sent in .
sealed envelope to his son were to insert a
sentence which might be construed as an
insult to the emperor 1t would according
10 the German law, be the bounden dutv
VI the son 10 denounce his father to the
authorities FOR this serious crime
IN pubic speeches almost every word Of
crlticism uttered on the emperor on his
Ihetnod OF government, on his foreign DO, :
~, MS iuoiiiestic pollcy, his naval and mill
'aFy policy, or any other of his public acts
can be construed as lese majestic This Is
q serious restraint on free speech because
as all Inc world knows. the German en-
peror rules personally, being his own chan
| cellor, cabinet, government Headquarters
| STAFF. admiralty and ecclesiastical SYNOD
| rolIed INTO one. 1t Is. therefore. extremely
difficult, If not impossible to discuss cur
| rent political events in Germany without
| ailudlng to the emperor so that the danger
! OF iese majestic arises In all conversati tons,
| debates. newspaper articles and books
II Is. however, unnecessary for the in
| suit to the emperor to be actually uttered
| 1t can be indicated or implied by bodily
| actions. If, for instance, when the en-
| Peioi is uilNINS through the streets of
| Berlin any casual spectator who fails TO
| take off his hat as mark of respect to the
| imperial person may be arrested on the spot
| and Will certainly be convicted of lese
| majestic The excuse that he did not recog-
| niZe the emperor is not accepted as ade-
| quate. On the contrary, the precedent has
| been laid down in more than one case that
| II man did not recognize the emperor he
| ought to have done So
If person were to point to a photograph
| of the emperor hanging In a shop window
| and at the same time had a disrespectful
| or cynical or mocking or angry expression
| on his face, and any bystander construed
| the aspect of his features as an indication
| of his feelings toward the imperial person,
| that unfortunate individual might also be
| arrested and subsequently convicted for
| lese majestic. If any one looking at a pho
| tograph of the German emperor were to
| express the opinion that the brushed-up
| ends of his mustache presented ridiculous
| appearance he would be liable to conviction
| for lese majestic. Any guest at a public or
| private dinner who falls to stand up when
| the toast of "the emperor is given Is LA
| BILE TO conviction for lese majestic.
Lese majestic. in short, is a most elastic
| offense, which comprises all sorts and vari-
cites OF direct and indirect references and
| suggestions of references to the imperial
person.
| What makes the matter worse is that the
| committal of the offense IS not limited TO
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received a tardy and inadequate comDensa-
ton for the unjust punishment which he
had undergone
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through the department of public
instruction the general superintend-
ent of education of Manila has is
sued an official list of Filipino bap
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FOR SALE-A BEAUTIFUL COTTAGE,
10 ROOMS AND BATH.
MT. PLEASANT 1860 OAK ST.
NEAR COR. 18TH AND HOWARD AVE.
HANDSOMELY DEGORTED.
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OFFER LESS THAN So. 500
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WILL RENT FOR S25.
LOT 25NSu. SIDE YARD
FINE CELLAR; BEST FURNACE.
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man of Brooklyn, n Y. 1t maintained A
speed OF 1884 yards a minute. In 1896 Lac"
Gainesville, belonging to James McGaughey
of Philadelphia, Pa, won a COo-uile race al
a speed of l20s99 yards per minute.
All records were broken In 1898 when, in
a race from Lawrenceburg. Tenn, TO Buf-
falo, N Y, four pigeons made the distance
of 7o0 miles in a day. According To the
records, one OF the birds Travelled at the
marvellous rate OF over 1900 yards per min
ute. Speed in short distance flights has
been even more remarkable. In 1900 pig
con belonging to w. J. LautZ OF Buffalo, N
Y, covered 100 miles at a rate of some
thing over 300 y&l-s, or nearly one mile
and half, minute.
According TO the American records. TIE
best speeds attained at various distances
have been: One hundred miles, 2oll.si yards
minute; 2ob miles, ls.l3.J9 yards min
ute: 800 miles, 1878 yards minute; NJ
miles, 1916 yards a minute; 800 miles, 1905
yards a minute; GOO miles. l4i2 yards mini
ute; 700 miles, 1916 yards a minute.
Pigeons are rarely flown over 800 miles,
or a greater distance than they can make
in one day. They fly entirely by daylight
and stop when night falls. The pigeon that
goes over 800 miles In day may require
week or two weeks to cover 1000 miles
Flight IS not so swift sure or continuous
beyond q certain distance.
There are many reasons for this. One IS.
perhaps, that the pigeons homing instinct
becomes confused when taken too far from
its native hauuts. Another is the dangers
it must undergo when stopping on route.
These birds are NOT aggressive food seek
ers, being accustomed to finding their daily
allowances in their quarters. Often when
they become weary from long flight they
stop al barns and farm houses and permit
themselves to be caught.
Scientists have never been able TO say
why homing pigeon will always seek it's
native quarters, although released many
miles from home. with absolutely strange
surroundings. There are experts who be-
lieve that the bird has wonderful sight.
claiming that the vision reaches 200 miles
in daylight. However, whatever the rea-
son, II is a known fact that they Will never
leave their young, If in strange quarters,
to go back to the home of their birth.
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had with him two or three hundred pounds
Of curios which he had obtained in Egypt.
The robbery took place In an hotel in the
Rue de Caumartln. The curios were con-
tained IA two strong wooden trunks which
were found torn open and stained with
blood, the thieves having evidently dam
aged their fingers in the operation. gold
watch was found on the clergyman's table.
which was not his. In an adjoining room
of the hotel a man was discovered on his
bed in a drunken sleep. The floor was lit
tered with Egyptian coins which Mr.. Zim-
norman identified as belonging to his col
lection. The man having been laboriously
aroused with the aid OF strong ammon!ateI
salts was shown the gold watch which he
recognized as his. His explanation regard
ing the Egyptian coins being decidedly con-
fused he was arrested. He certainly had an
accomplice who has made off with guam
tIty of scarabs. medals and Jewels. The
prisoner says he is an Engiishman, but the
police believe that the papers which he has
shown them tending to prove that he is
English forgeries
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States and Europe have a great many pig
con clubs, whose members engage In the
pigeon flying sport for prizes When bird
is three or four days old an aluminium band
is placed on its left foot, by holding the
front toes together and then drawing the
other foot back against the leg; the band
when once In place will never come off. 1t
Is SO light it does not bother the bird These
bands are secured by the club from a firm
which has each one registered. Each one
contains different number and letter. Each
year the letter is changed. that a record
of the birds birth can be kept.
Before the birds are sent on a flight they
are taken to the club rooms and turned over
to a committee, known the racing COM
mittee, who then record the number the
aluminium band, and on the right leg place
an open brass band with some fdentfcatio
mark on the inside. The birds are then
placed in baskets, with food and water, and
shipped to their destination. Each contest
ant is supplied with a clock it is
called. 1t contains two watches The hands
are set at IL O'Clock and as soon as bird
arrives at its loft the owner catches it and
removes the brass band from its leg and
places it into one end of the clock, which
sets one OF the watches in motion. The
other end is used for a possible second
turn. The owner then takes his clock to the
club rooms, where the time of the clock is
taken, as to how long 1t has been running.
and the time recorded.
The distance from each flying station to
each members loft is measured accurately.
Say the flight is from the south, a member
living in the north of the city is given
time allowance over a contestant living
south of him. The liberator wires to the
committee the time of the liberation, and
the distance in yards per minute Travelled by
each bird is thus recorded. There is no
chance of any of the members cheating in
a race Of this kind as the brass band which
iS the birds leg contains an lQelt1
fication mark known only to the racing
committee and the records are carefully
gone over to see If they are correct
There are homng pigeon clubs In Wash
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continent; the company must pay tax
for every car, therefore the fewer the cars
the greater the saving" Such a thing as
putting on extra cars does not seem within
railway system. There is nothing to do ex-
cept To bear the inconvenience 10 the bit
ter end.
Amount of Luggage.
In England the amount of luggage brought
into the compartments looks queer to the
American, but 1t is nothing in comparison
with the way sunshades, boxes, bags and
bundles are piled upon racks, seat and floor
on the continental trains. The baggage car,
often more than one, is an important fea-
ture of the American trains. Every one
who goes any distance has his baggage de-
posted in it. checking il through. The con-
tinental baggage car is not worth mention
ing unless one rashy tries to take large
trunks on journey and then she finds that
it must be lavshy reckoned with fnanci-
ally. The congestion of persons and their
baggage in compartments offers an excel
lent test of manners. The quay of French
politenesS does not stand IT. Their insistence
and determine ton to secure the best that
is to be had at any Inconvenience to others
ovcrrides even that of the American, and
the American girl says that she is COM
PEELED to admit that the people from her
country have done much to deserve the
name that they have in this particular.
Perhaps that is one reason why French
men and women seem particularly deter
mined to elbow out of their way and
trample down all Americans no matter how
pacific their attitude may be.
Given what she wants, the best place In
the compartment and her belongings Well
disposed of, the French woman becomes
placid and amiable. 1t is really necessary
that she be well placed, for she is as fas-
tidious of her appearance in travelling as
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are Americans to this form of notice that
the blowing of whistle or the tlnkling OF
a bell have no meaning for them, and they
dare not make a dash for restaurants, news
stands or that sort of thing as they would
at home. All of these things tend to make
continental travel extremely tedious for an
American woman. The hardest thing TO
bear, however, for the American woman is
the deprivation of clothes which the limlta-
ton of luggage entails. Many Americans
buy in London circular tickets for several
months travel on the continent, not re-
aizng at the time that with those tickets
they art not entitled to any luggage except
such as they can take in their compart-
ment. Even one small trunk costs so
much that the tourist finally gives up the
trunk altogether buys heavy case, and
goes on her way with an equipment which
she would consider impossible for a similar
journey at home.
The American girl came to the conclusion.
after rather extensive observation, that
fewer mice people travel on the continent
than in America-that is. fewer people of
the upper classes. Certainly, they do not
go travelling about as Americans do, from
one place to the other, making short stops.
consequently they form a small proportion
OF the travellers the American meets in the
course of a summers trip that usually ex-
tends from Norway and Sweden to Italy.
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sometimes has to submit to in America.
Another time the porter from the dining
inquired. soon as the train started IN
the morning, whether the American girl
would have dinner. That is another Gus
tom foreign to the American, which per-
mits passengers to go into the dining car
when they wish, without committing them
selves beforehand. On her replying in the
affirmative she was told that she would
have to take dinner at 10 o'clock or
not at all. But 1 have just finished my
breakfast" she demonstrated There are
no vacant seats after TO- he replied OBJ
duratey, and she therefore went dinnerless.
1t is not surprising with such arrange
mentS that the dining cars are lit e pa
tronized on the continent In the United
States they are equipped and run in the
manner of first-class hotels.
The Importance of the railway station
porter grows as one progresses on the con-
tinent. Even an American soon discards
heavy trunks and sends them through to
her sailing port as cheaply she may,
making shift with luggage that can be car
ried by hand-not her own, unless she
wants to be laid up, but the accustomed
hand of the porter. She learns to lean
from the window as she approaches sta
ton and imperatively demand "Facteur,"
"Facchino,' whatever the name by
which the porter is called in the country
through which she is travelling. and to see
that he is not seduced from her service IL
there is a paucity of these very necessary
persons. The man on the continent does
not stand back for women as the American
man does. Nothing surprised the American
girl more than to have a man calmly ap-
propriate the porter she had been strug-
Cling hard to get just az she was on the
point of succeeding in her endeavors. It
did not occur to him to yield to her because
of her sex. In similar circumstances an
American man would have been ashamed
to take advantage of his opportunity.
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ington, among the members of which there
are some good flying birds. One of them
is known as the Washington District of
National Federation of America Homing
Pigeon Fanciers. OF which Mr.. w. F. Dis
mer is secretary.
A successful race was flown by the local
fanciers October Il, from the Hagerstown
fair fourteen of nineteen lofts getting re-
turns within seventy-five minutes after lib
Grating, the distance being about sixty-five
miles. Two hundred and twenty-seven birds
were liberated by Mr.. Arthur Noble, who
telephoned: Birds liberated LOFTY; cloudy;
northwest wind"
With a brisk wind favorable TO them the
pigeons were expected to make good speed,
but the most sanguine hopes were sur
passed The first return covered siXty-slX
miles over mountains in seventyone min
utes, member of the Washington district
being the winner.
The following was the entry and average
per minute speed OF each loft:
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Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cabegram to The Star.
ONDON, October 2S.-The one hun
dred thousand or more of American
travellers who have been seeing
~ Europe" during the past summer
cannot fail to be interested in the
observations on Continental Travel just
published by AN American Girl The
clever comparisons and contrasts in the
styles of travelling have attracted atten-
ton on this side of the water, and it will
be a wonder if they 60 not find their way
to America.
Novel as railway classihcations had
seemed to the American girl when travel
ing in England, she found it's pcculiarities
more marked on the continent. She had
found il possible 10 travel in great comfort
third-class i'm Great Britain after the first
shock was over, and when she was told
that she would not be dh.e to travel that
way in France she secretly set it down to
British prejudice. Her first experience
showed her. however. that the French sec
ond class was barely the equivalent of the
British third class. \ regaT.. for cleanliness.
TO say nothing of comfort, precludcd any
idea of getting into one of the bare and
crowded third-class coaches, yet even here
one was not at the bottom of the scale,
for on some railway lines there were fourth
class coaches.
Few persons apparently travel first class,
for these coaches are frequently vacant
when the rest of the train is taxed TO It's
utmost. No effort is made to provide extra
accommC dations for tne increased travel of
busy seasons nor does the London omni-
bus rule Of no standing prevail. Every
compartment is filed and often passengers
stand in the corridors for long distances.
1T is the tax" was the explanation given
TO the American girl IN one place on the
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Doubtless the American woman Is spoiled
To her it seems not only discourtesy, but
an absolute injustice, that a man should
insist upon occupying seat he mas pa4o
for /. she prefers 1t. The equanimity with
which European men insist upon all of the
privileges to which their railway tickets
entitle them, and the immunity they enjoy
from considering the wishes of women they
meet in travelling evokes wholesale denun-
citation from American women unaccus-
toned to this attitude on the part of mere
man.
loud complaint is made by Americans.
men and women because of the lack of ice
water on the trains. In the corner of every
car in America is the ice water tank, from
which the passengers drink as long
drop remains. Driven to desperation by the
lack Of their favorte beverage on CONT
mental trains. Americans buy al stations IN
passing dregs of wine, alleged spring water,
and various highly colored fluids, In which
any risk.
The Train Butcher.
The boy who goes through the train from
one end to another selling inferior candy,
chewing gum. lozenges, overripe or under
ripe fruit, popular novels and "all the latest
magazines" Is conspicuous figure on
American trains. At home he is rated
rather a nuisance with his rasping cries,
but the American feels lonely without him
In Europe The boy who mildly presents
tray at the stations route is poor sub
stitute.
One Of the things that helps to break the
monotony on an American day coach is the
calling out of stations by the conductor.
Not only does he announce the name OF
the station as the train approaches, but he
vociferousy shouts it after the train has
come to a stop, and before 1t starts again
he gives timely warning. So accustomed